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World Mission Sunday observance is Oct. 18

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day - which is b((ing ob~erved on Oct. 18. The NEW BEDFORD - Th'enty years ago, on Church, he said, "is praying, meditating and actinginorderthatChrist's Oct. 22, 1978, Pope' JohnPaulll,thenewly"World Mission Sun da ", words of life may reach J J all people and be reelected successor to Pewhich seeks to heighten ceived by them as a ter, celebrated Mass as he began his ministry on c~wareness of the missions as message of hope, salvawhat was World Miswell as to collect funds ~or tion and total Iiberasion Sunday. tion."

In his homily, he rethem, is an important date in On each Mission called Peter's confesthe life of the Church because Sunday, the Church sion to Jesus: '.'You are it teaches how to give: as an does the same. At Mass the Christ, the Son of that day, Catholics in the living God," and offering made to God in the dioceses of the United Ewcharistic celebration and for States and throughout added: "In those words is the faith of the the missions of the world." _ the world offer prayers Church." and financial offerings Further on in his . Pope John Paul II . so that other people talk, the pope described ...., -....- - - - - - - - - - - . . . . . . . might have the opportUwhat the Church does on World Mission' Sun- nity to know Christ as we, who have been

blessed with the faith, do.

"It's an opportUnity to remember the missions throughout the world," said Msgr. John J. Oliveira, pastor of St. Mary Church here and director of Mission Support for the diocese.

"This is a Sunday to celebrate our universality as a Church as we join all the Catholic churches in the world in celebrating the worldwide mission of evangelization."

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Bishop O'Malley looking forward to Special Assembly on Oceania FALL RIVER ~ When Bishop Sean P. the Special Assernbly' - finds its focus and.pIJ!".- ...

O'Malley, OFM Cap., goes to Rome in late pose," the document said.

In an interview with The Anchor after the November, he will be joining with other selected bishops to take a hard look at the South Pacific fiews of the appointment broke, Bishop O'Malley spoke about region known as Oceania and make rec- .-.....- ....- ....- - - - -....- ......... the region, which in..: eludes Australia, the Fiji ommendations for the Islands, Guam, the Church there during "a Cook Islands, the Martime of new chances shal Islands, the Northand new graces." . ern Marianas, the On Sept. 28, it was Marquesas Islands, the announced that Pope Islands, . .Solomon John Paul IT had named Micronesia, Kiribati; Bishop O'Malley to the New Caledonia and, Special Assembly for New Zealand.

Oceania ofthe Synod of ''Three of the bishBishops to be held at ops working in that area the Vatican Nov. 22 are part of my commuthrough Dec. 12.

The assembly is one =~'::::':;;'::'';';;:=':~~...::l;.:,;.a nity (the Franciscans) and they will be attendof several synods the pope has called since 1994 for various geo- ing, along with ,other bishops of that area," graphic areas, all of which are in preparation Bishop O'Malley reported. "I do have colfor the great Jubilee Year 2000. According to \(;agues, priests, who are working in the area. the draft of the working document forwarded This Assembly, like others held and to be held, . to Bishop O'Malley, the A!isembly "promises has to do with ~reparation within the Church to be an important event in the life of the Church for the Third Millennium and for the Church in in Oceania.... It is in deepening and enriching Oceania to respopd to the needs of the coming the encounter of the peoples of Oceania with time. It is part of a call to the whole world."

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.Dio'ce'se't'llulls new'10athol ic schools for cape Cod 1

WEST HARWICH - The Fall River Diocese is undertaking the development of a strategic plan for Catholic schools on Cape Cod. At a meeting of the Cape Cod Deanery held Monday, a project schedule was drawn'up for meetings of a task force for planning, slating meetings through April 1999. or In recent years the diocese has opened two new elementary schools for grades K-8and a new middle school on the Cape. These schools reportedly are already at capacity enrollment.

When completed, the strategic plan will determine not only the need for a new Catholic high school on the Cape,. but will investigate the need for additional Catholic elementary schools.

The diocese has contracted with Meitler Consultants, Inc., a. nationally known Catholic school consulting firm, to conduct the planning study. The company has conducted hundreds of Catholic school studies, and in recent years, has made studies of 90 potential new schools.

A strategic planning Task Force will be appointed by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley to work with the consulting fim}. The Task Force will be comprised of lay representatives, principals, Tum to page 11 - Schools pastors and diocesan leadl~rs.

ALL ABOUT JESUS - A Sister of Charity in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, teaches in a little school. Not long ago, a group of men came to the local mission to ask that sisters be sent to their village, saying, "We want to know about Jesus and to do something good to others for His love:'

Couples mark silver and golden anniversaries at Cathedral Mass . ' Bishop thanks couples for the devotion of their love.

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FALL RIVER - Last Sunday, Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM, Cap., celebrated a Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral honoring couples marking 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. The overflow crowd included 180 couples celebrat-

ing silver and golden anniversaries and three marking 60 years together. Couples renewed marriage vows as part of the Mass.

As Bishop 0' Malley addressed the overflow crowd, he congratulated the couples for their witness and the devotion of their love. His homily focused on the importance of faith and he declared "Faith is a relationship that makes us part of a family. We thank God for the wonderful gift of marriage. We are so grateful to our Tum

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I II GETTING TO KNOW OUR SEMINARIANS I

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Joseph Chagnon .

A. Maurice Fournier GARDNER A. Maurice' He was a member of Holy Rosary Fournier; 87, of47 Lake St., died Sun- Church, Gardner, and its League of day in Heywood Hospital after being the Sacred Heart.

Besides his deacon son,·he leaves stricken at home. He was the husband of the late Rose Eva (Lavigne) two daughters, Lucille A. Fournier of Fournier and father of Permanent Gardner and Claire M. Richard of Deacon' Paul M. Fournier of Attle- Winchendon; a brother, Albeni boro, deacon at Holy Ghost Church Fournier of St. Basile; two sisters, Aurore Cyr and Malvina Darmetka, there. , Born in St. Basile, N.B., Canada, both of Gardner; seven grandchildren son of William and Marguerite and a great-granddaughter.

His funeral Mass was celebrated (Vaillancourt) Fournier, he was a saw operator at the former Heywood- . Thursday in Holy Rosary Church.

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his vocation to the priesthood began as he witnessed the example of dedication to ministry in the priests and religious who had !:erved there.

At the seminary college, prayer is a focus of the life of students.

Chagnon finds that prayer time is when a seminarian can quiet distractions and spend time listening to God. Take. some time to reflect on what God calls you to clo. What are your talents and how are you using them? Would you con:,ider priesthood or religious life? ]s there more you can do for others? We are all called to a life of service. Reading material about vocations arid seminary life is availabie by contacting Father CraigPregana at the Vocation Office, 500 Slocum Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747-2930 or by 'calling him at (508) 9900371.

SWANSEA - Diocesan Semi- Swansea Historical Socie.ty and the narian,Joseph Chagnon has returned _ soup kitchens in Fall River. He was to studies at St. John Seminary Col- .....- - lege in Brighton, where he is beginning ·his sophomore year. The son of Paul and Judith Chagnon of Swansea, he attended the Luther Elementary School and Case Junior High School and graduated from Case High School in June 1997. ' During his high school years, Chagnon was active in the Theater Department while working at a parttime job. He was also a, volunteer at Chariton Memorial Hospital, the

Sister Kenny,MD, to be White Mass speaker NEW BEDFORD - The annual White Mass will be celebrated at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at Holy Name Parish. A following reception in the parish center will feature keynote speaker Sis'ter of Charity Nuala Kenny, a physician from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her topic will be "The Ministry of Health Care in the New Millennium:' Are . Christian Values Possible?"

Sister Kenny was born in New ,

York and entered the Sisters of Char- fellow, of the Royal College ofPhysiity of Halifax in 1962. She received cians and Surgeons of Canada and her bachelor of arts degree, magna . was certified by the American Board cum laude, from Mount Saint Vincent of Pediatrics the following year. She University in 1967 and her· medical received an honorary doctorate from degreefrom Dalhousie University in Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax in 1972. She did postgradu- Halifax in 1992. ate training in pediatrics at Dalhousie Sister Kenny joined the Departand Tufts-New England Medical Cen- ment of Pediatrics at Dalhousie in, tre, during which she held a Killam 1975 as the coordinator of regional Scholarship. In 1975, she became a pediatric services. In 1982, she became director of medical education at the Hospital for Sick ChiidreI:\ in PRINTING MAILING SERVICES Toronto and in 1985 was appointed professor and chairperson of the Department of Pediatrics at Queen's University, Kingston Ontario. ' She returned to Dalhousie as a professor 234 SECOND STREET· FALL RIVER, MA and head of the Department of Pediatrics and chief of pediatrics at the Izaak Walton Killam Hospital in TELEPHONE FAX 1988. In 1995, she JJecame the found(508) 679-5262 : (508)' 673-1545 ing director of the Office of Bioethics Education and Research of Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine.

She is a nationally recognized educator and physician-ethicist, traveling extensively as a distinguished lecturer. Sister Kenny ,has also served· on various committees and serves presently on the National Science Advisory Board.

The White Mass, organized by the Department of Pastoral Care of the Sr.M.Luc!, Sick, honors the faith and dedication Na~ive of San Francisco" California of healthcare workers throughout the PriorExperience:AfedkalTechnowg~t diocese. Mass will b.e celebrated by . When I was in my mid;thirties, I felt myself Bishop Sean P. O'Malley OFM, Cap.

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"One thing I ask is to dwell in the 'hOUse ofthe Lord forever... behold His beauty." The words hit me profoundly. It was as if they expressed my deepest .. heflrt's desire.

Afew months later I applied to the Hawthorne Dominicans and here I am. In retrospect, how simply and smootbly Our Lord guided me along the journey of discernment.

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We nurse incurable cancer patient's in, seven free, modern nursfng hoines. Many who enter our community ,have no prior nursing experience. Living our vows and participating in the life of the Church by prayer and sacraments enables us to serve God ,in this apostolate. ' ,__ .,.

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NORTHATTLEBORO-Aregionai workshop i; conjunction with Respect Life Month currently bt:<ing observed will be held Oct. 13, 7-9 p.m., at Sacred Heart Parish Hall, 58 Church St. ' Father Stephen A. Fernandes, director of the diocesan Pro-life Office;_and Marian Desrosiers, assis. tant director, will conduct the session. It will focus on a committee mission statement, local parishbased program models, the diocesan pro-life convention slated for April 1999, ideas' for continuing activities and a regional dialog and sharing. .~ ,'Preregistration is not required.

For information call Elinor or John ., McIntyre at 695-6165.

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Procession, Mass for Peace areo~ Columbus Day holiday' FALL RIVER - Members of the Fall River Diocese are invited to join Bishop Sean P. O'Malley in the annual candlelight procession and Mass for Peace on Monday, Oct. 12, the Columbus Day holiday, at 6 p.m.

As in previous years, marchers will meet no later than 5:45 p.m., at St. Mary's Cathedral, comer of Spring and Second streets to march about a , mile to St. Anne's Church. The procession will begin at 6 p.m. Marchers will carry. candles, re~ite the 'rosary and sing Marian hymns in various languages. .At approximately 7 p.m., when the marchers arrive at St. Anne's, the Mass for Peace will be said in St. Anne's, which faces Kennedy Park at . South Main and Middle streets.

Disabled or elderly persons should proceed directly to St. Anne's where a special ~rea will be reserved for

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The procession and Mass for Peace have been held annually in the diocese since 1975.

Daily Readings ,Oct. 12 Oct. 13· Oct. 14 Oct. 15 Oct. 16 Oct. 17 Oct.

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Gal 5:1-6; Ps 119: 41,43-45,47-48; Lk 11 :29-3~!

Gal 5: 18-2Ei; Ps 1: 1-4,6; Lk 11 :42-46 Eph 1:1-10; Ps 98: 1-6; Lk 11 :47-54 Eph 1: 11-14; Ps 33: 12,4-5,12-13; Lk 12:1-7 Eph 1: 15-2:3; Ps 8: 2-7; Lk" 12:0-12 Ex 17:8-13; Ps 121: 1-8; 2 Tm 3:14-4:2; . Lk 18:1-8

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Diocesan Boy, 'Girl Scouts gather for retreat weekend'

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FREETOWN - Boy Scouts, The Saturday afternoon program involved in Scouting as we did beGirl Scouts and leaders from was given by Tim Driscoll, a dioc- fore," said Father Salvador, who has church-sponsored troops and other esan seminarian. It addressed the been involved in Catholic Scouting units across the diocese met for the spirit of community. Rogers also for more than 24 years. "We also annual three-day Scout Retreat held presented a talk on prayer. don't have as many troops sponsored at Cathedral Camp in Freetown as Father Salvador celebrated Mass by Catholic parishes as we did durthe summer camping season ended. on Saturday night. "We talked about ing the past 40 years that Scouting "We've tried to make the: pro- our call to be spiritual people and to has been a program in this diocese." gram interfaith as much as pos- use the gifts of the Holy Spirit that While the weekend included sosible," said Father Stephen B. Sal- he offers. We also offered a service' cials and other presentations, a camp vador, chaplain of Catholic Scout- for those Protestant Scouts who at- fire and a night cracker-barrel sesing in the diocese and pastor of tended," said Father SalvadOr. The sion, Father Salvador said that he Holy Ghost Church in A:tlehoro. Rev. Leon Tavitian from Scotland, hopes to have more camporee activi"It's ecumenical to the extent that Conn., a Congregational minister ties at next year's retreat. we provide evening services for those Scouts who are Protestants.

