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THE ANNuNCIAnON, depicted in this 15th century work by Italian painter Fra Filippo, is celebrated today. Besides being nine months before i Christmas Day, March 25 was the first day of spring on the Julian calendar. : Early Christians believed the creation of the world took place on the first day I of spring and that Jesus was conceived on the anniversary of that date. I In anticipation of the feast day, Bishop O'Malley Tuesday celebrated the I second annual Pro··Life Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral, where he awarded : savings bonds to winners of a recent youth essay contest sponsored by the I Diocesan Pro-Life Apostolate. With bishop in right photo are (from left) first place winners Carilyn Flynn and Karen Reed and second place winner Kerri I Schoonover. Also a second place winner was Nate Cote. Bishop O'Malley called the Annunciation the "feast of yes" at which I

Ethifcs of embryo

The panel has invited written comments from interested individuals and organizations as well as oral testimony at the upcoming hearings. It is slated to report its conclusions and recomm~ndations in June. One of the major ethical concerns expressed by members of the public has been the issue of the personhood of the human embryo. Ms. Irving said the philosophical argument that embryos are not fully human becaus¢ they are not rational, self-aware I)eings "would also render the mentally ill, Parkinsons' patients, Alzheimer's patients, the comatose, drug addicts and alcoholics as nonpersons." She submitted written testimony by Dr. C. Ward Kischer of the University of Arizona's College of Medicine in Tucson. who has taught human embryology to medical students for nearly 30 years. Kischer wrote that the term preembryo "has no scientific ~asis and has been rejected by virtually every prominent human embryologist." The term was coined in 1986 "to justify reconsiderations of the ethical and moral aspects of such socio!cgal issues as abortion. fetal tissue research 'and in vitro fertilizatio'n," he said. Several scientistS on the panel Turn to Page II

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research examined BETHESDA. Md.(CNS)- At a National Institutes of Health hearing on federal funding guidelines for human embryo research. a Catholic ethicist charged that a '(fake human embryology" is being used to bypass critical ethical issues. Philosophy professor Dianne Irving of De Sales School of Theology in Washington spoke March 14 at a meeting in Bethesda of the NIH Human Embryo Research Panel. The 19-member panel of ethicists, lawyers, scientists and university officials is to decide which areas of embryo resean:h are accept.able for federal funding, which are not, and which need further review. Ms. Irving, a former NI H research biochemist, said the goal of a false embryology "i:. to designate a pre-embryo - i.e., a pre-person - with different ethical and legal rights and protections than 'real' persons, precisely so they can be used in experimental research with few if any regulations." She said for her doctoral dissertation. on the ethics of using su....plus embryos gained through in vitro fertili7a,tion. she analyzed 23 representative argumcnts for "delayed personhood" and found them all based on incorrect science. The March 14 mf:eting was the second in a series begun with a two-day session in early February. Additional public hearings are planned for April If; and May 4.

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-II\. ;" fI'.... ..." Mary "said yes to God, yes to life, yes to salyation and yes to us, her spiritual children." Today, he said, so many young mothers are pressured to say no and by abortion deny their children "the chance to live, to learn, to love, to pray and to contribute something unique to the world." The only way to overcome abortion is by prayer and a "strategy of love," the bishop concluded - love not only for the unborn child and women in difficult pregnancies but for the woman who has had an abortion, the wavering politician, the abortionist, the pro-choice advocate. We can only win their hearts "when they see how much we love," said Bishop O'Malley. We are called, he said, to say yes to God and yes to life like Mary and like Joseph, who "said yes to someone else's child." (CNS/National Gallery of Art and Hickey photos)

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INVITATION All are invited to attend the Mass of Chrism at 4 p.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Cathedral. At this Mass, at which Bishop Sean P. O'Malley will be celebrant, chrism, a mixture of olive oil and balsam used at baptism, confirmation, ordination and dedication of churches and altars, is blessed for use in the diocese throughout the year.

VATICAN CITY(CNS)- The special privilege of being a priest requires thanksgiving and constant fidelity. Pope John Paul II told priests in his annual letter for Holy Thursday. Along with the papal letter, the Vatican March 22 released a new "Directory on the Ministry and Life of Priests" from the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy. The pope's letter and the directory focus on the particular role of priests within the church, especially in celebrating the Eucharist. "For us priests, the priesthood is the supreme gift, a particular calling to sharc in the mystery of Christ, a calling which confers on us the sublime possibility of speaking and acting in his name," the pope said. He asked priests, during the 1994 International Year of the Family, to show their gratitude for the support their own families gave them in their vocation and to work to ensure that the church itself becomes more like a family. The new directory "is a manual which can help priests deepen their understanding of the identity and spirituality of priests, as well as the need for ongoing formation," said Archbishop Crescenzio Sepe. sec- ' retary of the clergy congregation. The 117-page document, addressed specifically to Latin-rite diocesan clergy, includes a synthesis of church teaching on the,

priesthood from the Second Vatican Council through Pope John Paul's 1993 series of general audience talks on the priesthood. But, Archbishop Sepe told Catholic News Service, the document also offers specific suggestions for how priests can respond to contemporary challenges and problems they face within themselves, within the church and from society. The starting point, he said, is for priests to know who they are and how their role in the church differs from that of the laity. "The identity of the priest comes from the specific participation in the priesthood of Christ, in which the one ordained becomes - in the church and for the church - a real, living and faithful image of Christ, the priest," the document said. A priest must be a person of deep prayer, celebrating the Eucharist daily, praying the Liturgy of the Hours and going to confession frequently, it said. The document listed two dangers associated with authority which can weaken the priest's role as "a guide who works toward the sanctification of the faithful entrusted to his ministry." The first is an "overbearing manner," which loses sight of ministry as a call to service, the document· said. The second, it said, is "disdainTurn to Page II

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St. Louis installs archbishop ST. LOUIS (CNS) - Calling it "an hour of great h'ope and confidence" for the St. Louis Archdiocese, newly installed Archbishop Justin F. Rigali said priorities of the local church "will always be affirmed in close connection with those of the universal church." In his homily during his installation Mass March 16, the archbishop addressed an overflow crowd of more than 2,000 people, including nine cardinals, a hundred bishops and about 500 priests, at the St. Louis Cathedral. Bishop Sean O'Malley was among those in attendance. As the celebration opened, Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillian, apostolic nuncio to the United States, read the apostolic mandate in which Pope John Paul-II 'offi- . cially released Archbishop Rigali from his Vatican duties' as secretary of the Congregation for Bishops and of the College of Cardinals and appoihted him .to head the S1. Louis Archdiocese. "Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, prefect of the congregation and dean of the College of Cardinals, escorted Archbishop Rigali to the bishop's chair and presented him with the crosier used by S1. Louis ordinaries since Archbishop John J. Glennon early in this century. The new archbishop, a native of Los Angeles, expressed a "special debt of gratitude" to his predecessor, retired Archbishop John L. May, "whose generous and zealous work for the Gospel is now being consummated in the offering of his life to God for those he loved and served." The congregation responded with applause for Archbishop May, who resigned in December 1992 because of brain cancer and who slipped into a coma a day before Archbishop Rigali arrived for his installation. There had been no indication that the archbishop was about to go into a coma, said Msgr. Bernard H. Sand heinrich; who had lived in the same house as the archbishop and is one of several priests who have been spending time at the archbishop's bedside at Mary, Queen and Mother Center nursing home. The day before the coma began "was, relatively speaking, a good day," he said. Head of the St. Louis Archdiocese for nearly 13 years before he retired, Archbishop May, 71, had vigorous good health and maintained a busy schedule until the summer of 1992. He experienced the first symptom of his cancer in June 1992 when he woke to find his right hand, paralyzed. Testing led to brain surgery in July 1992; when surgeons removed a walnutsized tumor, diagnosed ,as glioblas'toma multiforme, an aggressive cancer of the central nervous system. Ten days after, surgery, A.rchbishop May began radiation and chemotherapy treatment as an outpatient. But by the end of that year, he resigned his post, saying that "The initial hopes of my physicians for an improvement in the level of my functioning have not been realized." In preparation for the appointment of his successor, Archbishop May had moved from his resi·dence to a priests' retirement home in September 1993. He transferred to Mary, Queen and Mother Center in Shrewsbury in February

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after a brief hospital stay for tests and treatment of a urinary infection. When Archbishop Rigali's appointment was announced Jan. 25, A.rchbishop May started to "let go. He felt at rest about handing over the responsibility to a successor," according to Msgr. ~and heinrich.

A hungry child is waiting WAS H INGTON (CNS) Bread for the World, the Christian anti-hunger advocacy group, is promoting a new campaign ~}tp.ed at defeating childhoodnun'ger with a 29-cent stamp.. The "A Child is Waiting" Offering of Letters campaign seeks to guarantee full funding for the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants'and Children to reach the nearly 3.5 million eligible women and children not currently served. "If just a fraction .of the more than 70 million Americans estimated in the pews on a given Sunday wrote letters on this issue, Congress couldn't ignore the massive outcry,"· said David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World. "As Christians; we are called to respond 'to the needs of poor and hungry people," said John Carr, secretary of the U.S. Catholic . Conference Department of Social Development and World Peace. "Bread for the World's 'A Child is Waiting' campaign ·can help transform our faith into concrete action and make a lasting difference in the lives of hungry children and their families." To become involved in the "A Child is Waiting" campaign, write to Bread for the World, 1100 Wayne Ave., Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

English catechism release set for June 22 WASHINGTON (CNS) - The long-delayed English version of the "Catechism of the Catholic Church" is to be available in U.S. bookstores June 22. The release date was announced March 'IS by the U.S. Catholic Conference's Office for PubliShing and Promotion Services, publishing coordinator of all U.S. editions. Fifteen other publishers have joined the USCC as co-publishers of the single text, which will run about 750 pages with 3,500 footnotes and citations. It will cost $29.95 in hard cover and $19.95 in paperback. The "Catechism of the Catholic Church" is a compendium of what Catholics believe, structured around four thematic sections: the creed, the sacraments, the commandments, and the Lord's Prayer. The first press run is expected to be around 400,000. Publishers had ordered more than 250,000 copies .over a year ago and a number of them have said they plan to increase , their orders before the first-run deadline. Of the major Western languages, English is the last in which the catechism will appear.

ST. MARY'S.CATHEDRAL Bishop Sean P. O'Malley willcelebr~te a Spanishlanguage Palm Sunday Mass 12:30 p.m. March 27. At the Chrism Mass 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, Bishop O'Malley will be celebrant with diocesan clergy as conce.le~rants; litu!gical deacon 'Pawel Swiercz. • Permanent Deacons Dick Murphy and Bob Lemay will be bearers of the Oil Qfthe Sick; Permanent Deacons Jim Marzelli and Paul Ma'cedo, the Oil of Catechumens; Permanent Deacons Bruc.e Bonneau and Tolp Souza, the Oil of Chrism. The office of Tenebrae will be recited 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, with Bish9P O'Malley as celebrant and Father Robert S. Kaszynski as homilist. Bishop O'Malley will celebrate the Holy Thursday ,Mass of the Lord's Supper 7 p.m. March 31. Liturgical deacon, Pawel Swiercz; deacon chaplains, Permanent Deacons Larry St. ,Onge, Louis Bousquet. On Good Friday, April I, the Celebration of the ,Lord's Passion will be held at 3 p.m. with celebrant Bishop O'Malley.· Liturgical deacon, Pawel Swiercz; deacon chaplains, Permanent Deacons Jim Meloni, Mike Murray. The Easter Vigil will be celebrated 7 p.m. Saturday, April 2, by Bishop O'Malley. Liturgical deacon, Pawel· Swiercz; deacon chaplains, Permanent Deacons John Moniz, ~ob Normandin. Easter Mass 10,a.m. April 3, telecast 11:30 a.m. on WLNE, Channel 6, with Bishop O'Malley as celebrant, liturgical deacon Pawel Swiercz; deacon chaplains, Permanent Deacons John Welch, John Fitzpatrick. Concelebrant for Holy Week services will be Rev, Horace Travassos, Cathedral rector. Master of ceremonies will be Msgr, John J. Oliveira.

