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Hearty contingent of youth cheerily endured sleeping on floors, chilly climes and long hours on a wintry bus ride.

FALL RIVER - Each of the 350.

Pro-Life pilgrims from the Fall River Diocese carried away his or her spiritual memories from the Jan. 23 through 25 trek and March for Life encounter witnessed in chilly, Washington, D.C., and a tiring, snowy bus ride back.

The group that included more than 175 young people jammed onto five buses as they answered the call of the Pro-Life Apostolate to join Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., as he led his 27th annual trip to the Nation's capital to show solidarity in battling again·st the dreaded Roe v. Wade decision making abortion legal in the United States.

Christina Zajac, a sophomore at Bishop Stang High School made her stand clear. "The march was a wonderful experience and I look forward to continue going until Roe v. Wade is overturned."

Meghan Fitzgerald, also of Bishop Stang, said that when she decided to go, "I didn't realize that we would be sleeping on the floor or staying out in the cold for so long. When I thought of the sacrifice I was making for the babies, I knew it was all worth it."

Coyle an,d Cassidy High School Senior Erik Silvia related his wonder. "To walk with hundreds of thousands of people, of all different ages, rallying for this one cause, was an unbelievable experience."

For Superintendent of Diocesan Schools James McNamee, it was his first time on the pilgrimage. "I was honored

Archbishop Foley lauds Catholic press ~

Catholic news publications across the world observing February as Catholic Press Month

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BISHOP SEAN P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., and Father Stephen A. Fernandes, director of the diocesan Pro-Life Office, are flanked by young people from throughout the Diocese of Fall River at the March For Life in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 24. Banners from Corpus Christi Parish in East Sandwich and Holy Trinity Parish in West Harwich can been seen amidst the marchers. (Photo by Madeleine Lavoie) to attend. I opted to go as a chaperone and went on the buses with the students and slept on the floors. Being my first march, I was moved by the peaceful nature of the marchers and the diversity of age of the participants. The youth of the country were outstanding; they are the future of all our labors."

Fathers Michael Kuhn and Hernando Herrera of the Youth Apostles; Bishop Turn to page 13 - Pilgrims

Mass. court decision draws fire

By JAMES N. DUNBAR AND CNS REPORTS

BOSTON - A Massachusetts court opinion that buffer zones around abortion clinics are constitutional finds fired up Catholic agencies' officials protesting.

"It is a defeat for the First Amend. ment and a victory for a powerful special interest," said C,J. Doyle, executive director of the state's Catholic Action League. He made the comments about an advisory opinion issued by the Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court.on proposed legislation mandating 25-foot buffer zones around the clinics.

"While we abhor violence in any form, this bill goes too far by targeting peaceful types of speech, prayer Turn to page 11 - Court

RONKONKOMA, N.Y.- The Catholic press provides something that other media cannot offer, said the head of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications at the Vatican.

In a message for this year's observance of Catholic Press Month during February, Archbishop John P. Foley said that despite his appreciation for all Catholic communication efforts, he has a special place in his heart for the Catholic press - "for its newspapers, magazines and books, because they offer a word which can be savored and shared."

The archbishop acknowledged that the spoken word can have a great impact, "but that word can often be forgotten and lost forever."

But the written word, he said, "endures Turn to page 13 - Press

World Day for Consecrated Life is Sunday FALL RIVER - Members of religious congregations, orders and societies will renew their vows Sunday at 3 p.m., in St. Mary's Cathedral as the Fall River Diocese observes World Day for Consecrated Life.

On this third annual celebration of religious in the diocese, Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., will be the principal celebrant of the Mass and homilist.

Mercy Sister Elaine Heffernan, episcopal representative to religious and coordinator of the celebration, invites the public to assist at the liturgy and to relive their fond recollections of religious brothers, sisters and priests who served them throughout the years.

Representatives for the various religious communities are expected to attend. Currently there are approximately 550 religious women and men serving in many ministries throughout the diocese.

The observance of World Day for Consecrated Life had initially been slated by Pope John Paul II for February 2, the feast of the Presentation of Our Lord. Because that fell on a weekday, dioceses were allowed to opt for a more widespread observance on the weekend, and that is what is. being done in the Fall River Diocese, said Sister Heffernan.

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Applying Catholic social teaching to everyday life is topic for talks FALL RIVER - Catholics Catherine, MSBT, of the Parish from across the area will be able Social Ministry of Catholic Soto hear the Church's teachings on cial Services, which is sponsor. a variety of Pro-Life issues at four .ing the series.

"We hope to open up a dialogue upcoming talks, "Catholic Social Teaching for)~veryday Life," to with people asking questipns," Sisbe presented by' Professor Peter ter Catherine said.

There is no registration and the Beisheim of Stonehill College.

Among the topics to be ad- talks 'will be. free. The public is . dressed areass'isted suicide, invited to attend. healthcare, abortion, civic respon- . . The opening talk will be held sibility and others,' said Sister 'on February 15,7-9 p.m., at St. Stanislaus Parish" Fall River.

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In Support of Life programs FALL RIVER - Parish contact persons for the In Support of Life Program have begun, to gather together by deanery to learn more about the 'statewide initiative which addresses critical questions about caring for the dying and how they will help facilitate it in their parishes.

The goal of the program is to educate Catholics in Massachusetts on. physician-assisted suicide and end-of-life issues. It is a collaborative effort of the Massachusetts Catholic Conference and the four dioceses in the state.':·· On Thursday evening of last week, Mercy' Sister Elaine Heffernan, assistant coordinator of "In Support of Life" in the Fall River Diocese, and Dr. Mary Tranter, a member of the program's statewide task force, hosted a meeting of parish representatives from· the Taunton area.

Similar. meetings have'already been held withc9~tact persons fromparishe~ in, the Attleboro, Fall River' and New Bedford areas. Orie is, scheduled later this month for the Cape Cod area.

Sister Heffernan, and Tranter explained that the critical rol(,l of the contact person is to get the word out to fellow parishioners about the In Support of Life Program: '",''' '; , The parish contact person or persons· will coordinate the program's publicity in their parish and facilitate an informational program so that those within their parish community can become aware of the iss':!es in the argu-

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Following a discussion on various options for information sharing, the group inVited Tranter to address a larger representation of the region's parishes on Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul's Church, Taunton.

Each parish contact person committed to bringing at least five or six of their fellow parishioners to learn more about the dangers inherent in physi~ian-as­ sisted suicide and the In Support of Life initiative created to offer a response to it.

ment for physician-assisted suicide and of the alternatives that join physical, emotional and spiritual care while allowing a natural death .

Both Sister Heffernan and Tranter emphasized that parish contact persons need not be experts on health care or Church teachings and that the diocese will have resource persons on hand to proyide that. expertise.

Contact persons in the Taunton sessions were provided with an overview of some of the issues involved in caring for the dying 'in order that they could "becomeinore comfortable in dealing with the topic;" said Tranter.

Any parishioner from the Greater Taunton area interested in attending should contact his or her parish priest for more information.

MERCY SISTER Elaine Heffernan, left, assistant coordinator of "In Support of Lif~" in the Fall River Diocese, and Dr. Mary Tranter spoke recently· in Taunton about a statewide initiative .addre~sil"!g critical' questions about 'caring' .for the dying and how to .faciljtate it in local parishes.' .. .

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NEW BEDFORD - At the New Bedford convent of the Sisters ofthc Resurrection, the community 'on February 2 observed the I DOth anniversary of the congregation's founding - and 100 years of health care and teaching ministry.

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Founded by a mother and daughter, Celine and Hedwig Borzecka, four members of the community were welcomed to 'Chicago in 1899.

To celebrate this landmark, the sisters began the festivities at the site of the original mission at St. Mary's of the Angels in Chicago, with a Mass celebrated

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.Saint Anne's Hospital offers Hispanic directory FALL RIVER - In response to the growing number of Hispanic residents in the Southeastern Massachusetts area, Saint Anne's Hospital has developed a community directory of Spanishspeaking health, human service and other helping professionals.

Created under the auspices of the hospital's Multicultural Health Committee and Clinical Social Work Department, the Spanish-Speaking Provider Directory includes information about more than 40 resourc~s reiated to housing, medicine, law, schools, mv, advocacy! support, religion, mental health, family social services, government and interpreter services.

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All offer Spanish-speaking . staff and are located in the Fall River-New Bedford area.

The multicultural committee consists of representatives . from various ethnic communities and various hospital departments.

They assist new groups to learn about the community and its' resources and also act as an advisory group to providers of health, human services and other helping professionals. .

The Spanish-Speaking Provider Directory is free of charge and available by calling Saint Anne's Hospital's Clinical Services Work Department at (508) 674-5600, exte'nsion 2270.

Mother Dolores Stepien, from Albany, the congregation's first American superior general, was present. Her international counsel and provincials from each province as well as many sisters from across the world, attended.

Besides participating in the Chicago celebrations in April, members of the New York Province, which includes the sisters iri New Bedford, will host an observance March 19 at the Provincial House of Mount St. Joseph in Castleton, N.Y. Bishop

Howard Hubbard Of Albany, N. Y. will be celebrant at the Mass.

The observance will also include memorializing of Resurrec- . tion Sister Alice Kotowa, who was recently beatified with 108 other martyrs of the Church on June 13, 1999.

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German-born 'Archbishop Giorgio Zur, 69, has served as president of Rome's Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy since December 1998.

The Vatican announced the appointment on Tuesday.

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Archbishop John Bukovsky, who at 76 is retiring after representing the Vatican in Russia since 1994.

The new nuncio will take over in Russia as dozens of Catholic parishes and associations are on shaky legal ground, having failed to register or having been rejected for registration with .the Russian government under the country's religion law.

In November, Archbishop Bukovsky said that he was monitoring developments in Volga from Moscow, but not taking an active role. .

"We hope that one day we can resolve the divergences between cahon law an.dRussian legislation," he said.

