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March is centerpiece of two days of Pro-Life events in Washington By
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WASHINGTON When thousands gather at the Washington Monument at noon January 22 for the 30th annual March for Life, many of them, including hundreds of young adults from the Fall River diocese, might feel they've already ,experienced a full day of Pro-Life . activities. , Although the annual rally on the i National Mall, followed by a . march along Constitution Avenue to the Capitol and the Supreme Court is the focus of the day's events, it is far from the only one commemorating the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe V. Wade and Doe V. Bolton decisions legalizing abortion. And many Catholics, young and old, will also join in the National Prayer Vigil for Life, which begins Tuesday, January 21, with an 8 p.m. Mass in the upper church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. "While it's unfortunate that we even have to be there another year,
what is exciting is that the largest contingent of young people we've ever had. from the Fall River diocese will be taking part," said Marian Desrosiers, assistant director of the Pro-Life Apostolate for the Fall River diocese. "We have 224 young people and 70 adults - including five members of the clergy' - making the trip aboard five buses," Desrosiers reported. The theme for the march is "Affirm the sanctity of each hu-' , man life by word and deed." The youth element includes 28 students from Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, 24 from Coyle and Cassidy High School in Taunton, 57 from Bishop Comiolly High School in Fall ,River; and 102 from Bishop Stang.High School in North Dartmouth; eight from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in. Seekonk, and five from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in New Bedford. This is the lOth year the diocese has mustered young people and adults to join the throng in the nation's capital to be one voice Tum to page 13 - March
, WHEN SCORES of young people from across the Fall River diocese descend upon our nation's capital next week for the annual March for Life, it will m~rk the 10th year of this diocese's involvement, as-~ illustrated by these file photos of past events. This year also marks the 30th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decisioi1legalizing abortion in this country. (Anchor file photos)
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.....·ofllie FATHER GEORGE E. Harrison, left, pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Seekonk, blesses a group of pilgrims as they prepare for an 11-day trip to the diocesan mission in Guaimaca, Honduras. From left: Anthony Potenza, Pam ,Poten;za, Louis Emond (kneeling), Gail Nunes, Margaret Quinn, Donna Castle, Alice Souza, Lucy Soares, Tim Ramey, Julie Ramey, and Sean Lynch. Also going but not pictured are Tony Andrade and Marijanna Lokitis. The suitcases are filled with basic necessities such as peanut butter, napkins, prescription samples, etc. Father Harrison sent the pilgrims off at Mass last Sunday with the theme from Isaiah, "I will go Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart." The group is comprised of parishioners from Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Mary's in Seekonk; St. Peter's, Dighton; Immaculate Conception, Taunton; and St. James, New Bedford. (Photo by Marty Doyle)
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MARION - Sacred Hearts Father Jude Morgan, 80, dormer pastor and U.S. Marine Corps. chaplain? died January 7 at Sippican Nursing Center here. Born Francis Morgan in Fall River, the only child of the late George A., and the late Margaret L. (Sullivan) Morgan, he entered the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts in 1943 in Wareham. He was professed in 1947 taking the religious name Jude. He studied in Washing-
ton D.C., and was ordained a priest Veterans' Administration Hospital in 1950. in New York City. Father Morgan taught at Sacred In 1999 he retired to'the Darnien Hearts Seminary in Wareham and Residence in Fairhaven. later at the Queen ofPeace Seminary , . He is survived by cousins Ann in Jaffrey, N.H. He served at Our Connally Walsh of Mobile, Ala., Lady of Lourdes Parish, Wellfleet Maureen Connally Kilroy of and Holy Trinity Parish, West Somerset, Patricia Bischoff of High Harwich. He often held the position Point, N.C.; and a grandaunt, Catherine Connally of Somerset. of procurator in the Congregation. He served as a U.S. Marine chapHis funeral Mass was celebrated lain on several ships; at Otis Air January 10 in St. Joseph's Church Force Base on Cape Cod; and at the in Fairhaven.
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Trip to Mary's Garden is part ofDCCW's 50th anniversary FALL RIVER - The Fall River Diocesan Council ofCatholic Women celebrates their 50th anniversary of service to the diocese this year. In May, the council will hold its 50th Annual Convention. As parl of the jubilee celebration, council president, Claire B. McMahon, has announced a trip to Washington, D.C., featuring a visit to Mary's Garden at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The garden is a peaceful tribute to Our Lady as described by the plaque presented by the National Co unci I of Catholic Women which reads: "Welcome. You are invited to enter the garden for reflection and rest, meditation on the lives of faithful
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A new hope They are called Latinos, they are from Central and South America and they're here to stay. Throughout New England, the Latinos, along with thousands of Brazilians, are becoming a force that will be recognized in all areas of living and life. Currently they are flocking to the area because they are willing and want to work. Plagued by poverty and injustices in their own lands, they also come here to get a piece of the American pie like so many European immigrants did in the past. They are willing to make sacrifices that many Americans simply ignore. They seek employment in work areas that others refuse to consider. Many now are entering into the world of commerce, opening their own grocery stores, restaurants and other businesses. Citizenship classes are being offered in many communities. Churches are offering services in their native language. Some are now forming political groups that indeed will affect tomorrow's voters. All of this of course is only the beginning of a dramatic changeover in the New England profile. There are some serious problems that many newcomers face in their lives. First and foremost, many are here illegally. Those who are in this situation live very difficult lives. The current feeling in America about all foreign migrations is one full of suspicions and even fear. Homeland security can be oppressive if rights and freedoms are ignored. We should always strive to do what is right and just. We cannot ignore the inherent dignity possessed by each and every person. The poor immigrant on the run becomes a subject of exploitation. So very often such oppression is inflicted by one oftheir own. Others are caught up in business incarcerations that are demeaning and unfair. There is FORMER ILLINOIS DEATH ROW INMATE LEROY ORANGE HUGS HIS DAUGHTER LATONYA AS HE no doubt that we must seek new solutions that would offer our new TALKS WITH THE MEDIA OUTSIDE THE GATES OF THE COOK COUNTY JAIL IN CHICAGO REneighbors a way to become legal citizens. ORANGE AND THREE OTHERS SITTING ON THE STATE'S DEATH ROW WERE GRANTED CENTLY There must be a community social outreach that would encourage immigrants to be a part of the community as a whole. Social PARDONS BY OUTGOING GOV. GEORGE RYAN FOLLOWING HIS UNPRECEDENTED REVIEW OF organizations and churches should sponsor citizenship classes. The CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. (CNS PHOTO FROM REUTERS) process of integrating the immigrant's cultural, ethic and religious ideals should not become a personal hindrance or an obstacle to "NEVER TAKE YOUR OWN REVENGE, BELOVED, BUT LEAVE ROOM FOR THE WRATH social acceptance. In this regard those traditions that are a binding OF GOD, FOR IT IS WRITTEN, 'VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY,' SAYS THE force for so many immigrants must be safeguarded and protected. It is imperative that churches become centers for this important LORD" (ROMANS 12:19). work. Many have become harbors for immigrants because of a welcoming spirit of fellowship. Inclusiveness not exclusiveness should be the basic goal of the Church community. Educational opportunities must be adapted to help young people achieve their goals and objectives. In difficult times schools drop courses that are intended to help immigrant children to adapt to our educational system. Often the most helpless are the first to be shortchanged by educational shortfalls. Our own Catholic' schools should have a special outreach to these children. By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK aimless series of movements, Overzealous parents who drive CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE As numbers grow and people become more united in their atwords and actions, and by this to their children also deprive them tempts to be politically relevant you can be sure new faces will be Referees are quitting, parents develop and realize itself more of the valuable experience of seen in city governments and state legislatures. The political po- are being ejected from sports are- fully.... And because it does not learning by trial and error. When tential for Spanish-speaking Americans is enormous. They have nas, and schools are suspending aim at anything in particular, be- a child succeeds through his or the future ability to be a political force that will impact the Con- their sports programs. The reason, cause it streams unbroken and her own trials and errors, it is not according to a recent Canadian spontaneously forth, its utterance only a wonderful learning expegress and the White House. . By facing this reality, we as a people will continue to be re- report, is that parents have gotten will be harmonious, its form clear rience but great fun, and it can newed in a spirit that is truly American. Those who wish that im- out of control at sporting events. and fine; its expression will of it- lead to that sense of harmony Famigrants would some day go back home are simply burying their Parents scream at the referee self become picture and dance, ther Guardini mentioned. rhyme, melody and song." With most things in life, the heads in sand, blinded to all that is evolving all around them. There when calls go against their chil"Spontaneous" is the notion to more natural we are, the better we dren, at the coach if their children will be struggles and hard times. In the long run, this country will don't get to play and at their chil- focus on in this description. It perform. Unfortunately, many be a better place because of those who dare to hope they one day dren if they don't perform well. describes actions that are per- sports programs are over-regican be citizens of the United State路s. This is not altogether new, formed willingly, naturally, in an mented and so fixed on the glory The Executive Editor however. As a coach when highly unpremeditated and free-flowing of winning and public recognition that they look more like they are organized sports programs .for way. One of the greatest benefits of attempting to breed and train children didn't exist, there were many times I wanted to quit be- sports is to teach children to per- young people as we do with anicause of hysterical parents who form naturally, to be themselves mals. We can't return to the days acted like immature children. This and stay loose. So often when problem is growing with the ex- parents become overinvolved in when children got out on a dirt OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER pansion of sports programs, and. their children's sports, it is be- field, made their own rules and Published weekly by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River if it isn't curbed it could have dire cause of some wish for the chil- let happen what would happen. 887 Highland Avenue P.O. BOX 7 effects on our children. To learn dren to be like the parents were We live in a new generation in Fall River, MA 02720 Fall River, MA 02722-0007 why, let's look at the meaning of or, in some cases, to be what the which sports and play are much Telephone 508路675路7151 FAX 508-675'7048 play according to the renowned parents missed being. Either way, more organized, and I might add, E-mail: TheAnchor @Anchornews.org theologian Father Romano the parents end up ~tifling their much more lucrative. As progresSend address changes to P.O. Box, call or use E-mail address Guardini. . children's free play. sive as we have become, play for children must remain play beWhen this happens children "The child, when it plays, does EXECUTIVE EDITOR not aim at anything. It has no pur- aren't themselves and can't be cause it is extremely important to Rev. Msgr. John F. Moore pose. It does not want to do any- natural. Play that is supposed to their maturing. To deprive them EDITOR NEWS EDITOR OFFICE MANAGER thing but exercise its youthful be fun loses its joy and, worse, of the real meaning of play is to David B. Jolivet James N. Dunbar Barbara M. Reis deny them their true childhood. powers, pour forth its life in an its true meaning.