Trailblazing wheelchair priest dies KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (CNS) - Msgr. JamesJ. Walsh, ordained in 1944 with special Vatican permission at a, time when handi, capped ,men could not usually becorrie priests.. died at age 80 March 10 in Key Biscayne. A funeral Mass for Msgr Walsh, with Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy of Miami as principal celebrant and five other bishops as concelebrants, took place, March 15 at St. Patrick Church, Miami Beach. Msgr. Walsh's long career in priestly ministry had included serving as a columnist for the newspapers of the diocese of St. Augustine and the then-diocese of Miami, as well as work as a hospital chaplain, pastor and seminary staff member. While studying for the priesthood in 1934 at St. Charles College in Catonsville, Md., the young James Walsh ·was stricken with infectious arthritis. He continued . his studies but eventually was forced to move to the warmer climate of Florida. Bishop Joseph P. Hurley of St. Augustine arranged for him to continue his academic work with a priest-tutor, 'and obtained special permission from the Holy See to

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Cape pastor n~lmed honorary cha))lain Father Edward C. Duffy, pastor of St. Francis Xavier parish, Hyannis, has been na:ned an honorary chaplain of Former Massachusetts State Troopers, Inc., based in Southbridge. Richard J. Barry, orga::lization president, said in a letter to Father Duffy that the recognition was unanimously approved by the Troopers' board' of directors and that members express "their sincere appreciation to you for the kindness, understanding and guidance·that you have so generously provided to the memben: of the Massachusetts State Policl: during the many years of your olltstanding career." Father Duffy, a Fall River native. is a graduate of B.M.C. Durfee High School in that city. He attended Providence College and prepared for the priesthood at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore. Ordained in 1946 by the late Bishop James E. Cassidy, hc: served for eight years as parochial vicar at S1. Francis Xavier Church, where he is now pastor, then wa!; in the U.S. Navy chaplain corps for three years. Thereafter he was parochial vicar at S~. James parish, New Bc:dford, from 1957 to 1969; administrator at S1. John the Baptist, Westport, from 1969 to 1971; then pastor at St. Mary, Seekonk, and S1. Mary, 'Mansfield, before assuming his present pastorate.

ordain him. By then the future priest was using a Wheelchair and in those days disabled men were not generally accepted as candidates for the priesthood. After his ordination, he served as chaplain at St. Francis Hospital in Miami Beach for 21 years. He Rev. Jon Fuller, SJ, MD, an was also a columnist for The Florida Catholic, then a publication of authority on HIV / AIDS, will lead a daylong clergy workshop ,:>n the the St. Augustine diocese, and later for The Voice, the newspaper topic Monday, April II, at Catheof the diocese of Miami, estab- . dral Camp, East Freetown. To taJ.ce place from 9:30 a.m. to lished in 1958. Msgr. Walsh also became that 3:45.p.m., the day will include new diocese's first vocations direc- presentations by Father Fuller on the medical, pastoral, psychologitor, was director of lay retreats, headed the Bureau of Informa- cal and spiritual aspects of H IV / AIDS, the personal stories of a tion, and was an' adviser to the panel of AIDS patients, and time National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Priestly for discussion and questions. In a letter announcing the workLife and Ministry. ' shop, Bishop Sean O'Malley noted He also served as pastor of S1. that by the end of 1993 Some 12 Patrick Church, as a spiritual million people in 168 countries director of St. Vincent de Paul had contracted the AIDS 'virus, Major Seminary, Boynton Beach, with a'n estimated 5,000 additional Fla., and as pastor of St. Agnes persons being infected daily. Church, Key Biscayne, from which The bishop added that ill the he retired in 1982. For many years, he used crutches United States one in every 250 persons is infected with ,the virus. but then was able to walk with a cane, following surgery in the late "The' challenge of the faith ';ommunity," he wrote, "is to respond 1960s. However, in his later years he was forced to return to use of a as Jesus did - with compas,ion, with love 'and with care." wheelchair.

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Networks rate low on religion repor~s

PREPARING for the annual Catholic Charities Appeal are, from left, Bishop Sean 'O'Malley, Rev. Maurice O. Gauvin, New Bedford are.a CCA director, and Rev. Daniel W. Lacroix, assistant New Bedford area director. (Gaudette photo) I

Bishop, directors plan 1994 Appeal Priest directors of the annual Catholic Charities Appeal met ,recently with Bishop Sean O'Mal:ley to plan the 1994 campaign. All ! expressed hope that this year's total would exceed the 1993 figure 101' $2,226.973.22. That goal can be accomplished with "the ful1 cooperation of , priests, parishioners and the thouI sands of other friends of the Ap-, i peal," opined Father Dani.el L. , Freitas. diocesan Appeal director.

He and the area directors noted that greater community needs will require higher grants to diocesan agencies such as those serving youth, HlV/AIDS patients, the elderly and the disabled. Father Freitas announced the area directors and assistants as FatherJohn J. Steakem and Ralph D. Tetrault, Attleboro; Fathers Thomas L. Rita and Freddie Babiczuk, Cape and Islands; Fathers Maurice O. Gauvin and Daniel W.

Lacroix. New Bedford; Msgr. ThomasJ. Harringtonand Father Paul A. Caron, Taunton; Fathers Freitas and John F. Andrews, Fall River. Kickoff for the Appeal will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 13. with a concelebrated Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral with Bishop O'Malley presiding and giving the homily. John P. Urban, 1994 lay chairman, will speak at the conclusion of the liturgy.

Papal Foundation aids Holy See PHILIADELPHIA (CNS) : The Papal Foundation has raised , $62.3 million in pledges and commitments, including more than $22 million in cash, according to a recent report to the foundation'S board of directors. The foundation, established in 1988, raises money to fund proI jects essential to the mission of the Holy See and annually gives its , endowment income to Pope John , Paul II. "We know from firsthand dis-

cussion with our Holy Father how grateful he is for the wonderful support of the Papal Foundation," said Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick of Newark, N.J., its secretary-treasurer. "At this critical time when the need for an expanded outreach of the universal church, is critically needed, it is gratifying to see so many Catholics display extraordinary generosity in support of Pope John Paul II," he added. "He remains the most dominant and

persuasive v6ice in the world reminding it of the basic moral values." Cardinal John Krol, retired archbishop of Philadelphia, is chairman of the foundation and New York Cardinal John J. O'Connor is vice chairman.

Love of Neighbor "The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say. .... What are you going through?"-Sirnone Wei I

The media "continues a trend in which religion is treated as a pathology," Reed said. Bozell pointed to network coverage of last year's pro-life march in Washington as "a secular event" without saying that those marching "believed abortion was morally wrong." Among Bozell's solutions are for all networks to hire religion reporters as ABC has to present the social positions of religious figures and the "religious right" fairly and without contempt, and to hold back from sensationalizing stories about religious authorities.

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Religion was "just not covered by the media" in 1993, and when it was, "both religion - and religious leaders - are portrayed as cold, intolerant and oppressive," said the director of a study on how network televison reported on religion. L. Brent Bozell III said at a press conference that "nearly a dozen" people looked at every evening and prime-time news broadcast that aired last year on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS and CNN. OUR LADY'S Bozell, chairman of the Media Research Center in Alexandria, RELIGIOUS STORE Va., used coverage of sex abuse Mon. . Sat. 10.'00 - 5:30 P.M, allegations against Chicago Cardinal Joseph L.lJernardin to illusGIFTS trate his point. CARDS "It was not the false charges leveled at him by a disturbed individual that caused the damage. It was the credibility given [them] by 673-4262 the networks in 25 national 'news' stories," said Bozell, a Catholic. 936 So. Main St .. Fall River He was highly critical of CNN, which he said acted "reprehensibly" in reporting the allegations. Archbishop William H. Keeler ~ of Baltimore, president ofthe U.S. bishops, also singled out CNN in a Feb. 28 statement. The network ~~~~"""'-:--:;Jf~ aired a lengthy and sympathetic i~terview with.Cook when the Car- "W""""O"'rI~d::W~i:d:::e:D~e::li::v~ery~ dmal Bernardm story broke. Within 24 Hours Bozell was joined by Ralph Reed, "24Hau'SIrYn, 7~.W" executive director of the Christian AlIlljarCrlcllCWdlACCIpIId Coalition and Thomas Wykes Weare the wor/dwide wire specialist, . '. .' and aln handle your order to and executlve dIrector of the CatholIc 011I an whUe in the world. Campaign for America. Blossoms &: Baskets...Flowers &: Gifts Wykes said media bias "ignores 1-800-350-9377 the fact that those of religious faith have a perspective which needs to be interjected into the public conversation."

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How to Make Holy Week Work For many Catholics, Easter is all bunnies and chicks, flowers'and clothes. On Easter Sunday, churches will be crowded, mainly because of the "Easter duty" mind-set. There will be the traditional baked ham or leg of lamb and for some it might mean family visiting. Outside of this, Holy Wee~ and its impact on our lives will be for the faithful few or new converts to the faith. Many ofthe practices and devotiolllS associated with this most sacred time will be given short shrift by many clergy or ignored by the laity. The first excuse for the decline of religi'ous expression and feeling will of course'be to blame the secular world. Many feel that it's just too difficult to overcome the shop-till-you-drop mentality. How can one compete with commercialism? Is it really possible to find time in the midst of secular preparations to reflect on the true meaning of Easter? Doubtless, commercialism has had an enormous effect on all aspects of contemporary life; but it is not the only scapegoat to blame for the decline of laity involvement in Holy Week services. There are also many in-house reasons for the fall-off. ., It's easy to ~ay that laypeople are no longer interested in rituals'- It's very difficult to make those same rituals meaningful' and relevant. \ If there are places where people are'ignoring Holy Week, let's see if they are receiving the leadership needed from the clergy. We can no longer point our finger at the wicked world ' as an excuse for lackadaisical laity. There are many parishes where Holy Week services are looked upon as a choice: come if you want to. If this is a pastor's attitude, it is quickly mirrored by parishioners. If Holy Week is not his thihg, why should we get involved? There are many parishes where the goal is to get Holy Week ceremonies over in 45 minutes or less. Cut all the corners and, get them in and out as fast as possible! All this ceremony stuff is irrelevant anyway. Such attitudes do exist; igl}oranc~ begets Ignorance. Parishes, priests and liturgical committees must take the time to plan Holy Week celebrations that give a message and make it live. We spend hours planning fundraising events; it's about time we gave equal time to life-raising events. We in the church must truly realize that through the events of the liturgical year 'and especially those of Holy Week, we relive with Christ the very events of his life, death and resurrection. Unlike the movies we view, that may spellbind us temporarily, Christ is actually present in each Mass and we are not. only spectators, we really are participants in the great events of his life. It is many years since Pope Pius XII gave us Mediator Dei, but its words are a8 I:elevant today as they were in 1947. "The liturgical year is not a cold and lifeless representation of the events of the past or a'simple and bare record ofa former age. It is, rather, Christ himself who is ever living in his Church. Here he continues the journey of enormous mercy which he lovingly began in his mortal life, going about doing good with the desire of bringing all to kn9w his mysteries and live by them." . It is up to those charged as teachers in the Church to make this message live and it is the special responsibility of all who share in the Lord's pastoral ministry to explain and lovingly celebrate the liturgical ceremonies that impar.t the ,message. The Editor

