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BISHOPS SEAN O'Malley, OFM Cap., left, of the Diocese of Fall River and Robert E. Mulvee of the Diocese of Providence attended a Lenten day of recollection recently at St. John Neumann Church and the adjoining Cathedral Camp in East Freetown.

Diocesan priests attend Lenten day of recollection DAVE JOLIVET EDITOR

EAST FREETOWN - Amid their hectic and pressing Lenten , schedules, nearly 70 priests from the Diocese of Fall River recently joined Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., for a Lenten day of recollection at St. John Neumann Parish here.

Providing spiritual direction at the church and also at the adjoin-

ing Cathedral Camp was Bishop Thomas J. Harrington, pastor of Robert E. Mulveeof the Diocese Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Providence at the invitation of of Jesus Parish, New Bedford, to Father Mark R. Hession, director express his feelings at the end of of Priestly Life and Ministry in ,the event. "As one of our senior priests, I thought it would be apthe diocese. ''This was an important day for propriate for Msgr. Harrington to us," said Father Hession. "It gave share his reflections with us," said us the opportunity to support one Father Hession.

"All present were unanimous another and our bishop in these in expressing their shared joy at trying times."

Father Hession asked Msgr.

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She is named an assistant' superintendent under administration's ongoing restructuring.

think we can do," said George Milot, director of education for the diocese.

"We have a wonderful ability now to come together as a school system in a way we never had r-----,.~_..",,,,..-........- - - - - . , before," Milot

By DEACON added. " I am JAMES N. extremely DUNBAR pleased that Dr. Boyle is the perTAUNTON son coming in.

- Donna Boyle, With her curacademic princiriculum experpal at Coyle and tise not only at Cassidy High the high school School here, will level, but at the become assistant elementary superintendent school level too, for curriculum I she is probably for Fall River di-, ! one of the most ocesan schools " respected people gracfes -lCiiloer- in the 'diocese. garten through Everyone knows 12. her energy and The appointDONNA BOYLE enthusiasm, and ment is effective I am fortunate to bring someone July 1.

"We are really excited about with her background into this ofthe position that Dr. Boyle will fice. This is a big plus for the diofill, because we've never tied the cese."

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Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home to close its doors - Page two

St. Patrick: 'He looks like our family'

By DEACON JAMES N. DUNBAR NEW YORK - The statue of St. Patrick in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York shows the Celtic saint wearing the miter and vestments of a bishop, with his crosier in one hand and a small, wriggly snake in the other.

"He looks like my father's family," my grandmother told me as we stood gazing at the tall statue on a visit to the cathedral in 1940. She said her uncles, Irish immigrants, had sung in the choir there and were members of the famed 69th regiment comprised of New York's finest young men who were literally wiped out at the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War. For years after that whenever I saw a picture of , St. Patrick I always wondered whether it was the one my grandmother thought resembled her father's clan.

But as a lO-year-old, who the saint looked like

held little interest for me, but the snake did. My grandmother promptly told me that Patrick had driven all the snakes out of Ireland and had used the shamrock to teach the Trinity, and so the stuff of legends was planted in another generation.

I later leamed that Patrick's emblems are a serpent, demons, the cross, shamrock, harp and baptismal font.

Sifting fact from fancy in the traditions surrounding the patron saint of Ireland and the Irish has been the topic ofseveral decent biographies, and it seems all the authors have settled on Patrick having been born about the year 385.

Whether his birthplace, a village called Bannavem Taburniae, was near Dunbarton-on-theClyde (another side of the clan), or in Cumberland, or at the mouth of the Severn, or even in Gaul near Boulogne, has never been determined, and indeed Turn to page 13 - St. Patrick

ST. PATRICK, the fifth-century bishop and apostle to Ireland, is depicted in a window at St. Mary's Church in Michigan City, Ind. He traveled amid many perils to remote places to baptize, confirm and ordain clergy in Ireland. His feast is March 17. (CNS photo from Crosiers)

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Rose Hawthorne Lathrop HOOle closing its doors after 70 years

By DEACON JAMES

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FALL RIVER - Suffering a constant decline in patient population, the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home which offered free compassionate and dedicated care to thousands with incurable cancer for more than 70 years, will close next fall.

"It is not a decision that was made lightly, but only after much consideration and a lot of prayer,'~ Sister Maureen of the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, superior at the home, said Monday.

"My feelings are of sadness and regret," she said. "The people of this area are very good, and have been very supportive FATHER MARCEL H. Bouchard, left, pastor of Corpus through their generosity. By the Christi Parish, East Sandwich, welcomes Norbertine Father same token, we have to face realJoseph A. Serano of Daylesford Abbey, Pa, Father Serano . ity and to utilize the sisters in the was the speaker at a mid-Lent afternoon of reflection at Cor- best way possible. We have to pus Christi March 10 entitled "Presentation of the Dedication move on and ask what God wants of the Church," celebrating the on-going construction of a new from us now."

Currently there are eight nuns, Corpus Christi church.

19 full-time and part-time staff-HOLY FIREers, and only 10 patients at what was once a busy, 35-bed facility.

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In its 70 years of service, the Hour and devotio'nsll Dominican Sisters have served· Sales And Service to Our Lady of

approximately 9,600 patients and In accordance with its mission, never charged for the care.

There are 10 patients now at the home and it will continue to accept new patients from across the region until the time of closure next fall, Sister Maureen said.

At that time, patients will be transferred to other appropriate facilities according to the wish of their families.

Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., said he was deeply saddened to learn of the closing.

He expressed his "profound thanks to the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne for the compassionate service and devotion to the incurably sick over so many years."

Several factors brought about the decision to close, Sister Maureen said.

"When we came here 70 years ago there wasn't much in the way of care facilities," she said. "But all that has changed. There are now two Hospice centers and many nursing homes right in Fall

River itself and many more in the surrounding communities."

She added that: "Fall River is able now to take care of its own and that is a tribute in many ways."

What most area residents forget is that when the home was established, Fall River's population was nearly double what it now is.

That, the many functioning nursing homes, a prevalent tradition to care for the sick and elderly in their own homes by families, as well as the need to upgrade the home from what is essentially a series of wards, have contributed to a decline in patients.

"All of our other (six) homes are in more metropolitan areas, some within the inner-city, and there you find many without family to care for them and without funds to be cared for in nursing facilities and that is where our efforts are now," Sister Maureen explained.

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Daily Readings March 18 On 13:1-9,1517,19-30,33-62 or 13:41 c-62; Ps 23:1-6;Jn 8:1-11 March 19 2 8m 7:4-5a, 1214a,16; Ps 89:25,27,29; Rom 4:13,16-18,22; Mt 1:16,1821 ,24aor Lk 2:41-51a March 20 On 3: 14-20,9192,95; (Ps) On 3:52-56; In 8:3142 March 21 Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9; In 8:5159 March 22 Jer 20: 10-13; Ps 18:2-7; In 10:3142 March 23 Ez 37:21-28; (Ps)Jer31:1013; In 11 :45-56 March24 Mt21:1-11 (procession); Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:89,17-18a,1920,23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mt 26:1427:66 or 27: 1154

LONELY PARAKEET chirps for Sister Maureen in one of the many empty wards at the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home on Bay Street, Fall River, which will close in the autumn. (Anchorphoto)

In Your Prayers Please pray for the following priests during the coming week March 18, " 1989, Rev. Robert D. Forand; C.P., West Hartford, Conn.

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EDICTAL CITATION DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS

EDICTAL CITATlON DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS

Since the actual place of residence of JAMES MORRIS CASE is unknown.

We cite JAMES MORRIS CASE to ap· pear personally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 at 2:30 p.m. at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts. to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage exists in the Gilmour· Case case?

Ordinaries of the place or other pastors having the knowledge of the residence of the above person, James Morris Case, must see to it that he is properly advised in reo gard to this edictal citation.

(Rev.) Paul F. Robinson, O. Carm., J.C.D. Judicial Vicar Given at the Tribunal, Fall River. Massachusetts on this the 8th day of March, 2002.

Since the actual place of residence of SHAUN L. CLATTENBURG is unknown.

We cite SHAUN L. CLATTENBURG to appear personally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 at 10:30 A.m. at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts, to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage exists in the Charlton· Clattimburg case?

Ordinaries of the place or other p'astors having the knowledge of the residence of the above person, Shaun L. Clattenburg, must see to it that he is properly advised in regard to this edictal citation.

(Rev.) Paul F. Robinson, O. Carm., J.C.D. Judicial Vicar Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts on this the 8th day of March, 2002.

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A changing America The nation is changing on all levels of life: September 11 has brought this country into the .unknown world of terrorism and we are struggling to cope with its fallout. Across the broad face of the land a mind-set is emerging. We are no longer the innocent people but have been immersed into the' complex of horror uniquely nurtured by terrorists. Americans are' once more dying in foreign places.

The call to arms reminds each and every citizen that danger lurks not merely in out-of-the-way places, but in every nook and cranny of the homeland. It breeds an uncertainty that makes us cautious and suspicious even in our own neighborhoods. Ever present is the thought that an act of terror can erupt suddenly and swiftly in our midst.

A recent survey indicated that on'ly three percent of the American population felt that they were out of harm's way. The vast majority of citizens truly believe that their lives are forever changed.

Giving credence to these feelings is the objective evidence we must deal with on a daily -basis. Airline travel and airport security will only become more complicated as the days go on. Many security measures h<;tve not yet been put into place. Air terminals will continue to be evacuated; flights delayed and postponed and planes groundea. .

The entire issue of immigration is -in a precarious' place. Laws regarding this issue are being more strictly enforced. The placing of the National 9uard on our nation's borders, th~ State Department's access to Federal Bureau of Investigation data and the determined pursuit of illegal aliens are measures that will hopefully seal the country from harm. Yet, we all know there really are not any guarantees of absolute protection. We still have a long way to go to filter out illegal immigrants.

The anthrax scare made us aware that biqlogical warfare is not simply science fiction. We have learned that we must fortify federal; state and local health systems. Efforts are developing to expand the national pharmaceutical stockpile along with continuing bio-terrorism research. Because of these uncertainties our national infrastructure is at risk. Water supplies, gas and oil pipelines, major areas of communication such as bridges and highwaYs are all under new surveillance. .

Even if we' arri ve at a vacation destination.without undue inconvenience,. many public places are under new restrictions. Disney World is patrolled by bomb-sniffing dogs. Universal Studios is employing metal detectors. Busch Gardens has a random bag check.

