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Pope Benedict: John Paul II's agony, ministry showed his love ofChrist VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II's intense pastoral ministry, "but even more, the Calvary ofagony and the serene death ofour beloved pope let all people ofour age know that Jesus Christ really was his everything;' Pope Benedict XVI said.

Pope Benedict marked the second anniversary ofPope John Paul's death by celebrating a memorial Mass the evening ofApril 2 in St. Peter's Square.

The pope said his predecessor truly fit the biblical description of a "servant of God," which is the way the Church officially refers to him while "his process of beatification quickly progresses:' Pope Benedict, who had set aside the five-year waiting period usually required before a sainthood cause begins, told tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square that the initial, diocesan phase of Pope John Paul's cause had concluded earlier in the day.

While the Church has not solemnly proclaimed Pope John Paul a saint in heaven, Pope Benedict said he is certain that "our beloved John Paul 11" continues to accompany the Church with his prayers.

At the same time, he offered prayers that Pope John Paul, "ourfather, brother and friend," would enjoy eternal rest and peace in the company of God. The pope praised his predecessor's ability to share with the world his faith, hope and charity, even as Parkinson's disease gradua1ly made it impossible for him to walk and, ultimately, to talk. ''Especially with the slow, but relentless progression of his illness, which little by little stripped him ofeverything, he made himself an offering to Christ, a living proclamation of his passion, in a hope filled with faith in the resurrection;' Pope Benedict said.

"Like his divine master, he lived his agony in prayer;' the pope said. "He died praying. Truly, he fell asleep in the Lord."

Sitting near the front of the crowd was Sister Marie-Simon-Pierre, the 46year-old French nun whobelieves she was healed ofParkinson's disease through Pope John Paul's intervention.

Earlier in the day, during a ceremony marked by prayers, song and formal oaths in Latin, officials of the Diocese of Rome concluded the initial phase of Pope John Paul's sainthood cause.

The process had included interviews with more than 120 people who knew Pope John Paul and a study of his ministry, the way he handled suffering and how he faced his death, said Cardinal Camillo Ruini, papal vicar of Rome.

'1n the certainty of being loved by God and in the joy of responding to that love;' the late pope "found the meaning, unity and aim of his life;' Cardinal Ruini said during the prayer service in the Basilica of St. John Lateran.

The documents from the investigation were placed in five chests, latched, tied with a red ribbon, then sealed with red wax. They will be delivered to the Congregation for Saints' Causes for further study.

The 15 cardinals and 15 bishops who are members ofthe congregation will study the "positio" and forward their opinion to the pope, he told the newspaper La Repubblica.

A declaration of heroic virtues and recognition of a miracle usually are needed before beatification. In the usual process, canonization requires another miracle attributed to the candidate's intervention after the beatification.

EASTER TV MAss To AIR AT SPECIAL TIME FALL RIVER - The Television Mass on Easter Sunday, April 8, will expand to a full hour and will air at a special time, from 11 :30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., on WLNE-TV, Channel 6, Providence-New Bedford.

Bishop George W. Coleman will celebrate the Easter Mass from the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in Fall River.

Bishop Coleman's ,:Easter Message Easter, 2007 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: "Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed" (In 20:29). These words, spoken by the Risen Christ to the doubting St. Thomas, should resound in our hearts, as we celebrate the Lord's Resurrection this Easter. Truly, we are blessed for believing that the Lord has been raised.

The Resurrection of Jesus is "the crowning truth of our faith in Christ," a truth that is based on the testimony ofeyewitnesses, to whom the Lord first appeared after rising from the dead (Catechism ofthe Catholic Church, No. 638). These eyewitnesses, who encountered the Risen Christ, "remain the foundational stones" of our faith and of the Church (Ibid., No. 642).

Since the time of the first Easter, there have been some who postulate that the Resurrection was produced by the Apostles' imagination or credulity, in an attempt to justify and salvage their belief in a man who apparently was defeated on the Cross. We must never forget, however, that the Apostles actually found the first news of the Resurrection difficult to believe, that is, until they encountered and witnessed the Risen Lord (See Lk 24:11 and Mk 16:11,13). It was their direct experience with the Risen One that led to the

Apostles' faith in the Resurrection.

When he appeared to the Apostles, Our Lord acknowledged that future generations would not have such direct experience of his Resurrection, and that their faith in him would be based on that of the eyewitnesses. He then complimented those of us who believe in him without seeing him first hand: "Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed."