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Looking back on St. Patrick's D~ay By Father Kevin J. Harrington 'It is hard to believe. but according to the 1990 U.S. census. there are40 million Americans who claim an Irish ancestor. Indeed. the Irish in themselves represent a real league of nations. including ancestors such as the Celts. Vikings and Normans. to mention but a few. We have all heard the saying that on St. Patrick's Day the world can be divided into two kinds of people: those who are Irish and those who want to be. Nonetheless. if there is one vice that seemingly plagues the Irish. it is that bitter wormwood ofjealousy, From this less than noble trait comes the tradition of damning onte's fellow , countryman with faint praise. Another ignoble Hibernian tradition is that of being pugnacious to a fault. As a witty Gaelic pastor noted: "The only time the Irish stand together is when they stand for the Gospel at Sunday ¥ass." However true it may be that whenever an Irishman sticks his head above those of his fellows he' will surely be hi'rwith a blackhqrn. he no~etheless prides himself on his ethnic heritage. This can be best illustra.ted by a joke about an Iri'shman talking with three patrons, at a pub: a Frenchman. a Scandinavian and an Englishman. Each. when asked his preference as to what nationality he would prefer if he could not. be what he was, responded by choosing the natio'nality of the person he thought would be most likely to buy the next round.N 0 one chose to be Irish because everyone knew the least likely source of the next drink. When all three asked the Irishman: "If you were not Irish. what would you rather beT' he responded: "I'd be ashamed of meself!" More than 15 centuries ago. .there was a lovely legend to the effect that when the Apostle' of Ireland died the sun did not shine for nine days. It took that long for the

sun to persuade itself to rise on a . ity is not always pleasant. No place world no longer brightened by the in Ireland is more than 70 miles saint's living eyes. from the often cruel sea. while The actual date of the saint's u'1derfoot lie a moody soil, barren death is uncertain. either March 8 stones, and bogs. a combination or March 9. Church officials settled too often the mother of malnutrithe matter by adding the dates and tion or outright famine. Overhead declaring March 17th to be St. is perhaps the cloudiest, dampest Patrick's Day. sky in Europe. The Irish penchant for celebratEven ,more significanty, overing this date is founded in the sure head .politically for most of Ireknowledge that the next best thing land's centuries has hovered a cruel. to being a saint. a hero or a poet is foreign and repressive government. being able to appreciate them. , In short. the Emerald Isle has Perhaps the most noted of all been and continues to be far from traits of the Irish is their sense of paradise and rarely the abode of humor. As with Jewish humor. it freedom, wealth or power. li ndoubtcan be compellingly argued that edly. the pearl within the oyster of that of the Celts is intimately linked all this adversity has been a living with sorrow. appreciation of the spoken word. They are realistic and their realIt is impossible not to notice how the Irish have amassed a ueasury of stories. poems, songs and witty sayings to help compen:.ate for whatever depression of spirit has been caused by their misfortunes. A lesser noted but valuahle Irish trait is compassion. In spite of the traditional values espoused by an . Irish-Catholic family, 'when unusual events occur-divorce, children Glory be to the Father, born out of wedlock, emotional who by his almighty power disturbance-family membt:rs rally and love created me, makaround the individual with warm ing me in the image and acceptl\nce and support. likeness of God. The noble traits of humor and Glory be to the Son, who compassion manifested by the Irish are rooted in a faith that CE,n conby his precious blood delifront the harsher realities of the vered me from hell and material world while seei ng the opened for me the gates of finger of God in all the happenings heaven. of life and believing that somehow Glory be to the Holy with the help of his grace good can be drawn from the evil he pt:rmits. Spirit, who has sanctified

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me in b~ptism and continues to sanctify me by the graces I receive daily from· his bounty. Glory be to the three adorable persons of the Holy Trinity, now and forever. Amen.

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It's horribly difficult to go through life without role-models; to be so unique that we c:an't copy 'anyone who went before: us. , Deutero-Isaiah had to deal with Just such a difficulty. Though he ,was certain Yahweh had called 'him to be a prophet, he was also 'certain that he was different from ~all the other prophets who preIceded him. He could nc~ver com,pare his experience of Yahweh with anyone else's. , Today's first reading can only Ibe understood correctly when we i read it against this background. , From earliest Christianity, to,day's first reading, the Third Song of the Suffering Servant of Yahoo 'weh, has been applied to Jesus; , especially the words" .. ..1 ,gave my , back to those who beat me, my , cheeks to those who plucked my beard; my face I did not shield 'from buffets and spitting." Yet i we're being very superfic;ial if we're I content with only this one compar, ison between the prophet and Jesus. ' I Presuming Deutero-Isaiah's in: sight into his uniqueness, the most , important words in the passage come several lines before he menI tions his suffering:" Morning after , morning, he (Yahweh) opens my I ear that I may hear; and I have not I rebelled, have not tumed back." I Deutero-Isaiah couldn't just flick i through the pages of salvation hisI tory, find the section on prophets, , and pattern his life on the belief I and actions of one of his predecesi sors. No other prophc:t had ever I lived this way, or faced these probI lems. He was turning the pages of a brand new book. The only way he knew he was "doing it right" was by listening for Yahweh's voice in everyone he met and every situation he faced. He based his , life on what the Lord was person, ally waking him to hear each morn, ing, not on what someone else had I been awakened to hear centuries before. At this point we find a deep. parallel with Jesus. Like DeuteroI Isaiah, he couldn't just latch onto some hero from the past. He had to completely submerge himself in his own humanity, throwing out all preconceived notions of what he should be. As Paul reminded the Philippians, Jesus (ound his way in life only by I

By FATHER ROGER KARBAN humbling ,himself, "obediently accepting even death, death on a cross." Because he was so awake to the Father's word, ..... Ood highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name above every other name..." Listening carefully to today's Passion narrative from Mark, we also find an important parallel with ourselves.' Notice there is almost no mention of physical pain. The narrative is more than half over before such things happen. Only after the Jewish leaders condemn him to death does Mark point out, "Some of them then began to spit on him. they blindfolded him and hit him, saying "Play the prophet!' while the officers manhandled him." We presume Jesus suffered lots of physical pain throughout his passion and death. And if the Evangelist wished to dwell on that aspect, he would have had enough material to fill more than the two chapters which comprise the present narrative. But Mark didn't intend his work to bejust a reflection on the histor-, ical pain which Jesus experienced. He also wanted it to be a reflection on the pain which members of his community were experiencing when he composed his gospel; the pain which came from giving themselves over completely to GOd's voice in their lives, as Jesus did. Mark seems to be, saying that instead of trying to copy the Lord's suffering, we should be trying to copy his mentality, his openness to God's unique word for him. Pain will come naturally to anyone who does that. And it wiII almost always be much more psychological than physical. Those who attempt to follow the Lord will constantly identify with Deutero-Isaiah and Jesus. But instead of sla vishly imitating every aspect of their life and ministry. they'll simply try to acquire their determination: to discover God's word around and in them. Such disciples will neve'r "turn back" from the sufferings which true listening brings with it.

Daily Readings March 28: Is 42:1-7; Ps or Ps 33:4-7,12-13,20-22. 27: 1-3,13-14; In 12:1-11 (2) Gn 22: 1·18; Ps 16:5,8·11. March 29: Is 49:1-6; Ps (3) Ex 14:15-15:1; Ex 15:171:1-6,15,17;Jn l3:21-33,36- 6,17-18. (4) Is 54:5-14; Ps 38 30:2,4-6, 11-13. (5) Is 55:1March 30: Is 50:4-9' Ps 11; (Ps) Is 12:2-6. (6) Bar 69:8.10,21-22,31,33-34~ Mt 3:9-15, 32-4:4;- Ps 19:8-11. 26:14-25 (7) Ez 36:16-17a,18-28; Pss 42:3,5;43:3-4 or Is 12:2-6 or March 31: Ex 12:1-8,11- Ps 51:12-15,18-19. (8) Rom 14; Ps 116:12-13,15-18; 1 6:3-11; Ps 118:1.2,16-17, Cor 11:23-26; Jill 13:1-15 22-23. (9) Mk 16:1-8 April 1: Is 52:13-53:12; Ps April3: Acts 10:34,37-43; Ps 31:2,6,12-13,15..17,25; Heb 118:1-2,16-17,22-23; Col 4:14-16;5:7-9; JI118:1-19:4 3:1-4 or 1Cor 5:6-8; In 20:1April 2: (1) Gill 1:1-2:2; Ps 9 or 42: Mk 16:1-8 or (even104:1-2,5-6,10,12-14,24,35 ing) lk 24:13-35 '

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Four Daughters of Charity, including two Americans, and a New Zealand doctor narrowly escaped an ambush that left an Irish priest, a Dutch doctor and his family dead in the West African nation of Sierra Leone. The incident occurred in early March outside the gates of a missionary hospital in the small village of Panguma as the victims were attempting to flee rebel units. Sisters-Arthur Gordon, 52, and Mary Ann Tippett, 56, of the Daughters of Charity Province of the West, Los Altos, Calif., and Sisters Madeline Naughton ofIreland and Justina Arima of Nigeria survived the ambush. All worked at Panguma Hospital. Holy Ghost Father Felim McAllister, 53, of Dublin, Ireland, pastor of Panguma's Catholic parish, was killed as were Dr. E1co Krijin, his wife, Karen, and their 3-year-old daughter, Zita. Dr. Krijin was killed execution-style after being wounded by gunfire. Dr. Anne Greening, a New Zealander riding with the Krijins, was wounded but escaped death. In a telephone interview from Los Altos, Daughters of Charity provincial Sister Joyce Weller, who visited Panguma and talked with the survivors, related their story. She said the nuns and doctors had recently returned to the area to resume their medical work after a previous flight from rebels, believed to be either Sierra Leone army deserters or rebels from across the border of neighboring Liberia. After Father McAllister had warned the hospital workers that rebels were 'expected again, the group began its escape in fourwheel-drive vehicles. As the nuns, the last to leave, drove out of the hospital compound, they saw Father McAllister's vehicle stopped with the priest slumped over the steering wheel. The sisters said that the rebels yelled at them to halt, then began firing as they accelerated their vehicle. It was "just riddled with bullets," Sister Weller said...It's just truly miraculous that none of them was killed." The nuns passed the doctors' overturned vehicle as they made their escape. After contacting a Sierre Leone military unit, they drove nine hours to the capital, Freetown'. Sister Weller said Dr. Greening later told her that Dr. Krijin survived the initial ambush, but was eventually killed by rebels. She said that the New Zealand doctor stayed with him for about half an hour. Then rebel soldiers came on' the scene and shot him in the head, telling Dr. Greening to start running or she would also be shot. She later was rescued by Sierra Leone soldiers. Sister Weller said Dr. Greening will visit Dr. Krijin's relatives in the Netherlands with the doctor's last messages: The provincial said the four nuns would return to their home countries. Paguma Hospital has "been destroyed," and the Daughters of Charity have no plans to reopen it, Sister Weller said.

