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Grants bolster Catholic SocialServices immig'ration assistanceings, permanent residence, naturalizations,work authorizations, asylum, and release ofa juvenile from an INS detention. The pro­gram continues to utilize training workshopsthat in 1996-97 trained 280 human serviceproviders as well as 450 immigrants who at­tended bilingual immigration seminars.

The first iTant for ILEAP came from theMassachusetts Bar in 1995, allowing the hir­ing of Holland, then a law student. After hisadmission to the bar, he represented theagetfcy at legal hearings. In March of this

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just making the church fully accessible to.those who use wheelchairs or who need as­sistance to climb a grade, but we see it as away of saying to the whole community ... asa spiritual meditation that we realize we mustbe willing to knock down walls to make wayfor people."

He added that "We see that as a metaphorfor what we want to do and what we stand foras a parish; that we'll knock down walls ifneed be to get people to come to church; toallow them to be here and be part of the wor­shiping community. We see it not as a physi­cal wall to come down but as a spiritual walltoo. We want it known throughout the dio­cese that St. Michael Parish is wide open andwelcoming."

ACCESS - workers install new entranceway leading from anewly constructed ramp that allows handicapped access toSt. Michael Church on Essex Street, Fall River, for the firsttime.

St. Michael Church answersthe question: How far will aparish go to get peopleinto church?

Ramp for handicapped visualizesa city parish's welcome message

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FALL RIVER - A ramp to allow thehandicapped easy access to St. MichaelChurch will be dedicated at Masses nextweekend. •

The blessing ceremonies, to be held be­fore the 4 p.m. Mass on Saturday, Nov. 7, andprior to the Mass Sunday at 11 a.m., realize agoal ofPastor Father Luis A. Cardoso to makehis church accessible to all.

According to Father Dermot Rodgers,OFM, Cap., parochial vicar at St. Michael's,the ramp projectcame after someparishioners sug­gested it. FatherCardoso con­tacted PermanentDeacon TomPalanza ofMansfield, archi­tect for the dio­cese, who drewup the plans.

The construc­tion of the rampand full parkingadjacent wasdone by CesarSousa, a parishio­ner and contrac­tor.

"It was atough job be­cause we neededto cut throughwalls that werethree feet thickand it was verydifficult," FatherRodgers re­ported.

"As a parishwe see this as asymbol of not

By JAMES N. DUNBAR $30,700 from the Massachusetts Bar Asso- that - and another $3,000 in training is an-FALL RIVER - Thousands of low-in- ciation and $10,000 from the Lazarus Foun- ticipated - it will be well worth it, McNamee

come immigrants and their families will ben- dation, with Catholic Charities making up and Holland asserted.efit from services via new grants to the Immi- the difference of $91,300 for the $132,000 "The goal was to be able to represent im­gration, Law, Education, . total costs of the program, migrants legally and since there are moreAdvocacy Project that op- ------------ said McNamee. ' than 75,000 first-generation immigrants incrates under the aegis of 'There are people That and another fund- theSouthCoastarea,theneedforrepresenta­the diocese's Catholic So- ,who walk through the ing SO\lrce, from the state tion is tremendous, especially for those whocial Services. door who don't have two Office ofRefugees and Im- lack financial resources," Holland reported.

In a joint interview this migrants, helped pave the Over the past year, ILEAP has moved moreweek,ArleneA. McNanlee, nickels to give us.": - way for the hiring-oOanet-· "to representation of immigrants in variousex.ecutive director of Arlene McNamee, 'ex- Buckley-Smithasanimmi- matters. The program has 128 cases that areCatholic Social Services, ecutive director of gration paralegal at CSS. provided assistance with deportation hear-~M~~riLH~~ ~ffid~So~/Se~ ~~~~oo~~. rt-','~~~'~'--~~:'~'~'~"~~'~'~~~1~.~~-~I---~II~'~-~'~-~legal director for ILEAP, vices. legal south of Boston ac- , ,. I ., .' •

