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New sanctuary is dedi~ated at S1. Patrick's in Somerset

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diocese, then in the Providence diocese. It was not until 1904, when Pope Pius X founded the diocese of Fall River, that St. Patrick's Parish became part of the new diocese, serving the entire town of Somerset.

Since then it has thrived under the guidance of a succession of dedicated pastors; while Somerset has grown to the e~tent that St.

SOMERSET - "Renewed in the Spirit for a new millennium" was the theme of the sanctuary rededication of St. Patrick's Church, Somerset.

The parish is 114 years old, but over the years its original. building has been renovate:d and added to many times. Originally Somerset was in the Boston arch-

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Patrick's has been joined by St. Thomas More and St. John of God parishes.

On October 4 St. Patrick's sparkled, outside and in, with beautifully manicured grounds accented with dozens of chrysanthemum plants and the church interior equally aglow~ with golden angels lending luster to the stained glass windows behind the sanctuary, where the former altar had been replaced by a massive cherrywood table and lectern, both highlighted by Celtic crosses.

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Also a participant in the Rite of Dedication of a New Altar, at which Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., presided, was parishioner and Permanent Deacon Edward Hussey, who lit the altar candles while praying "May the light of Christ shine on this altar and be reflected in those. who share at this table."

The new altar furnishings were designed by Edward Nunes, also a parishioner, working from the concepts of Father Tremblay.

"As we enter the third millennium,", said the pastor, "may Patrick and all our ancestors in the faith, along with the Spirit of God, guide us and help us to learn the lessons they lived."

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renovated church. ''The Celtic cross," noted the rededication booklet, "can serve us at S1. Patrick's as a reminder ofthe great heritage we have received from the many places from which our ancestors came...!t is also the obvious reminder of Patrick. The patron of our parish stands watch at the entrance of the Eucharistic chapel as ifto remind us of his call of so long ago to the people of Ireland to come to Christ and be transformed by his teachings."

Father Marc Tremblay, pastor of St. Patrick's and the guiding spirit of the renovation project, offered thanks to the many fIrms and individuals who contributed to its success, including Permanent Deacon Thomas Palanza of St. Mary Parish, MansfIeld, who

dents and will include a youth through music and painting; and dance.

Bob Doolittle, a veteran youth minThemed "The Holy Spirit Will ister and educator from S1. Paul's Teach You All Things," the gather- , Parish, Cambridge. ing will feature a keynote address Father He~do Herrera will celFALL RNER - The OffIce for by Steve Angrisano, an intemation- ebrate Mass and the 81. Louis de' Youth and Young Adult Ministry is ally recognized Catholic musician France contemporary choir will proagain sponsoring the annual Dioc- and speaker. Other presenters will vide music. Pizza and soft drinks esan Youth Convention scheduled' include Father Dan O'Connell from will be served. Registration is from for Nov. 1 at Bishop Connolly High the Archdiocese of Boston; Rob 10:45 to 11 :45 a.m. For more inforSchool from noon to 9:30 p.m. It is Surette, a Catholic artist who will mation or to register call Bud Miller open to all area high school stu- offer rellections about Jesus at 678-2828. ~

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II GEllING TO KNOW OUR SEMINARIAl'[]] Mexlcan cardinal to lead

Inte.rnatio:pal Rosary D~y By

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Norberto Rivera Carrera of wife, Susana, has organized the gloMexico City and' Archbishop bal event .for the past three years, Justo Mullor Garcia, the papal said he hopes that by thejubilee year nuncio in Mexico, will lead mil- 2000, the prayers will be ied by lions ofpeople worldwide in pray- Pope John Paul II with simultaing the rosary on the International neous telecasts from the basilicas of Fatima, Lourdes, Czestochowa, Day of the Rosary. , The event will begin at 6:30 Guadalupe and the Vatican.

Estevez said this year's p.m. CST on Oct. 31 and will be televised in Latin America by the prayers will take place in 8,000 Eternal Word Television Network sites in Mexico and in. about 100 . and in many· other countries by countries around the world.

Welfare Reforw.ln'itiative. plans turnout to save .fa'mily benefits'" BOSTON·- The New England Welfare Reform Initiative is seeking participants for a demonstration, Nov. 21, noon, on the Tremont Street side of Boston Common, to p~otect wages, jobs and welfare benefits for thousands of Massachusetts families.

NEWRI is a policy and parish education effort advocated. and funded by a grant from, the National Catholic Campaign for Human Development..It is a collaboration ofthe 11 Catholic dioceses in the area, Catholic Charities agencies and several other concerned community groups.

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Gerard O'Connor is a Fall River diocesan seminarian in his third year 9f'theology at the North American College here. . His se~inary formation began in Cromwell, Conn., at Holy Apostles Seminary, where he began a year of pre-theology in the fall of 1995 after working in marketing for a computer firm.

Born in Kingston-Upon-Hull in England, where he resided with his parents and three brothers, he attended Marist College High School and Kingston University, receiving a bachelor of science degree in 1987 and a master's degree in business administration in 1992. While at Holy Apostles, O'Connor began his affiliation with the diocese of Fall River.

Following his pre-theology program, he transferred to the North American College.

He prepared ,for entrance to th~ seminary by taking time from

GERARD O'CONNOR work and other activities' for prayer to discern God's will for his life. During this time he felt drawn to the priesthood. "The things that appeal to me most about the priesthood are the ability to offer the Holy Sacrifice of

the Mass' and manifest God's mercy through the sacrGlments, especially . confension," O'Connor wrote.

His decision to enter the seminary was aided by the expE~riences of meeting .wonderful and holy priests throughout his life ,md being inspired by their witn\~ss and . dedication. Through involvement in parish life, especially music ministry and liturgy, he was able to foster a life of prayer that helped him to discern hi:; vocation.

If you are keenly aware that all Christians are called to serve, but wish to go. a step further ... if you feel the pull to make God's love more real in your life and in the lives of others, you may have a vocation to the ordained .)r consecrated life. To learn morE: about vocations contact the Vocation Office at (508) 990-037i, 'or via Email: FR VocationOffice@ Juno.com. Respond gene:rously, . to the Lord~s call!

As part of a goal to share information and utilize the resources of the Church effectively in supporting social justice work, NEWRI members and others will join labor activists, religious leaders, welfare activists, students, and others to save welfare benefits for tens ofthousands ofchildren who will otherwise be cut off on December I , says Sara Goldrich, coordinator' for NEWRI. For information call Working Massachusetts at (617) 4824471, or the Economic Survival Coalition at (800) 939-4600.

THE ASSEMBLY of Corpus Christi Parish in East Sandwich recently celebrated the Rite of Acceptance into the Order of CatechLimens and the Rite of WelGOming of the already baptized who asked to be received into the full communion of the Catholic Church. Members of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults' team along with Parochial Vicar Father Henry Dahl, left, and Pastor Father Marcel H. Bouchard, right, gather with the new catechumens and candidates.

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All Denita Tremblay had to do was follow the signs tc;> school By

PAT MCGOWAN

FALL RIVER - Most people will have or already have had a 50th birthday, but few have had a celebration such as that of Denita Tremblay, principal of St. Stanislaus School, Fall River.

It began as she left her Tiverton, RI, home on September 28 to drive to school. All along her route she saw birthday greetings on light poles, placed there, she later discovered, by her teachers and other staff members.

It got better when she reached St. Stanislaus School. Its front lawn sported not one but three displays. One, complete with her photograph, declared "Fabulous at 50"; another included pictures of herself and her husband; and the third was a scarecrow bearing the comforting message, "Courage, Mrs. Principal!" Nor were trees in front of the school neglected: signs on them read "Happy Half a Century" and "Mrs. T. is really nifty, 'cause today she's 50."

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fection, some one-third of the stu- ing letter to her teachers, telling dent body pulled themselves out them they would be penalized for of bed in time to attend the 6:50 attaching birthday messages to a.m. parish Mass that morning. town streetlights. They were upMany wore black, to mourn the . set until they reached the end of passing of their principal's 49th the letter, advising them that the year, and every hour of the school penalty would be 40 hours ofcomday teachers dispatched white-robed students to her office, impersonating ghosts of past birthdays.

Climaxing the celebration was an assembly in the school auditorium featuring balloons, birthday cake, games, a skit and a talent show. The honoree was also presented with l<Mrs. T's Big Birthday J3ook," containing a page from each.student with messages and recollections of their time with her.

Masterminding the special day was St. Stanislaus faculty member Cheryl Feeney, whose comment was "It's fun to do things like this."

But, not to be outdone, DENITA TREMBLAY Mrs. T. turned the tables on her faculty when she got a friend in the Tiverton police de- munity service working for the partment to send an official-Iook- president of the 50 Is Nifty Club.

Now in her 14th year as principal of S1. Stanislaus, ·from which she herself graduated, Mrs. T. is continuing her lifelong affiliation with the parish in which she was born and baptized. Her goal for the school remains what it was when she assumed her post: "to help make S1. Stanislaus School in every sense of the word what it Bishop Daniel P. Reilly ofWorcester was founded to be: a place, a way will be the keynote speaker at the of life, a state of mind where our noon luncheon and will be the prin- boys and girls come to experience cipal concelebrant at a Mass at 4 p.rn. the mystery of God through the Presenters at the workshops will mystery of the Church." include Father Rocco Piccolomini, vicar for clergy for the Worcester COLUNSCON~UcnON diocese and John F. llradley, 'presiCO., INC. dent of the national association.

GENERAL CONTRACTORS Keynote speaker at the Saturday night dinner will be Father George . 33 Swindells Street Concordia, a.p., promoter for the Fall River, MA 02723 national association.

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The convention opens with registration Nov. 6 at 7:30p.m.

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The reasons to 'vote Our times have seen tremendous changes in our institutions and in the way people are bonded together. These changes are often among the results ofcultural, economic and s()cial evolution. Their impact on the life of the political communJty has been profound, especially with regard to universal rights and duties. The exercise ofcivillib'erty and the attainment ofthe common good in moral and ethical ways have drastically affected public responsibility and accountability. But in many situations refusal to recognize or accept standards has clouded the actions ofthose expected to justify pub:" lic trust in themselves and in their offices.

It is sad to witness in our times the inability ofpeople to voice disapproval ofgovemments which disregard civil and religious liberties, encourage political cronyism and are self-serving. In this light it is important to call to mind that no better ways exist to attain a truly human political life than tIne fostering of an inner sense of justice, goodwill and concern for the common good and the strengthening of basic understanding ofthe true nature ofthe political community.

Many diverse peoples make up this family and its authority should be based on a moral force depending on full and conscientious exercise ofthe duties inherent in public office. It should also be kept in mind that political authority must always be exercised within the . limits ofmorality and on behalfofthe common good.

Politics is thus a high calling, not a mere exercise in self-satis~ faction and personal conceit. Sad to say, in our times the majority of citizens have a negative outlook on those elected to office. Too . many serving the public represent a minority ofvoters. As a result, it se.ems that only a few truly benefit from political decisions, including the politicians themselves. We have forgotten that all citizens should be more aware of their right and duty to vote.

More and more Americans simply do not go to the polls to exercise their public responsibility: Because of such voter apathy, the least desirable candidates too often gain positions of public trust and too often fail to justify that trust. Because of such voter indifference, a salutary surveillance ofpoliticians is largely nonexistent.

Citizens, both as individuals and in association, should be vigilant with regard to granting government too much authority and seeking from it advantages which in the longrun weaken individuals, families and social groups..

