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Vocations Week underscores need for priests, religious ~

Posing the question to young adults is the goal of National Vocations Awareness Week.

broth,ers, teachers and parents.

So the question is not original, but it is vital in the life of the Church!

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By FATHER CRAIG R. PREGANA DIRECTOR OF VOCATIONS

FALL RIVER - "Have you thought about a vocation?"

It would be difficult to count the number of times I have asked that question since beginning vocation ministry in our diocese a few years ago.

Whether making a presentation to confirmation candidates, talking with servers at Mass, or simply m~eting young people at school, the question usually finds its way into the conversation! That same question has been asked over the years by many other priests, aswell as religious sisters and

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respond, "I have but it's not for me," while others admit that they never have thought about a vocation. However, there is a small number who acknowledge that they have given it some thought ... and prayer. These few are the reason for asking the question at all. " The challenge of vocation ministry is shared by all who call themselves "Catholic." As for the Church community, we work together at the task of identifying, encouraging and praying for vocations.

This week, National Vocations Awareness Week, is a reminder to do our part in this vital work. As a diocesan family, the task is not to search the nation looking for would-be seminarians. Our task is to look within oilr parish" communities' for the young people whom we recognize from their Tum to page 12 - Vocations

A CHURCH window depicts the visit of the three kings celebrated on the Feast of the Epiphany to be celebrated this Sunday. (CNS photo from Crosiers)

Pope calls on Christians to 're-evangelize life'

By BENEDICTA CIPOLLA CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - Criticizing Western culture's tendency to sideline God, Pope John Paul II called on Christians to "re-evangelize life."

In his annual message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, the pope said contemporary society needs "the witness of men and women who show the fruitfulness of an existence that has its source in God." The text of the pope's message was released at the Vatican before Christmas.

"Within the Christian community," he wrote, "each person must discover his or her own personal vocation and respond to it with generosity."

POPE JOHN Paul II, shown here kissing a young visitor at a recent Jubilee Year celWhile emphasizing the ebration in Rome, in his annual message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations prayed event's theme, "Every Life is a in particular for ''young people who thirst for values and yet who are often unable to find the Vocation," the pope said attention should be focused especially way that leads to them:' (CNS photo) o

on the "urgent requirement" of ordained ministers and people ready to commit themselves to consecrated life.

Asking the Holy Spirit to "stir up an abundant number of'vocations to special consecration," he said consecrated people can "encourage the Christian people to adhere ever more generously to the Gospel." .

The pope prayed in particular for '~young people who thirst for . values and yet 'who are often unable to find the way that leads to them."

"We need to lead them to meet the Lord and help them establish a deep relationship with him," he said.

Calling on Christian parents to remain close to their children, the pope encouraged them to help "with the weighty decisions of adolescence and youth."

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Speaker :recalls some of .

Father Merton's. final days

Bulgarian Orthodox patriarch: Time not right for papal visit'

By CINDY WOODEN CATHO.LIC N"EWS SERVICE

4VATICAN CITY -Although Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy told Bulgarian Orthodox Patriarch Maxim that Pope John Paul II would like to visit his country, the' patriarch said the time was not right. .

Cardinal Cassidy, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, paid a courtesy visit te1 the patriarch in Sofia during a late November trip to Bulgaria.

The cardinal told Catholic News Service last week that he did not go to Bulgaria to prepare the way for a papal trip, but that "naturally it was mentioned" during his meeting the with patriarch.

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Cardinal Cassidy declined to comment on Patriarch Maxim's comments to the press later that a papal visit could create "great confusion" in the minds of his faithful and that for "canonical and practical" reasons the time Was riot right for a visit by Pope John Paul. ' An editorial in the Nov. 26 . edition of the Bulgarian newspaper Standart said the patriarch's "reasons are mainly in the chaos within the Bulgarian church." . The Bulgarian Orthodox Church was tom by·a schism from 1996 to 1998 when some members of the church's synod, claimingPatriarchMaxim's 1971 election was illegal, elected another bishop as patriarch. Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople m.ediated an end to the division.

But according to Bulgarian news reports, a growing number of bishops are expressing disfavor with .86-year-old Patriarch Maxim's leadership, including his continuing objections to hosting a papal visit. .

About 85 percent of Bulgaria's more than eight million residents . are Orthodox; fewer than one per~ cent,are Catholic.

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LOUISVILLE; Ky. - When Father Thomas Merton, the celebrated Trappist, stepped off an airplane in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 27, 1968, he was greeted by a young American in the country to study Tibetan Buddhism with the Dalai Lama.

The young man, Harold Talbott, would serve for awhile as a traveling companion to the priest, who, unbeknownst to both of them, would have only 44 more days to live.

Talbott shared an insider's look at the ~'almost final days" of the renowned international spirituar leader with more than 200 Merton enthusiasts in Louisville in early December.

The event was sponsored by t~e Thomas Merton Center Foundation and was one of three special events marking the 32nd anniversary of the death of Father Merton.

The priest died on Dec. 10, 1968, in a freak accident in Bangkok, Thailand, where he was attending a meeting ofAsian Benedictine and Cistercian monks and nuns.

Talbott's presentation marked the first time he has talked publicly about the time he spent with Father Merton, whom he first met at the Abbey of Gethsemani in 1958, when Talbott had just become a Catholic.

When asked what he thought Father Merton was looking for in Asia, Talbott answered, "I think he was looking f~r confirmation of a lifelong spiritual practice that had led him to 'realization' in the Buddhist sense.

"He became fully aware of the degree of his own intrinsic awareness, his nonattachment to things,

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Trappist Father Thomas Merton is pictured with the Dalai Lama, exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan ~uddhists, in a 1968 photo. The man wlio introduced the two men spoke publicly for the first time at a recent conference in Louisville, Ky. (CNS photo courtesy of The Thomas Merton Center Foundation) his deep insight into the true nature the proper posture and techniques of things and phenomena, and his to use in meditation,". said Talbott. achievement of a state of mind that "I introduced (Father) Merton is indescribable and transcendent." to a number of other Tibetan holy Father Merton's first face-to-, men as well. Many of them acface e'ncounter with Tibetan Bud- knowledged this Christian monk as dhism began oddly, said Talbott. a spiritual equal," he said, adding When he told his guest that he that they expressed joy at meeting had already set up an audience for the Catholic priest, whom they saw him with the Dalai Lama, the ex- "as a fulfilled spiritual person who iled spiritual leader ofTibetan Bud- could speak their language." dhists, the Trappist m'Onk reTalbott told the audience that sponded by flippantly remarkirig, Father Merton was a' ~oriderful ''I'm not going." " traveling companion.

But when the two men met "they -"He had achieved aplace in his seemed to strike up an immediate life where there wasn't the slightest friendship," according to Talbott. bit ofmalice," he said. "But there was Father Merton told the Dalai an extra degree of irony, and fun and Lama of his interest in a, type of fun-poking. I never heard him speak Tibetan Buddhism called ill of anyone. His anger - deep an"Dzogchen" and asked for instruc- ger - was reserved for the violence tion in its practice. The Tibetan and injl.!stice in the world." leader offered instead to instruct After Father Merton's death, Merton in the broader aspects of Talbott decided to pursue Tibetan mediation that would pre- Dzogchen. He has made a lifelong pare him to practice Dzogchen. commitment to bring peace and "I was very surprised, when the harmony to the world in a way that Dalai Lama, a reigning monarch, would probably please both of his got down on the floor and demon- . mentors: .Father Thomas Merton strated for his new Catholic friend and the Dalai Lama.

In Your Prayers Please pray for the following priests during the coming week Jan. 8 1885, Rev. John Kelly, Founder,St. Patrick, Fall River 1940, Rev. Alfred 1. Carrier, Founder, St. Jacques, Taunton 1944, Rev. Arthur C. Lenaghan, Chaplain, United States Army 2000, Rev. Evaristo Tavares, Retired Pastor, Our Lady of the Angels, Fall River; .Rev~ Louis Joseph, Retired United States Air Force Chaplain .

Jan. 9 1982, Rev. William F. Morris, Pastor, Corpus Christi, Sandwich

Jan. 10 1919, Rev. Jourdain Charron, O.P., Dominican Priory, Fall River 1938, Rev. George H. Hanagan, Pastor, Imm.aculate Conception, Fall River 1977, Rev. Msgr. Emmanuel Sousa de Mello, Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton .

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A "Winter Wonderland" theme will be the backdrop as 33 young women are presented.

SWANSEA - A festive evening is planned as committees make final preparations for the annual Bishop's Charity Ball to be held Jan. 12 at the Venus de Milo here.

Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., will preside at the 200 I celebration that includes 33 young women from various parishes throughout the diocese being presented during ceremonies at 8:30 p.m. Directing that will be Vivian Belanger.

Accompanying the bishop will be the honorary co-chairmen of the event, Lillian Plouffe, president of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, and Armand Frechelte, president of the Diocesan Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

Attendees will enter a "Winter Wonderland" in which the music of Studio C. will entertain.

Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, director of the ball, reported that "Great interest has been indicated from the parishes. Father Phil Davignon of Our Lady of the Assumption Parish in Osterville has reserved four full tables, easily the most subscribed from any individual parish."

Msgr. Harrington added that, "However, very encouraging support has been registered by many of the other pastors and parishes."

Members of the DCCW will serve as hostesses for the evening, guided by Commiltee Chairman Mrs. Michael J. McMahon.

Horace Costa will again serve as chairman of the ushers, most

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FALL RIVER - Bishop Sean Bethel AME Church, 146 Hanover of whom were drawn from the From the Attleboro Area: Elissa P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., will be Street. ranks of the Vincentians in the Burke of St. Theresa of the Child the speaker at the Martin Luther A luncheon will be served in the diocese.

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THE ANCHOR ...:..- Diocese of Fall Riv~[- Fri., January 5, 2001

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'We st~ a new year with great expectation&: We have a new president and a new Congress with a lot of new issues and new problem~. Yet, in the American spirit, we also begin the year with new optimism. This past election entanglement did little to dampen the hopes and dreams that most citizens have for government and its ft!nctioning in their lives.

