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line of remarkable and wonderfulpastors."

For the past year there has beena variety of events celebrating theparish's glowing history. The entireparish and its groups have been in­volved in the planning and work. Itbegan with a Noel Henry IrishShowband concert in April and thesubsequent planting of a floweringcherry tree at nearby Father KellyPark, named after Father John

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of the parish - especially good forme - being new to the parish, hereonly two months." ,

Elizabeth Murray presented aprogram which highlighted memo­ries of parish life.

The pastor said that he felt thecelebration was "also good for thepeople spiritually. They made con­nections and saw the future for theparish. I hope our future will be asglorious as our past," FatherBabiczuk asserted. "I follow a long

LOOKING AHEAD - Bishop Sean P. O'Malley and clergy pro­cess into St. Patrick Church, Fall River for Mass marking the 125thanniversary of the founding of the parish in the city's South End.

St. Patrick Parish marks125th anniversary at

Mass and dinner

FALL RIVER - Hundreds ofparishioners and friends of St.Patrick Parish in the city's oldGlobe district sharedmemories recently as they,celebrated the 125th anni­versary of the 1873 found­ing of what was the city'sfifth parish.

"The entire day wasmarvelous, both the Masscelebrated by Bishop SeanP. O'Malley and the recep­tion after al the Venus deMilo on Sept. 13," said Fa­ther Fred Babiczuk, the14th pastor of the parish."The best part of the wholeday was the sharing ofmemories, both listening topeople at the receptiontables talk of St. Patrick'sas they remember it andalso the photo gallery ofmementos from over theyears set up by the ·125thanniversary committee. Itwas a grand way to get intouch with the rich history

• South End parish overthe years has becomea rich tapestry ofmanynationalities andcultures. Massive quiltsthat hung in the churchreflected their faith fabric.

SACRED 'HEART Nursing Home of NewBedford has recently joined the DiocesanHealth Facilities continuum of care. The homeprovides skilled nursing and rehabilitative careto over 800 men and women.

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Father Clarence d'Entremont

Retired diocesan priest is historian ofAcadian life

IN DIOCESE - FatherClarence d'Entremont, pic,..tured while at St. Anthony'sParish, New Bedford.

Vocation fair on Cape Codis Sept. 26 at Corpus Christi

• For those mulling a religious vocation, the fair offers a"one~stop shopping" look at what religious communities offer.

EAST SANDWICH - Anyone having a curiosity about a vocation to the religious lifewill have a unique opportunity to explore further when more than 20 communities ofreligious set up information booths at Corpus Christi Parish's Vocation Fair, Sept. 26, 10a.m.-2 p.m., in the parish center, 324 Quaker Meeting House Road.

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Massachusetts Society of Genealogists anda Federation of Genealogical Societies cov­ering all of the United States and Canada;and in 1976 organized an Acadian celebra-

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the Acadian Historical Society and cofound­ing historical societies for Madawaska,Maine; Lunenburg, Nova Scotia; and WestPubnico.

In 1975 Father d'Entremont initiated the

United States and Cana­dian seminaries and servedon the marriage tribunaland liturgical commissionof the archdiocese of Que­bec.

In 1952 Fatherd'Entremont wasincardinated in the FallRiver diocese, thereafterserving at St. Anthony'sParish, New Bedford, as a

I parochial vicar and direc­i tor of the former St. An­

thony High School. In1965 he was named chap­lain at Our Lady's Haven,Fairhaven, but while therealso engaged in an incred­ible number of activities,including founding theNew England chapter of

By PAT MCGOWAN

NOVE SCOTIA - On arecent visit to the Maritimeprovince of Nova Scotia,Canada, it was an unex­pected bonus to meet FatherClarence J. d'Entremont,89, who retired from activeministry in the Fall Rive:rdiocese in 1982. A nativeof West Pubnico, NovaScotia, he studied for thepriesthood at the Seminaryof the Sacred Heart inCharlesbourg, Quebec.

He was ordained as aEudist Father in 1936 andsubsequently studied at thePontifical University of St.Thomas Aquinas in Romefor the degree of licentiatein canon law, then taught at

ence the grace of God. Cook'sdecision to enter th,~ seminarywas influenced in particular, byhis parents and family. Helearned at a young age that weare all called to som~ particularvocation. His parents' prayer lifewas an example to him that a vo­cation is best discerned throughprayer.

Hearing the voice ofthe GoodShepherd, and responding to itis the challenge of every Chris­tian. Whether we are consciousofit or not, how we ht:ar and howwe respond determ,!nes every­thing about us. Our relationshipswith the Good Shepherd and thepeople of God hinge on how weunderstand our call. Ifyou thinkthe Lord is calling you, contactFather Craig Pregana, vocationdirector, to discuss a vocation!Call the Vocation Ofjice at (508)675-1311.

ministrator is '''to hold the fort'and make sure people in the dio­cese are doing their jobs."

According to Diane Barr, di­rector ofBoise's canonical affairsoffice, an administra.tor has thesame obligations and faculties asa 'bishop with the limitation thathe may not make innovations thatwould prejudice the tights of thenext bishop.

In Your Praye.rsPlease pray for the following

priests during the coming week\ NECROLOGY

\ September 191859, Rev. Henry E.S. Henniss, Pastor, St. Mary, New Bed-

ford \1985, Msgr. Arthur W.\Tansey, Retired Pastor, Immaculate

Conception, Fall River \ \ ,September 20 , '

1918, Rev. Simon A. 0'~ourke, Chaplain,)JniEe~rStatesNavy. . \\ .... /,./ _ ',.--- /~

1958, Rev. Orner Valois, \Pastor,..Sacred~Heart, New Bed-ford .--/) ..-.-" ~----

//,'---.Septe~ber 211882~ev;g~orge"Pager, Foun~er, Sacred Heart, Ne:w Bed-

for~__---.-.--/ \ \1-938, Rev. George Jowdy, Pastqr, Our Lady of Pu:rgatory,

New Bedford \ \1988, Rev. William H. Crane, \SM, Superior at r\'ational

Shrine of Our Lady of Victories, Boston. ~.

September ~ '..1955, Rev. Joseph E.C. Bourque, Pas\tor, Blessed Sacrament,

Fall River \ \

PRIESTS CURRENTLY\S'ERVING. \ \

September 19 Rev. Stephen J. AVp'aSeptember 20 Rev. Freddie Babiczuk- \September 21 Rev. Bernard B. Baris

\September 22 Rev. Gerald P. Barnwell

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September 23 Rev. Richard W. BeaulieuSeptember 24 ~ Rev. R. Bradley BeaupreS~ptember 25 Rev. George C. Bt:llenoit,

In a statement, FatherDonoghue said he was gratefulfor the trust shown by his brotherpriests and would "serve as faith­fully as I can." He asked for thesupport and cooperation of allIdaho Catholics in carrying outhis responsibilities.

He told the Idaho CatholicRegister, newspaper of the state­wide diocese, that his job as ad-

Retired Idaho priest namedBoise diocese administrator

Daily,ReadingsSept.21 Eph4:1-7,11-13;

Ps 19:2-5; Mt 9:9-13Sept. 22 Prv 21:1-6,10-13;

Ps 119:1,27,30,34­35,44; Lk 8:19-21

Sept. 23 Prv 30:5~9; Ps 119:29,72,89,101,104,163; Lk 9:1-6

Sept. 24 Eccl 1:2-11; Ps 90:3-6,12-14,17;Lk 9:7-9

Sept. 25 Eccl 3:1-11; Ps 144:1-4; Lk 9:18-22

Sept. 26 Ecci 11 :9-12:8;Ps 90:3-6,12-14,17;

, Lk 9:43b-45Sept. 27 Am 6:1a,4-7; Ps

146:7-10; 1 Tm 6:11-16; Lk 16:19-31

at Mount St. Mary Seminary inEmmitsburg, Md.

Cook, one of nine children ofLouis and Rosemary Cook, at­tended elementary school in thePembroke area. He graduatedfrom Silver Lake Regional HighSchool, Pembroke, in 1990 andearned an undergraduate degreein history at the' University ofDallas in Irving, Texas.

During the summers, Cook.'~,~ , ' has worked as a substitute gym,~ teacher, waiter and camp coun-

, \\~ selor while attending school. He\\\,\\ \' eI)joys working with people.

"--......__.-.\....'-'_.'............_-_.............. ,Teaching religious education'KEVIN COOK . was especially challenging

FALL RIVER - After shar- while he worked with a pooring his faith with young people inner city parish in Washington,while teaching religious educa- D.C. as part of his field educa­tion at St. Thecla's Parish in tion program at the seminary.Pembroke, Fall River Diocesan For seminarians, the dailySeminarian Kevin Cook is enter- challenges of prayer and sacri­ing his second year of theology fice are opportunities to experi-

By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

BOISE, Idaho - Father JohnF. Donoghue, a recently retiredpriest of the Diocese of Boise, hasbeen elected by diocesan consul­tors as administrator of the dio­cese until a new bishop is namedin six to 18 months.

Former Boise Bishop Tod D.Brown was installed Sept. 3 asbishop of the Diocese of Orange,Calif. Father Donoghue, 72, waselected to the fulltime position ofadministrator a day later.

The priest, who retired in Juneafter serving 12 years as pastor ofSt. Mark's in Boise, said he wasshocked and humbled by his elec­tion.

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CARDINAL ALIOSGRILLMEIER

By CINDY WOODEN, CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - Cardinal Alois Grillmeier, a German Jesuit theolo­gian who died at the age of 88, combined his intelligence with a strongfaith: Pope John Paul II said.

In a telegram of condolence to the archbishop of Munich and Freising,the pope called the cardinal, who died,Sept. 13, "a great man of the Church anda master of theological knowledge."

The cardinal died in Unterhaching,Germany, a city in the Archdiocese ofMunich and Freising. The cause of deathwas not reported.

Cardinal Grillmeier's death leaves theCollege of Cardinals with 157 members,118 ofwhom are under the age of 80 and,therefore, eligible to vote in a papal con­clave.

The German Jesuit, who was ordainedto the priesthood in 1937, was a professorof fundamental and dogmatic theologyand was widely known for his two-vol­ume book, "Christ in Christian Tradition.'"

Pope John Paul honored the theologianfor his service to the Church by naming him a cardinal in 1994.

As a bishop serving on the theological commission of the Second Vati­can Council; the future pope had worked with the then-Father Grillmeier,who was an official theologian of the council from 1963 to 1965.

Alois Grillmeier was born Jan. 1, 1910, in Pechbrunn, Germany. Hejoined the Society of Jesus in 1929 and made his first vows two years later.He studied philosophy in Germany and in the Netherlands. In 1938, hebegan his doctoral research in Austria but was forced to leave when theNazis expelled the Jesuits from the country. He studied for a year at theGregorian University in Rome, then went back to Germany to complete hisdoctorate.

In 1942 he was forced to serve in the German army, but his serviceended two years later when the Nazi government declared that the Jesuits"do not deserve 't<)'defend the country,'" ,'.' 1'.' ,

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Vice postulator for Serrasainthood cause dies

By CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A funeral Mass was celebrated at OldMission Santa Barbara for Franciscan Father Noel Francis Moholy, vice pos­tulator for 40 years for the sainthood cause of Franciscan Father JuniperoSerra, founder of nine of California's 21 missions.

Father Moholy died from a viral infection Sept. 4 at Cottage Hospital;Santa Barbara, following treatment for lung cancer. He was 82, and had beena friar for 63 years and a priest for 57 years. .

Father Moholy taught theology before his long association with the effortto canonize the 18th-century missionary. He was American administrator ofthe Serra cause from 1950 to 1955, and was named vice postulator in 1958.

As vice postulator, he was responsible for investigating reports ofpossiblecures credited to the intercession of Blessed Serra. Following 1987 papalrecognition of a first miracle - the cure of an Ohio nun from a debilitatingdisease 27 years earlier- the Spanish-born Franciscan was beatified in 1988.One more authenticated miracle is required for his canonization.

Father Moholy fondly called Blessed Serra "EI Viejo," or "the old man."The cause will go on and a new vice postulator will be appointed by the order.

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WESTPORT - Joao Sousa Arruda, better kqown as "Sebastao," 73, ofB5 Old Bedford Road, died Sept. 11 at Charlton Memorial Hospital follow­ing an extended illness. He was the husband of Sisaltina (Pacheco Rei)Arruda and brother of Father Henry S. Arruda, pastor of Our Lady ofMountCarmel Parish, New Bedford.