Both civic and political education are supremely necessary. Voters must realize the contributions that only they can make to the politicai community. Partisan politicians often opt for personal, power rather than striving to guide the political process in ways that will benefit all citizens. Courage and integrity too often become the victims of such attitudes. Votets should once again call to mind that it is the duty of citizens to workwith civil authority to strengthen society in a spirit of truth, justice and freedom independent ofparty platforms.

Next week we are called to exercise our civic obligation to vote.

Not to do so is to allow society to be manipulated by the few. Management ofthe state and nation is not a mere matter of budgets. It goes far beyond the mere material. Every society's judgments and behavior reflect its vision ofman and his destiny. For too many that vision has become clouded and impaired. Apathy and indifference frequently become the real voters in elections.

When one does not vote, one is allowing the marginal to take power. Intelligent decisions are needed more than ever in our statehouses and our Congress. They will not be forthcoming ifcitizens refuse to fulfill their roles in the life ofthe political community.

We urge all voters to take advantage oftheir civil rights and cast their ballots for the common good' of the nation and the human community.

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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River 887 Highland Avenue P.O. BOX 7 Fall River. MA 02720 Fall River: MA 02722-0007 Telephone 508-675-7151 FAX (508) 675-7048 Send address changes to P.O. B~x 7 oreall telephone number above EDITOR Rev. John F. Moore

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BRAZILIAN PRIESTS WAVE THEIR COUNTRY'S FLAG DURING A BEATIFICATION CEREMONY IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE OCT. 25. POPE JOHN PAUL II BEATIFIED BRAZILIAN FRANOSCAN FATHER ANTONIO DE SANT'ANNA GALVAO, ALONG WITH MOTHER THEODORE GUERIN,'ITALIAN FATtiER ZEFIRINO AGOSTINI AND SPANISH FAtHER FAUSTINO MIGUEZ.

"The Lord .loves those who hate evil: he guards the souls of his saints; he sets them free from the wicked." Psalms' 97:10

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of the entire Italian scholastic reality, will soon end."

In the face of serious fmancial difficulties and lack ofgovernment support, the commitment ofparents and teachers is even more precious, he said, asking them to continue the struggle so that "new generations will receive, together with adequate .knowledge, authentic spiritual and

VATICAN CITY- True education should lead students beyond a grasp of facts to a greater understanding of God as Creator of the world and of Jesus as it~ savior, Pope JOM Paul II said.

At an evening Mass for students at the pontifical universities in Rome and during an audience with students, parents and teachers at ItalIn the midst of Italian ian Catholic schools, the pope fopolitical discussions cused on the spiritual and moral about aid to Catholic elvalues which education should inementary and high clude. . In the midst of Italian political schools, Pope John discussions about aid to Catholic Paul used the morning elementary and high schools, Pope audience to press the John Paul used the morning audiChurch's request for ence to press the Church's request for government help. 'Together we gov~rnmenthelp. renew ou.r appeal to the competent authorities so that Catholic moralvalues."

According to Italian press reschools can live and grow and so that their equal dignity with public ports, the number of Catholic schools will be recognized," the schools in Italy declined 8 percent between 1986 and 1996. While pope said.

"How can·we·not be saddened Italy's falling birthrates led to a 16 when we see prestigious institutes, percent drop in public school enappreciated by families, being forced rollment during that period, the ento close?" the pope asked. "I hope rollmentin Catholic schools that this phenomenon, which con- dropped 26 percent. stitutesa· serious impoverishment . '. :Iri.a,colllltry.where.more than 90

percent of the population is Catholic, only 10.6 percent ofItalian elementary and high school students attend a Catholic school.

At the 'evening Mass in St. Peter's Basilica marking the beginning of the universities' academic year, the pope said God gave human beings the task of learning about the world God created.

"This is the 'birthplace of science, that immense gathering of knowledge which is the fruit ofmarvel, intuition, hypothesis and I~xpe- . rience," he said.

But by creating man and woman in his image, God also· has given human beings the task of learning about God himself. . .

"This is the birthplace (if an openness to the word of God, the disposition toward seeking him who is invisible, yet at the same time, who is the fullness of reality,';' the pope said.

Only by knowing Christ can a person know God, the pope told the students.

The pope prayed th~t through their studies, each of th~ students would "seek, find and contemplate the face of the Lord in order to ef-fectively reflect its light, which fills human life with meaning." .

Taunton's St, Mary's School holds 90th birthday celebration TAUNTON Bishop Sean P. O'Malley told nearly 500 students from St. Mary's School observing the school's 90th birthday recently that they are part of a 2,OOO-year tradi·· tion throughout the world.

"You are part of a glorious tradition that stretches back almost 100 years in Taunton and almost 2,000 years throughout the world, for you are Catholic schoolchildren and are the HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Fourth grade students from S1. Mary's School reason for all this," in Taunton eagerly await a piece of the birthday cake that helped mark the bishop said at the school's 90th birthday. ceremonies on Sept.

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Blessed Virgin Mary for whom the school is named, they can grow to serve the Lord," the bishop said. He praised the administration and faculty for continuing the philosophy set forth by the Sisters of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts, the first teachers at the school, who served SHARING MEMORIES - Carol Zopatti and Sister Dorothy Therese through June 1986.

In the past 12 Boudreau trade stories ab.out their teaching days at S1. Mary's. years, staffing has gradually shifted from sisters by singing, leetaring and presenting the offertory gifts. to an all-lay faculty.

HEALING SERVICE At the conclusion of the litSt. Mary's Primary School, Fr. Edward McDonough C.SS.R. which opened its door on Sept. urgy, the bishop and other conducting Healing Seroices for 25 years 8, 1908, is the largest elemen- guests were presented speCial Nov. 1 • 2:00-4:00 p.m. tary school in the Diocese of gifts bearing the logo of the St. John ofGod Church Fall River. It currently educates school, designed by Beatrice 996 Brayton Ave., Somerset, MA students in the nursery school Viera, a former school secreFr. McDonough from Boston is ditary. and through grade 5. rector of Healing & Rest. Ministry.

His gatherings are non-denominaBishop O'M,dley and guests The goal of Pastor Father tional prayer services that stress William M. Costello for the joined the parents, students united group prayer to God for celebration was that it be fes- and educators on a tour of the the purpose of spiritual, emotional tive as well as spiritual. He school and in a cookout and and physical healings. supported school principal lighting of a birthday cake.

Brian. Cote, the faculty and parents in planning the Mass . and birthday party to commemorate the parish's long dedication to educating the youth of the community.

The observance began with Bishop O'Malley concelebrating Mass with area . Organist/Leader of Song priests at St. :Mary's. Many parents and friends of the needed for (four) weekend Masses, school attended. Among them including youth and adult choirs_ were Martina Grover, a Oregon Catholic press in use_ former principal; and former teachers including Sister DorPlease send inquiries to: othy Therese Boudreau, Sister Ann Desroches and Sister St. Mary's Church • 14 Park Street. North Attleboro, MA 02760 Tel.: (508) 695-6161 Eugenia Marie Arsenault.

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Seeking Jesus as He really is As the cool weather hit us rather suddenly, making a retreat with him and his co-worker, I was not surprised to hear someone say, "The Dominican Sister Dorothy Ederer. They were two incredibly caiing people, so enamored of next. thing you know, the holidays will be here."

It had the tone of complaint.

I couldn't help myself. I had to say, , . . - - - - - - - - - - "Yes, but isn't it wonderful that the season ofJesus will be with us again."

For that's what Christmas really is the time to remember who Jesus is and why he came to be with us.

Jesus was very much on my mind because I just had read "A Portrait of

By Antoinette Bosco Jesus" (Doubleday), a thoughtful book by Father Joseph Girzone. Many 1-------------1~~ ::...._....;t_' people of all faiths know Father Girzone as the author of the very human and Jesus that it took them no time to create a climate of acceptance and love for the group of beautiful "Joshua" books.

A few summers ago I had the privilege of us who had come together to meet Christ.

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When parents don't approve Dear Dr. Kenny: Our son is living with his girlfriend. I think they plan to marry some day.

I won't allow them to stay in the same bedroom when they come to our house. I cannot condone premarital sex. The problem is' t}lat he has stopped coming home. I feel badly. What can I say to him to bring him back? (Illinois)

it is to ask yourself what you would do if your best friend wanted to stay the night at your house in the same drcumstance. The Native American proverb tells us how to treat grownup children: "Lose a son, gain a friend," We are no longer the caretakers of our adult children. We ought to treat them the same way

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You have a difficult problem. Two principles are at odds with each other: the best way to be an effective and loving parent, and the question of pre~ marital sex.

I can suggest three possible resoWith Dr. James & lutions if your main goal is to get your son to start visiting again. But you Mary Kenny will still have to decide whether these resolutions can accord with your moral values.'

First, you might give your son and his girl- we would treat our best friend.

Would you let your unmarried friends spend friend an "I" message. Try explaining that you are not attempting to control or judge them. the night together? Of course, your answer might well be no.

Simply said, in your house these are the rules.

Third~ you might re-examine your own posiBoarding houses have rules. College dorms have rules about mixing the sexes. You have a tion. Would letting your son and his girlfriend right to set the policies in your own house. spend the night together mean you approve?

Explaining it as "your" position rather than a Or would you simply be allowing them the same judgment of "his" behavior may help him ac- privilege that God does: the freedom to make cept your position. On the other hand, he may their own moral choices? still feel uncomfortable and may choose to conYou could argue that it is his own choice to tinue to stay away. stay away, his own fault. Nonetheless, he has Many parents have adult children in the same distanced himself from you, and you have less situation as your son who do continue to visit chance to influence him \vith your own values and who follow the rules in their parents' home and your love. Might hospitality work better? on this matter while visiting.

Your son kilows your values. He knows you I'm not sure why this approach isn't work- do not approve of what h~ and his girlfriend are ing in your situation. But perhaps you could doing. talk to your son about this.

Thank you for raising a difficult question.

Charity takes precedence over everything else. You have as J11uch right to your own values and Try to assure him of your continued love for him. actions as your son does to his. As these val7 The second possible way for you to resolve ues clash, we parents face real dilemmas.

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Father Girzone has an agenda, and it comes through loud and Clear. His concern is that while we get sermons on catechism, theology, Scripture and moral issues, Jesus as a person is too often ignored.

Making Jesus' presence real is the mission Father Girzone has taken on. He presents Jesus as a person, so that we can see him walking the pathways, eating, healing people;living a lifestyle "free from the clutter ofthe law," treating people as friends, revering nature, focusin-g always on what is in the heart of a person.

Founder of the Joshua Foundation, an organization dedicated to making Jesus better known throughout the world, Father Girzone believes if we took Jesus seriously, so that "Christ lives in me," as St. Paul said, we could bring about a profound good effect upon the whole world.

Here is Father Girzone's blueprint: "If we acted kindly toward those we work with, and were understanding and forgiving ofthose we live with;, if we were spiritual in our interests and concerned about helping t~ose

around us who are undergoing hard times and financial reversals; if in our local politics we were genuinely concemed about thl~ good of the people and rose above petty, self-serving motives; if we learned to be forgiving and understanding, rather than overly prone to take offense, what a world this could b,~! And if this spirit spread, people could see how beautiful it is to be a Christian, and what it means to be sons and daughters of the great king."

Certainly, of all who have made an impact on the world, one alone stands out as absolutely unique - Jesus. He never let up on the message that God is intrinsically bound up with us even in all the ordinary aspects -of life, that the kingdom of God is related to everyday events. He turned upside down every value the world wants: power, wealth, success. He said the kingdom of God holds value:. just the opposite.