"Last year we had a couple of areas we were weak in, or not sensitive to, such as Mass preparation, but we rectified that this year," he added.

The Sept. 25 through 27 retreat, sponsored by the Catholic Committee on Scouting, which centered on the theme, "The Holy Spirit," was a very good program, reported Father Sal vador. "The groups began Friday night with an opening program TIME FOR PRAYER - A group of Boy Scouts and leaders eland had spiritu~l talks as the retreat contmued Sat. • V'! urday morning. In the af- . come the new day With prayer at the recent ~hree-day annual Dloctemoon the talks were esan Scout Retreat held at Cathedral Camp In Freetown. given by our seminarians," who has assisted at the annual rehe said.

Father David 1. Landry, chaplain treat for many years, also held a ser- ' HEARING AID SALES of the Anawan Council, conducted vice this year. His homily also cen& SERVICE the opening program on Saturday. Fa- tered on the gifts of the Spirit.

The Girl Scouts who attended ther Craig Pregana, director of vocaFree Hearing Test tions, gave a. talk on vocations, and were from the Taunton area of the Repairs On All Makes John Welch, a permanent deacon Plymouth Bay Council and from from Raynham, presented a Cape Cod. Boy Scouts attending In Home Service...We storytelling program. Susan Rogers were from the Moby Dick Couhcil .

Make House Calls ofTaunton, who is involved in Scout- which includes Fall River and New ing and religious education, gave a Bedford, and also from troops in talk,"Gifts of the Spirit." Paulette Wareham and Swansea.

Normandin of St. Louis de France "We didn't have the numbers we ' Professional Hearing Aid Center Parish, Swansea, did a presentation had in previous years, but then again Swansea Professional Park on gifts ofthe Spirit with older Scouts. we don't have as many young people 1010 G,f\R Hwy (Rt.6) Swansea

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MCC states its mission in its newest brochure BOSTON - The Massachusetts Catholic Conference is distributing thousands of new brochures across the state this month aimed at informing 'Catholics of its role and activities.

"We've been around for a long time and yet all too many Catholics in the state have no inkling of who we are," says Gerry D' Avolio, executive director of the MCC. "We want to change that, not because we like tooting our own horn, but because the success of our mi.ssion depends on it."

The brochure sets the MCC's mission as: "to ensure that spiritual values are considered in public affairs by providing a strong unified voice" on behalf of the Catholic Church.

The MCC is governed by Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston, Bishop Sean P. O'Malley of Fall River, Bishop Thomas L. Dupre of Springfield and Bishop Daniel P. Reilly of Worcester.

Listings of all Catholic institutions and agencies providing social services, health care and educa-

tional opportunities in the state for the poor and disadvantaged are included in the brochure. It will be included as an insert in all four diocesan newspapers, delivered to members of the state legislature, and provided to people and institutions interested in knowing more about the MCC. The MCC embarked recently on a plan, "In Support of Life,'? to involve all four dioceses in addressing assisted suicide and other endof-life concerns. New staff members Maria Parker and Daniel Avila have been hired to coordinate the plan under D' Avolio's direction.

Calling the project "unparalleled," D' Avolio says it signifies the Church's overall potential for enhanced effectiveness. "As evidenced by 'In Support of liCe,'" he said, "our commitment goes much deeper than printing a new brochure. If we can let people of moral conviction know there is an office in Boston that can help them impact public policy, then we have a better chance at improving the common good."

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Fri., Oct. 9, 1998

HO.STING THE BISHOP'- M~mbers of the Fall River Catholic Woman's Club welcomed Bishop Sean P. O'Malley at the club's 88th annual Bishop's Dinner, held Tuesday night at White's of Westport. The group was entertained by tenor Arturo Copola of Providence. From left, Club Secretary Maureen O'Rourke, Vice-President Mary Rodrigues, the bishop, and President Betty Conboy.

Diocesan Scholarship Dinner is Oct. 15 at White's ofWestport FALL RIVER - The fourth annual St. Mary's Education Fund Fall Dinner which provides need-based financial scholarships to students attending Catholic schools in the Fall River Diocese, will be held Oct. 15 at White's of Westport. It will begin with a reception at 5:45 p.m.

Dr. Peter H. Cressy, chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, will be the keynote speaker.

Richard Lafrance, owner of White's, is chairman ohhe dinner and Timothy 1. Cotter of Fall River Five Cents Savings Bank is vice chairman.

Since the St. Mary's Education Fund was established in 1991, more than $650,000 has been raised to benefit 970 students.

For information on hosting a table or attending the dinner, contact Michael 1. Donly, director of development for the diocese, at 676-3200.

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Twenty-year popes" .. In the history of the papacy, there have been only 12 popes whose reign has extended over a 20-year p~riod. This year, Pope John Paul II celebrates this historic milestone as he continues to lead the Church' into the new millennium. If has been a remarkable time in the life of the Church, considering we live in the best and worst of eras. So many in the Church family, especially in the socalled developed nations, have taken a rather defensive position ~ with regard to John Paul. .

Our own Church in America has sometimes been less than flattering and in some cases even rude in its criticism. Much of this is due to his consistent preaching of morality and ethics and his insistence on a unified teaching of the faith. In a country where situation ethics and self-interpreted morality'hold sway, the truth he preaches is often a bitter pill to swallow. .

The last generation has not been kind to the so-called American mainstream Church. In an attempt to relate to our social order, many have simply abandoned the Gospel message. It's no .wonder' so many have ended in a theological wilderness. Strong commitment and a determined voice cannot expect a welcome reception in such circles. Just this past weekend the pope's determination was eVidenced during his visit to Croatia. The Catholic commu. nity rejoiced in his presence as he presided over the beatification of Cardinal Aloysius Stepinac, but the Serb community openly criticized his action, harking back to memories of World War II. Of course, those who have made the Balkans a slaughterhouse of re.venge and hate would have little goodwilftowards one who preaches peace and justice.

To be sure, the pope of 20 years ago has changed dramatically physically. His survival of an assassination attempt, histumor operation and his suffering of a broken leg have wreaked havoc on his body; yet, despite his bodily afflictions, his mind .and spirit have remain~d alert and sharp. His attempts in recent months to be more direct with regard to teaching and practice have aroused dissent in elite theological circles; butolle ~~n be sury that when it comes to basic Church teachings this pope will indeed hold his ground. When one considers the course of his life, from Nazi occupation of his homeland to the fall of the Communist state, it should be evident that he will not be swayed by fitful breezes.

As we journey closer tothe millennium year 2000, the pope has become an enthusiastic force in the movement towards a renewal of Christian Catholic faith. It is well-known that he has an encyclical in preparation for the Holy Year: With h}s usual resolve, he is ' preparing for this historical event.

The time before the millennium is indeed a period in which all in the Church should join to reaffirm the role of the papacy. The Lord himself. placed Peter over the other. Apostles, instituting through him a permanent and visible source of unity and fellowship. To emphasize this, the Fathers of Vatican II forcefully affirmed that "all the teaching about the institution, the perpetuity, . the force and reason for the sacred primacy of the Roman pontiff and of his teaching authority be firmly believed by all the faithful." . It is in this light that the person·of the pope must be respected· and that he must have the allegiance of all Church members. There may be differences ~nd discussions about issues and practices, but they should not lead to division and conflict in the Church.

In these days, when so many denominations are'separating, Catholicism has become perhaps the only strong and central beacon of theological int~grity in the multifaceted Christian world. Much of this is due to the Holy Father's proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, especially in times of difficulty..

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CAPUCHIN SISTERS OF NAZARETH (LEFT) AND SISTERS OF OUR LADY OF' MERCY, ALL OF WHOM PARTICIPATED IN THE RECENT VOC~TION FAIR AT CORPUS CHRISTI PARISH, EAST FALMOUTH, PAUSE A MOMENT' FOR A PHOTOGRAPH. THE EVENT ATTRACTED 25 RELIGIOUS GROUPS, AND PEOPLE FROM THROUGHOUT THE DIOCESE.

"Jesus then said ~o his disciples: 'If a ~an wishes 't~ come aftt~r me, he must deny his very self; take up his cross, and begin to follow . in my footsteps.'" Matthew 16:24 - '

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I began to wonder whether what I to us, become' assertive 'arid ask, "Is experienced is the main culprit behind this routine hanning roe, and, if so, high blood pressure, stomach ailments, how can it be improved?"

For example, dees the music we lisThis year I spent my vacation in my the use· of tranquilizers or excessive ten to, which is supposed to be good for hometown, Glen Ellyn, III., a quiet .drinking. If so, what is the antidote?

One of our best weapons for coun-. the soul, create a wholesome spirit in us? suburb 30 miles west of downtown If we have a cellular phone, does Chicago. tering whatever threatens our mental When the weather is nice, no love- or phy~ical health should be serious '. its use generate peace of mind, or is it lier place can be' found. Its trees, beau- reflection thatIeads to a· decision to one more factor smothe:ring our space? tifullawns and tranquil setting are per- change matters.

Is caffeine energizing us, or is it , It is easy to get into the habit of making us hyper-tense? fect for regenerating peace of mind.

But traveling by car to a neighbor- c(llwling out ef bed, overdosing on Again, for our health's sake, would ing tewn or downtown Chicago is an- coffee and cigarettes', encasing our- public transportation be a better alterother story. A single trip leaves you . selves in '~>ur car -and turning .on the , native or, for thatmatter, changingjobs?

The real question is, are we allow-. wondering whether civilized living radio to numb ourselves so that we cari endure the trip. It is'also easy to begin ing the situation to control us or are . exists anymore.

'No matter whether I traveled east to think that the day was a success if· we working to control cit?

The more we bringserieus reflecor west, north or south, no matter the traffic was lighter than yesterday, even time of day, gridlock and road repairs if it still was hectic. ' tion to bear on our daily commute with But should we allow ourselves to ' the intent of making ollr travel saner, were everywhere.

During one of these trips, I took fall into these patterns? Shouldn't we the better chance we ha.ve of truly bespecial note of the drivers around me. instead reflect on what is happening ing in the driver's seat.. .To my right was loud Sam, a young man whqse blaring stereo rocked my car with its thunderous bass sounds.

In 'front of him' was busy Mary, a .' The Editor Editor: woman in her 40s, who was glued to I was .saddened to read in the Sept. 25 edition of The Anchor her cellular phone whenever we were in the article "Restoring Assisi: Pick up the pieces" that tourism stalled. . was still down, a year after the earthquake. .

Then I spotted nervous Joe, who In May, I was fortunate to visit Italy and spend the night in had a cigarette. in one hand and conAssisi. The basilica was still in the restoration procElss, yet the tinuously drank coffee. spirit of St. Francis remained. . .

Finally there was blank Pete, who We attended Mass in the breathtakingly beautiful lower basilica.

OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER just stared ahead.

The group-of 12-15 priests, singing in their deep baritones, brought As we crawled along, I saw a driver Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall Riyer , .a lump to my throat and tears to my eyes. That evening, I opened speed by on the shoulder of the road 887 Highland Avenue P.O. BOX 7 our window shutters and looked out to the most remarkable sight and then duck into.a lane. The driver Fall River. MA 02722-0007 Fall River. MA 02720 .

- thousands of lights twinkling across the area's hills and valleys. he cut ahead of threatened to get out Telephone 508-675-7151 ef his car and "knock his block off."

This cherished memory will forever make me smile.

- FAX (508) 675-7048 As I watched, I pictured what it Th€f next morning we were blessed with a spectacular sunSend address changes \0 P.O. Box 7 or call t~lephone number above must be like when it is raining, or rise to' start the day. I urge anyone who omits Assisi from an snowing, Of when a traffic light fails, Italian vacation to reconsider. God's presence is truly felt by ev.EDITOR GENERAL MANAGER NEWS EDITOR' and how it must feel coming home aferyone who visits this magical town.

Rev. John F. Moore Rosemary Dussault James N. Dunbar ter being tied up in traffic and having Linda ,~. Harding children put demands on you the mo~, LIA'AV PRESS - FALL R~Y(A Cape Cod $ ment you enter the house.

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路Diocesan nursing homes name directors Catholic Memorial Home names new Alzheimer's program director FALL RIVER - Nancy Reed has been named the new director of Catholic Memorial Home's Considine and Transitional Care Units fpr individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related memory impairing illnesses.

Previously she was the din:ctor of clinical operations at Hearthstone Alzheimer Care and director of geropsychiatric programs for Home Care Solutions in Westboro, MA. A resident of Bellingham, Reed holds a bachelor's degree in human development from Colby College of

Maine and a master's degree in social work from the University of Pennsylvania. She is also trained in family and marital counseling.

Reed was the recipient of the Massachusetts Assisted Living Facilities Association's 1996 Program Innovation Award. At Catholic Memorial Home, she is a member of the performance improvement, pain management and fall prevention programs.

The Considine and Transitional Care Units are home to 94 men and women with early to late stage dementia. The units offer a therapeu-

New administrator named at Our Lady's Haven FAIRHAVEN Manuel Benevides of Somerset has been promoted to administrator at Our Lady's Haven nursing and rehabilitative care facility. Previously, hewas the assistant administrator at Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River.

Benevides holds a bachelor's degree fn managemen't from UMass Dartmouth. He also has a master's degree in health service administration and a graduate certificate in gerontology from Salve Regina University. He has worked in the Diocesan Health Facilities system for over seven years.

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HARWICH - Like many others, I had often wondered what happened to retired nuns, nuns too old or 100 ill to serve God in the manner they used to.

