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DEPARTING IN his famous popemobile, John Paul II is applauded by approximately 8,000 priests from acrossthe globe who had concelebrated the Jubilee Mass for Priests. (Photo courtesy of Father Maurice O. Gauvin Jr.)

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In an interview with The Anchor thisweek, Deacon John Welch of St. Ann Par­ish Raynham, and Philip Bedard of St.

Jacques Parish, Taunton, acandidate for the permanentdiaconate, talked about theefforts to allow everyone toworship.

"Spiritual Explorationsaims to make the handicappedactive members of their par­ish community in whateverreligious group they belong,"said Bedard, the group's chair­man. Welch is a committee­man.

"We are an ecumenicalcommittee of interested citi­zens, clergy, and staff fromprovider agencies and the De­partment of Mental Retarda-'

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For Father Maurice O. Gauvin Jr., parochial vicar at St. An­thony Church in Taunton, finding himself among the pilgrimpriests' welcomed at evening ceremonies on Sunday, May 14 atthe patriarchal Basilica of Saint Mary Major was "an awesomeexperience," he told·The Anchor in an interview last week.

First, the basilica, dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God, wasmost beautiful, Father Gauvin, the only priest from the Fall Riverdiocese attending the retreat, reported. Then, in an inspirationalwelcoming address, Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, prefect of

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ued members of their various faith com­munities and to participate to the fullestextent possible.

DEACON JOHN WELCH

~ Providing those withdisabilities with a link to theirfaith communities isthe common goal.

~ Father Maurice 0. Gauvin Jr., was amongthousands ofpriests celebrating theirpriesthoodand the pope's birthday.

Local groups becomebridges for the.disabled

By JAMES N. DUNBAR

FALL RIVER ~ Peoplethroughout the country arebecoming aware that to livewith a disability should meanto live in a supportive com­munity, not hidden away inpainful isolation.

Within the Diocese of FallRiver, groups like SpiritualExplorations in Taunton areactive interfaith committeeswhich help to meet the spiri­tual needs of persons withdevelopmental disabilities,allowing them to become val- .

Diocesan priest recallsJubilee for Priests in Rome

By JAMES N. DUNBAR

TAUNTON - For five days last spring, 2,000 priests fromacross the globe gathered in Rome to celebrate their priesthoodand during a prayerful retreat be nourished spiritually for theircontinuing ministry of service to God and his Church.

~ The Anchor is sending staffwriter-photographer MikeGordon to cover the WorldYouth Day 2000.

Diocesanyouth areheadingto Rome

SEEKONK - More than 80 youngadults from the Fall River diocese head­ing to Rome for World Youth Day 2000will attend a special, sendoffMass Sun­day at 5 p.m., in Our Lady of MountCarmel Church, as part of their spiri­tual preparation for the Aug. 14-21 pil­grimage.

Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap.,who will be in Rome for the events,will celebrate the Mass after which theyoung pilgrims will enjoy a tortellinidinner.

With the latest attendance estimatesfor the event's culmination - an Au­gust 19 vigil and August 20 Mass withPope John Paul II - pegged at 1.2 mil-

l'. lion-l.5 million young.

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I..~. countries, the Eter-, . nal City will seem, • eternally young.

~ The local youth""","I will be among more

IIDRI.D than 17,000 U.S. pil­YOUTH grims expected to

I g/.\": travel to Rome from'... 130 U.S. dioceses, ac-

companied by 45 cardinals· and bishops,including Cardinals Bernard Law ofBoston, Anthony J. Bevilacqua of Phila­delphia, Francis E. George of Chicago,William H. Keeler of Baltimore andAdam J. Maida of Detroit.

At the first scheduled encounter onAugust 15, the pope will welcome Ital­ian youths in an opening ceremony atthe Basilica of St. John Lateran, thenmake his way to St. Peter's Square tomeet with an unexpected 200,000 for­eigners.

From August 16 to 18, particip'antswill be divided into three groups ofabout 200,000 people each to allow forbetter organization and movementthrough the city.

On a rotating basis, each group willhave the chance to pass through the HolyDoor of St. Peter's Basilica, a first-timeopportunity for a World Youth Dayevent.

There are a variety of activities instore.

There will be 300 catechises pro-t .

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Mrs. Blanche Gendreau

University of America and waslater named episcopal vicar forHispanic, Portuguese apd Haitiancommunities in the WashingtonD.C. archdiocese.

In 1974, Bishop O'Malley wasgiven the rank of Knight Com­mander of the Order of PrinceHenry the Navigator by the Por­tuguese government for his un­derstanding of and friendship withthe Portuguese community.

Tickets for the testimonialmay be obtained directly fromthe Federation by calling (401)253-2061 or by writing to. theP.A.F., Inc., P.O. Box 694,Bristol, RI 02809.

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Laranjo described BishopO'Malley as "A true servant ofthe people he serves and an ar­dent follower of St. Francis ofAssisi in his daily activities."

The Federation is a non-profit. organization whose mission is to

promote an understanding of thePortuguese culture through edu­cational events such as the spon­sor~hip of the television program"The Portuguese Around Us," aswell as through tributes to thosewho have shown an interest suchas Bishop O'Malley. ,

Bishop O'Malley obtained adoctorate in Spanish and Portu­guese Literature at The Catholic

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Daily ReadingsAug 7 Jer'28:1-1.7; Ps

119:29,43,79­80,95,102; Mt14:13-21 '

Aug 8 Jer 30:1-2,12­15,18-22; Ps102:16-23,29; Mt14:22-36

,Aug 9 Jer 31 :1-7; (Ps)Jer31:10-13; Mt15:21-28

Aug 10' 2 Cor 9:6-1 0; Ps. ,,, 112:1~2,5~9;Jn ',r'

,':, .12:24-26,':':'Aug 11; Na2:1·,3;3:t.3,6-

7; (Ps),ot 32:35­36,39-41 ; Mt16:24-28

Aug 12 Hb 1:12-2:4; Ps,9;8-13; Mt 17:14­20,

Aug 13 1 Kgs 19:4-8; Ps34:2-9; Eph4:30~5:2; In6:41-51

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Portuguese American Federatio'nplans,te~timo,nial to,Bishop O'Ma,lIf:!y,

BRISTOL, R.I. - The Por­tuguese American Federation,Inc.; will sponsor a testimonialdinner honoring Bishop Sean P.O'Malley, OFM Cap., on Septem­ber·8 at the Venus de Milo in

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, Her funeral Mass was held July29 in Notre Dame Church. Inter­ment was in Notre Dame Cem­etery.

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tries traditionally hostile to eachother, will gather in peace.

By August 18, organizers ex­pect a total of800,000 participants,many of whom will march in aneve~ing Way of the Cross proces­sion from the Church of SantaMaria in Aracoeli to the Colos­seum, led by Cardinal CamilloRuini, papal vicar of Rome.

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At the August 20 closing Mass,Pope John Paul II will be sur­rounded by young people fromaround the globe who will performsongs and dances from their na­tive countries.

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other four hours late returning.The reason for these delays is

that Amtrak shares its tracks withfreight trains. If it is late leavinga station and gets behind a slow­moving freight train, you can for­get about keeping to a time sched­ule.

"Ah," you might say, "but wehave our airlines.". Well, if youhaven't followed the saga of theairlines this summer, you mightwant to know that they haveposted some of the longest delaysin recent history.

As I laughed at these ironies, Ithought to myself, "I would loveto see a study on how much timeis consumed waiting in lines andduring traffic, flight and train

.delays. I would also love to see astudy on how these delays affectpeople's blood pressure!"

My bet is that with all theprogress we've made speedingthings up, we are being sloweddown more than we realize, andour blood pressure is rising fasterthan ever. '

Where does this leave us? Ithink we need to devise a new typeof laughter - one to help us ex­press how funny progress can be

,at times and in our time.

ing of two Capitol police, visi­tors were further restricted fromfreely walking into the Capitolbuilding. Now they must wait inlong lines and go through secu­rity checks that take up to an hourat times.

It's ironic. People from vari­ous parts of the United States flyinto Washington in a matter 9fhours, but spend almost as much

, time waiting in lines once they. get there.

One look at what has happenedto auto transportation adds to the

,irony. We,build powerful auto- .mobiles that can do 100 miles anhour with ease. We also have'greatly improved the aerody-.namic efficiency 'and comfort ofour automobiles, yet they often

..stand iri~bumper-to-bumper traf­fic for hours consuming the veryfuel they were designed to save,creating discomfort for their oc­cupants and causing their bloodpressures to rise beyond the medi­cal "speed limit."

When we look at today's railtransportation, the irony thickens.A friend recently wrote me about·his trip from Albuquerque to LosAngeles on Amtrak. He was fourhours late getting there and an-

Laughing at whatwe call progress

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By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

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Have you ever stopped to re­flect on the different types oflaughter?

Take, for example, light­hearted laughter, which usually iscaused by something humorousthat tickles the funny bone. Thenthere is what I'll call' "pirouette'laughter,"whiCh diplomaticpeople employ when they wantto dance around and away from asticky situation..

Again, there is the !'I don't be­lieve it" laugh when something thathappens just doesn't add up. That'sthe kind of laughter that hit mewhile standing in a long, slowmoving line waiting for a securitycheck during a visit to the Libraryof Congress in Washington. It oc­curred tome that although we livein an age of instant results, moreoften than not our lives move alongmore slowly thap the lives of ourgrandparents did.

Not too long ago" visitorscould drive to' the U.S. Capitol,park in its parking lot and go rightinto the building. But after fearsof terrorism began to grip us, visi­tors no longer were allowed to usethe parking lot. After the shoot-

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As we immerse ourselves in the political process of democraticelections, it would be well for all citizens to become involved in thisprocedure in order to assure the safeguard of freedoms and rights.As Americans, we have a tendency to be self-sufficient and inde­pendent. We have been spared from much of the internal and do­mestic violence that has ravaged so many nations on' our planet. Forall practical reasons our world today is breaking up into smaller andpoorer states. The madness of nationalism has fractured people intodivisive factions. Look at Europe where we see the places likeKosovo, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro battling for independence.and world recognition. Neither of these nations is self-sufficient.They lack economic infrastructure, natural resources and globalreference. Above all, in their narrow vision of government, theybecome oppressive, denying the basic human rights inherent in the

.hearts and souls of their people.As smug as it may seem, true democratic governments honor,

respect and uphold hum;m rights. As strange as it might seem, de­mocracies that do this reflect two important philosophies, Judeo­Christian values and capitalism. Seventy years of communism and

. a long history of intolerance. have divested communism of sup­pressed Judeo-Christian beliefs. Of course unrestrained capitalismalso· has the ability of doing the same. However, as an economicreality with all the checks and balances in place, it would be hard tomatch the qenefits that can be derived' from 'personal; individualinitiatives that capitalism espouses. This means in tum that the indi­vidual is a respective and vital force in' government. When indi­viduals refrain from the expression of their rights and freedoms ingovernment, they become victims, not citizens. Today, indifferentAmericans who have removed themselves from the cares and con­cel1JS of government are allowing the elitist and the robber baron torule their lives. This is contrary to everything this nation shouldstand for in the pursuit of its destiny. The participation of the citi­zenry is vital'for the safeguard of the democratic ideal.