And he left us with unfinished bw:iness - . the challenge of carrying on his work. Each of us must discover for ourselves how to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, forgive enemies and leam to make peace, to be just, to love.

Father Girzone maintains that the focus of our religion should be to "make Jeslls' presence known." Who could disagree w:ith that?

Those discontinued missalettes In their instructions for the revision of Q. Our parish formerly had small missals to assist people for the Scripture read- the liturgy, the bishops at Vatican Council II ings and other parts of the Sunday Mass. I simply repeated traditional belief when they was inspired to read the Bible and learned taught that: "In the liturgy God sp,eaks to his people, and Christ is still proclaiming his more about the faith.

About two years ago these "missalettes" Gospel. And the people reply to God both were discontinued because, we were told, by song and by prayer" (Constitution on everyone's attention should be on the read- the Liturgy, 33).

In other words, while reading Scripture is ers and priest at Mass. But sometimes people have hearing problems, there are dis- prayerful, faithful and commendable, listenruptions, maybe babies crying, or other rea- ing adds another whole worship dimension sons we cannot hear or even see the priest, to which we are invi,ted and challenged in or lector.

Also, people returning to the r--------------r:~:::ii Church after a lapse of time can feel embarrassed not being able to say the prayers with the "regulars."

I would appreciate it if you could help us who feel shortchanged uno::J derstan~ why this is being done.

By Father (New Jersey)

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A. The dilemma you and your 1pastor face here is a common one and not easily resolved. First, many (maybe most) Catholics and other Christians are no longer aware that listening attentively and reverently to the .word of God is itself an act of worship.

It is, after all~ not only God's word written there. The teaching and tradition of the Church is that it is God, Christ, who is proclaiming that word in the c~lebration of the Eucharist and the other sacraments.

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the sacred liturgy. ' Many Catholics, aware of this, even prepare themselves sometime before Sunday .Mass by reading and perhaps studying the Scripture texts a bit so they can hear them and respond to them more profitab ly at Mass. (This is why, incidentally, many parishes print the Bible references for th,~ following Sunday in the weekly bulletin.)

There is no question that this is the i:deal, what the Church in its centuries-old 1radition believes is happening in liturgical celebrations.

The other part of the dilemma i:;, of In this era of information when polls are less - would easily have eamed five stars in a Body English (... 1/2): Bud's use of a rolled- course, the one you raise. The quality of the prized, input is exalted, feedback is high fashion solo performance. up agenda as a telescope to search the ceiling proclamation of the readings by lectors, deaStarting on time (..): Due to a problem with tiles as he tipped back in his chair subtly served cons and priests varies greatly. Even more, and surveys are supreme, the general Catholic community is no slouch.paper towels not being in sync with the coffee to wind down a lengthy debate over the park- not all the readers prepare as well as they Our myriad troops and groups rate movies, maker's hot water output, there was a moderate ing lot's speed bumps. Msgr. O'Kneel's fiddling ought in order to be sure they understand probe politicians, grade governments and is- delay in the meeting commencement while the with his cufflinks kept us in tune with his think- the meaning and that it comes out intellisue corporate report cards. floor was mopped. ing on several issues. Marlene's sticking out gently.

Beyond that there are sound systems that In that vein, then, I wonder if we should Chairs (.1/2): Apparently a test fire alarm her tongue at. Connor kept civil an otherwise initiate a national rating system for ourselves forced an unscheduled exit of the p,ar- r------------r--::;-:---..... could be better, and what is happening around us can often make it difficult to- :lear - something along 路the lines of the five-star ish Parents of Toddlers Support Group or pay attention. system you see for hotels, restaurants, movies earlier in the day. POTSG ''residue'' reWhile it is not easy, all these concc:rns and the hot salsa Mex-Tex place down the street. mained. Note: Linda saved us again by obviously need to be considered seriollsly W0 0 A good place to start would be meetings, in sharing secrets for the removaL of peain any parish that takes its liturgical wonihip '~,' that we as a church schedule more meetings per nut butter and jelly from one's pants' seriously. In communal worship, however., individual member in the United States than the back pockets. which Mass and other liturgies are, some Minutes (.... 1/2): No minutes were Protestants can shake a stick at. sense of priority needs to be given to listenWith this in mind, I recently rated our parish read aloud from the previous session

By Dan Morris ing to God proclaiming his word to us. That, because Connor LeDuc, the secretary, council meeting as a trial run: I'm sure,- is what your pastor is trying to do. r....

Refreshments (...): Linda Fletchmeyer's said, "Unless anyone sees something Fina1ly, even missalenes can be contusc,hocolate chip cookies absolutely saved what gooty in the minutes, I move they be ing to returning Catholics, so they're ::lOt could have been a total refreshments debacle: accepted as stapled." The motion passed by a potentially tense discussion of the bazaar.

No one could find coffee filters, so we had to unanimous hand vote, as all mouths were ocEnd of time (..:): Because the agenda's "new the perfect answer either. In the parish I substitute paper towels. Someone accused me cupied by cookies. business" section was obscured, some o'f us ' served until recently, we prepared a simple Agenda (...): While there were sufficient cop- felt we should make up some. But Bud turned card indicating the sequence of ceremonies of not putting in 'enough coffee - a charge I insisted was "grounds" (get it?) to nominate ies for everyone this time, the copy machine his telescope into a little bullhorn and intoned, at Mass, with the parts of Mass said together had blurred the "new business" section. her as chair for the next parish bazaar.

"It's late, it's late, and I'm late for a very impor- by the people printed out.

That solution proved helpful not only to Opening Prayer (.....): MsgT. O'Kneel used tant date."

My neighbor Bud had forgotten the orange juice at home. The youth group's soda machine words none of us would haveto look up later. It I'll try to have the ratings read into the next ' those coming back, but to visiting nc,nhad been left unplugged. Thus, Linda's incred- was short. We sensed the presence of Christ. meeting's minutes and let_you ho~ ,it g<;>es: Catholics and even Catholics who didn't wish to bother with flippil1gpages. ibly rich chippers - topped with "M&Ms,'; no - No one was cheWing:路..路 Assuming there are coffee filters, Of course.

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De:mentia and Alzheimer's disease: What can you do?

By MONICA AND BILL DODDS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

What can you do if your aged parent is diagnosed with dementia?

These are some suggestions: -Get suppott for yourself. Become educated. The road ahead will not be easy but it may be less frightening or surprising if others are there to help you, if you know what, typically, dementia can include. At the same time, remember dementia doesn't follow a set pattern or time schedule. And having "gone through" a particular stage doesn't mean your parent won't return to that problem or show those symptoms again.

-In the early stages, you can help Dad with his remembering by writing notes, setting up a calendar, leaving messages and so on.

-As the condition progresses, keep in mind Mom can't control what she's doing. She may need to be constantly pacing or to repeat the same question over and over.

(Obviously, it doesn't do any good to say, "I just answered that." Instead, keep your response short and simple, then try to help her move on to another subject.)

-Realize Dad may exhibit what's k.lOwn as "confabulation." He may n,.ake things up to fit the circumst:1nces. If he's lost his wallet, "someone broke in the house last night and stole it." If he's been .>tanding on the wrong comer wait-

ing for a bus that never came, "the bus company changed the route and didn't tell anyone."

-Try to accept the fact Mom may not remember all that you've been doing for her lately. She may tell others just the opposite - that you've neglected her. It can help to look at your parent's dementia the same way you would view any physical illness.

For example, if she had had a stroke and could no longer get out ofbed, you wouldn't hold it against her that she didn't come to the dinnertable.

At the same time, it hurts when we do something for someone and feel unappreciated. But it isn't that Mom isn't grateful, it's simply that she doesn't remember.

-If you live a distance from your father, and he's been complaining about the treatment he receives from family members or professionals, don't jump to any conclusions.

Check it out. Maybe he needs help; maybe he just doesn't remember all the good help he's getting.

-If Mom doesn't remember things you've been doing for her, don't scold her about it or test her.

Calmly mention the meal you shared' a few days earlier or the television program you enjoyed together.

There's no point trying to get her to admit" she was wrong. Just gently move on.

-Look into us~g respite care for your parent. This could be over-

night, several hours at home during the day or all day at an adult day center.

-Understand that part of the loss is the inability to learn new things. Your parent is going to 路become more and more dependent.

-Do the best you can in providing care, but accept ~e fact your parent may reach a point where you're no longer able to be the primary caregiver. Your parent may need to move to a skilled-care facility.

-Don't be surprised if you begin to grieve. One oIthe great heartaches of dementia is that you may feel that the Mom or Dad you knew is now so absent. .

Monica and Bill Dodds are the authors of "Caringfor Your Aging Parent: A Guidefor Catholic Families" (Our Sunday Visitor).

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The majority ofpeople with whom I have spoken feel tlm the idea of impeaching President ClintO"l is amistake.

The more I weigh the pros and cons, the more I agree Witll these people.

One of the main arguments of those advocating impeachment is that the effectiveness of the president's office depends on respect, which in turn depends on trustworthiness and moral character.

And too, when tlle president lies he damages respect for his officenot only for himself but for future presidents. It is far ea.sier to tear down an institution than to build it up again. Undoubtedly, the next president will be lmder much more pressure to prove his or her trustworthiness to the American people.

Often when we do something wrong, we tl1ink we are the only ones who will feel its consequences. On the contrary, a wrong by its nature touches others, teaching us that sin is always a community matter.

For certain, the public's trust in the office of president has diminished. And no one argues that the damage Clinton has done should go unpunished. But it must be asked whether he already has been punished and whether punishing him further will end up simply punishing the American people.

Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" or Shakespeare's "Macbeth" are excellent in pointing out to us the horrors of a conscience in conflict with itself.

Although Clinton puts on a good front, we have to wonder what is going on between him and his conscience. A high achiever, he became

leader of the strongest nation in the world.

Many believe his political leadership on many issues merits high ratings. But what is this compared t9 losing one's reputation? Now that his reputation is in shambles, history most likely will dwell more on his tarnished reputation than his achievements.

Add to this the embarrassment to his wife and daughter, and we have a person who carmot but be filled with self-reproach. He became his worst enemy. No impeachment can 'pain him more than this.

Another reason for arguing against impeachment is to spare good American people' the mud-slinging and scandal-mongering that inevitably will accompany it. Resentment is building up and needs to be curtailed before it boils over. I tl1ink we need to take heed of the wise principle .that tells us not to give scandal a chance to fester; jn')tead, punish quickly, forgive and let life begin anew!

The wisdom of Scripture, however, offers us the best argument against impeachment. Writing to the Corinthians, St. Paul says, "Do not attempt to judg~ another now; the Lord's coming Will reveal all."

I fear that impeachment proceedings will be accompanied by many commentators and people in the street acting as judge, jury and executioner. In the confusion, most will forget Christ's words, "Let the person without sin cast the first stone."

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By EMILIE AST CATHOLIC NEWS ~ERVICE ST. PAUL, Minn. - Among the spectrum of saints, Jude is one of the quietest and least known. His life as one of Jesus' apostles - and his subsequent martyrdom in Persia - is not one of the more dramatic tales in the lives of saints. And he has the disadvantage of sharing his name with the traitor who betrayed Jesus'.

Yet St. Jude seems to be everywhere.

Churches, companies and sporting events bear his name,. as does a children's canc,er hospital in Memphis, Tenn. In local religious bookstores, St. Jude prayer cards, medallions and statues are among the bestselling saint items, ,and countless people tum to him for help with what he knows best: hopeless causes. .