Despite the promise, there yet remain difficulties and problems that we carried over into the new year. Some of these have been , around for a long time; others' are in the developing state. As a people, we are still divided on life issues. Abortion and euthanasia, the products of a death culture mind-set, conti"nue to be a blot on our national conscience. The scandal of late-term abortion besmirches the national motto "In God We Trust." Issues such as these will not gG> away as long as we worship the economy as the false god of capitalism.

However, there are portents indicating that this area of our life is showing some wear and tear. There are reasons to believe that we are still riding a roller coaster stock market. Things are slowing down. People have outspent themselves in a time when saving for a rainy day has littl~ or no meaning. This indeed could force a change in the economy.

As a country we have much to do in the ar~a of human services.

What good is it to have a massive govemmen'ta1 monetary surplus while·the elderly eat cat food to survive; while millions haVe no' health insurance; while hospitals cannot pro~ide needed services.

This list is embarrassingly long. More attention must be given to the condition of our citizenry, from health care to decent housing. The sGandal of a growing homeless population should be met head-on by.all governmental services. The' condition of an increasing immigrant population which far exceeds expectations is once more a challenge for our major urban cities. The word "compassion" was much used in the recent campaign. Let's hope it becomes an effective reality in relation to the obvious human needs that permeate our social structures. .' , The'scientific revolution which has. touched all our lives' , ., .. f will indeed be a major factor in the days and months aht;ad. The nation .is on the threshold of a dynan)ic expansion of knowledge ahd tech:. nology. For eX(imple, the ,~orld of· biotechnology 'has only begun its journey. Chip implants and gene therapy are not some Buck Rogers' dream. These are close to state of the art. Scientific chal-: lenge will be explosive and demanding.. Great ethical and moral ~ issues will emerge. Who will make these vital decisions that will be ' part and parcel of our lives? ., The issue of peace is always a fragile'Olle. The threats ofthe:nuclear past are still here to haunt us. Even as we plunge into a Star Wars . world, there are those ever so delicate decisions of arms control and ~ the !lew terrors of modem warfare. Nations are still at war. The terrorist is the international threat to all people of the globe. The madness of' extref!lism by the.few poses as onepf.the most horrifying aspects of our tomorrows. Somehow we must develop new strategies that will ensure the safety of people and protect them from the fanatic who so often uses the name of God for his insane pursuits.

And how will religion play its role in a revival of faith in this lanel? Peopleare'deaf"to platitudes and ilImlled promises ofterl" voiced in the name of r~ligion. Americans in general want to ,think that this is, a 'religious cQuntry. '.For th~; Illost l?~ th.ey, are: right ~{ until it comes to tolerance lind the living' ofreligion iIi·the market~', place. Too many still view religion as a private matter ,with no place in the public forum. Somehow we will, have to take 9uf faith belief;. beyond the home and church, otherwise both will become extinct.

With .this in' rnind, welcome to the New Year!

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CATHERINE'S CHURCH IN BETHLEHEM. CARDINAL ETCHEGARAY, PRESIDENT.OF THE. VATICAN'S JUBILEE COMMITTEE, WAS IN BETHLEHEM TO OFFICIALLY CLOSE CELEBRATIONS FOR THE JUBILEE YEAR. (CNS PHOTO FROM REUTERS)

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ministry, especially working with women. "Some tensions can arise The shortage of priests IJn- when the men ministers are not yet doubtedly will be fe.Jt more comfortable working with women. acutely in the new year and the The reverse can also be true. In need for stronger lay leadership any case, the current 'unease' is a will be felt more urgently. How fact of life," he notes. can pastors and parishes best sup.On educational superiority; ply the needed strength?

Cardinal Bernardin writes: "While " A good place to start is with. many priests worked long, hard c1earsightedness. And we need to years, their continuing educational . address directly the tensions lay. and personal development did not always receive the suppatt and leaders face. . In "Selected Works of Joseph encouragement it deserved.... On Cardinal Bernardin: Homilies and the other hand, many of the new Teaching Documents" (Father ministers have had a post-conciliar Alphonse Spilly, CPPS, Liturgi- education.... This is"a formula for cal Press, Collegeville, Minn.), the emergence of predictable proCardinal Bernardin bites the bul- fessional tensions."

A tension that won't go away, , The Editor let in identifying some of the most ~ pressing tensions confronting rnin- Cardinal Bernardin points out, "has to do with women in ministry."

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Some "view the fact that only men Beginning priests,were he says: "For many years, priests the can be ordained, as diminishing ministers of the community. Now their potential for ministerial ser. the emergence of various minis- vice."

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Send address changes 10 P,O, BOll 7 or call telephone number above speak a deep-rooted tension cen- Why can't the Church be as they tering on priestly identity. A kind remember it? Are priests really so of competitive spirit can creep in." busy that they can't eVen distribEDITOR GENERAL MANAGER NEWS EDITOR Another tension Cardi nal ute Communion or help with youth Rev. Msgr. John F. Moore Rosemary Dussault James N. Dunbar Bernardin identifies is found programs?"

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'It lis afact Of h~inan nature that tension i's always present when people work' together. However, when~e 'examine Cardinal Bernardin's pastoral letter closely, we learn it is more than a listing of tensions. Rather, it is a formula for reducing them.

The formula is in having an understanding'heart similar to the one Solomon asked God to .give him so that he might lead wisely.

There is no covering up the tensions, 'no denying them. Rather there is a burning desire to understand thein and those they touch.

This desire to understand is the key to the future success of ray leadership. That is why this desire is so strongly lauded in the Book of Proverbs where we are told, "A house is built on wisdom. but it is established by understanding."

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RESIDENTS BRUCE Chadsey and Roland St. Pierre of the Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River, e.njoy an afternoon limousine ride courtesy of Chadsey's son Bill. The two long time friends were driven up to Saugus where Chadsey grew up and later enjoyed a meal at the Hilltop Steak House. Both said they felt like "millionaires" arriving in the limo.

2001 : A Sports Odyssey

Father'Felix Kumani, Rector Yet, slowly and steadily, the In 1968, Stanley Kubrick di- is to hit a little ball with a stick.

Seminary of St. Peter the Apostle, Nigeria spoiled game-players began to rected one of the best science fic- One man, who will hit the little Today there are more than 28,000 young men in the tion movies ever made - "2001: ball in Texas, will make $25 mil- feel the pinch. So much so, that A Space Odyssey." While no one' lion a year. The other will make some actually had to go to work Missions who want to serve their people as priests. has ever completely understood only $20 million a year to do the - in the off seasons to support themWith the help of your prayers and your gift to the the film, it has nonetheless be- same thing in Boston. selves, their families, their habPropagation of the Faith / St. Peter-Apostle, many come a classic.

FAN just smiles and shakes his its, etc. more can continue to answer "Yes!" to the Lord's.call The FANS brought everybody Now that we've reached the head - just like he's done for the to follow Him. . back to reality. year 2001, the premise What a 'great endof the film is not all that The Society for the PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH ing!'Wouldn't it be unusual, considering THE sOCIETY OF ST. PETER ApOSTLE FOR great is this wasn't scispace travel is more or THE SUPPORT OF MISSION VOCATIONS Wouldn't it be great fi? less routine to us today. if I could get a chill Reverend Monsignor John J. Oliveira, V.E. Yet, I'd hate to let 1061l1inois Street â&#x20AC;˘ New Bedford, MA 02745 0again, this time hearsuch a good film die of Attention: Column ANCH. 01/05/01 ~ ' ing sports millionaires old age. Therefore, I'd $100 0 $50 0 $25 0 $10 0 $_ _ (other) -e saying to me, "Dave, like to modernize 2001, - By Dave Jolivet what do you think and bring it up to date.

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Those of you who Address _ Dave Jolivet is a have seen the film once, former sports writer/ twice, ten times already, will re- last quarter century. However, City State Zip - - _ call the source of artificial intel- with each new salary growing editor, and current staff memo Please remember The Sociely for the PropagatIon ofthe Faith ligence on the space ship in the large'r and larger, FAN shakes his ber of The Anchor. . when writing orchangingyour Will.

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HAL 9000.

HAL was programmed by FAN shook his head so hard, man, to help make tasks easier. something snapped.

HAL was meant to follow direcFAN started to get a mind of I . his own. "Hey wait a minute," tions and compute.

I However, HAL begins to de- FAN said to himself. ~'If I'm so I velop a mind of his own, and de- smart, how come I didn't see this spite many human attempts to earlier? The only way my creators deprogram him, HAL lives on- make more money is if I buy into until Dr. Dave Bowman shuts it."

FAN began to pass the word HAL down for good, ultimately leading to his own demise. on to other FANS who hadn't yet It still gives me chills to hear seen the light. "We FANS can put HAL say, "Dave, what do you an end to this madness." think you're doing?"

Still there were some FANS My remake of the Kubrick who didn't understand that ulticlassic can be called "200 I - A mately, the money that is so sinfully wasted on games comes Sports Odyssey."

HAL will be replaced by an- from FANS. More and more FANS began other receptacle of artificial in_ to cut off the source of their cretelligence - FAN. FAN is programmed by ath- ators, riches. letes, team owners and agents.

FANS stopped going to see The sole purpose of FAN is to lis- their games; they stopped paying ten mindlessly to its creators, to see them play on television; adore them and aid them in ac- they stopped buying paraphernacruing millions and millions of lia of their favorite creators.

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THEANCHOR-DioceseofFall River-Fri., January 5,2001

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ATTLEBORO - The La Salette Shrine recently announced its winter schedule as follows: Daily Mass will be celebrated Monday-Friday at 12: 10 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Saturday at 12: 10 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.; Sunday at 12: 10 p.m.; reconciliation is available Monday-Friday from :2-~ p.m. and on weekends from 1-4 p.m.

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NORTH ATTLEBORO - A First Friday celebration will b~ held tonight beginning with intercessory prayer at 6:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church, 58 Church Street. Mass will be celebrated at 7 p.m. and a sing-a-Iong will follow at 8 p.m, Adoration will be held during the night until 3 p.m.

Jan. 6. For more information call 699-8383. ;

NORTH DARTMOUTH".A pilgrimage with Bishop Sean P. O'Malley OFM Cap., to Wash- . ington, D.C. for the annual March For Life is being organized by the Diocesan Pro-Life Office for Jan. 21-23. It includes Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and a youth bus will depart a day earlier at a reduced fare.

For rnore information call 9972290.