What did the Church do with them?

I found the answers to many of my questions the day I started work at Cranberry Pointe at Harwich Nursing Center. Amidst the darkness most people would imagine to surround a nursing home, a neon light glares instead.

"Let your light shine," Jesus said. "Do not hide it under a bushel."

This quote from Scripture has become very real at Cranberry Pointe at Harwich Nursing Center, as God's light shines brilliantly on a daily basis.

Cranberry Pointe houses many of the ailing, retired nuns of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd community, some suffering the effects of Alzheimer's disease, while others are physically disabled, and others just bearing the ills of old age. Regardless of the need, assistance is provided, not only by the staff of this nursing center, but also by their peers.

Sisters Rose Virginie Behrend and Dorothy Kelly work as a team in heading a small group of nuns who diligently supply all that is needed for the nuns who have been taken out of their usual habitat and now live in a different environment. This in itself is challenging for the resident nuns to adjust to easily. However, an interdisciplinary care plan has been coordinated to accommodate each of them.

The unit managers on the floors, Donna Hodsdon on CranView, Diane Connolly on BayView and Leslie Stepanis on ArborView, meet wi~h Sister Rose, Sister Dorothy and the nuns involved to set up a program that is suitable to each one physically and emotionally. This meeting is comprehensive, covering all areas, including social services, activities, rehabilitation and diet.

So, by the grace of God and through the incredible selfless giving of Sister Rose, Sister Dorothy and these nurses, life has remained a blessing, not only to the nuns, but to all whd come in contact with them.

A Mass or prayer service is held daily. Sisters Rose and Dorothy, along with their assistants, Sisters Jean Brown and Elizabeth Curreia, transport the residents to the chapel with help of volunteers from the Knights of Columbus.

The chapel was added to Cranberry Pointe in the early 1"990s by proprietor Mark Tobin. A room used for activities and rehabilitation was transformed into a ~ouse of worship by John Stracuzzi, director of plant operations and Pete Calpari, a local contractor. The room is also used for praying the rosary, worship of the Blessed Sacrament and for many activities, not only for Catholics, but for all who wish to attend.

Although there have been a few administrative changes over the years, Cheryl Ferguson, the new administrator, supports and encourages the betterment of existing programs. Judy Scofield, along with every nurse caring for the residents of Cranberry Pointe, works hard to insure the best IQng-term care possible. The Certified Nurses Aides are a remarkable group that works efficiently as a team day and night.

Father Tom Mara, although having had both legs amputated, says Mass on a regular basis. Father Robert Camery also says Mass and attends to other priestly needs the nuns might have.

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of classical and sacred music by BMG Classics. thing is coming to them from beyond themselves .Joanna Laufer and her husband, Kenneth S. - coming, in fact, from God," sai:! the couple.

They said, "It was fascinating to us to hear that Lewis, asked notable people of varying professions what inspired their life and wod<.. They found almost everybody said they prayed before they a common thread in answers from authors wod<.ed, not meaning that God creates for them, You may be sure someone ~s about to tell you God: Co~versatio~s With Gifted People About Kathleen Norris and A:ndre Dubus, Archbishop but sometimes through them. They put into action Desmond Tutu, musician Wyoton Marsalis, diva the gifts God gave them." a ~tory that could be labeled 'just a coLeontyne Price, attorney Alan Dershowitz, physiReading these stories, you feel you are intiincidence" whenever you hear the words, cians Michael DeBakey and Herbert Benson, and mately relating with these well-known people as "It just so happened that ..." many others. They all have been motivated, en- they share their stories of loss, healing, revelation, But are the e.vents that then are recouraged, consoled and healed by the Spirit of creativity, discovery of God and their own jourcounted to you just happenstance occur-' neys to discover love, forgivene~;s and commurences or occasions ofmuch more meanGod. I was curious about how they got the idea for nity. ing? I opt for the latter.

You will find unforgettable passages in this ' this book. The couple, married 14 years and parI was doing a book-signing ofmy latents of a daughter, had'an inspiring experience of wonderful book, like this one from Harvard proest book, "Coincidences, Touched by a

By Antoinette Bosco fessorDiana Eck: ','I see the Christian story as a Miracie,"'when it just so happened that their own which led them to do this book.

"We are strong believers in God, and we' pray story of accompaniment - that God so loved the a couple from a distant town walked in, daily. We know all of us want to be inspired to get world that God became one of us and accompa'We got into a conversation, and Hound out that they, too" are writers. I was fascinated to Their Faith and Inspiration." It wll$ published in through life's challenges," said Laufer. "My hus- rues lis ... not just in our life, and il1 the challenges hear about their book "Inspired -:- The Breath of September by Doubleday, with a companion CD band and I were standillg on the corner of 49th St. of growth, but ... in the sorrow, in 'the suffering, in and Seventh Ave. in New Yod<. City, and I can't the confronting of illness and death and tragedy explain it, but it came to us both, simultaneously, that are also part of the fabric of (Iur lives.

"We can't see those moments as somehow that we would write a book on this. We even knew outside the providence of God, cr as a provocathe title at that moment."

Dear Dr. Kenny: My children, ages 10 and Removing a child from his or her home "to Because Lewis is an award-winning documen- tion for us to say, 'If God were re:ally on the job, 8, were reported to the welfare department be on the safe side" is incredibly naive. It can· tary film director, and Laufer an interviewer and we would be shielded from those times, or God for sexually playing with each other. That was cause more problems than it solves. editor, they were able to interview many notable would remove those times from us.' God is present " a year ago. They were removed from our home Third, therapy for behavior problems shQuld people. They found a bottom line. All those they right in the midst of those times. I think th~t is the and separated from each other for over six be focused on the outcome rather than the men- interviewed feel "thatwhen they are inspired, some- power of the Christian story." months. Now they .are back with us, but we tal state. In your case, the outcome waS to stop still have not received any report whether this the sexual play. is considered sexual abuse or whether it has Therapy for behavior problems should be been verified. InStead, we have been required brief. When therapy is prolonged, often under Q. My question regards your answer about us to and to reach the fu,lIness of :~fe to which he to attend parenting classes and weekly family the guise of getting to the "real" cause, you run the salvation of people in other religions, not calls us. , therapy at the local mental health just Catholics or other Christians.

The essence of the good qews of Christ is that center. Now a psychiatrist wants to - - - - - - - - - - - You quote the Catholic catechism saying the infinite reality "out there" is a gracious and put our son on tranquilizers. It never ~ose who do not know the Gospel of Christ benevolent presence to us; that we, all human seems to have an end. What can we may be saved, and you quote the pope's state· beings, are loved totally and unconditionally by do? ment that God "wants to save all humankind," the Father who created us, who holds us in existand that he ''has his own ways of reaching ence and who has made us to be with him eterWhat you describe is shameful benally. ' - them" ("Crossing the Threshold of Hope"). havior by the welfare department and I 'suggest that the Church simply recall all That is all true whether we are aware of it or With Dr. James & the mental health system. You and your missionaries. If that is what the Church not. But being loved that way is oue thing. Know.Mary Kenny family have a right to be treated approteaches, why have them at all? Why even ing ~e are loved that way is quite :,Qmething else, priately and with due process. Get a _ bother preaching the Gospel? (Mis- _ - - - - - - - - - - lawyer., ' souri) .

So many things are seriously wrong with what the risk of encouraging the very behavior you . you tell me that I almost don't know where to are trying to eliminate.

A. Perhaps we should first note the begin. First of all, you have a right to a report Behavior continues when it gets attention, Catholic teaching to which you refer. It within 24-48 hours of what is apparently alleged. even though the attention may be negative. Long may be found in many places. The one child abuse. therapy with children's behavior problems is of- you mention is a main one, of course.

I don't know from what you say whether you . ten counterproductive. , The Catechism of the Catholic . By Father were investigated for neglect for allowing the' Unfortunately, money is involved.More treat- . Church, echoing the documents ofVatiJohn J. Dietzen incident(s) to happen or whether one ofyour chi1- 'ment means more money for someone. It's al- can Council II among others, teaches: dren was investigated for sexual abuse. Either ways a dangerous system when thepersonmak- 'Those who, through no fault of their way, you have a right to know whether the abuse/ ing the diagnosis and recommendation is also the own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or his because only when we know about that love can neglect was substantiated. one providing the treatment.

Church," but who seek God sincerely and, with we respond to it with our own hf:arts and lives.

Second, I question the.abrupt removal. Sexual Fourth, I question the justification for using God's grace, try to do his will as they know it It is this loving in return, this awesome call to abuse is flot the only problem. Disruption of medication. Psychoactive drugs have not been through their consciences, "may achieve eternal guide our lives in faithful response to the One bonded attachments is social surgery. Such pre- adequately tested for children and should be used salvation" (No. 847). .. . who first loved us, that is made fUlly possible by cipitousremovals can lead to later very serious . only with great caution. I would insist on a secThen why the big deal about being a Chris- the revelation that comes to us in and through adult disorders. Removing a child from the home ond medical opinion. tian, you ask. Why do we think that is so impor- Jesus Christ. has consequences of its own and should be done Thank you for raising some pro.blems that are tant? Many responses to that question are pos-, That response of love and praise and trust is, only as a: last resort. . .. " a l l too comm<;>n today. . sible. .' incidentally, what the sacraments and the eucha,If we are truly talking about sexual play, surely Reader questions on family living and child For me, however, and I believe for most Chris- ristic sacrifice are first of all about. ways could have been explored initially to allow Care to be answered'in print are invited Ad· . tians today, the basic answer is 'that knowledge Not to come to a knowledge of that central the children·to remain in the home, but to keep. : dress questions: The Kennys; 81. Joseph's of the Gospel of Christ is essential if we are to reality of human existence, not 1:0 have the op,them apart, keep them from being together alone, College; 219 W. Harrison; Rensselaer, Ind. know and love our heavenly Father as Jesus wants portunity to frame one's life as a return of the while a therapeutic remedy was sought.

47978. , heavenly Father's love because we don't know of that love, is a terrible deprivation.

If we are at all appreciative -and grateful for our Christian faith, if we honor this loving God Some time ago Catholic commentator Mitch ; a chance to know their neighbors better and do this ministry would be somewhat competitive as we say we do, it becomes our obvious duty, in Finley" suggested that some parishes might do some evangelizing. with them. But then again the Church operates every way available to us, to acquaint our brothwell to establish what he called a "pick-up truck . Parishion~r: "Good morning, friend. I hope newspapers, publishing hOUses, schools, bingo ersand sisters in the human family with those ministry." you don't mind our parking in.front of your halls, hospitals and cemeteries.' truths;and help them learn to respond. . A parish-owned pick-up truck cpuld be driveway for an hour or two while we hike to "I prefer," I told her, "to think of it as not , That is what authentic missionaries - the shared, he argued, for projects ranging from Mass at All Saints." overlooking the' obvious, to seeing ministry official ones and the unofficial ones, the rest of home cleanup to moving. , '.

StrangerlNeighbor: '~Well, actually ~fyou do where it presents itself, to providing vision and us - are sent and obliged to do.

After spending the better part of this past not move' your vehicle in" about 45 seconds, I'll foresight ..."

One further point. Somehave: said and writmonth making arrangements to move, I pro- have it towed right after I repaint the _~_ ..... .;---.::::;;::;---,... ten to me: If we believing Christians are to be nounce Hnley's idea,much, much too modest. side of it with my rototiller." r . judged by a higher standard, aren't "they" better As a matter of fact, I ~ould suggest parishes Pari~hioner: "Did you know All off than we are when we die? across this country look into establishingmov- Saints has a ministry of moving? We We don't know much about the hidden ways ing ministries - headed, of course, by a parish help people when they have to move. and judgments of God. God is fair. minister of moving (MOM). .

We pray with them and for them, and For ourselves, however, once we know the . The parish MOM would be supported by a we provide cardboard boxes at no cost. truths I've described, we can never again pretend huge budget, a volunteer staff of dozens, a grant- , A team of well-trained teenagers can we don't know them, whatever others may do. writing team and a prayer tree. even levitate your refrigerator."

Unfair? Perhaps. But committed love of God,

By Dan Morris He or she would have control over a portion Neighbor (slack-jawed): "Blessed of Christ, is what a baptized Chri:;tian has promof the parish plant. I'd recommend a building . be. Can you wait a sec' while I get out · .... ised. And committed love has ilS price, its reabout the size of the hanger for a pair of Boeing .' ofthis bathrobe so lcan follow you and sPonsibilities, with God as with :myone else.

747s - stocked with a minimum of two'fork- all those other good people to All Saints? Isn't She waved m,e off. "You prefer to see it as a lifts, several hand trucks, newspaper for wrap- it the one with the mongo airplane hangar?" chance to shoot the breeze while the rest of us A free brochure, in English o:r Spanish, outping dishes, padded blankets, aspirin and about· My wife claims this is a self-centered thing are packing boxes." lining marriage regulations in the' Catholic 2 zillion cardboard boxes. ' on my part, similar to my pushing a ministry of I certainly hope Mitch Finley's wife was Church and explaining the promises in an inAnd maybe a pickup "truck or two. 'house painting a couple years ago, and an out- more supportive than that. terfaith marriage is available by sending a In the event a parish has little ground left on reach to the mechanically challenged before stamped, self·addressed envelope to Father which to build such a structure, it could readily ,that. : Your comments are welcome always. John Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria, Ill. 61651. jettison the parking lot. Let people park on the Sure, some folks who make a living by run- Please send them to Uncle Dan, 6363 Christie Questions for this column s:hould,be sent streets and walk to church. It would give them ning moving-and- storage companies might feel 222, Emeryville, Calif. 94608 to Father Dietzen at the same address.

