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Sisters of Charity of Quebec to mark 150th jubilee ~

The Sisters have served in the Fall River Diocese for more than 81 years. By JAMES N. DUNBAR

NEW BEDFORD -The community of the Sisters of Charity of Quebec will gather Jan. 31 for the 10 a.m., Mass in Sacred Heart Church here - and later for a brunch with parishioners in the church hall- celebrating the congregation's founding in Quebec City, Canada, in 1849. Bishop Sean P. O'Malley w.ill be the principal celebrant and homilist at the Mass. The festivities are part of the "150 Years of Charity at the Heart of Life" that are being observed by the sisters in their respective missions or parishes across the world - in Quebec, the United States, Japan and South America - until August 1999. The founder, Mother Marcelle MaBet, was born in Montreal, Canada on March 26, 1805. When still very young she became an orphan and received no formal education. She entered the novitiate of the Grey Nuns of Montreal in 1824 and two years later pronounced her first vows. She was assigned to the kitchen in the children's ward and to the frail elderly and handicapped women. However by 1840 she was appointed to the general administration and four years later was assistant to the superior. When in 1849, Bishop Turgeon

of Quebec requested that Sisters of the Grey Nuns of Montreal staff an orphanage and provide services to the poor in Quebec City, Mother Mallet volunteered. She was named superior of the new foundation. By 1870, the congregation was comprised of 116 sisters with seven foundations. Mother Mallet died on Easter morning, April 9, 1871. Her congregation was dedicated to the sick, orphans, and the abandoned elderly, poor children without instruction, immigrants without family or

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home - to all classes-of poverty. In the next hundred years many foundations followed: general hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, orphanages for b.oys and girls, boarding schools for girls and social services for the poor. . Sister Denise Marcoux, superior general of the congregation, which has 800 members, states: "We are sisters capable to intervene, to support the needy where we are needed." In 1981, a new program was organized to perpetuate the spirit and charism of Mother Mallet. They are the "Associates," men and women willing to walk in Mother Mallet's footsteps. Today there are more than 400 members worldwide. The Sisters of Charity of Quebec came to the Fall River Diocese in 1917 at the request of Father Orner Valois, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, New Bedford, with the approval of Bishop Daniel F. Feehan. The sisters were asked to staff a parochial boarding house for young girls who worked in 'area factories. That caused a flap with the Quebec motherhouse, reported Sister Therese Bergeron of New Bedford. "That kind of work was not within the guidelines, which really focused on taking care of the elderly and sick," said Sister Bergeron. "But Father Valois was instrumental in keeping the sisters here and in October 1920, the first elderly facility was build in New Bedford. A few years later a wing was added to what is now the Sacred Heart Tum to page 13 - Quebec

Hundreds from across diocese at pro-life vigil, march in capital ~

The Anchor has staffer Mike Gordon covering the annual respect life events in the nation's capital. By JAMES N. DUNBAR

FALL RJVER - Hundreds of people from the Fall River Diocese, including approximately 60 teens, are among tens of thousands of Catholics converging on Washington, D.C., for the annual National Prayer Vigil for Life last night and the March for Life today. Bishop Sean P. O'Malley is again among the pilgrims he called, "Persons of conscience to mark the anniversary of the United States Supreme Court decisions which legalized abortion-on-demand throughout our country. We gather in a spirit of prayer and peace to show clearly our support for the sacred value and dignity of life." In a letter issued last week, the bishop told the group: "I am so proud of you!" Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore was the principal celebrant and homilist at the opening MaSs of the vigil that began at 8 o'clock last night in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on the campus of The Catholic University of America. Following that there was recitation of the rosary, night prayer and holy hours throughout the night at the shrine. The vigil concluded today with morning prayer at 6 a.m., and a concelebrated Mass with Bishop O'Malley at 7:30 a.m. "In our times of prayer at the basilica and at Our Lady of the Americas Church this Tum to page 13 - March

Powerful spirit keeps Maryknoll priest afloat ~

Fall River native Father John Breen stays in stride at 75.

serving in the region fall. Finally, he suffered his own body's decline, needing emergency heart surgery in 1992. Buoyed by a powerful faith and an ornery spirit, By FATliER JOSEPH FEDORA, MM however, this seasoned missionary from Fall River, MARYKNOLL, N.Y. - While Maryknoll Fa- Mass., manages to keep afloat. It must be the sailor ther John Breen was en route to his first mission in him. "I was 12 years old when I got my first sailassignment in the mountains of Guatemala in 1952, his horse dropped dead. So the newly ordained boat," says Father Breen, who, while growing up, missioner picked up the saddle and journeyed the spent six months a year at his family's summer rest of the way on foot. It was an auspicious begin- home in Portsmouth, R.I. "And I've been in love ning to a dynamic missionary career spanning half with sailing and the sea ever since." So much so, that Father Breen, while a senior in a century, all of it in Central America. Over the decades, Breen, who now lives and high school, decided to apply to the U.S. Naval works in Honduras, witnessed many things falling Academy. "I went to Mass every day praying I'd be by the wayside: like democracy in 1954 when a able to pass the entrance exam," he recalls smiling. CIA-backed military coup overthrew Guatemala's When he told Father Thomas Daley of Holy Name government, and, in subsequent years respect for Parish, Fall River, that he wanted to go to Annapolife: when he saw the bodies of his parishioners lis, the priest told him: "Give God first choice!" So the man did, joining Maryknoll in 1944. caught in the cross fire between government troops' and rebel fighters. As Maryknoll superior in CenTurn to page 13 - Maryknoll tral America, he saw the number of missionaries

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Washington archdiocesan priest dies celebrating Mass By RICHARD SZCZEPANOWSKI

medical technician' who were attending the Mass rushed. to the WASHINGTON - Msgr. Adam altar to perform CPR on the priest. Kostick, a priest of the Archdio"He died just before he consecese of Washington, was stricken crated the bread and wine. He was with a heart attack and died while standing with arms raised in celebrating .Mass Jan. 17 at St. prayer when he fell into the arms Mary's Church in suburban of the deacon who cradled his fall," Father Downs said. Rockville, Md. He was remembered as "a wonHe said parishioners prayed for derful man and dedicated priest" the priest as they waited for the who died the way he wanted to ambulance. When paramedics' efdie. forts to resuscitate him were un"He mentioned more than successful, Msgr. Kostick was once that he wanted to die at the taken to Shady Grove Adventist altar,"said FatherL. James Downs, Hospital, where he was proassociate pastor of St. Mary's. nounced dead at about 10 a.m. "He told me that .would be the . Mary Charbonneau, a longtime greatest way to go. He went to the parishioner at St. Mary's, wrote a kingdom the way he wanted to memQrial to Msgr. Kostick. In it, go." she noted that "he died as he Msgr. Kostick, who turned 73 wished, on the altar; saying Mass on Jan. 10, was pastor of St. ... and died with 900 of us saying Mary's for nearly 17 years. He was the rosary in the pews." preparing to consecrate the EuCardinal James A. Hickey of charist during the 9 a.m. Mass on Washington celebrated the Sunday when he was stricken. - priest's funeral Mass Thursday at Two doctors, a nurse and' a St. Mary's Church. CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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®bttuartP!1 Father Thomas E. O'Dea NEW BEDFORD - Father Tho-· named parochial vicar at St. Lawrence mas Edward 0' Dea, 64, associate pas- Church, where he maintained the tor of St. Lawrence Martyr Church parish's food pantry for the needy; for nearly 28 years, died Tuesday ,served as director of the religious night at St. Luke's Hospital. Father education program and was moderaO'Dea had been stricken with a heart attack on the evening of New Year's Day and had been hospitalized since. Earlier that day he had celebrated Mass and had appeared in good health. Born in Taunton, the son of the late Maurice and the late Marguerite (Dineen) O'Dea, he graduated from Immaculate Conception School and Msgr. Coyle High School. In preparation for priesthood he studied at Our Lady of Providence Minor Seminary in 'Warwick, R.I., and at Stonehill College. He completed' his theological studies at St. John's Seminary in Brighton. Father 0' Dea was ordained a priest Jan. 30, 1960 by Bishop James L. Connolly in St. Mary Cathedral, Fall River. He was associate pastor at St. James Parish, New Bedford from 1960 Father O'Dea to 1971. He was appointed chaplain of the New Bedford Fire De- tor of the lectors and eucharistic minpartment in 1963 and had been its isters. Also'in 1971, Father O'Dea was sole chaplain for more than six years. In March, i 971, Father O'Dea was named diocesan coordinator for

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Project Equality, a statewide program aimed at maintaining and improving employment practices for minority groups. During the 1970s he also assisted in administration of Regina Pacis Hispanic Center in New Bedford. Father O'Dea was the director ofHoly FamilylHoly Name School in New Bedford from 1973 to 1989. He was a member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of New Bedford. He leaves a cousin, Mary E. O'Dea of Taunton. His body will be transferred to St. Lawrence Church today at 2 p.m., where he will lie in state until 9 p.m. A vigil service will be'held at 7 p.m. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. His funeral Mass will be celebrated tomorrow at 11 am., in St. Lawrence Church. Bishop Sean P. O'Malley will be the principal celebrant. The homilist will be Father John 1. Steakem, pastor, St. Thomas More Church, Somerset. Interment will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery, :raunton. The Saunders-Dwyer Home for Funerals, 495 Park St., New Bedford, is in charge of arrangements.

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children and two great-grandchildren. Her funeral Mass was celebrated January 16 in St. Ann Church, Raynham. Interment was in St. Patrick Cemetery, Fall River.

In Your Prayers Please pray for the following priests during the coming week NECROLOGY January 2S 1987, Rev. Jack Hickey, O.P., Dismas House, Nashville, Tenn. January 27 1919, Rev. John T. O'Grady, Assistant, Immaculate Conception, Fall River 1955, Rev. Joseph M. Silvia, Pastor, St. Michael, Fall River 1988, Rev. Thomas E. Lockary, c.S.c., Stonehill College, North Easton <

January 28 1947, Rev. Joseph M. Griffin, Pastor, St. Mary, Nantucket 1961, Rt. Rev. Msgr. John J. Shay, Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, Attleboro \ , January 29 1944, Rev. Christiano J.'Borges, Pastor, St. John the Baptist, New Bedford . 1950, Rev. Albert J. Masse, Pastor, St. Joseph, Attleboro January 30 1883, Rey.Raymond EX. Cahill, S.J., Assistant, St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis"

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TIIEANCHOR-DioceseofFalI River-Fri., Jan. 22, 1999

Support group invites grads to a reunion NEW BEDFORD - Sacred Heart Father Matthew Sullivan will gather members of the New Bedford Deanery Separated and Divorced

Support Group on January 25 and begin his 15th year as their spiritual director. Over the past 14 years, more

than 1,000 people have attended one or more of the group's meetings hoping to resolve some of the pain resulting from the breakdown of their marriages.