Journalist Liz Trotta, in her new book, "Jude," writes of the saint: "Midwestern farmers raise roadside shrines to him. New York trendsetters wear St. Jude'necklaces.

Keychains bearing the supplication 'St. Jude Protect.Me~ adorn the most well-cut vests. Hospital patients go to surgery with St. Jude medals pinned to their gowns."

Trotta traveled to shrine.s around the United States and Europe gathering stories and information about the mysterious saint.

• Art that flourished under Jesuits circa 1580 is on, display at Smith~onian.

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the period we're talking about." :By the end ofthe 18th century, the total may have been nearer 2,000, he added.

In the artworks, Bailey explained, "Jesus is very specifically a symbol of the emperor, himself, and of his divine r"ight to rule." Mary symbolized "the

"The legend of Jude is that he has no legWASH- ......,._ _...--,.., end," she writes. "And yet, like a thread of IN G TON " sunlight through a crack in the wall, he - The palfor has a way of infiltrating the stressed.and' ette wrecked lives of Catholic grandmothers, ChristianJewish producers, Anglican patricians, Hol- .Mughal art» lywood movie stars and even convicts." was quite Trotta adds, "We are, in short, witness- com pie x: ing a Juoe explosion, a return to a saint Jesuit miswho, although' a mystery, has marshaled sionary acthe despairing and the lonely, believers and ,tivity in doubters, into taking that extra step toward 16th-and him as h~ awaits their call."

17th-cenSt. Jude's star has not shone as brightly tury India as those of other saints, in part because mixed with his name is often mistaken for the name of theMuslim the traitor, Judas Iscariot. The details of emperors' his life are shrouded in obscurity as well. interest in According to Trotta, Jude's history world relicomes mainly from the Gospels, the writ- gions and ings of the Church fathers, and tradition: art, and, "Jude is the 11th named of Jesus' 12 overall, the apostles. He' is sometimes called tint of pro'Thaddaeus' or 'Lebbaeus,' and 'Judas the paganda. brother of James.',' Some of Jude lived and died in the first century. this a~t .~ ' His most important ministry occurred af- ex qUI Sit e ter Jesus' ascension, when he traveled east watercol - and north to areas ofMesopotamia and Per- 0drsl'. an sia as a missionary. e Ic a ~ e statues In ivory and' rock crystal ~ is on. display through April 4 ~t the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsoni3n Institution in Washington; MUGHAL ARTWORK - "Ladi,es Praying With a Child" is one 'h'b~~e ex;. of several pieces of artwork on display in the exhibit "The Jesuits 2~ ItlO~ ~ and the Grand Mogul: Renaissance Art at the Imperial Court of titl:'ct°~,~: India," at the Arthur M. Sackl~r Gallery in Washington until April Jesuits and 1999. (CNS photo courtesy Sackler Gall~ry) ,the Grand , Mogul: Renaissance ~ at the Imperi~l emperor's descent through the matrilinsaints" Or Court ofIndia, 1580-1630." ealline from the Mongol past." . as, Mary·'·. Gauvin A. Bailey, assistant professor, The apostles "served as role models Williams of of Renaissance and Baroque art at Clark for the emperor's court," he ,said. "Thy St Paul University in Worcester, Mass., was guest were trying to,suggest to the emperor's pu'ts it, curator. ~i~ specialty is the art of Jesuit court that they should be to the emperor "Saints can global mISSIOns. as the apostles are to Christ." Though add power In a phone inte!-"iew with Catholic there are angels in Islamic tradition, he and direc- News Service, Bailey said the Mughal em- added, these angels are painted in the Italtion to our pirecovered about two-thirds of the In- ian style, some as little cherubs.

Originally, the watercolors were part prayers be- dian subcontinent during the reigns of c 'a use Akbar and his son, Jahangir. Descended of royal albums; consisting of 60 to 100 they're al- . from the fa~ous 13th-century~ongol paintings ana beautiful calligraphy, said ready in lead~r Genghls Khan, they ruled m suc-' Bailey. "They were for an eliteaudiencle" heaven and cessIOn from 1556 to 1627. of royal family members and other nob:llhave been Their artists - most were Hindus, ity. glori'fied. s~me Muslims-col?iedRenaissance and Bailey, a Protestant, said he always They're a Bible art an? engravm~s brought as ~ifts has b,een fascinated by the Jesuits. very pow- ' by the JesUits. They did representatIOns' "When r was a teenager, I did a lot of erful advo- of Jesus and Mary, apostles, saints, and traveling, and I was always amazed that cate " Will- angels. , they were everywhere before I got iam~ said Bailey said three different Jesuit ·inis- there," he said.

This "enthusiasm and intellectual inte:c" And sions visited the emperors' courts, in the r e "s 1580-84, 1590-91 and 1595-1773. It was est" grew into his professional specialty. strength in ~ cultur~l excha~~e that flourished under Next year, Bailey will publish a survey (If :numbers "mterestmgcondlhons. ,'Jesuit mission art and cultural interaction .'

The Jesuits hoped to win converts, said titled "Art on the Jesuit Missions in Asia Bailey, though "it's only afew htindreo!in' . and Latin America, 1542-1773." <

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U.8. bishops face mixed agenda Christians must bring at November meeting. sacred into media,

By JERRY FILTEAU CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - Justice, human dignity, vocations and Church laws will be on the U.S. Catholic bishops' agenda when they meet in Washington Nov. 16-19, They are slated to cast at least 22 votes on various items ranging from a statement on the pro-life challenge in the

. They are slated to cast at least 22 votes Of) various items ranging from a statement on the pro-life challenge in the 21 st century to regulations for recording names on baptismal registrie;5.

21 st century to regulations for recording names on baptismal registries.

They will elect a new president and vice president of the National Conference ofCatholic Bishops and U.S. Catholic Conference, as well as several committee chaimwn.

Bishop Anthony M. Pilla of Cleveland, president sinCt: 1995, and Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston, vict: president for the same'period, will conclude their three-year terms ofoffice with the November meeting, The bishops will also vote on a series ofproposals that could mark the most substantial restructuring ofthe NCCB-USCC in more than 30 years.

Among agenda items likely to be of greatest interest to Catholics in general are three proposed state- . ments: "Welcome and Justice for People With Disabilities," "Everyday Christianity: To Hunger and Thirst for Justice" and "Living the Gospel of Life: A Challenge to American Catholics."

The "welcome and justice" statement, from the Committee on Pastoral Practices, draws from earlier conference stateme:nts to summarize in 12 brief paragraphs the rights ofpeople with disabilities and the Church's commitment to them.

The "everyday Christianity" statement, jointly drawn up by the committees on domestic pqlicy, international policy and the laity, is a pastoral reflection on the obligations of Christian lay people in the world.

The third statement, proposed by the Committee for Pro-Life Activities, describes American society today as a culture that is morally adrift and insensitive to the路sacredness of human life.

It calls on "U.S. Catholics, especially those in positions of leadership - whether cultural, economic orpolitical- to recover their identity as followers of Christ and to be leaders in the renewal of American respect for the sanctity of life."

The proposed 1999 budget is $46,842,208, or 5.55 percent above this year's $44.4 million budget. Th~ proposed diocesan assessment for 2000 is slightly over $11 million, up about 5 percentfrom the $10.5 million set for 1999.

Other actions to come up for debate and vote during the meeting

include: approval ofrevised guide- Clerical garb; and Canon 496, conlines for diocesan vocation offices; cerning statutes for priests' counwhether to set a national policy al- cils to meet at least four times a year, lowing regional groups of dioceses or more often; a proposed decree headed by an archdiocese to seek on delaying baptism until after adoppermission from Rome to transfer tion in ordinary circumstances; the liturgical observance ofAscen- Canon 1062.1, which calls for par'Sion from Thursday to the'follow- ticular Churcli law regarding the ing Sunday, if they wish to do so; promise to marry; and Canon 1067's approval of two Spanish-language call for conference norms on proceliturgical texts for funeral rites; ob- . dures to be followed with a couple servance ofCanon 284, concerning preparing for marriage.

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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court declined to take a case in which anti-abortion protesters challenged a court~ordered buffer zone limiting protests at an abortionist's home.

The court on Oct. 19 rejected an argument by protesters that their free speech rights are violated by a no-picketing zone and limits on how often a defined number of people may picket at Dr. ~Irick Murray's home in New Jersey.

In 1991, a New Jersey court issued an order requiring protesters to stay 100 feet from Murray's property line at his home in Plainfield, N.J. It allowed up to 10 people to picket for no more than one hour every two weeks.

When Murray moved to Warren, N.J., in 1995, he obtained a new court order prohibiting picketing on the street in front Of his house.

The new order allowed up to 15

people to picket for up to one hour every two weeks. A state appeals court upheld the order.

Michael Lawson and other abortion opponents who picket at Murray's house argued in court papers that "the right to engage in peaceful picketing outweighs the right of the residents to privacy in their homes."

Justice Antonin Scalia said the lower court ruling "makes a mockery of First Amendment law." But he concurred with the decision not to hear the case for reasons unrelated to the merits of the appeal.

The Supreme Court in 1994 upheld a Floridajudge's order requiring protesters to stay at least 36 feet away from an abortion clinic.

In 1996, the court upheld a New York law allowing protesters on public sidewalks outside an abortion clinic as long as they stayed at least 15 feet from the clinic entrances.

Bishop Clark ge~s pacemaker, angioplasty forbeart problems

By LEE STRONG, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Two days after surgery to install a pacemaker at Park Ridge Hospital, Rochester Bishop Matthew H. Clark underwent a suceessful angioplasty to clear heart blockages in two arteries.

Bishop Clark was r,eleased from Rochester General Hospital, where the angioplasty took place, Oct. 23.

It was not known when the 61-year-old bishop would be able to return to his full duties as bishop of Rochester. During his recovery, day-to-day operations of the diocese are being overseen by Father Joseph A. Hart, vicar general and moderator of the Pastoral Office, and Father John M. Mulligan, vicar general.

A release from Park Ridge Hospital said an angiogram that day revealed blockages of 60 percent in the bishop's right: coronary artery and 70 percent in his left circumflex coronary artery. "The condition is correctable," it said, by angioplasty and stent, which would open the arteries and keep them open.

Early Oct. 16 the bishop suffered dizziness and an irregular heartbeat while playing racquetball at ~e downtown YMCA in Rochester. He was taken to Park Ridge for observation, and remained there after it was determined a pacemaker should be implanted. .

At a press conference Bishop Clark's personal physician, Dr. Robert McVeigh, said the bishop had been under treatment for atrial fibrillation, a condition in which the heart beats irregularly. He reported that the bishop first suffered an attack ofdizziness and irregular heartbeat on Good Friday, 1996. Since then, he said, the bishop had been taking anticoagulant medication to prevent further problems.

He said he expected the bishop to be able to resume all his regular activities - including exercis't andjogging.-:- once his recupera~on was complete.

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magazine, St. Anthony Messenger, Archbishop Foley said reflecting the sacred in the media does not mean making films about miraculous events.

It can be any depiction of people offaith, "of the role offaith in human decision-making and human activity, of the recognition of the relationship between God and the human person which already guides so many lives and which should not be kept hidden from those who read, view or hear the media," he said.

The archbishop said a variety of social, philosophical and religious issues were involved in pushing the sacred further and further out of public life, but that does not mean the sacred is no longer important.

The enthusiasm and energy of Catholic youths, particularly in the celebrations of World Youth Day, are one sign that people still hunger and thirst for the sacred, he said.