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New Bedford among 300 to get CCHD grant award

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awarded a record $8.5 mi,llion in national grants this year to 300 projects WASHINGTON - Community . in 46 states, the District of Columbia, development groups involving people in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. rural Appalachia, Latino immigrants in The CCHD is funded by an annual . Long Island, N.Y., at-risk youths in the collection in Catholic parishes around Boston area and a group fighting assisted the country, typically the weekend suicide are among this year'~; recipients before Thanksgiving. The 1998 colof funding from the Catholic Campaign lection will be taken up in most parfor Human Development. ishes Nov. 21-22.

The Catholic Church's domestic "These grants continue the Cathoanti-poverty pro~ram announced it lic Campaign for Human

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Development's 28-year commitment to helping the poor and voiceless in our society achieve self-sufficiency," said Father Robert J. VitiHo, the agency's executive director, in a statement released in Washington. "With CCHD's support, countless men, women and children are realizing their God-given dignity."

CCHD grants all go to self-help projects that fall into two categories - organizing projects aimed at solving community problems, and economic development.

The majority, accounting for $7.2 million of the $8.5 million.allocated, went to 238 projects that ht<lp poor and "marginalized" people work together to organize to improve their lives and neighborhoods.

Among the recipients of grants' from the 1997 collection are: - Ten Point Coalition of Jamaica Plain, Mass., which received $35,000 to develop six youth councils. The councils will each be supported by four to six churches in trying to reach African-American and Latino youths

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annual contributions allow us to offer a hand up, not a handout to our brothers and sisters in need," said Father Vitillo.

Our Lady's Monthly Message From Medjugorje September 25, 1998 Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina "Dear children, today, I call you to become my witnesses by living the faith of your fathers. Little childr~n, you seek signs and messages and do not see that, with every morning sunrise, God calls you to convert and return to the way of truth and salvation.. You speak much, little children, but you work little of your conversion. That is why, convert and start to live my messages, not with your words but with your life. In this way, little children, you will have the strength to decide for the true conversion of the heart.

Thank you for having responded to my call."

OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE PRAYER GROUP Marian Messengers P.O. Box 647, Framingham, MA 017.01 Tel. 1-508-879-9318 .

I:)ay o£ ~e£lec-tio:n.. . TIMOTHY D1GGLI: (left) learns the food service business from job coach Crai~~ Gonsalves at a snack stand in New Bedford, Mass. A grant from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development helped create the business where mentally challenged adults can work and eventually become busi~ess owners. (CNS photo by Jack Iddon for CCHD)

a:n..d~ayer As the year 2000 approaches many are filled with hope, many are concerned and are anxious. The Catholic Church has seized this time as preparation for the great Jubilee, the Anniversary of the Birth of Jesus Christ!

Take time to learn more about this time ofjoy and excitement as we move into the Third Millennium of Christianity.

What About the"Year 20001

New B(;~dford observance Iwnors OUT' Lady ofGood Voyage NEW BEDFORD - In a city whose fishermen are facing economic woes and being told where they Gan and cannot fish for their livelihood, the recent feast of Our Lady of Good Voyage was an ideal occasion to pray for help.

The celebration, which centers on Our Lady's Chapel in the downtown, extends a nearly 400-year-old tradition among Spanish and Portuguese-speaking Catholics to implore the intercession of the Blessed Virgin, patroness of travelers and fishermen.

Festivities began with an evening candlelight procession as an illuminated image of Our Lady of Good Voyage was carried through the streets in the Whaling City's historic district. More than 100 marchers sang SOl)gs and recited the Rosary.

The following day, a more solemn procession wound its way to the State Pier where a memorial service was held for deceased mariners. Pqlyers were also offered for the temporal and spiritual welfare of the living, that they might find success in their work alt sea and return safely to port.

Among the participants were fishermen and their families, for ,New Bedford is a city where many make · w r - -.. their living from the sea with considerable risk.

Devotion to Our Lady of Good Voyage dates back to the year 1600 when three J1sherman, each named John, wer,e at sea off the coast of Cuba when a dangerous storm suddenly arose. They began to pray to the Virgin Mary for help. Shortly after that the strong winds suddenly subsided and the violent waves were calmed. As the fishermen made their way to shore they noticed an illuminated object following them. It was the image of the Blessed Virgin, since known in Cuba as the Virgin of Charity of Cohre, patroness of that island.

The statue of Our Lady of Good Voyage enthroned in Our Lady's Chapel is a replica of the statue in Cobre. It portrays Mary as a woman with a dark skin with the child Jesus on her leftarm and holding in her right hand an illlchor, the symbol of l~l're.

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By CATHOUC NEWS SERViCE PORTLAND, Ore...,-The only way to eno abortion in thi;l United States is to defeat politicians who vote to keep it legal, according to the founder of a new pro-life political action committe!3.

PatriCK Mooney, a Catholic who is chairman of the Washington-based American Right to Life, wrote about his fledgling organization in.a recent issue, of. the Catholic Sentinel, Portland ' archdiocesan newspaper.

"American Right t() Life's primary goal is to defeat p~jliticians who turn their back on the unborn," he wrote. ''The only thing that will stop abortion is to defeat on election day the deadiy politicians who have made protecting the abortion industry their purpose in life." i Earlier in September, a Sentinel article that was di~ltributed nationally by Catholic News Service had quoted severa! pro-life officials as voicing doubts about the legitimacy of Mooney's organization, which was making telemarketing calls throughout the United States at the time.

Since its founding in June, American Right to Life has raised about $240,000 from some 15,000 donors and has made campaign contributions to six pro-life candidates for politiccll office, Mooney said.

Those candidates are Democrat Jim Cavanagh of Connecticut, running for the House of Representatives; Republican Senate candidates Mark Neuman of Wisconsin and Faye Boozman of Arkansas; and Republicans Gary Hofmeister of Indiana, Mike Burkhold ()f South Carolina and Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, who are running for House seats.

In his Sentinel column, the 26-year-old Mooney descrit>ed himself as "a veteran campaign manager in races for the U.S. Congress" l3.nd said he knows "how to defeat pro-abortion politicians , - go straight for the jugular."

In the 25 years since the Supreme Court's Roe vs. Wade decision lifted most st~te restrictions on abortion, there has been "little to no progress" toward the goal of ending abortion, 'Mooney ,.wrote.

"It's time for a change:' he said. "No more marches i without getting at least a few heads to roll. No more election:) where politicians avoid taking a standon the murder of babies. t~o more' 'free rides' for those who only vote pro-life 75 percent of the time.

'We've donated hundreds of millions of dollars to various 'educational organizations' to help make a difference:' he said. "But it hasn't stopped the slaughter:' :1 Mooney and his wife, Laurie, have three children and are membersof St.tloseph Parish in Herndon, Va. He is also a mElmber of the Good Samaritan Council of the Knights of Columbus! in Sterling, Va. "

tient in a persistent vegetative state with no hope of recovery is "a gray area" in C~tholic ethical teaching.

"It's a very difficult question," he added. "If you analyze it in terms

By JERRY FILTEAU of ordinary and extraordinary CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE means, you may come down on one WASHINGTON - Archbishop side of the question; if you analyze Thomas C. Kelly of Louisville, Ky., it in terms of benefit and burden, said he supports the decision of you may come down on the other."

Michele Finn to remove her The U.S. bishops' '~Ethical and husband's feeding tube and let him Religious Directives for Catholic die.

Health Care services," most re"Her decision is within the cently revised in 1994,says, "There Church's realm of acceptable moral should be a presumption in favor decisions" for-such cases, the archof providing nutrition and hydrabishop said in a telephone intertion to all patients, including paview. tients who require medically asHugh Finn, 44, was a television sisted nutrition and hydration, as news anchor in Louisville when an long as this is of sufficient benefit auto accident in 1995 ruptured his to outweigh the burdens involved aorta and deprived his brain of oxyto the patiept." gen.

Before the other family memAlthough doctors saved his life, bers agreed to Michele Film's dehe was sevt<rely disabled. In 1996 cision, Father James A. Verrecchia, he was moved to Annaburg Manor pastor of All Saints Parish in nursing home in Manassas, Va. Manassas, the parish within which At a recent court hearing in Virthe nursing home is located, exginia over removal of Finn's life pressed support for their efforts to support, three doctors testified,that keep Hugh Finn alive.

Shortly before their agreement was announced, he told Catholic News Service that he thought it was still unclear "whether he (Hugh) is . really in the· state that Michele is claiming."

In case of doubt "I have to err on the side of life," he said..Father • The number of seminarians in the 'diocese Verrecchia told CNS that he felt "a doubled last year to 29. certain disappointment" with the new decision but "I'm not in a poBy PETER DROEGE, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE sition to judge."

DENVER - Anyone puzzled by Pope John Paul IT's reference to the'comFather Verrecchia said he offered ing'''springtime of the Church" may want to consider the number of new' to have a priest anoint Hugh again seminarians in the Archdiocese of Denver. before his death if the family In the past year, the number of diocesan seminarians has doubled to 29. wanted it.

The separate Neo-catechumenal Way diocesan house of missionary formation is ,bursting at the seams with 16 candidates. And a new religious order, Cor Jesu, which has set up shop in a former convent, !las 11 seminarians with an additional four expected soon. " .

According to Father John Hilton, director of vocations; the rapid growth can be credite~ to a spiritual year program that "speaks to the, heart" of young men and the relentless effort of Denver Archbishop Charles 1. Chaput to promote vocations.

"Young people today want to be called to do heroic things and they see the • More than a half-million U.S. church has about 180 dioceses. churCh as a sign of hope in the world," FatherHilton told the Denver Cath9lic The U.S. participants include young people are Register, archdiocesan newspaper. "The spiritual year is designed ~ith the "150 under 18, and all the rest will best interests of the young men in mind by helping them discern their vocameeting in Chile. be over 18," Villamil said. These tions." , include a group of Korean-AmeriJust as the disciples got to know Chris't by spending time with him, Father

By JENNIFER E. REED cans from allover the United States, Hilton said, the new seminarians will come to a deeper understanding ofChrist CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE many Hispanics and a group of by taking part in the yearlong program for spiritual formation.

WASHINGTON, - ' CathoHc ,Americans who live in Argentina, They live in community at the John Paul IT Center for the New Evangelization, a 40-acre campus that also housesthe chancery. A giant outdoor Mass young people from the United States she added.

One male and one female from venue is under construction, as are state-of-the-art baseball and soccer fields. ,and Canada are among participants Each day of the spiritual year begins and ends with the Liturgy of the in the Continental YouthNoung each of several participating counHours; there also is daily.Mass and Benediction and all-night adoration of the Adult Gathering '98 in Chile. , tries is to receive the sacrament of Blessed Sacrament each Saturday.

'The theme of the Oct. 6-11 gath- confirmation, Villamil said. The two Course work consists of a complete reading of the Bible and the "Cat- ering is ''The Holy" Spirit Will Re- U.S. participants to be confirmed are echism of the Catholic Church," as well as a selection of works from Augus- veal All Things to You.~' Jenny Rivera, 21, of the Los AngeL tine, John of the Cross, Therese of Lisieux and other saiots. Apostolic work An estimated 500,000 young les Archdiocese, and Nathaniel Earl includes visiting AIDS patients and the aged and working with the homeless, people are taking Part. Participants Bean, 17, of the Diocese of Juneau, along with parish assignments. from age 15 to the mid-30s from Alaska. . , The Neo-catechumenal Way is an international movement in the Church North America and Smith America" Villamil explained that while durgrounded in parish-based communities that provide religious instruction and were scheduled to attend. Official ing the 1997 World Youth Day in fellowship modeled on catechumenal communities formed in the years of languages fOf the event were SpanParis a number ofyouths were bappersecution after'Christ's death and res,urrection. It was founded in Spain in ish, Portuguese and English. tized, it was deCided that the sacra1962. ' Ana Villamil, associate director ment of confirmation would be celFather Hilton said Archbishop Chaput never misses. an opportUllity to encourage young men and women, to pursue vocations to tl!e priesthood and of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for ebrated at this youth gathering, held religious life. He cited the archbishop's "altar call" - an invitation to come Family, Laity, Women and Youth, in 199'8, the Year of the Holy Spirit.

Pope John PaulII designated the forward - during a youth gathering last summer at a local Catholic high said in a reCent interview in Washington that nearly 410 young people Year, of the Holy SpiriLlo be the school. ' , They began to trickle in, then stream forward. Before it was over, more from the United States were to at- , theme for 1998 in preparation for the tend.

Church's celebration ofthe Great Juthan 150, mostly young women, were crowding around the archbishop. ,"What we're really glad about is bilee of the Year 2000.

Father Hilton said the spiritual year has been a great success, so far and the number of seminarians was expected to keep increasing. "Still," he added, the number ofdioceses" that are repThree bishops from the United "there is no way to explain why so many young people here are suddenly resented, she said, noting that youths States are at the Chilean gathering: considering a vocation - ultimately, it is a mystery." from 40 dioceses are present. The Bishop Roger L.' Schwietz of he is in a persistent vegetative state and will not recover.

Hugh Finn's sister, Karen,supported Michele Finn's decision to terminate life support, but initially Hugh's parents and five brothers opposed it. Prince William County Circuit Court Judge Frank A. Hoss Jr. ruled in favor of Mrs. Finn's request to remove her husband's feeding tube.