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Bills to approve. voucher programs for tuition payments based on parental choice are nowi:lefore 25 state legislatures, School voucher programs allow the use of public funds to help pay private/parochial school tuition. It is interesting to note that the major thrust for the implementation of vouchers comes from the poor, low-income neighborhoods. The basis for this growing movement stems from the current inability of many public schools to confront violence and drugs and the inner weakness of the system. Plagued by' political intervention, unqualified teachers and a host of social inadequacies, many public schools are simply inadequate. This is especially true of the inner city and areas that have been bypassed by our econom'ic boom, The voucher system is seen as a way for poor children whose parents have care and concern for their education to share in the overall American dream. , To be sure, there is a tremendous opposition to voucher plans. The National Educators Association' and the American ,Federation of Teachers are among the well~organized opponents. Together with the American Civil Li~erties Union, ,they decry the voucher movement as practically un-American. They contend that u'sing publi~ dollars to help send some students to private schools would hurt public schools and bring them fur, ther chaos. Those who believe that money is the answer to the ills of public education have failed to admit·that public schools are far beyond monetary remedies. In fact, It is interesting ·to note that many states, including our own Commonwealth, have created' an alternative school system \yithin the public sphere namely, Charter schools. Here in Massachusetts this is more than hypocritical because our lawmakers have y'et to remove puritanical anti-Catholic school legislation frqm the law. ' Charter schools are public schools that operate apart· from state and union control. They are fundamentally designed as . determined alternatives to ordinary public .schools. It aimost . seems like an 'elitist effort tosep.ara~e\:Vithin t~e publi~ ,sphere the have's from the have-not'"s. This' is an affront to the very notion of traditional democratic posturing. ' , ' :,. ':' i ,,:, ;' At the current time when so many presidential hopefuls zero, in on our national education scandal,it is interesting to note how many have avoided any refere'nce to the voucher system. Votes are the important thing. The real concerns of parents are mere, . stepping-stones to election. Down the t~rnpike of life,politicians , will not be able to, dodge the voucher question'- It is growing in popularity among those who wish to spare their children froin' the drugs, behav.ior arid explosive realities of many public schools.

By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK' To date; five voucher programs are in place: 'in Milwaukee, CleveCATHOUC NEWS SERVICE land, Florida,. Minnesota and Arizona. Recently, the government As the year 2000 March for . in New Mexico proposed a voucher program that would be' aliinclusive throughout that state. Recent surveys have indicat~d Life in Washington came to a close, I noticed a number of young that support for school vouchers is growing so swiftly, espepeople looking very cold, hungry cially in the inner city and poor neighborhoods, that more and and worn out. Peering into the more cities and states will eventually approve vouchers through tired eyes of a boy sitting on the legislation and ballot initiatives. ' ground, I wondered: "What does This should be a wake-up call for those concerned about the a march like this really do?" educational dilemmas in today's American social order. It is Vendors will tell you that betobvious from within and without there are few viable solutions ter business is one happy outcome fOf the grave problems -inherent in public education. A new of a rally. Sales soar, hotels are vision and a new sense of purpose are needed to reverse the filled, restaurant reservations are decline of public schools. Charter schools and home schooling impossible to make and the Metro are no longer practical solutions. The voucher plan should be . triples its number of commuters.

So there's a lucrative side to any viewed as a positive, viable alternative. rally in Washington.

The Editor And there's a costly side for those who participate, often having to travel a great distance. But to see only the cost s~de of the Pro-Life march or, for that matter, any Church effort, is an un.

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Their discussions revolve around the negative effects of abortion, the dignity of women, the nobility of life, society's moral fiber and the future of a nation. Medical, moral, legal and psychological issues surrounding abortion are brought to light.

When the good of these discussions is summed up, it reveals· that the march is a timely occasion for enlightening the public to the dark effects of abortion.

In education there is the principle that informal education is equal in value to formal education. When students learn in the company of their professors, we have formal education at its best.

But they also learn valuable - . and sometimes more meaningful -lessons in informal discussions among themselves.

As I watched young people commute to the march, I noticed many of them talking to each other. My bet-is that many of those students were having some good informal discussions on abortion.

Without the march, these discus. sio.n~ mi~ht.not have happened.,

A march of-itself is a_.solidifying experience. Whenever people come together, they create a sense of solidarity, causing them to feel they are fighting for a cause or are on a mission. To' foster this courageous spirit is one of the best means of helping people take the steps needed to· change a bad situation.

Furthermore, this spirit is the antittIesis to a pro-abortion spirit which is matter-of-fact about God's role in our life. 1 Memories' constitute one important outcome ofa march.

Many who made the march won't go into immediate action after it is over. Later, however, an issue may come up that is connected to it, and suddenly they remember ~he ideas the march instilled in them and go into action. Marches plant seeds that often remain dormant until someone comes along to water them and to make them blossom.

Atfirst sight, a Pro-Life march can seem like an expensive effort; and some might wonder if it is fruitful. But Goethe would tell us that when we fe-el like this we should take a deeper look because "there is no such thing as a trifle; a simple detail may reveal a universe." .

Newspaper series on priests with AIDS stirs controversy ~ But statistics published in the secular president MaI:k Zieman described AIDS in the priesthood as "a question that strikes straight at newspaper are being challenged. the heart of Church doctrine."

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By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Paul Turner, pas~or of St. John Francis Regis Par7 KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A three-day series on ish in Kansas City. "The central doctrines are that Catholic priests with AIDS by The Kansas City Jesus is the Son of God, that Jesus is present in Star has the Eucharist sparked wide . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , and so on. These controversy and are the things criticism. we hold most The series, dear iriour begun Jan. 30, Church. I hope ended Feb. I the media are with a long aware of that." story revealing Jesuit Father Thomas Reese, that AIDS was FALL RIVER - Bishop To be sure, the Church is. editor of the cause of Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., not immune to the tragedy of death last year has issued a statement follow- HIV/AIDS. It affects us all~ , America magazine in New of a prominent ing a series of three stories on and it is not· helpful to blame York, said the. local Jesuit, Fathe issue of priests dying from, or stigmatize those who have reference to ther Thorn Savand living with HIV/AIDS that· been diagnosed' as HIV-posipriests having age, president appeared this week in The"Kan- tive or with AIDS. Our re~ AIDS at four. of Rockhurst sas City Star, Kansas City, Mo.. sponse to those infected times the rate of whether man or woman, College in KanHis statement reads: the general sas City. . "In recent days there have. clergy or lay - must be one population - a The Catholic been stories in the media about of compassion, support and figure widely a report in The Kansas City Star respect.

Key, Kansas picked .up by City-St. Joseph that estimated the numbers of In this diocese, we have wire services priests who have died from reached out to those infected diocesan newsand other media paper, said that AIDS and those who are living' and affected with the virus "is skewed" was "a fact with HIV/AIDS today. through services at Saint known only to From my own experience, I. Anne's Hospital, the Office of. since priests are all adult males.

Father Savage's have found these stories trou- AIDS Ministry, and Hope According to family until the bling. I know of no priest in the House, a residence for those figures from Star report."

Fall River Diocese who is in-' with HIV/AIDS. In addition, the Centers for Priests confected with' HIV or AIDS. In many of our priests have ofDisease Control fact, in my almost 16 years of fered private counseling and : tacted by The and Prevention ministry as bishop, I have assistance, and we have used : Catholic Key in Atlanta, the , questioned sevknown only one priest - and World AIDS Day as an opporincidence of he was not involved 'in ministry . tunity for prayer services that eral aspects of the series, here - who died of an AIDS-' call attention to this health cri-' AIDS among adult males is which said that related complication.. sis. roughly five priests' deaths I que,stion some of the Our faith teaches us that that from AIDS are report's statistical conclusions those with HIV/AIDS, priests. times among adult at leas t four that are based on responses from included, are our brothers and' women. Father , times the rate of only 800 of the 46,000-plus sisters, all created in the imReese said the the general priests who minister to Catho- age of God. They deserve to series used the populace. lics nationwide. be treated as nothing less."

The series L - - ' comparison called into . with the general question "Church doctrine" on homosexuality,' populace four times and only once compared AIDS and the celibate priesthood. In a sidebar priests' deaths from AIDS with those of other commentary on the series, Star editor and vice adult males.

Bishop O'Malley responds to priestsl .

AIDS' story.

Maryland governor proposes $6M for nonpublic school aid BALTIMORE (CNS) - Call- serve a significant percentage of school parents turned out for the ing it "the right thing to do," Mary- the poor population.

25' rallies held Jan. 6 !hroughout Mary Ellen Russell, president the state. land Gov. Parris N. Glendening has The' aid proposal now heads to included $6 million in his budget of the Maryland Federation of to help Catholic, other religious Catholic School Families, said she the Senate Budget and Taxation and private schools with the pur- was ~'absolutely thrilled" with the . Committee with the rest of the budgovernor's decision.. chase of nO'nreligious textbooks. get. If it makes it out· of commit7 If approved by the Legislature, Although her organization had tee, it would then go to the Senate the money will ·come from. the-' been'lobbying for at·least $7 mil-· floor before moving to the House state's $4.7 billion tobacco settle-' ,lion in' aid, she said 'the governor of Delegates for consid~ration by . ment and will" be distributed to a has '~recognizedthe fairness~'ofthe the Appropriations Committee. ~' . clearinghouse that will purchase the 'issue by including aid for taxpayCatholic school families have textbooks for the schools. ing parents who save the state mil-' been lobbying for state aid for the Since the book money will not lions of dollars a year. Catholic last five years, holding rallies in be drawn from the state's $1 bil- schools alone saved the state of Annapolis and bombarding lawlion budget surplus, no taxpayers' Maryland more than $380 million makers with letters. In the past few years, they sought $14 million for money' will be used to fund the in 1999, she said. proposal.

Following a series of regional textbooks and technology ~efore Michelle Byrnie, the governor's rallies designed to educate law- ' focusing solely on textbooks this press secretary, said Glendening makers on the constitutionality and year.

"School families have been so would' leave it to the Legislature need for 'state aid, Russell said she to work out the details of money felt "very confident" that lawmak- involved and so committed on this distribution and whether the fund- ers will be open to approving the. issue," Russell said. "They deserve ing will be limited to schools that aid. More than 3,000.Catholic a lot ofcredit ~or ail they have done."

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Boston receives new auxiliary bishop WASHINGTON Pope John Paul II has named the secretary of education for the Boston Archdiocese, Father Richard J. Malone, as an auxiliary bishop of Boston.

Bishop-designate Malone was born in Salem, Mass:, on March 19, 1946. He attended Our Lady Star of the Sea Grade School,

Beverly, Mass., and St. John's Preparatory School, Danvers, Mass.

He studied for the priesthood at Cardinal O'Connell Seminary, Jamaica Plain, Mass., and St. John's Seminary, Brighton, Mass.

Bishop-designate Malone's episcopal ordination will take place March 1 at Holy Cross Cathedral in Boston.

