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Millennial Ecumenical service planned .

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.~ March 19 service that will include representatives and members from many Christian communities across the area will be 1)eld in St.Mary's Cathedral.

FALL RIVER - Clergy, church leaders and members from various Christian communities across the Southeastern Massachusetts area will join in a Millennial Ecumenical Service at St. Mary's Cathedral here on March 19 at 7 p.m.

Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap.; who has asked for the service to mark the Jubilee Year observance of the new millennium, will preside and lead the recitation of the Creed, reported Father Marc H. Bergeron, ecumenical officer for the Diocese of Fall River and pastor of Saint Anne's Church.

Homilist will be the Rev. Edward Dufresne, executive minister, New Bedford Interchurch Council. Included among many others to take part in the service are the. Rev. David S. Hill, president of the Greater Attleboro Council of ChUrches and Carolyn Bronkar, executive director of the council; the Rev. Susan Scribner, executive director, Cape Cod Council of

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Wednesday, March 8, is Ash WedIiesd~y. The Church's regulations for the Lenten season follow: - abstinence from meat 路on Ash Wednesday, all Fridays during Lent and Good Friday for those aged 14 and older; ., .

- Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are to be observed as days of fasting for those aged 18 to 59.

Fasting is defined as eating only one full meal and two lights meals during the day. Eating between meals is not permitted; however, liquids are permitted.

Churches; and Dr. Anne Ierardi, spiritual director of 'pastoral Counseling Services of Yarmouthport.

"We will have a participation from many Christian churches that encompass the areas of our diocese," said Father Bergeron, "inclusive of religion, sex, race, nationality and color as best we can across the Christian spectrum." , The official title of the service is, "An Ecumenical Celebration of the Word of Christ, Marking the Beginning of the Third Millennium of Christianity."

The source of Scripture to be focused on at the service is Ephesians 1:3-14, particularly, "Praised be God, who has blessed us in Christ and healed us in the Spirit."

That was selected, said Father Bergeron, "Because it marks our gratitude for the gifts of the Spirit as we enter. this new millennium. It was initially chosen as part of the prayer for the Week of Christian Unity and we opted to use it for our celebration. We have taken it for a different time."

He added that, "The celebration has about it the jubilee theme that we need to have the courage to leave something behind, that is, our lack of faithfulness to Christ's prayer, his dream that all may be one. We all have some guilt, some reasons if you will, to repent ... to repent of the divisions of Christianity."

"So there is that dimension to it as well as the dimension of celebrating the fact that this is the 'now' time of grace and we celebrate the faith authority in us, the new life of Christ," said Father Bergeron. "But we also have to leave something behind."

According to Father Bergeron, the planning has been going on for some time for the service. ' "It was made easier by the fact that within the areas of our diocese, there are four very well established councils of churches," he said. "With those people in place it gives us wide access to a broad spectrum of churches, Tum to page five -

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BLESSINGS - Bishop Sean P. O'Malley blesses one of the remodeled facilities at 55. Peter and Paul School as Father Stephen A. Fernandes, pastor of 55. Peter and Paul Parish at Holy Cross Church, joins in the prayer. (Photo courtesy of Len Bouchard)

Bishop blesses new, remodel~d chapel, facilities at school

By JAMES N. DUNBAR FALL RiVER - Teaching the message behind St. Mark's Gospel account of Jesus and the Rich Man, Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., told fourth-graders of SS. Peter and Paul School on Dover Street that "it is our faith that will lead us to true happiness," as he blessed the new chapel and . facilities there on ,Monday.

The children and many parishioners attended the 9 a.m.

Mass celebrated by the bishop and then accompanied him as he blessed new classrooms, the Parish Conference CenTum to page 11 - School

Pope John Paul II's 2000 Lenten Message VATICAN CITY (CNS)Here is the Vatican text of Pope John Paul II's Lenten message for 2000, released at the Vatican.

I am with you always, to the close of the age (Mt 28:20).

Dear brothers and sisters, 1. This year, the celebration of Lent, a time of conversion and reconciliation, takes on a particular character, occurring as it does during the Great Jubilee of the Year ,2000. The time of Lent is in fact the culminating point of the journey of conversion and reconciliation which the jubilee, the year of the Lord's favor, offers to all the faithful, so that they can renew their fidelity to Christ and proclaim his mystery of salvation with renewed ardor in

the new millennium. Lent helps Christians to enter more deeply into this "mystery hidden for" ages" (Eph 3:9): It leads them to come face to face with the word of the living God and urges them to give up their own selfishness in order to receive the saving activity of the Holy Spirit.

2. We were dead through sin (cf. Eph 2:5): This is how St. Paul describes the situation of man without Christ. This is why the Son of God wished to unite himselfto human nature, ransoming it from the slavery of sin and death. '

This is a slavery which man experiences every day, as he perceives its deep roots in his own heart (cf. Mt 7: 11). Sometimes it shows itself in dramatic

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and unusual ways, as happened in the course of the great tragedies of the 20th century, which deeply marked the liv'es of countless communities and individuals, the victims of cruel violence. Forced deportations, the systematic elimination of peoples, contempt for the fundamental rights of the person: These are the tragedies which even today humiliate humanity.

In daily life, too, we see all sorts of forms of fraud, hatred, the destruction of others, and lies of which man is both the victim and source. Humanity is marked

by sin. Its tragic condition reminds us of the cry of alarm uttered by the Apostle to the nations: "None is righteous, no, not one" (Rom 3: 10; cf. Ps 14:3).

3. In the face of the darkness of sin and man's incapacity to free himself on his own, there appears in all its splendor the saving work ofChrist: "God appointed him as a sacrifice for reconciliation, through faith, by the shedding of his blood, and so showed his justness" (Rom 3:25). Christ is the Lamb who has taken upon himself the sin of the world (cf. Jn 1:29). He shared in human life "unto death, even death on a cross" (Phil 2:8), to ransom mankind from the slavery of evil and Tum to page 13路- Lent

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THEANCHOR ~ Diocese ofFaIl River- Fri., March 3;2<XX>",

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Cathol'ic Memorial Home has new administrator

Sister Delvina Poulin RSM

FALL RIVER - The Carmelite Sisters for the N.Y., and a bachelor's degree in health service manAged and Infirm ,have announced that Carmelite agement from St. Francis College, N.Y. She is a Sister Mary Robert Romano is the new administra- fellow in,the American College of Health Administor of the Catholic Memorial Horne, 2446 High- trators. She has also published articles on ministry and health care in several land Avenue. leading publications and From Rhinebeck, N. Y, has served on national comSister Romano has extenmittees. sive experience in long.The Catholic Memorial term care administration.

Horne is one of five, skilled She has worked as an adnursing and rehabilitative ministrator and adminiscare facilities in the Dioctrative assistant in homes esan Health Facilities Sysstaffed, by the Carmelites' tem sponsored by the Diosince 1976. The Carmelite cese of Fall River. The Sisters staff 25 nursing horne offers short-term and homes in the United States extended care, skilled nursand one in Ireland. ing, rehabilitative theraSister Romano holds a pies, a dedicated post ma~ter's certificate in Alzheimer's care unit, an health services administraaccredited pain managetion from George Washment program, medical nuil)gton Univ~rsity, Washtrition therapy, care for the ington, D.C.; a master's terminally ill, pastoral care degree in pastoral counselSISTER MARY ROBERT ROMANO, O. CARM. ' and respite care. ing from lona College,

Saint Anne's Hospital gratefully acknowledges contributions to the Tnbute Fund during January,. Through your generosity, our mission of " "Caring for our Community" , is profoundly enhanced, '

IN MEMORY OF:

Anne Ainsworth Fred Berube Alice Brodeur John DeCosta Walter Depaola Manuel Farias , Paul Fillion ' Manuel Freitas Anne Marie Higgini;;'M.D. Mr.lMrs. Jan Iwanski Dorothy Jeff .

Marcel A. LaVigne Palmeda Lennon Genevieve M,arqu,es James O'Neill Richard C. Paquette Gil Raposo Sr. Bea Rivard Margaret Sullivan Mary Skaggs' Robert Vaillar.court Julian Witengier

Frances Bellino Amedee Berube Helen Biello George Botelho , Charlotte Chieppa William E. Crotty Angelina Depaola ~tonio Depaola, Alice M. Duarte Walter J. Eaton Dorothy F.:illion .., ' James Fillion Rev. John R. Foister 'Adaline Franco John Guilmette ' ' PaUl M. GrzyWacz , Thomas Higgins, M.D.' Edward Iwanski John Kypriotis " .Thomas Jea~ , Mr.lMrs. Herman Lapointe; Laurent Lapionte "Richard L. Lavimoniere Romeo Levesque Geraldine Lucciola Therese Lussier Thomas McGillick Arthur McGough, Jr. Joann Place Raymond E. Parise Edmour Poirier.

Estelle Poirier Ann Repesec ' Michael Repesec Kathleen M. Rocha Joseph C: Saulino Mary O. Sullivan Edgar Skaggs Irene Theroux Joseph E. Toole Donna Viveiros Effie Witengier 'Mario Zitano

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TAUNTON - Mercy Sister til her retirement in 1995. She Delvina Poulin, 90, also known had become a U.S. citizen in as Sister Stezite, of Jesus and 1993.

Mary Mission Center, She was active in ~inistry Plainville, died February 26 at to the poor and served as a fos, Madonna Manor Nursing Home ,ter grandparent at the St. Vincent's Home for Boys in Fall here.

Born in Beauceville Ouest, River.

She is survived by a sisterQuebec, Canada, she was the, daughter of the late Elzear and 'in-law, Mrs. Francoise Poulin of C~nada; and nieces and Victoria (Bolduc) Poulin.

She entered the Sisters of nephews. She was the sister of Mercy on Oct. 3,' 1928 in the late Joseph Poulin, NapoSillery, Quebec. She made her leon Poulin, and Mercy Sisfirst profession on Oct. 15, ters Victorine, Victoria and 1939 in Sillery and her per- Louise.

Her funeral Mass was celpetual vows in 1935. ebrated Wednesday in St. Martha 'Si~ter Delvina spent mostof her life in service to the com- Church, Plainville. Interment munity in the Diocese of Fall was in St.John the Baptist CemRiver from the. early 1930s un- etery; Bellingham.

Sister John Dominic Girard OP FALL RIVER - Dominican Her funeral was celebrated John Dominic Monday with a Mass in the Conthe Dominican' vent Chapel. Interment was in Sisters', 37.Park Street, died Feb- Notre Dame Cemetery. ruary 25. , Born here; the daughter of the late Edward and the late Delia , DCiily ,Readings (Dube) Girard, she entered the Oominican Sisters of Hope on March 6 2 Pt 1:2-7; Ps Aug. 30, 1917, in Fall Ri.ver.

91 :1-2,14-16; Mk She made her first profession 12:1-12 March 7 2 Pt 3:12of vows on March 25, 1922, and: 15a,1.7-18; Ps taught at Saint Anne's ~choo~ 90:2-4,10,14,16; for several years before being Mk 12:13-17 assigned to Plattsburgh, N.Y, March 8 JI2:12-18; Ps where soe taught at 'the?:'· 51 :3-6a,12D'Yourville Academy/St. 14,17; 2 Cor Peter's School for many years. ·5:20-6:2; Mk 6:1Sister Girard was an avid mu6,16-18 ·sician.

March 9 Dt 30: 15-20; Ps She leaves two sisters, Ber1:1-4,6; Lk 9:22-' tha and Yvonne Girard of New 25 Bedford; and a nephew.

