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AIDS AFFECTS EVERYONE IN THE WORLD! is the message that 11-year-old Ashley Walecka, a student a Holy Family-Holy Name School, New Bedford, wants to impart to the diocese. Pictured above is her winning entry in an art contest sponsored by the Diocesan Office of AIDS Ministry. Her design will be used at the December 1 World AIDS Day Mass and program. (Kearns photo)

New Bedford stu'dent wins AIDS Ministry art contest Eleven year old Ashley Walecka of New Bedford, a student at the Holy Family-Holy Name School, is the winner of an art contest sponsored by the Fall River diocesan Office of AIDS Ministry.

Illustrating her caption "AIDS affects everyone in the world!," her entry is a crayon drawing of planet Earth surrounded on each side: by a semicircle of persons, big and small, clothed in a rainbow of colors, and inextricably linked with each other by clasped hands. A cord connects the two groups, bridging the gaps and creating an unbroken ring

of the family of man. Over them flies a small white dove carrying the crossed red ribbon which has become wellknown as the symbol of the HIV/AIDS virus and a reminder to all that there is still much to be done to combat it.

Ashley 'drew the picture last spring while in fifth grade in response to an invitation from AIDS Ministry to students in grades kindergarten through 8 to create a piece of art expressing their understanding of how HIV and AIDS affect our communities today. The contest had a dual purpose: it provided a teachable moment in calling students'

attention to the pandemic, and it marked the beginning of preparations for this year's diocesan observance of World AIDS Day. Contest rules announced that the award-winning design would be part of the December I st World AIDS Day Mass and program.

Celebrated on the first day of-December each year around the world, World AIDS Day is designed to promote education and awareness of issues surrounding HIV and AIDS. Dr. Krysten Winter-Green, director of diocesan AIDS Ministry, reported that several hundred contest entries

were received and that the judging process was a two-step one. In the preliminary stage, AIDS Ministry office staff and volunteers and persons living with and affected by HIV/AIDS reviewed all entries, selecting II finalists. These II were then presented to Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., who then chose the winning entry from the group. All judging was done without any knowledge of entrants' names or schools.

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John 1. Burke, 91, of Newport, Cemetery and at the office of the County Tipperary, Ireland, for de- Society for the Propagation of the cades a diocesan employee until his' Faith, both in Fall River. He then became maintenance retirement to his naman for the bishop's resitive Ireland some 20 dence and grounds, also years ago, died Oct. frequently actin'g as at 14 driver for Bishop Cassidy AssumptionHospital, and the Sisters of Ste. Thurles, County LimJeanne d' Are, who staff erick. His Mass of the episcopal residence.

Christian Burial was He was the son of the , offered Oct. 15 at Holy late Tobias and Ann Redeemer Church in (Lynch) Burke and the Newport. Interment husband of the late was also in Newport.

Catherine (Lowney) He took pride in Burke and Mary Burke, having worked for four Fall River bish- JOHN J. BURKE who survives him. He is also survived by nephews, ops: BishopsDaniel F. including Ft. Worth, Texas Feehan, James E. Cassidy, James L. Connolly and Bishop Joseph P. Delaney, Edward, Daniel A. Cronin. Coming as a Daniel and Thomas Delaney, Edyoung man to the United States, he ward J. Maher of Fall River, and a initially worked at St. Patrick's niece, Ann (Delaney) Carruth. <

Chinese adoption program slated Catholic Social Services wi II hold an information session from 2:30-4:30 p.m. on November 9th for those considering adopting a child from China. The program will be held at the Corpus Christi Parish Hall in Sandwich and all interested couples and individuals are invited to attend.

Catholic Social Services is an adoptive agency licensed to place domestic newborns, older special needs children and children from foreign countries. It provides information and education, complete homestudies, connects families with those who have already adopted from China, and serves as liaison to the international

agency, China Adoption With Love.

Lillian Zhang, executive director of China Adoption With Love, has been an attorney in China and has worked closely wi.th the Supreme Court and with thos~ who make decisions about the availability of children there. Both adoption agencies, working together, have sponsored the arrival of seven children in the past 16 months. Two more families are expected to leave for China in the near future to receive their daughters and several families are presently in study.

For directions to Corpus Christi Parish Hall or to pre-register for this free program call 674-4681.

Day of prayer and reflection set A day of prayer and retlection offered by the Department of Pastoral Care to the Sick will be held in two locations in the Fall River Diocese on 'Saturday, November 8, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and concluding at approximately 3 p.m.

With an overall theme of "Jesus, the Bread of Life...Ours to Take and Share," the program is for all who are involved in ministry to the sick, including Eucharistic ministers and pastoral visitors to hospitals, nursing homes and the homebound.

Participants can choose to attend at St. Thomas More parish center, 386 Luther St., Somerset, or Our Lady of Victory parish center, 230 South Main St., Centerville. Presenters of the program at St. Tho-

mas More will be Rev. John Sullivan and Sister Annette Langlois, SASV, both of whom serve as chaplains at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro. At Our Lady of Victory, presenters will be Rev. Douglas Sousa, chaplain at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, and Sister Roberta O'Connell, FCJ, chaplain at St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford. ./ There is a fee of $20 .for the day, which covers program materials, lunch, and coffee.

Those who wish to register or obtain more information should contact Sister Shirley Agnew, RSM, T129, 661 Falmouth Road, Mashpee 02649 or by telephone (508) 4776170. Registration deadline is November I.

City square named for RI'bishop PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CNS) Cathedral Square in Providence is going to be renamed Bishop Louis E. Gelineau Square to honor the recently retired sixth bishop of the Rhode Island diocese.

Mayor Vincent A. Cianci, who .pushed for the name change, has praised Bishop Gelineau "for the great pastoral guidance he has provided to all parishioners of the diocese during his 25 years as bishop."

Nancy Derrig, Providence super- . intendent of parks, said the park board voted unanimously to rename the square. She said the next move would be to prepare a plaque and schedule a dedicution ceremony.

The square was chosen because it is "a special place connected to Bishop Gelineau" alJd his years of service to the diocese, she said. It is in front of the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul and the diocesan chancery.

Bishop Gelineau, who had headed the diocese since January 1972, retired last June. He was succeeded by his coadjutor, Bishop Robert E. Mulvee. .

The Providence Diocese covers the state of Rhode Island. With a Catholic population of 650,000 mit of a total population of a little more than a million, Rhode Island has the highest percentage of Catholics in , the nation.

MASSACHUSETTS SUPERIOR COURT Associate Justice Elizabeth Dolan 0'1 West Harwich and Mas'sachusetts Appeals Court Associate Justice George Jacobs of South Dartmouth (top photo) leave Holy Name Church, New Bedford, last Saturday after the "Red Mass" wearing their St. Thomas More awards. Both received the medallion award durng the Mass c~lebrated for the first time in the diocese by Bishop O'Malley for judges, attorneys and others workin'g to provide justice through the jUdicial system. Also receiVing the. award at the Mass were Attorney Peter Gay of Taunton (center photo) and Thomas Kitchen, Clerk Magistrate of the Second District Court of Fall River (above). Also pictured above is Rev. Mark R. Hession, coordinator of the Red Mass planning committee. (Kearns photos)

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Last week we announced that the HFHN Alumni Basketball Game was to be played on Sunday, November 30, at 3 p.m. Please note that the time for the game has changed and doors will be opened at the Kennedy Center/CYO on County Street in New Bedford at 4 p.m. with games beginning at 4:30 p.m. Information: Mark Kaeterle 997-4225.

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JUBILEE CELEBRATION!! Last Sunday Bishop O'Malley celebrated his special annual Mass for those couples from the diocese who are celebrating 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. At top, two sets of parents of diocesan priests observed 50 years: at left are Alfred and Patricia Medeiros with their son Rev. James S. Medeiros and at right are Joseph and Alice Avila with Rev. Stephen J. Avila. Smiling after the Mass (center photo), which included a renewal of vows, are Donald and Dorothy Morris of Our Lady of Victory parish, Centerville, markinn their golden jubilee and John and Maureen Howey of St. Mary parish, Mansfield, celebrating their 25th. Above, Rev. Horace J. Travassos, diocesan director of Family Ministry, joins Bishop O'Malley for a picture with Albert and Agnes Blais of Holy Name parish, Fall River, who celebrate 60 years of marriage this year. (Kearns photos)

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What Dollars Can Buy What does it take to be a sports winner in America? Nothing \TIore it seems than money. This week the sporting world has been glued to the World Series, the great hallmark of baseball. Since its beginning in 1903, it has conjured up the all-American ideal, from sandlots to the big leagues. For generations it was the sportsmanship of the game that was important. Kids idealized baseball heroes and the game became the dream machine for legions of hopefuls. In the industrial world of struggles and hardship, it was set apart as a road of true aspirations. Baseball was the all-American tradition.

Well, all that has changed. Baseball is now nothing more than another big business. Capitalism has taken over and dreams are becoming investments. Like so many other professional athletic endeavors, baseball is an industry, with all the demands that a workplace imposes on people, from the front office to the bullpen.

Today champion teams depend as much on investments and corporate support as on players. In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, a rather reliable capitalistic organ, a writer reported on how much it cost each major league tea~ to win a single baseball game.

The findings were incredible and indeed shQwed that the buck rules baseball. Take for example the two World Series teams, the Indians and Marlins. Cleveland's payroll, the Journal noted; was $60 million. During the regular playing season the team won 86 games.

What this boils down to is that $697,674 was spent to win each . game. The other team was somewhat more frugal. The Marlins had a payroll of only $55 million and won 92 games. This means they only spent $ 597,826 to achieve each victory.

These two league winners spent $124 million to get into the World Series. Not bad for peanuts and Crackerjack!

What's true of baseball is equally true for all other sports that are played on the professional level. We have the reported monetary totals for the final two. Imagine the total amount for baseball alone.

In addition to this financial avarice, consider the billions that are spent in the betting parlors. Sports gambling far outweighs all that is spent at all the casinos combined. From bookie parlors to private clubs to the local bars, the cash flow is endless, but only the few really make the "big kill." Too many others go home with empty pockets. The social fallout of high-time sports gambling is an endless litany of woe, but it continues to be encouraged by the irresponsible greed of the professionals.

Webster defines ."sport" as that which diverts or is a pastime or diversion. Words derived from this would include sportsmanship or conduct becoming a sportsperson, involving honest rivalry and graceful acceptance of results. Such a definition could never be applied to professional hockey or English soccer. Money madness is making fools of players and this is a tragedy.

Of course we all know that matters are not going to change until there is a real disaster or catastrophe. Yet no one should be complacent about the facts at hand or the need to restore sportsmanship to sports. Somehow it is incumbent on owners and investors in bigtime athletics to bring some balance to games, to renew the human element and to respect individual talents.

The media cannot escap~ their role in creating all thesedistorted values. They pay outrageous sums to schools, colleges, and professional teams to bring games into homes and as a result charge equally outrageous advertising rates per second.

It's about time that we begin to believe that all human institutions, both public and private, should labor to uphold the dignity and purpose of man. We cannot condone slavery in any form, especially that of the marketplace, be it in Cleveland or Florida. In too many situations, sports pressures are nothing more than a means for corporatiQns to gain greater profit. We should not abandon for more money the sporting ethics, ideals and traditions that were for so long the American way.

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Vouchers vs. tax credits:

Is sOlllething better than nothing?