Other people, Archbishop Foley said, "seem to go on pilgrim. age from sect to sect, from movement to movement ... seeking truth ARCHBISHOP JOHN P. or at least personal satisfaction or Foley, an American who heads consolation."

While such seekers may not re. the Vatican's Pontifical Council ally be looking for religious truth, of Social Communications, said he said, "the fact of the search is Oct. 22 that Jf Christians find in itself significant and it would nothing sacred "in the media, be tragic" ifChristians did not have they must find ways to correct some media presence in order to offer them the Good News about the situation. (CNS file photo) Christ.

"It is Christians themselves who Because the religious and the must restore to public discourse and spiritual are such basic parts of huto the media a sense of the sacred, man life, "the exclusion of the relinot by imposing their beliefs on so- gious and the spiritual from the . ciety, but by making society aware communications media, especially of their beliefs," said the U.S. arch- from the broadcast media, reprebishop, president of the Pontifical sents a denial of a fundamental huCouncil for Social Communications. man right and indeed threatens the At a recent meeting marking the moral and spiritual well-being of I DOth anniversary of the Italian society," the archbishop said.

PADUA, Italy - If there's nothing sacred in the media, creative Christians must find ways to correct the situation, said Archbishop John P. Foley.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court HAMPDEN Division Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. 98A 0126-TM Citation G.L.c.21 0,搂3 In the Matter ofNICK ROMAN, minor, to any unknown or unnamed father, parent(s) ofthe above named child. *A putative father will not have standing asa party to this case without a voluntary acknowledgment of parentage or an adjudication of paternity.

A petition has been presented to the Court by the COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETIS DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, 1537 MAIN STREET, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS representing that the - mother/father - of the child lack(s) the current ability, capacity, fitness and readiness to assume parental responsibility for the child; that the petitioner's plan for the child will serve the child's best interests; and, praying that this Honorable Court enter a decree under the provisions ofthe General Laws of Massachusetts, Chapter 21 0, Section 3, that shall have the effect oftenninating the rights ofthe person(s) named herein to receive notice ofor to consent to any legal proceeding affecting the custody, guardianship, adoption. or other disposition ofthe child named herein. . IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATIORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE AT THE 50 STATE STREET, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETIS before TEN O'CLOCK in the forenoon (10:00 A.M.) on December 21, 1998.

YOU ARE ENTITLED TO THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ATIORNEY IFYOU ARE AN INDIGENT PERSON. An indigent person is defined by SJC Rule 3:10. The definition includes but is not limited to persons receiving AFDC, EAEDC, poverty related veteran's benefits, food stamps, refugee resettlement benefits, Medicaid, and SSI. The Court will determine if you are indigent. Contact an Assistant Register/Adoptions Clerk of the Coul1 on or before the date listed above to obtain the necessary forms.

Witness: David G. Sacks, First Justice of this Court.

Date: September 21, 1998 Thomas P. Moriarty, Jr., Register ofProbate

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'Pleasantville' o'ffers teen~ wr.)ng an'd truly empty-headed mess:~ge

A reading of "Hesburgh: A Biography" by Michael O'Brien, a professor

By GERRI. PARE . (Don Knotts) materializes at their of history at the 'University of WisCATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE , consin and the"author of books on such door, new remote in hand. Disdisparate topics as McCarthyism and NEW YORK -Offering only covering David is an ardent fan Vince Lombardi, leaves no doubt that surface charms is the comic fan- of black-and-white reruns of a Holy Cross Father Theodore M. tasy, "Pleasantville",(New Line), "Leave It To Beaver"-style sitcom Hesburgh is one of the great figures of . in which two teen siblings find called "Pleasan~ille,"the repairAmerican Catholic history. . themselves zapped into a 1958 man uses his magic 'remote to let That there is no need to identify sitcom.' . the siblings experience the old him immediately as the .former presishow firsthand. In an instant, In their normal lives, high dent of the University of Notre Dame is but one measure not only of his fame school senior David (Tobey -David and Jennifer have morphed but of an impact that extends far beMaguire) is bit of a nerd while into the squeaky-clean children of yond his co-religionists, going to the twin sister Jennifer (Reese George (William H. Macy) and great issues of American life and interBetty (Joan Allen) and they are Witherspoon) is the class vixen. national affairs.

Arguing one night over the. stuck in problem-free Pleasantville Driven, somewhat vain, an intellectual, a visionary, a doer with an enormous capacity for work and at every broken TV remote, the pair are of 1958.

Afraid they will never escape. moment very much the Catholic priest, Father Hesburgh ("Father Ted," as surprised wh~na TV repairman he prefers to be cal1ed and as O'Brien general1y refers to him even in the TT most formal circumstances) has been friend to students and co-workers, presidents and popes, the rich and the poor for more than 50 years. In the l.J ~ . .' l!!I, process he has made thousands of friends and few enemies, although he has seldom been without critics.

By GERRI PARE,' CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE, Just to list the public and private boards and commissions he has served . NEW YORK Here are some television programs of note for on over the years would exhaust the space available for a review, but they the week of Nov. 8: run the gamut from'the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and the International Sunday, Nov. 8, 7-8p.m.EST (NBC) Mummies: Voices from Atomic Energy Agency to the Rockefeller Foundation and the board of Chase Manhattan Bank. '. the Grave." A "National Geographic" special looking at mummies While at times he may have been viewed as a token appointee by those as time travelers who in death can still speak volumes about the mysmaking a particular appoihtment, the fact is that he never accepted an as- teries of our past, as demonstrated by Egyptian mummies, an Iceman signment unless he thought he could n:ake a contribution to the work at found in the Alps and Peruvians frozen high in the Andes..

Sunday; Nov. 8, 8-W p.m. EST (A&E) "In the Name of God: hand, and he has thrown himself into such work with so much abandon that he has quickly become an authority on whatever 'subject tj1e group had Cults and New Religions." Documentary e~amines the growth of been organized to address. new religious movements and sects, and questions what motivates Al1 this, of course, was in addition to the demands of leading What many people to join unconventional religious groups, and why some sects consider to be the world's foremost Catholic university during a period of . h fi immense religious, Social and Illoral change. That he' could adapt to change go mainstream while others become narrowly bizarre in t eir ocus. in such a way that his fellow academic professionals, both within and withSunday, Nov. 8,9-10 p.m. EST (TBS) "Wild Women of Alaska." . out the Catholic community, often looked to him for leadership is a tribute to From the "National Geographic Explorer" series, profiles of single the skills that saw him challenge threats to academic standards from forces women who have chosen to carve out interesting and rewarding lives as diverse as athletic bureaucrats, the Vatican, mindless student activists in a路difficult climate as a dog sled musher, a bush pilot and a salmon and conservative a l u m n i . ' fisher.

Monday"Nov. 9, 8-9 p.m. EST (A&E) "John Wayne: The UnA bril1iant administrator, he was assigned to teach at Notre Dame in 1945 against his wishes and ascend~d to the presidency within seven years, quiet American." From the "Biography" series, a profile ofthe popucontinuing to serve in that position for another 3 5 . . \lar actor, his successful career, strongly conservative political beliefs Although O'Brien~s book is pricey and lacks an index, it is a thorough, and less-than-happy upbringing and marriages.

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\ .........- _ _..... sociation of America rat- mal profanitY. The U.S. Catholic Con- . cal1y engineered soldiers. Directed by NEW YORK (CNS)"":" The following are capsule Paul Anderson, the thin plot is so preference classification is A-III ing is R - restricted. reviews of movies recently . "Life Is Beautiful" adults. The Motion Picture Associa- dictable and the characters take themreviewed by the U.S. tion of America rating is PO-13 -'- selves so seriously that the unimagi(Miramax) Catholic Conference Office Bittersweet comic fable parents are strongly cautioned that native futuristic story of a hardened for Film and Broadcasting. , _ _- -....." in which an Italian Jewish some material may be inappropriate solider rediscovering his human quali. "Bride of Cbucky" I bookseller (Roberto for children under 13. ties seems even more ridiculous than (Universal) ."Soldier" (Warner Bros.) it is. Much special-effects violence, Benigni) uses his imagi~ation to conMindless horror sequel in which vince his little son that their grim ex. Failed sci-fi fantasy set on a plan- including some gore, and instances the title killer doll (voice of Brad istence in a Nazi concentration camp. etary garbage dump where a veteran of rough language and profanity. The Dourit) and his nasty doll girlfriend is just an elaborate contest and that .soldier (Kurt Russell) is nursed back U.S. Catholic Conference classifica(voice of Jennifer Tilly) seek to take they are sure,to win the' grand prize. to health by a lost colony of space tion is A-TIl -_ adults. The Motion human form in the bodies oftwo teen- Also co-written and directed by" pioneers whom he then saves from Picture Association of America ra!agers. Directed' by Ronnie Yu, the re- Benigni, the story starts off as a slap- annihila,tion by a battalion of geneti- ing is R - restricted. sulfis a tiresome hodgepodge ofgrue- stick comedy with the young man . some killings depicted in. grisly courting his future wife, then midway tongue-in-cheek fashion intended to bec<;>mes a touchingly human story evoke laughter from immature view- of a parent's irrepressible determinaers. Excessive gory violence, sexual tion to protect his' child from terror situations, a flash ofrear nudity, rough . and misery: Subtitles~ Theme ofgenolanguage and profanity. The U.S. cide. The U.S. Catholic Conference Catholic Conference classification is classification is A-II - adults and o - moral1y offensive. The Motion . adolescents. The Motion Picture AsPicture Association of America rat- sociation of America rating is PO-13 ing is R - restricted.

- parents are strongly cautioned that "Jobn Carpenter's Vampires" some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. '.

(Columbia) Trashy horror flick about contem- "Practical Magic" (Warner Bros.) porary, mercenaries (James Woods Fantasy, horror and sappy roand Daniel Baldwin) hired to slay vam- mance collide when sister witches pires led by a centuries-old vampire (Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman) priest under the protection of a cor- kill one's abusive boyfriend in selfrupt cardinal (Maximilian Schell). . defense, who then returns from the Carpenter's nonsensical gorefest wal- dead to bedevil their lives. Director lows in brutal violence, misogyny and Griffin Dunne's jumbled proceedings GIORGIO CANTARINI (left), Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta cynical disdain of religion. Frequent make no narrative sense, tossing togory dismemberment, some nudity, gether contrived comedy, pretty faces Braschi star in "Life Is Beautiful." The U.S. Catholic Conference occasional profanity and nonstop and picturesqu~ settings with less classification isA-II- adults and adolescents. The'Motion Picrough language. The U.S. Catholic than magical results. Some brief vio- ture Association of America rating is PG-13 .....,. parents are Conference classification is 0 - mor-. lence, an implied affair, substance strongly cautioned路 that some material may be inappropriate for ally offensive. The Motion Picture As- abuse, crude expressions and mini- _ children under 13. (CNS photo from Miramax)

their strange new reality if they don't play along, David warns rebellious Jennifer not to alter the way things were. 'But soon she has seduced innocent Skip (Paul Walker). David, too, has opened the eyes of his. malt shop boss, Bill (Jeff Daniels), to the joys of painting.

Bill's also got eye:; for Betty, who dares to visit Bill in the soda shop instead of being home to present Dad with his dinner on time as always. Dav.id. gets his peers interested in reading, something they didn't need to do as stock figures. in a sitcom and shockingly - colors start appear. ing in Pleasantville.