All of them are invited to join speakers with practical suggestions current par:ticipants on Jan. 25, 7 for picking up the pieces and movp.m., at the Family Life Center, 500 ing on; and, perhaps more imporSlocum Road, North Dartmouth, to tant, compassion and a model of tell their stories, meet old and new God's love. friends and celebrate the group's The New Bedford Deanery Sepaanniversary. ratedJDivorced meets at the Family The group has provided a safe Life Center on the second and last place to share fears and grief with . Mondays of each month, 7-9 p.m. others who had similar experiences; Newcomers are always welcome.

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Tips for ensuring a dynamic parish By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

aging or health problems or who are Do parish leaders make prayer intemarginalized because of a problem gral to their work? Do they work on listening skills, asking the right quesA book that parishes and their marriage or other obstacles in life. The priest further warned me not tions and trying to increase their repeople will welcome is Rick Warren's "The Purpose-Driven to get so close to the core people of a sources? Warren's five main dimensions of Church" (Zondervan Publishing, parish that I neglect those on its peGrand Rapids, Mich.) - particularly riphery. 'The vitality of a parish," he Church grow~ are well worth ponthose parishes trying to make the said, "depends more on befriending dering: Churches grow warmer services they offer more effective. Its those who are friendless than being through fellowship, deeper through thought-provoking insights and sug- .. friends with those who are always discipleship, stronger through worgestions might be just the ingredi- friendly." ship, broader through ministry and "Don't focus on growing a larger through evangelism. ents needed to energize your parish. Let me point out a few of my fa- - Church with programs, focus on In other words, the backbone growing people with aprq~ess" is of a parish is built out of a welvorite passages in the book: 'The best way to find out the cul- another of Warren's insights that coming spirit, efforts to inspire ture, mind-set, and lifestyle ofpeople caught my eye. Too often parishes people to follow Christ's example, create programs but forget to culti- -meaningful liturgies and an emis to talk to them!" This simple advice reminds me vate the skills of those who run them, phasis on catechesis, social justice of a blunder I once made with one of The quotation prompts me to ask: and spiritual witness. our parishioners. Every Sunday she' would faithfully get people to carry up the Offertory gifts at Mass. And every Sunday I would say "Buenas dias" to her, thinking she was SpanDear Editor: . ish. Thank you for your editorial of Dec. 31, 1998. You are the first One evening she was at a social voice of reason I have heard. You are the one little candle in the gathering I attended, and I said to darkness. Lying is a serious offense as many children can tell her, "Buenas noches," and she .reyou and that punishment comes along with forgiveness: plied, "Father, lam not Spanish, I am The president h~s thumbed his nose at the American people Filipino." Had I taken time. to talk and the congressional representatives from Massachusetts have with her on the many Sundays I saw put blindfolds on just to ensure they will be elected again. her, I would have learned that awhole . It has boggled our minds for many years: how can such a lot sooner. . highly Roman Catholic state as ours have so many "Catholic" Warren reminds us that there is pro-abortion represe~tatives? .. no substitute for face-to-face converVic and Marie Burchfield sations with others if you want to Plymouth know who they are. Many people tend too often to . Dear Editor: read people from a distance, to catYo.ur readers should know tharrecent figures released by the egorizethem quickly and,to feel seU.S. Center for Dis'ease Control arid Prevention revealed that in cure that they "know" \\iho they are. the year 1996, there were 1.2 million legal abortions performed in It is a common error of many leaders the United States; that white and unmarried women over the age when dealing with large numbers of of 19 comprised the bulk of those obtaining abortions. people. It is also a hindram::eto good That an abortion is the act of killing an unborn human being parish spirit. seems to be forgotten and ignored. Many pro-abortionists view "Grow the Church from the outthe act as something that simply wipes out a prospective inside 'in, rather than from the inside 'truder to a woman's lifestyle and has to be banned, barred and out" is a Warrcn principle well worth destroyed. It seems that the right to life has been forgotten and pondering. An old priest once told me ignored by practitioners of abortion. that to be a really good priest I needed . Thomas A. Walsh to go after parishioners who fall into Roslindale the crevices: those angry at the Church,.unable.toget.to.itbecause of __ .... ..... , '." .. 1. CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE •

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Magazine editor pays homage to nuns in the arts By Lou PANARALE CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - Marci Whitney-Schenck says for years she had a recurring dream she was back at her Spokane, Wash., Catholic high school talking with her friends "about growing up and leaving behind the ivy-covered walls." She would wake up and realize she was a grown-up and her school and the Franciscan nuns in their habits were gone, . she writes in her quarterly magazine, Christianity and the

years ago with my life savings," she said from her office in Chicago. "As a Catholic, I believe we need to do more to promote the arts in the Church." The SO-page full-color issue

showcases the works of nuns who excelled in painting, sculpture, tableaux, photography, music, poetry, short stories and essays. "We had over 1,000 submis-

Arts. She says sometimes she would also dream she had enough money to reopen the school and bring back the nuns, but knows that dream is "sheer folly." But Whitney-Schenck, who lives in Chicago, has at least found a way to pay tribute to the women religious she has known and live out yet another dream - to educate Catholics on a legacy some nuns have left to the Church through their artistic expression. She is publisher and editor of the no·nprofit quarterly Christianity and the Arts. In an interview with Catholic News Service, she described her latest issue on "Hidden Treasures of the Church: Arts by Catholic Nuns" as "a rare study of the arts ministry of Catholic nuns before and after Vatican

THEANCHOR- Diocese ofFall River- Fri., Jan. 22, 1999 sions, and I believe many Catholics would be interested in seeing some of these rarely seen works of art," said Whitney-Schenck. One familiar name in the issue is Sister Wendy Beckett, the elderly British nun with the toothy smile and wispy voice who stood the art world on its head with her unrehearsed televised critiques of the world's great paintings. Whitney-Schenck emphasized, however, that most of the nuns whose works appear in the special issue would hardly be recognized by anyone in or out of the art world. Herclose collaborator, friend and guest editor for the special issue was Dan Paulos, director of St. Bernadette Institute of Sacred Art. The Albuquerque, N.M.-based nonprofit group sponsors religious art shows. "It is vital for Catholics to link the Church's artistic past

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with the present," WhitneySchenck told CNS. "We Catholics have to teach our young people about Bernini and Michelangelo, because if we don't we will have nothing to build on." She said Catholics should be "evangelists through the arts. We must have the focus that this is for God, not for ourselves. I think we have a duty to articulate our own vision."

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Audience Message Pope John Paul n By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Here is the Vatican text of Pope John Paul II's remarks in English at his weekly general audience Jan. 20. Dear brothers and sisters, Today we reflect on the Old Testament understanding of God. A sense of wonder in the face of creation and the gift of life and the universal human experience of fatherhood led the people of Israel to see God as Father. In their history, God showed that he was their Father in a special way by establishing a covenant with them and calling them to observe his law. The Old Testament also shows that God's love is like Ihe love of a mother: "As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you" (Is 66: 13). This tender love of God for his people-pmmpts the--elderly

Tobit to proclaim: "Acknowledge him before the nations, 0 sons of Israel; for he has scattered us among them. Make his greatness known there and exalt him in the presence of all the living; because he is our Lord and God, he is our Father forever" (Tb 13:3-4). In this year dedicated to the Father, may all Christians become more deeply aware of God's constant and compassionate love for us. I welcome the Viva Vox Cathedral Choir from Helsinki, and I encourage you to continue to devote your talents to singing God's praises. I greet the many Englishspeaking pilgrims and visitors, especially those from Denmark, Finland, Australia, Japan and the United States ofAmerica. Upon you and your families, I invoke the abundant blessings of almighty ·Goo,.

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Inspiration for peace As the new year began, in the midst of all the person is the guiding principle, and when the predictions ofY2K computer problems, we were, search for the common good is· the overriding by contrast, given a message of hope by the pope. commitment, then solid and lasting foundations In aspeech to mark World Peace Day - established by P9pe Paul VI in 1967 and celebrated every Jan. 1 - Pope John Paul II spoke out brilliantly and humanly for the dignity of every human person. His words should be memorized by all of us who care about peace, both the personal peace that resides in our By Antoinette Bosco hearts and the external peace which can preserve our world as God would L.------------L~~....:. __........ have it. Peace flourishes only when human rights are for building peace are laid." When human rights are ignored, "then the seeds fully respected, Pope John Paul said. He explained, "When the promotion of the di.gnity of the human of instability, rebellion and violence are inevitably

The Bottom Line

Unfairness in first grade .Dear Dr. Kenny: Our first-grade daugh- to do better next month? Using' her anger as ter was very tearful because she did not re- . motivation to do better is a fine way to handle ceive a reward for good behavior. She had a it. Fix the problem, not the blame. smaIl problem on the last day which she did "That's not fair!" is one of the primal not feel was her fault. I want to go in and screams of humankind. Life itself is not fair. explain things to the teacher. My wife says Referees make bad calls. Some people cheat no. This is our only child, and I cannot stand and steal from you. Young mamas with chilto see her hurt, especially when it may not dren to raise die in accidents. be fair. What do you think? (New _------------r:~~ Jersey) Don't go. Your wife is right. Even though your daughter is very young, she must learn to cope with matters like this on her own. That's how little people grow up. With Dr. James & We grow from adversity, in learnMary Kenny ing ways to handle problems. You have a marvelous opportunity here L. ----:~ to help your daughter cope with a difficult (for her) instance. You might have an interesting conversaTalking about your concern with another tion with your daughter about other instances parent is a good way to handle such things. of unfairness. Tell her what has happened to That should help you to become more objec- you, how you felt and what you did. tive. Your daughter might distract herself. When Best of all, listen to your daughter. Don't one area just plain hurts, try something else. interrupt her with suggestions and advice. Why don't you and your daughter .go on a Let her have her say, about what she did and long hike next weekend? Count the birds. Or didn't do, what the teacher did and said, and rent a special video to watch together. especially how your daughter felt and feels The real problem may be you. As parents, now. we all find it hard to make the switch from It's OK to cry, to feel angry and sad. Get the nurturing to partnering. As a baby, you feelings out where they can be put in words. mended her hurts. Now she is a first-grader, That is how poetry helps us handle our feel- and you must help her learn how she herself ings, by putting complex emotions into words. can deal with the wrongs in her life. You need to help your daughter get beyond Life is not fair. You the parent cannot change her feelings. It may be OK to feel angry, but it's that. But you can help your daughter learn to not a real good idea to keep on griping and cope. complaining. So what can your daughter do? Reader questions on family living and Can she talk to the teacher about what hap- child care to be answered in prjnt are inpened? Explain herself and say why it was vited. Address questionS: The Kennys; St. not her fault? Joseph's College; 219 W. Harrison; Should she put it behind her and resolve Rensselaer, IN 47978.