By CAROL ZIMMERMANN

"The voucher issue so polarizes parents to contribute up to $2,000 WASHINGTON (CNS) - For people," Sullivan said. What Min- each year in after-tax dolla.rs to an alI'the passion that the school choice nesota sought to accomplish "was account to be used for their child's debate generates, there has not been something for all parents, tailored education from kindergarten to grade 12 in public, private, religious a lot of success across the country. for their needs."

So in this case, "regardless of or home school.

So some school choice advocates are trying another approach that is where you send your children to The interest would be lax-free, softer and gentler for educators and school, you get the choice of funds and funds would not be taxed upon legislators to swallow, and it seems to use" for their education, he added. withdrawal, if used for the child's to be working.

Father David McAuley, execu- education, including cost~, for tuIt's been a shift of emphasis from tive director of the Minnesota ition, books, transportation, tutorvouchers to tax credits or deductions, Catholic Conference, was pleased, ing or the purchase of a horne comwhich opponents suspiciously label but not overjoyed, with the bill. puter. the "sibling to voucher schemes."

"It's definitely a foot in the door," Msgr. Thomas McDade, the U.S. But call it what you will, it's mak- he said, about the educational tax bishops' secretary for ed'Jcation, ing headway in ways voucher ini- deductions, "but we're not anywhere praised the bill for "showing support tiatives have been unable to. near where we want." In particular, for family involvement in a child's Tim Sullivan, director of strate- the state's Catholic conference was education from the day the child is gic planning for Gov. Arne Carlson hoping for a tax credit for tuitions, born." of Minnesota, says tax credits force which was not approved.

He said the legislation should find the "debate away from public vs.

He said whenever the voucher support even from those who oppose private schools." subject comes up with the legisla- vouchers because it "would benefit "It redefines school choice out of ture, it's immediately "blown out of families no matter where they eduthe traditional sense," he said dur- the water" by the hype against it. cate their children." ing an Oct. 10 school choice panel "We're confident that what we One of the bill's key sponsors, discussion in Washington sponsored have now will not be challenged by Sen. Paul Coverdell, R-Ga.. , is not

by Empower America. the courts," he told Catholic News discouraged by President Clinton's Sullivan's firsthand knowledge of Service. threat to veto "any tax package that school choice initiatives comes from "Vouchers are not there yet," he would undermine public education his work in the governor's office said, "but they will be some day." by providing tax benefits for private where school reform is a hot topic.

The notion of trying to get any and parochial school expenses."

Minnesota has been leading the kind of help for parents of school He calls the president's veto nation, in a limited way, with school children, if vouchers aren't ready to threat, ')ust the beginning: of this choice. In 1988, it became the first fly, is also afoot in other states and battle." state to enact statewide open enroll- is being discussed in Congress.

At the panel discussion on school ment for all students, making every This spring, Arizona signed leg- choice, Coverdell said he was conpublic school open to any student in islation allowing residents to claim fident there would be some: type of the state if space is available. an income tax credit of up to $500 breakthrough in the school choice And this past summer, Carlson .. for their donations to any charitable quagmire. signed an educational funding bill organization that provides scholarHe stressed that the problem with to increase the current education tax ships for students to attend private this country's education system is deduction from $650 to $1,625 per schools. not at the college level, w:here the child for children in kindergarten And currently before Congress is federal government provide:; college through sixth grade, and from the Parent and Student Savings Ac- tax credit, but at the elementary and $1,000 to $2,500 for children in count Plus Act, a measure to give high school level. grades seven through 12. families a tax break annually on "The momentum againsl: the staThe bill also expands the list of money saved for their children's tus quo will prevail," he said. "The tax deductible expenses to include education.

American people see the enormous academic summer school, camps, tuThe bill, with votes expected in deficiencies in the education system toring and computers. . late October in both houses, allows and will demand changes."

Church leaders laud Nobel prize for campaign to ban land mines

By JENNIFER E.

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WASHINGTON (CNS) Church leaders said they hoped to sec greater international involvement in the campaign to ban land mines following the announcement of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.

John Carr, secretary of the Department of Social Development and World Peace for the U.S. Catholic Conference, said the award "is a way to shine a light on these hidden killers."

"My hope is that people will see in the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize ... reason to join the effort. In particular, I hope that the U.S. government will rethink its position and join the growing global consensus to ban these indiscriminate weapons," Carr, a spokesman for the Catholic Campaign to Ban Land Mines, told Catholic News Service Oct. 10.

Earlier that day, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced its decision to award the peace prize "in equal parts" to the International Campaign to Ban Land Mines and to Jody Williams, a U.S. citizen who coordinates the campaign, which began in 1991. The international campaign is a grouping of more than 1,000 nongovernmental organizations in nearly 60 countries united in the effort to ban anti-personnelland mines.

On Sept. 17, President Clinton announced that he would not commit the United States to the terms of a treaty, which was agreed upon by representatives of more than 100 countries and due to be signed in December in Ottawa.

In a statement Oct. 10, Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick of Newark, N.J, chairman of the U.S. bishops internationallJolicy committee, congratulated the'campaign and Williams "for the richly deserved recognition" of the peace prize.

"We will continue to urge our government to rethink its opposition to the Ottawa treaty and join the 100 other nations who wiIl sign the global ban in December," said the archbishop.

The Catholic Campaign to Ban Land Mines, made up of nearly 20 Catholic organizations, is part of the International Campaign to Ban Land Mines.

Mercy Sister Janice Ryan, coordinator of the Catholic campaign, told CNS Oct. 10 that the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize wiIl give "incredible exposure" to "the humanitarian crisis caused by land mines."

It will also "reinforce a message to the (Clinton) administration," she said, "and that message is, this will not go away. You need to reconsider and sign the treaty. Solve the problem."

The international campaign reportedly was to give the prize of $994,000 to land-mine victims worldwide. The prize was to be presented at a Dec. I (I ceremony in Oslo, Norway.

An estimated 26,000 people a year are killed or maimed by the land mines, and more than 100 million land mines remain throughout the world.

Following the ,lIlnouncement of the award, U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said in a statement: "This

award will help encourage the nations ofthe world to seize this fragile moment to begin banning these weapons forever. I hope it wiIl help my country to join the process."

The senator was one of several public officials who wrote to the Nobel Committee to support the nominations of the international campaign and Williams for the

prize. WiIliams is from Putney, Vt. At the Vatican, U.S. Sacred Heart Sister Marjorie Keenan, an official at the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said the council is "certainly happy for any recognition of the splendid work being done by several nongovernmental organizations on the question of banning land mines."

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Sister Keenan, who specializes in disarmament issues at the council, told Vatican Radio the International Campaign to Ban Land Mines was ·"one of the prime movers" behind the worldwide effort to stop the sale and use of the weapons.

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She also pointed oul how Pope John Paul II had called repeatedly on governments to commit themselves to the ban of such "insidious weapons."

Contributing to this story was Cindy Wooden in Rome.

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"Men of St. Joseph," "Covenant Keepers," "Promise Keepers," etc. are all part of GOD'S moving among men TO STRENGHTEN Families!

AMERICAN JODIE WILLIAMS (front), seen here at the Oslo conference to ban land mines in September, won the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize. She shares the prize with the International Campaign to Ban Land Mines, which she serves as coordinator., (CNS/Reuters photo)

Blessed Edith Stein to be. canonized in 1998

By CINDY WOODEN VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Blessed Edith Stein, a Jewish convert to Catholicism who died in a Nazi concentration camp, will be canonized in 1998, said Cardinal Joachim Meisner of Cologne, Germany.

The cardinal, archbishop of the city where Blessed Edith entered the Carmelite order in 1933, announced during the German bishops' fall meeting that her canonization is scheduled for Oct. 11, 1998, in Rome, Vatican Radio reported.

In April, Pope John Paull! recognized the cure of a young Massachusetts girl as a miracle attributed to Blessed Edith, and in May he formally declared she would become a saint.

When Pope John Paul beatified Blessed Edith during a trip to West Germany in 1987, some Jewish groups protested her proclamation as a martyr for the Catholic faith, arguing that the Nazis killed her becaus13 of her Jewish heritage.

Blessed Edith iNas born in 1891 to a Jewish family in what is now Wroclaw, Poland. After a period in which she considered herself an atheist, she converted to Catholicism at the age of 30.

A well-known philosopher, professor, lecturer and writer, she entered the Carmelite order in 1933 and took the name Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross.

As the Nazi persecution of Jews grew, she took refuge in a Carmelite convent in Echt, Netherlands.

She and other Catholics of Jewish descent were rounded up for deportation by the German occupying forces on Aug. 2, 1942, and sent to the Auschwitz death camp in Poland. Blessed Edith died in the gas chamber a week later.

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NEW YORK (CNS) - The answer to seemingly hopeless suffering is not euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide but better care by doctors, speakers at an Oct. 14 conference for medical professionals in the New York area. agreed. The conference was sponsored by Calvary Hospital, a Bronx institution of the Archdiocese of New York that treats only patients suffering from advanced cancer, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, a New York institution that Is a national leader in cancer treatment.

Speakers focused on "palliative care:' treatment to allevi~ ate sUffering and make patients more comfortable when no curative treatment is known.

Vatican backs international law UNITED NATIONS (CNS) - The Catholic Church has played a historic role in the development of international law and supports U.N. efforts to further that development, the Vatican nuncio to the United Nations said Oct. 14. Archbishop Renato R. Martino made the comments to the head of the U.N. Office of Legal Affairs as he presented the church's $1,000 symbolic contribution to the bUdget of an upcoming U.N. Colloquium on Progressive Development and Codification of International Law. The colloquium, to be held at U.N. headquarters in New York Oct. 28-29, is part of the 50th anniversary observance of the International Law Commission established by the U.N. General Assembly in 1947.

Cuban Church still seeks freedom BALTIMORE (CNS) - Cuba has freedom of worship but lacks other religious liberties, said Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino of Havana. "There are three liberties: worship, prophetic liberty (religious education), and service. When we have the three liberties, we have freedom of religion. We have only one of them:' said Cardinal Ortega Oct. 15. "Religious freedom is more than freedom of worship:' He made the comments to reporters on a visit to Catholic Relief Services headquarters in' Baltimore. CRS has worked with Caritas Cuba, the church's charitable arm in Cuba, since ~ 993. "Freedom of religion is to have the possibility of communicating with people by radio or tele: .' vision about their faith, the pos~ibility of having Catholic schools or teaching religion in public schools, the right to have church-run hospitals:' he continued~ "What we lack is access to media, access to teach r~ligiQn in schools..

Recently we have had a little more freedom in termsef social outreach:' .

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ROME (QNS) -:- A Vatican representative to a U.N. ' agency for refugees urged better protection 路for displaced people returning to their homelands and encouraged tolerance in societies disrupted by civil war. All people should be made to understand th~t the right to voluntary repatriation is "a non-negotiable principle," Archbishop Giuseppe' Bertello told an Oct. 14 gathering oUhe U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees at its G~lJeva ~eadquarters. HI$' remarks were made available to Catholic News Service in Rome. The archbishop, who represents the Vatican to all .

Geneva-based U.N. agencies, cited Bosnia-Herzegovina as an example of the urgency of the refugeeresettlemeilt problem. There, ethnic Serbs who live in the Serb-administered area of the country have refused to readmit the Muslims and Croats whose homes and land were confiscated by Bosnian Serb authorities.

