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Bishop O'Malley: Energized pope inspired St. Louis

By JAMES N. DUNBAR FALL RIVER - Pope John Paul II appeared to be energized by the thousands of cheering young people who came to hail him on his 30-hour visit to St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 26 and 27, reports Bishop Sean P. O'Malley "The pope, truly a renaissance man and most appealing to the youths, talked to them and they to him at the youth rally the evening of Jan. 26 at St. Louis' Kiel Center and it was a real exchange. I was inspired by it all; it was most m9ving," the bishop said in an interview with The Anchor this week.

Bishop O'Malley, who was among approximately 160 bishops who were concelPope John Paul II ebrants at a waves from a stage at Mass with Lambert-St. Louis the pope in the Trans International Airport World Dome Jan. 26. (CNS photo) on Jan. 27, said, "I was especially pleased by how well the pope, despite his ailments and age, got about and how wonderfully he interacted with the crowds and the many young people." . "He has dedicated so much of his life to young people, especially as a teacher. The pope was up for it and I thought he looked particularly welL" "The rally had about 20,000 young people who earlieihad participated in a whole day of activities - concerts and conferences - and the Holy Father came in and conducted a very beautiful prayer service for them that centered on a baptismal theme," Bishop O'Malley said. "It was a

~ Religious men and women very challenging talk."

At the end he was greeted by a number of youngsters from a children's hospital where they are in long-term care for various disabilities. "It was a very touching scene," the bishop recalled. . Later, the young people gave the Holy Father a hockey stick and ajersey. "So his final remarks to them was that he had to come back to St. Louis and play hockey with them," the bishop said, laughing.

The following morning, Bishop O'Malley and his fellow bishops celebrated Mass with the pope at the Trans World Dome. "Having 160 bishops there represented a large percentage of the bishops in this country. It was a beautiful experience. I don't think how well the pope's medication is managed is as great a factor as how much he is energized by the young people and the crowds. The Holy Father has a great sense of mission and when he's in those circumstances he just draws so much energy from the people." .

Bishop O'Malley said that he was a Iso v e r y pleased to see how well the pope appeared as he moved around in his Jan. 22-26 visit to Mexico. He remembers 20 years ago being there whe.n the pontiff, just newly elected as pope, made his first journey. The bishop was there then as a delegate to the Pueblo Conference.

"He (the pope) was young and vigorous at the time. The crowd, literally mi~lions of people, extended 60 miles from Mexico City to Pueblo. This time, as I watched on television, I saw huge crowds again and I think the pope did Tum to page J3 - St. Louis

Faith-based communication is basis of Catholic Press ~ On the threshold of a new millennium it's appropriate to say thanks and so long to the only one we've known.

By JOSEPH K. RYAN MANAGING EDITOR, THE CATHOUC STANDARD & TIMES PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The 1,000year span that saw the development of the printing press itself was obviously a good millennium for the Catholic Press. From Gutenberg's first Bible to papal encyclicals published on the Vatican's Web site, the methods of spreading the Good News have taken a millennium leap from scribes

World Day for Consecrated Life to be'observed Sunday

hand-lettering scrolls.

The rise of books, magazines and newspapers could hardly have been predicted in the year 1001 A.D. Who knows what kind of media await the "readers" qf. 2500 A.D., or even 2050?

But printed Catholic literature, now abundantly available in books, magazines and newspapers, has lost much of the luster it carried in earlier centuries.

As it became more obtainable, it became less respected.

And print finds itself in a crowded media field at the close of this century.

Parish bulletins discarded in the pews might signify the word-weariness of potential readers already bombarded by TV, radio, e-mail, advertising and phone information before they arrive at church.

If the written word's future seems precarious, don't think it's doomed. Writing and imprinting information goes back several millennia, and it's hard to image a mere 1,000 years eliminating it.

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their vows at a 3 p.m. Mass Sunday in St. Mary's Cathedral.

FALL RIVER - World D.ay for Consecrated Life will be observed Sunday beginning at 3 p.m., when· members of various religious orders and congregations in the diocese renew their vows during Mass in St. Mary's Cathedral at which Bishop Sean P. O'Malley will be the principal celebrant and homilist. The public is invited to attend.

This is the second year that the Fall River Diocese has celebrated the observance, which was instituted by Pope John Paul II last year.

The initial date for the observance was set for February 2, the feast of the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple.

Because that date falls on a weekday, dioceses can opt to have a more widespread celebration on the weekend.

"In his message for the first World Day for Consecrated Life, the pope said the day offers the opportunity to thank God for the gift of consecrated life," says Mercy Sister Mary Noel Blute of the Office for Religious. "The day also promotes knowledge of that life and invites consecrated people to celebrate what the Lord has accomplished in them and to acquire more awareness of their mission in

At the Sunday liturgy, Bishop O'Malley will ask religious men and women present to stand and renew their vows, Sister Blu.te reported. "It will bea i very solemn moment as they re-consecrate themselves to God through their congregations in service to the Church and the people of God." the Church and in the world."

At the Sunday liturgy, Bishop O'Malley will ask religious men and women present to stand and renew their vows, Sister Blute reported. "It will be a very solemn moment as they reconsecrate themselves to God through their congregations in service to the Church and the people of God.", Currently there are approximately 550 religious women and men within the diocese, Sister Blute said. While numbers have declined in recent years, the zeal for service and love of the Church remains strong in those serving.

Most of those men and women responding to a vocation to religious life, as well as the priesthood, are at an older age than previously.

"Some respond at great sacrifice, leaving possessions and positions of prestige and influence to serve the needs of God's people," said Sister Blute. "They bring a maturity and life experience which is invaluable in understanding the problems facing people in the modern world."

Men who are part of 16 congregations of religious in the diocese are engaged in a variety of ministries including education, parish work, pastoral care, youth ministry, campus ministry, social services and spiritual direction.

Members of the 35 orders of women religious are involved in health services, hospital and pastoral care, secretarial services, literacy education, education and contemplative prayer.

"Many religious orders came to the United States following the great waves of immigrants from Western Europe before and at the turn of the century," Sister Blute said. "They helped their people to adjust to the difficult life here and to preserve the faith. Today, these same religious groups seek out the current daily needs of people in parish communities of faith and strive with the same zeal to help them preserve their faith."

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®hituaripn Sister Irene Rheaume SUSC FALL RNER - Holy Union Sis- Sister Irene served in many capaciter Irene Rheaume, 92, of the ties, most notably as a teacher in former Convent of the Sacred the primary grades in parish Hearts, 47 Prospect Place, who had schools in New York City, resided at the Catholic Memorial Pawtucket, R.I.; Cohoes, N.Y.; Home, died January 27 at Charlton Swedesboro, N.J.; Lewiston, Pa.; Memorial Hospital. She was for- and in St. Michael School, Fall merly known as Sister Theresa River.

In her retirement years she was Helen.

Born in St. Patrice, County secretary at St. Michael School for Labinire, Canada, she was the 13 years.

Sister Irene leaves three sisters, daughter of the late Philias and the.

Simone Aughitgan of Lawrence, late Cordelia (Morin) Rheaume.

After her family moved to the Gabrielle Earley of North Andover United States, she lived in , and Helen Sirois of Florida; and , Lawrence where she attended Sa- nieces and nephews. She was also cred Heart School and worked at a the sister of the late Alphonse, mill before entering the Holy Union Laurent and Raymond Rheaume.

Her funeral Mass was celebrated Novitiate in August 1925. She made her final profession in July January 29 in Sacred Heart Church, Fall River. Interment was in St. 1932 in this city.

During her 73 years of ~ervice, Patrick Cemetery, Fall River.

Kenneth J. Delano NORTH ATTLEBORO - Kenneth E. Delano, 90, of the Madonna Manor Nursing Home here and formerly of Ingells Street, Taunton, , husband of the late Isabelle M. , (Tatro) Delano and father of Father Kenneth J. Delano, pastor of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parish, Fall River, died January 29.

Born in Dighton, the son of the late Lester and the late Helena (Logan) Delano, he was a stationary engineer for the Massachusetts Department of Correctiol} at Bridgewater for 17 years before retiring in 1973. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and a member of Sacred Heart Parish, Taunton., Besides his priest son, he leaves

another son, Donald 1. Delano of Belmont, N.C.; a daughter, Mrs. Paul W (Dolores M.) Cote of Taunton; a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Costa of Vero Beach, Calif.; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

His funeral Mass was celebrated Tuesday at Sacred Heart Church, Taunton. Interment was in St. Joseph Cemetery, Taunton.

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CORRECTION A recent stoty which said that the Sisters of Charity of Quebec had been in the Fall River Diocese for 81 years was incorrect. The sisters have been in the diocese for 109 years and have served in New Bedford for 81 years. The Anchor regets the error.

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Nine schools participated in theevent which pitted teams ofup to six students in head-to-head competition fielding

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In the championship round, in which St Mary's School, New Bedford, bested Noire Dame School, Fall River, the contestants even had their own lighted bwzers signaling the answers.

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Brother Christopher Santangelo to be ordained priest February 6 FAIRHAVEN Sacred Hearts Brother Christopher Santangelo will be ordained to the priesthood Feb. 6, 10 a.m., in St. Joseph Church here by Bishop Lawrence Burke of Nassau, the Bahamas.

Brother Santangelo, 34, a native of Plainfield, N.J., is the eldest of five children born to John and Ann Santangelo of St. John Neumann Parish, East Freetown. He graduated from Apponequet Regional High School, Lakeville and studied engineering at Northeastern University, Boston before enfering St. John's Seminary, Brighton in 1984. At that time he was a candidate for the priesthood for the Diocese of Fall River. He earned his bachelor's degree in philosophy from St. John's in 1987 and began theological studies.