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resentation at nominal fees to first-genera- Naturalization Service interviews. , . '. .'. I

~~~ ;;V~li:.rants who are at marginal or pov- a I~:; ~~~t~~~:t:~~/~~~~C~~t~:~~h ;;~~ Diocesan JO'litth (;o'nventionThe recent round of funding includes While it cost the agency at least $5,000 for .' ", ". ". "'", ...•. . '. I

~. Formahy, it was the (i[st time to experience th~ strengthof grouping as,younglCathdlics and asserting their faith.

FALLRlVER-App,Toximately600high sCh061 students fr6m across the region'prayed, sang, attended Mass, a~e tons of pizza an~ enjoyed a[dance at the annualDioces·a!tYouJh~CQ1).x~ntt,nl1el~+Sl)nday at Bishop jConnollytiighSchooI.':y~~\\V'e:~~(l.~~~~~~'.~~~<>9ay'.;'~;~1lid';'ab~yLotlis ~B~d"'Mmer.directorof

, YQ~tIi~llllstr!es, who pu~ithe long noon to 9 p.m., programItogeth~i. "They are youth i~etf; the sain~, "(ho are our "hall of! fa~ers,;: because it is All Saints Day and we look to the saints,jas our models; and finally,: the Holy Spirit: The theme of thei convention is 'The Holy Spirit WiII Tea<th You AlJ"Things.'":. Miller said he put together a group Iofspeakers and pre­• senters'''who are very popular with 'th~ young people and at: the same time have a veryl strong ev"ririgelical message."

Those included Steve Angrisano, ail intemationally rec­ognizeO Catholic musician

1and storytel1~r from Denver, Colo.;

Father:Dan O'Connell frolrtthe Bostol~ archdiocese, a viva­ciousspeaker who has given many youth and young adultconfei~nces in this region; and Robe~t Surette, an up-and­coming Catholic artist who offered multimedia reflectionson Jesl,ls through music, painting and art.

Father Hemando Herrera, a member ofthe Youth Apostles,was principal celebrant at Ii late afterdoon Mass. Music forthe MijSs was provided byithe St. Louis,de France Contempo-

! rary Choir, comprised of teenagers and adults.After that, the. participants had pizza and soft drinks. The event concluded with a

dance in Connolly's cafeteria atwhich disc jockey' Martin Cos~a provided entertain-ment. '. :.;, . ! I i

Jacqui Raymond, 17, .froIll St::Patrick Parish, Wareham,'a member of the youth groupthere.; talked about why she attej!ded the convention. She is a ,rjunior at Bishop Stang HighScl1901 in North Dartmouth. I

"This is the third convention I've attended, and it is a timeof refincling your faith, your sp¥ituallty," Raymond said. "It.offers a strengthening when you see so many others just likeyou gatheri~g for common goals, so it's not just you. So, ifyou're kind 6fweak, thim this gives you a boost. Ifyou can't.find any kids in your community who are religious~ then justcome here and you will find them. On a day like this you-know tltey'reoutthere.". ,.'

Maryann Daley, a youth minister for the LaSalette YouthGroup, leads a group of seni()r,high school students everyFriday night in a few hours of prayer and talk of how God fitsinto the world of teenagers. "They take charge of the meeting,pick a topic, and discuss how God answers the needs oftoday'sworld. They tell me that when they share their faith it is thebest part of their week. This convention day is just a larger U-.;=.......:...;;....;.>..

grouping of what is being done across the diocese as youth FR. O'CONNELLgather to talk about their spiritual life and read Scripture."

Father O'Connell, of the Boston archdiocesan Office of Spiritual Development andBoston Catholic Television, keyed on the theme and talked to the assembly of beingopen to the availability of the Holy Spirit.

Using funny storiesfrom his own experience and Gospel passages, Father O'Connelltalked about how Jesus used the Spirit in his own life and invited his disciples to do the

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Austrian: View Pius XII's'wartime:actions in context,

Education Centerin Boston.

Cochairmen forthe even'; areAdrienne Lemieuxand EmmaAndrade. Greeterswill be Father Tho­mas Morrissey,moderator; andLucille Couture,president of. Dis­tric;t II. The Guild of51. Joseph Churchwill provide a ~olla­

tion.

tional socialist regime, whichwould have worsened all the morethe persecutions for religious, po­litical and racial reasons," theformer politician said.

"Unfortunately it is a character­istic of our times to deny positiveaspects and to invent negative onesin order to make propaganda out ofthem," Schambeck wrote. '

"Some people feel c0!1strainedto judge Pope Pius XII very se­verely because he could not makehis condemnations in a loudervoice and help more people,"Schambeck said.

SA. McANDREWS

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In Your Prayers i. ~ ,

Please pray for the following I

priests during the coming week"NECROLOGY" \

. \ \ November 111910, Rev. A. Gomez da Silva Neves, Pastor, St. John Baptist,

New Bedford '\ \\ November 12

1924, Rev. James H. Loqby, Pastor, Sacred Heart,Taunton1925, Rev: Bernard Boylan\ Pastor, St. Jbseph;'Fall River

N~)'\\'ember13--::"- .' ...-- ,1924, Rev. Louis J. Deady;\Foutiile'r,--St: Louis, Fall River ,

_ 1,992, Rev. WilliamR0'Rejlly, Retired Pastor, Immaculate Con­ception, Taunt.on. ':./ ...~ \ \

~-::-/ . • November 14l?jO,.R.ev. Francis J. Duffy, Fqu~der, St. Mary, South Dartmouth1977, Rev. William A. Galvin, Retired Pastor, Sacred Heart, Taun-

ton \ \. November'l5

1939, Rev. Thomas F. LaRoche, Assistant, Sacred Heart, Taunton1943,Rev. Daniel E. Doran, Pastor, Irllmaculate Conception, North

Easton' \\\

PRIESTS CURRENTLY SERVING\ \

November 9 Rev. Jose Ignado Del Val, IVENovember 10 Rev. Arthur T. 'de MelloNovember 11 Rev. Msgr. Jo\1rt F. Denehy, Col. USJI.FNovember 12 _ Rev. Clarence~.p'EntremontNovember 13 Rev. John F. Dias CSCNovember 14 Rev. Gustavo Dominguez, lVENovember 15 : Rev. Robert C. Donovan

She received herprimary and sec­ondary educationat 51. GregorySchool, Dorchester,Emmanuel College,Boston, andFairfield Univer­sity, Fairfield, Conn.She taught schoolfor many, yearsprior to going to Af­rica. She will workas a case manageramong immigrantsat the Notre Dame

FALL RIVER- Dr. Krysten of AIDS and Religion in America,Winter-Green, director of the' will feature dozens of well-knowndiocese's AIDS Ministry Office, international and nation~.l physi­will be the moderator at one of the cians, clergy, legislators and AIDSseminars at the convention of the ,program directors.AIDS National Interfaith Network Winter-Green will moderate a,to be held Nov. 8-11 at the Carter roundtable talk titled, "AI1)S Min­Presidential Center in Washington, istry on the Front Lines" that willD.C. be held at the Hyatt-Regency on

The convention, with' a theme ,Nov.9 at 2:25 p.m. '

Dio'ces~n AIDS d~rector to,moderate' talk at convention

, used his moral authority to greateradvantage in predominantly Chris­tian Europe to prevent Nazi atroci­ties against Jews.

Schambeck listed a number ofinstances in which Pope Pius eitherwrote or spoke against war and dis­crimination based on race or reli­gion. He also provided excerptsfrom memos by high-ranking offi­cials in the Nazi government show-

'ing that they felt irritated and, insome cases, threatened by the war­time pope's pronouncements.

But Pope Pius had to avoid"open declarations against the na-

A table of African arti­facts will be on display.

Missionary sister to speak at meeti1tgofTaunton Council ofCatholic Wom~en~

DaUy ReadingsNov. 9 EZ47:1-2,8-9,12;

Ps 84:3-6,8,11 ;1 Cor 3:9c-11,16­

'17; Jn2:13-22Nov.10 Ti2:1-8,11-14;

Ps 37:3-4,18,23,27,29; Lk 17:7-10

Nov. 11 Ti3:1-7; Ps23:1-6;Lk 17:11-19

Nov. 12 Phlm 7-20; Ps 146:7-10; Lk 17:20-25

Nov.13 2 In 4-9; Ps 119:1-2,10-11,17-18;Lk 17:26-37'

Nov.J4 3 In 5-8; Ps 112:1-6; Lk 18:1-8

Nov.15 MaI3:19-20a;Ps 98:5-9; 2 Thes 3:7-12; Lk21:5-19

TAUNTON - Notre Da'me,Sister Jane McAndrews, whospent 12 years working amongthe poor and disadvantaged inAfrica and the Sudan, will be theguest speaker at the Interna­tional Meeting of the TauntonDistrict of Catholic Women, Nov.19,7 p.m., at 51. Joseph Churchon Kilmer Avenue.

Sister McAndrews, ,a nativeof Boston, was the administra­tor of the newly-built Sisters ofNotre Dame Regional FormationHouse while in Kenya. Later sheworked in the office of Peoplefor Peace with Rwandan,Burundi and Congolese refu­gees in Kenya.

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VATICAN CITY - The actionsof Pope Pius XII during World WarII should be considered in theircontext, a former ranking Austrianpolitician wrote in a Vatican news-,paper article.

"In the evaluation of historicpersonalities, it is incorrect to judgeor, all the more deplorable, to con­demn using knowledge acquiredafter the fact as a criterion," HerbertSchambeck, former president of theAustrian senate, wrote in the Nov.1 edition of L'OsservatoreRomano.

\ "Pope Pius XII could preventneither the scope of the SecondWorld War nor the atrocitiesagainst the persecuted for politi­cal and racial reasons," Schambeck

, wrote, "but he tried to mitigatethese aspects and to lend help,while many, states in Europe andelsewhere denied help and asylumto the persecuted, often even toJews."

A number of Jewish leadersmaintain that Pope Pius could have '

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Born in Woonsocket, a daugh- Woonsocket, R.I., and Goffstown, N.H.tel' of the late Louis and the late She is survived by ~eces andEmma (Valois) Peloquin, she en-' nephews. 'tered the convent in Sil1ary, Que- Her funeral Mass was celebratedbee in August, 1925, and made her Oct. 29 in St. Martha Church,vows on Aug. 13, 1927. Plainvil1e. Interment was in St. Jean

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2 THE ANCHOR -'Diocese of Fall River -Fri., Nov. 6;'1998 '

I ISister Marie Gonzales S1. Denis, OP

FALL RIVER - Dominican Sis- During her 81 years of religious. tel' Marie Gonzales St. Denis, 104, life she served here and in Acushnet,

the oldest living member of the and in New Y,?rk and Peru beforeDominican Sisters of Hope, died retiring in 1974. All of her life andOct. 28 at St. Catherine's Convent, even in retirement; she was active37 Park St. as convent cook, sacristan and seam-

Born in this city, she was the stress.daughter of the late Fran<;:ois and Sister St. Denis is survived by athe late Esther (Tessier) St. Denis. A nephew. She, was the sister of thegraduate of Dominican Academy late Joseph and the late Marie andhere, she entered the Dominican Blanche St. Denis.Sisters in 1917, received the habit Her funeral Mass was celebratedin 1918, was professed in 1919 and Oct. 30 in the convent chapel. Burialmade her final p'rofession in 1923. was in Notre Dam~ Cemetery.

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and live an intense personal andcommunal prayer life. We live incommunities of three or more SIS­

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expressions in Fall River with thefounding of Marie's Place, whereclothing is given out to the needy.The clothing is donated and thestore is run entirely by volunteers.

Hope House, a home for home­less persons living with HIV/AIDS,was opened next to Saint Anne's tomeet another need of our times.

We, the Dominican Sisters ofthe Presentation, strive to imitateChrist by living a poor and simplelifestyle. We are consecrated toGod through the evangelical vows

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1961, women entering the congre­gation went to France for their no­vitiate formation. In 1961. a novi­tiate was established in Dighton,where many women received theirformation in the footsteps of MariePoussepin and in the spirituality ofSt. Dominic.

Today, sisters of the USA Prov­ince are doing Christ's work in the

dioceses of Fall River, Providence,R.I.; Washington, D.C.;Brownsville, Texas and Inchon,Korea. .

Whether through teaching,health oare, social or parochial ser­vices, they continue to embodyPoussepin's great com;ern for God'speople and for the needs of the times.This concern led to new missionary

from the Dominican Fathers at St.Anne's Church. The seed plantedin rich soil soon bore abundant fruitand in 1996, India became inde­pendent of the USA Province. Thesame missionary spirit continues.In 1995, three sisters from the prov­ince were asked to establish a con­gregation in Korea. It is alreadybearing fruit, with Korean women

A FRIEND INDEED - Dominican Sister Michael JosephMidura, a pediatric nurse who visits the homes of high-riskchildren, plays with a youngster at Christmastime.

joining the sisters in community.It has been 93 years that the sis­

ters have been in the United States.From 1926 to 1976, Saint Anne'sSchool of Nursing served the' localcommunity of Fall River. Prior to

Since the actual place of residence of AUSONM. KAUFFMAN SANTOS is unknown.

We cite AUSON M. KAUFFMAN SANTOS to~JBmlIv tEtra1IllTrbJmI of1IllDix:eseofFal River on Tuesday, NoventJer24, 1998at 10:30am at 887 Highland AVl!I1IB, FaD River, Massachu­setts, to give testinony to establish:

Whether the nullity of the marriage exists inthe Santos· Kauffman case?

Ordinaries of the place Or other pastors havingthe knowledge of the residence of the above per·son, Alison M. Kauffman Santos, must see to itthat she is properly advised in regard to this edictalcitation.

Paul F. Robinson, O. CaRll., J.C.D.Adjutant Judicial Vicar

Given at the Tribunal.Fall River, Massachusettson this the 29th ilay of October. 1998.

Nov. 7. 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.,Saint Anne's Hospital, Hudner On­cology Center. (508) 675-5686.

Nov. 12, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.,TruMed- I, 528 Newton St., Fall

. River. (508) 675-1522.Nov. 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Saint

Anne's Hospital, Hudner OncologyCenter, (508) 675-5686.

Nov. 18, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.,Healthfirst, i02 County St., FallRiver. (508) 679-8111.

Nov. 20, 5-7 p.m., Angkor Plaza,418 Quequechan St., Fall River.(508) 676-7129.

Nov. 21, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.,Saint Anne's Hospital, Hudner On­cology Center. (508) 675-5686.

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Saint Anne's Hospital announcesmobile Inammography locations

DIGHTON - Spanning threecenturies and moving forward infaith into the new millennium, theDominican Sisters of the Presenta­tion are an international,multicultural group of consecratedwomen committed to bringing thegood news of Jesus Christ to hispeople.

Inspired by God, Blessed MariePoussepin founded the Congrega­tion in 1696 in Sainville, France.She wanted to establish "a commu­nity of women of the Third Orderof St. Dominic for the care of thesick poor of the parish and for theeducation of poor girls."

At the time of her death in 1744,113 women had joined her and 21houses had been established. In herlast testament, she asked those whowould follow her "to keep the zealfor education and the poor, the spiritof poverty and love of work." Shewanted her sisters "to bring theknowledge of Jesus Christ and hismysteries wherever they are sent."

Following Poussepin's death,her successors took her teaching toheart: "The community cannotconfine within itself the abundanceit has received from heaven. It hasto spread itself abroad generously."

And so it did, in an extraordi­nary and daring missionary expan­sion. The sisters were sent first toSpain, then to Iraq and Colombia,South America. Cun'ently there aremore than 2,000 sisters in Colom­bia alone. The missionary spiritcontinued as sisters were sent toItaly, Switzerland and England. Thecongregation is now present in 36·countries of the world.

In 1905, sisters were sent to be­gin St. Anne's Hospital in FallRiver, in response to an invitation

Dominican Sisters of the Presentationcontinue founder Marie Poussepin's work

FALL RIVER - Saint Anne'sHospital announces the schedulefor its mobile mammography vanfor November. A registered nurseand registered radiology technolo­gist provide mammograms, clini­cal breast exams, Pap tests and phy­sician examinations. Other healthservices include free breast andcervical education and further di­agnostic testing ,if deemed neces­sary.