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30 years too many I love a great rivalry -like the back then as it still is today, is that Red Sox vs. the Yankees; the Bru- aborted babies are not yet human. ins vs. the Canadiens; the Celtics I checked a "Webster's Dictiovs. the Lakers; the Jets vs. the nary" circa 1973 for the definiRaiders; and so on. You get the tion of abortion. The definition picture. And the beauty of such included the phrase "expulsion of rivalries is that they live on in his- a HUMAN fetus." Then I tory - in fact some become bigger than lifethey become folklore. Next week, some will "celebrate" the anniversary of an infamous battle that took place 30 years ago. UnfortuBy Dave Jolivet nately, that rivalry didn't become folklore. Rather, it became a way of life in this country. checked a contemporary version As much as I may hate the of the same publication expecting Yankees, Canadiens and Lakers, omission of the word "human." I it's really alljust a silly game. But was pleasantly surprised to find next week's anniversary sickens it sti 11 there. I guess the "choice" me - Roe vs. Wade. We've people haven't yet polluted the heard the phrase so often it ap- thinking of the literati as they pears to have become folklore. In have many average citizens. 1973, a young, unmarried preg, Side-stepping the semantics nant woman fought the state of issues, the fact is that since 1973, Texas over the law criminalizing nearly 40,000,000 little beings the abortion procedure except with eyes, ears, fingers, toes, when the mother's life was at brains and other assorted human stake. features have been butchered The case went all the way to all in the name of choice. the United States Supreme Court That breaks down to nearly - at which time, the abortion 4,000 per day over the last 30 procedure became legal in this years (10,950 days). country. People cheered the deLet's think about this for a cision across this fair land - a moment. On September 11,200 I, land founded on freedom. the darkest day in the history of Women finally had the right to America, nearly 3,000 Americans choose. To borrow a line from didn't have a choice but to fall John Mellancamp, "Ain't that prey to a small band of terrorists America." in New York, Washington and The pro-choice argument, Pennsylvania.
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These victims had no choice but to become pinned beneath tons of rubble and eventually become erased from the face of this earth as a result of terrorist acts. Not only America, but also the entire world was horrified at the gruesome sights of that infamous day. Yet every day, for the past 30 years, many more Americans fall prey to the vicious, terroristic act of abortion. They too are completely defenseless to the violence. They too are virtually wiped off the face of the earth. The big difference - there's no memory of them to be kept alive in spirit. Next week, thousands of people who haven't bought into the pro-choice rhetoric will descend upon our nation's capital to protest abortion. Hundreds from this diocese alone will make the trip. More and more young people are becoming involved, and eventually that trend will spell doom for legalized abortion in this country. But until then, the horror of the Twin Towers will be relived every day in America only without the worldwide news coverage. For those of us who can't go to Washington next week, how about if we drop to our knees once in a while and pray for the day when the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade will be for Americans, as dark a day as was September II, 200 I. Commellts are welcome at davejolivet@allchorllews.org.
Stories are key way to pass on faith, says Father Greeley By
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CHICAGO - For the record, Father Andrew M. Greeley docs not sec himselfas Bishop Blackie Ryan, the fictional c1etic in the Chicago priest's novels whose intuition helps him heal human hearts while clearing up ecclesiastical mysteries. But the 74-year-old priest, sociologist and author conceded that the character is sometimes his "spokesman." For Father Greeley, religion like life itself - is at root a story. It's the story of the creator who loves the world so much he gave himself up for it. It's the story the priest has tried to illuminate in the more than 30 novels he has written since the late I970s. He attempts to convey the way the love and grace of God operate in a world and a Church that often do their best to ignore them. "I wondered whether novels might be a way to talk about religion in a nonthreatening way, to play the role that stained glass played in the Middle Ages," Father Greeley said in an interview with The Catholic New World, Chicago's archdiocesan newspaper. He said he also wondered if telling stories of faith, "not to educate, not to indoctrinate, not to pound propositions into people's heads-
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but to illuminate, to invite, to enchant them into the world of story would work." Many critics would ar'gue vehemently that they don't. When his first novels were published, they were condemned by many inside and outside the Church for their portrayals of sinful priests and prelates, and what some saw as an unholy obsession with sex. Letters poured in, he said, including many from fellow priests who hadn't read the books. At the same time, literary critics complained ofcardboar'd char'acters and predictable plots. And yet Father Greeley has sold millions of novels and about 60 percent of them have been purchased by Catholics, who see each one as a chance to visit old friends based in and around the priest's Chicago home. Now approaching his 50th anniversar)' as a Chicago priest in 2004, Father Greeley celebrates weekend Masses at St. Mal)' of the Woods Parish in Chicago and at Our Mother of SOITOWS in Arizona, where he teaches one semester a year at the University of Ar.izona. He considers himself a parish priest as well as an academic and an author, even if, as he half-jokes, "my parish is in my E-mail inbox." In his 2000 book "The Catholic Imagination," Father Greeley used
data from various national and international surveys to bolster his claim that the traditional Catholic use of imagery has led to a unique way offinding God and grace in creation, from statues in Churches to movies at the multiplex and to what the priest refers to as "the maniage bed." Indeed, he wrote, the Catholic Church has long affirmed that "sex is a sacrament." Some Church leaders might forget it, or never understand it, he said, but "they can read it in St. Paul." Because sexual love can be a metaphor for the love between God and his people, it often figures into his novels, he said. Sex may sell, but it's the story that seduces, he stressed, because human beings are programmed to understand stories. "We're all storytellers," he said. "Our lives are stories - stories we're telling ourselves. We're the nUITator, the principal character, the author and often the only good person in whole thing." In a 1999 interview with the National Catholic Reporter, a national weekly, Chicago Cardinal Francis E. George noted the "great attention" Father Greeley has g\ven to "the role imagination in the life of faith." The interview is excerpted on the covers of the priest's recent books.
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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River- Fri., January 17,2003
Publicity Chairmen are asked to submit news items for this column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, 02722. Name of city or town should be included, as well as full dates of all activities. DEADLINE IS NOON ON FRIDAYS. Events published must be of interest and open to our general readership. We do not carry notices of fund-raising - activities, which may be advertised at our regular rates, obtainable from our business office at 508-675-7151. FALL RIVER - The "Seniors in Motion" program helps seniors and handicapped individuals obtain mobilily equipment including motorized and manual wheelchairs and is usually available at no cost. For more information call 1-800"
Pro-Life Apostolate for January
21-23. It will include Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. For more information call 508-997 -2290. NEW BEDFORD - The Daughters of Isabella Hyacinth Circle No. 71 will meet January 21 at 7 p.m. at the Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish Center. For more information call Mary Macedo at 508-993 -9179. NEW BEDFORD - Volunteers are needed for the Donovan House, a transitional home for women and children. Share your time, knowledge and skills. Training and ongoing support will be provided. For more information call Debra Kenney of Catholic Social Services at 508-999-5893.
594-1225. FALL RIVER - Father Edward Healey will address the topic "A Second Look at the Second Vatican Council: 40 Years Later." February 9 from 3-5 p.m. at St. Mary's Hall on Second Street. For more information call Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity Sister Catherine Francis at
508-673-2833. FREETOWN - Mother of the Sorrowful Heart Rosary Crafters are actively making and sending handmade cord rosaries to missions throughout the world and are available for demonstrations. Individuals or groups interested in learning how to make rosaries should call Carol Spoor at 508-644-
2645. MASHPEE - The Third Order of Carmelites will meet Sunday at 5:30 p.m. in St. Jude's Chapel at Christ the King Church for prayer, rosary and study. For more information call Dottie Cawley at 508-
NEW BEDFORD - St. Joseph-St. Therese parish invites all to add their recited rosaries to its Rosary Drive for Peace. For more information call Alice Beaulieu at 508-995-2354. NEW BEDFORD - The Franciscans of the Immaculate are seeking volunteers for the Perpetual Adoration at Our Lady's Chapel, 600 Pleasant Street. For more information call Jude Mary at 508-996-
8274. NORTH DARTMOUTH A Divorced-Separated Support Group will meet January 27 from 7-9 p.m. at the Diocesan Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Road. A guest speaker will speak on "Filing Taxes as路a Single or Separated Parent." NORTH FALMOUTH A Cancer Support Group meets at St. Elizabeth Seton every third Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. For more information call 508-563-7770.
477-2798. MISCELLANEOUS - A pilgrimage to our nation's capital for the annual March for Life is being organized by the
WEST HARWICH - The Celebrate Life Committee of Holy Trinity Parish will hold its monthly holy hour January 26 at 1:30 p'.m. at the church.