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In 1990, Brother Santangelo He was accepted as a postulant in interrupted his 1993; completed seminary studtheological studies ies and at St. John's and worked for the earned his William M. master's degree in Mercer Comdivinity in 1994. pany in BosHe entered Sacred ton. Through Hearts Novitiate his association in Manila, the with Emmaus, Philippines; made a young adult his first profession retreat minisof vows in June try, he became 1995 and his final acquainted profession in with the Sa1998. During his cred Hearts period of tempoBrother Santangelo' Congregation. rary religious pro-

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A native of Fall River, Father Pat has been a Missionary of Our Lady of La Salette for more than 25 years. His ministries include parish work, vocations and service at the Shrine. He is best known for his music ministry and is popularly referred to as the "Singing Priest."

La Salette Father Ernest' Corriveau, who has served as Shrine director since 1994, has been appointed director of Special Ministries. Father Corriveau's responsibilities will include the con-

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EDICTAL CITATION DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS . Since the actual place of residence of KENNETH S. SOUZA is unknown.

We cite KENNETH S. SOUZA to ap· pear personally before the Tribunal of the Oiocese of Fall River on Tuesday, February 16; 1999 at 10:30 a.m. at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts, to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage exists in the Pereira . Souza case?

Ordinaries of the place or other pastors having the knowledge of the residence of the above person, Kenneth S. Souza, must see to it that he is properly advised in regard to this edictal citation.

Jay Maddock, J.C.L. Judicial Vicar Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts on this the 25th day of January, 1999.

EDICTAL CITATION DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FALLRIVER, MASSACHUSETTS Since the actual place of residence of SHAWNEEN ANN CASTEllO is unknown.

We cite SHAWNEEN ANN CASTEllO to appear personally before the Tribunal of the Oiocese of Fall River on Tuesday, Feb· ruary 16, 1999 at 2:30 p.m. at 887 High· land Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts, to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage exists in the Pimental· Castello case?

Ordinaries of the place or other pastors having the knowledge of the residence of the above person, Shawneen Ann Castello, must see to it that she is properly advised in regard to this edictal citation. .

Jay Maddock, J.C.L. Judicial Vicar Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts on this the 25th day of January, 1999.

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Father O'Dea: kind,.gentleand forgiving Usually, professionalism or-a poor kid in the school his There was a priestly anger in serves as our guard rail. It keeps family couldn't afford. . that room that day. But no anger emotions in check, assures fairThe, story did inca.lculable came from Father O'Dea. He conness, compensates; in our case, damage: a heart was broken and a veyed only a profound sense of for the fact that we're the only man's reputation was brought into sorrow and loss. At one point, he local newspaper in town. said he forgave the newspaper for question without justification.

But professionalism itself is I met Father O'Dea at a gath- . what it did. I have no doubt that not foolpn;lof. Guard rails can ering of di9cesan priests to which he said that while fully, mindful of the Christian "The way he taught us {fll how and do give way.

News isn't' meaning of forto forgive will be the grand jewel brain surgery. giveness. in his heavenly crown." A'falr:-mindedperson 'lOW looking back~an We had sevBishop Sean O'Malley at the fu- ,We don't have' only conclude what those close to Father O'Dea clinical trials. eral brief conver-, neral of FatherThomas O'Dea. We go on our , said from the start. Father O'Dea was just what sations after No one sitting among the gut, our inthat. I irivi ted he seemed to .be'during all his years as a priest,' mourners at the church of 'St. stincts, and our him from time iii good and caring keeper ofs,ouls, a man who to time to write Lawrence Martyr could doubt sense of story. quietly did his best to help others., whether riskfor the paper, or that Father O'Dea was genuinely We don't have a ing his life to save a suicide victim, keeping a at feast share , loved. You could read affection textbook to fol-' We do have, low. ,troubled marriage together or poor kid in the some sermons. I for the man in a sea' of faces as would have diverse as the city itself. "The each one ,of us, school his family couldn't afford. loved t'b print' Apostle of County Street" is how our own code of Bishop O'Malley described the conduct. That that first homily . priest, and hundreds of he'ads means we don't , after he was cut deals ,to keep stories out of I was invited a year after the story back on the job. I would have bobbed in assent.

Those' people in the pews well the paper. It also means we don't appeared. loved to share the remarks he , knew the strengths and foibles of cut corners to get stories into the Father O'Dea had little to say made from the altar a year or two the parish priest who played such paper. We have ruies, standards, , at the meeting until near the very later, after one of his young pa" a continuous part in their lives, procedures. ' end. He then stood and gently rishioners was nearly beaten to Still, the Father O'Dea story told of the pain the story had in- death by goons on a playground baptizing, counseling, marrying, offering Mass, burying the dead, someho~ ,got through the ordi- flicted on him, on how it kept him near his church. I wanted him to n'ary effective system of safe- for a time from performing write about Mother Teresa after consoling the living: They knew first-hand about guards that keeps the innocent priestly duties. He told of his joy her visit to the city. his· kindness, gentleness: and from being trampled in print.

He didn't take me up on any when he was allowed to preach It was'a story based on an accu- to his people again. Tears were offers. He'd simply smile and say, simplicity. They also knew of the "cross" he came to bear late in sation of a crime against a minor. . in his eyes as he spoke.

"I'll see.'" , The story itself arose out of life. His"friends said he carried it the mists of recovered memory high, with dignity and grace.

That cross was the pain of a during the corrosive heat of the story published in this newspa- Father Porter scandal. It offered the reader guilt by association , per'back in December 1993.

That story should never have but no corroboration, no suppo~t­ been published. While Father ing data, not even a whiff of sugO'Dea's memory remains fresh, gestive anecdote.

The story, as we say in the that must be acknowledged.

News is a 'hard business. I've news business, lacked legs, and spend a lifetime in it and I can like all stories with no substance, tell you the job eats you up. It it quickly' and deservedly died.

In the days after the story ran, always has and always will. We newspaper people are supposed no one stepped forward with even to be objective, unattached, a scrap of evidence to bolster the aloof from any special interest or accusation against Father O'Dea. current passion. News, after all, People did come forward to is the stuff of other people's lives, vouch for Father O'Dea or to exnot our own. News is what we press their outrage at us. The diocover; it is the stories that we cese, which had been investigatseek. While we are human beings ing the allegation for months, and care about what we see, hear concluded it was baseless soon and write about, we are trail1ed after the story appeared.

A fair-minded person now not to let our feelings get in the looking back can only conclude way. The story must rule.

But not even the most hard- what those close to Father O'Dea bitten among us is incapable of said from the start: Father O'Dea being swept away by a cascade was just what he seemed to be of feeling. We are not outside our during all his years as a priest, a times. Popular belief and preju- good and caring keeper of souls, dice and competitive fervor can a man who quietly did his best to grip us, too. We make mistakes; help others, whether risking his we can follbw false scents down life to save a suicide victim, keeping a troubled marriage together blind and twisting trails.

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Occasionally, we'd bump into each other on the street or in a restaurant. We'd always agree to get together. Once, he dropped by my office in the old StandardTimes building to chat for a moment. The conversation was mostly about his days as a fire department chaplain.

I nev'er did 'sit down with him and have a real conversation. I wish I had. I might have told him about my childhood in an Irish neighborhood where priests like Tom O'Dea kept kids safe and striving and proud of who we were. I could have told him that.

But most of all, I wish I had the power to roll back the clock and void one story among the hundreds of thousands of stories that this newspaper has printed over the past decade. I wish I had the power to right the wrong done Father O'Dea, I wish I could have told him that, too.

Father Frank McManus, chaplain at St. Luke's Hospital, says his friend Father O'Dea was a man "whose life left no embarrassment behind."

What a l0vely way to sum up a life of grace. What an under-' stated epitaph for Father O'Dea.

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YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE KIEL CENTER IN ST. LOUIS CHEER DURING AN .ENTHUSIASTIC YOUTH RALLY THAT POPEJOHN PAUL IT JOINED DURING HIS RECENT VISIT TO THE U.S. (CNS PHOTO BY NANCY WIECHEC)

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1HEANCHOR~DioceseofFallRiver'-Fri.,Feb.5, 1999

Ecumenical service honorS Dr. Martin Luther'King

By PAT MCGOWAN FALL RIVER - Bishop Sean P. O'Malley was among speak. ers at the celebration of Martin Luther King Day at Bethel African Methodist .Episcopal Church here.

The church was. crowded for the annual service ho"noring the 39-year-old African-American .clergyman, civil rights leader and Nobel Prize winner who was assassinated in 1968 and who is remembered for his poi'gnant "I have a dream" speech.

Sponsored by the Interfaith Council of Greater Fall River, the service had as its principal speaker the Rev. Sidney Cooper of St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Cambridge, who took as his text Proverbs 29:18: "Where there is no vision the people perish; but he that keepeth the law, happy is he."

In Dr. King's time, said Dr. Cooper, the South was totally segregated. Blacks had separate waiting rooms in bus stations and separate drinking fountains, while soda fountains had an outside window for blacks and they had to use the freight elevator in department stores. Motels and hotels did not admit them.

"Then God sent Martin Luther King," said Dr. Cooper.

His message to his brothers and sisters was "Take hold of your vision and cultivate it. If you're sitting on your dream, maybe you should stand up." . Also participating in the program were Gladys Edmonds, who spoke for the host church in welcoming those present, and . Fall River Mayor Edward M. Lambert, Jr., who extended the greetings of the city, noting that

"Fall River represents many nations but it too has had expressions of prejudice and we must all realize our need to do better in recognizing and celebrating our diversity."

Members of the B.M.C. Durfee High School Cultural Club were present and a Cambodian student spoke of the importance. of preserving the environment and of being open to those of differing cultures, recalling the effects of the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia, during which his grandparents were killed, fields were mined and thousands died of starvation.

Another young woman, Diane Boulanger, discussing her "secret, distant African-American family," said that her "friends," when they learned of the family "said awful things. I wanted to become cool and popular and go along with them, but decided against it. I'm different and I'm proud of it."

Bishop O'Malley told the congregation that "My heart is filled with gratitude at the opportunity to share in this tribute to such a great man. We are coming to the close of one of the darkest centuries in the history of man, a time of the greatest violence in the history of the human race. No other century has had the technical ability to kill as many as has this century.