John Paul emphasizes the same message, that to sown," he said. I found· the pope's message particularly ap- seek peace means "to walk the path of authentic pealing because I had just finished reading "Seek- conversion, which involves rejecting evil and mak. ing Peace," by Johann Christoph Arnold (Plough ing a positive choice for good." It's not easy to talk about peace. People get Press). I found the author's honesty striking. He says, pointedly, that despite all the ways we talk stuck on the idea that peace is some kind of quiet about peace, we live in an unpeaceful world be- condition you can achieve that acts on you like a cause of the self-centeredness which puts the love tranquilizer. Wrong! Peace is so much morethe very active state ofjoining ranks with the Lord of power above the common good. I have had the good fortune to meet Arnold, to end conflicts and selfishness and be so filled and he is, indeed, a spiritual guide, devoted to with love that we can see the sacredness of every Christ, who fearlessly writes about difficult sub- human being and of the very earth itself. To get a detailed blueprint on what is entailed jects, like raising children, sex, death, forgiveness in pursuing peace - with marvelous insights from and now, peace. Sounding much like the pope, Arnold says: extraordinary people like Trappist Father Thomas "The need for peace cries to heaven. Call it what Merton, Marcus Aurelius, Dorothy Day and you will- harmony, serenity, wholeness, sound- Dostoyevsky - I recommend "Seeking Peace." As for war and armed conflicts and "their countness of mind - the yearning for it exists somewhere in every human being. Everyone wants less victims," Pope John Paul said: "How often peace - freedom from anxiety and doubt, vio- have my predecessors and I myself called for an lence and division. Everyone wants stability and end to these horrors! I shall continue to do so until it is understood that war is the failure of all true security." . That's not an easy state to achieve, but I can humanism." Bravo to our pope, who will go down in his'think of nothing greater to work for. Arnold points out that to seek peace means "to seek harmony . tory as the spiritual leader who never relented in within ourselves, with others and with God." Pope his words and work for peace.

Health concerns and drinking from the Communion cup

Q. At a time when Hepatitis C and AIDS years with the question whetherAIDS (acquired are so prevalent a health hazard, why does the immune deficiency syndrome), or the virus Church still give Communion under both spe- which causes it (HIV - human immunodeficies? Also, what do eucharistic ministers do ciency virus), might be transmitted by a comwho caimot drink the remaining wine after mon Communion cup. The Center for Disease Control's answer has Communion, but do not wish to give up this been and still is that HIV-AIDS is transinitted in ministry? (Massachusetts) .A. The simple and direct answer to your first several ways: sexual intercourse, blood or bloodquestion is that neither of these diseases can be transmitted through any rem• nants of saliva on the Communion cup. 1. 0 The Hepatitis C virus was discovered only 11 years ago, by molecular cloning. It was found to be the apparent primary cause of those cases of hepati: tis which do not result from A or B viBy Father rus. John J. Dietzen In preparing this column I talked with the hepatitis section of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, the borne products, breast milk, occupational accimain center for disease-related information and dents mentioned above and so on. Scientists analysis in the United States. Their studies con- agree, however, that what is called casual con- . firm that Hepatitis C is a blood-borne virus and tact is not among the ways of communicating is not spread by eating utensils or drinking the virus. glasses. Several years ago, the U.S. surgeon general, Harmful exposure to the virus is normally following advice from the Center for .Disease through blood or blood components, use of in- Control and other scientific sources, sent an injected drugs, possibly through infected sexual formative brochure to every household in the partners or by percutaneous (skin-piercing) pro- country. fessional accidents - for example, when a phy''You won't get theAIDS virus;' said the study, sician, nurse or other health care person is ex-- "through everyday contact with the people posed to an infected individual's blood. around you in school, in the workplace, at parThis column has .dealt several times over the ties, child-care centers or stores. You won't get it by swimming in a pool, even if someone in the pool is infected with theAIDS virus.... You won't get AIDS from saliva, sweat; tears, urine or ... a verbal attention might be appropriate. Rarely kiss.... It can't be passed by using a glass or eatIn the interest of Christian unity, I recently times_during church services. conducted an informal (and very brief, I might - Baptists: humming on the bus and in the used during sermons. ing utensils that someone else has used." "Fellowship" is interesting: add) public research project near escalators at car, singing hymns in the shower and belting The bottom line is that, following the best I.e. Penney. I asked, "What do you know about out songs on Sundays as ifScripture was serious -:- Evangelicals: a sharing ofScripture, prayer available scientific knowledge concerning these theAnnual Week ofPrayer for Christian Unity?" about this 'joyful noise" stuff. and worship in a community setting. viruses, there has never been, and is not now, What about "cardinal"? - Quakers: a good feeling. , "Does it last seven days?" was the first reany reason the Church should discontinue or - Catholics: a high church official. sponse. - Catholics: a terrific study grant. discourage Communion from the cup, beCause Others included: ''I'm Jewish. Are we in- United Methodists: mascot of St Louis Just for fun, during Christian Unity Week of them. vited?" baseball team. To your final question, for any ofseveral good "I gave at the office," "What do I win if I -Lutherans: acolorclosetomagenta ,...----------.....jr--.:::;;~-i.., reasons, it is not uncommon that people minisknow?" Ask Christians about "wing tips." tering Communion, including deacons and This provided a hint that Christians of differ-..:... Catholics: feathery appendages priests, cannot consume the consecrated wine ent denominations have a way to go before they decorating cherubs who populate much left in the chalice. They may always ask another . leap onto the PUB (Prayer for Unity Bandwagon). classical church art. to consume it for them. For starters, we need to speak the same lan- . - Mormons: The extreme ends of It is good to check with the priest. Instrucguage. Let's be honest. We use the same word the fuselage protrusions that keep airtions covering this possibility should be, and . for different things all the time - and need to planes in the air. By Dan Morris usually are, part of the normal preparation of know this. - Episcopalians: shoeware, often eucharistic ministers. For example, how do Catholics, Baptists and worn to church, usually by men. A free brochure answering questions Presbyterians define "sing" at the pew level? Define "bingo." (Jan. 18-25 this year) conduct your own parish Catholics ask about cremation and other - Catholics: Sing is something choirs do - Nazarenes: a form of gambling; should be poll. Ask, ''What do you think about 'Ut Unum funeral practices is available by sending . . for those attending Mass, sometimes joined in shunned. Sint"'? (Hint: It's a papal encyclical calling for a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Fasong by five or six people (often converts or - Catholics: a social gathering that simul- Christian unity.) ther John Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria, IL non-Catholic spouses). taneously funds parish programs. Comments are welcome. Write Uncle Dan 61651. - Presbyterians: holding a hymnal in front - Anglicans: a dramatic exclamation, re. at 6363 Christie Ave. No. 222, Emeryville, CaQ~estionsfor this column should be sent to of you and singing nicely into it at periodic served for extraordinary moments when emphatic lif. 94608; or e-mail: [cnsuncle@yahoo.com]. Father Dietzen at the same address.

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AWARD WINNER - Alice Considine, right, director of nutritional services for the Diocesan Health Facilities system, presents Donna Massa with an Employee of the Quarter certificate at the Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River. Massa was honored for her work as a dietary supervisor there.

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Priest .gains plaud-its for Dlinistry to carnival workers' By BETH VIERTHALER AND TIM WENZL CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

NEW SPEAKER of the House J. Dennis Hastert, an Illinois Republican, has a consistently pro-life record in Congress. Hastert was raised Methodist and attended an evangelical Christian college. (CNS photo from Reuters)

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AURORA, Ill. - House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., steps into his new role with a track record of opposing abortion. "We just know that he's very pro-life. Anytime you want a prolife .vote, you go to Denny," said Irene Napier, Illinois delegate to the National Right to Life Committee. She told The New Catholic ExpLorer, Joliet's diocesan newspaper, that Hastert was endorsed by the board of the Illinois right-to-life federation and its members. "Prolife supporters are very excited that he is the new speaker of the House," she added. Hastert, a Protestant, began his new post Jan. 6, taking over for Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., who resigned, and Rep. Bob Livingston, R-La., the man who had hoped to succeed Gingrich but decided not to take the job and to resign from Congress. The 57-year-old Hastert, known for making compromises, finds no middle ground on the abortion issue. His voting record shows a consistent stand against abortion. Since 1992, he has' voted for a ban on partial-birth abortion except in the case when the mother's life is at risk. In 1998, Hastert voted to maintain the current law that prohibits overseas U.S. military hospitals and medical facilities from performing abortions for U.S. service members and their dependents. He also worked to prohibit the use of federal funds for physicianassisted suicide, euthanasia and ~ercy killing. He supported a plan that made ii' a federal crime for someone who is not the parent to transport a minor across state lines with the intent to obtain an abortion. He also voted with the majority to prohibit the Food and Drug Adininist(ation from using funds to test, develop or approve any drug for chemically induced abortions. Fran Fortier, director of the Joliet Diocesan Family Life Office, said Hastert and the other Republican

congressmen whose districts are in the area cov,ered by the sevencounty Joliet Diocese - Henry Hyde, Jerry Weller and Thomas Ewing - as well as former Rep. Harris Fawell often have voted in accordance with Catholic teaching on abortion. Born in Aurora, Ill., Hastert, who was raised Methodist, earned a bachelor's de~ee at Wheaton College, an evangelical Christian schooi in Illinois, and has a master's degree from Northern Illinois University. A former high school teacher and wrestling coach, he served in the Illinois House of Representatives in 1981-86, was first elected to the U.S. House in 1986, and is currently serving his seventh term. Hastert and wife Jean have two sons, Josh, 22, and Ethan, 20.