Needed: 2 Bilingual Telephone Associates Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel Mausoleum: Plails are now underway to build a new chapel mausoleum at Notre Dame Cemetery, Fall River, MA. In order to make sure that everyone knows about this new mausoleum, the cemetery is conducting a Diocesan~approved visitation program into the homes of all interested parishioners in the parishes served by Notre Dame Cemetery. .

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The high incidence of Portuguese-speaking individuals in the community indicates the need to hire two bilingual individuals to call parishioners from their home to set up visitation appointments. Age and a lack of prior experience are no barrier. Training is provided.

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"Godly Glimpses: Discoveries of the Love That.

Eastman recounted how many people raged at Heals': (Our Sunday Visitor), I was fascinated with God after the plane crash, asking what kind of a the idea of aglimpse of God and wondered what God ,would let this happen. It is a question that the 'author, Peggy . haunts everyone, even ~.....- - - - - - - - - people of great faith, Eastman, was up to.

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By Antoinette Bosco' me out for pain. This is had a specific message .an imperfect world, a to share. She ex- ....-----------t.W:....~ ..J-I universe with broken plained: parts. The plane crash "We are all spiritual wayfarers. We struggle on, was the byproduct of an imperfect world." sometimes feeling very alone as our feet stumble She also learned a great deal about the way and our hearts falter. We try to find our way, look- our society deals with victims of tragedies. She ing for glimpses of God that will point us in the said: "Some want you to just 'get over it' beright direction. These divine moments nourish and cause our society is geared to quick fixes. I. did strengthen our souls. They can come from within: not find anything to substitute for the long proan inner nudge, a feeling, a flash of insight as cess of working through grief. It's tears and . bright as a lighted match. at they can come from prayers." without: another person's outstretched hand, the Eastman said she became a lot more spiriblooming of snowdrops in February, the face of a tual, which helped her to see the whole picture, child, a psalm that speaks to the heart." all the good things God had given her. "Every Her wisdom came from the deep pain of being . morning how the first thing I do is thank God twice widowed. Her beloved husband was killed for lO路things, ticking them off on my fingers.! in a plane crash in 1985, Then, nine years later, always end by thanking God for his Son, our her second husband died of cancer. As someone Savior," she said. who has had to deal with the deaths of many loved In.herbook, Eastman tells many touching stoones, it wasn'ten.ough for me only to read her ries of other people who have searched for evibook; I had to talk to her. I called her and found a' dence of God in their lives and truly found him. soul sister.

She repeats:. "God is_never too busy for 'us. It is Right off, I asked her, "How do you know God .we who are too busy for him." loves you?" .

She wrote the book to let people know that if She answered without hesitation: "Because of they open thei,rhearts to God, they'll catch all the ways God found to reach me through the glimpses of hiin everywhere anQ become empow. people reaching out to me. This was God's love ered by his love.

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POPE JOHN Paul II plans to canonize Mother Katharine Drexel, a U.S. heiress who dedicated her life to educating African-Americans and Native Ameri~ns. She lived 1858-1955.The pope likely will declare her a saint in October. (eNS file photo)

Pope plans to canonize Blessed Katharine Drexel

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VATICAN. CITY - 'Pope John Paul II plans to canonize Blessed Katharine Drexel, the U.S. heiress who dedicated her life to defending and educating African-Americans and Native Americans.

During a recent meeting with the Congregation for Sainthood Causes, the pope published a decree recognizing as a miracle the '1994 healing, following prayers to Blessed Katharine, of a U.S. toddler born deaf.

The Vatican did not announce a date for the canonization ceremony, but people familiar with Pope John Paul's Holy Year calendar said Blessed Katharine probabJy would be declared a saint during an Oct. 1 Mass at the Vatican. ,The decree in Blessed Katharine's cause was one of 11 recently promulgated. The others included recognition of the miracles needed for the beatification of Pope John XXIII and of Redemptorist Father Francis Xavier Seelos, a German who worked among immigrants in New Orleans in the mid-1800s.

Also during the meeting, the pope officially recognized Vietnam's earliest martyr, Andrew, a lay catechist who was killed in 1644. The 111 Vietnamese martyrs canonized in 1988 were killed, between 1745 and 1862. ' The decree ofmartyrdom clears the way for Andrew's beatification without the necessity of a miracle.

The pope also issued decrees recognizing the martyrdom of a..

diocesan priest who died in a Thai prison during World War II and ofPeterCaJungsod, alay Filipino catechist killed in 1672 in Guam.

Introducing the causes to the pope, Archbishop Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congre~ gation for Sainthood' Causes, called Blessed Katharine "an authentic pioneer" in the struggle to recognize the dignity and civil rights of African-Americans and Native Americans in the United States.

The religious order founded by Blessed Katharine in 1891, the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, was dedicated to the defense and promotion of ethnic minorities, he said. .

Blessed Katharine was born in 1858 and inherited a Philadelphia investment banking fortune. Convinced of her calling to religious life, she used her wealth to found schools and missions.

She died in 1955 at the age of 96 and was beatified in 1988.

Jesuit Father Paolo Molinari, postulator of Blessed Katharine's cause, said the heiress used her fortune to help "those who, in American society at that time, were truly emarginated: the Indians and African-Americans." . Her decision 'to name her order after the Eucharist was not a casual one, he said.

"The Eucharist was the source of her love' and of her commitment to fighting the effects of racism," Father Molinari said.

"The service given to needy people and an, awareness of their needs always brought Katharine Drexel to the Eucharist to beseech the Lord on their behalf," he. said, .

Does路 agreement apply to all Lutherans?

Q. Your column a few weeks ago concerning Lutheran church in the United States, the Evanthe, agreement on justification between gelical Lutheran .church in America, has about Lutherans and Catholics was enlightening. We 5.2 million members and is part of the LWF. It do not understand, though, if this refers to all makes up roughly two-thirds of the Lutherans in Lutheran churches. Our friends, Missouri the United States.

Synod ~uthetans, tell us the agreement does The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, hownot pertain to them. Can you explain if this is ever; with about 2.6 million members, is the largtrue? (Ohio) est Lutheran group in the world not affiliated with . A. Yours is an excellent question. Many Catho" the LWF. The next largest Lutheran Church in the lics, especially in the ...._~_________ United States, the WisUnited States, have reconsin Evangelical ceived similar comLutheran Synod, has apments from their proximately 400,000 Lutheran friends. members, and also is not The Joint Declaration affiliated with the world Justification, federation. on reached in 1998 and

By Father For this reason, neisigned in October 1999, . John J. Dietzen ther the Missouri nor was between the CathoWisconsin synods were . .. directly involved in the lic Church and the Lutheran World Federation. The federation is an dialogue that preceded the document, nor are they association of Lutheran churches with authority participants in the agreemel}t itself. to act on behalf of members in matters committed .

While the Joint Declaration applies to 95 perto it. It represents about 58 million of the 61.5 cent of the world's Lutherans, most of the remainmillion Lutherans in the world. . . ing five percent are in the United States. The agreeBishop Christian Krause and Rev. Ishmael ment will not officially apply, therefore, to the Noko, president and general secretary respec- possibly significant number of friends and acquaintively, of the LWF, signed the declaration for the tances who belong to the Wisconsin or Missouri Lutherans. Cardinal Edward Cassidy, president synods. of. the Pontifical Council for Promoting Chris. A free brochure outlining b~sic Catholic tian Unity, and Bishop Walter Kasper, secretary prayers, beliefs and moral precepts, is availof the same council, signed for the Catholic able by sending a stamped, self-addressed enChurch. velope to Father John Die~zen, Box 325, Peo-' The confusion you experience results from the ria, IL 61651.' . fact that the LWF represents by far the majority, Questions for this column should be sent to but not all, Lutheran churches. The largest Father Dietzen at the same address. .

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to ask mom for money, and she Dear Dr. Kenny: Our chilDad, who i~ busy, replies: "Ask Dad, of course, denies he gave and she alone decides. dren have become experts at your mother." ' Another way to minimize your' permission. Sally won her freeusing my husband and me ,"Mom, can I go out? Dad said .dom. by slightly adding to what chiid's attempts to put you in conagainst each other. They ask it's OK with him if it's OK with dad said, with the bonus of put- flict with each other is to have' one or"us for permission to do 'you."

I ' clearly written rules.' Write out in ting her parents at odds. something, then the other, and" Mom:reluctantly consents arid The child's philosophy is: Di- a few simple but specific words next th~ng we know" they are the child is out the'door. Then vide and conquer. : . what is expected. Here is an exgone 'and we . ' ample.

What can' the parents do? are fighting'. I ' Chores: Sally has the dishes on One simple way is to specify , don't under- ....- - - - - - - - - - clearly which parent is responsible Monday, Wednesday and Thursstand' 'how for what. Separate the areas of day nights. She must pick up the they pit us kitchen and complete the dishes' parental responsibility. against one For example, dad is responsible before she' uses the phone or· another' but for all matters pertaining to cars watches television.

I'd like it to Cash: Sally receives a "gener-, and curfew. If Sally wants to use With Dr. James & stop. (Louisithe car or hasn't paid her car in- ous" allowance each week. She'is Mary Kenny ana) surance, if she wants to stay out expected to buy her own clothes Children are later than usual, that's dad's do- and pay for everything but legiti- . born manipulamate school and medical expenses. main. , tors. One method of getting their mom goes storming into the livMom has responsibility for No exceptions.

Curfew: Sally is due home by way is to set up an argument be- ing room. chores and money. If Sally has not tween the parents. Eric Berne "I thought Sally was to stay completed her chores or wants to 9 on school nights and 10 or 11 called it the game of "Let's you home until she finished her home- skip them, if she needs money for on Friday and Saturday nights. No and him fight." work. I can't believe you said she school or a dance, that's up to exceptions for so-called "special" "Dad, can I go out?" could go out." mom. Everyone knows you have even!s. She may earn 10 minutes

Family Talk

Where wisdom does not prevail If and when a state patrol officer pulls you over to the side of the freeway, common sense tells us that it is not the smartest thing in the world to say: "My license? Sure, can you hold my

The offbeat, world of Uncle Dan

By Dan Morris

beer for a second while I unhook my radar: detector so I can reach it?" Even though you' are just kidding :around, these people take these kinds of things seriously.

In the; same vein, according to my neighbor Bud, it is wise to be careful what we say to our pastors after Mass about their homilies!

FOr example, Bud strongly advises against remarking, "I didn't get the joke there at the start, but the German accent part was great," especially if there were no jokes and Msgr.

O'Kneel was only talking about Hans Kung.