"But in the darkest times the .greatest people arise and Martin Luther King was one of these, with his message of hope, love and new beginnings. What an example for us as we enter the new millennium! Martin Luther King taught us how to love and lay down our lives for our friends.

We pray that his vision and

dream will light the lives of all in the new 路millennium."

The "I have a dream" speech was read by Cantor Richard Wolberg of Temple Beth-El; so~ los were offered by Edward Peters and Thomas Khourey and readings from the Old Testament and New Testament were given

by Alex Ramirez and Patricia Pasternak.

The liturgical dance ministry members from St. Paul Afri"can Methodist Church followed with a performance and the program

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continued with singing of the haunting, "We Shall Overcome" and a blessing.

In a closing prayer, Bishop O'Malley petitioned for "a new world with lasting peace where people will be friends, witness-

ing that we are one world. Help us to be people like Martin Luther King, promoting a civilization of love."

All present were then invited to share a meal in the church's Martin.Luther King, Jr., Hall.

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some people become special friends ing to God through daily prayer and Scripture, and to his art to save him from despair.

Mickey reached out to Lennon, invited him to do art for Poetic Expressions. Thus began a most unusual collaboration. .

How wonderful it is that these two people, both carrying a heavy' cross, but both infused with the love of God, are now working together to add the beauty of poetry and art to this world.

Mickey put me in touch with Lennon, and we now exchange letters. Rec.ently he wrote from his prison cell that he thanks God for any talent he might have, yet knows "who is the greatest artist of all times.... Looking at dawn or sunrise or sunset, you, too, would say God." Mickey is learning how difficult it is to get a fledgling business off the ground, but he is not 'giving up, especially now that he is making it possible for DenniS: artwork to be seen outside the prison walls. God bless them both!

Poetic Expressions can be contacted at Box 172, St. Nazianz, Wis. 54232.

Poetry gave him n~w hope. Mickey set up a To my surprise, Mickey told me that Lennon I have a special friend, a man I've never met in person. Stephen Mickey of St. Nazianz, Wis., business he called Poetic Expressions, offering is' a prisoner at the Louisiana State Prison, imlong has been a reader of my columns. Several booklets of poetry, writing paper, note cards and prisoned there for almost 20 years. Mickey read ~bout Lennon in years ago he wrote to me to tell me about his life bookmarks. an article by As we continand work. He was a poet, he said and poetry was Passionist Father ued to correspond, his "life line."

Kilian McGowan Poetry, Mickey explained, "helps me get I ordered all my in the Passionists' through some difficult times. It moves me out of stationery from publication Comdepression and helps me get in touch with my Mickey. I discovpassion. ered in him a tluIy feelings." .

Father Through our correspondence, I leained that spiritual man, one McGowan pub-· Mickey carries a special cross, a debilitating whose life is domiBy Antoinette Bosco lished corresponphysical illness related to the polio he contracted . nated by a deterdence he had reat age two. With "post-polio syndrome" Mickey mination to do ceived from good for others. lives with unrelenting pain and fatigue.

Before this assault on his health, Mickey had His poetry expresses the soul-beauty I see in him. Lennon, who told of receiving a life sentence Then one day Mickey sent me some cards after,being involved in robberies with his stepspent several years as a religious lay brother with 'the Capuchin Order of Friars Minor, serving as a and pads with new drawings on them. A lovely brothers, his sister and her boyfriend. Lennon gardener and sacristan. He left the order before drawing of a cardinal was signed Dennis S. got life for a crime that didn't involve murder or taking solemn vows and earned .a degree in the Lennon. I have a special love for cardinals and rape. Father McGowan commented, "I've read health field so that he could work with the aged. let Mickey know how much I admired the work that in some states' the average time in prison for His escalating disability made that dream an of his new collaborator. I wanted to know more murderers is only 10 years."

In the correspondence Lennon told of tUffiabout this' artist. impossibility.

The Bottom Line

·When·children won't do homework Dear Dr. Kenny: My two middle-school chiI-

dren aren't doing their homework. Their grades are dropping, and I get regular deficiency reports from their teachers. I've insisted they bring home their assignment sheets, but they forget or have some other excuse. They teU me they have done aU their work in school when tliey have not. We spend most of. the time after my husband and I get home from work reminding them to do their assignments, but the more we get after them, the worse the problem has become. What else can we do? (Louisiana) You can focus on the outcome instead of "rewarding" the procrastination and delaying behavior. As you so wisely explained, the more you get after your sons, the more they delay.

All parental pressure and punishment carries its own reward. This is called secondary gain, the attention a child gets for ·not doing his work or misbehaving.

We all thrive on attention. The important issue for parents is to give the attention to the

behavior you wish to encourage, not the failure provide mailing envelepes. Be sure you receive to perform. . the reports each week.

The major offenders are lectures and nagging.

While this should only take a few seconds of Both fail the test of good discipline because they a teacher's time, the plan may suffer because take too much time _.,..........._ ..........""""==-=>...,=F'=".....""""~"""'~"I1 some of the teacher and inadvertently reports are missing. . reward the very beAnother way to havior that parents 11. obtain the data is to are trying to stop. have your children To be effective, go to each teacher you need a regular after class on Thurs-· behavioral accountWith Dr. James & days and-have the 'ing system. You Mary' Kenny teacher write in and . need to know how initial the number of many assignments assignments comyour sons have compieted satisfactorily ~nd pleted. Since you will be rewarding your children turned in. for their completed homework, they may be more The best way to get this data is directly from motivated than the teachers to obtain the data. the teachers. Meet with your school counselor Each assignment is worth one point. You don't and ask that he or she obtain a weekly report on need big rewards, just tokens of your gratitude the number of assignments completed, prefer- for a job well done. Fast-food restaurants, like ably near the end of each week. Pick them up or many other successful businesses, provide free

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fries slips, chances to play and win games, and small toys to thank. and reward customers. Wise parents should take heed. It works.

Ask yoUr sons what they want Each point may be worth five cents or 10 cents. Each point may earn five minutes to stay up late. Five points may allow them to pick a slip from the Love Surprise Jar, which holds small personal rewards like breakfast in bed, a hug, $1 or a token wrapped gift.

Sometimes parents object that virtue should be its own reward, that we should not have to "bribe" our children to behave. Yet few adults do anything, certainly not their work, without pay. In any case, I would rather "bribe" my children for good behavior than reward them with attention for the bad. _ With this plan of counting and rewarding assignments, children who have never done homework sometimes ask for extra assignments.

Reward and give attention to the behavior you want mther than the opposite. Catch your children in the act of being good.

For a certain population. a humble but satisfying bliss lies at the intersection of a cold. dark winter morning and a hot . 'bpwl of oatmeal. It's not only good for you and a nourishing source of fiber; more importantly, . it's comfort food.

Nothing could.be simpler to make, especially the prepared versions found on grocery store cereal aisles. So on a blustery winter morning. when the young man rose hungry for oatmeal's fortifying powers, it was just a matter of boiling water, adding oatmeal and stirring. Happily he sat down to the steami.ng . bowl, mixed in his favorite additives and dug in.

To his horror. he found it very much like paste. With heavy heart he watched the ined-

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" Dd you the" salt?" she as~ed. He laughed. Why would you .put'salt into something like; oatmeal?

"Because oatmeal without salt tastes like paste. Even . when you sweeten it'with brown sugar and milk. without salt it's just swe.~t, . soupy paste. Check the box again."

When he did. he found .. .that. indeed. a pinch' of salt was to be added to the water. He prepared another serving, this time with salt, and was amazed at the difference. It had transformed the lumpy paste into the delicious porridge Of his boyhood.

Jesus reminds us in Sunday's Gospel that we are salt for the earth. It is ourtask to add to

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. ·life's·ordinary ingredients - family. work.' friendship, politics. entertainment, comme~ce - the salty truth of God's astonishing. unquenchable love. and thereby transform life from a tasteless mush of survival into a savory banquet which not only sustains us but delights our palates and nourishes our. souls.

QUESTIONS: How has faith transformed your experience' of life's ordinary moments? What is one area of your daily routine which you could enrich by viewing it in the context of faith?

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THEANCHOR-DioceseofFall River-Fri., Feb. 5, 1999

Calling God and priests 'Father' Q. I am an art therapist major, working on my birth and life of grace. dissertation exploring the relationship of God tile They have the responsibility, by their continuing Father as reparative, or compensating, physically care and support, to nurture the life of God which we or emotionally, for an absent earthly father. share a~ Christians in a manner si'milar to the nurturSeveral helpful insights have come from some ing role of our natural fathers.

Scripture texts about fatherhood, and the fatherhood For this reason, St. Paul, for example, does not hesiof God. One important area in which I've not found tate to call himself the father of his Christian converts. much information is the background of the religious "Even if you should have countless guides to Christ," use of the title "father," he tells them, "yet you do ~.....- not have many fathers, for ' especially, of course, in _ - - - - - - - - - I became your father in the Catholic Church.

When did this tradiChrist Jesus through the Gospel" (1 Cor 4:15). tion begin? What does it He also twice calls mean? Why do we address the priest as father Timothy his son, because if Jesus said to call no he had brought Timothy's

By Father l11an on earth your father family to the faith of Christ because we have one Fa(Phil 2:22 and 1 Tim 1:2).

John J. Dietzen ther, who is in heaven?

Understood literally, the Can you give any inpolemical language of the formation about this or guidance where to find passage in Matthew to which you refer (Chapter 23) more? (New York) would forbid calling our natural fathers by that name A. You've certainly chosen an intriguing and diffi- or referring to our instructors as teachers. cult topic. Maybe the following thoughts will give The whole context makes clear that Matthew's Jesus was not hung up on the words "father" and "teacher," you some directions to work on.

The use of the title "father" goes back to early Chris- but that he condemned the practice of some Jewish tian centuries, when it was applied primarily to bish- leaders of the day heaping titles on' themselves out of ops as teachers and to those monks who served as pride and self-importance. spiritual directors or guides, generally to' people in As one of the most respected Protestant Scripture commentaries notes, "If one takes this command literthe local community.