The essence of what we should be all about rests in our valuesystem. Promoting genuine religious freedom is a basic foundationon which a government can be firmly rooted. As. Americans be­

,come more secular and materialistic, they lose the purpose of heartand soul that is the essence of true democracy. If we are to reversethis trend, then each of us must work with one mind and purpose.This will-happen one person at a time. It can eventually transformneighborhoods, communities, societies and the entire nation. Anexample of this is Poland. It became a democracy because religiousvalues prevented the communists from taking complete control.Religious values ignited solidarity and in tum, democracy.

As our politicians employ every media device for our vote andsupport we must keep in mind that democratic reform, which pro­tects human rights, is indeed important. However, reform that splin­ters the world into minuscule and self~serving governments pre­vents everyone from attaining the developmental growth of truedemocracy.

As we enter the new millennium with a more than importantelection procedure we must safeguard our democratic tradition. Whendemocracy declines, human rights violations increase; wh,en de­mocracy abandons its Judeo-Christian heritage, it becomes amoral;when democracy allows capitalistic abuse, it ceases to be a govern­ment of the people.

.Jesus told us that we should render to Caesar what is Caesar'sand to God what is God's. This demands truthfulness, loyalty andrighteousness from citizens and elected officials alike. If we believein this ideal, then now is the time for it to be renewed in the personof each citizen and the involvement of each voter. This is a time torenew the American ideal..

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it as an athlete.America loves a winner. That's

why grown adults who playchildren's games very well are paidmillions of dollars and receive theadulation of thousands each game.That's why youngsters who' showathletic abilities receive more atten­tion than theirordinary counterparts.

That's why high schooljocks are revered andpampered during theirfour-year stay there.That's why college-ageathletes are given four­year free rides when theystruggle to read and write.

America loves a win­ner- but only if its popu­lar. Do Americans go ga­ga over an intelligent

young man or woman who chumsthrough college with a 3.5 GPA?Does the country adore the youngman who goes to work every day tosupport his family? Do singlemoms, who have to be both motherand father to their children, gamerthe respect of their peers? Are ourfaithful religious, who give up all tohelp all, thought of as heroes?

Not generally.Athletes, rock stars, actors and

actresses are the professions ofchoice in this country; people withGpd-given talents that just happento be the rage. Then there's the restof us. Well to the rest of us, I say,"well done. Let's keep doing whatwe're doing, and the Good Lord willsort it all out."

Besides, it's us plain people thatmake the Hall of Famers look good.So don't you think they should bejust a bit grateful to us? Ifeveryonehad the same talents, no one wouldstand out, then there'd be no Hallsof Fame. Hmmmmm.

Dave Jolivet is a fonner sportswriter/editor, and current staffmember of The Anclwr.

Comments are welcome atanchorpress@sneplanet.com.

needed goods and services. On thedownside, there are dehumanizingorganizations and systems that pro­mote and reward not what is thebest in us and for us, but what isworst in us.

Just where is God is all thesecreative and destructive aspects ofhuman work? The answer is "allover the place." When we workand make life better in any way,we are not doing it·alone. We arein league with God, being led bythe Holy Spi~t working within andthrough us. Now that's what I callthe big leagues.

God's work is being accom­plished in history, working its wayover time. But toward what end,ultimately? Toward where we willlive in profound peace, pervasivejustice and joyful love. Now, thatsounds like heaven on earth. Jesuscalled it the Reign of God.

James L. Nolan (nolanjl@gusan.georgetown.edu) is execu­tive director of the WoodstockBusiness Conference, a programof the Woodstock TheologicalCenter at Georgetown University

school basketball teams, and neversaw their names appear on the teamlist after tryouts. The ones who gaveit all they had, but n.ever had achance in the eyes of the choosers.The ones who cried alone in theirrooms in disappointment.

I'd like to call attention to thosegirls and boys hitting the ice at 5a.m. on a Sunday morning to prac:tice with their teams. The ones withthe wobbly ankles who putter along,while the "stars" streak up and downthe ice. The ones who irritate thegood players because they take pre­cious ice time away from them.

I'd like to make mention of thelarger than usual boys and girlswho make the football team andare told, "Just stand there andblock.... don't TOUCH the ball."The ones who run as hard as theycan, but don't seem to make anyforward progress.

I'd like to pat on the back anykid, whether they made a team ornot, who were ridiculed and tauntedby the future Hall of Famers. I'dlike to praise those kids that lovedtheir sport as much as anyone, gaveof themselves as much as anyone,but just didn't have the skills to cut

girl or boy who made the LittleLeague team, but because they justweren't "good" enough, spent mostof their career riding the bench. Thekids whose gloves only saw actionat practice on Satur-day mornings.

I'd like to honor those boys andgirls who tried out for their high

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By Dave Jolivet

My ViewFrom the

Stands

On the job, with God

The lesser-known ·Hall of ·Famers

By JAMES L. NOLAN

Nobody who works for a liv­ing would be surprised to hear thatwe live ina period of rapidchange, shifting boundaries andfaint allegiances. Just look at thewild mood swings of the stockmarket and furious protests againstglobalization - the latest signs ofthese blustery times.

It is fair to ask whether it is evenpossible to lead a spiritual life inthe 24-7 world economy. After all,what saint spent her workday be­hind a computer screen? Howmany famous holy men or womenhave we heard of who taughtmiddle school kids, worked in theemergency room, prepared tax re­turns, or served as the CEO of amultinational Fortune 500 com­pany?

Not many, but I have a betterquestion: What are we doing, any­way, when we work? If you lookat it through the lens of faith,you'll find a few surprising andhopeful answers.

On the good side, we can seethat our work provides others with

Twice within the last few weeks,a fellow native New Englander wasinducted into a professional sportsHall of Fame. First there was NewHampshire-bred, former Red Soxcatcher, Carlton Fisk, who receivedthe honor at the National BaseballHall ofFame in Cooperstown, N.Y.,and two weeks ago,Somerville native,Howie Long, became amember of the Pro Foot­ball Hall of Fame in Can­ton, Ohio.

With their inductions,both men became mem-bers of the cream of thecrop, the best of the bestin their respective sports.

Did you ever wonderwhat road an athlete takesto end up in some kind of Hall ofFame? For most, it was hard workand dedication to their sport. Formost, it was honing a talent so sharpthat it devoured everything in itspath. For most, it was outshiningtheir cohorts throughout most oftheir careers.

But there's one common factorto every great athlete who ended upwith a bust of their likeness promi­nently placed in some hallowed oldroom. All ofthem, male and female,were blessed with a God-given tal­ent; something, over which they hadno control. Something some disre­spectfully take credit for, or take forgranted.

While I'm still in a Hall of Famemode, even though I didn't watcheither ceremony, I'd like to take amoment to heap a little praise onthe forgQtten athletes - the ones,who for some reason, didn't receivea helping of that God-given talent.Most of us know who they are ­through experience.

We're the ones who were (or stillare) too short, too lanky, too chubby,too skinny, too uncoordinated, tootimid, too nice, orjust plain - plain.

I'd like to givecreditto the young

LIFE. ISSUES - Father Mark R. Hession and former law­yer and jUdge John St. Cyr co-presented a workshop on "Endof Life Issues," at St. Joan of Arc Parish, Orleans recently. Itwas sponsored by the St. Joan of Arc Pro-Life Steering Com-mittee and attended by 78 people. !

Cardinal Law urges'Albright toeall for order

in Molueea Islands

By FatherJohn J. Dietzen'

Tauran's address, Aharon Lopez, Israel's ambassadorto the Vatican, agreed that discussion and negotiationsover religious concerns in Jerusalem are possible.

The political, territorial issue, however, is simplynot open for discussion, he said. Jerusalem "is thehistorical and political capital of the country" of Is­rael.

)'his distinction between the religious question ofthe holy places and the political or territorial questionof Jerusalem is "unacceptable to the Holy See," ac-cording to Archbishop Tauran. .

The "extraterritoriality" of the holy places (what. has been called an "open

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QU' eetJl<tone ligious movement, must~ '3 be accompanied by a re-

and spect for the entire com­munity, with its schools,

An§ w ers hospitals, and cultural andeconomic activities.

According ~o the arch­bishop, actions over thepast 50 years to gain teni­torial control of the city

have caused concern in the Vatican. These concerns,expressed by the popes and otherCatholic documents,have intended first "to prevent the holy city becominga battleground and later to ensure that it does not be­come, as the situation is today, a case of manifest in­ternational injustice."

The Holy See has no competence to enter into ter­ritorial disputes between nations, said ArchbishopTauran. It does, however, have the "right and duty ofreminding the parties of the obligation to resolve con­troversies peacefully, in accordance with the principlesof justice and equity within the international legalframework." .

With these .realities in mind, it is not difficult torecognize the frustrating impasse now hanging overthe place Isaiah once called the city of joy.

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Watching television news at graduation time, I how much she was on target.caught an interview with a delightful college com- Neugarten already had popularized the notion thatmencement speaker. She was 96 years old! we have two groups ofpeople in late life, the "young-

Then, flipping to another station, ther~ was an- old," from 55 to 75, and the "old-old," more than 75.other venerable, lovely lady who had just earned her "Middle age might be the term we'll use right up todoctorate, making her children, in their 60s~ very age 75," she said, predicting that "instead of talkingproud. She was 90! about society being youth-oriented, it will be young-

I think exclamation old oriented. We'll be inpoints are in order for an eracharacterizedby thepeoplelikethiswhosevi- ,..----....;------ 'y.ourrgmg' of' older·tality and interest'in life people."have rio connection toa -The Bottom Now that we'vecalendar. As their lives reached 2000, I think welengthen, they simply Line ~- can say that Neugarten'spostpone what used to be ".,...' crystal ball was very clear.

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called aging. They stay By -Antoinette Bosco This summer at a con-alive, alert and admirable _ ference in Washington,in their cgntinuing .....----~-----__1_.L~:...._...J~ British psychologistachievemeritS: Elli6ttJacques, who popu­_. -'A recent commentary in The New York Times asked larized the term "midlife crisis," now, at age 83, sug­what people who used to be old should be called. The gested a new name for the time in life from 62 to 85.article asked, ''At what point does the change in lives He suggested this be called "third-stage adulthood,"and habits require us to redefine what we lTIeap by old with the fIrst stage covering the years from 18 to 40age?" My answer is: That should have been done yes- and the second from 40 to 62. I guess after age 85, weterday. 0 simply revert to the more familiar term, old age.

We've known for quite a while that the belief that No matter how we play with words, the facts showturning 65 signaled the beginning of decline didn't we're outliving old concepts of aging. Millions ofhold any more. I began to really notice that -wh~n people in their 70s, 80s and 90s are vital, healthy andWillard Scott,.a ''Today'' show weatherma,n who pre- alert. What kind of continuing progress does this sig­sented birthday greetings to centenarians, started show- . nal for humanity?ing people who were 102 and up. . Will we advance in grace and wisdom, as philoso-

Scott would mention tidbits about them, noting phers have indicated should be the path of the old? Orthat some of these "beautiful" people still liked to will we retreat into the more self-centered pleasures,cook, care for themselves, take walks, eat a hearty opting for leisure time over productive time and Ieav­meal, play checkers and so on. Youngsters of65 could ing the evolution of society to youth?take heart watching these venerable survivors of birth- Carl Jung felt that the afternoon of life must have adays! significance. It cannot be a pitiful appendage to the

Some 23 years ago I interviewed researcher Bernice morning. This becomes ever more true as we Ii veNeugarten regarding her predictions on aging in the longer and longer, healthier and healthier, facing anyear 2000. Going back over my notes, it amazes me era that is truly unprecedented historically.

