03.24.00

t eanc 0 VOL. 44, NO. 12 • Friday, March 24, 2000

FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD 11 THE ISLANDS

FALL RIVER, MASS.

Southeastern Massachusetts' Largest Weekly • $14 Per Year

Ecumenical service draws faithful

By MIKE GORDON

recited the Gospel readi'ng from the Book of Matthew. It focused on Jesus' FALL RIVER - Representatives call from God and his move from from a dozen Christian communities in Nazareth to Capernaum at the time of southeastern Massachusetts gathered last John the Baptist's arrest. Homilist, the weekend with Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, Rev. Edward R. Dufresne told attendOFM Cap., at St. Mary's Cathedral for ees that "just as God called Jesus, I bea Millennial Ecumenical service entitled lieve that God is calling us to be one so "An Ecumenical Celebration of the Word that His love may be known." of Christ Marking the Beginning of the Mr. Dufresne, who is executive minThird Millennium of Christianity." ister of the New Bedford Interchurch It brought Christians together Council, said that for Christians to come together to through prayer, respeak out on "Tonight we can refocus our roots," ethical and flection and said Bishop O'Malley, "all of us pro- moral issues song and Bishop fessing the same faith of one Lord is one thing O'Malley was and one baptism remember the Last that should of such "delighted" at Supper when Jesus spoke'about all come a celebration. the opportubeing one. We come together in "There is so nity to come prayer' and fellowship and ask the much more together with that unites us brothers and Lord tojoin us." in Christ than sisters' in . separates us," Christ. ,"Tonight we can refocus our roots," he said, adding that with the courage said Bishop O'Malley, "all of us profess- Christ showed we could all "move from ing the same faith of one Lord and one darkness to light."

At the end of his homily Mr. baptism remember the Last Supper when Jesus spoke about all being one. We Dufresne spoke about how moved he was come together in prayer and fellowship by the pope's recent actions seeking forand ask the Lord to join us," he said. giveness for the past sins of the CathoFather Edward Healey, rector of the lic Church. "We are all saints and sinCathedral, welcomed participants to the ners before the Lord," said Dufresne and service. A cross, Bible and candle were he asked all gathered to bow their heads carried in procession and placed near the and ask for God's forgi veness "for those altar. An Ecumenical choir then led the things we've done that divides the Body, hymn "The Church's One Foundation," of Christ."

Following the homily were intercesand the bishop followed with a greeting sions, the Lord's Prayer, a sign of peace, and recitation of the Apostles' Creed.

Following several prayers and Scrip- and a inspiring candlelight procession.

Turn to page three - Service ture readings, the Rev. Birdyln Ogangan ANCHOR STAFF

... AN ECUMENICAL choir sings songs of unity and praise at a gathering entitled "An Ecumenical Celebration of the Word of Christ, Marking the Beginning of the Third Millennium of Christianity," held last weekend at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. ~ THE REV. EDWARD R. Dufresne, executive minister of the New Bedford Interchurch Council, speaks with Bishop Sean P O'Malley, OFM Cap., prior to the service.

(Anchor/Gordon photos)

81. Anne's will host April Jubilee Mass Editor's Note: This is the second in a non-believers alike, St. Anne Church at Montaubricg, a French missionary, was 10-part series on the pilgrimage churches South Main and Middle streets is a monu- sent in 1869 to establish a parish for the in the Fall River diocese. They appear ment of religious architecture and one of 3,000 immigrants, and in March 1870, the once a month in The Anclwr to assist di- ' the chief points of interest -.:', first church comer stone was ocesan Catholics in making their pilgrim. blessed. At the ceremonies , : 'Sf. ANNE for pilgrims and tourists, ages to these sites. According to guide~:" the stage collapsed and from the world oyer. ' , , :C~lJRCH" lines published by the diocese, those who ;], more than 100 were inFounded in the fall of •' ' FALL RIVER travel to any of the designated churches • 1869, the parish has been : : , 1\ jured. The new pastor and fulfill the simple conditions of the •'the cradle of Frenc,ti Ca': ' ,J quickly invoked St. Anne. indulgence, will receive for themselves, , tholicism and of French: ' '.

No one died in the accior for a soul in Purgatory, the same in- • culture.in the southeast~, dent and St. Anne was dulgence as if they had traveled to Rome : e'm region of Massachuchosen as the name for the or the Holy Land for the Jubilee Year. parish. setts. It was, from the ~

Special Jubilee Mass at S1.

Anne Church Fall River, will be celebrated Sunday, April 2 at 10 a.m. by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap.

By JAMES N. DUNBAR FALL RIVER -

For believers and

start, comprised,of im- : mIgrants from French Canada who began' trickling in around 1862 to settle here and work the cotton mills of the fastest growing textile manufacturing center in America.

Father Adrien de

In November 1887,a small group of Dominican Fathers began their ministry at St. Anne's.

They continued to staff the parish and its wellknown Shrine to St. Anne until 1978 when Turn to page J3 St. Anne's

DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE CHURCHFS

In addition to St. Mary's Cathedral, the following churches have been designed by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., as pilgrimage sites for the Jubilee Year.

Bishop O'Malley will be the principal celebrant at Masses at the churches on the following dates and times: ' - St. Mary Church, Mansfield, held in March; .

- Sunday, April 2, Saint Anne Church, Fall River, 10 a.m.; - Sunday, May 7, St. Anthony Church, Taunton, 3 p.m.; - Sunday, June 25, Kennedy Park, Fall River, 3 p.m., which is the concluding Mass for the Eucharistic Congress; -Sunday, July 2, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, New Bedford, 10 a.m.; - Sunday, August 6, St. John Neumann Church, East Freetown, 11 a.m.; - Sunday, September 3, St. Pius X Church, South Yarmouth, 10:30 a.m.; - Sunday, October 1, Holy Trinity Church, Harwich, 5 p.m.; - Sunday, November 5, Christ the King Church, Mashpee, 11:30 a.m.; - Sl!nday, December 3, La Salette Shrine, Attleboro, 4 p.m.

2

THEANCHOR-DioceseofFaiIRiver-Fri.,Marcb..-24,2000

t6u-ncil-5~3

Cardinal Kung showed 'heroic fidelity to Christ' STAMFORD, Conn. (CNS)A Vatican official praised the late Cardinal Ignatius Kung Pin-mei as "a relentless witness to the truth" during the Chinese cardinal's funeral Mass at St. John's Church in Stamford.

Cardinal J. Francis Stafford, president of the Pontifical'Council for the Laity and former archbishop of D~nver, represented Pope John Paul II at the March 18 funeral.

Cardinal Kung, who was diagnosed with stomach cancer in late February, died in Stamford, Conn., March 12 at the age of 98.

LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIANBOOKSlORE - Cards - Bibles ~ -Music - Rosaries· . -.Gifts· ••1 .

Tel. (508) 997-1165 Mon. - sat 9:30 am - 5:00 pm .

88-A STATE HIGHWAY (Rt.6) - NO. DARTMOUTH Acmss From SkUlK H.S. Ne» [}xJr to BunmlM.Y)()(} &stlllunllU

.

N-BAPTISTE

He was the Catholic Church's oldest cardinal..

The pope said the cardinal demonstrated "heroic fidelity to Christ amid persecution and imprisonment."

Cardinal Kung, considered by the Vatican to be the legitimate bishop of Shanghai until his death,' had spent more than 30 years in prison in China for his refusal to renounce his ties with the Vatican and with the pope.

His death leaves the C0llege of Cardinals with 152 members, 104 of whom are under age 80 and therefore eligible to vote in a papal conclave.

He was buried in Santa Clara, Calif., alongside Archbishop Dominic Tang Yee-ming of Canton, another exiled 'Chinese Catholic leader, who died in 1995.

The summer of 1999 was a festive one for Cardinal Kung: He celebrated his 20th anniversary of being secretly named to the College of Cardinals, his 50th anniversary of being a bishop and his 69th. anniversary as a priest.

MACHNOWSKI ....:... SCHICK

'FUNERALH01VIE . cfewing ~It .¢rdtOl .'

.. .

."

RICHARD MACHNOWSKI Owner & .Director (508) 995-5005

472 AsWey Blvd.· New Bedford, MA 02745

" HOSPICIE BOOST - Linda Silva, s:;enter, coordinator of volunteers for Hospice of Greater Taunton, receives check from Francis J. Boivin, left, president of the Council of St. Jean Baptiste No. 53 of Taunton, as Council Secretary Jeannette Bilodeau looks on. The $700 donation is the result of the Council's Harvest Di'nner fund-raiser last year. The presentation came during the Council's recent Mardi Gras Picnic at St. Jacques' Church hall, Taunton, that benefited St. Mary's Elementary School there. '~

S~int

Anne ·Hospital lists mobile van mammograms

FRIDAYS IN LENT

FEAST OF THE ANNUNCIATION RESPECT LIFE MORNING OF ATONEMENT Saturday, March 25 - 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Prayer - Reflection - Rosary Adoration - Music

HEALING SERVICE WITH MASS

In Your Prayers

March 27 2 Kgs 5: 1-15a; Ps 42:2-3;43:34; Lk 4:24-30 March 28 Dn 3:25,34-43; Ps 25:4bc-5ab,67bc,8-9; Mt 18:21-35 March 29 Dn 4:1,5-9; Ps 147:12-13,1516,19-20; Mt 5:17-19 March 30 Jer 7:23-28; Ps 95:1-2,6-9; Lk 11:14-23 March 31 Has 14:2-10; Ps 81 :6c-11 b,14, 17; Mk 12:28b-34 April Has 6:1-6; Ps 51 :3-4,18-21 b; Lk 18:9-14 April 2 2Chr36:1416,19-23; Ps 137:1-6; Eph 2:4-10; Jn 3:1421

Sunday, March 26 - 2:00 p.m. - Fr. Pat

GRIEF EDUCATION PROGRAM Thursday, March 30: 10:30 a.m.

"Blessed Are Those Who Mourn" Counseling Center - $10

Saint Anne's, 675-5658.

April 15, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Hudner Oncology Center, 6755686.

April 19, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Health First, 102 County St., Fall River, 679-8111.

May 2, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

SSTAR. May 4, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Hudner Oncology Center.

May 13, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Hudner Oncology Center.

May 17, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Health First.

FALL RIVER - Saint Anne not pay for Medicare Part B; and Hospital has announced the April are able to meet income guideand May mobile mammography lines. For more information convan schedules. tact Maria Cabrales, RN, at 675A registered nurse and regis- 5686. . tered radiology technologist proAppointments are necessary vide the mammograms, clinical for all services. Women should breast exams, Pap tests and physi- call the host sites listed to schedcal exams. Other health services ule appointments. include free breast and cervical The schedule is: education and further diagnostic April 4, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. .- testing if deemed necessary. Por- SSTAR, 400 Stanley St., Fall tuguese-speaking staff is avail- . River, 675-1054. able. . April 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

The free services are available Hudner Oncology Center at to uninsured or underinsured women who are: Massachusetts residents; 40 to 64 years old or' under 40 with personal or family history or age 65 or older and not eligible for Medicare or can-

Daily Readings

11 :15 a~m. - Way of the Cross 1:00 p.m. Cafeteria - Friday Fast Food: Bread - Water & Scripture

-Taunton', MA

Please pray for the following priests during the coming week . t!'JECROLOGY

'. March 27 1918, Rev. James W. Conlin, Pastor, St. Patrick, Somerset 1964, Rt. Rev. Antonio P. Vieira, Pastor, Our Lady of Me Carmel, New Bedford , .

M~lrch

28

1960, Rev. Alfred 1. Levesql;H~, Pastor, .St. Jacq~es, Taunton 1972, Rev. Bernard A. Lavoie,\Cath61icMemorial Home, Fall _~. River 1983, Rev. Dieudonn~'j.1asse,\PfM, Retired, Montreal, Canada 1985, Rev. HoWard1\. Waldron) Pastor Emeritus, St. Thomas \ \.

More, Somirset'

\

\

March 29, 1923, Rev. James H. Carr, S.T.L., Assistant, St. Patrick, Fall River 1951, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward 1. Moti~ty, Pastor, St. Patrick, Fall \ \ River . \ . \

March 30 \ \ 1963, Rev. Aime Barre, On Sick Leave-, F,all River 1985, Rev. Benoit R. Galland, Retired, 'United States Navy \

March 31

\

U

1953, Rt. Rev. Msgr. George C. Maxwell, Pastor, SS. Peter & Paul, Fall River

April 1 I111111111111111111111111111111 THE ANCHOR (USPS-545.{)20) Periodical Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass. Published weekly except for the first two weeks in July and the week after Chrisonas at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River. Mass. 02720 by the Catholic Press ofthe Diocese of Fall River. Subscription price by mail, postpaid $14.00 per year. . POSTMASTERS send address chimges to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, MA fJl.722.

1958, Rev. George A. Lewin, Pastor, St. Mary, Hebronville 1974, Rev. Edwin J. Loew, Pastor, St. Joseph, Woods Hole

April 2 1961, Rev. Adolph Banach, OFM Conv., Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, New Bedford 1976, Rev. Donald Belanger, Pastor, St. Stephen, Attleboro 1993, Rev. James B. Coyle, Pastor Emeritus, St. Dorothea, Eatontown, N.J.

THEANCHOR- Diocese ofFall River- Fri., March 24, 2000

Father Rousseau 'to celebrate 50th annivers'ary NEW BEDFORD - Blessed Sacrament Father Julian M. Rousseau, a native of New Bedford now serving in Albuquerque, N.M., will celebrate his 50th anniversary of ordination on April 2 at S1. Julie Billiart Church, North Dartmouth.

Ordained to the priesthood on Sept. 23, 1950 by Bishop James L. Connolly in the former S1. Hyacinth Church here, he had studied at the Seminary of the Blessed Sacrament in Sufferen, N.Y., at the Novitiate in Barre, Mass., and at St. Joseph's Seminary in Cleveland, Ohio.

Father Rousseau's half-century of service include being a parish priest in Leicester, England; missionary duty in the Philippines; parish duty at S1. Jean's in New York; later as a chaplain at the Veterans Hospital in Chicago, III., and his continuing chaplaincy in New Mexico.

Of the 15 members of Father Rousseau's family, only his brother Charles Rousseau, of New Bedford, remains. A brother, the late Father Leo Rousseau, was also a member of the Blessed Sacrament Fathers.

Travel plans being set for N.E. Men's Conference in Worcester

Charles Rousseau and many nieces, cousins and friends will attend the anniversary celebrations which, besides the Mass, include a luncheon reception at the Hawthorne Country Club in North Dartmouth.

The Community of the Sacred Heart Fathers will honor Father Rousseau at St. Jean's in New York on Sunday. Among the concelebrants of the Mass there will be Blessed Sacrament Father Robert P. Rousseau, a nephew of the honoree and also a native of New Bedford.

Tape recording of Virgin Mary was core belief of Ugandan cult

By DECLANWALSH CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

KAMPALA, Uganda - A tape recording of the Virgin Mary helped convert many to the Ugandan Christian sect that apparently committed mass suicide.