Later it referred also to mendicant friars, members ally, the titles 'doctor' and 'professor' as well as 'rabbi' of religious orders (Franciscans, Dominicans and oth- and 'father' are forbidden to Christians in addressing ers) who depended solely on God's providence and their leaders" (Interpreter's Bible, Vol. 7, on the Gospel according to Matthew). the gifts of people for their necessities.

In more modern times, the usage spread from IreYou will find much additional information on this land to England, particularly with the strong urging topic in any good encyclopedia, including the New of Cardinal H. Manning about 120 years ago, and then Catholic Encyclopedia. The New Jerome Biblical Commentary contains much explanation of the biblito the United States and some other countries. . Today, the custom of calling all priests father is by cal references to God and others as Father.

A free brochure outlining basic Catholic prayer, no means universal. It is limited almost exclusively to beliefs and moral precepts is available by sending a English-speaking nations.

When the title "father" is applied to priests, the stamped,self-addressed envelope to Father John reasons are simple and rather obvious. They are Di~tzen, Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651.

Questions for this column should be sent to Fathe usual ministers of those sacraments that, in the name of Christ and his Church, give us the new ther Dietzen at the same address.

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You're a prime candidate for a retreat when ...

I have a friend who wrote a terrific piece on practical rr. inistries that he felt each parish should consider. Study or prayer days for )foung mothers with

Cherrios, start packing, Consider a wee walk with the Creator if the last time you put in volunteer help at the parish was when you had to shovel snow and ice to get your car out ofthe parking lot.

If the last time you talked about the importance of God in your life with your spouse (or anyone) was after you won the beer drinking contest at your class reunion, go! Do it also if: - You have a major beef with God, like \yhy he can't just write you a letter or send an e-mail like anyone else when you have some questions.

- You feel like you have to start a prayer with "Uh, you might not remember me, but ..."

I am not on the payroll of some flush foundation pushing religious retreats. Nor has any similar group offered me an all-expense-paid vacation to Australia, although I am not so opposed to this kind of bribe that I wouldn't search my soul deeply about its appropriateness while I was waiting for my passport to be updated.

I want you to know this pitch for retreats has been inspired by my wife who recently sighted down her index tinger like it was a pistol and pulled the trigger when someone cut her off in traffic-raving as she did, "Ya blat, blat, phamma blatt-blat," or something Iike that.

"You know," I said to her calmly, "you seem a little uptight lately. Do you think a retreat would help?"

She'blew imaginary smoke off her

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baby sitting provided was one. Keeping a decent pick-up truck in running order so that families might borrow it was another.

I'd like to suggest something along those lines: a retreat subsidy fund or retreat promotion team.

You know it's a good time to take some time away with God when the closest to prayer you've been in recent memory is blessing someone after they've sneezed.

You know it's time to take more than a 20-second time-out in the game oflife when your spouse gives you flowers and you ask how much 'they cost.

Think about investing a couple days at a retreat house when the highlight of your week has been watching a Frasier rerun without the phone ringing.

If the closest you've come to spiritual reading lately is a newspaper story aboufsomeone who claimed winning lottery numbers came to her in adream, it's time.

If you walk out of Mass and it dawns on you that the only thing you remember from the previous hour is sitting on some toddler's soggy

finger, then aimed it at me. ''Why? You want me out of'your hair for a couple ofdays? Am I getting to you?"

Funny, when I came back from retreat she seemed a lot happier.

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Specialist calls papal hand tremor 'a good sign

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ment is more difficult because "we don't have anything to use WASHINGTON - The tremor for those symptoms, really, exin Pope John Paul II's left hand, cept foi physical therapy."

"The most feared symptom is may be the most evident sign of his neural disorder, but it is also dementia," he added. "When a a good sign, said a specialist in person is demented, that is not a Parkinson's disease at symptom that is reversible with Georgetown University Medical dopamine replacement. ... So when I evaluated the film clips Center.

"The fact of the tremor is of the pope, I was very reassured good. It signifies that o'nly a to see the typical Parkinsonian movement disorder is involved, tremor that involved his路 left not a loss of intellectual capac- hand.

"The tremor is a good thing to ity," said Dr. Jonathan Pin.cus, a' neurology professor and former have," he continued. "Not only chairman of the neurology de- is it not particularly disabling, partment at Georgetown. Before but also it means that the person he came to Georgetown in 1987, has a disease that is limited just to the dopamhe taught neurology at the He said Parkinson's ine system and is much less Yale University may involve 'Just dopam-. likely to be deSchool of mented or to Medicine and ine deficiency" in which ran the the brain cells 'that-pro~ . havt; symptoms that are Parkinson's duce dopamine 'degenoutside' the clinic of Yaleand lack of dopamerate dopamine sys~ New Haven ine cBuses/ack of motor tern." , Hospital.

PIncus said'" Pincus control. ' spoke about , . .. the sense of drive -and~ purthe pope's physical condition after review c pose behind the pope's' contining ~ series of C1Qse-up video ued world tr~vels and. plans .to clips of the pope at public cer- lead the .~hurch through the year emonies during his Jan'. 22"26 2006 are, another sign that there are nodem'ents of dementia, and visit to Mexico City.

Vatican officials have never they also .bode W\?ll for papal republicly named the disease the sistance to physical degeneration pope suffers, saying only that it fro in Parkinson's. involves an "extrapyramidal" , Pincus said when he reviewed nerve disorder - a description film cl~ps of the pope before and that could be applied to a num- during the papal visit to Cuba in ber 'of diseases, including January 1998, he saw indications Parkinson's. that the pope's medical regimen But Pincus had no hesitation was in need of refinement. At about calling it Parkinson's, say- times the pope's left arm seemed ing the pope exhibits "postural almost immobile, "yet when he instability, a resting tremor and 'left Cuba, he was using his left very slow movement ... 'the car- hand preferentially to pull himdinal symptoms of Parkinson's self up the balustrade on the disease." , stairs going up to the airplane.

He said Parkinson's may in- That meant he was being medivolve "just dopamine defi- cated properly at that point and ciency" in which the brain cells not properly at those other , that produce dopamine degener- times."

Comparing the new clips with ate and lack of dopamine causes 'lack of motor control. those of a year ago, he said, "I But if it "also includes degen- would say that the pope is doing eration of other nerves within the very well now compared to then. brain that are not related to There's certainly no evidence of dopamine," he said, then treat- any deterioration in that time."

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JUAN PVENTE shows off a piece of a mural he and his friend, Marco Salazar, designed to replace a'graffiti.:.covered Wall in East Chicago, Ind. (CNS photo by Karen Callaway, Northwest Indiana Catholic)

.' OUr L,ady of路 Gu~d~lupe mur,al brings trouble(t' neighborhood peace ~ Fewercrimesoccurred after the image was spray painted on an Indiana wareho.vse considered a center for drugs and criminal路 activities.

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are in ,their early 20s and attepd church at St. Mary's in East-Chicago, believe thetffiural is meant to, be a physical sign of hope. , "Once I started, I got lost in it," Salazar said. "From start to finish, it took four hours, almost effortlessly. I couldn't fathom doing it with a paint brush in such a short time."

After the mural was 'finished, it was biessed 'by Father Steven Gibson, St. Mary's pastor.

Father Gibson路 said he believes the mural has made a big difference to the community. "The police told me a short time after (the mural) was painted that all signs of graffiti had ceased in the immediate area."

Puente said many in the neigh-

borhood doubted the image would survive future gang markings.

"Some gave it 30 days," he said. _ Father Gibson said that he has sat in the police chief's office and "looked at the numbers" in relation to crime. "There has been a marked decline of crime incidents, especially in gang-related incidents," he added.

Now Puente is looking for a new place to put up the image, which is 10 feet high and 5 feet wide. In December, the old buitding was razed.

Puente took apart the mural brick by brick and transported the blocks in a wheelbarrow to his home. "I went to a lot of effort to save this image," said Puente. "It is important to find a home for it."

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. -'Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared four times to Juan Diego on Tepeyac Hill outside Mexico City in 1531.

She also appeared once to Juan Puente in East Chicago in a dream in 1996, he says. ' Puente said Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared on a silver coin, and "I knew that dream meant .something."

It spurred him to'do something about gang graffiti that was defacing his neighborhood and disturbing him. After discussing it with' family and friends, he decided to have a mural of the Mexican image of the Blessed Mother painted on a wall of an abandoned warehouse where drug and gang activity had been reported.

He approached Marco Salazar, an artist who has been painting religious icons since attending grade school at Holy Trinity in East Chicago, in the Gary Diocese.

Next, Puente got permission from the city for putting up the religious image arid collected donations from neighbors for materials.

Then Salazar went to work.

"I went with all of my supplies, including paint brushes, but a crowd started to gather and many of the kids looked like ,they had been influenced by gangs so I decided to do the entire mural with aerosol (canned paint) because it is the same tool used to deface propCIVIL RIGHTS.figure Rosa Parks meets briefly with Pope erty," Salazar told the Northwest John Paul II Jan. 27 at the Cathedral Basilica of 81. Louis Indiana Catholic, the diocesan following an ecumenical prayer service. (CNS photo from newspaper. .

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'Estrangement' of black, white cultures hampers evangelism

By NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

BALTIMORE - The profound "estrangement" between black and white cultures in the United States impedes the growth of the Catholic Church in the African-American community, a black priest said at a recent Catholic conference.

"The greatest obstacle to evangelizing African-Americans is the radical cultural divide" between blacks and whites, said Father Bryan Massingale in a talk to black Catholic leaders participating in a national consultation sponsored by the National Black Catholic Congress.

Although diversity programs often focus on such external symFATHER BRYAN Massingale of St. Francis Seminary in bols as dance, music or how people talk, the core of a culture is "some- Milwaukee addresses the national consultation of the Nathing internal, the frame of refer- tional Black Catholic Congress Jan. 21. (CNS photo by Deence through which I look at the nise Walker) world," said Father Massingale, associate professor of moral theol- . simple fact that they are black," apart."