Born in the village of Remedios Bretanha on the Island ofSt. Michael inthe Azores, he was a son of the late Joao Sousa Arruda and the late, Emilia(Moreira) Arruda. After living in the Azores for 44 years he came to FallRiver in 1969 and had resided in Westport for the past 25 years.

Before retiring in 1990, he had been employed at the former RosemarSilver Company in' Taunton. He was a member of Espirito Santo Church,Fall River, and of Our Lady of Light Band Club.

Besides his wife and brother, he leaves five sons, Dionisio, Victor andJoe Arruda of Westport, Henry Arruda of Fall River and John Arruda ofTiverton, R.I.; six daughters, Leonilde Sousa, Teresa Pereira and June Raposoof Fall River, and Fatima Cabral, Darlene Arruda and Cisaltina Damaso ofWestport; four other brothers, Jaime, Manuel and Clement Arruda of FallRiver and Jose Arruda of Tiverton, R.I.; four sisters, Maria Hilario andLeontine Arruda of Fall River, Teresinha Silva ofTaunton and Emilia Regoof Toronto, Canada; 21 grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

His funeral Mass was celebrated Sept. 12 at Espirito Santo Church.

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Those serving as pastors at St.Patrick's included: Father Kelly,Father Thomas P. Grace, FatherMichael J. Cooke, Msgr.(laterBishop) James E. Cassidy, Msgr.Edward Moriarty, Father EdmundJ., Ward, Msgr. John E. Boyd, Fa­ther James Kenney, Father GeorgeColeman, Father William Norton,Father Richard W. Beaulieu, FatherWilliam Campbell, Father JohnAndrews, and Father Babiczuk.

Administrators were Father JohnJ. Delaney and Father JamesFitzpatrick.

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retired Superior Court Jus­tice August C. Taveira ofNew Bedford.

The speaker will be Mas­sachusetts Supreme CourtJustice Roderick L. Ireland.

Probate Court JudgeElizabeth O'Neill LaStaitiof New Bedford will intro­duce the keynote speaker.

The Red Mass, whichhonors a judge, a lawyer, acourt worker and an ecu­menical honoree, is namedafter the red vestmentsworn by the celebrant whenhe says the Mass of theHoly Spirit.

Father Mark R. Hessionis chairman of the Red MlllisPlanning Committee.

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FALL RIVER - The celebration of the Assoclatlo:nfor the'Devel-,·>t ., ••..opment of the Catholic University of Portugal will qe~ipw~th a !'1assSaturday at'5:30 p.m., in St. Michael Church here atili follow With areception at Cardinal Medeiros Residence. r " ..

Bishop Sean P. O'Malley will celebrate the Mass ,d Cardinal Ber-nard Law of Boston will preside. ( ,

The homilist will be the Patriarch of Lisbon, Archbishop JosedaCruz Polycarpo. !

Father Manuel Isidro Alves, rector of the Catholif:: University ofPortugal, will also be present. i

Every year since its foundation by the late Car~~qal Humber~o

Medeiros, AOCUP has held a fundraising banquetbenemlqg~eCathohcUniversity ofPortugal. Since the death of Cardinal Med~iros, the formercardinal archbishop of Boston, his successor, Cardin~ Bernard Law,has continued the work ofADCUP as its president. i

Sixty-one priests have served atSt. Patrick's, two of which becameprelates, Bishop James E. Cassidy(a p3rish native), and AuxiliaryBishop James J. Gerrard, who alsoserved as curate at the parish.Twenty-six parish sons becamepriests. There have been 106 Sis­ters of Mercy and many Domini­can Sisters ofSt. Catherine ofSienaand Dominican Sistt:rs of St.' Roseof Lima who served the parish. Ap­proximately 11 men and womenfrom the parish have also enteredreligious life.

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MEMORIES - Parishioners and friends of St. Patrick Par­ish recall fond memories of St. Patrick's at a banquet held atthe Venus de Milo follOWing the anniversary Mass.

FALL RIVER - The annualcelebration to honor four peoplewithin the justice system will beheld Sunday, beginning with aMass at 3 p.m., in St. Mary Cathe­dral and followed by a receptionand dinner at White's of Westportat 5 p.m.

Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, whoinstituted the celebration two yearsago, will be the celebrant of theMass.

At the dinner, he will presentthe prestigious St. Thomas MoreAwards to Judge Robert A. WelshJr., of Dennisport, justice of theAppellate Division of the DistrictCourts; Atty. Joseph P. Harringtonof New Bedford; Retired Clerk!Magistrate James H. Sullivan ofthe Attleboro District Court; and

Kelly, the church's first pastor.Mayor Edward Lambert, membersof the Park Department and twoyoung volunteers, altar serversKayla Conlon and Lyle Pontes, dis­tributed white spruce seedlings toall who attended.

A baptism was held on April 26,marking the 125th anniversary ofthe first baptism in the parish. It wasthe 15,403 child baptized in theparish's history.

Father Horace Travassos, analumnus of St. Patrick's, celebrateda Mass for deceased priests of theparish in June. In late August, therewas a cookout held on the parishgrounds.

The conclusion of the anniver­sary year will be a reunion of theSt. Patrick's School alumni duringthe Columbus Day weekend nextmonth. The school, which openedin 1886, closed in 1978, and is cur­rently used by the Public SchoolSystem.

When the parish was establishedin 1973, separating it from St. MaryParish, Fall River was still part ofthe Providence Diocese and part ofthe city was in Rhode Island. With­out a church structure, Father Kellycelebrated Mass in a buildingknown as the "broom factory" lo­cated on South Main Street nearwhat was then South Park, nowknown as Kennedy Park.

Land for the current church waspurchased from the Slade Mill Com­pany for $2,000 and famed architectPatrick C. Keely was hired to designa Gothic church, slighter larger thanSt. Mary's Cathedral. On April 9,1878, a large force of laborers be­gan digging the foundation of thechurch at the corner of Slade andSouth Main streets. When BishopThomas Hendricken of Providencelaid the cornerstone in September1881, more than 5,000 attended.

Father Kelly did not live to seehis church completed, dying at age45 in January of 1885.

Two Mercy Sisters arrived in1885 to teach Sunday School. InSeptember 1886, the parochialschool opened with 250 students.In March 1904 the Diocese of FallRiver was established.

New buildings, renovations andrefurbishing are all part of the par­ish history of becoming a centralhouse of worship in the south end.

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Another population we need toreach is that of children in schools.Many come to class carrying thesame darkness found in their par­ents' lives. Often they don't knowwhere to turn for help.

Sometimes if they do get helpit is in the form of drugs or unde­sirable companions.

Here is where Rene:w can stepin, emphasizing greater awarenessof those who are under stress andencouraging us to work on waysof gently reaching out to them.

And might I suggest that anyplanning undertaken in this area­in conversations among teachers,for example - start and end withprayer and be considered a spiritualexercise rather than a sOI:ial service.

I believe it could very well hap­pen that some extremely disturbedpersons might benefit greatly fromthe kiJ;ldness of others. We need totrust that whatever we do to helpsomeone see life's beautiful sidemakes a difference.

It might give someone a reasonnot to pick up a gun or plant a bomb- not to act out the disturbed na­ture of his or her personal universe.

into one enormous dark cloud forthem. They may be fighting de­pression, worries, fear or illness.

Some have marriages in whichthe level of abuse borders on ter­rorism, or they have children whohave gone astray. Others are endur­ing chronic illnesses which makeita major chore just to get up eachday. And some are down on theworld because of all that they readin the newspapers.

We all have our own problems,but we must nonetheless extendourselves to these ;people and seeourselves as bringers of light.

We need to give. kindness achance to make an impact on thatperson who might one day carry agun with the intent to murder orthat person who might one daysearch for meaning in a militiamovement.

As the third millennium ap­proaches, we need once again toinitiate the Renew program in par­ishes. It is an excellent means ofregenerating a parish's spirituality.

Part of Renew should be de­voted to new ways of reaching outto people we would rather ignore.

the living word

The virtue of kindness towar'dpeople we'd r~ther ignore

By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

The U.S. flag flew half-staff atthe Capitol in Washington twiceduring August - once for twomurdered Capitol policemen andthen for those killed in the bombblasts at embassies in Tanzania andKenya.

Without a doubt, these eventsshook the nation. Equally upset­ting is talk now of even more bi­zarre crimes anticipated in the fu­ture. It is as if we have entered anew era when such violence is ex­pected tobecome the norm. Beforethis idea becomes a self-fulfillingprophecy, we need to counter it,lest bizarre crimes come. to be ac­cepted as part'of life. But how?

Our model for kindness isChrist, who gave us this virtue asa means of dispelling darkness inpeople's lives. Whenever the worldhas embraced Christ's kindness,the results have been uplifting.How might tpis happen in every­day life?

Many parishioners in our par­ishes come to church burdenedwith problems that have turned life

A BOSNIAN WOMAN CASTS HER BALLOT AT A POLLING STATION INSARAJEVO. POPEJOHN PAUL II SAID HE WAS PLEASED WITH THE

WAY THE PEACE PROCESS HAS HELD UP IN THE COUNTRY.

"May peace be within your walls,prosperity in your buildings.

.Because of my relatives and friendsI will say, 'Peace be within you! '"

Psalms 122:7-8

GENERAL MANAGER NEWS EDITORRosemary Dussault James N. Dunbar

EDITORRev. John F. Moore

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Voters: Rights and responsibilitiesIn the fallout of the Starr report on President Clinton, polls indi­

cate that the public is overwhelmingly dismayed by the lurid andshameful facts of the case. Members of Congress are edging to­ward impeachment proceedings. All in all, the situation consti­tutes one of the most horrendous episodes in our national history ­and no one bears more blame than the public itself.

In the first place, the ethical and moral climate of the nation hasnever been so low. The population, infected by a mind-set of "doanything you want," has allowed responsibility and accountabilityto erode, either by commission or omission. There seems a gen­eral ignoring of any universal norms. As a result, behavior hasbecome a mere matter of individual choice, free from .all restraints.The concept of natural boundaries for human actions iSTidiculed.Among the outcomes of all this are trendy views which underminethe foundation of religion, the moral order and human society ingeneral. The Starr report is evidence of this in its most egregiousform. . .

In the many commentaries and interviews on the Clinton case itis evident that no cohesive standard of. public judgment hasemerged. Some are aghast and desire reform; others simply wantthe whole mess to go away. J3ut the heart of the matter i~. beingignored. There are too many simply playing ostrich and buryingtheir heads in the sand. But because of the nature of the presiden­tial office, it can't go away, nor should it. It's time for a decisivepublic response, bearing in mind that the political community ex­ists for the public good. Government must be a moral force sup­ported by freedom and by the conscientious discharge of their du­ties by those \Vho govern.

To ensure the integrity of elected officials, the public must beinvolved in the political process. This means that citizens must getout and vote, abiding by standards of conscience. Too often peoplemerely vote for their party candidates, no matter how corrupt anddivisive their platforms may be. Too many elections have beenwon by minority voters. The failure to exercise political responsi­bility simply leaves the people in the han~s:::of the manipulatedfew. When troubles surface as they are bound to in such a situa­tion, there is little the public can do. Action is needed at the polls.It is sad to realize how Iowa percentage of those eligible actuallyvote. Indeed, we have one of the poorest voting records in theworld.

When one does vote, the selection of moral and ethical candi­dates is an imperative. We have too many people in Congress whoboth live and vote by a double standard. How many times have weheard the statement that privately I am against such an issue butsupport it publicly. That is a lie. We should hold elected officialsto standards of integrity. Otherwise, how can we trust them?

Addressing members of the Christian community, the Fathersof Vatican II reflected that '~all Christians'should appreciate theirspecial and personal vocation in the political community. Thisvocation requires that they give conspicuous examples of devotionto the sense of duty and of service to the advancement of the com­mon good. Political parties should foster whatever they judge nec­essary for the common good. But they should never prefer theirown advantage over that same common good."

It is obvious the common good of the nation has been poorlyserved by the evidence of the Starr report. This is not a personalmatter but one thathas infected our common good. We have t4eright to expect much more from our political leaders. To presumeotherwise is shameful and debasing.

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Communion hosts which havebeen said to bleed were exposedin monstrances and used to blessthe congregation. Dark spotscould be seen on them in themonstrances and in enlarged pho­tos that also were on display.

A volunteer later showed a re­porter a copy of the Mass programwith a large oil spot along thefold. Mary Cormier, spokes­woman for the Apostolate of theSilent Soul, which sponsored theMass, said the oil began to appearon the programs after they werebrought to the stadium.