NORTH DARTMOUTH .:.ATTLEBORO - The Coun- A Separated-Divorced Support seling Center of La Salette Shrine Group will meet Jan. 8 from 7-9 announces its schedule of Grief p.m. at the Diocesan Family Life Education Programs for those Center, 500 Slocum Road.

-- dealing with' the death of a 10veL. _ one as follows: Jan. 8, "Hoping NORTH DARTMOUTH ~ and Coping," 10:30 a.m. to noon; The next Retrouvaille weekend will Jan. 18, "When Going to Pieces be held Jan.12-14 and offers Holds You Together," 6:30-8 couples a chance to heal and rep.m.; and Jan. 22 "Dealing With new troubled marriages. RedisDifficult Feelings," 10:30 a.m. to cover yourself and your spouse and noon. For more information call a loving relationship in marriage.

226-8220.

For more information cali 1-800470-2230 or the Djocesan Office ATTLEBORO - 1'he La of Family Ministry at 999-6420.

Salette Center for Christian Living will present a Women's Re- .

NORTH EASTON - The treat Jan. 12-14. For more infor- newly dedicated chapel, Our mation call the retreat secretary Lady of the Ros.ary, in the Fa" at 222-8530. ther Peyton Center at Holy Cross Family Ministries, 518 WashingFALL RIVER - Volunteers ton Street, is open to the public are needed to teach English as a for private prayer, weekday Mass second language to individuals at noon and recitation oCthe roand groups in Fall River and New sllry 9 a.m. each weekday and at Bedford. Prior teaching experi- 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. For more' ence is not needed and teaching information call 1-800-299materials and training is provided. 7729.

For more information call Catholic Social Services at 674A681.

SANDWICH - The Cape or 997-7337. <;:od and "the Islands Chapter of Catholic Nurses will meet Jan. 17 FALL RIVER - The Fall at 7 p.m. at the parish center of River First Friday Men's Club Corpus Christi' Church. A proinvites all diocesan men to join . gram entitled "Palliative Care," them tonight for Mass at Sacred will be presented by Sally Okun, Heart Church, 160 Seabury director of the center for life care ·Street. An informal dinner will planning of Cape Cod. follow in the parish center. For more information call Willie TAUNTON - The Taunton Brown at 678-1792.

District of the St. Vincent de Paul Society will sponsor a Mass Jan. NEW BEDFORD - The 8 at 7 p.m. at the Immaculate "Twelfth Night Sing Along Mes- Conception Church in memory of siah" will be held tonight at 6:30 deceased members for the intenp.m. at the Grace Episcopal tion of the canonization of the Church, 133 School Street. All Blessed Frederic Ozanam. The singers and musicians are invited regular monthly meeting will folto participate in singing the "Mes- Jow in the parish hall.

Did Jesus raise himself from the' dead?

Q. I was taught and I believe that Jesus rose even resurrection, to those who believe in him. (See, from the dead and ascended into heaven by his for example, 1 Cor 15:20-24.)

The usual understanding of these words of the own power because he was God. Why do people today, even clergy, say that Jesus was "taken up" apostle Paul is that the power of the resurrection is ascribed to the Father of all life, as part of the attribuinto heaven? tion of the whole of reIsn't this wrong?

Don't we believe that .... _ =~ demption to the Holy Trinity, with each of the our blessed mother three divine persons holdMary was the only one ing a respective role. assumed into heaven?

Q. Father Dietzen: (New Jersey) A. There's nothing at .

We want to thank you for the great recipe all wrong with this expresBy Father for eucharistic bread. sion. It is how to describe John J. Dietzen One of the catechumens our tradition of what hapfrom our RCIA helped pened to Our Lord at the me this year' and was end of his earthly life.

St. Peter was possibly the first to speak of Jesus thrilled to help make the bread that would bewith these words. In his discourse at the first Pente- come the body of Christ at her first Conlmunion.

We have tried them aU in our spread-out parcost, he proclaims that "God raised this Jesus." In doing so "God has made him both Lord and Messiah, ish and appreciate' the one you sent. Our bread bakers say it is much easier to work with, and we this Jesus whom you crucified" (Acts 2).

St. Paul, however, is the one who, if we may put it use it regularly. (Ohio) A. I am grateful to you and the man'y others who this way, sanctions this way of speaking about the risen Lord. In only one place (l Thes 4:14) does he wrote with their "success stories" about the recipe we say thil.t Jesus "rose again," seeming to imply it was by mailed. It was requested by more than 700 readers. As I mentioned' before, the recipe' was developed by a his own power.

Every other reference to the resurrection and deacon, a professional baker, iri Idaho. The ingrediglorification of Jesus in the Pauline letters attributes ents are only wheat, fJour and water, but the instructhis eventto the Father. It was he "who raised Jesus tions·for preparation are quite specific.

I'm glad it is helpful in many parishes around the from the dead" (Rom 4:24). Galatians I: I, I Corinthians 6: 14 and numerous other Pauline texts country who wish to prepare their own bread for the say the same. celebration of the Eucharist. The recipe is still availIt was common in the early Church, as with Paul, able by sending a' self-addressed envelope to me at to view the. resurrection and ascension as one single Guildhall, Peoria, Ill. 61651-0325.

A free .brochure outlining basic Catholic event in the exaltation of Christ and of our salvation, carried out by the Father of glory, "raising him from prayers, beliefs and moral precepts is available by the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heav- sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Faens" (Eph 1:20). . ,. ther John Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651.

It was in this exaltation, sharing the Father's glory,.

Questions may be sent to Father Dietzen at the that Jesus received his own power to give new life, same addresS, or e-mail: iidietzen@aol.com.

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The human touch wins out You never know where you're going to find inspiI've gotten into some great conversations with ration - or hope. Lately I've been seeing it all around people in this store. I learned it is one of a chain of me. su'ch outlets nationally. These talks. have shown me What I'm getting at is ~ow I am no longer worried that the human gift of imagination and creativity rates about what seemed to be a coming trend. Signs all higher these days than I can even remember from the around started to 'indicate that we were falling into past. what I perceived to be a I find a joy in these scary place, namely, a so- ....------"""!""---people and evidence ·that ciety characterized by there is always a spiritual impersonalism. So much dimension to the creative' of what I was reading, liswork of human hands. tening to and yiewing on Then there's another television seemed to indiplace I find the human cate that we were indeed need for community, a

By Antoinette Bosco entering a kind of cold place where personal new age where technoltouches and comfortable ogy was taking over. settings reign high: our With words like "Internet," "digital," "Web," "wire- local libraries. While most now have rooms for comless" or "matrix" resounding everywhere, indications puters and the Internet, you also find a traditional were that we would soon be interacting primarily with friendliness and many new offerings geared to inmachines, not persons. Bad times, indeed. form and even entertain those who come in.

All right. I admit, I'm probably exaggerating. But rve known one ijbrary that has "Fireside Fridays" the special-effects media environment has brought an when people c~ come in, sit by-the fire, have tea and aura of disturbing change into our subconscious real- cookies, read a book or do their knitting. Libraries are ity. I began t8 worry: Can we remain human in an showing that high tech and human·needs and comenvironment of high tech? panionship can live compatibly side by side.

Well, let me say there's hope that the human is I've also known parishes offering varieties of hoswinning out. I think I have proof that while high tech pitality Sundays, where churchgoers are offered reis here to stay, it is not going to take.over our lives. freshments after Masses, having the opportunity to One reason I say this is because I've been several get to know other parishioners and their families. What ·times to a store that carries the raw materials for just a fine way to recognize me need people have to relate about any crafryou can think of. I thought I'd only humanly to others. Such gatherings truly extend the find grandmothers there, like myself, looking for cro- spiritual nourishment of the banquet just shared at chet thread. Wrong. There I found mothers with young Mass. children buying raw materials to create all kinds of I'm convinced that these are not simply signs that pleasant products, from playthings to decorations. I the pendulum is swinging against the depersonalizaknew that my daughters and daughters-in-law still were tion introduced when the high-tech age made its endrawn to home arts like sewing, knitting and crochet- try. I think this is an affirmation that nothing can reing, but I thought they were the exception. Now I ally change the truth - the truth that we are. indeed, think not. . made in the image of our Maker.

T·he Bottom Line

How I was swooshed into a religious experience I have decided that religious experiences are underrated or at least underreported. Or maybe they are underrecognized.

Appropriately, I was thinking about this underwater. It had largely to do with something few theologians address often enough: the flywheel of a 1981 305 marine engine powering a T' dive boat's outdrive.

My sons and I were harvesting sea urchins off the NOlthwest coast of Washington state and doing minor battle with surge. Surge is the ocean's way of slapping you around for the fun of it.

You know how you hold a washcloth underwater and swoosh it back and forth to rinse it out, then wring out the excess water? Surge is the swooshing back and forth part.

You are the washcloth. The Straits of Juan de Fuca, in this case, was the excess water.

Anyway, I was being swooshed along with a bag of urchins at Mach 4 surge speed when a friendly stalk of bull kelp growing off a large boulder came within reach. I grabbed it and held on as the surge passed. I looked like an underwater version of a flag in the wind, only without the national anthem.

"Thank you God," I said. OK, more truthfully, I thought "thank you God': because talking underwater with the air regulator in your mouth is discouraged by every major div-

ing certification program. It comes under the chapter titled, 'Things Not to Do to Avoid Drowning."

If the bull kelp had not shown up when it did, chances are I would have been smacked rather soundly against an'even larger boulder a few

machine's engine while squatting in the tub upside down and blindfolded.

Changing the flywheel in the bilge of a small dive boat is way harder than that.

Luckily, I have two mechanically literate sons who are also contortionists. Pullfng the flywheel was one thing. Finding another would be something else. This was not justaflywheel,butamarine flywheel, which means more expensive.

Here comes the religious

By Dan Morris experience part.路We 'not only found one, but found one in the first used marine gear (aka feet away. Speaking from experi- junkyard) place we tried. ence, this h u r t s . ' "Yup," said the proprietor, "I I classified the kelp as a gift from think I have one of those babies God and proclaimed the occasion a hanging over there on the wall next religious experience. This is where to the moosehead and innards of a the flywheel comes in.