"The unique task of black reliogy at St. Francis Semin'ary in Mil- he said. waukee.

White culture, on the other gion is to affirm that being black is After taking a brief look at black hand, views itself as "the norm by good and holy," he added. "A white Catholic history in America, he which all other frames of reference church will not and cannot respond said "the soul of African-American are measured" and "sees itself as to the religious needs of black people if by white church we mean culture" is'defined by an "expec- dominant," he added. tation of struggle" and by a belief Those two world views are one concerned with dominance that "the 'system' ... is more foe threatening to each' other, Father and false universality."

"We need to find creative and than friend."

Massingale said. "Black culture is African-Americans share "a a struggle against the dominance respectful ways of speaking to common experience of being that defines white culture," he said, Rome with our own voice, because treated as less than fully human" adding that the two cultures are white America cannot or will not and of "indignities traceable to the "too deeply entwined to live hear us," he said.

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"It is covered with something that looks like a little steeple, and it has a kind of prayer well surrounding it," he said. "It is completely portable, and

By DEE MAGGIORI we are happy that congregations of all faiths will be CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE able to use it to promote an awareness of gun vioBRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Catholic and other faitH lence in the Greater Bridgeport area."

When the second gun drive was announced, the communities in Bridgeport are celebrating the reprosecutor's office said it agreed not to sult of an experimental "Guns for Bells" program. charge anyone who surrenders a gun with possession if the donor puts it in a secure In December, a bronze and nickel bell container and is on the way to turn it in and clapper cast from 34 guns surrenat police headquarters. Donors were dered to the Bridgeport Police Departbeing awarded a voucher for up to ment and other metal traveled around to various faith communities for use in . $200 that can be used for clothing, their religious services, including food or electronic equipment.

Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the The impetus for the "Guns for Bells" program came from Father feast of the Three Kings and Ramadan.

Merry, who brought the idea to And the police department anBridgeport after he had attended the nounced it was conducting a secEighth Annual Black Conference ond "Guns for Bells" program to in Baltimore in 1997, where the collect guns through the end concept was introduced. of January.

With donations from "We didn't really have friends, community groups, enough metal to make the Catholic parishes and· others, whole bell from the recovered ___---. the priest organized a steering guns," said Father Paul F. committee that included the Merry, pastor of Blessed Sacrapolice department, the ment in Bridgeport. "But the Bridgeport Council of clapper, which makes the Blessed Sacrament Parish Bell Churches, an area interfaith noise, is made entirely from (eNS photo/Fairfield County Catholic) committee and an interfaith the guns we recovered during ministerial alliance. our concentrated drive."

"There was great cooperation among people of An anonymous donor provided $26,000 to pay casting expenses. The bell is 24 inches in diameter many faiths who worked hard to make the bell a and two feet high, approximately the size of the Lib- reality and a symbol of peace," Father Merry said, .adding that he hoped the new year rung in by the erty Bell in Philadelphia.

"The design of the bell is interesting," Father bell would "lead us to God's peace in the new milMerry added in an interview for the January issue of lennium."

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Coming soon: CD mixing , music and: recording of pope

By LYNNE WElL CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

20th anniversary of this pontificate and the arrival of the year 2000. Its VATICAN CITY - In this era of release date just before Holy Week was the multimedia pontificate, it was only intended to draw more attention to a matter of time before Pope John Paul the recording, they said.

Sony officials said there were no II came out with his own music comimmediate plans to release the recordpact disc.

A professionally produced CD ing in any format other than compact . mixing inStrumental works and re- disc.

One of the 11 tracks, a Latin ver.cordings of the pontiff singing, praying and delivering homilies was set ·sion of the Our Father, was also to be accessible for free on the Vatican's Web for release shortly before Easter.

Sony Classical was to ship "Abba site and the site operated by Sony ClasPater," a joint production of Vatican sical.

A preview copy of the disc with Radio and the Italian religious pub-' lisher Audiovisivi San Paolo, to stores five tracks was made available in late worldwide for sale starting on March January. Among its selections were papal readings of Psalm 26 and the .

23, Sony officials said. ' "Abba" is the Aram;nc term for "fa- Beatitudes.

Profits from the sale of"Abba Pater" ther" and was one of the names Christ were to be divided between Vatican used to invoke God. The CD features the pope chant- Radio, Audiovisivi San Paolo and ing and speaking in five languages at Sony.

SEAN CONNERY and Gena Rowlands star as a long-married couple in the film "Playing In August the Vatican won a court by Heart." The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III- adults. The Motion Picture various occasions throughout his papacy, accompanied by classical and challenge against another recording Association of America rating is R - restricted. (CNS photo from Miramax. Films) company that tried without consent contemporary music tracks.

The liner notes were to include the to market a compact disc featuring complete texts of the pope's prayers Pope John Paul's voice. ''Forgive Us" and remarks. The cover featured a was not the first disc of its kind to be black-and-white close-up of the pope's contested by Church authorities. A face, superimposed over lines of hand- 1993 recording called "Wojtyla Disco Dance" and a hip-hop number the writing in gold.

Vatican Radio officials said the same year used sampled phrases spoByGERRI PARE project was two years in the making ken by the pope, set to a pulsing pop to any sympathetic female who will The sentimental ending is soft and and was timed to coincide with the music beat.

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE too neatly tied up', but the characlisten.

N,EW YORK - The myriad As written and directed· by ters are rejecting lust and moving Upheavals in the earth's surface led· glitches in starting and growing Willard Carroll, the situations toward love and commitment.

'Juggling nearly a dozen characto the destruction of the earthen dam love relationships are the focus of sometimes ring true, yet the screenstretching from northern Africa to the ensemble comedic drama, play is so talky at times one feels ters as it does, the script doesn't do Gibraltar, resulting in massive flood- "Playing by Heart" (Miramax). , like the whole movie is an elabo- all of them justice, especially with ing by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

From club-hopping twenty- rate acting exercise. In one case, this the mother-dying son subplot, The desert disappeared permanently somethings to long-married senior proves to be essentially true for a . which, despite Burstyn's luminous beneath a mile of salt water long be- citizens, no one seems to be hav- specific character. acting, doesn't seem to fit well in fore any humans lived. ing an easy time of it, relating to For Jolie's motormouth character, the context of the other couples.

This discovery suggested to the loved ones. , it is an attention-grabbing perforSo many talking heads also tend authors that what happened in the Not only must successful TV manp~ likely to land her larger roles, to drag the pace so "Playing by Mediterranean area might have' oc- chef Hannah (Gena Rowlands) and even if audiences will have trouble Heart" ends up an uneven affair with curred at a later time in human history. her producer husband Paul (Sean seeing why her character and some fine scenes while others seem . By gathering cores from the depths Connery) deal with his inoperable Phillippe's are drawn together at all. added to flesh out the movie with of the present-day saltwater Black Sea, But Carroll's characters and pre- extraneous or underwritten story they have been able to show the area brain tumor, but their 4Q-year union covered by it waS a vast low-level fresh" is shaken when she suspects that dicaments seem realistic more of- threads.

Due to implied affairs and diswater lake created by the melting of he had an affair with a colleague ten than not as they navigate the the glaciers during the firSt and sec- years earlier - something that he perils of romance, marriage, adul- creet sexual situations, brief alcohol abuse, occasional profanity and -ond ice ages. An earth block at the denies, out not that he was in love tery and reconciliation. with the woman. .

Much is made of how the apparintermittent rough language, the Bosporus end of this lake was deTheir wry, heaitfelt dialogue ently disparate chm:acters are actu- U.S. Catholic Conference classifistroyed sometime around 7,500 B.C. The Mediterranean saltwater inun- (and acting) makes them by far the ally connected as if it is a big cli- cation is A-III - adults. The. MoO1actic surprise, but that is not the tion Picture Association ofAmerica dated the enormous region north of most interesting couple at hand. the Bosporus, driving all human inComing in a close second are most interesting aspect of the story. rating is R - restricted.

REVIEWED BY JAMES C. O'NEILL habitants before it. Among these, defensive theater director Meredith CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE someone like Noah could have es- (Gillian Anderson) and patient arImagine two men sitting at a huge caped, taking with him family, ani- chitect Trent ,(Jon Stewart), who table covered with jigsaw puzzle mals, seeds and tools. The authors sug- manages to see beyond her chilly pieces dating back thousands of years gest that in this: way agriculture spread exterior and rudeness to the lonely, NEW YORK (CNS) - Here are studying if such a pattern can help trying to put together an up-to-date as far as France:in the west to China in vulnerable woman who was hurt by some television programs of note identify potential serial killers. scientific picture of what may have the east and to Egypt in the south. for the week of Feb. 14: Wednesday, Feb. 17, 10-11 men in the past and fears ever trustThe authors provide a marvelous . been the great flood of the Bible.

Sunday, Feb. 14,8-9 p.m. EST p.m. EST (PBS) "Dance in ing another.

That is what authors William Ryan recap of the major archeological dis(CBS) "Touched by an Angel." America: A Hymn for Alvin Sexy blabbermou th Joan and Walter Pitman of the Lamont- coveries of ancient Middle Eastern Series episode in which the an- Ailey." From the "Great Perfor(Angelina Jolie) is challenged by Doherty Earth Observatory of New flood mythologies, some of which gels,help a young girl with dreams mances" series, a performance York's Columbia University have set predate the written text ofthe Bible. sullen Keenan's (Ryan Phillippe) of becoming an Olympic ice documentary built around the theout to dQ in "Noah's Flood." Using They also track the rise and fall of be- refusal to date, provoking all her skater over,come her criminal past. atrical dance, "Hymn," created by the latest scientific fmdings, Ryan and lief in a real global flood as a conse- wiles to interest him even though Olympic gold medal winner Tara the artistic director of the Alvin they are polar opposites.

Pitman have amassed evidence that quence of these discoveries.

Lipinski guest stars.