Our faith in Jesus and his Resurrection, based on th~ testimony of eyewitnesses, is something that is true and certain. We need not worry that it might s01Jleday be disproved by scientific or archeological discoveries. Instead, we can be sure that we are blessed for believing in the Lord, without seeing him, because by our faith, we stand to inherit his promised reward of everlasting life. As we celebrate the LOrd's Resurrection during this Easter season, may we be ever-more resolved to testify to the truth of our faith and to follow the Risen Lord all the days of our lives.

Imploring the blessings of the Risen Christ upon you and your families this Easter, I am Sincerely yours in the Lord,

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God's love is great, but hell still 'exists and is eternal,' pope says

By JOHN THAVlS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE ROME - God's mercy and love are great, but those who reject him should know that hell "exists and is eternal," Pope Benedict XVI said.

The pope made the comments during a visit March 25 to a Rome parish that serves a predominantly immigrant population, including the city's Filipino community.

In a sermon, the pope focused on what has become a running theme of his pontificate: the importance of divine love.

"Only God's love can change from within the existence of the person and, consequently, the existence of every society, because only his infinite love liberates from sin, the root of every evil," the pope said.

That same love is reflected in the sacrifice ofChrist, who came with the concrete goal ofsaving souls, he said.

"Christ came to tell us that he desires all of us in heaven and that hell, which isn't spoken about much in our time, exists and is eternal for those who close their hearts to his love," the pope said.

The important thing is to understand that "the true enemy is attachment to sin, which can lead us to the failure ofour own existence," he said.

The pope emphasized that God also offers mercy and forgiveness for sinners. While it's true that God represents justice, he is first of all love, he said.

"If he hates sin, it's because he loves each person infinitely," he said.

As a theologian, the pope wrote about hell on several occasions. In the 1968 book, "Introduction to Christianity," he described hell as a state of existential abandonment, "the loneliness into which love can no longer reach."

In "God and the World," a booklength interview in 2000, he said the Church reminds people ofheaven and hell in order to underline that "there is a responsibility before God, that there is a judgment, that human life can either turn out right or come to disaster:' The "Catechism of the Catholic Church" defines hell as "the state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed."

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ON THE GO - Pope Benedict XVI looks out the window of his car following a recent Mass in Rome. God's mercy and love are great, but those who reject him should know that hell "exists and is eternal," the pope said. (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters)

Vatican staff to celebrate pope's birthday with day off, bonus VATICAN CITY - Vatican employees will celebrate Pope Benedict XVI's 80th birthday with a day off from work and a fatter paycheck, said an announcement from a top Vatican official.路 April 16 will be a holiday for all Vatican workers, said the March 27 statement from Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of state.

Employees also will receive about $667 more in that week's paycheck

to mark the celebration.

Pope Benedict will begin his birthday celebrations early by saying a special Mass April 15 in St. Peter's Basilica.

The Vatican also marks as holidays April 19, the day ofthe pope's 2005 election, and the "name day" of the pope March 19, the feast day of St. Joseph, because Pope Benedict's birth name is Joseph Ratzinger.

THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE - Pope Benedict XVI and Cardinal Camillo Ruini, papal vicar of Rome, meet with children recently at S1. Felicity Church in Rome. (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters)

Pope tells young people penance is sacrament of God's mercy, love

By CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE VATICAN CITY - The sacrament of penance is the sacrament of God's mercy and an outpouring of God's healing love, Pope Benedict XVI told young people from Rome..

"With this sacrament's penitential cleansing, we are readmitted into full communion with God and with the Church," the pope told the young people attending a March 29 penance service.

The evening prayer service was held in a packed St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Benedict and some 200 priests heard individual confessions and offered absolution.

So many young people requested the free tickets to the liturgy that hundreds of them had to watch on television screens in the Vatican audience hall; they were joined by dozens of priests who ensured they, too, had an opportunity to receive the sacrament.

In his homily, Pope Benedict said the service was "an encounter around the cross, a celebration of the mercy of God, which each of you can experience personally in the sacrament of confession."

"Yes, the cross reveals the fullness of God's love for us, a crucified love that does not end with the scandal of Good Friday, but culminates in the joy of the Resurrection and Ascension into heaven and in the gift of the Holy Spirit, the spirit of love through whom, including this evening, sins will be forgiven and pardon and peace will be given," he said.

After the communal prayers, Pope Benedict removed his

heavy purple cope and, dressed in an alb with a purple stole, went into a confessional where he spent 35 minutes offering the sacrament to penitents behind a screen.

In addition to the pope's homily, the young people were led in their examination of conscience with "requests for forgiveness" based on the seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride.

Seven young people took turns reading the prayer while seven of their peers lighted candles at the foot of a crucifix.

Sins connected with lust, the prayer said, "make us slaves of sex," place "individuals, families and society at risk," and fuel prostitution and pedophilia.