. Bishop Doran begins daily TV appearance on llIinois station By CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE ROCKFORD, Ill. - Bishop Thomas G. Doran of Rockford began a weekday one-minute television program on the local NBC affiliate station this week. "Top 0' the Morning with路 Bishop Doran" is a brief commentary on the Gospel reading for the day. It airs Monday through Friday at 6:58 a.m.. on WREX-TV, just before the start of "Today," NBC's morning show. The program's cost is be~~g cov, ered by sponsors who get a fivesecond notice at the end of Bishop Doran's brief homily. It is being produced by the Rockford diocesan Office of Communications and Publications. Bishop Doran also participates in a half-hour weekly live call-in radio show on Rockford's top AM station and has increased the frequency of the diocesan newspaper from twice monthly to weekly for most of the year. The diocese also maintains three Web sites.

KINSLEY, Kan. - To countless carnival people who have known him through nearly four decades of his ministry, he is simply "Father Mac, . the carnival priest." . Msgr. Robert J. McCarthy of Watertown, N.Y., has been officially retired from his ministry on the midway since 1993, but he is the focus of two recenthonors. He is the subject of a new -book called "Carny Priest," just released by Tom Powell, editor of Amusement Business, official weekly newspaper of the carnival world. The book reveals interesting de~ tails about the carnival life and the priest who has devoted himself to bringing the sacraments to carnival workers and ministering to their spiritual needs. And in October Msgr. McCarthy, ordained in 194.6~ a priest of the Diocese ofOgdensburg, N.Y., became the first clergyman to be inducted into the Carnival Heritage Center's Hall of Fame in Kinsley. He said one of his main goals throughout his years as a carnival . priest was always to present the "proper image" of carnival people to the public. . "Unfortunately, carnival people have been looked down upon, disqriminated against and neglected by the public and even by the Church," he said in an interview with Catholic News Service. . . The priest's interest in the carnival started when he was a sideshow barker on a midway. After his ordination, he continued to work with his friends in the carnival. Word began to spread about his路 service to local carnival workers and soon "Fath~r Mac" was - serving all of the outdoor showmen's industry. In 1962, with the approval of his bishop, he began traveling all over the United States to minister to carniv3.I people. In 1971, the priest was designated as the "official chaplain" of the carnival in the United States, logging more than 50,000 miles a year to serve nearly 60,000 workers at the nation's more than 400 carnivals. Msgr. McCarthy has performed baptisms, prepared children for first Communion, heard confessions, been allowed to confirm, presided at marriages and celebrated funeral Masses.

During their stay in a town, the workers live in mobile homes or tents or may sleep in their trucks and eat in their own cookhouse. Msgr. McCarthy told the Southwest Kansas Register, newspaper of the Diocese ofWichita, that the carnivals provide the accommodations for him. "I've stayed in everything from tents to trailers. Living right there on the carnival grounds and eating with them;' he said, 'The closer you can be with migrants the better it is. They have a saying, 'Unless you eat out of our dishes, you're not qne of us.'"

In retirement he continues to min,' ister to carnival workers on a limited basis. His hometown ofWatertown is the site of the Showman's Chapel, an interfaith place of worship for traveling carnival people. One of Msgr. McCarthy's most vivid memories is the way carnival workers pay last respects to their dead. "When a carnival worker 9ies, they don't shut down for a funeral," Father McCarthy told the Southwest Kansas Register. 'They are true to the saying, 'The show must go on.' The bodies are sent to one of the cemeteries and buried. Memorial services are held later in the off-season."

FATHER ROBERT McCarthy, pictured here at the New York State Fair in 1995, has been inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Carnival Heritage Center in Kinsley, Kan, The priest has been ministering to carnival and midway workers since 1946,' (CNS file photo by MichaelOkoniewski)

New York cardinal denounces alcohol as murderous drug By CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE NEW YORK - Calling it the drug that "literally gets away with murder," Cardinal John J. O'COnnor ofNewYork devoted his recent weekly newspaper column to warning people against alcohol. "'Drugs' are thought of in the sinister terms of Mafia and syndicates, ghetto comer deals and guns and knives and murders and rapes," he wrote in Catholic New York, his arqhdiocesan newspaper. Buthe said alcohol is "a mindaltering, mood-alteri.ng addictive drug too rarely thoughi of as a drug." "'One for the road' Seems to be as popular a prelude to a farewell as it has ever been," he said.

"Drunks and alcoholics are still good for a laugh on television." Meanwhile, he said, "lives are perverted and families shattered and children terrified and innocent people killed. by drunks." Cardinal O'Connor said that when he was a Navy chaplain he was "very much involved. in drug and alc,ohol prevention and treatment" because he saw the impact of alcQhol on the lives of military personnel. "Experience taught us a very simple definition of functional alcoholism. If alcohol adversely affects your family, your job or your health, ,and you still drink, consider yourself an alcoholic, even if you have never had a 'lost weekend' and

confme yourself to one ounce of alcohol a month;' he said. He praised the work ofAlcoholicsAnonymous, particularly its insistence on complete honesty. Cardinal O'Connor said he has been remiss in not writing about alcoholism before in his nearly 15 years as archbishop of New York. "Alcoholism is so common a sickness that I should have been writing and preaching about it for years," he said. ''We are sacred. human persons, every one of us, made in God's own image, modeled. after the Lord;' he said. '~buse of alcohol has twisted and distorted, sullied and violated that image perhaps as much as has any other evil, perhaps more."

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Priest writes pocket-sized book on ministering to sick, elderly By DAVID BRUCE CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ERIE, Pa. - When Father J. Daniel Dymski decided to write a handbook for pastoral caregivers of the sick and elderly, he placed almost as much importance on the size of the book as its contents. The senior associate pastor at St. Joseph Parish in Warren said that he wanted a small, pocket-sized book that. caregivers can take with them when they visit. "So if they had a question Of needed an explanation, they could open the book and find it right away," he said. The book, ''A Caregiver's Companion: Ministering to Older Adults," was released in January by Ave Maria

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QUAKE REMEMBRANCE - Residents light candles to offer prayers Jan. 16 for victims of the Kobe earthquake in western Japan four years ago. The 1995 quake killed more than 6,400 people and left tens of thousands homeless. (eNS photo from Reuters)

Internet one of the hottest tools in vocations today By MARY BETH SAMMONS

In Providence, R.I., the diocesan Vocations Office hopes its new Web site at www.catholicpriest.com will CHICAGO - When Father Thohave similar success in commumas McQuaid became director of nicating with today's young vocations recruitment at the Unipeople. versity of St. Mary of the Lake in "It's a lot easier for someMundelein, he was a tad computer illiterate, he admits. "It's amazing how many hits one to pull up the page and browse" than it is to call the But it didn't take long be- you can make on the Net," says Vocations Office to obtain infore he found himself surfin' Dominican Sister Judith Anne formation, said Father Marcel the Net - for seminarian canHaase, coordinator for vocations L. Taillon, vocations recruiter didates, that is. in the Providence Diocese. That's' because the World for the Archdiocese of Chicago. Wide Web has become one of .... .. After discovering that names like "vocation" and the hottest recruitment tools in "priesthood" were already taken, the vocations game. Hundreds of the major attractions is price. "At about $200 a year, it's a lot Father Taillon said he and seminary men's and women's religious orders throughout the world are plugging cheaper for us than any other kind secretary Paula Mollo were very into their computers to try to en- of publicity," says Brother Dennis excited to find "Catholic priest" sure the future of vocations. Newton, director of vocations for available. "If this site can help answer ques"We get a lot of guys who were Divine Word. "We get three or four surfin' the Net and stumble upon people a week. It's a very far-reach- tions about vocations, then the our page, then call us for more in- ing and hopeful mode of recruit- greater church "is served," Father formation," Father McQuaid told ment and communications for us." Taillo!l said. The New World, Chicago's archdiocesan newspaper. "It's a way to really get out there to everyone with our message. It's becoming an invaluable tool." Certainly, most vocations direcBy CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE tors agree. to the FBI office in New York. He "It's amazing how many hits you SOUTH RIVER, N.J. - FBI Di- told Catholic News Service his work can make on the Net," says Domini- rector Louis 1. Freeh was named re- with the FBI had given him a numcan Sister Judith Anne Haase, coor- cipient of an Ethics in Government ber of opportunities to meet and dinator for vocations for the Arch- Award by the Passionist Eastern talk with Freeh, including visits at his office in Washington. diocese of Chicago. Province based in South River. "I have been impressed with him She was commenting on the The award was to be presented number of prospective candidates Jan. 25 at a fund-raising event at and his family life and ideals," Fawho log onto Web sites on voca- the New York Stock Exchange Lun- ther Wierichs said. "I see few leaders that young people can look up tions to study and learn about op- cheon Club. portunities in ministry and who rePrior to his appointment as FBI to, but I find there are a lot of young quest more information through this director in 1993, Freeh worked as FBI agents who are good people technological vehicle. an attorney and then as a federal and who look up to Mr. Freeh." The priest said part of the money Faced with a dwindling supply district judge in New York. Freeh, a of diocesan priests, Church leaders Catholic, also was an adjunct pro- raised would go to his order's St. are looking for innovative ways to fessor at Jesuit-run Fordham Law Gabriel Retreat House for Youth on Shelter Island, off eastern Long Iscelebrate their own vocations and School. attract new members, said Chicago Passionist Father Paul Wierichs, land. "It is the only retreat house Auxiliary Bishop Gerald F. director of development for his on the East Coast exclusively for Kicanas, organizer of a major vo- province, also serves as chaplain youth, and it needs help," he said. CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

The 176-page handbook focuses primarily on the spiritual needs of the sick and elderly and includes information on how to pray with older adults; death, dying and bereavement; and ministry skills for pastoral caregivers. It also includes a special section listing 150 toll-free phone numbers ofagencies which offer assistance and information to older adults, rites for distributing the Eucharist, prayers for

family settings and other traditional prayers. "People need to be professionally trained in pastoral caregiving," Father Dymski told the lAke Shore VISitor, Erie's diocesan newspaper. 'We train teachers, plumbers, doctors and nurses but when it comes to the spiritual care of older adults, we say 'Do it on your own.' This book at least offers them information they can use." Pastoral caregiving has changed much in recent years, Father Dymski said. No longer are priests and sisters exclusively dealing with the sick and elderly. Now lay people are the primary pastoral caregivers and he believes it takes a special kind of person to perform the job effectively. Father Dymski already had the knowledge and experience to write a book, and when Erie Bishop Donald W. Trautman made him a fill-in priest in early 1997 following a short leave of absence, he had the opportunity. Bishop Trautman also expressed his pleasure with the book. In a letter to Father Dymski, he wrote, ''It is very practical, and wil\ assist many people who are charged with caring for the elderly." The book can be purchased by calling (800) 282-1865, Ext. 111.