Ailey American Dance Theater as For Gracie (Madeleine Stowe), supports the occurrence of a massive This book revives credibility for the Sunday, Feb. 14, 9-11 p.m. a tribute to the trailblazing flooding some 7,500 years ago of the ancient story of the flood, a story that her affair with Roger (Anthony • EST (CBS) "Deep in My Heart." dancer and choreographer.

Black Sea and Middle East. has been consigned to the realms of .Edwards) was just physical and is Fact-based drama about a young These jigsaw pieces are culled from myth by most scientists for the past winding down, as each considers black woman who was born to a, the ocean sciences, climatology, radiQ- 100 years. It remains a far cry from the whether to work on their own marMovies Online white woman and given up for carbon dating, anthropology, genetics, literal account to be found in Genesis. riages.

Can't remember how a recent linguistics and dozens of other scien- "Noah's Rood" is well written but can adoption and how 34 years later Another couple coming to terms film was classified by the USCC? tific. specialties. The development of' be sometimes confusing in the wealth with their relationship is a mother she tracked down her birth Want to know whether to let the improved exploration of the sea floor of detail. mother.

(Ellen Burstyn) and her terminally kids go see it? Now you can look by sound waves and coring devices Nevertheless, the authors have ill gay son (Jay Mohr) who start Monday, Feb. 15,9-10 p.m. film reviews up on America helped provide new information about pieced together a fascinating picture sharing long-hidden feelings since EST (A&E), "The Cruelty ConOnline. Once you're connected the earth's earlier formation. to support their suggestion' that there they know their time together will nection." From the "Investigative to AOL, just use the keyword In the late 1960s, Ryan and other indeed was a real, wide-ranging del- be short.

Reports" series, an examination CNS to go to Catholic News oceanographers found convincing uge with consequences that may have of possible relationships between Meanwhile, a hostile Hugh (DenService's online site, then look evidence that five billion years ago changed the course of history. those who are abusive to animals n.is Quaid) hits different bars each for movie reviews. the Mediterranean was a vast desert O'Neill is a retired publicist and and serial killers, with the FBI _evening, spinning out tales of loss below sea level. free-lance writer.

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steering pOint., ATTLEBORO - The La Salette Coffee House will feature singer Kirsten Swedberg on Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. All welcome. For more information or a schedule of the 1999 season call the shrine at 222-5410.

A Hispanic Healing Service with Mass will be held at the shrine on Feb. 7 at 2 p.m. Mass and the service will be led by Father Manuel Pereira and the music ministry will be led by the St. Charles Hispanic Choir of Providence, R.I. All welcome.

The La Salette Divine Mercy Prayer Group IJleets every Wednesday路 at 7:15 p.m. in the chapel. All welcome.

DIGHTON - The Taunton District Council of Catholic Women will hold a board meeting on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. in the parish hall of St. Peter's Church.

FALL RIVER - The Fall River Diocesan Council ofCatholic Women District One will host rosary and Benediction on Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. in the Blessed Sacranlent Church. The focus for the evening will be Mary.

The Capuchin nuns of New Bedford will serve as guest speakers: A business meeting will follow. All welcome.

For more information call Lucille Raposa at 679~1586.

Newton Street, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. On Feb. 13 it will be atthe Hudner Oncology Center at the hospital from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Feb. 17 it will be at Health First, 102 County Street, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Appointments are necessary. For more information call Maria Cabrales at 675~5686.

HYANNIS - Asupport group for parents, families and friends of gays and lesbians meets on the second Monday of each month from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Catholic Social Services Building, 261 South Street. It offers support in a safe and confidential setting where members can share experiences, interests and concerns. Newcomers are welcome. For more information call 771-6771.

NORI1lATILEBORO- AFirst Friday Celebration will be held 路tonight at Sacred Heart Church begin" ning with Intercessory Prayer at 6:30 p.m. A Mass will be held at 7 p.m. followed by a progranl on the Psalms presented by Joseph and Eleanor Buchinski. Adoration will be held through the night until 3 p.m. Saturday. All welcome.

NORTH DARTMOUTH Woman to Woman, a support group for women diagnosed with breast canFALLRIVER-SaintAnne'sPar- cer, meets on Mondays from 4-5:30 ish and Shrine will hold a novena ser- p.m. through April 5 at the Oncology vice in honor of St. Anne in the shrine Center, 480 Hawthorn Street. on Feb. 7 at 3 p.m. A healing service The progranl Living With a Canwill follow until 5 p.m. All are wel- cer Diagnosis, for adults diagnosed come. with cancer within the past year, also FALL RIVER - The Diocesan meets at the center on Wednesdays Office of Adult Education will host . from 3:30-5 p.m. until March 31. For an eight-session End of Life Issues more information about these and course on Feb. 23 through April. 13 other support groups call Mary from 7-9 p.m. at the Catholic Memo- Peterson at 979-5858. rial Home. Two contact hours per ses- .

NORTH DARTMOUTH - A sion will be awarded to nurses who participate. For more information or meeting of a Separated and Divorced to register call Lisa Guilino at 678- Support Group will meet on Feb. 8 at the Family Life Center, 500 Slocum 2828 before Feb. 15.

Road, from 7-9 p.m. Permanent DeaFALL RIVER - Saint Anne's con Atty. Robert L. Surprenant will Hospital will provide mammogranlS, speak on the legal process involved clinical breast exams, pap tests and in divorce and separation. All. welphysical exams via its mobile mam- come. mography van this month. On Feb..

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of Lenten reflections will be held at St. Peter the Apostle Church from Feb. 18 to March 30 on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6-7:15 p.m. They are based on the book 'The Privilege of Being Catholic," by Father Oscar Lukefahr. Each session will consist of prayer, a homily, questions and answers, reflection and meditation. All welcome. For more information or to register call Permanent Deacon Chester Cook at 487-2107.

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SAGAMORE -'-All area women are invited to a morning of recollection on Feb. 12 from 10 a.m. to noon at St. Theresa's Chapel, Route 6A. Confessions will be heard by a priest of Opus Dei. SWANSEA - The Somerset! .

Swansea Ultreya of the Fall River Cursillo Movement will hold a Ultreya on Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. in St. Michael's Church. Jerry Tremblay will be guest speaker. All welcome. For more information call Claire Stevens at 678-3831.

WEST HARWICH.,...-St. Francis of Peace Fraternity will hold its monthly meeting on Feb. 14 at Holy Trinity Church. Mass will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m. A business meeting and refreshments will follow. Inquitjes are welcome. For more information call Kay Fitzgerald at 3940323.

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By LYNNE WElL woman and her 16-year-old son, next day, but the electricity to th~l[ Wy tro~p-s kno\\;'~ ~the Ecd~Od ~ArHOLIC NEWS SERVICE .' ."", . '.' who came to help. The son hadto .:'homes was cut off; the sources said. , forces.' ..', " . .. terrons:n agamst. be hospitalized,' the sources added. . . In Baodingcity, they said, some ROME.- Two kidnapped Mis_The missionaries and -several CathoIJcs are bemg In another case, a 12-ye'ar-old 40 public security officials sursionaries 'of Charity·,nuns died· in -other priests and religiou§ had been heard.

-girl in the same village was ~ues- rounded the home of an.elderly lay an exchange of gunfire between seized in rebel raids on the Xavarian .: tioned- b)' officials as 10 why' she- woman on <Zhristmas Eve and forSierra Leone rebels and pursuing community in Ki$sy,east-of the SiBy CAtHOLIC NEWS SERVICE ,beca'!1 e a liturgy lct::.tor. F~llowi~g : bade Cath.olics, 'from entering the troops. . erra Leone capital of Freetown, on , , . ' .; the: girl's reply that she Wished to house, which has served as a worMeanwhile, the rebels released Jan.·12' and 14. They were moved HONG" KONG'- Reports of adore the Lord ,and would continue ship. place;, . . three"other nuns' .;.:....:.....;..-....;,...--------.-.... frequently to and an Italian .

-avoid· detec- violence and harassment against to do so, she'was beaten·so badly - . In 1957, Chinese Catholics split brother.

- "The rebels treated us· tion, and were underground Catholic peasants in that she had to.be hospitalized, the .. over the' setting up 'of the govern-. ment-approved Chinese Catholic X a va ria n wefl, despite the fact that rarely able to Baoding Diocese around Christ- sources said. mas time.were received in Hong .' They added that local officials' Patriotic Association, which rejects B rot her we lived in conditions, of . wash. had tried to block news of the vio- papa\. authority ·and. elects. bishops Gu g lie I m 0 extreme danger."

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In mid-January, Catholic lent.actsin Liangzhuang by limit- without Vatican approval. An underZambiasi, 34, treated us well, and Sister - Brother Zambiasi despite the fact sources told UCA News, an Asian ing the Catholic vi11agers' freedom ground Church in China, estimated . to number in the millioris, professes Suchelle, supethat we lived in church news agency based in Thai- to move.'

Meanwhile, in the early morn- loyalty to the pope. At the parish rior of the Mis- . conditions of land, thatFather Peter Hu Duo of sionaries of Charity order in Kissy, extreme danger," Brother Zambiasi the Diocese of Baoding had been ing of.Dec. 25, after a door-to-door . level, there is some mingling of the Sierra Leone, were in good condi- said. "They had wanted to let lIs'go .arrested and seriously beaten by search, underground Catholics 'in two, and a number of governmenttion, the Italian missionary news for a long time, but they were al- officials Dec. 20 in his sister's home Nanguan Machi village in Baoding approved bishops are said to have service MIS:('lA rCRorted J.an. 31,' ways constrained to move in order in Xushui County, near Baoding were found meeting at a vegetable secretly reconciled with the Yatican. shed to celebrate Christmas and Chinese sources say the wheretwo days after their release. to hide frolll the ECOMOG p~trols. city.

The officials reportedly said were detained by public security aboutsof two underground prelOf the two r'emaining nuns who In the eIld, though, good sense won ates, Bishop Su Zhimin ofBaoding that Father Hu's legs wer\f broken officials, sources said. survived the.ordeal, one ..suffered out." , ..' : .