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Catholic Memorial Home is host to 'In Support of Life' talks

By MIKE GORDON ANCHOR STAFF

FALL RIVER - Members of the ethics committees of the five diocesan nursing facilities and the Diocesan Ethics Committee gathered Monday at the Catholic Mernor~al 'Home to discuss physician-assisted suicide and the ethical and religious directives for, Catholic Health Care Services. , Father James O'Donohoue of the Boston Archdiocese, served as keynote speaker for the event and began his address by saying "Life is a gift," and advised that people must remember they do not own it but must recall it's "on loan from God." He went on to say that "even though we don't own it, we have an obligation before God to take care of our bodies in sick"

ness and in health."

Father O'Donohoue, who has been a professor of ethics at Boston College for many years and has taught seminarians at St. John's Seminary, addressed a crowd of more than 30 people at the home. He said that coun. teracting the efforts of those who fight for physician-assisted suicide is an important thing and people must not "loose their values," in a sea of immoral choices. ' The gathering was sponsored by the Massachusetts Catholic Conference and is part of an educational program called "In Support of Life: Comfort and Hope for the Dying," which aims to help people ungerstand Catholic teaching on caring for persons at the

end of life.

Project Director Maria C. Parker also addressed the group and said that people "should not be afraid to speak out," regarding the wrongness of physician-assisted suicide and that "Catholics need to make their voices heard with a great deal of love."

The In Support of Life project' educates people so they can join the debate of physician-assisted suicide in an enlightened way according to Parker. She said that the meeting of the ethics com-' mittees was a unique opportunity.

"We want to educate.people on the issues and provide better endof-life care and comfort for the sick and dying," commented Parker. "Currently Oregon in the ~ LIFE ISSUES - Maria C. Parker, project director of In Support of Life for the Massachusetts Catholic Conference chats with Father James O'Donohoue prior to. the start of a gathering of ethics committees at the Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River.

The day focused on ethical and religious directives for Catholic Health Care Services regarding end-of-Iife issues. (AnchortGordon photo)

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only state which has a law allow- .ticipants advised that we have to ing physician-assisted suicide, but recognize that life must be preour close neighbor Maine will vote served at all costs and in every . on a similar bill this November," circumstance; and assisting death she told attendees. by taking a direct action to cause "Th~ right to die movement death or withhold care denies is an effort to legitimize killing," life's sanctity and purpose and emphasized Parker. "As Catho- violates God's command: "Thou lics, we need to share our values shall not kill." and strengthen our great country."

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,Diocesan Scouting emblems. will be presented Sunday FALL RIVER' - Members of the Diocesan Boy Scout and .Girl Scout troops and councils and adults involved in Scouting programs will be honored at a Religious Emblem ceremony this Sunday during the 5 p.m. Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral.

It is sponsored by the Catholic Committee of Scouting and in addition to the religious em- . blems, those who perform religious service will receive badges and medals. Bishop Sean P. O'Malley OFM Cap., will be principal celebrant for the Mass and will bless the awards and present them to recipients.

Boy Scouts will receive the Ad Altare Dei and Pope Pius XII emblems while Girl Scouts receive the I Live My Faith, Marian, and The Spirit Alive emblems. Father Michael Racine, chaplain for the Moby Dick Council and parochial vicar of

St. Mary's Parish, South Dartmouth, said that the Scouts put much effort into earning the emblems and he is always impressed by their work.

"The young people work very hard for these awards and their determination shows a willingness to learn about their faith," said Father. Racine. He added that an award such as the Ad Altare Dei is closely connected to the sacraments and Scouts who strive for the award learn about the sacraments and see how they are present in our daily lives. "It's a lot of work, but they are driven by their love of Scouting and Jesus. It's a spe-. cial day for them."

Adult leaders who show outstanding qualities in service will receive the Bronze Pelican or St. George emblems for dedicated efforts towards Boy Scouting and the Elizabeth Ann Seton for advancing Girl Scouting.

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the living word ,

.the moorin~ J::lilgrimage of hope One must indeed ·commend the Holy Father .for his tireless efforts to bring unity to the scattered flock of God's people. His recent journey. to Egypt and the impending trip to .Palestine, Israel and Jordap are clear indications of his desire to create a meaningful dialogue with all the varied Christian deriominations that exist in this important part of the world. The rainbow of rites both Catholic and Orthodox 'are a living reminder of the complexity of tradi.tion an<:i the tenacity of culture. Then one must consider that Christians in the Holy Land itself are mostly Arabs. They belong to more than 60 ancient churches in a social order that often is. more .tribal thim' religious. Religious places are often a source of turf wars. Survival for many i~ frequently a threat when the st~te of Israel gets involved..So very often the motivation of the !itate is not one of care or concern but rather crass political gain.

Into this fray, the fragile pope brings his desire' of unity. and peace. He extends his hand and heart to all who' share this dream.

It is obvious that many will embrace him with joy and fellowship.

There are others who will tum. their backs upon him. This pope has traveled a very difficult 'and sometimes hostile path. From Polish days of invasion to attempted assassination, he has tirelessly been. a yoice of forgiveness and healing. This personal pilgrimage is a sign of hope for those who are holding-onto their faith despite tremendous adversity. He brings to those people a living witness of his own inner strength and deep faith.

May we pray that his pilgrimage Will be a sign of reconciliation and hope for all who receive him with open hearts and minds.

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The recent amenqment offered by State Sen. Theresa Murray to a transportation bond calling for the .Mass,\chusetts Public Transit Authority to expand train service to Wareham and Buzzards Bay should be endorsed. When commuter train service was extended from Boston to Middleboro and Lakeville there were some cities which felt it was merely apork barrel project. Well, it has taken off and is a success.

The great plus in1:the exten'sion of serVice is the fact that an. existing and usable track is in place and is functioning. Connecting existing lines would be a minimal task. Even with the horrendous outlay for Boston's "Big Dig," the cost factors for this . . effort would not impact state finances. .

The benefits of such servke would be tremendous for the .thousands of Cape area commuters. Train service is the 'way to go especially in these days of escalating gasoline prices: It will take cars off the roads. If the reality of an on-Cape train station could be offered, it would be a huge help iri solving bridge traffic. It is estimated that repair work for both bridges· will be an ongoing task. The traffic nightmare that th~s engenders is horrendous.· .To .be 'sure, tqere will be those who moan ~d groan that the quaint beauty of the Cape and. surrounding areas will be destroyed by train traffic. This antediluvian mind-set'is destructive.

-. Southeastern Massachusetts and the Islands is the fastest grow- . ing area of the Commonwealth. Long neglt~cted by Boston and often insulated by narrow vision, this part of the st(!te is now coming. into its own. The transportation derpands are urgent and necessary. Roads to ferry service are overtaxed. The traiil is a plausible answer as a relief,to motorists and a boom to business. . It will take some serious P9litic.al·ina"neuvering:to make this work. The needs of the people should be foremost in tile minds of those who are elected to. serve the c?mmon good. . .

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Understanding our times

By FAlliER EUGENE HEMRICK .'CAlliOUC

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When people ask what virtue is most needed today, I'm re·minded how Solomon asked God for an understanding heart. I believe that the virtue of understanding is the one we need now.

Why choose understanding over .other virtues?· Because we live in paradoxical times and because one way to curtail the unnerving effect they have on us is to keep working to understand them.

Recently a parishioner sent me a summary ofcontemporary paraThe Editor doxes that people find disturbing.

When we listen to excerpts from that sUIllmary, the cry for understanding rings'louo and clear: "The paradox of our times is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wide.r freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We buy OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER more, but enjoy it less.

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world peace, but domestic war- better rule his people. He believed fare; moreJeisure, but less fun; that understanding could help him two incomes and more divorce." counter emotions that might push During a retreat I gave, I was him toward fatalism, cause him surprised by the various reactions to overreact or leave him feeling I.received when I mentioned these paralyzed. . paradoxes.

The power in understanding is· One gentleman said they were' that it enables us to respond to true, aild commented, "We have that which might ·weaken our not only begun to slouch toward spirit. Understanding prompts us Gomorrah as Judge .Bork con- to get to the bottom of what is tends, we are in Gomorrah." As right Of wrong with a situation. he said this, there was a disgust It reminds us that God gave us· a in his voic«; he raged about cor- mind for figuring out our probrupt government, big business, the lems.

Don't give up on th&t mind. military and virtually all public leaders.' .

Put it to work studying the paraOthers at the retreat didn't feel doxical situations you encQunter. so pessimistic. Rather, they felt Train the mind to get beneath the we need to return to basic moral surface of a problem, and control standards. They wanted strict law your emotions so that they act as and order, and zero tolerance. energizers rather than de-energizOthers felt confused and didn't ers. know how to react. The virtue of understanding - The problem in these reactions, . takes the offense in the face of as I see it, is that they boil d~wn problems, refusing simply to be to fatalism and they create paraly- left in confusion. This virtue sis. Some people feel there is noth- counsels us not to wait for someing we can do to better the situa- one else to come up with a solution in society, that we are doomed. tion, but to create one ourselves.

If life seems like one giant Some would like to put down all innovations that in the least way paradox, it would be wise to disrupt our thinking, while others memorize and practice Solomon's don't know what to do. wise proverb: ''Though it cost you Solomon asked for an under- everything, get understanding, standing heart so that he .could es~m her and she will extol you."

Bush responds to strong accusations of anti-Catholicism WASHINGTON - Texas Gov. George Bush told New York Cardinal John 1. O'Connor in'a recent letter t1'lat he wanted to assure Catholics his Bob Jones University appearance does not mean he "aPproves of the anti-Catholic and racially divisive view.s" associated with the school.

Charges ofanti-Catholicism have followed the GOP candidate around the countIy since he spoke at the evangelical Christian university in South Carolina in early Febniary.

The school bans interracial dating as immoral, and its leaders have called Catholicism acult and likened it to satanism.

The Bob Jones University issue reached a peak during'the Michigan primary campaign, when some, voters there received recorded phone calls accusing Bush of religious bigotry because of his appearance and urging support for Arizona Sen. John McCain.

The McCain campaign initially denied any involvement with the calls, but later acknowledged the calls

Catholic, we plead guilty. But we are that makes the words of its leader, not Catholic-haters." b~ he pope or other, equal with the It added, ''All religion, includ- Word of God is false. We love the ing Catholicism, which teaches that practicing Catholic and earnestly originated with his staff.

Bush told the New York cardinal ' salvation is by religious works or desire to see him accept the Christ Detroit Cardinal Adam 1. Maida that because of the cardinal's "long Church dogma is false. Religion of the Cross." decried the injection ofreligious big- friendship" with members of the otry into the campaign in his state.

Bush family and the cardinal's meetIn the Feb. 25 edition of The ing with Bush last year, he should COORDINATOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Michigan Catholic, newspaperofthe know that the accusations of antiDetroitArchdiocese, Cardinal Maida Catholic views leveled against Bush Vatican II-spirited parish of 1500+ housesaid the bishops of the United States are "unfairand unfounded" and such holds in a small seaside town 15 ,miles south of are clear in their insistence that the views "are personally offensive to Church keep out of partisan politics. me."

Boston seeks coordinator for approximately 500 The challenge, he said, is ''to be prinBush noted that his brother and students (Grades 1-8), 75 teachers, full-time seccipled without being ideological, to sister-in-Iaw-FloridaGov.JebBush retary. Most classes in homes. Responsibilities be political without being partisan, and his wife - "are both Catholics." to be civil without being soft" He said he has "profound respect for include catechist recruitment and training, sacThe Detroit Archdiocese goes to the Catholic Church - a sympathy 'ramental preparation for Reconciliation and First great lengths to encourage political beyond mere tolerance."