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Book Jreview~ 'Shopping For Faith: American Religion in the New Millennium' "Shopping For Faith: American Religion in the New Millennium," by Richard Cimino and Don Lattin. Jossey-Bass Publishers (San Francisco, 1998). 240 pages. REVIEWED BY BRIANT. OLSZEWSKI CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

JAMES COBURN, left, Sissy Spacek, center, and Nick Nolte star in "Affliction," which the U.S:Catholic Conference's Office for Film 9.nd Broadcasting calls "Nolte's finest hour." The USCC classification is A-III - adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted. (CNS photo from Lions Gate)

Nolte is super in "Affiiction"; bad language, morals spoil the effect By GERRI PARE CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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NEW YORK - Nick Nolte gi ves an Oscar-worthy performance as a disrespected smalltown cop teetering on the brink in the harrowing drama, "Affliction" (Lions Gate). Set in a crumbling New Hampshire. town as the starkness of winter approaches, the movie charts the inexorable fall from grace of divorced dad Wade Whitehouse (Nolte), try as he might to prevent or路 forestall his grim destiny. His frustrations are legion, the first of which is immediately evident as he vainly tries to endear himself'to his 9-year-old daughter (Brigid Tierney), who would rather be back home with her mom and stepdad than with him. Sensing he's losing her, Wade rashly decides to sue for custody despite the fact he's broke. His job路as town 'cop is little more than a glorified schoolcrossing guard and only part-time at that. To make ends meet, he must do menial tasks in his home town for a bullying realty agentbuilder (Holmes Osborne). As Wade seethes about his failed father-daughter relationship, grainy flashbacks revisit his own nightmarish upbringing at the hands of an alcoholic and violently abusi ve father (James Coburn), who still berates Wade with vicious insults. Like dad, he's become a drinker, too, but the elixir brings no comfort. When Wade tries to investigate a death only he deems suspicious he;s scoffed at. A union official intent on bagging a deer is shot accidentally, the only witness being Wade's best friend (Jim True), who was acting as the man's guide. The sole bright spot in Wade's life is his gentle girlfriend (Sissy Spacek), so he decides to introduce her to his folks in their remote farmhouse. A hellish scene awaits them as the old drunk hasn't bothered to get the boiler fixed,

with disastrous results. Exquisitely written and directed by Paul Schrader, the movie is based on Russell Banks' haunting 1989 novel. Schrader captures the spare, elegant prose of the author, adding to it the wintry imagery so petfectly suited toa tale of loss so achingly articulated it transcends one man's agony to become universal in its resonance. Beautifully sho~, superbly paced, and with a mournful mu'sic score quietly carrying the narrative along, Schrader turns what initially appears to be a murder mystery into a penetrating and unforgettable voyage into a tortured soul. The very picture of agonizing inner turmoil, this is Nolte's finest hour, a performance so finely nuanced it raises the story from the realms of melodrama to heartrending tragedy. Despite an ending that is overwhelmingly bleak, Wade's attempts to continue a caring relationship with his monstrous father demonstrates his basic goodness. As a cautionary tale indicting the evils of alcohol abuse and domestic violence, "Affliction" lives up to its name and then some, leaving one shaken, but perhaps more grateful for life's blessings. Due to scattered violence, alcohol abuse, an implied affair and frequent profanity and rough language, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted.

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are available when it comes to religion, and are willing to search until they find one, or a combination of several. Does this mean Catholicism and other traditiomil denominations are in trouble? The authors don't think so. Rather, they see the marketplace spirituality 'as an opportunity for shoppers to leave an "abusive or a:Iienating religious climate" and to find an "authentic spiritual path." Those ministers who read this book should do 'so with an open mind. What you will read might make you uncomfortable,. because words like "adapt" may raise defenses. However, the au-

thors' explanations are worth considering. In preparation for the millennium, Pope John Paul II has spoken of the new evangelization an evangelization that encompasses self, the community of practicing Catholics, alienated Catholics, and people who are not part of any denomination. It is against that background that this book should be read. If the reader reflects in terms of evangelization, what is reported will not be threatening but, rather, enlightening. The book also includes a CDROM with links to topics ancl denominations mentioned in the text. Those with Internet access will appreciate this electronic faith map. Cimino and Lattin conclude: "Strong religious communities with traditional teachings will survive and adapt, particularly those that combine ritual and spirituality. But religious communities that allow the flowering of personal religious experience - whether they be Pentecostal congregations or meditation support groups - may enjoy the brightest future." The marketplace for faith and spirituality is vast. Churches and their ministers are going to need guidance if they are going to reach and serve those in the market. "Shopping for Faith" is a good place to begin.

During and after the Second Vatican Council, parishes hosted discussion groups in which the council documents were studied, and practical applications were sought. While not of the magnitude of the council documents, "Shopping for Faith" is a book that could provide productive discussions among those who are employed as Church ministers, such as catechists, pastors, bishops, etc. Like others who must recognize trends in markets, and who seek a part of that market, ministers at all levels will want to read this路 book. Even if they don't want to, they have to if they are going to have people to whom to minister. Marketplace is not a word often associated with faith and spirituality. Cimino and Lattin. say as much: "Shopping for faith can trivialize religion or empower the spiritual search. Viewing religion as kind of cafeteria - a few bites of Zen meditation washed down with Gregorian chant and topped off with latest selfhelp book - can leave one hungry in the end." However, through interviews and research, they demonstrate that people are shopping for the plac.e where their faith and spiriTHIS IS the cover to "Shopping for Faith: tuallives will be.fortified. American Religion in the New Millennium" Americans, used to shopby Richard Cimino and Don Lattin. (CNS ping for everything else, want to know what options photo)

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flicks NEWYORK (CNS)-The following are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadc'asting. .

"Another Day in Paradise" (Trimark) Abhorrent violence marks the tale of a callous thief (James Woods) and his junkie lover (Melanie Griffith) who take a similar younger couple (Vincent Kartheiser and Natasha Gregson Wagner) on the road for a big heist that goes murderously awry. Director Larry Clark's raw picture ofnotso-innocent youth further corrupted is less a cautionary tale than a glamorization of daily doses of drugs, alcohol and deadly violence as an exciting lifestyle. Intermittent gory violence, sexual encounters with nudity, recurring substance abuse as well as incessant profanity路 and rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is 0 - morally offen-

sive. The Motion Picture Association ofAmerica rating is R - restricted.. "At First Sighf' (MGM) Fact-based drama in which a welladjusted blind man (Val Kilmer), at the urging of his architect girlfriend (Mira Sorvino), undergoes an operation which restores his sight but opens a Pandora's box of other difficulties that come to jeopardize their relationship and his previously secure sense of self. While overly sentimental, director Irwin Wmlder's romantic drama . is emotionally involving in exploring the unexpected pitfalls of a sudden, drastic change in lifestyle. Discreet bedroom scenes, a flash of nudity, some profanity and an instance of rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III - adults. The Motion Picture Association ofAmerica rating is PG-13 parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

''The Celebration" (October) At a family dinner celebrating the 60th birthday of the family patriarch (Henning Moritzen), his' eldest son (Ulrich Thomsen) rises to accuse his father of having sexually abused him and his dead twin sister when they were children, and, after a night of consternation, the family buries the revelation as a dark secret and ostra-

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cizes the offender from their circle. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg, the Danish production works up a great deal of emotional energy on a tragic subject, then lets it dissipate in a flat conclusion that avoids dealing with its consequences. Subtitles. A theme involving incest, stylized violence, sexual situations and innuendo, fleeting nudity, heavy drinking and occasional rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted.

''In Dreams"(DreamWorks) Murky thriller in which a mother (Annet~e Bening) is so terrified by vivid visions of a child killer (Robert Downey Jr.) she is institutionalized as mentally ill, but the killer really exists and 'goes on to murder her daughter and husband (Aidan Quinn). Director Neil Jordan's muddled jumble of murder, clairvoyance and insanity fails to mesh into a coherent narrative and the result barely rises above the level of a schlocky horror movie. Recurring gory violence, deadly menace to children, some profanity and much rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV - adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association ofAmerica rating is R - restricted.

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Episcopal church. As she placed corn bread on the plates of those cbming through the line, she noticed that the line stretched out considerably farther than the amount of corn bread she had left to serve.

January 24. Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Cycle A. Readings: I)'Isaiah 8:23-9:3 Psalm 27:1, 4.13-14 2) 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17 3) Matthew 4:12-23 By JeffHensley

I he people who walked in darkness have seen a great light: Upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone." The promise of the Messiah is here in these verses from Isaiah in today's readings. The Matthew rea<;ling offers the same verse rendered differently, as the Gospel writer uses it to introduce the opening of Jesus' ministry. "A people living in darkness has seen a great light. On those who inhabit a land overshadowed by death. light has arisen." We' who follow Jesus. with him liVing in us, are now the bearers of that light to those "who inhabit a land overshadowed by death." I have a friend who is one of those light bearers we would all like to be like. Mary has the sort of holiness that shines from her face. not just her actions. Some years ago, she told me a story of working the cafeteria line at a ministry serving the homeless and poor out of the basement of a downtown Dallas

The people just kept coming. she said. but so did the corn bread. It lasted until the last person had received their helping. It was a genuine case of multiplication of food. in her opinion. I have no doubt that Mary's account is true. She has never been one to exaggerate or make huge claims. and dishonesty is not something she would be familiar with. In today's Scripture from Matthew. just after the "great light" verse from Isaiah is quoted. and just after Jesus begins proclaiming repentance and the coming of the kingdom of heaven. comes the account of Jesus calling the first two disciples. Simon Peter and his brother Andrew. Here'S the last verse of that reading: "Jesus toured all of Galilee. He taught in their synagogues, proclaimed the good news of the kingdom, and cured the people of every disease and illness." I suspect Mary would have been as comfortable walking along with Jesus in those times as she is now.