At least 500 people died in ablaze in the church of the Movement for the Restoration of theTen Commandments the night of March 17.

The doors of the church were locked and the windows had been nailed shut. The sect's followers had been expecting theenq of the world.

The sect leadership, which included a Catholic politician and two former Catholic priests, who are thought to have also pelished in the inferno, claimed to have received regular visitations from the Virgin Mary. The skeptical were converted using the tape recording, which was heard by a local nun, Our Lady of Good Counsel Sister Stella Maris.

"A woman's voice said: 'I see that the world is suffering. Now I want

,

to come down and restore the Ten Commandments,'" she said, speaking outside the church where the sect faithful perished in the fire.

Testimonies of claimed visitations from the Virgin Mary were also contained in a book the sect sold for 4,000 shillings (US$2.67).

The book contained several chapters opposed to Catholic doctrine. ''The Ten Commandments have been distorted. We are putting them right," a teacher with the sect told a Ugandan newspaper last May. This would make the mass suicide the second largest in living memory. The largest was the death of 914 followers of a cult lead by a U.S. pastor Jim Jones in Jonestown, Guyana, in 1978.

The compound buildings, which followers believed were their Noah's Ark, were found empty after the blaze. A few garlands hung from the roof of a second church building, the only evidence of a huge party held by the followers before dous-

NEW BEDFORD - Reservations are being taken for bus travel to the third annual New England Catholic Men's Conference to be held April 8 at Holy Name High School in Worcester.

Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, secretary for Spiritual Formation and the Apostolates in the FaIl River diocese, announced that reservations are ongoing. The bus will leave from the Parish Center at the Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in New Bedford at 6: 15 a.m., on the conference day.

A variety of men's groups, including the Men of S1. Joseph

and Men of the Sacred Heart are planning on attending the conference.

Speakers at the event include Ray Flynn, former Boston mayor and former ambassador to the Vatican; and former Boston Red Sox player Rico Petrocelli. Bishop Daniel P. Reilly of Worcester will be the principal celebrant of the Conference Mass.

For reservations and information, call Msgr. Harrington at 992-3184. .

NEED A GOOD PLUMBER? For your home or business.

NEED I GOOD COPIER? Rent for

ing themselves in gasoline and burning to death.

In a statement issued March 20, Bishop Robert Gay of Kabale said the sect's followers had been '.'misled by obsessed leaders into a form of religiosity completely rejected by the Catholic Church."

m:mI 508-679-2650 I~II

~TO'6I>C

JohnC. LINDO & SON

1¢ per copy

• No $ Down • No Capital Investmen • Includes machine, service & supplies *(excludes toner & paper) • Expett Repair of SHARP@ brand office equipment • Service from Attleboro to Wareham

DEALER

INDIAN SPRINGS PLAZA· SOMERSET. MA OZ726

Plumbing & Heating Est. 1920

(508) 678-5571 : I I I

"The Experienced Plumbing People" Providing a Full Line of Plumbing & Heating Services L ~L'::I~ ~w~s~ ~M~S~ .J

I

Now! Visit Citizens-Union at our newest address: www.cubLink.com

Add WWW.cubLink.com to your "Favorites" and you're one click away from banking online.

(Of course, you need to be a Citizens-Union customer too. If you're not yet, now's the time!) Pay bills, see which checks have been . paid, transfer funds, find outif that automatic

A UGANDAN boy covers his face with rosemary at the scene of a Mass suicide in Kanungu, Uganda, March 19. (eNS photo from Reuters)

Continued from page one

After the celebration Father 'Marc Bergeron, ecumenical officer for the Diocese of Fall River and pastor of St. Anne's Church, said he thought it "a lovely event. The message that Mr. Dufresne brought through the homily of doing all we can was also stressed by Pope John Paul II and is celtainly an important one."

Father Constantine S. Bebis, pastor of St. George Greek Olthodox Church, New Bedford, was happy to be a part of the gatheling and said it is a good feeling that penetrates our hearts today. "We prayed together with Ollr brothers and sisters and contemplate Chlistian love, humility and repentance.

It was a profound gathering."

deposit made it to your account, check your balances or account activity, get answers to questions bye-mail and more! Best of all, Citizens-Union isn't some "virtual" bank that only exists online. If you need to sit down and talk with someone, we're here for you in person too. The best of both worlds - available today at Citizens-Union Savings Bank. It's just one more reason why we're the only bank you'll ever need.

.CITIZENS~UNION SAVINGS BANK

Fall River Main Office: 4 South Main Street 508·678·7641 (Connecting all offices) 335 Stafford Road, 490 Robeson Street, 81 Troy Street

Somerset Somen;et Plaza, Ronte 6 Swansea 554 Wiibur Avenue

Seekonk 174 Taunton Avenue. Route ,14 Online www.cilizensunionbank.com

(!) Mcmhcr FDIC Citizens-Union Savings Bank - lbe only bank yOll 'll ever need

I I I I I

Lie. 10786

CITIZENS-UNION SAVINGS BANK INTRODUCES ONLINE BANKING

\.

Service

3

ut.Uil Mcmt-cr DIF

(

•

4

'i

. t~e living word 1

THEANCHOR ~ DioceseofFall River- Prj., March 24, 2(xx) " '

themoorin~ I

"

J

Census 2000 Don't let April 1st fool you. It might be a day for hijinks but this year it takes on a more serious meaning. It is Census Day. From coast-to-coast the federal government will begin the task of counting the people of the land. The Constitution requires that a census be held every 10 years for the purpose of reapportioning seats in the House of Representatives among the states. , Many people view this simply as another government ploy. As a result, there are those who ignore the census. Some do so' because they are afraid of big government; others do so with the mind-set of privacy rights. Both positions are detrimental to the common good.

Census data is used in many areas of our live~. More than 50 federallaws require this information. For example: the number of people 18 or older with less than five years of schooling determines the fuilding ,allocation for each state under the Adult Education Act. Also, the number of children ages five to 17 in economically d~sadvantaged families determines the 'funding allocation to counties under the Elementary and Secondary School Act Other uses include funding for Public Works, especially in the areas, of highway systems, school construction, police and fi~e preCincts and local elections. Many communities usethe censustQ write grants and allocate resources. It should be obvious then that the census, directly or indirectly, affects everyone. ' There are some ~~~as that the census is particularly interested in contacting for information, namely, people who reside ,in group livjng quarters. Included in this determination would be universities and colleges, religious facilities ,including convents and monasteries, juvenile institutions, group homes and migrant farm worker camps. So often so many simply slip through the net because of indifference or ignorance. In the long run they are the worse ,off for it.' The census must bt? all-inclusive if it is to be effective in purpose and 'ideal.

For those who are worried about the "big qrother" syndrome so associated with goverriment, it should be noted that the census does not share respondents' answer wit!). any individual or organization which includes welfare agencies, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Internal Revenue Service, courts, police or the military.

The census is conducted under the authority of Title 13 of the Unit~d States Code, which ensures that aU respondents" answers will be kept confidential. In other words, the rule of law, guarantee~' phvacy' in

this. matter.

';

.

'.0'

.....,

,.

The importance of participating in the census process cannot be overemphasized. All of us can help in this most important' federal undertaking. What we must do is stress the importance of Census 2000 to the entire community. Churches, synagogues, civic and fraternal organizations should participate in this effort.

Civic education is supremely necessary today for everyone, especially young people. In ,a world of school systems that have all but abandoned the study of civics as an integral part of curriculum development, so many simply live for themselves with no reference to the : corpmon good. Such education in this specific ffeld should be revived so that all citizens can make their contribution to the political community. The will to play one's proper role in government and common undertakings should be always encouraged. As we begin this new century, we must remember that each community possesses : a common good which permits it to be recognized as such. It is in the political community that its most complete realization is found. It is the role of the state to promote the common good. The census is. a tool in this effort. Participants in this social interchange should urge each and every one in the land to promote this effort on beh~lf of the good of everyone. This, in turn, should indicate that as a resident in this country we have also a personal responsibility in the matter. We must be part of public life. Sharing in Census 2000 is a vital demonstration of our care and concern for one another and for our country.

The Editor

the,ancho~

OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER. Published weekly by The Catholic Press ofl~e Diocese of Fall River '887 Highland Avenue P.O, BOX 7 , Fall River, MA 02720 Fall River, MA 02722-0007" Telephone 508-675-7151 FAX (~08) 675-7048 Send address changes 10 P,O, Box 7 or call telephone number above EDITOR ' GENERAL MANAGER Rev. Msgr. Joh,n F. Moore Rosemary Dussault

NEWS EDITOR James N. Dunbar

"~'LIA""","S-'ALLAlYlA

, ..• - -.......- - - - -. . .-III!IIIIII. . .-

..........

DII~ECTORHANIA SOUDAH SABBARA PRACTICES WITH THE' CHOIR OF HOLY SAVIOR'CHURCH IN

JERUSAL~M

PRIOR'TO'THE POP'E'S VISIT ~O

~HE HOLY LAND. THE CHOIR IS TO SING FOR THE

POPE DURING MASS AT THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHER THIS WEEKEND. (CNS PHaro

BY DEBBIE HILL)

"ALLWHOTAKKREF:uGE IN YOU WILL BE GLAD AND FOREVER SHOUT FOR JOY" (PSALMS 5:12).

A pastor's satisfaction

By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE One would think that with the shortage of priests and the heavy responsibility of managing a parish, pastors would experience a low sense of satisfaction in their ministry. But it's just the opposite according to the National Catholic Parish Survey, which writer and researcher Jim Castelli and I recently conducted.

Ninety-one percent of pastors' surveyed told us that they are somewhat, to very, satisfied with overall ministry in a parish.

Four possible reasons may account for this: 1. The joy pastors have in seeing parishioners making spiritual progress.

2. A high degree of unity among parishioners. , 3. A high level of participation among parishioners. '" 4. Parish and financial councils that are effective.

When we focus on the first rea-' son, I believe we will find it is the most important cause of a pastor's satisfaction. This is the 'area of a pastor's ministry that best imitates Christ's work.

Christ delighted in having people faction is to experience one parishcome to him for healing and seeing ioner turning his or her life around.

Interestingly, as I was dwelling them return home more joyful at the deepening of their faith than at be- on our stUdy's findings, I recalled a ing healed. He loved seeing spiri- 'national study I had conducted for the U.S. bishops on the sacrament tual progress.

The Gospel stories are filled with of reconciliation. What struck me uplifting stories ofconversions, giv- in that study was the discovery that ing us an insight to what it is, ex- people wantmore than anything else actly, that generates a high level of to be at peace with themselves. satisfaction among pastors.

As I pondered this, it occurred to Take, for example, the joy of the me that if the sacrament of reconSamaritan woman 'who has a con- ciliation was administered prpperly, version experie~ce after talking with it would be the most dynamic means Jesus, the tears ofthe repentant Mary ofmaking a parish come alive. When Magdalene, and the delight ofChrist people experience true forgiveness, in seeing the faith of the centurion. they become new persons. And, not No Gospel story better captures infrequently, they then want to play the happiness over spiritual progress a more vital role in parish life.

Sometimes I wonder how pasthan that ofthe Prodigal Son. A selfish, wayward youth sees his error, tors stay sane. Something in the parand to his credit comes to his senses ish or rectory always is breaking; and turns his life around. When his time is squeezed; debts never go father sees him returning, a feast is away, and pastors can't get away. I prepared to celebrate what really often wonder if the secret to our could be telJIled a son's "retl,lrn to pastors' composure lies in ministering to people who have made dralife." ' As I refleCt on the reasons be- matic conversions.

No doubt pastors know there is hind a pastor's satisfaction, my guess is that experiences of seeing parish- more to ministry than just this, but ioners m~e spiritual progress top they also know that this is what real the list All it takes to increase satis- ministry is about.

Here.s hoping this good guy finishes first When you think about it, the week. He is the first defenseman ins, Ray Bourque left town to seek month of March has to rank high in the history of the National greener pastures - and the irony in the list of favorite months. Ex- Hockey League to achieve that of it all - he left with the blesscept for Julius Caesar fans who still feat. There was just one thing ings of every Bruins fan. Not that feel the sting of the Ides of March wrong with the milestone. The we were glad to see him go. Quite (the 15th), there are some pretty hometown ovation he received the contrary. Longtime Bruins fans haven't felt an emptiness this good things going on in the third came in the wrong city. month on the calendar. There's Of those 400 goals, 395 of large since a crooked agent let Orr March Madness for hoop leave Boston in 1976.

Bourque isn't like fans; it's when winter ends and spring begins; many of the athletes tothe Irish celebrate St. day who periodically sell themselves to the Patrick's Day; Italians celebrate St. Joseph's highest bidder, as long Day; and for those of as it's a championship French-Canadian ancescontender. He gave his

By Dave Jolivet try like myself, living in heart and soul to the New England and parblack and gold through the lean years and the ticularly Massachusetts, there's the greatest March day of them came while wearing the not-so-Iean years. But this season, them all- March 20, Bobby Orr's spoked-B of the Boston Bruins. not even a Ray Bourque could If all were right with the world, stand mediocrity any longer. With Birthday. B.O.B.!

For those of us who will never that ovation should have come Boston rapidly approaching forget No.4 flying through the from a jam-packed Boston Gar- equaling its longest Stanley Cup air on a Sunday afternoon in May den crowd who. could have drought at the end of this season, of 1970, giving the Boston Bru- reached down from the balconies Bourque requested a trade at 39 ins their first Stanley Cup in 29 and patted No. 77 on the back. If years old. After 20 years of not years, B.O.B. is a big deal. Orr all were right with the world, wanting to uproot his family, and was one of the good guys in sports sometime during Bourque's 20+ 20 years of dedication to the Bru- talented and humble - a com- years as Bruin, he would have had ins, Bourque thought of himself. the opportunity to carry the Like any boy who grew up in bination rarely seen today.

Since we celebrated the wear- Stanley Cup around the rink in the hockey hotbed of Montreal, ing of the black and gold only this front of thousands of ravenous Bs . Bourque wants to know what if week, it seems fitting to talk about fans. He would have led the cheers feels like to win a Stanley Cup. another one of those good guys of countless fanatics in Boston's But that's not the only reason he in sports - talented, humble, City Hall Plaza after the victory left. He also wanted to know if loyal, a true family-man, and a parade. If all were right with the the fire was still burning inside. person dedicated to children's world, Ray Bourque, who played Could he still be mptivatedto play· more games in a Boston Bruins 25-30 minutes a g'ame? charities.

The answer to that? A resoundColorado Avalanche defense- uniform than anyone else, ing YES. After only seven games man Ray Bourque popped in his wouldn't now be an ex-Bruin.