During the Mass, collectionbuckets were passed around morethan once. The congregation wastold that Holy Cross College hadallowed free use of the stadium,but that the family needed help incovering $40,000 in other costs.These included Audrey's arrivalby ambulance and transferal to atiny house with a large windowin front so she could be seen.

Marie Santo Mystic and VictimSoul."

Each year there is a publicMass on the Aug. 9 anniversaryof Audrey's accident. This year,the Mass drew an estimated 8,000to 10,000 people and was held inthe football stadium at Holy CrossCollege instead ofChrist the KingChurch in Worcester.

Before the Mass, FatherGeorge Joyce, a retired priest ofthe Washington Archdiocese whoresides at Our Lady of Hope Par­ish in Springfield, addressed theassembly.

"How valuable suffering is,"said the priest, who is Audrey'ssenior spiritual. director. "(God)lets this little angel suffer and wegain the benefit," he said.

Father Joyce told the stadiumcrowd not to moan about theirsufferings. He said God is cryingout through Audrey to those whohave turned away.

In his homily, Father MichaelMcNamara, another spiritual ad­viser to the family and a Bostonarchdiocesan priest awaiting as­signment, said Audrey "is a pow­erful instrument because she isused by God."

After the stadium Mass, four

Weekly GeneralAudience Message

•Pope John Paul II'

Comatose Worcester teendescribed as God's instrument

• Mass on theanniversary ofnear­drowning victimdraws 10,000.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Here is the Vatican tel<!: of PopeJohn Paul II's remarks in English at his weekly generalaudience Sept. 1S.

Dear brothers and sisters,The Holy Spirit is active wherever people sincerely' seek

the truth and try to live an upright life. The "Spirit oftruth" guides all men and women to the fullness of truthand love which God the Father has revealed in Jesus Christ,even when, through no fautt of their own, they do not knowthe Gospel.

For this reason, the Church supports every authenticquest of the human mind and esteems the patrimony ofwisdom buitt up and transmitted by the world's variouscuttures. This cuttiJral and philosophical heritage is destinedto find its true fulfillment in the revelation which comesfrom God. With'confidence, therefore, in the presence andaction of the Holy Spirit, ,the Church is always ready for anew encounter between human thought and the truth ofJesus Christ.

As we approach the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, Iinvite Christ's disciples to look for the "seeds of truth" tobe found among people everywhere. Through patient dia­logue, they should work to overcome the division betweenthe Gospel and ciJtture, which Pope Paul VI described as the"tragedy of our time." Let us invoke the Holy Spirit, that hemay guide the whole human family to a new encounter withthe splendor of the truth.

I welcome to this audience the English-speaking pilgrimsand visitors, especi(]lIy those from Denmark, Sweden, Aus­tralia, the Philippines, Thailand and the United States ofAmerica. Upon yOiJ and your families I invoke the grace andpeace of our Lord Jesus.

By TANYA CONNOR

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WORCESTER, Mass. - Acomatose Worcester teen who hasbeen surrounded by alleged mi­raculous happenings is God's in­strument, according to speakers atan annual Mass celebrated for thegirl.

Audrey M. Santo, now 14, isin a state called akinetic mutism.She has been unable to speak ormove purposefully since a near­drowning accident in the familyswimming pool in 1987, whenshe was three.

Reports of blood and oil ooz­ing from Communion hosts andfrom statues at Audrey's homehave made her and her Catholicfamily - parents, grandmotherand three older siblings - celeb­rities. The Worcester Diocese haslaunched an official investigation.Visitors wanting to see Audrey"have been booked solid through­out 1998 and into 1999," accord­ing to a Web page titled "Audrey

newspaper was not interested inpromoting.

"When the discussion be­comes more serious, then we'llwrite something," he ~:aid.

The newspaper's Sept. 12 edi-tion, the firstpublished afterthe Starr reportwas released,was e:ight pageslong and in-cludedL'Osservatore's

normal two pages of internationalnews. The topics of internationalstories included a speech given bythe new Russian prime minist~r

on solving the country's financialcrisis; preparations for electionsin Bosnia-Herzegovina; and ris­ing interest rates in Brazil.

L'Osservatore does not releasefigures on its circulation; its read­ership is predominantly made upof members of the Ita:.ian clergy,Vatican officials and employees,and diplomats accredited to theVatican.

Congress asked toregulate use of drllgsin assisted suicid.es

By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

papers," he said, three days afterthe 445-page report was releasedand posted on the Internet.

"We give news which respectsthe dignity and rights .of peoplesand individuals and which pro­motes solidarity and civility," Fa­ther Concetti said.

Another staff member atL'Osservatore, who asked not tobe identified, said that as of mid­September stories about the alle­gations and about the Starr reporthad amounted to "scandal-mon­gering," something the Vatican

elarify the Controlled SubstancesAct of] 970 by preventing doc-

WASHINGTON - The gen- tors from prescribing certaineral secretary of the National drugs to help a patient commitConference of Catholic Bishops suicide. It would re:quire theand the U.S. Catholic Conference DEA to remove a physician's li­has \1rged members of Congress cense to prescribe ce:rtain con­to support a bill that would regu- trolled substances if he or shelate the use of drugs in assisted prescribes such substances forsuicides. _----------..... use in an as-

In a letter to In a letter to each sisted suicide.each member of In his letter toCongress, Msgr. member of Congress, representativesDennis M. Msgr. Dennis M. Schnurr and senators,Schnurr said en- said enactment of the Msgr. Schnurractment of the said, "SomeLethal Drug Lethal Drug Abuse Pre- medical groupsAbuse Preven- vention Act-H.R. 4006 have reactedtionAct-H.R. and S. 2151 - "is ur- negatively to this4006 and S. gentlv needed if the fed- legislation, dis­2151 - "is ur- J trusting any newgently needed if eralgovernment is not to federa.1law regu­the federal gov- be drawn into supporting lating healthernment is not to profe~:sionals ­be drawn into the killing of vulnerable especi.ally legis-supporting the patients." lation perceivedkillingofvulner- as confirmingable patients." the authority of the Drug Enforce-

Msgr. Schnurr said the legis- ment Administration to preventlation would "correct a June 5 wrongdoing by those profession­ruling by Attorney General Janet als."Reno which effectively authorizes But he said medical groups anduse of federally regulated drugs experts who have gott,~n beyondto assist patien'ts' suicides in any such a prejudice have found thecircumstance allowed by state bill's provisions both reasonablelaw." and helpful.

In that ruling, Reno said the "We believe that upon study-federal Drug Enforcement Ad- ing the facts, Congres.5 will findministration, or DEA, has no au- this to be true as well," he con­thority to arrest or revoke the drug eluded. The House version of thelicenses of doctors who provide bill, approved by the House Judi­lethal doses of medicine under ciary Committee, was locked upOregon's assisted-suicide law in the House Commercl~Commit­which took effect last year. tee, but was expected to emerge

The proposed bill would by Friday.

"We haven't and we won't.L'Osservatore is a serious news­paper," said Franciscan FatherGino Concetti, a reporter and au­thor of a column on moral issues.

"We are not trying to sell news-

UWhen the discussion becomes more seri­ous, then we'll write something,"a staffmem­ber of L'Osservatore said.

By CINDY WOODEN

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Vatican newspaper keeps mu:meven as Starr report is published

Medical Associations, whichmeets every four years and washaving its second world congressin the United States. It met in .Washington in 1970.

While speaking particularly ofLieberman's role, the cardinal in­dicated that the broader public re­sponse to the Clinton crisis wasequally questionable. He spoketwo days after special prosecutorKenneth Starr's report was deliv­ered to the House of Representa­tives and on the day it was beingmade public.

Taking note of public reactionto the allegations against Clinton,he asked, "Where was the coun­try, where was the world, when thepresident vetoed the bill passed bythe Congress of the United Statesto ban partial-birth abortion?"Congress first passed a federal Par­tial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in1995, but Clinton vetoed it and anattempt to override his veto failedin 1996. Congress passed new leg­islation last year, which Clintonvetoed last October.. The House overrode his vetoJuly 23 by a 296-132 margin. Inthe Senate, the original vote pass­ing the bill last year was 64-36,three short of the two-thirdsneeded for a veto override.

When the Senate first acted ona federal law to ban partial-birthabortions in December 1995, itapproved the measure by a 54-44margin. But Clinton vetoed thebill. In September 1996, the Sen­ate voted 57-41 to override theveto. When a new bill came to thefloor last year, the 64-36 yote inthe Senate substantially narrowedthe margin needed to reach a vetooverride.

The Senate is expected to voteon overriding Clinton's veto in thenext few days. Reportedly, the is­sue is three votes shy of passingan override.

VATICAN CITY - While theInternet and newspapers aroundthe world have devoted hugeamounts of space to KennethStarr's allega- .tions against _-----------------------.....,President BillClinton, theVatican's news­paper has notpublished a wordabout the specialinvestigator's report.

The newspaper has never pub­lished the words "MonicaLewinsky," let alone allegationsabout the president's relationshipwith the former White House in­tern.

Cardinal: Clintonabortion ban veto

rates moral outrage• New York's Cardinal

O'Connor says thatwhile the nation rapsthe president for hismoral conduct, hequestions why thesame public doesnotreact to aheinous crime.

By TRACY EARLY

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

NEW YORK - PresidentClinton's veto of the Partial-BirthAbortion Ban Act is as deservingof moral condemnation as the ac­tions which led to the current con­troversy over the Clinton presi­dency, Cardinal John J. O'Connorof New York suggested in an ad­dress to a gathering of medicaldoctors.

The cardinal said he was "ter­ribly distressed" that Sen. JosephI. Lieberman, D-Conn., whogained widespread applause foraddressing Clinton's situationwith former intern MonicaLewinsky in moral terms, hadsupported partial-birth abortion.

"I wrote Senator Lieberman totell him I shared in the popularapplause for his courage in speak­ing about the morality of the situ­ation and not the politics," Cardi­nal O'Connor reported.

He said Lieberman was "awonderful man in many respects"and hoped he would be reelected.But he said he went on to tellLieberman he could not under­stand support for such a "heinousoffense" against human life aspartial-birth abortion.

Cardinal O'Connor made hisremarks in a recent address to ajoint gathering of the CatholicMedical Association USA, whichmeets annually, and the Interna­tional Federation of Catholic

and the family."For the Church, they said, more

is at stake than a contract betweena man and a woman, as marriage issometimes defined.

"The church sees more than acontract. It views marriage as a cov­enant, that is, a relationship of mu­tual, unconditional love. It reflectsthe unconditional love that God hasfor us," they said.

"For Catholics," they added,"this sets the stage for them to sharein the very act of God's creation,bringing a child into the world....For them, marriage is not just a cer­emony by which two people are le­gally bound together. It is a sacra­ment, a visible, acting sign ofGod'spresence."

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"We are not per­suaded of the validity ofthat claim," they contin­ued, "because homo­sexual people do notbring to marriage whatmarriage of its naturerequires."

Alaska's bishops urgevote on traditional

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By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - TheCatholic bishops of Alaska have

urged their people to approve a stateconstitutional amendment declar­ing that a valid marriage "may ex­ist only between one man and onewoman."

The amendment, slated to ap­pear on this November's ballot asProposition 2, was prompted by anAlaskan judge's ruling last"Febru­ary that the state's law banningsame-sex marriages violated funda­mental human rights.

In a joint pastoral letter mailedto every Catholic in the state, thebishops urged voters to turn out inforce to reaffirm the traditional defi­nition of marriage as the legallybinding one in Alaska.

They said last February's deci­sion by Superior Court Judge PeterMichalski "opens the door tochange the nature of marriage. Itdismisses male and female sexual­ity as integral to marriage. It elimi­nates the unique intimacy of a manand a woman that is achieved in noother setting. It discards consider­ation of the procreation ofchildren.Itchanges also the meaning of fam­ily."

They said, "A married man andwoman have a civil right to be de­fined by who they are as a coupleand by what they bring to theirmarriage relationship."

They added: "Marriage makesthe relationship, not the relationshipthe marriage. A change in the defi­nition of marriage undercuts thatright and sets a new criterion foridentifying marriage, solely in thechoice of a lifelong partner." .

Archbishop Francis T. Hurley ofAnchorage and Bishops Michael J.Kaniecki of Fairbanks and MichaelW. Warfel of Juneau signed theSept. 8 pastoral, titled "Marriage:One Man and One Woman."