It does not help, Bud tells me, to say: ~'Nah, I wasn't sleeping. I just had my eyes closed because I had Bonnie Raitt on my Walkman."

I admitted to Bud there had been a couple of things I have said without thinking to my pastor after Mass. For example, "Have you ever thought about incorporating hand puppets?" , And then there was, "That really reminded me of that M*A*S*H* program where Father Mulcahey falls in love with that nun from Korea."

Or the one where my wife

coughed so hard someone called 911: "I love that classic, Monsignor, it gets better every year."

Of course she's no angel herself. From her I recall: "I think it was great how you pronounced the name of that .tribe from Israel all those, , different ways.

Or was that a person?"

'That made :B'ud laugh.

"You know," he admitted, "I have :'always wanted to ask Monsignor if it was hard to read sentences that long in a monotone without taking a breath."

I laughed and darn near blew chunks of doughnut onto the parish hall table where we were sitting.

"Bad, Bud," I snorted.

"Bad, bad, bad. That would rank right up there with: 'Don't your feet get tired after you've been talking for so long?'"

Bud leaned over grinning, "Or, how about saying you'd never have stepped out for that little shot of 'snake bite medicine' if you'd known he wasn't going to talk as long as usual?"

We were both snickering rather heartily when Msgr.

O'Kneel walked up to our post-Mass doughnut festivities.

"Well, boys," he said, "I , see you are joyful this morn- , ing. Are you getting high on . caffeine and sugar, or' is it your weekly review of my homily?"

"Just a second, officer," Bud smiled, "would you hold my caffeine while I unplug your radar detector?"

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of "late time" each night that she is home on time. If late, she has one hour of hard work for each ,IS 'minutes late befo.reshe can' again go out. .-' - " , ,.,'. ' Car: Sally may lJse' the family car with advapce noti¢e but mUst pay for gasah~an appropriate amount e~ch·mQDth. for in~ surance. If sne W3.J'!ts tei bl;ly her own ca~, parents:'willpay ~basic' amount ·to ;lssure minimum safety staridards. Sally inust come 'up with any additional amount.

Speeding will result in one warning. The second time it happens, she will lose her car privileges for one month.

You may not agree with all the above specific rules, so make up your own. Whatever your rules, put them in writing. That will help eliminate your child's ability to get her way by pitting you and your spouse against each other.

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Nun whose cure aided in Father Serra's beatification dead at 83

By CA11-tOL.IC NEWS SERVICE , SHREWSBURY, Mo. - A funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 15 for SisterBoniface Dyrda, 83, whose miraculous cure from a blood disorder40 years ago helped secure the beatification of 18th-century Franciscan missionary Father Junipero Serra Sister Dyrda, who died Jan. 11 from complications following surgery for a broken hip, was a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady ofPerpetual Help for 58 years.

Burial was in Resurrection Cemetery in St. Louis.

She was born Theresa Clara Dyrda in Chicago Heights, Ill., on Aug. 12, 1916. Her father.

Michael, was a grocer and her Polish-born mother, Mary, was a homemaker.

She entered religious life in 1933 and for more than 50 years was an educator throughout the Midwest, including the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

In October 1959, at the age of 43, Sister Dyrda became ill with a blood disorder and her health rapidly deteriorated. She once recalled that she suddenly had "rash, fever, weakness and swelling all over my body."

At the time, physicians could not determine the cause of her illness.

She dropped from 146 to 86 pounds, and on Palm Sunday of 1960 wasgiven last rites. .

When her doctors told her there was no more that could be done medically, her religious congregation began a novena to Father Serra, founder of nine of California's 21 missions.

Her condition suddenly began to improve and by May 1960 she was released from the hospital. Afterwards, she never suffered a recurrence of the blood disorder.

In 1986, a tribunal appointed by Archbishop John L. May of St. Louis, at the request of the Vatican Congregation for Sainthood Causes, studied Sister Dyrda's alleged cure attributed to Father Serra.

Three physicians reviewed the case and' Sister Dyrda and many witnesses gave testimony. The nun then went to Rome for an investigation during which she saw 12 different physicians.

Her cure was part of the documentation neededfor the beatification of Father Serra, which finally occurred on Sept. 25, 1988. Sister Dyrda attended the ceremony, which was in Rome.

'Jubilee year ,means no tuition at Cath_olic school OAK HARBOR, Ohio - It's "freezing tuition in honor of the a move that might send a Catholic jubilee year ... but then we thought, school business managerinto shock: wouldn't it be nice if we could just 'open wide the doors' of the school No tuition income for a full year.

Yet that's exactly what St. to anyone, and before long we had Boniface School in Oak Harbor is consensus.''

Several people, including doing to mark the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000.

Greggila, suggested charging no "Business-wise, this doesn't tuition at all.

"Everyone agreed," said Father make any sense at all," said Greg Greggila, head ofthe parish finance Peiffer. 'The Holy Spirit was alive committee - and a supporter of in that room." He said the committhe decision. tee recognized the implications for Taking inspiration from Toledo the parish's finances but decided to Bishop James R. Hoffman's jubi- trust the Lord and count on the lee-year cancellation of some $1.4 people's goodness. million in debts owed to the dioThe school, which has 51 chilcese, the St. Boniface Parish finance dren from kindergarten through committee and school council de- fifth grade, currently charges cided to drop tuition charges for the $1,000 a year for children of pa2000~lschoolyear. rishioners and $1,800 a year for 'The example ofour bishop of- those who do not belong to the parfering such generosity expressed so ish. practically made me think and pray," "Because our school is so small, said the pastor, Father James E. our parish subsidy is higher than Peiffer. average," Greggila said. "It's always He told the Catholic Chronicle, a struggle, always a burden with a Toledo diocesan newspaper, that St small school."

Boniface parishioners had been disWhile forgoing tuition did not cussing how they could take up seem to make business sense, he Pope John Paul II's jubilee year said, the parish leaders felt it was challenge, "Open Wide the Doors needed to take thejubilee year serito Christ," in their parish. ously.

Bishop Hoffman announced di"What better way can we ex~ ocesan debt cancellations at the start press our faith and recognize the of the new year. jubilee year than doing this for our When the school council and fi- parents and students?" he asked. nance committee met in mid-JanuDuring the discussion, he said, ary, the main business on its agenda committee members recalled the' was next year's tuition fees. The big example of the apostles who left question going into the meeting was their boats and nets to follow Jesus. whether to freeze tuition at the cur"In voting for this jubilee year rent level or increase it. decision, the people at that meeting Father Peiffer said the discus- had the courage to step out of the sion started with ,a sug~estion of boat," he said.

Nun-host calls Cuban boy 'pawn' in political feud

By CA11-tOUC NEWS SERVICE MIAMI - The nun who hosted a reunion in Miami of sixyear-old Elian Gonzalez with his Cuban grandmothers said afterwards that "people with political agendas" have made the child a pawn.

Several hundred reporters and demonstrators gathered outside Dominican Sister Jeanne O'Laughlin's Miami Beach home, the "neutral site" selected by U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno for the meeting last week.

Elian has been the center of an international custody battle between his Cuban father and Cuban-American relatives since Nov. 25, when he was found off the Florida coast, a survivor of a boat that sank, killing his mother and 10 other Cuban refugees.

Sister O'Laughlin, president of Dominican-run Barry University, hosted the 90-minute private meetiT!g between Elian and his grandmothers, Mariela Quintana and Raquel Rodriguez, who flew to the United States in late January to try to break the political and legal deadlock and obtain the child's return to his father.

Sister O'Laughlin told reporters afterwards that she had mixed feelings about the meeting. "There were no accusations or promises or trying to define the future."

She and two fellow Dominicans, Sisters Peggy Albert and Leonor Esnard, monitored the , meeting. Miami relatives of Elian who accompanied him to Sister O'Laughlin's home waited in a separate room while the boy met with his grandmothers.

"It was very definitely a-family affair that has somehow turned into political agendas," Sister O'Laughlin said.

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ELIAN GONZALEZ plays at the home of his cousin and great-uncle in Miami recently. The six-year-old has been living with relatives since he was rescued at sea in late November. (CNS photo from Reuters)

"Today" show she said, "I'm not sure any real good came from this meeting other than perhaps some fears were dispelled."

She added, "I believe that there are people with political agendas that take the child as a pawn, and perhaps the grandmothers also."

She said the before the meeting she had to allay fears and mis-

trust on both sides.

The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service had ordered Elian 's Miami relatives to let him meet with his grandmothers if they did not want to lose temporary custody during their court appeal of the INS ruling that the boy should be returned to his father.

MARIELA QUINTANA, left, and Raquel Rodriguez, right, grandmothers of Elian Gonzalez, with Vilma Espin, sister-in-law of Cuban President Fidel Castro, join a march in Havana recently, asking for the boy's return to Cuba. The grandmothers traveled to the U.S. with , hopes of returning to Cuba with Elian. (CNS photo from Reuters)

Pope clears way for Pope Jo.hn' XXIII's beatification ~ Healing of an Italian

nun is recognized, attributed to the late pontiff.

By CINOVWOODEN CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

VATI~AN

CITY - Pope John Paul II, recognizing as miraculous a healing of an Italian nun, cleared the way for the beatificati9n of-Pope John XXIII. Sister Caterina Capitani, a member .of the Daughters of Charity, attended the Jan. 27 Vatican session at which the pope recognized her healing as a miracle attributed to the intervention of Pope John.

The decree clears the way for the beatification of Pope John, who served as pontiff from 1958 to 1963. Although the Vatican has not announced a date for the ceremony, officials have said Sept.

3 is the most likely date.

Another miracle occurring after the beatification would be needed before Pope John could be canonized.

Sister Capitani was dying from complications following stomach surgery in 1966 when she prayed to Pope John to help save her. She said she saw the pope smiling and heard him say, "Be calm, I am here."

The nun, who is now based in .

Naples, told Italian media that she was healed instantaneously.

Archbishop Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for Sainthood Causes, told Pope John Paul it was fitting to publish the decree in Pope John's case on the heels of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

It was Pope John who, in

1960, created the Vatican's office the age of 19. for promoting Christian unity, the He was ordained to the priestarchbishop ~aid. hood in 1904 and after several "During his missions in Bul- . years as secretary to the bishop garia and Turkey" as a Vatican of Bergamo, he was called to the diplomat, the future pope's "per- Vatican. In 1925 he began servsonal contact with so many broth- ing as a Vatican diplomat, first ers and sisters not in full com- being posted to Bulgaria, then munion with the Catholic Church to Greece and Turkey and, figenerated in him a categorical nally, to France. He was named commitment to recovering the a cardinal and patriarch of unity lost over the centuries," Venice in 1953.