These are but a few. of the chiUlges that will continue to expand in crowded areas of entertainment.

It is quite obvious that our lifestyle is indeed altered. It should also be evident that· we will never be able to retain that guileless and simple, vision that permeated the ideal of American life. Life will continue to become more difficult and demanding. .

As long as the danger of terrorism and war continue to exist, governments cannot be denied the right to legitimate defense. The rights of citizens should always be respected. Civil liberties should not be eroded by a police state situation. Government authorities and others who share public responsibility have the duty to protect the welfare of the people entrusted to their care. However, it does feelings of hostil- . them no good to work building peace as long ity, contempt and distrust continue to divid~ peoples and place them in warring camps. All of us have no choice but to be vigilant. Yet amid the buildup of defense systems and the introduction of modem weapons of warfare, we still must pray that we give peace a chance to bring some hope of harmony to the many factions that are dividing our nation. With faith in a God of love may we curb the· savagery of terrorism and war.

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SINCETHE SEPTEMBER TERRORIST ATTACKS. ANOTHER OBSERVANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE WAS ATTENDED BY RELATIVES OF VICTIMS KILLED IN THE ATTACKS. (CNS PHOTO FROM REUTERS)

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By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

The recent focus {n the news on people who experience emotional difficulties because they were s.exually abused as minors -by priests is disheartening. Because of this abuse, the Church now faces the uphill battle of spiritually and psychologically healing defiled children, apologizing to angry parents, disciplining irresponsible priests and caring for angry priests trying to live good priestly lives.

I believe that if major, future damage in this area is to be avoided, three critical areas must be understood at their deepest level.and squarely addressed: the abused and their parents, the causes of the abuse and ways of keeping abusers out of public Church life.

Listening sessions that surface the pain of the abused and their parents must be our starting point.

What do children ·and teens go through after being sexually traumatized? In what light do they now see God, religion and the Church? Do they have dark

memories that haunt them . position. throughout life?. As reports on sexual abuse sur, What type of anger do fathers face, so do articles on its causes and mothers of an abused child and how to rectify'it. But none of experience? What psychological the articles I have read give clear and spiritual damage do they in- enough answers to these quescur? . tions. I conclude that both Church Unless the suffering experi- and society are going to need to enced by a minor who has been invest heavily in the research deabused is understood at its deep- manded by the situation that has est, most painful level, it will developed. never be properly addressed.

We need to understand the Those who listen must truly suf- causes of the sexual abuse of mifer with the suffering. Although nors, inCluding pedophilia in the it clinical approach can promote strict sense of the term, and what better understanding, firsthand can imd cannot be done to curb experience of the pain that the it.

At the moment we need par~ abuse Igenerates best leads to the understanding and the action ticularly to take note of the anger needed to correct it. and outrage that many people feel, To. better guard against future and the tendency for a certain cases of such sexual abuse by "mob mentality" to develop. priests,.a noted priest-psychiatrist When this state of mind is prevafamiliar with seminaries recom- lent, blame often gets indiscrimimends that seminary formation nately thrown around, and innostrive to teach a muc/1 deeper un- cent people get hurt. derstanding of human sexuality We cannot act inhumanly bethan is presently offered. He also cause of the dehumanizing acts recommends th,~.rexpert~ be hired we~ve been hearing about. To. who C<l.n help students discern avoid this, we need to increase our whether their human sexuality is understanding a hundredfold so suitable for working in a Church we can act quickly' and wisely.

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St. Anne's Shrine to host seminar on reconciliation FALL RIVER - St. Anne's Shrine will be the site of a Weekend Seminar on Reconciliation this month. Titled, "Welcome Home For Easter - I Have Waited For You," the event will feature Father Thomas Di Lorenzo, pastor of Holy Rosary Parish in Winthrop.

The two-day seminar will take place on March 22 at 7 p.m., and on March 23 beginning at 10 a.m. Priests, including Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap. of the Diocese of Fall River, will be available for the sacrament of reconciliation during the seminar. Father Robert Kaszynski, pastor of Sl. Stanislaus Parish in Fall River, will be the principal celebrant of a Mass on March 23 at II :30 a.m.

Letter.to the Editor

Father Di Lorenzo was born in East Boston in 1946. He graduated from Salem State College iri 1968,

FATHER THOMAS 01 LORENZO

comforting our priests who live up to the commitment of their vocation? That is our job.

Lent is a time of prayer and reflection. What better time to Editor: pray for our priests? At the Chrism This is indeed a sad time for Mass during Holy We.ek the people of faith. Many lives have priests of the diocese wiIl renew been enriched by those who have their commitment to priestly serdedicated their own lives to serve v.ice. I challenge all of the people . of the Fall River diocese to offer' in the name of Christ.

Unfortunately, many have also their prayerful support to those been hurt by some of these same who have touched their lives along ministers. One can only hope that their own faith jourrtey. justice will help comfort those in A personal greeting, a note, or pain. a. phone call could be just that But who is comforting those show of support. ministers who .are also saddened Barbara Gauthier by these current events? Who is St. Jacques Parish, Taunton

and was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese ofBoston by Humbelto Cardinal Medeiros in 1979.

He has been active in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal for over two decades, and has preached at countless conferences and prayer meetings. In 1984 he began "In Season and Out of Season," a Catholic evangelical Bible outreach on radio. His program is now heard on over 25 stations across the U.S., and is also carried by WEWN, the shortwave radio ministry of Mother Angelica's Eternal Word Television Network.

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Q. The different dates for comment of mine is the following play.

- Give my kidneys to one who Easter each year cause a lot of letter I received, also responding depends on a machine to exist from to the s'ame column.

It comes from inconvenience and confusion, especially with school schedules. a 72-y~ar-old father of eight chil- week to week.

- Give my lungs to someone Why can't we celebrate Easter dren, who carries it in his wallet: "To: Doctors,Hospitals, Emer- who could not quit smoking soon on a specific date, like Christenough. . mas and other feasts? (Okla- gency Medical Personnel - Take my bones, evhoma) ~~~ ery' muscle, fiber and A. Easter is deter- r - -......---~----­ nerve in my body, and fi'nd min~d by thelunarcalena way to make a crippled dar because of its connec. child walk. tion with the Jewish Pass' - Take my cells and over, which is dated' aclet them grow so a speechcording to lunar cycles. iess child will shout at the Easter is the first Sunday

By Father crack of a bat and a deaf after the first full moon John J. Dietzen girl will hear the sound of of spring. rain against her window.

Arguments concerning - Send what is left of the date for Easter, some At a certain moment a doctor my body to be used for study and of them quite bitter and prolonged, have been going on for centuries will determine that my brain has training of new doctors. If you among Christians. Not, long ago a ceased to function,' and for all in- must bury something, let it be my new effort was under way to find 'tents and pureoses. m'y life has .faults, my weaknesses and all my a more consistent Sunday for the stopped. When that happens, don't prejudice against my fellow man.

- Give my sins to the devil. celebration (as, for example, the call this my death bed. Call it my first Sunday of April), but agree- 'bed of life,' and let my body be Give my soul to God. If you wish ment seems yet a long way off. ' taken to help others lead fuller to remember me, do it with a kind word or deed to someone who Q. Your recent column about lives.

- Give my sight to a man who needs you. donating bodily organs bothered If you do all I have asked, I me. It's fine if others want to do has never seen a sunrise, a baby's it. But I would feel terrible know- face. or love in the eyes of a will live forever."

I am grateful to this Ohio reader ing that my body will be divided' woman.

- Give my heart to a person for sharing with the rest of us this that way.

Thank God it's still volun- whose own heart has caused noth- much-needed and hopeful reminder of the good we can do even tary, I think, and we're not" ing but endless days of pain.

- Give my brain to: Brain and after we die. forced to make these donations. free brochure on A Does the Church still encourage Tissue Bank for Development Di~.­ it? (New York) orders, 655 W. Baltimore St., Bal- ecumenism, including questions A. Donating organs and body timore, MD 21201-1599. My on inte,rcommunion and other tissue after death will always be hope is they cap find a way to cup~ ways ofsharing worship, is availvoluntary, of course. As I've ex- dystonia and Tourette's syndrome. able by sending a self-addressed envelope to Father John DietZen, plained previously, however, the both of which I have. ~ Give my blood to the teen.Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651.

Church, and the pope very explicQuestions may be sent to Faitly, urge us to respond generously ager who has been pulled from the wreckage of his car so that he, ther Dietzen at the s'ame address, to the need for transplant organs. , Perhaps better than any further might live to see his grandchildren or E-mail: ·jjdietzen@aol.com. '

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ATTLEBORO - A Diocesan Lenten Pilgrimage Day will be held Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the La Salette Shrine. It will include several keynote addresses and Mass with Bishop Sean ~. O'Malley, OFM Cap. For more information call Lisa Gulino at 508-678-2828.

are needed for the Donovan House, a transitional home for homeless women and children. Share your time, knowledge and skills. Training and ongoing support will be provided. For more information call Debra Kenney ofCatholic Social Services' Donovan' House, 508-999-5893.

NORTH DARTMOUTH - A Lenten missionlretreatentitled "Mysteries of the Rosary: Lessons for Living," will be held March 18-21 at St. Julie Billiart Church, 494 Slocum Road. Holy Cross Father Thomas Feeley will be retreat master and conferences will be held following the , noon and 7 p.m. Masses. For more inFALL RIVER - A Lenten Mis- formation call 508-993-2351. sion will be held March 18-20 beginPROVINCETOWN - Lux· ning with Mass at 6:30 p.m. at St. Anthony of the Desert Church. Father Perpetua, a V~spers Servi.ce of George Mary, guardian of the Hope featuring the choir Sine Franciscan Friars of the Imm~culate Nomine, will be held Sunday at .will be the homilist. For more infor- 2:30 p.m. at St. Mary of the Harbor Episcopal Church. It is cosponmation call 508-672-1653. sored by the Diocesan Office of' FALL RIVER - Catholic Social AIDS Ministry. For more informaServices will hold an information ses- tion call 508-674-5600, ext. 2295. sion for individuals and families inSOMERSET - The St. Thomas terested in adopting a child from a foreign country or a domestic new- More Vocation Awareness Team is born April 2 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at its sponsoring a holy hour for vocations office. 783 Slade Street. Handouts will March 21 at 7:30 p.m. at Sl. Thomas be available and refreshments will be More Church, 386 Luther Avenue. served. For more information call 508- Join them for an evening of prayer and song before the Blessed Sacra674-4681. ment. It will include Benediction. .