Eucharist, RCIA, and adult education. Collaboinvolvement and responsibility, he Detroitarchdiocesancommunicasaid. But "it's not our approach to tions director Ned McGrath issued a rative style needed to work with grade coordi'label candidates as 'pro' this or 'anti' statement saying he told callers that nators, R.E. Commission, and parish staff. For that," he added.

Catholic Voters Alert - the name of information, please call 781-925-0680.

The TexaS governor, in his letter , the group which made the anti-Bush to Cardinal O'Connor, released this calls - is not affiliated with the archSend resume and references to week, said he "should Itave been more diocese.

Interview Committee clear in disassociating myself from At Bob Jones University, in reanti-Catholic sentiments and racial sponse to the political furor, its Web St. Mary of the Assumption Parish prejudice. It was a missed opportu- site explained the school's positions, P.O. Box 565 nity, causing needless offense, which including that "ifthere are those who Hull, MA 02045路0565 I deeply regret" wish to charge us with being anti-

Taunton Deanery to host Jubilee Year Lenten mission TAUNTON - As part of the with a penance service involving JubileeYear celebrations in the Dio- priests from throughout the Tauncese of Fall River, the Taunton ton Deanery. It will afford people Deanery announces that a Lenten the opportunity to go to confession Mission will be held March 12-15 in a variety of languages.

Father McManus was ordained at 7 p.m" in St. Anthony Church, 126 School Street. in 1973 and currently is the chapSt. Anthony's has been desig- lain and director of pastoral care at nated as one of the eight pilgrim- St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford. age churches in the diocese for the He is a former teacher at Bishop Jubilee Year.

Connolly High School; has done The mission, entitled: "Open the ,parish ministry and mission work Door of Your Hearts to Christ: Ex- in, Hl!-iti; and is chairman of the pectation, Witness and Conversion Diocesan Pastoral Council. for Holy Year Pilgrims," will be For more information contact presented by Jesuit Father Francis any of the parishes in the Taunton J. McManus, and will conclude Deanery.

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Celebrating your wedding anniversary Dear Dr. Kenny: We are about to celebrate our We exchanged new vows, reflecting the changes in our 10th wedding anniversary and would like to do 'lives and the insights we had gained over 10 years. A something personal and special. We would wel- couple who had been married 20 years gave the homily come any ideas. (Dlinois) . on 'The Second Decade.' Afterward we had a reception In offering workshops on marriage and the family, and went on a honeymoon."

-"I am divorced butl still celebrate my wedding we asked our participants how they celebrated their anniversaries. Here are some of the ideas they sh~. anniversary by ~ng my children out to dinner. This -"On our anniversary we go through our wed- helps them realize that I'm glad they were born, and it . helps me with a 'down' day." ding vows with our children in attendance;" . , -''We go out to din.

-"Our children ner with another couple prepare an anniversary who was married on the meal of their choice. 'same day. This year was They set the table and our 43rd anniversary and do everythi~g. A typitheir 31 st." cal anniversary meal is -'We get very dressed mashed potatoes, rice, up and go out to a fancy hot dogs, rolls, cake and With Dr. James ~ Jell-a." restaurant."

Mary Kenny -"We tell our children -"We have a tradiand remind each other how tional candlelight dinner we met, what we did on at home with the children on our anniversary. We use the good china." dates, when'we got engaged and the story of our wed-''Anniversaries are the time to get out old pic- ding day. We take out our wedding book and look at tures. We tell the history of our family." . the pictures."

-'We bring a bottle ofwine and stop by the houses -"We have planted a tree as a toast to life and of three or four of our friends to ask them to share a longlastingness on every anniversary. We have now . toast with us." planted 23 trees."

-'We did more than simply celebrate our 10th -''We take two or three days off from work and wedding anniversary. We got remarried. We had aMass get away together. We always buy each other a small with all our children, family and friends in attendance. personal gift."

Family Talk

Martyrs to be beatified in March spa.n the globe, centuries

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Filing bankruptcy .

Q. I have a question I hope you will answer loved ones in decency, according to their social sta'By CINDY WOODEN very simply. Is it against our Catholic religion to tus, and to try t9 re-establish their financial security. in what"was eastern Poland and CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE Moral obligations' begin, of-course, long before file bankruptcy? is now Belarus. After a. priest was My husband and I wish to buy a home, and any bankruptcy proc~dings are initiated. Building VATICAN CITY - The 44, arrested the sisters prayed that we have a large sum of bills that are due. Filing -debts one is fairly certain one ~ilI never be able to martyrs Pope John Paul II will-' their lives would be taken as a bankruptcy might solve our problem, but would payoff is obviously wrong, both legally and morbeatify on Saturday include ransom. The priest was spared, that be wrong? (Nebraska) ally. As I said, this is equivalent to stealing. We've women and men, lay and reli- but 11 of the 12 nuns were taken gious, young and old. into the woods and shot.

A. I can't tell you. Your question is far from seen numerous examples of this in recent years at all simple, and any useful answer would not be simple. financial levels.

The ceremony is expected to - Peter Calungsod left the When declaring bankruptcy begins to 100m on All I can do is offer some important considerations have a decidedly international Philippines in 1668, when he was anyone's horizon, another obligation' is to explore for you to balance out. flavor, reflectjng that the newest a teen, traveling with Spanish Jegroup of Catholic martyrs come .suit mi.ssionaries as a 17-year-old First, however, I congratulate you for thinking of what settlements one might make with creditors.

Sometimes that is more from Vietnam, the Philippines, catechist to help evangelize the this as a serious moral decision. Too often, it ,... _ Thailand, Brapeople of the attracti~e to creditors than zil and Western Paattempting later to extract seems, people consider it payment from a debtor a purely financial issue Belarus.

The ceremony is ex- cific. After a Thirty-two father found and act in ways which do who is bankrupt. . of the martyrs pected to have a decidedly out Peter had These are all factors great injustice to others. died in the international;lavor,reflect- baptized his We begin with the fact which you, and only you, 1600s, and 12 ing that the newest group son with his that we're dealing here can suitably reflect upon

By Father with restitution, the reto arrive at a good moral were killed in of Catholic martyrs come wife's perJohn J. Dietzen sponsibility we have in decision. the 1940s. from Vietnam, the Philip- mission, he strict justice to repay oth- ....- - - - - - - - - The 44 marand a friend Q. Please explain the tyrs are: pines, Thailand, Brazil and killed the caters for what we have significance ofFat Thes, Father . Belarus. echist and a taken from them. If I buy a pair of shoes, for ex- day, the day before Ash Wednesday. Some say it N i. c hoI a s p ri es t . with ample, my. debt to the, seller is not simply one of' means to feast or pig out before Lent. Can this Bun k e r t , spears, then charity or philanihropy, something I can pay if it is be correct? (Wisc«,msin) Kitbamrung, a, diocesan priest. tied stones to their ankles and convenient and agreeable. He has a moral right, in' A. The celebration of Mardi Gras in anticipation born in 1895 near Bangkokin threw the bodies into the sea. what is called commutative'justice, to what is due of the.rigors of the Lenten fast goes back many cenwhat is now Thailand. In the - Brazilian Father Andre de him, and I have a moral duty to compensate him. turies. Those rigors were much more severe in those 1940s, a wave of Thai national- Soveral, Portuguese Father Bankruptcy is one of the circumstances that ex- days than they are now. ism led to' anti-Catholic persecu- Ambrosio Francisco Ferro and 28 cuses a person from this kind of oblIgation. It PJ;OFoods forbidden during the Lenten .time included tion, because Catholicism was lay companions, who were vides a way to satisfy one's creditors equitably when meats and fats, cominon condiments for cool9ng, seen as the French religion while among 150 Catholics killed in full satisfaction of all debts is simply not possible. which would spoil by the time Easter arrived. (Our Buddhism was viewed as the two separate incidents in Brazil ' As you know, when an individual or business de- word carnival comes, in fact, from a Latin phrase in 1645. , faith of the Thai people. clares bankruptcy, state laws control the legal pro- which means taking away the meat.)

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- Andrew, the first martyr of cess in detail. For guidance through that maze you Thu's, the day before Lent began was a time to ing a ban on ripging church . Vietnam, beheaded in 1644 for need a good att<?rney. ,. consume all the fat in the house. It also provided bells" Father Kitbamrung was continuing to profess and spread' It needs to be'said that bankruptcy, when pursued Christians a chance' to enjoy their last pre-Lenten sentenced to 15 years in prison. the Christian faith despite the orparty, often in company with the non-Christians hones~y,· is a perfectly justifiable procedure, both He continued' his missionary ders of the king. B~ptized in legally and morally. A lot of successful and very around them who were in the midst of their own work in prison, baptizing 68 fel- 1641, Andrew studied under Jegood people have had to declare bankruptcy some- spring masquerades and feasts. Not much, it seeins, low inmates. He contracted tu- suit Father Alexandre de Rhodes, time in their lives. Some have later quietly paid part has changed, except the fasting. . . berculosis in jail and died there known as the "Apostle of Vietof their past debts, even though there was no legal, A free brochure answering questions Catholics in 1944. nam," and made a public vow to . or probably even moral, obligation to do so. ask about the sacrament of penance is available Sister Maria Stella spend his life helping the priests Morally speaking, insolvent persons claiming by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Mardosewicz and 10 other sis- and spreading the Gospel. An.bankruptcy are not required to dwindle meir posses- Father John Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651•. t~rs of the Holy Family of drew was 19 or 20 years old sions down to nothing. They have a right to retain Questions may be sent to Father Dietzen at Nazareth, who were part of a when he was executed in a field what is. necessary to support themselves and their the same address, or e-mail: iidietzen@aol.com. community of J2 in Nowogrodek Qutside Ke Cham.

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Catholic words at risk in the computer age We all know the inroads com- Commandments, now it's someputers have made on oUf lives thing that runs around a comwhether we own one, want one, puter screen. need orie, or even know how to If they can do this with the operate one. The part that scares Ten Commandments and baptisme, however; is how' the Com- mal fonts, they can certainly puter-Industrial-Geek-Complex . make 'off with Catholic words has not only stolen time from our lives but words.

Within a short time these clever devils have appropriated web, cut, paste, log, mouse, virus, compress, and so on. .

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By Dan Morris stealing words from the Catholic Church itself in ...- - - - - - - - - no time. We have all heard the rumors - denied,. of like confession, absolution, pencourse - that Bill Gates was ance, nun, and bingo. going to buy the Vatican. But Before you know it, they are what if he and his buddies have going to be calling "backing up decided to pilfer it one word at your file" a "second collection." a time?

Don't be surprised if a comFarfetched? Well, what about pilation of computer files and "font"? You used to be able to folders becomes known as a be baptized in one, now it's "missalette" or if "surfing the something you have to chose on Web" is replaced with "going on a computer "menu." a pilgrimage." Hey, for all we What about "cursor"? It used know the following could be in to be mentioned in the Ten the works:

Extreme unction: running a virus-chasing prograIlL!hrough an infected computer system.

Monsignor: the latest upgrade of a particular program.

Jesuits: computer programs that work in both Apple and IBM systems.

Kiss of Peace: a really fast Internet access line.

Rapture: Being able to download a huge file at the same time you use e-maiL Gluttony: downloading your grandchildren's pictures, using the email, and listening to digital music all at same time.

Canon law: FCC copyright regulations.

Roman collar: exposing Internet fraud.

Profes~ion: Making a decision between Mac and PC. Catechism: synonym for "help menu."

Indult: convincing a software company to let you share programs around the office.

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lHEANCHOR- Diocese ofFall River- Fri., March 3,2000 correct computer desk and chair.

