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Missionaries at home in HondurasThe missionaries are part of a most indigent areas in the west- there six months, at which time

five-year commitment by the Dio- em hemisphere. Father Canuel Father Joseph Blyskosz of Holycese ofFall to serve the priestIess will serve the complete five years Trinity Parish, West Harwich,Guaimacan diocese, one of the there, Father Dominguez will be will replace him. Sister of the

Presentation Marie Ceballos willjoin the team next year after com­pleting studies in France.

According to Father Canuel,the inhabitants of the CentralAmerican diocese are "very happyto have us here."

Father Dominguez has "zeroedin" on the youth of the area, andthey have taken to him. "FatherGustavo is like a pied piperaround here, a modem-day DonBosco," said Father Canuel. "Infact, right now he is off playingsoccer with them. They are cur­rently on school vacation untilJanuary, and they are spending alot of time with him."

The diocese has two churches,St. Rose Lima's and St. FrancisofAssisi in Orca, two large townsabout 25 miles apart. In betweenthere are scores of small Chris­tian communities cared for by acorps of dedicated laypersons."The area is very mountainousand weekly Mass is an impossi­bility for these people," said Fa­ther Canuel. "But the lay minis­try are trained to celebrate the

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Church needsreligious in

different waysBY JoHN NoRToN

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - Reflecting on their diminish­ing numbers at the dawn of a new Christian millen­nium, religious men and women are confident theywill continue to be needed by the Church, but in waysadapted to global social changes.

"Before anything else, the emphasis will be onquality rather than quantity," said Discalced CarmeliteFather Carnilo Maccise, president of the Union ofSuperiors General, representing more than 250 men'sorders.

Though conserving their trademark - radicalliv­ing of the Gospel - religious must tum their ener­gies to the challenges posed by today's often secular­ized, globalized society, he said as religious commu­nities prepared for their special jubilee day in Romeearlier this year.

Sister Rita Burley, president of the InternationalUnion ofSuperiors General, representing 2,000 com­munities of religious women, dismissed alarmist in­terpretations of the drop in religious.

Compared with average vocation numbers through­out the centuries, "this century was much more nor­mal;' said Sister Burley, a member of the Handmaidsof the Sacred Heart of Jesus. "The 19th and early20th century vocations boom was a blip on the graph."

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Psalm 92:1-2

THE ALTAR at St. Patrick'sChurch in Somerset was decoratedfor the Thanksgiving Season byPastor Father Marc P.Tremblay. (An­chodJolivet photo)

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FATHER PAUL.Canuel shows where the altar will go in the currently unfinished St. Johnthe Baptist Chapel in Rio Abajo, Honduras, in the Diocese of Guaimaca. Local residentshave raised $3,500 for the project, but another $10,500 is needed for completion. (Photocourtesy of Father Canuel)

A Thanksgiving Prayer

It is good togive thanksto the LORDAnd to singpraises toYour name,o MostHigh.

By DAVE JOUVET

ANcHoR STAFF

GUAIMACA, Honduras ­Four members of the five-mem­ber missionary team from theDiocese ofFall River sent to min­ister to the Diocese of Guaimacain Honduras, have now anivedand are settling in nicely to theirnew homes according to FatherPaul Canuel, the former pastor ofSt. Hedwig Parish in NewBedford, and the new pastor ofSt. Rose of Lima Parish inGuaimaca.

In a telephone interview withThe Anchor this week, FatherCanuel noted that, "Deacon JamesMarzelli Jr. and his wife, Jo-An,just anived last Monday, joiningmyself and Father GustavoDominguez. We've just finishedshowing them around the area.They are adapting very quickly,and Deacon Marzelli's Spanish isspringing right back. In fact atMass Sunday, he was able to pro­claim the Gospel." FatherDominguez is from St. KilianParish, New Bedford and theMarzellis are from St. John Evan­gelist Parish, Pocasset.

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1945, Rev. James It Bums, P.R., Pastor, Sac~Heart, Fall River

Rita Canuel of Fall River, estab- The 17-year-old works part­lished the food drive last year as time after school at Egan's~tt of an Eagle Scout award Church Supplies in Somerset and.oject and it .was so successful his boss, Bob Egan, had nothinghe wanted to continue it .this but praise for him.year. "Michael shows a great deal of

"The elections are the perfect moral character and willingness, opportunity to help people," said to help the community," saidCanuel. "It was an idea that just Egan. "He's a hard worker andcame to me and I followed isn't afraid of a challenge. We'rethrough with it. It was such a suc- proud to ·have him working forcess it was something I wanted us."to do again. I enjoy helping oth- o

, Egan was amazed at the suc­ers." . cess of the food drive and this

Between 75 and 100 volunteers year made a donation of $500 to'assisted Canuel with this year's Canuel for food items.food drive and helped to set up "The food drive is a great eventbins at the polls and later pick up because'you have so many peopleand sort items working well into coming together," said Egan.the night. Canuel's day began at "You can do something for the5:30 a.m. as he visited polling common good."areas to make sure everything was Canuel said he was gratefulin place. for the generosity of Egan's and

"I made rounds early and later, all those who helped out. Theyduring the day,"· he said, "and collected about 1,000 more canspeople told me it was a great of foodstuffs this year andidea." C~uel said on,e ofms hopes Canuel said being involved withis that it will "catch on in other it is an "unbelievable" experi-places." ence.

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By MIKE GORDON

ANCHOR STAFF

FALL RIVER - With thepresidential election still up in theair and both sides claiming vic­tory, Michael Canuel, a ·seniorfrom Bishop Connolly HighSchool, knows one thing: "Thereal winners are the needy.~'

Canuel was the chief organizerin a recent Election Day fooddrive that collected more than11,000 cans of non-perishablefood· items. They were collectedat 35 polling stations throughoutFall River andWestport with itemslater distributed to Catholic So­cial Services, the St. Vincent dePaul Society, the Salvation Armyand the Westport Council on Ag­ing.

Canuel, the son of Gilles and

HELPING HAND - Bob Egan, owner of Egan's Church Supplies in Somerset, presentsa $500 check to feed the needy to Michael Canuel, organizer of a recent Election Day fooddrive. (Anchor/Gordon. photo)

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Election Day food drive helps needy

Daily ReadingsNov 20 Rv 1:1-4;2:1-5a;

Ps 1:1-4,6; Lk18:35-43

Nov 21 Rv 3:1-6,14-22;Ps 15:2-5; Lk9:1-10

Nov 22 Rv4:1-11; Ps150:1-6; Lk19:11-28

Nov 23 Rv4:1"-10; Ps·149:1-6,9; Lk19:41-44

Nov 24 Rv 10:8-11; Ps119:14,24,72,103,111 ,131 ;Lk 19:45-48

Nov 25 Rv 11 :4-12; Ps144:1-2,9-10; Lk20:27-40

• Nov26 Dn7:13-14;Ps93:1-2,5; Rv 1:5­8; In 18:33b-37

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Surviving besides his priestbrother is another brother, John 1.Reis of New Bedford; two sisters,Ann E. Belliveau of New Bedfordand Mary Lou Vaughan of NorthDartmouth; his godmother, EmmaChantre of New Bedford; andnieces and nephews.

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According to Msgr. ThomasJ. Harrington, director of theball, Bishop O'Malley willgreet ballgoers this year in whatthe planners expect will be a"Winter Wonderland."

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FALL RIVER - Religious ofJesus and Mary Sister KathleenScanlon will address "The ActiveParent" focusing on styles ofparenting, including learning newskills and making changes at atalk, Nov. 29, 7:30-9:30 p.m., atthe Thevenet Center, 632 High­land Avenue.

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SWANSEA - The annualBishop's Charity Ball set for the·Venus de Milo Ballroom hereon Friday evening, Jan. 12,2001, will find young womenrepresenting their parishes pre­sented in the traditional fash­ion to Bishop Sean P. O'Malley,OFM Cap.

The annual mid-winter cel­ebration of the unity and richdiversity of the diocesan fam­ily is jointly sponsored by theDiocesan Council of CatholicWomen and the Society of St.Vincent de Paul.

Presidents of the two orga­nizations, Lillian Plouffe of theDCCW and Armand Frechetteof St. Vincent de Paul, will es­cort the presentees as BishopO'Malley is formally intro­duced to the young women whowill be accompanied by their

the living word

What's behind 'the':'crisisin the priesthood?

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time and leading to burnout? Is automatic anymore. Even whenthat it? Or is our real fear based priests fully accept this develop­on an apprehension that fewer ment, they may wonder whetherpriests means less time to produce the misdeeds of some others makequality work? And do we fear as it all the more difficult for themwell that second-rate work will to be respected no matter howlead to discontent and that this-in well they do;tum will lead to disillusionment Could it be that, for a varietyand depression on the part of of reasons, the greatest fear of allpriests? is that the priesthood as it once

The greatest fear about priest- existed is dead?hood among many in the Church Alt,hough the substance of thecould be that we won't always priesthood is still intact, many ofhave someone to celebrate the the less essential elements thatMass. once tended to be considered es-

Yet again, our real fear could sential to it are gone. Once, forbe about disunity. Is the priest- example, priests were expected tohood trapped between those want- be the parish's official counselors.ing to return the Church of the Today professionally trainedpast and those wanting to create a counselors often take-on thesenew Church? Polarization creates duties. In the past, too, prieststhe uncomfortable feeling of be- were supposed to-be set apart froming .at odds with those we should: . th'e laity. 'Today the expectationbe working with. is very different.' .', . . .