The Vatican on JerusalemQ. During the recent negotiations between is­

rael and the Palestinians with President ClintQn,a newscast mentioned that the Vatican wantsJerusalem to be an open city.

. What does that mean? Doesn't Israel considerJerUsalem its capital? What is the Church's posi­tion, or does it have one? (Massachusetts)

A. The Vatican definitely has a position on the sub-- ject. First of ail, the' city is sacred to all three mono­

theistic religions: Christians, Jews and Muslims. Thatuniversal character of the city must be respected, saysthe Holy See. Any political solution should have thesupport of these three re­ligions at the local and in­ternational.level.

As Pope John Paul IIhas said, no just peace orcoexistence in the MiddleEast is foreseeable with­

;out an adequate solutionto the question of Jerusa­lem ("RedemptionisAnno," 1984).

Eor the Vatican thesituation is not only a territorial problem. As it hasthrough the years, it insists that Jerusalem should besafeguarded by "a special internationally guaranteedstatute" to secure equality ofrights and access forresi- .dents and pilgrims of all three religions. -

Obviously, for the Church as for everyone else in­volved, the issue is'a thorny one. An outline of theVatican's position was offered less than two years ago,in November 1998, by Vatican assistant secretary ofstate Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran.

Speaking at a bishops' conference in Jerusalem, heexplained the position of the Holy See that every ex­clusive claim, be it political or religious, is contrary tothe nature of the city itself. "Exclusive claims," hesaid, "cannot be backed up by numerical or historicalcriteria." -

This remains a major obstacle to a "peaceful andjust settlement" of the Middle East crisis urged by thepope, since it directly conflicts with the position ofthe state of Israel, which claims exclusive final con­trol over the entire city. . -

.Speaking several months before Archbishop

, Aging isn't\l\,fhat it used .to be

east Asia this week; but· her in­volvement jn -the Miqdle Ea~t

summit .at Camp David inthurmont, Md., was makingpl~ns for an Asian yisit uncertain.

Cardinal Law said IndonesianPresident Abdurrahman Wahid'sdeclaration ofa state ofemergencyin the Moluccas and use of troopswho do not maintain neutrality are"clearly inadequate': steps towardhalting the violence. Regional re-·ligious leaders, including thebishop of the Diocese of Ambon,have asked for the intervention ofthe United Nations, he added, butWahid has rejected this. -

More than 2,000 Muslim ex­tremist fighters have traveled tothe islands to wage war againstChristians.

Ayip Syarifudin of theYogyakarta, Indonesia-basedAhlus-Sunnah Wal Jama'ah Fo­rum told reporters last week: "InAugust we will send two morebattalions there ... of around 1,300men. We see an international con­spiracy (toward Muslims) goingon there."

While 90 p'ercent ofIndonesia's population is Muslim,the Moluccas are almost evenlydivided between Muslims andChristians.

1HEANCHOR-DioceseofFalIRivei~Fri.,August4,"20006

.By CA1liOU~ NEWS S~RVIC.E

WASHINGTON~The chair- .man of the U.S. bishops' Com­mittee on International. Policyasked Secretary of. StateMadeleine Albright to urge theIndonesian government to' endsectarian fighting in the MoluccaIslands.

. . In'a recent letter to Albright,Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Bos­ton expressed concern' over ori­going Christian-Muslim violenceand paramilitary atrocities againstpeople in the region, while theIndonesian military has failed tostop the ·conflict. .

Thousands of people have diedsince early 1999 in Christian­Muslim violence in the Moluccas,and many others have fled to otherparts of Indonesia.

"It is essential thatthe Indone­sian government take decisiveaction both to control its ownmilitary and to disarm the mur­derous militia armies," wrote Car-dinal Law. .

.He urged Albright "to makethe strongest case possible thatorder be restored immediately andthat international aid agencies beallowed-to carry out their essen­tial humanitarian work."

Albright was to travel to south-

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Our Lady'sMonthly MessageFrom Medjugorje

July 25, 2000Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina

"Dear Children! Do not forget that you are here on earthon the way to eternity and that your home is in heaven.That is why, little children; be open to God's love andleave egoism and sin. May your joy be only in discoveringGod in daily prayer. That is why, make good use of thistime and pray, pray, pray; and God is near to you in prayerand through prayer.. .

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devices behind Kevin Costner'sears in "Water World."

B) A medicine for persons withsevere allergies..

C) A small brush or other de­vice used to sprinkle holywater during liturgicalservices.

9. "Ciborium":A) A glass building

where exotic birds live.B) Cybill Shepherd's

summer home.C) Covered container

used to hold the conse­. crated small hosts, simi­

lar to a chalice but covered andlarger.. 9. "Lavabo":

A) A stylized Latin dancewhere men stomp their feet, andwomen yelp and wear sequineddresses.

B) Signage used to direct per­sons to restrooms.

C) The liturgical washing ofhands by a priest at Mass. .

Hint: If you picked any an­swers other than a "C," youprobably will be among thosewho already have looked up"sacrarium," an excavation or

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A) Nickname for the Washing­ton Redskins' cheerleading squad.

B) Spanish word meaningpainting something red twice.

C) Sometimes called the altarpiece, it is a richly painted or or­namented screen of stone or woodin back of the altar.

5. "Sacred vessels":A) Noah's Ark.B) An aluminum, flat-bot­

tomed bass-fishing boat with in­sulated beer and bait tanks, tuckc

n-rolled captain's seats, a 250­horse outboard, a sweet little elec­tric motor for trolling and a nicetrailer.

C) The utensils and receptaclesused in liturgical celebrations,like a pyx.

6. "Pyx":A) A small, winged fairy.B) The store on a military

base.C) A metal container in which

the Blessed Sacrament is kept orcarried.

7. "Baldachino":A) A snappy little beret'de­

signed for men suffering hair loss.B) A famous Italian opera.C) A domelike canopy over a

high altar, often suspended bychains or supported by columns.

8. "Aspergillum":A) The underwater-breathing

U.S. Supreme Court justice.C) The censer or vessel in

which incense is burned at litur­gical services.

4. "Reredos":

By Dan Morris

The offbeatworld of

Uncle Dan

"And this here is aS9 what did you say when

your second-grader walked up toyou and whispered, "Daddy,what's a sacrarium?"

Were you 'among those who'snorted,. "Where in theworld are you hearingwords like that?"

And she said, "Atchurch."

As I was readingabout the recent minorrevisions in the way theMass is supposed to becelebrated, it occurred tome that a lot of Catho- .lics were either not born when thelast revision came out 25 yearsago or they were a little young toknow was going on. Not that thelatter changed much, for a lot ofus anyway.

Thus, your faithful columnisthas prepared a little multiple­choice, refrigerator-door "quiz"abol1t items and actions you canfind at just about any Mass:

I. "Cruet":A) A man's haircut featuring

almost no hair.B) A nautical term meaning the

crew has eaten.C) One of two small bottles or

vessels to contain the water andwine used at the consecration ofthe Mass.

2. "Tabernacle":A) A Norwegian confection

created by dropping sizzling re­indeer fat into a bowl of snow.

B) A singing group, usuallymade up of Mormons.

C) A boxlike receptacle for theexclusive reservation of theBlessed Sacrament, usually cov­ered with a veil and lined withprecious metal or silk.

3. "Thurible":A) A lighter-than-air craft

made famous by The Hindenburgand also called a zeppelin.

B) The first name of a fam~us

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FATHER EUGENE Tully, pastor of St. Theresa Churchin Billerica, oversees the replacer;nent of sidin'g on the par­ish hall. Vandals had covered the side of the building withvulgar anti-Christian graffiti. The incident, which sparkedwidespread co,ncern in the community, is being investi­gated as a hate crime. (CNS photo by Peter .~mith, ThePilot)

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~ BISHOP SEAN P.9'Malley, OFM Cap., recentlycelebrated Mass at the Sa­cred Heart Home, New Bed­ford, upon the opening of it'snew Saint Joseph Unit for the'

. treatment of Alzheimer's dis­ease. Concelebrating wereBishop Aurelio GranadaEscudeiro, of the Azores,Msgr. Edmund J. Fitzgerald,Executive Director of Dioc­esan Health Facilities; andSacred Heart Father PaulPrice, Sacred Heart's chap­lain; and Msgr. George W.Coleman, vicar general. Fol­lowing Mass, the bishopblessed the new facility. It willbe home for 34 men andwomen suffering fromAlzheimer's and relatedmemory-impairing disordeis.A luncheon for staff andguests followed.

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~ Physical therapist Judy'Byrne demonstrates a neuro­muscular stimulator to KathyCottuli.

.... HEALTH FAIR 2000. was offered by St. Mary's

Parish, Mansfield,. this sum­mer and provided bloodsugar and blood pressurescreening, first aid demon­strations, safety tips, choles­terol screening and manyother services to attendees.

. Registered nurses LorrainePeavey, Charlie Hopkins andMary Fisher handle the reg­istration table. The event wassponsored by the parishnurses.

ebrant: after the showing of theeuchar-i-stic bread, after theshowing of the chalice, and be­for~ Communion." The words"by the priest celebrant" havebeen added to clarify the pre­vious instruction.

It goes on to say that whenother priests concelebrate, theyare to follow the rules ofconcelebration spelled out else­where in the instruction.

After dealing with the spe­cific genuflections by the priestat the altar during Ma.ss, the in­struction t~Jrns to other genu­flectibns.

In place of the diversely in­terpreted one-sentence rule of

. the 1975 instruction are threesentences: "If there is a taber­

nacle with theBlessed Sacra­ment in thesanctuary, thepri.est, deaconand other min­isters genu­flect .to it whenthey approach.or leave thealtar, but notduring the cel­ebration ofMass itself.

"Otherwise,all who crossbefore themost BlessedSacramentgenuflect,"unless thiy areinvolved in a,procession, orwhen they aregoing to andfrom a station .for Commun­ion,

In· the ex­change ofpeace at Mass,Catholics have

been free to make up their ownappropriate words to w.ishon·e­another peace. Neither the Vati­can nor the U.S. bishops hadestablished a required or' sug­gested formula.

But the Vatican's new Gen­eral Instruction of the RomanMissal offers a suggestion forthose who do not want to makeup their own greeting. It says:"While the sign of peace is be­ing given, the following .maybe said: 'The peace of the Lordbe with you always.' The re­sponse is: "Amen.:',

The word "may''-signals thatthe formula proposed is notmandatory. Other appropriategreetings continue to be accept- .able.

THE, ROMAN MISSAL

An English Language Study Translationby the Secretarial fur the Liturgy

ofthe National Conference ofClllholic Bishops

Institutio Generalis Missalis RomaniJuly 2000

REFORMED BY DECllEE OFTHE SECOND VATICAN ECUMENICAL COUNCILPUBLISHED BY AlJrHORITY OF POPE PAUL VI

JlE'<1SED AT TIlE DIRECTION OF !POPE.JOHN P.WL II

. By JERRY FILTEAU

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

~ Words are alsosuggested forexchange of 'sign ofpeace." .