After more than two decades with his new team, Bourque has five 400th career goal in a game against the Detroit Red Wings last of dedicated service to the Bru- goals and two assists, compared

My View From the Stands

Massachusetts bishops -urge retaining disabled kids' benefits BOSTON - Concerned for were "deeply troubled," by "a pubparents who are raising special lic debate on special education that needs children, the four Massa- applies a simple cost benefit analychusetts bishops are asking Mas- sis to attempt to measure the value sachusetts legislators to preserve of these precious human lives. We the Maximum Feasible Benefit are most concerned about the furstandard currently part of the ther marginalization of our disabled children in their own local state's special education statute.

Cardinal Bernard Law, arch- communities - a marginalization bishop of Boston; Bishop Thomas resulting from their programming Dupre of Springfield, Bishop Sean needs and the costs associated with O'Malley, OFM Cap., of Fall them. No family should be made River, and Bishop Daniel Reilly . to feel guilt and shame over the of Worcester, spoke out in a re- educational needs of their chilcent letter forwarded by the Mas- dren." . Asking the legislators to be sachusetts Catholic Conference.

Saying that they were speaking "guided by what is best - and as pastors, the bishops said that they what is most just - for these very

special children," the bishops said the Maximum Feasible Benefit standards "is essential to overcoming the prejudicial views about the limited potential of disabled students and freeing them to develop their God-given potential."

They added that: "These young ones with obvious physical as well as those with hidden disabilities, students in both public and nonpublic schools, have as much claim on the concern of society and its policy-makers as their nondisabled peers do."

1HEANCHOR- Diocese ofFall River- Fri., March 24, 2(0) with the 10 goals and 28 assists he had in 65 games with Boston. He has breathed new life into his Avalanche teammates and made them a serious contender for the prized Cup. Ray Bourque has a jump in his step and a spark in his eyes.

Bourque holds a number of Bruins' records: most games played (1,453), most assists (1,083), points (1,468), playoff games (180), playoff assists (125), and playoff points (161).

He is also a shoe-in for making the NHL Hall of Fame. But he also holds a NHL record for most games played without having won a championship.

There's an expression that good guys finish last, and Ray Bourque can attest to that. But he

is now in a position to take a shot at that elusive prize. He's already proven to himself and others that he still has the fire inside. Can the Stanley Cup be far behind?

There are thousands of Bruins fans in New England (now transplanted Avalanche fans) who are sending Bourque a B.O.B. wish of a Stanley Cup. And just to be safe, we'll enlist the aid of our March compatriots, St. Patrick and St. Joseph as well.

Dave Jolivet is a former sports writer/editor, and current staff member of The Anchor.

Comments are welcome online at anchorpress@sneplanet.com.

Montie Plumbing & Heating Co.

Mon. - Sat. 10:00 - 5:30 PM

OUR LADY'S RELIGIOUS STORE GIFTS CARDS BOOKS

Over 35 Years of Satisfied Services Reg. Master Plumber 7023 JOSEPH RAPOSA, JR. 432 JEFFERSON STREET FALL RIVER 675-7496

673-4262 936 So. Main St., Fall River

Pilgrimage to ttoly Land. itome & fissisi May 29 • June 9. 2000 led by Father Mike Boutin Immaculate Conception Church, Stoughton,MA Cost: $2,795 ppdo, $450 single supplement For more information, contact: Father Mike Boutin at 781-344-2073, or at Boutinerjr@aoI.com Or call Pilgrimage International at 1-800-455-5514

National conference slated for youth with disabilities BETHESDA, Md. - A naMore than 100 young people tional conference to help prepare between the ages of 18-24 with a the next generation of disability disability will· be chosen to parleaders by involving them in a ticipate, with all transportation, series of activities designed to lodging and meals provided. build self-confidence and leaderThe application deadline is ship skills as well as to promote April 15 and applications can career development and opportu- be obtained by calling Denise' nities for employment will be held Porche at Catholic Social SerJune 24-28 here.' ..'1~e, .~7,1-46~1~... ....

5

HEATING

OIL BURNERS

OIL

COMPLETE HEATING SYSTEMS SALES & INSTALLATIONS

PROMPT DELIVERIES .

DIESEL OILS

24

999·1226

HOUR SERVICE 465 NORTH FRONT ST

NEW BEDFORD

...

A-".

.

.

-

.

6

THEANCHOR - Diocese ofFall River- Fri., March 24, 2000

How Catholics Voted Voters identi~ing themselves as Catholic marked their ballots in the previous two presidential elections for...

The winning mascot is...

You probably remember the little campaign we stalking some imaginary jungle prey in the tall grass had to select a national mascot for the Church. At least in the back yard, her shoulder blades and muscles one reader in Texas does. She keeps sending me hate revolving slowly like an old steam locomotive's wheels going up a hill in a cartoon. She was intense. Eyes mail asking what was wrong with an armadillo.

This is hard on me because I keep having to read focused. Body taut. Ready to pounce.

Then I would do something stupid like go, "Kitty, the letters in a Texas drawl and trying to keep a straight face. Then I write her disappointing letters in return, kitty, kitty."

Phew, this made her pointing out that I seriously doubt the Church ,...---------~r-_:::::::::--., mad. She would roll her eyes, tlop on her side, wants a mascot that looks put her paw on her forelike a cross between a rat head and telecomin armor and a Pokemon municate: "Oh, man, figure. you ruined it again, you Now she wants to know schmunski! Don't you which Pokemon. So, to nip this whole thing now and know a great jungle cat

By Dan Morris to satisfy the three or four stalking its prey when people who remember this L..----------~L~ you see one?" national effort, the comThat's another thing mittee and I'have decided on the mascot. about cats, notably panthers, that work in their mascot My neighbor Bud and I voted on the panther. Ac- favor. They are always cool, sophisticated and raJ-ely tually, Bud voted for the Budweiser lizard, but since it ruffled. A cat could sit all the way through a National had a tail I.counted that toward my panther, and the Conference of Catholic Bishops' meeting and never panther won. ask to go to the bathroom or do anything embarrassThe panther is perfect because it is black. If you ing. Don't expect that kind of social grace from a paint a white collar around its neck - tah, dah - you beagle or a parrot or even a gazelle for that maller. have a potential priestly vocations advertisement. And, And an armadillo would for sure say something dumb. like the nuns who used to wear black habits, panthers ''That's not fair," Bud protested when I told him about the panther winning. ''The Budweiser lizard alcan roll their eyes and pounce out of nowhere.

OK, I have not seen one up close actually roll its ready has name recognition, and it would be cool when eyes (panther, not a nun), but I,had a cat named Pan- all the agnostics out there found out he was a Catholic." ther once who could roll her eyes - and, you know, "Bud," I pointed out, "creatures can't be Catholic."

His eyes narrowed. "What's the point of a mascot, cats are cats.

Actually, Panther only rolled her eyes to tell me then?" when I was out of line. For example, she would be "Do you have friends in Texas?" I asked.

The offbeat world of Uncle Dan

..

©2000 CNS Graphia

$Gune: Gallup

Desecration of Montreal cathedral condemned by Civil Rights League ~ But reaction to an

would not be laid against the group. Such charges apply only to spreading hatred against 'specific groups, not for voicing issues of public concern or for expressing

By ART BABYCH their opinions, said the official.

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Langan disagreed, saying, OTTAWA - The desecration of "This was nothing less than a hate a Montreal cathedral brought con- 'crime that meets the legal requiredemnation {rom the Catholic Civil ments for the extreme form of viliRights I.:eague and left a national' fication.'" , newspaper .wondering why there Similar. desecration 'of a had not been more public outrage:' mosque or synagogue W6~ld be "~a "These acts are thoseofterror~' !1ational'outrage and w,ould be enists, deliberately ,planned imd ex- ergetically opposed by the,Cathoecuted on the people and property' li~ Civil Rights League," said of Mary Queen of the World Ca-' Langan. "Catholics should be thedral, and ' ,; ( ' treated like those, reThe' demonstration report~.. any 0 n e

obvious hate crime has been scant.

':~~~~ i b ~~ edlywas organiz~d byagrquJt'

else."

charged to off¢rninist activists opposedtoM~;ch ,~ ,the full ex- patria.rc.hy,and the Catholic ed{tor(al tent of the Chiirc.h's stance [;igainst abor~ with, the' law," said tion." headline T h,? rJ:l a s.

"Wh~re is Lan g an. the Outpresident of the civil rights league. rage," the National Po~t.published A group of vandals burst into in Torohto, said if similar attacks the cathedrai March 8,- disturbing were ~ade in a Jewish synagogue several a(ternoon worshippers. in Toronto or if Ku K.lux Klan Witnesses said the group shouted members burned a cross on the anti-Catholic slogans, spray front lawn of an African-Ameripainted "Neither God Nor Master" can church in Nova Scotia, "these on the altar, littered the'church with hateful acts would dominate the condoms and sanitary napkins and national media 'for days, aJld politicians would be denouncing the tried to overturn the tabernacle.

The demonstration reportedly perpetrators." .

It said anti-Christian hostility was organized by a group of feminist activists opposed to patriarchy . is "one of the last acceptable bigand the Catholic Church's stance otries in Canada" and concluded, against abortion.

"We would never accept an attack Seven people were arrested and on other religious groups, and we later released to appear in court' should not remain silent: when on several charges, but a police Catholics are the'targets'ofintolofficial said hate crime charges erance." :'

Saints and feast days When it comes to saints celebrated each y'ear by Q. My q!Jestion stems from our Holy Father's visit to Mount Sinai, at the monastery of the universal Church, however, effort is made to foSt. Catherine of Alexandria. Our religious, com~ cus on those about whom there is sufficient kno~l­ munity formerly observed her feast on Nov. 25, edge to make them helpful models and signs of God's with much celebration. I know the same was true presence to the rest of us. even in other countries.

Because of her purported conversions of many Since around 1970, her feast has been elimi- pagan Romans with her learned Christian teachings nated from the breviary and from the (about 310 A.D.), St. Catherine is the patron of.phiSacramentary. With the interest newly shown in losophers, teachers and women students, among othher life, why is her name still removed? Such an ers. attractive personality As news reports noted ;/ at the time of the pope's could draw numerous r---..;..---;,-.----rn religious elements tovisit there, her body is said to repose in the monastery gether, including Greek and African at Mt. Sinai. Her feast is Christians. (Illinois) still Nov. 25. , A. As has happened Q. I was deeply disap-. at other times in ,the ~~s­ pointed in your answer

By Father tory the Church, to the senior citizen who John, J. C>i'etzeii names of s'ome saints, wished to be married sacwhich had accumulated ramentally, but did not over the years, were ' , want the marriage reo elirmnated from the annual calendar of feasts the ,corded civilly, for financial reasons. revision of the Missal around 1970. ' You discussed severai implications, inciudiDg' One criterion used in the process was the general the penalties a priest or bishop might incur if he relevance of a particular saint to the whole Christian performed such a marriage. But you did not disworld. Very few of the numerous saints canonized cuss the morality of a couple who wish to deby Pope John Paul II,' for instance, will find their fraud the government and their fellow Ameriway onto the list of celebrations for the universal cans. ' , Church.

Isn't the desire of seniors to get more fmanThey may well be honored more in their own lo- cially than they are legally entitled to dishonest cality where their lives and virtues are better known. and greedy? The burden of S~ial Security taxes The pope himself seems to hint at that by often can- on younger generations is oppressive, and experts ,onizing Koreans in Korea, Poles in Poland and so on. tell us it will get worse.

You should have told them that the Gospel Another criterion is the authenticity of information about that saint's life. St. Catherine, for example, calls each of us to consider the needs of others as has been honored as a saint for hundreds of years, in well as our own. ,rec~nt

Questions ,:an:d 'A'nswers'

of

in

the East anc;l later on in the West. Churches were named in her honor. Hers was one of the heavenly voices St. Joan of Arc claimed to hear.

Yet, the fact is we know absolut~ly nothing for sur~ about her. Descriptions of her exploits and martyrdom are known to be historically unreliable.

This is not to claim she never existed. The widespread devotion and honor given to her by Christians for hundreds of years, and apparent evidences of the influence of her prayers, are always significant for the church in matters like this.

, A. Space usually limits me to respond only to the direct questions people ask. But you make a good and important point. Actions that may be manipulated into legality are not always therefore automatically moral or just.

A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about the sacrament of penance is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651.

Questions may be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address, or e-mail: iidietzen@aol.com.

Mandatory drug laws Cardinal John O'Connor of New circumstance:; of the offense or the York last month raised an issue that individual's character or backlong caused many a great deal of ground.

In the '70s and '80s, state and pain - the injustice of the Rockefeller drug laws. These laws federal lawmakers passed mandawere set in concrete back in 1972 tory sentencing laws that took judgwhen the late Nelson Rockefeller, ment out of the hands of local then governor of New York, established mandatory sentencing with harsh provisions for drug poss~s­ sion.

In his column in the archdiocesan newspaper, Catholic New York, the carBy Antoinette Bosco dinal wrote that "the Rockefeller drug laws need a major overhaul." He said he wanted to "raise awareness" because justice appears to be "made judges. Since then, judges have murky" for the great number of been forced to sentence nonviolent, people "caught up in a web of laws low-level drug offenders to incredand regulations that at least on the ibly long prison terms - far longer surface seem to result in things than those given for manslaughter, which do not always make a lot of assault and sex'ual abuse. For example, one provision mandates that sense."

The column reaffirmed a June a judge impose a sentence of 15 1999 statement by the bishops of years to life in prison for anyone the state of New York calling for convicted of selling two ounces or reform of these laws and a more possessing four ounces of a narcotic substance. humane approach to sentencing.

Mandatory minimum sentencing Rockefeller wasn't alone in passing these bizarre laws in which pen- completely changed the prison alties apply without regard to the landscape in the United States,

The Bottom'

Line

making prisons a huge, booming, profitable industry. Some 1.8 million men and women are in prisons, triple the numbers in 1980, even though crime is down! From 1990 to 1995,213 more state and federal prisons were built to accommodate the expanding prison populations of drug users caught in the mandatory sentencing trap.

The cost to the taxpayer is enormous. Taxpayers spend four times more to incarcerate one nonviolent drug offender ($21,837) than to educate one child ($5,421), according to 1998 figures from the Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Education. The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse estimates that in this first year of the new millennium taxpayers will spend $100 million a day, not for drug treatment, but to incarcerate inmates with drug and alcohol problems.

Sister Marion Defeis, a Sister of St. Joseph of Brentwood who is a chaplain at Rikers Island, a New York prison, gave astounding statistics and stories this winter to a gathering of people from several

Using stuck-at-home time Dear Dr. Kenny: I am a bach· directions into specific activities.

- The computer is a gold mine Make an .hourly schedule. Use of information about everything. elor, and I have been housebound fora'fewdays,andI'matmywits' your workaholisrri to go at your Even more, it is ateacher. Get the end. I must 'tie .a workaholic. I ho'me efforts with·persistence. Re- right software,. and your computer don't know what to do with my- create yourself by alternating a will be your instruhor. ' " self when things aren't physical activity with a mental one.

