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THE ANCHOR - Diocese ofFall River - Fri., December 22, 2000

Special Masses will usher in New Year; close jubilee

®httlHll"U J oseph Pereir~ Costa FALL RIVER Joseph Society and was on the board of Pereira Costa, 78, of 18 Holden St., directors of Our Lady of Light died at home Sunday after a brief Band Club.

Mr. Costa was a recipient of the illness. He was the husband of Maria (Carvalho) Costa and the fa- Marian Medal.

Besides his wife and priest son, ther of Father Joseph M. Costa of he leaves a daughter, Beatrice Los Angeles, Calif.

Born in Feteiras, St. Michael, Tavares ofBerkley; a brother, Jaime Azores, he was the son of the late P. Da Costa ofToronto, Canada; two Joao Pereira Da Costa and tIle late 'grandchildren; and nieces and nephMaria Isabel (Botelho) Da Costa. ews. He was also the brother of the In 1948 he left the village of Fenais late Joao P. Da Costa.

His funeral Mass was celebrated Da Luz, emigrated to Fall River and became a naturalized citizen of Wednesday in Espirito Santo Church. Entombment was in Notre the United States.

Prior to retirement in 1984, he Dame Cemetery Mausoleum.

The Silva-Faria Funeral Home, was employed in the construction trade as a laborer and supervisor 730 Bedford St., was in charge of arrangements. for many years.

He was an active member of Espirito Santo Parish and its Feast OUR LADY'S Committee and Holy Name Society; a member of Our Lady ofLight RELIGIOUS StORE Mon. - Sat. 10:00 - 5:30 PM

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FALL RIVER - Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., will be the principal celebrant at Masses to greet the New Year and close the diocese's Jubilee Year 2000 celebrations that marked the millennium.

Members of parishes throughout the diocese are invited to attend.

A midnight Mass on New Year's Eve will be celebrated at St. Stanislaus Church on Rockland Street, Fall River. It will be pre-

Daily Readings Dec 25

(Midnight) Is 9:16; Ps 96:1-3,1113;Ti 2:11-14; Lk2:1-14 (Dawn) 1562:11-12; Ps 97:11-12;Ti 3:47; Lk 2:15-20 (Day) Is 52:7-10; Ps 98: 1-6; Heb 1:1-6; In 1:1-18 or t:1-5,9-14 Dec 26 Acts 6:810;7:54-59; Ps 31 :3-4,6-8,17-21 ; Mt 10:17-22 Dec 27 1 In 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2,5-6,11-12; Jn20:2-8 Dec 28 1 In 1:5-2:2; Ps 124:2-5,7b-8; Mt 2:13-18 Dec 29 1 In 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-3,5b-6; Lk 2:22-35 Dec 30 1 In 2:12-17; Ps 96:7-10; Lk 2:3640 Dec 31 Sir3:2-6,12-14; Ps 128:1-5; Col 3:12-21or3:1217; Lk2:41-52 Nm 6:22-27; Ps Jan 1 . 67:2-3,5-6,8; Gal 4:4-7; Lk2:16-21 Jan 2 1 In 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; In 1:1928 Jan 3 1 In 2:29-3:6; Ps 98:1-3,6; In 1:29-34 Jan 4 1 In 3:7-10; Ps 98:1,7-9; In 1:35-42 Jan 5 1 In 3:11-21; Ps 100:1-5; In 1:4351 Jan 6 1 In 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-15,19-20; Mk 1:7-11 or Lk 3:23-38 or.

3:23,31-34,36,38 Jan 7 Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:2,7-8,10-13; Eph 3:2-3a,5-6; Mt2:1-12

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However it is currently ning at 11 p.m. closed undergoing major reThe great Jubilee Year newal that includes heating which saw many events in and electrical work. the Fall River diocese will Father Robert S. end officially on Jan. 7, the Kaszynski, pastor of St. feast of the Epiphany of the Stanislaus, reported that the Lord - that marks the beholy hour "for 30 minutes ginning of Christ's public life - with a Mass at 10 . recalling the past year and 30 minutes looking toward a.m., in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 230 the New Year" is a 40-year Bonney St., New Bedford. . tradition in the parish. "This year we will have Bishop Traditionally such Masses O'Malley adding Mass to our are celebrated in St. Mary's Cathedral in Fall River, the tradition."

Christmas Masses to be broadcast FALL RIVER - Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., will be the principal celebrant of the Christmas Mass to be.televised on WLNE- TV, ABC Channel 6 on Christmas morning from 10 to 11 a.m.

It will be a delayed broadcast of the Christmas Vigil Mass celebrated at 4 p.m., on Christmas Eve at St. John Neumann Church

in East F(eetown.

Also, the Christmas Midnight Mass to be celebrated by Bishop O'Malley in Portuguese at Santo Christo Church in Fall River will be aired on the Portuguese Channel at 4:30 p.m., on Christmas Day. The Portuguese Channel is carried by many cable television systems in the area.

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1955, Rev. Jose Valeiro, Pastor, St. 'Elizabeth, Fall River 1956, Rev. Antonio M. Fortuna, Pastor, Immaculate Conception, New Bedford •\ 1968, Rev. Francis R. Connerton, SS.STD., St. John's Seminary, " , Plymouth, Michigan 1975, Rev. Leo T. Sullivan, Pastor, Holy Name, New Bedford

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Jan. 5 1994, Rev. William McClenahan, sS.ce.

Jan. 6 1906, Rev. James F. Roach, Founder, Immaculate Conception, Taunton 1997, Rev. Rene G. Gauthier, Pastor, St. Jean Baptiste, Fall River

Jan. 7 1970, Rev. Alfred R..Fomi, Pastor, St. Francis ofAssisi, New Bedford 1989, Rev. Gustave Gosselin, M.S., La Salette Shrine, Attleboro

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High winds force removal of steeple NEW BEDFORD - The steeple of Our Lady of Fatima Church on Acushnet Avenue was removed Sunday aftera heavy rain storm with winds gusting to 5Q-miles-per-hour caused the steeple to sway dangerously.