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seen a great light. On those who inhabit a land overshadowed by death, light has arisen. " -Matthew 4:16

QUESTIONS: Have yoti. known someone like Mary, from whom the light of Christ shone brightly? Can you somehow draw strength from the love they showed, to give more love yourself? Copyright ÂŠ 1999, Diocese of Fort Worth

Teacher uses movies in theology classes By PETER BERGIN CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

students. It disarms them. There's no need for the instructor to pontificate because they see (the film) and they're involved. I let the story do the dirty work." ''Christ told parables. The hidden symbols and imagery in film functions in the same way. There are layers upon layers ofsymbolism. Ijust throw hints out there and let the kids figure it out," Schuller said. He said in his opinion some films provide valuable insights into such Christian themes as redemption, salvation, transformation, hope and resurrection. The film "Lord ofthe Flies" is filled with Christian themes, he said. When a shipwreck strands dozens ofschoolboys on a deserted island, the moral fabric of their young lives unravels.

LOMBARD, Ill. - Watching the opening credits of a motion picture during a high school class used to follow one of two events - the appearance of a substitute teacher or the stealthy disappearance of the everyday instructor. Some theology students at Montini Catholic High School in Lombard, however, know of an instructor who shows more movies per semester than 10 substitute teachers and tends to stick around during the show to monitor his students' attention spans. The instructor is John Schuller, 45, who for the past six years has used film to bring theology to life for students at Montini. Schuller's top-10 movie list includes "Cool Hand Luke;' 'The Natural," "E.I.;' "Dead Man Walking;' By JERRY FILTEAU "Places in the Heart," "Schindler's CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE List," 'The Breakfast Club;' "Stand by Me," "The Elephant Man" and WASHINGTON - Archbishop "Lord of the Flies." Gabriel Montalvo, the new Vatican Since childhood, Schuller knewbe ambassador to the United States, arwas a visual leamer, and for that rea- rived in Washington to take up his son he later taught music and design post this week. Greeting him at Reagan National along with religion courses. He rejects the idea that using film - Airport wereVatican Embassy and U.S. as a primary instructional tool in the State Department representatives. Colombia-born Archbishop classroom is inferior to more traditional teaching methods. Montalvo, who celebrates his 69th He believes that many students birthday Jan. 27, is a veteran of more today are visual learners, and, like than 40 years in Vatican diplomatic himself, retain information more ef- service. fectively through visual images. He worked in Vatican embassies "I could either tell the story or show in Bolivia, Argentina and EI Salvathe story," he said. "Film engages the dor before he was called to Rome in

Schuller said that, like the sacraments, films can contain "incredibly symbolic mysteries." He said he is amazed by the ability of his students to identify Christian symbols in film. Besides teaching religion, Schuller's other duties include campus minister, liturgical and retreat work. But he says his most important work is helping students cope with the confusion they experience as adolescents. "John is a special individual;' said Montini's principal, Jim Segredo. "He's a fine example ofsomeone who has dedicated his life to Catholic education and working for kids." Needless to say, Montini students appreciateSchullerthemost. ''He's a great teacher;' exclaimed senior Tom Foley. 'When Mr. Schuller talks, kids listen:'

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Franciscans to leave some parishes, but stay in Medjugorje By CINDY WOODEN

faith, and the people are very attached to the Franciscans," which made it VATICAN CITY - Franciscan difficult to transfer Franciscans out . priests will leave seven parishes in and diocesan priests in, he said. the Diocese of Mostar, BosniaIn 1881 the Vatican established Herzegovina, but no immediate local dioceses in the region, which change was foreseen for the parish at was under the pastoral care of the' Medjugorje, the site of alleged Franciscans. Although a local hierarMarian apparitions. chy was established, until 1942 all Archbishop Marcello Zago, sec- of the bishops appointed to Mostar retary of the Congregation for the were Franciscans. Evangelization of Peoples, said the The normal process for the growth agreement "is connected to the fact of local churches is to allow a diocthat there are too many priests in the esan clergy to develop and graduarea - some diocesan priests have ally to begin running most of the no parishes." parishes.. "Medjugorje was not part of the. Bishop Peric's secretary said the discussion. It was not one of the par- Vatican's goal is to have half of the' ishes listed," Archbishop Zago said. parishes in Mostar run by the The agreement for the Franciscans and the other half by diFranciscans to tum the parishes over ocesan priests. . to diocesan pastors was reached durThe priest said the diocese has 81 ing a Nov. 10 meeting at the evange- parishes. . . . lization congregation.' Bishop Peric According to Archbishop Zago, DISPUTED PROPERTY - A black tent covers the disputed area in front of the Basilica and Father Giacomo Bini, the 80 diocesan priests and 180 Franciscan superior general, attended Franciscans minister in those par- of the Annunciation in Nazareth". The land was to become an open-air plaza in preparation for that meeting. ishes to "a Catholic population that the year 2000. Muslims claim it is theirs and want to build a mosque on the site. (eNS photo The seven parishes, which are to is declining because of emigration." by Debbie Hill) change hands by late February, were Bishop Peric has long expressedthose initially listed in a 1975 Vati- skepticism about authenticity of the can decree dividing parishes be- apparitions and had accused the tween the diocese and the Franciscans there of exploiting the Franciscans, Archbishop Zago said. situation to maintain control of the The Franciscans have been in the parish. area for hundreds of years, Arch'The bishop is not throwing the bishop Zago said. Franciscans out of MedjugoIje," his spread to the streets and store fronts, ciation. The land had been slated ~ Debate over land in "They defended and spread the secretary, said. with Christmas decorations de- to .become an open-air plaza in of ' the Basilica of stroyed and car.tires slashed. . . preparation (or the year 2000. .front . t· the Annunciation. Catholic resident George Shini; Muslims claimed the land as 51.,. rushed to his clpthing store to . their own; pointing as evidence to became the fuse to wilt Af? done on eaUA a:f find huge stone slabs jutting out of an ancient tomb. ·belonging to one ignite both sides. CW'" p, I, '. its window. His other clothing store of the soldiers in Saladin's Muslim in Jre(UleR. just down. the s·tree.t. also was ,van- . army, which defeated ,the Crusad. By: JUDITHStiDILoVSKY dalized. . ,' . ers in ·the;battle for Jerusalem in CArHOi.J.C NEWS'SERVICE :~1hey want to chpklt us, to close 1187.The legal status of that piece of Oh adorable and Divine Will, behold me here before the imNAZARElH, Israel- The shat- us in," said Shini tn ~arly Janu~y . mensity ofYour Light, that Your eternal goodness may open to tered glass has been. swept away, as he flipped<throughphotographs land -'- which· the Israelis and the .. ." and most of the damaged storefront .he .too~ the morniQg after the riot. City. of Nazareth maintai~ is prop. me the doors and make me'enter' into It to form my life all in windows ~Iong Nazareth's main '''They want to destrpy as much as erty oftheI~rael Land,AuthorityYou, Divin'e \Yill. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate before' drag have been replaced; but ten- possible. It's a problem. between is now being djscussed in the sions in Nazareth between Chris- Christians' and Muslims!' Your Light, I, the least of all creatures, put myself into the little courts, but in the meantime Musgroup of the sons and daughters of Your Supreme FIAT. Prostians and Muslims remain high. The City of Nazareth blames the lims have erected a large black tent, .trate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg ~hat it Residents talk of a not-so-dis- Israeli government and.the Islamic which they use asa mosque. Omar Khatib, who had jus,t finclothe me and eclipse all that does not pertain -to You, Divine tant past when religion was not an fundamentalists for the violence; the Islamic·fundamentalists blame ished his mid-day prayers at t~e Will. It will be my Life, the center of my intelligence, the is~ue. But now, says local journalenrapturer of my heart and of my whole being. I do not want ist and writer Samih Ghanadri, even the lsr~eli government and Com-~ tent, blamed politics for the ten. the human will to have life in this heart any longer. I will cast it children in his 7-year-old munist Party members. Store own- sions. "We are all brothers," he said. away from me and thus form the new Eden of Peace, of happi-' daughter's private school are begin- ers point to the lack of police reness and of love. With It I shall be always happy. t shal.I have a ning to ask each other if they are sponse and arrests after the violence "We don't want to force our reliand wonder aloud whether the Is- gious beliefs on anyone. We, too, Muslim or Christian. singular strength anq a holiness that sanctifies all things' and 'Two weeks ago my li~tle daugh- raeli government wants the divi- want Nazareth to be the most deconducts them to God. ter, who was raised in a cultured, sions to continue. . veloped city in the Middle East, Here prostrate', I invoke the help of the Most Holy.Trinity liberal home, returned from school The problems began a little over and we want to welcome the thouthat They permit me to live in the cloister of the Div.ine Will ansi and asked: 'Daddy, who do we love, a year ago when Islamic fundamen- sands of pilgrims here for the year thus return in me the first order of creation,just as the creature Christians or Muslims?''' said talists took over a plot of land in 2000. We want to celebrate towas created. Ghanadri, who is Greek Orthodox. front of the Basilica'of the Annun- gether." Heavenly Mother, Sovereign and Queen of the Divine Fiat, The recent violence "exploded take my hand and iritroduce me into the Light of the Divine like a volcano," he said. "It appears Will. You will be my guide, my most tender Mother, and will to have happ~nec:l suddenly, but By ROBERT KELLY issue off the press about 30 minteach me to live-in and to maintain myself in the order and the there have been rumblings going CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE on for years - .especially over this utes later and delivered during the bounds Of the Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I con~ecrat~ my past year." . PARIS - The French national night. The revamped papers hit whole being to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me the Nazareth politicians need to face Catholic newspaper La Croix has newsstands beginning last week. .doctrine of the Divine Will and I will listen most attentively to the changing demography of the changed its deadline schedule to La Croix's morning-paper id~n city, which now includes almost 70 allow for more timely news cov- tity' is the theme of a new adverYour lessons. You will cover me with Your mantle so that the infem<.:.l serpent dare not penetrate into this sacred Eden to enpercent Muslims, Ghanadri added. erage and morning delivery. tising campaign, in which the tice ml and make me fall into the maze of the human will. He spoke outside a friend's toy Newspaper officials say 90 newspaper takes the form of a Hem, of my greatest Good, Jesus, You will give me Your shop, which had its Christmas percent of La Croix's 100,000cir- p'acket of breakfast cereal, the flame- i hat they may bum me, consume me, and feed me to lights cut and Christmas sale sign culation is outside Paris. The pa- wrapping on the sugar cube for . form ii' me the Life of the Divine Will. . slashed over the New Year's holi- per was going to press at midday, the breakfast coffee, or the wrapwhich meant the Parisian readers ping on a huge, juicy pink grapeSail" Joseph, you will be my protector, the guardian of my day. Violence broke out in Decem- could have a copy that same fruit. heart, . ·d will keep the keys of my will in your hands. You will ber when the newly elected city evening, but the bulk of the readFirst launched in June 1883, keep,' . heart jealously and shall never give itto me again, that council convened for the first time ership saw it first thing the next La Croix can claim to be one of I may "~sure of never leaving the Will of God. in a tense meeting where no coali- morning. This meant that any France's oldest daily newspapers. M)' ;,uardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in everytion could be formed. Nazareth news that broke in the afternoon It has followed the newspaper thing .'.'.J that my Eden may flourish and be the instrument that Mayor Ramzi Jerassi's CQmmunist had to wait for the next day's is- industry's transition from hotdraws dl men into the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Amen. Party holds nine city council seats, sue. metal to offset, and more recently while the Islamic Movement has .1 O. 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Briefs Arizona abortion doctor, clinic director charged in death PHOENIX (CNS) - The doctor and administrator at the now-closed A-Z Women's Center in Phoenix have been charged with manslaughter in the case of a woman who bled to death following an abortion there last April. Arrested Jan. 12 were Dr. John Biskind, 72, a gynecologist who practiced at the Phoenix facility and in Ohio, where he lives part of the year, and Carol Stuart, 61, administrator ofthe center until it was forced to close in July. They arc charged in the April 17 death of LouAnne Herron, a 33-YI:M-old mother of two who died from a punctured uterus just hours after Biskind performed a late-tenn abortion. State investigators said Biskind left the clinic and Herron did not receive medical care for more than three hours. Congo's cardinal says anny troops attacked Catholic institutions ROME (eNS) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo's cardinal said government soldiers sacked several Catholic institutions in the nation's capital and attempted to break into theVatican nunciature. CardinalFrederic Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi of Kinshasa, in a Jan. 15 letter to the people of his archdiocese, said the Jan. 12 raids were led by members of the army's 50th brigade and resulted in varying degrees ofdamage to the buildings. MISNA, a Rome-based missionary news service, reported the incidents started in the Gombe neighborhood with the complete pillaging of the Bethanie Center housing Rwandan refugees. Then soldiers moved on to the student dormitory at a nearby Catholic school and to the Sacred Heart Convent, before arriving at the gates of the Vatican Embassy in Kinshasa. Vatican, Rome utility company disagree over sewer service payment VATICAN CflY (CNS) -A Rome municipal utility company sent the Vatican a $23 million bill for sewer services which Vatican officials insist does not have to be paid. Spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said in a Jan. 16 statement that the 1929 LateranTreaty which created the sovereign Vatican City State within Rome exempts theVatican from paying for water services. Italian media reported that the bill by the utility company, ACEA, was for decades' worth of water purification and removal. NavarroValls said the sublect ofbilling was "years old" and "undoubtedly founded on a misunderstanding." Austrian biShops report rise in CatholiCs not paying Church trot ; VIENNA, Austria (CNS)-The number ofpeople discontinuing their tax payments to Austria's Catholic Church increased in 1998. Meanwhile, in a recent survey, only one in five Austrians said they felt linked to any church, compared to 50 percent before the outbreak ofrecent church controversies. More than33,400 Catholics discontinued their "Church tax" payments between January and Novemberl998, a rise of 15 percent over the previous year, according to data presented at a bishops' conference meeting in Linz, Austria. It was路 not known how many Catholics discontinued payment of the Church tax because of economic difficulties or how many as a sign of protest against recent conflicts. Notre Dame alumnus to chair Woodrow Wilson center WASHINGlDN (CNS) - President Clinton has named Notre Dame alumnus Joseph A. Carl Jr., a partner in the Chicago law firm ofUngaretti & Harris, to chair the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington. A member of the center's board oftrustees since 1994 and vice chairman since 1996, Carl earned his bachelor's degree in sociology from the University ofNotre Dame in 1974 and his law degree from Notre Dame in 1978. The Woodrow Wilson center, established in 1968 within the Smithsonian Institution, fosters scholarship and dialogue in international relations by bringing fellows to Washington, encouraging discourse and publishing the results of their activities.