HYANNIS - A symposium ad- Refreshments will follow. dressing health care access for immigrant and refugee communities on SOUTH YARMOUTH - The Cape Cod and the IslaJ1ds will be held Cape Cod and Islands Chapter of.'

March 21 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Catholic Nurses will hold a Night of the Radisson Inn. For more informa- Reflection, led by Msgr. John Smith, tion call Melissa Diaz at 617-350- March 20 at 7 p.m. in the Life Center at Saint Pius X Church. Refreshments 5480, ext. 204. will be served.

NEW BEDFORD- The Daughtel'S of Isabella Hyacinth Circle No. WEST HARWICH - Beginning 71 ,will hold its monthly meeting on April I, Easter Monday, the Divine March 19 at7 p.m. in the parish center Mercy Holy Hour will be held at 7 of Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of p.m. at Holy Trinity Church. It will Jesus Church. For more information continue each di;ly until Easter Saturcall Mary Macedo at 508-993-9179. day at7 p.m. The celebration ofMercy Sunday will begin at 2:45 p.m. No, NEW BEDFORD - Volunteers co!"fessions will be available that day.

BREWSTER - An eight-week· mutual support seminar for bereaved persons entitled "Come Walk with Me," will begin April 5 at Our Lady of the Cape Church. It will be facilitated by members of the Lazarus Ministry Group. For more information call Happy Whitman at 508-385-3252.

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-The healing'power of laughter 'I was reading the latest issue of "The Joyful Not that the saints did. Many of them were infaNoiseletter" and, as usual, found myself laughing ,mous for how they accentuated the positive - with, at one of the items. An Indiana priest, Father Gre- I'm sure, a smile. St. Francis of Assisi did some gory Chamberlin, had sent it in, and it went like pretty funny things in his life, and he strongly advised: "Leave sadness to the devil. The devil has this: "One Sunday morning .before the beginning of reason to be sad." And St. Teresa of Avila would pray, "From somber, seMass, I asked a group of rious, sullen saints, save children 'What do you us, 0 Lord." have to, do to get to heaven?'

There's a little-known "One young theolofairy tale that I always remember, precisely begian yelled at the top of his voice, 'Yagottadie!'" cause it is about a woman For reminding me of who never laughed. She

By Antoinette Boscp the importance of laughgot married and couldn't have children. She was ter, I once again' silently told she couldn't have thanked Cal and Rose Samra, founders of "The childr~n until she laughed Fellowship of Merry Christians." Theirs is a minis- five times.

The story 'goes on about how she learns to laugh try of getting Christians to smile, precisely because and then the laughing woman becomes this beautithey are Christians.

I especially applaud them for proclaiming April ful woman, who now has new life. And because she as "Holy Humor Month." Because, Cal Samra says has new life, she can now give new life, and she is _reverently, this is Eastertime, and it was at Easter able to have children. Interesting that the key to that the biggest joke in the world occurred.. "The having new life in this tale is laughter. joke that God played on Satan by rising from the Laughter is wonderful for relationships. The fadead was indisputably the greatest and most imagi- mous comedian Victor Borge said it best: "A smile native pnictical joke in the history of the world." is the shortest distance between two people." ,Explaining the fellowship he founded in the early I have found so many wonderful quotes from '80s; Samra says: "Our modest aim 'is to recapture respected people who understood the importance and the spirit of joy, humor, unity and healing power of need for humor. Abraham Lincoln said, "If it were , the early Christians. We try to be merry more than not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens twice a year!" . , of this office." I quite agret'; with the theologian That resonated with me. I often have wondered Reinhold Niebuhr who once said that "humor is a why more emphasis isn't placed on humor in liturgy prelude to faith, and laughter is the beginning of and worship. After all, humor, like everything else prayer." 'in life, is part. of God's invention, so why have we .I'm convinced, by the way, that heaven 'is a fun ignored it so when it comes to remembering the Lord? place, full of joy and laughter.

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Clothing and the person and the priest Today's RoadkilI Theology Long, embarrassing story made Roundtable topic is vocations to the short, I borrowed a scholastic ordained and consecrated religious friend's clerics (clergy garb) one life, and we are going to call on the day to use as a ruse and cover (I fellow wildly waving his arm in assumed) for what we at the stuthe back of the classroom - me.

Let me take you back about three dozen years to a then little-known Jesuit college campus in the Pacific Northwest (Oh, Bing Crosby and John Stockton

By Dan Morris went there, and its basketball team is ranked in the ------------t!~ nation's top 10, butI'm not one to drop names or brag, of dent newspaper were sure would course.) become a new benchmark in invesMeet a 20-year-old, self-pro- tigative reporting: exposing the claimed agnostic undergraduate world to cheap, downtown hotels (hint- see byline above) with litlle catering to what we were sure was religious upbringing - other than the seamier side of life. being occasionally hauled into a The photographer and I thought church by a Lutheran aunt and the Roman-collar outfit would prouncle who fell things like Christ- vide immunity from any thugs and mas and Easter, despite my protests, soften resistance to our insightful should not totally be left to a very and penetrating questioning of generous, portly man and a rabbit questionable characters.

Well, there were no thugs. The obsessed with hard-boiled eggs.

Back to Gonzaga University insightful queries evaporated. And (Did I mention its fine law school?). the hotels did a better-than-decent Despite thinly disguised disdain for job of serving their clientele.

However, I was slapped humble. the feeble-minded worshipers of candles and unsmiling statues, "Contrite," actually, although that "yours 1I111y" was blight enough to was a Catholic word foreign to my observe that the costumes worn by vocabulary at the time.

While blithely "researching" our priests and nuns and Jesuit scholastics had quite an effect on papists story, I was approached by hurting people who assumed I was legit and non papists alike.

Their pain and need were. I was not.

It was a jolting education about the powerful public and private message and symbol that religious garb carries.

If I held Tolkien's "ring" I would have used its power to make myself invisible. When I handed the clerical garb back to my friend later, I gave him an exterior "thanks" and an interior acknowledgment that he and others exp oring the holiness and challenges of religious life for real were in a special league of their own.

The memory is a particularly painful one in recent times when clerical child abuse headlines from Boston and too many other places sting so many wonderful people who have served Christ so fully and unselfishly as consecrated and ordained disciples.

May we keep them and those who will follow in their footsteps in our prayers. In addition, if you can, dedicate some prayer time to the international gathering in Montreal this April that will focus on Church vocations.

Note: You don't need to borrow any clerics to attend.

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Indian bishops pray for peace at Indian-Pakistani border WAGAH, India (CNS) - Indian Catholic bishops prayed for peace at the Indian-Pakistani border as the two neighboring countries continued deploying their respective armies along their common boundary.

"We pray that God grant our people peace," said Cardinal Ivan Dias of Mumbai, who led the prayer while standing against the closed gate at the Wagah border, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand.

Some 140 bishops recently visited the border in Punjab state after a three-hour bus journey from Jalandhar, where their biennial plenary was being held.

The Hindu-Muslim riots in Gujarat came after Muslims attacked a train February 27, killing 57 passengers, mostly Hindu activists, near the Godhra train station, about 620 miles southwest of New Delhi.

In retaliation, Hindu mobs attacked, stabbed and burned to death Muslims and looted their property across the state, according to media sources.

The bishops set aside days for prayer and fasting for peace in the western state of Gujarat, where sectarian violence has claimed more than 430 lives.

At the border, the bishops watched the ceremonial "beating the retreat," an exercise conducted jointly by soldiers of India and Pakistan. The cer-

emony includes the simultaneous opening of the border gates and lowering of the national flags as bugles play and people cheer on both sides.

Army officials led Archbishop Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil of Trivandrum, the Indian bishops' conference president, and Archbishop Henry D'Souza of Calcutta, outgoing head of the Latin-rite bishops, to a lawn reserved for VIPs and special guests.

Other prelates and bishops' conference officials watched the ceremony from the galleries.

A threat of war continues to hover over South Asia after tension mounted between the two nuclearcapable nations in December, when India alleged that militants trained in Pakistan engineered an attack on . its Parliament Although Pakistan denied the charges, both countries have cut off rail, road and air travel between them and dropped all bilateral talks. They also increased troop deployment on the borders, raising concern among people there.

Since the two nations were formed in 1947, after the partition of British India, they have fought three wars and were involved in a localized skirmish in 1999.

Despite several international mediation attempts, disputes continue primarily along the border in the nOithel11 Jammu and Kashmir region.

Mass. chaplains show support for Catholic colleagues BOSTON - Calling current times "difficult in the life of the Church," the Massachuseus Corps of Fire Chaplains, Inc. has expressed its gratitude, love and support to its Roman Catholic colleagues in the Archdiocese of Boston and the dioceses of Fall River, Worcester and Springtield.

Citing in a recent statement those "who have been the victims of clergy misconduct, and for the parish communities that have been devastated ...," the chap-

lains' group offered its prayers and support.

Having served together in their ministry during recovery efforts at Ground Zero in New York as well as at Logan Airport in Boston, the corps noted that, "we know our brother chaplains to be faithful, honest and self-giving in their ministry to all of God's people. We are proud to serve with them in the interfaith ministry to the Firefighters of Massachusetts and their families."

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tion counseling will see the posters and utilize the Website as a beginning in the healing process.

Along with the posters, Father Fernandes also inNORTH DARTMOUTH - The Pro-Life Secretariat of the United States Conference of Catho- cluded several Pro-Life pamphlets in his mailing. "I lic Bishops has recently prepared and introduced a enclosed a copy of 'How to Talk to a Friend Who's dynamic Project Rachel-related Website, Had an Abortion,' a helpful brochure since, as the www.hopeafterabortion.com. Project Rachel is the first line of text sadly avers, 'Almost everyone knows name of the Catholic Church's healing ministry to someone who's had an abortion,'" he said.