It included a plea for forgiveness for watching pornography on video or over the Internet and for believing that "every instinct must find immediate satisfaction."

"Help us to keep our hearts and minds chaste and not to have sexual relations before or outside of matrimony (and) to avoid perversion and the bizarre," it said.

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"Teach us modesty and dignity in the way we dress, watch over ' our gazes and fantasies," it said.

Turning to gluttony, the prayer asked pardon not just for overeating, but also for smoking and for alcohol and drug abuse "dependencies that make us slaves."

The prayer asked God's help in practicing abstinence to "detoxify the body and the mind.

Help us discover the healthy pleasure of life."

In asking forgiveness for greed, the prayer included a request for pardon for working on Sundays, for being dishonest and for not giving to charity.

"Forgive the terrible consequences of an obsession with money: family fights, anxiety and false fears, betrayal, fraud, cheat- . ing, lying, violence and hardness of heart," it said.

Asking forgiveness for pride, the prayer also asked God's pardon for times when participants acted only to win praise and approval, for seeking power and fame or for showing off their physical beauty or talents "given to us by God."

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Two Fall River area men chosen for anriual Citizens for Life awards FALL RIVER - A maker of rosaries and a Pro-Life physician who heads up a pregnancy clinic will receivt:, recognition from the Massachusetts Citizens for Life at its annual banquet and awards ceremony April 13 at the Lantana in Randolph.

William O'Neil, a member of SS. Peter and Paul Parish in Fall River, will receive MCFL's Local Chapter Service Award, and Dr. Mark Conrad, director of A Woman's Concern in Fall River, is . to receive the 2007 Pro-Life Community Award.

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ponent of embryonic stem-cell research who was chosen from 465 nominees nationally, will receive MCFL's Ignatius O'Connor Award for his outspoken defense of life.

Sherley is cited for his courage, faith, and wisdom, and as "an inspiration to all those who strive to defend the dignity of those who are voiceless, the unborn."

O'Neil, a much-respected, retired Fall River Police officer, makes rosaries and rosary bracelets - thousands of them. The beads, offered at Catholic parishes and arts and crafts fairs, have produced more than $6,000 in recent years, which is used by the local MCFL Chapter to support numerous programs of Pro-Life outreach to the community.

Because of O'Neil's efforts, the chapter has published life-affirming messages in local daily newspapers, conducted an outdoor billboard advertising campaign at high traffic intersections, and placed Pro-Life advertisements on buses, especially

those transporting high school youths.

An articulate and forceful ProLifer, O'Neil has been in the forefront of chapter lobbying to educate state legislators from the southeastern Massachusetts 're- DR. MARK CONRAD

gion on the many life issues that wind their way to the I;regislature.

He has participated fu meetings, seminars, workshops and conferences sponsored or promoted by the citizens for life group; and his commitment is shown in llts participation in the MCFL Respect Life Walk to Aid Mothers and Children, and the National March for Life in Washington, D.C. Dr. Conrad responded to the call when the Rev. John Ensor, president of A Woman's Concertl, wanted to establish a new Christian pregnancy center in Fall River, the physician established a steering committee to make the sixth s~ch center in Massachusetts a reality.

A retired U.S. Navy officer who

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served in the health field, as well as an instructor in Naval Officer Leadership Development, Conrad understood the local need.

He contacted local pastors to promote the mission ofA Woman's Concern, and was the sparkplug to keep the steering committee involved in spreading the message that with love and prayer there is always a solution, a choice, other than abortion.

Conrad was chosen to replace Rev. Ensor and carry on the mission statewide.

Currently there are two AWC centers in the Fall River Diocese, in Fall River and in Hyannis.

ForinjormaJion and ticketsjor the awards banquet, call 617-242-4199.

Sacred Hearts Father David Lupo is appointed pastor of Fairhaven parish FAIRHAYEN -

Father William

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gation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, announced the appointment of Father David Lupo, SS.CC., as pastor of,St. Joseph's Parish in Fairhaven. The appointment is effective on May 1.

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land, Father, Lupo was born in Schenectady, N.Y. and is the son of the late Rocco and Marie Lupo. He is an alumnus ofthe College ofSt. Rose, Albany, N.Y., and Washington Theological Union.

He entered the Congregation in 1985 and was ordained at his new pastorate, St. Joseph's Parish, on Oct. 19, 1991. Father Lupo's first priestly assignment was as an associate pastor at St. Margaret of Scotland Parish in Maryland.