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By Dr. JAMES & MARY KENNY Dear Dr. Kenny: My wife of 17 years is insanely jealous that my best friend is a woman. It has caused numerous arguments and neverending questions and suspicion. My friend and 1 talk on the phone a couple times a week, and meet for breakfast, lunch or coffee once a week. There never has been a physical relationship and there never will be, because we both

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ar~ based on probabilities, Not so with jealousy. Jealousy is based on possibilities. Therein lies the problem. Since anything is possible, you cannot allay your wife's suspicions by arguing that it is not probable, Not all jealousy, however, is sexual. Sibling rivalry is an exampie of non-sexual jealousy. Cain was jealous of Abel because he felt God loved Abel more. Your wife' may be jealous of the time you spend with your other friend. Research psychologists, in their studies, frequently define love as "time spent with." Siblings are often rivals for parental time and attention, and are consequently jealous and .re·sentful of one another. I suggest you try a positive

approach with your wife, Rather than arguing your sexual fidelity, why, don't you plan some weekly fun and romantic activities with your wife? Show your love for your wife by spending more time with her. . If this does not work and your relationship with your friend still offends, your wife, then I woufd suggest you stop seeing your friend. If you love your wife, you won't hurt her, even if you think she's being unreasonable.

You may not think that'll fair because you insist that your relatio,nship is platonic. However, fair or not, if you love your wife, you must take her where she is, with all her "unwarranted" suspicions and other faults.

Suppose you like to wear Oashy clothes, and suppose your wife objected because she felt it attracted to much attention to you and her. You might try to argue ~Iour point at first, but if she continued to object I suspect you wou Id cater to her wish, even though you disad gree. Opposite-sex friendships are certainly possible without ~,ex. H owever, when they interfere with a marriage, even when WI~ feel our partner is unreasonable, we should generally put the wishl:s of our spouse fitst. ' Reader questions on family living and child care to be answered in print are invited by Th,~ Kennys; 219 W. Harrison; Rensselaer, Indiana 47978.

Focus and reflection are key to parish evolution

By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK What makes a modern parish? Is the key to the modern parish founp in a visionary pastor, or is it a dynamic body of parishioners? If the rules of forward-looking organizations are followed, a modern parish is one that considers all parishioners responsible for its progress. Granted, visionary pastors have

contributed greatly to forward- challenges: multiculturalism and looking parishes. Nor can it be the call for a "new evangelization." A parish antiquates itself when denied that talented parishioners have gotten things moving in m'any it relies solely on a small circle of advisers, with minimal participaparishes. • Nevertheless, recent studies of tion by the members of its diverse modernization demonstrate that it cultural groups and persons of difis best accomplished when eve- ferent ages, ed ucational backryone in an organizatipn is consi- grounds and occupations. A modern parish is like an dered an idea person. . This integrative approach is more orchestra, Whose director works successful than one in which a few for harmony between the different persons do all the thinking for the musicians before him. This preothers, When parishioners are given sumes that a certain tension exists ownership, they invest the best of . between' the director and the players. ,themselves. ' A modern parish accepts this This principle especially holds true for parishes that wish' to tension as a reality, sees it as a respond to the church's greatest resource and capitalizes on it.

tional programs that sensitize its people to social justice i:isues and to evangelization. The parish also will review with some regularity the effectiveness of its liturgical practices. This represents the practice of It is easy for a parish tl) become prudence, looking issues squarely unbalanced and to rei}' on one in the face with an eye to learning charismatic person or a clique of how to improve things. To accomtalented people. It also is all-tooplish this, the parish needs insight easy to embrace the lates!: popular, and spiritual energy. It therefore movements in an effort to become works unceasingly ori new ways to modern. But the heart of modernicombine prayer, days of recollec- ' zation is focus and reflection - in tion, ministry and study. a word, "contemplation.'" That is The modern parish also makes the word the Greeks used for edued ucation its first priority, offer- cati,on. Historically, it always has ing a wide variety of guest speak- been the foundation for modernizaers, an up-to-date library, education. , To be modern is to have feedback systems. If an issue cau,ses tension, the causes are studied and efforts are undertaken to learn what must be rectified.

Seeking a deeper understanding of Scripture

Jews I have learned helps me understand the Sunday readings. We'd FATHER love to have a Bible class, but none is available in our area. We'll appreciate any help you JOHN J. can give us. (Indiana) A. I am awed by the number of DIETZEN questions I receive similar to yours. The serious, even scholarly, Q. What is the chronology of hunger for knowing and applying the biblical word of God is one of ,the books in the Bible? I understand Isaiah wl!s written, the wonderful encouraging signs in three parts, before, during and of faith alive in our Catholic after the exile in Babylon. Is that Church. Several early Christian "gospels" true? When Herod Antipas "ruled" are not in our New Testament. Galilee, who ruled Judea, Syria . One attributed to Thomas, as you and the other provinces? say, alleges to describe several We recently heard of a Gospel bizarre miracles performed by the not in the Bible, one by St. Tho- child Jesus, mas that describes the boyhood of The most famous Gospel of Jesus. Is this Gospel available? Thomas, however, is a series of Even the little history of the 114 "sayings" ofthe "living Jesus."

The en~ire text of this Gospel was S~ripture, as. tradition and the discovered only in '1945, among teaching ofthe church have handed other texts in an ancient library them down to us, are complete. along the Nile in northern Egypt. Thus, while additional writings This Gospel goes back probably may be rich and helpful in many to the year 100 at the latest, and is ways, they are not the "word of perhaps the most significant arche- God" for us as we believe the Bible ological find in the history of New to be. Testament scholarship. Numerous excellent resources Its importance in the developing exist today for every area of biblistudy of the life and words of Jesus' cal interest. Three come to mind. can hardly be exaggerated. The One is the New American Bible, text is available in several pub- the "official" Scripture publisl1ed under the auspices of the. bishops lications. I make these comments, among , of the United States. other reasons, to stress that, while As. I've mentioned before, the such early Christian writings can texts, notes and commentaries are be enormously helpful, and may marvelous-and thoroughly reliable even derive one way or another in their reflection of our faith. from the author to' whom they're Next would be the Catholic attributed, they are not, and will Study Bible. It contains the NAB not become part of our Bible. . text and materials, but much addiWe believe that the books of tional background on the whole

Bible imd on individual books (Oxford University Press). The one-volume flagship of English-speaking Scriptu.re scholarship is The New Jerome Biblical Commentary. The best scholars in the world contributed major, readable articles on everything from the Genesis creation storie:s to the Dead Sea scrolls and current approaches in biblical study, It also includes introductions and verseby-verse commentaries for all the books of the Bible (Prentice Hall). Excellent Bible-group study programs are availab.Ie too. Dozens of people in our parish, for example, are enthused with our present program, "Scripture from Scratch" (videos and printed materials from St. Anthony Messenger Press). I'm happy you are part of this remarkable activity in the ,;hlJrch.

The surprises in the parables By ANTOINETTE BOSCO

\..,. Sometimes you pick up a book that is small in size but huge in insight. That's how I felt about . "The Kingdom of God Is Like... ," a 118-page book by Trappist Father Thomas Keating (Crossroad). Father Keating, former abbot of St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, is known to thousands ·as the founder of the "Centering Prayer" movement. He maintains that "Jesus' parables leave the hearers with unresolved questions." That's because we can't really nail God down. As Father Keating says, for

example, .in referring to the parable of the Good Samaritan: "According to this parable, the kingdom of God has no fixed social, ethnic, racial, nationalistic, economic or religious boundaries. There are no insiders or outsiders, no elite or non-elite. "The 'abba' (father) whom Jesus reveals is the God of the human race as a family. Everyone must be concerned about everyone else. Unconditionallove is the name of the game." , Father Keating doesn't comment on each of the many parables, but the ones he chooses to examine leave an impact. The parable ofthe mustard seed points out how Jesus taught by using surprise images. The people of his time would have understood his example if he said, "The kingdom of God is like the great cedar

of Lebanon" because their expecHe spends three chapters on the tation was that the Messiah was to parable of the leaven and surprises come in great triumph, rescuing readers by writing that leaven, or Israel from its miserable subser- , what we call yeast, "was a symbol vience to the Roman Empire.. of corruption... It symbolized the . Instead, he likened the kingdom unholy, the profane,- of everyday life." to the small mustard 'seed that would nevertheless grow 'into a That's why the people of Israel tree where birds could nest. chose "unleavened" bread. In other words, Jesus' message How ironic that Jesus would use was that the kingdom is found "in this symbol to get across his meseveryday life with its ups and downs, and above all, in its seem- sage. But that's the point. His message, again, was that the kingdom ing insignificance. of God "does not fit into our pre"The kingdom is thus readily suppositions or expectations, and accessible to everybody" because still less, our demands." the "mighty works of God" are So what is to be learned from seen in the modest changes in our this parable? attitudes and behavior. Father Keating points out that "It is that the leaven, moral corit is characteristic of the parables ruption, is not always replaced by to raise this question: "What makes the unleavened bread, the symbol you think that the world is the way of the holy; that daily problems you, see itT' are not normally changed by a

divine intervention that we can see or feel. "Hope is the grace that trusts God in the midst of everyclayness with its ever recurring trips to, nowhere and the recycling of the same old temptations." In re-examining the pmables, Father Keating underscores that "what is special about us \:; God's incredible solidarity with our ordinary lives." One thing is certain after reading this book: You would. never again think of the parables as simple stories for simple people. The parables are profound tea,:hings, directly from Jesus, addre:ised to the soul.

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:Catholic moment Dear Editor: That was an excelh:nt article (Anchor, March 4) about Rep. I Henry Hyde, the leading congresI sional opponent of abortion, on I his receiving the Catholic AmeriI can of the Year Award from the I newly formed Catholic Campaign . for America. I As the article said, "The CathoI lie moment.has arrived," and this i organization will work to renew lour sense of Catholic identity and . our pride in the legacy of Catholic contributions to America and enI hancement of the Catholic role in I society. It is good to see our bishops and more priests speaking out on these issues and many others facing us , today. We Catholics have become too complacent. We say our prayI ers, go to Mass, but too often do I not bring our spirituality into our actions in our community and our world. Let us become more knowledgeable about our government and our elected representatives. Watching C-Span is a great way to become better informed so we can elect politicians who really represent our Catholic values. Alicl: Houst Weslt Dennis I

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March 27 1918, Rev. James W. Conlin, Pastor, St. Patrick, Somerset 1964, Rt. Rev. Antonio P. Vieira, Pastor, O.L Mt. Carmel, New Bedford March 211 1960, Rev. Alfred J. Levesque, Pastor, St. James, Taunton 1972, Rev. Bernard A. Lavoie, Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River 1983, Rev. Dieudonne Masse, OFM, Retired, Montreal, Canada 1985, Rev. Howard A. Waldron, That the Church is a global famPastor emeritus, St. Thomas More, ily with God as its Father is a cenSomerset tral belief of Catholicism. And the March 29 Holy Childhood Association is a 1923, Rev. James H. Carr, " I50-year-old international CathoS.T. L., Assistant, St, Patrick, Fall lic organization that goes a long River way to care for young family mem1951, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward J. bers whose parents cannot or will Moriarty, Pastor, St. Patrick, Fall not care for them: children like River Vincent, who was born with clubMarch 30 feet. ' 1963, Rev. Aimc: Barre, Fall His mother couldn't accept his River 1985, Rev. Benoit R. Galland, deformity and when he was only eight months old she abandoned Retired, U.S. Navy him in a marketplace in the KilMarch :H imanjaro region of Tanzania. There 1953, Rt. Rev. Msgr. George C. he was found by a stranger who. Maxwell, Pastor, 5S. Peter and brought him to the nearby Upendo Paul, Fall River orphanage. which is supported by April I 1958, Rev. George A. Lewin, the Holy Childhood. There little Vincent, who had been so cruelly Pastor, St. Mary, Hcbronville 1974, Rev. Edwin J. Loew, Pas- rejected. found a loving home with tor, St. Joseph, Woods Hole the sisters staffing the orphanage.