Detroit auxiliary named coadjutor for Diocese of Oakland, Calif. By
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WASHINGTON Pope John Paul II has named Auxiliary Bishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Oakland, Calif., which is currently headed by Bishop John S. Cummins. As coadjutor Bishop Vigneron,
54, automatically becomes the head of the diocese upon the retirement or death of the current bishop. The appointment was announced in Washington January 10 by Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
The presentation of Jesus. Q. My question concerns that, a pair of turtledoves or pi- , I ,000 years before Christ, and his mother Hannah. the fourth joyful mystery of geons (12:6-8). The extraordinary birth of In remembrance of the exothe rosary, the presentation of the child Jesus in the dus of the Hebrew people from Samuel was promised to his temple. I know the feast is Egypt, every firstborn male was mother; she brought him to the February 2, but what does to be dedicated (presented) to sanctuary at Shiloh and dedithis entail? Does it coincide the Lord and "bought back" or c'ated him to the Lord; Eli blessed Samuel's parwith baptism? Why is :---",,- ents as Simeon blessed it considered a mysMary; and women mintery? (California) istered in the sanctuary,' A. The passage deas did Anna. scribing the presentaFinally, Mary's tion of Jesus' in the Magnificat hymn echtemple (Lk 2:21-40) oes several themes and marks the end of the By Father phrases in Hannah's stories about the birth John J. Dietzen hymn of praise after and infancy of Jesus in Samuel's birth: the Gospel of Luke. Elements of mystery, in our This helps us understand the redeemed with a certain usual sense of the word, are importance of the point Luke amount of money (Nm 18). With this background, it is present in this story as in all makes throughout the passage that Mary and Joseph, as de-' obvious that this Gospel story, events relating to the incarnavout Jews, took care to provide' as others in the infancy narra- tion of the Son of God. This for themselves'and for Jesus all tives, is somewhat ambiguous Greek word can also refer, that,was "in accordance with in several details, possibly be- however, to any rite or occurcause Luke, not being a Jew, rence of religious significance. the law of the Lord" (v. 24). was not intimately familiar with This is the meaning it has for Each event in that story the circumcision and naming of these ancient Hebrew tradi- the Presentation and other Jesus, the purification of Mary tions. But these are the reli- events commemorated in the gious customs observed in the rosary. and the presentation of Jesus A free brochure describing fulfilled age-old requirements presentation of Jesus. It has nothing to do with Christian basic Catholic prayers, be-, of Jewish law. tiefs and moral precepts is According to the Book of baptism. Interestingly, the signifi- available by sending a Leviticus, a mother was ritually unclean for seven days after the cance of these Jewish traditions stamped, self-addressed envebirth of a male child and under- for Luke as he narrates this lope to Father John Dietzen, went purification for 33 days temple scene becomes more Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651. Questions may be sent to more. At the end of those 40 clear when we see how his dedays (80 for female children) scription unmistakably paral- Father Dietzen at the same or E-mail: she was to offer a lamb or, if lels the similar story of the address, the parents could not afford great prophet Samuel, about jjdietzen@aol.com.
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And still I contemplate In these winter days I contem- ing made of stone, but not to the idea of expressing in stone the plate a seven-inch sculpture of the Vetter, a long-time member of the mystery of God's coming to earth Bethlehem scene as I meditate and Marysburg Parish Church of the in human form. pray. I feel a wonder, a connec- Immaculate Conception in Kasota, Vetter took that idea seriously. tion with the earth from its creation nor to Sister Stephen. While his quarries provide stone because of this artistic, for big building projects in the United States and but yet so simple, carvoverseas, such as, curing. I heard about this sculpture from my dear rently, the exterior of the Benedictine friend Sister new National Museum Stephen at the Abbey of of the American Indian for the Smithsonian InRegina Laudis in Bethlehem, Conn. stitution in Washington, By Antoinette Bosco As I held one in my they also do some hands, she explained, "It smaller products. This is cut from stone formed family company em.in the Ordovician Period ploys three of Vetter's of the Paleozoic Era, 480 to 435 I still have great memories of sons and daughters, some in-laws million years ago. It is now quar- an interview I did with this nun, and 16 of his grandchildren. ried in Kasota, Minn., from depos- who worked nonstop at the abbey "My daughter-in-law Christine its of ancient inland ,seas hidden to produce food, respecting the Vetter, who is very devout, came beneath native prairies." earth and cherishing the animals. up with a design for a:Nativity How did she know all this? With utter sincerity she told me, scene," he said. The scene is Well, it so happens Sister Stephen "When Walt Whitman said, 'This simple enough to be 'profound comes from that town, one of six is my own, my native land,' he Mary and Joseph kneeling by the siblings raised on a farm there. must have thrown his head back manger, while above them is the The Nativity sculpture was cut at and shouted with joy. Remember, illuminating star of Bethlehem. the Vetter Stone Quarry in we come from the earth. Our relaI had the good fortune of being Kasota, started by a German im- tionship with the earth is primal among the first to see these elegant migrant Berhard Vetter. The and vital. If we experience the land creches, cut from a single piece of quarry now is run by his grand- and what it brings - like a fruit golden wheat-colored Paleozoic son, Howard Vetter, Sister tree covered with gorgeous cher- stone. Vetter proudly produced Stephen's cousin. ries - it fills you with wonder, it 'several hundred in four sizes, from Howard Vetter has been a visi- energizes you. From your core, seven inches to two inches, for tor to the abbey many times. I had you celebrate the earth." affordability, and sent a shipment seen a very special carving he de. This celebration extends clearly of them to the abbey, which sells signed and produced for the nuns to the oldest signature of the Cre- religious items in their art shop. when their church building was ator, the rocks formed down "They have a mystical quality," built and dedicated several years through the ages. "God's own Sister Stephen said. As I nodded ago. It was a simple, yet spectacu- writing was on tablets of stone," in agreement, she added, with her lar, stone chalice. Sister Stephen reminded me. Not instant smile, "Creches are very For some, it might seem odd surprising, these like-minded significant to us here in that these devotional items are be- cousins from Kasota came up with Bethlehem."
The Bottom Line
Roe v. Wade at 30 Eighteen years ago, when allpurpose leftist Barbara Ehrenreich announced in the New York Times that her "one regret" about her abortions was that "they cost money that might otherwise have been spent on something more pleasurable, like taking the kids to movies and theme parks," I thought we had hit the bottom when it came to the coarsening of American debate on these questions. Now, however, comes word from By America's most prestigious medical school that the president of its Medical Students for Choice chapter is bringing a "birthday cake" to class on January 22 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Barbara Ehrenreich might have done something as grotesque as that on purpose. Given the deadening of sensibility that Roe has engendered, I think we can be reasonably sure in this case that the student in question is completely oblivious to the ironies involved in making a birthday cake the centerpiece of her celebration. For what, she would ask, does Roe have to due with birth and life? Roe has to do with choice, and with "a ~oman's right to choose." Period. Thirty years after Roe, the ProLife movement has some cause for satisfaction. The abortion is-
sue has not been "settled," as proabortion opponents insist it was, by Roe v. Wade and subsequent Supreme Court decisions; indeed, there is no more unsettled issue in American public life than the abortion issue. The new Congress is arguably the most Pro-Life
The Catholic Difference George Weigel
since Roe, and working with a Pro-Life administration, should make some advances in rebuilding the legal framework of the hospitable society in the next biennium. More and more young people are becoming Pro-Life advocates; the activist hard-core of the pro-abortion world is aging. Most importantly of all, who knows how many innocent lives have been saved by the care for women in crisis that the Pro-Life movement provides? Yet, as we approach Roe's thirtieth anniversary, we should admit that, at the level of public policy, the movement hasn't changed much of anything. ProLife legal and political advances have been at the margins of the issue (important as working those
margins is, and will remain); Roe's provision for virtually unrestricted abortion remains set in legal concrete. Why has this happened? I think it's in large part because we in the Pro-Life movement haven't changed the tenns of the debate by demonstrating that abortion is the great civil rights issues of our time, not merely a matter of personal, private "choice." The science is with us; no one with an elementary understanding of human embryology can possibly deny that the product of conception is a human being. Genetics also confinns what we know from basic logic: nothing that will become a human being was ever anything other than a human being, and nothing that is not a human being is capable of becoming a human being. As they made pluperfectly clear in the last election, the pro-abortion forces are the genuine radicals in this matter, unwilling to compromise even when the issue is indisputably one of infanticide (as in partial-birth abortion); being that far out on a limb is usually a bad place to be in American politics. And yet "choice" remains the magic word that effectively cuts off debate on the core question. Until that .changes, Pro-Lifers will continue to lose the main
New approach to getting rid of old memorabilia So, brave reader, your New Year's resolutions included cleaning out your closets, garage, attic, crawl space and twilight zone under the front seat of the car? You were determined no longer to cling to clothing you have not worn since Paul VI was pope, even though some of it has come back into style (twice). You finally admitted the coffee can of rusty 16-penny nails sitting under the work- . bench is older than most starters in the NFL and probably will not be used. Same for the half-can of "barnacle-white" house paint. You thrust back your shoulders, put your hands on your hips and declared, "It is time to streamline, to simplify, to lighten the load, to find out what in the world is in those shoe boxes in the top of the closet." You say, "I will recycle. I will donate to St. Vincent de Paul. I will burn. I will share. I valiantly will tear myself loose from nostalgic attachment to things like moldy Little League mitts hanging from nails. I will be bravely ruthless." But, 10, my dear New Year's resolution maker, now you hold
in front of you the very garment you wore during the 1973 parish softball league playoffs. Remember? You stole home when "Father-the- fas~ball-Frank Ii n" was pitching. True, it does smell a little like the dog after a day
The offbeat world of Uncle Dan By Dan Morris in the rain. Yet the nostalgia overrides your olfactory warnings. Maybe memorabilia have their place. Yes, the hardest things to jettison are the ones 'to which we have attached sentimental value. Besides, might not the mold be valuable for some kind of penicillin? Here's an answer. Lay them all in the driveway or a football field if you must (unless it's raining, of course). Then, video tape them. OK, a simple pointand-shoot camera would work too. But the point is to make video history of these treasured pieces of junk. Then you can play the
tape or thumb through the photo album when you want to visit it. (Sample title: "A Nostalgic Stroll Through Moth-Eaten, Rusty, Useless Stuff.") Saves space. Preserves memories. Assists charities. Fights mold. Can be handed down through the generations. Yes, you are right. Organizations like St. Vincent might dramatically increase donations if they offered a "Let Us Video Your Crappola" service to their donors. Such a ministry might also nurture the courage it takes for one spouse to "donate" something of the other spouse to: a) charity, b) recycling, c) a landfill. A husband, for example, asks, "Honey, have you seen my high school, high-top football shoes I used to have hanging from a nail in the garage?" The wife can say, "Oh, you means these?" and then pulls out a 5 x 7 photo, suitable for framing. . Who knows, the new technologies might even offer a scratch-and-sniff option. Comments are welcome. Email Uncle Dan at cnsuncleOl@yahoo.com.
THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Pii:; January 17,2003 contest, even while winning a few more arguments on the margins. This past October, an AfricanAmerican Catholic, running for statewide office in a liberal state, was getting hammered for his Pro-Life stance. He asked a priest, a friend, how he should respond; the priest said, "Just say you're a Catholic and you're upholding what the Catholic Church teaches." That's not what I would have told the candidate. I would have suggested that he say, "I'm Pro-Life because I'm a 45 year
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old black man who is able to run for this office today because of the courage of the civil rights pioneers of the Fifties and Sixties. Protecting the right to life for all the vulnerable is the great civil rights issue of this time. That's why I'm Pro-Life. That's why you should be, too." When that becomes the talk, the Pro-Life walk has a real chance.