In addition to his pastoral work, Father Lupo served for one year as the associate director ofthe Sacred Hearts Retreat Center in Wareham. He also has expansive knowledge in vocation work and. was the USA Eastern Province's vocation director for six years, prior to his return to fulltirne parish ministry in 2003.

Invited by Bishop William Stang to minister in the Diocese of Fall River, the Congregation founded Saint Joseph's Parish in 1905 shortly after three ofits priests anivedfromBelgiurn.

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DETROIT - Father Anton Kcira first began to notice the absence of more and more of his regular parishioners at St. Paul (Albanian) Church in submban Rochester Hills back in 2005, and the loss due to deportations has escalated since then. ''Last year we lost about 200 families, and <;>ur Lady of Albanians lost 120;' said Father Kcirn, pastor of St. Paul's, ofthe situation in his parish and at the other Albanian ethnic parish in Beverly Hills, another Detroit submb.

The deportations - and detentions pending deportation- have split hundreds of families, said Father Kcirn, who conducted a March 16 outdoor Stations of the Cross and prayer service for the deportees, detainees and their families outside St. Paul Church.

An estimated 1,000 people attended the service, and a similar service was held at Out Lady ofAlbanians Church.

St. Paul parishionerScipe "Skippy" Vuljaj, a 33-year-old mother, spent 99 days in detention last year before finally being released to return to her home in submban Sterling Heights.

Another parishioner, Marcela Djonovic, 31, a mother of three and pregnant, is worried about her husband, Djelosh, 44, held in custody since February 1.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been rounding up ethnic Albanians who have lost their political asylum appeals, and Father Kcira and other leaders in the local Albanian community want a moratorium until Congress passes a new immigration bill-"-as is widely expected by this summer.

'Then, whatever the new process is, let them go through it," says Dede Beleshi, an activist in the Albanian community.

Greg Palmore, a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, denied March 20 that Albanians are beillg disproportionately

targeted, but said he needed more time to comment on individual cases.

Father Kcira and Beleshi questioned whether under current law some of those detained should have been held. For example, some were picked up even though they had been notified they would be allowed to reside in the U.S. Vuljaj had aletter saying she would be granted residency, but it didn't make any difference to the eight federal officers who came to her home at 11:15 p.m. Aug. 22, 2006. "I showed the letter to them, and one of them said, 'We came for you, and you're going to come with us,'" she recalled. .''1 paid taxes for 13 years, never took anything from the govemment, and never even had a speeding ticket," she said. . Her husband, Don, and eldest son, Patrick, 1~, helped care for the younger children - Gjovana, 10, Elizabet, seven, and George, three. She said George is still afraid "every time he sees a police car, after being present when his mother was taken away.

Vuljaj said she doesn't know what

she would have done without her Catholic faith: ''I prayed to God every day, 'Please God, help me get though this.' It was so hard to be without the kids."

Vuljaj said she was in jail with as many as 18 other Albanian women in similar circumstances. ''We would try to ease each other's worries, and tell each other, 'Don't cry,' but we would all cry," she said.

Many came as refugees from p0litical turmoil in Albania itself, or in portions of the former Yugoslavia such as Montenegro, Macedonia and Kosovo - during the 199Os. When they arrived in the United States, they applied for political asylum and were granted authorization to woIk, but their asylum. request was later d~nied.

Beleshi said their cases are complicated..

Many have nothing to go home to.

If from the former Yugoslavia instead of Albania itself - like most local Albanians - their home countries may have purged them from citizenship rolls in a form of nonlethal ethnic cleansing.

South Carolina House OKs bill ordering pre-abortion 'ultrasounds COLUMBIA, S.c. (CNS) Members ofthe South Carolina House ofRepresentatives have approved legislation that would make their state the first in the nation to require women to see the ultrasound images oftheirchild before an abortion.

The vote was 91-23 March 21 after the House rejected two proposed amendments that wo!Jld have made exceptions in cases of rape or incest.

After a mandatory third reading March 22, the measure was sent to the Senate, where it was referred to the Committee on Medical Affairs.

South Carolina law already requires that ultrasounds be performed

at abortion clinics in the state, in order to determine the gestational age ofthe child. Doctors then must tell women the likely age, give them information about fetal development and alternatives to abortion, and wait at least an hour before performing the abortion, which must take place in.the first trimester.

Under the proposed legislation, women will have to sign a form saying they have seen the image.

According to Americans United for Life, six states already allow a woman to have and/or review an ultrasound before an abortion, but none mandates it.

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French nlln says life has changed since she was healed thanks to JPlI AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (CNS) - The French nun who believes she was healed of Parkinson's disease thanks to Pope IjI0hn Paul n said her life had "totally changed" since that night two mohths after the ,I pope's death.