Here are some thoughts about fitpreprogrammed. I'm tired of If you are back to work and past ness activities: flopping down in front - aerobic exercise, to of the television or cleaninclude exercycling, ing house for the unlpstairstepping and dancing teenth time. Have I lost to a video; my initiative? How can - weight lifting; I make better use of my ~l plan a nutritious stuck~at-home time? diet. Prepare healthy things (Iowa) With Dr. James & to eat. ' You have lots of energy Mary Kenny 'And finally some recto bum and have no idea reational activities: what to do with it. Mak. ' ' - read, boil)' for ening up activities on the spur : lightenment and' guilty of the moment Won't work. You your 24-hour-at-homeordeal, make pleasures (mysteries, science fiction); need a plan. .;" . : .' ,the-s..chequle anyway.' & ready 'for. ' - work jigsaw and crosswbrd ,--Start with a plan for yourlife.'.~the·hext,time. .' ' . ' .

-'puzzles; , ' Where would ybU liketo'be 10 yeats" ,', H~re'atesomeihoughtsaboiJtedu-" . listen to music'- Treat'yourfromilow? What would'you like to cation toward future goals and skills self to a CD concert; be doing? What are you'working so' that'canbe learned :at home through -'--- watch' your favorite' movies hal'd for?' '. ' ; .,. " J. practice, Dbo~, or computer. " on video.

A,re you' interested in developing' ' --.:. 'Crafts of all kirids: Painting,' ': A sample schedule might look ne,w'skills? Are there some other drawing, woodworking, needlework, like this: 9 a.m.: Surf the Internet. things you always have planned to 'ieattier ~ork and much more: . 10 a.m.: Aerobic exercise. 11 a.m.: do? Any hobbies 'you would like'to ' ", - Skilled trades like carpentry, Read. start? What do you enjoy? plumbing and heating; electrical ,I p.m.: Prepare a casserole for Use your housebound time both work: Geti how-to book. dinner. 2 p.m.: Nap, and listen to toward remote preparation for your '......:.c Honiemakerarts such as cook- music. 3 p.m.: Take a walk. 4 p.m.: fu~ure goals and for your immedi- ing, indoor gardening, interior deco- Work on your chosen craft. 5 p.m.: ate enjoyment. Translate these two rating; paintirig and remodeling.

Appetizers, with the early evening ......----------------:..~----'-------'---, news. 7:30 p;m.: Watch a movie on video.'

The key is to be prepared. The best way to prepare is to make a schedule, If you make your schedule in advance, you may find yourself looking forward to your next opportunity to be housebound.

Reader questions on family living and child care to be answered in print are invited. Address questions: The Kennys; 81. Joseph's College; 219 W. Harrison; Rensselaer, IN 47978.

Fa mil y T k

-

-=-

L e nt 2000

parishes meeting at St. James Church in Setauket, Long Island.

Some 80 percent of incarcerated drug offenders, she said, were never convicted of a violent felony.

She told heartbreaking stories of women caught in this web, where the actual drug dealers are rarely pursued or arrested. I wish all parishes would have similar enlightening programs.

Working hard for reform is the Washington-based organization Families Against Mandatory Minimums (202-822-6700, FAMM@famm.org, 1612 K St. NW, Suite 1400, Washington, D.C. 20006). This group is made up of inmates, families and others concerned about the legal, civil and human rights implications of mandatory sentences.

We should all work together to change quickly what has become an abomination of injustice in our criminal justice system. For as Cardinal O'Connor wrote, "Justice deferred is justice denied."

IPatronize our advertisers I ,

CAPE COD "'" NATIONAL MORTGAGE No points, no closing costs 1st, 2nd, 3rd MORTGAGES Purchase or Refinance Improvement & Repair Debt Consolidation Credit Card Pay Offs Home Equity Loans Commercial Loans 2nd Homes Tuition Self Employed No Income Verfication Poor Credit· No Credit Pay Off Liens & Attachments Foreclosure· Bankruptcy Application taken on phone No application fee.

Fast service. Call Now· We Can Help!

508-945-0060 Free applicaiion on Internet httpJlwww.ccnm.com MB# 1161 'APR 8,375, 30 yr $10k min.

\..

~

Charlie's Oil Co., Inc. , Prompt 24 Hour Service· Automatic Deliveries , Call In Deliveries ' Budget Terms Available , Free Estimates

You Never Had Service Until You Tried Charlie's We're located at ...

46 Oak Grove Ave., Fall River orca" ...

508-675-7426 • 674-0709

Drummer Wanted for dynamic Lifeteen program at Iinmaculate Conception Church, Stoughton. Part-time paid position.

1-2S~nday evenings per month, plus rehearsals. Professionalandlor litur.' gicaf,experience pr'eferred. ...

Call 508-761-6872 :

'

~

.

,

F8RE Tt-I8UGHT FUNERAL PLANNING

e

:M.aKs it easierfor tliose you lOve

8

0'

THEANCHOR- Diocese ofFall River- Fri., March 24, 2000

Cardinal announces opening Dorothy Day's sainthood cause ByTRACY EARLY

though he noted that one person recalled Dorothy Day herself protesting against being made a saint.

NEW YORK - Cardinal John J. O'Connor of The cardinal said he saw that protest coming from New York announced "with great joy" that the Vati- "her understanding of the way in which so many of can had approved opening the cause for canoniza- her day would have dismissed her Catholicism and tion of Dorothy Day, the Catholic Worker leader her thirst for social justice as only fit for saints." who died in 1980.

Both Cardinal O'Connor and Bishop Fiorenza "With this approval comes the title Servant of mentioned that Dorothy Day, who was born to a God," he wrote in his recent column in his Protestant family and lived a Bohemian life before an;:hdiocesan weekly newspaper, entering the Church at age 30, had Catholic New York "What a gift an abortion prior to herconverto the Church in New York and sion. to the Church universalthis is!"

Cardinal O'Connor said Day On the same day, Bishop Joregretted the abortion "every day seph A. Fiorenza of Galvestonof her life," and her experience Houston, Texas, president of the "speaks volumes" to women toNational Conference of Catholic day.

Bishops,·issued a statement callIn the letter, Cardinal ing the Vatican approval "a O'Connor also took up the quesblessed moment for the Church tion of Day's apparent friendli-- . in the United States." ness with "political groups hos"Dorothy Day worked tiretile to the Church, for example, lessly for justice, even participatcommunists; socialists and amiring in· acts of civil disobedience chists." But after her conversion, ~ and going to jail for her printhough she continued to share the ciples," Bishop Fiorenza said. concern of such groups, she "was "Her ability to see Jesus in the neither a member of such politiweakest of his brothers and siscal groupings, nor did she approve ters and her realization of the call of their tactics or any denial of .

DOROTHY DAY to right injustice should inspire private property." all of us today." (eNS photo courtesy One area not touched on by the For the main part of the col- Marquette University Archives) cardinal or Bishop Fiorenza was umn, Cardinal O'Connor reDay's.personal family relation-· printed a letter he sent in February to Archbishop' ships. She had a daughter, Tamar, in a commonJose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Vatican Congre- law marriage, and reported that she.Jeft.b.ecause the gation for Sainthood Causes, to initiate the' process. father would· not ,accept. her decision to become a ,Cardinal O'Connor recalled th.at he had written ·Catholic and have their daughter baptized. ' _,_ abput the possibility of seeking can.onization for '. In an interview with Catholic News_Service in 7'Dqroth~ Day, 'native .0f.New york ~ho~ied in ,a f; 1998, Cardinal.o!Connorsaid there had been some" '. ,-1 :Catholic Worker. house in Manhattan, shortly after,' suggestions that Day subsequently neglected her rehe became archbishop of New York in 1984, and sponsibilities as a mother while engaged in her achad raised the possibility again in connection with tivities with the Catholic Worker movement, and the centennial of her birth in 1997. this question might arise in connection with conIn letters and in talks with. a group of interested sideration of her canonization. "If there is a stum. people he got many positive responses, he said, bling block ahead, that might well be it," he said.

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

LOS ANGELES Cardinal Roger Mahony and AFL-CIO President John Sweeney announce a joint agreement on immigration policy in WashingtOn recently. The U.S. bishops and Jhe labor organizatio"n committed to working together to assure protection of rights for immigrant workers. (CNS photo

by Bob Roller)

AFL~CIO,

bishops to' collaborate on amnesty, immigration reforms

By PATRICIA ZAPOR CATHOLIC' NEWS SERVICE

Committee. .

Pope John Paul II has since' WASHINGTON - The U.S. 1998 called on all nations to . bishops' ~uid' the AFL-CIO will grant amnesty to illegaT imriii~ collaborate on efforts to reform grants within their borders as a U.S. immigration policy, in- gesture of justice and forgivecluding anew amnesty program , ness during the Jubilee Year. ' for illegal immigrants.

Cardinal Mahony said the At a press briefing last week, workforce of people who are in Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. the United States illegally is viMahony, AFL-CIO President .tal to the nation's booming John Sweeney, economy. Agand Bishop riculture, meat and '. poultry Nicholas A. Cardinal Mahony processing, DiMarzio of Camden, N.J., said the church-union and the hospiannounced collaboratic>n is rooted talityindustry that· the two are especially in a common interest in dependent organizations will work to- .helping people whose upon them. gethe~ to seek Sweeney rights Efre., being igfunda,mental. said the milnored or abused. change's;in lions'of workers : without· U.S. immigration policies. . permission to The church'-union collabora- : be in.:the United States are partion will start by coordinating ticularly susceptible to being with like~mi!:1ded org;mi.zations .,exploit~d. Below-minimum and establishing a core.agenda, , wages, unsafe 'or substand.ard said Bishop DiMarzio, who working conditions and' other chairs the bishops' Migration unscrupulous practices are Committee. "Obviously,'a common in soine industries, he broader coalition needs to be "de- said., , ',. veloped." . .A fofmal statementissued by Sweeney said the effort will th~ three calls for: begin with a series of commu-' - The legalization of imminity forums around the country grant workers and their families; to establish a specific legislative greater respect for both the Civil and policy agenda. 'and workplace' rights of immiCa'rdinal Mahony said the grant workers; foreign and ecochurch-union collaboration is nomic policies which better adrooted in a common interest in dress the conflict, poverty and helping people whose rights are denial of human rights; and a being ignored or abused. repeal of employer sanctions for "We are motivated by the hiring illegal workers.

Gospel call to serve the 'least' Sweeney said the AFL-CIO of our brothers and sisters," said estimates the num~er of illegal Cardinal Mahony, who· chairs immigrants in 2000 at between the bishops' Domestic Policy five million and six million. _ ~

a

to

, Fornte'r antbassador Vatican . .• 1lrg~sCatliolit. political action ;-

, KANSASC,ITY, Kari.' '(eNS)

'

, .', Flynn, a residenfof south Bos-

Flynn said. ' But while Catholics have the lics to get down ,on theirk.nees ,':-c' ' Heaven~Parish, was'interviewed strong moral leadership of the :.andthenup.intcJ'voting·bootliS:-. ':bY'The,~(iven, iiewspaper of the pope and the bishops, they lacka ":F'lynn,:,~9, former,' thiee~ter'niArchdioces~"M Kansas City' in strong organization to play a rol~ . . mayor9fBoston and am1:>a~sa,dor ' ':'Kan~as,~'aft~rcompieting 'his ,in the political process. The ..to the Vatican from 1993 to J 997 broadcast'.'·' ,'" .. " "Catholic yot~" is not united nor : beli~ve~' Catholics' should "quit .. ,:. inactClitio'ri to 'hIs' work' in ' , effe<;tive, s~d Flynn,and thus ,apoldgizing.,(d.r:!?ei6g ~a~.91ic.",6roadCastirig, .Flynn is ,presidente'ven'Catholic politicians have ,angbring theiif~tlian~'valuesio' 'Of the Catholic Alliance. The iilli"~ , little to fear when they act agains~ :Jjear on thfA,Ihericim;P91itical: :an~e, according to ,il' sta~nierit On 'Catholic values. " '''The day will finally come scene, just .as.'othei ethnic and re- ".its Web site; is'a nonpai:tisan,'i.n-' ligiou~ groups;have',done.: depenaeriti issue-o'rit'inted; Catho~' when (Catholics) feel betrayed by : ; Flynn visited the Kansas CitY . lic 'Citizens movement, dedicated· the political system, because it has 'area, i~ late: Feb~a.rx to'receive" ,~to ';informing an,d invol virlg ~umed its bac'k on Catholic ~al­ theH;~artofJ\m~ric~WeITI,~tional, CatholicSin.the political process. ues," said Flynn, but there is an FteaceAw}lidfroin'the AnCient: '. .A~coidingto Flynn, neither . alternative. ,prderof Hib~rnia9s,J:latrick'. majo'r- politicalpaJ:ty"represerits' , , ;. "It's about' time for.Catholics 'PearseDivision.: ,i", '::0' ,·thecollectivevaluesofCatholics.' in this country to become anUm:~:ln~~dditjon.lto' . re~eiv,ing, the :~'There~Ce~aimlsp¢dsofcan- portant voice - not to be a po:award,':Flyrin"fi'6sted hjs;natiqnal ", didate!; ana parties that you ·like. liticillpo~er broker - but to get "c<,llr:iri "rriorlling, radio'show, '. However;tliere lire'other serious those issues discussed seriously :~AmeriCai1Forum~"at a Kansas ,problems with positions they take . that are important to Catholics," pty radio statim} that is p'artof the .. 'on key'issues that I refuse to com- he said.

Catholic"FaIDily:R*dio NetWork. promise on," he said.·"As a result While Flynn doesn't advocate ,During, hif show; Flynn of that, it's like Catholic voters .a "Catholic political party," he "touched up9n il 'ilumber of topics, . are without a party."

I.believes other ethnic and religious including the Irish peace process, There's no better compass to, groups provide models forCathothe current.ca~paigns of presiguide Catholics than the political lics to adopt. Catholics, for a numdentiill hopefuls, and the, role Of responsibility statement put out by ber of historical and cultural rea-" ,Catholics in the AiTI;erican politithe, U.S. Catholic bishops,· this sons, have been timid in asserting cal process. '~ year called "Faithful Citizenship," their political rights, he said.

'-Ray FlyIiii wOIild likeCath'o- ' 'ton,arid a' inember of Gate of

1....-_ _--.;..

.....

\;,:.\

I

. "tI'"

•

~._.

THEANCHOR - Diocese ofFall River- Fri., March 24, 2000

.

9

, Cardin~ Law urges continued effort for peace in N. Ireland

,

By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

IRISH FATHER Con Doherty celebrates Mass on a makeshift altar in the living room of a home in Nalchik, Russia. Lacking a proper church in the mostly Muslim city, the priest administers sacraments in the homes of his Catholic parishioners. (CNS photo by Frank Brown)

In Russia, missionary serves min'ority Catholics, forms parish

By FRANK BROWN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

NALCHIK, Russia - Once a week, Father Con Doherty celebrates Mass in his socks for a shoeless congregation of about 20 children.