1935 Chrysler Crown Straight Six." The boys and I would not even Spotting the moosehead, we saw have had a chance to work this day the flywheel next to it. "Thank if we had not been able to find that God," I murmured. This was a misamazing flywheel. A day earlier, the ' take, as it added $20 to the price. engine's starter had fried, accompa- Nonetheless, we had our flywheel nied by sparks, smoke and yelling and yet another religious experience. (ours)!

Sure, some would claim we When we had replaced the starter, should be careful about confusing we did not align it perfectly. A starter good fortune with religious expemeshes teeth with the flywheel,' riences. Still, I think I go along which turns the engine. In this in- with either Einstein or Jimmy the stance the starter did not mesh, it Greek, who once said something mooshed, and it chipped a handful like, "God is as magnificent in the of teeth off the flywheel. details of the universe as he is in Think of repairing your washing its vastness."

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THEANCHOR - Diocese ofFall River - Fri., January 5, 200 I

Pope to close Holy Door in simple ceremony tomorrow VATICANCITY(CNS)-Pope John Paul IT will close the Holy Door at St. Petet's Basilica tomorrow in a simple ceremony designed to remind people that their pilgrimage toward Christ must continue.

The ceremony will be similar to the rite used since 1'975 when, for the first time in centuries, the closing of the door did not include the pope spreading mortar and laying the first bricks ofthe wall that blocks

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Perhaps the most taxing item on the pope's 2001 calendar is the regular assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October, postponed from 2000. The pope presides personally over its long general sessions, then typically lunches with groups of participants. He is expected to take a particular interest in this year's theme, ' the role of the bishop.

The pope will continue his globetrotting papacy after the Holy Year, although the trips planned will keep him fairly close to home. In May, he'll resume his series of pilgrimages to biblical lands when he makes his first visit to Syria. . .

'In June, he ventures into Ukraine, where a Catholic minority is eagerly awaiting him but where Orthodox ,Christians are still wary of a papal visit. A stop in Athens, Greece could be tacked onto that trip, depending on reaction from the Orthodox Church of Greece.

In September, the pope is expected to make his way to Armenia in Western Asia, another predominantly Orthodox country that is celebrating the 1,700th anniversaryof Christianity. For now, it looks like a hopedfor post-synodal trip to Oceania has be'en ruled out because the long flight could prove too fatiguing. ' According to Navarro-Valls, the pope's travel plans reflect a top priority for the coming year: i!TIproving ecumenical relations, es'pecially with the Orthodox. By personally venturing into the Orthodox heartland, the pope hopes to build bridges and soothe conflicts. ,The pope is also expected to resume his frequent habit of visiting Rome parishes on weekends. Add to that the constant stream of audiences with ambassadors, papal nuncios, Vatican managers and groups ranging from soccer teams to religious orders, and it's clear that the pope will not hav.e much of a respite after the Holy Year's heavy load.

In fact, he won't even get a day off: The morning after closing down the Holy Year, the pope was back saying Mass in the Sistine Chapel and baptized 20 babies born during the jubilee year. .

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Post-jubilee windup: Aging pope ventures into busy year VATICAN CITY (CNS) - As Pope John Paul IT guided the Church through a packed calendar of events during Holy Year 2000, one question trailed him like a shadow: What comes next?

More than a year ago, according to a widely circulated story, the pope told top aides not to pencil him in for anything past Jan. 6, 2001 -:- the day he would swing shut the Holy Door and, with it, the jubilee.

The implication was that the 80-year-old pontiff, left increasingly frail by neurological disease, would cut back his official activities or even resign once he had successfully led the Church into the third millennium.

Other longtime papal observers warned of a "post, jubilee letdown" that, psychologically or even physically, might affect the Polish-born pope after his crowning achievements of the jubilee: But as the Holy Year winds down, it's becoming clear that this pope has no intention of closing up shop once he closes the Holy Door.

Instead, he's getting ready for yet another year of consistories, synods, canonizations, foreign travel, public liturgies, speechmaking and meetings.

"I don't see him slowing down. I think the pope will be returning to the,kind of activity that existed before the jubilee. If anything, the intense agenda of the jubilee has postponed many issues that must now be dealt with," papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said in mid-December.

This month, the pope is expected to name about 25 . new 'cardinals, once again changing the face of the body that one day will elect his successor; After they receive their red hats - probably in late FebruaryPope John Paul will have chosen 110 out of 120 potential papal electors. , The new batch of cardinals is expected to include Archbishop Edward M. Egan of New York and possibly Archbishops Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington and Justin F. Rigali of St. Louis. Among other cardinals likely to be named are those from Italy, England, Ireland, India, Nigeria, Brazil, Argentina, and

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., January 5, 2001

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2000 Jubilee Year domi·nated news in Diocese of Fall River ~

Year of forgiveness and prayer guided many back to Christ. .

By JAMES N. DUNBAR

FALL RIVER - Inspired by the theme "Open Wide .the Doors to Christ," Catholics from across the Fall River diocese pilgrimaged t9 10 designated station churches to receive the sacraments, seek indulgences for themselves or for the departed, and in the process advanced in their faith, as the millennium began.

Under the direction of Msgr.

Stephen J. Avi,la, then secretary to Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., many parishes sponsored lecture series, made more time available for the sacrament of penance, scheduled additional Masses, missions, prayer services and liturgies such as Eucharistic adoration, and keyed on the first year of the millennium as the opportunity. to heal long-standing -wounds and forgive ,grievances.

Mid-way through the Jubilee Year, the diocese hosted a weeklong series of talks and reflections during its first-ever Eucharistic Congress that ended with an outdoor Mass in Fall River's Kennedy Park that drew thousands from across the region.

Bishop O'Malley celebrated Jubilee Years Masses monthly throughout the year, beginning with St. Mary's Cathedral Parish, the main pilgrimage Church.

The other pilgrimage churches included: St. Mary's, Mansfield; St. Anne's, Fall River; St. Anthony's, Taunton; Out Lady of Mount Carmel, New Bedford; St. John Neumann, 'East Freetown; St. Pius X, South Yarmouth; Holy Trinity, West Harwich; Christ the King, Mashpee; and La Salette Shrine, Attleboro.

In an unusual trek, 80 pilgrims from St. Pius X Parish in South

·The year found some parishes suppressed, a new church built, and others refurbished.

The 115-year-old St. Louis Church on Bradford Avenue in Fall River was closed after the _ $".... ~ ,I!< Missionaries' of St. Charles ~,~('~ Borromeo, who had staffed it, inAIfI* • dicated they did not have suffi• cient priests to continue. The.closing of St. William's Parish, St. '" ,", /?' :...J Elizabeth's and St. Jean Baptist , "I in the Maplewood area resulted in the formation of a new, Holy ,' Trinity Parish sited in the won~.l ~.lZ;' .J /I .: A derfully rebuilt and refurbished ,r 1\ church building that was St. Jean 1\ \ Baptist.

In East Sandwich, ceremonial groundbreaking for the new $7 ~. . million Corpus Christi Parish was held in June. .

In New Bedford, St. Casimir Church, which began as a mission of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, became a chapel in that parish under the administration of priests ' BISHOP SEAN P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., was the principal celebrant at an outdoor Mass in there.

In Attleboro, the Missionaries Kennedy Park in Fall River, culminating the Eucharistic Congress last June ,in the Diocese of of La Salette celebrated the open- . ' .

Fall River. '(AnchotiGordon photo). ing of a new church built on the Yarmouth, hop-scotched the pastoral letters including one urg- Phillipino, Msgr. John J. Regan, site oftheir Shrine, and St. Mary's Father Gerald T. Shpvelton, Fa- in Mansfield broke ground for its length and breadth of the diocese ing protecting the environment.

I The ye,¥ found six men orther Arthur K. Wingate and Fa- new educational center. in a one-day visit to seven of the And in Fall River, the reinod~ off-Cape pilgrimage ~hurches. . dained to ,the priesthood for the ther HenrY K. Kropi\Vnicki. .

Priests marking anniversaries eled chapel ang facilities at SS. A Mass for Peace held on a. diocese: Father Paul Bernier, Fabitter, rainy night in October in ther Scott Ciosek, Father Ramon includ~d, 50 years - Father Peter and Pau.l School on Dover St. Anne's, Fall River, found the Dominguez, Father Andrej Francis B. Connors, and Eudist Street were blessed: Father William Father Louis Levesque; and 25 Two parishes marked anniverchurch with standing room only. Kosanko, During 1999, Bishop Rodrigues' and Father Gerard years - Father William L. Boffa, saries. St. Stephen's in Attleboro Father Kevin J. Harrington, Fa- celebrat¢ its 125th, and Holy O'Malley ~lso wrote four O'Connor. ,.

Family in Taunton And the diocese also lost seven ther Arnold A. Medeiros, Father pastorals which'were published in M. .

The Anchor in their entirety. On priests, Father Evaristo Tavares, . Bruce observed its looth. the issue of racism he wrote "Soli- retired, the former pastor of Our. N e y Ion; Tops among darity: Arduous Journey to the Lady of the Angels Parish, Fall Father Ristories involving Promised Land"; on marriage: River; Father Mark O. Dittami, O. chard M. youth was The "Marriage: An American Crisis";' Carm.; Father Louis J. Joseph, a Roy, Father Anchor staffer T. on vocations: "Vocations: ,retired priest and former chaplain; Jay Mike Gordon's Sacred Hearts Father Daniel R. Maddock, Everybody~s'Business"; on life coverage of the , Perry; Jesuit Father James A. Fat her issues: "For the Love of Life."

World Youth The bishop alSI) struck at the Benson; Father Charles Porada, Herbert T. Day 2000 acFood and Drug Administration's' OFM Conv.; and Fa~er James W. Nichols, and tivities in Father Daniel approval of the early abortion pill Clarke.

Rome from Six priests retired: Msgr. O. Reis. . known as RU-486; and joined Aug. 14-21.

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religious, journalists and many others.

But two such days stood out WASHINGTON - The aging. but still remarkably active especially: World Youth Day in Pope John Paul II was at center August, for which ~ estimated stage of the top story of the Great two million people gathered in Rome for Mass with the pope, and Jubilee of the Year 2000.

The pope, who turned 80 in the Day of Forgiveness in March, May, made a memorable jubilee- when the pope led a reconciliayear pilgrimage to the Holy Land tion service asking forgiveness of in March. Images of him praying those harmed in the name of the at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Church. .