WASHINGTON - For thepast quarter-century, one of the

. more diversely interpret~d in­structions for the Roman Mis­sal concerned genuflections dur­ing Mass.

With the release last monthof a new, papally approvedGeneral Instruction of the Ro­man Missal, the Vatican Con­gregation for Divine Worshipand the Sacraments has settledseveral points of debate.

The previous general in~

8 THEANCHO~-DioceseofFal1River-Fri.,August4,2000

To genuflect orinot:Rome's instructions

for Mass.

. struction, in forc~ since 1975, .devoted two brief sentences, togenuflection.

However, the new instruc­tion gives far more detailedrules and clearly limits genu­flections during Mass.

For starters, the new instruc-. tion spells out what a genuflec­tion is and what it means: "Agenuflection, which is made bybending the right knee to theground, signifies adoration."This differs from a bow, whichis a sign. Of reverence, or thekiss of the altar or the Gospelsby a priest or deacon, whichsignifies veneration.

The new instruction says,"Three genuflections are madeduring Mass by the priest cel-

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ing vulnerable human life, in­cluding unborn children, theaged, and the medically depen­dent and disabled," Tobias said.

Equal enthusiasm came fromDavid A. Keene, chairman of theAmerican Conservative Union,who said Bush had chosen "a run­ning mate of almost unrivaledconservative credentials."

The organization, which ratesmembers of Congress on such is­sues as abortion, taxes, schoolchoice, welfare reform, congres­sional pay raises and familyleave, said Cheney had a lifetimerating of 90.8 percent, comparedto an average rating of 75 per­cent for all Republican membersof Congress.

As secretary of defense from1989 to 1993, Cheney sometimesfound himself on the oppositeside of positions taken by theCatholic Church, as when heurged the Vatican to hand overNoriega, who had taken refugeat the papal nunciature inPanama City.

But his wife, Lynne AnneCheney, had a cordial relation­ship whh the Church duringtheir years in Washington, andshe was among the winners ofthe National Catholic Educa­tional Association's first Eliza­beth Ann Seton Awards for out­standing contributions to U.S.education in 1991. LynneCheney was honored for herleadership in promoting aca­demic excellence.

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GOP vice-presidential pick isMethodist with Pro-Life rec9rd

WASHINGTON (CNS)­Dick Cheney, Texas Gov. GeorgeW. Bush's choice for the Repub­lican vice-presidential nomina­tion, is a United Methodist witha strong record of opposing abor­tion and assisted suicide.

The choice of the 59-year-oldCheney after several weeks ofspeculation was greeted with gleeby leaders in the Pro-Life com­munity and others.

Carol Long Tobias, directorof the National Right to Life Po­litical Action Committee, saidher organization was "extremelypleased" at the choice of Cheney.

Cheney, who served six termsin Congress, "had a 100 percentPro-Life voting record during histime in office and will be a greatasset to the Republican ticket,"Tobias added.

Cheney expressed support fora Human Life Amendment to the

. Constitution, although there wasno vote on the amendment dur­ing his tenure in Congress, andwas a co-sponsor in 1988 of thePresident's Pro-Life Bill, whichwould have permanently bannedfederal funding of abortion, ex­cept to save a woman's life.

In 1983, Cheney voted againstthe proposed federal EqualRights Amendment, partly out ofconcern that the amendmentcould be used as a legal weaponin favor of the "right" to abor-tion. '

"Dick Cheney has been unwa­vering in his support for protect-

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Keating.If Bush had picked Keating, "it

would have cemented the traditionalCatholic vote in the Republican.column," he said in a statement.. "Catholic voters are disap­pointed with AI Gore and uncer-

, tain about George W. Bush," head~ed. "With so many Catholicvoters uncertain as to whom theywill vote for, organizing the Catho­lic vote at the grass-roots level willbe as important a swing vote as itwas in 1980 and 1992."

Govs. John Engler of Michigan,Tommy Thompson of Wiscon­sin and Frank Keating of Okla­homa.

Other Pro-Life Catholics re­ceiving at least a brief mentionin the early discussions aboutRepublican vice-presidential can­didates were Sen. GeorgeVoinovich of Ohio, Sen. ConnieMack of Florida and formerpresidential candidate AlanKeyes.

A bipartisan survey by ThePolling Company and GlobalStrategy Group, Republican andDemocratic polling firms, foundthat 26 percent said they wouldbe more likely to vote for Bushif he chose a vice-presidentialcandidate who favored legalabortion, while 24 percent saidit would make them less likelyand 21 percent said they wouldnever vote for Bush no matterwhat. The remaining 29 percentsaid it made no difference, theywere not sure or refused to an-swer. .

On the Democratic side, fewCatholics have been mentionedas running mates for Vice Presi­dent AI Gore. Long-shot candi­dates included Energy SecretaryBill Richardson, Secretary ofHousing and Urban Develop­ment Andrew Cuomo, Sen. Ri­chard Durbin of Illinois, Sen.Tom Harkin of Iowa, formerSen. George Mitchell of Maine,for!TIer Vatican Ambassador .Raymond Flynn and MarylandLt. Gov. Kathleen KennedyTownsend. .

Of that group of Catholics,.only Flynn is Pro-Life.

No Catholic has ever beenelected vice president, and the

. 2000 elections seem unlikely tochange that pattern. CatholicDemocrats Sargent Shriver,Edmund S. Muskie andGeraldine Ferraro and Republi­can William E. Miller have allrun on losing tickets.

But Flynn, president of theCatholic Alliance, thinks Bushmade a mistake in choosingCheney, a Methodist with strongPro-Life credentials, over

For Bush, the VP choices were'Catholic, Pro-Life, both, neither

TEXAS GOV. and Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush smiles with his vicepresidential selection, Dick Cheney, July 25 in ~ustin, Texas. Cheney had served as secre­tary of defense under President George Bush. (CNS photo from Reuters)

WASHINGTON (CNS) - ForCatholic voters, the process that ledto the selection of Dick Cheney as theRepublican vice-presidential candidatemight be more relevant to the Novem­ber elections than the man chosen.

In the months between April ­when Texas Gov. George W. Bushchose Cheney to head up his selectionteam for a running mate - and July25 - when Bush announced that thesearch had led him to Cheney himself- the names of half a dozen CatholicRepublicans had been mentioned aspossible running mates.

But none of them was chosen, per­haps in part because of a Catholicbishop's interview in The Wall StreetJournal about Gov. Tom Ridge ofPennsylvania. . .

Bishop Donald W. Trautman ofErie, Pa., Ridge's home town, told thenational newspaper that although hewas "definitely not" trying to preventBush from choosing Ridge, a Catho­lic, as a running mate, he thought Bushshould "seek someone .who representshis Pro-Life values and the values ofhis Pro-Life constituency."

He quoted from the U.S. bishops'1998 document, "Living the Gospelof Life: A Challenge to AmericanCatholics," which calls on Catholicpoliticians to "~eflect on the gravecontradiction ofassuming public rolesand presenting themselves as credibleCatholics when their actions on fun­damental issues of human life are notin agreement with Church teaching."

Shortly after The Wall Street Jour­nal interview appeared, however,'Ridge's name began to fade from the"short lists" being circulated by me­dia commentators.

Another Catholic politician whosename was mentioned in the weeksbefore the Republican National Con­vention faced the same obstacle asRidge. New York.Gov. George Patakisupports legal abortion, although hehas indicated he would favor a ban onpartial-birth abortions.

The National Abortion and Repro­ductive Rights Action League, whichlobbies to expand access to legal abor­tion, issued a "report card on choice"that summarized their views on thevice-presidential candidates. Pataki re­ceived a C, Ridge received aD.Receiving solid Fs were Catholic

REVIEWED BY

NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

"The Wind Will Carry Us"(New Yorker)

Slow-moving Iranian dramaabout an engineer. (BehzadDourani) and his crew whotravel to a remote Kurdistan vil­lage hoping to clandestinely filma macabre mourhing rite whena sick~ elderly woman dies. De­spite its sweeping visual gran­deur and curious characters,writer-director Abbas Kiar­ostami's metaphoric film aboutlife and death requires a seriouscommitment of attention on thepart of the viewer to be appre­ciated. Subtitles. Mature themes.The U.S. Catholic Conferenceclassification is A-II -'- adultsand adolescents. Not rated by theMotion Picture Association ofAmerica.

special effects are very much an af­terthought in the viewer's mind.And it all comes down to this: Au­diences have seen it all before.

While "The Klumps" is a cer­tainly a showcase for Murphy's di­verse talents, it doesn't show himoff in his best light. His portrayalof prissy Mama is by far the best,)Vith Buddy being just a scream­ing, exaggerated lunatic with a lamecanine twist that comes off forced.Even though Jackson has masteredthe ability to cry crocodile tears oncommand, her acting range doesn'tgo much farther than that.

Had Segal narrowed the over­loaded narrative's focus and not letthe film's positive message ofwhat's-in-one's-heart-is-more-im­portant-than-the-packaging get lostin churlish comedy and dawdlingscenes, ''The Klumps" might havehad a fighting chance. But as itstands, the large Klumps orily man­age to muster little laughs.

Because of frequent sexual ref­erences, crude toilet humor, mildfleeting violence, and several in-

. stances of crass language, the U.S.Catholic' Conference classificationis A-III - adults. The Motion Pic­ture Association ofAmerica ratingis PG-13 - parents are stronglycautioned. Some material may beinappropriate for children under 13.

DNA'" from his system. But thisonly leads to Buddy becoming hisown person and Sherman begins tosuffer a "Flowers for Algernon"­like loss of intelligence.

Director Peter Segal's lethargi­cally paced film begins with somepotential, but its belabored scenesnever let it achieve more than a fewguilty laughs. Sandwiched betweenthe tiresome sexual references madeby Granny (Murphy, again), whoseeight)rsomething libido is in over- .drive, is a barrage of tasteless flatu­lence and other body-functionjokes. None ofthese is original orfunny, and will likely make view"ers squinn with disgust.

The visual effects are unremark­able. Even though Murphy under,­went laborious hours of makeup tomake each one of the Klump kinphysically distinctive, the lacklus­ter results don't seem worth the ef­fort. And the heavy makeup makeshis line delivery practically incom­prehensible at times.

No one would deny that almost­seamless scenes, such as where thewhole Klump family is sittingaround a table, interacting with oneanoth.er and grossly gorging the!Jl­selves at an all-you-can-eat buffet,took a lot of creative talent.· Butwhen the dialogue falls flat and thestory line fails to be engaging, the

woman (Vanessa Paradis) con­templating suicide on the rail­ipg of a Paris bridge when an

. itinerant professional knifethrower (Daniel Auteuil) re­cruits her to be his new hu­man target. As directed byPatrice Leconte, the black andwhite film has exciting thrillerelements with stylish camerawork and an eclectic score,but the intriguing premise dis­appoints with an anti-climac­tic conclusion. Subtitles.Some sexual encounters, mildviolence and a few instancesof rough language. The U.S.Catholic Conference classifi­cation is A-III - adults. TheMotion Picture Association ofAmerica rating is R - re­stricted.

Sequel is a 'Klump'of foolishness

NEW YORK (CNS) - Fol­lowing are recent capsule re­views issued by the U.S.Catholic C9nference Officefor Film and Broadcasting.