JOYOUS an~iversary VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II spent the morning of his 19th anniversary as pope with 12,000 fellow Poles, reflecting on the power of the media and the power of prayer. An Oct. 16 outdoor audience began with the crowd's repeated refrains of "Sto Lat," the Polish wish for a life of 100 years, and ended with the joyous pealing of bells from St. Peter's Basilica. Speaking to the members of a massive pilgrimage organized by Radio Maria in Poland, the 77-year-old pope focused on two trademarks of his pontificate: prayer and the media. "A few days after my election to the See of St. Peter, I went to the Marian shrine at Mentorella, near Rome, and spoke to pilgrims about the necessity of prayer in Christian life:' the pope told the group.

"Prayer gives meaning to all of life at every moment, in every circumstance:' he said, quoting his remarks from Oct. 29, 1978-13 days after his election.

Rampant rage: a sign of the ti~es I went to see the movie "She's So Lovely" because it starred Sean Penn and John Travolta, two very good actors, and was advertised as a "fable," which has always been defined as a story with a moral or a lesson.

Besides being a boring film, whatever the fable was meant to be completely escaped me. But what I couldn't escape was the profanity and vulgar language rampant throughout the film.

My friend and I concurred that if the profanity, particularly the "f-word," had been eliminated, the movie would have been about half as long.

A couple of weeks later I saw "Ransom," with Mel Gibson playing a.father who understandably goes a little berserk when his son is kidnapped. This was a thriller with a plot, but again, we constantly were subjected to the four-letter vulgarity. This jarred me, and I wondered why Gibson, a father of six, was a party to it.

The worst in this blatant era of constant profanity on the big screen is how often we hear the name of Jesus taken in vain. Go to almost any movie today where there is any kind of anger portrayed, and I wager you'll hear somebody hiss "Jesus!" - and not in prayer.

Someone recently wrote to Parade magazine asking why profanity is so much used in Hollywood. Parade gave three reasons.

First, scriptwriters "lack the talent to write convincing dialogue" without cuss words.

Second, producers believe that everybody uses profanity so it doesn't matter if they hear it from actors on the screen.

Third, violence and foul language earn an R rating "and thus attract teenagers who shun PG and PG-13 films, seeing them as a sign of immaturity."

Parade magazine's writer ended with a comment worth repeating: "Indeed, profanity is so accepted in American life that it's creeping into prime-time TV shows, such as 'NYPD Blue.' Not only is this inex-

pressibly tacky, but it also cheapens us as a' nation and a people."

Profanity, which tramples on the name of the Lord, says even more about us. It means far too many have lost a sense of reverence for God and are OJ,lt of touch with the presence of the sacr.ed in daily life.

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By Antoinette Bosco

If movies merely reflect what we want tJ hear, we've got a big problem. We've got to ask what's really causing all this profanity. The answer is one word: "anger." Society is becoming increasingly angry, expressed in escalating profanity. None of the movies drenched in profanity is about gentle, happy people.

The latest sign of massive anger in our so(;iety is the statistics on "road rage." The American Automobile Association found a 51 percent increase since 1990 in incidents of motorists who are openly hostile to other drivers on the road. It makes me wonder why we are such an angry people. Why do we have :,0 little tolerance for others?

Jesus said we should read the signs of the ti meso If the trend in film-making continues to be saturation in profanity and irreverence for the name of the: Lord, we had better read this sign for what it means.

Those of us who call ourselves Christians must pledge to take personal steps in saying no to rampant anger, however it is expressed.

Making grandchildren's visits a delight Dear Dr. Kenny: My three preschool grandchildren are coming to visit. It has been so long since I had my children at home that I've' forgoiteii'what it's like. . . 路r The last time the grandkids came felt like a cyclone, and I was exhausted. I want to enjoy this visit. Any ideas on how to prepare would be welcome. ---":'Indiana .'

Childproof. By anticipating problems and prepar-" .ipg forthem, you will be freer 'to enjoy' the "en\::rgy 'and exuberance of'your grandchildren.

Preschoolers are curious and active ex"plorers. They: -are apt to get into everything they can. Too.often, adults "try to contro! small children with verbal prohibitions. ", "No, 9.9." "Stop that." "Now look what you ''I.e done." ." Far better to arrange your home so that they can be active and explore without you worrying what damage they might do. Here are some simple suggestions: -Remove kniCkknacks. Clear your coffee. table and low shelves of breakable tre"asures: Put them up high or safe in a closet, '"'. ~Iear your low kitchen and bathroom cabin.ets of cleaning materials and any other dangerous items.

-If this is too much trouble, tie the'cabinets shut. . -Put a plastic cover oveT1your .table and taQlecloth. This allows your grandchildren to cut and color and paste and spill water without doing- any damage.

-Put hooks or deadbolts high up on the inside of d09rs that lead to stairs or outside. Keeping the doors secure is better than watching your grandkids every minute.

-Tape over the buttons on your television, videocassette recorder and telephone or put them .out of reach. Hide your remote control. Many adults spend hours reprogramming their remotes after little fingers have danced over them.

-You may even want to secure the toilet paper.

Otherwise, it can make great streamers for creative little ones.

-Purchase some plastic cups with lids and drinking spouts. You won't have to worry about breakage or spilling.

Not all your preparations need be negative. Here are a few positive things'you can do to make the visit more fun for all. ' -Collect some large and small boxes from y~ur appliance or grocery store. Boxes are wonderful toys with multiple uses. They can become forts with cutout doors and windows. Kids can use them as big

blocks, places tohide, containers to carry things, etc.

-Get some recycled paper, used on one side. Set your grandkids up with crayons, water color:;, scissors and paste to make pictures, paper chains and a ' general mess.

-Have some standard tradition-tested toys like blocks, balls, bath toys, buckets, smail figures 'of ani-

Family :Talk With Dr. James & Mary Kenny mals and humans; etc. K~ep them in a box, ready to b~ing out ~hen YRu need to focus the kids' acti.vities.

-Rent or buy some popular videos. Disney movies, animal films and cartoons are always a hit.

-Plan ~ome cookie ba~ing or Jello making or some food preparation activity. where the children can participate. Helping grandina in the kitchen is usu. ally a tr~at.

Having the gral)dkids over can be a disaster or a delight, depending on how weli you are prepared. Take some precautions so you don't have to "e a constant nag. And be ready with some fun activities. Good luck!

Daily Readings Oct. 27 Oct. 28 Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 Nov. 1 Nov. 2

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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Oct. 24, 1997

Fasting before Communion Q. Would you please explain the present church rules for fasting before Communion?

I'm concerned because I take care of my siclle husband, and somdimes the one-hour fast just doesn't work. Is he obliged to fast one hour also?

(New Jersey) A. No he is not. Even though the rules for Communion fast have been changed many years now, it seems a number of older people especially are still confused.

The general rule, as you note, is that we should fast from solid food and beverages for one hour before Communion (not one hour before the Mass at which the Eucharist is received).

However; because of their special needs, the rules arc much simpler for the sick and for the people who, like yourself, are caregivers to the sick.

These relaxed ruh.:s also apply to people of advanced age, even if not bedridden, who are confined to their homes or nursing homes, as well as family members who wish to receive Communion with them (Rite for Holy Communion Outside Mass, No. 24). .

Church law now says simply that the sick, and aging, and those who care for them can receive the Eucharist even if they have consumed something during the preceding hour (Canon 919).

Medicine of any kind never breaks the fast, nor does water.

Obviously, the intention in all this is to encourage people to prepare spiritually and mentally for Mass and Communion, and at the same time give the sick every opportunity to receive the Eucharist.

Q. I am a Catholic, married before, and have received a declaratlion of annulment for that marriage.

Now I have a male friend, Jewish and divorced,

who has what he calls an annulment in his religion, known as a "Jewish divorce."

If we marry, could we be married in the Catholic Church? (New York)

Letters Welcome Letters to the editor are welcomed. AU letters should be brief and the editor reserves the right to condense any letters if deemed necessary. AU letters must be signed and contain a home or business address.

.Quest16ris' and, Answers

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A. A Catholic marriage between the two of you is not impossible. But what you call a Jewish divorce is significantly different from an annulment or any of the other possible Catholic approaches for dealing with a previous marriage.

Before a marriage could take place, the marriage tribunal of your diocese would need to take some action on your friend's first marriage.

They would decide which of at least two possible procedures would be best in your circumstances.

Please go to your parish priest, or another priest you may know in your area, explain the situation to him and ask him to help you.

A free brochure, in English or Spanish, outlining marriage regulations in the Catholic Church and explaining the promises in an interfaith marriage, is available by sending a stamped, self-ad,dressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701.

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Me? Set in my ways?

My wife, if you can believe this, has of late begun accusing me of being "set in my ways."

Oh, sure, there are some things I prefer done in a consistent, predictable, unchangeable, predetermined, dependable, reliable and, thus, comfortable way. That hardly makes me "set in my ways."

My late grandpa was "set in his ways." I am, to be modest, only consistent in my expectations.

"Hah," spouse laughed. "I could not believe you at Mass this morning when that sweet young family was sitting in 'your' pew. I thought you were going to suck a valve."

I grimaced. "That's awful language to use on a Sunday."

She blinked. "What are you talking about? You've been saying 'suck a valve' for 25 years, and now you decide it's wrong? And on Sundays? That means it's OK On Tuesdays? What about Fridays?"

"Oh, it's not that," I said. "I guess I never heard you say it."

"I haven't," she said. "But for once, it seemed appropriate. And don't think for a second you've gotten away with changing the subject."

"Which is?"

"Trying to talk that sweet family into changing pews so you could sit in your highness' usual and accustomed location," she claimed.

"I was only trying to be nice and explain that they might be much more comfortable back nearer to the crying room," I offmed.

"The nursery isn't open at the 8:30 a.m. Mass," she shot back. "And never has been."

"Well, it should be," I said.

"Then you try to convince them the kids might like to sit in the front row so they can see the priest and the altar beller."

"Isn't that true?" I said.

"I'm surprised you didn't tell them you'd paid a pew tax and that it was your pew fair and square," she shook her head.

"They were too young to know what a pew tax is."

She smiled. "So you admit you were trying to get them out so you could have your pew back?"

"I do not," 1 protested. "I have a couple more lies and rabrications thaI 1 haven't thought up yet that I want to tryon you first."

"We used to sit just anywhere," she pointed out.

"Not exactly," 1 corrected. "We sat wherever we could because by the time we found the last kid's shoe or binky or blankey or whatever, we'd be late and have

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to take whatever we could get."

She nodded. "And now we arrive early and can have the pick of the pews, as long it's the same pew, rack and kneeler."

"Yeah, I suppose so," I admitted. "And to think the young crowd thinks we show up early to spend a few

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By Dan Morris quiet moments with the Lord in prayer."

"Don't we?" she coaxed.

"Of course," I said. "It's just a little hard when you have to play hide-the-binky with the 2-year-old in your pew."

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God's grace. I keep in contact with .Jesus sity in Baltimore) was so impressed he taught His trusting nature often gets him into Christ. I'm praying all day. even when I'm me the technique oftooth extraction ...... he trouble. Before he got his Alaskan wolf dog.

NEW ORLEANS (CNS) - When Bishop driving my car." . said.