Appointments are necessary forall services. For information, con­tact Maria Cabrales, RN, at (508)675-5686. Women should call thehost sites listed below to scheduleappointments:

EDICTAL CITATIONDIOCESAN TRIBUNAL

FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS

Since the actual place of residenceof MARY LINDA PAVAO is unknown.

We cite MARY LINDA PAVAO to ap·pear personally before the Tribunal of theDiocese of Fall River on Tuesday, Novem·ber 24, 1998 at 2:30 p.m. at 887 High·land Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts,to give testimony to establish:

. Whether the nullity of the marriageexists in the Medeiros· Pavao case?

Ordinaries of the place or other pas·tors having the knowledge of the resi·dence of the above person, Mary lindaPavao, must see to it that she is properlyadvised in regard to this edictal citation.

Paul F. Robinson, O. Carm., J.C.D.Adjutant Judicial Vil:ar

Given at the Tribunal,Fall River, Massachusettson this the 29th dav of October, 1998.-

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to suggest that we should havean intense emotional experiencein our prayer life. Not so. It~ould be impossible to love Godto the maximum limit every timewe pray,.

Many people have no realfeeling for God on a personallevel, but they pray well never­theless.

If you fall into the categoryof those who pray without muchfeeling, put your mind at ease.It doesn't really matter. Yourunion with God depends more onhis love for you than on your lovefor him. He loved you with aninfinite love before you were con­ceived in your mother's womb,and he has loved you ever since

. with an infinite love.This divine love for you con­

tinues whether you feel anythingor not.

God is unchanging love. Wedon't understand it, and we don'tdeserve it. We don't even knowhow to respond to it adequately.All we need to know is that Godis present at all times, loving usand sustaining us in all that wedo.

This is the good news of theGospel.

Micah 7:8

tual dryness, I just tum my lifeover to the Lord and thank himfor being there whether I feel hispresence or not.

Sometimes I ask him why heis so distant, so silent. But whenI think about it and see a mag-.nificent sunset or an oak treedancing in the wind, I realize myquestions are irrelevant. Ood isvisible in all of creation.

Walt Whitman once wrote, "Asingle mouse is miracle enoughto convert a thousand infidels.'.'. iii some"cuituie's people ac"knowledgt? God's presence intheir daily greetings. For in­stance, Hindus bow to one an­other with ~oth hands joined be­'low the chin. This is their wayof saying; "The God.in me greetsthe God in you."

This is a lovely gesture, butnot everyone is consciouslythinking of its meaning. The rev- .erent gesture is like a genuflec­tion made in an automatic way.The person bows even when thefeeling of reverence is absent.The absence of feelings does notnegate the greeting.

The ,Bible teaches that we. must love God' with our wholeheart, mind and soul.- Thi~ seems

"The Lord is Diy light."

The presence of God

the living word

By FATHER JOHN CATOIR

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The saints.knew that prayer is. much more than the mere wordswe' recite. Prayer is the wholecomplex of thoughts and feelingswe experience when we stand be­fore the living GoeL The depthof our prayer is related to the de­gree of our awareness of God'spresence. Sometimes we feel adeep sense of reverence, at othertimes we feel ·nothing.·- "

The good news is this: Itdoesn't matter. When it comesto prayer, you never have to forceany feelings at all. Pure prayeris in the will to give yourself toGod. The will simply says yesor no. You can give yourself toGodby simply willing it. "HereI am, Lord."

There are times when yourI~vel of faith is dim, and yourfeelings are numb. Even so, Godis always present. At such timesyour awareness of God may becognitive, but it l~cks any emo­tional depth. You know God ispresent, but you feel nothing. Inthis state, simply give yourselfto qod just as you are.

When I t:xperience thisspiri-

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NEWS EDITORJames N. Dunbar

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EDITORRev. John F. Moore

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Meeting the challenge of education's futureWith public schooling going private with charter school systems, it

should be obvious that confidence in the system is eroding. Parentsknow this and are rightly taking matters into their own hands. After all,

- the prime educators ofchiIdrefl are parents, not the state. Govemment'srefusal ofchoice in education is swiftly becoming ridiculous.

More and more educational alternatives are becoming available to' ,parents. Chief among them'are the ever-expanding home schoolingprograms. It is estimated that close to two million children are edu­cated at home. The computer and the Internet have become vitaltools in this process. How~ver, the chief reason for a decision tohome school is based on a specific philosophy oJ education. Manyparents want a system of values to be the cornerstone of an educationwhose goal is not merely learning but, more importantly, wisdom.

Others feel thatsecular schools are devoid of religiOl~sexpressionand want their children to learn there is more to life than materialpossessions. Whatever the reason, home schooling is becoming asignificant part of the American education scene. When one consid­ers the increasing interest in both parochial educatie)fi and h()me school-.ing, it becomes obviQuS that more and mor:.e.people feel thatalterna­tive educational choices areanec~ssity in today's social order.

Parents are also losing confidence in many who are teaching inpublic schools.. Here in Massachusetts, 60 percent ofteachers flunkedthe certificatioriexaminatic)n. Despite political infighting and nega­tive accusations, this tells liS alot about what children are not gettingin the classroom. What is true in the Commonwelllth'fs also true inNew York, Texas and Pennsylvania. The result has been that there isnow a push to raise college admission standards aqd to imp~oNe cur­riculums, especially in institutions devoted to teacher training, andeven mote especially since' in the next 10 years'the'country will need200,000 new teachers. ,, It is interesting to note that the debate on' how to develop qualityt~achers is a refledion of the dramatic changes in learning as.a whole.In many areas, "hildren are smarter and better prepared for~duca­

tional challenges. The computer and all its ramifications have mademany students more· proficient in certain areas than their teachers,although in som.e cases poor. teaching has slowed down thelearnirigprocess. Indeed, test results have 'indicat~d .th<icAmeric;.~IJstudentsare falling behind their peers.in other nations, especially in the areasof math and science. The process of social promotion too often fos-

o ters nothing more than complet~ illiteracy.Educational theorists are also a factor to be considered in our on­

going evaluation 0f our school systems. They have for years beenplaying games with curriculum.. Their continuous experimentationwith the learning process has led many schools into nothingness ascontent is abandoned in the search for subjective relevance. Sad tosay, too many so-called educational experts h~lVe allowed their some­times wacky theories to derail the learning process rather than to set iton a right course of improvement.

All in all, this country is at an educational crossroads. There is nosimple answer for the confusion and turmoil that exist in so manyschools. However, there are standard guidelines that sh.ould not beabandoned for the sake of novelty. The primary rights of childrenand parents must be emphasized, teacher training and certifiCationmust be improved and techniques of education must be refined so allwill be well served. '

It is also imperative that the right of choice in education should besupported by the state. Families should not be punished when theyexercise their right to choose educational alternatives. We can nolonger afford the tunnel visi~n which narrows choices in school se­lections.

The future of education in America is hanging in the balance.What we do now will have a tremendous impact on the entire nationas we enter the millennium. If we fail to meet this challenge we maywell see the American dream turning into a nightmare.

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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Nov. 6, 1998

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"Benefactor" for $150; "Guaran­tor" for $100; and "Sponsor" for$50.

Father Bruce M. Neylon, St.Mary's Parish, Seekonk, isAttleboro area director and maybe reached at 399-8440; FatherThomas L. Rita, Our Lady of As­sumption Parish, Osterville, isCape and Islands director, 428­2011; Father John A. Perry, St.John Neumann Parish, EastFreetown, is New Bedford areadirector, 763-2240; FatherManuel P. Ferreira, St. AnthonyParish, Taunton, is GreaterTaunton area director, 822-0714.In the Fall River are'!-, those wish­ing to support the ball may callits diocesan office, 676-8943.

Parishes sending a represen­tative to the 1999 ball follow:

~ The Jan. 8, 1999, affairpromises to be a galaevent.

SWANSEA - Among high­lights of the annual Bishop'sCharity Ball of the Fall River Dio­cese is the presentation to BishopSean P. O'Malley, OFM, Cap., ofyoung women representing par­ishes throughout SoutheasternMassachusetts. The bishop pre­sents each one with a rosarywhich he has blessed, as a ballsouvenir. The presentees wearwhite gowns and each ~arries asingle red rose.

The ball is scheduled for Fri­day, January 8, 1999, at Venus deMilo ballroom in Swansea. Pro­ceeds benefit Catholic Charities,thus helping to maintain andexpand the many sl;!rvices pro- .vided by the institutions,apostolates and ministries of thediocese.

At the time diocesan and areacommittees are seeking contribu­tions from ball supporters in con­junction with a souvenir bookletwhich will have several catego­ries available to subscribers.They include an "In Memoriam"listing for contributions of $250;"Very Special Friends" for $200;

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SWANSEA - Nonagenarian Walsh and Mary LouiseMercy Sis~erFrances Doherty, who Fitzpatrick, for their service andtaught for more than 50years in the commitment to the center.Fall River Diocese, is among those The first assignment for Sister

.. whowillbenefitfromtheMountSt. Frances, the former Sister MaryRita Cehter's annual awards din- Baptista Doherty, was to 55. Peterner to be held Nov. 8, 1 p.m., at the and Paul School inFall River. SheVenus de Milo Restaurant. lat~r was to spend 15 years teach-

The dinner, dedicated to the ing at St. Patrick's School, Falllate Mercy Sister Alban Kerwick, River, and then at St. MarySchool, .will honor Dr. Pa trick R. North'AttIeboro. Besides being theLevesque, Mercy Sister Marietta principal there, she taught third;:::;;:::==;;:=;;;::;;;;::;:;=;:==:::;~:::;grade stu­

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Frances, whonow resides atthe center, lateropened a newschool in NewBedford. Afterher decades of'teaching, sheretired, then.substituted atSt. James

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MANY HATS - Father John Steakem, pas- Harrold attor of St. Thomas More Parish in Somerset, is (508) 679­a priest for all seasons. He hosts a Boy Scout 8511, ext. 319,troop in the' parish center and he's also the or t~e Mountchaplain for the tall ship H.M.S. Bounty. He is St. Rita Healthpictured with R~chard Langfield at the latter's. Center at (401)recent Eagle Scout Court of Honor on board 333-6352.the Bounty.

scribe forcefully what true followers of JesusChrist should believe and hpw they ;houldact. The Beloved Disciple was their inspira­tion and authority fOf' all this:

Even after his death (see 21 :23) his teach­ings continued to inspire their developmentof the lofty theology about Jesus, whichmakes the fourth Gospel so unique.

Who this mysterious, anonymous figureis, no one knows for sure. Fo'r a long dme itwas thought to be John the apostle, :;on ofthe fisherman Zebedee.

For several good reasons, which we can­not enter into here, it seems more probablethat it was someone else. To whomever it mighthave been, Christianity will always owe animrn.ense debt ofgratitude.

Q. In response to your ansWera few 'Weeksago concerning the largest Catholic clJ:urch,I must communicate the fact that Pope JohnPaul II did in fact consecrate theCathtidralofoUrLady ofPeace inYamoussoukro, IvoryCoast (West Afi"ica), Sept. 9,1990.: He did so preceding a meeting of th,e pre­

synodal council for the Special Assem:bly ofAfrica (Rome).

Encouraged by Sister'Prejean, Morris haswritten her story to let people knoVl she hasbeen able to rebuild her life with the power offorgiveness.

Morris told me, "My life today is livingproof not only. that God'does not ~bandon,

us, but that he has great things in store for usif we trust him." She refers to her Ilusband,Brad, a pilot, their'two children, her work as aspecial education teacher, their involvementin church and her media appearances where,she speaks on forgiveness in a vioknt soci­ety.

When I read her book, "Forgiving jj)e DeadMan Walking" (Zondervan), the last two linesbrought tears to my eyes: "Justice didn't doa thing to heal me. Forgiveness did."

She told me she needed to forgive so thatshe herself could receive forgiveness. "I hadto pray for Robert Willie," she said, "becausehe is a child of God, an.d God loves him the

, same as he loves me." ,She says she has riot been given a "clear

message'~ yet on the death penalty and thatshe leaves that debate "up to Sister Helen."Admitting she slept better knowing Williecould never harm her again, she reflt:cted, "Idon't know if that's reason enough to. killsomeone."

Debbie Mprris is a courageous womanwho believes God is using Iier to c.arry hismessage of forgiveness 'to others.

Christians from their Jewish cOQnections, the, decision by, Judaism, somt<where around the

year 90, to eject from the synagog'ue anyonewho professed Jesus as ~essiah (9:22).

Other tensions, the most bitter ones itseems, developed inside the community. Inthe First Letter of John we find extremelyharsh denunciations, unequaled in the NewTestament, of one faction by another..

In the course of their censures, they de-

, A. I am grateful to the priest from the of­, tice of the Synod of Bishops for this informa­. tion and for additional facts concerning this

cathedral.Apparently the piazza in front of the new

basilica is larger than that of St. Peter':;, butits 272 columns are 12 less than those aroundSt. Peter's Square. The seating capacity ofOur Lady of Peace is 7,000. St. Peter's canaccommodate about 10,000.

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The apostle whom Jesus loved

A. rhe Beloved Disciple - or ,"the dis-.ciple whom Jesus loved," depending on thetranslation - is referred to often in the fourth ,Gospel.

This person, the most intimatefriend of Jesus according to that Gos- ,...----------.....--11pel, became the source of Christian Q st <t

belief in what is called the Johannine U e 11.0 nscommunity; the community (or cOln- andmunities) of John, out of which came Answersthe Gospel according to John.

We know from that Gospel, andfrom the letters ofJohn, that this groupof believers in Jesus underwent manycrises and conflicts. Some were caused ... _

from outside their community.The Gospel reveals, for example, the

mounting tensions between those .Christiansand t1ie leaders of Judaism. In Chapter 9 wehear the story of the man born blind, whosesight is miraculously bestowed by Jesus.

That passage refers explici,tly to a majorevent in the final separation of the Johannine