As a deadline for appealing the' judge's ruling approached, the Finn family members who had opposed Mrs. Finn,'s decision announced that at a family meeting they all agreed to removal of the feeding tube and would not appeal the court ruling.

Virginia legislator Robert G. Marshall, whose interventions with state agencies to seek a reversal of Hoss' decision turned the case into a 'widely reported public controversy, said he would continue to fight against removal of the feeding tube.

Archbishop Kelly told CNS that the question of removal of artificial nutrition and hydration from apa-

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Gerald Baril, assista:[\t general secretary of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishop:;, said that because the conference "left it to each individual diocese to make arrangements" for the Chilean gathering, "we know very 1:ittle about Canadian participants."

Baril said none of the Canadian participants will be confilmed at the gathering's closing Ma~s because "all of those going have already been confirmed."

He said Canadian 'bi:;hops will not be attending ,because the gathering ends just days before the start of their general assembly in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Oct. 15-20.

According to event information issued by the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Family; Laity, Women and Youth, the first four days of the sixday event were held inth,~ Archdiocese of Santiago and the :five neighboring dioceses of Melipilla, Rancagua, San Bernardo, San Felipe and Valparaiso. ' I

Maryknoll bartender lends open ear to sailors .

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MARYKNOLL, N.Y. - As Maryknoll Brother Jude Conniff worked to keep lines of communication open with the nearly 3,000 sailors who visit the Apostll:ship of the Sea center each month in the bustling port city of Davao, Philippines, he felt he needed "a gimmick, a prop."

"It's hard for me to just go up to the guys and start talking, and it's awkward for them;" said the 60year-old Brooklyn native. "I thought, 'Why not a bar?' Now they come up to me."

Brother Conniff serves beer and soft drinks each night at the Stella Maris Center, named after Mary under her "Star of the Sea"1.itle and strategically located on the second floor of a. former nightclub across from the main entrance to Davao's largest wharf.

The Davao center offers seafarers, fishers and stevf:dores, "whether at port for a few hours or on leave for a couple of weeks," an opportunity to play ping-pong or pool, watch sports on a 60-inch television, read a magazine, telephone a loved one, sip a beer, converse with a friend, or just plain relax.

"It's great seeing the guys laughing, playing pool or watching a soccer match," said Brother Conniff.

"Cooped up on some ships for a week or longer, they can really use the break." Of his role as bartender, Brother Conniff said, "Often all these guys want is someone wh() will listen. It's an important part of my ministry.

"I think Jesus would have been a good bartender," he added. "He's. the kind of person you could have a cold beer with, someone who would hear you out when you need a friend or caring brother."

Of those who visit the ~enter, he said, ''They're not all Catholics, but they're all believers, and they know this is a sacred place."

In addition .to Brother Conniff, the Davao center is staffed by Fa.ther John Daly Walsh, the chaplain; Eduardo Luceno, a Filipino social worker; and other staff personnel and volunteers. \ The Apostleship of the Sea carries out a worldwide Catholic outreach ministry to mariners and their families. Of the 95 ADS centers around the world, three are in the Philippines, where an e$timated 160,000 Filipinos work On every classification of ship, from fishing boats to container carriers to luxury liners.

Brother Conniff, who joined Maryknoll at age 20 after working in the publicity department at New York's Radio City Music Hall, knows that many sailors don't make the Stella Maris Center their fust stop, "no matter its strategic location."

Given the competition with redlight districts, the Apostleship of the Sea team spends as -much time on ships as in the center, offering crews and dockhands a wholesome and healthy alternative.

On one recent visit aboard the Saudi Arabian cargo ship Al Zahrah, Brother Conniff and Luceno greeted crewmen from Bangladesh, England, Syria, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the Philip-

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Monk still popular 5·0 years after 'Seven Storey Mountain' •

Trappist monk Father Thomas Mertons works continue to be big sellers.

By HEIDI SCHLUMPF CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

CHICAGO - On a typical day, Gail Wallace fields somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 work-related calls. .

As the owner of her own historical restoration business, hc~r life is ruled by deadlines and pressure, and, admits·the Kankakee, IlL, resident, "is total madness."

But, like more and more stressedout Americans, Wallace finds balance through the ancient Catholic contemplative tradition. And her "guru" is Father Thomas Merton.

The Trappist monk continues to influence seekers some 30 years after his death and 50 years after the publication of his ground-breaking autobiography, "Thl~ Seven Storey Mountain."

"His writings are so inspiring.

He has literally changed my life," said Wallace, founder and. coordinator of the Chicago chapter of the

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"After reading Thomas Merton for 15 years, I finally went to his biography, where he was young and romantic," she told The New World, Chicago's archdiocesan newspaper.

"I think the deep thinking and spirituality of the man shows through more in his later works."

Still, "The Seven Storey Mountain" is a monumentally important book, as evidenced by frequent comparisons of it to Augustine's "Confessions." Published Oct. 4, 1948, by Harcourt Brace, it sold 600,000 hardback copies in its first year alone - despite the fact that The New York Times refused to put it on its best-seller list because it was a religious book.

It can best be described as a spiritual autobiography, tracing Merton's conversion to Catholicism and ending with his entering a Trappist monastery. The book has never been out of print, and Harcourt Brace is planning a special 50th-anniversary edition.

"The power of 'The Seven Storey Mountain' is that i~ captured a lot of the spiritual longing of

people in the middle of this century," said Father Louis Cameli, director of ongoing formation for priests in the Archdiocese of Chicago.

"People were able to identify with Thomas Merton's journey and his movement from disillusionment to finding faith and real hope," he said.

That story continues to speak to new generations, according to Father Cameli, who used the book in a course on "Spirituality by Way of Autobiography" he taught at the Chicago Archdio~ese's Mundelein Seminary. "I always find that it resonates in the lives of people," he said.

Hugh McElwain, a professor at Dominican University in River Forest, also finds that young people can relate to Merton in his course on ''Mysticism in the World's Religions."

"Silence and solitude, to some extent, is essential for you to be filled, and at the same time you have to be filled and engaged," he said.

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"Chicago Cab" (GFT Entertainment) , Sour slice-of-life treatment of a day in the life of a harried taxi driver (Paul Dillon) as seen in his interaction with a strange assortment of fares ranging from the rich and boorish to drunks, junkies and weirdos. Directed by,Mary Cybulski and John Tintori, the 'colorful Chicago backgrounds provide more visual interest than the cab's depressing interior, though the largely failed attempt to deal with the potential human drama in all this is not without interest. Some nasty mt;nace, sexual~situations and references, much rough language and occasional profanity. The·U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV-adults, with reservations.

The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted.

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"Hit Me" (Castle Hill) Grim tale in which a dumb bellhop (Elias Koteas) becomes involved with a seductive guest (Laure Marsac) who ensnares him in a major hotel heist that goes murderously awry.. Director Steven Shainberg laboriously unreels the undoing of an, ordinary guy who allows lust and greed to transform him into a callous killer. Some gory violence, a discreet sexual encounter, fleeting drug use, brief profanity and much rough language.

The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV - adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted..

"Peeker" (Fine Line) Generally sweet-natured satire about a Baltimore amateur photographer (Edward Furlong) whose sudden· discovery by the New York art . world brings intrusive, unwanted limelight to his working-class family and girlfriend (Christina Ricci) and prompts him to turn his back on fame and fortune. Writer-director John Waters' skimpy tale tosses innocent characters into raunchy settings with carefree abandon calculated to amuse mor-e than offend, but the .comic T~turns are slight. A discreet sexual encounter, striptease scene with fleeting nudity, indulgent treatment of shoplifting, comically intended use of a religious statue, occasional rough language and minimal profanity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-iV - adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R --;- restricted.

"Regeneration" (Alliance) Absorbing World War I story of a psychologist (Jonathan Pryce) in a British psychiatric hospital who in 1917 is assigned to rid poet Siegfried Sassoon (JaUles Wilby) of his anti-war views and return him to combat duty. Directed by Gillies Mackinnon, the movie centers on therapY'sessions and casual conversations between the two about the lunacy of war and its cost to the human spirit, but these dialogu~ scenes are paced and given deeper meaning by flashbacks to the horrors of the battlefield, their traumatic effect on other patients and the treatment they receive to mend their broken psyches. Graphic battlefield sceneS, disturbed psychiatric patients, sexual situations, brief nudity and'a profane expletive. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III - adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted.

"Urban Legend" (TriStar) Gory horror tale in which a college coed (Alicia Witt) realizes she and her friends are in imminent danger from a serial killer'stalking the campus and executing students by duplicating grisly folkloric legends. Director Jamie Blanks surrenders an offbeat premise and initial suspense to a barrage of over-the-top grotesque slaughters by the end. Excessive vio, lence, fleeting sexual encounter, crud~ innuendo, some profanity aJ}.d in~ termittent rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is 0 - morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R -;- restricted.

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"Clay Pigeons" (Gramercy)

Smug black comedy in which a Montana gas station attendant (Joaquin Phoenix) finds himself framed for murders by his friend, his slutty lover, and a serial killer (Vince Vaughn) who wanders into town. Director David Dobkin's slick story can't disguise its implausibilities by piling up the corpses, then delivering a pat solution. Jokey depiction of sexual violence, a suicide, several murders, sexual encounters with nudity and constant profanity and rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is 0 - morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted.

"Lolita" (Goldwyn) Glossy but empty version ofVladimir Nabokov'snovel about a middleaged man (Jeremy Irons) whose sexual obsession with a 12"year-old girl (Dominique Swain) ends tragically. Director Adrian Lyne's titillating treatment of the pair's cross-country sexual odyssey lacks any sense of a larger human context other than that of a troubled pedophile. Gory violence, frontal nudity, explicit sexual situatio.ns, brief drug abuse, occasional profanity and an instance of rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is 0 - morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted.

"What Dreams May Come" (Polygram)· Gooey afterlife fantasy in which a doctor (Robin Williams) killed in a car crash is reunited \¥ith his deceased children in the hereafter, then chooses to seek out his artist wife (Annabella Sciorra) in hell following her suicide.'While direc\or Vincent Ward's paint~rly visuals are exquis• ite, the incoherent treatment of afterlife reunions renders the movie largely unappealing. A suicide, theme of reincarnation and minimal profanity and rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III - adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

Profanity mars Hallmark's film of Depression era: 'Shadracltl'·

By GERRI PARE' CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Were it not for all the profanity, the movie would seem just as appropriate on the small screen as a quality Hallmark production, so its box-office life is likely to be short-lived.

Because of some alcohol abuse, fleeting sexual innuendo, juvenile

skinny-dipping and constant profanity, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III - adults. The Motion Picture Association ofAJlerica rating is PG-13 - parents are :;trongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. '

NEW YORK; - DireCtor Susanna Styron makes her feature debut with a sweetly sentimental Depression era tale, "Shadrach" (TriStar), based on a 1978 short story by her father, Wil1iam Styron.

In rural 1935 Virginia, 100year-old only child Paul (Scott Terra) is being raised as a proper young gentleman by 'his kindly father (Darrel Larson) and ominously ill·mother. (Deborah I

By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE is reflected in human culture and lanHedwall).

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy guage.

But he prefers the more lively com- Television programs and films that reSalesian Father Carlo Buzzeui, a pany of the dirt-poor Dabneys down spect religious and biblical truths show professor of biblical sciences in Rome, the road, a rowdy family with seven the visual media's real potential for told the gathering thatthe Bible on unkempt kids, a sweet-faced mom good, Pope John Paul II said. video; film or television has a poten(Andie MacDowell) and a volatile, When television and movies per- tially huge impact. profane dad (Harvey Keitel).

The danger of a film presentation form the "noble" task of communicatPaul's parents, off to a distant ing religious and moral values, he said, . of the Bible is that film emphasizes relative's funeral, allow the boy to stay .they help redeem the media from their narrative and dramatic elements, while · with the Dabneys. While playing in the "inappropriate and' sometimes downplaying exhortatiom: and calls for backyard with the youngest (Daniel banalizing uses." reflection, Father Buzzetti said.

Treat), who should limp in but an eldArmando Fumagalli, a researcher Pope John Paul met recently with erly black man (John Franklin Saw- participants in a conference on religion at the Catholic University of Milan, yer)' in a state of near collapse. He and the visual media. The theme of the told the gathering that he believes the whispers his name, Shadrach, his age, three-day meeting was: "Is God Dead world oftelevision and cinema is mov99, and his mission: He has walked all in Television: Biblical Language and ing away from a predominant attitude the way from Alabama to die and'be Communication." of the last 20 or 30 yean;, when reliburied on the once-grand Dabney planThe meeting was sponsored by gion was "the real and ultimate taboo." tation where he was born into ~Iavery Lux-Vide, the Italian coproducers of a From the 1960s and through the and grew up. series of made-for-television movies 1980s, most films and television proThe family is flabbergasted. Pa based on Bible stories. The movies grams simply ignored religion, he said.

Dabney curses up a storm, but Mom and have been broadcast around the world. But when they did not ignore faith, it the others are immediately smitten by Pope John Paul told the group, "The was usually worse. the ex-slave's gentle, childlike nature.

Examples, FumagaIii cited inencounter between divine revelation Considering himself a Dabney, and the modem means of social com- cluded: "Full Metal Jacket," "Edward Shadrach quietly insists it is both his munications, when conducted with Scissorhands," "Cape Feu," "Mfsery" dying wish and his moral right to be respect for the truth of the biblical con- and "Jungle Fever." · buried there.