"If you help people who are sick, they Rocky, he was mugged three times in the Nicholas D' AntoniQ" vicar general for SpanHe frequently uses everyday situations as are so grateful." neighborhood. He also was scammed by a ish speaking Catholics in the New Orleans opportunities for prayer.

Bishop D' Antonio. who officially "reshakedown artist who said he needed money Archdiocese, entered the hospital three years "If I hit my head. I don't get mad, I just tired" in 1991 when he reached the'mandato fix his car: ago for surgery to remove a brain tumor, he say. '0 thank you, God, for letting me hit tory retirement age for bishops of 75, says B·ut his love for the truly poor was exhibdidn't know if he would make it of~ the remy head so that I can praise you.'" ited during his 30 years as a missionary in. his daily goal is to continue to serve the cov~ry table.

He does not plan to slow down his pace people of God. Latin America.

He even became a dentist of Thirty-two days after the delicate eighteither. "People are all worried about me and "The pope is called the servant of the sersorts, taking a pliers to extract teeth for hour operation, Bishop D' Antonio, then 78. asking me to slow down," he said. "But I'm vants of God," he said. "So what's special people who came to him writhing in pain bounded from the sacristy of Annunciation so used to doing things." about a bishop? I have more responsibility. from impacted or fotted teeth.

Church to show off his cranium scar and ~ I try to live a moment at a time and ask for "A dentist from Johns Hopkins (Univercelebrate his first Mass of post-surgery thanksgiving. .

"Can you al1 believe it?" Bishop D' Antonio exclaimed in 1994. "I don't believe it, but it's true. I'm here.... To tell you the truth, I never thought I would be back.

Praise the Lord in heaven."

Now 81, the bishop continues to astound , parishioners with his boundless energy, his inspiring spirituality and his unassuming lifestyle.

Three days a week - after celebrating morning Mass and making a holy hour of personal prayer- Bishop D' Antonio works out, doing aerobic exercises not unlike the ones he performed as a teen-age boxer in Baltimore.

He ties prayer into every exercise; for example, as he walks five laps around the elevated track at his gym, one lap for each decade of the rosary.

"The laps are also for the five wounds of Christ," he told the Clarion Herald, New Orlean's archdiocesan newspaper, as he made his way to the rowing machine.

"I tell you, I feel like a million bucks." he added.

Not bad for a bishop who once had a $10.000 bounty on his head, the price that wealthy landowners in his Diocese of RETIRED BISHOP Nicholas D'Antonio swims laps as part of a regimen to keep healthy after surgery three yoars Olancho. Honduras, reportedly were willing ago to remove a brain tumor. (eNS/Methe photo) to pay to eliminate a prelate who was working too diligently to improve the lot of the poor.

Typical of his humorous outlook on life, Bishop D' Antonio was embarrassed by the amount of the bounty, saying, "I thought they

By NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN Friday at noon to slow drug trafficking; at "But I don't believe that we are dying." should have offered more than'that." least for a while, she added.

Others presented what were called brief TOWSON, Md. (CNS) .:.- Nine congreThat was back in 1975, nine years into Another program outlined at the bri€:fing "cameos of charity" as a sampling of the gations of women religious in the Baltimorehis tenure as bishop of Olancho. But this was was the Notre Dame Mission Volunt,~ers, types of projects that women religious are Washington area have joined together to raise serious business. While he was in Rome for which in partnership with the federal media awareness of the "good news" about - involved in today. , a meeting, two pri.ests and 12 lay peopl~ were AmeriCorps program sent more than 100 Sister Fran Gorsuch of the Mission Helpthe work they do. murdered in a crackdow.n on church activivolunteers into local communities last year. ers and Bon Secours Sister Pat Dowling deThe new venture, called Sisters United ties.

Recalling her congregation's roots iii the scribed a project that seems both drawn from in the News, or SUN, is designed to im"They threw them into a well 150 feet prove the way the media portray Catholic , the best-seners' list and rootee! in th~ history f:rench Revolution. Sister Katherine Corr, a deep and dynamited it to destroy all the eviSister of Notre Dame de Namur, said, "[ am sisters today, said Jeanean D. Merkel, press of the two congregations.. , dence. the bishopsaiq. "I really felt I should a citizen of this United States and I waDt to The Bon Secours Community Support officer of the Leadership Conference of have been there with my people." shape its future.".

Women Religious. w~ich is also a member Center, an o,utgrowth of the nearby Bon .

But his Franciscan superior told,him h,e of SUN. ., should not go bac~. ' ~.

Secours.Hospital, is set to open in DecemSister Corr said the church can easily find placements for volunteers with AmeriCorps, ber in Baltimore's St. Martin's Parish. where During a press briefing at the Mission . Born in Rochester, N~Y.. and ordained a Helpers of the Sacred Heart headquarters in Mission Helpers foundress Mary Frances the domestic equivalent of the Peace'Corps, priest in June 1942, Bishop D' Antonio was Cunningham first brought religious educabecause it already works in the low-income - the Baltimore suburb bf Towson, SUN unnamed the bishop of Olancho in 1966. veiled a media guide that Merkel called "a tion to the local black children on the church neighborhoods that the program seeks to He resigned in 1977 and found his way assist·, ' to New Orleans when now-retired. Archstart in getting the word out about how sis-' steps. bishop Philip"M. Hannan invited him to·be ters are today."

St. Martin's is just around the corner from "We're there." she said. "We're with the poor." vicar general and vicar for the Spanish>, The media guide includes the names and . "The Corner," the notorious Baltimore drug speaking Catholics in the archdiocese. phone numbers of 136 nuns in the Baltimoremarketchronicled in a 1997 book by "HoEach AmeriCorps volunteer receivl~s a Two years later, he was assigned as pas- .Washington area,. along with information micide" author David Simon and former small stipend for his or her service - usutor of Annunciation. about their field of expertise. It also gives police detective Edward Burns. ally tutoring children or adults - and' gets a Since his surg'ery Bishop D' Antonio has details on each of the nine congregations in But Sister Gorsuch said she and other sis$4,725 educational grant after a year. hardly slowed his pace. When another priest SUN. ters who work in the neighborhood do not Benedictine Sister Marianne Yanna:rell Sister Jane Burke, a School Sister of Notre in residence at the parish was hosp'i'talized . live in fear of those who live there. described how her interest in volunteering this summer, the bishop was left by himself 'Dame, urged the media present not to be "The myth about people involved in drugs with a Baltimore agency for those with AIDS fooled by outward appearances. . to celebrate daily Mass and three weekend is that they're all a danger to us," she said. and HIV grew to include dozens of her wpMasses. in addition tO'his regular schedule Dressed in a conservative business out"It's only 5 percent of the people who could porters. of contirmations. fit. she said people might make assumptions . hurt you.

When she decided three years ago that about her that would not jive with her 10 "He needs help. but where are the priests "We're not stupid, we're not blind, we're she would like to use her cooking talents to to help him outT said parishioner Anna Inch, years as a cook in a soup kitchen among the not naive," she added. "But if you befriend prepare meals for HERO, the Health and who attends the 8 a.m. daily Mass. "But he rural and migrant poor in Florida. . people, they'll protect you as well."

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"If you're only looking at who we are on Sister Elizabeth Langmead, another. MisAIDS and HIV. Sister Yannarell sough!: fi"Bishop Nick is the best." said" another the outside, you don't get the full picture," sion Helper, will serve as the Mary Frances nancial support from other religious congreparishioner. "He is so humble. He is an Sister Burke said.

Cunningham outreach worker at the center. gations and local Catholic parishes. She got apostle and disciple of Christ. He does evShe expressed confidence that despite "seeking out the folks who fall between the it - in droves. erything the way Christ did it when he was their diminishing membership, congregacracks," Sister Gorsuch said.

"It wasn't as big a surprise to me as it on earth. He reach.es out to everyone - the tions of women religious "do have a future."

Community projects that have already was to the people at HERO." she said. "I lold poor. the hungry. He never says no to any"It's not going to look like today's realbegun include a bereavement course for chilthem, 'That's what happens when you get one." ity, and if it does we will die," she. added. dren and a weekly "stand and stare" every involved with nuns.

Sisters unite to spread 'GoodNews' to ,media

New ~r,v documentary looks at life, history of Swiss Guard

THE ANCHOR -

rized to wear their uniforms outside

By CINDY WOODEN the Vatican.

At the Rome press conference, ROME (CNS) - The Swiss Msgr. Alois Jehle, the corps chapGuard basic training includes 'tarlain, said homesickness is the bigget practice at an Italian army base, gest problem for new recruits, who martial arts training, lectures by the are 19 or 20 years old, single, prachead of the Swiss secret service, ticing Catholics who have comdrills using seven-foot-Iong pleted their compulsory military service in Switzerland. halberds and daily catcchism sessions.

Hundreds of years ago, when Swiss soldiers served the king of A new television documentary presents the history, the training and France, he said, "it was forbidden a behind-the-scenes look at to yodel and to sing Swiss the young men who make songs because no guard had up the corps and who figever fled out of fear or beure prominently in most cause of danger, but only Vatican tourists' photo albecause of homesickness." bums.

They are allowed to yodel and sing Swiss songs in "Soldiers of the Pope: The Story of the Swiss the Vatican, and the camera Guard," was dircctcd and catches them doing so produced by Mario off duty.

Biasetti, an Italian-AmcriThe film - and the can journalist. Arrangeguards - leave open the ments for North American continuing' dispute about telcvision broadcasts oflhe the origins of the uniform: film arc under way.

Did Michelangelo really deThe film shows "our life sign them? No one knows. as it is," Col. Roland The tailor shop in the barBuchs, commander of the racks, next to the main busiSwiss Guard, told reporters ness entrance to the Vatican, at an Oct. 7 press screencopies the pattern and coning in Rome. tinues making them.

"There was nevcr a Replacing the metal hel'Halt, start over," he said in mets and breastplates that a mixture of German and top off the full dress uniItalian, the main languages form on solemn occasions used on duty by the guards. is a bit more complicated, "We have a private life Buchs said. The current and the guards weren't supply dates from the very happy at first" with 1920s, but the factory that the idea of opening their made them was destroyed barracks and their lives to during World War II. a television crew over a pe"We have enough to last riod of eight months", for a while," Buchs said.

Buchs said.

"But in the future we will The Vatican's Swiss have to find a solution that Guard was founded by won't cost too much."

Pope Julius II in 1506, The guards in the film when, according to the '.

1 also talk about the fact that film, Switzerland was a '------.-..;..........- - -...., - - - - - - - - - - ' almost every tourist with a poor country with little: to export The cameras follow them 01'1'- camera treats them as part of the except for its famed mercenary duty to some of Rome'~ top tourist scenery and wants a souvenir photo forces. sites, where the youl1g men un- of them.

The documentary calls the corps abashedly flirt with young women.

"We are among the most photo"the world's smallest. army ... de"We are soldiers, not priests," graphed people in the world," one fending the world's smallest state." one of them said. said. "At first, as a new guard, you Buchs said the Swiss Guard, The film even includes footage like this. But you must do your which can include up to 100 sol- of the biennial reunion of veteran duty" and hordes of camera-c1ickdiers, currently has 85 men sworn guards in Switzerland, the only oc- ing tourists can make that difficult, to protecting the pope, with their casion on which guards are autho- ,he added.