According to reports, fire crews used acrane to stabilize the thin, cross-

topped fiberglas spire and then lowered it to the ground. The spire had been weakened by an earlier storm.

Formerly the Ste. Therese du Lac Chapel, a mission attached to Our Lady of Fatima Parish, it was established as OurLady ofFatimaChurch in May 1966.

New Year's Weekend Celebrations Saturday, December 30, 2000

FAMILY AFFAIR - Albert Makkay Sr. with his daughter Colleen and her son, John, at work at Makkay Broadcasting Group in Hyannis. (AnchonJolivet photo)

Cape Cod family's gift brightens Guaimacan Christmas

By DAVE JOUVET ANcHOR STAFF

HYANNIS - For Guaimacan Catholics struggling to build a chapel in their mountainous corner of Honduras this Christmas season, the North Pole sits on Barnstable Road in Hyannis this Jubilee Year. That's the main office of Makkay Broadcasting Corporation, owned by Albert Makkay Sr., a parishioner of Our Lady of Victory Parish, Centerville for the last 20 years.

In the Nov. 17 edition of The Anchor, Makkay read about the Hondur~ missionary team from the Diocese of Fall River, and the endeavor begun by the Guaimacan people to build a chapel dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in Rio Abajo. The villagers, mostly living in homes of adobe brick, have scraped up $3,500 toward the proje~t, but another $10,000 was needed for completion.

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"I am very blessed to have a beautiful family and a successful business," said Makkay in an interview with The Anchor. "I felt the need to do something for the people in Guaimaca "Last year, while in Puerto

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THE ANCHOR - Diocese ofFail River - Fri., December 22, 2000

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Peace As we celebrate the fIrst Christmas of the new millennium it would be well if we remembered that armed soldiers patrol the streets of Bethlehem, the birthplace of the Prince of Peace. As the world hurdles through cyberspace ever-searching for new worlds and planets, it is tragic that we are unable to achieve peace here on earth. As the angels proclaimed on that first Christmas, peace is a gift to people of good will. We have failed miserably in the past century to achieve that status which ensures peace. Will we be any better off in this millennium?

Recalling that peace is not merely the absence of war, we should also realize that is not a condition solely achieved by a balance of power among factional people. In our nuclear age the concept of deterring is not conducive to real peace. The multiplication' of scientific weapons of destruction is based on a mind-set of fear.

Peace truly does not thrive in this atmosphere.

The unique danger of modem warfare gives to those who possess such destructive weapons a notion that they must continuously develop even more insidious scientific weaponry. Somehow they feel this is the only path to keep the peace. In our times we have seen this concept cleverly made obsolete by terrorist and guerrilla warfare. The arms race in which so many countries are engaged is really not a safe way to pursue a steady peace. It is an entrapment for humanity and eventually could be u'sed for the total extermination of the human race.

So it is incumbent for all the world's people to work for the total eradication of such arms by international consent. But, this in tum demands regard for.justice and respect for rights. It is a very difficult balancing act to achieve in the lawlessness of our times. Peace can be born only in a world where mutual trust exists among nations rather than having it imposed on people through fear of one another's weapons. .

If peace is to be established, the primary requisite is to eradicate the causes of dissension. War thrives on injustice. The current attempt to forge a peace between Palestine and Israel must not be put on a back burner. Rather, a relentless effort must be made to eliminate the evils that have inflicted such hardship on all the people of the Holy Land. A firm determination to respect the dignity of the human person is absolutely necessary for the establishment of peace. Even here in our own country the quality of life has little meaning in a government that endorses late-term abortions. Christmas is a time when we celebrate the birth and life of a child. All the lights on the White House Christmas Tree cannot dispel the darkness of the culture of death that haunts our land. If we are to stop human destruction we must restore the right to life that each and every human. being possesses as a gift of God. It is very hard to envision peace talks that路 will have a lasting effect while at the same time denying the right to life by legal manipulation.

St. Augustine reflected, "Peace is the tranquillity of order." It is the work of justice and the effect of charity. As the "Catechism of the Catholic Church" notes, "Earthly peace is the image and fruit of the peace of Christ, the messianic Prince of Peace." This is what we celebrate at Christmas time; this is what we pray for in the land' made holy by His presence. For this reason all in the Church are summoned this Christmas season to practice the truth of brotherhood and charity and to join with true peacemakers in pleading for peace and bringing it about. Let us pray that our goal also will reflect that the words of the prophet will be fulfilled when he wrote: ''They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; one nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again" (ls.2:4).

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The human side of the Presidential election

By FATliER EUGENE HEMRICK CATliOUC NEWS SERVICE

I spotted a parishioner before Mass recently who had been a life-long photographer on Capitol Hill.

"What do you think will be the final outcome of the election?" I asked, not knowing then what I know now about how the Florida recount would conclude.

"A number of lawyers are going to enjoy fat Christmas bonuses this year," he replied. He laughed and then quipped: "I've seen it all.

We'll survive, and today's news will be tomorrow's history."

His humorous spirit was just what I needed to loosen me up.

The morning after the U.S. Supreme Court called into question the Florida Supreme Court decision, I took my morning walk on Capitol Hill, remembering our parishioner's spirit and looking for the humor that might lie hidden within a very serious matter.

As I strolled down the sidewalk near the Supreme Court, I couldn't believe my eyes. It was bitter cold, yet the icy sidewalks were covered with people in sleeping bags.

On the lawn next to them was a row of pup tents. I had to laugh at

how the beautiful, serene surroundings of the Supreme Court suddenly took on the appearance of a cinematic battleground scene with wounded fighters.