In the vast majority of films of the tent and with the correct use of tech·Off to the worthless plantation nology, is the tiarer of abundant good '60s, '70s and '80s, he s,aid, "Alonggrounds they drive with him, Mom fruits." side an abundance o{ religious serial with her trusty bottle of beer in hand, The pope said, however, that those killers and Bible-quoting psychopaths, Dad beside himself with this unwanted who try to make a movie of Bible sto- we find that in 'normal' life it is as if intrusion and Paul observing all. ries always must remember that the religion does not exist."

Once there, Paul discovers Dabney Bible is not "a mere cultural product" Fumagalli said the answer is not to oper<ttes a stil1 to survive, and although like literature; it is the word of God. produce more religious films - "they the sheriff looks the, other way, he is At the same time, television and risk being transformed into a ghetto" adamant that Virginia law forbids movie producers should not be afraid - but to help producers understand burial on private land: Shadrach must to finance and make well-researched that religion is part ofnonnal people's be interred in the local colored cem- and respectabie programs based on lives and can make theiJ characters etery, costing a staggering $35 that Bible stories, because the word ofGod even more "real."

Dabney can ill afford.

As the children gather round with Mom for the death watch, Dabney contrives to fool the lawman and barter with the undertaker so that Shadrach will get his desired resting place.

By MARK PATTISON, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE A melancholy period piece, the movie struggles to fill its feature-film HOLLYWOOD _ So often it's said that "the devil is in the details." Not so length from its short story origins. As a result the slim tale is stretched out for Catholic actor Peter Gallagher, starring in the new ABC comedy "The Seand the pacing is sluggish, -but its ba- cret Lives of Men," airing Wednesdays, 9:30-10 p.m. EDT. , sic narrative is still rather endearing.

In a discussion in Hol1ywood with television writers about racial,;omposition MacDowell's character is the heart in casting, Gallagher turned the phrase on its head, saying "God is in the details." . d all dh The three main characters are white. However, "the more finel]' I observed of the mOVie, ten er to amun er, th d '1 fth . di'd I d t h · d d . able to stand up to her husband's tie etal~, 0 ese m V.I ~~ san. as .e stone~ expan ~ OU! expenences are rades _ and oddly unaffected by her ~ e~pIOl:ed, Gallagher said, I can Imagme that Issues of diversity, 0 f all S?~ of daily drinking. diversity ~ between w~men, be~ween Ten, between races, bt:tween re1JgI~us Keitel's angry moonshiner rails - are gOl~~ to ~ s.tory hnes ~~, I~sues. Gallaghertol~ Cath~hc News Service against FOR's policies; blaming them ,he ~ot th~ God I~,m the detatls hne,rrom Dutch ~~tect Mles van der Rohe. for his poyerty, but he's basically deI ~heve.that, ~allagher added. If you examme It carefully enough, there cent and capable of suppressing his are nuracles I~ here. . . . . racism to care about the hannless man ~allagher IS a native New Yorker who. Still hves there. HIS first .boyho?d in his trust. pansh was St. Bamabas on th.e Yo~ers:Bronx border, then, ~he~1 hIS family The movie is framed as a coming- , moved to Long Island; .St. 'patnck Pansh m Armonk. ~e wed ~IS WI fe, Paula, at of-age tale as Shadrach's death is sup- the Church of Our SavIOr m Ne~ York. ~ey an~ their two chIldren. attend Our " . posed to prepare young Paul for the Lady of Petpetual Help Church .m Washmgton Depot, C~nn.

Gallagher ~?t ~ame to pronunence as one of the stars m the film. Sex, Lies eventual demise of his own mother.

This link, however, is weakly estab- and Vide.ot~pe ..Hls career got ano~he~,boost when he starred opposite Sandra lished and simply stated outright as a . Bulloc~ m ":'IDle You 'Yer~ Sleepmg. ." . " ' " coda at the film's conclusion.

He Just firushed st.~ng m the NB.C nurusene~, Brave New World when Styron also tries for a lyrical qual- he was tappc;:d to ~tar mThe Sec~~ L!ves of Men. The show focu:;es on three ity with dreamlike flashbacks to fell.ows deahng W.lth the ~ffects of dIvorce, all of whom get together ,md talk out Shadrach's slave days and Paul 's the~~ ~oubles dunng their weekly golf ~~tc~; .. .. imaginings of that era. While the fan" .'. I v~ ~Iways be~n '!?wn t~,good w~tmg, Gallagn~r.sald~f his deciSIOn ~o tasy sequences don't work very well, Jom .the Secret Llv~s cast.. The engme of an~ .declslOn I ve ever made m the movie does capture the rural folksy mO~les or on stag~ m anythmg has been the wntmg - because as an actor, atmosphere in hard times very well and yo~, re not much wlth0,ut I . t . . .. strikes a universal note with the way . - ~d. when I read thIS pilot, I thought It was far and awa¥ the best wnting ~ ha~ the family pulls together to help an eld- read m ~ges and, you know, much better ~an any of the movIes I had be~n re~din~. ·erly man over'his final hurdle.

Be~ldes, he coul? use the money he 11 earn. ~fter all, Gallagher ~nd hiS Wife have kIds at the pansh school, and "I've got tUItIOns" to pay, he Salt\.

Pope: Tll,' movies that re~pe~t religion can hl!-ve good results

God 'is in the details, says actor Gallagher

Oceania

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Oct. 9, 1998 Continued from page one

The Assembly will begin with each of the participating bishops giving a speech, a report. After that, the committee work will begin.

The theme of the Special Assembly is "Jesus Christ and the Peoples of Oceania: Walking Hi:, Way, Telling His Truth and Living His Life....

The focus will be on the three major sections of the theme, whose headings are taken from the active elements in the topic. A report from the Assembly will go to the Holy Father, who himself has been wliting his reflections as a post-synod document.

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Bishop O'Malley, the only U.S. bishop appointed to the Assembly, said the appointment came as a surprise. However, he is chairman of the U.S. Bishop's missio'1 committee, and much of Oceania is considered mission territory. He is also a board member of Catholic Relief Services, which is closely allied to work in the Oceania area. "And the Holy Father in all of these synods tries to add bishops from outside to brillg a different perspective," Bishop O'Malley said.

"Because the Holy Father attends these daily meetings, it offers the

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He added that the observance base when they come home, to upserves as a reminder of our baptis- date us on their work and ministry," mal obligation to mal.e the good he said. "I never met a missionary news of Jesus known throughout our who did not express some need for lives. While we fulfill this obligation his community in the missions; with family and co-workers, "Our from soap to medicine, from clothobligation does not end there. Mis- ing to drinking water. I never met a sion Sunday gives the occasion of be- missionary on home leave who was ing concerned about th(~ message of not anxious to return to the misChrist being known to the wider sions."

Mission Sunday also is an opporChurch through our prayers and sactunity to "remember and support rifices."

Msgr. Oliveira said that through those who have gone from our diothe generosity of mission benefac- cese to bring the good news of saltors here in the Fall River Diocese, vation to others. This diocese has a gifts are sent to missionaries at tremendous history of missionary support, not only monetary, but in Christmas.

"These missionaries often touch .support of personnel," he added.

wonderful opportunity to work closely with him as well with bishops from all across the world with their own problems and perspectives.

I am honored to be a part of this opportunity to look at the universal Church."

According to the working document, the Assembly is meeting at an opportune time, because the people of Oceania are experiencing significant changes at this moment in history. Until World War II, the Pacific region, largely unknown by the wider world, had a relatively peaceful existence. The war made the region and its islands a strategic area where many battles were fought, erasing that peace. Subseq\lently the situation changed. Colonies were moving towards independence, industrial companies from inside and outside the region explored the natural resources - mining, logging and fishing. Development created new realities and challenges for the people and their leaders.

Currently, Oceania is attempting to find its own identity in relation to Europe, Asia and America, the working document contends.

The Catholic Church faces not only historical but geographical challenges in the area. Comprised of vast areas of water, some great land masses and many small islands, it is

Anniversaries Contintwd from page one

Catholic couples who have set great examples for us."

He spoke of Luke's Gospel, in which the apostles asked Jesus how they could increase thl~ir faith, saying "Faith is a gift from God. We nurture our faith by being a community of believers. We, like the apostles, must ask God to increase our faith."

Louis R. Bouchard and his wife Claire of Fall River were among those couples in attendance. Louis didn't let a recent injury to his leg and being on crutches stop him from participating. "We're celebrating our 50th year together this November on the lIth," he declared proudly.

Dan and Terri Cesarz, of Our Lady of M6unt Carmel Church in Seekonk stood in the first pew. They marked 25 years together and shared the joyous occasion with their ten-year-old daughter Meghan who looked on with a smile as her parents renewed marriage vows.

Also among the many couples were John and Mary Abreu of New Bedford, who have been married for 60 years. They held hands during the ceremony and were joined by family members on their special day.

The bishop spoke about the wedding ring and what it should remind couples of. "The wedding ring is a sign, a covenant you have made. It reminds you of the sacred covenant you made with God. Marriage is also a sign. It's a vocation, a union

Schools Continued from page one

Between now and April 1999 the consultants and task force will study and determine the feasibility of new elementary schools and a high school.

If, at the end of this phase of study, it is determined that. new schools will be feasible, the next step would be a capital fund drive feasibilit.y study and the identification of specific scllool sites. The task force will be asked to develop a communication plan to inform parish members on Cape Cod of the progress of the planning committee.

and a love.

You will be a blessing for others and your children," he declared.