Also evoking wide interest was and placing a message there with a trembling hand moved Catho- his invitation to religiollsleaders lic-Jewish relations to a new level everywhere to submit names of Christian martyrs of the 20th cenworldwide.

In Rome he hosted almost in- . tury, including non-Catholics, for a special jubilee ceremony .comnumerable special jubilee days for families, the elderly, teachers, memorating all such witnesses to health workers; priests, bishops, the faith in one of history's bloodiest centuries. ........ . . . - - - -.........--n....----, Besides his visit to Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Pope John Paul made two other foreign trips. He visited Egypt Feb. 24-26, where he met for the first time with Pope Shenoudah ill, patriarch of the world's Coptic Orthodox Christians.

He went to Fatima; Portugal, May 12-13 to beatify Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the three shepherd children who saw visions of Mary there in 1917.

At the end of the -=__ beatification Mass A TAPESTRY showing the image of the Vatican secrePope John XXIII hangs from the facade of tary of state, CardiSt. Peter's Basilica Sept. 3. He was bea~i- nal Angelo Sodano, fIed aIong Wit. h P ope P'IUS IX an d tree h revealed the conother tents of the third Churchmen at a ceremony led by Pope secret of Fatima.

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. THE CHURCH and the Pro-Life movement lost a great leader when Cardinal- John J. O'Connor passed away last May. Here the cardinal celebrates Mass with Bishop O'Malley at a Pro;Life Mass in Fall River in 1996. (AnchorfJolivet photo)

He said part of it described the gunning down of a "bishop clothed in white," which the pope interprets as a reference to the 1981 attempt on his life.

In August the United Nations observed the year 2000 with a Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders, bringing together hundreds of representatives of all major religious traditions.

The jubilee year made a major mark in the secular world as well, as the international movement to relieve the external debt of the world's most heavily indebted poor countries made 2000 the target year to achieve its goal.

Near year's end a long-recalcitrant U.S. Congress made a major contribution to the effort by appropriating $435 million to fully fund the U.S. share of the multilateral debt" relief package for the next year.

As the'debt relief campaign gained momentum, it also brought new attention to the immense human and economic devastation caused by AIDS in Africa, home to most of the world's heavily indebted poor countries.

A large number of B.S. Catholic dioceses and religious orders took the jubilee concept of debt forgiveness to' heart for themselves as well, writing off part or all of many of their 10lU\s to poor parishes and' charitable agencies.

America got a new saint in 2000: St. Kathanne Drexel, the Philadelphia heiress who founded the Blessed Sacrament Sisters. St. Katharine, who died 'in 1955 at age 96, used her $20. million inheritance to found schools and missions for African-Americans and Native Americans. She was canonized Oct. 1.

Pope John Paul also canonized St. Mary Faustina Kowalska, originator of Divine Mercy devotion, 27 Mexican'martyrs and 120 Chinese martyrs, many of whom were killed in the Boxer Rebellion.

Among those he beatified during the year were two of his predecessors, Popes John xxm and . Pius IX. Two more contrasting minds and personalities would be hard to imagine.

In a little over 22 years aspontiff, Pope John Paul has declared 446 people saints - far more than the previous 16:popes combined, who from 1588 to 1978 declared 295 saints.

His growing health difficulties - stemming mainly from an advancing central nervous disorder that causes hand tremors, a shuffling gait, facial rigidity and slurred speech -led to increased speculation that after seeing the Church into the third millennium Turn to page 13 - World

POPE JOHN Paul II kneels with Anglican Archbishop George Carey (right) and Orthodox Metropolitan Athanasios at the Holy Door of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome last .

January. The pope and other church leaders made significant steps last year on the road to better relations with other Christian churches. (CNS file photo from Reuters)

1.JUBILEE YEAR Celebrations for fomi.liea. the elderly. Ieochers. health workers. clergy. religious, journalists and o1JuJrs took ploce cR the VcRicGn. Religious leaders were crediIed oa a force behind the success of debt relief for poor countries.

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eNS book .revie,w THE IMAGE OF CHRIST,

by Gabriele Finaldi. The National Gallery and Yale University Press (London; New Haven, Conn., 2000). 224 pp., paper.

REVIEWED BY MAUREEN DALY

CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

About one-third of the paintings in the National Gallery in London are of Christian subjects. ' "Yet if a third of our pictures are Christian; many of our visitors are

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not," wrote gallery directOF Neil MacGregor in his introduction to "The Image of Christ~" This beautiful book w'as published to accompany a year 2000 exhibit at the National Gallery explaining the meaning of many of the famous' Christian images in the collection.

A new trend in museum exhibitions is to group artworks by subject rather than by the artist or the period in which they were created. "The Image of Christ" book follows this organization. Gabriel Finaldi, curator of later Spani~h and Italian painting at the gallery,

worked with five other educators and curators from the museum to assemble the ~xhibit and create this enduring inform~tive book.

The works are divided into seven chapters. The first, sign and symbol, explains symbols like the shepherd, the fish, the vine and the "IHS." The second, the dual natu're, shows pictures that emphasize Christ's humanity - infancy portraits and natIvity and circumcision scenes. The third, the true likeness, deals with representations over the years, of what Christ really looked like, such as an hyper-realistic painting ofVeronica's.veil and an engraving of the public exhibition of the Shroud of Turin..

Next, passion and compassion looks at how im-. ages of the suffering Christ were used to inspire human compassion for others. Fifth, praying' thl< p~sion focuses on images of the Crucifixion as aids for meditation and repentance. The saving body deals with the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist and as a nearly nude figure on the cross or newly risen from the dead. The final chapter is the abiqing presence - images of Christ's presence among us for all time.

"The Image of Christ" has nearly 200 illustrations in 224 pages, many in full color. The layout of the book is so orderly, with explanations facing the relevant illustration, and the writing is so focused on the meaning of the art thatthis lO-by-lO inch book could , be used'as an aid to meditation as well as instruction in art history.

The book is a treasure.

TOM HANKS stars in film "Cast Away" where tie is isolated on, a remote island after his plane crashes. For a brief review of th.is.film, s~e below, (CNS photo from 20th Century Fox)

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"Cast Away" (20th Century Fox) Finely crafted drama in which a harried businessman (Tom Hanks) is transformed after sur'viving a plane crash that leaves him stranded on an uninhabited island for four years before he makes a . daring escape in hopes of returning to the woman (Helen Hunt) he loves. With Hanks' superb performance at its center, director

Robert Zemeckis movingly probes what matters most when someone is stripped of his everyday life and possessions. A violent accident and im instance of profanity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II - adults and adolescents.

The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 - parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate.for children under 13.

."The House of Mirth" (Sony Classics) Enticing adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel about turn-of-thecentury New York society where a beautiful young woman (Gillian Anderson) falls from grace while desperately seeking to marry well.'

Director Terence Davies delicately probes the, woman's inexorable downfall as she tries to hold on to her.principles in the face of hypocritical social strictures. Restrained sexual innuendo and a suicidal act.

The U.S, Catholic Conference classification is A-II - adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture As-

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sociation of America rating is PG - parental guidance suggested.

"Traffic" (USA) Powerful thriller that intersects four stories concerning the inter)lational drug trade including that of a recently appointed an.ti-drug czar (Michael Douglas) dealing with his addicted teen-age daughter (Erika Christensen) and a Mexican border policeman (Benicio Del Toro) confronted with the temptations of money and ·power. Director Steven Soderbergh's stunning visual virtuosity and the s~el­ lar ensemble performances create a stark picture of greed, corruption' and social decay where for every triumph, there is a parallel setback and the pattIe begins again.

Intermittent drug use; some'violence, a few sexual encounters, brief nudity, sqme profanity and constantroug~ language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV - adults. with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R restricted.

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'eNS home video capsule reviews NEW YORK (CNS) - The following are home videocassette reviews from the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting. Each videocassette is avail-, able on VHS format. Theatrical movies on video have a U.S. Catholic Conference classification and Motion Picture Association of America rating. All revie~s indicate the appropriate age group for the video audience.

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sci-fi thriller in which a psychologist (lenni- . fer Lopez) uses radical drug therapy to explore the uncO!1scious mind of a comatose, schizophrenic killer hoping to save his latest victim who is hidden in a boobytrapped cell. Stunning surreal visuals don't make up for director Tarsem's weak narrative with minimally developed characters and little suspense. Disturbing violence and sexual images, some nudity and occasional rough language with fleeting profanity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV - a'dults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted. (New tine)

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"Holiday Inn" (1942)

musical romance in which two veteran songand-dance men (Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire) fall for the same woman (Marjorie Reynolds) while performing together in a rural inn open only on holidays. Directed

by Mark Sandrich, the slim plot mainly provides an amiable context for Astaire's eye-fetching dance numbers and Crosby's crooning some pleasant Irving Berlin songs, including "White Christmas" for the first time. Romantic

complications. The U,S. Cathoiic Conferenc~ classification isA-I - general patronage. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. (Universal)

Association of America rating is R (DreamWorks)

"Loser" (2000) .

Lame romance in which. a sweetly nerdy college student (Jason Biggs) pines over a classmate (Mena Suvari) who is foolishly involved with their snooty literature professor (Greg Kinnear). Writer-director Amy Heckerling's bland blend of teen angst tinged with a few frail comic moments is instantly forgettable. An implied affair, fleeting violence, crass expressions and an instance of rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conferenc~ classification is A-III - adults. The Motion Picture' Association of America rating is PG-13 - parents are strongly cau'tioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (Columbia TriStar) "Road Trip" (2000) Raunchy comedy in which four college students take a raucous jaunt from New York to Texas in pursuit of a videotape accidentally mailed to a girlfriend of one of the students that shows him being unfaithful. Director Todd Phillips' gross-out humor film has a brainless plot that portrays higher education as an excuse for drunken and lewd behavior with an onslaught of tedious vulgarities and inane sight gags that only add to the nausea factor. Several sexual encounters, sporadic nudity, intermit. tent drug use, comic depiction of suicide and recurring rough language. The U.S. Catholic Co,:!ference classification is 0 - morally offensive. The Motion Picture

Slick action dram'a about a New York City police detective (Samuel L. Jackson) who must trock down the only witness (Toni Collette) to a racially motivated murder to bring a slippery rich-boy killer (Christian Bale) to justice. Brutality and sharp street language tarnishes'director John Singleton's update to the 1971 original that otherwise provides magnetic performances and an absorbing narrative loaded with twists and surprises. Recurring violence, constant rough language, -and fleeting shadowy nudity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV - adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of Americ.a rating is R - restricted.'