Approaching the front side of the court, I noticed that each of the TV networks had staked out a niche with silver strips of tape.

This reminded me of my childhood days when we would play . war and create dead-man zones.

Directly across the street from the Supreme Court on the east lawn of the U.S. Capitol, a hoard of cameras and floodlights focused on chanting people pacing back and forth as riot police looked on. Though the chants conveyed serious messages, you couldn't get serious because most of the marchers and police were joking with each other, creating the feeling of being at a pep rally rather than a protest march.

A man called my attention to one of the protest signs - "If you can read this, you voted for'Bush" - and we began chuckling at everything around us, starting with the anchorpersons we watch nightly on television. They were there in ankle-length coats, but they didn't look as dapper as they

do on television. Most had bags under their eyes, were freezing in their fine but inadequate clothing and were holding cups of hot coffee as if it were their life support.

I laughed to myself, thinking, "As glamorous as their jobs seem, in reality this is quite unglamorous for them."

'Next, I noticed a large group of photographers interviewing the Rev. Jesse Jackson. The thought that he is always where the action is made me smile.

And a radio skit by Garrison Keillor topped off my now humorous mood. In the skit, Keillor called the Bush mansion, and a strongly accented Henry Kissinger answered, 路"Ya, what can I do for you?"

"Dr. Kissinger, what are you doing there?" Keillor asked.

"I am advising Bush on the Middle East," he replied.

"What exactly are you advising him on?" Keillor inquired.

"On where to find it on the map," Kissinger answered.

As long as we Americans keep our sense of humor, we will survive the election, and life will return to normal - as normal as it can be in our funny world.

Two to be ordained transitional deacons FALL RIVER - Two seminarians en route to the ofGrace Parish, Westport; Sacred Heart Parish in North priesthood will be ordained transitional deacons at Attleboro; St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Harrisburg, ceremonies Jan. 6, at 11 a.m., in Holy Trinity Parish Pa; the Spanish Lanon Stafford Road. guage Studies ProRev. Mr. Kevin Andrew Cook of Pembroke and gram in Puebla, Rev. Mr. David Callahan Frederici of West Harwich Mexico; and will be ordained by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Espirito Santo ParCap., for service in the Fall River diocese. ish, Fall River.

Other assignHaving already been installed in the ministries of lector and acolyte, as transitional deacons they will ments have been in assist the priest at Mass and be ordinary ministers of the religious educathe Eucharist, proclaim the Gospel and preach, bap- tion program at Imtize, perform weddings, and minister at other services. maculate Conception .School in WashingRev. Mr. Cook Born in Boston, Deacon Cook, 28, is the son of ton, D.C.; and with Louis and Rosemary (Crowley) Cook. Raised in Pem- the Gifts of Peace broke, he has five brothers and three sisters, and is a AIDS Hospice. member of St. Rev. Mr. Frederici A native of Thecla Parish there.

He is a graduate Carbondale, Penn., of North Pembroke he is the son of Gary Elementary School, and Joan Frederici, REV. MR. DAVID C. FREDERICI Westbridge School in and has a brother, Lexington, Kevin. His home parish is Holy Trinity in West Westbridge School in Harwich.

Brighton and Silver Deacon Frederici, 29, graduated from Harwich Lake Regional Elementary School and Harwich High School and School. He eamed a received a bachelor's degree in history from Worcesbachelor's degree in ter State College il? 1993. His pre-theology studies history from the Uni- were at Immaculate Conception Seminary (Seton Hall versity of Dallas in University) and his first year of theology was also at 1994 and completed Immaculate Conception Seminary. His other theolhis pre-theology at ogy studies were at St. John Seminary in Brighton.

Mount St. Mary During the summers, Deacon Frederici was active Seminary in 1997. in campus ministry at Seton Hall; at St. Patrick's in REV. MR. KEVIN A. COOK Deacon Cook is Fall River and St. Mary's in Seekonk. currently completDeacons Cook and Frederici are scheduled to be ing his fourth year of theology at Mount St. Mary's. ordained to the priesthood on June 9, 2001, in St. His summer ministries have been spent at Our Lady Mary's Cathedral, Fall River.

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·AChristmas greeting Anyone who has ever mas season to actually stop and watched sports on television think about what we're going has seen it. A hulking, 280- nuts trying to celebrate. It's a pound athlete looking directly case of not seeing the forest into a television camera and through the trees I guess. mouthing the words, "Hi mom."

Regardless of the sport, most athletes feel the need to communicate to their mommies that they love them.

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By Dave Jolivet than not, when an athlete is interviewed following a great accomWe want so much to please plishment, they credit their moms for their success, saying others, that we lose sight of something like, "I'd like to why we're trying to please oththank my mom for all she's ers - celebrating the birth of done for me as a kid. For the Our Savior, Jesus Christ. sacrifices that she made. For the Overlooked during this celfaith she's always shown in ebration is the gift given to us me." (I've often wondered why by the Virgin Mary. you rarely see "Hi dad," She's the one who, as a teenmouthed on national television, ager, was' visited by an angel but that's a whole other col- and told she was chosen to be umn.) the mother of the Savior of the Well, taking a page from the worlu. Now I don't know about athlete's book of etiquette at you, but if I was approached by this Jubilee Christmas I'd like a winged visitor, telling me God to take the opportunity to say chose me for such a monumento Our Blessed Mother, Mary, tal task, I'd switch brands of "thanks mom!" nighttime flu medicine.

We all know that there isn't Yet, the young Mary, frightmuch time during the Christ- ened though she was, accepted

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Mary was the one who had to endure the ridicule and scandal of being with child and unmarried. She was the one who had to travel in the cold, eventually settling in for the night in a stable. She was the . one who comforted the Christ child in that stable. She's the one who had to flee from Herod's clutches and worry about her infant son's safety.