Limbo: a low-end computer system put together by your brother-in-law.

Litany: re-boot procedures for a 1985 IBM 187.

Pagan: an off-brand system with no name that originates in a country with no alphabet.

Chant:, Voice .mail with a three-second cut-off period.

ConfessionalS: chat rooms where personal issues are discussed·.

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Inquisition: time spent on phone support with a "techie" trying to figure out your "pagan."

You might have heard that Bill Gates' home on'Lake Washington is a monastery-like estate. It's a scary choice of words.

Comments are welcome.

Write Uncle Dan at 441 Church St., San' Francisco, Calif. 94114; or e-mail: cnsuncle@yahoo.com.

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Katharine Drexel, truly a saint It was back in 1988 that Blessed Katharine and after their father's death, carried on charitable Drexel, foundress of the Sisters of the Blessed Sac- work for God, following his example and teaching. rament, was beatified by the Church. Beatification They founded schools to serve poor blacks in areas is the first step in the canonization process for saint- where families of color had no opportunities. hood, and early in this new year of 2000, the news Katharine found her dominant life focus to be edufrom Rome was that soon this amazing woman will cating Native American Indians. Most important, be declared a saint. every school the Drexel sisters founded had a reliLong ago I became fascinated with the life story gious structure. of Katharine Drexel, a wealthy American woman , Katharine, who felt called to religious life, was who spent her whole, long life (1858-1955) in the advised by the Church to found her own religious service of those in need. order. This was important, Oppedisano The main beneficiaries of her work of charity were pointed out, because this the most disenfranchised of was the only way she our country - Native could retain control over Ameri'cans and African- 4 the distribution of her Americans. great wealth. In 1891, Jeannette Oppedisano " , with 13 women, also regards this saintlyBy;AntoinetteBo~po \ Katharine founded the woman as extraordinary.

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Sacrament for Indians cyclopedia of women enand Colored People, trepreneurs to be published this fall by Greenwood now known simply as the Sisters of the Blessed ' Press. She included Katharine Drexel in the ency- Sacrament. clopedia as one of the outstanding American women "From the beginning, these women risked their of the past two centuries. I spoke to her recently lives to keep the significant commitment to social and her enthusiasm about this saintly woman was change initiated by their foundress," Oppedisano catching. . explained. '''Entrepreneurs~ip is often thought of as initiat"They crossed the nation on horseback, covered ing organizations to create wealth," she said. "For wagons or early railroad trains to begin or revive the three Drexel sisters - Elizabeth, Katharine and mission schools .in the West. Over time, Mother Louise - it was the opposite. They initiated orga- Drexel was responsible for the establishment of nizations to distribute their wealth. Their family, more than 50 missions and schools in 15 states or devout Roman Catholics, lived by a strong tradi- territories." tion of charity. Her father: Francis Anthony Drexel, Katharine Drexel is truly a saint because her work made a fortune in banking. And he taught his daugh- was solely motivated by love of God and people, ters early on that wealth was entrusted to them by Oppedisano added. She faced loss and heartbreak, opposition, trials and tremendous criticism because God as a means of helping those in need."

And prayer was built into the Drexel family life, she dared to be different. She was faithful in her said Oppedisano. In each of the family homes there obedience to God who had chosen her for this unwas a private chapel. Katharine once wrote, "Prayer popular work. In her own words, "New orders have was like breathing. There was no compulsion, no to pass through the baptism of the cross."

All of us are blessed by the legacy of this exobligation. It was natural to pray."

The sisters called themselves the "All Three," traordinary new American saint.

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Program helps Christian screenwriters hone skills'

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Catholic couple picked as .Iongest married. in nation

By CA1ll0UC NEWS SERVICE DRUMS, Pa. - Susan andAndrew Lechman, who will celebrate· their 76th· wedding anniversary in May, have been honored for having one of the longest marriages in the nation.

"exemplify the joy and love of the Lord."

The Lechmans are also members ofGood Shepherd Parish in Drums, .where Father Gerard Safko, pastor, helped the couple mark their 75th wedding anniversary with family. members last year by celebrating a . special Mass. .

The Lechmans have four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

In addition to the Lechinans, two· .other couples who have been married 70 years or more were nominated for the longest marriage by the, Scranton Diocese.

Rose and Joseph Sileo of Peckville, married six months after the Lechmans in 1924, have three children and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The couple, who are in their 90s, are parishio-

ners at St. Anthony's Church and reside in a 'nursing home in Peckville.

According to Colleen Murphy, the activity director at the nursing home who nominated the couple, the Sileos say "you need a lot of patienceapd faith in God" to sustain a marriage for as long as they have. .

Anna and John Ruspi of Clarks Green, married in 1930, are parishioners at St. Gregory in Clarks Green. Th.ey have one child and two grandchildren. . World Marriage Day is observed on the second Sunday in February.

Originating with the Worldwide Marriage Encounter movement, it honors married couples for their love for each other and their example to the Church.

WASHINGTON .:.- If Chris- to have "abandon~d the arts," he tians,in Hollywood are going to' added.. ',' " communicate with Christians in It'sunfortun,'ate; Bird. said, ,America's living rooms ,and the- because, Hollywood' needs ~ters, they.:re going to have to "young people~ith a Christian Worldwide Marriage Encounter . · t h e wor '. Id" recognized the couple on World . wn'te bett'e'r' scn'·pts. > " . "worId"view t0 .Inspire '. That'sthe judgm~nt of BarNicolosi said: lIollywood is Marriage Day in February, as did bara Nicolosi, who nins a series ,always'looking for good scripts, the Diocese ofScranton, where they of \vorkshops 'for aspiring and any perceived anti-Christian liV~h year Marriage Encounter ,Christian screenwriters called bias will fade outifscripts are Act One. good. groups conduct an annual search fot "I thoug'ht there 'w'as a con""I' h " " t . the longest married couple and the '" vve ave women wn ers, we spiracy against Christians" in have African-American writers.

Lechmans had the longest union of Hollywood's power corridors, We need Chnstian' writers," she' all couples nominated.

Nicolosi said. "It turns out we .d ' , "The Diocese of Scranton is ,sm . .

HQIlY _ thrilled that Mr. and Mrs. Lechman were writ- , ing h o r - " " wo()d'bigare being cited by Worldwide Marrib I e lilt isn't that Hollywood has,· riage Encounter," said Mary Ann " I t 'Spear wigs apPaulukonis, diocesan director of scripts. We a ban d one d Ch . flstlanS. wI'11 '.. family life in the Office of Parish were turn Christians who have aban- ing to.give Ministries. "We have been blessed ing out doned Hollywood," Nicolosi considerschlock." ation to the by their efforts of nearly 76 years to' ' s said. model love that mirrors God's unThat scripts of what Act Christians failing love."

One tries to remedy. Last year, who have attended Act One. The Lechmans, who live in a nursing home in Drums, were born it shepherded 30 screenwriters "We've had really good luck Ch . in the Freeland area; Andrew was ' . f rom vanous nstian faiths for in the Hollywood community," a full month and got them Nicolosi said. "The kindofma~ born in 1903 and Susan in 1907. through the basics of character terial we want to produce is go-' Andrew, a member of St. Mary's Byzantine Church, married Susan at development, plot lines, and ing to be inspiring, it's going to even what type font to use and be powerful, it's going to be her church, St. John Nepoinucene how wide the margins should be. mainstream;" she added. in Freeland, in 1924.

"Follow the industry format Bird, as did other ActOne inMter enduring the hardships of or die," said Patrick Coffin, a structors, served as mentors to the Great Depression, they moved to Baltimore with their only child, native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, "on.e or two' of the' ~trident$. By "f Helene, during World War II. and a student at last year's work-' th ' d f th . k h While there, they were active in the e en 0 e wor sop, one'o shop. the students had submitted a establishmentofanewparish,Most , There are plenty of Holly~ "Touched by anAngel~'story wood types who "look for a rea~ line and, after conferring ,with Precious Blood. In addition, Mr. son not to pass page one" of a Bird, later worked lip a first draft Lechman became a member of the submitted manuscript, Coffin for a complete'script.

Santa Maria Council of the Knights of Columbus and Mrs. Lechman told Catholic News Service in N' I . 'd h' ICO OSI sal t IS year; Act became a member of the Catholic an 'interview from his Los An- On~ willsponsot',noton!y a ' monthlong, workshop in Holly~, Daughters of the Americas. geles home.

Upon Mr. Lechman's retirement, "It isn't that Hollywood has wood but four'~eparate week.

I' . • . the couple returried to Pennsylvaabandoned Christians. It's Chris'd , ,en progr;uns lor s~reenw,nters nia, and are still active. Last sumtians who have abandoned Hol- who cannot devote a full-month lywood," Nicolosi said. in one sitting. There 'wiICalso mer he finished a term as 'resident Brian Bird, supervising pro- be a writing workshop on the council president at their nursing ducer for "Touched by an An- East Coast in New York, she 'home, while his wife continues to -'d' ' serve gel" and one . of the Act One i nw.

1 as vice president of the counstructorslast year, agreed.

Nicolosi-added the CathOlic CI. , The Catholic Church was one Communication.Campaign is Helene and herdaughter, Barbara of the top supporters of the arts awarding a $50,000 grant tl) Act Kasecamp, and several grandchil,in past ~riis, said Bird, an evan- One to assist it., . > , " dren have actively led worship at . ,,' the home and shared music with the ,SUSAN AND ANDREW Lechman have been recognized L.:.-_~ ---:,;,_~ other residents.

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U• N• secretary'-general WI-II receive Path to Peace Award

NEW YORK (CNS) - Kofi Annan, secretary-general of the United Nations, will receive this year's Path to Peace Award, the Vatican nuncio to the United Nations announced.

In a recent interview, Archbishop Renato R. Martino said Annan had made "untiring efforts for the promotion of peace," since becoming secretary-general in 1997 and in his earlier service as a member of the U.N. staff.

The award is given annually by the Path to Peace Foundation, an agency established under Archbishop Martino's leadership to carry out projects related to the work of the Vatican's U.N. mission.

Archbishop Martino said Annan, a native of Ghana who is of Protestant background, had repeatedly emphasized that he believed in the importance of prayer.

Archbishop Martino said Annan also responded to the request of the pope and others that he make a special visit to Iraq to defuse a crisis in February of 1998. And the nun:. cio said Annan deserved much of the credit for resolving 'the conflict in East Timor. .

Annan will receive the 2000 ' Path to Peace Award June 14 at the foundation's main annual fund-raising event, a dinner cruise ' in New York harbor.

~u~sing ho.me administrator MaIjone Bell smd the Lechmans are y ''faithful .and faith-filled" and :e

couple in the United States. The Lechma!1's of Drum, Pa., are to mark their 76th wedding anniversary May 20. (eNS photo from Catholic Ligh~ : _ .

Thousands Impacted by volcano eruption .

LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines - Thousands of people were forced to evacuate when Mount Mayon, the Philippines' most active volcano, erupted last week.

The Philippine Institute ofVolcanology and Seismology, or PffiVOLCS, raised the alert level to the maximum and extended the danger zone on the southeastern side, where the bulk of the pyroclas- . tic, or volcanic, material was descending.

PHIVOLCS officials told UCA News they anticipated "more ~xplosive eruptions."

Early into the next morning, minor lava fountains reaching more .than 160 feet were observed above the lava dome on the summit of the volcano in Albay province, ,on southeastern Luzon Island.

Army and Department of Highways trucks helped haul people and things from communities four to six miles around Mayon, taking the evacuees, mostly

women and children" to six sites in the towns of Tobaco, Legaspi, Malilipot and Santo Domingo.