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"Shaft" (2000)

"Small Time Crooks" (2000) Diverting comedy in which a failed bank robbery unexpectedly leads to a fortune for an ex-con dishwasher (Woody Allen) and his manicurist wife (Tracey Ullman), gradually threatening'their marriage when they develop different interests. Writer-director Allen moyes from a genial if forgettable tale about hapless crooks to contrasting a stubbornly uncultured husband with his suddenly social-climbing wife. Comic treatment of crime, a few sexual references and occasional profanity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III - adults. The Motion Pictu~e Association of America rating is PG parental guidance suggested. (DreamWorks)

Books of interest to Catholic readers

By Lou PANARALE CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

Here is a list of books of particular interest to Catholic readers. ~'Living God's Word," by Father David Knight, St. Anthony Messenger Press, 286 pp. This book will tell you what the Sunday and weekday Gospel readings are so you can look them over ahead of time, see the context, in which they are found and come to Mass prepared to absorb what you hear. To help us integrate the Gospel into our everyday lives Father Knight, pastor of Sacred He.art Church in Memphis, Tenn., provides sections called "Living This Week's Gospel," with five suggested responses to make to the Sunday Gospel each week.

"The Liturgy Betrayed,'" by Denis Crouan, Ignatius Press, (translated from French), 121 pp.

French theologfan Crouan attempts to show causes of the liturgical crisis that he views as aftlicting the Catholic Church. His solution is not to argue for a return to the past or prom'ote arbi0

trary innovations regarding liturgical celebration. Rather, he champions a restoration of the in. dividual authority of the bishops in bringing about the proper application 'of liturgical principles as set forth in Vatican II's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy.

"Ending Elder Abuse," by Diane S. Sandell' and Lois Hudson, QED Press, 204 pp.

Sandell's 91-year-oid mother was severely beaten in a nursing home in California. She died six weeks later and the home was never cited for abuse. Along with professional writer Hudson, Sandell makes an important statement about a national disgrace occurring in elder care facilities. Not only is this a timely book that opens our eyes to the horrors of elder abuse, it also offers positive steps to bring the nightmare to an end.

"The Pocket Canons: Books of the Bible," second in a series of a boxed set of 10 books ,(booklets, actually) from Grove Press, taken from the King James Bible. Each booklet, titled after o

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a book of the Bible, and running anywhere from 32 to 200 pages, encourages the reader to approach the Bible as the literary .work it was intended to be. Most assuredly not the stuff for the serious biblical scholar or student, but just fine for the rest of us who are looking for a fresh approach in getting to know more about the world's most inspiring work of literature.

"Lourdes: Body and Spirit in, the Secular Age," by Ruth Harris, Penguin Putnam, 474 pp. This book came out nearly a year ago but bears mention at this time, for it is possibly the definitive account, of the m.agisterial history of the world's greatest Catholic healing shrine. Beautifully written, Harris never forgets the human dimension of this complex story. She writes about Lourdes with an eye for detail without sacrificing sensitivity and passion and without getting caught up in the syrupy sentimentality that other books have done on Lourdes.

Panarale is book review coordinatorfor Catholic News Service.

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Catechists and Christian teachers must support the family, he said, and "encourage in young people a sense of vocation."

"Their task is to guide the young generations toward discovering the plan of God for them, cultivating in them the readiness, when God calls them, to turn their lives into'a gift for that mission," the pope t0ld teachers.

Consecrated people, said the pope, also can help young people find God by their "wit-

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"May the presence and the service of consecrated persons open the hearts and the minds of young people to horizons of hope filled with God, and may this presence and service teach them humility, and liberality in loving and in serving," he said.· "In a certain sense," wrote the pope, "love is the DNA of the children of God; it is the holy vocation by which we have been called." .

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Problems in.religious life linked to too little . focus o'n God

By ANN CAREY

Religious thus must redirect their lives more toward God ST. LOUIS - Problems in "consciously, consistently, exreligious life such as rising plicitly," Sister McDonough ages, fewer vocations and loss' said. And if this relationship of identity stem from a crisis with God is substantive, "What in faith that focuses too much matters to God will matter to on humans and too little on us. That's how it is with people God, ·accordi.ng to a panel of who love each other. men and women religious.

"So we care about education The panelists were participat- and illiteracy, about abortion ing in· virtually identical - the ultimate disadvantage is BISHOP SEAN P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., shares a laugh with seminarians at a prior Ser:niday long programs for members not being allowed to be born," narian ~onvocation at Sacred Heart Retr~at Center in Wareham. (Photo courtesy of Father of various religious orders in she said. "The hOmeless, Craig A. Pregana) Philadelphia in Nov.ember and abused children will matter; violence will matter; the spiriSt. Louis in October.

Marist Father Albert DiIanni, tually starving will matter to a philosopher and former us.~' Co,!tinuedjrom page one Marist vicar general who is voAnd this witness will in turn cations director of,the North- show others that God is the involvement in parish life. pose the question, "Have.you ever whose meq1bers focus on prayeast province ofMarists in Bos- goal toward which all hails, Typically, 'a vocation matures thought about a vocation?" The ing for vocations within the parton, told the participants that she said. over time as the young person challenge and the question re- ish. Some attend Mass once a after the 17th century, religious Sister Eleace King, an Im- becomes more involved in the main. month to pray for vocations. Anmen and women mov«d away maculate Heart of Mary Sister work of the Church. It may beHaye you recently posed that other small group gathers to pray from living for the pure love who is director of education for gin with serving at Mass, then question to a young person? If so, the rosary before Mass one day.a of God and focused instead on the Diocese of Bridgeport, helping in religious education, or you may have well planted the' week. Still others host a monthly their' own perfection and ·self- Conn.~ spent five years at the being involved in the parish youth seed of a vocation in the heart of holy hour to ask the Holy Spirit improvement. .. Center for Applied Research in group. a future priest, religious or dea- to continue to call men and After the Second Vatic'an the Apostolate at Georgetown On thing has emerged in the con. You may have helped them women from this time and place Council, theologians began to University in Washington re- vocations search, the realization to acknowledge that God is invit- to serve God's people. criticize this perfectionist style searching the qualities that at- that young people who. serve in ing them to ministry. You may What is your parish doing to of religious life as too il)di- tract people to religious' orders. liturgical roles :ire likely to con- have helped the Church in meet- . pray for vocations? What are you vidualistic, he said.

She told participants that ev- sider a vocation. These potential ing the needs of a new genera- doing? .

Thus, the focus of many re- ery job done by religi.o·us is vocations are usually found help- tion.

Father Pregana can be ligious orders moved "from an done well somewhere by some- ing at parish suppers or festivals. . There is no cost in asking t1ie . reached by contacting the Vocaindividualistic spirituality fixed one who is' not a religio.us, with Perhaps they see their parents or question - but we will only pay tion Office, Diocese of Fall River, on an otherworldly salvation, the exception of the priesthood. older siblings actively involved in the price if we do not ask. .

450 Highland Avenue, P.O. Box to a social prophetic spiritual- What attracts young people to parish "tife. . , I ask you to consider how your 2577, Fall River, MA 02722ity intent on creating a better religious orders is not their These young men and women parish supports the work of vo- 2577; by calling (508) 675-1311, world on earth by struggling for work, she concluded, but rather may be interested in giving not cation ministry. extension 240; by FAX at (508) systemic change, especially for their way of life. only their time but their lives to There are a number of parishes 730-2887; or by E-Mail at the poor and the marginalized."

She identified four essential serving God's people. To them we. with a Vocations Committee Vocations@dioC-fr.org.

However, thi s view· of reli- characteristics of religious or. gious life merely. replaced the ders that· continue to attract' focus on s~lf with focus on so- new candidates: a visible, tan, ciety and thus retained a "hori- gible identity that makes the zontal spirituality" centered on group recognizable to those humans. who are not·members; faithFor a true renewal of reli- fulness to the order's spiritual gious life, Father DiIanni said, tradition; a life of prayer SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The president of St. (held) the Church in good stead in times of diffi"Men and women religious common and private; and a Patrick's Seminary in Maynooth, Ireland, tol~ a Sac- culty ... was that it had a clergy that could articumust focus clearly on the ado- community life. ramento gathering that deeply spiritual and well- late the faith." ration and service of God as Sister Liptak noted that men . educated priests are. needed now more than ever, Msgr.Farrell said priests today need "greatdepth • their principal motive of being and women religious have a re- not only in the United States but in his own coun- in spirituality" and more years of preparation for togeth~r, and teach that focus sponsibility to value the'ir his- try. the pries~hood than in the past. . to others. From this, all else tories and to be inspired by the While priestly vocations in Ireland have declined, Msgr. Dermot Farrell visited Sacramento to help the structures and the mission same initiative, ingenuity and . raise'funds to maintain and modernize St. Patrick's St. Patrick's currently has 107 major seminarians - will follow, and without it zeal displayed by the .people to help keep it "not only our heritage but also our studying for ordination, he said. all else will falter." who originally founded their legacy," he said.

"The sad thing in Ireland today is that vocations . Dominican Sister Elizabeth orders .

The priest noted that many parishes and schools' are not as plentiful as they were 30 or 40 '01' 50 McDonough, a canon lawyer Joining the panel of speak~ throughout the United States were founded and years ago," he continued. "There are many factors and professor of theology at ers in Philadelphia was Chris- staffed by priests trained at St. Patrick's, the Irish' for the decline, but priests are still needed."

Mount St. Mary's Seminary in tian Brother Joseph Mahon, national Catholic seminary. He said an .estimated Msgr. Farrell saict the seminary's surveys of its Emmitsburg, Md., said that the who works in the formation 4,000 Irish-born, Irish-educated priests now serve students point to the crucial role that priests play in primacy of love for God is program of the Baltimore Dis- in the United States. promoting vocations. . . "good news" for all people, and trict of De La Salle Christian "Some years ago, we did a survey of our own "We are particularly proud of the contribution . for religious in particular.