George Weigel is a sellior fellow of the Ethics alld Public Policy Cellter ill Washillgtoll, D.C.
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Catholic faith' is a big part of football player's life By KEUEY KEPlER CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE
TONY, Wis. - Though the 114 residents of Tony have recognized Jim Leonhard as a star athlete for some time, Leonhard started his college football career virtually unk,nown at the University of Wisconsm. However, throughout the past season the 5-foot 8-inch, 178-pound nonscholarship player has made a big name for himselfin Madison and has put his home town of Tony on the map. Leonhard, a sophomore kinesiology major and starting strong safety, recently returned from the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, where the Badgers upset 14th-rankedColorado with 31-28 overtime victory.
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a big part in what he does." "People are very proud and happy for him;' Father Anderson added. He has also noticed that when' Leonhard attends Mass in Tony, he usually draws a crowd of parishioners who hang out after the service to chat about football. Leonhard's grandfather, Richard Leonhard, a deacon at St. Anthony, said Leonhard's recent success has not come as a shock to anyone who , has seen him excel in high school athletics. "We're not exactly surprised, but elated, and everybody is talking about him;~ Deacon Leonhard said. He said people are always Sending ,the family things for Jim to sign: , "He's been remarkable about that and very generous abOut giving !}is autograph;' he Said. "He's , also pretty reseryed; you wouldn't know he was -therein the crowd.",. But on the football , 'field, Leo'ilhaid <;Ioes stand out. He was recently . named first team AllAmerican by CNN/ SI.com and third team All-American'by The Associated Press. He was also honored with the special teams award by the , Badger coaching staffand ,was selected by his teammates to receive the ,.JiQ)rpy,Demetr~I.Most
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. Heavenly vision, Benedictin-e ' priest inspire author's angel boiJk By MARTY DENZER路 News SERVICE
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - What do a nurse, a state trooper, a critically ill young girl and two Benedictine monks have in common? Angels. And now, a book about them. ' On Oct. 6, 1999, cardiac nurse Kathy Lewis was driving to her mother's house to pick up her children when she heard sirens approaching on the nearby interstate. An automatic prayer for the accident victims was followed by a casual glance to the sky that stopped Lewis in her tracks. She was, she said, "literally unable to take my eyes off of what was commanding the sky before me ... two huge, tall, thin, beautiful angels incredibly'sculpted rrom clouds." VaJ.uabltd~la erAward. It occurred at the same time as a shooting that left "'iri路'~dditioii)路li:~as'nain'&:I a Missouri state trooper, Robert Kimberling, and his to the regl~nal'acadernic assailant dead, Lewis told the Catholic Key, newspaAll-Ainericanteam. ,:' , per of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. ~onhard ,has play~ At her husband's urging, Lewis nervously called 'organized football since ' the trooper's wife and-toldher of the apparition. She seventh grade. While con- also told her mother and grandmother, co-workers, sidering colleges, he at- another state trooper and the dead trooper's best friend tended a football camp in about the sight. Madison. He was so imOver the next three years, Lewis, a member of St. pressed with the program Francis Xavier Parish, sought guidance from her longand the coaches that he time friend and spiritual director, Benedictine Father decided to join the team Philip Schuster of Conception Abbey. He encouras a walk-on rather than aged her to write a children's book about visions of attend a smaller university angels. that would have given him Lewis demurred with excuses about writing, typa scholarship. ing skills and time, but Father Schuster persisted. For Leonhard, football Then in June 2002, she was at work in the CarUNIVERSITY OF Wisconsin strong and faith go hand in hand. diac Rehabilitation Center of Heartland Regional safety Jim Leonhard runs with his first "Godhasgivenmeev- Medical Center in St. Joseph when a gunman encareer interception in a game against erythingfrommyabilities tered Conception Abbey and began firing, leaving Fresno State at Camp Randall Sta- and my faith in other two monks dead and two wounded, before killing dium in Madison, Wis., earlier this sea- people,"hesaid;''Without himself. When' the call came in to the emergency son. (CNS photo courtesy University himthere'snowayIcould of Wisconsin Athletics) , . '.:-' h~ve accomplished what : ,: ' , .' . I have." With an inten;eption in the .~- .' Leonhard also feels foItuIiate that ond quarter of the Alamo Bowl,and . ' he is able to attend Mass while on II interceptions this season, he seta 'the road. Msgr. Michael Burke travBadger record ,and tied a Big Ten,els with the Badgers and mspires the record. He also led the- Big Teri in team with his church serVices before .,: 'pass breakups, and he set a Badger ' each game., -': ,' record for punt-return yardage, with. ,: -"He's always 'there, if I need a total of 438 yards.' , someOne to talk to; and he's a great Among the local fans who ti"av- . guy," Leonhard said: '., eled to San Antonio to see Leonhard' ' While in Tony, Leonhard has play was Father John Anderson, helped his grandfather with parish pastor at .St. ADthony 'of Padua Par- volunteer work, such as delivering ish, where Leonhard is a rpember. .food baskets for the needy. He said FatherAnderson said he believes volunteering helps him realize his Leonhard is successful "because blessings. he's determined and 'well-' ''A lot of what you do is because grounded.'! He continued, "Jim got of your faith, and if you don't beup and went to Mass with us before lieve, you can't achieve anything;' the Alamo Bowl, and his faith plays Leonhard said. I
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room to ex~t gunshot victims, she offered to help. . Although one of th,e wounded was taken to, St Francis Hospital in Maryville, Benedictine Father Norbert Schappler was transported by helicopter to Heartland Regional Medical Center. Lewis slipped away to phone Conceptiori Abbey. She left several messages for Father Schuster over the course of the next few 'hours, only to learn late in the afternoon that he was dead. . Devastated by the news, Lewis focused'on'caring , for Father Schappler, who survived the shooting, and fulfilling Father Schuster's -request. While writing "Sand Castles in the Sky," Lewis became acquainted with 13-year-old JennySwafford, a seventh-grader at St. Francis Xavier School. Jenny is vulnerable to pneumonia and other respiratory problems because her immune system was weakened by Wegener's granulomatosis, an uncommon, chronic inflammation of the blood vessels in the nose; throat, lungs and kidneys. , Jenny became an inspiration for Lewis' book, about a relationship between an eighth-grader named' Jenny and a kindergartner who talk about their guardian angels while on the school playground. The book has been completed and is due out shortly. Many of the publication expenses have been donated. Father Schappler, now Lewis' spiritual director, has contributed some calligraphy for illustrations in the book" which is dedicated to Father Schuster. There will be no charge for the book, though a free-will donation will be requested. All profits go to God's Guardian Angels Foundation, established to pay for Jenny Swafford's continued care. "God has things work out for a reason," Lewis said. To obtain the book or support the foundation, write to: God's Guardian Angels Foundation, P.O. Box 8521, SL Joseph, MO 64508-8521.
THE ANCHOR - Diocese ofFall River - Fri., January 17,2003
MYRTLE "BOOTS" Herrmann stands with a collection of rosaries and crucifixes at her home in Greenville, Del. At age 77, Herrmann returned to the Catholic Church following the death of her son Philip, after being away for more than 50 years. (CNS photo by Don Blake, The Dialog)
cer, his friend, John Slagowski, showed up at their front door, telling Herrmann, "You have to go to Mass Sunday because Phil is going to be mentioned" at St. Elizabeth's Parish in Wilmington. Herrmann went, and she has not looked back. "If I hadn't belonged to St. Elizabeth's, I wouldn't have made it;' she said, adding that her family also suffered the death of her grandson a year after Philip died. She participated in the Rite of Christian Initiation ofAdults so she could be confirmed and began attending Mass every week, accompanied by her husband. The parish has benefited from her presence, said Father Charles
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Dillingham, pastor. "She's really captured our hearts at St. E's even though she's a relatively new parishioner. When you meet her you are uplifted. She is so faith-filled. She is extremely committed to the Church and to the Blessed Mother." Father Dillingham knows firsthand about Herrmann's devotion to Mary because he has been to the house to bless Herrmann's bedroom where the walls are covered with rosaries and crucifixes. ''At first my daughter said to me, 'Mom, don't let them see your room, . they'll think you've lost it.'" But Herrmann has had the opposite response, telling her daughter, ''They'll think I've found it."
After 50-year lapse, woman returns to Catholic faith By MIKE LANG CATHOUC News SERVICE
GREENVILLE, Del. - Boots Herrmann had lived in some of Wilmington's nicest neighborhoods, owned an antique store, spent winters in Rorida, and raised three children. And yet, she had the feeling that something was missing from her life. That something, it turns out, was her Catholic faith. And at age 77, Herrmann, who had been raised Catholic, returned to the Church after more than 50 years following the death of her son Philip in 1999.