Our Lady is the one who raised Jesus in the faith. She's the one who was pierced to the heart when her "little boy" was crucified - for us.

Well Mary, I'd like to take these few minutes from working, Christmas shopping and every other daily distraction to offer this simple Christmas greeting. "Hi Mom, and thanks." " Merry Christmas to everyone and all the best in 2001.

Dave Jolivet is a former sports writer/editor, and current staff member of The Anchor.

Comments are welcome at anchorpress @sneplanet.com.

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Rico, my wife and I went to a usual at Makkay with baby seats, Mass there, and the priest was toys and bottles in the mix. Even talking about missionaries the Makkay employees are part throughout the world. He said, of the "family."

Makkay's story is a textbook 'Some give by going, others give by giving.' Those thoughts stayed example of a person working hard for everything he's accomplished. with me."

When contacted at St. Rose of His parents were from Hungary, Lima Parish in Guaimaca, the and he was born and raised in New Fall River missionary team head, Jersey. He later joined the army to Father Paul Canuel couldn't ex- take advantage of the G.I. Bill. He press enough thanks to Makkay attended the University ofArizona, for his generous offering. "This and it was in Tucson that he met is. overwhelming," said Father Maureen "at church on Ash Canuel by phone. "This is an Wednesday in 1962." early Christmas present for the As a young man, Makkay felt people here. That amount of the need to help others, and was money seems insurmountable to in training to serve in the newly them. They were hoping to get established Peace Corps, when some help. This is very exciting." Maureen captured his heart, and Makkay aho expressed a desire he knew his vocation was to be to help the Guaimacan community married. "I was training to go to in other ways if possible, hoping Somalia, but I knew I wouldn't others would follow suit. be able to leave Maureen," said Makkay Broadcasting Corporation owns and operates three radio stations on Cape Cod and the Islands: Cool 102, WCIB 101.9FM, Hyannis; The Rose, WRZE 96.3FM, Falmouth; and PIXY 102, WPXC 102.9FM, Nantucket - all very successful enterprises.

After a visit to the Hyannis site, it's not difficult to understand such a generous gift. For the Makkays, faith and family are first and foremost. Makkay and his wife, Maureen, president of Makkay Broadcasting, have their three children, Allison, Colleen and Albert Jr. working with them.

Additionally, their three grandMAUREEN MAKKAY at children, Katy, Patrick and John, are as much a part of the scenery the Beatification ceremonies there as anything. It's business as for Pope John XXIII.

Makkay. "But now, I get the chance again to help the less fortunate, this time in Guaimaca."

While at VA, Makkay worked as a disc jockey for the school radio station. "From there I worked hard and eventually came to where I am now."

Albert and Maureen raised three children, and when they went off to school on their own, the couple began traveling across the globe. "We've been to so many places," said Maureen Makkay.

"But, no matter where we've gone, we've done our best to try and find a Catholic church so we could attend Mass. ."1 think we've attended Mass in almost 75 different languages.

Many of the places where we did attend Mass had very tiny churches, some without walls. But it's amazing how much faith the poor people in Africa or the Middle East have. They don't have much materially, but their faith is very important to them."

One of the last trips the Makkays made was to Rome to attend the beatification services at the Vatican for Pope John XXIII. "We're very fortunate to have been able to travel as we have," said Makkay. "But we do realize that we have to be there for others as well. It's a matter of faith.

We're all asked to do the Lord's work on earth as best as we can.

For the Makkays, part of that work is maintaining the importance of family, and part of that is sharing the blessings the Lord has granted them. For the people of Guaimaca, that means a new chapel in the mountains of Honduras.

Shopping on Sunday I am a 16-year-old who is be- urges that its observance should aling taught in my high school CCD ways be proposed and taught "so class that shopping on Sunday is that it may become in fact a day of a mortal sin. My family used to joy and of freedom from work" shop almost every weekend, usu- (Constitution on the Liturgy, 106). ally on Sunday, and we always The Code of Canon Law, the looked forward to it. It was a rec- official legal guide for Catholic reational activity. daily life, says much the same.

But our priest says it is a mor- "(The faithful) should avoid any tal sin because we make the stores work or business which might stand stay open on Sundays so they get in the way of the worship which business. I never heard this be- should be given to God, the joy fore. Is it true? If shopping on Sundays is a sin, then what is the difference in going to a golf course, an amusement park or a theater?

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We are obliged to participate at Mass on Sundays, of course. Beyond that, the obligations we are to observe are explicitly intended as aids to keeping a spirit of reverent reflection, worship and rest.

Vatican Council II, calling Sunday the original Christian feast day,

needed relaxation of mind and body" (1247).

The "Catechism of the Catholic Church" repeats those thoughts, adding that we should avoid making unnecessary demands on others that would prohibit them from observing the Lord's day. Situations require some people to work on Sunday, but everyone should take care to have sufficient time for leisure (2185-2187).

For reasons indicated in these sources, keeping the Lord's day holy is an important part of our Catholic life. And we obviously do have some obligation, for

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everyone's benefit, to help establish a reasonable Christian understanding and observance of Sunday rest.

Clearly, however, there is nothing in these Catholic rules that would in any way automatically prohibit shopping on that day, certainly not under threat of mortal sin.

Perhaps you misunderstood what the priest said. The rationale you relate for calling Sunday shopping mortally sinful is surely odd and, I believe, extremely hard to defend.

As you tell it the shopper's sin would be a serious one of undermining the fabric of Christian society or of enabling and closely cooperating with the serious sin of others, the stores and their employees.

Among other things, that would mean establishing first that those others are sinning seriously, at least objectively, by working on Sunday, and second that your cooperation in shopping is so closely connected that you also sin seriously. This would be difficult to prove.