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Bishop Galante urged observance Members of secular institutesof the feast on Feb. I, a Sunday, to for example, Caritas Christi and the expand participation. ' Missionaries of the Kingship of Also to mark the event, the Life Christ -live their vows in a secuCycle Institute will release to bish- lar environment. where they strive ops and the media a study of per- for the perfection of charity and sons currently in formation pro- sanctification of the world from grams. The institute is based in within.

Plans for marking World Day for Washington at The Catholic UniverConsecrated Life in the United sity of America.

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own lives if necessary.

Besides the pomp and ceremony of guard duty at papal audiences, the film shows the arrival of somewhat disoriented new recruits and shots of them in the guards' tailor shop being fitted with their colorful 16th-century uniforms.

In an interview after scenes of the mess hall and of the nuns who prepare the meals, one guard says, "The food is very good here, but it doesn't vary much."

WASHINGTON (CNS) - The U.S. bishops' Committee on Consecrated Life has called on Catholic dioceses across the country to celebrate World Day for Consecrated Life Feb. I. In a letter to all U.S. dioceses, Bishop Joseph A. Galante of Beaumont, Texas, who chairs the committee, said the theme for the 1998 event is "Promises for the Millennium."

"We urge diocesan vicars for religious to begin to work now with persons of consecrated life locally to plan celebrations for the individual dioceses," he wrote.

He also asked bishops to invite local men and women religious and members of secular institutes to a special Mass at the cathedral or other appropriate church to mark the occasion.

The special day, which has been encouraged by Pope John Paul II,

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By DAN MADDEN SEATTLE (CNS) - Holy Names Sister Eileen Parks doesn't know what people say about her hitchhiking, and, with all due respect, she doesn't much care. . Family members have voiced their concerns. Members of her community don't like it one bit.

And even total strangers have called her residence at St. Anne parish to say they've worried about "that sister who hitchhikes."

"It gives people something to talk about," the 83-year-old nun said with a laugh.

"Maybe they're saying, 'that dumb nun; or 'that crazy person'; I don't know what they're saying and I don't want to know," she told the Catholic Northwest Progress, Seattle archdiocesan newspaper. "I can't convince the people who don't appJ;ove any more than I could convince someone to come back to the church."

The passion of Sister Park's life is helping feed 300 people daily at a kitchen iun by her parish 's ~t.

Vincent de Paul Society. But thumbing rides to work each morning has become her second ministry.

"It's a nice way to start the day," she said. "The people who pick me up want to do good. Hopefully it gives them a little happiness, a little joy, a little peace. I know it gives me a good feeling."

Sister Parks first hitchhiked as a young girl growing up in Seattle during the Great Depression. She and a group offriends would take a ferry ride across Lake Washington

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Between family, friends and said confidently. "And there are so strangers, Sister Parks has plenty of many people out there praying for people worrying about h~r, but the priests and nuns."

With so many people pr,aying for volunteers at St. Vincent de Paul seem to take her unorthodox mode her, Sister Parks sees no reason to . stop her ministry of the road. of transportation in stride.

"I was brought up to trust "No, I wouldn't worry about her," said volunteer Bill Cole. "She people," she said. "It's not hard for can take care of herself. She never me to do, and if they trust me, it's gets in any trouble, as far as I know." wonderful. Those people who pick Despite her warning that teen- me up, I pray for them every day agers should "never, never, never" because they trusted me - - ~wen that hitchhike, Sister Parks has enjoye~ y~ung girl who said, 'I can't.'" ~ a hazard-free thumbing '!1inistry.

and then thumb a ride to a local Society of King County and a longbeach. "Now I do it alone," she said time friend, said Sister Parks' with a grin, "because no Otie will choice of transportation is consistent with her exuberant personality, do it with me."

Following morning Mass each adding that the Catholic Church is day, Sister Parks - wearing her lucky to have her..

"She's a very venturesome percommunity's traditional veil walks to a familiar street corner. son and she obviously has a special When cars slow down for the stop ministry there," he said. "She probsign, she steps forward, motions the ably comes in contact with a lot of driver to open a window, and asks people who wouldn't normally come across a religious. And befor a ride 20 blocks away.

In 15 years of thumbing, she's, been refused just twice. One of the drivers was a teen-age girl who told her, "I'm sorry, but I just can'L My mother told me never to pick up hitchhikers." .

"She was a good kid," said Sister Parks. "She listened to her mother."

Sister Parks' rides over the years .have ranged from old beaters to plush limousines. Once when she struggled to climb into the cab of a truck, the driver told her that his grandmother had a hard time getting in too.

"If he loved his grandmother and took her places," she noted, "I knew I was as safe as could be."

Normally, Sister Parks doesn't discuss religion with the drivers who pick her up. But some drivers are quick to say they went to Catholic school. Sister Parks admits she usually knows before they tell her.

"There's something in the way they say 'Sister' that gives them away," she explained. "Nobody says 'Sister' like a kid who grew up in Catholic schools. They just can't HOLY NAMES SISTER Eileen Parks stops a motorist on Seattle's Queen Anne Hill to ask get it out of their systems." for a ride. The sister said she considers her hitchhiking around the city her second ministry.

Richard Bray, development director for the St. Vincent de Paul (CNS/Savadow photo)

Dorothy Day follower remembers her "rough edges" than I am today," said James Forest. Who went to Mass every day until "This means for 35 years she has her legs couldn'ttake her that far?

MILWAUKEE (CNS) - He was "Who went to confession every been scolding and encouraging me but 20 years old when he joined qn a daily basis. The mere fact of week? Who.was devoted to the roDorothy Day at the Catholic Worker her having died 17 years ago doesn't sary? Who wore hand-me-down seem'to get in the way." clothes and lived in cold-water flats?

Forest's story spoke to the unfad- Whose main goal was to follow ing influence Dorothy Day has had on Christ and to see him in the people him and others who have known her. around her?"

In a mov.ing keynote speech to a How do you describe such a perhushed audience of 500, Forest pre- son? Saint, he suggested. . sented insights into toe Catholic.

But then how can you describe Worker cofounder who, while saintly, "someone who refused to pay taxes, was "not without rough edges." did not salute the flag, never voted, The talk took place at an Oct. 10 went to prison now and then for probanquet during a conference at tests against war and social injustice Marquette University to commemo- ... who complained that the church rate the centenary of Dorothy Day's wasn't paying enough attention to birth on Nov. 8, 1897. its own teaching and who compared Forest described Day, who died some of its bishops to sharks?" in 1980, as one who devoted much His answer: troublemaker. of her life to being with people many She had a temper. If Day is ever would cross the street to avoid. The canonized, he said, she will be the Catholic Worker movement estab- patron saint of not oniy homeless lishes hospitality houses across the people and those who try to care for country to feed the poor and shelter them but also of people who lose the homeless. their temper. She was angered by Currently there are more than 100 injustice and violence.

Catholic Worker houses in the counDay traveled often to colleges try and about lOin other lands, ac- and other hospitality houses to give, cording to Phil Runkel, assistant ar- speeches. "Her basic message, " chivist of Marquette University Li- Forest said, "was stunningly simple: braries. we are called by God to love one The numbers quoted, he said, another as he loves us." depend on how one defines Catho"Hospitality" was another key lic Worker and with what limits. word in her life, he noted. "'HospiSome are "catholic" with a small "c" tality,' she explained, 'is simply pracbecause of their ecumenical ap- ticing God's mercy with those THE 100TH anniversary of the birth of social activist Dor- proach, he said. around us. Christ is in the'stranger, othy Day is Nov. 8. A convert to Catholicism, Day cofounded Speaking about Day, Forest in the person who has nowhere to the Catholic Worker movement, which now includes more . asked, "Who for half a century did go and no one to welcome him.''' than 100 houses where workers focus on peace issues and her best to make sure they didn't go Forest is founder and a staff ... -., .. service to the poor. (CNS file photo)' hungry or freeze on winter nights? member of the Catholic Peace Fel-

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farm on Staten Island, N.Y. He had resigned in 1961 from the U.S. Navy as a conscientious objector.

"She was ancient;' that is to say, 62 years ,old - seven years older

lowship, publications direc'torof the U.S. Fellowship of Recondliation, and general secretary of tl~e International Fellowship of Re,:onciliation in his adopted home ofAlkmaar, Netherlands.

He also was one of the Milwaukee 14 peace activists who in 1968 burned selective service records in protest of the Vietnam War, an action for which he served over a year in a Wisconsin prison. _, Dramatically summing up his personal gratitude to Day, Forest said he and his wife have more children than he can count on one hand and a mortgage to pay for their home.

"But every time I open the door to guests, it's partly thanks to Dorothy. Every time I think about things in the bright light of the Gospel rather than in the gray light (if money or the dim light of politics, her example has had an influence," he said: "Every time I try to overcome meanness or selfishness rising up in myself, it is partly thanks to the example of Dorothy Day. Every time I defeat the impulse to buy something I can get along without, Dorothy's example of voluntary povl~rty has renewed impact."

And every time, he said, he tries "to see Christ's presence in the face of a stranger, there again lowe a debt tq Dorothy...."

"What I know of Christ, the church, sacramental life, the Bible, and truth-telling," he added. "I know is in large measure thanh to her, while whatever I have done that was cowardly, opportunistic or cruel, was despite her."

Studying the face of Christ: grace, suffering

By JOHN THAVIS VATICAN CITY (CNS) - A few years ago, when a Vatican cardinal stood up at the end of a long meeting with Cuban President Fidei Castro, he pulled from his pocket a medal showing the face of Christ. To his surprist:, the Cuban president accepted it gladly and said he would always treasure it with respect.

"I didn't think the medal would stimulate devotion in him. But when I saw his reaction, I realized that he had been touched directly by the figure of Christ," the cardinal said recently.

The prelate was Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini, who continued to contemplate the remarkable way in which the visage of Christ can move people in all walks of life.

Last year, at the nge of 80, he founded the International Institute of Research on the Fal~e of Christ, and in mid-October the organization held its first major conference.

Catholics who grew up with a framed reproduction of Jesus on their wall may be surprised to learn that Christ's face is a topic of academic study - by theologians, biblical specialists, Eastern scholars, art historians and others.

For two days, somt~ 25 experts shared their research on such topics as "The face of Christ in contemporary art" and "Medical and anthropological rellections" on facial beauty. There were Shroud of Turin specialists, film directors and even a dermatologist.

Despite their different approaches, they all shan~d an underlying belief: that depictions of the face of Christ can have a powerful impact on believers, precisely because its features can t:xpress both divine grace and human suffering.

"His face says more than any of our speeches, and his figure is more eloquent than any catechism or theological tract. It can help dissolve the preponderance of empty images that invade us today," Cardinal Angelini said.

Yet there is a probkm with delineating the face of Christ. Artists have no sure historical image. No New Testament evangelist describes it. And early church writers, while

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referring to its beauty, do not provide a mental portrait.

Yet in the early centuries of Christianity, artistic renderings of Christ's visage were important to the faithful, as seen in the sculpted and painted images found in catacombs and prayer sites. Today that trend continues, as the face of Jesus appears on magazines, in movies and at Internet sites.

Many religions have been wary of trying to represent the divine in artistic works, fearing that the images might give rise to idolatry'and that, in any case, human perception will always fall short of the transcendent real ity.

But as Jesuit Father Thomas

Spidlik pointed out at the international conference, the case of Christ is special, precisely because he is God made man. The Western church in particular has always left great space for artistic representation of this human reality, he said.

