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A Woman's Concernpregnancy healthcenter set to open

By MIKE GORDON

ANCHOR STAFF

FALL RIVER - A Woman'sConcern, a center providing preg­nancy health services for womenof the Greater Fall River area, willbe officially dedicated and holdan open house September 17 at 6p.m.

Ceremonies will be held at theUnion United Methodist Church,400 Highland Avenue and theopen house will be held at the newlocation, 384 Highland Avenue at7 p.m. Bishop George W. Cole­man will be on hand to give a re­flection on the Gospel of Life.

The bishop said he is "excitedand hopeful about the opening of

the new center. It is my hope thatthis inter-faith collaborative effortwill provide women experiencingcrisis pregnancies the help theyneed to the building of a true cul­ture of life here in the commu­nity."

The non-profit center will of­fer a range of medical and coun­seling services to hundreds ofwomen who face unplanned preg­nanCies including pregnancy test­ing, diagnostic ultrasound,parenting classes and counselingso women can make a healthychoice about their pregnancy. Allservices are free of charge.

The Reverend John Ensor, ofTum to page 16 - Center

A YOUNG refugee from Louisiana gets some rest with his new furry friend at St. PeterClaver Parish in Houston, a designated American Red Cross shelter. (CNS photo by ErikNoriega, Texas Catholic Herald)

Pastors may take .a collectionfor relief of hurricane victims

Diocese, St. Francis Corporation outlineagreement regarding Cape high school

THIS GRAND old home in the Highlands of Fall River willhouse A Women's Concern pregnancy health center. BishopGeorge W. Coleman will attend the opening ceremonies onSeptember 17. (AnchorlGordon photo)

By DEACON JAMES N. DUNBAR

AND CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

FALL RIVER- BishopGeorgeW. Coleman has authorized pastorsofparishes in the Fall River dioceseto take up a collection for hurricanerelief in affected Southern states,with funds going to Catholic Chari-

HYANNIS - Sharing a strongdesire for the establishment of aCatholic high school on Cape Cod,the Fall River diocese and the S1.Francis Xavier High School Corpo­ration have been meeting during thepast months to consider how such aschool could come to realization atthe former Grade Five School build-

ties USA:The collections may be held on

either of the weekends of Septem­ber 4, 11 and 18, with returns to theChancery Office no later than Sep­tember28.

In his message to priests, BishopColeman said, 'The utter devasta-

ing on HighSchool Road inHyannis.These discussions have been

fruitful: A memorandum of under­standing regarding the acquisition ofthe building and the initial planningfor the creation of a high school atthe site has been drawn-up andsigned by representatives of bothentities.

tion and destruction by HurricaneKatrina in Louisiana, Mississippi,Alabama and parts ofAorida growsworse by the day. We have only towatch the news and our hearts goout to the people of this area. It willbe months and years before the areaTum to page eight - Hurricane

Its terms stipulate that the S1.Francis Corporation will be respon­sible for raising all of the fundingnecessary for the purchase and reno­vation of the building, which com­bined is estimated to be $10 million.

On August 12, the S1. FrancisCorporation acquired the building

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Diocese's Catholic parishes mobilize voters for 2005 electionsBy JAMES MCGUNCHEY

SPECIAL TO THE ANCHOR

FALL RIVER - The 2005 Massachu­setts municipal elections are considered"off-year" elections -less important com­pared to the 2004 Presidential campaign.Nonetheless, nine diocesan parishes - fourin Fall River, four in New Bedford, and onein Taunton - are conducting "get-out-the­vote" campaigns this year with the sameintensity as during last November's elec­tion.

In both the primary and final ele<;tions,the parishes will send nearly 30,000 re­minder postcards - one to each and everyparishi9ner who is registered to vote.

Timely reminders from the pulpit andnotices in the weekly parish bulletin are nec­essary to ensure parishioners are heedingthe call. But to make a difference in the no-

holds-barred political arena and to guaran- Santo and S1. Anne's in Fall River, and S1.tee that elected officials are mindful of the Anthony's in Taunton, have a strong, de­voting strength of the parish, stronger tools cades-long, history ofpromoting citizenshipare sometimes required. and voter registration. No one knew, how-

Ifthe past is any indication, in Fall River ever, exactly how politically powerful theseand New Bedford, parishes reallythese get-out-the- "l h C h" d' . were.vote efforts will n teat O,IC tra Itlon, respon- This lack of in-reach 20 percent of sible citizenship is a virtue; partici- formation had aall voters or one in pation in the political process is a price. On the downevery five of a~l moral obligation."_ U.S. Conference side, without a fearvotes cast. That. IS of Catholic Bishops. of~ ~~terbacklash,the measurable m- polibclans could ra-fluence ofthese par- tionalize ignoringishes alone and that is the foundation of the parish issues because many parishionersbuilding political influence. As the vener- were immigrants and had not become U.S.able Massachusetts politician, Thomas P. citizens. These leaders could direct scarce''TIp'' O'Neal Jr. once said "all politics is public resources to other, more active, con­local." stituencies. On the positive side, however,

Parishes like Santo Christo, Espirito more perceptive politicians understood that

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there still remained a large number of pa­rishioners who were eligible to vote.

In 2000, the Santo Christo pastor FatherGastao Oliviera and a committee of parishvolunteers became one of the fIrst parishesto join the Portuguese American CitizenshipProject, a non-partisan campaign to promotecitizenship and civic participation in the im­migrant community.

One of the initial steps taken was to iden­tify the registered voters in the parish bylinking the parish membership list with theFall River voter registration and voter par­ticipation data.

The parish committee discovered that thevoter registration rate was 41 percent - sig­nificantly less than the U.S. voter registra­tion rate of 66 percent of the voting agepopulation. But 41 percent of a very large

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WEST HARWICH":'" OnSeptember 15, the feast of OurLady. of Sorrows, DeaconVincent Walsh will give a presen­tation on Pope Benedict XVI at7:30 p.m. in Damien Hall at HolyTrinity Parish. It will begin withpraise and worship through song.For more information call 508­398-1139.

NORTH EASTON - Theprogram "Recovery and Prayer:Reflecting' on the Serenity ofPrayer" will be held Sunday fromnoon to 5 p.m. at the FatherPeyton Center, 518 WashingtonStreet. It will consist of talks,guided meditations and a viewingof "The Haunted Heart," a videobased on the suffering of Christand the experience of divine andhuman love. For more informa­tion call Holy Cross Family Min­istries at 508-238-4095.

ONSET -:- Internationally ac­cJaimed recording artist Tatianawill perform "I Do Believe: TheStory of Christ," October 15 at "7p.m. at St. Mary St¥ of the SeaChapel. For more information call508-759-7777 or visit the Web at:www.cameronproductions.org.

NORTH EASTON - Thefeast of Our Lady ofSorrows willbe celebrated September 15 be­ginning with the rosary at 9 a.m.at St. Joseph's Chapel, 500Wash­ington Street. It will include pub­lic adoration of the Eucharist andMass will be celebrated at noon.Our Lady of Sorrows is the pa­troness of the priests and Broth­ers of the CQngregation of theHoly Cross. For more informationc~ 508-238-4095.

cil of the St. Vincent de Paul So­ciety will attend a Mass Septem­ber. 12 at 7 p.m. at ImmaculateConception Church for. the inten­tion of the canonization ofBlessed Frederic Ozanam and inmemory of deceased members.It's regular monthly meeting willfollow in the parish hall.

Fall River diocese when 80 percentof the total $10 million has beenraised in cash and/orpledges, yet re­main responsible for acquiring thebalance of the funding.

The Cape high school will benamed in memory of the late PopeJohn Paul IT.

During the fund-raising phase, of­ficials from the diocesan EducationDepartment will have input intorenovation plans and will overseecuniculumdevelopment and the hir­ing of staff.

Once the St. Francis Xavier Cor­poration successfullycarries out theterms of the agreement, Pope JohnPaul IT HighSchool \\jll become partof the network ofdiocesan schools.

It has long been the dream ofmany to offer Catholic secondaryeducation on Cape Cod and the dio­cese looks forward to the day when'the Pope John Paul IT High Schoolwill provide this.

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p.m. For more information callHappy Whitrhan at 508-385-3252.

CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. - ADay'With'Mary will be held Sep­tember 24 beginning at 7:50 a.m.at St. Joseph's Parish, 391 HighStreet. It will include a slide pre­sentation, procession, crowningceremony, the celebration of Massand Benediction of the BlessedSacrament. For more informationca1l401-723-5427.

NORTH DARTMOUTH ­The Diocesa!1 Divorced-Sepa~

rated Support Group will meetSeptember 12 from 7-9 p.m. at theFamily Life Center, 500 SlocumRoad. Guest speaker Andy Mor­gan will address the topic "Get-·ting Your X in Focus.'~ Refresh­mentswill follow. For more infor­mation call Bob Menard at 508­673-2997.

FALMOUTH - St. Patrick'sChurch Council of CatholicWomen will hold a membershiptea on September 18 at 3 p.m. inthe church hall. New members arewelcome.

FALL RIVER - The Massa­chusetts Citizens for. Life is spon­soring the annual Respect LifeWalk to Aid Mothers and Chil­dren, on October 2. at 1 p.m. atthe Boston Common. Buses willbe leaving the Fall River diocesefrom Immaculate Conception Par­ish on County Street at 11 :30 a.m.A second pick-up will be at theTaunton Galleria Park-and-Rideat 11 :45 a.m. To reserve seats orfor more information call DotNicolau at 508-674-8695 by Sep- .tember28.

NORTH EASTON - Mem­bers of the Taunton District Coun-

from the Town ofBamstable for $3million. The acquisition was madepossible in large measure due tothe extraordinary 'generosity ofOsterville resident Frank Ward,who personally pledged $2 mil­lion to the project.

It is the expressed hope of boththe diocese and the St. Francis Cor­poration that the school be ready towelcome its first freshman class inSeptember 2006.

In order for this' to happen,though, the St. Francis Corporationwill need to secure$5 million in cashand pledges by December 1 of thisyear to provide adequate time fornecessary repairs and other renova­tions to be completed in and aroundthe property.

If this goal is not reached, theopening ofthe school will be pushedahead'one year, to September 2007.

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ATTLEBORO - The Na­tional Shrine..of Our -Lady of LaSalette will host the 51st annualCatholic Family Pilgrimage Dayon September 11 begilJning withrecitation of the rosary at 11 :30a.m. Mass will be-celebrated at12:10.p.m. by Bishop EmeritusLouis E. Gelineau of Providence,R.I. '

On September 15 at 7:36 p.m.the Shrine will begin a series cel­ebrating theYear of the Eucharist.The first evening will be on"Communion With the Lord andChurch," by La Salette FatherRonald Beauchemin, superior ofthe Attleboro La Salette commu­nity.

The Shrine will host its annualfeast on September .16-19 mark­ing the anniversary of the appear­ance of Mary to two shepherdchildren in La Salette, France in1846. Events are scheduled foreach day. For more informationcall 508-222-5410.

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BREWSTER - Beginningtoday, the Lazarus Ministry ofOurLady of the Cape Parish will offer"Come Walk With Me," a six-ses­sion program for anyone who hasexperienced the death of a lovedone. It will be held from 7 to 8:30

Publicity chairmen areasked to submit news items forthis column to The Anchor, P.O.Box 7, Fall River, 02722. Nameof city or town should be in­

.eluded, as well as full dates of. all activities. DEADLINE ISNOON ON FRIDAYS.

Events published must be ofin­terest and open to our generalreadership. We do not carry no­tices of fU'nd-raising activities,which may- be advertised at ourregiiIar rates, obtainable from ourbusin~office at 508·675-7151.

the reasonability of faith. The lec­tures follow a path Msgr. Giussanipresented to his students duringhis years as a high school teacherand university professor.

Father Michael Carvill, a priestof the Fraternity of St. CharlesBorremeo and pastor of St.Joseph's Parish inAttleboro, willpresent the lectures. Theywill beheld at St. Mary's Parish Centeron 106 Illinois Street in NewBedford from 7-8:30 p.m. on thefollowing Monday evenings thisfall: .

September 26- The- Reli­gious Sense, at the 'core of ourbeing;

October 3 - The Method of.the Religious Sense - reality as a'sign and the discovery of reason;

October. 17 - The Religious, Sense, religions, and the hypoth­esis of revelation;

October 24'-:" At the Origin of- the Christian Claim;

November 7 - The Christian,a new being in the world·

There is no cost for the semi­nar, but a free-will offering willbe collected at the end of eachsession, Refreshments will beserved. The lectures are open toeveryone. For more information,please contact Bob Sampson at508-995-6235 or Amy Hurteau at508-995-6798.

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Saturday of five consecutive months shall:1. Go to confession; 2. Receive Holy Communion; 3. Recite the

Rosary (5 decades); and 4. Keep me company for 15 minutes whilemeditating on the 15 mysteries ofthe Rosary, with the intention of

making reparation to me."In a spirit of reparation, the above conditions are each to be

preceded by the.words: "In reparation for the offensescommitted against the Immaculate Heart of Mary."

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he could not attend the FallRiver diocese's 100th anniver­sary in 2004, Bishop Colemansaid.