It doesn't, as they say, take a rocket scientist to understand simply and prudently the vision and guidelines contained in the words I quoted from the council and from canon law.

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FALL RIVER - Citing the past Jubilee Year' as one of special graces as Catholics prepared for the new millennium, Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., called for a recommitment to Jesus Christ the Savior in a Christmas message issued this week.

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Cardinal urges seminarians, priests to read 'Dominus Iesus' ROME (CNS) - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican's doctrinal congregation, said the document "Dominus lesus" is essential reading for seminarians and seminary professors.

The document, published in September by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, "expresses with great clarity the central point of our faith, that is that the Son of God was made man and that a bridge exists between God and man," the cardinal said.

Cardinal Ratzinger spoke recently to rectors and professors from 43 seminaries that train future priests from the Neocatechumenal Way, a mostly lay movement emphasizing the renewal of parish life and evangelization.

Although "Dominus lesus" has been the focal point of ecumenical and interreligious controversy because of its firm statement that Christ and the Church are necessary for salvation, Cardinal Ratzinger said he also has received many expressions of gratitude.

Letters have come from Catholics and Protestants, ''from simple people, from priests and from very cultured people," he told Vatican Radio in an interview.

Cardinal Ratzinger said it is obvious that people wanted "a clear word on the faith of the Church, on what it still believes today and on what are the real foundations of our Christian life."

The cardinal said he was most disappointed in the negative reaction of Jewish leaders and groups to the document.

"I did not expect it at all because for me it is evident that we come from the roots ofIsrael and that their Bible is our Bible and that Judaism is not just one of many religions, but is the foundation, the root ofour faith. We share the faith of Abraham;' he told Vatican Radio.

Cardinal Ratzinger told the seminary rectors and professors that they and their students should study the document and know its contents and not rely on the media's interpretation of it.

"In addition;' he said, "intellectual work is not enough if it is not accompanied and based on ajoumey of experience in which you verify what has been said.

"Otherwise, you cannot break this wall of relativism which makes the word of God and its truth impenetrable," he told the seminary staffs.

No new diocese for Massachusetts BOSTON (CNS) -After study and discussions on the possibility of carving out a new Massachusetts diocese from the Boston Archdiocese, Cardinal Bernard F. Law said his archdiocese will "remain intact."

In a statement in the Dec. 15 edition of The Pilot, Boston's archdiocesan newspaper, the cardinal said he has been discussing the idea of establishing a new diocese with Boston's auxiliary bishops, priests and lay representatives.

After analyzing data from those

participants, the cardinal said, he has concluded that he will not be submitting such aproposal to PopeJohn Paul ll.

"After having studied all the information available to me, I have concluded that it would not be advisable to pursue this matterfurther;' he stated.

"While we should always be open to whatever might further the mission of the Church, I am personally pleased the archdiocese will remain intact;' he added.

No details were given on what prompted the study.

The area under discussion was what is called the Merrimack Valley region of the archdiocese, which encompasses the cities and towns located northwestofBoston, including the cities ofI.owell and Lawrence.

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God Sends A Baby When God wants a miracle to happen on earth, He doesn't send a legion of angels.

When God wants a miracle to happen on earth, He doesn't send mighty claps of thunder and hurricane force winds.

When God wants a miracle to happen on earth, He doesn't command a powerful army with tanks, missiles, and guns.

When God wants a miracle to happen on earth, He sends a tiny baby. And He waits, with patience.

A baby is born, so small, so gentle, so full of love. On his lips is a smile ofjoy and ofpeace. It is the smile of God. Just think about it: A baby on earth with us. A baby who will laugh and cry and play and care for us all very deeply. A baby so tender, so calm, so mild, so easy to approach. A baby who will perform a miracle.

This Advent season, as we await the birth of the baby Jesus, have no fear. Approach Him with joy, with love, with patience, with the trust and tenderness with which you'd approach an infant. Know that God is with us and for us. He is here, on earth, right where we live. A baby! A miracle!

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James P. Lisante, a priest of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, N.Y., who is a TV host and author, has been named director of The Christophers.

John Aaherty, chairman ofThe Christophers' board, made the announcement recently in New York. The nonprofit organization uses print and broadcast media to spread the Gospel message of love, service and hope.

"We are pleased to have Msgr.

Lisante join us," Aaherty said in a statement. "We believe that his background, enthusiasm and versatility make him well-suited to communicate The Christopher approach of putting hope into action to a society that is always changing."

Ordained in 1981, Msgr. Lisante is pastor .of his childhood parish, St. Thomas the Apostle in West Hempstead. From 1985 to 1996, the 47-year-old Brooklyn native was diocesan director of family ministry for Rockville Centre.

Over the past decade he has hosted "Let's Talk," a weekly diocesan TV call-in program, and "Personally Speaking," a nationally syndicated TV interview show produced by the U.S. Catholic Conference's Catholic Communi-

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He also has appeared on various network news and talk programs.

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Msgr. Lisante was expected to start at The Christophers in January. The organization has a 40-

person staff in Manhattan. He said he also planned to continue as pastor at St. Thomas, where he has two associate pastors.

In his new job, Msgr. Lisante will host "Christopher Closeup," an interview program similar to "Personally Speaking" that is syndicated internationally. He also will direct all Christopher print, radio and TV projects.

The priest said in a statement that he has admired The Christophers for years, especially the work of Maryknoll Father James Keller, who founded the organization in 1945 and chose as its motto the ancient Chinese proverb, "It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness."

Msgr. Lisante told Catholic News Service in an interview that he hopes the work he has been doing on "Personally Speaking" for the USCC "can be amalgamated with The Christophers, so that we ~,ork to produce an even better program about our Catholic values and ideals."