"Girl on the Bridge"(Paramount Classics)

Enchanting French roman­tic comedy about a young

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EDDIE MURPHY portrays Sherman Klump in a scene from "The Nutty Professor II: TheKlumps." (eNS photo from Universal Studios)

NEW YORK (CNS) - Reviv­ing his role as the gentle, over­weight professor Sherman Klump- as well as the whole Klump clan- Eddie Murphy garners fewlaughs in the sluggish comedy se­quel "Nutty Professor II: TheKlumps" (Universal).

Based on the appeal the Klumpfamily - and Murphy's portrayal

.of each of them - had in the 1996revival "The Nutty Professor," thesequel makes them the main attrac­tion. But with each character being'no more than' a one-dimensional,rubber-clad caricature, movie ex­ecutives should not buy that sec­ond homejustyet. And"Nutty Pro­fessor II" suffers from more than'just underdeveloped characters. Themyriad ofunnecessary subplots andside stories only manage to muddyan already far-fetched, and far lessfunny, narrative.

Despite his best efforts, ShermanKlump (Murphy) has not been ableto control his obnoxious alterego, ."Buddy Love," who seems to pop'out and say the nastiest things atthe most inappropriate momen"ts.Not about' to let Buddy ruin hisupcoming marriage to beautifulcolleague Denise (Janet Jackson)and steal his latest invention, a mi­raculous youth serum, Shermandecides to extract the "Buddy

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lend slavery and the civil rightsmovement of the 20th century.

Sometimes huge advances canbe made starting from "what areligioiJsly motivated citizen cancontribute as an individual to the .political'process," he says, citingthe historic decision of Rosa Parksnot to move to the back of a bus

If you believe in the old adage in Montgomery, Ala.that religion and politics are top- The problem with religion andics of discussion' to be avoided in politics today, Marty says, is thatpolite company, don't invite the there has been a loss of civility asRev. Martin E. Marty to your next special-interest groups have some­party. times moved to target those who

In his new book, "Politics, disagree with their political view­Religion and the Common Good," point as the Antichrist.written with Jonathan ,Moore, a The political power of religiousdoctoral candidate in the history America - formerly exercised byof Christianity at the University denominations- is moving in­of Chicago Divinity School, stead to "voluntary associations ofMarty argues that such discus- people who send in contributions,sions are essential to the welfare J lend their name to petitions, andof the United States and its citi- go to public. meetings, there to be

visible in support of the.causes they promote orprotect," he adds. "Theydemand notice." .

The solution, accord­ing to Marty, is a greatervariety of faith-basedvoices in public debate,offering "a repertoire ofhumane options for deal- .ing with problems," sothat no single divisive ap­proach dominates. "Theoutcome should not beholy war, but a reckon­ing with more view­points," he writes. "Poli­tics doesn't divide reli­gious groups; warfaredoes.'" .

Marty takes pains inhis book not to ,provideall the answers, to thequestions he raises aboutthe role of religion in pub­lic life. The book some­times bogs down" how­

ever, in trying to make sure ev­~eryone understands the terminol­ogy being used; the introductiontakes nearly 10 pages, for ex­ample, to define religion, politicsand public religion.

An ordained Lutheran minis­ter and a past president of theAmerican Catholic Historical As­sociatiori, Marty makes every ef­fort to reflect accurately the viewsof all religious groups active inthe United States.

"Politics, Religion and theCommon Good" is the first in aplanned two-volume set byMarty on the promise and chal­lenge of public religion. Thosewho have overcome their qualmsabout discus~ingreligion and poli­tics anxiously await the secondvolume.

O'Brien is deputy editor ofCatholic News Service and cov­ers the Republican Party.

pO~Ihcs,RELIGIONANDTHE COMMON GOOD, by Mar­tin E.. Marty, with JonathanMoore. Jossey-Bass (San Fran­cisco, 2000).

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, zens, since neither religion norpolitics is about to go away.

The book's subtitle summarizesMarty's goal in writing it:. "Ad­vancing a Distinctly AmericanConversation About Religion'sRole in Our Shared Life."

Often, religion has played adecidedly negative role in its ef­forts to shape American politicaldecisions, the Lutheran theologianand historian says. He cites theearly Americans who tarred, beatand imprisoned Jehovah's Wit­nesses; anti-Semitic comments bya Nation of Islam leader; and.theindoctrination that led hundredsto their deaths in the name of re­ligion in Jonestown, Guyana, andWaco, Texas. .

But Marty also finds positivecontributions made to the nation'spolitical life in the name of reli-.gion - most notably, the aboli­tionist movement that fought to

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before the vote, Rep. Chris Smith, R­N.J., called the vice president's posi­tion "breathtakingly insensitive" andsaid it "punishes an innocent baby- or babies if twins are involved -.:.with electrocution or lethal injec~

tion."According to the National Right

to Life Committee, in recent yearsthere have been 40 to 50 women at atime under death sentences imposedby states.

The NRLC rebutted argumentsthat the legislation was unnecessary,since women prisoners are unlikelyto become pregnant. It mentionedthat Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif.,said recently in speaking for an un­successful amendment to remove aban on the funding of abortions bythe Bureau ofPrisons, "We know that /women become pregnant in prison,from'rape and from having a relation­ship with one of the guards."

punishment is extremely modes~, itis also one over which Congress hasespecially clear jurisdiction, becauseit implements an international treatysigned and ratified by the UnitedStates," said Msgr. Schnurr in his let­ter to Ros-Lehtinen.

"Our nation's common law tradi­tion has long rejected the use of thedeath penalty on pregnant women inparticular, recognizing that no inno­cent child should be killed for a crimecommitted by someone else," he said.

The bill, H.R. 4888, was intro­duced July 19, three days after VicePresident AI Gore said on NBC's"Meet the Press" that he would haveto "think about" whether a pregnantwoman on death row should be ex­ecuted.

Gore later told The New York TIme}that "the principle of a woman's rightto choose governs in that case."

1n comments on the House floor

By CATliOLIC NEWS SERVICE

~ Pope sends condolences to families,of those killed aboard Concorde.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -A billunanimously approved by the Houseof Representatives would ban "an es­pecially egregious misuse" of thedeath penalty - the execution ofpregnant women, according to an of­ficial of the U.S. bishops' conference. '

Msgr. Dennis M. Schnurr, generalsecretary of the National Conferenceof Catholic Bishops, expressed hissupport for the Innocent Child Pro­tection Act in a letter to its chiefspon­sor, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Aa.

The legislation, which now goesto the Senate, forbids states from ex­ecuting pregnant women. It passedthe House by a 417-0 margin.

Such executions already arebanned in the federal prison systemand under the International Cov­enant on Civil and Political Rights,which the United States signed in1976.

"While this limitation on capital

Interreligious service for crashvictims held at Paris church'

ones," said a telegram signed by Cardinal AngeloSodano, Vatican secretary of state.

The pope offered his "deep sympathy and his spiri­tual closeness to those touched by this drama, especially

PARIS - Some 1,500 people gathered in the Church the family and friends of the deceased, the airline per­of La Madeleine in the herot of Paris for an interreli- sonnel and the rescue workers."gious selvice in memory of the Concorde crash vic- The telegram was sent to Archbishop Louis-Marietims. Bille of Lyons, president of the French bishops' confer-

The July 27 evening service was led by Catholic, ence.Protestant, Orthodox and Jewish representatives pray- An interreligious memorial service for the victimsing for the more was held earlierthan 100 people . July 27 in the cul-who died when an I tural center ofAir France Gonesse, the vil-Concorde jet lage where thecrashed shortly plane crashed.after takeoff July Gonesse is a25 near Paris. village about two

The families minutes' flyingof the dead pas- time from the run-sengers were way ofthe Charlesjoined by those of de Gaulle-Roissythe dead hotel staff airport, and on- including one average, a planefaf!lily flown in passes over thefrom Algeria - village every twoand by personnel minutes.from Air France Msgr. Bernardand Charles de Lagoutte, generalGaulle-Roissyair- secretary of theport. French bishops'

German tour- conference, andistswhohappened LUTHERAN BISHOP Horst Hirschler (right) and Father Stanto be in Paris Catholic Bishop Josef Homeyer of Hildesheim listen as Lalanne, bishops'gathered to pay German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder speaks at a me- spokesman, rep­tribute to their morial in Hanover, Germany, ·for the victims of the resented thecompatriots, but Concorde plane crash. More than 100 Germans were killed Catholic Church.:-vere unable to get in the accident off a runway outside of Paris July 25. (CNS Pastor Jean-

'mto the church. photo from Reuters) , Arnould d.eFrench and Clermont, pres\-

German ministers of transportation, aided by staffmem- dent of the French Protestant Federation, and Rabbibers from Air France in uniform, lit 113 candles - one Henri Atlan also took part.for each victim. President Jacques Chirac and his wife were among

As the ceremony began, the normally bustling air- the congregation. Chirac was at the airport the after­ports of Paris came to a standstill, and a minute's si- noon the crash occurred; he had just arrived from thefence was observed. Group of Eight summit in Okinawa, Japan.

Besides Scripture readings in French and German, During the ceremony, Msgr. Lagoutte read the mes-there was a reading from 'The Little Prince!" by Saint sage of condolence sent by Cardinal Sodano on behalfExupery, author and pilot, who died when his plane of the pope. Then Psalm 23 was read.crashed into the Mediterranean. After the service, some of the families went to the

The ceremony concludeo with music from German scene of the crash, and many left red roses marking thecomposer J.S. Bach's "Passion." places'where bodies were"found among the wreckage.

Earlier, Pope John Paul II offered prayers for the An ecumenical service was held July 26 in the Catho-people who died in the crash. Iic Paviljon of the Universal Expo in Hanover, Germany.

The pope sent his cOJ,ldolences to "the familie~, It was led by the Lutheran and Catholic bishops ofmainly French and German, who have lost their dear Hanover and was transmitted live on German television.

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ment-approved "church becausethey would then come under thecontrol of the government. .

Bishop Zen said that when theChinese government ordered theordination of bishops in Januaryon the same day the pope was or­daining bishops at the Vatican, "itwas a clear sign that they were tell-

, ing the Vati-can" not tohope for diplo­matic rela­tions.

Many inthe govern­ment-ap­proved churchalso recog­nized the slapat the Vatican,and' only fivepriests showedup to be or­dained, hesaid.

Severalbishops whowere expectedat the' ordina-

tion did not atten,d for the samereason, Bishop Zen said. Thebishop in Xi' an, who had recon­ciled with the pope, "disappearedfor a few days," and the bishop ofanother diocese "went int9 the hos­pital" just before the ordinations,he said.

Bishop Zen said he told BishopLiu it was "difficult to understand"why he was going ahead with theordinations when China had beensaying'it wanted diplomatic rela­tions with the Holy See. BishopLiu told him it was important toordain the bishops because somedioceses had been without bishopsfor too long, Bishop Zen said.

Bishop Zen said that no one inthe current government is capableofestablishing diplomatic relationswith the Holy See, because thatwould mean admitting a long-termerror and legitimizing the Church.

,Bishop Zen said thatwhen,theChinesegov­ernment ordered theordination of bishops·in January on the sameday the pope was or­daining bishops at theVatican, "it was a clear'sign that they weretelling the Vatican" notto hope for diplomaticrelations.

iting the United States; and helps in financing thestudies of Chinese religious and priests.