Also included was a brochure outlining the rethose who have been involved in abortion. It operates as a network of professional counselors and vised Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities: A Campriests, all trained to provide one-on-one spiritual paign In Support of Life. This was endorsed by the and psychological care for those who are suffering U.S. bishops last November and has been printed in a format both attractive and easy-to-use. "As the because of an abortion. charter, this brochure presents a clear direction in To help publicize and promote the project, which the Church should be enFather Stephen A. gaged in Pro-Life Fernandes, director of the" Pro-Life L. ---: activities," said Father Apostolate for the Fernandes. "It Diocese of Fall will surely be a River, recently very helpful recompleted a mailsource to all who ing to all pastors work for the Gosthroughout the diopel of Life." cese. The packet inPa~tors also recluded a set of postceived a companion ers designed to booklet entitled, "A "send to that People of Life," and Website individuals a prayer card, "A who will benefit Prayer for Life." from the ministry of All of these mateProject Rachel," rials are available said Father AN ARMY chaplain blesses the casket of a U.S. soldier from the Pro-Life SecFernandes. killed in the war in Afghanistan, as it arrives at Ramstein retariat in Washington, "Several months Airbase in southwestern Germany. The soldier was one of ago, a benefactor D.C. To place an order seven who lost his life in battles with al Qaeda and Taliban made a contribution -"1. or for more information, forces in a region south of Kabul. (eNS photo from RelJters) to our Project Rachel call 202-541-3070. \ . " which was matched Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., will celebrate by his employer," he the annual 'diocesan Prosaid. "Using those Life Mass on March 19 at funds, I have purnoon at Our Lady of chased posters to be INDIANAPOLIS (CNS)-One single battle since the war began made available to all Mount Carmel Church in " week beforeAnny Ranger Matthew five months ago.

New Bedford. At the conour pastors that they In telephone interviews with may post them in a clusion of the Mass, student Commons was killed in the fiercest winners of the Essay Conbattle of the war in Afghanistan he The Criterion; Indianapolis place with the greatest visibility." told his mother he felt very close to archdiocesan newspaper, Marek test will read their essays.

The three posters have the same message at ......."...._ _---. and Matthew's the bottom, "Something inside dies after an aborGod. Father Fernandes also revealed that the annual father, Gregory tion. If you're suffering because of an abortion, Diocesan Pro-Life Convention has been scheduled "Matthew ~ Commons, don't was a good suffer alone.

Project Rachel for October 19 at Bishop Connolly High School spoke of a www.hopeafterabortion.com... Each of the posters, in Fall River. The keynote speaker will be Bud Christian, a good young man who displaying a different graphic, has a unique mes- Welch, who lost his daughter in the bombing atperson," said his loved his coun- sage from someone affected by abortion: "Not one tack in Oklahoma City in 1995. Welch has since mother, Patricia try, his family day goes by that I don't think of my baby boy Marek. "He's my become a powerful speaker for reconciliation and and his faith. hero and I hope a Cathi"; "It has burned a hole in my soul and changed in opposition to the death penalty.

For instance, me forever - Margo"; and "I let you convince me hero for other "I am also pleased that our own Father Tadeusz he was not al- there was nothing good about having my baby people. He did a Pacholczyk has agreed to present a plenary session lowed to wear a Beth." job that he was on cloning and embryonic stem cell research," added S1.

Andrew trained to do."

The hope is that someone who needs post-abor- Father Fernandes. medal, the paCommons, tron saint of the 21, was one of Army Rangers, seven soldiers or a crucifix bekilled March 4 in cause of Army the largest allied regulations. air and ground Only dog tags offensive of the are allowed. So war against al NORWOOD, Mass. (CNS) - Carl A. AnderPast recipients of the Lantern Award have ARMY RANGER he got a 4-by-6 Qaeda and son, supreme knight of the Knights of Columincluded J. Edgar Hoover, Robert F. Kennedy, MATTHEW COMMONS tattoo of a cruciTaliban soldiers. bus, will be honored" by the Massachusetts Cardinal Richard Cushing, Henry Cabot fix with the HeHe died after his Knights of Columbus with their 2002 Lodge, Cardinal Francis Spellman, unit, which was part of Operation brew word for "Jesus" on his back.

Lantern Award, given each Patriot's Carl Yastrzemski, Virgil C. Dechant, "He told me, 'I can't carry my Anaconda, came under heavy fire Day to a citizen who reflects the reliCardinal John O'Connor and Fall cross on my neck, I'll carry it on while rescuing a soldier. His chopgious and patriotic ideals of the River Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, per was hit by enemy fire and crash- my back,'" said Greg Commons.

Founding Fathers.

OFM Cap. landed on the rugged mountainous "He had a deep love for God." The award is named for the lanterns Anderson, who will receive the His faith always played a role terrain in eastern Afghanistan. placed in the towers of the Old North award April 15, recently was apThe operation was expected to in his life, dating back to childChurch, an Episcopal church in Bospointed by Pope John Paul II to the last 72 hours, but raged for more hood, when he was an altar server ton, on April 18, 1775, as a warning Pontifical Council for the Laity and than a week as u.S. and allied at Indianapolis' S1. Bernadette's of British troop movement by sea. Seealso serves on the Pontifical Acadforces encountered heavy resis- Church under Father Carlton ing the lanterns, Paul Revere made his emy for Life. He was the only U.S. tance from as many as 1,000 al Beever. famous ride to warn about the British layman appointed as an auditor to "He was always happy and smilQaeda and Taliban fighters hiding advancing and what would be the start the October 2001 world Synod of ing and a very gentle person;' said in the mountains. The soldiers' of the American Revolution.

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Catholic church's fresco falls; artwork revered by community

Needs of U.S. Hispanics spur planning

by U.S., Latin American bishops

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CNS)Members of a Catholic parish in Charlotte are literally picking up the pieces after the major part of a beloved fresco in their church revered by both the parish and community - fell apart for an unknown reason.

"We have lost our fresco," said Jesuit Father Joseph Sobierajski, pastor at St. Peter Church, which has about 750 families. "It's like an old friend that you see every time you come to church, and we are going to truly miss its presence."

Completed in 1989, the fresco has become known well beyond the church's walls, and is considered by many to be an integral artistic contribution to the Charlotte community. On the moming of February 20, one hour shy of midday Mass, the central portion of the artwork fell down, and,parish officials have yet to determine why it happened.

"As far as the greater Charlotte community goes, it has become a

landmark on the southern end of Tryon Street for visitors," Father Sobierajski told The Catholic News & Herald, newspaper of the Charlotte diocese.

The fresco was created in triptych fashion, with scenes depicting Jesus' agony in the garden, his resurrection and Pentecost.

Preparatory work for the fresco was done in the Paris studio of the artists who created it. There, individual pieces were created and transferred to a thin paper. The patterns were then taken to the church and painted into fresh plaster.

A parish team was assembled to begin moving pieces of the fallen fresco, carefully placing the fragments on makeshift tables - special boards placed over the tops of the church pews.

"We need to let the experts find the facts and come to their best conclusions," said Father Sobierajski.

"In the meantime, we are still a community of men, women and children who love our parish and will continue to give it life."

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for non-Hispanic U.S. priests and ways been well chosen and adseminarians to study in Latin equately trained," he said.

BOGOTA, Colombia - The America; "The United States has never needs of U.S. Hispanic Catholics prie.sts for .- . expanqing agreements by been able to get eno~gh .. ,I. â&#x20AC;˘ are prompting the hierarchies of whiCh U.s~'oiocesesc6ntract di- the needs of our Catholics," SaId Latin America and the United rectly with Latin American dio- the Irish-born Bishop Carmody, States to look at joint efforts to ceses to recruit priests. chairman of the U.S. bishops' address those pastoral concerns, The Latin Americans agreed Latin America committee. said Church officials from He spoke in favor of a both regions. seminary in Latin America Providing care for the to train Latin Americans, The Latin Americans agreed that who would become permagrowing number of Latin American immigrants to they had to do more for their Catho- nently incorporated as the United States has lics who migrate to the United priests into a U.S. diocese. spurred U.S. calls for mis- States, but that future programs Bishop Carmody, a sionaries from Latin needed to be combined with former missionary in EcAmerica. Church officials stepped-up U. S. efforts to promote uador, said seminarians from both regions met in would be recruited in dioBogota recently to discuss vocations among Hispanics. ceses having many vocaways of formalizing cooptions. He added that the idea of training U.S. eration.

The gathering included mem- that they had to do more for their priests and seminarians in Latin bers of the U.S. bishops' Commit- Catholics who migrate to the America is a good one, but it tee on the Church in Latin United States, but that future pro- does not solve the problem of America and the leadership of the grams needed to be combined the lack of priests.

Latin American bishops' council, with stepped-up U.S. efforts to Msgr. Ricardo Cuellar Romo known as CELAM. The council promote vocations among His- of Mexico, CELAM associate is a service organization for the panics. secretary, said the United States 22 national bishops' conferences ''The Latin American Church and Latin America have about the in Latin America. has yet to comply with its moral same number of priests, while Among the ideas discussed obligation to pastorally care for there are more than 60 million were: its faithful who have immigrated U.S. Catholics compared to more - developing a common to the United States," said Mexi- than 400 million Catholics in Spanish-language Bible for use in can Father Andres Torres, head of Latin America.

Mexican Bishop Carlos Aguiar the Western Hemisphere as a uni- CELAM's Department for VocaRetes, CELAM general secretary, fying force, especially in liturgi- tions and Ministry. cal readings; U.S. Church efforts "have been supported creating a society that - establishing a seminary insufficient to receive them and would recruit and train Latin jointly operated by the U.S. and to lend them the necessary pasto- American priests to work for a Latin American churches to re- ral services," he said. fixed term in the United States cruit and train Latin Americans Father Torres noted that the before returning to their home for permanent priestly work in 2001 general assembly of dioceses.

The idea of a common SpanU.S. dioceses; CELAM cited the need for the - forming a missionary soci- Latin American hierarchy to im- ish translation of the Bible reety to train Latin American priests prove its support and training for ceived general support, and to work for fixed periods in the Latin American priests working in CELAM officials said they would United States; work to get a proposal to their the United States.

- increasing the opportunities "These ministers have not al- 2003 general assembly.

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eNS book reviews: Irish related themes PATRICK, THE PILGRIM APOSTLE OF IRELAND, by Maire B. de Paor, PBVM. Regan Books/HarperCollins (New York, 2002). 310 pp. THE CELTIC VISION: PRAYERS, BLESSINGS, SONGS AND INVOCATIONS FROM THE GAELIC TRADITION, second edition, edited by Esther de Waal.

Liguori/Triumph (Liguori, Mo., 2001). 171 pp.

TESTIMONY OF AN IRISH SLAVE GIRL, by Kate McCafferty. Viking/Penguin (New York, 2002). 210 pp.