Again, nottoo long ago priests .Is .the death of such elements awere much m6r~ sure of what.it cause of fear and anXiety - asmeant to be a priest, they received though to saywe..once felt wemuch more support from the gen.~ .:k.n~w the priest's identity so fullyeral public, andthey were highly .' in-so many regards, but today arerespected. But the d.alt.ed posi-' " less clear? 'tion priests once held by,. virtue Fear by its nature kills thesimply of being a priest no longer spirit. Unfil we know exactly whatis the reality they experience.' we fear w~~q we speak of a crisis

Priests are expected to earn' in the priesthood, we will neverrespect and honor. The support be able to bring into play thethey once received from Catho- courage needed to overcome thatIics and non-Catholics too isn't crisis.

By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

"Do our bishops and priests,our lay and religious leaders, havethe will and courage to addressthis crisis (in the priesthood) can­didly and confidently ... inspirednot by fear and suspicion ... butby the openness and trust thatmarked the papacy of Pope JohnXXIII?"

, That question was raised byFather John Cozzens in the Nov.4 edition of America magazine.The question not only raises eye­brows, but more important it en­courages us to raise our inquisi­tive powers to a higher level inorder to be able to respond to thechallenge we face.

The philosopher Seneca tellsus that whenever we speak ofcourage, anxiety and fear areimplied. Another philosopher,Epictetus, takes this idea furtherwhen he says, "For it is not deathor hardship that is a fearful thing,but the fear of death or hardship."

Applying these insights to Fa­ther Cozzens' question, we end upwith another question: "Do weknow exactly what we fear whenwe fear a crisis in the priesthood?"

Do we fear that with fewerpriests, the priests we have willbe overworked, thus smotheringtheir space, leaving them no free

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Vocations: in His nameThe world in which we move and have our being is one full of

conflicting sounds and signs. So many people and families are caughtup in this imposed confusion and are either unwilling or refuse totake time to prioritize their life's goals, objectives and values. In thequest for the so-called good life they simply have left the God life.So many of the ethical and moral problems that have implodedupon our social order flow from a materialistic view of life devoidof moral principles and rules of conduct. As a result, so many of theimportant aspects of right living are simply put on hold or com­pletely ignored by a large segment of the population.

In such an atmosphere, religion ,becomes irrelevant and mean­ingless. Life loses its sense of a precious gift. Because of this somany have chosen to live a culture of death. In this man-madedarkness so many have lost their way. The things of this world blindthem. Churches of all denominations have suffered because of thisreality. Many have become mainstream, which basically means theyhave compromised their belief to fit in with the times. Some havechosen to 'become fundamentalists putting on blinders which re­strain their vision of life. There are others who yet preach the GoodNews with a positive sense of faith and hope.

Given this setting is it any wonder why we have young peoplechoosing to ignore or even refusing to respond to the call of a voca­tion? More and more young' people are unable to make a life deci­sion until they're in their late 20s or early 30s. Those in their teensare often in an educational setting that by law never mentions thedivine and as a result forms minds but not souls.

However, there are millions of young people who are still search­ing for truth and meaning in their lives. There are some who areindeed disceming the call to the priesthood and religious life. But,this number lessens each year. In a growing Catholic population,this is becoming more than just a difficult situation. With fewer clergy,the very structure of parish and diocesan life is changing. But evenin the midst of this change, there is an always hopeful possibilitythat the Church, both local and national, can meet this crisis with asense of prayerful optimism.

Ina recent diocesan pastor letter entitled "Vocations, Everybody'sBusiness," Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., offered many in­sightful reflections on the issue. "Ask the Lord of the harvest to sendout laborers for his harvest" is not the sole responsibility of theordained. All Church members should place the subject of voca­tions in a priority position. The family is so very often the placewhere the seed of vocation is planted. Parents should nurture voca­tional discernment as a very special gift of God to them. Priests andreligious must joyfully witness to the reality of their own vocation toeveryone. Unhappy and disgruntled people make very poor sales­persons. People do not like the product they witness in such a situ­ation. Priests need to encourage vocations and not De a source ofdiscouragement.

Parishes have a true role to play in the vocational discernmentprocess. The bishop has requested that each parish form a Voca­tions Committee in conjunction with the Parish Council. Under theguidance of the Diocesan Vocation Office, suggested forms of imple­mentation have been offered in order that such a request becomes areality. In this way the parish family becomes practically involvedin the vocation process.

These and other programs developed in the Church to stress theneed of the entire family to pray for vocations are really not op­tional. They are necessities that should surface in an atmosphereof faith, hope and love. When done in His name, nothing is irnpos- .sible.

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for human rights, many were targeted for assassination.This saintly priest was killed by one single bullet whilesaying Mass in the chapel of a hospital he had built.

God's work continued to be very dangerous in thiscountry. In November 1989 another monstrous crimetook place when eight people, six of them Jesuit priests,were murdered, allegedly for fostering revolutionary ideas

- such as wanting no morehunger and encouragingland reform, the construc­tion of a sewer system in aslum and an end to terror.

Before thiscivil war wasover, more than 75,000people had been singledout and killed - mainlypriests, doctors, politicalopponents, villagers ac­cused of being commu­

nists, and,yes, even four Christlike women.What still blows my mind was our involvement.

What was the U.S. role in El Salvador? Why did thistiny country, the size of Massachusetts, with only 4.8million people, receive $3.6 billion from us during theReagan years? There is sufficient evidence to showthat, deafened and blinded by ,our fears of a "commu­nist takeover," we supported a right-wing governmentriddled with corruption.

As we approach the anniversary of the deaths of thefour Churchwomen, a new trial has justended in F!orida.While five National Guard members were convicted ofthe crime, the spotlight turned on two high-rankingofficers.

Family members of the four women brought a suitagainst these two generals on grounds that they knewthat "death squads" were killing people suspected ofopposing the government, allowed this and were neverpunished.

On Nov. 3, a federal jury cleared the two Salvadorangenerals, retired and living in Florida. The families ofthe four Churchwomen will probably appeal. May jus­tice one day be done!

now at work in human hearts through the strength ofhis Spirit" (No. 12).

Secpnd, Pope John Paul II has taken the opportu­nity more than once in recent weeks to alleviate thehurt caused by the language of the document and toexplain its meaning. His purpose in approving thedeclaration, ,said the pope, was to invite all Chris­tians to renew their fidelity to Jesus the Lord.

"Dominus Iesus," he contin'ued, "does not deny,salvation to non-Christians but points to its ultimatesource in Christ," who gives graces for salvation toeveryone "in ways known only to himself' (MiddayAngelus blessing remarks Oct. I, 2000).

Above all, the popeseems to wish strongly toemphasize that the ecu­menical directions andsuccesses of the past sev­eral years are here to stay.As he told Queen Eliza­beth when they met inOctober, "There can be noturning back from theecumenical goal we haveset ourselves."

In other words, the Catholic Church's teachingabout salvation of people in other religions of theworld, as expressed for example in the Catechism ofthe Catholic Church (Nos. 846-848), has notchanged. Nor has its commitment to hOJ:lest dialoguewith other religious communities.

We believe as Catholics that the fullest savinggifts of God are present in the spiritual resources ofthe Catholic faith. But as Pope John Paul wrote inhis 1995 encyclical "Ut Unum Sint" ("That TheyMay Be One"), speaking specifically of other Chris-

, tians, elements of holiness and truth ~e present andactive in these different communities.

"To the extent that these elements are found inother Christian communities, the one Church ofChrist is effectively present in them" as well. TheChristian life al!d witness produced over the years inthese communities is the ultimate proof that the Spiritis there and accomplishing its saving work.

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By FatherJohn J. Dietzen

Questionsand

Answers

By Antoinette Bosco

,The BottomLine

A sad anniversary is coming up, a time to rememberfour women who dedicated their lives to God workingfor the poor in El Salvador. For this they became vic­tims of the notorious "death squads" in El Salvadorduring a civil war that went on from 1979 until 1992.

I still cringe in shock when I remember the awfulnews we got about what happened Dec.. 2, 1980. Innervous, agitated voices,news broadcasters reportedthe deaths of twoMaryknoll Sisters, ItaFord and Maura Oarke, anUrsuline nun, DorothyKazel, and a lay mission­ary, Jean Donovan. Theytold us the four womenwere abducted while driv­ing' from the airport,beaten, raped, shot todeath, with their bodies then thrown into a shallowgrave. .

It had only been nine months earlier that the worldgot the news ofanother martyrdom in El Salvador. Arch­bishop Oscar Romero, working for human rights for thepoor in his country, was also the victim of the "deathsquads." He, like the four women, had been labeled a"communist," as were all the people in that small coun­try who worked to aid the poor.

El Salvador's problems grew out of longtime injus­tices, such as the land imbalance, which meant that 50percent of the land, worked by dirt-poor peasants, wasowned and controlled by two percent of the people.This was a condition which ensured a miserably poorlife for so many of the people and eventually led totheir quiet revolution.

The military forces that held power justified theirkillings, saying they were putting down communists.Others maintained the military was trying, rather, toprotect the economic power of 14 families that ownedand, in effect, ran the country.

Since Church workers, like Archbishop Romero,identified with the poor and joined them in their struggle

Reader confused by document

S.ad anniversary

Q. Like the writer of a letter in our diocesanpaper, I am saddened by the recent Vatican decla­ration named "Dominus Jesus!' Several of my Prot·estant friends at work have asked me what it is allabout, and I don't know what to say.

As I understand, it says, among other things,that other churches are not really churches at all,only the Catholic Church is. Also, that people whobelong to these other denominations are somehow

, deficient in their religion and that their salvation 'is in jeopardy because of it., Is this really what we are supposed to believe

today? At best, such things are very difficult, if notimpossible, to explainand defend. Can youhelp us understand?(Maryland)

A. You're not the onlyone who is wondering.Many priests and bishopshave been trying to putthat document, releasedby the Congregation forthe Doctrine of the Faithin September, in the con-text of the remarkable, officially approved, under­standings and agreements with other Christian com­munities over the past few decades.

Even Cardinal Edward Cassidy, president of thePontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity,reportedly remarked that "neither the timing nor thelanguage of the document were opportune."