Meanwhile, PHIVOLCS officials continued to urge people to evacuate, warning that a full-blown eruption would send blazing rocks with the steam ' and other volcanic flow.

The volcanic activity was Mayon's 46th recorded eruption. Its last major eruption was Feb. 2, 1993, when it exploded without warning. That eruption killed 77 people, mostly farmers, living inside the volcano's four-mile permanent danger zone.

The number of evacuees was 12,000. Legazpi Diocese's Social Action Center contacted the Church's national social action office in Manila and asked for food and other relief supplies. The government provided about two days of food supplies for the people, it was reported.

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New U.S. golden dollar coin has Catholic college connection

By JENNIFER HARTMANN CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

ST. LOUIS - The new路U.S. golden dollar coin bearing the image of Native American Sacagawea with her infant son on her bacf has special value at St. Louis University.

That's because the son - Jean Baptiste Charbonneau - grew up to attend the Jesuit-run school during the early 1820s and this is the first time one ofits students has appeared on our nation's currency.

The golden dollar coin, released by the U.S. Mint lit the end of January, is intended to replace the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin, which has circulated since 1979.

Sacagawea, from the Shoshone tribe, served as a guide and an interpreter for the .

Lewis 'and Clark expedition from 1804 to 1806.

Only a teen-agel', and with a baby in tow, she traveled with the explorers from the Northern Great Plains to the Pacific Ocean and back.

Her husband, Touissant Charbonneau, was also a translator for the expedition. Their son, Jean Baptiste, was born in 1805.

Jesuit Father William Barnaby Faherty, a wellknown St. Louis historian and author, said Jean Baptiste attended St. Louis College - which later was renamed St. Louis University - during the 1821-22 school year.

The shOtt time period atthe school doesn't surprise Father Faherty, who told the. St. Louis Review, archdiocesan newspaper,. that during that time "people came in and went to school.long enough to read and write, and that was about it."

William Clark, who spent most of his post-expedition life in St. Louis, was responsible for Jean Baptiste's education at St. Louis University. During that time, it was one of the first schools of its kind west of the Mississippi River.

After his education in St. Louis, Jean Baptiste studied in Europe and then served as a scout for

Clark, who was like a father to the young man.

A footnote in the Stephen Ambrose book "Undaunted Courage," detailing the Lewis and Clark expeditions, says that Clark offered to take Jean Baptiste to St. Louis and raise him as if he were his own.

Another reference says Sacagawea's son and her daughter, Lizette, became boarders in Clark's home and were tutored there.

The book also contains the words of a letter from Clark to Sacagawea's husbanej that praises her for accompanying him on the long, dangerous and fatiguing trip "to the Pacific Ocean and back" and for her contributions to the expedition.

Clark said her services deserved "a . greater reward ... than we had in our power to give her."

Sacagawea is now getting some recognition. Her image was chosen for the coin from a slew of historical female figures including Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Martha Washington, Clara Barton and the Statue of Liberty.

The image of the Native American was picked after the U.S. Mint conducted a public outreach program, consulting with a wide range of Americans.

The new coin will be the same diameter as the Susan B. Anthony dollar, which was often mistaken . for a quarter, but the U.S. Mint says the golden dollar will be easily discernible because it is made from a golden-colored alloy and has a smooth edge and wider border.

In mid-January, the U.S. Mint shipped mOre than 60 million of the new golden dollar coins to Federal Reserve banks, which in turn released the coins as of Jan. 27. Because of the high demand for the coin, the U.S. Mint is doubling production to 5 million coins a day. By the end of February, more than 200 million Golden Dollar coins were expected to be in circulation.

Health setback keeps Cardin~l O'Connor from Sunday Mass

By TRACY EARLY

nounced weakness beyond what he has experienced in thepas~" Zwilling said. ''The doctors have some NEW YORK - Cardinal John 1. O'Connor of concerns and want to monitor him very closely in New York, recovering from brain surgery he un- the next couple of days to see if they can find what derwent last year, suffe~d a setback that left him is causing the problem."

Cardinal O'Connor had surgery for removal of a too weak to celebrate his regular Mass on Sunday brain tumor Aug. 31 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering morning at St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Cancer Center in Manhattan, and Auxiliary Bishop James F. subsequently was given approxi~ McCarthy, who celebrated the mately five weeks of five-day-aMass, told the congregation that week radiation treatments.

Cardinal O'Connor was feeling His appearance since then has weak and "last night did not sleep .been considerably altered, with a well." puffiness in his face and loss ofhair.

In a 'telephone interview later . In the same letter Cardinal the same day, Joseph Zwilling, O'Connor said he guessed that his communications officer for the successor would .be announced in Archdiocese of New York, told late February or early March.

Catholic News Service that the Pope John Paul II declined Carcardinal was resting in bed at his dinal O'Connor's resignation ofresidence, and that two doctors atfered at age 75, but there has been tending him reported they "had widespread speculation that his renothing specific to release at this tirement would come shortly after point." ''The cardinal has a very pro- CARDINAL JOHN J. O'CONNOR he turned 80 this past January 15.

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Author chronicles faith stories ofsportsmen WORCESTER, Mass. (CNS),- Dodgers w~re it not for the war.

Much lil.<:e the subjects he chronicles When it came to football, his son in his new book, Wally Carew is an says, Wally Carew Sr. was one of avidsportsman, agifted professional the rare coaches wno orought the and a man 'of great faith. ; 'Gospel to t,he gridiron. His faith was Carew's first book, "Men of something both his son and players Spirit, Men of Sports:; released late admired most about him. last year by Ambassador Books Inc. Wally, 55, stili lives in Medford of Worcester, was on the Boston with his wife, Mary Rose. He is a Globe paperback best-seller list for former wnter with the Lowell Sun six of 10 weeks beginning in mid- and Medford Mercury and is still a December. A second printing was regular contributor with the Archplanned for March. diocese ofBoston's newspaper, The ' ' In the book, Carew, the son of a Pilot. former St. Bernard's High School In his book, some of the greatest football coach, chronicles the warm athletes this century are among those and inspiring stories of both world- who reflect on the spiritual strength famous and little-known athletes of that sustained them thro4gh their caMICHAEL DOUGLAS and Frances McDormand star in a scene from the feature film the 20th century. reers.

"Wonder Boys." See CNS Movie Capsules on this page for a brief review. (CNS photo from The book provides rare glimpses ~ Carew said he did all the interParamount Pictures) into men of great faith, including views by phone, except one, a canMike Ditka, Bob Cousy, Jimmy did interview in which former BosO'Brien, Jackie Robinson, Roger ton College basketball coach Jim Staubach and others.

O'Brien spoke at length about I,ris Carew skillfully combines those wife's death. At the time ofher death, O'Brien had two teenage daughters.

"We just sat down and started talking," Carew remembers. "In

By ANNE NAVARRO some slights are made against the ity felt by both sexes and replaces it my mind I wanted to CATliOLIC NEWS SERVICE village's priest Another problematic with genuine love. ask him about it but I NEWYORK- Lonely and dis- plot development concerns ,"a Because of implied sexual situadidn't know how to do satisfied, "the bachelors of a small thirtyish fellow, intent on learning tions and some rough language, the it comfortably." town on the coast of Donegal, Ire- more about sex before the savvy ,U.S. Catholic Conference classifiO'Brien, he said, just land, take their marital fate into their Americans arrive. cation is A-ill - adults. The Motook over. , own hands in the witty comedy "The Despite the predictable ending tion Picture Association ofAmerica ''It was a watershed Closer You Get" (Fox Searchlight implied by the title, the film's smart ,rating is PG-13 - parents are moment that he would Pictures). script makes it an enjoyable watch strongiy cautioned that some mateshare that tender and Sitting in the local pub one night, as it subtly explores the gender tug rial may be inappropriate for childelicate experience with the village's dejected bachelors la- of war and dismantles the superior- dren under J3. me," Carew says. ment their misfortunes in love: Not Mike pitka, the Affleck) is pressured by his new one local lass seems worth the efformer New Orleans fort.lronically, the lovelorn men are girlfriend (Charlize Theron) into Saints and Chicago joining murderous thugs (led, by inspired by one of these colleens, Bears coach who is best Siobhan (Cathleen Bradley), who Gary Sinese) to rob a casino. Diknown for his sideline rector John Frankenheimer's cynisarcastically' suggests that the men tirades, was the first incal crime thriller has the sole good take out an ad for female companterview Carew did for character committing deliberate ions in a far-off newspaper. the book. "He was the murder after a slew of implauCOqlpletely taken with the idea, only one who called me Kieran O'Donnagh (Ian Hart), the sible plot twists. Recurring vio!C~ยง Stories with his own childhood joys back two times," recalls Carew. "He lence and mayhem, a sexual enlocal butcher, secretly leads the men and sorrows growing up in Concord wanted to reiterate a few things." counter, some nudity, much proin wording an ad to be placed across "intheI950sasthesonofthetoWll's The book describes how Ditka fanity and constant rough lanthe pond in the Miami Herald. The legendary football coach. prays to calm himself down, finds NEWYORK - Following are guage. The U.S. Catholic Conmen optimistically pin their hopes "It combines two of my greates~ comfort in the words of St Paul, recent capsule reviews issued by ference classification is 0 - morfor love on the ad and invite eligible loves - competitive athletics and attends Bible classes and makes no the U.S. Catholic Conference Of- ally offensive. The Motion PicYankee women to the upcoming St my faith," said Carew, a newspaper apologies for living his faith. fice for Film and Broadcasting. ture Association of America ratMartha's dance with a view thereafman who spent 25 years as a sports- ' Writes Carew: "Ditka becomes ''Mifune'' (Sony Classics) ing is R -restricted. ter to marriage. writer and columnist for New En- incensed when he is criticized for To prepare themselves for the , Danish production about aself- "Wonder Boys" (paramount) gland newspapers. his belit:fs, particularly his opposiish newlywed whose marriage is Fitfully amusing comedy about long-awaited arrival ofthe supposed PublisherGerardE. Goggins said ' tion to abortion. 'Everything is jeopardized when he returns to his a grouchy, pot-smoking English American beauties, the men enter a the work is about much more than - washed over tOday - not exactly deceased father's farm to find a professor (Michael Douglas) who, kind of marathon make-over, eatsports stories. It's about human re- right and not exactly wrong,' Ditka caretaker for his retarded brother, daunted by the success of his first ing oysters, toning up, changing their lationships and the often difficult says. 'Abortion is murder. If I bebut she turns out to be a good- novel, is laboring to finish his sechairstyles and learning to dance in relationship between parents and lieve something is morally wrong hearted hooker also supporting a ond and in the process unwittingly order to impress their potential their children. ' and against the laws of God, I am difficult younger brother. Direc- takes an odd but gifted writing mates. The women learn of the 'With this book it was like Wally going to say so. This is my right tor Soren Kragh-Jacobsen's senti- student (Tobey Maguire) under his men's plan and decide to up the ante was coming to terms with himself:' and my duty.''' , mental comedy finds the human shaky wing. Skillful perfQrby inviting some exotic Spanish fishGoggins told The Catholic Free Carew saysJacIOe Robinson is his ermen to the dance. dimension in some crude charac- mances and the picturesque cam' Press, newspaper of the Worcester all-time favorite athlete. ters who improve by pulling to- pus setting enhance director Cijrtis Full of local color, "The Closer Diocese. "Wally's relationship with The book also profiles some gether and looking beyond them-, Hanson's character-driven movie You Get" makes one feel as if iri the his" father stuck. in his throat for 50 lesser-known athletes including Bosselves. Subtitles. Some violence, but they aren't enough to sustain middle of a small Village privy to years, arid I think he had to write ton Auxiliary Bishop Jerry Minihan, sexual encounters, fleeting nudity interest in the sluggish and insuball the neighbors"' intimacies. Directhis book to finally come'to ,terms who played football in the '30s for and intermittent rough language. stantial narrative. Recurring rector Aileen Ritchie' gets kudos for with it." " Georgetown University, and two of The U.S. Catholic Conference clas- reational drug abuse, implied hoputiingtogether adstthattruly looks Walter R. Carew'Sr. a Battle his father's former Concord High sification is A-ill - adults. The mosexual encounter, an extramariof the Bulge survivor and coach of football players who became priests, the part. Particularly of note is newMotion Picture Association of tal affair and some'rough lan, comer Bradley, who was discovered Concord High School football Franciscan Father John Joseph America rating is R - restricted. guage. The U.S. Catholic Conat a local dramatic society and gives through much of a stretch from Pierce, awarded the Bronze Star for ference classification is A-ill ''Reindeer Games" a fine performance as the feisty 1946-55 when the team had a 58-0- valor while serving inVietnam, and (Dimension) adults. The Motion Picture AssoSiobhan unaware of her lpve for I record. He was also a gifted ath': Father Charles B. Hancock, who MUltiple double crosses abound ciation of America rating is RKieran. lete, his son says, who would have spent much of his life as a missionwhen a paroled car thief (Ben restricted.