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Florida man uses 'pope chart' to bring back marginal Catholics BOCA RATON, Fla. (CNS) - Sometimes it's true that seeing is believing.

At the very least, a good visual can help make a point, according to Vinnie Cacace, a retired brewery executive and prison ministry volunteer in West Palm' Beach.

Cacace wants every parish in Florida and the United States to know about a few simple tools he has discovered for helping marginal Catholics appreciate their faith. ''When I was in Rome in 1969, I came across this special chart at the Vatican bookstore," said Cacace, holding up a "pope chart," a pictorial and biographical history of the 263 successors of Peter.

The poster-sized illustration of the history of the papacy helps people see the continuity and unity of the Catholic Church amid the countless Christian denominations and other sects now active in the world, according to Cacace.

Memmo Caporilli, an artist in Rome, is the creator of the pope chart. The English version of the poster features Asian languages on the back.

"I say to the inmates with-whom I visit that these are the 263 successors of Peter, who was given the job by Jesus;' he said. "It is worth the trip back and forth at night as a 74-year-old guy just to see their reaction.

They all inevitably say, 'Where can I get one?' They want to use them with their (fundamentalist) friends who are trying to evangelize them."

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Cacace has been working in prison ministry in the Palm Beach Diocese for eight years and in parish evangelization for 10 years. A member of St. Joan of Arc Parish in Boca Raton, he doesn't shy away from talking about his faith with nondenominational street preachers, fundamentalists or Jehovah's Witnesses.

Cacace is the author of a book being published early this year by Jeremiah Press in Boca Raton. It is called "Loitering with Intent: My Adventures in Catholic Evangelization."In it, he relates first-person accounts of reallife evangelizing encounters and his one-man efforts to respond to Christ's command: "Do not hide your light under a bushel basket."

Cacace likes to say there are two Rs to knowing God: reason and revelation.

"Reason can tell uS God exists but it can't give us the answers to the big questions of life: Is there meaning to life and what happens when we die;' he told The Florida Catholic, diocesan newspaper. 'That is where Revelation comes in."

"Jesus didn't want that to happen with the big questions oflife so what he did was establish a church. I ask people, 'Where do we find the church that Jesus established?' Then what I do is show them the pope chart."

The chart features a medallion-sized image ofevery pope with a biographical sketch below. It is 30 inches wide and 43 inches from top to bottom. Cacace is hoping to get one in every parish in the diocese.

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,,Gle~ary~:vocation~ ads ~r~, refused at Showcase Cinemas . ,CINCINNATI' (CNS) ~'Sliould religious adverti~lng'be. ~creened in movie theaters!? ,:, . '" '~,' . :' Not,acc,Ofcling to Showcase Cinemas, a Massachusetts-based theater cpain wi,th several gr~ater <;:inc'innati locations. .

I-Iome .. The , G len mary Missioners, based'in Fairfield; Ohio, got that sobering mes'sage in January'when tt{eir'voc:!ltions awareness caJ11paign was rejected for placement as in"theater ads. . In November, members of Glenmary's,vocation team decided to deliver ,their m~ssage ab(:>ut the society ~pries.!S?~rot~~rs and lay missioners committed to bringing a Catholic presence to neglected areaS in rural America - to a targeted audience through an aggressive cam,paign, using media normally reserved for promoting fast food, clothipg, ,and other cori~omer-oriented products. " ,., , Their hope was to encourage young people to think about Glenmary and contact the society either 'via telephone or the',World ,Wide Web with vocation questions', . The advertising camp~ign includedplacement of ads in tPe Cinc;innati:Downtownernewspi!Per, the

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Cinemad; the Columbus, Ohio, agency that'represents the Esquire Theater and the Mount Lookout Cinema Grill in Cincinnati, contacted one of Showcase's in-theater advertising representatives, Pro Motion Slides, located in Mahwah, N.J., and sought permission to make a "cross-placement" for Glenmary, since the Columbus-based firm did not represent Showcase.

Pro Motions Slides, gav~, clearance for Cinemad to make the placement.

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By ANNE NAVARRO all wondereo what hadhapperied," CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE watch, the only link he has to his mother back in Tibet, is grudgingly given, with the understanding 'Hellmann disCbvered that·someNEW YORK - Tradition meets technology as that it will be returned the next day.Jronically, it is (:inCinriatiBusiness,Coufiet:;;and60~..where betWeen CinCinnaiiarid 'secorid radio spots on two'localsta-Dedham,- Mass.; h~adquarte~;"f6r two young Tibetan monks scramble to set up a tele- Orygen who is distra~ted during the game by wortions, " ,;' Showcase's 'parel1r company, Na~ 'vision set and satellite dish at their Tibetan monas- rying about keeping his end of the bargain; .", That portion of the campaign is' tionalAinusemen'tS;t1}eif siides;~a9 tery in time to 'watch the World Cup soccer finai in 'The visual imagery in the film is powerfuL All "The Cup" (Fine Line), ' ' at once the screen is filled with a sea of crimson tirider way. But thymost int~resting .. beel)rejeG~d:' _ ,~' ~ d~~ent.. of the campaign to rais~. :,~~':4j.:F~r~t )~e,'were' t~krt?~tl~e-:~d '" ,If is-1998 andmost,ofthe.world has caught so'c- and gold, robed monks, ,bowing in unison. Their vocations a\¥ar~ness - a s~rie.s' of, 1a~rrejected because' ii-'~aS a /re~ cer"fevel'i',iiltluding Orygen' (Jamyang .Lodro);, a" graceful hand movements during 'prayer pro-duce a slides about the Glenmarians that was , 'cruitnient" ad,'~ Hurley said. "Then 14-yearc old· monk living'in a Tibetan monastery- calming effect, as if the viewer is there'praying ~~i'atedfor viewingo'n the 2. ~ screens,'we,we1-e}~ld that (Napon-a! Amuse- in-exile in India. The walls of his room are adorned also. And the lush green foothills of the Himalayas of the SnowcaseCinemas Spri)1g<4Ue : 'ments)'had a policy thatp,rohibited with pictures of soccer greats, and underneath his provide a perfect'backdrop for this heart-warming pious robe, Orygen wears the Brazilian team shirt, story:- ' petween movies ~ was nono be,' "religious- ,advertising, which Writer-director Khyentse Norbu provides a / Susan Hellmann" a member of questioned. When we asked to see with the name Ronaldo'emblazoned across the front. plenmary's vocation team, said she the policy, we"were toJd there was Aided by hissideRick', Lodo (Neten'Chokling), touching film that gives an insider's look at TiOrygen also sneaks out late at night to watch the betan culture and society in an often humorous way. :g'ot the idea for placing the Yoca- nothing avaiJ::lble in'writing," , As a distinguished lama of the Tibetan Buddhist .lions ads on theater screens after at- .,' 'We P9;llbtac yept any religious semifinals at a local bar,;·: ': Two boys, fleeing from communist-controlled traditionhiinself, Norbu meticulously filmed in an ;~¢nding a movie at'a 10c,a1neighbor':, or political a~vertisingjn any of our Tibet, have just arrived at' the monastery.' PaIden actual monastery in the Himalayas ,and took ttie cast bood theater called the Esquire, theatftrsi' sai~Nati'?!1alAniiisemen~' ;'~ ':There was a telephone, number spokeswoJ11aQ Dana Wil,son; ~'Ifs'a (Kunsang Nyima) and Nyima (Pema Wan'gchen) in largepaIt from members of the monasfery. 'The llste<:;i: for you tq caU 'if you were' decisioriwe~~erhade: We don) feel have been sent by their family in the hopes that' result is an authentic film that is both entertaining il)~~sted-in pl~ingan;aet~.g!1 st~n comfortable presenting religious ad- they will be provided with a traditional Buddhist and respectfuL education. Pi!lden is' assigned to be Orygen's new ,p¢tween:'fiims~ HeUmann s~d in an ' vertising insjde our,thea~rs." :" Subtitles.' .. , '.' , . ... roommate, and is baffled by the pictures on'the' The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is Implied aff~rs, sexual refe;ence~J walls and Orygen's obsessive attitude about soccer. A-I ~ general patronage. The Motion Picture Asand an instance ofrough language~ , One night after the monastery's rector has gone sociation of America rating is G - general audito bed, Orygen leads a group, including Palden and ences, The U,S. ~atholie Confer~nce Lodo, to the local bar to watch the semifinal game. . . . - - - - - - - - - - , - - - - - - - - - - . classification is A-III - adults.

The Motion, Picture Association But to their dismay, the rector is waiting for them of America rating is PG-13 when they return. The boys (excluding PaIden, who D is treated leniently because he is new) are punished c'O IS S I parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inapprowith extra chores, including doing the monastery's VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II priate for children under 13, cooking for a month, reportedly wept as he watched the latest film by one "Grizzly Falls" (Providence) Despite the punishment and severe dressingof Poland's most successful directors, Old-fashioned outdoors advendown, Orygen stills holds out hope of seeing the In a recent private screening at the Vatican, the IC~S ture tale in which a young lad Polish pontiff saw Andrzej Wajda's "Pan Tadeusz." final game. In a moment of desperation and inspi(Daniel Clark) is kidnapped by a ration, Orygen boldly suggests to the rector that the Vatican Radio said.

ICaIIV~Ulllle~ grizzly bear and learns to survive final match be seen at the monastery. Much to his Wajda and members of the movie's cast were NEW YORK - Following in the wild alorigside the huge (and the others') surprise, permission is granted. also at the screening. are recent capsule reviews issued animal while his guilt-ridden fa, "The Cup" portrays the young monks in a very Vatican sources said the pope was moved to tears by the U.S, Catholic Conference ther and Native American tracker <Juring the film, a historical saga set during the Nahuman' way. As with any group of spirited boys in a Office for Film and Broadcast- (Bryan Brown and Tom Jackson) poleonic era, when Poland was divided between disciplinary situation, there are bound to be a few ing. anxiously follow their' trail. good-natured but 'rambunctious troublemakers, ,Germany, Russia and theAustro-Hungarian Empire. ''Down to You"'(Miriunax) Tamely directed by' Stewart drygen and his p~ls fit this description, They :send ''Tears were runmng down (the pope's) face durFrivolous romantic comedy RaffiU, gorgeous scenery provides ' notes '~ack ~n~, !<?.rth to each other during 'prayer, ing the final scene ofreconciliation" between t~o of about college sweetheartS (Freddie distraction from the often conThey mischievouslYsew'the robe ofan older monk the main characters, Wajda smd after the s~reening.