DANNY BOY: THE LEGEND OF THE BELOVED IRISH BALLAD, by Malachy McCourt. Running Press (Philadelphia, 2Q02). 141 pp.

REVIEWED BY MAUREEN

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In March, or any time {)f the year, Patrick is a fascinating character - one of the few saints who wrote bis own life story. His "Confessio" 'is nearly I,500 years old, but reading it you can hear the individual man's distinctive voice as if he were alive today.

In his own words he tells of his capture, enslavement, escape, conversion and mission to return to the Irish who held him captive.

"Patrick, the Pilgrim Apostle of Ireland" contains the full texts of Patrick's writings in Latin with English translations and captivating commentary by Presentation Sister Maire B. de Paor, an Irish religious scholar. Also known as Sister Declan, she is the author of three previous books on Gaelic Christianity, including one on the 18th-century poet, mystic and catechist Tadhg Gaelach O'Suilleabhain. This book on Patrick was published in Ireland in 1998 and is newly available in a North American edi tion. It has the detai 1 and documentation to satisfy scholars and a read'able style that makes it accessible to anyone interested in Patrick and early Christianity.

In 1988, the publication of "The Celtic Vision" edited by Esther de Waal was one spark that ignited the current wildfire of interest in Celtic spirituality. A second edition has just been released. De Waal's book is a se-

lection of "Prayers, Blessings, Songs and Invocations from the Gaelic Tradition" taken from Alexander Carmichael's six-volume collection of folklore.

Carmichael lived from 1832 to 1912 and for six decades under arduous conditions he collected Gaelic oral tradition as a work of love and scholarship. Reading these prayers alongside Sister de Paor's book on Patrick, the reader can see literary and theological traditions carried across centuries.

St. Patrick drove slavery out, of Ireland but Oliver Cromwell brought it back. When Cromwell invaded Ireland in J 648 the popu- , lation of the island was estimated at 1.5 million. By Cromwell's death in 1658, Ireland's popula-' tion had been reduced by twothirds to 500,000. It is a littleknown fact that by 1656 more than 60,000 Irish had been sent as slaves to Barbados and other islands in the Caribbean.

"Testimony of an Irish Slave Girl" is a historical novel about a slave life in 17th-century Barbados. Kate McCafferty tells the story of a slave revolt in the words of an Irish prisoner testi- , fying to her jailer. Irish slaves. shared with those of African na-t,; tions a life of ci~grading suffer-~ ing, and united with them from-: time to time in unsuccessful revolts. The novel is a window on a glittering tropical world of multicultural misery.

On a lighter note, "Danny Boy: The Legend of the Belovt;d Irish Ballad" is a pretty little fluff of a book - 141 pages of widely , spaced type on the 155 words of the most popular Irish song of all time. Written by Malachy McCourt, author of the bestseller "A Monk Swimming" and brother of best-selling writer Frank McCourt, the book has the ranging conversational tone of a buddy at a bar holding forth with an encyclopedia of anecdotes.

Who knew there was so much to know? This book is a fine gift - if for no other reason than because it has the lyrics of this highly singable song, an unfailing tool for bringing tears to listeners' eyes. In this uncertain world, "Danny Boy" is one thing you can count on.

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'Time' hasn't been kind to this remake NEW YORK (CNS) - Though possibly unfair, plot strands. The film devolves from romance to scimoviegoers are likely to have high expectations for fi to action without capturing the audience's attenan adaptation ofH.G. Wells' novel, "The Time Ma- tion. Alexander's original quest to bring his fiancee chine," directed by his great-grandson, Simon Wells. back to life is inexplicably abandoned to save an Eloi But instead of preserving the political and social im- woman, Mara (Irish pop singer Samantha Mumba), plications of the novel, which' made the story lay- and her brother (Omero Mumba, the pop singer's ered and thought-provoking, director Wells strips real-life brother) from the deadly Morlocks. There them away, churning out a very Hollywoodesque fluff is little time to develop any affection for the Eloi, most of whom don't speak English, or warm up to piece, and a poor one at that. the new relationship In "The Time Ma~~="l::----..:l~-" Alexander seems to be chine" (DreamWorks), forging with Mara.

I890s scientist and invenPearce, who was so tor Alexander Hartdegen good in last year's "Me(Guy Pearce) is hurtled mento," is stiff and unsure 800,000 years into the fuhere, forcing out his lines ture - using his own and unable to make a contime-travel contraptionnection with the audience. in an effort to change the Mark Addy, whom movie past. His fiancee (Sienna fans will recognize from Guillory) was murdered "The Full Monty," does an four years ago, and his admirable job as mission is to change the Alexander's close friend, past and prevent her death. but the role gives him little But traveling back in time opportunity to stretch. Ordocs not change things. lando Jones, making no Convinced that the answer particular mark, pops up as then must lie somewhere a computer-generated in the future, he lands in a character able to survive mysterious time where 800,000 years and run Earth's population is diwithout electricity. vided into the aboveThe special effects are ground Eloi and the monnothing out of the ordinary, strous, subterranean although the sequence Morlocks.

GUY PEARCE stars as time traveler where time speeds forward In H.G. Wells' novel, Alexander Hartdegen in the film "The Time is neat. The time machine these two futuristic races represented the working Machine." It is the latest film adaptation of the itself looks pieced together and leisure classes of his novel by H.G. Wells. (CNS photo from New from discarded bits of a lighthouse beacon, its time. The Eloi enjoy life Line Cinema) many glass panels reflectabove ground while the Morlocks toil away in underground caves, working ing light in all directions. Early 'scenes of 19th-ce"ilto preserve the Eloi's lifestyle. But Wells gave the tury New York are evocative, if a bit staged, as ladies classes a twisted symbiotic punch. The enjoyment of skate on a lake in feathered hats and corseted dresses the Eloi comes at a high price, as they serve as the down to their ankles.

It is interesting to note that, no matter what Morlocks' principal food source.

In director Wells' film, this warped relationship AleXander does, no matter how he tries to contrpl or barely sees the light of day. Sure we see the Morlocks manipulate time and circumstances, he cannot change (which look like a fusion of the simians from "Planet death. From a Catholic perspective, it is reassuring of the Apes" and the creatures from "Battlefield to know that death has been conquered for us, and Earth") attacking and scurrying away with the poor the living can find comfort in faith.

Because of intermittent sci-fi violence with a few Eloi. And yes, the Morlocks' leader (Jeremy Irons, looking creepy in long white hair and opaque con- grisly images and scantily clad women, the U.S. Contact lenses), gives some kind of explanation for the ference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-II world in which Alexander finds himself. But none adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 - parents are of it is the least bit coherent or engaging.

The screenplay written by John Logan lacks co- strongly cautioned. Some material may be inapprohesion and is littered with inconsistencies and loose priate for children under 13.

Knights' information service expands to the Internet

By CATliOLIC NEWS SERVICE NEW HAVEN, Conn. More than two dozen booklets on different aspects of the Catholic faith and a Catholic home-study course are now available on the Knights of Columbus Website at www.kofc.org.

The booklets and course are offered by the Knights' Catholic Information Service, which since its founding in 1948 has sought to reach as many people as possible with the Church's message.

"The Web effort is part of the Knights' response to Pope

John Paul II's call for a new evangelization, using modern means of communication to spread the Church's message," said Carl A. Anderson, supreme knight.

The printed word remains at the heart of the Catholic Information Service mission, however. Publications are sent out free or for a small fee to cover printing and mailing. The booklets are especially popular with chaplains of veterans' hospitals, military installations and correctional facilities, and with missionaries.

In 2001, more than 35,000 copies of a 30-booklet set on the basics of the faith, written by Catholic evangelist Peter Kreeft, were mailed to those who responded to advertisements in secular publications.

Angels were the most popular single topic offered by the service, with 24,548 copies of the booklet titled "All About Angels" mailed out last year. In 2000, after advertisements in USA Weekend and Parade magazine, more than 80,000 copies of the booklet were requested.

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Sisters' fight over SSI cuts is heading to federal court

By GREG BROWN

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., March 15,2002 ing Sister Mary in. the case. ".The only reason, so far as we can tell, that they're getting a lesser dollar amount is because of their religious commitment. That smells

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The sisters were told their paymerits were cut because they are members of a religious community and have made a vow of poverty. Therefore, the Social Security Administration reasons, their community has a civil law obliga-

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APosTOLIC of St. Francis live in Marian Sister Elaine said most of ADVISOR TRUE Hall Home, a licensed perthe sisters now at Marian Hall ·RfSTORER sonal care home in Bellevue were educators who worked HOLY MEDICATOR run by the community. tion to provide for their support. for small sums of money.

As did many religious commu"Our contention is that the "The sisters are just like the lay Arm-ABORTIONI5f ONE nities of various faiths in the Supplemental Security Income residents there," she said. "They United States, the School Sisters payments made to the sisters who are not bedridden, not in need of lcMNG elected in the 1970s to palticipate reside in Marian Hall Home have nursing care, but they need some INSTRUCTOR in the Social Security system to been unjustly and illegally re- help with daily chores such as INFALUBLE 202 Rock St. SPECAUST help SUppOit their members in their duced," Sister Mary said. bathing, doing their hair and takFall RIver old age.

In .200 I, the reduction' ing their medications."

CHARITABLE THERAPEumr "We bought into (the Social amounted to about $200 a month Although Administrative Law 1IlI1IIIIlnI CIIlIiaID........ lUiI "tlIt~'" .

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Judge David Hatfield has twice Mary told the Pittsburgh Catho"They're citizens, they're sick, ruled in favor of the sisters, the lic, newspaper of the Pittsburgh they're old and they're.poor," Sis- Social Security Administration diocese. "Nobody said that in 1995 ter Mary said. And she believes Appeals Council indicated late last it would be different because you they should be treated like other year that it did not accept are sisters."

Marian Hall Home residents.

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PILGRIMAGE TO Despite two rulings to the conSister Mary, argues that about "If these women were single trary from an administrative law $15,000 - plus future benefits- women of the same age, they'd judge, a Social Security Adminis- is owed to each sister. be getti ng the fu II do liar . tration Appeals Council maintains The sisters use their Social Se- amount," argued John Burt, a that the sisters' payments were curity and SSI payments to pay Pittsburgh attorney who is assistSpiritual Director: FR. JOSEPH P. McDERMOTT, Pa~tor Immaculate Conception Church 122 Canton Street, Stoughton, MA 02702 CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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tries whose work hours were dramatically reduced.