sent along a letter of response signed by herand another 14 folks involved in youth minis­try. It was an articulate essay in which she andthey rightly underscored the holiness, dedica­tion and example not only of youth ministersbut the.young people themselves.

And never once did they offer to hurtme.I am sorry I hurt them. Pleaseforgive.. \

Q. ,There are several places in the NewTestament where one of the apostles or,dis­

,ciples is'referred to as''the one Jesus loved."Who was this? And why is his name never~entioned?(Pennsylvania) .

and his sidekick Joseph Vaccaro put guns tb• their heads, kidnapped them, tortured andshothert>oyfriend leaving him for dead, rapedher repeatedly-ang held her hostage for 24hours. She had nowayof-kn()~ing they had

· already raped and murdered another girl,.FaithHathaway. . ...

The aftershock lastedfor ye~s.Morris lit­erally lost her taste for life. She stopped see­ing her'boyfriend, who miraculously had sur­vived. She began drinking heavily, and be­came ever angrier at God, until she admittedher need for help.

Though she had not been much of achurchgoer, she had prayed during her or-

· deal, and now she began to pray again. Asshe worked to heal, Morris understood she'dnever be healed if she couldn't forgive bothRobert WiIlie and God.

When she heard about Sister Prejean'sbook ~nd the movie, she felt a bit angry that, .as one of Willie's living vic~ims, she and theauthor hadn't met.

But Morris felt she should meet with Sis­ter Prejean. When they 'met,Morris found ~woman she really respected, full of love, do- .irtg what she oelieves God wants her to do inopposing the death penalty. '

By Dan Morris

The offbeatworld of

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, Some might wonder where she found thecourage to go on-after what happened to herthat Friday night in 1980, when she and herboyfriend were parked in a car'on a riverfrontsipping milkshakes. That's when RobertWiIlie

comfort in forgivene~s', anhe h.as. I inter­viewed her and discovered a remarkably'spiriotual woman. .

tivity. Get them from your gro~ery o~ appli­ance store. Have them s'tacked apd ready forthe key moment. '

The boxes can be used as large lightweightblocks. You can cutdoors and windows in themto make an improvised village in the living room.

Used clothing can be used for dress-up'·games. Often, you can buy bags of second-'

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hand clothes at yard sales. Dres.sing up canbe a special treat.

Finally, you can ritualize the battle. Turnthe fight into a fun duel. Give two of them athrow pillow and let the third be in charge.

, March off three steps, and turn and hurl yourpillow at the "enemy."

Nerf baIls and wadded newspaper alsomake good ammunition.

Realize what you are doing. You are cap­turing the aggression and channeling it in anacceptable way. Very likely, you will be turn­ing incipient anger into whoops of laughter.

Think outcomes, not lectures. Stopping afight is not that hard if you use your commonsense.

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.. ~. >D.ea~ Man Walking's other victim

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The BottomLine

,Stopping kids from ,fighting'

THE ANCHOR- Diocese 0f FaI(River - Fri., Nov. 6; 19986

Everyone knows the story of "Dead ManWalking," the DOok by Sister Helen Prejeanthat was made into a movie with Sean Pennplaying the convicted killer on deathrow. Sister Prejean is a Sister of St.Joseph 'of MedaiIle. The book andmovie brought new focus to anti­death penalty concerns. .

What most people don't know isthat Robert WiIlie" one of the con-victed al}d executed murderers Sis­ter Prejean counse'led, had anothervictim, a 16-year-old girl whom hekidnapped, brutalized and released.Her testimony helped convict him.

Now 34, Debbie Morris has come forthwi t.h her story for an unusual reason. She teIlshow she has forgiven her tormentor, with thehope that her story wiIl help others find God's

Dear Dr. Kenny: Our-three kids are shout­ing and fighting all the time.IfHry to inter­vene, I make it worse. There's no reasoningwith them. If I try to punish someone, it'salways the wrong one. How can I stop them',from fighting? Help! (Louisiana)

The best discipline is what work~. Stayfocused on the outcome, and useyour common sense. Forget your lec­tures and punishment. What wouldit take to stop the fighting?,

Three different strategies are pos­sible. Separate the combatants. Dis­tract them. Or ritualize the fighting.

.The simplest strategy of all is toseparate your children. As Soon as'you are aware that a fight is brew- L.. _

ing, make your move. CoIlect one ortwo of the potential adversaries and propelthem elsewhere. .

We played a game called "Hugo.~' Some­one got to be Hugo. The name meant "Yougo upstairs. Or outside. Or to the basement.(Or anywhere.)"

At first, no one wanted to be designatedHugo. Rather quickly, all of them wanted thepart. I knew we had won when they startedbegging: "Why can't I be Hugo? Why can'tI go outside?"

The second possible strategy is to dis­tract. Have some attractive toys or activitiesready to interrupt the erupting 'battle. Savethem solely for this occasion. .

Perhaps this is the time to coIlect one ofthem to help you cook. Or to settle anotherone of them at the computer. Or to put 'on apopular video.

Large empty boxes are a favorite play a~"

.OK, OK, .1 apologizeFor those of you who have not yet gotten ing'many youth ministers are hired if they can called the column a "crass'and silly satire" and

around to writing a letter to me about what a pass the·test of putting a thermometer in his or pointed out that youth ministry typically meets~otten column I wrote recently about youth. ,her mouth and have it reach roughly 98.6. ' high standards.ministry, hold on a second. I am 'going to'do . OK, in truth I was "way flip" and "like" to- However, never once did he threaten tosomething Richard Nixc;m should have done, ~ally off-base~;' . ·march 40 or 50 large teen retreatants over toWilliam Clinton tried to do and Mayor Marion In a poorly executed attempt to be tongue~ .' my house and have them 'tell me ill person.HarrfofWashington D.C. did: apologize. .in-cheek I ended up being foot-in-mouth. ., Barb Stanley, director of youth ministry at

Please know my apology is not forthcoming It's not a nice taste. Church of the Resurrection in Tempe, Ariz.,just becaus~ my wife is tired ofhearing me open ,Iq a narrative sortie to make light of r'. ~ • ...;.'-----......jr---:::~--"Io.

letters from irate parents, youth ministers, pas- the rilther casual approach to youthtors and serial conscience killers - and yelp- ministry in some parishes, I inadvert­ing, "Ouch, ooeh, yow, oooph, mmmmph." ently, but nonetheless painfully made

And that's just from the barbed wire, yetchy "lite" of the incredibly successful,scratch-and-sniff and small exploding devices well·conceived and supported pro-people are putting in the envelopes. grams in so many, many o$er parishes;

Nah, I'm kidding. So far the criticism has . That's not fair. It ain't right. And Ibeen limited to narrative mortar shells and lin- am sorry.guallashings like, "Are you malicious and iII- There is absolutely no more press- .... ..." ...informed or just stupid and nutzoid?" ing call in our Church today than

OK, OK, OK, I was a little flip in saying ministry to youth. That I, impugned the thou­something like teens' useful purposes included sands of talented and trained Catholics whothrowing them across picnic tables to save answer that call was not, I promise, Intended.them (the tables, not the teen) while you park It was, however, uh, dumb.the car. Actually, other than being justifiably hot

And knowing how to make the"12:00" stop under the collar, most of the writers were prettyflashing on the VCR. nice. The director of youth and young adult

OK, OK, OK, I was a littleoff-base by imply- ministry from the Phoenix Diocese, Larry Fraher, .

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Annual Father McCarrickbreakfast set for Nov. 22SWANSEA - Mark Sullivan,

executive director of Citizens forCitizens, will be the speaker atthe second annual Father PaulF. McCarrick Memorial Break­fast, Nov. 22,10 a.m., at the Ve­nus de Milo Restaurant.

The event continues FatherMcCarrick's dedicated commit­ment to helping the youth of FallRiver. Proceeds of the breakfastwill be used for scholarships thatwill be given to high schoolgraduates attending college.

During his 40 years as a priestin the Fall River Diocese, FatherMcCarrick, who was active incommunity social and athleticactivities, encouraged many whohave subsequently assumed lead­ership roles not only in their pro-

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where we say we belong as theChurch. Ifwe stray, it forces us backbecause we signed a commitmentto do this."

Holland and McNamee saidILEAP's services are costly becauseit works with an impoverishedpopulation.

"It's the poor and themarginalized, that's where weplay," McNamee asserted. "Wedon't bring in the guy who makes$40,000 a year and say 'we're go­ing to give you a discount.' We lookat income. There are people whowalk through the door who don'thave two nickels to give us."

Currently there are more than'200 persons receiving ILEAP as­sistance and because their familymembers are also involved, thenumbers really point to 1,200people, said Holland.

"Cases pop up suddenly," saidMcNamee. "One night we had 12Guatemalans come in because it wasa case of them wanting asylum. Thehearing was set in Boston the nextmorning. A case that usually takes40 hours to prepare for a single indi­vidual we tried to put together, withfactual backup, overnight. When weheard of the horrors, the torture anddeaths in which they had been in­volved, it moved us to try. We hadto base our work on who had theworst story to tell and use it for thecase we were preparing."

Using the Internet and other re­search sources to help prove an asy­lum case is what proves costly, saidHolland. "The Immigration Serviceis loath to believe any contentionsunless they can be proven."

McNamee said her most diffi­cult task "is turning people away.If we had the resources we could

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Perpetual Help, placed the com­memorative patch while on a pil­grimage, at the request of Souza.

"I wanted it to be in a holyplace," said Souza who added thathe prays that its presence, now un­der the watchful eye of the HolyMother, will serve as a spiritual um­brella providing a shield of protec­tion for all law enforcement offic­ers in the line ofduty. "It makes mefeel good that it's out there and be­ing represented all over the world,'·'declared Souza.

Nowadays Souza said he keepsbusy with the patches and recentlyordered another 200 to fill orders.Ifyou would like more informationon the patches or collecting callSouZa at 995-0434. "It's a greathobby and a lot of people collectthem," he added. If the pope callsSouza to trade patches, he'll reallyhave something to talk about!

Designed By: Sgt. George Souza (Retired)

But he is assertive in his goal. "Themusic I write and publish covers avariety of styles, and I play key­boards and guitar - guitar mainly.The music I write is intended toreach young people and give asound that they enjoy listening to.The message, if! could boil it down,would be that God is not a 'just inthe church' kind of thing, and asyoung people they ~ave an oppor­tunity to make a difference. If wetake the faith we believe and reallyproclaim it in school and our work­places, then we have great impact."

He said that his work at gather­ings of young people "is a vital partof catechesis and evangelization forme. This is a day when kids fromsmall groups can see a huge gath­ering of young Catholics get up andcheer and sing about their faith.That experience of a larger Churchand a Gospel message offers them apower, a confidence to identify withthose who speak out fortheir faith.'.'.

although it "went through a lot ofchanges," said Souza, he is veryhappy with the final product. Thedesign proposal was submitted tothe Massachusetts Police Associa­tion and it was received with a greatdeal of enthusiasm. Souza nowtrades and sells the patches withother collectors and has even gotbaseball hats with the special patch.

"I sent President Clinton one ofthose," said Souza. "He sent a niceletter back acknowledging thepatch." He said he had also sentone to Pope John Paul II, but hadnot received any confirmation yet."I know he's been pretty busy,"quipped Souza.

One of his patches was broughtto the Hill of Apparitions, MountPodbro, Medjugorje in Yugoslaviaby fellow parishioner WilliamArabasz. He and Father Isidore·Kowalski, pastor of Our Lady of

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Retired police sergeant's hobbybuilds faith, keeps him busy

~ Patch design placedat holy site, sentaround world.

Youth

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year, ILEAP was recognized as an $7,000 to $8,000 fOf services thatagency with knowledge, skill, li- can be received here for $1,200. Webrary resources and commitment to try to keep focused on those whoserving the poor. don't have the financial ability to

"What the new grant means is go elsewhere for help, which meansthat Janet can represent immigrants the poor often don't get services.in many matters, including the Many of our clients are unem­cases of those from civil-war torn ployed. They pay if they can."countries who need temporary pro- After an agency is recognizedtection status in the United States," by the Immigration Service, thatsaid Holland. agency's ability to charge fees di-

McNamee added that having a minishes dramatically, because theparalegal will allow the agency to commitment is that you serve andexpand its service base without support, McNamee said.having to hire another attorney. "We might be charging $100 for

"This all began as an advocacy those who qualify under povertyrole for us, because of the costs of guidelines that others on the out­services," said McNamee. "It is not side are paying $3,000 for, " she4nusual for someone to pay from added. "It keeps us focused on

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By MIKE GORDON

ANcHOR STAFF

ACUSHNET - Retired PoliceSergeant George Souza began col­lecting police patches over 20 yearsago and has amassed over 500 de­signs from the United States andforeign countries, includingFrance, Norway, England and Italy.The enthusiasm the parishionerfrom Our Lady of Perpetual Help,New Bedford, has experienced andgenerated with his hobby inspiredhiJ1l to design a patch of his ownwhich has made it all the way tothe Vatican and a special hill in Yu­goslavia.

Souza's design, seen in the ac­companying photo, is in the shapeof the state, done in blue with a goldborder. In addition to the PoliceAssociation logo, it includes thestate seal, a lighthouse, whale, andharpooner. It represents the over17,000 active and retired police of­ficers of the Commonwealth.Souza served 10 years as a police­.man in Acushnet and 20 years atthe former Southeastern Massachu­setts University Campus.

A fellow sergeant and patch col­lector from Wisconsin encouragedSouza to design his own patch and

same. "As Jesus was about to beginhis ministry we see. him tempted bymoney, power and fame. He istempted to put himsl~lf before ev-

. eryone else. He uses the power ofhis relationship with his Father tosay 'No' to those temptations. Whenwe plug' into our relationship withJesus, we too are able to say 'No' tothose things which would draw usaway from who we are really calledto be."

Relating the story of the HolySpirit coming upon the Apostles,Father O'Connell told the group that"the Apostles, who before werescared were now reaching out tothose in need and believing more inthemselves because (lfthe power ofthe Spirit in their lives. If we use thatsame power, there is nothing that canput us down, nothing that can pre­vent us from reaching great heights."