"In the Gospel of John(17:24-26), just read, Jesus re­calls his disciples' gifts fromthe Father and he prays, 'I wishthat where I am they also maybe with me, that they may seemy glory that you gave me, be­cause you loved me before thefoundation of the world.' Ourprayer today is that JosephPatrick Delaney, son, brother,bishop, disciple, may be amongthose disciples rejoicing as theybehold the glory of the Lord,"Bishop Coleman said, conclud­ing his homily.

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While Bishop Delaney'scommitment to his new flockwas firm and soon made perma­nent, "Nonetheless he treasuredthe people and the places so fa­miliar to him here. He said youcould have a sailboat on theGulf in South Texas, but therewas no place to sail to. Therewas no Cuttyhunk, noMenemsha, no Hadley's Harboroff the Texas coast."

When Bishop Delaney vis­ited Fall River for his 50th an­niversary of gradation fromCoyle High School, he eagerlyvisited Provincetown and CapeCod. He was disappointed that

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Bishop Coleman cited a pas­sage from Vatican Council II'sDecree on the Ministry and Lifeof Priests that priests "shouldshow themselves willing andready ... to exercise their min­istry in other regions, missions

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"In that remembrance thereare lessons as well ... about thecall to discipleship in the uni­versal Church.

Taking a theme from theSunday Gospel in which Jesusspells out that his disciplesmust take up their cross andfollow him and his plan forthem, Bishop Coleman citedBishop Delaney as "such a dis­ciple, one open to God's plan.A plan that led him in his min-

(Rev.) Paul F. Robinson, O. Cann., J.C.O.Judicial Vicar

Memorial Mass honors native son,Texas Bishop Joseph P. Delaney

IS THE HOLMES-JEFFREY MARRIAGENULL ACCOROING TO CHURCH LAW?

Given at the offices of the Oiocesan Tribu­nal in Fall River, Bristol County, Massachu·setts on September 2, 2005.

Anyone who has knowledge of the do­micile of Glen A. Jeffrey is hereby requiredto inform him of this citation.

EDICTAL CITATIONDIOCESAN TRIBUNAL

FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTSSince his present domicile is unknown,

in accord with the provision of Canon1509.1, we hereby cite Glen A. Jeffreyto appear personally before the Tribunalof the Oiocese of Fall River (887 High·land Avenue, Fall River, Bristol County,Massachusetts) on September 23, 2005at'2:30 p.m., to give his testimony regard­ing the question:

FALL RIVER - A memorialMass for the late Bishop JosephP. Delaney of Fort Worth,Texas, a native of this city whonever forgot his roots, was cel­ebrated August 29 in St. Mary'sCathedral with former fellowpriests, classmates, friends andfamily in attendD"ce.

Bishop George W. Colemanwas the principal celebrant andhomilist, with 10 other priestsconcelebrating the Mass forBishop Delaney, who died atthe age of7! on July 12 in FortWorth, where he had beenbishop for nearly 24 years.

At the Mass here were sev­eral Sisters of the Holy Unionof Sacred Hearts; classmates ofBishop Delaney from SacredHeart School in Fall River andCoyle-Cassidy High School inTaunton; as well as friends andneighbors from Sacred HeartParish, where the late bishopgrew up.

The family was representedby the late bishop's cousin,Mrs. Marilyn Delaney Dube,and her husband Leo R. DubeSr. of Swansea, and their son,Leo R. Dube Jr., of Dartmouth.

"Although he (BishopDelaney) had been severely dis­abled by the effects of surgeryand treatment for pancreaticcancer, his death was sudden;and all the more traumatic com­ing the day before the ordina-

. tion of the new coadjutorbishop, (Bishop Kevin Vann),who then became his successorrather than his helper," BishopColeman recalled in his homily.

While Bishop Delaney leftinstructions that the homilist athis funeral Mass was to preachon the Scriptures and not onhim, "but as we come here to­day those who knew him can'thelp remembering - a class­mate at Sacred Heart School, aneighbor, a fellow seminarian,a brother priest, a neighboringcurate, a classmate or later a re­ligion teacher at Coyle High

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THE LANDING -Let's Roll Again

The response to the terrorist attacks of September-.11th - thefourth anniversary of which we mark this weekend - has providedthe standard by which we are able to evaluate the response to thedestruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina.

Four years ago, overwhelmed as we were by the sens~ of evil andthe scenes of destruction and death, we were at the same tIme buoyedby the sense of goodness and scenes of heroism in so many of ourfellow citizens. _

As tens of thousands were running from the Twin Towers, bravefiremen, policemen and chaplains were running in. Husbands anddads and boyfriends flying above central Pennsylvania gave theirlives to protect others on the ground. The first instinct of so manywas to ask, "How can I help?;" as, within hours of the attack, ordi­nary New Yorkers stood in line for hours' to give blood, and doctorsand nurses sprinted for miles to trauma units in case they might beneeded.

Political leaders, moreover, did what they were elected to do ­lead - and did so under immense pressure with grit, courage, mag­

-nanimity and grace. In the midst of the dusty darkness of one of theworst days in American history, the rays of light from the best ofAmericans began to radiate. -

There have certainly bee!Mixamples of self-sacrificing bravery inthe Bayou as ordinary citizens converted their boats into modernversions of Noah's ark and rescue personnel have made helicopterextrications look easy.

But at least initially, the contrasts between 2005 New Orleansand 2001 New York have been more striking than the comparisons.

Moral evil is always worse than physical evil. What has beentougher to handle than the natural disaster wrought by a categoryfive hurricane has been the man-made disaster effected by commis­~ions and omissions we witnessed during the first week of the on-going tragedy. -

Rather than bringing out the best in people, we've seen the catas­trophe bring out the worst in many: armed gangs shooting at inno­cent bystanders and Medivac helicopters; women being physicallyviolated and'killed; policemen abandoning their duty to protect andserve; politicians engaging in the blame game rather than overcom­ing differences and working together as leaders to solve an urgentcrisis urgently. Rather than "How can I help?,~' many have seemedto ask, "How can I profit?"

The spirit of self-giving sacrifice and leadership that so marked theBig Apple four years ago needs to be brought to the Big Easy and itsenvirons, because the rebuilding project will need to be much moreextensive and long-term. None of us should duck the hard questionsthat need to be asked and the hard work that needs to be done.

There is a serious moral problem that goes well beyond race orclass that needs to be confronted. Citizens, moreover, must holdpoliticians and themselves accountable for failing adequately to pre­pare and to respond: And all of us must work together to heal ourself-inflicted black eye by proving ourselves to be the Good Sa­maritan of our Gulf Region neighbors rather than bandits who preyon them or passers-by who ignore them.

There's plenty of opportunity to do so. Bishop Coleman has au­thorized every parish to take up a special second collection to helpout the charitable work of the Church in the affected dioceses. Manyhave already done so and parishioners have responded with greatgenerosity. There are also several thousand evacuees in our owndiocese, and Governor Mitt Romney has put out a clear call for th~

types of help needed in Bourne, especially in terms of volunteerpersonnel. In addition to their material needs, their spiritual needsalso will need to be attended to.

While the beginning of our response clearly could have been bet­ter, the buzzer has not yet sounded. Our finest hour may. not ·havebeen the first, but there's still time.

The words of Todd Beamer given four years ago this weekendcontinue to echo and to challenge: "Are you guys ready? Let's roll!"

that so many young peoplewould be so exCited about theirfaith and so willing to show it.

Yet, this. surprise felt by themedia was most likely not whatPope Benedict had in mind.The surprise that the HolyFather was referring to takesplace at a deeper level, in thehearts of believers. It happenswhen we realize that what Jesus

says is actually true.Even faithful Christianscan be influenced by thesecular world to be alittle skeptical aboutsome of the promises ofChrist. For example, hepromised that if we tryto save our lives, wewill lose them, but if welose our lives for his

sake, we will find them (Mt16:25). He promised that theyoke of following him is easy,and the burden of obeying himis light.(Mt 11 :30).

These and other promises ofChrist are sometimes hard tobelieve. It's only when we putinto the deep by ,trusting Christand trying to live as he taughtus, that we discover his wordsare actually true. And it is thenthat we are surprised by Christ- surprised to find the moreabundant life he promised us,and surprised to discover thatthe world is wrong to beskeptical of him. Anyone whohas given Christ this chanceknows that it is a pleasantsurprise, indeed.

who attended the World YouthDay celebrations, and watchedthe media coverage at the end .of each day, I was sad to see

- how the world still struggles tounderstand the appeal of theCatholic faith and the Church,due to the world's failure tounderstand Christ.

It was evident that manyfigures in the media weresurprised that there was anyfaith left in Christ and hisChurch. They were surprisedthat more than one millionyoung people would put l;IPwith the messy inconvenienceand long, frustrating delays inorder to celebrate holy Masswith the leader of their Church.They were baffled by the fact

young people they interviewedcould not even find the wordsto express the profound admira­tion and love they felt for theirnew Holy Father. Instead of the"subdued" and "reserved"

- . respons~ that the. reportersexpected to find in the youngpeople, there was only exhilara­tUm and thrill at the prospect ofbeing with the pope. As one

By Father DavidA.-Pignato

Putting Intothe Deep

As part of his openingremarks at the recent WorldYouth Day celebration inCologne, Germany, PopeBenedict XVI told the crowdsof young-people: "Open wideyour hearts to God! Letyourselves be surprised byChrist!" The Holy Father spokethese words from a boat on theRhine to the thousands ofyoung people whostood along the banksof the river to see andhear him. The beautifulscene was reminiscentof the one described inthe Gospel, when OurLord also addressed thecrowds from hisposition on St. Peter'sboat, on the lake inGalilee (Lk 5:3).

Surprise was certainly thesentiment of many of the mediacorrespondents who coveredthe event. They were quitefrank about their assumptionthat most of the young peoplewould be disappointed to becelebrating World Youth Daywith Pope Benedict, rather thanwith Pope John Paul II. Someof the reporters even suggestedto their interviewees that itmust be difficult to relate tothis new Pope whose style andmannerisms are so differentfrom those of the spiritual andcharismatic giant, who was hispredecessor.

But surprise was the reactionof these reporters, when the

"My COMFORT:IN MY SUFFERING IS TIDS: YOUR PROMISE PRESERVES MY LIFE"

PSALM 119:50.

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Surprised by Christ

the living word

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Working with children, helping toform them in faith, gave me thegrace to work through this." Debshared that she became a catechistat the invitation of her mom."And Christin," I asked, "how didshe get involved with ministry?"Immediately, both women heldtheir arms in the cradle positionand in unison, said, "She grew upin the Church, and always assistedin one capacity or another."

Christin is away at Vtllanovadoing graduate work in theater.Her ministry flows from her loveof the arts. Christin and her troupeof students and young adultsmasterfully produce plays,dramatic presentations of therosary, and Holy Hours. As prayeris the center of their work theyhave coined the term "pray­formance." "Our actors get intocharacter by praying, applying theIgnatian way of meditation," shereflects. "Art is to lead us todiscover the tille, the good and thebeautiful. In some.aspects it hasmoved away from its noble task.My hope is that through the pray­formance, we can make a positiveimpact on our contemporaryculture."

Through this one family, thesefive generations, faith has beenpassed on, accepted, and lived.Like concentric-circles, the faithmoved from family, to parish, todiocese to world at large. Trulywe have powerful guardians ofthe Gospel message in our ownmidst.

This is part two ofa seriespresenting women who activelyand effectively work in unionwith the dignity oftheir vocationas woman and to manifest the"feminine genius" with theircomer ofthe world.

Lisa M. Gulino is director ofAdult Education for the DioceseofFall River, and is assistantdirector ofthe Rite ofChristianInitiationfor Adults.

that the combined devotions, livedfaith and embodiment of theGospel truths of each womanmirrored some aspect of faith,hope and love.

, Mariana Pereira, Marion'sgrandmother, taught the prayers toher and Deb in Portuguese. Debrecalls, "My great-grandmother'sfaith was lived out by way ofdevotion. I was intrigued every

, time I saw her pray her rosary."Both Marion and Deb recalledthat Mariana's face would light upas she talked about her faith. Sheopened the door to her familywhenever they needed a listeningheart, counsel or simply a personto cry. with. Deb laughs recalling,"Each person seemed to leavewith a plate offood in hand."Louise Lizotte, Marion's motheris a great woman of faith andprayer. Christin recalls that she"leamed about the saints from her,usually by flipping throughreligious catalogues." Marion andDeb recall that Louise declared St.Therese to be ''the patron saint ofthe whole family." Christinattributes her own devotion to theLittle Flower to this great­grandmother. Deb reflects, "I wastouched by my grandmother'sdedication to intercessory prayers

.for family and neighbors. Oftenpeople would seek my grand­mother out and ask her prayers."

Handing on family faith storiesis important and "it reminds usthat God is present in our livesand takes care of us," statesDeborah. Marion attributes this asa key grace which sustained herand her family through thepersonal tragedy oflosing theirson at the age of six. Marionshares, "This tragedy is whatbrought me to my ministry. Beingrooted in faith, yet struggling tomake sense of this tragedy, myhusband felt the need to share thefaith, so he became a catechist. Ifollowed shortly thereafter.