Brothers. He also is on staff at Ireland has made to building up the faith in the seminarians, looking at the roots of their vocations," "God created us knowingly the San Miguel School in United States," he said. he said. "One of the things that emerged was 73 . and freely out of love, re- Camden, N.J. He added that the Catholic Church in Ireland, percent said their local parish priest or assistant pasdeemed us for the same reason, Christian Brother Lawrence like the Church in many places around the worla, is tor was the most influential person in terms of desustains us for same reason, al- Humphrey, president of Chris- facing troubled times. veloping their v~cation to the priesthood. If there ways acts on our behalf out of tian Brothers College High "The Church in Ireland is under a certain amount are no priests there are no sacraments. No priest, no love," Sister McDonough said. School in St. Louis, was among of attack by various elements both within itself and . Eucharist. .

"God wants to engage us as per- the St. Louis panelists. externally, from people who are hostile to the faith," "In that sense every priest - whether we like it sons,wants to converse with us, The programs were spon- he said. "There is a certain decline in the practice or not - is a promoter of vocations," Msgr. Farrell embrace us, bring us home to sored by Our S~nday Visitor of the faith. . said. "Vocation directors channel vocations after him forever." And no person is Institute, the Knights of Co"One thing is certain - that when the faith is they have been unearthed, developed and nursed left out unless he or she wants lumbus and the dioceses in under attack one needs to look at the history of by the priest in the parish and obviously by parto be, she said. which they were presented.

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At a moving memorial service in October, Catholics and Jews joined at St. Stanislaus' Church to remember Kristallnacht, the Nov. 19, 1938 Nazi pogrom against Jews that launched the beginning of World War II's Holocaust.

An ecumenical proposal found Christian churches throughout the Catholic diocese launching ,a daily Bible reading program. Members. of val'ious Christian communities also joined a· Millennial Ecumenical Service at St. Mary's Cathedral. .

Five buses carrying 250 Catholics from the diocese joined Bishop O'Mailey in the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C.; the diocese's Boy Scouts hosted a regional camp meeting that drew 4,000 Scouts to North Falmouth, and at March ceremonies, 55 Boy and Girl scouts were honored at awards ceremonies.

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Day for Consecrated Life in St. Mary's Cathedral; syndicated columnist George Weigel's columns began running in The Anchor, as did "Senior Issues" a column by Nancy Boland Johnson, a parishioner of Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville; and a study suggested expanding Catholic Schools on Cape Cod and adding a new high school.

The Sisters of Mercy marked 150 years of service in the area; the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne observed their centennial; and New Bedford's Sisters of the Resurrection marked their founding centennial. The permanent deacons in the diocese formed an e'Xecutive council, and six deacons traveled to Rome to celebrate the Jubilee Year for Deacons at St. Peter's Basilica; Father Robert Rochon received the National Pastoral Ca're award; the diocese launched an official website, fallri verdiocese.org.

Marking anniversaries of service were Sisters of St. Joseph Sister Germaine Gendron and Sister Elizabeth of the Trinity Marcotte.

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Association presented its Aristides de Sousa Mendes Award to Bishop O'Malley, citing his kindness and compassion to the Portuguese community.

The bishop was also the recipient of the Knights of Columbus' The Lantern Award for patriotism.

Bishop O'Malley was the guest speaker at a meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held in Fall River.

The Univers"ity of Massachusetts Dartmouth, presented Bishop O'Malley with an honorary doctorate in humane letters - at its June commencement exercises.

State Rep. Michael Rodrigues was presented the 2000, Parents Alliance for Catholic Education Award; and area Cape Verdeans from the diocese celebrated their independence at a special liturgy; and "Encuentro 2000" a four-day cultural exchange for Catholics in Los Angeles, Calif.; the Holy Name Society held its regional meeting at Espirito Santo School parish here; and the Men's Min~ istry held a conf~rence in Taunton.

St. Louis de France Parish,

Swansea, observed its patron's feast and blessed a new shrine; and the Red Mass celebrations honoring members of the justice system found the St. Thomas More Award presented to Judge James O'Neill of the Nantucket District Court; Atty. Kathleen A. Snow of Barnstable; Gloria M. Arruda of New Bedford, head administrative assistant of the Probation Department; and ecumenical recipient, Fall River District Court Judge Aileen Hirschman Belford.

More than 300,000 youth, including many from this diocese, attended the Pi Igri mage 2000 day of spiritual renewal at Boston's Fenway Park; Brother of Christian Instruction Robert Francoeur retired after 59 y'ears of instructing; and SaintAnne's Hospital reported $5 million in gifts.

Mary Jane Owen, the wen known, partially blind, deaf; and disabled executive director of the National Catholic Office for Persons with Disabilities hosted a conference in Hyannis; the Diocesan Co.uncil of Catholic Women held its 46th annual convention and offered workshops; Cape Cod parishes hosted a series on life issues as well as parishes in Fall River; and the Bristol County Sheriff's Office gave a testimonial for prison chaplain,

Sacred Hearts Father Matthew Sullivan.

Ninety-four men and women were awarded Marian Medals for service to the diocese, and 50 young women were presented at the annual Bishop's Ball at the Venus de Milo in Swansea. , The New England Catholic Nurses held its 41 st annual conferenc'e from 70 parishes gathered at St. Mary's Cathedral to observe marriage jubilees from 25 to 62 years; Harvard Professor Mary Ann Glendon was keynote speaker for a Pro-Life Convention held at St. Julie Billiart in North Dartmouth; and a Vespers Service ushered in World AIDS Day. .

December found the Kitchen Angels from St'. Peter the Apostle Parish in Provincetown clothing, feeding, and giving toys to 37 children from 64 families in their area and Truro; St. Bernard's Church and the United Church of Assonet were teaming for a month-long "Christmas in the Village" program aimed at helping families keep Christ in Christmas; and the Bishop's Charity Ball was making its final plans for the Jan. 12 event.

Finally, The Anchor celebrated the first year of the millennium by adapting to color print.

a major statement urging Jews to reevaluate their attitudes towards Christial'!lo in light of significant changes in Christian attitudes toward Jews a.nd Judaism.

Catholic-Anglican relations got a major boost in May when Archbishop George Carey of Canterbury~ primate of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy, president of the, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, convened a meeting of Catholic and Anglican bishops from 14 countries to pray and brainstorm on how to move

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Among noted religious figures who died in 2000 was Cardinal John J. O'ConliOr of New York. The cardinal, who turned 80 in January and was the oldest active U.S. bishop, died of can- . cer May 3.

In M.arch Father Daniel Coughlin, Chicago archdiocesan vicar for priests, became the first Catholic to hold the post of House chaplain, ending a four-month quagmire replete with accusations of anti-Catholicism after the House majority leadership had rejected the original first Catholic nominee for that post.

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he might become the first pope among victims of numerous antisince St. Celestine V,in 1294 to Christian attacks in parts of In-. end his papacy by resignatioJ:lin- dia and Indonesia, especially 1n stead of death. ~ Indonesia's Molucca Islands, Two longtime U.S. Catholic where Islamic paramilitary leaders in gay. ,ministry, groups were repprtedly holding Salvatorian Father, Robert hundreds of Christians hostage, Nugent and School-Sister of trying to, force them to convert Notre Dame Jeannine Gramiok under threat of death.

- who were banned from all For Americans, Florida was gay ministry in 1999:"- were constantly in the news from called to Rome arid ordered to January to June with the painstop speaking publicly about the fully protracted case of Elian Vatican investigation that led to Gonzalez, the six-year-old Cuthe 1999 ban. ".: ban boy involved in a politicsRapid developm~nts in genet- laden custody battle between his ics also posed new cha)lerrgesfor Miami:relatives and his father in Church teachings iti2000: I , . ~ '. '&tiba·. .

Completion of the Human GeSome religious leaders, innome Project, a computer.ized cluding Catholic bishops, used mapping of the entire human ge- the occasion to restate their opnetic structure, gave rise to new position to the continuing U.S. hopes of cures for genetic dis-.· trade embargo against Cuba, eases. . which they' argue hurts the The pope and Catholic.moral people there, not the governtheologians condemned British. ment. and U.S. decisions to'allow theraPublic policy issues of conpeutic procedures using embry- cern to the U.S. bishops in 2000 onic stem cells, which involves included the death penalty, pardestruction of embryos; instead . tial-birth abortion, the introducof adult stem cells. ! ,tion of the RU-486 abortion pilI, On the world scene, the erup-' crime and criminal justice, astion of new Israeli-Palestinian sisted suicide and the treatment fighting in the Middle East at the of immigrants. end of September threatened to Congress again passed a Parreverse the hard-won gains of ' .tial-Birth Abortion Ban Act and years of peace negotiations. In Prt<sident Clinton again vetoed it.

Africa, Eritrea and Ethiopia were That decision provoked a 'brief at war. Civ'il war and guerrilla but strongly worded statement by struggles continued in several the bishops in November saying other countries, including the high court has brought the Angola, Burundi, Congo, Sierra nation's legal system "to the Leone, Sudan and Uganda, while brink Of endorsing infanticide." protracted drought threatened the Other major Church events lives of millions in Ethiopia So- emerging from Rome in 2000 inmalia, Djibouti, Eritrea and parts cluded publication of a dec laraof Kenya and Sudan. tion on Christ and the church, Catholic missionaries were "Dominus lesus," by the Vatican

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and issuance of a new General Instruction ef the Roman Missal, by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments. . The new instruction on the· missal, the first revision in 25 years, set new rules or revised or clarified existing rules for priests, ministers and people celebrating Mass. One of the most notable areas of advance was in Catholic-Jewish relations. A first international Catholic·Jewish theological dialogue was held in June. In September a group of prominent Jewish leaders issued

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STUDENTS AND faculty from Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, recently helped local author Andre Garant produce the cover of his new children's book liThe Kid from North Park." From left are: Jim Rusconi, graphic arts director; Senior Joshua Santos; author Garant; and history teacher Jason Kenney. Senior Kevin Howard al~o helped with the.project.

STUDENT COUNCIL members from Saint Margaret Regional School, Buzzards Bay, recently presented a check for $688.50 to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as a result of student. fund-raising. From left are Danielle Gilmore, Amanda Teehan, Mary Bondarek, Shannon Salerno and Tanya Fox.