Angrisano, 33, who hails fromLittleton, Colo., bills himself hum­bly "as a composer and speaker."

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Counselors work to help W'Ol1lE~n

discover alternatives to abortio,n

FONDA LASH (with hat) joins University of Dallas students inprayer outside a clinic that performs abortions in Dallas. Lelsh isdirector of the Dallas Diocese's pro-life sidewalk counselin~1 pro­gram. (CNS photo by Robert Bunch, Texas Catholic)

St. Louis sets youthevent for papal visit

sippi River to the Kiel Centerdowntown.The second event, inKiel Center itself, will be a. tick­eted event limited to about 20,000people. The third event, to be heldoutdoors in what has beendubbed "Papal Plaza," will ac­commodate about 100,000people in St. Louis city parks nearthe Kiel Center.

Talks ahd musical entertain­ment will fill the time while theyoung people are gathered wait-ing for the pope. .

Father Smoot said the archdio­cese is in the process ofexpandingits Web site - www.archstl.org­to include1l\Ore informationaboutthe youthgathering.

we helped save until we meetGod."

One reason, she said,. is thatsome women may see the pro-lifegroup praying and will. driveaway without keeping their ap­pointments. Sometimes, c. "save"can corne even after a woman hashad an abortion.

According to Lash, 50 percentof all abortions are performed onwomen who have had a prior

. abortion."1£ we can talk to the woman

after t~e abortion and :~et herback to God," she said, "wemight be saving her next baby."

another person," Msgr. Reillysaid. "The only one who canchange the heart and the spirit is

.Almighty God."Lash has recruited team

leaders for all seven Dallascenters, and there is a "prayer­ful presence" and counselingon many days they are open forbusiness.

Counselors regularly testify toa "save," when the woman de­cidesnot to go in or walks outbefore getting an abortion. As foran estimate on the number ofsaves, Lash said, "We just aren'tgoin!? to know how many'babies

By BARBARAWATKINSCATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ST. LOUIS - "Light of theWorld" will be the theme of PopeJohn Paul II's meeting withyouths inSt. Louis Jan. 26,1999,said Father Robert Smoot, coor-

,dinator of the youth event.The pope is slated to arrive at

the Kiel Center, home of prohockey's St. Louis Blues, about 6p.m. for a prayer service, but the .youth event will be an all-dayaffair with three major parts. It isto begin at 9:30 a.~. with "Walkin the ~ight," a massive youthwalk from the city's GatewayArch on the banks of the Missis-

By ELLEN ROSSINI

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

DALLAS...,. It's shortly after 9a.m. on a warm, windless Satur­day, and a dozen or so people ­mostly ~tudents from the Univer­sity of Dallas - are standingside by side near an abortionclinic, singing. ,

Strains of "Were You There?"fade out to the'murmur of a ro­sary.

Across the street a van pullsup, and Fonda Lash meets acouple as they step out. Their En­glish is halting, so she summonsa student to help translate.

The woman, who' hascome for'anabor,tior:'-, saysshe thought her babywould have problems be­cause her doctor had ad­vised her to take seven birth 'control pills within threedays, althoughshe stoppedafter, the second day be­cause of heart pains.

Lash convinces thecouple to follow her to thePrestonwood Crisis Preg­nancy Center. When theyarriye, a Spanish-speakingclient is there to translateand, after witnessing asonogram of their child, thecouple decides to keep theirbaby.

Lash, 37, began " side­'walk cOlWseling" at abor­tion centers 10 years ago inPittsburgh with OperationRescue.

Today, as the "Convert­a-Mill" program dire~tor

for Dallas Bishop CharlesV. Grahmann's Pro-LifeCommittee, Lash and doz­ens of volunteers whose ef-

, forts she coordinates aretrying to stop abortionwhere it starts - in ,theheart.

The sidewalk counse­lors have been trained inthe method of Msgr. PhilipReilly, a Brooklyn, N.Y.,

. priest whose Helpers ofGod's Precious Infants ap­proach has reached acrossthe United States and as faraway as Australia. '

Msgr. Reilly and his"helpers" report they have

,watched 20,000 womenwalk away frcim an abortion and20 abortion centers close in theNew'York area by using thespiritual weapons of the rosary,eucharistic ~doration, fasting,on-site prayer and the off-siteprayer of cloistered sisters, nurs­ing horne residents and others.

In his viqeotape, Msgr. Reillyl~ys out the specifics of how toprepare: with prayer before, dur­ing and after; how to approachpeople: witha smile and let themwalk toward you; what to showthem: some nice pictures and,briefly, some "tough" pictures;what to say: talk about abortionrisks, pain after abortion, truthabout the unborn baby; and howto help them afterward, even ifthey get the abortion.

"The purpose of the Helpersis salvation of souls. It is conver­sion of heart, it is moral conver­sion, and you cannot do that for

8 THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River --'-, Fri., Nov. 6, 1998

Living will developedin Florida goes

nationwideBy CAROL ZIMMERMANN

CATHnLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - People should make decisions aboutthe end-of-life care they want to receive long before theyface health problems, say advocates of a living will devel­oped in Florida and now available to people across the coun­try.

"Five Wishes" was released nationwide Oct. 22. ,It has beenavailable in EloIida for about a year and iIi., that tim~ morethan 250,000 people-have-req\l,este,d copies of it.

The will, called "-Five Wishes," is asimple guidehI}e docu-menting the care peoplewish to re- The will, called "Five ceive whenthey are dying. Wishes," is a simple It ranges fromthe question of continuing lifesupport to the guideline documenting desire for ob-taining for- the care people wish to giveness fromfamily mem- receive when they are bers.

"This docu- dying. It ranges from the ment can beused in a liv- question of continuing ing room asopposed to a life support to the desire waiting room.It should be part of familydiscussions," for obtaining forgiveness said JimTowey, presi- from family members. de'nt andfounder of Aging WithDignity, a Florida non-profit group which created the document.

Towey, a Catholic layman, was' inspired to humanize theway Americans die after he visited Mother Teresa's home inCalcutta, India, for destitute people who ar~ dying, and: af­ter he lived for a year in-the Missionaries of Charitts hos­pice for people dying of AIDS in Washington'.

Towey said he started looking at living will oocumentsand found most of them" treat dying as a medic~l. moment,"ignoring the spiritual and emotional concerns involved. Forexample, he 'said, most living wills essentially give peoplethe option of ventilators or feeding tubes wnen they are neardeath.

, "No wonder four'out of five people don't even fill themout," he said, referring to statistics released by the Commis­sion on Aging With Dignity that only one in five people inAmer-ica has a living will. And many of these wills are inef­fective because they are too vague or were never discussedwith a doctor or a loved one, he added.

"Five Wishes," developed in conjunction with the Hollandand Knight law firm and with the help of the American BarAssociation's Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly,lets people make known their wishes for:' , '

- the,kind of medical treatment they want or don't want;- how comfortable they want to be;- how' they want people to treat them;- what they want their loved ones to know;- which person they want to make health care decisions

for them when they can't make them., It's designed to be signed in front of two witnesses andalso provides space for notarization for those states that re­quire it.

Such a simple understandable document hasnot been avail- 'able before, Towey said, because of a kind of prevailing men-tality in society that people are going to live forever. '

The personal side of the document "marks a great ad­vance in living wills," said Richard Doerflinger, associate di­rector for policy development for the U.S. bishops' Secni­tariat for Pro-Life Activil:ies.

, Although he said his office will not endorse a particularliving will, he commended "Five Wishes" for being a tool toencourage discussion with loved ones about dying.

"Five Wishes" is legally valid in 33 states and the Districtof Columbia, but cannot be used as a legal living will in Ala­bama, Alaska, California, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, New'Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Caro­lina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

Towey pointed out that in states where "Five Wishes" isnot a legal document, people may still use the form to puttheir preferences in writing as a guide to health care provid~

ers, who have a duty, he said, to listen to patients' wishes,no matter how they are expressed.'

The document can be obtained free either on the Internet athttp:\ \ www.agingwithdignity.org or by mail from Aging WithDignity, P.O. Box 1661, Tallahassee, FL, 32302-1661.

Papal primacy is ltlatter of faith,asserts Vaticari- c'on-gregation

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bishop Weakland said whenfaced with /I cultural pluralism,"Church officials react by reinforc­ing "centralization" or unifor­mity, which he said was a natu­ral tendency.

But trends toward centraliza­tion could backfire and cause dis­unity because they could fosterbitterness and anti-Catholic sen­timents, he said. Local identities,he added, are not being recog­nized, including in areas of canonlaw.

Although Pope John Paul IIworks hard to keep unity in theChurch through papal visits, this"kind of solution" will not holdfor long, the archbishop said. TheChurch of the United States,along with churches in Europe,should recognize the ethnic diver­sity of different cultures and studythe way their "different modelsof Catholicism" operate, he said.

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ing concept, one they feel thatwas not intended by VaticanCouncil II, one that the bishopsgathered at that council did notintentionally plan," ArchbishopWeakland said. "The Church ofthe West, for the most part, is verymuch in denial. To many in theWest the very idea of cultural plu­ralism does not seem to be a phe­nomenon compatible with catho-lici~."

'We, as Church, will have toface up to a future that is markedby cultural pluralism," Arch­bishop Weakland said.

These are not new issues fac­ing canon law and the Church,Archbishop Weakland said, cit­ing Father Karl Rahner's warn­ing in his work titled "Toward aFundamental Theological Inter­pretation of Vatican II," that thenew Code of Canon Law must notbe "a Western code that is im­posed on the world Church inLatin America, Asia and Africa."

Like Father Rahner, Arch-

The doctrinal congregationdocument on papal primacy wassigned by the congregation's pre­fect, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger,and by Archbishop TarcisioBertone, secretary of the congrega­tion.

"The Holy -Spirit helps theChurch to know these needs andthe Roman pontiff, listening to thevoice of the Spirit in the churches,seeks a response and offers it whenand how he believes it is oppor­tune," they said.

Determining what is the natureof papal ministry and how thatshould be exercised, the documentsaid, "is a discernment to be car­ried out in the Church, that is, un­der the assistance of the HolySpiritand in the fraternal dialogue of theRoman pontiff with the other bish­ops according to the concreteneeds of the church."

"At the same time, it is clear thatonly the pope (or the pope with anecumenical council) has, as suc­cessor of Peter, the authority andthe competence to have the lastword on how to exercise his pas­toral ministry in the universalChurch," the. document said.

The doctrinal congregationsaid the New Testament shows"with clarity and simplicity" thatthe early Christian community ac­cepted the fact that Christ chosePeter first among the Apostles andgave him a specific function in theChurch.

And, the document said, fromthe begiiming and "with growingclarity" the Church understoodthat 'the ministry of unity en­trusted to Peter belonged to theperennial structure of the churchof Christ" and would pass in suc­cession to the bishop of Rome, thecity of Peter's martyrdom.

"The full communion desiredby Christ among those who con­fess to be his disciples requires thecommon recognition of a univer­sal ecclesial ministry," it said.

"The Catholic Church pro­fesses that this ministry is the pri­matial ministry of the Roman po.n­tiff" and it maintains that accord­ing to God's design, communionwith the pope "is an essential re­quirement of full and visible com­munion."

tura!. The Catholic Church alsofaces cultural pluralism, a phe­nomenon with effects similar toeconomic globalization applied tothe "world church," a term im­plicit in the word "catholic."

For many centuries, the Catho­lic Church was dominated by theEuropean and later by the U.S.cultures. With the rise in the num­ber of Catholics in Asia, Africaand Latin America, the futureworld Church will be "predomi­nantly nonwhite, a coalition andmixture of many races and cul­tures," the archbishop said.

Although Catholics in manyWestern nations may understandthe different direction the Churchis traveling, they have "not yetcome to accept it in their hearts,"he said.

"For many in the West, worldChurch is still a rather frighten-

Formed of Many Cultures."The archbishop served as key­

noter to the SOD participants gath­ered for the Canon Law Society ofAmerica's 60th annual meeting,held in Orlando recently.

Archbishop Weakland saideconomic globalization is a factof life. The phenomenon is char­acterized as the economic state ofone nation or sector of the worldaffecting national economiesacross the globe.

Although "economic global­ization is a fact that cannot be dis­puted," the archbishop saidpeople of the West may be uncom­fortable with economic interde­pendence because they find it'difficult to identify with globalperspectives."

Archbishop Weakland said theworld faces a period of globaliza­tion that is both economic and cul-

on "The Primacy of the Successorof Peter in the Mystery of theChurch."

The symposium was a re­sponse to Pope John Paul II's callfor a renewed study of the impor­tance and essential characteristicsof papal primacy in connectionwith efforts to restore Christianunity.

In his 1995 encyclical onecumenism, Pope John Paul in­vited other churches and Christiancommunities to contribute to thereflection on primacy and how itsexercise could be acceptable to allChristians.

The international Anglican­Roman Catholic dialogue com­mission announced in Septemberthat it had completed a study onthe issue, which would be pub~

lished in early 1999.

~ Archbishop Wet~kland

states his opinions ondiversity andcentralization inthe future Church.

A TOURIST at the Kennedy Space Center in CapeCanaveral, Fla., signs a giant poster wishing John Glenn asafe trip. Glenn made a historic return to space when he andhis shuttle Discovery crewmatss launched Oct. 29. The as­tronaut became the first American to orbit Earth in 1962. (CNSphoto from Reuters)

By CINDY WOODE,N

CATHOLIC NEWS SEFIVICE

VATICAN CITY - The realand effective primacy of the popeover the whole Church is a matterof faith and not simply a conve­nient way to govern the Church,the Vatican's doctrinal congrega­tion said.

The papacy"is not a coordinat~ing or presiding office, it cannotbe reduced to a 'primacyof honor,'nor can it be understood as a mon­archy of a political kind," the con­gregation said in a document pub­lished Oct. 30 at the Vatican.

The Congregation for the Doc­trine of the Faith issued its docu­ment, described as "consider­ations," in connection with theVatican's publication of papersprepared for a 1996 symposium

By JEAN PALOMBC)