"My great hope," he said, "is .that a program like 'Christopher Closeup' or 'Personally Speaking' will sooner or later get a birth on something like PBS, that public broadcasting stations would take it on because we represent another of the many voices that they try to present to the American people."

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gious freedom violations occurU.S. policies and actions do not WASHINGTON - The inde- reflect the gravity of the situapendent U.S. Commission on In- tion,". said the commission report. ternational Religious Freedom has In particular, it criticized the sternly criticized the Clinton State Department for failing to pubadministration's response to reli- licize U.S. sanctions against what gious freedom abuses abroad as it has designated "countries of particularconinconsiscern." tent and - - - - - - - - - - - - - - hesitant.

"The (State Department) report Tho ~ e T h e also illustrates a number of instances ~ountnes commiswhere U. S. policy does not appear 1 n c Iud e s ion . /'me Wit'h the gravity . 0 f re /'1- Chi Bur m a , be m to na, praised gious freedom problems in a parIran, Iraq some areas of progress ticular country," the commission said. and Sudan in linking and the foreign Taliban repolicy to religious rights since the gime ofAfghanistan and the former International Religious Freedom Act Milosevic'regime in Serbia. took effect two years ago. ''The (State Department) report It noted, for example, that U.S. also illustrates a number of inembassy personnel abroad are stances where U.S, policy does not working to raise the issue of reli- appear to be in line with the gravgious freedom with their foreign ity of religious freedom problems counterparts and are investigating in a particular country," the comreligious freedom issues. mission said.

For instance, it says the State But the commission, whose members include Archbishop Department "bluntly and accuTheodore E. McCarrick of New- rately reports that the Chinese ark, N.J., also took issue with what government's attitude toward reit described as weaknesses in the ligious freedom has deteriorated U.S. government's actions. and persecution of religious mi"Unfortunately, the (State norities has increased. The report Department's annual) report reflects this situation in almost exshows that in several key countries cruciating detail."

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ing religion, executions ofMuslims, deteriorating receptivity of the Chinese government to U.S. concerns about religious freedom, and the denial of visas for State Department personnel to visit Tibet were cited as examples.

"It is distressing that the administration and majorities of both houses of Congress were willing to overlook all of this in pursuing a

campaign for permanent normal trade relations status for China," the commission said.

At a press conference where the commission report was released, chairman Elliot Abrams said ''The law is new, this effort is new. It's new to the secretary of state, to the president, to policy makers.

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Mubarak said: "This year BETHLEHEM, West Bank Christmas for all babies and chilWhen the Palestinian police came dren in Bethlehem will be diffito their door with a cradled bundle, cult. They are using bullets and the six Sisters of Charity of St. missile parts for tree decorations."

Vincent de Paul who run the The driving force behind the Creche of the Holy Family home home is long-time director Sister knew what to expect.

Sophie Boueri, who is media shy Inside the blanket was a tiny and reluctant to speak to journalbaby girl, just a few days old. She ists. She rushes from one meeting was found abandoned in the street to another with little time for of a nearby village. The sisters pleasantries. took her in and named the dark"Before, people never came to us asking for help. Today, because of the situation, many people are coming," she said.

Sister Gloria confides that Sister Sophie still cries every time a baby is brought to them, and she cries when she has to say goodbye to a child because a home has been found. She stays in touch with many of the children who have been placed with families, Over the past decade, the concept of adoption has slowly taken CHILDREN AT the Creche of the Holy Family home in Bethlehem line up for a hold in Palestinian society. meal. The center, run by the Order of Malta, houses 100 abandoned children. Whereas maybe (CNS photo by Debbie Hill) 20 years ago all the children in the skinned girl Blanca. She joined the are children from poor families.

Creche of the Holy Family rarely seven other infants in the home's Toys line the hallways, and chil- found homes, today many of the dren are easily picked up and infants will be placed with a famnursery. ily, said Mubarak.

Dressed in soft, dark blue cuddled by staff and volunteers. brushed-cotton pajamas that are In traditional Arab society it is Once they become toddlers it still too big for her, Blanca now impossible and even dangerous for is harder to find families for them sleeps soundly under a new blan- an unmarried woman to keep her and more likely that they will spend ket. child, and it can be dangerous for their growing-up years in an instiAmong those she shares the the child, said Diana Mubarak, tution. room with are five-month-old director of the social welfare deFollowing Islamic tradition, Rosanna, who smiles brightly partment of Bethlehem. there is no legal adoption accordWomen have "been killed for ing to Palestinian law, Mubarak whenever she catches someone's eye, and newborn Salem, who, left being considered to have dishon- said. Families are given guardianat the home by his mother with ored their family by becoming ship over a child, but the child is promises to come back for him, pregnant out of wedlock. Most rarely permitted to take on the last cries fitfully in his sleep until a women who abandon their chil- name of the new family. Children volunteer picks him up in her dren do so out of desperation to are placed only with couples who arms. save not only their lives, but that have no children of their own.

"Don't worry," whispers Brit- of their child as well, she said.

Under a 1999 law, if a child can ish volunteer Margaret Johns. "It Some 20 babies are found aban- be proven to be Christian - if only happens once. You won't be doned on average per year, she found in a church, or with a note abandoned again." attesting to a Christian birth, or said.

Sister Gloria Inez Arias, the new The home is supported solely wearing a crucifix, or if the mother is known to be Christian director of the Creche of the Holy through private donations.

Family, said: "It brings tears to my Though 95 percent of the chil- - then the child will be given in eyes when I see them bringing a dren are Muslim, the main hall- adoption to a Christian family aclittle packet like that. They don't way of the Creche of the Holy cording to Christian law, said give us many details about the ba- Family is decorated with stars and Mubarak. However, not many bies; we just accept them: angels for Christmas, and all the Christian children are found aban"It gives me a lot of sadness. It children are taken on field trips to doned, she added. makes me relive history: It is not visit the Church of the Nativity and "It's very sad when a baby finds . out he does not have these two only 2,000 years ago that people Shepherds Field.