Eastern churches, on the other hand, have favored icons, which typically present Christtransfigured - a less naturalistic depiction, said Archbishop Christoph Schonborn of Vienna, Austria.

According to Rino Cavalieri, former research director at a Rome dermatology institute, the more human representations of Christ are based on the belief that the face can uniquely reveal the inner person. He

NEW YORK (CNS) - An annual interreligious service to remember the abandoned dead buried in New York's potter's field was held Oct. 15 at St. Francis Xavier Church, a Jesuit church in,Manhattan. , Only a small group gathered at the front of the large Renaissance church for the remembrance. But they represented broad sectors of the population and their prayers were broad enough to include all those who died forgotten with no one to care for them.

Muslim, Jewish and Christian clergy participated in calling on God to remember and n~ceive those who had no relative or friend to claim their bodies, and those in some cases whose names were unknown.

Jesuit Father Louis P. Sogliuzzo, pastor of St. Francis Xavier, prayed to "the God of the poor, the anonymous, the forgotten," to "I he hope of the hopeless," thai he would re-

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said the viewer used the "logic of the unconscious" in assembling a deep impression from the face's components - the brow, the eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, cheekbones, hair and beard.

Beauty is extremely important in this impression, yet beauty is relative to cultures and historical periods, he said. Another problem is that the face can also hide things and is only a partial mirror of the soul.

For those who find some images of Christ overly sweet or innocent, the conference participants had some opinions about what can make an authentic portrait: - A sadness that stops short of resignation.

- A penetrating, insisting glance that seems to search for something good in the beholder.

- A combination of doubt and faith, a welcoming of human nature and a resistance to human frailty.

- The fragility of a man exposed to violence, but accompanied by a mysterious calm and acceptance of suffering.

The Shroud of Turin presents a special case. Scientific tests have cast doubts on its authenticity, but

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many people still believe that it is the burial cloth that holds an imprinted image of the crucified Christ.

Sister Lilia Olivieri, an Italian shroud expert, said the shroud has clearly given artists an "archetypal image" of Christ for many centuries. It shows the likeness of a man who had apparently been whipped, crowned with thorns and crucified.

She said the face of Christ on the shroud shows tremendous suffering, yet also the strength of the Resurrection.

Sister Olivieri said many depictions of Christ through the centuries have been faithful to telltale details that match the shroud's image: a transversal line across the brow, for example, or a raised right eyebrow, or the accentuated cheek bones.

But other experts seemed wary of limiting the face of Christ to a single, contested historical image.

And several made the point that attachment to a representation of Christ's visage is not very helpful unless it leads people to see Christ in others.

"There is no face that beller re-· llects the features of Christ than that of the suffering person," said Cardinal Angelini, who until recently headed the Vatican office that deals with health care issues.

"In today's society, we have to learn to find the face of Christ in our own house: in the sick person, the poor, the leper, the drug addict.

Mother Teresa did it, why can't we?" he said.

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The memorial service, now in its fourth year, is arranged by a Muslim-Jewish-Christian dialogue group 'sponsored by the National Conference, formerly the National Conference of Christians and Jews.

Sheldon R. Friedberg, an official of the National Conference who coordinates the dialogue group, said the idea of the memorial service came from Chicago, the only other place he knew of that had one.

It was initiated there by W. Earl Lewis, a Catholic layman. Concerned about those dying unnoticed and unmourned, he declared that "heaven needs to know that we who have names honor those with names only God knows."

Father Glenn Sudano of th'e Franciscan Friars of the Renewal said the greater poverty of those who were indigent was to be "unloved and unwanted."

The memorial service was a blessing for the participants "because we are responding to the call of our Creator to love all people," he said.

member "our brothers and sisters."

"Though in the sight of men they were punished, their hope is full of immortality," read Atonement Father James F. Loughran, ecumenical officer of the Archdiocese of New York, in a lesson from Wisdom 3.

The service also included kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead, and concluded with a psalm read by Rabbi Dan Alder of the Brotherhood Synagogue.

Since 1869, New York has buried unclaimed bodies of the destitute on Hart Island, in Long Island Sound offshore from the Bronx. It is a small island, but said to be the largest potter's field in the nation.

Bodies are placed in pine boxes and stacked without ceremony in mass unmarked graves, identified only by numbers.

Imam Luqman Abdush-Shahid, a chaplain at a large New York prison on Rikers Islatld, said prisoners there carry out the burials.

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Pope Paul: man of dialogue BRESCIA, Italy (CNS) - Pope Paul VI was a man of dialogue and a man of firm faith, said two cardinals marking thelOOth anniversary of the late pope's birth.

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of state, presided over a Mass in Brescia, where Giovanni Battista Montini, the future Pope Paul VI, was born Sept. 26, 1897.

"He was naturally a man of dialogue, which led him to appreciate all fragments of the truth present in various theological positions, in culture and in society, even outside the confines of Christianity," Cardinal Sodano said.

The cardinal also celebrated a memorial Mass Sept. 28 in St. Peter's Basilica marking the 1978 deaths of Pope Paul and Pope John Paul I. , The cause for Pope Paul's beatificationand canonization was formally opened by the Diocese ofRome in 1993.

At the Sept. 26 Mass in Brescia, Cardinal Sodano said Pope Paul's openness to the,modern world and to modern people's questions and problems "did not consist in selling off the deposit of faith."

Even in the face of the "predictable unpopularity" of his affirmation of Catholic teaching, for example, on birth control, the pope remained firm, the cardinal said. , "Paul VI was above all a spiritual man, and his pastoral action cannot be understOod without looking at the depth of his soul," Cardinal Sodario said.

The years of Pope Paul's pontificate - 1963-1978 - "were not ea~y years

for the magisterium and for the governance of the church. They were years of disputes, years oftension between traditionalists and progressives," he said.

Some people have erroneously compared Pope Paul to Shakespeare's indecisive Hamlet, the cardinal said, reading as "insecurity what was really his gift for reflection."

In Milan, where the future Pope Paul served as archbishop for almost nine years before becoming pope, church leaders were planning a series of activities to commemorate the centenary of his birth.

Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini of Milan, who preached Pope Paul's last Lenten retreat, said he was struck by the pope's "courage in the face of those' who thought differently from him. In his preaching, Montini always kept in mind those who were atheists, agnostics Of found it difficult to believe.

"He tried to gather their questions and objections and respond to them calmly," the cardinal said.

Pope Paul "shared the anxiety, the searching and the difficulties of contemporary people," he said.

His speeches were filled with questions, Cardinal Martini said, and they were not simply rhetorical devices.

"They were born from inside him, he carried them and deepened them in suffering," said the cardinal. , "Montini was not spared the anxieties, sufferings, misunderstanding and pain 6f1ife," he said. "In that way, his spirit was purified, and he was able to face death with great trust."

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Here prostrate,I invoke the help of the Most Holy Trinity that They permit me to live in the cloister of the Divine Will and thus return in me the first order of creation, just as the creature was created.

Heavenly Mother, Sovereign and Queen of the Divine Fiat; ~ake !TIY hanq and·introduce me into the Light of the Divine Will. You will be my guide, my most tender Mother, and will te~ch me to live in and to maintain myself in the order and' the bounds of the Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate my whole being to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me the doctrine of the Divine Will aO(~ I will listen most attentively to.

Your lessons. You will cover m'e with Your mantle so that the infernal serpent dare not penetrate into this sacred Eden to en- . tice me and mak~.me fall into. the maze of t~e h~m'an will. , Heart of my greatest Good; Jesus, You will give me Your flames that they may bum me, consume me, and feed, me to form in me the Life of the Divine Will. " Saint Joseph, you will be my protector, the guardian of my heart, andwill keepthe keys of my will in your hands. You will keep my heart jealously and shall never give it to me again, that I may be sure of never leaving the Will ofGod. " My guardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in everything so that IPY Eden may f1Qurish and be the instrument that draws all men into the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Amen.

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thorities to do their best to deliver tain, and estimates varied widely. relief assistance in a timely fash- The Red Cross estimated that 400 ion to the stricken populations. people had died in ane, around The relief efforts in the first few Acapulco, but government offidays after the storm were criti- cials said that figure appeared cized as chaotic by local protest- high. ers and politicians.

Several remote towns were , The hurricane s'truck the west- feared inundated in the flooding, ern part of the country Oct. 8 and and relief officials coule: not say 9,';witlih~avy rarns ana winds of . if or when they would be reached. up to 100 miles an hour. The Protestors met Mexican Presistorm left many roads clogged dent Emesto Zedillo when he viswith mud and debris, and the ited the stricken area and held up flooding ruined an undetermined signs urging delivery of safe number of homes. drinking water and food.

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Connecting faith with daily lif~e

By JOHN THAVIS VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope ,John Paul II, addressing catechetical experts from around the world, said the success of religious instruction hinges on connecting the tenets of the faith with daily life.

"This is precisely the task of catechesis, and it is not an easy one. It has to root itself in the whole context of life, considering both,the pro, fane and religious aspects of human existence," the pope said at the Vati. can Oct. 17.

He,said religious instruction must aim to apply the Gospel to the concrete social, economic and political situations in. which Christians live.

At the same time, it should try to respond to the deepest human ques~ tions about the meaning of life and happiness, he said.

Catechists assume, a cruciairole as interpreters of the· church to the millions of peop.le who receive, in,struction, the pope added.

The pope's remarks touched upon a key issue at the Oct. 13-17 International Congress on Catechesis, which brought together more than 300 religious instruction experts. The Vatican used the occasion to highlight two recent publications: the Latin-language definitive edition Of the "Catechism of the

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The gap between the faith and 'It s'aid the relationship between daily life was cited as one of the ob c .catechesis and inculturati',:m was a stacles tO,religious instruction. A fi- delicate one: It involves "evangeli- ' nal state~ent of the congress sum- , zation of culture," by which local marizect other persiste'nt problems cut'tures are changed by th,;: Gospel, found in many countries: and the "inculturation of the Gos- Secularism. pel," in which the Christian message - The attraction of sects and is adapted to local cultures, The first New Age movements.. ' . has priority over the second, it said, - A widespread subjective atti- because it deals with the celltral purtude toward the faith, and ignorance po~e of the church. . of its main teachings. .

'The final statement ah;o under,- Religious and cultural plural- lined that catechesis today is viewed ism, which "challenges the unity and as an evangelizing moment. That is uniqueness of the (Christian) an- all the more reason why the catnouncement." . echism and directory should serve - Poverty, violence and human as a normative guide for all religious rights violations. instruction, it said. o

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AIDS art contest winner Continued from page 1

Jessica Grygiel, Sabine LeGuyader, Heather Stankiewicz, and Alexis Weglowski of St. Stanislaus School, Fall River; Tricia Lynch, Kasey Mac Roberts, and Catherine Manning of Holy Trinity School, West Harwich; and Sara Metro, Laura Neves, and Kathryn Thornhill, Holy Family-Holy Name School, New Bedford. Each finalist will receive a letter of honorable mention from Dr. Winter-Green on behalf of the diocesan AIDS Ministry.

The finalists' drawings will be displayed at the reception to

follow the Mass of Healing and Remembrance, which has been celebrated by Bishop O'Malley for the past three years on World AIDS Day. The art contest for children builds on the child-focused international theme for World AIDS Day 1997, "Give Children Hope in a World of AIDS," as designated by UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS. Other related events include an October essay contest for high schoolers in the diocese to encourage their reflection on the theme of "My Responsibility in Combating the AIDS Virus."