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ORLANDO, Fla. - Diversityin the Church is not a bad thing,and homogenization and cen­tralization in the Church are notalways tools for unity, Arch­bishop RembertG. Weakland tolda group of canon lawyers.

Recognizing that the Churchof the future will be marked by"cultural pluralism" was one the­sis highlighted by Archbishop·Weakland of Milwaukee in hisaddress on "Structuring'Communio' in the Church

JAZZ VIOLINIST Claude Williams, 90, has played! for au­diences worldwide, but when he is home in Kansas City, Mo.,he plays with local bands· to raise funds for a parish youthcenter. Williams was among 15 entertainers honored recentlyin Washington by the National Endowment for the Arts. (CNSphoto by Loretta Shea Kline, Catholic Key)

At 90, Claude WilIi.ams. .' .

still plays a mean fiddle

10 THEANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Nov. 6, 1998

'Living Out Loud' inspiresa fascinating comedy 'film

makes incremental'st~ps t~wardBy GERRI PARE

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE getting on with life: Pat works to-, ward paying back his gambling

NEWYORK(CNS)-Forming (Iebts and startIng his own busi-'an unlikely alliance against life's· ness, while Judith befriends thereversals are doorman Danny torch singer and starts assertingDeVito and divorcee Holly Hunter herself after years of being a door­in the sweet-natured comedy-drama, mat for her. husband, in the pro­"Living Out Loud" (New Line). cess losing her essential sense of

The movie is inspired by two self. Judith and Pat seem indis­Chekhov short stories which writei'" pensable to each other as theyRichard LaGravenese ("The Horse overcome loneliness, but at the'Whisperer," "The Fisher King," same time she remains ambivalent"The Bridges of Madison County" ,about accepting him as a romantic) fashions into one slender tale for partner.his directorial debut. Though it's And that is the movie's prob­small in scope, the movie's char- lem; it doesn't know where to goacters prove bighearted enough to once their believable friendshiphold an audience by virtue of their blossoms.charm and talent. As expertly played by both ac-

Hunter plays newly divorced tors, each of the charactersis highlynurse Judith, dumped' by her car-appealing, but there is little sense.diologist husband (Martin of dramatic urgency; we just hopeDonovan) for a younger woman 'for the best for them! together orand now shuffling around her Fifth apart. But LaGravenese does addAvenue condo at a loss as to how some interest by filming numer­to start all over - maybe return to ous short scenes in which Judithmedical school, which she gave up behaves in unexpected ways. '

. to support her spouse early in their The 'movie has an appealing16-year, childless union. tenderness in its tone, and DeVito

Venturing o'ut alone to a jazz. doesn't go for easy laughs, insteadclub one night to hear a torch singer instilling his "loser" character with'(Queen Latifah), she enters what real dignity.she thinks is an unlit ladies' room Latifah's several bluesy num­only to be passionately embraced bers are nicely rendered, and sheby a stranger (Elias Koteas) expect- also does well in her role asing his mistress. Apologies ensue, Judith's newfound friend.but, awakened to long-dead pas- In the end, it's a story aboutsions within her, Judith feels alive people helping each other with noonce mOre and upon returning to need for violence or strong sexher building strikes up an elevator scenes to jolt the audience andconversation with doorman Pat keep the audience interested.(DeVito), whom she barely noticed It's not a movie to make onebefore. shout for joy, but "Living Out

It turns out he's also been Loud" is a quietly reflective and'dumped by his wife - and just pleasing experience.lost his teenage daughter to can- Due to some sexual innuendo,cer - which moves Judith to im- minor substance abuse and inter­pulsively hug him and insist he mittent profanity and rough lan­have coffee with her. She proves guage; the U.S. Catholic Confer­such a good listener, his spirits also ence classification is.A-III -'-

. rise, and Pat makes the leap that adults. The Motion Picture Asso­he could interest her romantically. ciation of America rating is R ­

From there, each separately restricted.

By LORETTA SHEA KLINE

CATHOLIC NEWS' SERVICE

KANSAS. CITY, Mo.Ninety-year-old'jazz and swingmusician Claude "Fiddler" Wil­liams is at the height of his popu­larity in the United States aftermore than sevendecades of per-forming. "

He continues to be a favoritein Europe, where he is wellknown, has toured Australia andJapan, and this fall is scheduledto play in Germany, France andDenmark.

And now Williams, a Catho­lic, has more recognition to cel­ebrate. In October he was one of15 artists named 1998 NationalHeritage Fellows by the NationalEndowment for the Arts.

"It'sa wonderful honor," Wil­liams told The Catholic Key, news­paper of the Diocese of KansasCity-St. Joseph.

Williams and his wife,Blanche, are members ofSt. LouisParishin Kansas City, where sheworks parttime as a parish officemanager.

Each year the National En­dowment for the Arts honors per­formers and craftspeople whorepresent a cross section ,ofAmerica's cultures. The fellow-

· ships, Which include a $10,000award, were presented ina WhiteHouse ceremony in ,the EastRoom by first lady Hillary

· Rodham Clinton.Born the youngest of six chil­

drenin1908 inMuskogee,Okla.,Williams began playing musicaround the age of 8 with abrother-in-law. He described Nsbrother-in-law as "one of thosefellows, whatever he picked uphe could play."

By age 10 Williams was play­ing the guitar, mandolin, banjoand cello. He became interestedin' the violin after hearing thegreat J~e Venuti play at an out­door pavilion. Williams heardVenuti's violin "above the or­chestra , on top of the other in­struments," he said, so he told

"

his mother,"That'Swhat I want saxophonist Charlie "Bird"t I " , Parker and tenor sa>;ophonistopay. . .

Williams got his first paying Lester "Prez" Young. He's per-work in his _----------....., formed at

'brother-in-Iaw's Today, Willi~ms, WhQ Carnegie Hall,string band, d' h N "1/' " Lincoln Center

Playe wit at f\.mg d CI' ,. playing in bar- an at mton sbershops,hotels Cole, is at the height of first inaugural.and front yards. his career, making more Today, WilliamsHe made $6 to money now than he has is at the height$7 a night in tips ever made. of hi~; career,at a time when making morepeople worked all week to earn money now than he has everthat much. made.

He moved to Kansas City in Through the yeam, world-1928 when it was a hotbed of wide fame hasn't let Williamsswing music. He played and forget the needs of his parish.toured with a variety of bands, When not on the road.. he playsincluding the Cole Brothers, fea- with Kansas City local bands toturing a young Nat "King" Cole. raise money for a pari,sh youthThey toured in New York, Cl¥- center. 'cago and other cities. . Williams also has recorded

In 1936 he joined the Count some of his best known stan­Basie Band and played guitar on dards on three compact disks.Basie's first recordings. A year "You've Got to Si!e Your

'later he returned both to the Mamma" is on Williams' 1995fiddle and Kansas City. CD, "Swing Time in NE'W York."

He also played alongside His latest CD, "King (If Kansassuch other jazz legends as alto City," was released last year.

TV's "The Death. Train," is .1

requiem for the Soviet Gulagwho survived an ordeal whichcost the lives of more than 60,000of their fellow inmates.

Their account of what they en­dured is devastating in it:; detailsbut is fundamental to under­standing the barbarity of theGulag as part of Stalin's crimesagainst his people.

Produced and directed by TomRoberts for Britain's ChannelFour, the documentary inter­sperses the Soviet plans for theproject with the inhuman workconditions of the exhausb~dpris­oners and poignant vistas of theArctic's inhospitable terrain andclimate.

The result is a sort of histori­cal requiem for all the victims ofthe Gulag as represented by thesufferings of those laborin'g anddying on the hopeless, senselessGreatS,taJin.Railway.

what happened to the hundreds,of thousands of prisoners whowere transported to the ArcticCircle, built their own prisoncamps, then started work on therailway in the fall of 1949.

Though' they laid some 500miles of track, most of it was un­usable and days after Stalin'sdeath in 1953 the project was of­ficiallyended.

There is some period Sovietfootage of the railway under con­struction but most of the visualsshow the area today, an Arcticwasteland dotted with decayingcamp sites and abandoned rail­road equipment.

It is a vast outdoor museum, asilent monument to the cruel in­humanity of Stalin and the So­viet gulag system.

Giving voice to the human re­ality of this are, five. pri:;ooe.rs

By HENRY HERX

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

NEW YORK (CNS) - The following are cap- .sule reviews of movies recently reviewed by theU.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film andBroadcasting.

/- IIAmerican History X" (New Line)Violent melodrama in which the young leader

of a California hate group (Edward Norton) is convicted of man­slaughter for ki11ing two African-Americans who had broken intohis car, but is raped in prison by fellow skinheads, then befriendedby a black convict before retuming home a changed man. Directedby Tony Kaye, there is nothing subtle about the movie's anti-hatemessage and the reliance on hard-edged violence in the story's treat­ment, but the result is unconvincing as a human drama and pro­vides no insights beyond the real danger to society of such groups.Intense violence, some of it gory, sexual situations, including aho­mosexual gang rape, brief nudity, racial epithets, recurring roughlanguage and some profanity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classifi­cation is A-IV - adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture As­sociation of America rating is R - restricted.

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Examined in close detail is theconstruction of the Great StalinRailway which was to be built

"The Inheritors" (Stratosphere) parallel to the Arctic Circle forViolent class conflicts embroil a 1930s Austrian vi11age after a the defense of northern Siberia.

hateful farmer upsets the neighboring landowners by leaving all his Announced with great fan­property to his peasant workers, hoping his actions will lead to fare in 1947, the project wasbloodshed on both sides. Writer-director Stefan Ruzowitzky creates doomed from the start becausevivid characterizations and incorporates wry humor into a dark of engineering proqlems withtale of the peasants' dashed egalitarian meams. Subtitles. Intermit- laying track on permafrost whichtent violence including rape, brief sexual encounter, fleeting nudity thawed and shifted during the.and a few instances of profanity and rough language. The U.s. summer, destroying whateverCatholic Conference classification is A-III - adults. The Motion had been done over the winter.Picture Association of Americal'ating..is. R. -::-. res.tricle.d... ,..... nA nAft·A ••••<.But.the..program_focuses on

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SOUTH YARMOUTH"Christsong," a musical rcndition of thelife of'Jesus, will be celebrated at 2:30p.m. Nov. 15 at St. Pius X Church. Theperformancewill include dance, dramaandmusic. All welcome.

WESTHARWICH....-St. Francis ofPeace Fraternity will meet Nov. 8 at HolyTrinity Church. Mass will be offered atI:30 p.m. and the meeting will follow. In­quirers are welcome. For! more informa­tion call Kay Fitzgerald at 394-0323.

WESTHARWICH-The PerpetualAdoration Chapel at HolY'Trinity Church,route 28, invites people to sign up andspend an hour or two in prayer. This re­gional chapel of the mid-Cape area de­pends on the support of people. All ageswelcome. For more information call JaneH. Jannell at 430-001 4.

SOUTH DARTMOUTH - Holi­day Hope, a: special ecumenical service ofprayer for people remembering deceasedloved ones during the holiday season willbe offered at 3 p.m. Nov. IS at St. Mary'sParish. All welcomt:.

NORTH DARTMOUTH - A Di­vorced and Separated Support Group willmeetat the Family LifeCenter, 500 SlocumRoad, from 7-9 p.m. Nov. 9. DottieLevesque will speak on the topic "Dealingwith the Holidays." All welcome.

the Diocese of Fall River from 11 am. to3 p.m Nov. 7 at St. Mary's Church. Formore information or reservations call JuneMann at 695-5161.

SAGAMORE - A day of recollec­tion for women will be held from lOam.to noon Nov. 13 at St. Theresa's Chapel,route 6A. Confessions will be heard by apriest from Opus Dei. All welcome.

SEEKONK - The youth ministryprogram of Our Lady of Mount CarmelChurch is presenting three nights offriend­ship, food, fun and prayer this month forall high school-age youth: The first of

. these teen nights, "Why Bother? Seeingthe Total Picture," will Kick off Nov. 8from 6-8 p.m. in the parish center. Thesecond, "Getting Extreme," will be heldonNov.15,sametimeandplaee. A 'TeenLiturgy and Pizza Party" will be held inthe main church and parish center from6-8 p.m. Nov. 22. All welcome.

SEEKONK - A Holy Hour for Vo­cations will be held at6:30 p.m. Nov. II at

, St. Mary's Church. It will be led by Fa­ther Craig A. Pregana and include Bene­diction ofthe Blessed Sacrament. All wel­come.

FALL RIVER- DuncanMacEachern, Taunton regional di­rector of MassHealth, will speak on"Rei mbursement Changes andChallenges - Medicaid: An Up­date," Nov. 17, 7:30-9 a.m., at abreakfast in Saint Anne's Hospital'sNannery Conference Room inClemence Hall.

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MASHPEE-A pro-life meeting isheld on the first Monday oreach month inthe Religious Education Center ofChristthe King Parish at 9 a.m. All welcome.For more information call Clare1Witchellat 428-9 I06. '

AlTLEBORO - The Divine MercyPrayer Group of LaSalette Shrine meetsevery Wednesday at 7: IS p.m. Its specialintention for November. as requested bythe Holy Father, is for the victims ofdrugs.For more information call the shrine at222-5410.

The shrine's Coffee House Series con­tinues with musical guest Rebekah Pratt at6:30 p.m. Nov. 7.

A healing service will bl~ held at theshrine at 2 p.m. Nov. 8. It will includeMass, hymns of-praise and teaching. Itwill be led by Father Richard Delisle andpeople will have the opportlmity to beprayed overand anointed individually. Allwelcome.

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ATILEBORO - Hospice ofAttle­boro invites family and friends ofhospicepatients who have died to join together inan interfaith celebration oftheir loved ones'lives and memory, and to offer comfortand support to one another. It will be heldat 3 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Evangelical Cov­enant Church, 841 No~ Main Street.

FALL RIVER - Dominican Laity,Saint Rose of Lima Chapter will hold itsmonthly meeting on Nov, II at theDomincan Academy Chapel. It beginswith the rosary at 6:40 p.m. and is fol­lowed by Mass, liturgy oCthe hours and aconference by Father Pierre E. Lachance.All welcome. For more information callAnn Fennessey at 674-1899.

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Latin Mass, but also" ask thegrace to be tolerant" of those whoprefer the new Mass..

"It's a two-way ~itreet," hesaid,

Retired Austrian CardinalAlfons Stickler told members ofthe pilgrimage they must con­tinue to pray that their bishopswill expand permissions to cel­ebrate, the old Mass, but theymust always show respect fortheir bishops' decisions.

"We can hope for greater ac­ceptance, but we are not schis­matics," the cardinal said, "Wewill be the most obedit~ntRoman 'Catholics."

Church workers say ~inocllet'sarrest recalls grisly history

and an ignoring of liturgicalguidelines since Vatican II hasled some priests "to minimizethe sacrificial aspect of the Mass 'and the sense of mystery in anattempt to make it more intelli­gible,"