Since September, the Rockville Centre diocese ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. - As the long- has distributed $800,000 to people who lost a loved term effects of September II settle in - the mort- one in the World Trade Center collapse, who were gage goes unpaid, the car insurance is overdue or physically or psychologically injured, or who lost savings run dry - victims of the terrorist attack their job or substantial income as a direct or indiare surfacing to request financial help from the$2.6 rect result of the terrorist attacks. million collected as part of the World Trade Center , The fund is a collaboration among parishes, Relief Fund of the Rockville Centre diocese.

Catholic Charities, Catholic Health Services, the St. "The number of new Vincent de Paul Society, the families coming forward Office, of Family Ministry has dramatically increased," and the diocesan finance ofSince September, the Rockville fice. said John Bingham, coordinator of Diocesan WTC Centre diocese has distributed "Our mission is to really Relief, $800,000 to people who lost a loved be there and reach out to any The Rockville Centre's one in the World Trade Center col- individual or family in diocesan fund is broad and lapse, who were physically orpsycho- need," said Jim Dilts, execusimple. Unlike other funds tive director of the St. which ask questions such as: logically injured, or who lost their job Vincent de Paul Society, "Did you work below Ca- orsubstantial income as a direct orin- told The Long Island Cathonal Street?" the diocesan direct result of the terrorist attacks, lic, Rockville Centre's diocapplication is a one-page esan newspaper. form focusing on the Initially, the diocese victim's needs. The fund is open to all, regardless trained people in crisis intervention and trauma of religion or immigration status, and people can counseling, and staffed 24-hour hot lines. Now, that apply at the nearest Catholic parish or St. Vincent se'rvice has been replaced with bereavement counde Paul Society conference. seling and support groups, offered free at certain Meanwhile, as far south as Philadelphia, that arch- parishes and through Catholic Health Services. diocese has contributed $644,000 for similar supSeveral parishes in the diocese were hit espeport programs. More than half that money cially hard by the attack. One, St. Dominic's Parish $344,000 ~ was to go to other dioceses where more in Oyster B'ay, began a spiritual support group to victims live, but the remainder will go to survivors help people relate the incident to their faith, while of those killed and "secondary victims" in the Phila- enabling them to bond with people experiencing . delphia area. the same grief.

Catholic Social Services of Philadelphia is work~ "Even social workers do not know what these ing with 19 "primary-victim families," who lost a people are going through, this is a very deep pain," breadwinner in the attacks. Others being assisted said Fran Jennings, coordinator of parish social include people in the hospitality and airline indus- ministry at Sl. Dominic's.

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,Even with bum knee, pope continues his appointments

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Caritas warns of chronic poverty in Europe, urges protection of poor OXFORD, England (CNS) - A report by Caritas said poverty is growing in Europe and urged steps to protect weak and vulnerable soCial groups.

'The collapse of the Soviet Union has resulted in the emergence ofover 150 million 'new poor' and prompted a redrawing of the development map," said a special report

by Caritas Europe released in February.

Anti-poverty programs should "tackle the root causes" by offering a "matrix of multisectoral programs," it said. ' It also said 130 million people in Europe were considered "incom'e , poor."

Based in Brussels, Caritas Europe is one of seven regional 'arms of Caritas Intemationalis, an umbrella Catholic aid organization that represents relief and development agencies in more than 19O-countries.

The report said the highest proportion of European Union citizens living in poverty were in Italy (14.2 percent) and Britain (13.4 percent), both of which had higher relative poverty levels than post-communist Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. .

It added that functional illiteracy stood at 48 percent in Portugal, 43

percent in Poland, 34 percent, in Hungary and 16 pe~cent in the Czech Republic.

Throughout the European Union, women eam 52 percent of men's wages; suggesting a growing "feminization of poverty," the report said.

Commenting on'the figures, Bruno Kopfer, secretary general of Cari~ Europe, said the report was intended to assist coordination between Caritas branches by re"ealing the "concrete face of poverty in Europe."

"What we wanted to get across is that there is poverty all over Europe," , Kopfer told Catholic News Service.

"The m~ssage from these data is Clear: The gap between rich and poor is wiOening, and the global changes now taking place aren't' making the world any more just," he said.

Among recommendations, it said special attention should be given to , the unemployed and elderly, singleparent and large families, as well as greater "financial solidarity" between the European Union and Eastem Europe..

Kopfer said the current trends were not "irreversible" and that Caritas was trying to "communicate its practical experiences into the lan- . guage of decision-makers."

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March.

These days the pope is often Pope John Paul II, who has the crowd by papal ushers. ' But the Vatican and Rome are supported by his aides as he rises hobbled through the last few years of his pontificate, was battling a not designed for the disabled, and from a chair or walks up stairs. painful knee. It began in Febru- - a "rolling pontificate" quickly His neck and head are curved forary.(!nd two weeks later had got- runs into serious architectural bar- ward to the point that he must ten so bad that the pope had to riers. That's why the pope had to look up to look ahead. The other cancel a string of appearances cancel four straight Sunday visits day, saying goodbye to two very outside his papal apartment build- to Rome parishes in February and tall Swiss Guards who were leaving, Vatican service, the pope ing.

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He skipped his general audi- _ The bum knee is the latest seemed unable to look them in the ence March 6 in the Paul VI Au- physical trial for a pope who, face. dience Hall, where his spotlighted more than any other pontiff in Precisely ~ecause mobili'ty itself is a路 tria,1 for papal throne sat th'e pope, his empty on the aides are constage. tinually.amazed Afterward, the 81-year-old by what he still can do - and pontiff stood at what he has his apartment planned. They window to greet say the pope still pilgrims and pushes himself, thank them for with a full slate their prayers.

When he turned of daily meetto step down ings,a heavy liturgical schedule from his platand at least three form he grimaced and foreign trips before the miplanned for this year, including crophone was turned off - rean I I-day maramarked in Pol'l.:.l..:...."""""~_I路thon to North ..

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Seated on his Officially, throne, the pope the pope was sufoften appears fering from "artired and remote , throsis,"'a fancy in the 24th year name for a deof his papacy. generation of the But nothing knee ligaments brin'gs out hi's like that experts say POPE JOHN Paull! greets pilgrims from his apartment win- energy affects, in some dow overlooking St. Peter's Square recently. The pope made people.

When his platform, up to 80 no mention of the pain in his right knee, which forced him to form rolled percent. of skip that day's general audience and to cancel several parish through the audipeople hIS ~ge. visits. (CNS photo by Alessia Giuliani Catholic Press photo) When the hga.' , ence hall one ment wears thin, morning in late bone rubs on bone, and the result history, has lived out his illnesses February, the pope's eyes lit up as is pain. and injuries in the public eye. he passed through the crowd and The pope's doctors prescribed An assassination attempt in touched outstretched hands. At one two weeks of rest....:... putting him 1981 nearly killed the pope, seri- point, as an infant was passed up on the ecclesial equivalent of the ously injuring his abdomen and a for a kiss, he delivered a near-kadisabled list. But for this pope, finger. In 1992 he had a benign rate chop to an arm that was reach'''rest'' is a relative concept. ' tumor removed from his intestine. ing in too close, then held up an He was keeping up his daily In 1993 he fell and dislocated his admonishing finger as if to say: routine of meetings in the Apos- shoulder and in 1994 took another Not when I'm holding a baby. tolic Palace, but was no long'er spill and fractured his right thigh.

Inevitably, the knee problems greeting dignitaries at the door bone. In 1996 he had his appen- prompted media conjecture on and escorting them inside. Instead, dix and gall bladder removed. potential successors to Pope John guests found the pope already Also'in 1996, the Vatican con- Paul and even some renewed seated. firmed that Pope John Paul was specul,ation about the possibility Close papal aides whispered suffering from a nervous system of a papal resignation. reassuring comments: The pope disorder generally believed to be The pope's frame of mind on had been given X-rays and aCT Parkinson's disease. Since then, this question is probably best scan and would not need an op- the symptoms have intensified glimpsed.in a recent encounter eration. With proper rest, he would and are visible to anyone during relayed by a Vatican source. When be in shape to preside over Easter the pope's frequent public appear- a group of Argentine bishops met celebrations in late March. And he ances: a shaking arm, indistinct the pope in February, one of them is definitely not being forced into speech, hea~y drooling, facial in- thanked the pontiff for na~ing as a wheelchair, they said. expressiveness and reduced mo""" a cardinal ,the' archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge One papal adviser said the knee bility. problem was not even new: In past Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Mario Bergoglio. .'

"He 'Would make a good sucyears, when doing the downhill Vatican's top doctrinal expert, said portion of long hikes through the a few years ago that, through his cessor to you, Your Holiness," the mountains, the pope occasionally suffering, the pope was beginning visiting bishop said. , would stop and take an aspirin, to witness the Gospel in a special To which the pope deadsaying his right knee was acting way before the world. panned: "My successor has not "I think that precisely in the been made a cardinal yet." up.

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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., March 15,2002 . Continued from page one

the matter is of no great import.

According to Professor Bury in We know with certainty that his "Life of St. Patrick," Patrick Patrick was of Roman-British ori- now spent 15 years in Gaul, at the gin, and that his father, Calpurnius, monastery of Lerins on the coast was a deacon and his grandfather a of the modem Cannes, France and priest, for at this time no strict law later at the Monastery of Auxerre of celibacy had been imposed on where he was ordained a priest. the Christian clergy, says Franciscan When Bishop Palladius was Father Thomas Plass man in his killed among the Scots in North "Lives of Saints."

Britain, Bishop Germanus of Patrick's full name was probably Auxerre had Patrick ordained a Patricius Magonus Sucatus, Father bishop.and sent him immediately Plassman noted. to evangelize Ireland.

Much of Patrick's life is recorded After that, the various biograin his "Confessio" and "The Letter phies become confused as to geogto the Soldiers ofCoroticus," as well raphy and chronology. as in the different Irish "Annals," the But it appears the courageous "LifeofSt. Pauick" by Muirchu and Patrick went first to where he had the "Breviarum" of Tirechan, both been a herdsman; founded a monin the "Book of Almagh." astery in Ulster, and finally, through In essence, they tell a tale of his preaching - simple biblical Patrick being captured by Irish Christianity - converted many raiders at the age of 16, brought to Druid pliests and thousands of their Ireland and sold as a slave to a land.: followers. owner whose flocks Patlick tended By 439, many priests and bishon the hills of County Antrim. ops came to assist Patlick and the It was dUling these six hard years native clergy he had fostered. that Patrick undelwent a profound About the year 442, tradition religious experience that trans- tells us, Patrick went to Rome and formed his life and set him on the met Pope Leo the Great, who, it road to saintliness, says Father seemed, took special interest in the Plassman.