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Dire consequences MOSCOW (CNS) - The head of the Catholic Church in European Russia says the country's abortion law carries "dire consequences" for family life and society in general. Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz said defense of life is "one of the most heated and relevant issues" facing Russia. His pastoral letter, read in Russia's Catholic parishes, was his first nationwide message since his appointment in 1991. It was also the first public pro-life appeal by any Christian denomination in the country. In it the archbishop said "In 1991, for every child born in Russia, there were officially more than two abortions. Instead of three newborn children, only one i~ allowed to live. And this is 'all happening in the name of convenience and a falsely understood freedom."

Children he.lping children They arranged surgery to correct his feet and helped him through the Idng process of learning to walk. Today he is a happy boy who loves the sisters. Holy Childhood is an unus'ual organization in that all the money it sends to help children in developing countries is contributed by other children. Last year .alone. Holy Childhood members in the United States raised $2.8 million for children in need. Worldwide the figure was $15 million. Families can also support the Holy Childhood as its young mem- . bel'S bring hope to children like themselves around the world. Further information is available from Msgr. John J. Oliveira, diocesan Holy Childh.ood director, at PO Box 2577, Fall River 02722, tel. 675-1311.

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Vatican, Jordan announce ties VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Vatican and Jordan have established full diplomatic relations. Talks between Jordan and the Holy See began shortly after the Vatican and Israel opened discussions on church-state issues. Previously the Vatican had cited disputes over the Israeli-Jordanian border following the 1967 ArabIsraeli war as among factors delaying diplomatic relations with both nations. Before the war, Jordan controlled the West Bank and part of Jerusalem. Signing a "fundamental agree'ment" with Israel last December, the Vatican said the Middle East peace process was the p~oper forum

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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (CNS) - Bishop John J. Snyder of St. Augustine criticized a recent prayer breakfast sponsored by Jacksonville Mayor Ed Austin as insensitive to non-Christians: "It may seem strange that having committed my life to Jesus I would object to a program that inspired and foste(ed belief in Jesus," Bishop Snyder said in a letter to Austin. Several Christian speakers at the citywide breakfast asked those in attendance to commit their lives to Jesus Christ and distributed pledge cards asking for written statements to that effect. "I would have been very uncomfort,able that morning if I were of the Jewish faith, Islamic persuasion or any non-Christian religion," wrote the bishop.

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CATUOUC educator.s of the diocese held their annual convention March 1g with workshop sessions, exhibits and a Mass celebrated by Bishop O'Malley, who bles~;es the teachers (top' photo) and accepts offertory gifts with Father Richard Beaulieu (left), director of the Diocesan Department of Education. Below, Jay Hoyle, a teacher at St. John Eyangelist School, Attleboro, 'accepts a Silver Jub,ilee Bowl, given to educators who have served in diocesan schools for 25 years or more. Other recipientn this year were Carol Ann Ferland, Notre Dame School, Fall River; William Hart, Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth; and Lillian Labri,e, St. Mary-Sacred Heart School, North Attleboro. Sinct~ the honor was instituted five years ago, 110 bowls have been awarded. In his homily, Bi:;hop O'Malley noted that opposition to Christ's teachings is a "constant theme" in the Gospels, and that those in the Church's teaching' ministry often encounter sU<:h op:position today. "It would be so much easier to tell people what they' want to heaI:'," he said, but "Christ said 'the truth shall set you free.'" Catholic educa.tors must teach the truth, he :;aid, about Christ, the church and human dignity, and to do 'so they must be witnesses who live those truths in their own lives. As William Bennett posits in his current bestseller, "The Book of Virtue," said Bishop O'Malley, educators must be ."teachers of virtue," helping young people "find the path to God, the path to holiness and happiness - and showing them that it's one and the same path." (Hickey photos)

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WASHINGTON (CNS) - If you're visiting New York in the spring, the show to see is an "offoff-Broadway" production of the Passion play, says the priest who produces America's longestrunning version of it. Father Kevin Ashe is so sold on the play, focusing on the death and resurrection of Christ, that he considers it a model for other such productions and hopes tourists would consider seeing it as readily as they would think of going to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building. "I n the next 10 years, I think the play will become one of the great landmarks for the region and a bench mark for what other Passion plays can be," he told Catholic News Service. But he has not always been this enthusiastic for the production, put on every year since 1915 in a theater built and owned by Holy Family Parish in Union City, N.J. In fact, when Father Ashe came to Holy Family Parish in 1983, he thought the play was boring. "I wanted to hide from it; but at the same time, I saw new possibilities for it, that it could be an exciting piece of theater," he said. His only theater experience was as a newly ordained priest in the 1960s, helping a youth group perform, of all things, a Passion play. Within two years after his assignment at Holy Family, Father Ashe was able to revise the New Jersey version, not only by adding music to it, but by reworking the script to update the langu.age and make it more sensitive to Jews who found it anti-Semitic. The play had remained virtually unchanged since Holy Family's German immigrant parishioners decided to tninsl~te it in 1914. . They followed the script of the play that has been performed in Oberammergau, Germany, every 10 years for the past three-and-ahalf centuries. The production drew such big crowds that Holy Family built what is now called the Park Performing Arts Center in Union City in 1931. But in recent years, the production had also raised some eyebrows, particularly over criticisms that it depicted Jews as collectively guilty for Christ's death. In making changes to the play, Father Ashe included suggestions from the AmeriC(l.n Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation CNS/M.rJlt·O'~.!f\I.toreRomano pholo League, making sUre the audience THE POPE walks stations knew Jesus and everyone else on of the cross near Rome's Col- stage, except for the Romans, were osseum during Holy Week Jewish. The suggestions gained the last year.

praise of the Jewish community. They were also put in a pamphlet by the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious affairs of the National Conference of Catholic Bish~ps as guidelines for how Passion plays should be presented in the United States. "We never wanted to put a wedge between us and our Jewish brethren," said Father Ashe. "We want to tell the story as we know it and keep faith with our tradition." He said the current production "teaches a lesson to Christians. In times of social unrest, the play teaches that we all come from the same roots." The priest claims the play's success, after 79 s<:asons, comes primarily because it is based on the life of Christ, and "the story touches people." "It works, as we say in theater," he adds. . The play, with a cast of nearly 50 actors, most of whom are professional, runs on weekends during the season of Lent and extending just beyond Easter. It draws audiences of about 10,000 a year. But Father Ashe wants more. He hopes the production could go beyond the Lenten season. He is also hoping there could be an encore performance this fall for a special guest whom it is rumored miKht be in New York - Pope John Paull\. Vatican officials have said discussions are underway on a possible visit by the pope to the United Nations in October.

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At diocesan Ilealtll ,facilities Although she lost her sight six years ago, Helen is still an avid reader today-with the help of a talking book machine from Perkins Institute for the Blind. "I just finished re-reading Gone with the Wind-which was 40 records long! And I've read the sequel, Scarlett, which. I especially enjoyed because of the sections set in Ireland." Helen's favorite genres are historical fiction and romantic mysteries by such writers as Phyllis Whitney. Helen is also active as president of Marian Manor's resident' council. The organization is an "advanHELEN COADY tage for resident.s," she says, for having questions answered, ANY CONVERSATION with whether from administrator Tom Helen Coady of Marian Manor, Healy, dietary director Liz Botelho, Taunton, is sure to include the or other staff. "Everyone here is so nice. You subject of books. Helen served as children's librarian at the Taunton are'made to feel part of a family, Public Library for 17 years, and and so many creative things are still speaks of her many responsi- made available: parties, activities, our beautiful chapel, special probilities with great fondness. "I was given ftee rein in the grams." "If I'could give one idea to peochildren's room, which was for youngsters from preschool up to ple reading this: it would be the . eighth grade, I loved working with feeling of happiness and safety we . have here at Marian Manor. It's the children," she says. Helen introduced Taunton entirely different from the ideas child ren to the joys of reading not that some' people may have of a only through book displays and nursing home. I think we are very . suggested readings but also through fortunate to be here:" From why we do what we do. a puppet shows, films, summer arts programs, story hours and many. 1993 publication of Diocesan other ambitious activities. . Health Facilities

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ELIZABETH ALLEN, a resident of Madonna Manor, North Attleboro, and husband Edward celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a reception in the home's activity room. , The couple were married in Woonsocket, RI. Prior to retirement; Allen was a distribution manager for Buxton Box Company and Mrs. Allen was a machine op'erator at Texas Instruments. The couple have two sons, Donald Allen of Billerica, and. Brad Allen of Centerville~ Ohio, 3 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Entertainment at the reception was provided by members of the Michael Family, who sang and tap-danced.

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What happened to penance? Know any good jokes about confession? I do. L.ots of them. Trouble is they -all relate to a bygone day, when Saturday afternoon confessions were common. Around. this time of year, as Lent crawled to a close, we used to start worrying about Easter duty. That ancient practice of confession and communion during the Easter season used to .bring long lines of penitents in every church during Holy Week .. The Easter duty has not been repealed. The Revised ,Code of Canon Law still requires the faithful to go to communion at least once a year - during the Easter season. And the sacrament of penance must be received at least once yearly by those in serious sin. Trouble is, if you wait till Holy Week you will find fewer opportunities for confession.: Except in emergencies, confessionals and reconciliation rooms will be closed on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. , Communal penance services multiply during Lent, but personal penance i~ the preferred method of penitence. And it is required in ~ase of serious sin. One of the most famous confes-

sors in the history of the Church, the Cure d'Ars, St. John Vianney, did not shrink at long lines outside his confessional. Penitents came from all parts of France and waited hours, even days, for his blessing. "Confessions, rapid and numerous as they were, were never to him mere pieces of routine," wrote Henri Gheon in 1938 in "The Secret of the Cure d'Ars." "People came to him from curiosity, and returned to hi'm from necessity,"·G heon wrote, "through him men learned the infinite value of the sacrament of penance. The poor came to him, well-known citizens, even priests." It was the Cure's practice to go to bed at nine, or'sometimes 10. At midnight he rose, took a lilntern and went downstairs into the church. People were already waiting in the dark outside. "He lit one or two tapers, himself sounded the Angelus, opened the door for pilgrims, and took his place in the confessjonal. ... A soul lay open before him...each time it was a drama; a test, a cross," Gheon wrote. "Even before he was actually spoken to, the Cure knew what kind of soul he was dealing with.