FIFTH:.GRADERS from St. ~argaret's Regional School learned about wildlife programs and the environment recently when they were visited by Eileen Sonnenberg of the National Resources and .Environmental Conser;. . . vation Program.

JUSTIN RAINVILLE, a parishioner of Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus parish, New Bedford, recently coordinated a food drive and blood drive as part of an Eagle Scout· project. He succeeded in raising 3.0 pints of blood and over 400 pounds of food for those in need. He is a member of Boy " ""''.'''-' Scout Troop 5.

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Why teens should care about abortion

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calls you to. If you say you're.a Christian, you're admitting the Why should you even'care about strange and wonderful fact that ev"Roe vs. Wade"? eryone on the planet is related to you Is there a reason you should con- and that everyone's pain is your concern yourself for even one second cem. with the fact that as of Jan. 22, aborSure, you havc to pick YOllr tion has been le' battles. Not any gal in the United . .- - - - - - - - -. . . one of us C,ill give timc, energy and States for 28 ,r~-::l' years? ' :.. -,"" I prayer tel evcry one of the world's Well, if you've 'of been or know problems and every aspect of husomeone who's been pregnant and man suffering. wondered what to FOR YOUTH â&#x20AC;˘ ABOUT YOUTH But we can't do about it, of shut aU of them course it has a lot to do with you. out either.

So there's your answer to the But even if you've been untouched by an unexpected pregnancy, legal question at the top of this column.

Why should you care? abortion is something you should Because when you talk about care about.

In a way, abortion is sort of like abOltion, you're,not talking about . any "issue" out there that seems dis- numbers and vague statistics, and you're not even talking about sometant but really isn't.

There are starving and malnour- thing called "choice." You're talkished kids all around the globe, from ing about real people.

You're talking about women and millions dead in North Korea just over the past few years to victims of girls, deeply loved by the same God who loves you, who find themselves famine and war in Africa. in tenibly difficult situations, who Should you care?

Even though those victims don't, toss and tum at night feeling scared, make the front page of the newspa- unsupported, alone and trapped.

You're talking about those same per very often, war still exists, and women and girls who are sorely its victims still suffer. tempted to fix their problem by reShould you care?

Right in your town, there are ~orting to violence. And you're talkchildren and young people in hos- ing about the victims of that viopital beds, fighting terminal illnesses. lence - real kids, living at peace There are the walking wounded, inside their moms, growing at an victims of emotional, physical and amazing rate, hearts beating strongly, sexual abuse. . full of potential and - get this - I Even if they've never touched mean, really think about it: tiny little you personally, is there a reason you children loved by God. It happens all around you. In your should care?

LOrd, when did we ever s~ you. town, in your neighborhood and in hungry and feed you or thirsty and your school.

So sure,'you should care. give you a drink?

Why? Sound familiar?

I guess because Jesus does.

Does that maybe answer our Shouldn't that be good enough for question about caring?

The fact is, if you say you're a any of us?

Whenever you did this for one Christian, what you're saying is that you operate on a different kind of of the least important ofthese brothmoral plane from ~e one the world ers of mine, you did it for me!

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FIREFIGHTERS BRIAN Messier and Wayne Oliveira of the Fairhaven Fire Department speak to students at Saint Joseph School about fire prevention and safety tips. The presentation incl~ded a fire safety video and a chance for students to examine firefighting equipment.

New Christian video series aims at 'Veggie Tales' alum,ni ByTRICIA HEMPEL CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

CINCINNATI - Big Idea, the Chicago-based Christian video company that has found amazing success with its "Veggie Tales" series', has launched a new animated series aimed at the age group that has outgrown "Veggies."

In "3-2-1 Penguins: Trouble on Planet Wait-Your-Turn," the first offering in the new children's video series, Planet Wait-YourTurn is spinning out of orbit because of the selfish machinations of its leader, whose name is "President No I'm the President."

Seems everyone on the planet is following his lead and has been infected with the, "cutting-infront-of-the-other-pe~son"bug.

The series will follow the adventures of eight-year-old twins Jason and Michelle and their mystical connection with four flying (via spaceship only) penguins.

The penguins are china figurines tionship that has been built with that were a gift from their grand- children at an earlier age. father to their grandmother, but "We didn't wilnt to get them something makes them come alive to age eight or nine and say, 'See (imagination, perhaps?) for the ya,'" he said. Like "Veggies," the "3-2-1 Penguins" serie~maintains twins.

Jason and Michelle will be fly- a biblical world view and proing off on adventures with Zidgel, motes Judeo-Christian values.

Fidgel, Midgel and Kevin in sevBut he sees room in this series eral more videos slated for release , for older children to do a bett~r over the next few years. job of using their imaginations.

In "Trou.ble on Planet Wait- "Kids today don't do a whole lot Your-Turn," Jason and Michelle of imaginary play," he said. "The are sent to stay at their grannyj; scenarios are fed to them." cottage for a week, where they "Entertainment doesn't have find' themselves without video to be gross to be funny," Vischer games, television, and the other mused in an interview with The entertainment tools of their nor- Catholic Telegraph, Cincinnati 'mal lives. They find an old tele- archdiocesan newspaper. "It's rescope, which leads to an argument ally easy to make someone laugh about taking turns, and Jason, in by shocking them. We;ve fallen stumbling upon the penguins, into that in the past 10 years or learns to use his imagination so." again.

But it's not the goal of his comThe goal with "3-2-1 Pen- pany to comply with that, he said. guins," says Big Idea founder Phil "If I stray off course, there are Vi scher, is to maintain the rela- 50 people in'my office the next day, telling me so," Vischer said.

He's been approached by at least one major network to create "Veggie Tales" for Saturday morning programming, but when asked to take out the religious references, Big Idea said a polite "no ~thanks" to the deal. '

ONE OF the creators of the "Veggie Tales" videos for children, Phil Vischer, introduces penguins Zidgel, Fidgel, Midgel and Kevin at the premiere of a new series for older children;, "3-2-1: Penguins," at the Kennedy Space Center in Flori,da.

(CNS photo by Tricia Hempel, Catholic Telegraph)

Vischer credits the company's success to a staff of "people so dedicated to their mission" and insists the company's mission is unchanged: "Creating great stories and characters to help parents raise happy and healthy kids."

His staff has grown from two people seven years ago to more than 200 today, and he admits that several animators from Disney have come to Big Idea for the chance to work for a company that produces values-based materials.

"But we have to be No.1 in . the trust factor," he said with a smile:

Kentucky eighth-grader wins CRS-sponsored art contest BALTIMORE (CNS) - Elizabeth Rabatin, an eighth-grader at St. Martha School in the Archdiocese ofLouisville, Ky., has won first prize in Catholic Relief Services' art contest for children.

"Kindness Without Boundaries" was the theme of this year's "Circle, the World with Love" contest, open to children ages nine to 14, or in grades four through eight.

The goal of the.contest is to engage students in learning about the Baltimore-based CRS and the rnission for its global relief work.

As part ofthe first-place prize, the concept of Rabatin's artwork may appear in theCRScardcoliection for 2001. In addition, she will receive a $250 U.S. savings bond and a "Circle the Wor~d ~th l..?ve" T-shirt.

The Jumor pnze, open only to .:sn,Jdents--jngrades four and five, was won by fifth-grader Danielle Ross

from All Saints School in the Archdiocese ofSeattle; she will receive a $100 savings bond and a T-shirt.

Ten honorable mentions were awarded, with students receiving $50 savings bonds as well as T-shirts.

Honorable mention winners were: Jill Whoberry and Rachel Ball, St. MaItha School, Archdiocese of Louisville; M.B. Gillett, St. Benedict, Archdiocese of Seattle; Anne Grundhoefer, Sacred Heart SchooI,' Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Fla.; Adrienne Dickey, St. Anthony of Padua, Diocese ofTucson, Ariz.; Shannon Murphy, St. Mary's Catholic School, Diocese of Spokane, Wash.; Joey Martin, St. Thomas, Diocese of Cleveland; LeAnn Alstadt, St. Mary's School, Diocese of St. Cloud, Minn.; and Pat Roth and James Miller, St. Mary's Catholic School, Diocese of Spokane..

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Comic book created to promote vocations

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Hatke,' a 2000 graduate 'of materials just don't exist, and was going to be a priest when I . schools.

Vocations Office of .the "Ben and I talk a lot about Lafayette Diocese has come up Christendom College in Front that's why we are trying to fill was in the second grade. A lot with a novel way to teach chil- Royal, Va., illustrated the book that void," Father Doerr said. of that has to do with the influ- how we are fighting the culdren about vocations - a comic and wrote out the text using In"When talking to priests and ence that the religious sisters or ture," Father Doerr said. book. dia ink and a, fountain pen. some of our seminarians I real- the priests have had in our "(Popular) culture has tools like "This is II!y first lives." the media, music, theater and With Bishop William L. Higi's approval, Father Brian major undertaking," r-------------------.., The logical place -the movies. This comic book is Doerr, director of the office, and he told The Catholic to start fostering a a first step in reclaiming our priestly or religious ,culture in a way. We'd like evBen H~tke, a free-lance. artist Moment, Lafayette's and part-time employee, created diocesan newspaper. vocation is with chil- ery child in the diocese who dren, he said, a~d a would like one to have one." a 12-page, pen-and-ink illus- "After we had the comic book seemed It is vital that parents and edutrated book in a business-letter major concept laid to be the right me- cators present vocational options size. out, I just kind of The office had 5,000 copies went page by page." dium. while children are young. Waitprinted and planned to ship them It took him about ' . . . "" The book and ing-until a young person is of age to any diQcesan parish school three weeks, working . . .,,\ other recently com- to 'make a vocational decision is th~t requested some, said Father for a few hours each A I"COl(,AT VOCATICl1tS~ pleted projects, in- too late, Father Doerr said.

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'Vocation Office Fr. Craig A. Pregana, VOCatiOirID D~f~~~"r P.O. Box 2577 Fall River, MA: 02122·2517 . 508..675..1311-·

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"Vocations: Everybody's Business" ,A Pastoral Letter from Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFMCap.

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PARISH VOCATION PRAYER TEAM

How does your parish promote Vocations?