Prinze Jr, and Julia.Stil~s) who, trived narrative. Brief violence to the carpet during'a cetemony~ They flip through .Co-producer WlodekOtulak, w~o.firstsuggested , experience the thriUs and disap~ and mild, profanity. The U,S. "~ontraband" sports magazines instead of studying' 'a screening with the pope, called the pontiff's reacpointments of first love, Writer- Catholic Conference classification their lessons at,night. But they also have heart. tion ''Unbelievable,'' director Kris Isacsson romanti- is A~II - adults and adolescents. ' A major hit in Poland, "Pan Tadeusz" is based In order to pay for the rental of the television cizes the joy of first love in a TI1~ Motion Picture Association and satellite dish necessary to watch the'final game, on an epic poem by the Polish writer Adam cookie-cutter film that wraps up , of America,r,ating is PG - paOrygen imd Lodo 'raise funds among~he monks, Mickiewicz, but are still short'some of the money. Nyima's pocket aU the loose ends too predictably. ren~,l guiqancesuggested.

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Iteering pOintl ACUSHNET - A Rosary Crafters meeting will be held on Feb. 7 at 7:15 p.m. in the first classroom of theSt. Bernard Church's'Religious Education Center, 30 South Main Street.

Join them in making rosaries for people around the world. New members always welcome. For more info'rmation call 644-5585.

ATTLEBORO - A Taize evening of prayer will be held tonight at 7: 15 p.m. at the La Salette Shrine. Participants are asked to bring a candle in a holder or a drip-proof container. All wel-, come. For more information call 222-5410.

The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes will be observed at the Shrine on Feb. 11 with special prayers for health at the 12: 10 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Masses. All welcome.

A Jubilee Pilgrimage Program will be held at the Shrine on Feb. 12 at 2 p.m. It will be led by La Salette Father John Gabriel and focus on discipleship and the cross. All welcome. For more in-

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BREWSTER - ECHO (Encountering Christ in Others) weekends for high school juniors, seniors and college freshmen are now being scheduled. The weekend offers an opportunity for par~cipants to deepen their relationship with Jesus and the Church and includes prayer, worship and friendships. For more information check with your pastor or write ECHO of Cape Cod, 79 Puritan Road, Buzzards Bay, MA, 02532.

breast exams and physical exams and has a Portuguese-speaking staff available. Their February schedule is as follows: Feb. 7 and Feb. 22 from 6:30-8:30 p.m: at its Hudner Oncology Center., For more information call Maria Cabrales at 675-5686.

MASHPEE - A Young Adult Prayer Group for people in their' 20s and 30s meets on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 7 p.m; at Christ the King Parish. For more information call Heather Kirby at 548-2364.

NEW BEDFORD - The Legron of Mary recently announced that a, holy' year rosary drive, sponsored by St. Joseph-St. Therese Parish, is currently underway. To make your pledge of rosaries for peace call Therese Beaulieu at 995-2354 or Maurice Galipeau at 995-5981.

FAIRHAVEN - A program entitled "Soups On," will be held on Feb. 5 at ,6:30 p.m. at St. Joseph's Church. The parish comNORTH ATTLEBORO-A munity is inviting people to come and try some homemade soups.' First Friday celebration will be For more information or if you held tonight beginning with inwould like to provide a soup for tercessory prayer at 6:30 p.m. at the event call 994-9714. All wel- Sacred Heart Church, 58 Church come. ' Street. Jesuit Father Dick Roos will be guest speaker and the FALL RIVER - SaintAnne's evening is themed "God Guides Hospital Mobile Mammography Groups." Mass will be held at 7 Van offers mammograms, clinical p.m. and Adoration will begin at

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9 p.m. and continue until 3 p.m. Apostles Institute has weekly Saturday. For more information meetings for its members as well call 699-8383. 'as for men wanting to find out more about the community and RAYNHAM - A Mass spon- its work with youth. They will sored by the Taunton District meet on Feb. 8 at St. Mary's Council of the St. Vincent de Paul Taunton. Mass will be celebrated Society, will be held on Feb. 7 at at 7:30 p.m. in the small side 7 p.m. at St. Ann's Church for chapel and the meeting will be . the intention of the canonization held from 8-9 p.m. in the parish of Blessed Frederic Ozanam and center. For more information call in memory of deceased members. Youth Apostles at 672-2755.

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and assembly that pose no threat offered assistance in finding alterto public safety," said Daniel natives to abortion," he added.

Avila, associate director of pub~ The ruling that finds no conlie policy for the Massachusetts stitutional fault with Senate Bill '. Catholic Conference.

124, creating speech-free zones The court's ruling came Jan. , around abortion facilities, finds 26 in response to a request from the Massachusetts Catholic Conthe state Senate for legal advice fere~ce "disappointed," said Avila. on the constitutionality of pro-' In interviews with The Anchor, posed buffer zone legislation.

Avila and Maria Parker, MCC In its opinion, the seven-mem- project director, spoke out ag!J,inst ber court sajd such legislation the court's conclusion that the bill would not violate rights to free is "narrowly tailored."

Parker, called the ruling "a sad speech and assembly. The proposed law would bar people from state of affairs when a woman who wi thin 25 feet of entrances and is aboutto take the life of her child driveways to abortion clinics, cannot even be approached to talk unless they were going in or out about it. It is interesting that here of the building, worked in the we are, 27 years after Roe v. building, or were public officials Wade and the top headline in this such as police or firefighters. country in the presidential race is "This proposed measure would the issue of abortion." And she do nothing to enhance the physi- added, "This is the human rights cal security of abortion clinics, issue of our times." , Avila said the MCC has been and everything to penalize lawabiding citizens practicing non- following the bill from its beginviolent opposition to abortion, ning a couple of years ago. including those engaged in prayer '~It is the first bill of its kind on public sidewalks," Doyle said. anywhere in the nation and what "Its primary purpose is to choke makes us concerned about it is that off sidewalk counseling, whereby we have ... for instance in Worceswomen entering the clinics are ter, where Bishop Daniel P..Reilly

has actually led a prayer service on a sidewalk 'of an abortion facility," Avila said."That kind of activity would now be banned from the buffer zones. Our question is, why? What is it about a peaceful activity that would require their exclusion from the vicinity of an abortion facility?"

Avila also said he was 'not impressed with the reasoning behind the court's unanimous decision. ''With all due respects, the court is wrong when it concludes that the buffer zones created by the bill are somehow 'substantially comparable' to other buffer zones upheld in previous cases," Avila stated. "This bill differs radically in scope and effect by targeting the activities of peaceful, lawabiding citizens who seek to avail women with life-affirming alternatives or who desire to remain in quiet prayer."

Avila said it suggests that the federal courts will eventually have to decide the constitutionality of this kind of statute. "We believe that the free speech and religious freedom rights of individuals will weigh heavily."

Retrial ofPolish priest's murder shelved WARSAW, Poland (CNS) - The planned retrial of two Polish secret police generals for involvement in the 1984 murder of Father Jerzy Popieluszko has been shelved, indefinitely.

However, a judge said one of the generals could still face charges over the killing, which was widely believed to have hastened the collapse of communist rule.

In a statement, Warsaw's Dis-

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Wladyslaw Ciaston and Zenon Platek after reports that Platek, 73, would not be well enough to stand trial.

District Court Judge Marek Celej said Ciaston, 75, could still face trial over the Father Popieluszko case, as well as for torturing political prisoners while working as a communist interrogator after World War

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New proceedings against Ciaston and Platek were launched in ,1998, fou'r years after they were acquitted of directing the murder of Father Popieluszko, a popular priest linked with the outlawed Solidarity movement.

In 1994, after a two-year trial, a county court acquitted the generals. However, the acquittal was overturned as "one-sided, tendentious and selective" by Warsaw's Appeal Court in March 1996.

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The .prayer for Christian unity, he said, must "take on the ROME - Christians must aspect of a mara'thon," a longlive in a state of alert, ready to term. commitment supported by act as well as to pray for Chris- the Holy. Spirit. .

Cardinal Etchegaray said the tian unity, said French Cardinal ' 'Roger Etchegaray.

Spirit's'support is necessary beClosing the Week of Prayer cause "this prayer of ours can for Christi,an Unity on behalf of put hope to the test."

"Christ did not make ChrisPope John Paul II, the cardinal said Christians, "under the jn- tian unity a promise, but only a tolerable weight of the discom- prayer," the cardinal said. fort of being separated," must Nuw, he said, Jesus' followdo w/'lat they c,an to re-establish ers must make his prayer, their own. :unity.

Cardinal Etchegaray, 'presiPray路ing, for the tinity of dent of the Vatican's Holy'Year Christ's followers cannot be committee, pr'esided over an ..only a "seasonal rite" limited . evening prayer service at to the annual week of prayer, CAPT. BYRON Lima' Oliva talks with reporters at a Guatemala City jail rece'ntly. He and路 ,Rome's Basilica of St. Paul Out- ,he said. his father,' Retired Col. Disrael Lima Estrada, were arrested for allegedly taking part in the side the Walls.

The ecumenical celebrations 1998 murderof Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera. (CNS photo from Reuters) Leaders of the.city's GreeK in Rome and around the world Orthodox. Lutheran, Anglican, "visibly show how the commitPresbyterian and Waldensian . ment to the recomposition of ,communities participated.

Christian unity is shared and In' his homily, Cardinal must animate the great prayer Etchegaray said Christians must which is raised to the Lord from declare a "state of emergency to every part of the world in this. hasten the day of this visible period of the jubilee year," Pope

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John Paul IIsaid.

The priest was arrested in July 1998 Disrael Lima Estrada, a former GUATEMALA CITY' together with his pet German shep-, head of military intelligence, Guatemala's bishops will seek the herd dog, Baloo, and the elderly cook, his son, Capt. Byron Lima ' Oliva, and army guard Jose voluntary return from the United Lopez.

States of a diocesan priest to face Investigators at the time believed Obdulio Villanueva, denied the charges,.in the 1998 murder of that Father Orantes had ordered the "charges. ,Aux'i1iary: Bishop Juan Gerardi .dog torhaul Bishop Gerardi, a theory In a separate development".