It will be important and helpful, I believe, to keepa few basic facts in mind. First, a clear major intent ofthe document is to insist on the Christian belief thatall saving grace of God comes to the human familyin and through Jesus Christ. There is no salvationoutside of him.

This does not mean explicit and conscious faithin Jesus is necessary for salvation. The declarationrepeats the long-standing Catholic belief that theHoly Spirit of Jesus is active everywhere, "not only .in individuals, but also in society and history,peoples, cultures and religions." "The risen Christ is'

Daughters of Isabella HyacinthCircle #71 will hold its annual Massfor the deceased Nov. 21 at 6:30p.m. at Holy Name of the SacredHeart of Jesus Parish. The regularmonthly meeting will follow in theparish center. '

NORTH DARTMOUTH ­The Catholic Student Organizationat the University of MassachusettsDartmouth is sponsoring a lectureentitled "The Fathers ofthe Church,"Nov. 20 at. noon. It will be held inthe campus center. For more infor­mation.calI999-8872.

ORLEANS - The Separated­Divorced Catholics Support Groupwill meet Sunday at the parish cen­ter of St. Joan ofArc Church. Gath­ering time will be 5:15 p.m. lUld themeeting will commence at 5:45 p.m.An ecumenical Thanksgiving Ser­vice will follow at 7 p.m. For moreinformation call Father Richard M.Roy at 255-0170.

TAUNTON - A CatholicMen's Conference themed "Seizethe Hope," will be held Dec. 2 be­ginning at 8 a.m. at Coyle andCassidy High School. It will fea­ture the music ministry of JohnPolce and keynote speaker FatherPhilip Merdinger. Mass celebratedby Bishop Sean P. O'Malley OFMCap., will conclude the day at 11 :30a.m. For more information callMsgr. Thomas Harrington at 992­3184.

SOUTH YARMOUTH - Thenext meeting of Pax Christi-CapeCod, themed "Voluntary Simplicity,"will be held Nov. 20 from 7:30-9: 15p.m. at St. Pius X Parish. For moreinformation call 771-6737.NEW BEDFORD - The

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EAST FREETOWN - Thefifth annum Bread of Life Retreatwill be held Nov. 24-26 at Cathe­dral Camp. It is sponsored by theoffice for Youth and Young AdultMinistry and is open to single andmarried people ages 20 to 40. It willinclude music, Mass, prayer'and sev­eral talks. For more information callBud Miller at 675-3847.

FAIRHAVEN - The SpiritualLife Commission of Saint Mary'sParish will sponsor anAdvent PrayerService Dec. 3 at 2 p.m. Refresh­ments will follow. For more infor­mation call 992-7300,

TAUNTON - The Fall RiverDiocesan Vocation Committee issponsoring a program for men andwomen interested in learning moreabout a call to priesthood, diaconateor religious life on Dec. 3 from 1-7p.m. at the St. Anthony's Parish

" Center. It will include the opportu-FALL RIVER - A holiday nity for dialogue, liturgy and refresh­

concert will be held on Dec. 3 at 2 ments. For more information con­p.m. at Holy Name Church. It is tact your local pastor orFather Craigsponsored by the Interfaith Council Pregana, DirectorofVocations, P.O.of Greater Fall River and features Box 2577, Fall River, MA 02722,the Somerset High School Music Tel. 675-1311, Ext. 240. •Department. For more informationcall Anne Pacheco at 673-9605.

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to state and private business man­agement, religious women are alsoasking fundamental identity ques­tions, said Sister Burley.

"Instead of asking how we canbetter do what we're doing, we'reasking 'Why are we doing whatwe're doing?'" she said.

As religious women explore themeaning of their vows and com­munity life, "we are very con­scious that (religious life) is abuilder of an alternative future,"she said.

Renewed focus on the needs ofpeople in areas of impoverishmentand witness to the transcendent ina human and personal way "com­municates life," she said.

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ship of men's religious orders willrequire greater attention toinculturation, Father Maccise said,which means "a shift from unityas uniformity to unity in diversity."

"To do this, however, thereneeds to be a clear identity, a re­turn to the origins and to the es­sential: a profound experience ofJesus Christ, an incarnate andinculturated spirituality, a witnessof fraternal life and community,and witness to the possibility ofdialogue between people of dif­ferent mentalities, cultures andages," he said.

With the traditional apostolatesof religious women, like hospitalsand schools, moving increasingly

vocations and leaders of religiousorders of men and women.

The congress on vocations willbe held in conjunction with theVatican's Congregation forCatholic Education.

The three episcopal advisers forthe event are AuxiliaryBishop Richard Grecco ofLondon, Ontario, AuxiliaryBishop Andre Rivest ofMontreal and CoadjutorArchbishop Roger L.Schwietz of Anchorage,Alaska.

In a letter, the bishopssaid they are "grateful to His Ho­liness, Pope John Paul II, for se­lecting North America for the siteof this Third Continental Con­gress on Vocations."

They also asked for prayersand support~ "asking the Lord ofthe harvest to bless our efforts inworking for the success of thecongress on vocations and to openthe hearts of many men andwomen to courageously considera vocation to the ordained minis­try or consecrated life."

Co-chairmen of the congressare Father Raymond Lafontaineof Montreal and Father EdwardJ. Bums, executive director of theU.S. Bishops' Committee on Vo­cations and Priestly Formation.

tential crisis and uses a languagein which consecrated life is noteasily understood," the Carmelitesaid.

He said that another factor, es­pecially in Western countries, waslow birth rates.

"It's numerically impossible todream of having the same numberof vocations as before," he said.

In addition, the Second VaticanCouncil's promotion of the laitygave other opportunities to commit­ted Christians, who in past centurieswould have naturally turned to thepriesthood or religious life, he said.

Nonetheless, religious men andwomen will continue to have aunique and irreplaceable role toplay in the Church, the priest said.

"Religious orders have alwaysprodded, pushed the Church to thefrontiers," he said. "For example,the religious were those who keptopen the Church's preferentialoption for the poor - and theywere even persecuted by a part ofthe institutional Church because ofit."

In the new millennium, the in­creasingly international member-

the 1997 European Congress inRome.

The number of diocesan andreligious priests in Canada hasdropped from about 14,000 ac­tive priests in 1970 to only 9,700in 1998. Some dioceses, includ­ing the Archdiocese ofWinnipeg,have shut down some churchesand cut service at others becauseof the shortage of priests.

A diocesan official said thechurches were "jam-packed," butthere just were not enough prieststo go around.

Among those expected to at­tend the congress are the presi­dents of the Canadian and U.S.bishops' conferences, heads ofVatican offices concerned with

The Montreal meeting's clos­ing date, April 21, is the 39thWorld Day of Prayer for Voca­tions.This will be the third suchcongress to be held within a de­cade, following the 1994 LatinAmerican Congress in Brazil and

changed the face of internationalorders, which several decades agowere predominantly made up ofWestern Europeans.

"When I entered (theCarmelites) 40 years ago," saidFather Maccise, "almost 90 per­cent of the members were Euro­peans. Now more than half of usare from the Third World, andsome other orders are closer to 60percent" non-European.

The trend is likely to continue,given the stea~ily rising averageage ofEuropean and North Ameri­can religious - about 65 years old,according to Father Maccise ­compared to their relatively youth­ful counterparts in the developingworld.

While drops in religious life inthe past sometimes owed to laxityor unfaithfulness to religious ide­als, Father Maccise said the cur­rent decline had far different roots.

"I don't think religious ordershave ever made such a great effortto get vocations and to renewthemselves," he said.

"The problem now comes froma culture which is facing an exis-

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A diocesan official said thechurches were ''iam-packed,'' butthere just were not enough prieststo go around.

ReligiousReligious women have expe­

rienced a particularly severe de­cline, dropping by almost 35 per­cent in the past three decades.Numbering more than one mil­lion in 1970, they were reducedto just more than 650,000 by theend of 1998, according to as-yet­unpublished Vatican statistics ob­tained by Catholic News Service.

In the same period, religiouspriests dropped by more than 20percent, to just more than 130,000.

The total worldwide number ofCatholics, however, has continuedto grow. Since 1970, their num­ber has increased by 35 percent to1.02 billion at the end of 1998, or17.4 percent of the world's popu­lation.

Religious orders also have ben­efited in regions where the Churchis seeing the most growth, particu­larly in the developing countriesofAsia, Africa and Latin America.

"Many new (women's) congre­gations have been founded in thedeveloping world," said SisterBurley. "There, religious life isalive and young."

The new growth has also

VOCATIONS ISSUE

2000North American vocationscongress planned for 2002

By ART BABYCHCATHOUC NEWS SERVICE'

OTTAWA - A vocations con­gress initiated by Pope John PaulII will be held in Montreal in

·2002 to lay the groundwork for acontinent-wide pastoral plan toboost vocations to the or­dained ministry and conse­crated life.

More than 1,000 del­egates from Canada and theUnited States are expectedat the Third ContinentalCongress on Vocations tothe Ordained Ministry andConsecrated Life in NorthAmerica, April 18-21, 2002.

The congress was originallyplanned for October 2001 but waschanged after the Vatican an­nounced that the Synod of Bishopswould meet in Rome during thatsame month, said the CanadianConference of Catholic Bishops.

"The purpose of the congressis to establish a positive environ­ment within North America forpromoting vocations to the or­dained ministry and to the vari­ous forms of consecrated life,"said the bishops' conference. "Itis hoped that the event will unifyand guide the Church in NorthAmerica in its commitment tofoster and nurture vocations."

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the idea to then-ArchbishopDaniel E. Sheehan of Omaha.

Father Gass said they think thearchdiocese needs its own orderof nuns to be present in its Catho­lic schools.

Father Gass said he hopes thatthe presence of nuns in full reli­gious garb in Omaha Catholicschools will not only help deliverthe Christian message to students,but will also encourage studentsto consider religious vocations.