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where near the disaster it has been.To all the blacks who are suffer­

ing and homeless, our thoughts,prayers, and donations are with you.To all the racist, classist folks in thiscountry, just remember: no ances­tors ofours were natives to this landof the free. Oh yeah, there are Na­tive Americans - but they're nottreated so well either, are they?

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Superdome and the ConventionCenter continued to live in squa­lor, crime and hunger waiting fora simple bottle of water.

The women told CNN the hor­rid tale of having to wade fourblocks to the Westin Hotel in pol­luted water to meet the buses. Shementioned that some doctors with

the group "com­mandeered"some antibioticsfrom a localstore to preventdiseases.

Funny, whenthe poor blacksof New Orleansbroke intostores, regard­

less of the reason, they werecalled looters.

Maybe it's just me, but 300people living in conditions withnearly 500 broken toilets, is farbetter than 20,000 people livingwith a handful of broken toilets.And 300 people living in condi­tions with nearly 500 luxury bedsis a bit better than 20,000 peoplewith no beds.

The early relief efforts werenothing short of racist and. classist.'1 was almost ashamed of beingwhite until I realized most whitepeople consider all people broth­ers and sisters in the Lord. Unfor­tunately, some that don't weresome who headed up relief efforts.

There are those who say that it.wasn't classism and racism, but that80 percent ofNew Orleans is black.But I would bet my bottom dollarthat if the Big Easy was 80 percentwhite, middle to upper class, therelief efforts would have been no

"guardians of the Gospel mes­sage" cf. John Paul II, "Dignityand Vocation ofWomen." Aguardian of the Gospel message isone who, by word, deed andaction, continues to hand on,echo, in fact to evangelize andcatechize 'others in the ways andteachings of the faith.

I was sharing one evening withmy friends and colleagues,Deborah Jezakand her motherMarion Carrier, about this seriesof articles. One conversation ledto another, as it often does with

hope that bring the femalefollowers of Christ to both thefoot of the Cross and to the tomb.God entrusts humanity in particu­lar to woman. Jesus, God's son,through his words, deeds, andconversations, transforms theposition of the women of his dayand enables them to become

By Lisa M. Gulino

The Churchand the Dignity

of Women

women, and we discussed howwe came to faith. As the conversa­tion unfolded, I found myself inthe sacred space of memories andmystery, hopes and joys, trials andtragedies as mother and daughterrecounted the powerful presenceof God, faith, prayer and devotionin their family history. I discov­

ered I was hearing the.....-----------r-~::_-- .... voice of five generationsof women "echoing" thefaith to others.

Marion Carrier is thedirector of ReligiousEducation at GoodShepherd Parish in FallRiver. In this story of fivegenerations of Gospelguardians, Marion is the

third generation. Her daughterDeborah is the Youth Ministerand confirmation coordinator forthe parishes of Good Shepherdand Holy Trinity in Fall River.Christin Jezak, Deb's daughterand founder of the ImmaculateArt Ministry Theatre Troupe,resides at Good Shepherd and has"missioned" throughout thediocese for various events. IaSked, "Who had the greatestimpact on your faith?" Eachpointed to their respectivegrandmothers. They readily admit

A different storm surge

Guardians of the Gospel

By Dave Jolivet

My ViewFrom

the Stands

South for the last two weeks havebeen horrific. And most of themwill remain with me and others fora long time to come. But there isone story I just can't let go.

The terrible tale originated onCNN when a news anchor re­ceived a phone call from a womantrapped in the New Orleans RitzCarlton with 300 other guests. Shetold of sub-par living conditionsin the 527-room five-star hotel.She asked for help to evacuate herand her fellow refugees.

The next time I heard hervoice, which sounded like a whiteperson, was from Baltimore­Washington International Airportin Maryland. She thanked CNNfor making their plight known.Because of the on-air exposure, acaravan of nearly 20 buses arrivedunder the cloak ofdarkness to res­cue these well-to-do refugees.

Yet all the while the poor andmostly black population of the

Take a good look at the U.S.Flag - red, white and blue. Noblack though. I wonder if that'spurely coincidental, or if thatplayed a part in the atrocities ofaid sent, or sent late, to New Or­leans.

The sights, sounds, smells andstories emanating from the Deep

The Gospel stories offer usrich accounts of Jesus' respect,admiration, and ministry towomen of his day. Jesus crossescultural boundaries to embrace allof humanity. These accounts have"every woman" pass before oureyes: the woman with the flow ofblood is healed physically, andJesus liberates her toreturn to her faithcommunity (Lk 8:43-48).For the widow of Naim,Jesus is moved with pityand concerned for hereconomic and sociallydesperate situation, andbrings her only son backto life (Lk 7: 11-17).Jesus' friends andconfidants included Mary andMartha, with whom he conversedabout the truths of revelation andfaith, the mysteries of life, death,and resurrection. His conversationwith these beloved friends is oneof the most important conversa­tions recorded in the Gospels.

In Christ's public life we seehim revealing his heart and hismessage to women. His teachingsare met with a deep response offaith, one which involves mind,heart, will, and emotions. It is thefeminine qualities of strength and

theanch~ . Friday, September 9, 2005

To forgive is to begin to h'ealto forgive "your brotherfrom your heart."

Today we are invited to'tum to the Lord in prayer andlook into our own hearts.

Are there resentments thatwe have yet to overcome?

Are there people in ourlives whom we have yet toforgive from our hearts?

Are we ready to trust that,with God's grace, long­festering hurts can begin tobe healed?

As the saying goes, "to erris human, but to forgive isdivine."

Father William M.Rodrigues is a priest oftheFall River diocese serving asdirector of the HispanicMinistry on Cape Cod andas part-time chaplain at St.Luke's Hospital, NewBedford.

resurrection of Christ.. In Matthew's Gospel, St.Peter asks: "Lord, if mybrother sins against me, howoften must I forgive? As

many as seventimes?" Jesus'response is just as

. pertinent to us today:"I say to you, notseven times but 77times. That is whythe kingdom ofheaven may belikened to a king whodecided to settle

accounts with his servants."In this parable, a servant

who has had his debt for­given fails to offer the sameforgiveness to a fellowservant, "who owed a muchsmaller amount."

Jesus concludes the. parable with the exhortation

hold onto hurt in the form ofresentment, we allow thewounds to continue to festerand thus allow ourselves tocontinue hurting.

The Lord, we know, doesnot wish us to live withresentments in our heartsthat prevent us from livingwith the peace in our heartsthat he wishes us to enjoy.After all, it is that peacewhich he has won for usthrough the death and

By Fr. William M.Rodrigues

Homily of the WeekXXIV Sunday inOrdinary Time

mercy to another like him­self, can he seek pardon forhis own sins?"

We are called to bepeople who forgive, soforgiveness alwaysought to be givenbecause it is theright thing to do.Forgiveness, it ishelpful to remem-ber, is not simply anend in itself,though. Forgivenesscan also be lookedat from perspectiveof the one who offersforgiveness.

Forgiveness is not an endin itself because it truly has apositive effect on the personwho forgives. Forgiveness isthat grace which allows thehurt we carry with us tobegin to heal. For when we

Along with death andtaxes, a guarantee in this lifeis human discord. It is an .unfortunate effect of ourimperfect human nature.God, in his infinite wisdom,however, has called us toforgive one another when wehave been hurt.

To be honest, that is ofteneasier said than done. Wehear in the first reading ofthis weekend's Mass from theBook of Sirach: "Wrath andanger are hateful things, yet .the sinner hugs them tight.The vengeful will suffer theLord's vengeance, for heremembers their sins indetail. Forgive yourneighbor's injustice.

Could anyone nourishanger against another andexpect healing from theLord? Could anyone refuse

Calling.'tomind our sins

By Fr. Thomas M. Kocik

Father Kocik, an author oftwo books, one on the liturgy, ischaplain at Charlton MemorialHospital, Fall River, and residesat St. Thomas More Parish,Somerset.

Sept. IS1934, Rev. Henry J. Musse1y, Pastor, St. Jean Baptiste, Fall River1958, Rev. Brendan McNally, S.1., Holy Cross College, Worcester

.1969, Rev. John J. Casey, Pastor, Immaculate Conception, NorthEaston

In Your PrayersPlease pray for the following

priests during the coming weeksSept. 12

1962, Rev. John J. Galvin;\STD, Assistant, SS. Peter and Paul,Fall River '. \ \

1986, Most Rev. James L. C\0'nnolly, Fourth.~ishop of Fall River,1951-70 \ \ ///.j

1995, Rev. John R. FoIster, PaStor;StA:::ciuis de France, Swansea. --.~ ("~

-- •.. _..---- -_.----"\. \(.:..------ Sep!r 13

1949, Rev. Charles A.1. DonovaA, Pastor, Immaculate Concep-tion, North Easton \ \

2003, Rev. Isadore Kowalski, O~ Conv., Our Lady's Haven,Farrhaven \~

. ' Sept. 14\1982, Rev. Stanislaus J. Ryczek, USA etired Chaplain, Fonner

Pastor Our Lady of Perpetual Help, New\Bedford.

Sept. IS1945, Rev. Luke Golla, SS.Cc., Seminary of Sacred Heart,

Wareham1964, ~t. Rev. Msgr. Edmund 1. Ward, Retired Pastor, St. Patrick,

Fall River

Sept. 161925, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Jean A. Prevost, P.A., P.R., Pastor, Notre

Dame de Lourdes, Fall River .Sept. 17

1954, Rev. Thomas F. McNulty, Pastor, St. Kilian, New Bedford1983, Cardinal Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Archbishop of Bos­

ton, 1970-83, Pastor of St. Michael, Fall River 1960 -19661991, Rev. Felix Lesnek, SS.Cc., Fonner Associate Pastor, St.

Joseph, Fairhaven.

the law of love in obedience tothe Lord. Yet how often we 'prefer our will to his. This iswhy, before we sing "Alle­luia," we cry out, "Lord, havemercy." -'

Daily Readings

Sept 11 Sir 27:30-28:9;Ps 103:1-4,9-12;Rom 14:7-9; Mt18:21-35

Sept 12 1 Tm 2:1-8; Ps28:2,7-9; Lk 7:1­10

Sept 13 1 Tm 3:1-13; Ps101:1-3,5-6; Lk7:11-17

Sept 14 Nm 21 :4b-9; Ps78:1-2,34-38;Phil 2:6-11; In3:13-17

Sept 15 1 Tm 4:12-16;Ps 111:7-10; In19:25-27 or Lk2:33-35

Sept 16 1 Tm 6:2c-12;Ps49:6-10,17­,20; Lk'8:1-3

Sept 17 1 Tm 6:13-16;Ps 100:1-5;,Lk8:4-15

, Rite of Blessing and Sprinklingof Holy Water. This recalls our

.baptism, when we died withChrist and rose with him to thenew life of grace. All thesacraments receive their powerfrom the Passion of Christ; theblood and water that flowed

from his pierced sideon the cross symbolizethe Church's two chiefsacraments, baptismand the Eucharist.Christ's sacrifice is thesource of all grace andholiness, and nothingin the Mass is unrelatedto it.

It has been said thatwe Christians are an "Alleluiapeople," because at the heartof our faith is Easter and weknow our story will end inresurrection. That's true,provided we live acc~)fding to

almighty God...." As a gestureof humility, we strike our breastat the words, "through my ownfault." This is the only time inthe English translation of theMass when we speak in the firstperson "I" rather than as part ofa "we." How appropriate, since

sin builds barriers not onlybetween the individual and Godbut also between the individualand other people. For goodreason, then, we ask the lovingintercession of the wholeCommunion of Saints which isthe Church: "I ask blessed Maryever-Virgin, all the'angels andsaints, and you, my brothers andsisters, to pray for me to theLord our God."

The priest then prays for the,pardon of his own sins and thesins of all present: "Mayalmighty God have mercy onus...." However, this prayerdoes not substitute for thesacrament of penance, which isnecessary for the forgiveness ofmortal sins.

The Penitential Rite con­cludes with a humble andhopeful prayer called the Kyrieeleison, Greek for "Lord, havemercy." Together with theaccompanying invocationChriste eleison, Christ, havemercy, these are the only Greekphrases now found in theRoman rite of the Mass.

On Sundays, the PenitentialRite may be replaced with the '

Lovingand Livingthe Mass

After the Sign of the Crossand greeting comes the Peniten­tial Rite. The Bible always urgesrepentance as a prelude toworship. We therefore acknowl­edge our unworthiness toapproach the all-holy God,while at the same time'placingour trust in his bound-less mercy.

The priest invitesthe congregation to .examine their con­sciences by calling tomind their sins.Recalling our sins ishard to do withoutpausing for a moment.We ,need a period ofsilence to remember - andrepent of- the bad things wedid and the good things weneglected to do. I remembercelebrating Mass and hearing,after only five seconds ofsilence, a woman in the frontpew whisper impatiently,"What's he waiting for?" Maybeshe was hard of hearing anddidn't hear me say, "Let us callto mind our sins." Or perhapsshe was one of the many who,having been schooled in thegospel of self-acceptance,cannot think of anything to besorry about. The sense of sin,the sense that there is anotherorder of authority by which weare judged -these haven't beentotally lost, but they have beeneroded. And that's a dangerousthing. The Gospels tell us thatphysical and emotional health isnot the be-all and end-all ofexistence. As Jesus might saytoday, it is better to enter heavenwith a guilt complex than toenter the other place brimmingwith self-assertiveness. .