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morning, as well as during the march itself, may we open our hearts to the Author of Life so that he, in his love and mercy, may bless our efforts this weekend and whenever we work or pray to foster the Culture of Life," Bishop O'Malley said. The March for Life, aimed at dem'onstrating a strong opposition to the Jan. 22, 1973 high court decisions legalizing abortion, began with a noon rally on the Ellipse,just south of the White House. Marchers proceeded east on Constitution Avenue to the Capitol and around it to the U.S. Supreme Court. The theme of this year's march is, "For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole .world, and lose his own .soulT'_ .

While several members of Congress are expected to address the marchers路 today they were not identified in advance. However, U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., was the keynote speaker at the Rose Dinner - named for the rose symbol of the pro-life movement - following the march. . A pro-life exhibit, "The People of Life: A Story of Faith, Hope and Love," created last year to mark the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decisions, was set up at the headquarters of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Three buses left the Fall River area early Thursday morning carrying the pilgrims to Washington. They will return late Saturday night.

TASK FORCE - Members of the statewide Communications Task Force of the Massachusetts Catholic Conference gathered Tuesday at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, to discuss progress of the "In Support of Life Program" which addresses physician-assisted suicide and end-of-life issues. From left are John E. Kearns Jr., assistant director of communications for the Fall River Diocese; Michael Graziano of the Springfield Diocese; Maria Parker of the MCC and Raymond Delisle of the Worcester Diocese.

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The seed had been planted years earlier when he read the story of Father Damien the leper. "That really touched me, the fact that a man could give his life for others like that." Ordained in 1951, the young priest was assigned to Central America. "When they told me I was going to Guatemala, I went to get a map," said Father Breen. "My mother wasn't much better in ge-

ography. When I told her my best friend was assigned to Japan, she said, "Oh, that's nice, you'll be close to one another." On that June day in 1954, when the Guatemalan military overthrew the elected government of Jacobo Arbenz, Father Breen said, "I didn't know what was going on. I was visiting the villages, and when I returned to the parish, Father Jim Curtin said, 'Thank God you got in, We're under house arrest and no one is to leave the area.''' Appointed Maryknoll regional superior for Central America in Continuedfrompageone 1967, Father Breen saw the beginNursing Home on Summer Street ning ofturbulenttimes for the counand the congregation was incorpo- try and Church. Many priests abanrated under Massachusetts laws. doned Guatemala while others were For 150 years volunteers have deported. He remembers appearing on be- . worked side-by-side with the sisters to provide services to the poor, half of two colleagues accused of such as soup kitchens and clothing collaborating with rebels. "I said, for the needy. While the sisters no 'Please let them leave the country.' longer have the administration of . I told the secret police that we allarge institutions, they continue to ready had the plane tickets and that offer quality education at all lev-路 I'd personally escort them to the airport. The commandant said, els, from pre-primary to college. They provide care to the elderly 'Okay, but if they don't show up, in nursing homes, make home visits we're going to pick you up.''' to the sick'and dying, provide pasThe goyernment's abuse of hutoral care in parishes sometimes man rights reached a high point in without a pastor, and assist at a home the 1980s. "One day the army shot for AIDS patients who are homeless up an entire village," Father Breen or rejected by families and are in a recalled. ''When I arrived, there were terminal stage of the illness. only four or five families left. The

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I'm Your Angel No mountain's too high For you to climb All you have to do is Have some climbing faith (oh yeah). No river's too wide for you To make it across All you have to do is Believe it when you pray. And then you will see The morning will come And every day will be Bright as the sun. All of your fears cast them on me. I just want you. to see. 0

Chorus I'll be your cloud up in the sky. I'll be your shoulder when you cry. I'll hear your voices When you're calling. I am your angel. And when all hope is gone I'm here. No matter how far you are I'm near. It makes no difference Who you are. I am your angel. I'm your angel.

Seek me and you shall find. You have everything, And you're still lonely. It don't have to be this way. Let me show you a better day. And then you will see The morning will come, And all of your days Will be bright as the sun. So all of your fears Just cast them on me. How can I make you see? Repeat chorus And when it's time To face the storm I'll be there by your side. This place will keep us Safe and warm, And I know we will survive. And when it seems as if Forever's drawing near (The end is draWing near) Don't you dare give up the fight;' Just put your trust Beyond the sky. Chorus three times Written by R. Kelly Sung by R. Kelly and Celine Dion Copyright (c) 1998 by Zomba Recording Corp.

I saw your teardrops, And I heard you cry. All you need is time. DOES PUllING Celine Dion in a duet with any other recording artist produce ahit? Probably! R. Kelly's duet with Dion, 'T mYour Angel," attests to this theory. The song could be an ode to friendship. However, as I read through the lyrics, I doubted if any earthly being could fulfill such promises. Thus, the song might more appropriately describe one's relationship with God. Clearly, ourG0d is I cady to help us with life's challenges and difficulties. Who ""be could say "I saw your teardrops, and rhenrd you cry," and "Let me show you abetterday." We cnn hearGod's encouragcment in the words: "Don't you dare give up the fight;just put your trust beyond the sky." The key word in that sentence is "trust." When any ofus is in the midst ofa painful disappointment or loss, the prospect ofa"belterday" may seem remote, even impossible. The only reality seems to be one's currcnt hurt. Trust aids us in reaching out to God. It is true that we may need to live in the present pain until God shows us the ''better day" the song mentions. We must focus on living one day at a

time, being honest about our feelings, yet trusting that God is helping us heal the pain in our Ii ves. Another message in this song is the impact we can make on others as a true friend. None of us can bring about the angelic effect described in the song.Yet, real friendship does make a positive difference for others. Indeed, God's healing can come through us when we take the time to listen as a caring friend. Such listening means putting aside your own needs. Simply try to hear whatever the other shares. Avoid giving any advice unless directly requested.Most people eventually discover how to overcome their problems. They just need to know that they have acaring ally as they face emotional ups and downs. Teens have important opportunities to be this kind offriend to other teens. Notice when yourclassmates are feeling down or hurt. It is not important to be the another's "angel." Instead, make specific efforts to be the friend that helps others move beyond current problems as they discover that "betterday."