Each was fined 500 to 1,000 and his auxiliary, ·Bishop An an abdominal wound, while the On Jan. 22, the rebels sh'ot and due to the beating, and his whereother was feverish. Both were be- killed Missionaries of Charity Sis- abouts were unknown, the sources yuan (US$60-$120) for "iIlega,l as- Shuxin, remained unknown. Both '.. sembly," but none of them paid il,1e . were :;l~rested in 1996. ing treated in a hospital in Guinea. ter Aloysius Maria, another nun i.n said. .. .The priest had just been released Brother Zambiasi, a native. of the hostage group, #s'they fle,d from a re-education-through-Iabor Italy, told the Italian Catholic news- ECOMOG troops. . '.

They also shot Xavarian Father camp prior to the incident, they paper Avvenire that.he had seen two Missionaries of Charity;' Sister Girolamo Piston'i,' 43~ in the cnest, added.

I. 'Baoding Diocese, about 85 Carmeline and Sister Sweva, die in but the priest escaped by feigning an exchange of gunfire betw~en death and waiting until the group miles southwest of Beijing, has been a stronghold of underground their captors and Nigerian-led mili- left before he sought l!~lp.

Catholics, who profess loyalty to the Vatican; government crackdowns on their activities and violence against them have been reported frequently.

Sources also reported that three Catholic lay leaders of Liangzhuang village in Xushui· County were attacked bya masked 011 adorable and Divine Wi11, behold me here before the im. mob Dec.. 24. mensity of Your Light, that Your eternal goodness may open to The three were said to have reme the doors and make me enter into It to form my life all in quired hospitalization after being You, Divine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate before gagged, blindfolded and beaten Your Light, I, the least of all creatures, put myself into the little with electric batons and other RESIDENTS ATTEND an open-air Mass outside S1. group of the sons and daughters of Your Supreme FIAT. Prosimplements.

Alphonsus Church in Armenia, Colombia, Jan. 31. An earthThe mob' set fire to cushions in trate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg that it quake in the region killed more than 900 people and left a a prayer-meeting place in the vil\ clothe me and eclipse all that does not pertain to You, Divine quarter of a million homeless. (CNS photp from Reuters) lage and to the property of a woman Will. It will be my Life, the center of my intelligence, the enrapturer of my heart and of my ~hole being. I do not want the human will to have life in this heart any longer. I wi11 cast it away from me'and thus form the new Eden of Peace, of happiness and of love. With It I shall be always happy. I shall' hav~ a singular strength and a holiness that sanctifies all things and conducts them to God. .

By CINDY WOODEN Here prostrate; I invoke the help of the Most Holy Trinity more sober. language with fewer ad- victory in Christ, the introduction said, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE that They permit me to live in the cloister of the Divine Will and it is possible that, at times, "there ocj~tives, but expresses the same faith thus return in me the first order of creation, just as the creature VATICAN CITY - The Vatican ofthe Church in God and in the power cur cases of particular oppression and was created. . has published a revised Rite of Exor- given to the Church by Christ to cast obsession on the part of the devil in Heavenly Mother, Sovereign and Queen of the Divine Fiat, members of the people of God." cisms, although the book urged cau- out demqns."

The new language, he said, generThe guidelines in the rite restated tion in assuming that someone is postake my hand and introduce me into the Light of the Divine sessed by the devil and needs exor- ally excludes the more "irriaginative" canon law, which requires the exorWill. You will be my guide, my most tender Mother, and wi11 cism. descriptions of Satan in line with the cist to be a priest specifically apteach me to live. in and to maintain myself in the order and the fact that the devil is "a spirit without pointed by the bishop to perform ex"The sinister influence of the devil bounds of t!:te Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate my body, without color and without odor." orcisms: ' his followers usually is exercised and whole being to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me the The cardinal said, "Exorcism has In a series of 1986 audience talks through deception, falsehood, lies and doctrine of the Divine Will and I'wi11listen most attentively to confusion," said Cardinal Jorge as a point of departure the faith of the about angels and the devil, Pope John Your lessons. You wi11 cover me with Your mantle so that the Medina Estevez, prefect of the Con- Church, according to which Satan and Paul IT said Satan has been defeated infernal serpent dare not penetrate into this sacred Eden to en- . gregation for Divine Worship and the other evil spirits exist and their activ- by Christ's death and resurrection, but tice me and make me fall into the maze of the human will. ity consists in distancing men and he continues to try to win over people.

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Heart of my greatest Good, Jesus, You wi11 give me Your "It cannot be excluded that in cer"I believe that cases of possession women from the path of salvation." . flames that they may bum me, consume me, and feed me to The introduction to the new rite tain cases the Evil Spirit tries to exerare not only not coinmon but very rare;' the cardinal said at a Jan. 26 press brief- . said, 'The almighty and merciful Fa- cise his influence not only on mateform in'me the Life of the Divine Will. ing on the new rite, the last of the ther sent his beloved son into the world rial things, but also on the human Saint Joseph, you wi11 be my protector, the guardian of my Church's ritual books to be updated fol- to wrest men and women from the body, for which one speaks ofdiaboliheart, and will keep the keys of my wi11 in your hands. You will lowing the Second Vatican Council. ppwer ofdarkness and bring them into cal possession," the pope said during keep my he.art jealously and shall never give it to me again, that .

The new rite, which. includes 84 his kingdom." . . an audience talk.

I may be sure of never leaving the Will of God. However, the devil continues to "It is not always easy. to discern pages ofguidelines, prayers and ScripMy guardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in everyture readings, replaces a ·version writ- tempt people, whichis why they must that which happens preternaturally in thing so that my Eden may flouris.,h and be the instrument that be prayerful, vigilant and partake of these cases, nor does the Church easten in 1614, Cardinal Medina said. draW-sail meri into the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Amen.

Published· by the Vatican only in the sacraments, particularly the sacra- ily yield to or support the tendency to attribute many occurrences'to the inLatin, the revision ."does not involve ment of confession, it said. ( In HOlJor of Luisa Piccarreta 1865-1947 Child of the Divine Will) , Despite an assurance of an ultimate tervention of the demon,"'he said. substantial changes," he said. "It uSes

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Pope has flu, shortens schedule

By CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II introduced a shortened version of his Sunday Angelus add~ss by explaining he had a cold.

His audiences slate for the beginning of this week, including a scheduled meeting with the mayor and city council of Rome, were canceled.

"Because of an influenza syndrome, the Holy Father will not hold his scheduled audiences today," said a Mon'day statement from Joaquin Navarro-Valls, the Vatican spokesman.

Wearing a red cloak, the pope braved the frigid Roman weather for just three minutes Sunday as he greeted the crowd in St. Peter's Square from his apartment window.

"Today the pope has a bit of a cold and, therefore, his words will be brief," Pope John Paul told his visitors, which included 5,000 Catholic children marking the end of a month of prayers for peace.

His voice betrayed nasal and chest congestion as he praised the young people's initiative which had as its theme, ''We are in time for peace."

'This is part of the mission of every Christian, to remind everyone that there is time for peace," he said.

'The two doves, which we will release, are,a sign of hope for peace for Rome and for the whole world, which we entrust to the intercession of the HolyVrrgin," the pope said.

Pope John Paul also briefly mentioned his Jan. 22-28 trip to Mexico City and to St. Louis.

"I thank God for having given me the possibility" of making the trip, he said. "To Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of Mexico and of the entire continent, we entrust the destiny of the American peoples and of.their new evangelization."

Italian newspapers - and even Vatican Radio blamed the pope's flu on the contrast between temperatures)n St. Louis and Rome. In St. Louis highs reached into the 60s, while in Rome the highs were in the low 30s.

~ HOCKEY SWING - Pope John Paul II swings a hockey stick that was presented to him at a youth rally Jan. 26 at the Kiel Center in S1. Louis. (CNS photo . from Reuters)

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Catholic Church and the mass media have expertise and gifts which, if shared, can help the world's people make sense of events and face the future with hope, Pope John Paul II said.

"Every form of cooperation will,' be for the good of everyone," the pope said in his message for World Communications Day 1999, to be marked May 19 in most dioceses.

"Mass media: A friendly companion for those in search of the Father" is the theme for the 1999 celebration. ''To be human is to go in search," the pope said in the text released at the Vatican. Ultimately, to search is to look for meaning which is found most fully in God, he said.

With its huge influence, he said, the media have a special responsibility to all who are searching: "to witness to the truth about life, about human dignity, about the true meaning of our freedom and mutual independence."

The Catholic Church can help the media reach the heights of its poten'tial, he said, but the Church also"can learn from the media and benefit from its proper use.

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'The Church's culture of remembrance can save the media culture of transitory 'news' from becoming a forgetfulness which corrodes hope; and the media can help the Church to proclaim the Gospel in all its enduring freshness in the everyday reality of people's lives," the pope said.

The Church's "culture of wisdom" can help the media's "culture of information" ensure' that it'is not simply presenting meaningless facts, he said.

And the media can help the Church keep abreast of new discoveries and knowledge.

'The Church's culture of joy can save the media culture of entertainment from becoming a soulless flight from truth and responsibility; and the media can help the Church to understand better how to communicate with people in a way that appeals and even delights," he said.

The Church and the media, Pope John Paul said, must cooperate to ensure that the media bring people together, that it not be "a force which destroys, but a love which creates," a love which reflects the love of God the Father.

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well, taking full advantage of a brief abolish the death penalty. As 'we schedule to be as present to people have read, the governor of Missouri as he could." responded tQ that timely appeal by One of the things that interested commuting the death penalty to life Bishop O'Malley in St. Louis was imprisonment of a: man slated to be the impact the history of the diocese executed after the pope had left. had on the visit. St. Louis is a French . That was the third appeal in the last city that dates back to the 1700s and month. The Holy Father in his rewas founded as part of the Louisiana cent Christmas message: 'Urbi and Territory. 'The presence ofthe Church Orbi,' addressed the issue and he there has been long and important. spoke about it in Mexico too."