'Father Chochol said the purpose of his trip wasto meet with bishops, priests, women religious andlaity to find out what life is like for them in Chinaand learn how the bureau can assist them. He vis­ited seven cities, including Beijing, Xian and Shang­hai, but he noted that the situation of the Church.there can be confusing.

"The real situation is that both the official andunderground churches are lqyal to both the HolyFather and China," Father Chochol told the St. LouisReview. "But the government does not permit themto complete the spiritual, ,doctrinal and pastoralunity they have with the universal Church by be­ing in public communion with the Holy Father."

"Since the Church in China is very poor, weprovide support for priests, seminarians and sistersto study in the United States. We also help withleadership development programs in China," Fa­ther Chocol said. "Many people don't know thatthe Catholic Church in China is alive and grow-ing," he added. -

can has set the condition that thenew bishops be ordained by abishop in communion with Rome.

In some cases, the Chinese gov­ernment is refusing to allow aRome-reconciled bishop to per­form such ordinations, and thepriests are refusing to be ordainedbishops.

"So the situation is very uncer-, lain," he said. "We are at a crucialpoint.", Although reconciliation withRome is done in secret, he said,the government and the Catholicfaithful know which bishops havereconciled with theVatican, he said.

When an agreement wasreached that the pope would rec­ognize the government-approvedbishop, the underground bishopand almost all of his priests beganworking in the official church,Bishop Zen said.

The former undergroundbishop is teaching in the govern­ment-approved seminary; he is "notrecognized as a bishop by the gov- '

.ernment, but by everyone else," ,Bishop Zen said.

However, he added, he wouldnot'recommend that all under~

ground Catholics join die govern-

By BARB FRAZE'

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - The Chi­nese government and the CatholicChurch '~are coming to a confron­tation," said the coadjutor bishopof Hong Kong.

"At this moment, the govern­ment is doing their thing and Romeis doing theirthing," and thetwo remain inserious dis­agreementover Churchauthority, saidC 0 a'd j iJ torBishop JosephZen Ze-kiun ofHong Kong., The gov­ernment is"very muchafraid of ey­erything theycannot con­trol," whichmight lead to acrackdown, hetold CatholicNews Service last week during avisit to Washington.

Since the late 1950s, under pres­sure from the Chinese government,some Catholics have gone under­ground 'to practice their faith sothey can maintain allegiance to thepope. Others, under pressure, choseto join the government-approvedChinese Catholic PatrioticAssocia­tion, which spurns Vatican ties.

However, said Bishop Zen,"those who cooperate willinglywith the government are very few,"and up to two-thirds,of the bish­ops in the government-approvedBishops' Conference ofthe Catho­lic Church in China have secretlyreconciled with the Vatican.

Bishop Zen said many priestschosen by the government-apcproved church to be bishops seekapproval from the Vatican beforetheir ordinations. He said the Vati-

.u.s. priest ~ays Chinese Catholics'have deep faith, need supp~'rt

Bishop says Chinese governm'ent,Church headed for confrontation

By JENNIFER HARTMANN

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ST. L0UIS - Fathe'r Ronald Chochol wants, people to know that Catholics living in commu­

nist-ruledChina are people of great faith who needspiritual and financial support. .

Father Chochol, senior associate pastor of St.,Stephen Protomartyr Parish in South St. Louis, .visited China recently on behalf of the U.S. Catho­lic China Bureau, a nonprofit organization, whichhe said "seeks to support the Catholic Church inChina."

Chinese Catholics, as our "sisters and brothersof the faith, despite years of oppression, are an in­spiration for our living the Christian faith," he toldthe St. Louis Review, newspaper of the St. LouisArchdiocese.

Founded jointly in 1989 by Jesuit and Maryknollmissionaries, the U.S. Catholic China Bureau spon­sors study tours to China; evaluates material or fi­nancial requests from churches in China and thenpasses them on to groups capable of giving suchsupport; sets up placement for Chinese scholars vis-

announced Israeli Prime Minis­ter Ehud Barak and PalestinianleaderYasser Arafat we're unableto reach an agreement, but "sig­nificant progress was made onthe core issues."

A main sticking point was thefate of Jerusalem, which Israe­lis and Palestinians claim astheir capital.

"We trust that both partieswill continue to 'talk peace' sothat'they can find asolution thattakes into consideration the un­deniably ,le'giti'mate '(eality oftwo peoples and three religionsliving side-by-side and back-to­back in the Holy Land;" thecouncil of churches' statementsaid.' ' .

. " C'ouncil members' urged allpeople, including themselves, to"be faithful to the truth, proac­tive in our neighborliness arid,courageous in our choices."

"Let us forge a true peace,'sothat the .words of the prophetIsaiah ring true, that 'Theformer things shall not be re­membered or come to mind' and'Then~ the LO'rd God ~iIl wipeaway the tears from all faces,'"the statement said. '

Consecration to the Divjne WillOh adorable'and Divine Will, behold me here before the

immensity of Your Light, that Your eternal goodness may opento me the doors and make me enter into It to form my life all inYou, Divine Will. Therefore, oh a90rable Will, prostrate before

,Your Light, I, the least of all creatures, put myself into the little'group of the sons and daughters of Your Supreme FIAT. Pros­trate in my nothingness, I invoke your Light and beg that itclothe me and eclipse all that dOes not pertain to You, DivineWill. 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 itaway from me and thus form the n~w Eden of Peace, of happi­ness and of love. With It I shall be always happy. I shall havea singular strength and a holiness that sanctifies all things andconducts them to God. .

Here prostrate, I invoke tHe help of the Most Holy Trinitythat They permit me to live.in the cloister of the Divine Will andthus return in rnetlie first order of creation, just <l$ the creature

, was created..Heavenly Mother, Sovereign and Queen of the Divine Fiat,

take my hand and' introduce me into the Light of the' DivineWill.Yoil. will be my guide, my: most tender Mother, and willteach me to live in and to maintain myself'in the order and thebounds of the Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate mywhole being to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me thedoctrine of the Divifle Will and I will listen most attentively toYour lessons. You will cover me with Your mantle "so that the 'infernal serpent dare not penetrate into this s~red Eden to en­tice me and make me fall into the maze of the human will.

Heart of my greatest Good; Jesus, You will give me Yourflames that they may bum 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 myheari;andrwill keep the keys of my will in your hands. Yquwill keep my heart jealously and shall never give it to me again,that I may be sure of never leaving' the Will of God.

My guardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in ev­erything so that my Eden may flourish and be the 'instrumentthat dra~s all men in~o the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Amen.

( In Honor ofLuisa Piccarreta 1865-1947 Chilfl of the Divine Will)

Middle East church leadersregret failure,of peace talks

JERUSALEM (CNS)­Members of the Middle EastCouncil of Churches said they"regret (the) painful failure" ofU.S.-brokered talks between Is­raeli and Palestinian leaders.

In a statement last week, thecouncil membe"rs said they feltsaddened "by the inability of thenational leaders of Israel andPalestine - with the deft facili­tation of the USA - to reach ajust ami long-lasting accord thatwill pave the way for a true resQ­lution of this conflict."

"We applaud the ....efforts ofall leaders. We also remain con­vinced that peacemaking' re­quires cburage. It is not easy torelent power, ,nor is .it easy toturn spears into plowshares,"said the statement.

The Middle East Cou~cil ofChurches, based in Beirut,LebarlOn, was founded in 1974to promote Christian unity

among the area's Orthodox,Catholic and Protestantchurches.

The two-week peace summitat Camp David in Thurmont,Md., convened by President BillClinton, ended July 25. Clinton

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13Peter's Square. "Our prayer for thenight was the rosary, mixed withsong and reflections," said FatherGauvin. "Then at 7:30 p.m., PopeJohn Paul II addressed us from hisapartment window. He began bysaying, 'My brother priests.' TheHoly Father then expressed hishope that the Jubilee for Priestshad been a time of spiritual growthand renewal for all those who tookpart in the event."

On Thursday, May 18, the2,000 priests on retreat joined withapproximately 5,000 more prieststo concelebrate Mass with the popeon the occasion of his 80th birth­day.

"This was indeed the high pointof the week for those who cameto Rome, for in the pope we seethe center and unity of the Churchon earth," Father Gauvin reported."The outside Mass on the pope'sbirthday very colorful and mag­nificent, with great music, andwith more than 8,000 priests wassaid to be the largest concelebratedMass in history. To be there forthat was very moving indeed."

"The Jubilee for Priests was atime for renewal and growth andthose priests who took part in thehistoric gathering without doubtleft Rome renewed in the HolySpirit to' face the Third Millen­nium," Father Gauvin said.

"It was a wonderful experienceand it came at a good time for me,"he added. "I was ordained in 1986.So to be able to take a break atthis point for spiritual renewal wasvery important."

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Reminding the congregation ofpriests of the sacramental charac­ter of their ordination, Bishop Sepesaid that "each ofus received a newidentity card impressed with theseal of the priesthood of Christ.This is our identity, an identifica­tion card of our commitment tobeing servants of the Lord in allthe communities we are destinedfor."

During the homily at the Massthat followed, Cardinal Hoyos toldthe priests that their identity withChrist "is both a gift and a mys­tery. The priesthood is not just thecarrying out of functiOns but a sac­ramental representation of Christthe Good Shepherd calling eachpriest to the responsibility toachieve our model in each of us ."

Father Gauvin said that Tues­day night's gathering at the CircusMaximus for the Stations of theCross "was a moving celebrationof the final steps of Jesus. The re­flections each focused on a par­ticular aspect of the priestly life,and from the expressions on thefaces of the priests one could tellthey were moved with emotion."

On Wednesday the priests metin St. Peter's Basilica for morningprayer and Mass celebrated by Car­dinal Lucas Moreira Neves, theprefect for the Congregation ofBishops. This was followed by pre­sentations on St. Catherine ofSienna's teachings and reflections,on the priesthood; and a talk onSt. Theresa of Lisieux.

The evening began with the2,000 priests keeping vigil in St.

to get the handicap'ped to church.At each meeting we hear reportsfrom people about what is beingdone and share their stories, theirexperiences and the successes."

However, Bedard has been tak­ing an 86-year-old man to churchSundays. "He had been living atDever and now is in a group homeand very capable of expressinghimself. Because my parish ishandicapped accessible, he nowattends Mass and enjoys it ... es­pecially because he gets to sit inthe sanctuary."

"I'm sure there are many,many more 'handicapped peopleout there who could benefit fromgoing to church or services if onlywe could get people from the vari­ous churches to befriend them,and sit with them," Bedard com­mented.' ."We would like stafffrom the various homes to do this,but there aren't enough of themto allow that."

Welch said that when threehandicapped people began com­ing to his parish he had concernsof how they would be acceptedby the congregation. "The people\Velcomed them wholeheartedly!~'

According to Welch, state so­cial workers have indicated tohim that religious worship playsan important role in the lives ofthe handicapped. "Some of themplace a great emphasis on thespirituality of their clients and theneeds of their clients to have ac­cess to public worship."