The only way "we can con­vince bishops that tl:te celebra­tion ofthe old rite is not divisive,"he said, is if we recognize thebeauty and richness of both lit­urgies.

Bishop James C. Timlin ofScranton, Pa., who celebratedtwo Masses for the group, saidmembers of the pilgrimage must"pray for tolerance" for their de­sire to celebrate the traditional

John Capel, who heads the Parliament, the Tobacco Insti­Church and Work office of the tute of South Africa said the leg­bishops' conference, said the islation is "badly drafted and

, act is "in the broader interests totally unreasonable" and willof society, although it is unfor- lead to "harsh, absurd and un- ,tunate that some jobs may be intended consequences."lost along the way." The bishops' conference's

The legislation's business submission said" it seems to usand labor opponents argued in that the limited negative impactParliament ,that an estimated that the bill may have on the100,000 people employed by continued growth of the to­the tobacco industry will lose bacco industry is by far out­their jobs, and newspapers and ' weighed by the positive long­magazines that rely on tobacco 'term impact on the lives ofadvertising may be forced o!J,t people that reduced levels ofof business. smoking and nicotin:? depen-

In an recent s'4bmission to dency can have."

By MIKE LANCHIN, CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE, '

, SAN SALVADOR -:- Even ifGen. Augusto Pinochet walks free, hisdetention in England has served as a reminder that Latin America'sgrisly past cannot be easily forgotten, say Church human rig:1.ts work-ers and human rights abuse victims' relatives. '

The arrest of the former Chilean dictator" makes Latin Americansociety look back at itself and see that what happened in thE' past stillhas serious repercussions today. There are open wounds that clamorfOr justice," said Eduardo Pirotto, former coordinator of the peace andjustice office of the Archdiocese ofMontevideo, Uruguay.

"But rather than be threatened by this new situation, the demo­cratic processes of the region are being strengthened by it," r,e added.

The 82-year-old Pinochet, now a permanent senator, was arrestedby British authorities Oct. 16 at the private clinic where he was recov-eriIig from back surgery. ' -

The arrest came after Britain received an extradition request from ajudge in Spain who accused Pinochet of genocide, as well clS terror­ism and torture of more than 90 people, including British and Span­ish'nationals,during his 1973-1990 military dictatqrship.

Although three British High Court judges annulled the detention,order Qct. 28, Pinochet was ordered to re~in under arrest pendingan appeal of the decision, expected to conclude in early November.Extraditio~proceedings against him have also been initiated in France,Switzerland and?w~\len.. ',,' ,' , ,, "Pina<;het has become one of the worst symbols qf there;~mesof

,death and tor~ure,wNch later awarded the~elvespardons," saidAlba Lanzillotto, leader of ~e Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo (Grand­mothers of Plaza d~ ,Mayo), Argentina's internationally re:nownedgroup made up of relatives of the victimS ofhurnan rights violations.

The detention of the man, still reviled as one of Latin America'smost brut~ military rulers of the 1970s and '80s sent shock waves,through the contment and provoked violent street protests in Chile,with daily clashes between police and demonstrators.

The Chilean bishops' conference repeatedly called for calm, butthe president of.the conference's permanent council, Bishop FernandoAriztia Ruiz, told the press in late October that"while the wound isnot healed it will continue bleeding and will, at times, produce astrong reaction in the body." . ,

Accordinl7 to Maria Julia Herriandez, director of the San SalvadorArchdiocese s human rights office, the arrest of Pinochet is " a lessonto the rest of the world,,; it has set a precedent.", "This'is avery important attempt to overcome impunity," she added,

Southern African bishops'welcome anti-tobacco law

~ New legislation seenas positive step inimproving thenation's health.

By BRONWEN DACHS

CATHOLIC NEWS SERylCE

CAPE TOWN, South Africa- The SO\~thernAfrican Catho­lic Bishops' Conference wel­comed a new anti-tobacco lawas a significant step in improv­ing the,health of the country'spopulation. '

The law, which was passedrecently, places a complete banon tobacco advertising andsponsorships, anp gives thegovernment the authority to bansmoking in public plaf:es.

However, it is strongly op­posed by trade unions and in­dustry, which say it will lead tothousands of job losses.

The bishops' parliamentaryliaison office called the TobaccoProducts Control AmendmentAct"an important and progres­sive step towards improving thehealth of the South Africanpopulation in an integratedand comprehensive way,"

In a submission to Parlia­ment in Cape Town before thelaw was passed, the bishops'parliamentary office said that,while the legislation is contro:.versial,,"even for members ofour own Church," the Church'suniversal teaching" refers tothe use of tobacco in caution­i~gagC;linst'exc'ess and, advo-

, cating the virtue oftemperancein its use." .', ,

'Th~· act" which ,cippone,ntssay is unconstjtutional; wa~ thesubject' of public hearings 'inParliament in late October. Itwi~lprqhibitsmoking in pub­lic places oh the basis that, ilc­cording to the prea'mble to thedr,aft law, " tobacco use is so in­jurious to the health of bothsmokers and nonsmokers as towarrant restrictiv~legislation."

Tobacco advertising andsponsorship of sporting a'ndother events will be banned tosever the" association of smok-'ing with sqcial success,' busi­ness advancement and sport­ing prowess," the preamblesaid.

Vatican's /I Ecclesia Dei /I commis­sion and the establishment of thePriestly Fraternity of St. Peter,

Pope John Paul formed thecommission to care for followersof the late French ArchbishopMarcel Lefebvre whowanted toremain in full communion withthe Catholic Church after thearchbishop w:as excommuni­cated.

The original members of theFraternity of St. Peter belonged

, to Archbishop Lefebvre's PriestlySociety ofSt. Pius X.

The fraternity now has about,,100 priests, 35 of whom serve inthe United States. Among thoseparticipating in the pilgrimagewere 50 of the 65 seminarians

, studying at the fraternity's U.S.seminary.

The pope said the permissionto celebrate the Mass according'to the Roman Missal of 1962 is"a sign of the Church's under­standing" of those who preferthe old liturgy. But, he said, thepermission was extended"while confirming the good \found in the liturgical reformdesired by the Second VaticanCouncil and implemented -byPope Paul VI.", The liturgy, he said, mustnever be used as a source of divi~sion.

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'Consecration to the-Divine Will

~ The pope said thepermission to celebratethe Mass according tothe Roman. Missal o~'1962 is "a sign of theChurch's understand­ing" of those whoprefer the old liturgy.

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Oh adorable and Divine Will, behold me here before the im­mensity ofYour Light, that Your eternal goodness rriay open tome the doors and make me eQter into It to form my life all in

, You, Divine Will. Theref~re, oh adorable Will, prostrate beforeYour Light, I,the least ofall creatures, put myself into the littlegroup of the sons and daughters ofYour Supreme FIAT. Pros-

- trate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg that itclothe me and eclipse all that does riot pertain to You, Divine'Will. It will be my"Life, the'.center of my intelligence, theenrapturer of my heart and _of my whole being. I do _not wantthe human will to have life in this heart any longer. I will cast ita\yay from me and thus form the new Eden of Peace, of happi­ness and of love. With It I shall be always happy. I shall have asingular strength and a holiness that sanctifies all things andconducts them to God.

Here prostrate, I invoke the help,of the Most Holy Trfuitythat They permit me to live in the cloisterofthe Divine Will andthus return in me the first ordet: of creation, just as the creaturewa~,cre~ted, ',:' .:,' ,

Heavenly Mother,Sovereign and Queen ofthe'Divine Fiat",, take my hand and introduce me into the Light of the Divine ~

Will. You 'will be my guide, my mos~ tenderMoth~r,.and will' ,teach me to live in and to maintain myself in the order and die -,bounds of the Divine Will. Heavenly Mother: I consecrate my'

'whole being to Your iin,maclilate Heart.' You will teach me the·,doctrine of the Divine Will and r willlist~n most attentively to' 'Your lessons. You will cover me with Your mantle sO'that the 'infernal serpent dare 'notpenetrate into this sacred Eden to en-','tice me and make me fall into the maze of the human will. -~

, Heart of my greatest Good, Jesus, Y~u will give me Your ;'flames that they rimy burn me, consume 'me, and feed me toform in me the Life of the Divine Will. ' '~, '

Saint Joseph, you will be my protector, the guardian of my'heart, and will keep the keys ofmy will in your hands. You willkeep my heart jealously and shall never give it to me again, that 'I may be sure of never leaving the Will of God. , , '

.My guardian Angel"guard me; defend me; help me in every­thing so that my Eden may flourish and be the instrument that,draws all men into the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Amen.

( In Honor ofLuisa Piccarreta 1865-1947 Child of the Diviile Will)

By CINDY WOODEN

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - Address2ing Catholics who prefer the cel­ebration of the old Latin Mass,Pope]ohn Paul II said all mem­bers,of the Church must make"gestures of unity" so their dif­ferences do not became a sourceof division.

Ten years after he authorizedbishops around the world to al­low the celebration of the preySecond Vatican Council liturgy,the pope said his permissionmust not be seen as a denial ofthe good accomplished by thecouncil in ordering liturgical re­form.

The pope met recently with anestimated 1,500 people partici­pating in an international Catho­lic Traditionalist Pilgrimage, cel­ebrating the 10th anniversary ofthe establishment of the

12 THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River'- Fri., Nov. 6, 1998

Pope says allowingfo,r Latin Mass must not divide Ch14~rchCardinal Joseph Ratzinger,

prefect of the Congregation forthe Doctrine of the Faith, andother Church leClders who ad­dressed the pilgrims during theirOct. 24-26 visit to Rome, encour­aged them to show respect for thebishops' decisions and to donothing which would harm theunity of the Church. .

The cardinal said the old "low'Mass," with its whisperedprayers at the altar and its silentcongregation "was not what lit­,urgy should be, which is why itwas not painful for manypeople" when it disappeared.

At th~ same time, he said, anexaggerated sense of"creativity"

POPE JOHN PAUL II looks toward a camera, as he rides through St. Peter's Square,greeting pilgrims at his general audience Oct. 28. (eNS photo from Reuters)

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now openly discussing thepope's physical deterioration,they have yet to specify what dis­ease the pope is suffering, exceptto say it is an infirmity of the ex­trapyramidal nervous system.The most common of such dis­eases is Parkinson's, a degenera­tive illness which develops atdifferent rates in patients, butwhich often leaves them without.basic abilities of movement andexpression. _

The pope ,also shows the wearand tear of several operations,including one to repair a brokenthigh bone in 1994. From thattime on, he has used a cane, butrecently his movements evenwith the cane have been unusu­ally slow.

Cardinal Ratzinger said. itwas difficul t not to contrast thiscurved and tentative figure withthe energetic young pontiff of 20yeats ago. Yet by not trying tohide his illness and his fatigue,the pope is carrying out an im­portant service to everyone, hesaid.

"Even age has a message, andsuffering has a dignity and asalvific force," the cardinal said.

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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Nov. 6. 1998 13Vatican's doctrinal office.

The pontificate's 20th anni­versary this fall appeared topush the door open a little wideron the once-taboo subject of pa­pal health. Among the tributespublished by the Vatican's ownnewspaper, at least three high­lighted the 78-year-old pope'sfrail physical condition :..... not asa negative factor in Church lead­ership, but as a new chapter ofGospel witness.

The pope's' spokesman,Joaquin Navarro-Valls, made asimilar point, even suggestingthat the pontiff's trembling armand slurred speech were makingconnections with people whomay have preViously seen himas a mere authority figure.

But Cardinal Ratzinger went. further, saying that physical in­firmity may well be a defining el­ement of the rest of thi!? papacy.

"I think that preciselY in thephySical and spiritual sufferingof the pope, which no one canpretend n~t to se~, one can find aparticular message of thissecondhalf of his pontificate," the car­dinal said.

.. Alth6ugh Vatican officials are. .

,trips.

"Some people have said thatthis old man is no longer inter­esting to anyone and that his

. message is outdated. But whenhe arrives, the force. of his per­sonality reveals itself as strong~r

than all the prejudices that havebeen built up," the cardinal wrotein an October issue of the Italianweekly, Famiglia Cristiana.

The pope's visible discomfortends up bringing him closer toall the world's afflicted, whileidentifying him more closelywith the suffering Christ, said thecardinal, who heads the

needs to support himself on his- pastoral staff. He leans on the

cross, on the crucifix.... What canhe have to say, this sick, suffer­ing, tired and elderly man, whospeaks with obvious weaknessin moments of physical fatigue?"

That comment came not froma critic of the pope, but from Car­dinal Joseph Ratzinger, in an ar­ticle paying tribute to thepontiff's first 20 years in office.For Cardinal Ratzinger, the popeclearly does have much left to say,and his suffering has only in­creased the power of his message- especially during foreign

By JOHN THAVIS

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

~ Americans told toexpect to see a frailman with pain writtenon his face.

Changes sought to accommodateworld's growing elderly population

Pope's frailty receives moreopen discussion at Vatican·

VATICAN CITY - Americanswho greet Pope John Paul 11when he visits St. Louis in Janu­ary will see an older and frailerpope, whose physical decline isincreasingly discussed insidethe Vatican.

"The pain is written on hisface. His figure is bent, and he

By LYNNE WElL

CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY -, Social andlegal systems must be changedto accommodate the world'sgrowing elderly population, au­thorities said at the launch of aVatican conference on aging.

Archbishop Javier LozanoBarragan, head of the PontificalCouncil for Pastoral Assistanceto Health Care Workers, said thelate-October meeting was meantto address demographic shifts aswell as changes in attitudes to­ward the old and thE! ill.

Pointing out that there aremore people worldwide who areover 60 than those who areyounger than 15 years old, hesaid "this means profoundchanges regarding society, theeconomy, politics, and humanculture."

The archbishop noted that"old age has a lesson .. , for thenext generation and for the nextcentury" which should not be

ignored, because it"gives a pro- society must come to terms withfound sense to life." euthanasia by changing people's

FatheiJose L. Redrado, secre- perspectives on suffering.tary of the health care workers' "When people resort to eutha­council, pointed out that Pope . nasia, it is usually not becauseJohn Paul II himself is aging, yet of the incurability of ~ disease orremains an example for all. . because of unbearable pain, butPeople should regard the last because of ~ la€k of social sup­years of life asa time of opportu- port," he explained, adding thatnity, he said; and not of decline. euthanasia is viewed as "an es-