The lack of footwear is a mark of Father Doherty's informal style and of-the necessarily intimate parish life in this mostly Muslim city located about 60 miles from Russia's breakaway republic of Chechny'a.

Lacking a- proper church, Father Doherty, a member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, uses a parishioner's living room for the children's Mass. A dining room table serves as the altar, confessions are heard in the bedroom and, in keeping with Russian tradition, everyone removes their shoes at the door.

Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, this city of 250,000 never had a Roman Catholic community and, partly for that reason, building a parish has been tough going for Father Doherty, 42, w~o arrived in 1997.

Two wars in neighboring Chechnya, too, have contributed to the region's instability and poverty, thus making it difficult for parishioners to think about much more than day-to-day existence.

On a typical weekend, about 20 children and up to 40 adults attend two Masses in Nalchik.

Father Doherty is also charged with the care of five other Roman Catholic communities in the region.

But since fighting in the North Caucasus region resumed in August between separatist Chechen rebels and the Russian military, Father Doherty has been prevented from making the 12-hour bus 'journey to his most distant parish, ilJ Makhachkala on the Caspian Sea. "Kidnapping is the main danger," said Father Doherty, referring to Chechnya-based gangs.

Crim.e generally is a persistent problem in the area,

despite a heavy military and police presence that includes frequent armed checkpoints on major roads.

Catholic missionaries working in the area report, MAILING SERVICES PRINTING however, that officers are as likely to ask for a blessing of the checkpoint as a bribe.

With the region's fledgling Catholic communities so spread out" Father Doherty said he has asked for four nuns from MotherTeresa's Missionaries ofCharity, to help with pastoral and charitable work.

234 SECOND STREET· FALL RIVER, MA , First, however, Father Doherty said he must register Nalchik's 'Parish with the Ministry ofJustice as ' 'TELEPHONE FAX . required under Russia's 1997 law on religion. The (508) 673-1545 process is especially burdensome and slow in Nalchik, (508) 679~5262 he said, because local officials are keen on weeding ~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~ out Muslim militants aiding Chechen separatists.

• Once the parish is registered and Father Doherty begins to publicize its existence through planned radio announcements, the size of the congregation could double.

1600 Bay Street Parish life in the nearby city of Vladikavkaz is Fall River, MA 02724 also heavily influenced by the fighting and general (508) 673-2322 lawlessness. Vladikavkaz's priest, Father Stephen Rogers, was forced to leave for eightmonths in 1998 when the local police said they could not guarantee !free :Jlea[tn Care for inaLra6fe canar patients wfw his safety.

Cilnnot affortl to pay for nursintJ care elsewhere.

At qne point, Father Rogers, 37, of Scotland, said lnaivUfuafi.wf care ana attention in an atmospliere of peace he was guarded 24 hours a day - even during Mass - by four secret police agents. ana wannt!i,wliere Cove. wukrstanaing ana compassion prevail.

In traveling by car to a large parish in a nearby fJJeautifu{ setting overCooQng 9tft. :J{ope fJJay. town, Father Rogers said he is sometimes stopped by police as many as 10 times, making the more than 90mile trip last four hours. . .

Despite the hardships of work in the region, Father Rogers said people's thirst for things spiritual is pal" pable. "Many; many young people are just trying to get out of the country, to ge~ married in Italy or the 4, States," he said.

LEARY PRESS

Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home

~

lVightofPrayerandPraue Tuesday, April

St. Therese's relics to arrive-in Canada in September 2001 OTTAWA (CNS) - <::anadian Catholics will have a chance to show their devotion to St. Therese of Lisieux when her relics arrive In Canada Sept. 18, 2001, as part of the worldwide tour that began in 1995.

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops recently announced it has received permission from the church in Lisieux, France, to host the relics of the saint. It said a Canadian organizing committee will consult with local bish-

"All of the parties need to be WASHINGTON - Cardinal clearer abollt what they, themBernard F. Law of Boston, chair- selves, must do rather than what man of the U.S. bishops' Inter- their political adversaries must national Policy Committee, urged do," Cardinal Law said. "Now is continued efforts for peace in a crucial moment for all factions Northern Ireland in the context to act responsibly, for every party of the Good Friday Agreement to reach out to others, and for each community to seek reconreached in 1998.

"While much progress has been ciliation with the other."

The cardinal mentioned the made, crucial steps toward peace remain to be taken," said Cardi- decommissioning of weapons and nal Law in what has become an the restoration of the suspended annual St. Patrick's Day statement multiparty Northern Ireland govon Northern Ireland issued by the ernment as two issues which must head of the International Policy . be addressed by the Good Friday Agreement signatories. "This will Committee.

"The current crisis may be un- require political risks, but ultiderstandable, but it remains in- mately these are ris,k.s for peace," tolerable," Cardinal Law added. he said.

Seeing that "a sense of hope is "Northern Ireland has come too far toward peace to allow this giving way to a fear of failure," he added, "May we recommit courageous effort to fail now."

The promise of peace in North- ourselves to use these bonds to ern Ireland, he said, "has come to support that just peace and recan impasse on process," and that onciliation for which so many in impasse has created a "dangerous Northern Ireland have worked, and which seem within our grasp." void."

ops and other officials to decide which dioceses want to host the relics, so that a schedule and itinerary can be set.

By the time the container carrying some of the saint's bones makes its way to Canada, it will have traveled through 22 countries as part of its global pilgrimage.

The relics, viewed by more than a million people in the United States between Oct. 5 and Jan. 28, are currently in the Philippines.

In 1996, the Canadian Confer-

ence of Catholic Bishops joined in , a successful international campaign to have Pope John Paul II declare St. Therese a doctor of the Church during 1997, the centenary of her death. The 1996 decision to join the appeal was made at the bishops' annual plenarf meeting in Halifax, Nova Scotia, despite an objection from Ottawa Archbishop Marcel Gervais, who said that naming St. Therese a doctor of the Church would be stretching the requireme}!.t~.. __

2000 at 7:00 p.m.

Holy Name Church ·709 Hanover St. Fall River, MA with Father Tom DiLorenzo Benediction and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Prayer - Praise - Song - 'leaching Sponsored by the Diocesan Service Committee .t'

-.

10

THEANCHOR-Diocese ofFall River-Fri.,March24,2000 .

'Meditations' oflate Bishop Marshall now published ~

years as chancellor, vicar general and Reflections of former that finance officer.. Noting Springfield, Mass, Bishop Marshall was a "prolific" bishop released by his writer - though he never had a book family. published during his lifetime -

Msgr. McSweeney said the bishop "wrote everything he preached on CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE and every talk he gave with a lot of WORCESTER, Mass. - After deliberation and thought."

The easy-to-read format of the the 1994 death of Bishop John A. Marshall of Springfield, family newly published book includes members' found among his papers "meditations and lessons" on themes reflections and meditations on the that include doing what is right and questions asked in the four Gospels. moral, eternal life, free will, the call The bishop had typed these re- to pelfection, humility, truth and the flections on his old, manual type- value of life. wliter, and filed them under "SclipHis style is direct: "Many people ture" in a metal file cabinet, said his still seem to be more solicitous for sister, Mercy SisterAnn Marshall of their dogs and cats than for their felKERR SMITH stars in the supernatural thriller "Final Destination." For a brief review of this Worcester. low human beings," he wrote. movie, see CNS Movie Capsules on this page. (CNS photo from New Line Cinema) Upon examining these writings, Reflecting on the choice between Sister Marshall said it was evident doing what is moral and what is lethey contained a deep: understand- gal, the bishop wrote, "The Lord ing of God's Word and a practical wants us to observe his law, not man's but profound perspective on the law. If we are faced with a choice, Christian life. These reflections have we should choose that which is been published as a 287 -page, moral over that which is legal." ~oftcover book called "But Who Do In his foreword for the book, You Say'IAm?" . Cardinal James A. Hickey ofWashBy ANNE NAVARRO ''The purpose ofpublishing it was ington describes his friend Bishop CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE "24-7." And complicating mat- which makes the film visually atto draw people into Scriptural medi- Marshall as "more than competent; ters, Anita's estranged sister Rose tractive. tation, Scriptural reflection, and he was bedrock solid in his love for NEW YORK...:... A young, (Suzette LIewell)"n) reveals a But.this does not compensate bring people closer to God," Sister the Lord, for the Church, and for single mother struggles to become painful family secret that forces for the weak plot and amateurish Marshallexphiined in ah interview the priesthood." a reggae rap star in the convoluted Anita to see her familial relation- acting. When Anita discovers that in Worcester with The Vermont Even as he suffered from bone musical drama "Babymother" ships in a radically different light. her mother has died, her forced Catholic Tribune, newspaper of the cancer he "faced it as he had every (Fine Line).'

As the film's production notes tears and pathetic'display-ofemoDiocese of Burlington, Vt.· other challenge in his life: with Iii the filin's opening scene a explain, the term "b:ibymother" tion~make it seem like she is more SisterMarshall recalled thatcom- faith, courage, integrity, and love," youn\g, hip woman, Anita (Anjela can have both positive and nega- upset at having lost a good babyments her brotherrriade in the medi- the cardfnal wrbte:c"'He surren- ; L~ure'ri'Smith), 'sings and' .struts ti ve c6'npotation's.· Fr6m~ a ,sitter than' a dear· loved one·: i ·tations indicated they wereO\vritten "dered his life and his priesthood her way,~dowrn' the , A lot of the story is tciJesus."· streets of Harlesden, a - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - told through the songs' "broadly over his time as bishop."

He was ordained bishop of the "But Who bo You. Say That I little-known part of Although she obviously loves her chil- lyrics, but many times d"en A 't "k d t' t Anita's lip-synchittg 'is statewide Diocese of Burlington in Am?" published by Ambassador . London' and' center for black music since the " , nJ a seems more I e a 0 mg aun ff 1972 and installed as sixth bishop Books in Worcester; features a pho- . than a resp'onsl'ble parent She ft 0 and the words are of Springfield, in 1992. tograph of a 19th-century icon, early 1950s. To·ddling.. h h 'Id .. h h 'd' dO beIn difficult to understand, "I always thought someone ChiistPantocrator, on the cover. Sis- next to her are her umps t e c I ren Wit er epen a e making it nearly impos'wquld (publish) his writings. My ter Marshall said the 'icpn, also . your{g chilqren, son . mother, Edith (Corrine Skinner Carter), for sible to get everithe gist predicti6nhascometrue,!'saidMsgr. known'as Christ the Teacher, was Anton (Ahton Rice) long stretches at a time, while" she goes of what is going on . . John' R. McSweeney,' a vicargen- appropriately 'used 'on ,the book and' daughter ,S"affron off to a.. . local dance hall 'in hopes of get- Also, some convoluted ',edtl Ofth'eBurlingt.on Diocese.·He cover because "bne of the primary (~a.ffron !--ashley). .: . t' th t . h' t t d . scenes make the film in.

'Anita dreams of be-' mg a on.e. cance a s ali.. om, ',:coherent and a nuisance served wi~ Bi~?o~:~~~:h;~,1 for:20 .1 roles o~ ~:~~s.~~f.isthat~~',te~~~er. coming ~sucd~ssiul rap- . ';"'....." "".---.--.,..---.---..;....-.--.------.to follow..For example, per with her sa~sy friends, Sharon woman's point of view;·it can the film never bothers to explain (Carblin'e 'Chikezie) and Yvette mean.' she.. is in control; from a Edith's abrupt death. The only :tragic:,,1 996'T~WA:, Flight :800 . I. :.. ~ (J9ceIYh' 'Es'iett), 'who iog:ether ma.ri's, it often 'signifies .that he clue that she might have been sick crash'irf anafratiye with, glaring. .. ....• ; .: form a tfio'nam'ed Neeta:;' Sweeta ;'has·the power, 'tothe\~xterit that is Edith's own off-handed remark .• similarities..some gory, Niolence' a~d Nastie.: Thelfac~·difficulties : I1av·ing'·~1I1d supportirig' 'sev'eral that she has a doctor's hppoi~t­ :.including. a decapitation, and re" everywtieI--e; frbm t-aisin'g;enbugh babymci.the,rs cari~be'a status'sym- 'rrieiiL By the neXt scene:she's il1':curring, rQughdanguage. ·Th~ cash to record'f(f(imo tape tb'in- boI: The film touches on this' by ready pushing up daisies: ;" ; , US. Catholic Conferencedassi c teresting'a'promoter'in ·their style"- 'showingAnita becoming.empow- .

Script holes like this.onemake fication is A-llI ...L ad~lts.The and music, ered as she realizes her potential it seem like the film's intention is .'. Motiol') Picture Associatio.n 'of Yet their fierc,~st.;~QITlpeti~ion\'. :ls:both,a:.mot~er.anp a~singer.·;; just to lurch 'forward to the c1i"IC~i ·.;"~ti()vjile 'AmericaratingisR,,-restricteq. " . , . '" I .-,.(,;. ; , : ' i .' ~'WaWng the Dead": (USA);: comes from a siirprising :soui'ce:>:" ;.f. Writei-di rector ,"'.,::1 uJia'[j mactic, ·~b.atUe of the bands" fiAnton and Saffron's father, Byrol),.. Henriques' feature debut is full nale. But "Babymother" is not ICo.IV~·.uI~lleSi.';' Unsatisfying romantic,dram~ .' ., • ; , ,.I . : .aboutanoambitious.young,attor:(Wil Johnson), a'loca.lr~gg!le stil.f. - ·ofNnky~music and.colorful"out- c,ompeIIing enough to justify the with his own amDitions: ByrorCs. :,rage6lI's' costumes, but :it: takes,. time rieeped.to piece together the NEW YORK (CNS)~, Fol- ney' (Billy Crudup) (I,lnning fOf machismo attitude and jealousy . close attention to adjust to the disjointed details. lowing are recent;capsule reviews Congre.ss;who,se recurring visions about Anita's' possible.success " thick Cockney.accents, Henriques. . Although it holds some appeal issued by the U.S. Catholic Con- of his 10ngcdeadppliticaI-activist make him declare that "there is 'effectively contrasts the skiIl?PY,' because of its bold colors and ference Office for Film and girlfriend (JenniferConlJ~lIy) , only onemusician.inthis family." : lively costumes and ~~tlandish lively, energetic music, Broadcasting. . ' J .,' make him wonder if he,is losing Although. she obviously loves ·hairdos· and make-up with the "Babymother':'i~more like an ex"Fin~I.Destination" . his mind. As directed by. Keith .' (New Line) Gordon,' the -lead actors ha~e . her:children; Anita seems more :. drab .concrete buildiqgs of the tended 'music video than a serilike a doting aunt than arespon- housing project where Anita lives, ous depiction ofa woman's Plodding psy.chological chemistry aplenty buqhe slowsible parent. She often dumps the . struggle to balance her dreams of thriller about high school students' moving film fails tobuild enough musical stardom with motherwho cheat death when they get momentum tO,deliver a convinc- . children. with her 'dependable mother, Edith (Corrine. S k i n n e r ' Movies Online hood, off their Paris-bound flight min- ing punch, Several intense sexual utes before one student's (Devon encounters with nudity, mild vioCarter), for long stretches at a '. Look up film reviews on Because of a shadowy sexual time, while .she goes off to a 10American Online, Once encounter, brief violence, an in'Sawa) premonition: that it will lence, occasional profanity and crash comes true but then they much rough language. The U.S. you're connected to AOL, use stance of profanity and some cal dance I:tall in hopes of getting mysteriously begin to die any- Catholic Conference classification that one chance at stardom. the keyword CNS to go to rough language, the U.S. CathoWhen her mother inexplicably Catholic News Service's lie Conference classification is Away. Director James Wong's few is A-IV - adults, with reservaonline site, then look for III - adults. The Motion Picture dies, Anita must face some harsh suspenseful surprises do not com- O{ tions. The Motion Picture Assorealities, including being with her movie reviews.