They said they were speakingout "both as citizens vitally con­cerned about the state and as reli­gious leaders of the CatholicChurch concerned for the wonder,beauty and sanctity of marriage aslived out by our people."

"The proposed. amendment is amatter of the interplay of individualhuman rights and the commongood," they wrote. "We believe thata 'yes' on this amendment is a 'yes'for individual human rights of a

. married couple and a 'yes' for thecommon good."

the bishops described marriageas "rooted in nature" and said theChurch "sees its very existence andfuture as dependent upon marriage

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Sept. 18, 1998 7

Archbishop: Films impact culture;responsibility needed

belief- or ofdisbelief - but whatI do not and cannot doubt is thegoodwill that is the common patri­mony, the foundation of good thatlives in the heart of man and of allhumanity."

This year's festival opened withthe European premiere of StevenSpielberg's "Saving Private Ryan."

Among the entries that drewpublic attention was an Italian filmabout the life of Jesus called ''TheGardens of Eden," which VaticanRadio called "a dignified approachto the mystery of Jesus."

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age of examples of the poorest qual­ity," he said.

Rather, the archbishop added, afilm can work subtly on the humanpsyche to offer images of spiritualsignificance "as a work of art and adream factory."

"I do not doubt that the world ofcinema dreams of a better world,"the archbishop said. ''This is syn­onymous with a world in accor­dance with the Good News of sal­vation. I know well that in the worldof cinema there are representativesof all the religions and forms of

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At a Mass for participants in theworld-famous annual exhibition offilms, Archbishop John P. Foleynoted that "people, especially theyoung, let themselves be influencedby what their 'heroes of the big andsmall screen' do."

The archbishop, who heads thePontifical Council for Social Com­munications, said it was not enoughto offer straightforward "anti-he­roes" and clear-cut endings inwhich the good guy wins.

"This is the so-called 'moral'cinema, of which there is no short-

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VENICE, Italy - Movies canhave a significant impact on a cul­ture, and therefore movie-makershave responsibilities to the public,a Vatican official said at the start ofthe 1998 Venice Film Festival.

• At Venice Film Vestival,Archbishop John Foleypoints out the influencefilm heroes have onyoung people.

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The production is on its de­but national tourand is preserttedby Saint LukeProdu~tionsofBeaverton, Oregon. It featuresMaggie Mahrt in the title role ofan ordinary middle-class girlwho enters a convent at ag~J5and discovers a way of life basedon humility and simple trust inthe mercy of God. Her honest,direct spirituality speaks power­fully to our busy mode:rn age.

The life of Saint Therese ofLisieux would have remainedburied in obscurity if she had notwritten down her own story, be- .fore dying oftuberculosis at theage of24 in a French monasteryin 1897. Her autobiographyquickly circled around theworld, its simple spiritualitytouching the hearts of millions,and making the Carmelite sisterone of the most beloved saintsof all time. Saint Tlwrese wasnamed a doctor of the Church byPope John Paul II in 1997, onlythe third woman in history sohonored.

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Writer advises parentsto grow up; but tellsteens to act their age

on men, Sister de la Cruz "became a footnme." Kirk,constantly "astounded" at what she keeps learningabout the nun, especially her theological insights,believes "this woman deserves to be up there withTeresa of Avila." .

Certainly her "intellectual autobiography" shows

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that she bucked the culture of the times, expressinganguish over the intellectual wasteland that was mostyoung women's destiny. She had learned to read atage 3. Fortunately she had access to her grandfather'svast supply of books.

Once, she related, while studying Latin grammar,she punished herself, by cutting off her hair, for notlearning fast or well. "There seemed to me no causefor a head to be adorned with hair and naked of learn­ing," she wrote.

Kirk said: "To me she proves it's possible to be afaithful Catholic intellectual writer, to bejoyous aboutit and at the same time, profound; to be critkal of theinstitutional Church, not blind to its flaws, but stillremain a faithful, joyous believer. She abo showsyou can participate in the culture of the time:s and re­main connected to a deep faith. Even today her reli­gious writings can nourish faith."

As for her femininity, Kirk affirms, this nun "wasable, with her very presence, to represent 'Women'sintellectual arena in the world of art and letters. Shewas quoted to say 'Intellect knows no gendl~r.'"

Fifteen years ago I became a fan - for life - ofthis nun who defended the right of any person, even awoman, to pursue knowledge.

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tion, that very small doses of the substance that causedthe illness can cure that illness.

Aruveydic is a 1O,000-year-old Hindu system ofaddressing illness and death. Says Meyer, "Deepbreathing, relaxation, guided imagery, diet, exercise,spiritual purification, and sometimes acupunl;ture and

herbs are all a part of this method.""Healing touch" is a process of moving the hands

over the patient to absorb the pain or negativ.~energy.Religious laying on of hands and therapeutic mas­sage are other types of touch which sometimes bringcomfort and healing. . .

Herbs have been used for centuries and are some­times used or copied in our modern drugs. Check thatprescription medicines and h~rbs are not at odds witheach other.

Meditation and the allied fields' of yoga, hypno­therapy, guided imagery, relaxation techniques andreflexology' can soothe and relax the patient. Other

. .comforting possibilities include music, photographs,. videos, art, favorite foods, favorite people and ani­mals, swimming, hot tubs or outings..

Anxiety, depression and stress all weaken thebody's ability to cope with illness. Any treatment thatbrings comfort, peace and 'joy by reducing lhe emo­tional distress promotes healing. ..

Healing can mean many things. Keep ail openmind. Any therapy which your sister wanls to try,which does no harm, and which enhances her life isprobably a wise choice.

The legacy ofa 17th-century nun in Mexico namedSor (Sister) Juana de la Cruz is now being recognized,says Pamela Kirk, a theologian at St. John's Univer­sity in New York.

A remarkable book by Sister de la Cruz reachedmy desk some 15 years ago titled ''Woman of Ge­nius: The Intellectual Autobiography of Sor Juana dela Cruz," translated by Margaret Sayers Peden.

This brilliant 17th-century nun in the Convent ofSt. Jerome in Mexico City was a scholar, researcher,writer of plays, religious treatises, poetry and prose.Her book was a response to a reprimand by a bishopwho told her to engage in more "suitable pursuits thanthose of the mind."

What Sister de la Cruz said remains a mllnUmentto her learnedness and a classic defense of a woman'sright to learn and speak out. She sweeps you into thevery depths of her being so that you understand thatfor her learning was like air and food - essential tolife.

Only now is she beginning to be recognized as aleading colonial literary figure of the Western Hemi­sphere. But thanks to a new book by Kirk, we nowlearn much more about this remarkable woman. Kirk'sbook, "Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz - Religion, Art andFeminism," portrays a witty and joyful intellectualwhose works contributed to Latin American women'stheology and spirituality.

When I saw that Kirk was to give a retreat in Octo­ber on Sister de la Cruz at Wisdom House in Litchfield,Conn., I contacted her.. She became interested in feminine theology whilegetting her doctorate in theology at the University ofMunich, where her dissertation was on the reveredJesuit Father Karl Rahner. In Mexico City in 1989she discovered Sister de la Cruz and began research­ing her story, becoming proficient in Spanish at thesame time.

Kirk said she learned that this nun was "very muchesteemed in her own period, well known and admiredeven by many in the Church."

Yet, because the "institutional story" was fixated

Alternatives to. traditional medicine·Dear Mary: My sister had breast cancer a num­

ber ofyears ago which was in remission. She is nowgoing through a new bout with cancer other placesin her body. There does not seem to be much thatcan be done for her. However, she and her hus­bimd are trying an alternative therapy which in­volves juices and other diet changes. I am con­cerned that she may be doing more harm thangood.

How can we know whether this is wise? - Ken­tucky

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As wonderful as modem medicine is, it cannot al­ways help all cases. If you are correct in your assess­ment, this seems to be the case with your sister.

Most physicians are rightly critical when patientsrefuse treatment which has proven benefits in favorof alternative treatment. However, when traditionalmedicine has no more to offer, alternative .medicinemay be a wise choice. And when traditional medi­cine is being us~d, alternative medicine may offer.ways to make the traditional treatment more effec-tive. . .

Alternative medicine is not new. For centuries vari­ous foods and herbs have been used for their heaIingproperties. Useofheator cold, 'massage and the lay­ing on of hands have been practiced in many cultures.Prayer and the use of religious objects too have beenused for centuries.

Both traditional and alternative medicine can behelpful. Both traditional and alternative medicinecando things that are wasteful or even ~armful. In all casesthe first caution.is "do 'no harm."

Charles Meyer in his fine. book, "A Go'od Death"(Twenty~Third PublicatiQns; Box 180; Mystic, CT06355), lists many alternative treatments whiCh maynot be cures but neverth~less bring comfort or pain'relief to patients. His list includes:

Chiropractors, who ar~ now often allied with tra­~itional medicine, may ~e able to bring pain reliefthroug4 maSsage, manipulation or musCle exercises.

Acupuncture, which has been practiced for over5,000 years, may be helpful for pain, discomfort,anxiety or stress. Some states li'cense acupunctur­ists, and in some cases they can oe reimbursed byinsurance.

Homeopathy offers the theory, similar to vaccina-

world away from the Medvedhome, but it's impossible to shieldthe Medveds' three children, nowages 6-11, from everything. Thebook told of the babysitter whocame with a pierced eyebrow ­something the children justcouldn't· get over since they hadnever seen anything like that be­fore.

Now, with President Clinton'stroubles in full view, Medved hasa difficult balancing act.

"My 11-year-old knows allabout it," he said. "The 6-year-olddoesn't. There are different ages atwhich different things are appro­priate."

He lashed out at an advertise­ment which appeared in an editionof USA Today which advised par­ents, "It's never too early to start"talking to children about drugs.

."Nonsense," Medved said. "Atage four, it's too early to start. Atage 6, it's too early to start. Age10, maybe not. }Jut the little girl inthat pict~re (in the ad) doesn't looklike she's .10; Any real-life parentknows that that's absurd."

He also·sharply criticized a ra­.dio advertisement which featuresa ~ittle girl singing new words toan old lullaby: "Hush, little baby,don't you ,cry; all of our friendswill catch AIDS and die."

"There's no reason on earth totell ii fo~r-year-old or;a three-year­old that," Medved said.

Innocence "is not ignorance,"he maintains. "Innocence is notjust 'the absence.' It's the presenceof the positive aspects of life: op­timism, security, a sense of won-der." -

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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Sept. 18, 1998

• Being pals bars parentsfrom being adults andprohibits young peoplefrom learning how tobehave like adults.

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WASHINGTON - Film criticand author Michael Medved hasfirsthand expe­rience withgrowing up toosoon.

A smart lad,Medved gradu­ated from highschool at age 16and was sentaway to college.

"That wasway too young,"he said in retro­spect. "It wasexciting to do,but there was noway I could beprepared for ~~~t:that."