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Pope calls Fatima apparitions a great sign ofthe times Bv LVNNE WElL VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II said the series of Marian apparitions at Fatima, Portugal, rank as one or the most significant events of this century.

The string of apparitions that ended 80 years ago was "one of the greatest" signs of the times, "also because it announces in its message many of the signs that followed and it invites (us) to follow their call," the pope said in a Ictter to Bishop Serafim de Sousa Fcrn~ira Silva of

Leiria-Fatima, Portugal. The message, dated Oct. I, was released at the Vatican Oct. 14. ' Pope John Paul sai,d the event at Fatima "helps us to see the hand or God" even in tht: 20t,h!century, with its wars and other mU;Ss tragedies. , And it showed that despite having "removed itself from God," humanity was offered God's protection, the pontiff said.• Pope John Paul re~alled that in Gospel accounts of Jesus' death, he invoked clemency on his captors even as he was being crucified and

Weekly General Audience Message Pope Jolm Paul n Dear brothers and sisters, Our continuing reflections on the Blessed Virgin Mary lead us to reaffirm the teaching of the Seco'!d Vatican Council that the church's "veneration" of Mary is essentially different from the "adoration" which the church offers to the Father', Son and Holy Spirit. In acknowledging the exceptional gifts which God conferred upon !'1ary in his love for all mankind, the Christian faithful in no way make her equal to God. Veneration of Mary as the Mother of God is an affirmation of the divinity of Christ and leads to adoration of the Fother and the Holy Spirit. The lov~ which the faithful have for Mary differs from their love for God: God is to be loved above all else, while the love which Christians have for Mary is similar to the love which children have for their parents. In recognizing Mary's excellence, w,e are hon"" oring her as our mother, we seek her intercessipn, and we are moved to imitate her virtues.

I am pleased to greet all the English-speaking pilgrims, especially those from England, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, J opan, Canada and the United States. I invoke upon you strength and peace in our Lord, Jesus Christ.

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YOUNG TALENT Kristen Fleck, age 8, is the youngest guitarist to join the Children's Folk Group of S1. Mary's Church in Mansfield. She recently became interested in learning the guitar alJd her enthusiasm and determination have been very inspiring to the group. It plays on Sundays gt the 10:30 a.m. Mass at S1. Mary's.

Bishop Stang High School Two students were recently named open house, parents may contact the AP Scholars by the College Board in admissions oftice at 996-5602. recognition of their exceptional Seniors Heidi Roy and Kevin achievement on the college level Ad- Oliveira were nominated for the fourth vanced Placement Examinations. annual Wendy's High School Heisman Michael Hayden, a graduate of the Award. The award recognizes acaclass of 1997 and now a student at the demic achievement, community serUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel vice and athletic accomplishments of Hill, qualified for the AP Scholar with high school seniors. Kevin, the son of Honor Award by receiving an average Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Oliveira, is a grade of 3.42 on four exams. Christo- member of the National Honor Socipher Grzegorczyk, named an AP ety and ranks s,eventh in his class. He Scholar by averaging 3.66 on three is a football captain and is a member exams, is currently a senior at Bishop of the track and baseball teams. He Stang, North Dartmouth. volunteers at St. Luke's Hospital and The Stang Chapter of S.A.D.D. (Students Against Destructive Decisions) recently held elections for ofticers. All are members of the junior class. They are: president, Bethany

By JOSEPH KENNY Soares, daughter of Stephen and ST. LOUIS (CNS)- There is hope Doreen Soares of Fall River; vicefor attracting younger Catholic donors president, Lauren Marklin, daughter of Robert and Ann Marklinof because many of them believe that Mattapoisett; secretary, Jennifer Da Catholic causes are important to supSilva, daughter of Liberio and Rose- port, especially those that meet physimary Da Silva of Acushnet; and trea- cal needs, according to a national study.

The study, "Acquiring Younger surer, Karen Whitehead, daughter of William and Kathleen Whitehead of Catholic Donors," was conducted for the National Catholic Development Fairhaven.

Mary Ann Miskel, Principal ofAca- Conference by InfoCision of Akron, demics at Stang, announced that seven Ohio, and the Domain Group of Seattle. members of the senior class were The firms donated their services.

The study concluded that fundamennamed as Commended Students in the tally "there is a good fit between what 1998 National Merit Scholarship Program. They are: Jeremy R. Caron of a Catholic organization offers and what Swansea; Christopher M. Grzegorczyk younger Catholic donors want."

However, the findings showed that of Dartmouth; Megan A. Lally of Acushnet; Leah B. Makuch of Fall "younger donors were less likely than River; Heather K. Medeiros of their older counterparts to mention eiTiverton; Kevin L. Oliveira of ther giving to Catholic organizations or Mattapoisett; and Timothy M. Wojcik having received their appeals."

Such information shows there is a of Fairhaven. These students placed among the top 5% of more than a mil- potential for growth among the young if they can be reached, the study said. lion students.

A key finding was that younger Senior Mike Prior was awarded the Monsignor Patrick O'Neill Scholarship Catholics are less likely to support orfollowing the school's opening liturgy ganizations solely on the basis of relilast month. The scholarship is awarded gious motivations.

Still, the best donors are those with annually to a student who is an active member of the Campus Ministry team. a "strong religious profile," the study There will be an open house for said, and a good proportion of young prospective students and their parents people are in that group.

The study noted that the message to on November 13th at 7 p.m. Students who are 7th and 8th graders are invited younger donors should be focused on to come with their parents and meet need, not on spiritual or moral motivateachers, administrators and coaches tions for giving. "Donors want to help of the school. The evening will include others when the need is presented tours and exhibits and provide an op- clearly and tangibly." portunity to gather information about While spiritual issues are not the key Stang. For further information on the motivator, they are still important, the

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FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS NeWly elected officers pose at Bishop Connolly High School. They are: president, Peter Methot, son'of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Methot of Westport; treasurer, Meggan Marcantonio, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Marcantonio of Portsmouth; sectretary, Angela Fmrara, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nicola Ferrara of Swanse(~; and vice-president, Erin Lenaghan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Lenaghan of Westport.

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On October 21 st, 23 students of ams for 1997. Anne Short, currently Bishop Connolly High School, Fall a student at Harvey Mudd College, was named a AP Scholar for receivis an member of the campus ministry River, from AP Calculus and Math team at Stang. , Analysis classes took part in the 34th ing grades of 3 or higher on three or Heidi is the daughter of Mr. and annual Olympiad Competition in more exams. Daniel Murphy, attendMrs. Leo Roy. She is president of the mathematics. Students took an exam ing Worcester Polytechnic Institute, National Honor Society and ranks sixth given by the Massachusetts Math- was named AP Scholar With Distincin her class. A captain of the field ematics League with questions rang- tion for receiving grades of 3 or higher hockey team and a member of both the ing from advanced algebra to precal- on five or more exams.. basketball and softball teams, she was culus. It was part of a statewide comMembers of the PortugUl:se Nanominated to the Eastern Athletic Con- petition sponsored by the league. tional Honor Language Society began Jerence Field Hockey All-Star Team as On Saturday November 6, the Na- a local community service project rewell as the Baystate Softball Team. tional Honor Society will sponsor a cently; tutoring at the Portuguese Her community service includes teach- blood drive. Anyone who would like Youth Cultural Organization. They ing 7th and 8th grade students the sport' to donate blood is asked to call the are: Alex Medeiros, Caroline Amaral, of field hockey and she is also a mem- Connolly office at 676-1071 by Oc- Kevin Carroca, Raquel DeMedeiros, ber of campus ministry. tober 31 st. The drive is coordinated Sara De Sousa, Nancy Miranda, with the Red Cross to help restock the Stephanie Sahady, Andrea Teves, local blood supply.

Sophia Teves, and Grace Souza.

The Portuguese Club recently Prospective students and their parstudy noted. elected officers for the new school ents are invited to attend an open According to the study, younger year. They are: president, Alex house at the school on November 19 Catholic donors are especially respon- Medeiros; vice-president, Caroline at 6:30 p.m. Current 7th and 8th gradsive to appeals by telephone. Most do- Amaral; secretary, Jason Silva; and ers and parents will have the oppornors in general are receptive to learn- treasurer, Amanda Fernandes. They tunity to meet teachers, coaches, ading about causes that are important to have taken a trip to U-MASS ministrators, and other parent~:. Tours them, whether by mail or by telephone. Dartmouth's art gallery and spent an of the school will be provided and The majority of Catholic donors at- evening enjoying Portuguese food at parents of prospective students will tend Mass at least once a week, accord- the Traineira Restaurant. be able to see exhibits of students' ing to the study's telephone survey of Two graduates of Connolly were work throughout the school. For more 1,025 adults, a sampling from 50,000 recently recognized for their excel- information, parents should contact names and telephone numbers selected lence on the Advanced Placement Ex- the admission office at 678-7618. at random. Interviews were conducted between Dec. 12, 1996, and Feb. 7, 1997.

The research indicated that the typical Catholic donor is as likely to be male as female, is at the median age of 50, is married with one child at home, has no college degree, and has a median household income of $39,000 before taxes.

The study sought to gain insight on attracting new donors as well as building more effective relationships with existing donors. It profiled both donors and nondonors.

Nearly three times as many Catholic donors define themselves as conservative rather than liberal on social issues. More than 90 percent say that religion in their daily lives is fairly important or extremely important.

Seventy-seven percent of Catholic OUTSTANDING SCHOLARS Seven students from Bishop donors read 'newspapers, 76 percent watch television, 66 percent listen to the Feehan High School in Attleboro were recently named Comradio and 9 percent use the Internet. mended students in the 1998 National Merit Scholarship ProCatholic donors reported that in gram.

Standing in the back are Jonathan Salomon, John 1996, besides giving to their parishes, McManus, Kathleen Cassidy, and Stephen Smith. Seated they gave to charities that assisted disabled people, needy children, medical are Margaret Taylor and Neha Shroff. Not pictured is Kclthryn and health care research and local Skitt. Each student will receive a letter of commendatiDn on homeless and hunger organizations.

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You can hardly wa,it To tell all your friends How his kisses Taste sweet like wine And how he always Makes your heart skip a beat Every time he walks by And if you're feeling down He'll pick you up He'll hold you close When you're makin' love He's everything You're dreaming of Oh baby Refrain: I wish that you would Look at mE! that way Your beautiful eyes Looking dE!ep into mine Telling me more than Any words could say But you don't even know I'm alive Baby to you all I am Is the invisible man You probably spend hours On the phone Talking about nothing at all It doesn't matter What the conversation Just as long as he called Lost in a love so real And so sincere You wipe away Each other's fears Your face lights up Whenever he appears I see you all the time baby The way you look at him I wish it was me sweetheart Boy I wish it was me But I guess it'll never be (Repeat refrain) Written by Dane DeViller; Sung by 98 Degrees Copyright (c) 1997 by Motown Record Co. HAVE YOU ever had a problem with "ir.visibility?"

Like when you're "invisible" to someone you want to attract?

If so, you can identify with the guy in 98 Degrees' debut chart hit "Invisible Man." The woman he wants to attract is

totally taken up with another.

Thus, he thinks t6 himself: "You don't even know I'm alive. Baby, to you all I am is the invisible man."

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ity and rediscover his own life.