After a moment of silence,the priest and people togetherpray the Confiteor: "I confess to

Friday, September 9, 2005

Cleats for life

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What can our parishes do tohelp? Well, the Lord also says:"If two of you agree on some­thing for which to pray, it willbe granted." So, first of all,let's pray for the victims of thehurricane.

We might also send emer­gency funds. This, too, we willdo. Bishop George W. Colemanhas authorized such a collec­tion. It will be distributed tothe most needy throughCatholic Charities USA.Before we actually pass thebasket here, we will have abasket out for two weeks toreceive donations.

Anything else a countryparish can do for the evacueesfrom the "Big Easy"? We'vedesignated a portion of theproceeds of the Parish HarvestFestival to those with greaterneeds. To give is to give thanks.We also thought outside the box- flip flops. Many of therefugees fled their homesbarefoot or lost their shoes inthe mud. There are so manyoverwhelming needs - farbeyond our parish resources.But even if we can't do greatthings, we can at least do something. Flip flops we canhandle. We can do flip flops. Sowe're planning to fill the Texasstadiums with them, ourcompliments.

The sin would be for us todo nothing'.

Lord, break our hearts - ourhearts of stone - that we maylearn to love.

Father Goldrick is pastor ofSt. Bernard Parish, Assonet.Comments are welcome atStBernardAssonet@aol.com.

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away or fly their private jets toAspen or Bali. The poor wewill always have with us. Why?The poor can't go away even ifthey wanted to.

There is good news, too.Offers of help are coming in

. from around the world. Chari­table organizations across theland have mobilized - includ­ing Catholic Charities, one ofthe most efficient of them all.The military is on the scene.There are heroic individualacts, many of which willremain forever untold.

Our parish Website wasinaccessible for a few days. TheInternet provider is headquar­tered in downtown NewOrleans. Following the hurri­cane, this company was one ofthe few channels of communi­cation still operative. They usedtheir personnel and equipmentfor emergency assistance. Youdon't see this sort of need orthis level of altruism every day.Let the parish Website wait.There are more importantthings right now.

What is the answer? Psy­chiatrist Karl Menninger oncesaid: "Love is the medicine forthe sickness of the world."Hard to argue with that one, butwhy is love so easy to talkabout and so difficult to do?

There are different kinds oflove but in English, only oneword. There's romantic love.There's friendship and affec­tion. Then there's the highestform of love - spiritual love.Christian love is not an emotionbut a decision - an act of thewill - deliberately and freelyimplemented for the good ofanother. This is the kind of lovethe hurricane victims need rightnow.

we love someone, the needs ofthe other become as importantas our own. The Lord says: "Iwill hold you responsible foreach other...."

In any naturaldisaster, anywhere andalways, it's the weakestand the poorest thatsuffer most. Rescueworkers are now finding

" the sick and infirmnever even made it tothe shelters. They weretoo weak to leave theirhomes. The more able­

bodied poor were able to walkto the shelters. Possessions theydon't care much about, but theydon't want to leave their lovedones behind. The very poordon't have cars. And if they do,they have no gas to put in thetank. And if they do, they havenowhere to go anyway. Thepoor just don't hop theirmillion-dollar yachts and sail

HomeGrownFaith

formational type experiencesthat will leave positive impres­sions in their mind about theabundant joy in and blessingsof the Christian life. Here are ajust few ideas:

1. Make going to Mass asnatural and desirable as breath­ing air. Don't make attendance aquestion mark or a battlegroundevery Sunday. Just go, and gojoyfully. And, go expectingsome gift of grace or under­standing from the Lord becausehe wants to give it to you.

2. Fill your home with goodChristian media and music. Letit be contemporary Christianrock music when the kids areteens. Attend Christian rockconcerts together. WatchChristian movies. ReadChristian periodicals andnewspapers.

3. Pray yourself. Pray withyour kids. Pray for others. Prayfor healing, for forgiveness,and in thanksgiving. Trydifferent styles of prayer;perhaps the rosary, perhapsextemporaneous prayer.Charismatic and contemplative

need some spiritual cleats or alittle Christian grabbing andholding power, so everypassing herd doesn't trampletheir faith.

What might these spi~itual

cleats look like? What types ofthings will ground childrendeeply in their faith in JesusChrist? I'm sure there aremany different things. Thosethat spring to my mind are

keeps all the rules. People cansay almost anything on theInternet, but the best remedyfor ignorance is still silence.

Christian living means morethan following rules. Rulesexist to show the way. Rules donot guarantee a compassionateheart. Someone can observe allthe rules all the time and stillfail to love. Simply put, when

people to evacuate. They didn'tobey. Let them suffer theconsequences." Give me abreak! I bet this is someChristian who scrupulously

By Heidi Bratton

prayer are both a part of ourCatholic heritage. Try them.

4. Cultivate in your family alove of holy Scripture. ReadBible stories to the kids frombirth, and give them their own,age-appropriate Bibles. AttendBible study groups.

5. Love your spouse. Loveyour neighbor. Hold yourtongue. Show with youractions, as well as your words,

that Jesus is the Lord of_---------~r-~_::--..... your life.

6. Give the kids rolemodels in the faith.Teach them about thesaints of long ago andmissionaries of today.Put up posters ofCatholic heroes in theirrooms right next to thesports heroes and

movie stars! You might eventake one or two of the secularposters down to make room.

7. Do good deeds in thename of Jesus. Get the wholefamily involved in a neighbor­hood missions project. Finan­cially support missionaries.

By visualizing each ofthese ideas as a single prongon the bottom of a pair ofspiritual cleats, you will seethat the more prongs the cleatshave and the stronger eachprong is, the less your kids willslip and slide on the soccerfield of life. Spiritual cleats arenot faddish extras for Catholickids; they are proper equip­ment for the game.

Heidi Bratton is the at­home mother offive children.She is the author and photog­rapher of11 Christianchildren's books and onetrade book on motheringcalled "Making Peace withMotherhood and Creating aBetter You." Heidi and herhusband, John, make theirhome and grow their faith inFalmouth.

Late summer, 2005 - Portof New Orleans - Height ofHurricane Season

I try to keep up with thenews, but these days I canhardly stand it. I canonly absorb the news inlittle bits and pieces.The news from the GulfCoast is just tooterrible.

Cities wiped out.People dead and dying.Hospitals overwhelmed.Traumatized childrenseparated from theirfamilies. Frantic parents search­ing for their children. The sickslowly suffocating as theiroxygen supply runs out. Rescueworkers shot at. Looting andrape; mayhem and chaos.

I read the most horrendousstatement posted on the Internetthe other day. Someone wasmouthing-off: 'The Preside~t ofthe United States ordered those

Doing flip flops

All of our kids have playedsoccer. They love the game! I,on the other hand, am onlybeginning to understand it. Atthe start of our first soccerseason, years back, I had noclue what type of equipmentthe kids really needed to play.Fortunately, the town recre­ational department issued shinguards and tube socks, butwhen the kids suggested theirneed for soccer cleats(like their teammates),I was pretty sure the"need" was really afaddish extra, likesweatbands, only moreexpensive. Each kidalready had a perfectlygood pair of tennisshoes, and these

. seemed good enough tome for running after a largeball on a flat field.

Boy, was I wrong! Duringthe opening few minutes of herfirst "real" soccer game ourespecially enthusiastic six­year-old daughter and herteammates looked like a herdof wildebeest stampeding afterthis little checkered ball thathad a mind of its own. Unfor­tunately, every time my poordaughter tried to make a quicktum or to stop, her feet slid outfrom under her, and the herdtrampled her. It was clear thather flat-bottomed tennis shoesweren't going to cut it. Sheneeded to have a little moregrabbing and holding poweragainst the other players or shewasn't going to survive theseason in one piece. So, thefirst thing mom learned aboutsoccer was that cleats are notfaddish extras.

Properly equipping kids towalk the Catholic walk is notunlike properly equippingthem for a soccer game.Against a stampede of theworldly ideas and people, kids

Is Friday, September 9, 2005 II

HOUSES DAMAGED by Hurricane Katrina are surroundedby debris in New Orleans..(CNS photo from Reuters)

Newly-ordained priest goeson 10-week vocation mission

"I also try to let the youngpeople and their families knowthat they should try to listen towhat the.Holy Spirit is trying tosay to them. Don't ignore God'scall. This grace from God de­serves some attention."

He also lets his listeners knowthat a calling from God doesn'thave to be answered "right away."

"I tell them it took me a while.It was a process of listening andprayer."

What makes Father Bissinger's.story and message so credible isthe obvious joy he has in hispriestly vocation.

At his ordination in July, Fa­ther Bissinger's countenance dur­ing the entire Mass was one ofextremejoy and peace. That genu­ineness is an asset to the messagehe brings to people on Saturdaysand Sundays.

"It's wonderful' to see ayounger priest so enthusiasticabout his ministry," said Msgr.Stephen J. Avila, pastor ofSt. JohnNeumann Parish in EastFreetown, after Father Bissingerspent a weekend there recently."He was very well received by thepeople here. His personal witnesswas a message from the heart."

"It's great to be a priest," Fa­ther Bissinger said in his Anchorinterview. "I am very happy withmy experience as a priest. This iswhat God called me to do and Ilove celebrating Mass and hear­ing confessions.

"I try to let young people knowthat they don't have to be holy tohave a calling. Let God make youholy.."

"I'm so grateful to FatherBissinger for taking on this mis­sion," said Father Correia. "It'swonderful that this young ener­getic priest has said yes, and it's a

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young people, but to families aswell," he said. "It was from myfamily that my vocation wasstarted." He grew up in St Joseph'sParish in Fall River and was greatlyinfluenced by his parents and byFather Paul F. McCarrick, thenpastor at St. Joseph's.

The young priest recalls beingvery active in his parish as ayoungster. "I was in eighth orninth grade when I started to forman identity for myself and myCatholic faith was very much apart of that.

"My CCD teacher at the time,Holy Union Sister Eugenia Mar- .garet Ready, now at Sacred HeartParish in Fall River, also made agreat impact on me."

Father Bissinger also tells hislisteners that he sensed a possiblecalling to the priesthood,but "kept.pushingit aside, not taking it allthat seriously."

"I went to college and then en­tered the U.S. Navy," he told TheAnchor. "I first explored the call­ing of the Navy, but all that time,a priestly vocation still was in theback of my mind." .

Following his discharge hewent.back to school, aU the whilestill feeling the Lord tugging at hisheartstrings. "The Lord didn't hitme over the head with a calling,"said Father Bissinger. "It wasmore of a gentle tugging. But itwas persistent."

After a few years of having"cold feet," he entered the semi­nary with the help ofFather CraigA. Pregana, then director of thediocesan Vocation Office.

"When I speak to the people atthe Masses on weekends, I try toplant a seed by telling them whatI went through," he said. "On thismission, I consider myself a 're­cruiter.' God does the calling, and .he works from within.

FATHER KARL C. Bissinger, right, is in the midst of a 10-week vocation mission acrossthe Diocese of Fall River. With Father Bissinger following his ordination Mass at St. Mary'sCathedral on July 9, are, from left: his parents, Andrew and Therese Bissinger, and BishopGeorge W. Coleman. (AnchoriJolivet photo)

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Mississippi, reported that St. Tho­mas the Apostle Church in LongBeach, Miss., in the Biloxi dio­cese, was destroyed in the hurri­cane. The parish was founded in1903.

Spring Hill College, a Jesuitschool in Mobile, sustained mod­erate damage in the hurricane ­as opposed to light damage suf­fered from last year's HurricaneIvan. The electricity was still out,but they hoped to have it back onbefore the end of the Labor Dayweekend. In fact, students weretold to forgo the Labor Day holi­day as classes were to begin La­bor Day morning

All bishops in the hurricane-af­fected region had b~en accountedfor.

In the days after HurricaneKatrina pummeled the Diocese ofBiloxi, Miss., contact among di­ocesan officials was still spotty,according to diocesan comptrol­ler Tammy DiLorenzo.