Medved ar­gues thattoday's genera­tion of young­sters is exposedto things longbefore they're

~~~~~ dangaenr~' M1C HA ELM E[j V' EO 'ANDare a lot worsethan getting to

college a couple 0.1 AN E ME 0 V EOf P·H. D.of years early.

This argu-ment is one of INTHEIR book, "Saving Childhood, Protect-the ~en,t,ral t~e- ing Our Children from the National Assault on .ses. m Savmg Innocence," film critic Michael Medved and hisChildhood: Pro- 'f O' M d d h'ld dtecting Our WI e, lane e ve ,say c I ren are exposeChildren From to too much at early ages. (CNS photo)the National As-sault on Innocence," a book hecowrote with his wife, Diane, aclinical psychologist.

Today's generation of parents,Medved told Catholic News Ser­vice, has "a fascination with ado­lescence. We now. accept the ideathat adolescence is the eternal planin which parents and kids will meetand be pals."

Not only does this prevent par~ents from acting like adults, but itkeeps their children from learn­ing how to behave like adults inthe absence of effective role mod­els.

"And children are being askedat younger and younger ages to actlike adolescents," Medved said.

One contributing factor is thepervasive presence of television.The Medveds don't have one intheir Seattle home; Medved said inthe book he made it a condition ofmarrying his wife ,that there be noTV in their house.

The impending arrival of the V­chip doesn't satisfy Medve~, ei­ther. "The problem is not the qual­ity of television," he said. "It's thequantity of television."

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CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES

By Dan Morris

Questionsand

AnswersBy Father

John J; Dietzen

The offbeatworld of

Uncle Dan

set of instructions given by a priest or other minis­ter.

The process must involve establishing somesense of community with others on the same pathand with the larger Church community. It includesshared prayer and reflection on the Scriptures, andexperiences of faith and sacrament at each step

along by atten- .. ...

dants hissing"ish" undertheir breath.

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along the way.In other words, the RCIA, as the Church sees it,

is an excellent way for people to become acquaint~d

with the Catholic faith they have never reallyknown.

A section of the RCIA titled "Preparation ofUncatechized Adults for Confirmation and Eucha­rist" includes adaptations of the rite for such per­sons.

During the past several months, in response tothis column, many dozens of baptized Catholicshave written to me of their desire to return, or comefor the first time, to active practice of their Catho­lic faith.

I hope this reader's reminder will encouragepeople in this situation to inquire about the RCIAprograms in their area.

It's a good time to do so. Most parishes beginRCIA sessions in early fall and conclude them dur­ing the next Easter season.

stand slowly and say something like: "I almost for­got to ask. How was your brain surgery last month?"

The yaks gradually shuffle to the door, herded

A free brochure answering questions Catho­lics ask about the sacrament of penance is avail­able by sending a stamped, self-addressed en­,'elope to Father John Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria,III. 61651. Questions for this column should besent to Father Dietzen at the same address.,

A lesson on "ish" and a herd of yaks

A way to return to the Catholic faithQ. Your column is usually very helpful, but

I think you misled a young man recently in youranswer about the Rite of Christian Initiation ofAdults and baptized Catholics. He had beenbaptized Catholic, but had no further upbring­ing in the faith, no Euchurist and no confirma­tion, and now wishes to come back to practic­ing the Catholic faith.

You said the RCIA is not for people alreadybaptized Catholic, even though they often findit a wonderful way to come to a better aware­ness of their faith.

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults,Part 2, Section 4, is offered by the Church ex­pressly for those who have been baptized Catho­lic but received no further instruction or expo­sure to living the Catholic faith.

From this it seems the Church also desiresthe RCIA to help those who are baptized butnonpracticing Catholics become active membersof the faith. (Wisconsin)

A. I am grateful to this parish RCIA director forwriting. She is right.

The RCIA is designed not only for those not yetbaptized, but also for those baptized as infants, ei­ther in the Catholic Church or in another Christianfaith community, but who never received other sac­raments.

Most RCIA programs regularly include peoplebaptized in other Christian denominations who nowwish to become Catholic. My impression is, how­ever, that relatively few baptized Catholics take thisroute of return. As she indicates, that is unfortu­nate.

While the status of baptized persons differs fromthat of (unbaptized) catechumens, says the rite, "bybaptism they have already become members of theChurch and children of God. Hence their conver­sion is based on the baptism they have already re­ceived, the effects of which they must develop"(RCIA No. 401).

The Rite of Christian Initiation ofAdults recog­nizes that preparation for the sacraments of initia­tion should be just that, a Tite, a ritual, not merely a

Today's language lesson will focus on the ori­gin and application of the suffix "ish" and its con­nection to a herd of yaks.

As we know, "ish" has come to mean, connote,indicate and be understood as, "Oh, about that much,""nearly," "about," "kindaish," or "approximatelyish."

Using it in a sentenc(~: Our family lives in asmallish community where it is possible to driveto store, church and friends in IOish minutes.

Thus, my wife has been able to entertain andeven solidify her sense of time, inherited from herfather of fondish memory.

The basic tenet for this "sense of time" is: Oneleaves for the meeting, dinner, gathering, movie,etc. - for which one should be on time - at thevery time one should have been there.

This leads us to the root of "ish" - namely, thesound made by those dealing with persons whoemploy this sense of time. These people are notyaks. (More on that later.)

"Ish" is actually a literary approximation(spellingish) of a sound often made under high pres­sure through the teeth, typically in situations s,I;lchas missing a ferry by Wish minutes.

Example: "Honey, it is three minutes to 7 andwe are supposed to be at the Joneses at 7 and youare still drying your hair. ,Ish."

Response: "Actually, I know I am drying myhair. Relax, for heaven's sake. Helen said 7-ish."

"Ish. Mmmph. Urg. Ish."While actual documented research is thin, there

is much anecdotal evidence that those who causethe "ish" sound (known in some circles as outland­ish) also herd up at the end of gatherings, usuallyat the exit door.

And they yak, and yak, and yak, and yak.Herd of yaks.Example: "Honey, it's 9:30, and we told the baby

sitter we'd be home by about nowish."Response: "OK, OK, OK."~erd protocol now dictates that the lead yak

STARRING IN the new UPN Westernse­ries "Legacy" this fall are, from left, RonMelendez, Brett Cullen, Jeremy Garrett,Grayson McCouch, Lea Moreno and SarahRayne. (CNS photo from UPN)

most obvious comic fashion, just asthe solution to Joe's quest is readilyapparent - but not v,~ry well dra­matized.

Simon's belief in ::limself paysoff in a scary climactic scene thatis gripping, leading into the inevi­table tearjerker followup. The boy'slife and sense of faith and missionare meant to be inspi.rational but,sorrily, some may find the treaclytreatment less than im:piring.

Because of a scenl~ of extrememenace to children, :.exual refer­ences, a few rude expressions andminimal profanity, the U.S. Catho­lic Conference classification is A­Il - adults and adoJ,~scents. TheMotion Picture Association ofAmerica rating is PG - parentalguidance suggested.

comes desperate to know whatGod's plan for him is since he feelstime is running out.

Johnson's unfortunate direc­tion is often by sledgehammerwith events all spelled out in ad­vance or redundantly stated, thenbacked by cutesy musical notesor overly obvious song lyrics.This heavy-handed approach un­dermines the touching scenes inthe movie and its uplifting mes­sage.

In a cameo role, Jim Carreybookends the film as the adult Joe,who at the opening is at Simon'sgrave, immediately revealing hismother's and Simon's deaths in1964.

A scene involving the boys in aChristmas pageant is staged in the

I,AN MICHAEL SMITH (left) stars as Simon Birch in thestory of the friendship between two boys in a small NewHampshire town. The film also stars Oliver Platt and AshleyJudd. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II ­adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association ofAmerica.rating is PG - parental guidance sugges:ted. (CNSphoto from Hollywood Pictures Company)'

By MARK PATTISON

CAlHOUC NEWS SERVICE

HOLLYWOOD-The creators ofthe new Fox dran:ta "Brimstone" saidthat matters ofreligion and beliefwillbe part of the series - and they're notjust asking viewers to take it on faith.

"It's hard to do a show called'Brimstone,' and not have religion aspart of the fabric," said Peter Hortonof'Thirtysomething" fame, who playsZeke Stone in the series and is one ofits producers.

The series premiere, which won'tbeseen until late October, prominentlyfeatures the characterofa blind priest,while a verse from the Book of Rev­elation makes for an important plottwist

The ''hero'' of"Brimstone" is ZekeStone, aNewYork detective who mur­dered his wife's rapist and is sent tohell after his own death.

After about 15 years in hell, Stonegets sent to Earth by the devil, because113 other hellions have broken out ofhell and have fled to Earth. Stone mustreturn each one ofthem. Ifhe doesn't,it's back to hell. If he does, he gets asecond chance at life on Earth.

','It's a cool dynan:tic to have the

Fox's 'BriDlstone' to deal withDlany religious issues

devil fighting for the notion that man'snot redeemable, and have me fightingfor the notion thatman is," Horton said.

The character of Father Horn, ablind priest who helps Stone betterunderstand his humanity in the debut,will appear from time to time, accord­ing to Michael Chernuchirt, executiveproducer of "Brimstone."

What would constitute redemptionfor Zeke Stone? .

'Well, that's what - to me - isthe fun of this show," Horton replied." mean, what is redemption? Whatmakes man a good man? I think that'ssomething we're going to explore, totell you the fruth.

"Because (there's) not an easy an­swer to that. What makes a man eviland have to go to hell? I mean, we'veall done bad things, we've all donegood things. Where is the line drawn?"- Horton toldCatholic News Service,''Mythologically, the way we're de­scribing it, is (Stone) will accomplishthese tasks and then not break any ofthe rules that send you to hell. But theemotional side of that, what that reallyis symbolizing, is our own :iense ofre­demption, our own senseofself-worth,our own sense of how do we get to apoint where we feel that were good?

By GERRI PARE

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE'

NEW YORK - It's especiallydisappointing when, with the bestof intentions, a well-meaning big­studio movie about faith falls farshort of expectations.

Such is the case with "SimonBirch" (Hollywood), the story oftwo young boys, suggested by JohnIrving's 1989 best seller, "A Prayerfor Owen Meany." Irving stipulatedthe title character's name bechanged since the movie only dealswith a portion of the novel, which,unlike the movie, was set during theVietnam War.

Writer-director Mark StevenJohnson instead moves the tale to apicturesque 1952 New Hampshiretown where Simon (Ian MichaelSmith) is born so undersized hisreclusive parents care not a whit forhim and the other children andadults alike taunt him about hisdwarfism.

But at age 12 tiny Simon issteadfast in his belief that since hissurvival at birth was considered amiracle God must have put him onearth for a purpose - to be a hero,he assures his best friend, Joe (Jo­seph Mazzello).

Joe is also the brunt of cruelnames since he was illegitimate atbirth. His loving single momRebecca (Ashley Judd) has nevertold anyone who fathered Joe ­and he wants to know. Simonadores Rebecca, who is more of acaring mother to him than his ownever could be.

Romance enters Rebecca's lifein the form of gentle Ben (OliverPlatt), the local drama teacher, butis cut cruelly short by a tragic acci­dent that kills her. Joe is devastatedand more determined than ever toidentify his father while Simon be-

• Characters in thedrama to include a blindpriest who appearsregularly in the episodes.

'Simon Birch' fails to inspir,e;winds up as a tearjerker

''Without Limits" (Warner Bros.)Uneven dramatization based on

the life of track star Steve Prefontaine(Billy Crudup) and his University ofOregon coach, Bill Bowerman·(Donald Sutherland), as the youngathlete breaks records in collegiatemeets but breaks his heart losing inthe 1972 Munich Olympics, then af­ter refocusing his efforts to competein the 1976 Olympics, dies in a tragicauto accident. Directed by RichardTowne, the story of a talented athletewho insisted on winning his way willinterest sports fans, but the humancharacter portrayed on the screen is aquirky, self-centered rebel with acause few nonfans are likely to fIndappealing. Explicit sexual situations,brief rear nudity. rough language andprofanity. The U.S. Catholic Confer-

.ence classifIcation is A-ill - adults.The Motion Picture Association ofAmerica rating is PG-13 - parentsare strongly cautioned that some ma­terial may be inappropriate for chil­dren under 13.