However, for purposes of this column, let's consider his "invisibility." It is likely that you will want to attract someone's attention during your high-school and youngadult years. What can you do?

First, assess reality. Is the person already taken up with someone else? If so, you will cause only resentment or frustration by attempting to break up that relationship. As I would say to the guy in the song, look elsewhere.

However, if the person appears unattached, just be friendly. Don't overwhelm him or her with kindness, but convey your interest. It takes courage to go up to someone and begin lighthearted conversation, but this is the beginning step. When you do, listen well.

Be polite, be affirming and, at first, be brief.

In these conversations, notice common interests. This will allow you to suggest a shared activity.

For example, if you both enjoy music, suggest that each of you bring some of your favorite CDs to school or work.

Then you can talk about them or possibly exchange some.

Shared interests are an important building block for any relationshi p.

Two other guidelines will also help. First, and most important, go slowly. Closeness and caring cannot be established quickly. . Moving too. fast is a sure way to scare the other person away. Show a respect that actually makes you more attractive to another.

Second, don't let setbacks defeat your hopes. If the other person fails to show up for a planned meeting, continue to be friendly. Inquire what happened; but show that you can be understanding.

If your efforts don't break down your "invisibility," realize that the timing or the situation may be wrong. Don't judge the other person but, as I stated above, look elsewhere.

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Ask 100 teens where they really feel comfortable, and most will answer, "In my room." Having your own space, a place that is your own, fills an important human need.

It's no surprise that teen-agers' rooms get cluttered. Everything in there is a reminder of some important experience. A teen-ager's room is a big scrapbook with walls.

Memories of your teen years are there, stuck on the walls, piled on shelves or hidden in the back of 'your dresser.

Your room says a lot about you: "This is what I think is important, this is who I really am."

There's an ancient Chinese tradition of arranging the physical environment called Feng Shui. The practice can get complicated, and there's considerable superstition mixed in with the ancient wisdom.

Still, the practitioners of Feng Shui have recognized a simple but profound fact: your surroundings influence how you feel, and they can impact on your daily living.

This is especially true in your room. The things you choose for your own room act as a message you send yourself. Often, as teens change and mature into different ways of acting and thinking, they change the message of their rooms as well.

If your room supports your new self-image, it can actually help you make that new image a reality.

Some examples are obvious.

Most little girls play with dress-up dolls, but it's a rare teen whose room is filled with Barbies. There's a very touching moment in a young

woman's life when she takes her dolls down off the shelves and puts them away in boxes. At that moment she's saying, "I'm not a little kid any more, and it's time for getting rid of my little kid stuff."

Seeing the dolls in her room every day would tug her emotionally back toward childhood. By replacing the dolls with books and CDs, she affirms her more mature status.

Looking at these objects, she thinks, "I'm growing up."

Except in the most extreme cases, I don't think room decoration is the parent's problem. If parents catch you smoking dope, they have every reason to get the "High Times" posters out of your room.

Otherwise, if there aren't major rules violations going on, I figure that teens get to pick the stuff that goes in their rooms.

I'd like to encourage you to take a long hard look at your own room.

Does it say what you want it to say?

Does it support the image of the best self that you're trying to become?

Does your room talk about who you are now, and who you will be in the future, or is it just a random collection of souvenirs from who you used to be?

If you find posters for bands you used to like, and magazines with pictures of actors you used to like. and notes from somebody you used to think was cute - reach for the plastic garbage bag.

Toss that stuff out. Your room may look empty for a day or two, but soon you'll fill the space with things reflecting where you're going on this journey toward adult life.

Bishop Feehan High School Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, principal George Milot has been notified that seven graduates of the class of 1997 were named AP Scholars by the College Board in recognition oftheirexceptional achievement on the collegelevel Advanced Placement (AP) examinations. Those recognized are: Kyla Bennet of Norfolk, attending Johns Hopkins; Tatum Charron of Attleboro, at Holy Cross; Nadine Connell and Marisa Cuce of Attleboro, both attending Northeastern Univ.; Brad McCormack of N. Attleboro, at Providence College; Allison Rizzolo of Pawtucket, at Tufts Univ.; and Jennifer Svendsen of Attll:boro, at Weslyan Univ. . About 10% of Ainerica's graduating high school seniors have taken one or moreAP tests and only about 13% of the 581,000 students who took those tests performed at a sufficiently high level to merit such recognition. All seven of the Feehan students took tests in at least thr.ee su,1ject areas, and received full

college credit for their achievement ' in these courses.

Bishop Feehan's Technology Coordinator, Jim Morris, has announced the formation of a new Technology Club. The beginning goals are 10 encourage appropriate use of technology and to learn more about the school's capabilities, and construction of Feehan's web page.

Senior Neha Shroff was recently selected to attend the National Young Leaders Conference (NYLC) from December 2-7 in Washington D.C. The NYLC is a unique leadership development program for high school students who have demonstrated leadership potential and scholastic merit.

Neha will be among 350 outstanding National Scholars attending the conference themed 'l'he Leaders of Tomorrow Meeting the Leaders of Today." Throughout the conference students will interact with key leaders and news makers from three branches of government, the media, and diplomatic corps.

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Iteering pOintl PRO·LIFE A "Celebrating Life Conference" will be held on Oct. 25 at the Southern New England School of Law in North Dartmouth from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Three pro-life speakers will give an informative update on the pro-life movement in the U.S. All welcome.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON The first youth Mass of the new school year will be held at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 26. All Taunton-area middle school, high school and college-age students are invited to the liturgy. Information: Bill Breen 824-5435. .

FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE PARENTING PROGRAM, NB Learn about foster and adoptive parenting at an informal session from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 28 at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny Cake Hill.

WA'KE UP CALL A "Wake Up Call" for Catholic men will be held at Bishop Connolly High School on Oct. 25. Registration begins at 8 a,m. and the sessions conclude at noon. Participants will have the opportunity through prayer and sharing to renew their commitment to godly living.

The day will feature witness talks, music, and a Mass celebrated by Bishop O'Malley. Information: 992-3184.

O.L. OF PERPETuAL HELP, NB The monthly Holy Hour will be held on Oct. 28 at 1 p.m. Events wili' include the recitation of the rosary, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and a talk by Father Isidore Kowalski, OFM Conv. All welcome.

EMMAUS Emmaus, a coeducational Christian retreat for young adults 20 to 30, will be held the weekend of Nov. 14.

Participants will have the opportunity to grow in faith and share in a loving community. Information: Father· Fred Babiczuk 295-2411 or Butch La Priore 679-8860.

NO BUTTS ABOUT IT A free program to quit smoking is offered from 10-11 a.m. Wednesdays now through November 19 at the Mashpee Senior Center. Information: Bob Collett 362-2511 ext. 398.

OFFICE OF FAMILY MINISTRY, N. DARTMOUTH Dr. Peggy Fellouris, MA, PhD., will speak on the topic "Divorce Me. diation/Marriage and Family Therapy" from 7-9 p.m. at the Family Life Center in N. Dartmouth. This program is sponsored by the Divorced and Separated support group.

Information: 999-6420.

K OF C, FALMOUTH Falmouth Council, Knights of Columbus announces a memorial Mass at 9 a.m. Nov. 2 at St. Anthony's Church in East Falmouth. A special invitation has been extended to the widows of de-

ceased members. Breakfast will follow at the council hall on Brick Kiln Road.

NOTRE DAME, FR The monthly holy hour for life will be held at 7 p.m. Oct. 30 in the chapel. The hour will include recitation of the rosary and Benediction.

All welcome.

HEALTH FAIR, E. FREETOWN A Parish Nurses' Health Fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 1 at St. John Neumann's Hall in E. Freetown. Screenings offered will include blood pressure, cholesterol, vision, hearing, and mammograms.

There will be CPR/first aid demonstrations and activities for children.

All welcome. Those interested in scheduling a mammogram please call St. John Neumanp's rectory in advance at 763-2240.

MASSACHUSETTS CITIZENS FOR LIFE The MCFL will hold its annual state dinner on Nov. 1 at the Sheraton Tara Hotel in Framingham. A social hour will begin at 6 p.m. and will feature retired Supreme Judicial Court Justice Frank O'Connor as principal speaker. Information: 617-2424199.

MINISTRY TO THE SICK! HOMEBOUND The diocese is sponsoring a Day of Recollection Nov. 8. Any Eucharistic Ministers interested in attending are asked to contact the rectory of St. Mark parish in Attleboro Falls for more information, tel. 695-7773.

AIDS MINISTRY, CAPE COD An HN-AIDS support group for family and friends is held every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month from

7-8:30 p.m. Information: Sister Mag 428-7QI9.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Coffee House performer Nancy Tutunjian of Boston will give a concert at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 25 at the shrine cafeteria. Free raffle for tapes andCD's.

A healing Service will be led at 2 p.m. Oct. 26 by Father Richard Delisle. The service will include celebration of the Eucharist, hymns of praise and teaching.

The workshop "Empowering Women for the Next Millennium will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Nov. 8 in the shrine cafeteria. The program will be led by Barbara Shlemon Ryan and Judith Hughes who are both active lay ministers. A healing service with Mass will follow at 4:30 p.m. Registration: 2225410 before Nov. 3.

the Next Millennium," will he given on Oct. 25 by Jacqueline 1\1. Sitte, R.N., psychotherapist and author.

Information: 947-4704.

WIDOWED GROUP, FR The Fall River Widowed Group will meet at 7 p.m. Oct. 2'7 in St. Mary's School Hall on-Second St. Jennifer Jenks from St. Anne's will be the guest speaker. All widowed welcome. Information: Lucille 6745507.

EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP Catholic Social Services and St. Anne's Hospital are sponsiJring a daylong educational workshop titled "Hispanic Presence in Southeastern Massachusetts" from 8:30 a.m. 'to 4 p.m. on Oct. 30. The workshop will be held at Cathedral Camp in lEo Freetown and will include discussions on migration, religion, health, a:l1d education.

Information: Edwin Aldarondo 997-7337.

ST. MARY, N.ATTLEBORO There will be a special Mass at CHARISMATIC PRAYER 10 a.m. on All Souls Day, Nov. 2, for . GROUPS Join us for a day of renewal Nov. those who have lost children through miscarriage, still birth, SIDS, or abor- I at St. Stanislaus Church. in Fall tion. All those who have experienced River beginning at 9:30 a.m. with the celebration of Holy Mass. It \\ill conthis loss are welcome. tinue until] 2:30 with prayer, praise ST. WILLIAM, F.R. and teaching by Jack Olivei:ra. All On Oct. 26 at 7 p.m., St. William welcome. Sponsored by thc~ Diocwill host the ninth interparish holy esan Service Committee. hour for life. It will include liturgical readings, a living rosary and STONEHILL COLLEGE The Catholic-Jewish Dialogue Benediction. All are welcome to attend a Eucharistic Vigil beginning at Committee will present the program 12:30 p.m. Consider stopping by "Whom Do We Love and Why?" at during the afternoon to spend time 4 p.m. on Nov. '2. It will be held at with .the Lord in prayer and adora- the Joseph W. Martin Jr. Instiwte for tion.

Law and Society and Stonehill professor of psychology Lincoln CraHIS LAND-BETHANY HOUSE ton will moderate discuss::on on OF PRAYER, LAKEVILLE ways popular films and telc:vision A workshop titled "Go Forth and programs represent the people we Bear Fruit: Bringing Wholeness Into love. Information: 565-1131.

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