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From the moment men carne into his presence it was impossible to keep anything hidden." But that was the middle of the 19th century, long before Vatican II, or Vatican I, for that matter. Where are the John Vianneys of today? What confessors spend 18 or 19 hours a day in the confessional now? . Is the world less in need n,JW of. the sacrament of penance? It's the same sacrament it always W2.S. Its power to save souls remains, The number of confessors would surely grow if more of us went more often to be shriven of our sins. When St. John Vianney once puzzled over God's will, it is said, he told a friend that St. Philomena appeared to him and said: "Your works are good, because there is nothing more precious than the salvation of'souls."

Actor Macdonald 'Carey dies at 81 BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (CNS) - Macdonald Carey, a Catholic actor who overcame a' struggle . with alcoholism, died at his home in Beverly Hills, after suffering for more than a year from cancer. He died March· 21, six days after his 81 st birthday. Soap opera fans know Carey for having played Dr. Tom Horton, the family patriarch, for 28 years on the NBC soap opera "Days of Our Lives." His was the voice that opened the show· with the words,

"Like sands through the'hourglass, so are the days of our lives." 'Carey was a lector and a eucharistic minister at Good ,Shepherd parish in Beverly Hills and was inducted in 1991 into the Knights of Malta, a Catholic philanthropic organization. Also that year, he had surgery for lung cancer. Born in Sioux City, Iowa, Carey acted in a Shakespearean troupe and also performed on Broadway and radio before moving to Hollywood.

. He also was a guest star in more than 100 television shows and made several TV movies and miniseries . Carey fought a battle with alcoholism for years but quit alcohol for good iii 1982. In his 1991 autobiography, "The Days of My Life," Carey said that early in his movie career he was "rehearsing my Catholicism but not practicing it." He added he believed in a higher power but wasn't "surrendering to him."

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Continued from Page One ing the configuration to Christ, I Head and Shepherd, be(;ause of an I incorrect view of community." Such disdain, it said, is seen in ,those who ignore alI differences I between themselves and the lay faithful. The document said "democra: tism" is an increasing temptation within the church, but it is a trend : contrary to the will of Christ who i gave the church a hierarchial sysi tern of governance. "The church recogniles all the merits and values which the demoI cratic culture has brought to human society," but its value cannot i simply be transferred to the church without moving the church away from what Christ wante:d for it, the document said. "To treat or to und'erstand the church as a civil society is not possible," Archbishop Sepe said. "The church must be seen and understood not according to our own categories, but according to how Jesus wanted it." "To say there is no difference between lay people and priests, between priests and bishops, betweeJ:l bishops and the pope I impossible!" he said. Archbishop Sepe said the new directory and other reGent Vatican i statements on the priesthood are not indications of an exceptional crisis in the church. "There have always been, are and always will be problems for the priesthood," he said. "The world poses challenges today and to meet them, to evangelize in the world, priests must reinforce their identity - know who they are reinforce their spiritual lives and find in their bishops and fellow priests support and assistance in ongoing formation." The directory reaffirmed the discipline of celibacy for Latin-rite clergy, encouraged priests to be cautious in their USt: of material goods in imitation of the poverty of Jesus and to build church unity through obedience to their local bishop and to the teaching of the church. "It would be entirely immature to see celibacy as 'a tribute paid to the Lord' in order to receive Holy Orders rather than 'a gift received through his mercy,' as the free and welcomed choice of a particular vocation of love for God and others," the directory said. Despite "painfUl cases" in which priests have failed to remain celibate, the church gives thanks for "the testimony offerled by the great majority of priests, who live their celibacy with internal freedom, rich evangelical motivation, spiritual depth, all in a panorama of strong and joyful fidelity to their vocation and mission," it said. The directory also said priests should wear clerical clothing in accordance with the norms established by their national bishops' conferences. If a conference has allowed priests to wear attire which does not set them apart from others, such practices "cannot be considered legitimate customs and should be removed by the competent authority." "A priest is a priest when he celebrates the Eucharist and when he is walking down the street," Archbishop Sepe said. "So why not show himself for what he is?" "Also, it is a kind of right for the faithful to be ab:e to recognize their priests wherever they are found," he said.

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Embryo research ethics examined Continued from Page One spoke on the possible benefits of human embryo research. Dr. Mark Hughes. director of the Prenatal Genetics Center at Bl,lylor College of Medicine in Houston. said such research could help scientists isolate genes that cause hereditary diseases such as cystic fibrosis. He said scientists can now diagnose embryos before implantation, to implant healthy ones in mothers with inherited diseases in their families. "It would be nice to have more embryos to do research on," he said. But he also cautioned that every day he receives calls from people who want to use the technology to choose the'sex of their child. 'Other scientists told the panel that human embryo research could offer important breakthroughs for couples suffering from infertility. Brigid Hogan. a panelist and professor of cell biology at Vanderbilt University's School of Medicine in Nashville, Tenn .. said such research could lead to storage banks of embryonic cells that could be used to help people with neural or blood diseases. Dr. Patricia Donahoe, a panel member and chief of pediatric surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, urged a laissez-faire approach, saying the government should not be placing limits on the possibilities of science. Several panelists debated at what stage of development such research should not be allowed. Among possible cut-off points they mentioned the beginning of a nervous system, when the heart starts to beat or when the e,mbryo starts to look like a baby. Some panelists said the 14-dayold limit favored by some groups is arbitrary and argued against erecting limits on such research. They also discussed the possibility of creating human embryos to be used for research purposes. "I for one am troubled," said Patricia King. a law professor at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington and co-chair of the panel. "I don't have to be con-

vinced any longer there is value in doing research on human embryos. I think the question is. 'Should we.?", The panel was formed to help NI H develop guidelines for research on human embryos as a result of the NIH Revitalization Act of 1993. The act nullified a previous regulation requiring an Ethics Advisory Board to review any proposal for 'federal funding of research on human subjects involving in vitro fertilization. Since 1980 t here had been no Ethics Advisory Board. so until last year no such proposals could go through the process needed for approval. With funding possibilities revi ved. NIH has decided to establish guidelines for the review and conduct of such research. Dominican Father Patrick Norris. a chemist and associate director of the Center for Health Care Ethics at St. Louis University Health Sciences Center argued that any human embryo research should operate under the same ethical norms traditionally applied to all human research. . Research that offers a therapeutic benefit to that particular embryo is acceptable, but any research that would cause the death of the embryo is not. Father Norris said. Wendy McGoodwin. program director for the Council for, Responsible Genetics, said taxpayers' dollars should not be spent on research many Americans find morally repugnant. She said her group is concerned about "the drive to create. a perfect child." Richard Doerflinger, associate director for policy development of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, who testified at the February meeting, said in an interview that public opinion might be the only thing that can derail federally funded experimentation with human embryos. The panel seemed determined to approve the research "no matter what the cost in embryonic life," he said. The Nl H panel has invited the public to submit written or oral testimony at its meetings by writ-

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Church, political leaders aim to restart Middle East peace negotiations JERUSALEM (CNS) -- From ham, a patriarchal bishop of Jeruthe Vatican to the Middle East, salem, said Israel should begin church and political leaders worked moving settlers out of the West Bank if it wants to restore trust in in mid-March to get Israeli-Palestine Liberation Organization peace the peace process. "These settlements are artificial. negotiations back on traek after months of delay and disappoint- To put them there to dominate the Arab population, to reduce the ment. In public statements and quiet Arab [living] space- this is not diplomacy, the church tried to right," he said in an interview. pressure both sides to return to the The PLO has demanded that Israel disarm and evacuate the bargaining table. , The sense of urgency was illus- settlers from the West Bank and trated by Jerusalem Latin-rite, post international observers. Israel Patriarch Michel Sabbah, who said has taken steps to curb some exhe was' afraid that if this "last tremists among the settlers, but chance" for peace was lost" the that has not satisfied PLO leaders. region would be "drowned in vioRabin, who spoke privately with lence forever." Pope John Paul after meeting with U.S. officials earlier in the'week, At the Vatican, Pope John Paul II and Israeli Prime Minister Yitz- said he did not foresee a direct hak Rabin met on short notice mediation role for the pope. But March 17 and agreed that every- he said he hoped the pontiffs thing must be done to unblock the "moral and spiritual leadership" peace talks, despite. "regrettable could generate more urgency for incidents" and the efforts of hard- the negotiations. line opponents of dialogue. A Vatican spokesman confirmed The same day, Vatican diplo- after the meeting that "the main matic gears were also turning in topic was to try to boost the role of Tunisia, where envoy Archbishop the Holy See in the peace process." Jean-Louis niuran met with PLO In Jerusalem, an Israeli foreign chairma'n Yasser Arafat. ministry official, 'Eitan Margalit,' As leaders were trying to restart said Israel hoped papill encourthe peace process, resentmeilt and agement could help bring about frustration were building among "the first step, which should be to the people of the Israeli-occupied resume the talks and end the boyWest Bank and Gaza. The PLO cott" by the PLO.. broke off participation in the peace At the time of the pope-Rabin talks after a Jewish settler mas- meeting, Archbishop Tauran, an sacred 30 Muslims at a mosque in · assistant secretary of state, was Hebron Feb'. 25, provoking widemeeting almost simultaneously spread civil disturbances and a with Arafat at PLO headquarters clampdown by occupation authoriin Tunis. ties. Later the prelate said he had Palestinian Catholics joined discussed the importance of reothers in denouncing the Israeli- opening the PLO-Israeli dialogue, enforced curfews and travel re- but made clear the Holy See was strictions that virtually shut down not playing any mediation role, the West Bank economy and left according to Middle Eastern news . people unable to reach jobs or agencies. The dispatch of a top Vatican schools. ' "I nstead of imposing restriGtions official to PLO headquarters gave on the aggressor, they are impos- the 'Holy See a chance to demoning them on the victims them- strate that it is taking a balanced selves,'"Patriarch Sabbah said. He approach to questions surrou.ndhas said the mosque massacre illus- ing the peace talks, a PLO source ' trates the need for some form of in Jerusalem said. In recent months, the Vatican international protection in the has begun formal talks in, Rome territories. . Melkite Archbishop Loutfi ,La- , and Jerusalem with PLO officials.

Pope chats with kids: plugs vocations' ROME (CNS) - "Did your friends tease you for going to church?" the little boy asked. "Not too much," Pope John Paul II responded. "I was free. 1 could go or not go, but 1wanted to go." The ,73-year-old pontiff, spl:nding a Sunday morning at the Rome church ofSt. Francis de Sales, was answering the questions of its youngest parishioners. "Why did you choose to become a priest?" was the first question he got. "It wasn't because 1chose it, but because 1 was chosen," the pope said. "Are you happy being pope'/" "You can see 1 am," the pope responded. "You don't need a sad pope. The pope must be joyful and happy." "How did you learn so many languages?" the children asked. The pope tapped his forehead. "You learn with 'your memory and intelligence," he said. : If you had your life to' live over again, what would you do, the children wanted to know.,

"I would do the same, because it wasn't my choice, it was Jesus who' chose me, and perhaps he has already chosen one of you," said · the pope: not one to miss an opportunity to p'lant the seed of a vocation.