Herrmann, whose given name is Myrtle but who has been called Boots since her teens, was born and baptized a Catholic in Baltimore and attended Catholic school there. When she was young her parents divorced and she moved with her mother to the Eastern Shore of MaryJand. She got her nickname when a doctor recommended that she keep her legs covered in cold weather to alleviate pain from arthritis. Herrmann stopped going to Mass , until high school, when she began to attend occasionally. Then she met and married her husband, Jay, who
is Jewish, and she again fell away from the Church. "But I was always Catholic in my heart," she told The Dialog, diocesan newspaper of Wilmington. In the early years ofher marriage, she and her husband, a pharmacist, were busy with their family, an antique shop she ran and his small drug store. After he sold the store they spent winters in Rorida, where they taught dance clasSes. Sixteen years ago they settled in their current home, a converted bam in Greenville that they share with their daughter and grandson. The day after her son died ofcan-
More than a dozen doctors consult over Mother Teresa miracle By CINDY WOODEN
involved in the case of Monika Besra were asked to give their tesROME - More than a dozen timony to the diocesan inquiry" in physicians in India and Rome were Calcutta, the priest wrote. The inconsulted about the mysterious cure vestigation was conducted beof an Indian woman before the tween November 1999 and JanuVatican accepted the healing as the ary 2001. Besra, who was born in 1968, miracle needed for the beatification first became ill in November 1997, of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. The promoter of Mother complaining of fever, headaches Teresa's canonization cause, Mis- and vomiting. Several months later sionaries of Charity Father·Brian her abdomen began swelling and Kolodiejchuk, posted detailed in- she stopped menstruating. Diagnosed with tuberculosis formation about the medical condition of Monika Besra and about and tubercular meningitis, she was her cure on the cause's Website in admitted to the Missionaries of Charity Navajivan home in early January. After studies by Indian and by Patiram, India. Although she reVatican-appointed physicians, the' ceived anti-tubercular drugs, her decree recognizing the miracle was symptoms continued. In August 1998 an ultrasound issued December 20; Pope·John Paul II will celebrate the beatifica- showed evidence of a large ovarian cyst. The doctors recomtion October 19 at the Vatican. The Website, located at mended exploratory surgery, but www.motherteresacause.info. only after continued care from the - also includes a form for indi- sisters because Besra was so weak viduals, families or groups who from the tuberculosis. In Father Kolodiejchuk's rewant to reserve free tickets for the beatification Mass in Rome. port, the superior of the Navajivan Father Kolodiejchuk's article home said that among the special on the cure includes statements prayers said Sept. 5, 1998, the first from physicians in India who anniversary' of Mother Teresa's doubted the disappearance of death, were prayers for Mother Besra's large ovarian cyst was a Teresa's intercession in healing miracle or doubted the original Besra. "I had a miraculous medal (of diagnosis of a cyst. "All of the doctors in any way the Blessed Virgin Mary) touched CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE
to Mother's body that we kept on her stomach," said Sister Mary Bartholomea, the superior. Besra fell asleep and the sisters left. In the middle of the night, Besra awoke, and the tumor was gone -.:..-. before doctors could do exploratory surgery. One of the doctors interviewed later said tubercular meningitis can produce tubercular peritonitis, an abdominal swelling, which could be resolved with anti-tubercular drugs. However, he said, the disappearance of the swelling would be gradual. Other doctors said a cyst could burst, but the patient would have been ill and there would have been signs of the rupture. While some of the doctors hinted that Besra did not notice the gradual shrinking of the swelling, they said that if it truly disappeared suddenly, there could be no medical explanation. Father Kolodiejchuk said, ''The healing of Monika Besra is one of the approximately 800 graces and favors attributed to Mother Teresa's intercession and reported to the office of the postulator of the cause. "In answering-Mother Teresa's prayers on our behalf," he said, "God reveals the depth of her union with him and the power of his love."
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'Just Married' is pointless comedy NEW YORK (CNS) - Young newlyweds re- and Peter's showing up lead to arguments that preturn from their European honeymoon ready to split vent them from consummating the marriage night up in the insipid romantic comedy "Just Married" after night. Can this marriage be saved? Or, more to the point, do we care? (20th Century Fox). Director Shawn Levy. lets the .self-absorbed A mean-spirited tone is .set right away as the feuding couple arrives back at Los Ange!es'air- couple sulk, pout and scream until the predictable port, shoving each other and glad when either one sappy-happy ending when they come to their falls. There is a fair bit of this minor comic vio- senses and lock lips once more. Nor is the movie lence throughout the film, such as when the bride burdened by sparkling dialogue. Witness a typical hits the groom hard with a heavy marble ashtray exchange between bride and groom. She: "That's our hotel." He: "It looks like a castle." She: "It is a - and it's really not at all funny. Told primarily in flashback, we learn that radio castle." He: "That's why it looks like a castle." traffic announcer Tom (Ashton Kutcher) and Ho-hum. Beverly Hills ,....,."",...,....---."'""'"".""..... ---, B a c k beauty Sarah ground scen( B l' itt any ery of Venice Murphy) met .•...... .~ _ relieves some cute (cute of the tedium substitutes for and their getwit in this ting trapped in flick), moved a snow bank in together has its comic soon after and moments, but got engaged more often the within the humor is year despite stalerthan last her wealthy week's croisfamily's dissant. At least the approval. Lots of couple, prescenes with \. .~ sum a b 1 y Murphy actCatholic, deing flirty, . cide to comASHTON KUTCHER and Brittany Murphy star in the romantic smiling promit to marv 0 cat i vel y comedy "Just Married." (CNS photo from 20th Century Fox) . riage, but it's and prancing off-putting around assume the audience will just find her so how casually they leap into bed, live together and adorable, and easygoing Kutcher so handsome, that refer to past affairs so casually. a well-written script is beside the point. Everything changes when Tom's father tells him Just before the church wedding she feels to,grow up and work at the marriage, and while guilty for not telling Tom she got tipsy one night that's a good development the romantic comedy and slept with the rich, still-interested Peter that precedes this advice is not. (Christian Kane). And he lied to her in pretendDue to a live-in relationship and many sexual ing he wasn't responsible for her dog's acciden- references, some comically intended violence, octal death. casional crude humor and minimal profanity, the After a pathetic crying jag on their wedding U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classificanight when Sarah realizes they are too tired for tion is A-III - adults. The Motion Picture Assointimacy, they fly off to what should be a fabulous ciation of America rating is PG-13 - parents are honeymoon in France and Venice. However, un- strongly cautioned. Some material may be inapfortunate circumstances, Tom's foolish behavior propriate for children under 13. 0
VICKI PASTORE plays with her children Max, one, Emily, two, and Julia, four, at their home in Hammond, Ind. The mother created "The Hail Mary, The Lord's Prayer," a lineby-line illustrated prayer book for children ages two to seven. (CNS photo by Karen Callaway, Northwest Indiana Catholic)
Mother of three takes new approach to children's prayer book By STEVE
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HAMMOND, Ind. - Vicki Pastore is the first person who'll tell you she's a musician, not a writer. Still, Pastore has just had her first book published. The words are not hers, but the artwork is all paper and Pastore. "Basically, it's an illustrated version of the Our Father and Hail Mary," Pastore said from her home, with her husband Rob and their three children never too far away. "But it's illustrated line by line." Most children's prayer books, she said, would have a prayer on one page and illustrations on other pages. Pastore took each line from both prayers and developed an image to match the line. Pastore, 39, made each image from cut paper. Using bright colors, she designed the images for children ages two to seven. When she started on the project more than a year ago, she had her daughter, Julia, then two-and-a-half, in mind. "I used vibrant colors in pictures to grab the attention of young children - and I used simple pictures," Pastore said. "If it's too elaborate, children won't know what to look at. If it's simple, it grabs their attention." Each page has one figure or image to accompany a line of the prayer. Most of the images are of people of diverse backgrounds. The book is divided in two: half has the Our Father; flip the book over and the other side is the Hail Mary. Pastore started the project by writing the prayers, then doing the sketches. She did 10 different versions before settling on the final sketches - some of which were revised after Paulist Press accepted her work. The book is dedicated to the three Pastore children: Julia, four, Emily, two-and-a-half, and Max,
one. Pastore went through 10 years of miscarriages before Julia arrived. It was during her pregnancy with Max that she underwent four months of bed rest in the spring of 2001. By that time she had completed the pages for the Our Father, but during those bedridden months, with help from friends, Pastore worked on the Hail·Mary portion. That pregnancy, Pastore believes, provided inspiration for completing the book. "!t just seems that every time I'm pregnant, something happens," she said. "!t's a special time - a time when things happen. !t's a special feeling to have another life inside you - it makes you do extraordinary things." The Pastore children are still too young to read, but their parents can use the book to say the prayers with them as they study the images. Pastore, a member of St. Joseph Parish in Hammond, sees the book as a spiritual contribution. "I feel like I'm sending out 10,000 Hail Marys and Our Fathers into the whole world," she said. "Every time I pick up the book, I'm praying the Hail Mary and Our Father. It's a gift of prayer." Rob Pastore said the book brings the prayers to the level of toddlers. However, the book is also valuable for adults more accustomed to perhaps reciting the lines mechanically without considering the meaning. "Everyone is so used to rattling off the Our Father," Rob Pastore said, "but in this book everything is broken down. Every line is important."
The book, "The Hail Mary/ The Lord's Prayer:' can be obtained from Paulist Press Online at: www.paulistpress.com. or by calling: (800) 218·1903.
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"Drumline" (20th Century Fox) Rousing tale of a Harlem youth (Nick Cannon) on a college band scholarship who must learn the concept of teamwork the hard way before he's allowed to use his drumming talent in the school band competition. As directed by Charles Stone III, the formulaic story is offset by its underdog appeal and the precision dance and band numbers. A few sexual references and crass expressions. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-II -'adults and adolescents. The Motion Pic-
Fanciful tale in which a Buffalo nun (Ursula Burton) decides that the found money her family and friends benefited from 30 years earlier must be repaid, so they organize a car raffle and ballroom dancing competition to raise the long-spent cash, and in the process reconnect with what is really important in life. Written by Gabrielle Burton and co-directed by her daughters, Gabrielle C. and Maria Burton, the movie's combination of humor and hope within a Catholic perspective results in a heartwarming film whose marvelous cast and crowd-pleasing elements make its plot contrivances seem amusingly whimsical. A few crude expressions and fleeting sexual innuendo. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-II - adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG - parental guidance suggested.
"Rabbit-Proof Fence" (Miramax) Fact-based drama set in 1931
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Australia where three aboriginal girls, ages 14, 10 and eight, forcibly taken from their mothers under the law and sent to an institution for "half-castes" 1,200 miles away, escape and begin their long walk home while evading the pursuing authorities. As directed by Philip Noyce and enhanced by the three novice child actors and Kenneth Branagh as the rigid bureaucrat in charge, the heart-wrenching tale of institutionalized racism resonates deeply. Some menacing scenes and a theme of racial bias against indigenous peoples. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-II - adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG - parental guidance suggested.
. Movies Online Can't remember how a rec cent film was classified by the USCC? Want to know whether to let the kids go see it? Full-length reviews of new movies by the staff of the U.S. bishops' Office for Film and Broadcasting now appear on the bishops' Website, www.usccb.org/movies.