Coneder~: of Guatemala City. that.' was late(ruled6ut~ '" the former' head' of' the "We are going to recommend ' Father Orantes w'as released from ' archdiocesan Project for the to Father (Mario) Orantes that,he detention in early 1999, but has re- Recovery of Historical Oh adorable and Divine Will, behold me here before the present himself to the courts vol- mained under suspicion. He was Memory, Edgar Gutierrez, sai" , immensity of Your Light, that Your eternal goodness may open untarily so' as to' make ,his state- among 17 people tested in May for important documents pertaining to me the doors and make me enter into Jt to fonn my life all in ment," the president of the bish- DNA samples to match bloodstains to the Bishop Gerardi case and You, Divine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate before . ~ther human rights cases are ops' conference, Archbishop Vic- found at the scene of the crime. ;', ' ' Your Light, I, the least of all creatures; put myself into the little ,missing from government files. tor Hugo Martinez Contreras of Father Orahtes was the first per"group, o{ the sons and daughters of Your Supreme FIAT. ProsLos Altos', Quezaltenango- 'son to discover the corpse of Bishop Gutierrez has been given retrate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg that it sponsibility for monitoring Totonicap~n, told reporters..

Gerardi. clothe me and eclipse all that does not pertain to You, Divine . Bishop Gerardi was bludgeoned The three officers arrested have all progress on the Bishop Gerardi Will., It will be my Life, the center of iny intelligence, the to death April 26, 1998, outside been charged with murder; Lopez is case following the promise enrapturer of my heart and of my whole being. I do not want his parish home. The Church and .' being held for covering up the crime. made by Portillo in his inauguthe human will to ha~e life in this heart any longer. I will cast i~ other organizations believe he was In a first court appearance in the ral address to speed up resolu. away from me and thus fonn the new Eden of Peace, of happikilled for his persistent criticism capital Jan. 25, retired Col. Byron tion of the case. ness and of love. With It I shall be always happy. I shall have .of the military's abuses of human' a singular strength and a holiness that sanctifies all things. and rights. Two days before be died , conducts them to Go~l. he presente,d a report on military -Here prostrate, I invoke the help of the Most Holy Trinity atrocities committed during the that They permit me to live in the cloister of the Divine Will and ' country's 36-year civil war. thus return in me the first order of creati.on, just as the creature In a mid-January breakthrough was created. ' , ,in a 20-month investigation, police arrested three military officHeavenly Mother, Sovereign and Queen of the Divine Fiat, ers and the bishop's former cook, take my hand and introduce me into the' Light of the Divine ' Margarita Lopez, in connection Will. You will be my guide, my most tender Mother, lind will with the crime. teach me to live in and to maintain myselfin the order and the An arrest warrant was also' isc bounds of the Divine.Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate my . sued for Father Orantes. , whole being to Your Immaculate Heart. ,You will teach me the Faiher Orantes; lawyer in Gua-' doctrine of the Divine Will and I will listeQ most attentively to temala Ci.ty, Jose Toledo, told reYour lessons. You will cover me with Your mantIe so that the' in late' January .that he has porters infernal serpent dare not penetrate into this sacred Eden to en- , petitioned the judge overseeing the" tice me and make me fall into the maze of the human will. case to replace the arrest warrant Heart of my greatest Good, Jesus, You will give me Your for citation, so that his client, flames that they may bum me, consume me, and feed me to who is receiving'medical treatment form in me the Life of the Divine Will. ' if! ,Houston; could appear before Saint Joseph, you, be my protector; the guardian of my , the courts witliina maximum peheart, and will keep the keys of my will in your hands. You 'riod of two weeks. will keep my. heart jealously and shall never give it to me again, While it remains unclear what that I may be sure of never leaving the Will of God., charges are being prepared for FaMy guardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in evther Orantes, President Alfonso erything so that my Eden may flourish and be the ,instrument Portillo has said that his governAN ULTRA-ORTHODOX Jew prays at the Western Wall that draws all men into the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Amen. ment would be willing to seek the following an unusually heavy snowfall in Jerusalem last week. priest's extradition if he did not ( In Honor of Luisa Piccarreta 1865-1947 Child of the Divine Will) return voluntarily. .' (~NS photo from Reuters)

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Stang's Pro-Life Advisor Susan Negri; Marian Desrosiers, assistant director of the diocesan ProLife Office and her assistant Lauri Larkin, all witnessed the unique participation.

"The importance of the young people's involvement cannot be understate'd," said Lisa M. Gulino, director of Adult EducationlEvangelization., in a report to The An-

the spin-offs of Roe v. Wade, a phenomenon of baby abandonment, infanticide, rampant domestic violence, of doctor-assisted suicide, all the easily recognized progeny of the abortion-on-demand court decision, and the cheapening of life that has been initiated because of it."

He added that, "My overriding reaction to the 2000 March for Life and pilgrimage with Bishop O'Malley was the ever increasing number of young people and the

presidency."

He asserted that, ''The statement itself, let alone the promptings and motivations which drove it, altogether bril}gs a reaction of total sorrow: that our country is in this condition, that a sitting president would think it necessary to make thatkindofastatement.Ifanything is political, that statement is."

But Father Fernandes noted that dwr. hopefully there exist Pro-Life candidates in all branches of govern"We never fail to be buoyed and ment "who just might have inspired by the presence of young people both at the the courage that these young Mass at the Basilica on the people have, to stand up and LOCAL PARENTS carry their children on the March For Jan: 23 vigil of the march and say, 'I'm Pro-Life and here's I:.ife last week in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Madeleine Lavoie) also at the Jan. 24 march, but why.'''

On Tuesday, Jan. 24, Fathis year it seems as if there ther Fernandes made arrangewas an explosion of young ments for an afternoon Mass . people," said Father Stephen A. Fernandes, director of the at the hotel where adults on 'the pilgrimage and march Pro-Life Office for the Fall River Diocese. were remaining because' a "We estimated that there blizzard that would dump nearly afoot ofsnow, blocked were approximately 9,000 their scheduled return by bus people at the Mass; so m~ny in fact that there were comto Fall River. Bishop RICHARD MACHNOWSKI mentsastowhethertheMass O'Malley found himself Owner & Director could be said there next year," . bound by the storm in a monhe added. astery in the capital. The (508) 995-5005 "While its the largest youth groups had success.fully left on buses earlier. church available, so huge and 472 AsWey Blvd.路 New Bedford, MA 02745 so magnificent, still, the '-:....;;:;.-....;..,0""'""'""" Tue~day as planned, despite crowd was so vast and the TUCKERED OUT .~ A young dioc- light snow, a trip that reportthrong so packed that if the esanpilgrim takes a nap on the floor of edly took nearly 15 hours.

"We were surprised to find numbers get any larger, the the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception basilica woul~n't be able to in Washington, D.C. last week. (Photo by Catholics from other diocese hmidle them."

Madeleine Lavoie) attending the Mass," said FaThy unquestionable majorther Fernandes. "Two bishops ity of people present were under the hope it gives us and our country." and several priests along with their Askedhowthenumbersofdein- - people from other dj9ceses in the ageof25,thedirectorreported.."All 'of these 'wotiid'be folks born during' 6nstr~ltors 'against' the high hote( jo'ined u's: The priests and the tyranny of Roe v. Wade that be- decision and their annual presence bishop mentioned how very fortugan 27 years ago and who, them- . to seek an overturn' of that might nate Fall River is, to have such a . selves, woi.dd be totally aware of the be affecting Washington.legislators, larger number of priests and laity, fact that they easily are the genera- Father Fernandes answered: "It goes and of course; our Bishop Sean tion that could simply not exist; in inch-by-inch.lt is also person-by- O'Malley, on the march. They an unfortunate legal manner." person. Inch-by-inch we find con- found it edifying unbelievable that Father Fernandes said that gen- version of heart among the folks ,in' 14 priests, several' permanent dea- . eration "is responding with com-' politics. I have to say that one of cons, 250 young people and another the sorriest things I've heard in the hundred or more adult lay people passion and some outrage."

It is encouraging for us in the in- first month of the Third Christian came just from our diocese." dustry for Su(;h 'a longtime ,to see Millennium was the statement by Father Fernandes said: "For this how young people are reacting so the sitting president (President we have to credit Bishop O'Malley strongly to the situation Roe v. Wade Clinton), that the greatest hope for and his Pro-Life stance and the had created, Father Fernandes said. abortion rights is the election of. his years he has led this annual march "I think that is because they see vice president (AI Gore) to the in Washington.

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to inspire and to nourish us again and again."

The theme for thIS year's Catholic Press Month is: "A Journey of Faith in a New Millennium: Let Catholic Newspapers, Magazines and Books Be Your Guide."

Archbishop Foley, whose statement was released by the Catholic Press Association in Ronkonkoma, pointed out that Jesus is known to his followers today through the written word of the Bible, reflections by the fathers of the Church and testimonies of saints.

"At .the beginning of the third millennium, may the Catholic press continue to be a faithful guide to those who seek Jesus, the way, the truth and the life," added the archbishop.

In his message, CPA president Joseph Kirk Ryan, said the Catholic press is devoted to a 2,000-

year-old mission: "to preach the Good News of salvation in Jesus Christ."

He said that in a world where people are daily bombarded by information from television, radio, newspapers and the Internet, the Catholic press helps people "learn about the day's news, the week's political events, the world's crises through a faith perspective."

He noted that Catholic publications provide news and features on the Church and business, politics and sports, and entertainment and the environment like other media.

"But our publications report the news through the eyes of faith, look at the economy through the perspective of justice, examine poverty with the hope of equality for all and report on thos~ marginalized by society with the outlook of love," wrote Ryan, managing editor of The Catholic

Standard & Times, newspaper of the Philadelphia Archdiocese.

"The successes, failures, triumphs and tragedies that await us in a new century and new millennium can only be truly assessed through the perspective of salvation history," he said.

He also said the Catholic press will continue its faith-based Teporting "this year and in the ages to come." , He thanked readers for paying attention to Catholic publications and urged them during Catholic Press Month to share a Catholic magazine, book or newspaper with a family or neighbor "who doesn't normally read one" to provide them with "a valuable guide for the events of the new millennium."

"Just one weekly or monthly subscription," he said, "will give them a new perspective on etef- . nity."

Our Lady's Monthly Message From Medjugorje January 25, -2000 Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina

"Dear Children, I call you, little children, to pray without ceasing. If you pray, you are closer to God and He will lead you on the way of peace and salvation. That is why I call you today to give peace to others. Only in God is there true peace.