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TIffiANCHOR- Diocese of Fall River- Fri., March 3, 2000

Iteering pOintl ASSONiIT-A Rosary Crafters Group meeting will be held on March 6'at 7:15 p.m. in the first classroom of the St. Bernard Church's religious education center.

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

ATTLEBORO -A four-week course entitled "Introduction to Prayer and Spirituality," will be held on Wednesday evenings from 7-9 p.m. beginning on March 15 at St. Stephen's Parish and will continue on March 22, 29 and April 5. It will explore the meaning and purpose of prayer and spirituality as well as the different forms of prayer and be led by Lisa. Gulino, diocesan director of adult education. For more information call the Office of Adult Education at 6782828.

ATTLEBORO - A Healing Service and Mass will be held on March 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the La Salette Shrine Chapel. It will be led

by Father Andre .Patenaude and members ofthe Shrine's prayercommunity. It will include music and the opportunity for people to be prayed over and anointed individually.

A St. Patrick's celebration will be held at the Shrine on March 12 at 6:30 p.m. It will feature singing and dancing and a catered meal. For more information call 222-5410.

ATTLEBORO - Bishop Feehan High School will offer cheerleading clinics this summerfor girls in grades 1-9. Participants will receive personalized instruction and leam many cheers and techniques.

For more information call the school at 226-7411.

School

EASTFREETOWN -A fourweek course entitled "Introduction to Prayer and Spirituality," will be held on Wednesday mornings from 9-10:30 a.m. beginning on March 15 at Cathedral Camp and will continue on Marc!,! 22, 29 and April 5.

It will explore the meaning and purpose ofprayerand spirituality as well as the different forms of prayer and be led by Lisa Gulino, diocesan director of adult education. For more information call the Office ofAdult Education at 678-2828.

FALL RIVER - Thomas Howard, well-known author and cultural critic, will speak on Pope John Paul IT Saturday at 7 p.m. at Bishop Connolly High School. It will include a screening of the film 'The Millennial Pope." All welcome.

FALL RIVER - The Lamentations of Gorkie Zale, traditional Polish devotions and prayer will be offered every Sunday morning of Lentimmediately following the 8:30 a.m. Mass at SS. Peter and Paul Parish at Holy Cross Church. All welcome.

FALL RIVER - A healing Mass will be held on March 7 at 7 p.m. at Holy Name Church.The rosary will be recited before Mass and confessions will be available.

Benediction will follow Mass and individuals will have the opportunity to be prayed over individually. All welcome.

NEW BEDFORD - A pro~ gram entitled "Prayers to Painting," will be held on March 6 at 6:30 p.m. atthe Holy Name Center, Mount Pleasant Street. All are welcome to experience the art of Rob Surette and his interpretation ofthe life of Jesus.

NORTH ATILEBORO - A FALL RIVER Peter First Friday celebration will be held Beisheim of Stonehill College will tonight beginning with intercessory address the topic "Catholic Social prayer at 6:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Teaching for Everyday Life," on Parish, 58 Church Street. Mass will March 13 and 16 from 7-9 p.m. at be held at 7 p.m. and Sister Holy Rosary Parish. All welcome. 'Catherine Francis Lamb will For more information call Sister present the program "Communities Catherine at 674-4681. of Salt and Light," at 8 p.m. All welcome.

FALL RIVER - Saint Anne's Hospital Mobile MamTAUNTON - The Taunton mography Van .offers District Council of the St. Vincent mammograms, clinical breast ex- de Paul Society will sponsor a ams and physical exams and has Mass on March 6 at 7 p.m. at St. Portuguese-speaking staff avail- Anthony's Parish for the intention able. Their March schedule is as of the canonization of Frederic follows: March 4 from 8:30 a.m. Ozan",m and in memory of deto 3 p.m. at the Hudner Oncol- ceased members. Its regular ogy Center; March 7 from 8:30 monthly meeting will follow in the a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at SSTAR, 400 parish hall.

Stanley Street; March 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Health TAUNTON - The Youth First, 102 County Street; March Apostles Institute will hold a semi18.frqm 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and nar entitled "What's Up With ObeMarch 20 from 6:60-8:30 p.m. at dience," on March 7 beginning the Hudner Oncology Center. For with a 7:30 p.m. Mass at the Dolan more information call Maria Center at St. Mary's Church. It Cabrales at 675-5686. will be led by Transitional Dea-

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ter, administrative wing of the school, the CCD office, teachers' room and new computer laboratory.

Pastor Father Stephen A. Fernandes and Msgr. Stephen 1.

Avila, secretary to the bishop, were concelebrants at the Mass. Permanent Deacon Thomas P. Palanza, who designed the SS. Peter and Paul . Chapel and renovations to the other facilities, assisted at the Mll$s.

The fourth-graders, under the direction of fourth-grade teacher Douglas Medeiros, who was also the cantor, sang the Mass.

Mercy Sister Noel Blute was the reader.

'The man in the Gospel is blessed because he recognizes that Jesus is the good teacher and goes to him to receive answers ... 'How can I achieve salvation.' He's asking the right question and he's asking the right person," Bishop O'Malley said.

Jesus tells him that first he must "obey the Ten Commandments" and then to sell what he has, give the money to the poor, and then "Come and follow me."

The bishop reminded the students

that Pope John Paul IT last Sunday "so that we lose sight of the giftreturned from aJubileeYear pilgrim- giver." The bishop recounted Jesus' age to Mount Sinai where Moses words that it is easier for a camel to received the Commandments from pass through the eye ofa needle than it is for a rich man to enter heaven.

God. According to writer G.K. Bishop O'Malley said it was not the first time that God gave man- Chesterton, ever sinceJesus preached kind those Ten Commandments. "St. that Gospel, people have been tryPaul tells us that those command- ing to breed smaller camels or sciments were first written on our hearts entists make larger needles "so we before they were written on stone. can slip right through," Bishop So in creation, when God created O'Malley said, drawing loud laughAdam and Eve, God put those com- ter from the students and congregamandments in 'us like a computer tion.

He told the assembly to rememchip. When a per~on lives those commandments he'or she is living ber that "our faith is as precious as fire-tried gold," and that "it will lead according to their humanity."

But while the rich man in the us to true happiness, true freedom, Gospel said he had done that, he and not make us slaves to attachcould not follow Jesus' further sug- ments to worldly things. It will make us thankful for all tbe gifts given us, g~stion that he give up his ricbes, because he was so attached. to . but we should never let ourselves lose sight of God who gave them to those.

"Jesus, in teaching us about ma- us."

SS. Peter and Paul School is the terial good, doesn't say that money is evil or material things are bad ... education center of SS. Peter and for everything that God creates is Paul Parish at Holy Cross Church, a good," Bishop O'Malley asserted. parish community formed by the But, Jesus is telling us that money union of the former SS. Peter and and possessions can become a dan- Paul and former Holy Cross parger if we get so attached. to them, ishes in 1998.

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WEST HARWICH - A holy hour celebrating life will be held on March 6 at 3 p.m. at Holy Trinity Church. All welcome. Refreshments will follow in the church hall.

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lliEANCHOR-,-Diocese of Fall Ri~er~ FIi, March 3, 2<XXl

.Deadline extended for religious groups MOSCOW (CNS) - Dozens of ments after the initial Dec. 31 deadunregistered Catholic organiza- line passed, said Jesuit Father tiQns across Russia won a tempo- Stanislaw Opiela, general secretary rary reprieve when parliament ex- of the Russian bishops' conference.

While Father Opiela hailed the tended a registration deadline to the mid-February amendment extendend of this year. , About 40 Catholic parishes and a ing the deadline in Russia's consimilar number of religious orders troversial 1997 law on religion, he have yet to pass through the registra- cautioned that some of the lantion process, leaving'them vulnerable guage in the amendment was , to dissolution by regional govern- - harsher than in the original.

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Oh adorable and Divine Will, behold me here before the immensity of Your Light, that Your eternal goodness may open to me the doors and make me enter into It to form my life all in You, Divine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate before Your Light, I, the least of all creatures, put myself into the little group of the sons and daughters of Your Supreme FIAT. Prostrate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg that it clothe me and eclipse all that does not pertain to You,.Divine Will. It will be my Life, the center of my intelligence, the, enrapturer of my heart and of my whole being. I do not want the human will to have life in this heart any longer. I will cast it, away from me and thus form the new Eden of Peace, of happiness and of love. With It shall be always happy. I have a singular strength and a holiness that sanctifies all things and . conqucts them to God. , Here prosu:me, 1. invoke the help of the Most Holy Ttinity that They permit me to live in the cloister of the Divine Will, and thus return in'me the first order of creation, just as the creature was created.

Heavenly Mother, Sovereign and Queen of the' Divme Fiat,· take my hand and introdu,ce me into the Light of the Divine.

Will. You will be my guide, my most tender Mother, and will' teach me to live in and to maiptain myself in the order and the bounds of the Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate my . whole being to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me the . 'doctririe of the Divine Will and I will'listen most attentively to Your lessons. You will cover me with Your mantle so that the infemal serpent ctare not penetrate into 'this sacred Eden to en'tice me and make me fall into the maZe of the human will.

Heart of my greatest Good; Jesus, You will give me Your flames that they may burn me, consume me, and feed me to form in me the Life of the Divine Will. , Saint Joseph, you will be my protector, the guardian of my heart, and will keep the keys of my will in your hands. You will keep my heart jealously and shall never give it to me again, that I may be sure of never leaving the Will of God. My guardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in everything so ~at my Eden may flourish and be the instrument ' that draws all men into the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Amen.

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'At Mount Si,nai, pope calls for return to 'universal moral law'

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He said the commandments offer a simple and. effective remedy against "false gods" past and ST. CATHERINE, Egypt - Pope John Paul present, like the "greed for power and pleasure" II, making a long-awaited pilgrimage to the that overturns justice and human dignity. The mountain where Moses received the Ten Com- commandments offer freedom - not the freemandments, appealed for the return to "univer- dom to follow blind passions, but the freedom ' sal mor'allaw" as the only hope for the future of 'to choose what is good; he said.

The pope also prayed for harmony among society.