My 16-year-old son is, for the first time in years, excited about a class in school. Nothing much has done it for him, quite frankly, since ninthgrade English, and that only for a few months before he got disillusioned with the teacher. But something's different with this course: creative writing. His excitement reminded me of the many teens I've known who've drawn deep energy from the cre;itive act: girls whose notebooks harbor more sketches of classmates than notes; a boy who awkwardly pushed a collection of more than 100 poems toward me, asking if I had time to read them; another boy famed for his gourmet cooking; a girl who could turn out plays at a rate that was inspiring, if not a little eerie. One of the most glorious but also excruciating aspects of adolescence is the mad, churning crush of "feelings" that ache to be expressed. It's glorious because it's evidence of a broadening perspective and awareness. The world, inner and outer, seems to expand and evolve by the moment. But it can be excruciating because those feelings are new and often confusing, no matter what they're about: spirituality, sexuality, your family, your future or just yourself. You often are convinced no one else on the planet could understand and that others might even be shocked by what runs through your head sometimes. You just want to let it all out. That's where creativity comes in. The ability to create is one of the most vital things separating humans from the rest of the animals. Sure, animals may build things, but they do so completely by instinct: Birds don't wake up in the morning and wonder what style of nest to build. Instinct dictates the kind of nest they'll make. We humans, on the other hand - we have imagination to build any kind of house we want (given

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Boggs says pope's. visit will have special meaning for U.S. youth By JOHNTHAVIS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ROME" - When Pope John Paul II visits St. Louis in late January, he'll bring a significant message to America's heartland and especially the young people of the region, said U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Lindy Boggs. The ambassador, who will be in St. Louis Jan. 26 when President Bill Clinton welcomes the pope, said papal visits always have a "tremendous impact" in the United States, not only in religious circles but throughout the culture. "His most significant contribution is always with the young people, and I'm certain it will be the same in St. Louis," Boggs said in an interview. The pontiff is scheduled to meet with youths in the Kiel Center the evening of his arrival. Boggs has seen the pope interact with huge crowds of young people before; she said she still gets goose bumps recalling his rally with 75,000 youths in the New Orleans

Superdome in 1987. In Alaska, where the pope stopped briefly in '1984, she watched as he' drove a dogsled full of delighted children to his departure plane. That event left her with a lasting image, she said. .

"I think the greatest contribution to the world is that he (Pope John Paul II) is going to lead, , with 'tough love,' the youngi people of this generation intO I the next millennium." - Lindy Boggs U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican "I think his greatest contribution to the world is that he is going to lead, with 'tough love,' the young people of this generation into the next millennium," she said.

By "tough love," she explained, she means the pope's approach to young people is demanding, not "cherubic," but they seem to respect that. The 78-year-old pope has increasingly shown signs of age and a neurological disease, with a slower walk and less distinct speech. But Boggs, '82, said she has no apprehensions about the pope's health and his ability to communicate with people. "Just today, I was in an audience where he was speaking to a group of theologians, to great intellectuals and scientists, and was giving a very remarkable speech," she said. "What I thought about was: Look at him! He's reading four pages of small print without any glasses on," she said with a laugh. She noted that ne had celebrated a threehour-long Mass a few days earlier with no apparent difficulty. "I think he does remarkably well. ... I admire him so tremendously for being able to exhibit as much vigor as he does," she said.

U.S. AMBASSADOR to the Vatican Corinne "Lindy" Boggs, shown here, said that Pope John Paull! will bring a significant message America's young people when he visits St. Louis Jan. 26-27. (CNS photo by Nancy Wiechec)

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Publicity Chairmen are asked . Cod Widowed Support Group will .to submit news items for this col.hold :its next monthly meeting on · umn to·The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, .Jan.27 at 1:30 p:m. at Our Lady of · Fall River, 02722.. Name of city or Victory Church. For more infortown should be included, as.. weU mation call Dorothy' Callahan· at ·as full dates. of all activities. (617) 267-5258. DEADLJNEISNOON ON MON. DAYS. FAIRHAVEN - A four-day Events published must be of inparish m'ission will be held at St. terest and open to our general Mary's Church beginning Feb. 14 readership. We do not normally at 7:30 p.m. It will continue at carry notices of fundraising activi7:30 p.m., on Feb. 15, 16 and 17.. .ties, which may be :advertised at By JOHNTHAVIS All searching for deeper meaning .our regular rates, obtainable from CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE in their lives and spiritual enrichour business office at (508) 675ment are welcome. For more inVATICAN CITY - Pope John .7151. formation call Sheila, Dorgan at Paul II said his trip to Mexico and ATTLEBORO - The musical 758-9881. St. Louis was aimed at highlight· group Elijah will perform at the ~ng the ties of unity. and solidarity FALL RIVER - The Fall River necessary for the "new evangelizaLa Salette Shrine Coffee House on Jan. 23 at 6:30 p.m. All welcome. . Widowed Group will meet on Jan. tion" in the Americas. The pope, speaking at a Sunday A Portuguese healing service will 25 at 7 p.m. in the St. ·Mary's .be held at the shrine on Jan. 24 at 2 School Hall. Father Jose M. Sousa blessing Jan. 17, asked the faithful p.m. It will be led by Father Manuel will be guest speaker. All widows to accompany him with prayers on Pereira and will include Mass, mu- and widowers welcome. Formore the Jan. 22-28 trip, his fourth to sic and the opportunity for people information call Annette Dellecese Mexico and his seventh to the United States. to be prayed over and an.ointed in- . at 679-3278. dividually. 'Confessions in PortuDuring the visit, the pontiff was FALL ·RIVER - A series of to unveil his apostolic exhortation guese will be· heard the day before .from 2-4 p.m. For more information four monthly classes ·on Natural . on the Synod of Bishops for call 222.5410. Family Planning by the Couple to America,· held in late 1997. The Singer and musician John Polce Couple League will begin on Feb. pope said he would go as a "pilwill be at the shrine on Jan. 29 at 2 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m..at grim" to Our Lady of Guadalupe, 7:30 p.m. for an evening of song, SaintAnne's Hospital. For infor- the patroness of Mexico and all the witness and prayer. All welcome. mation and registration call· Rita Americas. Members of the shrine's Prayer Quinn at (401) 635-8773 or "To her intercession I entrust the Community will be present for in- Dianne Santos at 674-5741 ext. new evangelization of America, dividuals who wished to be prayed 2480. home of the majority of the world's over at the end of the evening. Catholics and Christians,'! he said. FALL RIVER - Woman to Earlier in the day, visiting a parCENTERVILLE - The Cape Woman, a support group for Ish in a northern Rome suburb, the pope spoke lightheartedly with children about his own age and the coming· new millennium. '·'Howold 'will the pope be in the year 20001" he asked young people at the San Liborio parish. In response, hesitant guesses graduBy ANGELA MOORE . ally turned into shouts of "80!" Tops' program please refrain from CATHOUC NEWSSERVICE "I ask for your·prayers, because an doing so in the future," he added. older man needs to be helped by young GARY, Ind. - The "Box Tops Through the program, General people," he said. 'The third millennium for Education" program has been Mills provides money to schools banned from all Catholic schools for sending in box tops from vari- belongs to you - as for us, we don't know," he said with a smile. in the Diocese of Gary because Gen- ous 'products, including cereal.

Peterson at 979-5858 . 'NEW BEDFORD - The prayer group of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church will meet on Jan. 26 at I p.m. for recitation of the Divine Mercy Chaplet, prayer and reflection; a Marian talk; recitation of the rosary and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. All welcome. NORTH DARTMOUTH - A Separated-Divorced Support Group will hold its next meeting

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A' MEXICAN worker makes last-minute preparations Jan. 18 in front of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, where Pope John Paull! isto.celebrate an open-air Mass Jan. 23. (CNSphoto from Reuters)

New bishops -namedin California and Idaho

,ByCATHOUC NEWS SERVICE Last year he turned 75; WASHINGTON - Pope John Paul II has accepted the age at which bishops . the resignation of Bishop Donald WMontrose ofStock- . are to submit their resig~ ton; Calif., and named Auxiliary Bishop Stephen E. nation to the pope. , Blaire ofLosAngeles to succeed him. . . ·Born in Denver May The pope.aIso'named Auxiliary Bishop'Michael P. 13, 1923, Bishop Driscoll of Orange, Calif., to head the Diocese of Boise, ·Montrose was ordained Idaho. apriest of the Los Ange-t .The ch~ges'Were announced Jan. 19 bytheVatican les Archdioces~ May. 7, "Embassy in Washington. 1949, after studIes at Im-Bishop Blaire, '57; bas been·a bishop since 1990 and maculate Heart College was 'Los A~geles and SUohn's Seminary. . . . - - - - - - - - - - , archdiocesan chancellor in Camarillo; Calif. andmoderator 6fthe cu:He was named auxil< ria before that. .iary·bishop OfLosAnge-.. Bishop Driscoll,,59, les March 25, 1983, and :BiShQP Driscoll was vicar.general of the . bish<;>p of Stockton Dec. Orange Diocese when he 17, 1985. ·For many was' made its auxiliary . years'he;has been a member of the U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc bishop in 1989. In Boise Committee on Catholic Charismatic Renewal. he will succeed Bishop Bishop Blaire was born in Los Angeles Dec. 22, 1941, Tod D. Brown, who left and ordained a priest April 29, 1967, after studies at thatdiocese last June to Queen ofAngels Seminary in San Fernando and St. John's become bishop of Or- College and Seminary in Camarillo. ange. He taught at two Catholic high schools in the Los AnBishop Montrose has . geles Archdiocese, was Newman chaplain at Pierce Colbeen a bishop since 1983 lege in Woodland Hills, and was principal of Alemany and head of the Stock- High School in Mission Hills before he was made Bishop·Montrose ton Diocese since 1985. archdiocesan chancellorand moderatotofthecuriain 1986.