Association of America rating is pens ate for the contrived dia- ciation of America rating is Rchildren, as her friends put it, R - restricted. logue and exploitation of the restricted.

By CORI FUGERE URBAN

'Babymother' is more . music video than movie

d

.-

.",

r'·"·~·

.~.

'....

;

,.; .

Programs abound for area seniors At Council On Aging (COA) buildings and Senior Centers throughout the diocese there is a wide array of programs and special interest groups. They meet to enjoy hobbies, movies and share aspects of their lives. Below are some activities in local areas.

For more information contact your local COA. Chatham COA A Caregivers Support Group meets on the second and fourth Monday of each month at 10 a.m. For more information call the COA at 945-5190.

An antique appraisal excluding jewelry, will be held on April 18 at 10 a.m. at the COA. Limit is two items per person.

A blood pressure clinic is held on Wednesdays from 911 a.m. Call the COA to make an appointment.

The Busy Fingers Group meets every Thursday from 1:30-4 p.m. Bring your knitting, crochet, cross-stitch or needlepoint and join others with similar interests in getting motivated. Newcomers always welcome.

Bridge lessons are held every Eridayat 10 a.m..

Computer classes are being offered .in Windows 95. To put your name on the waiting list call 945-9800 and leave your name and number.

Cribbage games are held every Monday from 1-3 p.m. at the Senior Center Alzheimer Caregivers Support Group and Sight Loss Self-Help Group meet each month. Call the COA for more information.

Mah Jongg games for established players are held on the first and third Wednesday afternoons. Call Kim at 9459502 for more information.

April 13 at 1:30 p.m. Call the COA at 385-5067 for more information.

Seniors interested in learning to play the oriental game of Mah Jongg should call Dot Fleischer at 385-5067.

On April 5 an eight-week beginners French class will begin. Call the COA for details.

A bridge club meets every Monday at 9 a.m. followed by the rug-hooking club at 9:30 a.m. Bingo is held at 6 p.m.

Tuesday features exe~cise classes at 8 a.m. and square dancing at 7 p.m. The adult fitness class is held on Wednesday at 8 a.m. as is a walking club. The widowed persons group meets at 7 p.m.

Thursday features painting at 9:30 a.m. and Weight Watchers at 6 p.m. Line dancing is held at 11 :30 a.m. on Fridays and cribbage begins at noon.

Call for more information.

Harwich COA Check your blood pressure every Monday and Friday from 10-11 :30 a.m. Hearing tests are held on Tuesdays beginning at 9 a.m.

Trained SHINE consultants are available to speak with seniors about health insurance and coverage on Wednesdays.

Call the COA at 430-7550 to make an appointment.

The Harwich COA minibus offers free rides for grocery shopping and trips to the bank and post office from 10 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday. For more information call 432-6872.

The COA offers many programs including cribbage, a Crossword Puzzle Club, stained glass, upholstery and cooking. For more information call Barbara-Anne, COA director.

A telephone reassurance program is available for seDennis COA niors living alone as well as Helen Halpin McCarney the friendly visitor program. brings her Irish-American huFor more information call mor and songs to the COA on . Elaine Walsh at the COA.

A stamp club meets on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 1:30 p.m. at Pine Oaks Village.

MARCY FORTUNE

11

Senior issues Editor's note: This is the first in a monthly series on seniors by Nancy Boland Johnson.

The 15th Annual Governor's Conference on Aging will be held May 10 at the Holiday Inn, Boxborough Woods, Boxborough.

Former U.S. Sen. Edward Brooke will be the main speaker at the afternoon session. Brooke, now 80, was the first AfricanAmerican to be elected by popular vote to the U. S. Senate in 1966.

"He has been a powerful and

many monthly bills, some make the decision to cut back on the food budget by trying to make one meal stretch into two.

Sandwich COA If an elderly person no longer The Friends of Sandwich drives and must rely on public Seniors will hold its annual transportation or walking to the meeting on April 28 at 2 p.m. grocery store, they many select at the Human Services buildfood based on what is easiest to ing. Light refreshments will carry home, not on what is most follow. On' May 7 the group nutritious. will celebrate its 20th anniverLoneliness can also affect the sary with a dinner theater. Call appetite. Part of the enjoyment of the COA at 888-4737 for more food comes from sharing meals and information. conversing with The Senior Pharmacy Proothers. If a pergram helps pay for prescripson dislikes eattion costs. To find out if ing alone, he or you're eligible or for more inshe should be enformation call 1-800-243to take couraged 4636. part in a commuA lecture entitled "Preservnity dining proing and Protecting Dignity and gram such as Assets," will be presented by those offered by Maria Sullivan on路 March 29 local churches or at 1 p.m. Call the COA to sign senior centers. up for this seminar. effective voice for the concerns of If relatives or friends live close Prostate screening will be elders and their families," said Sec- by, they could find out what types offered on April 20 from retary of Elder Affairs Lillian of food the elderly person likes 1:30-4:30 p.m. Call the nursGlickman. and invite him or her over for dining department at 833-8020 to Dr. Thomas Perls, a Harvard ner. Lahey Clinic dietitians recommake a reservation. .

Medical School professor and co- mend, if the host deliberately preIncome tax assistance is author of the best-selling book . pares more food than needed for available on Mondays and "Living to 100: Lessons in Living the meal, the extra food can be Wednesdays at the COA. Into Your Maximum Potential at Any packaged in individual portions for terested persons should bring Age," will address the elders. Perls, the elder to take home and freeze. their previous year's federal a geriatrician at Beth Israel Dea- This food can be taken out and and state returns, W-2 and Medical Center, is the microwaved or heated up in the coness 1099 forms. Call the COA to founder and director of the New oven at a later date. schedule anappoiptrpent.. .

England Centenarian Study.

Lahey Clinic suggests one way Outreach assistance is availThe conference is a highlight to help an elder eat a balanced dieJt able by appointment by callof Older Americans Month. It will includes a Meals-on Wheels type ing the COA. It is a chance to feature experts in the elder network of program that provides home have questions answered conwho will lead workshops on phar- delivery of nutritious meals. fidentially about resources maceutical assistance, housing, and programs you may be en*** AARPTax-Aide volunteers are caregiving, health insurance, finantitled to. A van service is cial planning, abuse, end-of-life providing free tax counseling to available for grocery shopping issues, and other issues.

Massachusetts residents. Trained in every Thursday and Friday For more information or to reg- cooperation with the Internal Revmorning. It also stops at a enue Service, the volunteers proister, call (617) 222-7499. bank and pharmacy. Call the vide assistance with the preparaCOA by noon on Wednesday *** and proper eat- tion Elderly nutrition of federal, state and local bato make,an appointment. ing habits are a concern for many sic income tax returns.

A trip to the Cape Cod "Last year, the AARP Tax-Aide people who have elderly relatives Mall for lunch and a movie who live alone. According to a re- . volunteers served more than will be held on April 5. Van port from Lahey Clinic, "When try- 24,000 residents," said Walt Sandservice is available and ing to improve the nutritional sta- ers, AARP Massachusetts state pickup begins at 10:30 a.m. tus of an elderly person who lives president. The service is available Call the. COA to sign up for alone, it is important to look at the to middle and low-income taxpaythis new program. entire physical and mental status of ers through April 15. The program is conducted. at 280 sites in the that individual."

A number of factors, including state. To find a site in a given community, call 1-888-227-7669, or ~edicati(ms, dental problems, and financial or transportation chal- log on to the AARP Webplace at lenges, may affect an older www.aam路orgltaxaide.

Tax-Aide State Coordinator person's appetite and ability to eat.

If medication is affecting an Terri Gendreau said, "Our service elderly person's appetite or sense is a wonderful resource for the lege Graduate School of Social of smell, adding non-spicy herbs American taxpayer. It makes the Work,Fortune has provided while cooking and presenting process of filling out tax returns a clinical social work services for meals in a colorful way may help. whole lot easier and less stressful." more than 15 years throughout Try serving smaller portions. Many "The most important service New England, including south- older people find huge platefuls aspects listed by last year's clieastern Massachusetts and Rhode of food unappealing. ents include: The quality of perIsland.

Elders who have poorly-fitted sonal interaction between thecliThe geropyschiatric program dentures, weakened or missing ent and the volunteer; the friendprovides free, in~home assess- teeth, must limit the variety of liness and helpfulness of the volments and short-term intensive foods that they路 can eat comfort- unteer- and the volunteer's tax treatment to people over the age ably. It may be impossible for knowledge and skill in explainof 55 who are experiencing psy- someone with a dental problem to ing the tax return," said Chryste chiatric problems, such as depres- eat com on the cob, or to chew a Hall, AARP Massachusetts comsion, anxiety, grief, thought dis- thick steak. munications director. turbances, confusion and memory Nancy Boland Johnson is a An elderly person's economic problems. status can also affect his or her diet. parishioner 0/ Our Lady o/VicFor more information call Faced with a limited budget and tory Church, Centerville.

508-674-7000.

Saint Anne's names new assessment coordinator FALL RIVER - Marcy Fortune, LICSW,of Barrington, R.I., has been named clinical assessment coordinator for the Geropyschiatric Partial Hospital Program of Saint Anne's Hospital's Center for Behavioral Medicine, Norman Zinger, center director, announced.

In her new role, Fortune is responsible for the clinical assessment of the elderly who may need partial hospitalization for such problems as depression or anxiety. In addition, she serves as the program's community liaison and outreach coordinator.

A graduate of the Boston Col-

TIIEANCHOR- Diocese ofFall River- Fri., March 24, 2CXXl

Nancy Boland Johnson

12

THEANCHOR- Diocese ofFall River- Fri., March 24, 2(0)

Nun in Pakistan dies after ·being beaten by robbers'

By CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

juries to her spine, which was KARACHI, Pakistan - A 78- fractured in two places. It year-old nun who was beaten by could not be ascertained robbers who ransacked her con- whether she was hit by rifle vent died after being in a coma butts or kicked with heavy boots, reports said. for three days.

The robbers, who were Sister Christine Sequeira died March 15, reported UCA News, armed with sophisticated an Asian church news agency weapons, reportedly seized POPE JOHN Paull! prays before an urn of water from the Jordan River at a site traditioncash in the amount of 200,000 based in Thailand. ally held as the place of Christ's baptism in Jordan. (CNS photo by Arturo Mari) Church sources said six ban- rupees (US$3,900) and other dits barged into the Franciscan valuables.

"We demand the arrest of the Missionaries of Mary's convent in Karachi early March 12. bandits at the earliest possible The men reportedly tied the . time," said Father Sebastian watchman at the main gate and FranCis, provincial of the JERUSALEM (CNS) - Pope cided with the opening in the United things have changed" since Pope entered the convent; some held Franciscan order, who con- John Paul IT reached Israel on Tues- States of a new round of peace talks Paul VI visited the Holy Land in the nuns at gunpoint while oth- firmed most of the details of . day, realizing a dream that frail between Israeli and Palestinian ne- 1964. Pope John Paul specifically ers ransacked the rooms to search the incident. health, interreligious squabbles and gotiators, and amid increasing signs cited the launching of diplomatic for valuables.

Police said they had political tensions could not stop. that Israel and Syria would restart relations with Israel in 1994 as "a According 'to one source, the launched a search for the banArriving at the airport in Tel Aviv, direct talks about the Golan Heights, seal on our efforts to open an era of men, who asked for money, as- . dits, adding that two con- the 79-year-old pope briefly ac- territory Israel captured in 1967. dialogue." saulted the nuns. They reportedly stables were posted at the con- knowledged the sensitive issues surFor many Jews, the exchange of Pope John Paul told Israeli Presipushed and beat Sister Sequeira vent to protect the nuns. rounding his visit, but said he came dent Ezer Weizman, Prime Minis- ambassadors between Israel and the when she tried to prevent them Sister Sequeira spent 40 as a pilgrim, "in a spirit of humble ter Ehud Barak and other officials Vatican was a long-awaited sign that from entering her room. years.in the predominantly gratitude and hope, to the origins of at the airport that although he trav- the Vatican recognized Israel's exThe nun suffered serious in- Muslim community in the area. our religious history." eled as head of the Roman Catholic istence as a state. Pope John Paul IT His seven-day pilgrimage to Jor- Church, his visit was also a private is a "different pope" than Jews are dan, Israel and the Palestinian terri- pilgrimage that began in late Febru- accustomed to historically, said '~Ag ~m C'ome tories, he said, was "a tribute to the ary at the Vatican and in Egypt and Rabbi David Rosen, the Anti Defathree religious traditions which co- continued the day before in Jordan. mation League director. wilt Ae .eWRe on ~ fU The president thanked the pope ·existin this land" :-Judaism, ChrisThe pope and Weizman spoJ<e of !ITem/en" tianitY and lslam. ; , rapid changes and improvements in for "condemning anti-Semitism by After kissing' Israeli soil held up Catholic-Jewish relations, especially labeling it as a sin against God and to him in a bowl, the pope said, "I over' the past 20 years, paving the humanity" and for his March 12 repray that my visit will serve to en- way for the visit quest for forgiveness "fordeeds carOh adorable and Divine Will, behold me here before the an increase ofinterreligious John Paul, who repeatedly .Pope courage ried out in the past by representaimmensity of Your Light, that Your eternal goodness may open dialogue." used the phrase "the state of Israel" tives of the Church against the Jewto me the doors and make me enter into It to fonn my life all in The pope's arrival in Israel coin- in his airport speech, said "many ish people."

You, Divine WUI. Therefore, oh'adorable Will, prostrate before Your Light, I, the least of all creatures, put myself into the little group of the sons and daughters of Your Supreme FIAT. Prostrate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg that it clothe me and eclipse all that does not pertain to You, D~vine Will. It will be my Life, the center of my intelligence, the enrapturer of my heart and of my whole being. I do not want the human will to have life in this heart any longer. I will cast it

By CINOVWOODEN away from me and thus fonn the new Eden of Peace, of happiCATHOUC NEWS SERVICE Fides described the Boxers as "a secret, pseudoness and of love. With It I shall be always happy. I shall have religious sect" which used a campaign of terror against a singular strength and a holiness that sanctifies all things and VATICAN CITY - The Vatican's decision to can~ foreigners, who were seen as unfairly exploiting the conducts them to God. onize 120 Chinese martyrs can be seen as a challenge Chinese, their resources and their territory.