"I have not seen anyone. I havebeen in touch with Bishop Tho­mas J. Rodi of Biloxi, but not di­rectly, but he set up somethingbefore we got out of town. We'rerelaying messages through there,"said DiLorenzo, who was taking By DAVE JOLIVET

refuge with her family at her ANCHOR EDITOR

sister's home in Fairhope, Ala. NORTH DARTMOUTH _But what concerns DiLorenzo

most is the damage sustained by Fresh from the joyful experiencechurches in the Biloxi diocese. of his ordination to the priesthood

Looking at aerial pictures of on July 9, Father Karl C. Bissingervarious buildings in the diocese is in the midst ofa whirlwind tourthat had been posted on Websites, across the diocese.she said St. Thomas Church in At the invitation of BishopLong Beach appeared to have suf- George W. Coleman and Fatherfered extensive damage. While St. Edward W. Correia, director of theMichael Church in Biloxi is "still diocesan Vocation Office, Fatherthere," DiLorenzo said, it suffered Bissinger is speaking at weekend"very significant roof damage. I Masses about his call to the priest­feel very confident that with the hood and extending an. invita.ti.onstorm surge and everything, there to you~g men and !heIr farmhesis probably pretty much nothing t? conSIder a vocation as an op-left in that one." St. Paul in Pass . tiO~ for the future. .Christian "is probably washed out .Shortly be!ore my July ordl-also," she added. natlO~, the b~shop and Father

"All the parishes right along C~rrela asked If! would considerthe (Gulf) coast were extremely thIS assi~n~ent for the summer,"heavily damaged, if not a total ~ather Blss~nger ~old ~he Anchorloss" she said m a recent mtervlew. I was sur-

Bishop Rocti had earlier said prised by. the i~~itati~n and Ione-fifth of the diocese's churches prayed on It, reallzmg this was anand one-third of its schools may. important ~s.sion to ?e"on.':,have been destroyed by the hurri- Father Blssmger Said yes andcane. very quickly had a list of parishes

he would visit, beginning in lateJuly right through the end of Sep­tember.

'.' "The Vocation Office and thebishop agreed that having some­one newly-ordained to bring thevocation message to our parisheswould have some benefits," saidFather Correia. "It's important forour young people to see a youngpriest who's full of zeal, energyand happiness. It sends a verygood message."

Father Bissinger said he agreedwith the energy and happiness, but"I'm not so sure about the youngpart."

In his mid-30s when he wasordained this summer, FatherBissinger tells his story eachweekend.

"I offer my story not just to

Hurricaneand its people will return to normal,if it ever will happen."

He said that Catholic CharitiesUSA will be coordinating the ef­forts of Catholics throughout thecountry in providing help whereit can do the most good.

"It will focus on long-term re­covery efforts needed over thenext three-to-five years to rebuildthese communities and helppeople get back on their feet, emo­tionally and financially. Thankyou for all your help."

Bishop Coleman's statementfollows the call of Bishop Will­iam S. Skylstad, president of theU.S. Conference ofCatholic Bish­ops, who on August 30 called onall 195 Catholic dioceses in theUnited States to participate in anational collection for. hurricanerelief with donations going toCatholic Charities USA.

"Catholic Charities USA has aprofessional and well-developedsystem ofreviewing the needs andproviding help where it can ac­complish the most good," BishopSkylstad, who heads the Dioceseof Spokane, Wash., said.

For now, Catholic CharitiesUSA is accepting only monetarydonations.

"People are without homes orplaces to put food, clothing, blan­kets and other relief supplies rightnow," explained Maj. DaltonCunningham, who is coordinatingrelief efforts of the SalvationArmy.

~atholic Charities was just ofone of several organizations pro­viding assistance to victims ofHur­ricane Katrina, which slammedinto the Gulf Coast east of NewOrleans and left what authoritiesthere said in unofficial estimates .were more than 2,000 dead.

Pope Benedict XVI expressedhis spiritual closeness and con­cern for all those affected by thehurricane and he offered specialprayers for those engaged in re­lief efforts.

In a telegram sent by the.Vatican's secretary of state, Car­dinal Angelo Sodano, the popesaid he was "deeply saddened bythe tragic consequences of the re­cent hurricane."

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PAINFUL MEMORIES ...... A trail of smoke pours from the World Trade Center towers afterbeing struck by hijacked commercial airplanes in New York Sept. 11, 2001. Nearly 3,000people perished in the attack. Sunday marks the fourth anniversary of the terrorist attackson New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. (CNS file photo from Reuters)

Special Masses, services, willmark 9/11's fourth anniversary

John Neumann in East Freetown.Father David Costa of Sacred

Heart Parish in North Attleboro saidthey will be remembering victimsincluding Lynn Catherine,Goodchild, 25, who was a memberof St. Mark's Parish in AttleboroFalls during the weekend Masses.She was a passenger on Flight 176out of Boston, which was crashedinto one of the 1\vin Towers.

Boy Scout Scott McGuire, ofSt.Marks Parish, Attleboro, has raised$15,00:>for his Eagle Project, whichwill erect a monument to victims of9/11 in that town on September 11at2p.m.

McGuire is a freshman at BishopFeehan High School, and is a mem­berofTroop 33 ofSacred Heart Par­ish there.

At St. Joan of Arc Parish in Or­leans, Father Richard M. Roy saidhis parish is co-sponsoring an Ecu­menical Service on 9/11 at 7 p.m. atthe Church of the Holy Spirit in Or­leans at the comer of MonumentRoad and Route 28.

Father Marcel H. Bouchard ofCorpusChristiParish,EastSandwich,said parishioners will mark the anni­versary with a special prayer at allMasses the 9/11 weekend. Specialintercessions will be included and theclosing hymn will beg for God'sblessing on United States. The twoMasses that Sunday will concludewith a brief commemoration at theflagpole, weather permitting. It willinclude a hymn, a prayer and the firstverse of the National Anthem.

Across the diocese, many will beremembering Father Grogan.

Although he went into semi-re­tirement in 1997, FatherGrogan hadassisted at several parishes on short­term assignments. He had served forsixth months at St. Stanislaus Parishin Fall River filling in for FatherRobert Kaszynski while he was onsabbatical. He celebrated Mass ev­ery Friday morning at Holy FamilyParish in Taunton. And he said Massregularly at St. Patrick's Parish inSomerset.

In 1998, Father Grogan be­came superior of the MissionHouse community in NorthDartmouth. He was aboard UnitedAirlines Flight 75, preparing tovisit his sister in California, whenit was hijacked. He was slated totake up a new assignment as chap­lain at St. Joseph's Center, theHoly Cross Brothers' retirementcommunity in Valitie, N.Y.

INVESTIGATORS COMB a field near Shanksville, Pa.,where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in a coordinated ter­rorist attack on the United States Sept. 11, 2001. Forty-fourpeople, including four hijackers, died instantly in the crash.(CNS photo from Reuters)

courage to do what they do. Re­sponding to the unknown; firemenrushing into a fire; policemen re­sponding to calls where there mightbe a weapon. Even if that plane thatcrashed into the towers had crashedbecause of a malfunction, theywould have still rushed in."

He recalled that the terrorists' at­tacks happened two months after hisordination and people were in shockand looking for answers. "I was feel­ing the same thing," he said. "Ittaught me how to minister."

He said that the events ofthat daybrought home to many families thedangers that are involved with hav­ing a loved one work as a memberof the police or fire departments.

"Being a policeman or firemanputs a lot of stress on families."

''We try to make a difference,"said Father Frederici. "Police offic­ers see people at their worst and mustbe reminded that they are appreci­ated and are making a difference inthe community."

Here's how the diocese will re­member 9/11:

At Holy Rosary Parish in Taun­ton, Father David Stopyra, OFMConv., said "We'll be offeringprayers during the Mass on Septem­ber 11. There will be prayers for thefamilies as well as those who died."

FatherStopyra recalls hearing thereports on the radio. ''I couldn't be­lieve what was happening. It was anunreal day. Churches were filled thatweekend; but it seems we're backto normal. It's a day people too eas­ily forget." .

At Holy Ghost Parish inAttleboro, Father John A. Rapososaid the 8 a.m. Mass on the anniver­sary will be dedicated to the fami­lies and the victims of 9/11.

Father Michael Carvill said St.Joseph Parish in Attleboro remem­bered the 9/11 victims with a spe­cial bulletin cover that included aprayer for them. The victims andfamilies will be also remembered atMass that day during the prayer ofthe faithful.

Pastoral planning committees ofseveral parishes coordinated a singleliturgy commemorating the anniver­sary with a rosary for peace and ado­ration of the Blessed Sacrament atOur Lady of Fatima Parish, NewBedford from 3-4 p.m.

Parishes involved are: St. Joseph­St. Therese, St. Mary's, OurLady ofFatima, all in New Bedford; and St.Francis Xavier in Acushnet and St.

sistance and support when called. Heis also chaplain at the Yannouth Po­lice Department

Asked whether he wornes aboutanotherS~temberllh~peningin

this country, Deacon Akin said "ab­solutely. Right now our country isstretched thin and our economy isfragile."

FatherDavid C. Frederici, in resi­dence atOurLadyofVictory Church,Centerville, is chaplain of theBarnstable Police Department. Al­though he was not a ch~lain on 9/II, he said it brought him to his post.

"I had a conversation with tllelocal police and fire departmentsfollowing the events of September11 and Iwanted to help out and makea difference."

Father Frederici, who is also thefull-time chaplain at Cape CodHos­pital, said the attacks on America had"a huge impact on our police andfiremen. It affected all of them," hesaid.

"Our officers have a reminder ofthat every day because we have topost an officer at the Hyannis Mu­nicipal Airport. What helps them isthe knowledge that 9111 opened allour eyes to the risk that the men andwomen ofourpolice and fire depart­ments put themselves in everyday forall Americans."

Father Frederici reported 96 p<)­

lice officers have died in the line offire in the United States, to date, thisyear, and that impacts all police of­ficers because each one thinks theymightbe next ''It's adifficultjob andthere is a lot of risk."

He is happy to support them any­way he can. Sometimes he rides withthem in their cruisers in order to bethere to talk or listen. Talk might beabout sports. Or it can turn to diffi­culties the officer might be havingin his personal life.

"I get dressed up in a bulletproofvest when I go out with them andthat rerninds me ofthe dangers theygo through. The officers have such

The initial report of those deadincluded Holy Cross Father FrancisGrogan, 76, former superior of thecongregation's Mission House inNorth Dartmouth, who was wellknown in the diocese.

Others who died in the attackshad ties to parishes in Taunton,Wellfleet, North Attleboro, Westport,and Martha's Vmeyard.

Deacon David P. Akin ofSt PiusX Parish, South Yannouth was oneofmany fire chaplains who traveledto New York City in the aftermathof September II. He said for thosewho were there, it is something theythink about often.

''We had a lot offirefighters fromMassachusetts who went down toNew York City to help and it had astrong emotional impact. They stillthink about it a lot. It was like beingin a war zone and it's something thataffected me greatly. It's a day thatwe should not forget. Those fire andpolicemen gave their lives to savesome 40,000 others."

Akin worked with widows offirefighters who were lost at the siteand said it was difficult.

''We brought the widows overbyboat to view the destruction andprayed with them at the site. Al­though it was tough for them to seethe destruction, it began the healingprocess."

While there, he also worked at thesite in search for bodies and in themorgue helping with the process ofidentification. "It too was very diffi­cult work," he said. ''We did a lot ofpraying."

Akin visited New York Cityfirehouses with a retired city firemanto offer support and listen to firemanwho needed someone to talk to. Hesaid there were many who had feel­ings ofguilt because their friends haddied but they were spared.

The deacon's current duties in­clude being a member of the Capeand Islands Critical Incident StressManagement team, which offers as-

> Congregation of HolyCross will remember itsFather Francis Grogan,who was aboard one ofthe jets that crashedinto Manhattan's formerTrade Center.

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DEACON JAMES N. DUNBAR

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FALL RIVER - Memories oflives cut short and loved ones loststill haunt many as America nextweek marks the fourth anniversaryof Al Qaeda's aerial attack on twoNew York skyscrapers and the Pen­tagon in Washington.

Here in the Fall River diocese,grieving Catholics hurried to theirparish churches on the morning ofSept. 11,2001 to pray after reportsbegan to pour in of the horror andchaos as four passenger jets werehijacked by terrorists, two of theplanes crashed into the World TradeCenters1\vinTowers in Manhattan,N.Y., which subsequently collapsed.

Within minutes, suicidal terroristshad crashed anothercommercial air­liner into the Pentagon in Washing­ton,D.C.

Still later, another plane wascrashed near Pittsburgh.

The numbers of those killedaboard the planes and those on theground totaled 2,985.

1\vo of the commercial jets werehijacked at Logan Airport in Boston,and among the passengers were sev­eral parishioners or kin of parishio­ners in the Fall River diocese.

Across the diocese next week,Masses will be celebrated, rosariesrecited, time spent in adoration be­fore the BlessedSacrament, and spe­cial prayers said in remembrance ofthose who died in the only seriousattack on America's home soil sincePearl Harbor, Hawaii, in December1941.

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well-cast and believable as a guiltridden woman on the run, while thversatile Lewis could not be modifferent from the veddy BritishSoames, an obsessed suitor of an­other stripe, that he played in the re­centBBC ''Forsyte Saga" Manheimis terrific as the good-hearted wait­ress who copes better than Einar withthe loss of a child (her daughterdrowned, we learn).

Lucas plays his shareofbad guys,but here he's allowed to play one ofthe good ones. Gardner is refresh­ingly down-ta-earth, and even thegrizzly - Bart IT in real life - ac­quits himself well. (The bear, sym­bolizes, none too subtly, those partsofour pastofwhich we must let go.)

Lush location scenery and paint­erly photography (by OliverStapleton) are other pluses in thisevocative and beautifully redemptiveslice ofWestern Americana.