The Spiritual Explorationgroup has provided brochures, abooklet and a video as educationalmeans to getting the message out.The booklet, "That All May Wor­ship," is a step-by-step coachingmanual written to enable congre- .gations to identify and breakdown the barriers preventing thedisabled from worshipping fully.A presentation is planned for Au­gust 8 at the Galleria in Taunton.

Church, to the past and to the fu­ture of human history. You willleave Rome quickened by a holyresolve to continue to be worthyministers of Christ and' generousproclaimers of his Kingdom. Theboat advances because you pull ather oars, but she will advance morequickly and more surely when theimpetuous breeze of the Holy Spiritthat blows from above swells hersails.'"

Father Gauvin said he and hisfellow priests continued with eu­charistic adoration, personal con­fessions and testimonies given bypriests.

Evening prayer was recited incommunity gathered at the PaulVI Audience Hall and to hear an­other talk by Cardinal Hoyos.

On the Tuesday morning undersunny skies, Father Gauvin re­called, the 2,000 priests lined upoutside the Basilica of St. Paul fora solemn procession through theHoly Door. As they processed theysang the Litany of the Saints andrecited mid-morning prayer atwhich Bishop Crescenzio Sepe pre­sided.

Raynham and Attleboro, and nowa group has started in theBrockton area. But each group ispretty much autonomous."

Bedard says his inspirationcomes from approximately 100such active faith communitieshelping the disabled in France andCanada, all begun by Jean Vaniersome 30 years ago.

Although Vanier, an author, isCatholic, -he established suchhelping nondenominational cen­ters to assist the disabled through­out the world, said Bedard.

Welch, who was ordained apermanent deacon in 1987, cameto the committee after being askedand given permission to conducta Catholic prayer service withholy Communion at the DeverDevelopment Center in Tauntonthree years ago. This came afterthe Holy Cross Father fromStonehill College who was chap­lain at the Center retired.

"After a search for a priest toreplace the chaplain proved unsuc­cessful, they called me and whatbegan for me was a most reward­ing form ,of ministry," said Welch.

"The people I deal with areseverely handicapped," Welch re­ported. "Most are non-verbal andnone save ope or two are able towalk. For the most part they havelived afthis institution their en­tire lives. They are not children.The youngest is 38 years old."

Welch said that the opportu­nity then comes to minister tothose who care for the handi­capped.

Bedard said getting total num­bers of the handicapped being as­sisted is difficult, "because com­mittee members generally don'tdo the actual assistance, but getothers involved to assist them atvarious levels. It is mainly thestaff people who have the respon­sibility of caring for them that wecontact and help get involved ...

could understand what it was allabout."

On the Monday, the priests metin the Archbasilica of St. JohnLateran, the Cathedral Church ofRome, where, during morningprayer, they heard from CardinalCamillo Ruini, the general vicarof Rome.

Speaking about the union ofpriests with Christ, the cardinalemphasized that "to be truly menof communion we must first of allcontinuously develop and nourishour interior life ... that commun­ion ... which has an insuperableexpression in the first letter of St.John: 'What we have seen, heard,we also announce to you, so thatyou too, may be in communionwith us.''' And Cardinal Ruiniasked that the grace of commun­ion be given the assembly.

During a Mass that followed,Cardinal Angelo Sodano's hom­ily might be summed up in onegrand paragraph, Father Gauvinsaid. .

"The cardinal told us retreatants:'I wish to draw your attention tofour things: to Christ, to His

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Romethe Congregation for the Clergy,reminded the priests of the his­toric importance of the JubileeYear 2000 event.

"It is a time of a profound spiritof gratitude, conversion and rec­onciliation," the cardinal said. Hereminded the priests that: "Asevangelizers with the supremepontiff, crossing the threshold ofthe Holy Door, we will show tothe Church and to the world theholy Gospel, source of life andhope for the third millennium."

Having that event at Saint MaryMajor is important because it isMary who always points to her sonJesus to whom the priest is calledto configure his life, the cardinalpointed out.

"We are here so that the BlessedVirgin may help us in this taskwhich starts from personal sancti­fication to spread out to all therest," asserted Cardinal Hoyes.

"All of the talks and homilieswere given in Italian," FatherGauvin reported. "Because we allspoke different languages we wereeach given a printed handout ofthe address in our language so we

tion," Bedard explained.An employee of the Depart­

ment of Mental Retardation,Bedard said the assistance is im­portant "because by becomingactive members of the church orcongregation, those with disabili­ties also are becoming a part of

. the general community they livein at all different levels."

Those at issue include theblind, the mentally retarded andthose with various physical dis­abilities. They include Catholics,Episcopalians, Baptists, Congre­gationalists and those of the Jew­ish religion.

The approximately 12-mem­ber committee meets monthly toplan its strategies. The people in­volved are directed to the com­mittee by various agencies andstaff people caring for them."Some of our members are them­selyes managers of group homesthat house these people," Bedardexplained, "and they know a par­ticular person who wants to go toa particular church. One of ourtasks is to contact the church orfaith group pastor or leader orhelpful companions and linkthem up." .

The helpful companions' du­ties include meeting the indi­vidual at the door and escortinghim or her to a seat; introducingthe person to other members ofthe congregation; providing trans­portation; and identifying oppor­tunities where the individual canparticipate in religious and socialactivities.

The New Bedford group,Bridges to Faith, was founded byBedard in 1994. He was employedthere at that time. After a successthere, he decided to establishSpiritual Explorations in Taun­ton. "However, the originalgroup, Spiritual Connections, be­gan in Fall River," said Bedard."There is currently activity in

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';~ KEE~INGvilITH a long ~radition of outstanding altar servers from the parish, 23 youngpeople were recently installed during the 10 a.m. Mass at Hqly Name Church, Fall River. With 'the new servers are Father Edward A. Murphy, parochial vicar, and Father francis L. Mahoney,pastor. . ' .' :). ..

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SENIOR CLASS student council officers were recently an­. ~ ':' riounced. At left, Jonathon Wood, student body president; Peter

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JUNIOR CLASS officers, lower left: Leslie, . Viveiros, president; Andrew Bairos, vicef president; Rebecca Brooder, secretary; ,J and Lisa Ramos, treasurer.

SOPHOMORE CLASS officers,below: RO$s Tague, president; LauraHadley, vice president; Ryley Conlon,secretary; and Jacquel.in'e Rosa, trea­surer.

..... COYLE AND CASSIDY chaplain Father HernandoHerrera distributes Communion to Junior Jeffrey Pratt at anopen air Mass held recently at the Taunton school.

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SIX STUDENTS were declared winners in the annual sci­ence fair at St. Anthony's School, New Bedford. From left,seated, are Andrew Freitas, principal's recognition award; andJoshua Quintin, honorable mention. Standing are ChristopherFerreira, second place; Rebecca Greene and Amanda Defriaswho tied for first place; and Rachael Amaral, third place. Itwas organized by teacher Mary Molinski.

By AMY WELBORN

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Ah, the pleasures of the sum­mer job.

My first real summer job wasat a large store the name of whichI'll keep anonymous except for the

_last part: "-marL" There. Thatgives you at least two choices tokeep you guessing~

I worked in the "deli" - thesmall little box in the front of th~

·store where customers could buypopcorn, slushees and their choic~' FOR YOOT" • RBOOT YOOT"

·of. three kinds of sandwiches., .. ' The job itselfwasri't so bad, but take him on. for the summer.."the h,ours were. Most days I had tq But that's not the way it is. For

.' ·w.drk..something like 11 :3'0. a.m. most of us, Jhe summer job in­.' ,' ..to 9:.09 p.m., with a few bre~s to . volv~s long hours, hard, repetitive

r--..;...:,.-:-.......,..,..,..,.~.-.-.-•. ......,....:.-...:,/" :;m:il~ejt come out to eigq~;houi.s. " work; not th~ greatest pay in the:.-,::~, ;..' '.:r~.trouble was thatl'qu'icRly. ':'wor!cl',"and' toe lessons that corrie'"; ';"! ','. ·:~~rapy semblance of a,.)if~;;'If .WIth a,il of·thar .' ..:; ,'.• ' ;::·•.YJ;>U,'.T.e: ~n yq,ur.,~eet..all d~y, {ne ., . ~ Firsr,Y~)l.i ~re:·nor as fab4!oUS .

, ·'most. you can do".when· yOu ge.t and above it alI" as you think'you.homeFevetl if you'.reateen-age~,.. "are.. Sl!.r~, you..,think you're to.o~,is collapse, sleep ~nd then geC up :',:.good'fC!f..ihjs job',but ho.w' can:thatj.~Sl i~:tim~ to go back to work.··· :...p~·wt1en.'this.'~~de.nle~n:i.~g'.~job i,s

· ::-J h~t~d It, except for the mqriey, ',"~ the oJ:Uy-job y(l'4 caR-get? ' .')ci~~ like my olde.st. soh hates·..his .' The.;-t,ruth is,',:fhere'S :riQthing .. 'summerJob rignt.qaw stocKing' In wrong -';with any of tho:S,e' jobs ..· a g(bc~ry stor~;The hoursa;n,.get- TheY'J:e.necessary and just as im­ting'io hi'fi.i._H~ usually:w~.rks from. pqrtaot .~. any "profession:' 'andaro~nd 3 p.m. to 10 at night, and tn~ people, 'who 'spend their Ijves .

.liis work involves a lot of physical d¢pendin-g on that kind of worklabor. Unfortunately,' i.t also in- for a li~irig have just as much dig­volxes a lot of boredom.. nity,. strength and character as any­

And since. n.els not yet 18, ei- one who goes to work in a suit.ther union or ·government rules (Maybe more).restrict him from using certain ...:... Second, this is what life is.kindsofequipmen~" even the box All teens have the hope and fan­cutter! So there are lots of-things tasy that they'll spend the rest ofhe can't do, and he gets bored. their lives in the perfect job, do·

Now my younger son, who's ing exactly what they want.just tlirned 15, is trying to get a For most of us, thatjustdoesn'

·job. Unfortunately, he's presently happen. Even if you find ajob yOLinfected with the same disease my like, there are aspects of it that wi!'oldest son had for a while, before . frustrate you.·necessity stepped in and cured him: So good luck with that summelHe has to get ajob that is; for lack job. Instead of complaining, say i:of a better word, at, what he con- prayer of thanks for the opportu·ceives is the' exalted level of his nity you have - and take comfor~

ownexistence. . in a fact that you never thought, ~.ohis firs~ ch.oice would be would ever give you comfOlt:

wor.king at ~ golf course. Fast School'sjust around the comer.food; except for maybe a sub shop, Now, dor'tyou feel better?

andhe'soutforvictory.-He'ssay- ate .studeJ,l.t'.:.Jerry Britt ofing,'Lefs es'talJlish the culture of Steubenville didn't let blindnesslife. Christ has won. Lefs extend or nis (:; i'st birthdaypre~ent him'that victory.''' ', .. '.' ' ,froin making the trek. The older

, '. Romanoski said the walkers collegian~aryied a master's degree.have found the saying on their T~' in theology '~n May.shirts - "Ameri~~ is Pro-Life':. ' "I· ~alk 'in faith and not; by .:- is true. "Ifs n~~lly.,sa~.Wh~p.~; sight;" said .Britt. "It's be~n a "our laws don't refleCt· the Qu.blic,: g<;>od experience for me. All the :.opinion polls," he said.:> • ":. p(omises that God gives us·I see

Crossroads was fo~eq.i(l19~~ ~ re'ali~ed in the walk."after Pope John Paul ask.edy.o~ths ..,; : H~ said th~ ·group has prayed,to help end the culture:of death: ", laughed and cried, "Theil: hand~Its mission is "saviri'g li-.;es· and: have .been cracked and bleeding:changing hearts." .,.; t • ' from the cold in the Rocky Moun-',

On their pilgrimag~, th~ col"' tains, their feet have blisters and.'legians are praying for,ari e~d to they've. had sprained an.kles," heabortion, counseling. t:xpectant: sa;id. "They have definitely suf-

. mothers outside abortion clinics,' fered, but they keep going with a. and speaking to individuals arid· . lot of joy. That inspires ·me."

groups about the importance of . Franciscan University juniorPro-Life volunteer service. Jane Heimlich of Springfield, Ill.,

In Indianapolis, they joined said she decided to make the walkarchdiocesan Catholics at the her jubilee-year pilgrimage afterHelpers of God's Precious Infants . praying about it.Pro-Life liturgy at St. Andrew the "To be able to make this kindApostle Church, prayed and of a sacrifice in such a year ofcounseled at an abortion clinic, grace is so important," she said..and spoke during Masses at five "Through our prayer and sacri­area parishes. fice, I believe that God is using

Franciscan University gradu- us as vessels of his mercy."