Ilish Church. The cathedral church Although brought up in a Catho- of Armagh was founded as the prilic family, Pattick gave little heed matial see of Ireland on Patlick's to his faith or the pliests until then. return, and Patrick even convened During his shepherding, he received a synod there. the gift of faith and learned'to pray Patrick's fasting, his mystical fervently and often. experiences and constant Sometime during the summer of journeyings weakened him. His 40401 Patrick was admonished in a day fast on the mountain Croagh dream to escape from captivity. He Patrick and the privileges he won journeyed 200 miles from the north from God by his prayers is also asto the south Ireland, and miracu- . sociated with the end of his life, lously was allowed to travel aboard said Father Plassman.

In his writings, Patrick can be a ship transporting Irish hounds.

Whether he landed in Gaul or Brit- seen as a mystic who heeded his ain is not truly known. We do know dreams and showed his ardent huPatrick was united with his family. man feelings and his intense love of God. What was most human in But it was short-lived.

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the saint, and at the same time divine, a humility and a strength, show clearly in this passage from his "Confessio": "It was not any grace in me, but God who conquereth in me, and He resisted them all, so that I came to the heathen of Ireland to preach the Gospel and to bear insults from unbelievers.... I am ready to give even my life for His name's sake unfaltetingly and gladly, and there (in Ireland) I desire to spend it until I die, if our Lord should grant it to me."

It was God's will; and after an apostolate of 30 years in which he consecrated some 350 bishops and bringing the faith to many thoUsands, he died about 461 and was buried near the fortress of Saul in the vicinity of the future cathedral town of Down.

While Patrick may never have plucked the leaves off the shamrock to teach the Trinity, nor actually dliven serpents offthe Emerald Isle, he did answer·God's call to return to a larid that had held him in slavery and evangelize its people.

What's new in the Patrick biographies is that he is now being painted as one of the first in the history of the world who spoke out against slavery and the downtrodden. And unlike his contemporary, St. Augustine, Patrick in his "Confessio" treated women as individuals," suggests Thomas Cahill, author of the best-selling book "How the Irish Saved Civilization."

On Sunday, March 17, the feastday of St. Patrick, those oflrish descent - and reportedly those who long to be - will attend Mass and perhaps enjoy the traditional comed beefand cabbage dinner, and shed a tear listening to a tenor sing-

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The administration tradition- this capacity. for me as a professional and as a "I believe working in 'Catholic Catholic." ally has had three key positions, ust as Jesus taught Simon Peter, the fisherman, director of education, and two education is a gift. I think CathoBoyle's original degree was in how to be a"fisher of men," so this missionary others, one in charge of high lic education is the greatest gift chemistry from Emmanuel Colschools and the others directing we can give back to the Church. lege in Boston. She also earned priest and others like him, continue to follow in elementary schools.

In this day and age we are touch- master's degrees in education suthe footsteps of Jesus and His disciples. They Superintendent of School ing lives of people and it is the pervision and curriculum develbring the hope of salvation to young people, such James McNamee has basically way we can continue the Church opment at Boston College. Her as those in Liberia, whose lives are marked by guided the high schools and Sis- through the young people and. doctorate in administration and suffering and uncertainty-ehildren who've lived ter Anne Marie Landry, no longer . make it vibrant, to give them a curriculum is also from Boston with the diocese, had been hired tradition and to prepare them for College.. for years with civil strife.Through this priest's to manage the elementary the future." .

Before coming to the Fall words and witness, they come to know of Jesus' schools.

For the past 14 years she has River diocese, she was a chemislove-and His peace.

"I have changed the structure been the academic principal at try teacher and later vice princiso that there will be two assistant Coyle and Cassidy High School . pal at Marian High School in Your Lenten sacrifice would be a blessing for the superintendents, both kindergar- in Taunton, which Boyle called, Framingham. ten through 12 positions, and "a wonderful experience." When Boyle said that one of the Church in Liberia and throughout the Missions.

Donna Boyle will be assistant su- she started there in 1988, Michael things that will be advantageous Won't you please help? perintendent in charge of curricu- Donly, currently the director of in her new post is that while worklum," said George Milot. development for the diocese, was ing on her doctorate and in her The Society for the PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH "Dr. Boyle will deal with bring- then the headmaster. internship, she supervised el... all ofcommitted to the worldwide mission ofJesus ing our people together, linking "I replaced Norma Mulryan, ementary school teachers out of /.

Reverend Monsignor John J. Oliveira, V.E. , our schools, using our own people who had sowed the seeds," Boyle Boston College training in Natick 106 Illinois Street • New Bedford, MA 02745 . as resources ... and also bringing said. "My job was to take the cur- and Framingham.

Attention: Column ANCH.03/15/02 She also served as the graduriculum and move on. It was like in speakers," Milot added. o $40... $1 for each day of Lent There was no indication when working in the early days of the ate school director of admissions o $100 0 $50 0 $25 0 $10 0 (other) the other assistant superintendent, Church. The most wonderful for the Boston College School of .who would be in charge of per- thing working here is that we had Education.

Name _ A native of Boston, she lives sonnel, might be named. a real Christian community. EvIn an interview last week, eryone was here for the students. in Somerset with her husband EuAddress --I Boyle told of her own excitem·ent And we had all the problems of gene and son James, who is a 1996 CityState _ Zip _ and called the promotion "one of the early Church. But we all graduate ofCoyle and Cassidy and the greatest privileges in my life worked and prayed together. This a 2000 graduate of Providence to be able to serve the diocese in has been a tremendous experience . College.

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Free-throw contest winners'named BOURNE - Eight boys and girls, ages 10-14, were recently named local champions of the 2002 Knights of Columbu.s Free-Throw Championship. The event was sponsored by the Bishop Feehan Council No. 2911 in Buzzards Bay and was held at the Upper Cape Regional Technical School.

Each local champion has ~arned the right to compete at the district level and will keep his or her eye towards moving to the regional, state and national level.

Winners were: Alexandra Hester and John Kilfoil, 10year-old division; Corinne O'Kane and David Kilfoil, 11year-old .division; Kristen Halliday and Justin Chapman, 12-year-old division; and Maeghan Kilfoil and Zoel Roy Jr., in the 13-year-old division.

Each contestant sank the most free-throws out of 15 attempts with ties being settled by successi ve roun9s of fi ve freethrows per contestant until a winner emerged. ...

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The school's debate team won 15 of 22 match~s . in a recent contest with many of its members receiving honors._ Chris Ward had the distinction of receiving a single round perfect score plus bonus points. Winners were as follows: First Speaker Awards, Andrew Penman, Phil Brady, Garrett Titmas, Kevin Finn, Brianne Dours, J. Bellucci, Dan Riall, Liz

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A College Information Night for juniors and their parents will be held March 18 from 7:30-9 p.m. in' the school cafeteria. The college application process will be discussed.

A College Fair will be held at Mansfield High School April 8 from 7-9 p.m. More than 100 colleges will be represented:

SOME OF winners in the Knights of Columbus freethrow contest held recently.

58. Peter and Paul students give back' FALL RIVER - Students Office. "I think it's nice for the from SS.. Peter and Paul School people to give a little something made a special delivery to postal back to the postal workers. Beworkers. in the Fall River, cause of all that has happened in Swansea and'Somers~t areas re- America, it's importan~ to say cently as they sent out handmade thank you.'" cards and letters of appreciation The school has a special rela. to' workers. tionship with the post office, havThe annual event sees hundreds ing participated in its Wee Deliver of cards anCl notes delivered to the Postal Program for more than 10 postal workers across Bristol years now. With the program, stucounty and.is an opportunity for .dents gain knowledge of the postal students to say thank you for all system and develop an appreciathe hard work postal employees tion for writing letters. As part of do througho!lt the year. the program, students in grades Sixth-grader Courtney Faris four and. five can take a special said she was proud to deliver the civil service exam given by postal mail to the South Station Post employees.

Bishop Connolly students .honored THESE BISHOP Stang High School, North Dartmouth, seniors were nominated for the 2002 Prudential Spirit of Community Award because of their exemplary community service. . From left are Amelia Monteiro, Peter Kavanaugh and Gillian Baumgart. With them is Pri~cipal Michael O'Brien. Winners of the award will be honored in Washington, D.C.

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Charles Dwyer is the art instructor and chairperson at the Fall River school.

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By GEORGE CARROLL

Currently, Phi Kappa Theta has 34 members at Kansas State University.

MANHATTAN, Kan. - One of the fraternities Father Keith Weber, pastor of St. Isidore Student on the campus of Kansas State University has a unique Center at Kansas State and honorary member of Phi emphasis: Catholicism.

Kappa, said the fraternity is "doing exceptionally The all-Catholic fraternity, which reopened in the well." fall of 2000 after being closed for a year, is one of He has provided spiritual guidance to the fraternity since it reopened. He only a couple such fraternities in the country. M r -......::-r-~------------...,attends weekly Phi Kappa Chapters of the Catholic executive board meetings, fraternity Lambda Omega and is the chapter's adviser and spiritual counselor.

Alpha, founded in 1990, "The fraternity's men can be found at the Uniare very much involved in versity of Texas at Austin its operation and leaderand Southwest Texas State ship. They also are doing University in San Marcos.

But the Kansas frater.. a great job in student renity, Phi Kappa Theta, has cruitment, inviting current a long history. It was and prospective K-Staters to consider joining Phi formed in 1959 as a merger of Phi Kappa, Kappa." founded at Brown UniFraternity alumni spent versity, and Theta Kappa FATHER KEITH Weber, center, stands $150,000 to completely Phi, from Lehigh Univer- with fraternity brothers Albert Jirak, left, and renovate the Phi Kappa house prior to its reopensity.

A chapter of Phi Jeremiah Connell from the Phi Kappa Theta ing. New carpeting, Kappa was established at fraternity at Kansas State University in Man- plumbing and air condiKansas State University in hattan, Kan. (CNS photo by George Carroll, tioning were installed, in 1920 and was meant to be Northwestern Kansas Register) addition to new furniture.

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Hammerschmidt, said the fraternity members have source for generations of young Catholic men.