Standing at the foot of Mount Sinai Feb. 26, Christians, Muslims' and Jews, saying that all the pope said the modern world needs to redis- , three religions find a meeting point in God. The pilgrimage was, deeply satisfying to the cover the sense of "liberating obedience" that prompted Moses to receive God's call and lead pope, his spokesman said. But it was less than what the pope had hoped for when he _outlined his people to the Promised Land. jubilee plans several years ago and spoke of pos,"The Ten Commandments are not an arbitrary , sible interreligious or inter-Christian meetings imposition of a tyranAical Lord. They were written in stone; but before that, they were written on Sinai. ,The problems were underscored when his on the human heart as the universal moral law, hosts, Archbishop Damianos and his community valid in every time and place," he said. .

It was the fulfillment of a dream for the 79- of 22 Greek Orthodox monks, refused to join the pope's prayer service.

"We welcome the pope, and we are happy that he has come," Archbishop Damianos told journalists as the pope was giving his serm,?n around the corner. . "But we cannot have prayer together because there is not ecclesiastical communion," he said.

The Orthodox archbishop embraced the pope on his arriva.! and led him through part of the monastic complex, showing him a 1,300-year-old icon of 51. Peter and examples from the manuscript library, . one of the best in the world.

The pope prayed before the relics of St. Catherine of Alexandria, a 'virgin martyr whose remains have drawn pilgrims to the spot for centuries.

The pope seemed energized and in good spirits. At one point, shown 'a heavy jeweled miter worn by an ancient bishop, the pope quipp~d: "He must have had a hard head."

On the podium outside the monastic walls; Archbisho'p Damianos gave a welcoming talk and the monks showered the .pope ,with gifts - includPOPE JOHN Paul II is framed by, branches as· he walks ing icons and crosses. Then the near an olive tree on the grounds of the Greek Orthodox Grl<ek Orthodox left th~ podium Monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Si,nai~ The'pope fulfilled before the Liturgy of the ,Word his wish to walk in the footsteps of Moses where he received began and returned only at the end.. , ' the Ten Commandments.'(CNS photo .from .Reuters); . . . ' .

"On the issue of common year-old pontiff, who appeared to relish the mo-~ ,prayer, we are near but not together yet,". Archment as he toured parts of .the sixth-century' bishop ,Damianos told reporters. He. said ecuGreek Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine. He 'menical dialogue had to move' carefully toward ·fell to his 'knees and prayed at the spot where, .the goal of unity. according to the biblical account, God first- ap~ "Unity is possible, but it will take miraCle," he said. " . peared to Moses in the burning bush.

At a prayer service, the, pope sat under a sunVatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said lit, flowering almond tree next to the monas- the pilg~image hada powerful effect on the pope, tery. walls, surrounded by the stark outcroppings who has marked out a series of biblic~l sites to that have attracted hermits and religious follow- visit during the jubilee year. ers for thousands of years. As some 500 people "There is an enormous personal factor here cheered him,' he spoke about his deep emotion for the pop,e: He, is coming to a place where at being able to retrace the steps of Moses.

God entered human history. He was very moved In this place, he said, God gave to Moses the at the place of the burning bush, because this is "law of and freedom" and made a lasting where God defined himself for humanity," the promise of salvation to humanity, he said. ' spokesman said.

The site draws thousands of pilgrims each "Today, as always, the 10 words of the law provide the only true basis for the lives of indi- year, many of wQom make the three-hour trek viduals, societies and nations. Today, as a\ways, up the mounta'in to see the sunrise from the spot they 'are the only future of the human family," where Moses is said to' have received the Ten ·Commandments. , he said.

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restore humanity to its original thrOugh the sacrament of reconcilia- Day by day they offer him their lives; dignity as children of God. This tion to set out on a new path of life. they accept everything that the Lord is the paschal mystery in which we Particular significance attaches to pil- wills for them, in the certainty that are reborn. Here,'as the Easter Se- grimage to the Holy Land and to God loves them. Faith is the "yes" of quence says, "Death with life con- Rome, which are special places of individuals to God, it is their "Amen." tended, combatstrangely ended."The encounter with God, because oftheir ForJews, Christians and Muslims fathers of. the Church affirm that in unique role in the history of salva- alike~ Abraham is the exemplar of Christ Jesus, the devil attacks the tion. How could we faj) to set out, at the believer: Trusting in the promwhole of humanity and ensnares it in .least spiritually, to the land which ise, he follows the voice ofGod calldeath, from which,. however, it is 2,000 years ago witnessed the pas- ing him to set out on unknown paths. freed .through the victorious power .sage of the Lord? There ''the Word Faith helps us to discover the signs of the resurrection. In the risen Lord, became flesh" (In 1: 14) and "in- ofGod's loving presence in creation, death's power is broken and man- . Creased in wisdom and in stature, and in people, in the events ofhistory and kind is enabled, through faith, to en- . in favor with God and man" (Lk above all in the work and message of ter into communion with God. To 2:52); there he ''went about all the Christ, as he inspires .people to look those Who believe, God's very life is cities and villages ... preaching the beyond themselves, beyond appeargiven, thrOugh the action ofthe Holy Gospel of the kingdom and healing ances, toward that transcendence Spirit, the "first gift to those who every disease and every infirmity" where the mystery of God's love for believe" (EucharisticPrayer IV). Thus . (Mt 9:35); there he accomplished the every creature is revealed. the redemption accomplished on the mission entrusted to him by the FaThrough the grace of the jubilee, cross renews the universe and brings ther (cf. In 19:30) and poured out the Lord likeWise invites us to renew about the reconciliation of God and the Holy Spirit upon the infant our hope. In fact; time itself is redeemed in Christ and opens up to a man, and ofpeople with one another. Church (cf. In 20:22).

I, too, hope, precisely during Lent prospect of unending joy and full 4. Thejubilee is the time of grace in which we are invited to open our- of the year 2000, to be a pilgrim in communion with God. For Chrisselves in aparticularway to the mercy the Holy Land, to the places where .tians, time is marlced by an expectaof the Fati}er, who in the Son has our faith began, in order to celebrate tion ()f the e.temal wedding feast, anstooped down to man, and to recon- the 2,OOOth jubilee of the incarna- ticipated daily at the eucharistic table. ciliation, the great gift ofChrist This tion. I invite all Christians to accom- Looking forward to the e~mal banyear therefore should become, not pany me with their prayers, while I quet "the Spirit and Bride say only for Christians but also for all myself, on the various stages of the 'Come'" (Rev 22: 17), nurturing the people of good will, a precious mo- pilgrimage, shall ask for forgiveness hope that frees time from mere repment for experiencing the renewing and' reconciliation for the sons and etition and gives it its real meaning. power of God's fo~iving and rec- daughters of the church and for all Through the virtue of hope, Chrisonciling love. God offers his mercy. humanity. tians bear witness to the fact that, 5. The path ofconversion leads to beyond all evil and beyond every to whoever is willing to accept it, even to the distant and doubtful. The reconciliation with God and to full- limit, history bears within itselfa seed people of our time, tired of medioc- ness of new life in Christ. A life of ofgood which the Lord will cause to rity and false hopes, are thus given faith, hope and love. These three v~r­ genninate in its fullness. They therean opportunity to set out on the path tues, known as the ''theological'' vir- fore look to the new millennium that leads to fullness of life. In this tues because they refer directly to without fear, and face the challenges context, Lent of the Holy Year 2000 , God in his mystery, have been the . and expectations of the future in the is parexcellence ''the acceptable time subject of special study during the confident certainty which is born of ... the day of salvation" (2 Cor 6:2), three years ofpreparation for the great faith in the Lord's promise. the particularly favorable opportunity jubilee. The celebration of the Holy Through. the jubilee, finally, the "to be reconciled to God" (2 Cor Year now calls every Christian to live Lord asks us to rekindle our charity.

5:20). and bear witness to these virtues in a The kingdom which Christ will reveal in its full splendor at the end of During the Holy Year the Church fuller and more conscious way.

The grace of the jubilee above all time is already present where people offers various opportunities for personal and community reconciliation. impels us to renew ourpersonal faith. live in accordance with God's will.

Each diocese has designated special This consists in holding fast to the The Church is called to bear witness places where the faithful can go in proclamation ofthe Paschal Mystery, to the communion, peace and charorder to experience a particular pres- throughwhich believers recognize that ity which are the kingdom's distinence of God, by recognizing in his in Christ crucified and risen from the guishing marks. In this mission, the light their own sinfulness, and .dead they have been given salvation. Christian comm~mity knows that faith without works is dead (cf. Jas 2:17).

Thus, through charity, Christians make visible God's love for man re.vealed in Christ, and make manifest Christ's presence i~ the world ''to the close ofthe age." ForChristians, charity is notjust a gesture or an ideal but is, so to speak, the prolongation of the presence ofChrist who gives himself.

During Lent,everyone-rich and poor - is invited to make Christ's love'present through generous works of charity. During this jubilee year our charity is called in a particular way to manifest Christ's love to our brothers and sisterswho lack the necessities of life, who suffer hunger, violence or injustice. This is the way to make the ideals of liberation and fratemity found in the sacred Scripture a reality, ideals which the Holy Year puts before us once more. The ancient Jewish jubilee, in fact, called for the freeing of slaves, the cancellation of debts, the giving of assistance to the poor. Today, new forms of slavery and more tragic forms of TOURISTS PASS Brazil's famous Christ the Redeemer poverty afflict vast numbers of statue, which is wrapped in scaffolding and undergoing an people, especially in the so-called extensive $1.8 million renovation, in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil Third World countries. This is a cry this year marks the SOOth anniversary of the arrival of the of suffering and despair which must be heard and responded to by all those first Christian evangelizers. (CNS photo from Reuters)

walking the path of the jubilee. How can we ask for the grace of the jubilee if we are insensitive to the needs of the poor, if we do not work to ensure that all have what is necessary to lead a decent life?

May the millennium which is beginning be a time when, finally, the cry ofcountless men and womenour brothers and sisters who do not ha.ve even the minimum necessary' to live - is heard and finds a benevolent response. It is my hope that Christians at every level will become promoters of practical initiatives to ensure an equitable distribution of resources and the promotion of the complete human development of every individual. .

6. ''1 am with you always, to the closeoftheage."ThesewordsofJesus assure us that in proclaiming and living the Gospel of charity we are not alone. Once again, during this Lent of the year 2000, he invites us to re.tum to the Father, who is waiting for

us with open arms to transform us into living and effective signs of his merciful love. .

To Mary, mother of all who suffer and mother of divine mercy, we enijUst our intentions and our resolutions. May she be the bright star on our joumey in the new millennium.

With these sentiments I invoke upon everyone the blessings ofGod, one and triune, the beginning ana the end of all things, to whom we raise "to the close of the age" the hymn of blessing and praise in Christ: "Through him, with him, in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, almighty Father, for ever and ever. Amen."

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MEMBERS OFrthe St. Mary's Parish Youth Group in Mansfield recently ~njoyed trip to Attitash Bear Peak ski area in Bartlett, N.H: where they did snowboarcfing. From left are Matt Quinn, Tanya' Brown, 'Lindsey Wallace and Chris Kiley. .

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FALL RIVER - Six Bishop skills of sophomores and junConnolly High School students iors to help better prepare them recently completed the New Di- 'for a college environment. Parmensions Program at Sl6nehill ticipating students were Marissa College in North Easton. It is ' Toomey, Andrea Guillot, Kelly an enrichment program de-Martins, Lindsey Capodilupo, signed to develop scholarly Daniel Nunes and Robert growth -and critical thinking Lamontagne.