Staff me'mbers, including 10 people who were meant to love and rejected the Lord, but also today, despite all the talk of evolution, caretakers and two nurses, play care for him," said volunteer Johns. children are still rejected and not Arabic Christmas carols for the "But God never deserts us, just the accepted," she said. children. In light of the current way he never deserted his Son. He The Creche of the Holy Fam- political situation, the atmosphere never deserts us - sometimes we ily is home to some 100 children is somber, and Sister Gloria plays just don't understand."

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Consecration to the Divine Will Oh adorable and Divine Will, behold me here before the im~ mensity ofYour Light, thatYour eternal goodness may open to me the doors and make me enter into It to form my life all in You, Divine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate before Your Light, L the least of all creatures, put myself into the little group of the sons and daughters of Your Supreme HAT.' 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 ofmy whole being. I do not want the human will to have life in this heart any longer. I will cast it away from me and thus form the new Eden of Peace, of happiness and of love. With It I shall be always happy. I shall have a singular strength and a holiness that sanctifies all things and conducts them to God. Here prostfale, I invoke the help of the Most Holy Trinity that They permit me to live in the cloister of the Divine Will and thus return in me the first order of creation, just as the creature was

created.

Heavenly Mother, Sovereign and Queen ofthe Divine Fiat, take my hand and introduce me into the Light of the Divine Will. You will be my guide, my most tender Mother, and will teach me to live in and to maintain myselfin the order and the bounds ofthe Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate my whole being to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me the doctrine of the Divine Will and I will listen most attentively toYour lessons. You will cover me withYour mantle so that the infernal serpent date not penetrate into this sacred Eden to entice me and make me fall into the maze ofthe human will.

Heart ofmy greatest Good, Jesus, You will give meYour flames that they may bUm me, consume me,and feed me to form in me the Life of the Divine Will..

Saint Joseph, you will be my protector, the guardian ofmy heart, and will keep the keys of my will in your hands. You will keep my heart jealously and shall never give it to me again, that I may be sure of never leaving the Will of God. My guardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in everything so that my Eden may flourish and be the instrument that draws all men into the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Amen. ( In Honor ofLuisa Piccarreta I865-I947 Child of the Divine Will)

under the age of six. Many were abandoned, while others are from poor or troubled families who cannot take care of them. Children are brought to the home by the families, by the social service department or, as in Blanca's case, by the police. Sometimes family members come to visit their children.

The Creche of the Holy Family also includes a pre-school daycare center where children of the hospital staff are welcome, as

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ATTLEBORO - The La Salette Shrine for Christian Living, 947 Park Street, will present several retreats during the winter season. "Starting the New Millennium," will be held on the weekend of Dec. 31 to Jan I and offer participants an opportunity for restoration, reconciliation and peace.

"Invitation into Stillness," will be held on the weekend of Jan. 5-7 and will focus on the human need for belonging. For registration information call 222-8530.

ATTLEBORO - Bishop Feehan High School will offer a free clothing store on Jan. 5 from 9 to 11 :30 a.m. For more information call 222-6073.

BREWSTER - A Hallelujah Celebration for those alone on Christmas will be held on Dec. 25 from noon to 3 p.m. at the Our Lady of the Cape Parish Center. It will feature music, a turkey and ham dinner with all the fixings, and each guest will receive a gift. Transportation is available. To register call 3853252. Meals for the homebound are available.

BREWSTER - A Mass and healing service will be held on Jan. 3 at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of the Cape Church, 468 Stony Brook Road. For more information call 385-3252.

FALL RIVER - SaintAnne's Hospital is seeking adult volunteers to help for two-three hours a week in several departments.

Some duties include providing refreshments to patients, bed-making, re-stocking supplies and linen, and assisting patients with meal trays. For more information call 674-5600, ext. 2080.

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NORTH DARTMOUTH The next Retrouvaille weekend will be held Jan.12-14 and offers couples a chance to heal and renew troubled marriages. Rediscover yourself and your spouse and a loving relationship in marriage. For more information call 1-800-470-2230 or the Diocesan Office of Family Ministry at 9996420.

spend an hour or two in prayer.

This regional chapel of the midCape area depends on the support

NORTH DARTMOUTH A Separated-Divorced Support Group will meet on Dec. 26 from 7-9 p.m. in the Diocesan Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Road.

WEST HARWICH - The Perpetual Adoration Chapel at Holy Trinity Church, Route 28, invites people to sign up and

FALL RIVER - There will be no meeting of the Fall River Widowed Group this month.

Their next meeting will be Jan. 22. For more information call Annette Dellecese at 679-3278.

FALL RIVER - The seventh annual Cathedral Carol Sing will be held on Dec. 31 at 3 p.m. at St. Louis Church. It will feature traditional Christmas carols, handbells and several musicians. For more information call 678-1054.

NEW BEDFORD - Devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help is held every Tuesday and devotion to Divine Mercy every Thursday at the noon Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church.

For more information call 9929378.

NEW BEDFORD - The Catholic Homeschool Support Group will meet Jan. 5 following the 11 :30 a.m. Mass at St. Kilian's Church. Confession will be available at 10:30 a.m. and attendees are encouraged to bring a picnic lunch. For more information call

Vatican Academy for Life condemns euthanasia VATICAN CITY (CNS) Emphasizing pain relief a~ a.justification for euthanasia masks a contemporary disgust for suffering, said the Vatican's Academy for Life.

In an article published in last week's edition of the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, the academy reaffirmed the Church's opposition to euthanasia.

The text asked whether the pro-euthanasia argument based on patients' "inability to bear pain" hides instead the "incapacity of the healthy to accompany the dying on their anguished path of suffering and to give meaning to human pain."