"The last chapter oflife which cape route fFom enormous eco­an elderly person wtites must"be nomic problems' faced by 'thewritten with much enthusiasm old." ,and with joy," the priest contin- Those concerns are bound toued; "and this ... presents a per- worsen, Carbonin said, as thesanaI, ecclesial and social chal- population of retired people inlenge.": industri~lizedsocieties grows,

Topics on the agenda for t~e while the tax-paying baseconference ranged from pension shrinks.reform to the neu'rological Unless s~)Cieties raise theirchanges which come with age. ages of retirement or force wo~k­Euthanasia was also to be dis- ers to pay more taxes, he Said,cussed, participants said, al- there will be increasing tensionthough it was not one of the main over limited financial resourcesthemes. for the elderly.

PierUgo Carbonin, director of "The big problem is ~olidar-

the gerontologica~ institute at ity between the ~enerations,"

Rome's CatholicUniversity ofthe Carbonin added, ,and not con­Sacred Heart, said Church and £lict between them."

WORKSHOP: HEALING OF FATIGUE,ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION

Saturday, November 710:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Thomas Delisle, Ph.D.Donation $25 - Theater

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Saturday, November 7. 6:30p.m.. .

HEALING SERVICE WITH MASSSunday, November 8

2:00p.m.Father Delisle & La Salette Prayer Community

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FUN-FILLED DAY! First, second and third graders. fromSt. Mary's School, New Bedford, enjoy a field trip to Keith'sOrchard. It included a'hay ride through an apple orcha.rd anda visit to a pumpkin patch. At the end of the day each studentbrought home apples and his or her own pumpkin.

HIGH HONOR - Bishop Feehan High School sEmiorsTheresa Grenier, Meghan Kearns and Erin Savolainen wererecently recognized as Commended Students in the 1999National Merit Scholarship Program. They placed among the'top five percent of more than one million students throughoutthe country: Each ,is a member of the National Hon,or S()cietyand active in several school dubs.

Bishop Stangreunion weekend '

.NORTH DAR1MOUlH-Call­ing all members of the Classes of1963, 1968, 1973, 1983, 1988 and1993- to join in celebrating the an­niversariesoftheir graduation fromBishop Stang High School. A grandreunion has been set for Thanks­gi ving weekend and will be achance to join classmates, rekindleold friendships and reminisceabout your years at Stang.

Cheer on the Stang football teamas they take,on New Bedford Yokeat 10:30 a.m. at Yoke, 1121 AshleyBoulevard, Thanksgiving Day., Friday evening festivities begin

with a cocktail reception at 6:30p.m. at the Hawthorne Country ,Club, North Dartmouth. Buffet will . , . .be provided ilt7:3Q.p...m. and danc-. WALK-A-TH~N -:- Stud~nt~ ,?ourtney Fans, Katie Granting will continue till midnight. . and Samantha Blltchffe of Dominican Academy we~e, the top

On S.aturday from 2-4 p.m. grads " fundrais~rs in an annual walk-a-thon entitled "Get I::>n Yourare invited to the John C. O'Brien Feet!" The·na.l'dwork ofthe school's students helpedto raiseGymnasium to relive th~ir basket- , more than $11,000 this year: -.: .l?all glory d;lYS. The cou~t will. beopen' and tours of the school willbe available also., Reunion' weekend ends with

10:30 a.in. Mass in the Stangchapel. For more information'call,Mary Jane Roy,alur~mi director, at,'996-5602 ext. 433 or via E-mail atalumni@bishopstang.com., , ,

: 1998 BISHOP Feehan·graduate 'Katherine Haskins'.was honored as the-reCipien~

6f the Massachusetts Asso­ciation of Land Surveyors andCivil Eng'ir,eers (MALSCE)'!?Cholarship at a conventionlast month in Falmouth., Sheis the first high school studentever to receive the award andi~ majoring in civil engineering'at the University of Vermont.John Halmon Jr., trustee for~du.cation ,service' forMALSCE, presented theaward.

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KATHLEEN BURT, principal of SS. Peter and Paul School,Fall River, picks up a diamond from Denis Tetrault and hiswife R~nee at Patenaude Jewelers to help celebrate theschool's 75th anniversary.. A replica of the stone, valued atover $500, will be frozen in an ice cube and raffled off Nov. 28at White's of Westport at a reunion qinner. When,the luckywinner:S ice melts he or she will receive the real diamond.

THE FIRST interscholastic soccer team.of Saint MargaretRegional School, Buzzards Bay, posesforaphoto.ou~side

, the school.' The team consists 'of students in grades fourthrough seven and,.is coached by Karen HO~l'!leister (f~rright)and Wendy Spiegle'(not pictured). '

;' GOOD DEEDS --;These stUdents were elected to 'th~,&tudent council at St. ~oseph School; ~ew Bedford, whicQpromotes, Christ~~m valQes in school p!1d the communJty. Mem~bers have recently help.ed-the American Cancer SOCiety andhope to visit residents 9f nursing homes this fall. They are(front, 'from left) Nick l6Inierz" Jasmine Liarikos, (middle) An-.drew Poitras, Zack Zolnierz, Ben Viall, (back) Shane Dumont,

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mistake. Tim is with his uncle in Indianathis week," trust becomes weaker.

Or consider this. You say you'llbe home from a class party at 11. At10:58 you walk through the door, andcall out a cheerful, "Hi, everybody,

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I'm home." Trust' becomes stronger.But suppose you sneak in

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a friend tells you a lie. You feel hurtand betlayed. That's exactly howyour parents feel when you breaktrust with them.

That emotional reaction changesthe way your parents treat you. Twothings happen. and neither will makeyour life any better.

-First, whenever you tell yourparents anything, they silently askthemselves, "Can I believe this?"They'll press you with a lot morequestions, and will probably startchecking out your statements. That'sannoying, but it's a natural response.

-Second, your parents placegreaterlimitson your freedom. If theycan't confidently know where you'llbe, they won't let you go out asfreely. If they can't assume that you'llbe in on time, there will be a lot morerules about curfew.

So, how can you help your par­ents trust you again? Like I said, trustis simple, but once it is broken, res­toration takes a bit of time. Commityourself to this principle: Do whatyou say you will, and don't do wha;you say you won't.

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When parents limittheir teens' freedomBy CHRISTOPHER CARSTENS

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

"You don't trust me." How manyteens have told their parents this?All of them, pfQbably.

It is normal for teens to wantmore freedom and more indepen­dent choices. It is also perfectlynormal - and appropriate - forparents to place limits on that free­doin and independence.

Why? First, because parents arevery aware of life's dangers, andteens think none of the bad thingswill happen to them.

If there's an article i"n the paperabout a gang fight at your favoritemall, your parents will worry, know­ing you and your friends go thereevery weekend. You, on the otherhand, won't won)', knowing that youand your pals never hang aroundwith the kids who get into fights.

So, who's right? It doesn't reallymatter. Parents worry, and when theyworry they protect. That's their job,and this factor won't ever change., The second reason for limited free­

dom is lack of trust. Once you're outof sight, parents don't really knowwhat you're doing. You know thisand so do they. Your freedom isdirectly related to the confidenceyour folks have that you'll be whereyou say you'll be, doing what yousay you'll be doing.

This factor you can do somethingabout. .

Trust is a simple concept. Takeaway all the fancy psychological talk,and it comes down to this: Do youdo what you say you will and not dowhat you say you won't?

Everything else grows out of theanswer to this fundamental question.

Let's look at some examples. On Sat­urday evenillg you tell your mom thatyou'll be. at Tim's house playing pool inhis basement There's an emergency athome, and at 9 0'clock Mom calls Tim'shouse. If you come right to the phone,trust is made stronger. But if Tim's dadanswers and says: ''There must be a

Your comments are alwayswelcome. Please address:Charlie Martin, 7125 W 2008,Rockport, Ind. 47635.

, don't care for me anymore."When he leaves, she says,

"It's the perfect ending to the badday I'd gotten used to spending."In other words, this relationshipbrought her more misery than joy:In an honest moment she couldsay: !'When you go, all I know isyou're my favorite mistake."

How do you know whenyou've made a mistake like this?

The song suggests a begin­ning; Be honest with yourself.Face these questions: How do Ifeel when I am with this person?How do I feel when I am awayfrom him or her? Listen to all yourfeelings as you think about thesequestions, not just the emotionsthat you want to feel.

Second, look carefully at thebehaviors that occur when youare together, particul~rly yourown. Are you pretending any­th:,lg? Do you see any changesin your behavior that you are dis­pleased with or not proud of? Doyou feel more Of less free just tobe yourself? '

Third, look at what happenswhen you and this person youare going with have conflicts. Doboth of you acknowledge what isgoing on? Is there respect foreach other's point of view, eventhough these may be in conflict?Is there a fair resolution with amutually agreed-upon solutionaccepted by both of you?

If you say that you never haveconflicts, and you have seriouslyinvesteq your heart in this rela­tionship, then Y9u've really made,a mista~e! Either both of you areavoldirig issues and differences,or you just dOl} 't know each othervery well. IUs time to recognizewhat is happening and begin tocorreCt ~his mistake: .

1\vo,yaluable summary ques­tions aw these: Because of thisrelationship, am I becoming a bet­ter human being?' Does the rela­tionship help 111errtanifest moreof my innate goodness - all thegoodness that comes of beingmade to God's image and like­ness?

As with the woman in the song,you may discover with chagrinthat you made a mistake. Maybethe person you've been goingwith will become your "favoritemistake." Just don't make theeven bigger mistake of not see­ing what you haye done.

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By CHARLIE MARTIN

take" off h'er newly released disc"The Globe Sessions."

The girl in the song is having ,a hurtful awakening. In a phonecall she realizes "the tone of yourvoice was a warning that you

.My Favorite Mista~e

I woke up and'called this morning,The tone of your voice was awarningThat you don't ca,re for me anymo're.

I made up the bed we sleep in. 'I looked at the clock when you creep in. 'It's 6 a.m., and I'm alone.

Did you know when you goIt's the perfect endingTo the bad day I was just beginning?When you go, all I know isYou're my favorite mistake.

Your friends act sorry for me.They watch you pretend to adore me.But I'm no fOCll to this game.

Now here comes your set;j"'et lover.She'll be unlike any other,Until your guilt goes up in flames.

Did you know when you goIt's the peF.'cJ\~"tending,To the bad d:.: 1'

I'd gotten used to spending?When you go, all I know isYou're my favorite mistake.You're my favorite mistake.

How to detect' ar6manticm'istake

Well, maybe nothi'''a lasts forever,Even wher. you S~~} ~ogether.'

, I don't need -forever after,But it's v('ur laughterWon't let me go,So I'm holding on this way.

Did you know? Could you t~lI?

You were the only one 'That I ever loved?Now everything's so wrong.Did you see me walking by?Did it ever make you cry? 'Now you're my favorite mistake.Yeah, you're my favorite mistake.You're my favorite mistake.

Written by Sheryl Crow/Jeff TrottSung by Sheryl CrowCopyright (c) 1998 by A&M Records'

HAVE YOU evermadeamis-take? Of course! What happenswhen your romantic relationshipis a mistake?

This is the topic of SherylCrow's new hit "My Favorite Mis-

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Prayers, Donations ,Urgently Needed .

.. , India~Mission .Director Pleadsfo'r HelpSpecial to The Anchor

•••I'm turning to you for help. My concern is for the :

children and elders served by St. Bonaventure Indian ••Mission. Without caring friends like you we can't exist. •

Please helpJnake quality educath;m a reality for needy.' :Navaj() children. •

•Also, with early cold weather this year, families need :

warm clothing, blankets, heating fuel and repairs to their ••homes. Your generosity and love will bring love and •

hope into struggling lives. :

•In this special season of gratitude and giving, I want •to be sure each child receives at least one gift at ••Christmas', and that elders in need will have good food •for a holiday meal. .' :

•1can't meet these needs without your help. Pleasebecome part of this life-giving work! I don't want tohave to say "no" to even one child or one elder whoneeds help. Will you join in our love for these FirstAmericans who live in such difficult circumstances?

-In Christ's Love,

£bff?1~-Bob O'Connell. DirectorSt. Bonaventure Indian Mission & School

P.S. Please be generous. Give hope to these Navajo children!

The shining eyes of these Navajo "angels,· part of last year'spreschool pageant, reflect the hope of all at St. Bonaventure - to

· keep the school open ... to give 300 children the. skills they willneed to break the cycle of poverty and to live a Spirit-filled life.

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Indian children in the Mission's .McKinley County has theCCD classes didn't have even the highest alcoholism rate in themo~t basic reading a,nd writing United States.skills. Today over 300 children, Thirty dedicated lay missionariesmost of them Native American, teach·and carry out the other work ofj'oin in prayer to keep their school the Mission. This "other work"

- from closing. Mission staffbelieve includes maintaining the buses andeducation is the key to breaking vans which travel the remote mesas tothe cycle of poverty. bring the children to'school; preparing

The Indian ,boys and girls two nourishing meals daily for theattendinl}St. Bonaventure Indian children; and bringing both food andMission and School live with the watertoagingNavajoslivinginpovertyfollowing realities: ' 'in remote: areas of the barren.55% of 'the Navajo Reservation.

population cannot read or New lay missionaries often ask,write; "Can this be America?"

• McKinley County (where the They've experienced failure inMission is located) has the other ,schools or inability to get 'tohighest poverty rate (43%) school from great distances.in the state; Will you help?

• The suicide rate among Gifts made to St. BonaventureNavajo teenagers is ten times Indian Mission and School are tax-higher than for their age deductible. The school also qualifiesgroup in the U.S. population for "Matchingjlifts.:,--\

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THOREAU, NM -"Lord. when did I see you hungry and

feed yoiJ?""When you did it for one of the least of

my people. you did it for me." Matt 25:40As Catholics around the globe

prepare to celebrate the holy seasonsof Advent and Christmas, thedirector, priest, sisters, laymissionaries and staff of a NewMexicoMission schoolareconcernedabout urgently-needed help. Theywork daily to m'ake quality Catholiceducation a reality for AmericanIndian children in their care.

These children "do without" asa way oflife ... will you help them?For many ofourstudents, the schoolat St. Bonaventure Mission is their"last hope."

Trusting in God, everyone atthe Mission prays for help to payour month to month bills.

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