The Mass was sponsored by the Office of Family Ministry and many diocesan priests were on hand to . conce!ebrate with Bishop O'Malley. Father Horace J. Travassos, director of the Office of Family Ministry, was enthusiastic about. the SPECIAL MOMENT - Mary Bargasse was number of people who happy to meet Bishop Sean O'Malley following a

~~~e?i~~~a~ll~ Mas's at St. Mary's Cathedral for couples observways nice to acknowledge so many couples."

ing 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. She and her husband Earle, both of Our Lady of Assumption Parish, New Bedford, are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this year.

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By CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS' SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - The Eastern Catholi,c churches must be protected and strengthened to ensure . their survival and to enrich the universal church, said Cardinal Achille Silvestrini.

"The Eastern Catholic churches are liVing witnesses to the fact that the' Catholic Church ... is a symp/lony in which the voice and witness of a variety of churches resound," said the cardinal, prefect of-the Congregation for Eastern Churches.

At the beginning of the congregation's Sept. 29-0ct. 2 plenary assembly, Cardinal Silvestrini said that if the Eastern eatholic churches are seen simply as "branches" of the Catholic Church, the universal Church risks losing one of the clearest signs of its catholicity.

The assembly brought together patriarchs and bishops from each of the Eastern <;:atholic churches, along with car.dinals, congregl;ltiori staff members and consultants. . C~dinal Silvestri~i spid some of the difficulties facing the Eastern churches include:

- being looked upon "with suspicion, if not open hostility, by' the Orthodox churches, despite the fact that many elements of history and tradition unite them"; - "Not a few Latin Catholics, on the other hand, precisely because of the new ecumenical prospects, tum their attention to the Orthodox churches, forgetting the presence of those Easterners who are already living in full Catholic . " . commUnIon; -:- political instability and the "emergence of an aggressive Islamic fundamentalism" in the Middle East; this has led to massive ernigra~on and threatens the very existence of Eastern Catholic and Orthodox churches in the region; . - "The notable internal division" within India's Syro-Malabar Church as, well as tensions between the Latin-rite and Easternrite churches in India over the care of Catholics outside the traditional boundaries of their rite" At the same time, he ~aid, Eastem churches are rediscovering and asserting thei~ ow.n idellt'ity and· herytage, a.key fqr them to flou,r.~ ishin the future. , , The commitment to a new

evangelization, the cardinal said, must make it clear that people do not belong to a particular church only bybiJ:th or national identity.

The Eastern churches "are true · churches, already in full communion with the See of Peter, and not simple subdivisions' of Catholicism," he said.

Cardinal Silvestriili said thatin a universal Church that is predominantly Latin-cite, the future of the' Eastern churches also depends on understanding and respect from Latin' Catholics.

The cardinal said issues the plenary will be asked to discuss include: .How to deal with specific situa-

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tions concerning Eastern Catholics, . and the Latin church, iricluding those who want to change rites; ways to make more visible "the dignity and honor" of the pastern Catholic patriarchs within the universal Church; ~d ways to promote true: liturgical renewal among churches that often have few resources.

'Bishop: WODlel)'S ordination. advocate b~rred from Eucharist

used St. Thomas More Parish to these things, one of them being promote the ordination of women the fact that ordination i~; only for to the priesthood. men," places herself in a. position Speaking on the same pro- "no longer in full communion PERTH, Australia _ An Australian bishop has told a promi- , gram:Bishop Mayne said Nugent with the Church," he said. nent campaigner for women's or~ had 'been warned and had effecHoly Communion in the dination that she may not receive tively been the one who placed Catholic Church was for those Communion 'in the Canberra par- herself in her current position. who were in full communion with ish she attends.

"The recent papal teaching on the Church, he said. Nugent said B ish 0 p Geo ffrey May ne, the matter makes it quite clearthat on the radio program she would . Australia's military ordinary.and . anyone who refuses to accept continue as an active Catholic. administrator of St. Thomas More' Parish in the suburb of Campbell, told Ann Nugent she. was not to receive Communion, read at Mass or participate in the parish coun- ' " cil. . By MICHAEL WAMBLE Nugent is an executiv~ mem~ . ............

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE ber of Ordination ,of CatholiC ' Women, a nationwide group sup,..,g-Ag' ~m ~Die CHICAGO - The Society for G::atholic Lit.urgy called for a reas- . porting the orqination of women, sessment of the Second Vatican Co'uncil to uncover its unta:?ped re:f7Ag.,UliitAe .~~()n ~ 1M, ij " · and editor of the group's news- sources at a conference'in Chicago. .. ,. ;" en 07TeaPen . ltetter, OCW News. ' ~'Our ultimate gOl:!1 is to take a fairly mainstream p.ositionon litur. , .:....., . , ',St.Thomas More Parish is part gical development;" said the society's:'pre'sident, Msgr. Francis of the Archdiocese of Canberra,' Mannion of the Salt Lake City under the leadership of Arch 7 Diocese. . "This is a co.nference Oh adorable arid' Divine Will, behold me.here before the imbishop Francis CarrQlI, andjs not Board member Dominican mensity ofYour Light, that Your eteril~l goodness.may open to , . officially .part of the military Father Giles of people who support Dimock ~greed: me the doors and make me enter into Itto form.my life all in ordinariate.... ' "This is a confer- Vatican /I but still want to ence of people You; Divine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate before Bishop'Mayne defended' his who s!Jppo,rt see it in the light of our Vatican II but Your Light, I, the least of all creatures, put Il)yself intotbe little decision as one that enforced the still want to see tradition and want to re- it in the light of group of the sons and daughters 'ofYour Supreme·FIAT. Pros- . rules of the Church. " our tradition and want to restore a trate in my nothingness, Iinvoke'Your Light and beg t~at it In his 1994 apostolic ietter, sense of sacred- store a sense ofsacred- ness to the litclothe me and eclipse all that does not pertain to You, Divipe "Ordinatio Sacerdotalis," Pope urgy." ness to the liturgy."

Will. It will be my Life, the center of my intelligence, the John' Paul II declared that the With, s p e c i a l . attention given ,enrapturer of my h~ait and of my whole being. I do not want Church had n.o authority to ordain to the topics of liturgy and culture; conference speakers addressed the human will to have life in this heart any longer. I will cast it women as priests. liturgical music, Christian art and architecture, the consequences of away from me and thus form the new Eden of Peace, of happiIn another apostolic letter, "Ad changes in the Rites of Christian Burial, and the Roman liturgy and ness and of love. With It I shall be always happy. I shalrhave a Tuendam Fidem)" issued in June, African-American Catholicism. Among the speakers were Chicago singular Nrength and a holiness that sanctifies all things and ' Pope John, Paul changed the Cardinal Francis E. George and Father James Moroney, executive diconducts them to God. Church's Ea~tern- and Latin-rite rector,of the U.S. bishops' Committee Qn the Liturgy.

Here prostrate, I invoke the help of the Most Holy Trinity code's of Canon Law to underline In a symposil;lm titled "Liturgy, Culture and Language," Cardinal that They permit me to live in .the cloister of the Divine Wtll and Catholics' obligation to accept George told the 70 participants that "the impetus of Vatican II wasn't thus return in me the first order of creation, just as the creature Church teachings that have not to change the whole culture but to respond to the whole culture." was created. ' been proclajmed as divinely reCardinal George said' if the Church neglects to consider the influHeavenly Mother, Soven~ign and Queen of the Divine Fiat, vealed but that have been taught ence of the larger culture in the discussion 'of shaping the liturgy, take my hand and introduce me into the Light of the Divine as belongingto the Catholic faith "then we put people in the position where they would have to be Will. You' will be my guide, my most tender Mother, and will and its unbroken tradition. heroic to be Catholic.'.' teach me to live in and to maintain myself in the order and the An accompanying commenAddressing the perceived lack of beauty in post-Vatican II liturgibounds of the Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate my tary by Cardinal Joseph cal music; the' cardinal joined in the lament by some over the absence whole being to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me the Ratzinger, head ofthe Vatican's of Gregorian chants and older hymns. While conferees made it clear doctrine of the Divine Will and I will listen most attentively to doctrinal congregation, men- they do not want to alter the documents resulting from Vatican II, nor Your lessons. You will cover me with Your mantle so that the tioned' the ordination of women construct new doctrines that would further confuse Catholics., many . infernal serpent dare not perietrate intothis sacred Eden to enas one of several examples of view the reclamation of aevotions and other Catholic rituals, along tice me and make me fall into the maze of the. human will.. .

Chur~h teachings "which are necwith a reinterpretation of Vatican II, as a catalyst to deepen and make Heart of my greatest Good, Jesus, You will give !TIe Your 'essary for f~thfully keeping and new connections with nbnpracticing Catholics. flames that they may bum me, consume me, and feed me to expounding the deposit of faith, This perspective was articulated by Owen Cummings of Mount form in'me the Life of the Divine Will. · even if they have not been pro- Angel Seminary in St. Benedict, Ore. Noting the British public's Saint joseph, you will be my p~otector, the guardian of my posed by'~e magisterium of the response to Princess Diana's death, Cummings said that the throwing heart, and will keep the keys of my will in your hands. You w.ill Church as formally revealed." of flowers at her hearse and the use of popular music during her fukeep my heart jealously and shall never give it to me again, that, , 'In' an interview with Australian neral were evidence that when people' do not have religious rituals lmay'be silre of-never leaving the Will of God. ' Broadcasting Corp:,;'Nugent said they will create their own. .

My guardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in everyshe has been hurt and confused "Our Catholic rituals are very precious because they carry t:Je full thing so that my Eden may flourish and be the instrument that

by Bishop Mayne's action. She .apparatus of doctrine and what it means to be human," he said. "If the dra..ys ~l men into the :{<.ingdom oithe Divine Will. Amen. said that when she discussed the Church doesn't encourage domestic rituals - grace before meals, matter with the i,ishop, she lighting candles before pictures on anniversaries of death - it can ( In HonQn of LU,isa, Picccirreta J86S~ J947 Child of the Divine Will) pointed out to him that she never create a sense'of longing for ritual among the young."

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Canadian woman shares history with Edith Stein

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MELKITE FATHER Emmanuel Charles McCarthy and his daughter Teresia look at an icon depicting Edith Stein at their home in Brockton, Mass. Teresia's recovery from a lethal dose of Tylenol in 1987 was the miracle confirmed in the canonization cause of Stein. The McCarthy family will be on hand when Pope John Paul II declares her a saint Oct. 11 in Rome. (CNS file photo from Reuters)

Pope says U.S. risks losing soul over abortion, euthanasia

By CINDY WOCIDEN

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and Bergman returned to Ottawa, OTTAWA - When Pope John only a little disappointed.

"It was a marvelous trip," she said PaullI canonizes Blessed Edith Stein in Rome Oct. 11, a Canadian woman on her return. "Poland is beautiful and with a similar history hopes to be the people were very nice." there.

She will return Like Blessed Like Bless~d Steiq, to Europe to witStein, Rose- Rose-Myriame Bergman ness thecanonizaM y ria m e of Ottawa was born a Jew tion in Rome Oct. Bergman of Ot11 and hopes to tawa was born a but converted to CathoJi- visit with the pope Jew but converted cism as an adult. on her birthday, to Catholicism as Bergman's father died in Oct. 14. an adult. the Auschwitz death During her trip Bergman's father to Rome, died in the camp in 1944, where Bergman, a diAuschwitz death Blessed Stein had died minutive, jovial camp in 1944, two years earlier. woman with a where Blessed .....- - - - .... contagious laugh, Stein had died two years earlier. said she will meet for three days with It was four years ago that the Carmelite community to reflect Bergman formed the Edith Stein As- on the life of Blessed Stein. sociatiol1 of Canada with the bless"I'll sit and I'll listen and I'll give ing ofArchbishop Marcel Gervais of my advice," she joked.

Ottawa and began delivering lectures Blessed Stein was born in Breslau, on the life of Blessed Stein which, Germany-nowWroclaw,Polandaccording to Bergman, has much to and converted to Catholicism at the say about the vocation of women and age of 31 after reading the autobiogwomen in politics. raphy of St. Teresa of Avila. But she Early last year, Bergman traveled continued to affirm her unity with the to Poland for an II-day visit to the ' Jewish people, seeking help for them pope's homeland. She expected to see from the Vatican. She was arrested at the pope officially declare Blessed a Carmelite convent in Holland and Stein, whom he beatified in 1987, a was sent to the Nazi death camp at saint of the Roman Catholic Church. Auschwitz, in Poland, where she died Instead Pope John Paul approved in a gas chamber in August 1942. the Jewish-born Carmelite nun for elevation to sainthood at a later date,

rae," he said, is "a response to con- be considered in individual cases, temporary culture's temptation to he said, "the omission of nutrition VATICAN CITY -- The United reduce life to a commodity." and hydration intended to cause a Pope John Paul urged those in patient's death must be rejected."

States risks losing its soul as it removes restrictions on abortion and the pro-life movement to make paves the way for legalized eutha- greater efforts to provide women nasia, Pope John Paul II wrote in a with alternatives to abortion, to make those alternatives known and speech to visiting U.S. bishops.

Economic well-being and super- to provide' counseling to women power status are not the only things who have had an abortion. that make a nation great, the pope said Bishops, he said, must help Low, low rates starting at in the Oct. 2 speech. "A nation needs people clarify "the substantive a soul," he said. "It needs the wisdom moral diffe'rence between disconand courag~ to overcome the' moral tinuingmedical procedures that ills and spiritual temptations inherent . may be burdensome, dangerous or No points, no closing costs 1st, 2nd, 3rd MORTGAGES in its march through history." disproportionate to the expected Purchase or Refinance Pope John Paul praised the U.S. outcome ... and taking away the Improvement & Repair bishops' active support of pro-life ordinary means of pr~serving.life, Debt Consolidation movements, but also told the bish- such as feeding, hydration and norCredit Card Pay Offs Home Equity Loans ops from California, Nevada and mal medical care."

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All three students placed among the top five percent of more than one million students who entered the 1999 Merit Program by taking the 1997 Preliminary SATlNational Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

(Keith Blasquiere is the son of Jqseph and Ma.ry !,,:ne Blaquiere.or East Falmouth, Benjamin Goldblatt is the son of Robert and Di'ane ,.'

Goldblatt pf Ne~ Bedford.... Joel Max'¥ell is .the son of Joanne Max-FoALL. RIVER ~ Marc awards program, created by .' . ,.....,.,:. .' .' . ]'lormandin,,' a' senior .at Bish~'p Wendy's, the National Association well of Westport. . , ' : Four recent graduates of. Stang have been named AP Scholars by . Copnolly J:!Igh. Schoo~, .was re- . of Secondary School Principals the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on centlynommated for ~e fifth ~n- . and ilie Downtow~ Athletic Club the college-level Advanced Placement Examinations. Students who nual· Wen~y's .. High School in New York City, recognizes acapass the tests earn c'ollege credit in the subject taken. They are Miriam - . Heisman A\Yard. The national ... demic achievement,' comm,uni~y Bates, Christop~er Grzegorczyk, MatthewJarvis and Timoiliy Wojcik.