The archdiocese has 12 Catho­lic high schools and 60 elemen­tary schools run by the archdio­cese or by parishes.

The name for the order, Sis­ters of the Annunciation, came outof a desire to honor the BlessedVirgin Mary, Father Gass said.

First member of new Nebraskareligious order takes vows

OMAHA, Neb. (CNS) - TheSisters of the Annunciation, thefIrst religious order formed in the'Archdiocese of Omaha, is wind­ing its way after welcoming itsfirst member, Sister MariaGabriel. .

After studying in the novitiateat the Carmelite convent in Pasa­dena, Calif., for three years, sheprofessed her vows at St. CeciliaCathedral in Omaha. ArchbishopElden F. Curtiss administered thevows.

The new religious order hasbeen in development since 1991,when Father Robert Gass, direc­tor of Catholic Cemeteries, andFather Matthew Gutowski, a the­ology teacher at Kenrick-GlennonSeminary in St. Louis, suggested

Holy Cyberspace!Nuns on the Web!

By JERRY FILTEAU Major Superiors of Women Reli- - ord~rs most frequently citedCATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE gious. the "general public" as their pri-

WASHINGTON -Aresearch 'It surveyed all religious com- mary intended audience, followedproject dubbed "Holy munities of men and women and by "potential members," with cur­Cyberspace" has found that more secular institutes in the United rent members of the order com­and more U.S. religious orders States between May and July ing in third - meaning that reli­have their own World Wide 1999. gious orders use the Web to reach·websites. Of 340 men's orders con- out to others more than to com-

It found that the number of tacted, 113 or 33 percent re- municate among themselves;such sites roughly doubled in two sponded; 81 percent of respon- - the frequency of hits, ayears and will continue to grow dents said they have websites. rough measure of how often a siterapidly in the near future. Men's Of 820.women's orders, 419 is visited, varied widely, fromorders were more likely than r----------.--------, fewer than lOa month forwomen's orders to have a some sites to 12,000 a monthWebsite. for one men's order and 25,000

The average site gets about a month for a women's order.1,000 hits a month and the'or- The average among men'sder uses it mainly tocommu- order's was 1,124; amongnicate to a wider public and to women's orders it was 970.recruit vocations', the study The study found that men'sfound. orders tended to have more

The Commission on Reli- technically sophisticated sites.gious Life and Ministry, which Video was a feature of 27 per-sponsored the study, also tested or 51 percent replied: 56 percent cent of the men's sites and 20 per­the 17 most frequently visited of the respondents reported hav- cent of the women's. Men's com­

.sites with a class of computer-lit- ing websites. munities also had a higher per­erate sixth-graders at a Catholic ' In five cases, including centage of sites featuring audioschool. ,Maryknoll, men's and women's or interactive possibilities.

The students rated the comhlunities answered the survey Three-fourths of communitiesMaryknoll site together because they share a with websites said they promotewww.markynoll.org - as the single website. them in some way - most com­"most attractive" and the site of Researchers regarded the 13 monly by listing the site on allthe Precious Blood Sisters - responses from secular institutes the order's publications and ma-

, www.bright.netJ-cppsnews - as as too small a number for reli- terials. .the "most useful." able reporting, but within that To test the response to sites by

The commission is comprised group four said they had websites, youngsters, the commission se­of representatives of the National nine did.not. In the United States lected Mary, Seat of WisdomConference of Catholic Bishops,' there. ar~ about 30 s~:cul¥. ·insti- SchqOI in Park Ridge, Ill., rec­Conference ofMaj()r Superiors of tutes, whose member:, take vows ommended by the National Catho­Men, Leadership Conference of .bufdo-riotlive-iii'areligious-com-:'- -lic~ EClucaii'onaf Association be- I

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Xiaoyan Wang of the Life Cycle The sixth-grade students re­Institute of The Catholic Univer- viewed the 17 most frequently vis­sity ofAmeric;a analyzed the sur- ited religious order sites over avey responses. three-day period and evaluated

They reported that among com- each on eas~ofaccess, attractive­munities which said they did not ness, usefulness, creativity andyet have websites, nearly three- other qualities.fourths said they plan to develop "Maryknoll won top honorsone. hands down," said Scott Rosinski,

Other findings from the sur- their computer teacher.vey included: He said the students were

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Men with hope to bring:. HolyCross· priests and brothers

lHEANCHOR- DioceseofFallRiver-Fri., November 17,200) 9strode. For they had the hope. Itis the Lord Jesus calling us."Come. Follow me."

Fro Jim Fenstermaker, C,S.C.is the Director ofVocations forthe Eastern Province ofPriestsand Brothers ofthe Congrega­tion of Holy Cross.

He can be cOlltacted at theHoly Cross Vocation Office,Stonehill College #1962, Easton,MA 02357. 508-238-5810.Website: www.holycrosscsc.of&.

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ishes, foreign missions, retreathouses, hospitals and health min­istries, social services and manyother ministries in which HolyCross religious strive to respondto the needs of the Church andthe world.

The Eastern Province of HolyCross Priests and Brothers spon­sors two colleges, Stonehill Col­lege in Easton, Mass. and King'sCollege in Wilkes-Barre, Penn.Several province members serveas campus ministers, professorsand administrators at other col­leges. The province staffs a re­treat house and several parishes,while some priests pastor or as­sist in diocesan parishes. Theprovince sponsors the missionaryDistrict of Peru, while some mem­bers serve in other Holy Crossmissions throughout the world.Others minister in the EasternUnited States as hospital chap­lains, social workers, high schoolteachers and in many other min­istries. Holy Cross Family Min­istries coordinates such provinceapostolates as Family Rosary,Family Theater, the Fr. PatrickPeyton CSC Pastoral Institute forthe Family, and family spiritual­ity ministries in Latin Americanand Ireland.

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gation of Holy Cross under thepatronage of Our Lady of Sor­rows, Mary who stood at the footof the cross of her son. Within afew years of its foundation, re­quests for Holy Cross religiouscame in from all- parts of theworld. This small but growingcommunity quickly spread toother parts of Europe as well asto Africa, Asia and NorthAmerica. It was in 1842 that Fr.Edward Sorin, C.S.c., and sixHoly Cross brothers arrived in theUnited States and founded a smallschool for the Native Americansof Northern Indiana, now knownthroughout the world as the Uni­versity of Notre Dame.

Today, the Holy-Cross Sistersexist as three separate internationalcongregations headquartered inthe United States, Canada andFrance. The Congregation ofHoly Cross Priests and Brothersare 1,700 strong in 15 countriesin North and South America,Asia, Africa and Europe. Thecongregation's Constitutions alsodescribe Holy Cross religious as"educators in the faith, support­ing men and women of grace andgoodwill everywhere in their ef­forts to form communities of thecoming kingdom." For many inHoly Cross, this mission expressesitself in the education of youth inschools, colleges and universities.For othe~, it is fulfilled in par-

By REV. JIM FENSTERMAKER,C.S.C.

"We must 'be men with hopeto bring." The Constitutions, orrule of life, of the Congregationof Holy Cross Priests and Broth­ers describe the mission of HolyCross religious to be "men withhope to bring." This spiritualityflows out of the motto of HolyCross: "Spes Unica, (the Cross)Our Only Hope."

Fr. Basil Moreau, C.S.C.founded the Congregation ofHoly Cross in 1835 to provideCatholic education and pastoralministry to devastated countrysideareas of France after the FrenchRevolution. A charismatic priestand leading educator of his time,he gathered men and womenaround him who shared his en­thusiasm and zeal. They becamethe priests, brothers and sisters ofthe "Association" of Holy Cross,founded in Sainte-Croix (HolyCross), a suburb of Le Mans,France. Fr. Moreau wished themto be united in their lives and intheir work as "a visible imitationof the Holy Family," and theybecame known as the Salvatorists,Josephites and Marianites ofHolyCross. He saw their union as "apowerful lever with which tomove, direct and sanctify thewhole world." .

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lies and parish families. It is the young man in thewligious education class, the Confirmation candi­date, the altar server, the member of the youth

. group, the lector, who will be tomorrow's priest.The parish community needs to be very attentive toits responsibility to make use of every opportunity

to promote vocations. Weneed to storm heaven withour' prayers.''' .

Father Pregana called at­tention to several seminarianswho offered thoughts on theirvocations.

Karl Bissinger of St.Joseph's, Fall River, a pre­theology student at Mount St.Mary Seminary in Brighton,said: "I was motivated to en­ter the seminary by the per­sistence of a feeling of a vo-cation, other people asking

me to consider a vocation, as well as hearing prayersfor vocations at Mass."

Jeffrey Cabral of St. Julie Billiart in NorthDartmouth, in fourth theology at St. John Semi­nary in Brighton, noted: "Two factors helped mewith the decision to enter the seminary. The firstwas my involvement in my home parish whichhelped to enhance my prayer life. The second waspersonal contact with my parish priest. If you arein college and considering thepriesthood, consider visitingtht: seminary and talking withothers who also may be con­sidering a vocation to thepriesthood."

Peter Fournier of HolyGhost, Attleboro, a collegesophomore at the FranciscanUniversity in Steubenville,Ohio, said that "The aspectof a priest's life that appealsto me is the spirituality andhappiness of priests I have JEFFREY CABRALmet. Also, helping peoplecome closer to God is an aspect that is appealing."

Jay Mello of SS. Peter and Paul, Fall River, alsoat Steubenville with the "Living Stones" formationprogram, said: "The priest is called to share minis­try with lay people who are an active part of parishlife. They develop a stronger faith life and sharethe responsibility of serving God's people."

Ethan McCarthy of Holy Trinity, West Harwich,in his pastoral year at Notre Dame Parish, Fall River,said: "What can parishes do to support vocations?

Pray! They can also encour­age young people to answertheir calling from God.Young people also shouldpray - and step forward."