"Image terrorism" VATICAN CITY(CNS)- The Vatican newspaper condemned as :'image terrorism" an advertising campaign that features the bloodsoaked clothes of a soldier killed in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The ad by Benetton. the Italian clothing company, appears in twocpage 'color spreads in newspapers and, on billboards showing next to the Benetton logo the shirt and pants worn by~9-year-old Marinko Gagro when he was slain. "Faced with sights like this, one can only think that 'image terrorism' is an everincreasing threat that knows no boundaries. Even someone who · has lost his life continues to lose · something: dignity and respect," . said a commentary by L'Osservatore Romano, the .vatican daily.

Claudette Habesch, one of three PLO-appointed representatives)n the Jerusalem talks and the head of the Jerusalem Caritas office, said the morale of Palestinians Christians and non-Christians was at a low point. She said there was euphoria last fall after the signing of the IsraeliPLO "Declaration .of Principles," which called for the phasing in of limited Palestinian autonomy beginning in December. But as the delay in implementation has dragged on, people have lost faith in the agreement, she said. PatriarchSabbah offered a similar reading of the local mood. "Any credibility in the peace talks was lost. It's up'to the le~ders - the Palestinia,ns and the Israelis - to restore this credibility," he said. People will begin to hope again when they see concrete steps toward justice, he said. Israel's new special representative to the Vatican, Samuel Hadas, said he thought the peace talks could make rapid progress once both sides return to the negotiating table. In an ,interview in Jerusalem March 13, Hadas condemned the Hebron massacre and said Israel was taking steps to prevent similar attacks. He said religious leaders can help calm the volatile situation in the wake of the killings. ;'We need people with spiritual influence to try to defuse the religious dimension of this tragedy" and to "try to prevent people from committing murderous crimes in the name of religion," he'said.

,wee delegation to monitor South 'African elections GENEV A (CNS) - The World Council of Chur.ches is sending a high-level ecumenical delegation to observe the landmark April elections in South Africa, when majority blacks will be able to vote for the first time. The team will be led by Kenneth Kaunda, former presid~nt of Zambia, and Anglican Archbishop Robert R uncie, retired archbishop of Canterbury, England, said a WCC' statemant. Also on the team will be Gua-' temalan Rigoberta Menchu, 1992· Nobel Peace Prize winner; the Rev. Joan Campbell, general secretary of the U.S. National Council of Churches;' and Ian Linden. general secretary of the Londonbased Catholic Institute for International Relations. , The delegation will also assist the Panel of Religious Leaders for Electoral Justice established by the South African churches, to monitor the elections, the s'tatement said. The delegation is scheduled to. be in South Africa from April 22 ' to May 3. The voting is April 26-28.

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER Yitzhak Rabin meets with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican. (eNS/ Reuters photo)

More bombs found in Lebanoltl VATICANCITY(CNS)- With a papal trip to Lebanon just two months away. Lebanese officials have discovered bombs at Christian institutions around Beirut. The Italian Catholic newspaper. Avvenire. reported March 18 that the day before. police detonated a bomb found at a soccer stadi'um in the Chr.istian sector of the city. The newspaper said the stadium was sched uled to be the site of a papal Mass during Pope John Paul II's late May visit. The Vatican has not officially released the dates for the Lebanon trip. nor has it published proposed activities and locations for papal events. ' Vatican Radio reported last week

that two powerful bombs were discovered and defused by Lebanese police at Christian schools in East Beirut before student~ began arriving. The Jesuit-run radio said planting bombs is once again "th,~ order of the day" in Lebanon foll'owing the Feb. 27 bombing of a Maronite Catholic Church in Jc·unieh. Ten people were killed and some 60 were wounded.

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Parish tithing means school is tuition free OCALA, Fla. (CNSj-- As at any other Catholic school in the Orlando diocese, students at Blessed Trinity in Ocala pray before class and wear uniforms. What separates Blessed Trinity from the others is the fact that it is a tuition-free s<:hool, made possible by parishioners' commitment to tithing. Tuition in the Orlando Diocese for a Catholic elementary school averages $1.442 for the 1993-94 year and average tuition for high school is $2,930. Tuition at most of the schools usually goes up annually from 3 to 10 percent to meet rising operational costs. With so much hinging on money to operate a church and school, Father Patrick Sheedy. Blessed Trinity pastor. suggested to his parish council that the parish become a completely tithing church. If parishioners agreed to tithe g percent of their income each month. they would be entitled to all parish services. including sacramental programs. adult education. counseling and school for their children. free of charge.

FatherSheedycited FatherTom McGread, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi in Wichita. Kan .. as an example of stewardship success. He said Father McGread's parish and .school have operated and thrived for 20 years through tithing. With' parish council backing, the idea had Blessed Trinity parishioners rallying around it. "This is not a program." Father Sheedy tolo The Florida Catholic. diocesan newspaper. "This is a way of life with our focal point being that the first fruits a person gives. they give to God.". Tithing involves families sharing time, talent and treasure with the church and school. Volunteers have more than doubled since stewardship began. With Blessed Trinity in the midst of a $1 million building project for a new gym and middle s~hool. professional volunteers like electrical engineer Bruce Burnett have provided what otherwise would be costly services. Blessed Trinity principal Fran Harwas said there has always been

"a lot of community involvement in the school. but stewardship has heightened people's awareness that running a school isn't just a finan. cial thing." The parish in turn tithes 10 percent of its collection to charity. It also has inaugurated 24-hour adoration of the Blessed Sacrament to highlight the spiritual aspect of stewarship. The tithing plan is "an act of faith," added Father Sheedy. "( believe in it and I believe it is the only way to gpo There is no going back."

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TNT plans more biblical movies Lux worked together on "Abraham," which stars Richard Harris and Barbara Hershey. Pope John Paul II had wished Lux and TNT executives well in their endeavors in. an audience prior to the Italian release of "Abraham." Daily Variety said Matthew Modine, known for his roles in the movies "Married to the Mob" and "Full Metal Jacket" and the cable special" And the Band Played On," would star in "Jaco·b."

BISHOP SEAN O'Malley recently received ~he first vows of Father Anthony John Nichols of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal at ceremonies at St. Cri~pin Friary, Bronx, NY. Father Nichols, formerly known as Father Herbert T. Nichols, was ordained for the Fall River diocese Dec. 20, 1975 by then Bishop Daniel A.. Cronin. A Taunton native, he served as parochial vicar at St. Ann's parish, Raynham; St. Mary's, Taunton; St. Annc's, Fall River; and St. Joan of Are, Orleans, before joining the Franciscan community. From left at vows ceremony, Father Benedict Groeschel and Deacon Terrence Messer, CFR; Bishop O'Malley, Father Anthony Nichols, Andrew Apostoli and Glen Sudno, CFR.

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By Christopher Carstens Is it OK to talk about religion these days? I'm not sure. Almost the only thing they can't show on television these days is r~gular people being serious about religion. Docudramas about child molestation are a reguI~r feature on the networks, as is almost any kind of sexual misbehavior. That sl uff is OK for television. But religion seems different, almost dangerous. You don't 'see much praying or church-going on TV dramas or sitcoms. You don't hear much discussion of religion on the radio. The law makes it almost impossible to talk about God in the classroom, and you are highly unlikely to hear much about Jesus in the hall at school. But the teenage years are a time of deep questioning and wide exploration. Lots of teens 'are quite religious, and teenagers think more about the meaning of life than people of any other age. Theaverageteenagerhasahighly refined junk detector, and many aren't that impressed by what pusses for religious life in some pari!lhes. They expect religion to mt';an more than walking into church on Sunday, staying awake for an hour, then going home.. Sadly, in a lot of parishes tl1e pastor is at a committee meeting and the youth minister is so husy organizing social activities and running confirmation classes thaI nobody has much time for sharing the experien<;:e of. religiqus life.' That sharing is what church 'lire is all about, in my view. Religious life is actually ,q uite simple. You look for God. If you look, and keeping looking, God. w:ill be fo. und.. .

God is right here in our w~rld, as real as a picture on a TV set, as real as the glass in a window, as real as the sound of birds in the morning. Most of us have no real idea how the pictures get through that wire to the television, but we accept that somehow they do. Most of us have no idea how God is present in the world, but we come to accept that God is present. . We 10Qk right through the glass in the window'- and we look right past God in our daily life. But still, God is there. We don't see the song ~irds, we only hear their voices. But their music rolls in, lilting the news that it's a new day. . . Just look - or listen. God will be found. God wants to be found. Mother Teresa says this is the perfect prayer: "I look at him and he looks at me." It seems that if you go looking for God, sooner or later you will find God looking for you. Nothing will help you find G~d if you aren't looking. Your parents can drag you down to the parish hall for confirmation classes, and if you sit .there and angrily stare out the window you won't get any more religion than you'd get from playi~g video games. I'm not saying they shouldn't' make you go. I'm just being real' -if you' want to shirk the experience, you can. , But if you look for God; God' . will be foupd. Once you find God, . you'll realize that there isn't any-: thing else worth looking for. Your comments are. welcomed by Dr. Christopher Carstens, c/o: Catholic News Service, 3211 Fourth' ,St . NEW' . ,,'as h'mg t on; DC . . 20017 .

I can-see clearly now the rain is gone I can see all obstaclesiil my way Gone are the dark clouds They have passed me by It's gouna be a bright, Bright, sunshiny day , 'It's gonna be a bright, Bright, sunshiny day Yes; I can m'ake it Now the pain is gone All of the bad feelings Have disappeared Here is that rainbow That I've been waiting for It's gonna be a bright, Bright, sunshiny day Look all around There's nothing but blue sky Look straight ahead There's nothing but blue sky I can see clearly Now the rain is gone ,I can see all obstacles in my way Here is the rainbow I've been waiting for It's gonna be a bright, Bright, sunshiny day It's gonna be a bright, Bright, sunshiny day Bright, bright, sunshiny day Written by J. Nash. Sung by Jimmy Cliff (c) 1993 by Sony Music Entertainment Inc. DO' YOU enjoy Caribbean style reggae? If so, Jimmy Cliffs remake of "I Can See Clearly Now" is for you. The song was o~iginally released by Johnny Nash in 1972. Currently this cassrngle is climbing the charts off the soundtrack from the film "Cool Runnings.'.' . The song delivers an optimistic beat and message. Most of us have, had times when the

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Backed by ~even-first place finishes, Coyle and Cassidy's Warrior Weightlifting Club Team "A" won the New England States DrugFree High, School Powerlifting. Championships held March 19'at: , Coyle ani:! Cassidy High School, Taunton." . ,. "First-place C-C lifters were A'Ilegra Dutzmann, women's division' Josh Dorsey, 148-pound, 14-l5~ year old division;' Mike Metzger, I65"pound, 14-15-year old division; Josh Dion, 165~pound, 16-17-year . old .division; Jim Mulhern, 181~' pound, l4-15-year old· division; Kyle Santos of Taunton, 198- . pound, 16~ 17-year . old division;. an? Steve Souza, super-heavyweight, 14-15-year old division. '. I