Despiteprofanity, rough languageand ureligious remarks (mostlycour­tesy of Redford's salty but basicallyhonorable character), some briefepisodes of domestic violence andimplied premarital sex, the film isuplifting entertainmentfor adults andmature adolescents. The USCCBOffice for Film & Broadcastingclas­sification is A-ill - adults. TheMotion Picture Association ofAmerica rating is PG-13 - parentsare strongly cautioned. Some mate­rial may be inappropriate for chil­dren under 13.

Peter from the Basilica of St. PaulOutside the Walls, part of thedecorations commissioned duringthe time ofPope St. Leo the Great.

Treasures from the Vaticanfrom the time of St. Peter, the flfstpope, to Pope John Paul II, whodied in April, were collected fothe exhibition that runs until Sep

, tember 1'8 in the restored crypt 0

the 175-year-old basilica. The exhibition will move to San Antonio in October and Milwaukee iFebruary 2006....

Friday, September 9, 2005

MONTREAL (CNS) - BettyFreeman of Montreal was drawnto "St. Peter and the Vatican: TheLegacy ofthe Popes," an exhibi­tion of some 300 Vatican trea­sures at the Basilica de NotreDame, by her respect for the latePope John Paul II, whom she hadseen when he visited Montreal in1984.

But what she found most im­pressive was not the bronze castof his hand, but a fifth-centurymosaic fragment depicting St.

Montreal exhibit showcases Churchtreasures unseen even at Vatican

as the bear roams the town, causinggreat consternation. Einar wants toshoot him, but local sheriff Crane(Josh Lucas) stops him in the nick ­of time and sees to it that the bear iscaptured and put in the care of thelocal zoo owner.

Far from despising the bear,Mitch worries about the bear's well­being, and demands that Einar feedthe now-caged bear. With Griffat hisside, Einar dutifully complies.Mitch's instinct to show the bearmercy is a powerful, if obvious,

'metaphor.Jean, meanwhile, officially re­

ports her situation to Crane, in caseGary should show up again, and be­fore long, motivated in part by Jean'sintense sense of loneliness - espe­cially in light of Einar'sunwelcomingcoldness- they com­mence an affair. Griff is angry abouttheir liaison, as her mother has hada pattern ofhooking up with disrepu­taole men. But this will prove dif­ferent, as Crane shows himself adecent man.

The pacing is leisurely, but theunderlying threat ofGary's reappear­ance and the omnipresent bearwreaking more havoc add a goodmeasure of suspense.

Director Lasse Hallstrom's film,though not devoid ofcliches, vividlyconveys its positive message abouthealing, letting go ofthe pastand liv­ing life to the fullest despite tragedy.Though the life ofEinar's son is re­ferred to as ''unfinished,'' the titlealso reflects Einar's emotional pa-

NEW YORK'(CNS) - Youmight suspect something amiss witha movie that's been sitting on theshelf for two years, but if you passup "An Unfinished Life" (Miramax)you'll be missing one of2005's best.

This is a totally captivating taleofforgiveness and rebirth in its storyof an embittered Wyoming ranchernamed Einar Gilkyson (RobertRedford), who takes care of ranchhand Mitch (Morgan Freeman),badly mauled by a bear.

, Einar reluctantly gives shelter tohis son's widow, Jean (JenniferLopez), who shows up unexpectedlywith the ll-year-old granddaughter,Griff (Becca Gardner), he neverknew he had. They are fleeing theabuse of Jean's violent boyfriend,Gary (Damian Lewis).

Written by MarkSpragg and VIf­ginia Korus Spragg, the film featurestop-level acting all around, but withRedford outstanding. This is a ca­reer peak for him. He completelyinhabits his ornery, grizzled man's­man characterwho-after the deathof his beloved son - shuts himselfdown to life. His dialogue is liber­ally sprinkled with profanity, so youknow he'll eventually soften underGriff's openhearted and liberatingpresence.

He's not particularly religious,insisting, for instance, that anyonewho comes to his door be treatedwell, unless "it's some guy sellingGod," which he gruffly dismisseswith an expletive. But in every otherrespect, he's an honorable man.

In addition to his ministrations toMitch, he defends Nina (CamrynManheim), the localdiner's waitress,from the predations ofthree drunkenlouts.

Einar - who talks to his songraveside every day - blames Jeanfor his son's death (she had beendriving, and lost control of the car).

Mitch - another splendid Free­man portrayal- spends most ofhistime in his shack, calling on Einar togive him morphine shots when thepain gets bad. The brotherly bondbetween the two men is admirable,and so profound that young Griff atonepointmistakenly thinks they mustbe gay, much to their amusement.

Mitch's assailant plays a big part

ROBERT REDFORD and Morgan Freeman star in a scene from the movie "An Unfinished Life." (eNS photo from Miramax) ,

eNS movie review - 'An Uriflnis'hed Life'

pose undercover as a student ata silver.-spoon academy in orderto investigate the murder of a stu­dent who uncovers a ring of carthieves and drug dealers operat­ing qn <::ampus. Clumsily directed ,by Marcos Siega, the formulaicfish-out-of-water film aspires tobe a hIgh-school version of"Beverly Hills Cop," but Cannonlacks Eddie Murphy's comiccharm and much ofthe flat script'shumor relies on racial stereotyp­ing. Recurring action violence,teen-age drinking, drug content,sexual references and innuendoand brief potty humor, as well assporadic crude language. TheUSCCB Office for Film & Broad­casting classification is A-III ­adults. The Motion Picture Asso­ciation of America rating is PG­13' - parents are strongly cau­tioned. Some material may be in­appropriate for children under 13."Undiscovered" (Lions Gate)

Contrived romance about alove-shy model (Pell James) who- to pursue a career in acting ­relocates from New York to' LosAngeles, where she meets an as­piring singer-songwriter (StevenStrait) with whom she had a fleet­ing flirtation back East, and triesto jump-start his career, while she- having sworn off dating mu­sicians - resists the pull of theirattraction. Despite an unvar­nished "indie" look and appeal­ing young cast, director MeiertAvis' middling meditation onlove and fame is weighed downby its predictable, cliche-ladenscript. An implied sexual encoun­ter as well as some sexually sug­gestive situations, briefdrug con­tent and scattered crude lan­guage. The USCCB Offic~ forFilm & Broadcasting classifica­tion is A-III - adults. The Mo­tion Picture Association ofAmerica rating is PG-13 - par­ents are strongly cautioned.Some material may be inappro­priate for children under 13.

In honor of Sister Lucia dos Santos,seer of Fatima, who died

February 13,2005, age·97.Lucia pray for us.,

St. Anne's Prayer"Good St. Anne, Mother of Mary, and

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NEW YORK (CNS) - The.following are capsule reviews ofmovies recently reviewed by theOffice for Film & Broadcastingofthe U.S. Conference ofCatho­lic Bishops.

. "The Transporter 2" (20thCentury Fox)

Violence-drenched follow-upto the 2002 action film whichfinds dapper but lethal driver-for­hire Frank Martin (JasonStatham) playing chauffeur forthe young son of a wealthy Mi­ami family, before shifting gearsinto bone-breaking mode whenthe boy is kidnapped as part of aplot to spread a deadly virus.Despite slick direction by LouisLeterrier and a charismatic turnby Statham, the high-octane se­quel follows the original's leadin its procession of stylized may­hem which, though admittedlyimpressive, is as ridiculous as itis excessive. Pervasive conse­quence-free violence, disrespectfor law officers, an impliedsexual encounter, fleeting partialrear nudity, an instance of roughlanguage and scattered crude lan­guage. The USCCB Office forFilm & Broadcasting classifica­tion is 0 - morally offensive.The Motion Picture Associationof America rating is PG-13 ­parents are strongly cautioned.Some material may be inappro­priate for children under 13.,"Underclassman" (Miramax)

Lightweight action comedyset in Los Angeles about an im­petuous, but streetwise, rookiecop (Nick Cannon) assigned to

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OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELPST. CASIMIR PARISH FAMILY

Vatican says pope-schismatic bishopmeeting based on wish for unity

three bishops and ArchbishopLefebvre and to authorize, withoutrestrictions, all Catholic priests tocelebrate the Tridentine Mass, therite replaced in 1969 with publica­tion of the new Roman Missal.

'These are two preconditionswhich wecannotdissociate from anyfurther doctrinal discussion," he said.

Though Bishop Fellay said ''theissue ofthe Mass is not all" the groupis concerned with, he added, "wemustbegin with somethingconcrete."

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may tru.ly take those steps" thatwould let its members be reinstatedinto the Church.

InaJuly interview with DICI, thepress agency of the Society of St..Pius X, BishopFellay said there weretwo preconditions for extended talkswith the Vatican.

When asked in the July interviewwhat he would request in a meetingwith Pope Benedict, he said hewould ask the pope to lift the excom­munication againsthimself, the other

6:30 p.m. MASSPresider & Homilist - Fr. Frederick Flaherty. M.S.

Church

Friday, September 16EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

In honor of the Year of the Eucharist1:00 - 6:00 p.m.

dom and ecumenism as formulatedby the Second Vatican Council.

Pope John Paul nset up a Vati­can commission, "Ecclesia Dei, " in1988 to offer pastoral care to Arch­bishop Lefebvre's former followers.

The commission's head, Cardi­nal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, is incharge ofkeeping achannel ofcom­munication open with current lead­ers ofthe Lefebvrite group. The car­dinal was present at the recent meet­ing' Navarro-Valls said.

Bishop Fellay said in his writtenstatementthat the meeting with PopeBenedict "took place in an atmo­sphere of calm" and that they"broached the serious difficulties,already known, in a spirit of greatlove for the Church."

'The audience was an opportu­nity for the society to manifest thatit has always been attached - andalways will be - to the Holy See,eternal Rome," he said.

Cardinal Mario FrancescoPompedda, the retired head of theVatican's highest court, said until the

. group "submits itself to the legiti­mate authority of the pope and rec­ognizes the resolutions adopted bythe Second Vatican Council as doc­trinal acts. of renewal and opennessof the Church to the world," therecould be no .''full communion withthe Lefebvrites."

"If they accept these points, theMass in Latin will no longer be aproblem, also because Pope JohnPaul n had already allowed it," the

. cardinal said in an interview pub­lished AugUst 30by the Italian daily,lil Repubblica. .

Cardinal Pompedda said he.would not call the August 29 meet­ing a sign of "a new atmosphere"between the two sides, but the pre­vailing mood could "undoubtedlyopen up to the hope that the society

sonable time frame was demon­strated," the Vatican spokesman saidin a text released by the Vatican.

Bishop Fellay said the 35-minuteencounter with the pope resulted in"a consensus as to proceeding bystages in the resolution ofproblems."

However, he added in a latercommunique published on thesociety's Website that the society waspraying "that the Holy Father mightfind the strength to put an end to thecrisis in the Church by 'restoring allthings in Christ. '"

Bishop Fellay is one offour bish­ops ordained against papal orders bythe late French Archbishop MarcelLefebvre in 1988. The bishop is thecurrent head of the Switzerland­based Society of St. Pius X, whichwas founded by ArchbishopLefebvre after he broke with Rome.

Archbishop Lefebvre, who diedin 1991, rejected the liturgical re­forms and concepts ofreligious free-

SCHISMATIC BISHOP Bernard Fellay, superior generalof the Society of St. Pius X, smiles as he arrives at his resi­dence in Albano, Italy, south of Rome, after a 35-minutemeeting with Pope Benedict XVI in Castel Gandolfo August29. (CNS photo from Reu"ters)

By CAROL GLATZ

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - The desireto take concrete steps toward recon­ciliation and unity underlined aclosed-door meeting between PopeBenedict XVI and the head of aschismatic priestly society, said the

.Vatican's chief papal spokesman.Joaquin Navarro-Valls, head of

the Vatican press office, confirmedin a written press release that thepope met with Bishop BernardFellay, superior general of the Soci­ety of St. Pius X, at the papal sum­mer residence in Castel Gandolfo.

The meeting, held at BishopFellay's request, took place "in acli­mate oflove for the Church" and wasmarked by "the desire to reach per­fect communion," Navarro-Vallswrote.

Although both sides were "awareof the difficulties, the will to proceedforward step by step and in a rea-

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SANTO CHRISTO PARISH VOTERTURNOUT OVER LAST 10 ELECTIONS

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In the November 2003 Fall River city election, Santo ChristoParish exceeded the city voter turnout by more than 20 per-cent.

measure the voter turnout for theirparishioners and, based on theseresults, begin planning for the 2006State elections.

To be successful and to yieldconcrete results, a get-out-the­vote must be sustained. Ifa grass­roots campaign is a one-time ef­fort limited to Presidential elec­tions, the effect will be severelylimited. Occasional voter mobili­zation movements have notworked in the past and cannot rea­sonably be expected to be veryfruitful in the future.

Our political system is con­structed to address the concerns of

tions but they have an immense in­fluence on the quality of life ques­tion. That is why participation inlocal elections is as. important inmany respects as participation instate and national elections.