English, best known for her series"Murphy Brown:'

Why make the switch to writing? "Ilook around and I say, 'Hey, I'm wear­ing a suit and these guys are wearingshorts and laughing and people arebringing them lunch and getting paid apretty decent amount of money to doit,''' said Fortunato.

He told Catholic News Service thata couple of his jokes were used in thedebut episode, but he also was instru­mental in naming some of the streets inthe show for streets in "my own gatedcommunity that I grew up in," Green­wich Township, Ohio, an Akron suburb.

, Fortunato said writers on ''Living inCaptivity" are "looking at a lot of hot­button issues of the '90s. We're think­ing of it as an 'All in the Family' for the'90s. Not that it has only to do with big­otry and racism and whatnot, but in thesense that we're dealing with taboos thathaven't been dealt with on televisionbefore or, in some cases, things that havebecome taboo again."

Racism, Prozac and gambling addic­tions are some of the topics that will beexplored on the show, which airs 8:30-9p.m. EDT Fridays and started Sept II.

"Living in Captivity,'? Fortunatosaid, "is the title by design, because byliving in this gated community it's al­most like living in a zoo."

"Rounders" (Miramax)Flawed drama in which a card

shark becomes a law student (MattDamon), then is lured back into ille­gal gambling when the life of his ex­con pal (Edward Norton) is threat­ened by huge poker debts. DespiteDamon's taut performance, directorJohn Dahl deals a losing hand withan unconvincing narrative drawn outto a weak conclusion. Fleeting vio­lence, some sexual references, briefnudity and drug abuse, much roughlanguage and recurring profanity.The U.S. Catholic Conference clas­sification is A-N -adults, with res­ervations. The Motion Picture Asso­ciation ofAmerica rating is R - re­stricted.

\..ollI...- ....-lIl occasionally graphic violence, somesexual innuendo, foul language andoccasional profanity. The U.S. Catho­lic Conference classifIcation is 0 ­morally offensive. The Motion Pic­ture Association ofAmerica rating is

....._ ...__.....~, R - restricted.

By MARK PATTISONCAlliOLIC NEWS SERVICE

''Knock orr' (TriStar)In this high tech, low concept ac­

tion thriller, a crook-turned-business­man (Jean-Claude Van Damme)battles renegade American and Rus­sian agents using Hong Kong as theirbase for terrorizing the world withminiature superbombs. Directed byTsui Hark, the result is a shoddy pieceof merchandise which doesn't bothertrying to make any sense of its con­trived plot, stock characters and c1i-.ched situations, all of which serveonly to set up the mindless violenceof unimaginative and tiresomely pre­dictable action scenes. Excessive and

10 THEANCHOR - Diocese ,of Fall Riv,er - Fri., ,Sept. 18, 1998

Catholic writer finds himselfa rare breed in Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD - Ask JoeFortunato about being a Catholic writerworking in Hollywood, and he'll tellyou he's in rare company.

"You kinda feel like you're a minor­ity, and the numbers would probablysuggest that we are," said Fortunato,who is a member of Catholics in Me­dia Associates.

For "Living in Captivity," the new fallFox comedy he's writing for, "we havean episode that may touch on religion alittle bit We were going around the writ­ers' room saying, 'Who goes to church?'It was just me and someone else (whosaid they did). And everyone just looksat you; 'You go to church? Really?'

"And I think that's an interesting andprevailing (attitude) for pretty educatedpeople," Fortunato said.

"On the other hand, so many of myfriends and colleagues are fairly brazen 'with their Jewishness, and not even in astudious religious way but in a culturalway. That's one thing I don't get a lotof as a Catholic in Hollywood.

"If you tend to do anything" as aCatholic in Hollywood, "it tends to bemore religious as opposed to group-ori­

, ented," such as Catholics in Media As­sociates meetings, according toFortunato.

Growing up as amember of OurLady Queen ofHeaven Parish inAkron, Ohio, inwhat Fortunatocalled an old Italiancommunity, "ev­eryone you knowmight not go tochurch but you'dhave crosses every­where."

But Fortunatoremains a practic­ing Catholic. Hisparish is St Francisde Sales in the LosAngeles suburb ofSherman Oaks.

"Living in Cap­tivity" is a satiricallook at life inAmerica's subur­ban gated commu­nities for bothblacks and whites.It's Fortunato's fIrstfulltime writing jobafter several yearsas a production ex­ecutive for Diane

NEWYORK (CNS)- The follow-

. ing are capsulereviews of mov­ies recently re­viewed by theU.S. CatholicConference Office for Film andBroadcasting.

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The d'Entremonts returned in1766, planning to settle in Quebec,where they would have been ableto live as Catholics, but were senton to Nova Scotia, eventually go­ing for the most part to WestPubnico.

Today, said Laurentd'Entremont, director of WestPubnico's Acadian Museum and asecond cousin of Fatherd'Entremont, there are some 800d'Entremonts in'the small commu­nity, which is not only the oldestvillage in Acadia still inhabited byAcadians, but the oldest village inall Canada still occupied by descen­dants of its founder.

Its museum is a treasure trove ofancient artifacts, including a butterchurn, an old-fashioned victrola, aspinning wheel, a candle maker, anantique hearse, a table with a sur­face made up entirely of periwinkleshells and a "rappie" scraper, rappiesbeing potatoes and the scraper be­ing a peeler. A rappie pie was con­sidered a great delicacy by the earlydwellers of West Pubnico.

Nowadays, most residents areemployed in the fishing industry,working out of three ports in WestPubnico and two in East Pubnico.A village landmark is a 1799 housebuilt for Benoni d'Entremont, oneof the three d'Entremont brotherswho were the cofounders of WestPubnico.

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by the various congregations, or­ders and societies,includingpriests, brothers and sisters.Many will present videos andmake presentations and there willbe plenty of brochures and litera-ture available. .

The fair will focus not only onvocations to the priesthood but alsoon the diaconate and the religiouslife.

A small chapel will be set upand the parish Prayer Group willlead prayers throughout the daybHore the Blessed SaCrament ex­posed. Coffee and refreshmentswill be provided throughout theday. .

Bishop Sean P. O'Malley will bepresent and the day will end inprayer, Father Dahl reported.

Villa Acadienne nursing home inMeteghan, Nova Scotia. Earlier hehad written 13 historical works, in­cluding French and English histo­ries of his native province and a bi­ography of Eudist Father Basile­Joseph Babin.

He was more than qualified towrite of Nova Scotia: thed' Entremont name dates from 1651in West Pubnico. In that yearPhilippe Mius d'Entremont arrivedin the area from France withCharles de la Tour, who had beennamed governor of theAcadian areaof what is now the provin~e ofNovaScotia by King Louis XIII.

In 1717, however, the Britishacquired Acadia and by 1755 thou­sands ofAcadians, including manyd'Entremonts, had been exiled toMassachusetts, one colorfully de­claring, "I'd rather swallow a dog­fish tai/first than swear allegianceto the British crown." Their exo­dus was dramatized by HenryWadsworth Longfellow in his poemEvangeline.

schools and colleges throughoutthe Fall River Diocese, hoping toattract young people to the fair with .the theme, "Seeking Our Shep­herds."

Father Henry J. Dahl, parochialvicar of Corpus Christi and chair­man of the fair, said that "this willbe the time for anyone mulling avocation to talk about it and getquestions answered. This isn't justfor Cape Cod, but the entire dio­cese. Everyone is invited. We'reaiming particularly at highschoolers and above and even thosein careers today."

Planned as a casual, walk-inevent, the day will begin withmorning prayer after which ev­eryone will be invited in to takea look at what is being offered

Vocation Fair

AT ACADIAN MUSEUM Laurent d'Entremont, director, andJeremy d'Entremont, tour guide, display the family coat ofarms. Both are cousins of Father d'Entremont.

tion in Massachusetts that includeda proclamation by then GovernorDukakis of May 24, 1976, asAcadian Day in the Common­wealth. The day also included aState House program, and a banquetat the Statler Hilton Hotel, wih theAcadian flag flying above bothbuildings.

Honors that have come to thehardworking priest include his five­year membership in the: CentralCommittee of Cultural ExchangeCommissions of New EnglandFrancophones; and an honorarydoctorate in history from the Uni­versity of St. Anne in Nova Scotia.

After his 1982 retirement fromthe Fall River diocese and his re­turn to West Pubnico, he served asa defender of the bond in the mar­riage tribunal of the diocese ofYarmouth, Nova Scotia, and in1984 was honorary president of theannual assembly of the AcadianFederation of Nova Scotia.

For the past year Fatherd'Entremont has been a resident at

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'Humanae Vitae': A look at life and doctrine after 30 yearstrol teaching.

In the same book, Father Fran­cisco-Cristobal FernandezSanchez, a theologian and medi­cal doctor, said confessors shouldallow plenty of time for individu­als to come around to acceptingChurch teaching on contracep­tion. Trying to "supp::ess the er­ror" by requiring acc:eptance ofChurch teaching as <l conditionfor absolution can easily be coun­terproductive, he said,

Especially with people whoconfess infrequently and who be­lieve in conscience that their useof contraception is not sinful, aconfessor who presses the pointin the confessional may drivethem away from the sacrament, hesaid.

archdiocese had requested, "weare a little more optimistic"about the murder investiga­tions.

Among other charges, thearchdiocesan human rights of­fice claims that· Ardon failed toact on certain leads, revealedconfidential informa'tion aboutthe case and did nOI: keep thechurch officials suffi,~iently in­.formed about the Gourse of theinquiries.

~~di~coveryofHiJ:ly.Spirit as source o.fwisdom encourag.~d

• Pope suggests bypassing horoscopes aspeople try to figure out life's designs.

need to be led gradually to ac­cept the Church's moral normson human sexuality, and in themeantime should be shown com-

passion andencourage­ment in theconfessional.

But otheressays strucka critical tone.Polish FatherTad e u s. z

Styczen, who has advised thepope on more than one encycli­cal, took the Vademecum to taskfor an overly lenient approach.He suggested that refusing togive absolution was an effectiveway to correct penitents who saythey cannot accept the birth con-

Guatemalan judge orders BlsilOPGerardi's body to be exhum{~d

• ' Church authorities had Neri' Rodenas, head 'of tlierequested the exhuma- ",archdiocesan -legal team, saidtion, hoping to make the Church wants two interna­key findi/-,gs in ff]e civil tionally known U.S. forensic ex-. perts, one of them Dr. RobertInvestigation. ' ,'" -Kirschner; director -of the Chi-

'cago-based International Foren­sic Program, to 'carry out their'own autopsy on the.dead bishopon behalf of the archdiocese.

The Church lawyer said that'following the l judge's dee;isionto grant the exhumation, as the

especially in the confessional.Some of the book's authors

defended th~ Vademecum'sstatement that birth controlshould generally be forgiven inconfession, even for penitentswho habitually return to the prac­tice. They said some individuals

an Italian theologian and adviserto the Vatican, who warned thatthe Church must not tum a blindeye to violations of this doctrine,

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Guatemalan judge has grantedchurch authorities? 'request for

'the exhumation fof; the: body, ,ofAuxiliar:yBishop ·J.uan GerardiConedera of Guateml!la City,who was .murdered in April byan un.~nown ass~ilant.

.' Ju~ge Isaias Figueroa of theficst penal court in GuatemalaCity: announced his decision re- .cently, following a series ofmeetings with Church lawyersand representatives of the attor­ney general's office.

"The exact date (of the exhu­mation) will depend on howquickly those involved in thecase complete the necessary for-malities, but this should nor- By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

mally be done as quickly as pos- CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy - Modem people need prayer, notsible," Figueroa told reporters. horoscopes, as they try to read the deeper design of daily life, Pope

Before a date can be set, how- John Paul II said.~ver, the chu~ch lawyers a.nd the Sp~aking at a Sunday blessing at the papal summer residl~nce southattorney: general 1s office' will of ~ome,thepope encouraged Christians to rediscover the role of theneed to present· the court with Holy Spirit, who has been known through the centuries as a validdetails of"how the exhumation source of wisdom and advice.and autopsy 'wiil b.e. carried out, . ''If we want to orient our lives well, we have to learn how to figureand by whom. .... out'their design, reading the mysterious 'road signs' that God places