Here prostrate, I invoke the help of the Most Holy Trinity to China's communist government, said the Vatican's ''The canonization of these missionaries highlights that They permit me to live in the cloister of the Divine Will and . the fact that, despite the ambiguity of the period, what · missionary news agency. thus return in me the first order of creation, just as the cre~ "The canonization of China's martyrs is a chal- took these men and women of the Church to China was created. lenge to Beijing, a challenge of courage," said an edi- was lovefor Christ and love for the people of China," torial in Fides, the news agency of the Congregation Father Cervellera wrote.

Heavenly Mother, Sovereign and Queen of the Divine Fiat, for the Evangelization of Peoples.

The canonization also is a proclamation that the take my hand and introduce me. into the Light of the Divine The Vatican announced recently that Pope John Paul . Catholic faith has been present in China for centuries Will. You. w;ill be my guide, my most tender Mother, and will IT will canonize the martyrs Oct 1. " ,and that Chinese citizens were so convinced of the teach me to live in and to maintain myself in the order and the , The group includes Chinese citizens" and Eurotruth of the faith that they have been willing to die for bounds of the Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate my it, the priest wrote. pean missionaries, clergy, religious, men, women whole being·to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me the and children; half of the martyrs were killed during ':. : Father Cervellera said the canonization will chaldoctrine of the Divine Will and I will listen most attentively to '. the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, and the other halflenge the governmentto move toward an understand-' Your lessons.. You will cover me with Your mantle so that the martyred during "17thand 18th-century per, ing of patriotism as "love of country for the love and ·were infernal Serpent dare not penetrate into this. sacred Eden to en-' " " secutions.', . . . " " ,the good of the people." ',' tice me and make' me fall into the maze of the human will.: . Father Bernardo Cervellera, a'missionary'anddiIn Hong Kong, the Vatican announcement of the Heart of my greatest Good, Jesus, You will give me Your rector of Fides, said the decision to canonize the mar-canonization broughtjoy and encouragement to Cathoflames that they may bum me, consume me, and feed me to . tyrs, whowere.beatified between 1889 and 1956, "has lies, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency fonn in me the Life of the Divine Will. been greeted with rejoicing, particularly. by the mis- based in Thailand.. s'aint Joseph, you will be my protector, .the guardian of my., sionary church.": . .

Auxiliary Bishop John Tong Hon of Hong Kong heart, and will keep the keys of my will in your hands. You ·''The delayed canonization could be due precisely. told UCA News that it was "great news" and "a sigwill keep my heartjealously and shall never give it to me again, . to concern that'the gesture might trigger harsh reac-" nificant event and an encouragement to the Chinese that I may be sure of never leaving the Will of God. . tion against the 'imperialist' Church and impede .the church and Catholics."

My guardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in evdesired relations between Rome and Beijing;': Father The diocese probably will hold celebrations to honor erything so that my Eden may tlourisband be the instrument Cervellera wrote. . the martyrs, he added. , .. that draws all men into the Kingdom of the Divine WuI. Amen. " In particular, hesaid; the canonization ofthosewho " When asked if the canonizations would affect SinodieQ duringthe'BoxerRebellioD:"was,a highly sensi-. Vatican relations, the. bishop said thi~ was.a purely ( In Honor o/Luisa Piccarreta 1865-1947 Chi/do/the Divine, Will) " tive question;'" , . . , religious matter and should Dot be politi~ized. .

Pope realizing his dream

m Consecration to the Divine Will

Fides says Chinese martyrs' canonization challenges Beijing

-'-'

'~"~•. ~.~'."

:"":'·~""'·'r·"'··'

• ~~.

~..;.:;.~

~~. ~_

\. • •>.'.~

,

,

,'t'

-

• . • • • ._

â&#x20AC;˘

St. Anne's

. TIIEANCHOR- Diocese ofFall River- Fri., March 24, 2000 Continued from page one

the parish returned to diocesan of a special saint. The lower Anne is a display of crutches, administration and Father John church was built in 1895 and al- oftentimes seen in shrines where Foister was named the 16th pas- though the magnificent upper people to come to ask God for tor. In June 1994 he was suc- church was completed in 1906, cures through the intercession of ceeded by Father Marc H. the focus of pilgrims has always a particular saint. People who are Bergeron who is the current pas- centered on the lower church, cured often leave crutches or tor. other mementos The Dominiof their cure as Jubilee Year guidelines state that a person on pilgrima visible sign to cans who resided at St. Anne's age to the churches should do at least one of the followothers to show elected to remain ing: attend Mass or Vespers, make the Stations of the that God heard and continue to Cross, say the rosary, or spend time in eucharistic adoratheir prayers. serve. Somehow, tion and pious meditation, ending with the "Our Father;' Reportedly, the great Dothe Profession of Faith and a prayer to the Blessed Virgin there are many minican apostoMary. cases in the hisThose seeking indulgences must receive holy Comtory of this late goes on with Dominican Famunion, ideally on the same day that the Jubilee Church shrine of certher Pierre E. or shrine is visited. They must offer prayers for the Holy tainly miracuLachance conFather along with other prayers ending with the "Our Falous cures, that tinuing to ministher," the Profession of Faith and a prayer to the Blessed is, cures that are tel' in the confesMother. Sacramental confession leading to a genuine so extraordinary sional. conversion of heart, is also a condition for the indulgences. that only God This temple This may be fulfilled several days before or after the church could have perof worship, a visitation. Other ways to gain the Jubilee Indulgence informed them. In masterpiece of eludes: the undertaking of charitable works, visits to the many cases the architecture, is sick, imprisoned or elderly, almsgiving, and abstaining for people came to both a parish a whole day from unnecessary consumption of cigarettes, pray with faith church and a alcohol, or fasting a.nd abstinence according to the genand wereeventushrine of pileral norms of the Church. ally cured, but it grimages and de- L......:...---J wa,s a natural votions to St. Anne. To this day, where the statue of St. Anne, pur- cure with the help of physicians thousands of pilgrims have been chased in 1882, is centrally 10- and medicine. But even at that, coming annually to the Fall River cated. pilgrims here are convinced that Shrine in large and small groups Many of the Masses said in the God had something to do with to pray to the mother of Mary and parish are offered in the Shrine. their cure although it was not a the grandmother of Jesus.

Usual daily Masses there are at miracle in the strict sense.

The lower church is known as 7: 15 and 11 a.m., and at 6:30 p.m.

The novena to St. Anne is held St. Anne Shrine, as the word inThe Blessed Sacrament is kept Sundays at 3 p.m., and on Tuesdicates, a place where people in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel days at 2 p.m. and 6:20 p.m., and come to pray and ask for the help located at the right side of the is always well attended. main altar in the Shrine, where A novena to St. Jude, whose perpetual adoration takes place statue also holds a prominent 24-hours a day, every, day. At the place in the Shrine, is/conducted end of daily Masses: the conse- Thursdays at 6:20 p.m. Devotion crated hosts that remain are kept to St. Jude has always been part in the tabernacle in the chapel, of the Shrine's devotions. primarily to be brought to the Prominent in the Shrine is a sick. statue of Our Lady of Fatima, "The Eucharist is kept there so favored by the many immigrants that pilgri ms may pray in the who have come from Portugal and presence of the Lord," a history the Azores. of the parish points out. "We The little chapels that surround adore Christ and believe he is the Shrine mostly point to the truly and especially present here Blessed Virgin Mary, the daughin the Eucharist. That is why we tel' of St. Anne. The first chapel genuflect as we pass by the taber- reminds us that the founder of the nacle." parish and Shrine were French, Surrounding the st~tue of St. for it commemorates the shrine

THE BLESSED SACRAMENT is exposed in St. Anne Shrine (top photo), Fall River, for perpetual adoration. Masses are held at the Shrine's altar each day and many people from across the diocese visit for prayer and reflection. The Shrine has numerous chapels for devotions. (Anchor/Gordon photos).

13

to Our Lady at Lourdes in France. of art. The upper church is open Other chapels with statues com- for weddings, funerals and weekmemorate St. Theresa, St. Francis end Masses.

There are chapels all around Xavier Cabrini and St. Joan of Arc. the sanctuary. The Lady Chapel Another chapel commemo- or Rosary Chapel has pride of rates Our Lady of Guadalupe, place. Here the 15 mysteries of patroness of all the Spanish- the rosary and glorious events in speaking. There are chapels the lives of Jesus and Mary are dedicated to Dominicans S1. depicted.

Rose of Lima and St. Martin of Another chapel is dedicated to Porres, and a niche with Blessed St. Dominic, founder of the DoBrother Andre Bessette of minican Order; another to the Montreal. A statue of St. Joseph Holy Family, and yet another to also has its own chapel.

St. John the Baptiste.

Other areas in the Shrine inIn addition to the novenas, clude a rare statue in wax of the perpetual adoration and the daily early Christian era teen-age mar- Mass schedule, weekend Masses tyr St. Concorde, as well as St. at St. Anne's, designated a pilVincent Ferrar, St. Gerard, and grimage church in the Fall St. Dominic Savio. The Infant of River Diocese for this Jubilee Prague has its own area on the Year, are celebrated Saturdays left wall of the Shrine. at 4 p.m., and 6:30 p.m., and In the upper, magnificent on Sundays at 8 a.m. (in church with wondrous, stained French), 10 a.m., noon, and glass windows, designed by a , 6:30 p.m.

Canadian architect, Napoleon Confessions are held every day Bourassa, there is a statue of St. in the Shrine from 11-11 :30 a.m., Anne which is considered a work and from 2-4 p.m.

Study: Private school vouchers help D.C. children to excel ~

Harvard study shows African-American students scoring higher in Catholic or private schools.

during the early elementary years," said Paul Peterson, director of Harvard University's Program on Education Policy and Governance and a co-author of the study.

Patrick Purtill, president of

By MAUREEN BOYLE the Washington Scholarship CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Fund, said, "While I'm conWASHINGTON -A recent cerned that District children in Harvard University study re- junior high school seem to be veals that African-American so far behind that they are havstudents in grades two through ing a difficult time making the five attending private orCatho- transition to private schools, I lics schools in Washington with am pleased to see the elementhe help of financial aid scored tary school children using our higher in math and reading than scholarships are, after only six months, already showing signs their peers in public schools.

The 81 O-student survey com- of improvement."

The research also showed pared Washington Scholarship Fund recipients - who are stu- that 46 percent of private school dents living in the District of parents said their child's school Columbia randomly selected by deserves an A, while only 15 lottery to receive tuition vouch- percent of public school parents ers - with those students who participating in the survey said did not get chosen and remained the same. Almost 60 percent of in public schools. private school parents said they The students were tested were "very satisfied" with the about six to seven months after academic quality of the school, entering a plivate or Catholic as compared to 17 percent of school. Approximately 70 per- District public school parents.

In 1993, the Washington cent of all Washington Scholarship Fund recipients attend Scholarship Fund began as a response to the perception of loCatholic schools.

The study also revealed, cal leaders that low-income however, that similar students District children were not getin grades six to eight entering ting an adequate education in private school had a tougher the city's public schools. The transition, scoring eight points program has grown from suplower in reading and perform- porting 400 families to providing only slightly better in math ing annual scholarships of up than their public school coun- to $1,700 for 1,369 low-income District children to attend priterparts.

"These early results show the vate and Catholic schools.

Businessmen John Walton effects of only about six to seven months of private school, and Ted Forstmann are finanbut they indicate that private cial backers of the Washington schools serve African-American . Scholarship Fund and have .students well- especially if the started similar programs in student enters private school other major U.S. cities.

"'"

---14

I

THEANCHOR-DioceseofFallRiver-Fri.,March24,2lXX>

OUR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

â&#x20AC;˘

'OUR CATHOLIC YOUTH

,:'J'

STUDENTS FROM Saint Mary's Primary School, Taunton, enjoy its new state-of-the-art computer lab where they are able to follow the progress of an expedition team as it explores history around the globe using AmericaQuest. The _ program provides unique opportunities for students and a hands-on history approach.

....

::::-

SHERIFF THOMAS Hodgson visits with students at Holy Family-Holy Name School, New Bedford, where he gave.a presentation on the "Choices and Slam" program which warns students about making bad choices and the dangers of crime.

From left are eighth-graders: Julie Oliveira, Anthony Gomes, Brian Santos, Jonathan Dixon, Ashley Walecka and Tyson Jorge. "

,

!

-

" .... .....

FIRST COMMUNION retreat participant Jessica Silva of COYLE AND CASSIDY High School Headmaster Dennis R. Poyant congratulates four St. Mary's School, New Bedford, talks with Msgr.- John J. incoming freshmen for the class of 2004 on receiving $1,000 scholarships to the Taunton- Oliveira of St. Mary's Parish about receiving the sacrament based school during a recent visit. With Poyant from left are Christopher Desrochers, Rachel of first Communion. Fifty-eight students in the parish religious Stahl, Morgan O'Leary, Brendan Dutch and Academic Principal Donna A. Boyle. . education program participated in the morning retreat. ~j

.'

1"

,

t

\

••

,

Problem solving the wrong way

By CHRISTOPHER CARSTENS CA1l-IOUC NEWS SERVICE

One recent afternoon I read two articles that struck me as connected in a surprising way.

The first was on the rise of drug use in rural areas. Like many others, I suspect, I believed that drug use is mostly a city problem.

Not so. The survey, done at the National Center on Addiction and Substance abuse, found that, compared to city kids of the same age, rural eighth-graders were much more likely to use drugs of all sorts.

Drugs are everywhere.

The second article was about the rapid increase in the use of prescription medicines for the emotional problems of children and teens.

Teens who are seriously depressed need and deserve the best treatment available. That often includes conversations with a welltrained psychotherapist and, sometimes, medications prescribed by a doctor who is expert in their use.

What concerned the article's author was treating the ordinary difficulties and transitions of teen life as

medical issues and looking toward a pill as the first approach to dealing with the problems.

What hit me about these two ar-

"l-~~?1I Coming of

Y

flge ticles was that the teens and their parents have reached the same conclusion. If you aren't happy with the way life is going, the solution lies in a drug or a pill.

Teens actually solve their problems by talking about them with people they trust, by reading about how other teens have dealt with similar problems and by making changes in their lives.

Pills don't solve problems all by themselves. What they can do is impr9,ve - or weaken - your ability to work out real solutions.

For example, serious depression is a real medical problem. People with that kind of depression can't concentrate, and they become very forgetful. They have difficulty sleeping, and they typically lose weight without even trying. They feel unhappy -like they want to cry - nearly all the time day after day, and they often start thinking about death as a solution.

On the other end of the scale is simple unhappiness. A good friend moves away, and the teen deeply misses the good times and the support. The sadness lasts till the teen makes new friends.

Medications will be very useful for the teen with serious depression.