Rev. Mr. Rodney Thibaultof Notre Dame Parish, FallRiver, a transitional deaconstudying at the North Ameri­can College in Rome, stated:"Many parishes have Voca­tion Awareness Teams whoseresponsibility is to pray forvocations and encourage vo-cations in the parish. This is

one of the significant ways a parish can supportvocations." .

For Qlore information on how you can ani­mat,e your parish's vocations efforts, contactFather Pregana in the Vocation Office, 450Highland Ave., P.O. Box 2577, Fall River, MA0272:2-2577; or phone (508) 675-1311, ext. 240;and by E-mail at Vocations@dioc-fr.org andwwvv.FallRiverVocations.org.

Fall River anlong top 20dioceses nationally with

priestly ordinations~ Eleven parishes currently have

seminarians studying for thepriesthood.

By JAMES N. DUNBAR

FALL RIVER - Having ordained 22 men tothe priesthood over the past four years, the FallRiver diocese ranks 16th among the 20 top diocesesnationwide providing needed priests for its people.

But even with that, it means the ratio of Catho-lics to the newly ordained is16,425 according to the sta­tistics that report 361,000Catholics in this diocese.

Holy Trinity Parish, WestHarwich, and St. ThomasMore in Somerset, each havetwo men currently at collegeand theological studies.

Other parishes with semi­narians fnclude:

Holy Name, Notre Dame,St. Joseph's and SS. Peter

KARL BISSINGER and Paul, all in Fall River;Holy Ghost and St. John the

Evangelist, Attleboro; Our Lady of Fatima,Swansea; St. John Neumann, East Freetown; andSt. Julie Billiart, North Dartmouth.

"There is a common thread in every vocationjourney," said Father Craig A. Pregana, director ofthe diocese's Vocation Office, as he talked with TheAnchor as it focused on religious communities inthis week's edition.

"Every time a young person described how theythink God may be calling them, it is easy to see thesubtle ways God extends the invitation to service,"he said.

"It's easy when listeningto anther's story; however, itis more challenging whenyou are the one who is con-·sidering a vocation. The bestway to discern if you are be­ing called to the priesthoodor religious life is to talk tosomeone, your priest, a reli­gious in your parish, a cat­echist in religious education.Sharing the journey withsomeone can help when lis-tening for God's call." ETHAN MCCARTHY

Father Pregana said thatBishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., in his pastoralletter on vocations this year, wrote that "Vocationsare everybody's business."

The responsibility for fostering and praying forvocations indeed rests with the parish community,said Father Pregana.

"If the parish is not supporting vocations, whowill?", the director asserted."It is not the responsibility of .our schools, our society orour government. The Churchmust continually ask the Lordof the harvest to send out la­borers for his harvest!"

He called for people "tosupport those who havestepped forward and. ac- .knowledge that they feel Godmay be calling them to a lifeof service and sacrifice. Let

REV. MR. us encourage the youngRODNEY THIBAULT people we know in our par­

ishes and schools so that wecan be the voice of Christ inviting them to considerserving the Church."

"You know, Bishop O'Malley expressed it so wellwhen he said: 'Vocations come out ofCatholic fami-

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of telling the stories of their com­munities to help the broaderChurch understand their commit­ment to Gospel values, BrotherGros said.

Brothers' interdependence withone aM.ther in their communities'spiritual lives and ministries, andthe variety of ways they relate toother elements ofChurch life "can

. disclose to us and to the widerChurch what communion mightmean," he said.

Marianist Father JosephUvietta, director of the MarianistRetreat and Conference Center inWildwood, said many Catholicssimply don't understand the vo­cation of religious brothers.

"A lot of people have not metany brothers," he said. "Sometimesthey'r~ left out because (others)talk about vocations to the priest­hood ... or a nun, or married life."

Like priests and sisters in reli­gious orders, religious brothers takevows of poverty, chastity and obe­dience. Unlike priests, they do notcelebrate Mass or confer other sac­raments. he said. Unlike deacons,they cannot be married and oftenlive in a religious community.

Father Uvietta said that theircommunal identity is one greatvalue brothers bring to the Church."When we talk about the group,there's something about workingtogether, living together," he said.

Brothers are in many differentministries, such as teaching, hos­pital ministry and social work.

Father Uvietta also laudedbrothers for their call "to witnessand proclaim the message ofChrist."

He noted that in his apostolicexhortation "Vita Consecrata,"(Consecrated Life), Pope JohnPaul II said "a particular duty ofthe consecrated life is to remindthe baptized of the fundamentalvalues of the GospeL"

10 THEANCHOR-DioceseofFalIRiver-Fri:,November 17,2000

DOi'IINIC\N SISTERS OF THE PRESENTATION

Our sisters are engaged.in charitable workand are active in diverse ministries such as healthcare,

education, pastoral ministry, and social' services.

Religious brothersfocuson their role in the Church

A lie oflot·e anJio!' il1l-'1uyel:..a commllnity ofsisters...radiating God's lot.e tlmmyl, Jc(ficate,1 sert.ice.

By JEAN M. SCHILDZ

CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

ST. LOUIS - Current and fu­ture roles of religious brothers inthe Catholic Church were exploredin the keynote address and sessionsof the National Association ofRe­ligious Brothers 29th Annual As­sembly in St. Louis.

Christian Brother ArmandAlcazar encouraged religiousbrothers to learn to love themselvesfirst before they can help others.

"Once we can allow for loveand loving others we can beginloving the stranger, the foreigner,the rest of the world," he said in akeynote talk to the gathering ofnearly 100 brothers representingsome 20 communities.

"How can we love someone elseif we cannot love the person whowe are?" he asked. "As brothersfor brotherhood, one of the firststands we can take is to do what­ever it takes to first learn, nextmodel and then instill a healthyself-love."

Fellow Christian Brother JeffreyGros joined Brother Alcazar in thekeynote address, focuc;ing on broth­erhood as a model for the Church.

Brother Gros, associate direc­tor of the Secretariat for Ecumeni­cal and Interreligious Affairs forthe U.S. bishops, said brothershave had to address three levels ofresponsibility since the SecondVatican Council: "the religious lifeand ministry to which our voca­tion calls us"; the implementationof council changes, including re­newing catechesis, liturgy, fo~a­tion, engagement with the poor,justice education and commitmentto Church unity; and institutionalmaintenance. .

Brothers should make a point

If)'ou seek further informatIOn please contact Sr. Carole Mel/a. O.p.. Director of Vocations,Provincial House, Dominican Sisters of the Presentation, 30/2 Elm St.. Dighton, MA 027/5

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tific chatter and gimmicky spe­cial effects which add up tQ a dull,tediously paced film. Some sci-fiviolence, brief nudity, an instanceof rough language and minimalcrass language. The U.S. Catho­lic Conference classification is A­li - adults and adolescents. TheMotion Picture Association ofAmerica rating is PG-13 - par­ents are strongly cautioned. Somematerial may be inappropriate forchildren under 13.

20th centuries and widely distrib­uted in American churches andschools. They are, as the authorswrite, "as familiar to us as old fam­ily photographs." Calamari andDiPasqua admit these cards "mayseem gory and bizarre" but find thepictures "exude a dreamy mystery."

One might at first be repulsedby the sentimentality of the picturesand a spirituality that seems to glo­rify submission. But on closer lookone has to admit that the book isbeautifully put together and pro­vides a real service in printing thetexts to many traditional prayers.

One hopes readers are sophisti­cated enough to separate faith fromfantasy - that St. Barbara is thepatron saint of artillery men be- 'cause her father was struck by light­ning immediately after he beheadedher. One also hopes they can rec­ognize magical thinking and not usenovenas as the authors say some do:"people who led totally secularlives, even sophisticated,lives, whonever set foot in a church for Sun­day Mass yet would constantly ap­peal to their patron saint for favors."Novenas call for repetition ninetimes. "Perhaps by repeating a re­quest for a solution over and overwe are taking the fear out ofa prob­lem," they write. Novenas are notmagic formulas, but discipline, ahabit of prayer and openness tograce. That said, use with care.

Daly is associate editor ofCatholic Trends, a Catholic NewsService biweekly newsletter.

rating is PG-13 - parents arestrongly cautioned. Some mate­rial may be inappropriate forchil­dren under 13.

"Men of Honor" (Fox 2000)Fact-based drama about a

sharecropper's son (CubaGooding Jr.) determined to be­come the first African-Americanmaster chief Navy diver despite avicious instructor (Robert DeNiro) and racist attitudes of fel­low seamen and those in com­mand. While the diver's story isstirring, even inspirational,George Tillman Jr's. heavy­handed direction backed by swell­ing patriotic music reduces a com­plex struggle to simplistic terms.Some intense peril, drunkenness,frequent profanity and muchrough language. The U.S. Catho­lic Conference classification is A­III - adults. The Motion PictureAssociation of America rating isR - restricted.

"Red Planet"(Warner Bros.)

Tepid sci-fi drama set in theyear 2050 in which a team of as­tronauts (including Val Kilmer,Carrie-Anne Moss and BenjaminBratt) is sent to Mars to set up analternate place for humans to livesince Earth is an environmentalmess, but their crash landingleaves them without a viablemeans ofescape. DirectorAntonyHoffman's predictable plot ismixed with mumbo-jumbo scien-

knows both good and evil; evil,only itself." It ends: "The year,1902. She is portal and portent of abloodshot century. Maria, first ofthe children of war, children ofsanctions, children unwanted, chil­dren aborted, children falling tohunger, children tortured and dis­appeared. St. Maria, pray for us."