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Named by Fall River Elks as The Elks' program honors teens February teenagers of the month outstanding for citizenship, schowere Sarah Ann Thiboutot and , larship and leadership. Judd David Berube of Fall River's Also a Presidential Scholars' Bishop Connolly High School. semifinalist is Kathryn Marino, Both are Rhode Islanders. Miss another Rhode Islander. ,Both she Thiboutot, a National Honor Soc- and Miss Thiboutot will be consiiety member and a National Merit dered for selection as finalists and Commended Scholar is active in from 500 finalists, 141 Presidential the school's drama society and Scholars will beseleoted to go to track teams. She has. also been Washington in June to receive named a semifinalist in the 1994 medallions and partioipate in varPresidential Scholars program. ious activities with congressBerube has been involved in the persons, educators and others in National Honor Socil~ty, foreign public life. language and drama clubs, the Science Fair school choir and the soccer' and Winners in a recent science fair hockey teams. for area seventh and eighth-graders have been announced. Eighthgrade winners received tuition grants to Connolly and the firstFifth and sixth graders had a place seventh-grade winner was busy March, with the fifth grade awarded a book. staging a play and holding United Winners' names, awards, schools States Day, when projects on indi- and projects, follow: vidual states were presented. First place, $1,000 grant, Jillian Sixth graders welcomed NavCollard, SS. Peter and Paul, Fall jeet Singh, Indian faculty member River, "What's Growing on You? from U Mass Dartmouth, who Bacteria!"; second place, $500 spoke on the language, culture and grant, Matthew Marino, St. Philtraditions of his native land, dem- omena, Portsmouth, RI, "Violence onstrating Hindi script and also in Children's Saturday Morning wrapping yards of material into a Television"; third place, $250 grant, neat turban. Continuing. in the Hayley Capodilupo, St. Philointernational spirit, students also mena, "Bioremediation"; fourth devoted a day to presenting artiplace, $150 grant, Kellie O'Confacts, posters and foods of a coun- nell, Notre Dame, Fall River, try of their choice to classmates "Lead Paint: Fact and Fiction"; and fourth and fifth graders. fifth place, $100 grant, Keely March will conclude with a Malone, St. Philomena, "Which Spirit Week celebration at the New Cleaning Product Will Remove Bedford school. the Most Soap Scum?" Seventh grade firSt place, book award, Mark Sousa, St. Michael Diocesan schools recently join- School, Fall River, "Fermentaing the A+ America Technology tion." for Schools program under which schools collect prQofs of purchase from designated pmducts to exAs part of Salve Regina's exchange for computers, software or panding graduate program, Ph.D. other educational aids are St. Anne and Holy Name schools in Fall candidate Esmond D. Smith, Jr. presented the first doctoral defense River. Other schools wishing informa- in the,history of the Newport, RI, tion on the program may call A+ university on March 15. A resident of Portsmouth, RI, America at 1-800-256-9469. Smith is a Ph.D. candidate in the humanities with an emphasis on international relations. His dissertation intends to prove the theory that technology has become a key determinant of national policies. Grade three pupils researched After making the changes recthe life of St. Patrick, and on ommended by the committee and March 17 helped prepare a class upon approval, Smith will receive Mass for all students at the New his doctorate in May. Other Ph.D. Bedford school, endi.ng the liturgy candidates are preparing for their with an Irish ble~;sing for all doctora.l defenses and may be ready participants. to present them this summer.

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Fall River schools will reenact Holy 'Weelc events Inspired by a Holy Week Experience developed several years ago by Sister Muriel Ann Lebeau, SS.Cc., principal of St. Joseph's School, Fairhaven, SS. Peter and Paul and St. Stanislaus schools, Fall River, will conduct 'asimilar experience. Four hundred students, together with faculty, staff members, parents and pastors Father Robert S. Kaszynski ofSt. Stanislaus Church and Father Stephen A. Fernandes of SS. Peter and Paul, will begin 'the experience at 9 a.m. Palm Sunday with a procession to the parish church{ school, carrying palms and singing hosannas. They will be led by Jesus, the Apostles and a live donkey. Holy Thursday events will be reenacted in St. Stanislaus auditorium with a portrayal of the Last Supper, then Stations.ofthe Cross will be narrated in the course of a procession on Rockland, Hamlet, Plymouth Avenue, Warren and Coggeshall streets, concluding in the courtyard of SS. Peter and Paul church; school, where three crosses will depict the scene on Mount Calvary. Proceeding' to SS. Peter and Paul Church, the pilgrims will renew their baptismal promises and will receive candles as a reminder to pray for their godparents. All will then go to the Father Coady Center, designated as the Easter Room. There they will cross a bridge symbolizing the journey from death to new life. New life will also be represented by flowers, balloons, butterflies, chicks and ,baby rabbits. Students from St. Joseph School, Fairhaven, directed by Sister Lebeau, will perform the Dance of the Caterpillar, tracing themetamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly, symbolized by spreading of the dancers' wings, lettered to spell" Alleluia." A meal will conclude the Holy Week Experience, which has been planned by principals Kathleen Burt of SS. Peter and Paul School and Denita Tremblay of St. Stanislaus, with the assistance of Sister Lebeau and contributions from many others, including Tilly Balloons, donor of Easter Room balloons.

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SAINTS & SINGERS CHORUS This Cape' Cod-based nonprofit group will present an Easter musical, "Believe," at 4 p.m. March 27 at S1. Elizabeth Seton Church, North Falmouth. '

ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL Volunteers needed to assist in the gift shop and at the'information desk, as well as in other areas. Inform~tion: Sr. Cecilia Downing, 674-5741.

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CATHEDRAL, FR A food drive for Haiti concludes this weekend. Canned goods are still needed and appreciated. ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS Vincentians have organized a Friendly Visitors prog'ram to visit convalescents and the homebound. Visits may be arranged by calling 255-8080, 255-8546' or 255-5780. Program volunteers will meet at 1:30 p.m. March 30 at the parish center to hear a talk by Senior Center director Betty Smith. A penance service with several visiting priests available to hear confessions will take place at 7:30 p.m .. March 28. Donations, especially of such staples as peanut butter, jelly, canned fish and meats, pancake mix and syrup, pasta and sauces, detergents and papel' and personal prod ucts are welcomed weekly by the Vincentians.

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CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES, CAPE COD f d A support group or parents an families of lesbians and gays will hold iis first meeting 7 p.m. to 8:30 --p:m: -April.L2.a,nd will meet thereafter each second TuesdiiyarCatholicSocial Services office, 261 South St., Hyannis. Further information: 7716771. ST. ANNE, FR , The parish pro-life committee has received many contributions to, a baby shower for needy expectant mothers sponsored by its Adopt-aBaby program. Forthcoming will be a birthday party for the babies involved. ST. JOSEPH, NEWPORT RI Denis Tetrault; former organist and choir director for St. Joseph Church, New Bedford, and Immaculate Conception Church, Fall River, who is marking 25 years in music ministry, will direct a concert at 2 p.m. April 10 at St. Joseph Church, Newport. Among participants will be Paul Allard and Rene Latinville, b.oth of Notre Dame ,parish, Fall River. Further information: (401) 847-0065. ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM Donations of first communion clothing and shoes for boys or girls are sought. InJormation Sister Beth Henken, 295-0780. The parish, .. Ha ve-A- Heart" service project raised over $600 for' New Bedford's Market Ministries and $170 domited . at a Living Statiorisprogram' will benefit the work of the Missionaries of Charity with unwed teenage mothers. STONEHILL COLLEGE, N. EASTON Forthcoming college programs free and open to the public: 7 p.m. March 30, Physics Professor Chet Raymo will speak on "The Sciences and Arts: Thoughts on a Poem by, Howard Nemerov." 8 p.m. April 5: classical music concert by cellist Elsa Hilger; 7 p.m. April 6: dramatic reading of Eugene lonesco's "The Lesson"; 7:30 p.m. April 7: CatholicJewish memorial service with readings, meditations and music emphasizing the child victims of the Holocaust. All programs at the ha'ndicapped-accessible Martin Institute for Law and Society. SEPARATED/DIVORCED, NB New Bedford area Separated! Divorced Support Group meet 7 p.m. March 28. Family Life Center. 500 Slocum 'Rd .. N. Dartmou路th. 'Peg Hannigan of the Ha'rwich school system will discuss communi<;lition.

SACRED HEART, NB Weather permitting, an outdoor procession will mark Palm Sunday. 'Palms will be blessed at the :ltatue of S1. Jude, from which the procession will start at 9:55 a.m.

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Father, Into thy hands I to,mmend my sp'irit Luke 23:46 NOTRE DAME, 'FR . HOLY NAME, NB Youth g'roup is planning evening Stations of th'e Cross for children of reflection 7 p.m. March 27. Mu'sic, at 3 p.m. Good Friday. Children meditation and the opportunity t6 may attend in costumes as of the receive the sacrament of reconciliatime of Jesus. Palm Sunday protion will be includee. ' gram 3 p.m. at Holy Family/Holy Name School with "St. John in' O.L. CAPE,BREWSTER Exile" on the big scr路een. Admission: A seder meal is planned for 4:30 one can 'of food for the needy. Free . p.m. Sunday in the parish center. refreshments. Information: 385-3252; 896-5659.. ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTO'N CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE All welcome at a mime presentaSupport group'meetings: Narcuttion of the Stations of the Cross 7:30 ics Anonymous. men's group. 7:30 tonight in the church by'sixth-grade p.m, Thursdays. Room D; CodeCCD students. pendents Anonymous. 3 p. m. Saturdays, CCD cen'ter: AlailOn. 7:30 ST. MARY, MANS'FIELD p,m.路Thursdays. RO,om D-I; OverNatural Family Planning meetings will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Sun- . caters Anonymous 7:30 p.m, Wednesdays. Room A-I. days March 27, April24 and May 22 Prayer group 7:30 p.m. Wednesin the parish hall. Further informa~ tion: Jon and Maureen Howey, days. St, Jude Chapel: Legion of Mary 6: 15 p.m. CCD center. 339-4730. ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA ST. ANTHONY OF DESERT, FR John Stainer's "Crucifixion" will All-night exposition of Blessed be presented,at 3 路p.m.Palm Sunday Sacrament from 8 p.m. Holy Thursin the church with Father William day, March 31, to 8 a.m. Good FriCampbell, pastor, as organist and day morning, April I, St. Sharbel Raymond Whalon and Raymond chapel of St. Anthony of the Desert Delisle as soloists. All welcome. Church. All welcome.

LaS,4.LETTE S'H'RINE, ATTLEBORO Contemporary Stations 01' the Cross 7:'15 tonight, 'Shrine Chapel, led by Father Jose'ph Ross, MS and LaSalette Ybuth Grou'p members. Heali'ng Service an'd Mass 2 p.m. March 27, led by Rev. Andre Patenaude, MS (Father Pat). BEREAVEMENT TELECONFERENCE A national teleconference 011 the subject of bereavement for pmfessional caregivers and family members will be spon'sored from I to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 31. Sponson:d in Fall River area by Hospice Outr'~ach and Bristol Community College, it will take place at the college Arts Center. In the Attleboro area, sponsored by Hospice of Community Visiting Nurse Agency, the program will be at Attleboro High Schoo:'" At both sites the teleconference, to be moderated by ABC correspondent Cokie Roberts, will be followed by discussion periods aimed at assisting those in attendance to deal with both the grief of those for whom they are caregivers and their own grief.