They help improve concentration, and the dreadful feelings of unhappiness and impending doom often go away within a few weeks. With the right medications, depressed teens usually resume dealing with the issues in their lives.

But if someone is simply unhappy about a life situation, medications can confuse the situation by suggesting that there's a medical solution

Our Rock "

The work of love

By CHARLIE MARTIN· CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE ..

..-

.. ~

.-

(,._

.l;:.

It's undeniable that we should be one for me Because you know you've got together And four, repeat Steps 1 the keys to my heart It's unbelievable how I used to through 3 Chorus say that I'd fall never Five, make you fall in Say farewell to the dark The basis is need to know, if you love with me of night If ever I believe my don't know just how I feel I see th'e coming of the sun Then let me show you now that work is done I feel like a little child Then I'll start back at one I'm for real Whose life has just begun So incredible, the way things If all things in time, time will You came and breathed new reveal work themselves out life into this lonely heart And all emotional once you know Chorus: of mine One, you're like a dream what it's all about You threw out the lifeline just in come true And undesirable for us the nick of time to be apart Two, just want to be with you Chorus Three, girl it's plain to see I never would have made Sung by Brian McKnight That you're the only it very far (c) 1999 by Motown Records

SUPPOSE YOU'VE fallen in love. Now that you've found the person you want to spend your life with, can you just relax? Not according to the guy in Brian McKnight's smash hit "Back at One." This guy believes that he can never take things for granted. He lists five steps he takes in loving this girl and says, "If ever I believe that my work is done, then I'll start back at one."

He makes an important point. Sometimes individuals equate falling in love with loving.

What happens when they no longer feel intense love? Is the romance over?

Falling in love involves infatuation, mutually exchanged emotional needs and sexual attraction. All of this creates the energy-charged beginning of a romance. Such interactions are normal and good, but they are not what love is.

I much prefer the word that the song uses to describe love: "w-o-r-k." If the guy in the. song wants to follow up on his insight about love, he might wish to consider these work-related questions: I. What is his commitment to the girl's goals and dreams? Has he asked her what she wants from life and what she wants out of their relationship as an aid to attaining her dreams? Has he reflected on how supporting her in these '11'-

when there isn't. A pill won't find you new friends.

Teens who are depressed - as well as teens who are simply unhappy - sometimes medicate their own feelings. But they use marijuana, alcohol and methamphetamines instead of antidepressants. These almost always make things worse.

Crystal meth, for example, will make a depressed person feel better for a few hours, then crash back into' a darker depression that can last for

15,

days or weeks. Marijuana is slower, and less dramatic, but it makes the depression worse.

What's more, when you're drunk or high, you do dumb things and get in trouble - which makes you feel unhappy long after the drugs have worn off.

The bottom line? No pill or drug will solve your problems. The right ones can sometimes make finding solutions a lot easier - and the wrong ones can make it impossible.

FIVE SETS of twins are among the kindergarten students enrolled at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Omaha, Neb.The are from left, back row, Miranda and Alexis Mayer, Dylan and Austin Craig, Taylor and Marya Carl; anp, front from left, Ashley,and Erin Robins and Mickey and Casey Kimble. (CNS'photo from Catholic Voice)

Five'sets o'f twins d'ouble the fun at Omaha school

.

and Role Back at One

TIffiANCHOR - Diocese ofFall River- Fri., March 24, 2000

eas will affect his own goals?

2. Can he temporarily suspend his intense emotions and see the girl's flaws and difficulties? This is hard to do when blinded by feelings. Yet, love is not real if someone needs to be perfect to receive it. This is why a long period of dating is helpful. Each person gets to see the other in a variety of situations. How does this person handle stress? What does each avoid or not want to see in himself or herself?

3. Once he has a more complete understanding of who this girl is, does he consistently affirm the good in her? All of us are a mixed bag of strengths and weaknesses. Love repeatedly notices and affirms the good aspects.

4. How can he be an influence to strengthen her relationship with God? An enduring, healthy relationship helps both people deepen their relationship with God. The guy in the song should ask: "How can I support you as you become a better friend with God?" I realize that most teens are not yet ready for the work of love. But there are so many misunderstandings about love. Teens can realize that when someone gets more serious about a romance, it's time to get to work.

Your comments are always welcome.

Please address: Charlie Martin, 7125 W 200S, Rockport, Ind. 47635.

OMAHA, Neb. (CNS) -When Darlene Kirby decided to return to teaching last fall after raising her family of six, she expected to face the normal challenges of primary teaching.

As the new kindergarten teacher at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Omaha, she knew she would need to allow time to become acquainted with the students and learn each of their names and personalities.

Then she began seeing double.

The school has 48 students enrolled in its kindergarten program.

Ten of these students are identical twins.

Dylan and Austin Craig and Taylor and Marya Carl are in the morn-

ing class. The afternoon class includes Miranda and Alexis Mayer, Mickey and Casey Kimble, and Ashley and Erin Robins. . Kirby's mother and grandmother have identical twins. She said that when she learned of the enrollment, she remembered them telling stories from their youth.

'They would tell stOl;es of tricking teachers and friends by pretending to be the other twin," she said.

Kirby didn't know quite what to expect when school struted.

"It was hard at the beginning ... but over time their behavior and personalities have helped in telling them aprut," she said. "They are all their own people."

Vatican astronomer is visiting professor at Philadelphia school

By CA1l-IOLIC NEWS SERVICE PHILADELPHIA - Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, one of Pope John Paul II's official stargazers, is teaching physics and astronomy classes this semester at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia.

The 47-year-old Detroit native holds the Donald I. Maclean, S.1., chair in the university's college of arts and sciences.

As a Vatican astronomer, Brother Consolmagno normally divides his time between the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, and the Vatisan Observatory Research Group at the Steward ObservatOlY of the University of Arizona.

"In both astronomy and a religious vocation, I have an OppOltunity to do something for other people that is bigger than myself," he said. "God gives us the beauty of the world, and I am able to use that beauty to help us understand our

world."

After receiving his bachelor's and master's degrees in earth and planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, Brother Consolmagno earned a doctorate from the University ofArizona, then landed postdoctoral fellowships and lecture opportunities at the Harvard College Observatory and back at MIT. In 1983, he left Massachusetts to join the Peace Corps, for which he taught physics and astronomy to high school and college students in Kenya. Upon returning to the United States, he joined the physics faculty at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. Brother Consolmagno entered the Society of Jesus in 1989, taking his vows as a Jesuit brother two years later.

During his semester at St. Joseph's, Brother Consolmagno's third book, "Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist," was to be released by McGraw-Hill.

THEANCHOR- Diocese ofFall River- Fri., March 24, 2000

Iteering pOintl

self and your spouse and a loving relationship in marriage.

For more information call 1800-470-2230 or the Diocesan Office of Family Ministry at 999-6420.

ery month at St. Dominic's Church following the 8 a.m.

Mass. Devotions to Our Blessed Mother follow the 8 a.m. Mass on the first Saturday of each month.

ginning with Mass in the side chapel of St. Mary's Church.

The meeting will be held in its DolanCenter from 8-9 p.m. All men interested in finding out more about the community and its work with youth are welcome. For more information call Youth' Apostles. at 6722755.

TAUNTON - The Youth SWANSEA - Daylong AdoATTLEBORO - A morn- program entitled "Pentecost, ration ofth6 Blessed Sacrament Apostles Institute will hold its ing of atonement will be held the Early Church and Today: is held on the first Friday of ev- next meeting on March 28 be. tomorrow at 9 a.m. in the chapel .The First Evagelization and the of the La Salette Shrine. It will New Evangelization," will be focus on respect for life and in- held on April 5 from 7-9 p.m. clude prayer, music and adora- at Cathedral Camp. The tion. It will conclu.de with a evening is for young adults in 12: 10 p.m. Mass. For more in- their 20s and 30s who would like to participate in Pilgrimformation call 222-54lO. A Healing Service will be age 2000 and will include reheld with Mass on Sunday at 2 flection, prayer and discussion p.m. at the' Shrine. It will be of the Catholic faith. For more led by Father Pat and include . information 'call Bud Miller at music and the opportunity for 675-3847.

The same program will run in p.eople to be prayed over and SOUTH YARMOUTH on April anointed individually.

A' workshop entitled 2, from 7-9 p.m., at St. Pius X "\Vomen and Forgive'ness," Parish. will be held on April '8 'from FAIRHAVEN -A RefleclO a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Shrine Theater. It will addr~'s~ genera- tion on the T.riduum will be tional'issues of forgiveness in presented by Permanent Dea. families and pre-registration is con ~ruce Bonneau on April 18 required. For more informa- from 7~8:30 p.m. at St. Mary's tion ciin the'Counseling Cen- Parish; It offers attendees an ter at 226-8220. ,.. opportunity to deepen their understanding of this sacred time BREWSTER - An ECHO in the Church calendar: AFRICAN-AMERICAN and· Native American children are depicted with Mother' Katharine (Encountering Christ in Others) Drexel in a painting. Pope John Paul II, recognizing a second miracle attributed to the American FALL RIVER - A pro- nun, cleared theway.for her canonization this fall. (eNS photo from' Catholic Standard andTimes) weekend for high school juniors; seniors and college fresh- gram entitled "Catholic Social men will be held April 7-9. It· Teaching' for Everyday Life," offers an opportunity for' par- given by Peter Beisheim of ticipants to deepen their rela- StonehiH College will be held tionship with Jesus and the on April 6 from 7-9'p.m. at St. Church and includes prayer, Mary's Cathedral. worship and friendships. For o more information check with FALL RIVER - The Fall ~. Philadelphia nun who died1n 1955 will prayed, the way she pleaded with the Lord for speyour pastor'or write ECHO of River Widowed Group will be canonized in the fall. cial intentions that she would need, set her apart."

Cape Cod, 79 Puritan Road, meet on March 27 at 7 p.m. in' Sister Carney, who was trained as a nurse, cared Buzzards Bay, MA, 02532. the. S1. Mary's School hall.

By Lou BALDWIN for Mother Drexel through· much of. her final deCatherine DeFarias will be CATliOUC NEWS SERVICE cades. Mother Drexel. had become quite' feeble by BREWSTER - The first of guest speaker and all widowed PHll.,ADELPHIA- Saints are holy people and this time, Sister Carney said. "Her whole life was a eight grief seminars entitled persons are welcome. For more examples to the rest of us. life of prayer."

"Come Walk With Me," for information call Annette.

The problem is many of them are so remote in.

She remembers that in Mother Drexel's fiilal years, people who have experienced Dellecese at679-3278. time and place they can be difficult to identify with. she always opened her prayer book to a prayer to St. the death of a loved one within Most were dead for decades; even centuries, before Gerard Majellafor expectant mothers. . the past year, will open April 7 FALL RiVER - A Mass they were canonized.

"At the time I didn't understand," she said. "Then from 7-8':30 p.m. at the parish celebrating the Jubilee Year will Katharine Drexel, the heiress who founded .the afterward it occurred to me; her mother died when center at Our Lady of the Cape be held at S1. Anne's Parish'on' Sisters 'of the .Blessed Sacrament and will be canon- she was five weeks old, her sister, Elizabeth, died in Church. Future sessions will be April 2 at lO·a.m.Bishop.Sean ized OCt. I, is an exception: She was bom.in 1858 childbirth, and·then all the abortions in the ·country.

That's why. she probably said·this particular prayer." . held on Friday evenings, For· P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., will . and died in 1955, only 45 years ago. . And even though she· was' an'infirmary-bound in~ister Carney describes the woman who will soon more information call Patricia be principal celebrant. valid in the closing decades of her life, there are many be named a saint as "different from anybody else, Clock-at 255-6964,. who can still boast "I knew Katharine Drexel." people always thinking of the other person."

NEW BEDFORD·.:....- The· a continuing presence at St. Elizabeth's Her spiritis In· St. Louis, Eina and Clifton Martin, longtime BREWSTER -·A Mass' Prayer Group of_Our 'Lady. of' in Bensalem, themotherhouse she opened of. St. Matthew the Apostle Parish; also re- .

Convent members with healing service will: be Perpetual Help Church will meet . in 1892. Mother Drexel lived .there for' many years member Mother Drexel. from their. years growing up held on April 5 at 7 p.m..at Our on March 28 at. noon for recita- and her tomb' and shrine are located there. in the South and attending schools the nun founded.

Lady of the. Cape' Church. La tion ofllie Divine Mercy Chaplet At the time, neither 'realized Mother Drexel was Gertrude Brown, who was educated on the conSalette Father William and Mass in honor of Our Lady ventgrounds during the last years of Mother Drexel's headed for sainthood, but they both· knew she was Kaliyadan will be principal cel- of Perpetual Help. life at Holy Providence School, a school for Afri- someone special. ebrant. For more information "I remember she was a great lady," recalled Ema can-American children, said her whole family "knew call 385-3252: NORTH DARTMOUTH Mother Katharine."

Martin as her 83-year-old husband ·nodded in agree- .

Brown,. whose grandparents lived in a' house on ment. :'She had helped us so much. Through her I A Separated-Divorced Group CENTERVILLE - The will meet on March 27 from 7- the sisters' property, said she has letters and books was helped to be able to go to the high school," she told the St. Louis Review, archdiocesan. newspaper.

Cape Cod Widowed Support' 9 p.m. at the Diocesan Family. given to her grandmother from Mother Drexel.

She told .The Catholic Standard & Times.

"She tried to make you feel like you were imporGroup will meet on March 29 Life Center, 500 Slocum Road from 1:30-3 p.m. in the lower to celebrate its 15th anniver- Philadelphia's archdiocesan newspaper, that her tant," Clifton Martin.added. "She gave an opportuhall of the CCD center at Our sary. It will include Mass and grandmother "loved Blessed Katharine very much," nityJor people'at that time in life, because this was and spoke of the nun's wonderful sense of humor, during the Depression in the '30s, to go to school, to Lady of Victory Church. The refreshments. get an education, and that started you on your way. her prayerfulness and love of the Eucharist. topic is "Interesting Things to Sister Inez Carney, 85, who joined the Sisters of Because in 1934 and '35, there wasn't much out there Do." For more information call NORTH DARTMOUTH the Blessed Sacrament in 1933,' still recalls the first for anybody."

Dorothyann Callahan at 617- - The next Retrouvaille times she saw Mother Drexel in the chapel.

He recalled talking to'Mother Drexel after he had 267-5258 or the Office of Fam- weekend will be held April 7"She would go to her stall, her hands clasped, and gone on to a public high school. "I met her again at 9 and offers couples a chance she would always be looking up to the monstrance," a football game. I was playing football, and .she ily Ministry at 999-6420. to heal and renew troubled Sister Carney said. "We looked at this sister who was bawled me out for not going to a Catholic school," EAST FREETOWN - A marriages. Rediscover your- always so fervent. The way she walked, the way she he said.

.J);eople reca~1 memories of Blessed Kathari.ne Drexel.

l..

I

I ~~

r

I

i

I