Meanwhile, the holy card repro­ductions that illustrate "Novena: ThePower of Prayer" will give manyreaders "the shock of instant rec­ognition," write Barbara Calamariand Sandra DiPasqua. They are thedevotional cards from the PekaVerlag company of Germany, de­signed in the late-19th and early-

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"Blue Moon"(Castle Hill)

Slender romantic fantasy inwhich a long-married couple(Ben Gazzara and Rita Moreno)on a weekend away to rechargetheir relationship magically en­counter themselves 40 years ear­lier (Brian Vincent and AlannaUbach) when they were contem­plating marriage and each coupleis able to help the other move for­ward. The veteran'actors outshinetheir counterparts in writer-direc­tor John Gallagher's sweet butsluggish story that more resemblesa stage play. An implied affair,minimal profanity and an instanceof rough language. The U.S.Catholic Conference classificationis A-III - adults. The MotionPicture Association of America

REVIEWED BY MAUREEN E. DALY

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Here are two books that are care­fully written and exquisitely de­signed; they are also art books withflawless full-color prints on high­quality paper. But they are so dis­tinct in style of art and prayer thatvery few would love them both.

"The Bride: Images of theChurch" is a modem visual litanywith icons painted by Jesuit FatherWilliam Hmt McNichols and po­ems and commentary by Jesuit Fa­ther Daniel Benigan. An introduc­tory essay explains the ancient useof icons as aids to meditation andprayer. The 27 icons in this bookwere all painted by FatherMcNichols in the last 10 years,many of them commissions. All arepainted in the classic icon style ofbold black outlines filled in withplanes of solid color.

Some are ancient and familiarimages, such as St. John the Evan­gelist as a sorrowing young man,his sad face propped on his righthand. Others are classic images usedin new ways. For example, the peli­can feeding her young is an ancientsymbol of the Eucharist. In the icon"Padre Pio, Mother Pelican," thesymbol glows from the chestof this20th-century Italian priest.

Father Berrigan's poetry andmeditations accompany each icon.His poem for the icon of St. MariaGoretti (1890-1902) casts new lighton what might have been a hack­neyed subject. It begins: "Virtue

How do you take your prayerbooks stark or gilded?

( In Honor ofLuisa Piccarreta 1865-1947 Child ofthe Divine Will)

234 SECOND STREET· FALL RIVER, MAlegitimately deny the right tolife or restrict it to certainclasses of human beings.Therefore, the court's abortiondecisions deserve only to becondemned, resisted and ul~i­

mately reversed."It concludes with declara­

tions of commitment to revers­ing the Supreme Court's abor­tion decisions and to other ef­forts.

"Building a culture of lifein our society will also requireefforts reaching beyond legalreform," it said. "We rededi­cate our Church to education,public policy advocacy, pasto­ral care and fervent prayer forthe cause of human life, as ar­ticulated in our "Pastoral Planfor Pro-Life Activities."

i1iary Bishop Thomas G. Wenskiof Miami, 168-88.

- Home Missions: BishopPaul A. Zipfel of Bismarck,N.D., defeated Bishop Sam G.Jacobs of Alexandria, La., 136­121.

- Priestly Life and Ministry:Bishop John R. Gaydos ofJefferson City, Mo., over BishopGerald A. Gettelfinger of Evans­ville, Ind., 136-120.

- Catholic Relief Servicesboard (two elected): AuxiliaryBishop William J. McCormack ofNew York (l8I) and Bishop JohnW. Yanta of Amarillo, Texas(146) defeated Bishop Donald W.Trautman of Erie, Pa., (Ill) andBishop Lynch (76).

- Catholic Legal ImmigrationNetwork Inc. board (two elected):Auxiliary Bishop James A.Tamayo of Galveston-Houston(208) and Coadjutor Bishop Tho­mas J. Olmsted of Wichita, Kan.,(166) overAuxiliary Bishop Tho­mas J. Flanagan of San Antonio(127).

"This decision has broughtour legal system to the brinkof endorsing infanticide," itcontinued, noting that thelogic of the court's ruling hasalready been used to attackcongressional efforts to legis­late legal rights for a child bornalive.

"The .euphemism of 'theright to choose,' routinely usedto avoid mentioning abortion,is now being used to justifykilling outside the womb," itsaid.

The draft statement saidthat, as religious leaders, thebishops "know that human lifeis our first gift from a lovingFather and the condition for allother earthly goods. We knowthat no human government can

BISHOPS ANTHONY M. Pilla of Cleveland, Ohio, andGerald F. Kicanas, auxiliary of Chicago, look over papersat the start of the U.S. bishops' annual fall meeting in Wash­ington Monday. (CNS photo by Bob Roller)

auxiliary bishop of the Dioceseof Alexandria-Shreveport 20years later.

Appointed bishop ofAlexan­dria-Shreveport in 1982, he be­came the first bishop of Shreve­port in 1986 when the diocesewas broken off from Alexan­dria.

A past chairman of the bish­ops' Committee on Science andHuman Values, Bishop Friend hascontinued as a consultant to thatcommittee. He also serves as chair­man of the board of the Centerfor Applied Research in theApostolate.

In their morning session Nov.14, the bishops also elected anumber of committee chairmenand members. Here are the re­sults:

- Consecrated Life: BishopSean P. O'Malley of Fall River,Mass., over Bishop Donald E.Pelotte ofGallup, N.M., 136-120.

- Church in Latin America:Bishop Edmond Carmody ofCor­pus Christi, Texas, defeated Aux-

By PATRICIA ZAPORCATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - A pro­posed statement from the U.S.bishops decries last June'sU.S. Supreme Court ruling'striking down Nebraska's banon partial-birth abortions andsays the decision has broughtthe legal system "to the brinkof endorsing infanticide."

The statement, which re­commits the bishops and theChurch to protecting humanlife, was introduced Monday,the first day of the bishops' fall

. general meeting in Washing­ton, by Baltimore CardinalWilliam H. Keeler, chairmanof the bishops' Committee forPro-Life Activities.

The statement, "The U.S.Supreme Court and the Cul­ture of Death," follows the his­tory of abortion-related deci­sions of the Supreme Courtsince its 1973 Roe v. Wade rul­ing legalizing abortion.

"This ruling has helped tocreate an abortion culture, inwhich many Americans turn tothe destruction of innocent lifeas an answer to social and per­sonal problems," says thedraft.

Although the court in 1997overruled attempts to legalizephysician-assisted suicide, "anyhope that a majority on thecourt might return to legal san­ity on abortion itself was shat­tered this year" in the decisionin Stenberg v. Carhart, the Ne­braska case, the draft said.

Bishop Friend is new NCCB-USCCsecretary; committee posts filled

~ Bishop Sean P.O'Malley, OFM Cap.,elected to chairCommittee onConsecrated Life.

Bishops' statement decriesruling on partial-birth abortion

By CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - The U.S.bishops elected Bishop WilliamB. Friend of Shreveport, La., assecretary of the National Confer­ence ofCatholic Bishops and U.S.Catholic Conference on Tuesday..

Bishop Friend, a 69-year-oldnative ofMiami, defeated BishopRobert N. Lynch of St. Peters­burg, Fla., 160-97.

The post of secretary was theonly one of the four top NCCB­USCC positions up for electionthis year. Archbishop Harry J.Flynn of St. Paul and Minneapo­lis had served as secretary sinceNovember 1995.

The new conference secretarywas ordained a priest of the Dio­cese of Mobile-Birmingham,Ala., in 1959 and was named an

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Oh adorable and Divine Will, behold me here before the im­mensity ofYour Light. thatYour eternal goodness may open to methe doors and make me enter into It to form my life all in You,Divine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate before YourLight, I, the least ofall creatures, put myself into the little group ofthe sons and daughters of Your Supreme FIAT. Prostrate in mynothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg that it clothe me andeclipse all that does not pertain toYou, Divine WIll. It will be myLife, the center of my intelligence, the enrapturer of my heart andofmy whole being. I do not want the human will to have life in thisheart any longer. I will cast it away from me and thus form the newEden ofPeace, ofhappiness and of love. With It I shall be alwayshappy. I shall have a singular strength and a holiness that sanctifiesall things and conducts them to God.

Here prostrate, I invoke the help of the Most Holy Trinity thatThey permit me to live in the cloister of the Divine Will and thusreturn in me the first order of creation, just as the creature wascreated.

Heavenly Mother, Sovereign and Queen ofthe DivineFiat, takemy hand and introduce me into the-Light of the Divine WIll. Youwill be my guide, my most tenderMother, and will teach me to livein and to maintain myselfin the orderand the bounds ofthe DivineWill. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate my whole being toYour Im­maculate Heart. You will teach me the doctrine ofthe Divine Willl;IIld I will listen mostattentively toYour lessons. You will cover mewithYour mantle so that the infernal serpentdare notpenetrate intothis sacred Eden to entice me and make me fall into the maze ofthehuman will.

Heartofmy greatestGood, Jesus.You will give meYourflamesthat they may bum me, consume me, and feed me to form in methe Life of the Divine Will.

SaintJoseph, you will be my protector, the guardian ofmy heart,and will keep the keys ofmy will in your hands. You will keep myheart jealously and shall never give it to me again, that I may besure of never leaving the WIll ofGod.

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 ofthe Divine WIll. Amen.

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THE EXTERIOR of the unfinished chapel dedicated to St. John the Baptist in Rio Abajo,Honduras. (Father Canuel photo)

FATHER PAUL Canuel, left, is installed as the new pastorof St. Rose of Lima Parish in Guaimaca. With him from left,are: Father Ovidio Rodriguez, vicar general, Archdiocese ofTegucigalpa; Father Pierre Marion, former pastor of Guaimaca;and Father Roberto Almendares, dean of Northern Zone ofTegucigalpa. (Photo courtesy of Father Canuel)

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"We will not stop ourstruggle," she added.

Retired Gens. Guillermo Garciaand Eugenio Vides Casanova, whohave lived in Florida since 1989,were cleared of all blame for thedeath of the churchwomen:Maryknoll Sisters Ita Ford andMaura Clarke, Ursuline Sister Dor­othy Kazel and lay missionary JeanDonovan. '

Five guardsmen were convictedof the crime in 1984, but a 1993amnesty law prevents any furtherinvestigations into the intellectualauthors of the murders, a role ofwhich the generals were accused.