Bishop asks Vatican to forcibly laicize priest linke'd to sex abuse • Springfield Bishop Dupre asks Vatican to take rapid action. By PEGGY WEBER CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - In what may be one of the first actions of its type in the United States, the bishop of Springfield has petitioned the Vatican directly to forcibly laicize a priest implicated in dozens of cases of sexual misconduct. In interviews given during the November U.S. bishops' meeting, Bishop Thomas L. Dupre said he intended to laicize Father Richard R. Lavigne through an expedited administrative process encouraged by the recently approved U.S. canonical norms for sexual abuse by clerics. Speaking at a recent prayer breakfast in Springfield, Bishop Dupre said a formal petition seeking the priest's laicization had been mailed to Rome. "We are hoping that the Holy See will process the case quickly," he said. Father Lavigne was arrested in 1991 on live counts of rape and sexual abuse of children, some of
whom were under age 14 at the time of his offenses. He pleaded guilty to two counts in 1992, and was sentenced to 10 months fulltime residence in the St. Luke Institute, now in Silver Spring, Md., and 10 years of heavily supervised probation. The diocese settled civil lawsuits with 17 alleged victims of the priest in 1995. In recent months, a dozen additional alleged victims have come forward with lawsuits against the diocese and the priest. Following Father Lavigne's conviction, local investigators reopened an investigation into the unsolved 1972 murder of Daniel Croteau, a young parishioner at St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Springfield, where Father Lavigne was the parochial vicar. The investigation remains open, although prosecutors have acknowledged that blood found at the scene of the crime did not match that of the priest, and they have no additional evidence linking him to the murder. Father Lavigne has not served as a priest since his initial arrest. In 1993, then-Springfield Bishop John A. Marshall permanently
barred Father Lavigne from all public ministry, and forbade him to wear a Roman collar or present himself as a priest in public. In his remarks, Bishop Dupre said that until recently he was reluctant to seek laicization for his diocese's most notorious sexual offender. He noted that under earlier canonical norms, which are still in effect until March I, laicization through a diocesan trial was lengthy and cumbersome. "I was given a three-page outline of what we would have had to do with the old process. It would be like a civil court, which puts someone on trial. Our tribunal is set up for reviewing annulments, not penal cases," said Bishop Dupre. The other route to forced laicization - a direct appeal to the administrative power of the pope - has up until now also been cumbersome and rare, he added. "For all intents and purposes Father Lavigne has been laicized. The public has been protected. He has been forbidden to perform any public functions as a priest," Bishop Dupre said. "But if the
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request is approved n9~ he.\Von~t 350, have maintained that even be able to say Mass in his own sl.1spended priests are entitled to home.". .' , . "provision for their decent supFather Lavigne has' been POIt" from their bishop when they judged indigent by. the, 'state of . have no independent means of Massachusetts and lives with a support. After laicization, a family member.Aside from send- bishop still hqs an obligation it! ing an attorney to the priest's charity to assist an indigent original arraignment, the diocese former priest, Bishop Dupre said. has not provided any legal sup"Some think you can send him port for the priest, whose prop- out the door and tell him to get . erty was sold to pay legal fees in lost. But we are a Church. We the early 1990s. His lawyer is operate differently. We make a now paid at a reduced rate as a commitment to a priest at ordinapublic defender. tion. It's not like a job where you The diocese provides him with can fire someone. It's more like a monthly support stipend, an ac- an adoption," he said. "But I don't take any pleasure tion that has generated local calls to "get rid of Father Lavigne," in this because taking the priestBishop Dupre said. hood away from a priest is very difBishops Marshall and Dupre, ficult. It's like capital punishment citing the requirements of Canon for a priest," Bishop Dupre said.
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Catholic Charities supports new efforts for better farmworker laws By
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In a two-page statement, the AlexandriaALEXANDRIA, Va. - Catholic Charities based Catholic Charities outlined farmworker USA plans to step up its legislative efforts in problems and its proposals for reforms. The 2003 on behalf of farmworkers, many of whom statement was approved by the agency's board of trustees and Catholic Charities plans to send entered the country illegally. Some of the reforms recommended by the it to members of Congress as part of its 2003 agency would make it easier for illegal immi- advocacy program. The statement called it "shameful" that in grants to regularize their status. Other reforms advocated by Catholic Chari- the United States as many as three million farmworkers live and work "under abysmal ties include: conditions, comparable - restoring federal to Third World counbenefits to legal immitries." grants; Legislators from urban areas Great numbers of - changing guest workcr programs so they "don't believe they are affected by 'farmworkers enter illedo not bind immigrants farm worker issues. But if they are gally, with many risking death to get across the "like serfs to a particueating food, then they are served border from Mexico, it lar employer"; - greater federal and by this population, whether they said. The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization state funding for admit it or not," she said. Service recorded 1,186 farmworker housing, border-crossing deaths health and educational from 1998 through 200 I programs. A recent press release said many immigrant while the Mexican government listed 1,515 farm workers are Catholics coming from Latin deaths during the same period, it added. Once in the United States, problems include America who naturally turn to Catholic agenlow wages, lack of health benefits and workcies in times of need. "It will be an uphill climb and particularly ers' compensation, unsafe transportation and difficult to convince senators and congressmen substandard housing, the statement said. "They are exposed to pesticides and chemifrom urban areas that they should give attention to this issue," said Daughter of Charity cals in fertilizers and operate heavy equipment Sister Faith Colligan, director of the Migrant without knowledge of risks," it said. Sharon Daly, vice president for social policy, and Farmworker Project for Catholic Charities. Legislators from urban areas "don't believe said Catholic Charities is asking member agenthey are affected by farm worker issues. But if they cies "to pay more attention both to services and are eating food, then they are served by this popu- advocacy for immigrant workers" and to educate the Catholic population about the plight lation, whether they admit it or not," she said. Sister Colligan said farm workers and low- of farm workers. Catholic Charities USA is comprised of wage immigrant workers are a highly marginalized sector of society and those who 1,640 local agencies across the country which have entered the country clandestinely "have provide social services for more than seven million people. no legal rights."
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Human dignity, 'freedom are key to Vatican-U.S. collaboration By CAROL ZIMMERMANN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
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WASHINGTON Jim Nicholson, the u.s. ambassador to the Vatican, has plenty of answers for those who question why the United States has a diplomatic relationship with the Holy Sec. For stmters, he notes that the two powers can collaborate on key issues promoting human dignity and freedom. "While the United States and the Holy Sec may sometimes disagree on the means to achieving our goals, we fundamentally agree on what we are seeking for the world: we arc seeking together to elevate man to give man a world of freedom, juslice, well-being and peace," he said in a recent address to the John CmTolI Society, a lay Catholic organization .in Washington. Nicholson, who submitted his credentials to Pope John Paul II on Sept. 13, 200 I, just two days after the terrorist attacks on the United States, said the l)nited States and the Vatican have played an active role condemning telTorism. Since the attacks, he said, "the pope has been a strong and consistent voice againsttelTor and against the use of God's name to justify such acts." Nicholson said that since fOimal diplomatic relations between the United States and the Vatican began 19 years ago the two have worked together to help bling about peace in Mozambique, the Balkans and East Timor. And before there was an official U.S. post at the Vatican,
he said, the joint efforts of a U.S. special envoy and Pope John Paul "unarguably accelerated the downfall of communism." Currently, the United States and the Holy See arc "working together for a just solution to the crisis in th,e Middle East," Nicholson said Other shm'ed issues include promoting freedom of religion in Russia, China, Vietnam, Sudan and Cuba and human rights issues worldwide. . Specifically, they have collaborated on condemning and working to prevent human trafficking where men and women are essentially traded as slaves for sex or labor. Nicholson, a former Army officer and former head of the Republican National Committee, pointed out that "one does not have to be a Catholic to be the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See." But he noted that ambassadors at the Vatican who, like himself, are Catholic, find that "the Vatican and the city of Rome contain so much that resonates with one's faith - the history, architecture. art, sacred rituals and traditions." He also said it was "a great privilege" to serve as "the interlocutor between two of the great men of our time" - Pope John Paul and President George W. Bush. "This young but maturing full diplomatic Partnership between our two countries, based on the primacy of the human individual and his freedom, is a good reason for hope in the world," he said.
A KENYAN boy waits to enroll in a primary school in Nairobi's Kibera slums recently. Thousands of poor children have swamped classrooms across the country in hopes of gaining free primary education promised under new President Mwai Kibaki. Church-run schools were' offering help to the government in handling the load of students. (CNS photo from Reuters)
Southern African bishops urge distribution of generic AIDS drugs By BRONWEN DACHS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
CAPE TOWN, South AfricaThe AIDS office of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference has urged the South African government to provide cheaper, generic anti-retroviral drugs to all people infected with HIY. "Pharmaceutical companies cannot continue to hold the government and private individuals to ransom on the costs of AIDS medication," the office said in a January 7 statement from the bishops' conference headquarters in Pretoria. Patent laws prevent the sale of generic anti-retroviral drugs in South Africa. The bishops' AIDS office said it supports the National Association of People Living with HIV/
AIDS in their protest actions aimed at making pharmaceutical companies provide free antiretroviral drugs. The association's "B lack Christmas" 'hunger strike outside the offices of drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline and the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association ended January 6. In response to the strike, a spokesman for GlaxoSmithKline said the company "cannot commit to selling the drugs below cost," while South Africa's health department said January 6 that it would implement a nationwide nutrition program to improve the health of people infected with the virus. The bishops' AIDS office quoted the U.N. AIDS program's 2002 report on the global HIV/
AIDS epidemic, whi'ch said the price of combination antiretroviral drugs "has dropped significantly" in countries where generic drugs are available and where there is "a broad application of differential pricing for AIDS drugs" based on need and abiiity to pay. Southern Africa has the highest prevalence of AIDS infection in the world, with the infection rate in some countries reaching 40 percent. "We call on the governments and pharmaceutical companies of the Southern African Development Community to speed up the implementation of clear and effective HIV/ AIDS treatment strategies and to produce generics for free or subsidized distribution," the AIDS office said.