The academy also said this reasoning could be tied to a "sort of refusal of the idea itself of suffering, which is more and more widespread in our society of well-being and he-

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"Further," said the text, "it cannot be excluded that behind some pro-euthanasia campaigns are hidden issues of public spending."

The costs associated with certain prolonged illnesses may appear to lawmakers as useless expenses, it said.

The article, signed by the academy's president, Ju~n de Dios Vial Correa, and the vice president, Bishop Elio Sgreccia, the Vatican's top bioethicist, also criticized euthanasia supporters' emphasis on the right of patients to end their lives if they so choose.

Destroying life, they wrote, means destroying the "roots of the freedom and the autonomy of the person." Rather than encouraging euthanasia, relatives and friends of the dying must respect the dignity of the human person, said the text.

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Toronto expects young hopes to expand that number has been to use schools and uniover the coming year. However, versities," Father Roberts said. pilgrims from around the majority of young pilgrims Camping is another option unthe world. will be staying in schools, possi- der consideration to accommobly parish halls, and with Catholic families during the July 1828, 2002, event, Kilbertus said.

Kilbertus hopes the Archdiocese of Toronto will work out a system whereby families who wish to house young pilgrims can offer lodging through their parishes. But he could not say how these accommodations would be

date the large numbers of youth.

Father Roberts and his office CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE have concentrated on assembling TORONTO - Organizers for "Team 2002," a network of up World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto to 1,500 young people ages 18 have already had requests for acto 35 to coordinate the parish recommodations for more than sponse.

200,000 young people.

The archdiocese asked each of "These requests represent its 223 parishes to nominate five people from Nunavut (a Canamembers to Team 2002 by Dec. dian territory) to South Af11. Youth team members rica," said Paul Kilbertus, will welcome pilgrims and communications director organize parishes to help World Youth Day 2002 has support World Youth Day. for the WYD 2002 national secretariat, based in booked 15,000 of the Greater A booklet explaining the Toronto Area ~ 70,000 hotel rooms plan and offering advice on Toronto.

The 200,000 informal and hopes to expand that number selecting the youths was requests mostly come from over the coming year. However, the sent to all pastors in Notour operators who are esmajority of young pilgrims will be vember. timating the number of pilThe parish-based teams grims they will deliver to staying in schools, possibly parish will form faith-sharing Toronto's doorstep, and are halls, and with Catholic families dur- groups with pilgrims and not yet a hard number, ing the July 18-28, 2002, event, plan parish-based events, Kilbertus said. However, Kilbertus said.

Father Roberts said. These World Youth Day organizgroups will begin their forers are expecting more mation and training in than twice that number.

January 2001.

A formal registry for accom- arranged.

"In terms of hospitality, they modation requests was to be es"This lies ahead of us. We're really will animate our response," tablished on a World Youth Day not there yet," Kilbertus said. said Father Roberts.

Website before spring 2001.

At the Archdiocese of "We've been sensing a lot of WYD 2002 is still seeking ap- Toronto, the director of the Of- support," he said. "This is going proval from the Canadian Con- fice of Catholic Youth, Father to be a very structured way for ference of Catholic Bishops for Norm Roberts, said he does not them (parishes) to get involved." an official logo. think parishes will be able to take WYD 2002 has hired consultants Marshall Macklin and WYD 2002 has booked in large numbers.

"My recommendation to them Monaghan to work out the lo15,000 of the Greater Toronto Area's 70,000 hotel rooms and (WYD 2002's national office) gistics of accommodation.

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Most New Year's resolutions are about self-improvement. If you've ever made one, I wouldn't doubt that at least one of the following was on your list: -I'm really going to try to study more this year. Plus, I'm going to do what all my teachers tell me: study as we go along and not cram at the last minute.

-This year I'm going to work on my health. I'll eat better and exercise more. I'll try to get more than five hours of sleep a night too.

-oh yes, this is the year I'm going to stop watching so much television and spending so much time in front of the computer and the game system. I swear.

Yes, those are probably a few of your resolutions, and they're great. I hope you're different from 90 percent of the rest of the population and stick with them past the end of January.

But might there be something else?

Isn't there an element of life that's in need of growth and attention just as much as your body and your schoolwork? Like your relationship with God? OK, so you go to Mass most

Sundays, you do pretty well in religion class and you even run through some prayers a lot of nights before dropping off to sleep.

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As you begin a new year, it might be good to remember that no matter how you look, God is with you. When hard times hit, neither your appearance nor your grades will help you understand or cope. A strong relationship with God is the only thing that will do that.

So if you've spent a few seconds examining your spiritual life and find it a bit wanting, it might not be a bad idea to resolve to do something about it in the upcoming year. Start small - it's never a good idea to overextend. That just sets you up for failure. What about these

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-This year I'm going to do more than just sit during Mass and half-listen. I'm actually going to pray.

-This year I'm going to open up that Bible I got for confirmation and read it. Maybe I'll start with one of the Gospels and just read a few verses every night. It couldn't hurt, could it?

-This year I'm going to grow up a little bit in my prayer life. I won't just ask God for stuff all the time. Sometimes I'll sit quietly and listen to God instead.

-This year I'll try to start viewing other people in a different light. I'll move beyond seeing them only as they exist in relationship to me, and try, the best I can, to see them as my brothers and sisters, loved by God just as much as I am. Hard to believe, sometimes, but true.

No, nothing big. We're not suggesting martyrdom here. Just a few simple steps to take so that next January those small resolutions will have become a path to something all those other resolutions can't even touch and something that, if we're honest, we'll admit that we want more than anything else: a heart full of joy.

On behalf of the clergy and parishioners of Our Lady of Victory Parish prayerful wishes for a Blessed Christmas and a' New Year full of Christ's Peace.

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