Open your hearts and become thos~ who give a gift of peace and others will discover peace in you and through you and in this way you will witness God's peace and love which He gives you.

"Thank you for having responded to my call."

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Bishop Stang debate team competes NORTH DARTMOUTH The Bishop Stang Forensic and Debate Teams recently participated in the Eastern Massachusetts Debate meet at Foxboro High School and two Stang ·teams· went undefeated in the contest.

The affirmative team of Jessica .Grygiel and Katie Arruda bested Case and Cohasset High

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Other team members included: Jocelyn Lally, Andy Fazzano, Jim Meere, Matt Mitchell, Riley Williams, Chris Steinke, Sean Gannon, Nick Bragg, Jon Raymond, Chris Tapper, Mike Cournoyer and Steve Wood:

MANY STUDENTS involved in the campus ministry program at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, attended the recent prayer service on racism at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall .

River. They were accompanied by James J. Meloni, a permanent deacon, Anne Meloni and teacher Carla Tirrell. .

READING LESSON - Students at- Holy' Family-Holy Name School, New Bedford, listen attentively to. secondgrade teacher Daphne Couto during thei~ daily reading lesson.

SECOND-GRADERS from St. .James-St. John School; N~w Bedford, -were all smiles .~ during Teddy Bear Week at St. Luke's HospitaL Front row from left are: Magg.ie Poyant and J.C. Spencer; b~ck row.: Julie Saunders, Alison J.oseph, Angelique Benoit, Mickey Luiz and -Preston LaBonte. .

• STUDENTS FROM Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, New Bedford, were recently treated to a luncheon . at· the Old Country Buffet Restaurant for lheir role in a school fund-raiser. From left, front row are: Samantha Marques and Carol Dube; and. back row: Joseph Def\1elo and Matthew Rego.

GRANDPARENT'S DAY - Sixth-grader P~ter Costa of St. Mary's School, New Bedford, serves refreshments to his grandmother, Jeanne. Mathieu, during its second annual Grandparent's Day Tea. Many grandparents enjoyed coffee, tea and cookies and visited their grandchild's classroom.

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Don't you just hate it when your parents haul out the baby pictures? I'm not even talking about the ones where you're naked on the bearskin rug.

No, I'm talking about any of those old, fading photographs: - Aren't you cute, your face full Of cake on your first birthday?

-:.. What a doll - covered in sand at the' beach!

- And - oh, let's all wipe away a tear. Look at that sweet little thing, standing so straight and tall, holding his lunchbox on the first (jay of school!

Do you ever feel like just secretly putting all those albums out in the trash, very early one morning, before anyone else has gotten out of bed?

Why is that? Why is looking at all of those pictures so embarrass·ing? Why is threatening to bring out the old pictures and show them all to ,your new girlfriend such an

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a naked little baby's behind that every parent is, by law, required to bring out on special occasions.

But I wonder sometimes, is there something else?

When you look at those old photos of yourself, what do you see?

Maybe you see a kid who was enjoying weeks and years of carefree fun, with nothing heavier on his mind than the next episode of "Ghostbusters."

YOli·miss that, don't you?

Now you've got so much on your mind: grades, sports, getting every place you have to be, making some money, dealing with your parents - that there are times you yearn for nap time and coloring pages once again.

That kind of nostalgia might make you a little wistful, but it doesn't bother you~ There's something else about those photos of th~ fresh-faced kid that used to be you that gnaws.

Is it innocence?

Is itpossibility and promise?

I mean, look at that little girl.

She's got a big grin, and she looks' like there's not a thing in the world. that could bother her. She looks as if she's just going to walk through life being happy and making other people happy. .'

And that boy? He's so cute.

When you look at his face you see excitement and openness to the world. You see a little person who could be anything he wanted, who could do a lot of good. . So what happened?

lHEANCHOR-DioceseofFall River-Fri., February 4, 2000

If looking at those pictures makes you squirm in discomfort, you might think about why.

After all, in the faces of children we see hope and joy, potential and promise of great things to come.

So you there! Yes, you. Let's take your picture now. Let's freeze that look on your face.

What are we going to see? Will it be joy or something more akin to resentment? Do people see hope in that picture or do they see a face that's closed off to the goodness of the. world?

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Do they see the excitement of exploring and plunging into a fascinating world? Or do they see the boredom of someone who's narrowed his or her world to whatever images dance across the television screen and can think no further than that?

It might be a good exercise.

Take out those baby pictures, that photograph of yourself on the first day of school. Marvel at the life God has given you. Thank him for it. And seriously consider: What have you done with it so far?

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So they turn to the bartender, "Sam, what do you think? .

What's the key That unlocks the door?"

Sam don't say nothing, Jl,Ist wipes off the bar And he pours them a couple more: 'Cause the secret of life Is in Sam's martinis Anddrin~ngandd~amL The secret of life Ad on TV says'Just Do It,' Is in Marilyn's eyes . Well if I know what that means," The secret of life .

The secret of life Is in Monday night football Is a good cup of coffee Rolling Stones records The secret of life Anc:t mom's apple pies .Is.keep your eye on the ball SallJ looks up from his Sunday The secret of life paper, Is beautiful Woman Says, "Boys yoU're on'the wrong .·And·Marilynstares down .

-track. . . .From the barroom wall , The secret o. life "·you arid me we're.

Is there ain't no secret _ Just a couple' of zeros, Just a couple of down-and-outs. A':ld you don't getyour money back,"'. .

But movie stars and football . heroes The secret of life.

Is getting up early; ... What have they got .

Couple of guys sitting around drinking , Down at the Starlight Bar. One of 'em says, "You know, I've been thinking •.," Other one says, "That won't get you too far," He says, "This is your life' And welcome to it.

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The secret of life Is staying up late.

The secret of life Is try not to hurry.

But don't wait ... don't wait.

The secret of life Is a good cup of coffee.

The secret of life Is keep your eye on the ball.

The secret of life Is to find the right woman.

The secret of life .

Is nothing at all.

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Couple of.guys sitting around . drinking DoWn at the StarlightBar. One of 'em says, "You know I've been thinking ..:' Other one says, "That won't get you too far That won't get you too far."

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IS THERE a secret to life? According to the bartender ers. Likewise, enhancing others' happiness will likely in Faith Hill's hitby that name, "The secret oflife is there enhance our lives too.

4. What do I have passion about? Passionate interests ain't no secret, and you don't get your money back."

Well, that's one answer. Perhaps a better one than are the soul's way of expressing individuality. Those "Sam's martinis," or "Marilyn's eyes." In the song a . who know, and then follow, these passions often end up "couple of guys sitting around drinking" discuss "what's contributing to the well-being of others. The teen years are not the time when we are supposed to have a definithe key that unlocks the door" to happiness.

I suspect that most teens are too bUSy to be "sitting tive answer to this question. However, it will help you around." However, even a very active teen might want to make solid decisions for the future ifyou begin to notice consider the following questions as he or she goes about what generates real enthusiasm in your spirit.

5. What builds my relationship with God? I admit that daily living: I. What has living my life taught me about values? this question reveals my idea of what sustains meaning and happiness. All of life is a gradual return to the CreOur values tell us what we want to give and receive from life. While not a "secret," they do point to choices that are ator. Teens who realize this put effort into establishing this relationship now. Of course, from God's point of more likely to bring satisfaction. view, the relationship is already there. We choose whether 2. What have I learned about my life from my mis'takes? One certain "secret" about life is that every mis- to open our hearts to this forever relationship.

Is there a "secret" to life? I'm inclined to agree with take is a way to learn and grow. We can learn from our Sam! There is no one secret, but how we act affects how " mistakes -learn what we truly value. :, 3. How do my choices affect others? We will never our lives unfold. Pause in the midst of your teen activity find any "secret" to happiness by frequently hurting oth- to examine what brings true satisfaction to your life.

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THEANCHOR-Diocese ofFall River- Fri., February 4,2000

Indian Mission Director Asks Your Help Special to The Anchor THOREAU, NM - As Catholics around the globe celebrate the dawn of the new millenium, the director, priest, sisters, lay missionaries and staffofaNew Mexico Mission school are concerned about urgently-needed help. They work daily to make quality Catholic education a reality for American Indian children in their care.

These children "do without" as a way of life ... will you help them? for many of our students, the school at St. Bonaventure Mission is their "last hope."

They've experienced failure in other schools or inability to get to school from great distances.

Trusting in God, everyone at the Mission prays for urgentlyneeded help.

S1. Bonave!lture Mission started a school- more than a decade ago when the founder

highest alcoholism rate in the Mission's CCD classes didn't United States. have even the most basic reading , A nearly 40-member strong and writing skills. Today over 300 children, most of them corps of dedicated lay missionaries , Native American, join in prayer teach and carry out the other work of to keep their school from closing. the Mission. This "other work" The Indian boys and girls includes maintaining the buses and attending S1. Bonaventure Indian vans which travel the remote mesas Mission and School live with to bring the children to school; preparing two nourishing meals daily the following realities: for the children; and bringing both • 55% of the Navajo food and water to aging Navajos living population cannot read or in poverty in remote areas of the write; barren Reservation.

• In McKinley County (where New lay missionaries often ask, the Mission is located) over "Can this be America?"

50% ofschool age children Will you help? live in poverty; Gifts made to St. Bonaventure • The suicide rate among Indian Mis~iQn and School are taxNavajo teenagers is ten deductible.

The school also times higher than for their qualifies for "Matching Gifts." age group in the U.S. population at large.

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n;•.~_•.~. Bob O'Connell with St. Bonaventure Mission School students. Every day brings challenges to keep the school open ... to give 300 children the skills they will need to break the cycle of poverty and to live a Spirit·filled life.

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Dear Anchor Readers, I'm turning to you for help. My concern is for the children and elders served by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission. Without caring friends like you we can't exist.

A recent Department of Agricultu~ study reported the shameful statistic that New Mexico has the most children likely to go to bed hungry of any state in this great nation. Many of these children live on the Navajo Reservation.

Our Mission delivers food and water, plus other basics, to the elderly and families with no other 'Way to obtain these necessities.

We also operate a quality Cathoiic school which, through a good education, will provide the means for Navajo children to break the devastating cycle of poverty. Loving volunteers • • prOVIde the hands-on work of teachmg.

Won't you become part of the "heart" of this Mission?

• I can't meet these needs WIthout your help. Please become part of this life-giving work! I don't want to have to say "no" to even one child or one elder who needs help. Will you join in our love for these First Americans who live in such difficult • cIrcumstances? : In Christ's Love,

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