While the death penalty does not One of the chalices used at the Mass was the chalice that had been used at affect many countries, "America is the first Mass ever said in St. Louis in one of the principal countries it does affect," Bishop O'Malley asserted. the 17oos."

Bishop O'Malley said that conAnother moving moment was gratulations are in order for the when the pope ended his prayer planners of the pope's visit. "It was service at the Cathedral Basilica in a huge success. Things went very on January 27. The pope in his homsmoothly. I was particularly grati- ily recalled that a few months ago, fied by the Holy Father's appeal to a group from St. Louis came to

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The pope told those in the crowded basilica: "With God's help, we have done it. I will always remember St. Louis. I will remember all of you. God Bless St. Louis."

Outside the pope's plane, a specially outfitted TWA jumbo jet that would carry him back to Rome, youths shouted the familiar refrain of his stay, "John Paul II, we love you." They held aloft pen lights, small flashlights with the words "Light onhe World" - reminders of the pope's challenge to youths at the rally the previous night: to be lights to the world in living out and proclaiming the Christian message.

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-' ~anton, Oklahoma thanks to a ~peThe seventh graders became incial school project. terested iIi helping Native Ameri, -'Seventh graders at the Fall River _' cansaftefcpJ:TIpleting a social studschool took on a community ser-" ies unit on Native American people , , vice, project to help the CheyenJ:le _-and' culture. Stu.dent,s who partici'and Arapaho people which the mis-:" ,pated ,in the. project were: Alissa , sion serves, collecting four large" Assad; Stephanie :aulhoes, Kaitlyn " boxes of new and used toys as well ", Bums, Kim Cabral, .courtney Cayer, as clothing t9 be distributed at the' ,Stephanie Coole, Colby Dumont, Sheel!a pereira, Monique Smith, ':Mission's White Earth Center. .. : '~A'c~ording to Dominican Sisters arid'Allis'on Sturchio.

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SPECIAL MOMENT - Second grade students at St. Mary's School, New Bedford, recently received the sacrament of first penance. They are no~ preparing to receive their. first holy Communion in May. Pictured with the students are their teacher Crystal BLirt and Msgr. John J. Oliveira, pastor of St. Mary's Parish.

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Our Rock and Role Are you only lonely on the inside?

By CHARLIE MARTIN

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Only Lonely Hello again.

Your words they make me smile As I drift away In my little room upstairs.

Oh I spend my nights Imagining your face, your touch, Then I realize How I don't even know your name•.

If we could share our time Would I disappoint your fantasies?

I believe that you could be The one I'm needing, 'Cause I'm (Refrain) Only lonely on the inside.

Didn't mean to take away your dreams.

Only lonely on the inside, When you close your eyes To your deepest thoughts.

I could start to give apologies For all the stupid things That I will say and I will do.

If we should ever cross The same place at the same ti.me

"ONLY LONELY" is the second hit off Hootie and the Blowfish's new "Musical Chairs" disc. Most of the time I think Hootie's music all sounds the same, but I really liked this cassingle's music and message.

The song addresses something we all encounter: loneliness. The guy in the song tries to deal with his lonely feelings through fantasizing about a relationship. He appears to have a certain .person in mind for he says, "I believe that you could be the one I'm needing." Yet he takes no direct a~tion to invite this "you" into his life.

Even as he considers a possible relationship, he reflects on what could go wrong if it became reality. He remarks, "I could start to give apologies for all the stupid things that I will say and I will do." He adds, "If we could share our life, would I disappoint your memories?"

He experiences self-doubt and fear about being in a relationship. Perhaps his feelings are based on past hurts and disappointments. Yet, obsessing on such feelings is a . sure way to stay stuck in his loneliness.

Would your world skip a beat 'Cause it was me?

If we could share our life Would I disappoint your memories?

I believe that I could be The one you're needing.

And I'm (Refrain) If I could give back your hop.es, Your joys, your treasures Don't you think that I would change my world?

But there's so many things Trying to pUll us together Even though we're far apart I can still watch you walk away.

(Refrain) In your deepest thoughts Do you see me When you close your eyes, In your deepest thoughts Do you see me?

Written and sung by Hootie and the Blowfish Copyright (c) 1998 by Atlantic Recording Corp. for the U. S. and WEA International Inc. outside the U. S.

It is true that doubt and fear can be teachers. They can give us messages about our behavior and choices. At • times, the ways we treat others needs to change, especially if we want relationships to endure.

However, if we focus solely on what doubt. says, nothing new is likely to occur. Doubt tends to evolve into an expectation of failure. Then we no longer believe that success can be attained. .

The person in the song needs to step out of fantasy and into action. It might help him to understand that past failures can teach him how to be more successful now.

Action takes courage. Friends and family can help him find this courage. I also would encourage him to share all his feelings, and his hopes, with God. We can ask in prayer for the strength and guidance to attain more of what we really need in life. Then we'll act with Godgi yen courage! .

Being "only lonely on the inside" hurts. F.acing fears and self-doubts is a ch!1llenge. Yet the areas of our lives· . that g~ow ,arid develop are those we focus upon. .

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By AMY WELBORN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

I've discussed the issue of Mass attendance with teens for years and written about it in this space a few times. But the other day the question finally was posed more personally. Ms. Church Lady's own teen-age son asked, "Mom, what would you do if when I went away to college I didn't go to Mass?"

I'm accustomed to dealing with this question at a distance, but never with my own flesh and blood in the car on route to the video store. The interesting thing is that my response didn't touch any of the infinitely wise points I've honed in all of those classrooms and church meeting rooms. It came quickly, and from the gut.

"I'd say you were stupid."

OK, so I never did finish that minicourse in "Kinder and Gentler Parenting:' But you know, I meant what I said, and the more I talked about it the more I wondered why i'd never approached it this way before.

Forget all the fretting about whether Mass is "boring" or not or how to make it more appealing on a surface level to teens. Let's cut all the abstract discussion about community, and our historical points will be given a well-deserved rest today. And for sure we won't talk about obligation, as true. as' it rnight be.

Let's talk about you and what you need. . . Whether you're a freshman in high s.chool or contemplating a future as a freshman in college, you're a human being in search of love, belonging and a sense of purpose.

You find that in little ways here and there, scattered through your days: Your family loves you, your friends help you feel that you're part of something, and as you work and achieve your goals you begin to see why you're here on earth and what you can give.

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And there are some concems you have, some yearnings, that all the wonderful people you h~ve in your life will never be able to meet and no activity, job or college acceptance can satisfy.

Am I really, truly loved just as I am? Even with all the stuff churning around inside me that I ne~er tell anyone?

And what about the bad stuff?

What about my sins? My friends and family can't forgive - I mean, really forgive and let me start over with a clean slate.

What about those times - whether I'm a lonely freshman in college or just feeling really down where J am right now - when I'm facing that big universe all by myself and can't figure out any of the answers to my questions, even simple ones like, What's the use?

Who can help you then?

So with all our questions, all our problems that human beings can't provide lasting answers to, we come to God. Of course, we find God through personal prayer, but as Catholics we also have a tremendous gift: Jesus, truly and really present in the Eucharist. Right there - every Sunday, and even every day.

So that's why I· gave my son the answer I did. Think about it. Life is tough, we need God to get through it, and since we have this incredibly good news tl)at God's not hiding, aren't we kind of,. well, stupid, to tum away. from him?

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wins skating award FALL RIVER -"- Bishdp Connolly High School fre,shman Holly Nadeau recently won a bronze medal in the 1999 East. ern Sectional Figure: Skating Championships, in Oldsmar, Fla..

Nade;lu and her skating part-' ner, Aaron Wolff, captured the award in the Intermediate Dance '. event and won the national title of juvenile dance champs in 1997. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ;Brian Nadeau of Westport and a member of the Pawtucket and Providence Figure Skating Club.

Her next goal is to skate in the U.S. Nationals and possibly the Olympics. She is an honor roll student at Connolly and serves as president of its freshman class.

Students hold penny war Students at Bishop Connolly participated in its second annual Penny War this week and helped to raise money to for the Catholic Charities Appeal while having a good time.

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the school's community services classes: Each'homeroom received an empty water jug and over the course of this week, students. place pennies in their jug to see I which homeroom can amass the most money. ·~:Each -c6p'p~~:' coiri.' counts ~s-:ori'e P9irit t.o~ards. the compeiition~ and. the winning' homeroom will win a·free break-' fast and lunch at'school.

However, for every silver coin thrown into their homeroom'sjug by other homerooms, penny points are deducted from the total. Students try to slow down other homerooms by sneaking quarters and other coins into jugs causing deductions of five, 10 or 25 pennies at a time, but adding to the total money raised to help others.

Last year students at Connolly raised over $1,800 through the contest for Catholic Charities Appeal and when the pennies STUDENT ELECTIONS were recently held at Holy Trinity School, West Harwich, for its and other coins are eventually totaled, . hope to make a big im- inaugural student council. Students elected,from left, are sixth graders Kyle Kenyon, treapact this year as well. surer; Sarah Groom, secretary; DrewWasam, president; and Tim Leonardo, vice-president.

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CONSECRATED LIFE - ALIVE AND WELL IN THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER

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Religious Exhibitors at the Vocation Fair, Corpus Chrl$ti Parish, Sandwich, MA, September 26, 1998

.Come and Meet Us! DiocesanVocation Office DIOCESAN PRIESTS Rev. Craig Pregana (508) 990-0371 (Office) E-Mail路:FRVocation.Office@juno.com

Office of the Permanent Diaconate PERMANENT DEACONS Rev. John F. Moore, Director Deacon Lawrence A. St. Onge, Assistant Director Tel. (508) 993-9935 FAX: (508) 99.3-9950 .

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Office for Religious 'REPRESENTA11VE FOR REUGIOUS Sister Mary Noel Blute, R.S.M. Tel. (508) 992-9921 ' FAX: (508) 999-6430