In New Bedford, the dramaticincrease of violent crime in thestreets and in the schools is re­flected every day in the local pa­pers. In Fall River, the safety of theproposed Weaver Cove Liquefied

. Natural Gas Project is hotly de­bated. These issues are of vital con­cern to the individual members ofthe parish community. and, by defi.,nition, should be of concern to the

.EXPECTED VOTER TURNOUTIN 2005 NEW BEDFORD CITY ELECTIONS

EXPECTEDEXPECTED

MEMBERS AND TURNOUT VanNG TURNOUT IN 2003TURNOUT IN

FAMILY .TURNOUT IN 2003 OCT 2005 MUNICIPAL VOTlNG IN NOVREGlSlERED TO CITY PRIMARY PREUMINARY ELECTlON 2005

VOlE ELECTlONMUNICIPALELECTION

MOUNT CARMEL 2,723 31.PERCENT 42 PERCENT

IMMACULATE 2,100 27 PERCENT 44 PERCENTCONCEPTlON.

STJOHNS 1~ 29 PERCENT 44 PERCENT

STANTHONY 943 33 PERCENT 48 PERCENT

TOTAL 7,022 30 PERCENT 2,085 44 PERCENT 3,116CHURCHES ...J.:.JUr » .

Source: The Portuguese American Citizenship Project

COMPARISON OF EXPECTED PARISH AND CITY VOTER TURNOUTIN 2005 NEW BEDFORD CITY ELECTIONS

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TURNOUT INREGISTERED TO TURNOUT IN 2003 TURNOUT VOTlNG TURNOUT IN 2003 VOTlNG IN NOV

VOTE CITY PRIMARY OCT 2005 MUNICIPAL 2005PREUMINARY ELECTlONELECTION

MUNICIPAL. ELECTION

TOTAL CHURCHES 7,022 30 PERCENT . 2,085 44 PERCENT 3,116

NEW BEDFORD 49,292 20 PERCENT 9,957 31 PERCENT 15,083TOTAL

FOUR PARISHES ASPERCENT OF NEW 14 PERCENT 21 PERCENT 21 PERCENTBEDFORD TOTAL

Source: The Portuguese American Citizenship Project

elections set for September 13.''There are a series ofquestions

we have put together for the can­didates in the municipal electionand we will be making themknown soon," Amarelo reported.

A Candidates' Night encour­ages informed involvement by par­ish voters and promotes awarenessby local officials of issues impact­ing the parish community. The par­ish is prohibited from enoorsingany candidate: Nonetheless, anycandidate with any hope of win­ning the votes of the individual pa­rishioners will.have to shape his'or her campaign to meet the de-

become convinced of the commit­ment to continue to mobilize theirmembers for .each election, thenatural question for a political of­ficial to the parish is "What do youwant."

To answer this question, twoparishes, St. Michael's in FallRiver and Mount Carmel in NewBedford, are planning to organizetheir own Candidates' Night in Oc­tober for contenders for city office.Parish committees are formulatingquestions to put before the candi­dates so that parishioners are bet­ter informed on who they arechoosing. .

The Catholic Church in itsFaithful Citizenship Campaignoutlines specifically the ruleswhich must be followed is estab­lishing anon-partisan forum. Es-

sentially, the plan in Fall River andNew Bedford is to allow the can­didates a brief time to state t;heirqualifications. The parish commit­tee will then pose a series of ques­tions to each participant on localconcel1)s which have been drawnfrom the parishioners themselves- questions relating to issuesranging from security in the localschools to the snow removal in theneighborhoods.

Odete Amarelo, a member ofthe parish committee at St.Michael's Parish in Fall River, saidpreliminary steps to holding acandidate's night there, are alTeadyin place. The forum will be heldOctober 6 at 7 p.m., in the parishhall.

Amarelo said one of the firststeps was to mail a questionnaireto candidates for mayor and thecity council asking their opinion onthe proposed Weaver Cove Lique­fied Natural Gas Project in FallRiver. She said the results of thatquestionnaire will be made avail­able only after the. preliminary

Continued from page oneElectionsnumber is still a big number. Thepari3h committee found there were2,129 registered voters in its par­ish community - the largest col­lection of registered voters in thecity.

Even more impressive, whenthe voting patterns of these parish­ioners are studied, the committeediscovered also that these parish­ioners vote at a significantly higherrate than the city over all.

For example, in the November2003 City election, Santo Christoparishioners exceeded the cityturnout by more than 20 percent.In 2004, Santo Christo accountedfor four percent of all registeredvoters in the city but seven percentof all votes cast in the SeptemberState primary elections.

This high voter turnout is not a

recent event but a continuing pat­tern over the past 10 elections dat­ing back to the Presidential elec­tion of 2000.

ADDING UP THEVOTING STRENGTH

In the four participating par­ishes in New Bedford - Our Ladyof Mount Carmel, St. Anthony ofPadua, St. John the Baptist, and Im­maculate Conception - similarresults have been discovered.

. Taken together, the collective vot­ing strength ofthe four parishes be­comes evident.

Although these four parishes to­gether account for 14 percent of'all New Bedford voters, in actualnumbers of votes cast, it is ex­pected that they will account forover 20 percent ofall votes cast orone in every five votes for both theprimary and final 2005 City elec­tions.

WHAT DOES TillS'STRENGTH MEAN?

Once the voting strength of aparish is confmned with hard dataand candidates for political office

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Santo'Christo Parish, Fall River, exceeded the Fall Rivervoter turnout in the last 10 elections held in the city.

Source: The Portuguese American Citiz~nship Project evaluation of 2004 eleclions

mands raised at the meeting.WHAT IS AT STAKE

The Catholic Church's positionon the right to life has become cen­tered on the important debate inour society over matters relating tobirth and death. Somewhat lost inthis heated debate, however, is thequestion of the quality oflife in be­tween these two bookends of ourearthly existence - that is the rightto live.

City governments have little orno impact on the nation-wide de­bate over the life and death ques-

parish leaders. Parishioners needanswers to these and other con­cerns for them to make an in­formed decision on whom to votefor.

WHERE DO WEGO FROM HERE?

The commitment of these par­ishes does not end with the No­vember City elections. On the con­trary, these efforts to promote civicparticipation are part of an ongo­ing process.

Once the November electionsare completed, the parishes will

groups who are persistent in theirdemands and back these demandsup with their presence at the polls.The nine parishes in Fall River,New Bedford and Taunton activelyparticipating in the City electionsensure that they will have a say inthe formulation of public policy atthe most basic level.

James McGlinchey is coordi­nator of (he Portuguese Ameri­can Citizenship Project, which isa no,:,-partisan initiative to pro­mote citizenship and civicpartici­pation.

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- writing for a seven-two ma­jority in 2004, he said state-fundedcollege scholarship programs do nothave to include students who arepursuing careers in religious min­istry;

- in a five-four decision in2002, Rehnquist upheldCleveland's school voucher pro­gram, which includes religiousschools;

- he also wrote a five-four de­cision in 1993 th!lt said public

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prescription-only orOTC-only. Thechange .in the 1980s, he added,came when "there was a meaning­ful difference in the way the twoproducts are used."

The Plan B issue, Crawfordsaid, is "whether we can have thesame molecule exist as both a pre­scription and over-the-counterproduct for the same indication,"or use.

that would have abandoned Roe, ar­guing. that time had proven how"outlandish" the 1973' ruling hadbeen. "When it becomes clear thata prior constitutional interpretationis unsound we are obliged to re-ex­amine the question," Rehnquistwrote.

Beginning with the 1972Furmanv. Georgia case, a five-four rulingthat found most federal and statedeath penalty laws to be "arbitraryand capricious," Rehnquist consis­tently upheld capital punishmentstatutes and their application.

Here are other cases covered inwhich Rehnquist's opinion pre­vailed or in which he was in a nar­row majority:

- in 1993, he wrote for a six­three majority that evidence of in­nocence is not necessarily a reasonto stop an execution;

- he wrote the 1991 five-fourmajority opinion fmding that thefederal government's ban on abor­tion counseling in afamily planningprogram does not violate either free­speech'rights or a woman's right tohave an abortion. In Madsen v.Aware Woman Center in 1994,Rehnquist wrote the eight-one rul­ing that said it is constitutional toprohibit protesters within 36 feet ofan abortion clinic;

- writing for the court in a five­four ruling, Rehnquist in 1990 saidthe state of Missouri's interests inprotecting and preserving humanlife superseded the wishes ofNancyCruzan's family to have food andhydration removed from the womanin a persistent vegetative state;

- he wrote for a unanimouscourt in 1967 that upheld New Yorkand Washington bans on assistedsuicide. He also wrote a six-threemajority opinion in 1976 that saidGeneral Electric could refuse to in­clude maternity leave under disabil­ity coverage;

Scotland had clear results; preg­nancy and abortion rates were nodifferent among women with imme­diate access to ECs (emergencycontraceptives) and a control groupwho had to request a prescriptionfrom a doctor," she added.

"Clearly claims ofECs' benefitsto women are overstated at best,while their potentially lethal risk tohuman life at its earliest stages re­mains a graveconcern," Quinn said.

In announcing the decision, FDACommissionerLester M. Crawfordsaid the FDA had to wrestle with,among other things, whether theprescription and OTC versions ofthe same drug could be marketedin a single package, whether agecould be used as the only criterionto sell a drug over the counter, andhow an age restriction would beenforced.

'These are profound regulatorydecisions that cut to the heart ofourwork," Crawford said. .

He said that until the 1980s, theFDA made all medications either

Rehnquist, a native of Milwau­kee, diedjustover three weeks shortof his 81st birthday, October 1.Though Rehnquist was Lutheran,his family requested the use of thecathedral because of its size, ac­cording to the ArchdioceseofWash­ington. The recently renovated ca­thedral seats 2,000.

Rehnquist served in the U.S.Army Air Corps in North Africaduring World War U. Upon his re­turn, he attended Stanford Univer­sity, where he eamed bachelor's andmaster's degrees as well as a lawdegree.

One of his 1952 classmates atStanford's law school later was tojoin him on the Supreme Court asJustice Sandra Day O'Connor. OnJuly I she announced her plans toresign from the court as soon as herreplacement has been confirmed.

Rehnquist was named to thecourt after working in private prac­tice in Phoenix for 16 years andserving as an assistant U.S. attor­ney general from 1969 to 1972.

He was the last remaining mem­ber of the court who ruled in Roe v.Wade. In that much-debated land­mark decision, a seven to two ma­jority of the court agreed that the14th Amendment protecting pri­vacy rights precluded states fromprohibiting abortions. In his dissent,Rehnquist disagreed with themajority's fmding that abortion is aprotected right, as well as their con­clusion that the right to abortion wasso universally accepted "in the tra­ditions and conscience of ourpeople as to be ranked as fundamen­tal."

In 1992, Rehnquist was amonga minority of four justices whowould have overturned Roe, usinga case challenging Pennsylvania'sabortion restrictions. In PlannedParenthood v. Casey, he wrote theminority opinion in the same case

WASHINGTON - The U.S.Food and Drug Administration'sdecision to keep Plan B, an aborti­facient emergency contraceptivealso known as the morning-afterpill, as a prescription-only drug wascalled "welcome news" by a U.S.bishops' Pro-Life official.

Barr Laboratories, the maker ofPlan B, had petitioned the FDA tolet the drug be sold over the counter,often referred to by its initials, OTC.

"It is welcome news that theFDA seems to be taking seriouslyconcerns about the impact on ado­lescents ofmaking Plan B- 'emer­gency contraceptives' - availableover the counter," said a recentstatement from Gail Quinn, execu­tive director of the U.S. bishops'Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities.

"It seems clearer by the minutethat the only ones who would ben­efit from OTC sales of this drug areBarr Laboratories and others whomay profit from its large-scale mar­keting," Quinn said.

"Recent studies in California and

USCCB official lauds FDA rulingon emergency contraception pill

Rehnquist left a legacy of landmark rulingsWASHINGTON (CNS) - The

September 3 death of ChiefJusticeWilliam H. Rehnquist at the age of80 left a legacy of landmark deci­sions and a tightly run courtroom.But it also leaves the Supreme Courtwith two vacancies after II yearsof stability.

He died at his home in Virginiajust under a year after the court an­nounced he had been diagnosedwith thyroid cancer. His body wasto lie in repose in the SupremeCourt until his funeral Wednesdayat St. Matthew Catholic Cathedral.

Two days after the death ofRehnquist, President George W.Bush announced that he was nomi­nating Federal Appeal Courts JudgeJohn G. Roberts, 50, to become thenew chief. In July Bush had nomi­nated Roberts to fill the vacancycreated by the retirement of JusticeSandra Day O'Connor. His decisionto make Roberts his nominee forchiefjustice means there remains avacancy for an associate justice.Confinnation hearings for Robertswere to begin sometime afterRehnquist's funeral on Wednesday.

The currentcourt's longest-serv­ing member, Rehnquist frrstjoinedthe court in 1972 on the same dayas Justice Lewis Powell, the lasttime there were two vacancies atonce. Rehnquist was elevated tochiefjustice by PresidentRonald W.Reagan in 1986, upon the retire­ment of Justice Warren Burger.