Time for a crackdown, figures the reactionary mayor (J. T. Walsh) and his frightened followers, but Dayid is defiant in his support of all things new and daring and, must defend his views at a ..trial that will forever alter previously predictable Pleasantville.

As written, produced and directed by Gary Ross, the fantasy has its comic moments and vi. sualappeal, but its contrast of the repressed '50s with the supposedly enlightened '90s is simplistic'and shallow.

As a movie designed to draw in teens, its hero David. seems to be saying that everyth:lng is acceptable and nothing is wrong, a message of staggeringly airheaded emptiness.

And so the te:ens of Pleasantville discover sex and , Mom happily has an affair with a married man as tolerant David and.

Jennifer smile on all these new developments.

Viewers will surely laugh at Mom's June Cleaver-like costumes and Dad's cluele:;s, chauvinistic views, but the movie later descends into an inept reminder of "Fahrenheit 451'" with its scenes of book burning!:.

Nor is any.comic subtlety apparent. David's girlfriend presents him with a tempting red apple, and shop signs proclaim, "No Coloreds" to bar those who have dared to break through their bland black-and-white existence.Similarly, at David's trial, the "Golored" people are confined to l:he balcony, as was the case in "To Kill A Mockingbird."

Jennifer's trampy c;haracter turns uncharacteristically scholarly at the end ("The slut thing was getting old," she sighs), one positive ifcontri,:ed development in a movie better enjoyed as sheer escapist entertainment than a comedy of tart social comnientary.. .Due to impliedjnfideli~v, masturbation and teen sex, fleeting violence, occasional profanity and an instance of rough language, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV - adult~;, with reservations: The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 - ' parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for childr,en under 13.

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Sacred Heart resident marks 100 years NEW BEDFORD·- A roomful oflove and admiration greeted Marie A. Downey recently as she celebrated her 100th birthday at the Sacred Heart Home. Among her many family mcmb~rs, friends and well-wishers weN her children and sister Mary Murphy, also a resident.

Downey was bom on Oct. 2, 1898, in Canton to Frank and Lavina McKenna Jack-son. She served in WWI as a secretary in the US Navy from 1917-1918 at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy.

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take precedence...,. The new calendar (1969) kept for the universal Church only those feasts that remembered saints who have a meaning for the entire Church.

It reminds us that the true company ofsaints is far more numerous than the list ofthose who have been formally canonized. There are many anonymous saints who nevertheless form part ofthe great "cloud of witnesses" surrounding us with their faith and courage and so participating in the communion between the living and the dead.

The practical faith of Christians regarding saints is a living out of the Church's understanding of itselfas a "communion of saints."

This belief, already found in the Apostles Creed by the late 5th century, goes back much further in popular practice. It describes the Church as a community or fellowship of all the faithful, living and dead, called together by God and transformed in Christ and the Spirit.

This whole community is present and is most effectively expressed and celebrated whenever people gather for the Eucharist.

Traditionally, this fellowship of

the faithful includes the Church triumphant, (saints in heaven); the Church militant (those ofus here, the militant Church on earth); and the Church suffering, (those in purgatory). This doctrine was reaffmned by the Second Vatican Council 30 years ago. In "Lumen Gentium," the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, the Church Fathers wrote: "For all who belong to Christ, having his Spirit, form one Church and cleave together in him Therefore, the union ofthe wayfarers with the brethren who have gone to sleep in the peace of Christ is not in the least interrupted. On the contrary, according to the perennial faith of the Church, it is strengthened through the exchanging of spiritual goods."

The Catechism of the Catholic Church makes it very clear that our prayers for the de~d can have impact: "Because it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they may be loosed from their sins." And it also says: "Our prayer for them is capable not only ofhelping them, but also ofmaking their ihtercession for us effective."

The dying St. Dominic is said to have told his brothers: "Do not

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weep, for I shall be more useful to you after my death and I shall help you then more effectively than during my life." . St. Therese ofLisieux, the "Little Flower," is quoted as saying: "I want to spend my heaven in doing good on earth."

Jesuit Father Karl Rahner, considered one of the foremost Catholic theologian of the 20th century, tells us that we should also remember that the feast of All Saints does not honor a company of immortals far removed from the realm ofordimiry human existence. The saints were not "super" human beings but those who realized the vocation for which all human beings were created and to which we are ultimately called, he said.

Not everyone is called to be another St. Therese or St. Francis. But there is a path to holiness that lies within our individual circumstances, that engages our own talents and temperaments, that contends with our own strengths and weaknesses, that responds to the needs of our own neighbors and our particular moment in history. The feast ofAll Saints strengthens and encourages us to create the path by walking it.

Children are invited to come dressed as their favorite saints.

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WORKSHOP: HEALING OF FATIGUE, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION Saturday, November 7 - 10:00-4:00 Thomas Delisle, Ph.D. Pre-registration by November 2 - $25 - Theater

GRIEF EDUCATION PROGRAM Monday, November 2 - 6:30 p.m.

"Holidays & Grief"

Thursday, November 5 - 1:00 p.m.

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U.S., Northern Irish prelates praise Peace Prize choic:es ~

Laureates John Hume, Catholic leader of the Social Democratic and Labor Party and David Trimble, Protestant head of the Ulster Unionist Party wm share the $960,000 prize.

By Catholic News Service

tions, nationalist and unionist, agreement work.

Irish President Mary' McAleese, Catholic and Protestant alike."

Archbishop Brady, primate ofall speaking in Boston, said she hoped Ireland; said he was delighted with the award "will give renewed impethe honor to Hume ,..,....,.......-.....-.....and Trimble. "Their belief-that an honorable and fair peace is possible has inspired them and many others to work tirelessly to achieve that goal," he added.

Hume, 61, who founded his predominantlyCatholic party in 1970, said tbeprize should be seen "not as an award to myself but of very powerful international approval of the peace process in ,Northern Ireland."

The 54-year-old Trimble, leader of Northern Ireland's largest Protestant political party for only three years, said he felt "slightly uncomfortable" with the h attention because JOHN HUME. leader of Nort ern rock singer Bono. Hum~ and Trimble were awarded ,the Nobel Peace Prize accord-kno~ many people had Ir~lan~'s main Catholic nat.iona.list party, and fortheir efforts to bring about a peaceful solution to the Northern Ireland con:- as the Good Fn- been involved in the hiS Wife Pat, celebrate hiS wlnnln!~ of the flict. (CNS photo from Reuters) day agreement peace effort.

Nobel Peace Prize, Oct. 16. Hume shared - that offers He also s~unded the prize with David Trimble, leadE!r of the Northern Ireland the hope of last- a note of cautIon. Ulster Unionist Party. (CNS photo from ing peace after more than 3,200 :'We know ,that Reuters) , ' . deaths during three decades of sec- while we have got the tarian violence between the Protes- makings of peace, it is not wholly/ tus to all' the political parties in tant majority and the Catholic mi- "secure yet," he said. "I hope it does Northern Ireland to .work together nority.. .' . 'not tum out to be premature." towards securing the' ultimate goal Archbishop McCarrick Wrote to Trimble alluded to obstacles still ofpeaceful co'-existence ofboth traboth men, "This remarkable ~gree- on the road to peace:' the decom- ditions on this island." .

Oh adorable and Divine Will, behold me here bef<;>re the Laureates Hume and Trimble will ment, which owes so much to your missioning ofguerrilla weapons and immensity of Your Light, that Your eternal goodness may vision and persistence, offers a way . the challenge of making several share a $960,000. prize, to be open to me the doors and make me enter into It to form my forward which respects the equal' new legislative and administrative awarded later this year at a cerlife all in You, Divine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, rights ahd legitimacy of both tradi- bodies created by the Good Friday emony in Norway. prostrate before Your Light, I, the least of all creatures, put myself into the little group of the solis and'daughters of Your Supreme FIAT. Prostrate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg that it clothe me and eclipse all that does not pertain to You, Divine Will. It will be my Life, the center of my intelligence,. the enrapturer of my heart and of my whole being. I do not want the human will to have life in this heart any longer. I will cast it away from me and thus form'the new ~ Felipe Alou signs on for to take' S'ome distance from ernment nor the federal governEden of Peace, of happiness and of love. With It I shall be Montreal and reflect on his im- ment in Ottawa will come up with another three years after pending decision. funds for a smaller, less expensive always happy. I shall have a singular strength and a holiness Cardinal Jean-Claude , baseball park than the Exp,)s' cur.

"I told him I ,was praying he that sanctifies all things and conducts them to God. Turcotte 6f.Montreal would be inspired to take the wisrent home, Olympic Stadium. This Here prostrate, I invoke the help of the Most Holy Trinity est decision," Cardinal Turcotte means all funds have to come from urges him to keep his that They permit me to live in the cloister of the Divine Will and said. "As car:dinal, I am cOl1cerned private sources - or the team may dugout seat. thus return in me the first order ofcreation, just as the creature about the welfare of all members of be sold and may have to leave was created. ' , my diocese, and Mr. Alou,as a resi- Montreal.

By MARY DURRAN Heavenly Mother, Sovereign and Queen of the Divine Fiat, dent of Laval, Montreal, falls into Cardinal Turcotte said he beCATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE take my hand and introduce me into the Light of the Divine that category." lieved the loss of the Expos would Will. You will be my guide, my most tender Mother, and will MONTREAL - A telephone Alou had been on the brink of be devastating to the morale and teach me to live in and to maintain myself in the order and the . call from Cardinal Jean-Claude abandoning the Montreal baseball economics ofMontreal.

Turcotte ofMontreal may have per- - team for a lucrative contract with bounds of the Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate my "It's important to keep thl~ city's suaded Montreal Expos,manager the Los Angeles Dodgers, who re- visibility, but the team is ah:o very whole being to Your hnmaculate Heart. You will teach me the ' Felipe Alou to stay on with the porte~ny offered the. 63-year-old important for the people whose livedoctrine of the Divine Will and I will listen most attentively to , baseball team for another tm-ee, manager a' three-year contract lihood depends 011 the stadium," .Your lessons. You will cover me with Your mantle so thatthe years. " worth between US$3.5 million and he said. infernal serpent dare not penetrate into this sacred 'Eden to en," The cardinal told Montreal me-路 US$4 million. , The cardinal, who met Alou tice me and make me fall into the maze of the human will. , 'dia that hehadcaUedAlou in After 24 yearS with the Expos three years ago at a game, de. Heart ofmy greatest,Good, Jesus, You will give.me Your .

Florida on Oct. J 0; a day before the ~ four as manager ~ Alou was scribed Alou as a family man of inflames that they may burn me, consume me, and feed me to National League -club announced said to be tired of all the feuding ner depth. form in me the Life of the Divine.Wili. that Alou signed a new contract ' between the owners and members "And we have a good friend in Saint Joseph, you will be my protector, the guardian of my with the Expos that runs through of the executive board ofthe team. common - Cardinal Nicolas de heart, and will keep the keys ofmy will in your hands. You will 2001.

But Alou is married to a woman Jesus Lopez Rodriguez of Santo Cardinal. Turcotte said Expos' from Quebec and has strong ties Domingo," he said. keep my heartjealously and shall never give it to me again, that chairman Jacques Menard, the to Montreal.

"I'm very concerned about the I may be sure of never leaving the Will of God. cardinal's friend and a practicing Although Alou is the~ team's welfare of Mr. Alou and hi~~ famMy guardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in everyCatholic, had asked.the cardinal to most-winning manager, financial ily," the cardinal told MO:ltreal thing so that my Eden may flourish and be the inst:rtunent that try to persuade Alou to stay. pressures on the team had taken a newspapers. "And I look fo:rward draws all men into the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Amen.