In 'late August, Figueroa in our daily life," he said.asked Prosecutor Otto Ardon' to ."Neither horoscopes nor magical predictions are useful to this end.reply to· a petition 'presented oy .' What is useful is prayer, authentic prayer, which always accompaniesChurch authorities to have tile 'a life attuned to divine law," he said.bis,hop's body reexamined for The pope said the Holy Spirit has a key role in this process, be­possible dogbite marks. The cause "no one better knows our future and is more able to point us inChurch wanted the unusual step the right direction."taken to establish the innocence He said that in planning a life and trying to understand its mean­of Father Mario Orantes, the ing, people naturally act out of necessity, opportunity and efficiency.archdiocesan priest currently But people should be careful not to reduce everything to a materialheld for the murder. The pros- level, he said.ecution claims that the alleged "We shouldn't limit ourselves to technology and bureaucracy. Ifbite marks were made by Father we truly want to engage in human projects, then we must take into

·Orantes' pet German shepherd. account the great moral and spiritual values," he said. .Father Orantes, who lived In.a practical sense, he said, that means organizing one's life ac-

with Bishop Gerardi and was the cording to the principles of love, not selfishness. He encouraged peoplefirst to find the body, was ar- to be especially open to the needs of those who must rely on others-rested in July. such as children, the sick, the aged and the unemployed.

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listed eight main examples of "de-_ finitive" teachings of the second

level, including the reservation ofpriestly ordination to men and theillicitness of eutha-nasia, prostitutionand fornication. Last year; a "Vademecum" of guidelines for con-Birth control was fessors published by the Pontifical Council for thenot mentioned. Family had no qualms about describing the teach-

Asked about ings of "Humanae Vitae" as "definitive and irreform­this in August, an able doctrine."informed Vatican .... --1

official said theteaching on birth control was notbeing categori~ed in this secondlevel. While acknowledging thatsome theologians believe theChurch's moral ban on contracep­.tion has been infallibly taught, theofficial said there were still toomany unresolved questions for

,the congregation to rank this· teaching among truths defini­tively proclaimed and linked todivine revelation.

Last year, a' "Vademecum" of·guidelines for confessors pub­lished by ihe Pontifical Council

· for the Family had no qualmsabout describing the teachings of"Hlimanae Vitae" as "definitiveand'irreformable doctrine." .' ~

. That description was recentlyrepeated;byFather'Lino'Ciccone,

By JOHN THAVIS

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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Consecration to :the'DiViile"WillOh adorabl~ and Divine Will, behold me herebefore the im­

mensity ofYour Light, that Your eternal goodness may open tome the d'oor(and' make me enter into It to:fonn, my life all in .You, DivineWilL Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate before ' ,;Your Light,~, the least of all creatures, put myself into the little.group of the sons and daughters ofYour Supreme FIAT. Pros-'trate in my nothingness, I invoke Yqur Light and. beg th~t 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 new Eden of Peace, of happi­ness and of love. With It I shall be always happy. I shall have asingular strength and a holiness that sanctifies all things andconducts them to God.

Here prostrate, I invoke the help of the.Most Holy Trinitythat They permit me to live in the cloister of the Divine Will andthus return in me the first'order of creation, just as' 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. You will be my guide, my most tender Mother, and willteach me to live in and 'to maintain myself in the order and thebound~ of the Divine Will. Heavenly MOtller, I con~ecrate mywhole being to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me thedoctrine of the Divine Will and I will listen mos~ attentively toYour lessons. You will cover me with Your mantle so that theinfernal serPent dare not penetrate into this sacred Ed6n to en~tice rile 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 burn me, consume ,me, and feed me toform in me the Life of the Divine Will.

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

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

( In Honor ofLuisa Piccarreta 1865-I947 Child ofthe Divine Will)

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Asthe encyclical "Humanae Vitae"marked its 30th anniversary thissummer, the Church's teachingagainst birth control continued tostimulate pastoral and doctrinaldiscussion at the Vatican.

While the Vatican's top offi­cials and its theological advisersunanimously accept the theses of"Humanae Vitae," there are dif­fering viewpoints on where theseteachings rank in the Church's hi­erarchy of truths and on how con­fessors should deal with Catho­lics who disagree with them.

Birth control was absent indocuments issued in June by PopeJohn Paul II and the Congrega­tion for the Doctrine of the Faithon the degree of assent owed to"de6.nitive" Church teac,hings.The new documents cited threelevels of Church teaching - di­vinely revealed; definitive andconnected' to' revelation'; andnondefinitive but authentic - andintroduced canonjc~l penalties for'Catholics who reject· those of thesecond level. < ,

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ters of Charity ofQuebec to ad­minister the home; a role theyhave filled proudly for over 80years. The home began to admitthe aged and infirm in 1920 andhas since enjoyed a reputation forsuperior skilled nursing care.

Accredited by the Joint Com­mission on Accreditation ofHealthcare Organizations, SacredHeart Nursing Home offers skillednursing and rehabilitative care,pain management and dementia,respite and pastoral care services.

REGISTERED NURSE, Jean M. Golitz wasrecently named the new administrator for Sa­cred Heart Nursing Home of New Bedford.She takes over for retiring Sister of Charity ofQuebec Sister, Blandine d'Amours. Golitz waspreviously administrator for Our Lady's Ha­ven, Fairhaven.

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pates in her roleas SacredHeart's new ad­ministrator.She is lookingforward to asmooth transi­tion into hernew positionand workingwith the staff."I'm pleased tobe a part of sucha fine team,"she said.

Golitz holdsa nursing di­ploma from St.Mary's Schoolof Nursing,New York; anda bachelor's de­gree in health­care manage­ment from St.Francis Col­lege, New York.She is enrolledin Salve ReginaUniversity'shealth servicesadministration master's degreeprogram. A South Easton resi­dent, she is a member of theBoard of Trustees for the Mas­sachusetts Aging Services Asso­ciation and has worked in the Di­ocesan Health Facilities systemfor 9 years.

Sacred Heart was founded in1917 as a home for young work­ing women by Father OrnerValois, then pastor of SacredHeart Parish. With great wisdomand foresight, he invited the Sis-

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Sacred HeartFacilities continuum of care.With the addition of Sacred Heart,Diocesan Health Facilities, spon­sored by the Diocese of FallRiver, can now provide compas­sionate skilled nursing and reha­bilitative care to an additional879 men and women.

"Sacred Heart's reputation inthe Greater New Bedford com­munity is outstanding," said Fa­ther Edmund J. Fitzgerald, ex­ecutive director of DiocesanHealth Facilities. "As Catholicsponsored organizations, weshare the same mission and fo­cus. This move to join forceswas not only beneficial to oneanother, but to the communitieswe serve as well," he added.

The Sacred Heart NursingHome also announces that it hasappointed Jean M. Golitz as itsnew administrator. She has pre­viously worked as an administra­tor at Our Lady's Haven,Fairhaven. The announcementfollows the retirement of much­admired administrator SisterBlandine d' Amours, SisterBlandine, who was administratorfor 13 years, is one of seven Sis­ters of Charity of Quebec serv­ing the home. She said she washappy during her time at Sacred'Heart.

"I've enjoyed my job andloved working with the residents,their families and the staff. I'veasked my staff to giv(: the newadministrator the same coopera­tion they gave me," she said.

Working with her m:w staff tobest serve residents is just one ofthe many rewards Golitz antici-

14 THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Sept. 18, 1998

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SISTER VIRGINIA of the Sisters 0'[ Mercyrecently retired from Holy Family-Holy NameSchool, New Bedford, after 45 years. of de­voted service to Catholic education 'in the FallRiver Diocese. Students, staff and alumnigathered to honor her at the school's Educa­tion Fair. Sister Virginia is pictured hEire withalumna Jenna Tremblay (left) and seventhgrader Sarah Freire.

LARGER ,THAN LIFE!' Jocelyn Martin, afifth grader from Espirito Santo School in FallRiver, was the winner in.the·school's art con­test to create a,poster depicting the HolySpirit. Her winning entry was enlarged andreproduced as a 8'x16' mural outside theschool,visible from the route 24 exit ramp offroute 195. The contest is part of the school'syearlong celebration of the Holy Spirit.'

BISHOP FEEHAN High School head Football Coach Steve McGonigle stands with cap­tains for the 1998 season Brett Svendsen, John Taversi and David Nighelli. The Division Ili­A state champion Shamrocks open their fall season at the newly constructed McGrath Sta­dium at 8 p.m. tonight, meeting the Red Rocketeers of North Attleboro.

people who' were emigrating be­cause' of the scarcity of work athome. Most were illegal, many hadnever been to college, few had beenabroad before.

The Church contact network of­fered essential information for'people to be legalized through vari­ous visa program~. The service alsoran seminars in the United Statesand in Ireland and initiated a sup~,p,<;>rt service for people planningtheir marriilge~, ,helpi~g them tocomplete their papers for Church'and government~.· ,

Father O'Sullivan and the otherp,eopl~.who run,the emigrant advicecenters across"the Unitea Stateswould hope that more young ~ishwould become aware .t~at help isavailable'no mat,ter what their situ-ation. . "

"We were at all'the funerals; butthat's too i'ate,'~ lie say,s. ' ",

The Irish' Apostolaie curren't1yhas full time' office.s with Irish'pri~stS and sisters, ~ffefing ara~geof services in three areas in Bostonand N,ew York. In coming moriths',fulltime centers will alsoD~opened.in Chicago~ Philadelphia and San'Francisco, and a parttime office willbe opened inAtianta. ", .

The services are sponsor.ed bythe Church but they are availableto people of all faiths lind none, andregardless <;if l~gal status. ,

"If they're in need, we'll help,"says Father O'Sullivan. "We'llnever say 'sorry, I can't help,' es- 'pecially if people are working tohelp themselves,"

ternational,World Youth Day inCanada from a bishops' commit­tee set up after some ,members, ata 1997 plenary me,eting'in,Cap-de­la-Madelein'e, QiJebec,voiced con­c~rns over the cost bf hosting theevent. Auxiliary Bishop. Anthony ,Meagher of Toronto will present,the committee's report. Torontoand Montreal ,have, been touted as,possi~lehost ci,ties for an interna- 'tional'World Youth' Day, which.could ,be held as early as ~002.

Ho~ever,some bishops, mind- ,ful of what Bishop John .sherl'ockof London, Ontario, has called the'"hea.vy financial burden" of the.papal visit to Canada in 1984,want· to know the cost beforeagreeing to host the massive as- ,sembly, ~hich the pope tradition­ally attends. The 1984 cross­Canada visit by Pope John Paulwas reported to have 90st about$12 million.

Bishop Sherlock suggested thespecial committee should study theprospect of hosting World YouthDay "with a coldbloodedaccountant's eye."

ByTOM HAYES

CATHOLIC NEWS SE;RVICE

CORK, Ireland - A Cork priestworking with Irish emigrants in theUnited States has asked the Irishgovernment to fund a toll-free helpline as a step toward reducing. therate of suicide among young Irish;who get into difficulty. ' ,

'Father Tim O'Sullivan, a priestof the Cork and Ross Di9cese, i~,

head 9f the Irish Apostolate in theUnited Statt:s, a suppo~t serviceprovided jointly by the Irish andU.S. Catholic bis~ops' conferences.

Based at St Catherine LaboureParish in 'R9ck'ville, Md., ne~rWashington" ',Father 0:Sullivantravel,s frequ~ntly and,.rert).aiQ,s inclose contact with a rietwork of cen­ters across the Uriit~d States whichoffer aSsistance to the, newly arrived.Irish. ' " '

Fatner a.'Sullivan has workedwith Irish e~igrants ~ri the UnitedStates, sinc~ 1991 lind heis a\ya(eof'the headlines genef&te~" whenpeople"fail to get in s;ontact w.ith ane~sential help' service 'when'theymeet a crisi,~. The emigrant chap­lains are concerned about the in­creaSing number of suicides amongyoung Irish people. On'e young manfrom the northern part of the colin- 'try ended his life when 'his dreamsabout life and work in the Statescaved in. ", .

"We are sending too many bod­ies home," Father O'Sullivan says.When the Irish chaplaincy was es­tablished in the late 1980s the pri­mary need was among youn~

Canadian bishops planmillennial challenges;mull hosting youth day

, , ., By ART BAB'YCH

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

OITAWA (CNS) - Canada'sbishops will meet to 'discuss the:challenges the Church,~!IUac~ ,int~e next millennium and th,e pos­sibilityof hosting an in'ternationalWorld Youth Day in Canada.. The 'bisho'ps wiIl','rrieet inNiagara Falls, Ontario, OGi. 15-20:The theme 'of the plenary--assem­bly, is "As' the' ChiJrcIl in CanadaMoves into the Year 2000, How is~t 'Challenged by the Speciil1 As­sembly of the Synod of Bishops for~erica.?" .... ,, ,The bishops' main focus will bethe ~hallenges facing the Churchas it prepares to enter a new mil-lennium. '" As well, the bishops were to re­ceive progress reports on theChurch's preparations for the ju­bilee year 2000 and the newlyformed Council for Reconcilia­tion, Communion and Solidaritywith Aboriginal Peoples. .