FATHER ALBERT Evans and fifth-grade teacher Colleen Brightman of Holy Family-Holy Name School, New Bedford, congratulate Katelin Hogan, winner of a poster contest. The day included Mass, the cOr:lsecration of the school to' the Sacred Heart -of Jesus and dedication of. each classroom.'

STUDENTS FROM St. John the Evangelist School, Attleboro, visited Bishop Feehan High School during Catholic Schools Week where they paired up with Feehan freshmen and received a firsthand tour of the school. With the students is James McNamee, superintendent of diocesan schools. ' .

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By CHARLIE MARTIN ~ CATHOLIC NEWS'8ERVICE

Higher When dreaming I'm guided Let's ask can we stay If I could make the Earth through another world .

Can you take me higher and my dreams the same Time and time again To the place where The only difference is At sunrise I fight to stay asleep blind men see?

To let love replace all 'Cause I don't want to leave Can you take me higher our hate ttre comfort of this place To the place with Repeat refrain.

'Cause there's a hunger, a golden streets?

Up high I feel like I'm alive Although I would like our long.ing to escape for the very first time . world to change From the life I live when Up high I'm strong enough It helps me to appreciate I'm awake to take these dreams Refrain: Those nights and And make them mine those dreams So let's go there Sung by Creed; Copyright (c) Let's make our escape But, my friend, I'd sacrifice all 1999 byWind-l,Jp ~. those nights Come on, let's go there Entertainment Inc. WHEN IT comes to music groups, Creed is , new w'ay of living? Or, in the context· of our one of my favorites. Off their new disc "Hu- Christian faith, should we give up on the vision man Clay" comes their recent chart single and teaching of Jesus?

"Higher." The song's message would challenge What is your response? Do you want to comany of us: Can we live with a higher vision of mit your own actions and attitudes toward reachour world as a place where God's presence is ing this goal? Do you believe that we can create a world where all hate has been replaced by,love? ' manifest? .

The character in the song says, "When dream- .

'If so, then start right in your own school. , ing.I'm guided through another world." It's a The words of division are the language of hate. place he so enjoys that "at sunrise I fight to stay To take on this higher vision, look for, what asleep." He has "a longing to escape from the you have in common with your peers. You can life I live when I'm awake." He says that "I'd .treat others in a friendly manner, even if they sacrifice all those nights if I could make the are not your personal friends. Show kindness Earth and my dreams the same." The way to and concern for another's well-being no matter make this change is "tq let love replace all our, what group of kids they tend to hang out with. hate." .

-I am a firm believer in the possible and the He holds on to the hope that this change could . pra~tical. The most important place to practice happeI:1. When he is "up high"'in this vision, he t~<; higher vis~on .of Jesus is right where you feels "like I'm alive foi the very first time." He : are. Chris,tians' are called to make a difference believes that "I'm strong enough to take these in their own, small comer of this planet, for dreams and make them mine." , example in your middle or high school.

Living in,this higher worlq is something that Will doing so create a different history for humans have sought throughQuthistory. As a teens of the future? I dare to say yes! You must human family, we have not reached this higher decide if living in a higher way is what you world. This failure has led to immense suffer- want. You must decide if replacing hate with ing: Consider the history of the century that love is what your life will address. . just ended. Clearly, it was not the time when Your comments are alw~ys wel<:,ome. love replaced all our hate. .

PleaSe address: Charlie'Martin, 7125 W 2008, So should wf; give up on ever attaining this Rockport, IIi~. 47635.

Being close to God and living within God's comfort and peace requires sacrifice too.

We have to examine our lives

Do you remember, ages and ages ago, when you were just a little kid, and you'd get dafed to do something? ''Dare you to climb up to the top of that tree!" ''Dare you to eat that worm!"

"Dare you to throw a spit wad at Mrs. Blunderbuss!"

"Oh, yeah? Well I triple dare you to steal home!" Do you remember how a dare made you feel?

FOR yOaT" • RBoaT yOaT" If you were a normal kid, it probably made you feel as if you just had to run out and do whatever that dare closely, all the time, for those things was about. that are keeping us from God. SomeIt dIdn't matter what it was. You'd times those things are sinful, and somebeen challenged, and you weren't times they're just a waste of precious about to back down, right? time, energy and focus.

OK, how about this? It's Lent. I dare So what we do during Lent is try to you to take it seriously. put a microscope to the stuff in our lives that is keeping us from being Double dare you, in fact.

Giving up candy bars and cutting closer to God. For some of us it's alcodown to one soda a day was fine and hol or sexual sin that's worl<ing at dedandy when you were a little kid, but stroying our best selves. For some it's you're older now. Don't you think t!:le hours we ,spend in front of.mindyou're ready for a more grown-up ap- less enter4Wiment. For some it's just proach? ' ' plain, shuHhe-door-in-everyone'sI dare you 'to take a few minutes face selfishness. out of your life and reflect on what So I dare yqu. Dare you to haul out Lent is' really all about. Dare you to that microscope and take a look. Dare confront that whole issue of "giving you to think about Jesus and how things up" as an adult. ' . , much he loves you.

Maybe do it this way: Ponder the - Dare you to clear your life of whole concept of"sacrifice:",Think junk this Lent: junk relationships, about how many important things in junk entertainment, junk pastimes. life require 'sacrifice, - Dare you to open the door to Being a good athlete requires you your room and face the rest of your to sacrifice time and comfort. Two- family as though they're human behour practices out on the field, wear- lings, 'not impositions on your freedom. ing yourself out in the gym and get- " - Dare you to go to Mass every ting up early Saturday morning for a single SWlday during Lent, open your two-hour run aren't exactly pleasur- heart to ~ and pray, really pray this able experiences. But you've got the time. goal, so you sacrifice.

- Dare you take 15 minutes a day Doing your absolute best in school, and in silence read God's word and using the brai~ God gave you to ex- listen to him. plore this fantastic world, requires its - Dare you to rest your eyes on own kind of sacrifices too. So do rela- Jesus on the cross and not look away tionships. Being happy in your rela- after two seconds.

- Dare you to reflect on the pain tionships with friends and family requires the sacrifice of ego and pride, he suffered out of love for you. and the willingness to give.

Dare you.

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parents,'the better,of(you'll be.:" : Being pro-active'''is crucial in Crean urged his audience to set respect," Crean said, adding that he . Speaking t6 th~ children in the everything you do,'! he said. ''Try to, high expectations for themselves as tells his players that "as you go WHITEFISH BAY, Wis. - Put audience, Crean said, "Your parents do things ahead of time, before his players have. Crean said few of through'life you ,have to remember ~, ' youdamily first, Marquette Univer- . 'and' family are.here (6 make you.f. you're aSked." On the second point," his players had been highly sought that." ''They don't necessarily have to sity men's basketball coach Tom life better for you; ,Youbave to ljs~ ,Crean said, "put yourself in a situa-' "~lue-chip" recruits, but that ratings , ' of recruits can be ,like' you,' but they have to respect Crean told a group of parents and ten, to them, so' . misleading. you," he added. "Nobody hands that would-be athletes ata Whitefish Bay they can 'nurture r--------~........

"Give me ' to yo~,you ,have to earn it." you and give you parish. ',"Your parents and people who w~nt' . Crean said that "gaining respect "Start with family first, 'and put the guidance you . ' f -I h k to be unselfish, doesn't mean wearing particular everything else behind it," urged need." , The parent and ami yare ere to ma e and fknow we're clothes or how you, wear your hair."

Crean, speaking as both a coach and your life better for you_ going to win a lot Instead, he urged the audience to ayoung father. "Anytime you put the child each You have to listen to of games,"Crean "be the best teammates you can be," family ahead of whatever you're "need to be a them, so they can nui'- said: "If you get and thank those who help them. . 'great listener,", he doing, you're on the right track" ture you and give you people who want , "That's the way you build reThe 33-year-old Crean, who is in added. 'The more toworkhard,hilve spect,", Crean said. "You want to hiS first season with the Golden you listen,' the, mOre you can help . the guidance you need." great character blow sOlnebody away? Give them a Eagles, spoke to about 75 people at -Tom Crean and want to get' compliment." . a fund-raising breakfast for St. ' t~e people you' Crean also praised the character deal with." , Marquette University's better, they'll Monica Elementary SchooL of his players, while noting that This is Crean's men's basketball keep improving."

He said some principles he uses The coach Marquette hopes to improve its in coaching can apply in family situ- frrst time as ahead head coach also noted that his sometimes disappointing attenations. He recalled advice he got coach after spending a decade as an team, which was dance. from Al McGuire, who led Marquette "We want our players to be great assistant at three 13-10 overall and to the 1977 NCAA championship. of their classmates representatives schools.

"Two 6-6 in Conference "Learn to tell your players 'no' from time to time," Crean said things I've learned ill moving over tion where you won't be surprised. I USA as of Feb. 23, had been pre- so (students) will come out and supMcGuiJ:e advised him. "The more one chair, from assistant to head can't assume my coaches know what dicted to finish low in the league port theQ1," he said. "It's not that I need to have it, but they're working you learn how to say 'no' to your coach are to be pro-active and to I want unless I go over·it time and standings. time again."

"We're in a constant battle for . so hard they deserve'it." children, or to accept 'no' from your assume nothing," Crean said.

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"Lqrd. when did I see yo~ hungry and .Mission prays for help to pay our feed you?" month to month bills.

"When you did it for one of the least of St. Bonaventure Mission started my people. you did it for me." aschool more than adecade ago when Matt 25:40

As Catholics around the world fast, pray and give alms for Lent, the director, sisters, lay missionaries and staff of a New. Mexico Mission . school are concerned about urgentlyneeded help. They work' daily to make quality Catholic education a reality for American Indian children in their care. ' These children "do Without" as a way of life ... will you help them?

For mariy ofour students, the school at SI. Bonaventure Mission is their "last hope."

Many of our students experienced failure in other schools or inability to get to school from great distances.

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ihe founder realized the Indian· children in the Mission's CCD classes didn't have even the most basic reading and writing skills. Today over 300 children, most of them Native the Mission. This "other work" American, join in prayer to keep their . includes maintaining the buses .and school from closing. Mission staff vans which travel the remote mesas to believe education is the key to bring the children to school; preparing breaking the cycle of poverty. two nourishing meals daily for the The Indian boys and girls children; and bringing both food and attending St. Bonaventure Indian water to aging Navajos living in Mission and School live with the poverty in remote areas of the barren following realities:· Reservation. .55% ofthe Navajo population New lay missionaries often ask, cannot read or write; "Can this be America?" .McKinley County (where the Gifts made to St. Bonaventure Mission is located) has the Indian Mission and School are taxhighest poverty rate (43%) in .deductible. The school also qualifies the state; . for "Matching Gifts."

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Only through education can the Navajo children in our school break free of the po~erty so prevalent on the reservation. We depend on volunteers to heed the call to service fqr teaching 'and counseling in our school.

Please pray that the Holy Spirit will guide willing . volunteers to heed the call.

I also invite you to become part of this gospel work among our Navajo brothers and sisters. Your generosity will bring love and hope, in the fonn of education and . caring, into struggling lives.

I can't meet these needs without your help.

In Christ's Love,

~CJ~ Bob O'Connell, Director St. .Bonaventure Indian Mission & School

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Please check here ifyou would·like to receive a sterling silver cross. set with turquoise. made'by dur local Indian artisans. as a token of appreciation for your gifi of $35 or more. It is a unique piece ofjewelry you will wear-or give-with.pride. .

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Please check here ifyou would like to receive a copy ofa video showing the 'vork made possible through your donation and the people at St. BOllaventure Indian Mission alld School. as a token· ofappreciation for your gift of $15 or more.

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