The cardinal said A10u had been toll on him. The Expos have the to continuing to exercise that pas(In Honor ofLuisa Piccarreta 1865-1947 Child ofthe Divine Will) happy to speak to him on the phone lowest attendance in major league toral concern over them as memand told him he had gone to Florida baseball. Neither the Quebec gov- bers of my diocese in Montrl~al."

In congratulatory letters sent to WASHINGTON ~ The head of the co-winners Archbishop , the U.S. bishops' International Theodore E. McCarrick ofNewark, Policy Committee and the Catholic N.J., committee chairman, praised primate ofall Ireland said the award- the selection ofJohn Hume, Cathoingofthe 1998 Nobel Peace Prize to lic leader of-the Social Democratic Northern Irish Catholic and Protes- and Labor Party, and David Trimble, tant political leaders was well-de- Protestant head ofthe Ulster Unionist Party. served. ' Archbishop Sean Brady of Armagh, Northem Ireland, said the honor to Hume ,and Trim,ble represents well-deserved recognition oftheir "outstanding work for the 'cause of peace and of their part in bringing about the Good Friday agreement."

The politi-' cians were named winners of the peace prize for their help in PEACE PRIZE WINNERS - Rival Northern Ireland politicians John Hume brokering the '(right) and David Trimble (left) are pictured during May peace concert with April 10 peace

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Prospect of new arms race troubles nuncio ~

Archbishop Martino warns of a lingering resistance to disarmament which shows a breakdown in plans for a nonproIiferation treaty in the year 2000.

By TRACY EARLY CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

UNITED NATIONS - Archbishop Renato R. Martino, Vatican nuncio to the United Nations, has warned of the "deeply troubling" prospect of a new nudear arms race.

"The modernization programs of those who already have nuclear weapons, combined with the acquiring of nuclear weapons by other states, and res(:arch now going on in still others, plunge the world into more dangler than existed even during the Cold War," he said.

Speaking to the General Assembly committee reviewing disarmament programs, the nuncio

said that "the world must move toward the abolition of nuclear weapons through a l.miversal, nondiscriminatory ban, with intensive inspection by a universal authority."

He urged governments to take practical steps toward that goal "immediately," and said all nuclear nations should pledge not to be the first to use such weapons.

The moral acceptability of nuclear weapons was a central issue in the 1983 peace pastoral of the U.S. bishops, and that document expressed a "strictly conditiqned moral acceptance of nuclear deterrence."

But in a 1990 statement to the United Nations, Archbishop Martino called for "a review of the strategy of nuclear deterrence." And two years later he told the body that "the dangerous strategy of nuclear deterrence is outmoded."

Since then the Vatican representative has continued to push for total elimination of nuclear weapons. But this year, while welcoming progress in areas such

as land mines and small arms, he identified "negative trend lines" that he said were slowing down the work ofnuclear disarmament.

In an apparent allusion to recent nuclear tests by India and Pakistan, Archbishop Martino said testing by any nation was to be deplored. But he said the "central problem" was the determination of countries that already had nuclear weapons to "carry their nuclear weapons into the 21 st century."

In an earlier statement to the same General Assembly committee, John D. Holum, director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, directly criticized India and Pakistan, and said it was "nonsense" to claim that a lack of complete disarmament by the nuclear weapon states justified the move of those two nations toward producing nuclear weapons.

He said the United States remains committed to nuclear disarmament, and that it had eliminated more than 10,000 nuclear . weapons from its stockpile in the past decade.

Priest shortage responsibility of all, says Cardinal Mahony understand the imbalance between pastoral needs and the LOS ANGELES -- In an open number ofpriests to meet those letter to Catholics in the Archneeds," he said. diocese of Los Angeles, the The number of available nation's largest, Cardinal Roger priests is affected by some "soM. Mahony said solving the bering" statistics issued by the priest shortage in the archdiocese archdiocesan priest personnel is "our collective _ . - - - - - - - - - -... boatd: 17 pasresponsibility."

"I am fully confident tors age 70 or He ,outlined that jesus Christ will con- above; seven seven suggesb h I parishes seektions to help ease tinue to e wit us a ong ing new pasthe shortage, and this journey, and that the tors, with the listed steps !-Ioly Spirit will lead us parishes giving Catholics and par- forward to meet the pas- up their priests ishes could take toral challenges that lie for those pasto bring about before us, II he said. torates unlikely more priestly voto get replacecations. ments; 13 "Did not Jesus foresee this priest deaths since July 1997; very shortage when he spoke six priests leaving active ministhese words: 'The harvest is try this year; and a maximum of abundant but the laborers are four or five new pnests per year few'?" Cardinal Mahony asked, in upcoming ordination classes. quoting Matthew 9:37.

Already in the archdiocese, he "I am fully confident that added, associates are serving siJesus Christ will continue to be multaneously at two parishes, and with us along this journey, and parishes are being served by that the Holy Spirit will lead us priests who liv~ at another parforward to meet the pastoral ish. challenges that lie before us," he "I cannot, and will not, ask our said. priests to do any' more th~ they According to the Officirzl are presently doil)g in their minisCatholic Directory. the Archdio- try. Most are terriWy overworked cese of Los Angeles had 1,233 and trying valiantly to serve imactive priests, both diocesan and possible pastoral demands~y aftel' day," Cardinal Mahony said. religious, as of Jan. 1. Only the archdioceses of New York, Chi"Our solutions must all focus cago, Boston and Philadelphia upon methods that mitigate these had more. enormous pastoral demands, not increase them." .

With 3.1 million Catholics listed officially in the archdiocese Cardinal Mahony's suggestions - a "rapidly burgeoning" Cathoincluded: prayer, encouragement lic population which Cardinal and support for priests who "are Mahony put at "well over 4 milalready stretched to the breaking lion" - "it is critical that we all point"; having fewer priests serve

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Pope tells U.S. bishops: Annulments are last resort is a teaching that comes from Christ himself, and the first duty of pastors and pastoral workers is, thereVATICAN CITY - Catholic fore, to help couples overcome couples having serious difficulties whatever difficulties arise," he said. should tum to Church tribunals for And, the pope said, annulment a possible annulment only as a last must never be seen as a Catholic resort, Pope John Paul II said. name for divorce.

The marriage tribunal is a serAs moderators of their diocesan vant of the truth, tribunals, bishops .....

"A canonical piocesk he said. Its purmust ensure that pose is to find out their faithful do must never be seen as not have the miswhether or not taken idea that a mere formality to be there are facts to Church annul- served or a set of rules support an allegament is "divorce be manipulated," the tion that the marI riage bond did not under a different pope said. name," the pope exist.

The process said.

Pope John Paul focused on the leading to a nullity declaration must importance of following Church show clearly a desire to be faithful law, particularly in marriage cases, to Christ's teaching about the perin a speech given to bishops from manence of marriage, and it must Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona be inspired by pastoral concern for and New Mexico making their "ad those who tum to the tribunal in !imina" visits to Rome. order to clarify their position in the The pope told the bishops, who Church, the pope said. make the visits every five years, The pope said it was particuthat the provisions of canon law larly important that the tribunal are designed to safeguard and fos- member who is "defender of the tel' Christian life. bond" of marriage be "diligent in "To see the law as spiritually lib- presenting and expounding all that erating runs against the grain of a can reasonably be argued against certain understanding of law in the nullity of the marriage."

"A canonical process must Western culture, which tends to view law as a necessary evil, a kind never be seen as a mere formality ofcontrol required to guard fragile to be observed or a set of rules to human rights and restrain wayward be manipulated," he said. human passions, but which would Pope John Paul said particular disappear in the best of all possible attention must be paid to the rights of the parties in a marriage case. worlds," the pope said.

Church law, he said, has a difBoth have a right to be heard, a ferent approach which combines right to know the grounds on pastoral concern and justice. which the case will be tried, a right While canon law covers every to name. witnesses, a right to inaspect of Church life, its provi- spect the documents of the case, sions dealing with marriage are of-: a right "to know and rebut" the ten the most complex and the most arguments of the, other party and sensitive for bishops and pastors, of the defender of the bond, and a the pope said. right to appeal the final judgment, "The indissolubility ofmarriage he said.

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TAUNTON - Coyle and Cassidy High It began with'Mass in the gymnasium and School Headmaster Dennis Poyant, Academic ended with a rally behind the school. StuPrincipal Donna Boyle, and math department chairman Sister Mary Catherine Burns will attend the Blue Ribbon Schools Recognition Ceremony November 12-13 in Washington, D.C. and accept the school's second Blue Ribbon School award.

Coyle-Cassidy was one of 166 secondary schools recognized as a Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department ofEducation for its efforts to provide high quality education for all its stude'nts. It was the only HAVING FUNI Coyle and Cassidy High SchooljunMassachusetts school so MEMORIAL - Father Stephen A. Fernandes, pastor of SS. Peter and Paul honored in 1998 and the iors Jarrod Gillis, Johnathan Brackman and David Parish at Holy Cross Church, joined students of SS. Peter and Paul School, award marks its second such George were all smiles at the school's recent F;:I11 Fest.

Fall River, as they placed wreath at the monument honoring General Casmir recognition.

The day included a game of Ultimate Frisbee and a rally.

To recognize the efforts Pulaski during Polish Heritage Month. With Father Fernandes are sixth grader David Kaminski, who dressed as the general, and AI Cartier, chairman of the . of faculty and students in making Coyle a dents shared in sports competitions, Ultimate Blue Ribbon School, Poyant changed the Frisbee and a game of Jeopardy. Guidance parishes' newly formed Polish Traditions and Customs Committee: normal format for the school day and a Fall counselors Karyn McGee and Dave Lima , Fest was organized by student leaders. were organizers and moderators for the event.

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Students celebrate Polisll, Heritage Month FALL RIVER - In celebration of Polish Heritage Month, students at SS. Peter and Paul School gathered at an assembly to hear Denita Tremblay, principal of St. Stanislaus School, share stories ofPoland's early beginnings and history.

Students listened intently as Tremblay spoke on the Black Madonna, Our Lady of Czestochowa and Father Maximilian Kolbe's courageous act oflove in the Auschwitz prison

then gave a briefhistory ofthe general and of the contributions he made during the nation's Revolutionary War. His costume was designed and,stiched by the school sewing teacher, Maggie Hyland.

AI Cartier, chairman ofthe newly fOIT.aed Polish Traditions and Customs Committel~ ofSS. Peter and Paul Parish at Holy Cross Church led the students to Pulaski Park where they placed a wreath on a monument honoring General camp. .Pulaski, which was erected in 1931 by Holy Sixth grader David Kalninski posed as Gen- Cross Parish and the Polish organizations of ~ral Casmir Pulaski and greeted the assembly , Fall River. The school plans to make 1he celwjth "DzienDobry," meaIiing "Good day." He ebration an annual event for its students.

vVALK.A:-THQN 'WINN~RS from :team two at Notre Dame School, Fall Riyer, ~re pictur~d hess wit~ their <;:8ptain., fifth gra<;te te~cher ;,Cathepne H.~g~e~' ( .

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Sister Ricarda, a longtime employee of the Attleboro school, died uneXp l3ctedly last~April while awaiting an audience with Pope John Paull/.

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THEANCHOR-DioceseofFallRiver-Fri., Oct. 30,1998

Ghosts that linger beyond Halloween

Our Rock and Ro/e

By AMY WELBORN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Say what needs' to be said By

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Say It to "Just say it," presumably to say that she loves him too.