The Salvadorangovernment triedto distance itself from the issue dur­ing the four-week trial,.

Consulted by a local paper overthe verdict, Rene Figueroa of thegoverning party's national director­ate said: "We celebrate the fact thatthey have been freed, since they hadnothing to do with these crimes."

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SAN SALVADOR (CNS)- AFlorida jury's decision to clear tworetired Salvadoran army generals ofall responsibility for the 1980 mur­der and rape of four U.S. mission­aries provoked mixed reactions inEI Salvador. .

Auxiliary Bishop Gregorio RosaChavez of San Salvador said lastweek that he regretted the verdict,but added that the civii case had been"an interesting lesson" for those ac­cused of human rights violations.

Bishop Rosa told a local news­paper, "Personally speaking, I amnot satisfied (by the court's decision),but that's the way with the worldlyaffairs, you have to learn to respectthe judicial procedures."

On a more optimistic note,Bishop Rosa said: ''The two menaccused felt safe in that country (theUnited States). This has been an in­teresting lesson showing that humanrights violators have nowhere tohide."

Echoing these sentiments, thehead of the archdiocesan humanrights office, Tutela Legal, MariaJulia Hernandez, said: "I am sorryfor the relatives, and I want them toknow that we support them. Today

nizations back home can help usfinish this much-needed facility."

The faith of the community isevident everywhere. Masses,when possible, prayer services andretreats all serve the needs of theGuaimacan people. "The retreatsare very important to the peoplehere," said Father Canuel. "Theyhave no electricity, so we lendthem our gas generator for theirweekend retreats in the villages."

Also in the mountainous vil­lages is a ministry geared towardwomen, tackling problems suchas health, hygiene and domesticabuse. "Jo-An Marzelli falls rightinto this 'ministry to women' ,"said Father Canuel. "The womenvillagers have readily acceptedher."

Everything seems to be a win­win situation with the Fall Rivermissionaries in Guaimaca. "Weare quite happy here," reportsFather Canuel, and theGuaimacan community is equallypleased to have them there.

Ifanyone would like to makea donation toward the comple­tion of the St. John the BaptistChapel in Rio Abajo, theyshould send it to the Fall Riverdiocese Propagation of theFaith Office at St. Mary Rec­tory, 106 Illinois St., NewBedford 02745.

Msgr. John J. Oliveira, di­ocesan director of the Propa­gation of the Faith said, "Do­nations for the Guaimacanchapel should be clearlymarked 'For the GuaimacanChapel.' That way I can seethat the funds go to the rightplace."

Father Canuel. "When a riverfalls, it falls below, right? ,

"The townsfolk, who mostlylive in homes of adobe brick withno plumbing or electricity, havescrimped and saved and raised$3,500 toward the chapel project,"he reported. "But another$10,500 is needed for comple­tion. We're hoping folks or orga-

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Liturgy of the Word with thepeople, and that usually takesplace in a different home eachweek."

Father Canuel reported that thevillagers have begun constructionof a chapel dedicated to St. Johnthe Baptist in Rio Abajo (the riverbelow). "I feel a connection withthis village and Fall River," said

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dressed up for a recent Halloween party in the parish hall.Many children of all ages participated and trophies wereawarded for best costumes.

..... A MEMORIAL walkway was dedicated at St. Mary's School, New Bedford, last monthto the Blessed Mother. From left are: Howard and Craig Forgue; Richard Racine; Albert andSarah Forgue; Father Paul Fedak; Msgr. John J. Oliveira, pastor; Cathy LaCroix, principa.l;Brian and Brianne Pepin; and Diane and Kimberly Pepin. I •

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..... FIRST-GRADE teacher Margaret McCormick of OurLady of Mount Carmel School, New Bedford, and parent vol­unteer Michael Ferreira recently supervised a field trip forstudents to the local fire station. Firefighters reviewed safetyrules, gave equipment demonstrations and children had achance to sit aboard a fire truck.

..... STUDENTS, PARENTS and teachers of St. AnneSchool, Fall River, give their all at its 2000 walk-a-thon. Fol­lowing the walk participants enjoyed music, food, face paint­ing and a show by a magician. Brenda Gagnon, assistant tothe school's principal, said the event was one that "parentsreally enjoy and is always successful."

... CHILDREN FROM Holy Family-Holy Name School, New Bedford, were all smiles whenthey attended the wedding of their fourth-grade teacher Daphne Conto to Tony Valenzuela atthe Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish. They took part by singing at the cer­emony.

... STUDENTS IN Joseph Salerno's fifth-grade class atSt. Margaret's Regional School, Buzzards Bay, planted springbulbs and set up an area for a future garden as part of aclass project. Alexander Salerno and Aidan Crowley dig whileAlexandria Stafford, Ryan Krystopolski, Amy Duggan andJade Mulligan get instructions from their teacher.

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LESLIE PAHS and Kelly Cochran celebrate their champi­onship title in Nobelsville, Ind. The Marquette High Schoolvolleyball team of Michigan City, Ind., took its second con­secutive state title. (CNS photo by Karen Callaway, North­west Indiana Catholic)

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mand.There are some warning sig­

nals. If a girlfriend or boyfriendsays, "You are my world," be care­ful, because there's no way youcan live up to that expectation.

Ifyou feel it's your job to makesure somebody else doesn't get tooangry, too sad or too lonely, besuspicious.

Finally, if anyone ever says toyou something that translates "I'mgoing to hurt myself physicallybecause you hurt me emotion­ally," there is a bigger problemthan you can possibly handle byyourself.

That kind of emotional black­mail places you in a terrible trap.IfMike did nothing, and Lisa hurtherself, he'd feel guilty - but ifhe spent the rest of his life tryingto stop her, he'd end up angry andresentful.

Ifyou care about the other per­son, tell his or her parents or aschool counselor exactly what'sgoing on. The person makingthose threats needs professionalhelp. This isn't a time for doingthings on your own.

Carstens is writing a book forparents about kids and televi­sion. He is doing phone inter­views with parents who havechosen to limit their children'sTV viewing. If yc;»u would liketo be part of this project, con­tact him c/o Catholic News Ser­vice, 3211 Fourth St. N.E.,Washington, D.C. 20017.

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Mike's relationship with hisparents fell apart as he lied andsneaked around to be with Lisa.He fell asleep during class be­cause he was up all night talkingto Lisa.

Untangling Mike's own emo­tions took months of therapy andsupport from his family. He fi­nally broke up with Lisa becausehe saw that their relationship wastoo destructive, and he had thecourage to tell her parents whatwas happening. They took her tosee her own therapist, and she wasgetting the help she needed.

What Mike learned - arid Ihope Lisa eventually learned aswell - is that it's entirely pos­sible to love somebody too much.When you make another personresponsible for your sense ofvalue, well-being and happiness,you both become prisoners.

Lisa demanded that Mike spendhis life taking care of her emo­tions. That's an unreasonable de-

"It scares me to death," saidMike. Whenever they weren't to­gether.he'd worry about what shewas doing.

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It all started out normallyenough. Mike and Lisa were bothsophomores, they went out a fewtimes, then they became a couple.

From the beginning, Lisa madeMike feel special and strong. Shewas an anxious person, and saidagain and again that Mike madeher feel secure and happy - asnobody else ever had.

How did it get so messed up?By the time I talked to Mike inmy office, he felt like a prisonerof Lisa's moods. If he called herlate, she'd be frantic that he waswith another girl. If he couldn'tspend all day with her Saturdayor Sunday, she'd get depressedand threaten to break up with him.

Lisa would call Mike, sobbingabout how terrible her life was,and more than once he had fightswith his parents when he insistedon racing over to see her after 10at night.

He admitted to me that she'dcall up and say she wanted to hurtherself. Frantic, feeling respon­sible for her well-being, he'dleave the house against his parent'swishes. He wouldn't tell themwhy.

Lisa threatened suicide. Whenshe got too unhappy, she'd sit inthe dark thinking about ways tokill herself. She said she did itwhen she felt depressed - Mikethought maybe she did it whenshe felt ignored. .

By GREG MCCANN

CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

SAGINAW, Mich. - Fewunderstand the evil cruelty ofabortion better than RebeccaWasser-Kiessling.

When she was 18, shelearned she was conceivedfrom a violent rape at knifepoint. Her birth mother in­formed her that she would havebeen aborted had it been legalin 1968. Because of that closecall, Wasser-Kiessling hasdedicated herself to promotinglife.

Wasser-Kiessling shared herexperience with more than 650guests at a right-to-life benefitdinner in Saginaw. She urged"everyone to be those heroesthat we are all called to be andvote Pro-Life."

A Christian attorney with acertification in adoption, sheis vice chairwoman for Motherand Unborn Baby Care inSouthfield, Mich., and is onthe advisory board of Nursesfor Life. She has made appear­ances on "Good MorningAmerica," "CNN Talk BackLive" and on CBS News.

Adopted as an infant by Jew­ish parents, Wasser-Kiesslingsaid she first heard the Gospelwhen she was 15. But she hadnot been fully close to God un­til she was beaten by a boy­friend while in law school. Shesaid the experience "broughther back to God" and gave herthe realization that God is thedriving force in her life.

"Apart from him I could donothing," she said.

She became involved withCollegians for Life and soonbecame a formidable foe toabortion advocates. She ex­plained how hurtful some ofthe debates could get for some­one who so nearly came closeto being aborted herself, espe­cially when abortion advocateswould insist that womenshould have the right to anabortion in cases of rape orincest.

"When someone says theyare pro-choice, what they arereally saying is, 'I think youdon't deserve to live,'" she said.

But her battles with abor­tionists seemed to empowerher, she said, like a true femi-

nist. She also had the powerof God on her side.