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FALL RIVER - Albeit "Vai" - . Vaillancourt, the associate dif(~c. tor of the Fall River Area CYO .' Baseball League, announced iliat ." Joe Sanft ofHoly Name Parish has · been named the 1998 recipient of the Umpires Sportsmanship Tro, ph)!. " ' Val noted that·iliis is ilie only · individual award given each year · in ilie league and it seeks. to emphasis ilie CYO's goal for young , . people to play hard, work togeilier, . enjoy good competition, but above .all; win and' lose with' class and . dignity. "Joe Sanft fulfills all 0(' EIGHTH GRADE class officers at St Mary's School, New those requirements and has done Bedford, were presentee-with the Icon of the Holy Trinity at so for several seasons of CYO the opening school Mass by Cathy LaCroix, principal, a'nd baseball/' said Vaillancourt.

Each manager in the league is Monsignor John J;Oliveira, pastor.. Each grade in the school hosts the icon a mohth at a time. Pictured are (from left) allowed to nominate a player from Kevin Barbosa, vice-president; Tara Gifford, 8th grade teacher; his team for the award. The Hope Solomos, secretary; John Pepin, president; and Kyle . league umpires then select the recipient. Sanft will be awarded

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Normandin is a member of the National Honor Society, the French Honor Society and the cro~s-country, basketball and baseball teams. He also works 20 hours a week and maint.lins a high academic stand,ing. .

"Marc is a true role model for today's youth," said Amhony Nunes, school principal-. .'''We are proud to recognize ~im ar,ld are honored that he serves'as an ambassadqr for Bishop Connolly ,,' High School." , . The field of students will be furthernarrowed to 102 state' award winners and then to 12 natio:nal finalists over ilie next few months.

St. Francis Xavier' kicks off third. year' . ,

HYANNIS - St. Francis' Xavier Preparatory School opened for its iliird school year . this fall with 206 students in grades five ilirough eight. They were joined by 16 faculty members including Stephen Kenney,. headmaster, 'and Tom Balerino, new assistant headmaster.

Students, faculty and families began the school year with a Mass of celebration, a rollerblading party and ice cream social. New

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The school will be holding an open house for prospective students on November 3 and academic testing will be held during December and January. For more information call Stephen Kenney at 771-7200.

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Resisting friends who could get you in trouble

By CHRISTOPHER CARSTENS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

won't participate in this activity, and second, that you still want their friendship.

Her dad didn't know the whole story. He wasn't there, and all he could tell me was what his daughter told him. I've changed some details for the sake ofprivacy, but everything .1111'~/11.1./IIII else is true.

She had been with her friends the friends were engaged in some ilFOIt YOUTH • ABOUT yOunt legal stuff involving marijuana. She told her dad she wasn't part of that, How is that done? but he wasn't sure what he believed.

Tell your friends that you don·'t Anyway, there was trouble with some "suppliers," and the daughter's want to do what they propose, and friends decided to "scare them." They say why. The real message is simply would go over with guns and make that you aren't going along on this some threats, but nobody would get one. This is not the time for a long hurt. She thought it was a bad idea, moral lecture. Just state your reasons.

"I don't want to go because ifmy but they were her friends and she let dad comes home and I'm not here, them talk her into driving the car.

She'd stay out on the street and he'll kill me." Or, "I don't want to she'd be OK. They promised her that because I think we'll get suspended." she was safe. They really meant it. Or, "I don't want to - beer makes They were her friends. She was wor- me puke."

Next, suggest an alternative. ried, but she drove them over anyway.

Something went wrong. Two guys "Look, let's rent some videos and go got shot, and one of them died. The to my house," or, "My mom's going district attorney tried her as an adult. to be home at four. I bet she'll take She knew it was about drugs. She us to themalL..Evenifit.slame.it knew her friends had guns. She sat in , doesn't matter. You just need an alon the planning, and she drove the car. ternative proposal.

If that doesn't work, if your A murder took place, and the law said friends are going ahead with their she'd helped commit the crime.

Her dad wept as he told me that risky plan, start talking with your feet. she's serving nine years in the peni- You can suggest something for tomorrow. But if you hang around tentiary.

We can be thankful that our they'll start working on your resischoices are rarely this serious. A situ- tance.

You can say, "OK, well, let's get ation involving guns, for example, is a special topic that would need to be together after English tomorrow, but discussed all by itself in another ar- I gotta go now."

Then go. Don't look back. Don't ticle.

But here I want to say that every get involved in any more conversateen faces important decisions involv- tion.

Just get out of there. ing friends. Your friends have an idea.

If you do it this way, tomorrow They think it would be fun, and you think it sounds risky. They try talking you're still friends. If this was a oneyou out of your fears. "It will be OK:' time bad decision on their part, it will blow over. they tell you, "nothing will go wrong," You stuck up for yourself, and if Maybe they're proposing a big deal like using drugs or something your friends are worthwhile, the/II little by comparison like going shop- respect your courage. And if they ping when your parents think you're don't respect your courage, maybe you need some different friends. at home.

Your comments nre welcome.

At times like that, you need a plan for keeping out of trouble and you Please address: Dr. Christopher may feel you need to plan against los- Carstens, flo Catholie News Sering your friends. That requires com- vlce, 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washmunicating two things: first, that you ington, D.C. 20017.

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Overcoming bitterness

By CHARLIE MARTIN

To the Moon and Back (Verse 1) She's taking her time Making up the reasons To justify all the hurt inside , Guess she knows from the smiles And the look in their eyes Everyone's got a theory About the bitter one They're sayinglMama never loved her much And Daddy never keeps in touch That's why she shies away From human affection But somewhere in a private place She packs her bags for outer space And now she's waiting For the right kind of pilot To come (and she'll say to him) She's saying (Chorus) I would fly you to the moon and back If you'll be, if you'll be my baby Got a ticket for a world Where we belong So would you be my baby?

Ooh-ooh (Verse 2) She can't remember a time When she felt needed If love was red Then she was I: 'llor-blind All her friends they've Been tried for tr3ason And crimes thelt were never defined She's saying Love is like a barren place And reaching out For human faith is Is like a journey I just Don't have a map' for , So baby gonna take a dive And push the shift to overdrive Send a' signal that she's hanging All her hopes on the stars (What a pleasant dream) just saying (Repeat Chorus Twice) Mamma never loved her much And Daddy never keeps in touch That's why she shies away From human affection But somewhefi~ in a private place' She packs her bags for outer space And now she's waiting for The right kind of pilot To come (and she'll say to him)' She's' saying (Repeat Chorus Twice) Written by Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones Sung by Savage Garden Copyright c 1997 by Sony Music Entertainment Inc. EMI Blackwood Music IncJEMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Ltd.

DOES GETTING emotionally hurt erode a person's openness to being loved? This question is addressed in Savage Garden's latest chart hit, ''To the Moon and Back."

Actuillly, there is enough message in this song to fill several columns. However, since getting hurt happens to all of us, I chose to focus on this concern here.

The girl in the 'song comes from a background where "Mama never loved her much, and Daddy never keeps in touch." Consequently, "that's why she shies away from human affection."

Yet, she apparently has not given up all hope in love, for "she's waiting for the right kind of pilot to come," Being hurt by others, and especially in the family that we grow up in, affects the ways we form future relationships. When you discover that you cannot trust those you most depend upon, as the song describes, it becomes more difficult to trust anyone. Jt is not a ,surprise that this girl "shies" away from others. . ·However, I want teens to know that the healing of hurt is just as real as the emotional hurt itself.

God wants us to experience satisfying, human connections with others. God will help us find the path past emotional hurt when we are ready.

Sometimes we may not realize how the past has influenced us until we have lived through failed relationships. This seems to have occurred to this girl, for "all -her friends, they've been tried for treason." The hurt in her past has injured her present life.

Yet, there are ways to change this pattern. Having been a victim in'one period of life does not mean a person must be a victim forever.

Whether you have been hurt by your family or in romantic relationships, a different future begins by facing the truth. Be hor.est about your feelings, and examine the behaviors that have developed as a reaction to having been hurt.

To do this, you don't need a "pilot" to take you to the "moon and back." Rather, you need inner resolve, support from trusted friends and possibly some time with a trained professional who can help you create a different future.

If you ask, God will help yO;! tind just what you need.

Your comments are always welcome. Please address: Charlie Martin, 7125 W 200S, Rockport; Ind. 47635.

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EASTON - Bishop Sean P. O'Malley OFM, Cap., will be the principal celebrant at Stonehill College's

FALL RIVER - Saint Anne's Hospital offers a Teen Violence Resource Program for adolescents ages 12-20 who have been victims of sexual assault, domestic violence or violence among peers. The Adolescent Group meets Thursdays from 4-5 p.m. at the hospital. For more infonnation call Sharon Lafleur at 674-5741 ext. 2270.

A Parent 'Support Group meets Thesdays from 5-6 p.m. at SaintAnne's Hospital. For more infonnation call Pat Surprenant at the above number.

FALL RIVER- Dominican Laity, Saint Rose of Lima Chapter, Will hold its monthly meeting on Oct 21 at the Dominican Academy Chapel. ,Thi~ meeting waS originally scheduled' for Oct. 14, but was' moved to the third week oroct. It begins''with recitation of the rosary at 6:40 p.m., Mass and liturgy of the hours. A conference by Father Pierre E. Lachance, OP, will follow. All welcome. For more infonna.: tion call Ann Fennessey at 674-1899.

HYANNIS - Catholic Social Services needs volunteers to tutor adults

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ASSONET,- Lori B. Swartz has Founders' Day 50th Anniversary Mass been invited by the Women of St. Ber- at 1 p.m. Oct. 12. It will be held in the nard to offer a program entitled "Stress , campus' Sally Blair Ames Sports Management" at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14 in Complex. All welcome. For more infonnation call 565-1344. ' , the church hall. All welcome.

'The Senior and Disabilities Groups of St. Bernard's Parish'are sponsoring FALL RIVER - Seniors are ina Mass at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23. Mass vited to attend weekly sessions of acwill include anointing of the sick. All tivities, games, speakers and coffee so-' welcome. Refreshments will follow. cials at the Partnership Senior DropFor more infonnation or a ride to the in at 711 Middle Street from 9 a.m. to church call Pe~er or Mary Conrod at noon. The next guest speaker will be 644-5851 or Carol Spoor at 644-2645. ' heard on Oct. 21. All welcome. , ATTLEBORO - Singer and keyboard player Tom Roy will be featured at the next La Salette Coffee House at 6:30 p.m, Oct. 10. He perfonns both original music and songs from today's top Christian music ·artists. A free raffle for tapes and CDs will be included. All welcome.

A healing service will be held at the shrine at 2 p.m. Oct. II. It will include Mass, hymns of praise and the opportunity for people to b~ prayed over and anointed individually. The service will be led by Father Richard Delisle and members of the shrine's Prayer Community Healing Team.

Guest speakers from the "Life Foundation" ofScottsdale; AZ, wiII be at the shrine at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14 to present a special program on the Divine Mercy, message. The presentation will include pictures of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Shroud ofThrin. A Eucharistic Holy Hour and Chaplet ofDivine Mercy will follow. All welcome.

in.baSic conversation~ English for the Center, 500 Slocum Road, from 7-9 Basic English for Lifelong Learning p.m. Oct. 12. Sister Eugenia 'Brady SWANSEA - The Vcx:ation Team (BELL) Program. No knowledge of a will address the topic ofanger. All wel- of St. Michael's Church is sponsoring foreign language or previous teaching . come. a living rosary at 7 p.m. Oct. 14. Felexperience is required. lowship wiII follow in the For infonnation on how . - - - - - - - - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - - - . church hall. All welyou can get involved c a l l ' come. For more inforGOO'll' Slillson " 771maHon Cia;" 6771. . t~ Morissette 672-01 04.

HYANNIS-A support group for parents, families and friends of gays and lesbians will meet, from 7-8:30 p.m. at· the Catholic Social Services Building, 261 South Street, Oct. 12.

The group offers support in a safe and confidential setting. Newcomers welcome. Meetings are heM the second Monday of each month. For more infonnation call 771-6771.

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SWANSEA - The S Q mer s e tI S wan sea ((~~ • 'II~ UItreya oftte Fall River ~ I~I-II~ Cursillo Movement will ~..., hold an infonnation night ~~~I'" at 7 p.m. Oc;t. 18 at St. Michael's Church.

Learn more: about the ~ Cursillo Movement and ....--...... join in an ,~vening of ~ prayer. All welcome.

For more information • EVER'l60DY 60T A WO~\..D miSSION SUNOAY ENVEL.OPC _? . call Frank Lucca at 6796329.

6'OOD! NOW 1 wANT YOO TO I>EUVER 'Em 1{) THE PRoPAiATION OF 1llE FAITII OlOasAN OI~E'TO~ {" TAUNTON - Saint NEW BEDFORD L.._.

Anthony's Parish will - The next meeting of the Serra Club celebrate the annual Feast of Our Lady. of New Bedford will be at 7 p.m. Oct. SEEKONK - A holy hour for' vo- of Fatima on Oct. 10 beginning with 26 at White's of Westport. It will in- cations will be held at 6:30 p.m. Oct.. 7 p.m. Mass and candlelight procesclude a guest speaker. All.catholicl~at St. Mary's Church. It will in- sion. Benediction of the Blessed Sacmen welcome. elude Benediction of the Blessed Sac- rament will follow the procession. All rament. All welcome. welcome. .

NORTH ATTLEBORO - Father Stephen A. Fernandes will con~ duct a workshop on pro-life topics ineluding Project Rachel t'rorh 7-9 p.m.'

Oct. 13 at Sacred Heart',Parish. All welcome. For more info~ation call DIGHTON':"" It's not often you Center, and t~¢,.AIPSIHIV, Ministry.

John or Elinor Mdnt¥~ ~t 695-6165. , The'publtc will-be.abJe to have , can find a one-stop shopping center NORTH,DARTMOUTH - The that not only offers information about medications reviewed 'by ;1 pharmaDiocesan Office 'of-Fainily-Ministry what ails you, but free blood pressure, ,cist. Bring all your'medic~lions with will offer Rainbows, a weekly support cholesterol, vision, hearing and mam- you and a pharmacist wi II explain drug interactions. group for children in single-parent or mogram screenings 'as well.

'That's all part {)f the program to For mammograms, contact Jean . stepfamilies, at the Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Road. Sessions will be offered Oct. 10, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Q!Jigley, R.N., at 669-5~:51. Free begin at 6:30 p.m. on the fpllowing when St. Peter Parish's Health Coun- maJllmograms will be provided for dates: Oct. 14,21,28, Nov. 4, 11, and cil offers a Health Fair ·in the pansh those who are insured.

Admission to the, Heall:h Fair is Dec.' 2. All welcome. For more infor- hall on Main Street.

Besides the screening· programs, free. Those who bring a nonperishmation call Sister Eugenia Brady at there will.be demonstrations of mas- able food item for Samaritm House 999-6420 ext. 15. sage therapy, reflexology' (healing will get a free ticket to the door prize.

A similar health fair Oct 3 was sponNORTH DARTMOUTH - A touch), CPR and First Aid and the sored by the EastFreetown Parish Nurses Divorced and Separated Support work{)fa hypnotherapist.

Participants will include SHINE, and was held at St John Neumann's parGroup will meet at the Fan:rily Life wm, Secure Horizons, the Women's .ish hall in East Freetown.

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HEALING SERVICE WITH MASS ,Sunday, October 11 - 2:00 p.m.

Father R. Delisl~ and LaSalette Prayer Community

DIVINE MERCY PRESENTATION Wednesday, October 14 -7:30 p.m.

"Life Foundation" Speakers of Scottsdale', AZ Music of Marty Rotella . Holy Hour & Ch~plet to follow

"NUN OF THIS & .NUN OF THAT" Friday, October 16 - 7:00 p.m.

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