She must have reasons for hesitating. Sometimes, we do , well to wait before speaking.

She clearly needs her own time to understand what she feels be(Verse) fore responding to his words.

Am I giving enough?

In all sorts of situations,' Is this all that should be? Ohhh however, the time may arrive When water gets rough when we need to speak the Will you still swim with me? truth. Teens might want to conSo afraid to come close sider what they would say in the And maybe tOCI slow following situations: And maybe too much 1. Suppose you h~rt a friend.

For you to consume.

You didn't intend to, but your lack of thoughtfulness made (Chorus) " this person wonder. about your And I want to Imow if I could friendship. Is it time to apoloLive inside your world. gize? Ifit is, do so without makAnd I want to Imow if I could ing any excuses. Own up to your mistake and ask if you can start Give it to you girl. the friendship anew.

You know that I want to say it.

2. A teacher's comments in You know that I need to say It. class challenge your viewpoint.

You know that I love to say it. you see the reasonableLater, Our love just goes on and on and on. ness in what: has been exYou know that I want to say it. pressed.

Could you seek out the You know that I need to say it. teacher and express how his or You know that I love to say it. her reflection has expanded your My love just ~~ .,路~s on and on and on. view?

3. You are feeling di~ap颅 (Verse) pointed about a certain developI gave you all that you need. ment in your life. It feels like a There's no better place you can be failure, and it's not the first time And I know that in time that this situation has occurred.

You will believe in me.

Is it time to ~peak to God about So please hold out your hand this hurt in your heart? Ask for And let's exchange golden bands God'!;> healing and guidance as Because I want you in my life. you start once more to deal with I want you to be my wife. the situation. ', .4. Your life feels normal, (Repeat chorus) even routine. You go school,. do your homework, eat your (Bridge) meals and sleep., One day you realize how helpful it is to have My girl is so special. all your basic needs met due to I want to give it all to you. your parents' efforts. Could you Loving you on and on. tell them you do 'not take their caring for granted?

(Repeat bridge) 5. A friend wants to try out for 'a sports tearn even though (Repeat chorus) last year he got cut. You know , that he has been practicing a lot, Written by Raymond Basora/Steve l\IIoral~sl but his odds ofmaking the team Gerald McKetney are not good. Can you voice Sung by Voices of Theory , some words ofencouragement?

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In the song, the guy proWe often avoid saying what needs to be said. Perhaps we are claims to his girl, "You know that Your comments are always embarrassed. Fear or pride also I love you" and "I want you in welcome. Please address: may hold us back. . my life." He adds, "I want you Charlie Martin, 7125 W 200S, The hit song "Say It" by to be my wife." He implores her Rockport, Ind. 47635.

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You know that' need you, And you know that I love you.

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Most children and teens will play Halloween this year for laughs and entertainment. The -naqle of this holiday (derived from "All Hallow's Eve") refers to the day that comes after it - All Saints' , Day on Nov. 1 - but the practices we associate with the day (or night!)really don't have any connection with Christianity.

They come to us from the ancient Celts, who celebrated their new year Nov. 1. For these people, ghosts, goblins and evil spirits were associated with the end of the old year and the apparent death of nature during the subsequent winter months. The traditions traveled to North America along with the masses of Irish immigrants in the ,19th century.

Bu~ evil is serious business.

Those figures that, haunt our , dreams and our horror films have the power to scare us not just because they startle us on an emotionallevel or nauseate us, but because they bring to our consciousness the ghosts that haunt us every day.

I'm not talking about specters and spooks here. I'm talking about the voices, memories and fears that hang around, frighten and stop us dead in our tracks just at those mo'ments we're trying to do good.

Everyone's ghosts are different. Maybe yours appear when you're about to try something new - maybe a new sport or a challenging course in school. You hear voices: "You can't do that." "You're not as a smart as your brother," "Isn't too bad you'll never be as athletic as your sister?" , Perhaps you're brought up short when you try to change bad habits or try to tum away from doing things that you know are bad for you anyway: "You've tried before to give that up. You failed. Why try again?

That's who you are now - a drinker, a druggie, a person who'll never be a virgin again, a cheater,

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a liar. Yup. That's you. Don't bother to try to be anything else.

You've set your course for life, buddy."

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Some ghosts aren't scary for what they say but are frightening for the silence of their response to your questions: "Mom? Dad? Do you love me?

It's hard to tell sometimes you're always at work or out at civic or charity functions at night.

It just ~ets harder every day to get through this world and figure out who I am, and I just don'thave anyone to give me a hug and tell me I'm OK. Is anyone there?"

Sometimes ghosts' appear in a nameless, relentless pack that won't leave you alone and doesn't seem to want you to be yourself: "Nerd! Geek! You actually want to study for those tests instead of watch television, go on the Internet and party with us? A guy who wants to be in drama?

What kind of queer are you? A girl who loves football? We know what you are. Yuck! What kind of car is that anyway? What are you wearing, where do you buy your clothes? Fat people are so gross, don't you think?"

Do you recognize any of these ghosts?

On Halloween, people give treats to goblins so they'll g( away and not scare them any more. The kind of ghosts I've talked about don't need to be bribed. All you have to do with them is name them for wl:at they are - ghosts without substance, who have nothing to do with who you are or who you can be.

Tum the tables on your personal ghosts this year. Give them a good scare inst~ad.

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THE ANCHOR- Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Oct. 30,1998· . All Saints Day Mass at 12:10 p.m. held at 3 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Saint formation call June Mann at 695-5161.

Nov. 1. Father Richard Delisle will Anne Shrine. A healing service will NORTH FALMOUTH - The follow until 5 p.m. All welcome. be celebrant and homilist.

Falmouth Council Knights of CoA HIspanic healing service will .NEW BEDFORD - Courage, a lumbus will hold its annual memobe held at the shrine at 2 p.m.'Nov. 1.

It will be led by Father Manuel Pereira support group for homosexual rial Mass at 10 a.m. N ov~ 8 at St. and include Mass, music and the Catholi.c_men and women who are Elizabeth Seton Church.· Breakfast . opportunity for people to be prayed striving to live chaste lives will meet will follow at the council home. at the rectory of Holy Name Church Friends and family welcome. over and anoit:lted individually.

ASSONET Dr. Manuel cian John Polcewill be at the La The Counseling Center of the at 7 p.m. Nov. 14·. FormoreinformaSAGAMORE-All ;lrea women DaSilva, author and international Salette Shrine chapel at 7:30 tonight shrine announces November dates . tion call Msgr. Thomas 1. Harrington are invited to a morning of recollecauthority' on Dighton Rock, will for an evening of song, witness and for its continuing Grief Education at 992-3184: The next meeting ofCalix will be tion from 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 13 at speak about his .findings at 7:30 p.m. prayer. All welcome.

Series for those dealing with the The singing duo "Levite" returns death of a loved one: "Holidays and held at.6:30 p.m. Nov. 8 in the Holy St. Theresa's Chapel, route 6A. Nov. 2 at St. Bernard Church. The rock, formerly located in the to the shrine's coffee house series Griet;' 6:30-8 p.m. Nov. 2 or Nov. 5 Name Parish Center. Calix enlists Confessions will be heard by a priest Assonet River, has a cross and the at 6:30 p.m. OcL31. It takes place in . from 1-2:30 p.m.; "How to Cope with Catholics who are celebrating re- of Opus Dei. date 1511 carved into it. All wel- the shrine's Harvest House Restau- the Holidays" Nov. 19 1-2:30 p.m. covery from alcoholism, drug addicSOMERSET - Father Edward rant. and "Living with Memories that tion and other dependencies. It come.

Children are invited t9. come Hurt" 6:30-8 p.m. Nov. 16. Formore supplements the spirituality of the 1. McDonough will celebrate a healATTLEBORO -·Singer-musi"' dressed as a favorite saint for the information call the counseling cen- 12-step programs of AA, NA and .ing service from 2-4 p.m. Nov. 1 at Alanon with specific Catholic ele- St. John of God Parish, 996 Brayton ter at 226-8220. ments including Mass and the sac- Ave. All welcome.

EAST FREETOWN - Hearts raments. New friends are always SWANSEA - The Somerset/ and Hands will hold its first memo- . welcon:te.

Swansea Ultreya of the Fall River rial service for paren~s or family NEW BEDFORD - Catholic Cursillo Movement will hold an members who have lost a child at 2 p.m. Nov. 15 at St. John Neumann men gather for prayer, reflection and Ultreya at 7 p.m. Nov. 8 at St. Church, route 18. All welcome. Any mutual encouragement in spiritual Michael's Church. The guest parent or family member wishing to living the first Thursday of every speaker is Jeanne Gilbert. All welhave the child remembered in the month at 7 p.m. in Saint James come. For more information call October 25, 1998 Claire Stevens at 678-3831. service and our memorial book is Church. All welcome.

Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina encouraged to contact Hearts and TAUNTON - Members of the NORTH ATTLEBORO - SaHands at 763-9703.

"Dear children, today I call you to come closer to my cred Heart Parish will host the Chris- Taunton District Council of the St. Immaculate Heart. I call you to renew iIi your families the FALL RIVER - Catholic Me- tian musical group "Spirit" at 8 p.m. Vincent de Paul Society will celfervor of the first days when I called you to fasting, prayer morial Home is planning a special Nov. 6 in its church hall. Th.e pro- ebrate Mass at 7 p.m. Nov. 2 at St. event, "Celebration of Caregivers;" gram is part of its monthly First Fri- Jacques Church for. the intention of and conversion. Little children, you accepted my messages from 5:45-8 p.m. on Nov. 12. day cel.ebration that includes 7 p.m. the canonization of frederic with open hearts, although you did not know what prayer was.

Caregivers of individuals with· Mass and Eucharistic adoration Ozanam and in memory of deceased Today, I call you to open yourselves completely to me·so that Alzheimer's disease and related through the night, until 3 p.m. on members. The regular monthly I may transform you and lead you to ~e ·heart of my son memory-impairing illnesses and Saturday. All welcome. The meeting will follow in the parish hall.

Jesus, so that he can fill you with his love. Only in this way their loved ones with the disease evening begins with intercessory little children, will you fmd peace-the peace that only God WEST HARWICH - St. Francis are welcome. Reservations are re- prayer at 6.:30 p.m. of Peace Frater,nity will hold its gives you. Thank you for having responded to my call." quired. Call Nancy Reed at 679-0011 monthly meeting Nov. 8 at HolyTrinNORTH ATTLEBORO before Nov. 4 if you plan to attend.

OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE PRAYER GROUP The evening will inClude dinner and Benedict Circle #61 Daughters ·of ity Church. Mass will be celebrated Marian Messengers . entertainment.

Isabella· will hold a Day pf Recollec- .at 1:30 p.m. and.a business meeting P.O. Box 647, Framingham, MA 01701 tion dedicated to the Holy Spirit from will follow. Inquirers are welcome. . FALL RIVER - A novena ser- 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 7 at St. Mary's For more information C'all Kay Tel. 1-508-879-9318 vice in honor of Saint Anne will be Church. All welcome. For more in- Fitzgerald at 394-0323.

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Our Lady's. ·Monthly Message From Medjugorje

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Notre.Dame de Lourdes Parish ·Community • Fall River. MAi j

invites you to celebrate our

125th Anniversary with -a co;ncert given ·by Father Pat from La Salette Shrine.

Sunday. november 1

at 2:00 p.m.

FATHER ANDRE "PAT" PATENAUDE

N:otre Da·me Church Eastern Ave. • Fall River ADMISSION FREE