"I think it's pretty cool thatGod is using me" to protectlife, she said. She added shehas a stronger appreciation forthe blessings she continues toreceive.

Two years ago she marrieda "godly man" who honors her,she said, and they have adoptedtwo children. Their son, Caleb,was conceived through a daterape when the birth mother wasonly 16. Their daughter,Cassandra Grace, died unfor­tunately from a health disor­der. But Wasser-Kiessling de­scribed holding her daughteras one of the greatest momentsof her life.

Wasser-Kiessling describedthe coincidence of her son alsobeing conceived by rape as anincredible legacy that she looksforward to sharing with him.

"Not the legacy of being achild of rape," she said, "but toteach him that the reat" deal isthat he is a child of God andthat he has value because Godcreated him and has promisedto be a father to the fatherless."

By BRIANT. OLSZEWSKI

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. ­Athletes who use the excuse that"we'd be a great team if we hada better place to play" may wantto talk to the Marquette HighSchool volleyball team in Michi­gan City.

They have lost only twomatches in two seasons. Theyhave won two consecutive Indi­ana Class A championships. Andthey don't have a gym of theirown.

"We are the only Indiana HighSchool Activities Associationschool that doesn't have its owngym," Linda Milzarek, vice prin~

cipal of Marquette, told theNorthwest Indiana Catholic,newspaper of the Diocese ofGary. "It's amazing."

Marquette, with an enrollmentof221, rents the National GuardArmory for practices and games.Since the building, which is lo­cated two miles from the school,lacks adequate locker rooms, theplayers change in storage roomsor entry ways.

"They practice at all hours,

too," said Patrick Cannon, prin­cipal of the school. "But they didwhat they needed to win."

In October the school brokeground for the $5 million SchollStudent Center, which willhouse a commons, a media cen­ter, and a 1,SOO-seat gym. Thetiming in trying to raise moneyfor the facility could not havebeen better, according to Can­non.

"God is smiling on us. Lastyear, when they won the cham­pionship, we kicked off the cam­paign," Cannon said. "On the Fri­day before this year's champion­ship game, we sent letters to3,000 prospective donors."

The building will open in Au­gust 2001.

According to Kathy WentlandLubeznik, a 1976 graduate ofthe school and a member of thesteering committee for construc­tion of the center, the facilitywill be a boon to the school'sathletes.

''That our athletic program hassurvived is a miracle in itself,"she said. "We may be able to trainand develop better athletes."

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A veteran of IS years cover­ing local news in New York,Hickey. won an Emmy in 1992

· for her investigative report onproblems in New York City'sEmergency Medical Service.

During 10 years at NBC's flag-· ship station WNBC-TV, she wasthe ,first ·anchor of the station'slong-runni~g"Weekend Today in

· New,,york." She .currently pro­duces and reports on "SheTV," a

· daily program on women's healththat.airs on·the Discovery Healthchannel.

The following weeks will bedevoted to holiday programming:Dickens', story "The Chimes".andTolstoy's tale "Mic~ael the Visi­'tor"·will be featured 'in clay-ani­mation. Starting on New Year'sEve, Hick~yretums with a seriesof.aIl-new !'quistopherCloseup"programs.

.The Christophers, founded in·194S,..uses the media toencour­age individuals to raise the stan­dards o(.ptiblic life. This non-

· profitorganization.shares its posi­tive 'mess~ge with people of allfaiths ·and of no particular faith.

· It's motto is: "It's better to lightone candle than to curse the dark­ness."

Hickey debuts on "ChristopherCloseup," the week of December3, when she discusses her careeras a television journalist withMsgr.. Tom McSweeney, formerdirector ofThe Christophers, who

199ue andlefOrthodox invitations . perSecution..arrive'in their own time. .' :The magazine said one must be

.Talk of a trip·to Ukraine· kept' Vt;i'y careful when making such abeing put on' the back burner in the: .serious accusation and must provide

. hopes that relations ,with the Rus-: ,'~historical and objective data" assian Orthodox Chuieh would 'im-. proof. ..

. prove. \ ~ The UlCrainian catholic Church,BuUn August:. Russian Ortho-; a BYzaritine:-ritechurch in commun­

dox Patriarch Alexein of.Moscow: iori with Rome,",vas forcibly liqui­claiinedhis faithful were'being per- . datedby'the Soviet government in~utedin Western Ukraine and that . 1946. All church property was con­Catholics were trying to'steal'be- .fiscated and buildings not used bylievers. the government were given to the

The patriarch's interview ·with Russian Orthodox Church.an Italian newspaper·set· off alarm .When theEastern Catholics werebells at the Vatican; despite the ef- 'allowed-to worship publicly againforts of the Vatican ·and of the ; beginning ,in 1989, they began re­Ukrainian Catholic Church, Ortho- claiming their' churches.dox complaints continued and even ~'In many cases there were ten-grew stronger. sions, sometimes even excessive,"

"Who knows when conditions . Civilta Cattolica said, refet:ring towill improve?" the thinking went. cases.of violence when CatholicsPope John Paul is a frail 80 years and Orthodox believers tried toold and Ukrainian Catholics, who claimpossession ofthe same build­suffered terribly for decades be- ing.cause of their union·.with Rome, But, the magazine said, "this tor­want to celebrate their rel;Jirth with bulent period virtually ended inhim. 1991. One cannot deny that in that

The Vati~an's early November ,period injustices were committedannouncement that PopeJohn Paul . by both sides."will travel to Ukraine coincided As the Russian Orthodox Churchwith an article in an influenti·al· Je- struggles to rebuild after Soviet re­suit magazine saying Patriarch' pression, it faces the loss of mil- .Alexei's claims of ecumenical dis- lions of members in Westernputes in Ukraine were exaggerated. . Ukraine: Many of them have re-

Civilta Cattolica, a Rome-based turned· to the· Eastern CatholicJesuit journal reviewed by the Church; and the Orthodox cornmu­Vatican before publication, said nity in Ukraine has splintered intoVatican officials wereo"discon- . three groups, two of which claimcert~" by the p~march'~ c:l~ Rf ~d~~nde~ce from Moscow.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) ­Where patience has not paid off inCatholic-Orthodox relations, theVatican apparently hopes boldnesswill. .

After years of waiting for theecumenical climate to improve,Pope John Paul n has decided tovisit Ukraine, the focal pointoften­sions in the mind of the RussianOrthodox patriarch.

The June trip to the former So­viet republic will be Pope JohnPaul's third visit to a country withan Orthodox .majority, a series oftrips he hopes will lead to Moscow,home of the world's largest Ortho­dox church.

The pope and Vatican officialsbelieved the ecumenical success ofhis 1999 trip to Romania, markedby joint prayer and obvious papaldeference to the Romanian Ortho­dox patriarch, would show otherOrthodox leaders that the pope hadno intention of usurping their roleas the spiritual leaders of theirpeople.

Pope John Paul even made adonation, reported to be $100,000,toward the building of a new Or­thodox cathedral in Bucharest,R9mania's capital.

But the timid Orthodox recep­tion of Pope John Paul in Georgiasix months later showed years oftensions and hurt feelings wouldrequire time to heal.

It seemed the Vatican was Will­ing to wait, to keep up a guiet dia-

EMMY AWARD-WINNING newscaster Magee Hickeyjoins "Christopher Closeup" as guest host and correspon­dent on Dec. 3.

Bishop Terence Brain ofSalford said in an interview withthe Manchester-based nationalBritish Catholic weekly, theCatholic Times, that his heartwent out to the parents as theystruggled to make sense of theirgrief. .

He criticized the fact that sur­geons at St. Mary's Hospital.inManchester, in the Salford Dio­cese, were permitted by thec~urts to overrid~ the pare?ts' NEWYORK-Emmyaward­WIshes by.separating th~ tWInS. . winning newscasterMagee Hickey

"We .1ll1~ht have.achIeved a is joining "Christopher Closeup,"great thIng In a medIcal theater, the nationally syndicated weekly.but we've missed the opportu- public affairs program, as guestnity to trust God," he said. host and correspondent.

Bishop Brain said the twins' .parents, devout Catholics fromthe Maltese island of Gozo, hadboth of their daughters bap­tized. He said that Mary's fu­neral would be an opportunityto "beg God's forgiveness" forthose who brought about herdeath.

British Catholic Pro-Life ac­tivists criticized the legal sys-.tem that permitted the operation.

Dr. Tony Cole, chairman ofthe Joint- Ethico-Medical Com­mittee of the Catholic Union ofGreat Britain, warned that a faulthad entered the British legal sys­tem and it would spread "like a .computer·virus."

He said the appeal courtjudgment, which finally gave /'the go-ahead for surgery, had ...shown the lack of protection in ......British law for the weak and thevulnerable.

"This was a case of illegiti­mate means being used towardan otherwise acceptable end," hesaid Nov 7. .

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CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

MANCHESTER, England ­British Church officials ex­pressed sadness after an opera­tion to separate Siamese twinsresulted in the death of theweaker one and voiced supportfor the twins' parents in theirgrief.

"I have already said that thisoperation sets a very disturbingprecedent," said ArchbishopCormac Murphy-O'Connor ofWestminster. "Now it has takenplace' and Mary is dead. All Ican say is that I hope Jodie·makes a full recovery, and Ipray that their parents may bestrengthened and comforted atthis time."

The 20-hour operation thatbegan the morning of Nov. 6followed a series of courtbattles in whiclr tlie parents ofthe twin girlS·--- ages threemonths at the 'time of the sur­gery' - opposed the hospital'splans to operate.

The parents had said they did.not want one of their daughtersto die to save the life of theother.

Doctors had warned that both. girls would die unless the op­eration went ahead. The twinswere joined at the abdomen with .arins and legs' at right angles totheir joined upper bodies, whiletheir spines were fused.

The court gave the twins thenames Mary and Jodie to pro­tect their identities.

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