, The almost 100 bishops will re­ceive a feasibility report on an in-

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There are many mysteries on thisplanet, but one of the most profoundand insoluble is this: Who in his orher right mind above the age of 10could enjoy professional wrestling?

This might seem like an odd topicfor a column in a Catholic newspa­per, but as I see it, when we speak oflife - even of the life of faith ­we're talking about every minute ofeach day God has given us to liveand how we use it.

Taking into account the incred­ible popularity ofprofessional wres­tling, particularly among teens andyoung adults, I think it's worth look­ing at.. Ofcourse, pro wrestling has beenaround since television's advent.During the 1950s, wrestling was amainstay of this new form of enter­tainment.

_But today wrestling has grownway beyond those early days bothin technical sophistication and popu­larity. Wrestling shows regularlyaired rule the ratings in cable andpay-per-view programming.

I'll admit that pro' wrestling hasbeen one of the major irritants of mylife the past five years. My oldest gotintroduced to it by a friend when hewas 11 (I still jokingly chastisePhillip for corrupting Chris), and atthe time I allowed abit of it into thehouse because, I thought, "He'lloutgrow it."

News flash: He hasn't, and nei­ther have his friends, and neither havethe older kids in his school. Last year,I was astonished when one of thewrestling organizations brought ashow to town, to hear that a largegroup ofthejust-too-cool seniors hadattended. The next time we had anout-of-uniform day at school, sureenough, they all came sporting theirStone Cold Steve Austin T-shirts.

What is going on? It's not a sport.It's fake and choreographed andpretty lame in that respect. What'sthe appeal?

My son explained it to me: "It'slike a movie that keeps going on andon. There's all these characters and

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baby.... Don't make a fuss andget crazy over you and me."

Apparently, he's speaking of"forevermore," while in hermind "all I can commit to is'maybe.' "

This girl shows good sense.She's not about to make this ini­tial attraction into anythingmore than it is. She says in adirect way that ii:'s "not like ev­erything I do depends on you"or as if "I faint every time wetouch." She se~ms receptive tohis "crush," but realizes "it'sjust some little thing."

When dealing with another'scrush, first decide how open toyou want to be to the person. Ifyou feel no desire to explore hisor her attraction, say so upfront. Also, don't sugarcoatyour decision by saying some­thing like "Let's just befriends." Such words could con­vey a false sense of possibilitythat you know does not'exist.Be kind, but also be clear andfirm.

If you are open to exploringa relationship with the person,get rid of the crush. One wayto do this is to tell the personyou'd be open to dating him orher while going out with agroup of friends. Group datingis a good way to see how thisindividual relates to others andhow he or she is likely to treatyou.

If the person balks at yoursuggestion and only wants timewith you alone, realize that heor she is not respecting yourneeds. Don't take the possibil­ity of dating the person any fur­ther.

As I watch teens get into dat­ing, two approaches appear towork against attaining longtermhappiness: going too fast anddating one person exclusively.

Sure, another's crush can beflattering and even _fun, but re­member Paige's words: "It'sjust some little thing." Don't letyour future be "crushed" by al­lowing someone's attraction todetermine what your choiceswill be.

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(Repeat end of refrain three times.)

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It's raising my adrenaline.You're banging on a harder tin.Please don't make too much of it, baby.You say the word "forevermore."That's not what I'm looking for.All I can commit to is "maybe."

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16 THE ANCHOR - Diocese 'ofFall River - Fri., ·Sept. .18, 1998 .

Catholic Charities Appeal 'finals announcedFALL RIVER - The very successful

1998 Catholic Charities Appeal ,of the FallRiver Diocese brought in a grand total of$2,910,015 according to calculations at Di­ocesan Headquarters.

Friends oftl1e ,annual Appeal in business,industry and the professions have always beengenerous in supporting it and contributing tothe area and Diocesan Special Gifts Program.

However, once again this year, it was thegenerosity of soine60,000 members.bf theDiocesan parochial communities of faith,from the tip of Cape Cod up through theAttleboros, from whom came by far the great­est share of the overall Appeal total.

Msgr. Thomas J.Harrington, Director ofthe Appeal, and Michael 1. Donly., DiocesanDirector of Development, released the tabu­lations.of all Diocesan parishes in a commu­nication addressed to all clergy in the Dioc­esan Presbyterate.

The following is the listing of final returnsfrom all parishes in the Diocese:

ATTLEBORO AREAAttleboroHoly Ghost $12,933.00St. John the Evangelist.. $53,510.00St. Joseph $11,975.00St. Mark $39,201.00St. Stephen $15,106.15St. Theresa $21,174.41MansfieldSt. Mary $59,059.50North AttleboroSacred Heart $11,970.50St. Mary $18,151.00NortonSt. Mary $21,329.00SeekonkOur Lady of Mount Carmel $70,136.00St. Mary $37,477.00

CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS AREABrewsterOur Lady of the Cape $52,511.00Buzzards BaySt. Margaret $17,887.00

CentervilleOur Lady of Victory $98,236.00ChathainHoiy Redeemer $39;890.00East Falmouth·St. Anthony $41,156.00EdgartownSt. Elizabeth $2,685.00FalmouthSt. 'Patrick '$34,843.00HyannisSt. Francis Xavier $64,238.00MashpeeChristthe King $63,494.00NantucketOur Lady ofthe Isle : $20,405.00North FalmouthSt. Elizabeth· Seton $45,41Q;00Oak BluffsSacred Heart $4,565.00OrleansSt. Joan of Arc $43,186.57

.: O~.ervilleOur Lady of the Assumption .... $52,506.00PocassetSt. John the Evangelist $48,175.00

"ProvincetownSt. Peter the Apostle $6,262.00SandwichCorpus Christi $69,080.00South YarmouthSt. Pius X : $136,052.25Vineyard HavenSt. Augustine $5,750.00WellfleetOur Lady of Lourdes $13,330.00West Harwich

. Holy Trinity $64,400.00Woods Hole .St. Joseph $20,266.00

FALL RIVER AREAFall RiverSt. Mary's Cathedral $10;655.00Blessed Sacrament $6,279.00Espirito Santo $20,857.00Holy Name $49,896.00Holy Rosary $51,027.00

Immaculate Conception $6,641.00Notre Dame $13,422.00Qur Lady·oftheAngels ;. $18,480;00Our Lady of Health $8,913.00Sacred Heart $16,450.00St. Anne : $16,958.00St. Anthony of Padua $14,125.00St. Elizabeth $5,167.00St. Jean Baptiste $10,919.00St. Joseph $12,907.00St. Louis $6;231.00.St. Michael $15,090.00St. :Patrick $8,819.00Holy Cross/SS. Peter &PauJ... .. $15,235.00St. Stanislaus $31,203.00St. William : $15,487.00Santo Christq .. ; $23,422.50AssonetSt.Bernard $12;059.00SomersetSt. John of God $21,105.00St. Patrick $18,361.00St. Thomas More $35,755.00SwanseaOur Lady of Fatima $17,398.00St. Dominic $16,733.00St. Louis de.France ; $21,307:00St. Michael $16,989.00WestportOur Lady.of Grace $19,657.00St. John the Baptist .: $26,254.00

NEW BEDFORD AREANew BedfordHoly Name $22,791.00Immaculate Conception $39,097.00Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe $3,335.00Our Lady of the Assumption $6,812.00Our-Lady of Fatima $9;937.00Our Lady of Mount Carmel $51,723.00Our Lady of Perpetual Help $8,316.00Sacred Heart $9,507.00St. Anne $4,910.00St. Anthony of Padua $7,660.03St. Casimir $6,144.00St. Francis of Assi,si $6,381.00St. Hedwig $2,936.00St. James $12,430.00

St. John the Baptist $27,285.00St. Joseph $14,064.00S1. Kilian $2,253.00St. Lawrence $25,350.00St. Mary $33,541.00St. Theresa ,$10,608.00AcushnetSt..Francis Xavier $18,136.00East FreetownSt. John Neumann : $23,124.00FairhavenSt. Joseph $16,755.00St. Mary $10,670.00Marion

.St. Rita ~;10,782.00

~attapoisett

St. Anthony ~;25,866.00

North 'DartmouthSt. Julie Billiart $45,672.00South DartmouthSt. Mary $38,024.00WarehamSt. Patrick $35,542.85Westport .St.·George $14,684.00

TAUNTON.AREATauntonHoly Family $23,829.00Holy Rosary $10,272.00Immaculate Conception $11,275.00Our Lady of Lourdes $16,500.00Sacred Heart $16,568.00St. Anthony $27,068.00St. Jacques $12,635.00St. Joseph $20,620.47St. Mary $21,180.00St. Paul $20,615.00DightonSt. Peter $8,211.00North DightonSt. Joseph $12,400.00North EastonImmaculate Conception $25,493.00RaynhamSt. Ann : ~;:l4,331.00

South EastonHoly Cross $n,232.00

Iteering pOintlPublicity Chairmen are asked

to submit news items for this col­umn to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7,Fall River, 02722. Name ofcity ortown should be included, as well·as full dates of all actfivities.DEADLINE IS NOON ON MON·DAYS.

Events published must be of in­terest and open to 'our generalreadership. We do not normallycarry notices offundraising activi­ties, which may be advertised atour regular rates, obtainable fromour business office at (508) 675-7151. -

CENTERVILLE - 'Themonthly 'meeting of Pax ;Christi ­'Cape Cod will be held in the Reli­gious Education Center of OurLady of Victory Parish from 7:30­9:15 p.m. Sept. 21.

It is themed "Sharing ·CatholicSocial Teaching: Challenges andDirections." All those searching for.peace are welcome.

FALL RIVER - Saint Anne'sParish and Shrine holds HealingServices on the first and third Sun-

days of every month at 3:15 p.m.The next service is Sept. 20. Allwelcome.

FALL·RIVER,- A special pro­gram on current state and federal.legislative issues affecting the Pro­Life movement will be 'held at SS.Peter ·and'PaulChurch at 1 p.m.Sept. 27 by the Greater Fall RiverChapter of Massachusetts Citizensfor Life (MCFL). MaryclareFlynn, executive director qfMCFLin Boston, will be the main speaker.All welcome. For more informa-tion call 678-3351: .

FALL RIV·ER- Bishop SeanP. O'Malley will celebrate a specialMass of ·thanksgiving for couplesobserving 25th and 50th weddinganniversaries during 1998. It willbe held at'5 p.m. at St. Mary~s Ca­thedral Oct..4. For information orinvitations please speak to yourpar­ish priest.

FALL RIVER - Saint Anne'sHospital'presents "Get Fit - Live Fit:A Total Fitness Program for Womenwith Cancer" on Mondays from

4:30-6 p.m. beginning Sept. 23.Call Karyl Benoit, oncology out­reach coordinator, at 675-5688 formore information.

HYANNIS - The first annualcraft sale to benefit St. Clare's Resi­dence for Women w.iII be held from10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 26 at 261South 'Street. To reserve tables call833-1133 or 420-1607. St. Clare'sResidence for Women is a spiritu­ally based residential program thatassists women from the Barnstable.House ofCorrectionmake a success­ful transition into the community.

MANSFIELD - Catholic So­cial Services will hold an informa­tional session for individuals and

- families interested in domestic new­born or international adoption from1:30-4:30 p.m. Oct. '11 at St. Mary'sParish Center. All welcome. Formore· information call Mary-LouMancini at 674-4681.

MASHPEE - A young adultprayer group meets the first andthird Wednesday of each month at7:30 p.m. in the chapel ofChrist the·King ·Parish. All welcome. Formore information call HeatherKirby at 548-2364.

NEW BEDFORD - Our Ladyof Perpetual Help Church Prayer

Group will meet at 1 p.m. Sept. 22for the recitation of the DivineMercy Chaplet, prayer, reflection,a Marian talk, recitation of the ro­sary and Benediction of the BlessedSacrament. All welcome.

NEW BEDFORD - The NewBedford Catholic Woman's Clubwill hold its executive board meet­ing at 7 p.m. Sept. 23 in the rectoryof St. Lawrence Parish, 110 Sum- .mer Street.

NORTH ATTLEBORO - AFirst Friday celebration will be heldat Sacred Heart Church beginningwith intercessory prayer at 6:30 p.m.Oct. 2. It will include a 7 p.m. Massand adoration through the.night end­ing at 3 p.m. Saturday. AII-welcome.

OSTERVILLE - The Cape­Islands Chapter of-Catholic Nurseswill hold its 14th annual Mass atOur Lady of the AssumptionChurch at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 27. AllCatholic health care professionals,members, and noncmembers, arewelcome. For more informationcall Jaci McGorty at 428-6741.

PROVIDENCE - The Sistersof Mercy of the Regional Commu­nity of Providence are sponsoringTaize Nights of Prayer at St. MaryConvent,Bay View (center build-

ing), 3070 Pawtucket Avenue, EastProvidence, from 6-7 p.m, Sept. 28,Oct. 26 and Nov. 30. All welcome.

RAYNHAM - The Fall RiverDiocesan Council of CatholicWomen, Taunton District III willhold its first board meeting at 7 p.m.Sept. 24 at St. Ann's PariHh Center.

SOMERSET - A prayer ser­vice for vocations will be held atSt. Thomas More Church at 7:30p.m. Sept. 24. The eve:i1ing willinclude.prayer and song before theBlessed Sacrament. Refr,eshmentswill be served fqllowing the service.All welcome.

SOUTH YARMOUTH - Ameeting of the Separated-DivorcedCatholics Support Group will beheld on Sept. 20 at the· Sit. Pius XParish Life Center, Barbara Street.Welcome and refreshment:; begin at6:30. Sharing time begins at 7 p.m.with emphasis on healing the painof loss. For more information call·FatherRichardM. Roy at 2:55-0170.

SWANSEA - The Somerset!Swansea Ultreya of the Fall RiverCursillo Movement will meet at 7p.m. Sept. 20 at St. Michael'sChurch. All welcom·e.For moreinformation call Claire St~vens at678-3831.