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Pro-Life Catholic collegianswalking cross G3country:,

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.... TALL SHIPS·:-Students. in the S.um'merFun Camp ~q-l~!~'Family­Holy Name Church, NewBedford, enjoyed a tour ofa Russian tall ~ip iNhen itvisited the' city recent1y.Daphne .Cr-ulQ ~fldJerin.r-,· ".

. fer Beadfleti c'ootdinated',the field trip. ., ....

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~ "YOU'VE GOT toHave Faith;' was the mes­sage heard by~t~ents ofHoly F~~j1y-Hqly.,Name,

New Bedford;' at'~Hi end­of-the-year a$sel'nbly andstudent Elise. Ouellettelearns that firsthand asshe balances on onechair. She is helped bypresenter Jedlie ofJedlie's Interactive Pre­sentation.

INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) - "Ifelt the Lord was calling me todo this," .said college seniorJonathan Romanoski, who is com­pleting his second c,ross-countryPro-Life··W'alk this summer..

He a,ntl<22 Pther students fromthe Frari:r;;is~a~' UJ1ivdsity ofSteubenv·i.t!~,<!)hio, were midwaythrough twi,l"<;Qast';to-coast walks- aloQg o9~rihef,l) :~nd southernroutes·....:.;'·to :plo.m,ote: t'h,e sanctityand dfgrii~y' bf lif~..·" ":;::

As memQers~Qfthe university'sCrossroads:l>ro"-Life In~., they areparticipati'1'gJri its,:si;xth' annualPro-Lif~ .pilgrimage.., "', ' .

The·walks end 'with aPio-Liferally Aug. 'ri·.outside the U.S.Supreme Court in Washington.

Romanosl<i, of Han:isbu,rg, Pa"told The' Criferioi~, Indianapolisarchdiocesan newspaper, that thestudents were responding to PopeJohn Paul's challenge to proclaimthe Gospel like the first apostles.

"With all the evil present in theworld today, it can almost beoverwhelming," he said. "Yet atthe same time, our pope is call­ing for 'a new springtime of faith,'

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ON THE WING - Father George Gratton of Rochester,N.~., scrapes ~osquitoes off the wings of his plane in prepa- .ration for the flight back home after he attended the annualconvention of priest pilots in Anchorage recently. (eNS photoby Brother eharl~s .Mc.Brida, esc, Catholic Anchotj . . _

Iteering pOintlWEST HARWICH - A holy

hour to celebrate life will be heldon August 6 beginning at 3 p.m. atHoly Trinity Church, 246 MainStreet. All are invited to come andpray to stop abortion.

a procedure called "live-birth abor­tion" is used there and "it is notuncommon" for live aborted ba­bies to survive "for an hour or twoor even longer."

She recalled one night when anursing colle_ague was taking aDown syndrome baby who wasborn alive to the hospital's soiledutility room "because his parentsdid not want to hold him, and shedid not have time to hold him."

"I could not bear the thoughtof this suffering child dying alonein a soiled utility room, so Icradled and rocked him for the 45minutes that he lived," she said.

"Something is very wrong witha legal system that says doctors aremandated to pronounce babies deadbut are not mandated to assess ba­bies for life and chances of sur­vival," Stanek said. "No other chil­dren in America are medicallyabandoned like this."

ONSET ~ A. Yoinig -AdultBeach Party will be held from noonto 7 p.m. at the Point Independence

. Yacht Club on August 12. It is spon­sQred· by the Office of Youth andYoung Adult Ministry. For moreinformation call Bud Miller at 675­3847.

27, G()OjcOl-!t. for mQre infQnnationcall Msgr. Thomas 1. Harrington at992-3184.

NORTH DARTMOUTH ­The next Retrouvaille weekendwill be held Sept. 15-17 and of­fers couples a chance' to heal andrenew troubled marriages. Redis­cover yourself and your spouseand a loving relationship in mar-'riage. For more information call1-800-470-2230 or the DiocesanOffice of Family Ministry at 9'99­6420:

baby survived an abortion.- Jessen's testimony recounted thedetails of her birth in a Californiaabortion clinic after 18 .hours in asaline solution.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Ishould be blind, burned ... I shouldbe dead! And yet, I live," she said."I come today ... to speak on be­half of the infants who have diedand those appointM to death."

Born with cerebral palsy be­cause of a lack of oxygen to thebrain, Jessen said she now has only"a slight limp" after using a walkeror leg braces for years.

George spoke about the viewsof fellow Princeton professor Pe­ter Singer, who he said has recog­nized '~a class of human beings,including newborn infants, whoare, in effect, nonpersons" andthus could'be killed.

Stanek, who has worked forfive years at Christ Hospital, said

.THE U.S. bishops' Seeretariat for Pro-Life Activities hasreleased this poster for the annual October observance ofRespect Life Month. The text reads, "Every human life is asign of God's love, a trace of ~is glory." (eNS photo)

gust 1:4 lJ,t t!J,e rectory of HolyName of the Sacred J1eart of JesusParish beginning at 7 p.m: Cour­age is a support group for Catho­lic men and women who are con­fronting same sex attraction issuesand who are striving to lead chastelives. For more information callMsgr. Thomas 1. Harrington at992-3184. . '

NEW BEDFORD-The CalixGroup will not hold its regularmeeting this month but memberswill work on plans for an August

By NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Witnesses back bill to protectinfants who survive abortions

WASHINGTON - An abor­tion survivor, a Princeton profes­sor and a nurse who has comfortedinfants born after botched abor­tions testified before a House sub­committee about a bill that wouldentitle those infants to medicalcare.

The testimony on H.R. 4292,the proposed Born Alive InfantsProtection Act of 2000, came be­fore the House JudiciaryCommittee's subcommittee on"theConstitution, chaired by Rep. ,Ch~rles Canady, R-Fla., chiefsponsor of the legislation.

"If a child born alive after abotched abortion does not receivethe protection of the law, what isto prevent an abortionist fromsimply delivering a child and kilf­ing it?" Canady asked at the hear-ing. .

Witnesses included GiannaJessen, a 23-year-old survivor ofa late-term saline abortion; Rob­ert P. George, a professor of juris­prudence in the department ofpoli­tics at Princeton; and Jill L.Stanek, a registered nurse whoworks in the labor and deliverydepartment at Christ Hospital inOak Lawn, Ill.

All three spoke in favor of thelegislation, but the National Abore ­

tion and Reproductive Rights Ac­tion League said in a statement atthe hearing that the bill "attemptsto inject Congress into what shouldbe personal and private decisionsabout medical treatment."

Helen Alvare, director of plan­ning and information for the U.S.bishops' Secretariat for Pro-LifeActivities, said the NARAL com­ment demonstrated a "frighteningopinion" that "the decision to killa fully born infant, at any stage Qfdevelopment, is a personal andprivate medical decision."

"Nothing could prove morepersuasively the need for Congressto reaffirm the obvious fact thatlive-born infants are persons,"Alvare said. "If our lawmakers donot take a stand now, whose lifewill be next?"

The Born Alive Infants Protec­tion Act states that any jryfant "whois completely expelled or extracted·from her mother and who is alive"is a person under federal law, re­gardless of the child's lung devel­opment, his or her expectedchances of survivalor whether the

NEW BEDFORD - A prayergroup meets every Thursday in thelower church meeting room at HolyName'of the Sacred Heart of JesusParish, 121 Mount Pleasant Streetfrom 7-9 p.m. New members arealways welcome. For more infor­mation can Deacon EugeneSasseville.

"Dreams: A Healing Connection,"August 10 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.;"What Disguises Do You Wear,"August21 from 10:30 a.m. to noon;and "Taking Care of Yourself,"August 24 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Formore information call 226-8220.

NEW BEDFORD - TheCourage Group will meet on Au-

FALL RIVER - English as aSecond Language and civics vol­unteer teachers and tutors areneeded for the cities of Fall Riverand New Bedford for one-on-oneand group teaching. Prior teachingexperience is not required and train­ing will be provided. For more in­formation call Eva dos Santos at674-4681 or Rosa Sousa at 997- -7337. '

NEW BEDFORD-A Catho­lic Homeschool Support Groupmeets every first Friday followingthe 12:10 Mass 'atOm Lady'sChapel, 600 Pleasant Street. Thoseattending should bring a picniclunch. For more information callBrenda Peter at 991-6570.

FALL RIVER ~ The Acad­emy of the Sacred Hearts class of1950 is holding its 50th reunion onAugust 13 at 6 p.m. ai the

, Quequechan Club. They are stilltrying to contact classmates JeanneLetourneau, Lillian McNeff,'Patricia Sullivan, Eileen Lessier andJanet Umbers. For more informa­tion or ifyou know a classmate whomight be missing call FranMacDonald at 824-1163 or PriscillaGetchell at 672-1027.

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ATTLEBORO - La SaletteShrine will hold a Taize PrayerNight tonight at 7:30 p.m. in theShrine chapel. It will include Scrip­ture, petitions, prayers of reconcili­ation and be led by Father AndrePatenaude. Participants are askedto bring a candle in a holder ordrip-proof container.

Composer/performer TomKendzia will be at the Shrine foran' outdoor concert on Saturday at6:30 p.m. Attendees are encouragedto bring lawn chairs and blankets.In case of rain it will be held in­doors.

The II th annual Tent Revivalwill open at the Shrine on Sundayat 7 p.m. continuing nightlythrough August 9. Guest speakersinclude Father Robert S. Kaszynskion Sunday, Mercy Sister JudySoares on Monday, La Salette Fa­ther Roger Plante on Tuesday andLa Salette Father Richard Delisleon Wednesday. Attendees are askedto bring a non-perishable food itemfor St. Joseph's Food Pantry. Formore information call 222-5410.

ATTLEBORO - The Coun­seling Center at La Salette Shrineoffers Grief Education Programsfor those dealing with the death ofa loved one. August dates include"What Should Have Been," August

. 7 from 10:30 a.m. to noon;

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