But in 1967, the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity voted been lucky because Father Weber spends so much at the national level to end the Catholic requirement time with them.

"He'll have a Bible study with us or hear our confor membership and the Kansas State Uni versity chapter decided in the early '70s to open its membership fessions," he said. Sometimes the students also get to all denominations. together and go to daily Mass at St. Isidore's.

The university's fraternity experienced ups and The fraternity house has a small chapel with a downs in its membership and numbers declined in crucifix.

Senior Jeremiah Connell said, "What's great is the late 1990s. In October 1999 chapter leaders shut it down temporarily and several board members re- the privilege of living in a Catholic fraternity, and in signed. But in 2000, a new board was formed and its a nice home, and in getting to know fellow Catholic members decided to reopen with a renewed Catholic men." emphasis.

Now the members are gearing up their recruit"Things are going great. We've just completed a ment efforts with letters to parish priests asking them really good semester here at Kansas State," Jarred Thome, to tell their high school parishioners about the fratera freshman from Wichita, told the Northwestern Kan- nity and getting ready for the annual recruitment phase that takes place in all fraternities: Greek Week. sas Register, newspaper of the Salina diocese.

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STUDENTS AT the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow wave to the satellite image of Pope John Paul 1\ as he speaks from the Vatican recently. The pope made the virtual live visit to students in Moscow and five other European cities.. (CNS photo from Reuters)

St. Francis Prep involves students in Lenten projects HYANNIS - During the Lenten season the Saint Francis Xavier Student Council coordinated three school-wide projects. On March 8, each homeroom at the school palticipated in making lunches to donate to the Salvation Army.

The students brought in the necessary groceries to make 200 lunches. Each of the 10 homerooms participated by making 20 lunches, which were then delivered at noontime by the student council members.

Once a week throughout the Lenten season the council has asked students to bling in a designated fo09 item. On March I the council sponsored "Free For All Friday" where all students

were asked to bring in any canned good item for donation to the palish St. Vincent de Paul Society.

For the final project student council members decorated coffee cans, which were used during lunch period to collect contributions from the students this Lent. Students were asked to sacrifice snack money or spare change and place it in the cans.

Donations collected will be given to the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

In addition the students of the school are aLLending Mass each Monday morning and participating in Stations of the Cross on Friday afternoons at the parish church.

Life lessons a lifeless doll can't teach

By AMY WELBORN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

On a recent bitterly cold Sunday morning, my husband and I rushed out of the chill into Mass. Since we have a baby (11 months old now), we sat near the back so we could make a quick exit if we needed to.

A minute or two after we'd arranged ourselves in our pew, a teen-age girl and her mother slipped into the pew behind us. The daughter had a baby carrier hooked over her arm. Naturally enough, because of the cold, a blanket was draped over the carrier.

My own baby was standing on my knee, facing them. As I sensed the girl about to push down the blanket, I whispered to Joseph, "Look at the pretty baby." And then I turned, looked and couldn't help but start as I caught a glimpse out of the corner of the eye: The baby looked frozen, with weird shiny skin. Lifeless.

Well, it was a doll.

Why was a teen-age girl bringing a baby

doll with all the trappings to Mass? For class, thereby exposing teens to the responsibilities I immediately guessed, and a few minutes later and, it is theorized, discouraging them from my suspicions were confirmed as, undoubt- getting into that situation themselves before they're ready. edly on a timer, the baby clicked and, in a tinny, . .- - - - - - - - - - . .

I've never seen any retaped voice began to cry.

-I'~ search on these programs, The girl poked around .. '--,'" II so I don't know if they rein her bag, took out a ally "work" or not, but to bottle, put it between the tell the truth I doubt they doll's lips. I could hear its mechanical sucking for dO'WhY? Because I think about 10 minutes. Never kids are plenty smart heard it burp, though. enough to know that babies We've come a long way. Back when these are a lot of work and round-the-clock rereal-life experiments in parenthood first be- sponsibility without having to haul around came popular, teachers assigned kids to care an egg, a flour sack or a doll for a weekend. for eggs or flour sacks as if they were de- The reasons for early, unintended pregnanpendent babies. Now some smart entrepre- cies have much less to do with that kind of neur has cashed in and improved upon the awareness than with a specific, wrenching original (probably encouraged by school staff failure of will at a very crucial time.

But there's another reason I don't like these tired of cleaning up egg yolk and smashed flour sacks), manufacturing baby dolls that "see how much of a pain a baby is" experido almost everything a real baby does, ments. I think they communicate the very

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That's not what babies are.

Babies are people who don't ask to be born and whose helplessness is only a "burden" if their personhood is forgotten.

Sure, teens shouldn't be having babies, but not because they don't have enough money or time to spend on expensive, timeconsuming objects. Teens aren't yet prepared to give babies the love they deserve. Teens have too many other things on their plates, emotionally and practically speaking, and that's the way it should be.

A few more years of maturity and wisdom, a sense of the vital importance of a family with two parents in a baby's life and an understanding of the joy of sacrificing for the sake of another human being usually fixes that.

And only life can teach you those lessons.

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Dual role for Lenten rules sacrifice and healthy eating ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (CNS) the process of filleting is easy.

Although regulations specify Simply slice the fish along the meatless meals on Fridays during edge and remove the comblike the Lenten season, chef Michael bone with relative ease. This is a McGreal believes the sacrifice flat fish, so the bone structure is serves a dual role - it meets minimal and easily dislodged, he Church obligations and promotes said. Serve with fresh carrots, a healthy eating habits. glass of white wine and fresh berNo longer is Friday night de- ries served on a flaky light stru~ fined by fish sticks, macaroni and del. cheese or tuna casserole. Fresh fish For chef George Macht at the is plentiful, and shipments from College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Europe, Indonesia or Taiwan of- the Lenten season is a good time fer seafood-eaters an opportunity to serve up healthy, hearty meals, to indulge in a few special recipes, such as vegetable soup. "In my according to McGreal, chairman way of thinking, we need to pay of culinary arts at Joliet Junior attention to the vegetables that are College. The availability of fish in season. We need to cut back on has caused prices to drop as well. meat and gather up some goodFish dinner once meant deep- quality produce," he said. fried or bread-battered recipes, reThe problem is that the variety suiting in high-cholesterol, high- of produce available in February calorie, heavy meals. Serving lob- and March is minimal. Even imster or red ported stock snapper once from other conjured sicountries multaneous vilacks freshsions of ness and is exdrizzled butter '+ pensive, he and lemon said. wedges.

He relies T 0 day, on root veghe i g h te ned etable, includa war e n e s s ing carrots, abou t proper turnips and ru) nutrition a n d .':,! tabaga. "You V can do a lot low-fat diets has caused with a meatchefs to redeless entree, but sign their soup is good recipe books to on cold days," include dishes according to that are both Macht. flavorful and Since tolow-fat. matoes are not It's not hard, li(~3~~lo...-~~~~!~~m in season, the canned variety said McGreal. U M~als comA STUDENT chef in the culi- will suit for a pnsed of nary arts program at Joliet Jun- wholesome swordfish, Do-. C II . J I' till base that is flaversole,catfish lor o. ~ge In. 0 Ie, ., prepares vored with and more can a nutritious dish. (CNS photo by fresh root vegbe prepared at Ann Piasecki, Catholic Explore/) etables and home as well some addias in upscale restaurants. He sug- tional canned varieties. The key to gests pan-searing most fish dishes success is to use equal amounts of in olive oil for approximately 10 similarly sliced root vegetables to minutes per inch, and perhaps a bit prevent one taste from overpowlonger depending on the thickness ering the whole pot. Turnips of the piece. should be blanched before they are Unlike chicken or pork, if the added to the soup pot. fish isn't cooked quite thoroughly, The leftovers offer a whole there is little danger of food poi- other variety of options, added soning because there is no fat to Macht. Served with pasta, the soup attract bacteria. With fish, the takes on a new shape. trick is not to overcook it; this Meanwhile, a serving of pasta tends to ruin the texture of the together with sauteed carrots or product that is rich in vitamin D. bell peppers, red and green varietMcGreal promotes the use of fish ies, is both nutritious and substanbecause, unlike chicken, it's al- tial. "I like bright colors," he said. ready skinless and is free of the "Bright vegetables makes the dish fat that typically embodies pork look good. If it's attractive to the and beef meals. eye, it's more fun to eat."

These low-calorie meals are Macht said he believes that prime for spice experimentation, Lenten Fridays are great opportuhe said. The chef warned against nities to involve the kids in the drowning the piece in mounds of preparation of meals. He suggests spices, but said a dash of Thai attempting a homemade pizza paste or curry along with a bit of made with fresh ingredients that salt and pepper offers a full-fla- everyone can apply. "Depending vored dish. on the thickness, bake about 12 For beginners, McGreal sug- minutes in a high oven. Pizza is gests a meal of baked Dover sole fun because it's not like a vegetartopped with lemon basil because ian dish - it's pizza," he said. __

NEARLY 70 priests from the Diocese of Fall River joined with Bishops Sean O'Malley of the Fall River diocese and Robert E. Mulvee of the Providence diocese for a Lenten day of recollection recently at St. John Neumann Church and Cathedral Camp in East Freetown.

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In his presentati6ns, Bishop Mulvee acknowledged the occasional stress of priestly ministry in the contemporary environment and offered insights gleaned from Scriptures, both Old and New

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Testaments, as grist for each the sacrament of reconciliation. participant's meditative mill. He "R~freshed from their experiencouraged all to cultivate a genu- ence, participants in the day of recollection returned to their reine spirit of fraternal unity.

Msgr. Steven J. Avila, Pastor of spective parochial and ministerial St. John Neumann Parish, served assignments with, as one of our brother priests expressed, 'our as host for his brother priests.

Philip Spindola, a well known spiritual batteries recharged,'" liturgical musician, enriched the added Msgr. Harrington. "We all prayer services as accompanist look forward now to the apand cantor. . proaching days of Holy Week and All the participants were af- . Easter with renewed enthusiasm forded the opportunity to utilize and commitment."

THE PLANTS and flowers in Pietro Perugino's ''The Crucifixion with the Virgin, St. John, St. Jerome and St. Mary Magdalene" convey a symbolic message. Perugino used red poppies, violets and a deep-pink mallow to symbolize death, humility and salvation, respectively. The painting is among those on display in ''The Flowering of Florence: Botanical Art for the Medici" exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington through May 27. (CNS photo courtesy National Gallery of Art)