Chinese bishop dies; 34-year-old successor named by government
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HONG KONG (CNS) Thousands of Catholics and curious' onlookers gathered at a church in Nanbai village for the funeral and burial of Bishop Lawrence Zhang Wenbin of Weinan. Bishop Zhang, 87, was buried seven days after his December 24 death from cancer, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. Bishop Zhang's successor, Bishop Tong Changping, 34, becomes the youngest bishop in the government-approved church, UCA.News reported. The late bishop resigned as head of the Weinan diocese in Shaanxi province in 2000. Bishop Tong was ordained a bishop by Bishop Zhang a few days before his death, UCA News reported. A nun identified only as Sister Ren told UCA News that Bishop Zhang could not work for a long time due to his poor health. He had
been released from a hospital sevBishop Tong studied theology eral months earlier and was being and philosophy at the regional cared for at home by a nun-doc- seminary in Xi' an, the provincial tor, Sister Ren said. capital of Shaanxi. After that, he Bishop Zhang was ordained a taught canon law at the regional priest in 1943 and named admin- seminary in Xi'an. He recently reistrator of the diocese .in 1952, turned to the Weinan diocese to three years after the communists serve as a pastor. took over China. The diocese has 12,000 CathoHe was sent to a prison labor lics, about 30 priests and more than camp at the start of the Cultural 40 nuns. Revolution in 1966 and was freed By October, the government14 years later after being deemed approved church in China had 72 "politically rehabilitated." He was bishops, According to the winter ordained bishop of Weinan in the 2002 issue of Tripod, published by government-approved church in . Holy Spirit Study Center of the 1981. Hong Kong diocese, the underThe Wei nan diocese said ground church has 45 bishops. Bishop Zhang ordained 26 priests China's underground church, between 1988 and 1999. which professes loyalty to the Bishop Tong was ordained a pope, is estimated to be in the milpriest Jan, 6, 1997. He is nick- lions. The government-approved named "Qi Tong" ("Seventh church officially spurns ties with Tong") because he was the seventh the Vatican, but two-thirds of its priest of the diocese surnamed bishops are said to have reconciled secretly with the Vatican. Tong.
American prelate in Rome says U.S. Catholics must pray for healing By
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a prayer both corporate and personal," the archbishop said. ROME - Catholics in the The entire Church community United States must work and needs healing, he said, but each pray for a healing of the Church Catholic and each Catholic priest "so that we may once again evan- also must ask for God's help to gelize, not apologize," said U.S. be better Christians and better witnesses of the love of God. Archbishop John P. Foley. The archbishop, president of . He said while in the· past it the Pontifical Council for Social might have been understandable Communications, made the com- to work hard but settle for mediments during a homily January ocrity at times, that is not good 10 at a Mass with alumni of enough in the face of the current North American College, the sufferings and challenges facing the Church. U.S. seminary in Rome. "We have an obligation to be The Gospel reading at the Mass at Casa Santa Maria, the saints," he told his fellow priests college's residence for priests and bishops. studying in Rome, included the "If we are to recover from the prayer of the leper, "Lord, if you terrible wound our Church has suffered over the past year, then wish, you can make me clean." "After a tragic year for the we must be saints," he said. Archbishop Foley presided at Church in the United States, that prayer of the leper seeking physi- the Mass in the place of U.S. Carcal healing could well be for us dinal Edmund C. Szoka, a CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Vatican official recovering from surgery at Rome's Gemelli Hospital. During the alumni business meeting the former Rome students announced the establishment of the Msgr. Charles Kelly Chair of Pastoral Formation. A North American College alumnus ordained for the Diocese of Richmond, Va., in 1967, Msgr. Kelly was vice rector of the semi nary from 1974 to 1979. In 200 I he died of cancer at the age of 58; he is remembered as a theology professor, respected homilist and sought-after spiritual director. College alumni, with the support of Msgr. Kelly's family, have already collected $52,000 to endow the chair, which is aimed at strengthening the college's programs for preparing seminarians for hands-on pastoral work.
Pope baptizes 22 infants, urges parents to exemplify holiness VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II baptized 22 babies - including a set of Sicilian triplets and urged their parents to teach them holiness through their own example. Francesco, Pietro and Sergio Morgante drew the most attention during the recent ceremony in the Sistine Chapel. Held by mother, father and elder brother, the three wliggled politely as the pope poured water over their heads from a gilt scoop. The brother then held out his cheek for a kiss from the smiling pope. The Mass was part of an annual tradition begun by the pope in 1980 to mark the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Despite his ailments and limited mobility, the pope clearly relished the ceremony and its familial tone. In the past, the pope perfOlmed the baptisms at a large marble font. This year, the babies were brought to
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him one by one, and he administered the lite while seated on his chair. The group included 20 from Italy, one from Lebanon and one from Poland. The pope presided over the first part of the liturgy, and in a sermon he emphasized the responsibility of parents for raising their children "in wisdom, age and grace" and said this was best accomplished by example. "Make the effort to be saints yourselves in order to guide your children to this high goal of Christian life. Don't forget that to be saints, the Chlistian life should be distinguished above all by the art of prayer," he said. He asked Mary to help families of the whole world become more deeply united in prayer. Later, at a noon blessing from his apartment window above St. Peter's Square, the pope said infant baptism was an eloquent expression of the nature of salvation as a gift from God.
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against legalized abortion in the South Dakota, a major roadblock Many services and liturgies are United States. last year to efforts to bting Pro-Life ·optional. A rosary for life will be Father Hemando Helrera, execu- legislation to the Senate floor. recited at 10:30 p.m., and night tive director of the Youth Ministry The new Senate majority leader; prayer at II :30 p.m., in the Basilica. Ofllce, said "I think we've been see- Republican Sen. Bill Frist of Ten- From midnight to 6:30 a.m., meming over the last five years more and nessee, said in a letter to constitu- bers of the Seminarians for Life Inmore young people have become ents, "As a physician, my profes- temational will lead holy hours in Pro-Life and are willing to stand up sional ethics are grounded in pre- the crypt church. Following mornand make their voices heard. I think serving life, and I am opposed to ing prayers at 6:30 a.m., in the upabortion." per church, Bishop Sean P. that's velY exciting and hopeful." Desrosiers said that "As we head That should inspire Pro-Lifers O'Malley, OFM. Cap., former to the March we are mindful and who will leave Tuesday, January 21 bishop of Fall River, will be the prinhopeful of the many things that have at 7:45 a.m., from the Holy Name cipal celebrant at a concelebrated happened in the past year as more ofthe Sacred Heattof Jesus Church Mass at 7 a.m. On Wednesday, January 22, the and more people of all faiths and in New Bedford. beliefs have spoken out against aborThey expect to be in Washing- pilgrims will attend Mass at 10:30 ton in time for the 6:40 p.m. concert a.m., in Holy Rosary Church in tion." She was refemng to a whole gen- and 8 p.m. Mass at the Basilica in Washington, celebrated by Msgr. eration of women who have said Washington at which Cardinal An- George W. Coleman, administrator they deselve better than the "choice" thony 1. Bevilacqua of Philadelphia, of the Fall River diocese. Then it's off to the Washington abortion offers them. chailman of the U.S. bishops ComCUITently a "Women Deserve mittee on Pro-Life Activities, will be Monument for the march. "Because the youth group's stay Better" campaign co-sponsored by the principal celebrant and homilist. Because the traditional host fa- in Washington is only two days this the U.S. bishops' Pro-Life Secretaliat and the Knights of Columbus, cilities for the march participants year, the young people will board finds advertisements in the Wash- are undergoing extensive remodel- buses right after the march for the ington area on subway trains, buses ing and refurbishing, two Washing- trip home to the diocese," Desrosiers . and commuter trains - and in the ton area parishes have taken over explained. They should arrive at New the duties. It also means the usual ptint media dUling January. The 2003 Pro-Lifers will find a three-day event has been shortened Bedford by approximately 3 a.m., depending on weather conditions. decidedly more rosy picture in to two. The adults will check out of their The young men will be housed Washington, after the 2002 elections brought in new "Pro-Life members at St. Raphael's Patish in Rockville, hotel on Thursday morning, attend of the House and Senate and re- Md., and the young women will Mass at 8:30 a.m., in the Basilica moved from Senate leadership have quarters in St. John's Church and then leave Washington at 10:30 a.m. for the bus trip home. Democratic Sen. Tom Daschle of in Mclean, Va.
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WHY BE CATHOLIC? (A response to the scandal) Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish (Route 44, Seekonk) is sponsoring a three-week series to address the current crisis and scandal by answering the question "Why Be Catholic?" Or, perhaps a better question, "Why Remain Catholic?" Thursday Evenings (7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.) - January 23, 30, February 6 (Where: Parish Center) These evenings will be facilitated by Bud Miller, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish's new Coordinator of Adult Education. For information, call Mt. Carmel at 508-336-5549.
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EDWARD KEYES, center, awarded the Thomas P. Keyes Memorial Scholarship in honor of his brother tQ Rebecca Honohan, a sophomore at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River. The scholarship is awarded to a sophomore and continues through the student's tenure at Bishop Connolly High School. At left is Bishop Connolly Principal James McNamee.
CURTIS BAILEY, NewsCenter 5 photographer, talked to the Journalism I and II classes at Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, recently. He told the stude~ts about his profession, including his experience covering September 11 in New York for ttie Boston television station.
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PRINCIPAL CHRIS Servant of Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, congratulates senior Mary Bucci upon her being named a state finalist for the Wendy's Heisman Award. She is the first Fe.ehan student so honored and is captain of the girls' soccer, basketball and softball teams as well as president of the student council and honor society.
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STUDENTS BELONGING to the Legion of Mary at Holy Name Parish, Fall River, performed in a Christmas play on the birth of Christ. From left, Alysha Frank, Michael Quinn, Sarah McDermott, Caroline Quinn, Courtney Camara and Robert Giguere.
MRS. CAROL Larkin's eighth-grade math class, above, at Holy Family-Holy Name School, New Bedford, prepares to enjoy the cookies they baked as a hands-on math class experience. Below, Msgr. Thomas Harrington ,:md Father John Sullivan receive toys and gifts from Holy Family-Holy Name students during their annual "Gifts for Jesus" Prayer Service. Each year the students offer hundreds of gifts to be given to needy families as a sign of the.ir love for Christ.