Rehnquist was praised by abor­tion opponents for his votes dissent­ing from the1973 Roe v. Wade de­cision and later to overturn that rul­ing that legalized abortion nation­wide, and for declaring in anothercase that "life begins at concep­tion." He also wrote opinions sup­porting government-funded pro­grams that included s~dents at re­ligious schools and opposing lawsto permit assisted suicide.

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BROTHER HAROLD Hathaway, left, president of Coyle and Cassidy HighSchool, Taunton, welcomes Seniors Spencer Machado, Nathan Whittaker,Melissa Abreau, and Katie Sousa, along with Principal Mary Pat Tranter. Theschool began the year with a record enrollment of more than 800 studentsrepresenting 40 towns.

FIFTH-GRADERS from St. Mary's Primary School, Taunton, give a tour toincoming families during a recent welcome breakfast.

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YOUTH LEADERS from St. Mary's Parish, North Attleboro, helped facili­tate a Summer Happening Program last month at the parish. They orga­

CONNOR, JAMIE and Kim Kogut are all smiles as they arrive for the first nized arts and crafts, music, movies and games for elementary school-agedday of class at St. John the Evangelist School, Attleboro, which opened its children. The week had the theme: "Summertime With the Saints."doors on August 29. :;X;;:~~F:I

MEAGAN AND Aaron Sousa prepare to attend their first day of lessons atEspirito Santo School, Fall River. Below, students and parents gather for arecent family fun day and car wash on sc~ool grounds.

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POPE BENEDICT XVI, shown greeting children dur­ing his recent v~cation in-the northern Italian Alps, said ina recent general audience that children are gifts fromGod. (CNS file photo from L'Osservatore Romano)

Shreveport and the surround­ing area were untouched byKatrina. "We're in the northwestquadrant" of the state, SisterShively said. "We didn't even getrain."

In the Archdiocese of Miami,where Hurricane Katrina firststruck August 25, all Catholicschools in Miami-Dade andBroward counties that had beenclosed due to the hurricane re­opened August 31.

At Spring Hill College, a Je­suit school in Mobile, Ala.,cleanup was under way. Power,was restored to the campus Au­gust 30, although not all areas ofMobile have had their powerturned back on.

Spring Hill said it would openSeptember 1 to faculty and staffonly, and would open to studentson September 4, with classes start­ing on Labor Day, September 5.

AN AERIAL view taken shows the devastation caused byhigh winds and heavy flooding in greater New Orleans whenHurricane Katrina ripped into the U.S. Gulf Coast area Au­gust 29. (CN.S photo from Reuters)

supplies will be made available assoon as possible. Cafeteria costs... will be processed with thecompletion of all necessary paper­work.

"We will make every effort wecan to accommodate you," thememo said. "We are, indeed,blessed that we can 'reach out' inthis manner."

"We are in an unusual situa­tion," Sister Shively told Catho­lic News Service in a telephoneinterview from Shreveport. "Loui­siana has so many Catholicschools, and so many of our stu­dents want to go to Catholicschools."

Notices about the availabilityof Catholic education, in the dio­cese were sent to each parish inthe diocese in the expectation thatfamilies would find a Catholicchurch for spiritual comfort afterevading the hurricane.

Louisiana diocese opens schools tostudents evacuated by hurricane

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CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - Childrenfrom the hurricane-ravaged Arch­diocese of New Orleans have al­ready started attending classes atCatholic schools in the Dioceseof Shreveport, La., which wasuntouched by Hurricane Katrina.

"Our sister schools in southernLouisiana are in this devastatingsituation," said Ursuline SisterCarol Shively, director of theShreveport diocese's educationoffice. "We have four Catholicschools in Shreveport and threeCatholic schools in Monroe. Wehave space in most of them."

The first students had comewith their parents to stay with rela­tives and friends after havingevacuated from the New Orleans,Houma-Thibodaux and BatonRouge areas in advance of thehurricane, which hit the GulfCoast August 29. Classes startedthat day in the Shreveport diocese.

Others have since arrived atshelters in the Shreveport area,which is in the northwest comerof the state.

Shreveport offers three Catho­lic elementary schools and onehigh school; Monroe has two el­ementary schools and a combinedjunior and senior high school.

"You are welcome to attendschool here just as you would inyour home schools," SisterShively said in a memo to parentswho are staying in shelters.

"All students will be expectedto fully participate in the spirituallife, academic life and social lifeof the schools. Academic perfor­mance will be documented," sheadded. "Textbooks and school

large number of pilgrims in at­tendance.

Some 11,000 people gath­ered in the square to hear thepope and receive his blessing.

"Whatever we do or under­take can only bear fruit if it hasGod's blessing," he said.

"A strong society is, ofcourse, built out of the labor ofits members, but it also needsthe blessing and support ofGodwho, unfortunately, is insteadoften excluded or ignored," saidthe pope.

A person's efforts also needdivine grace in order to be fruit­ful, he said.

"The peaceful and faithfulrelinquishment of our free­dom to God renders our ac­tivity to be solidly based andcapable of long-lasting fruit,"he said.

VATICAN CITY (CNS)­Children are gifts from God,and they offer joy and supportfor parents and society, PopeBenedict XVI said in a recentweekly general audience.

Nations with declining birth­rates are missing "the freshness,the energy, the future" broughtby children, he added.

In the recent audience in St.Peter's Square, the pope re­flected on Psalm 127, whichcelebrates the Lord's gift ofchildren "who are seen as ablessing and a grace" and as asource of support for parents intheir old age.

The pope flew by helicopterfrom his papal summer resi­dence in Castel Gandolfo, 20miles away, to hold his weeklygeneral audience in St. Peter'sSquare to accommodate the

Thoughts as school gets underway

school better."Getting a haircut came next on the list,

along with a recommendation that thosewith long hair donate their tresses to"Locks of Love or Wigs for Kids to helpkids with cancer."

The list's third point was a recommen­dation that tet!ns think about where theystand on standardized testing and teendrinking.

Bv KASE JOHNSTUN

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

I was conducting a quick Googlesearch - my Internet mode of scouringfor needed information. I typed "back toschool" into the search box, hoping tofind loads of information about teensgoing back to school and issues thatcome up that first day or within that firstmonth when everything is new, confusingand even a little scary at times. I foundnothing until close to the 20th "page" ofsites.

What I did find were articles for kidsgoing back to school and a million back­to-school shopping pages, includingarticles on which stocks to buy to cash inon the current purchasing patterns ofteens.

Typical.But searching and searching I

stumbled upon YouthNoise.com andliked this site. While I don't advocateeverything I found, there is a lot of goodstuff there. The site encourages teens to

take stock of their world and to change "everyone loves getting new pens andthings for the better by making their binders, but some kids can't affordvoices heard. Check it out, but, like all them." So it urged teens to "buy somethings on the Internet, use discretion. extra supplies and donate them throughThis site really seems to be on the right your church or school. Or when youtrack in many ways, pushing toward check-out at stores like Office Depot,changing the world to request that five percentmake it a better place. gets donated to your

While on this Website school of choice."I found a ''Top 10" list Coming Next the list urgedthat I liked: the Top 10 of teens, rather than walkin,gthings to do before going through the doors of theback to school. No. 10 Age school and beginning to .and No. Nine urged teens I":;;;;=~:" .J complain, to "think ofto read at least one more ways to make yourbook on their summer reading lists and tosee a summer movie.

Next was to "clean out your closet"and "take the clothes, shoes and acc:esso­ries you don't wear anymore to yourlocal Good Will or Salvation Army"center.

No. Seven was to "brush up on currentevents," and No. Six was to purchaseschool supplies. This point noted that

No. Two urged teens to learn aboutvolunteer opportunities that could helpmeet their school's service requirement.

Finally, the top thing to do beforegoing back to school was to "trustyourself." As the list put it, "only youknow who you are, what you believe andwhat you stand for." It urged teens tostand by their decisions on "drugs,alcohol, sex, smoking and violence" andto "know how to get out of risky situa­tions before you get into them!"

So many of these 10 points shout"Give!" I like that.

And that final point - "trust yourself'- really nails it. Know what you thinkgoing in. Bring your Christian valueswith you and defend them.

You don't have to yell at the top of yourlungs "I'm Catholic and proud of it,"because your actions will make the noisefor you. Defend what you believe in simplyby refusing to cave in to peer pressure, bystanding up for others and avoidingsituations you shouldn't be in anyway.

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help couples raise a child."The Fall River diocese is in­

volved from a supportive perspec­tive and Martins thanked MarianDesrosiers, director of the dioc­esan Pro-Life Apostolate, forhelping to let people know aboutA Women's Concern.

Breda is happy about the up­coming dedication. "I'm very ex­cited that we're about to open. Wehave eight pastors coming to thededication and we've had a lot ofvolunteers coming forward tohelp out. We've received greatsupport from the Christian com­munity from many denomina­tions. This place is going to helpa lot of people," declared Breda.

Rev. Ensor said that they areserving the needs of Greater FallRiver because they were con­cerned about the entire region ofthe Southcoast and they were in­vited by a host of area churches.

Rev. Ensor would like to seemore such facilities opening upacross the state in the near future,but said the need for people to'beinvolved to sustain it is great.They have 100 people that arepledging a dollar a day to supportthe Fall River site, but they hopeto get that number up to 300 even­tually.

''To see a women struggling,but going forward after all thetears and fears is very rewarding,"he said. ''The difference it makesin the babies saved and the livestransformed is great. Youngwomen learn to trust in God andthey see the genuine care of theChristian community. We willhelp them through their crisis tochoose life. It's satisfying and the

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may begin at a slow pace, but onceword gets around Rev. Ensor ex­pects it to get busy.

In A Women's ConcernHyannis, they have given 80 ul­trasounds this year already. Thenumber in 2004, the site's firstyear, was 40. The clergyman saidthey are ready to add people asnecessary.

Bea Martins is no stranger tohelping people, serving as theCatholic Citizenship coordinatorfor the diocese and also as a mem­ber of the steering committee ofA Woman's Concern. She is look­ing forward to the dedication.

"I'm excited about this placebecause it will help a lot ofpeople," said Martins. "We'llhave a center here to assist withmany things including the impor­tance of fatherhood and the trans­forming power of neighborhoodlove where a community of dif­ferent faiths reach out to help acouple in raising a child by pro­viding resources."

One way might be helping amother or father find a job ortransportation to ajob. It might beparenting classes or resources likediapers or clothing for the baby."It's a miracle when the phonerings and those things are pro­vided," said Martins.

If a women is dealing with anunwanted pregnancy the site of­fers help and information onadoption and the hope is thatwomen will see that there is some­place else to go besides an abor­tion clinic.

"It's very important to have aplace like this for women and weneed to reach out even more," saidMartins. "It's important that we

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VOLUNTEER KEVIN Tanguay works with Daryl Breda, directorof the Fall RiverA Women'sConcern, and volunteer Heather Tombly to put finishing touches on the facility. It will offi­cially open on September 17 and provide a variety of services to pregnant women. (Anchor!Goroonphmo) ,

the Park Street Church in Bostonis president of the program andhas been involved since it beganin 1993. This is the sixth AWomen's Concern in the state ofMassachusetts. They are currentlyin Boston, Revere, Brookline,Hyannis and Beverly.

"I'm looking forward to seeingthe community at large come outand dedicate this work to the gloryof God and the Gospel of life,"Rev. Ensor said.

''The dedication reflects abouta year and a half of planning andhard work," he said. He went onto say that A Woman's Concernhas received support from theDiocese of Fall River as well asmany of the area's churches in­cluding the evangelical and Bap­tist communities.

According to a brochure, AWoman's Concern is a ministry ofthe Christian Community dedi­cated to the dignity of women, thesanctity of human life, the irre­placeable value of fatherhood, thesoundness of sexual purity andmarriage, the transforming powerof neighborly love and the su­premacy of the Gospel of JesusChrist.

"This dedication and openhouse is the culmination ofa greatdeal of work by many people. I'mpleased that we're ready to go towork and we have a large num­ber of volunteers ready to betrained. We just want to be help­ing people," Rev. Ensor added.

The facility will employ a full­time director in Daryl Breda anda part-time counselor. There willalso be a medical doctor availableas needed and dozens of volun­t~ers are ready to help out. They

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"I've really enjoyed this mis­sion," said Father Bissinger. "Theonly drawback was that I couldn'tspend too much time at St. JulieBilliart Parish, where I was as­signed following ordination.

"I got to know the daily Masspeople, but not those attending theweekend Masses there."

Following Father Bissinger'ssummer of 10 parishes in 10weeks, he will return to Romefor a year· to complete studies forhis licentiate in Biblical Theol­ogy.

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powerful way to foster future vo­cations.

Father Bissinger will completehis "tour" with visits to Our Ladyof Mt. Carmel Parish in Seekonkthis weekend, followed by con~

secutive weekends at ImmaculateConception Parish in NorthEaston and St. Patrick's Parish inFalmouth.

He we also visit some Catho­lic schools across the diocese, in­cluding Bishop Connolly HighSchool in Fall River.

"The students in our schoolswill have a wonderful opportunityto hear a joyful invitation from

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