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When he was seven, Joseph Vitolo was walking near his house. On a rocky hillside he saw the Virgin Mary. She called him by name and asked him to return to that spot for the next 16 nights to pray and be with her. He told his mother, and she told a neighbor, an~ the neighbor told some friends. The second night 200 people came to the hillside. Somebody told a reporter. Soon pictures of little Joseph, praying on the hillside, were in newspapers all over the world. The crowds grew. By the 16th night of this seven-year-old's vigil, 25,000 people crowded the streets around the hill. He is now 66, and he still remembers those nights. They have faded into memory for the rest of
the world. For Joseph, they remain the central event of his life. When I read his story recently, I wondered what would happen if a little boy came home today and said, "Mommy, I saw the Blessed Virgin in my bedroom." I can hear her now: "Honey, you've been watching too many movies on television. Why don't you talk to your father about it." His father might ask if maybe there were angels in the little boy's new X-Box game. "Maybe you ought to play outside more often." The parents would talk to each other, worried about what was going wrong in their family. Was their son under too much stress? Was this some sort of a cry for help? Maybe somebody at school or in his day-care program was putting crazy ideas in his head.
The next day, they would take him to see a psychologist. Perhaps the psychologist would nod knowingly and ask questions about his self-esteem. There would be books
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to read on "Raising Your Easily Influenced Child." . We have become entirely ready to see ugliness all around us. Every stranger in the airport is a potential terrorist. Every priest or day-care worker is a potential child molester. Everything unusual has become a sign of
something dangerous. Maybe we need some of that to protect ourselves and to protect kids, but I think we've gone too far. The dial on our ugliness detectors has been turned way up. Sadly, that seems to. be crowding out our ability to see beauty. For children, especially little children, the boundary between what we call the "real world" and the spiritual world is not so clear. Especially when they are seriously ill, kids often have very direct encounters with God and with angels. Often they keep them secret. Usually, as they get older the experiences and t~e memories fade. . It's easy to toss their stories aside when you hear them. "Kids get goofy ideas," we like to tell ourselves. But really, there is another way to think about it, that . the world is filled with angels and
that God walks with us daily but that most of us forgot how to see him as we outgrew childhood. Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these" (Mt 19: 14). Maybe he was saying that little kids see him in ways that we don't. In this New Year; I invite you to be open to encounter unexpected beauty and' grace. This year, be prepared to meet angels. And if a little kid tells you h~ saw the Blessed Virgin on the hillside, be ready to answer: ~'How wonderful. What did she say?"
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FIRST-GRADERS from Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, New Bedford, are all smiles as they take a tour of Fire Station NO.6 as a culmination of their fire safety studies. While there students climbed on the trucks, rang a fire bell and wielded the he'avy fire hoses.
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PARAMEDIC JOHN Duclos fields questions from fifthgraders at the St. Anne School, Fall River, regarding safety issues. He spoke to students about what to do in an emergency and how they should call 911 if they need help. Duclos also addressed the issue of bicycle safety and wearing seatbelts. (Photo by Nancy Boardman)
THE ANNUAL Espirito Santo School, Fall River, Bowl-a-thon was held recently at the Holiday Lanes in Somerset and according to Principal Mary F. Bolton the event was a success in many ways. 185 students from all grade levels paricipated and the school was able to raise more than $10,000 from student pledges. ''The enthusiasm of the children was wonderful;' said Bolton. The event was an opportunity to promote family involvement as many parents attended the event to cheer on their children and help out with the activity. Students in each grade with the highest bowling scores received trophies. Trophey winners were: Caitlyn Bettencourt, pre-K; Eric Mauricio, kindergarten; Allison Abgrab, grade-one; David Canizales, grade-two; Damon Amaral, grade-three; Jordan Silva, grade-four; Derek Amaral, grade-five; Alyssa DoRego, grade-six; Jessica Faria, grade-seven and David Senra, grade-eight. The top three students with the highest pledge amounts were first-grader Chantel Fernandes, kindergarten student Jordan Borges and third-grader Juliane Earle. Each received a cash prize for their efforts.
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There the biblical accounts if we can eshe preacl)ed· in [India] .;.and then into ,tablish. his :ldentity as also Greater Armenia 'where he .converted .Nathaniel. This man has. mOfe . :~any"people.i(,j .the faith. There he 'coverage by the Gos- .' . :' . ,~.:.: .was JI~yed alive by the pel writers and estab-·:. . '. . barbarians and exlishes him as a close ecuted by King : friend of the Apostles': Astyages by be. U.S·~ ARTIST Nelson Shanks executed this 'portrait of Pope;:" , Philip, Andrew and' heading." J~hn Paull! without the pontiff posing for the painting. Shanks' " 10hn;'(!n 1':45ff.). Bartholomew based his piece on photos, videotapes and seeing the pope, As ,with all the preached with such at .~everal public activities. It is among the artwork~being'' Apostles, a great deal·of . success that many apoc'ryphal writing .is at. accounts state heapres.ented in ,a traveling Vatican,exhibit. (eNS photo cour-·· ·then gods were rentesy Nelson Shanks) . ' . " ,', tributed to these disciples. And Bartholomew had his dered powerless. We share: The Gospel of have an interesting perBartholomew, The Preachsonal description given of ing of Bartholomew in the him unique in historical Oasis, The Preaching of records: "He has black curly St. . Andrew and St. hair with pale white skin, large By CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE Bartholomew, The Acts of eyes, straight nose; his hair cov. view with The Catholic Standard PHILADELPHIA _ A por- and Times,. Phil~delphia Phili~,·..The Martyrdom of St. ers his ears, .and his beard is trait of Pope John Paul II by archdiocesan newspaper. '.Bartholomew, The Apostolic Hislong and grizzled. He wears Nelson Shanks is the only work "The Holy Spirit, window is ,tory of'Abdias, amo'ng others, a white robe with stripes of by a U.S. artist in a traveling ex- . ;representa'tive; you can See the' give a lot of iriformation. purple and a white cloak hibition of Vatican art opening in . Holy.spirit literally coriling(rom' One thing seems certain: he " with four purple gems at the Houston in M a r c h . , it through him, and out :of his ': ~as not placed in a sack ~nd cast , corners. For 26 years he wore The portrait was exhibited first hand, blessing us. His open, ¥.~'.. . Into the sea as report~d In the Ma.rtyrdom ~f these apd they never grow old. His shoes'have at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. in the other direction iswelcom-., :.St. Bartholomew,. Still; as we Will ,see, hiS lasted for 26 years. He prays a hundred times Peter and Paul last week, and at ing us into himself; into hi~' be~ death was a notonous event. a day and a hundred times at night. His voice the Philadelphia Museum of Art lief in the Church and'into the ba-: . : ' Bartholomew means "Son of Tolmai." He is like a'trumpet; angels wait upon him and he beginning this week through Feb- silica" said ShankS. . ':- .~as led to Christ·in the region of Galilee, pos- is always of cheer." ("The Apostolic History," The pope in the pairiting is the slbly by Phili~. Being listed in the final list of Abdias) mary 5, It was to join the Vatican exhibit, "St. Peter and the pope Shanks said he saw about' the Apostles In Acts 1:9, '!'ecan assume he He was a striking individual with perseverVatican: The Legacy of the eight years ago. would have been ~resent In the company: of ance for the Gospel and dedication to minisPopes," at the Houston Museum "I think it has more good th~ ?ther Apostles In the early, post-a~cen.sl?n try. Even though, as Nathaniel, he once asked, of Natural Science beginning thought in inhan anything I have ministry of the Jerusal~m Church. HIS mlnIS- "Is there anything good that can come from March 2.. . ever painted," he said. "It is certry seems to have been In the eastern churches Nazareth?" he lived and worked in the assurThe exhibit also will be shown tainly one of the most complirather than to the western churches as was ance the Ultimate Good had come from at the Fort Lauderdaie (Fla.) Mu- cated paintings I have ever done, r;;;""~""""'~~~~"""'-==--"'-''''-'-=--'''''''-'_''' Nazareth. .' seum of Art, Cincinnati Museum I try to capture 'the essence of . In John 1:49 he pI:oclaimed, "Rabbi, you Center and .Sa~Diego ¥useum what it is I'm painting." are the sol) of God! You are the King of Isof Art before.concluding its U.S. Shanks has <lone portraits of rael." He lived arid gave his life for that truth. tour in September 2004. the late Princess Diana, Ronald Happy Digging! The 54-by-52-inch painting Reagan and opera singer Luciano shows Pope ·'John Paul in St. Pavarotti. He also has commisPeter's Basilica, dressed in white sions to paint Bill Clinton and. . I believe I have'discovered a typo in the and. gold ves'tinent's and a gold New York Mayor Michael ·Bible. In Malachi 4:2, shouldn't it be "Son : : ' J!1iter, with .light streaming in Bloomberg. of Righteousness" not "Sun of Righteous... '.' .', froin the basilica's Holy Spirit At the Vatican, Dominican ness"? ,- .'" window.. Father Allen Duston, coordinator -'- William D. '. Depicting the pope presented of Patrons and Friends of the a special challenge for Shanks as Vatican Museums which does Dear William, the P9pe did not pose for the por- promotions and fund raising for Sorry, the Hebrew word is Sun. This trait..shanks based the painting on the museums, described Shanks could be a poetic figure taken from napho~os, videotapes and sef?ing .the as a well-known professional porture, and some see a messianic sense. Arpope at several publi~ activities. trait artist. chaeology has uncovered many examples "I'm trying to show the powShanks "wanted to paint a porfrom Egypt and the ancient Near East in erful spirituality and the com- trait of the pope and /1e was willwhich a king is given the epithet of "the plete philosophical agreement ing to give the painting to the PaSun." this man has with his spiritual- trons of Philadelphia," said Father ity and faith," said Shanks while Duston. "They could use it for Dr. John Heird is a Bible historian and he was still completing the por- fund-raising purposes or give it to archaeologist. He is a writer and lecturer trait. . the Vatican." ARTIST'S CONCEPTION of St. on biblical backgrounds and the develop"The man is profound and the Father Duston said a deci~ Bartholomew and a knife (symbolic of being ment director for the Diocese ofLittle Rock. most important thing I've tried to sion on the final destination of flayed alive). Write him at drdig@lampcom.com. get here is that conviction, that the portrait had not been made spirituality," he said in an inter- yet.
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