Sister Marie-Simon~Pierre, 46, is working again, now in Paris at a maternity hospital run by her order, the Little Sisters ofCatholic Motherhood.

I' She met reporters March 30 in Aix-en-Provence during a press conference with Archbishop Claude Feidt of Aix, the archctibeese where the cure took place.

"I was sick and now ,I am cured," she told reportl?rs. "I cured, but it is up to the Church to say whether it was a miracle or not."

However, she said, s~e knows she is well and that she mustlcontinue her work "to serve life and to serve the Ii family."

Diagnosed with Pa1-kinson's in 2001, she said that watching Pope John Paul deteriorate from the effects of Parkinson's disease saw myself in·the years to come:' Pope John Paul died t}pril2, 2005, and as Sister Marie-SiIbon-Pierre's condition began to worsen,' all the members ofthe Little Sisters ofCatholic Motherhood in France and in Senegal began praying f6 Pope John P;iul to intervene with God to heal her.

By June 2, the religi?us h~ said, she will! struggling to ~te, to walk and to function normally.

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PAPAL UPDATE - Polish Msgr. Slawomir Oder, postulator for the sainthood cause of Pope John Paul II, addresses a press conference in Rome March 27. The diocesan phase of the cause ended April 2. (CNS photo/Alessia: Giuliani, Catholic Press Photo)

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By CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE ROME - In connection with the sainthood cause of Pope John Paul· n, a graphologist and a psychiatrist were called as expert witnesses in the investigation into the presumed healing of a nun s!1ffering from Parkinson's disease.

Msgr. Slawomir Oder, the postulator of Pope John Paul's cause, said the French diocese where the nun lives concluded its investigation March 23 and would hand all its documentation to the Congregation for Saints' Causes in early April.

Msgr. Oder spoke to reporters Marth 27 about the status of the cause and plans for the formal conclusion ofthe Rome diocesan phase of the process April 2, the second anniversary of Pope John Paul's death. The French nun participated in the April 2 prayer service and attended the memorial Mass Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate in St. Peter's Basilica in the evening.

He said the French investigation into the nun's healing was conducted "with maximum seriousness :.. and a bit of the· French critical attitude, which is quite useful for this kind of procedure."

The proposal to recognize that the nun was healed spontaneously and completely ofParkinson's diseasethe same disease that afflicted Pope John Paul - was strengthened by the critical approach the French took, .he said.

In addition to interviewing the nun, her superiors and, her physicians, he said, the French diocese also had her undergo a psychiatric evaluation and had a graphologist examine samples of things she had written by hand immediately before and after the alleged healing June 2, 2005.

One of the indicators physicians use to determine the progr~ssion of Parkinson's disease, he said, is the deterioration of a

patient's handwriting.

"I had the opportunity to see these documents and it was amazing. It waS amazing, for example, to see the last document written before that event that changed the sister's life," he said.

The last document was "a kind of plea" for help, he said. .

She simply wrote, "John Paul n" .in French, but it "is practically illegible. Illegible," he said.

The second document is the account she wrote the next morning about what had happened, he said.

"It is similar to the handwriting she had before the appearance of the first symptoms of Parkinson's disease," he said.

The psychiatric evaluation "was one of the most difficult ~pects of this procedure," Msgr. Oder said; and is something not usually requested as part of the procedure to verify a miracle: "The sister was fantastic in cooperating, even though she said it was a very difficult moment for her," he said, but the diocese wanted' to be sure that the improvement in her condition could not be attributed to her mental state.

The postulator still has to compile the multi-volume "positio," or position paper, outlining how Pope John Paul heroically lived the Christian virtues.

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While Pope Benedict set aside the normal five-year waiting period before the canonization process could begin, even the diocesan phase and the investigation of a possible miracle were completed in almost record time, said Msgr. Mauro Parmeggiani, secretary-general of the Vicariate of Rome.

Msgr. Oder said that on a personal level he shared the hope of mapy people that,pope John Paul would soon be declared a saint, "but the Church has its traditions and juridical processes" and he expects those to continue normally.

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and woke up very early the next morning feeling completely different.

"I was sure I was healed,'~ she said.

In a March 29 statement, Archbishop Feidt said that after hearing about the alleged healing of Sister Marie-Simon-Pierre he decided to conduct "a thorough investigation" to determine whether it might be the miracle needed for Pope John Paul's beatification. In general, the Church must confirm two miracles through the irItercession ofthe sainthood candidate before canonization.

The archbishop said the investigation took a year to complete.

The postulator ofPope John Paul's sainthood cause, Msgr. Slawomir Oder, said the investigation included testimony from theologians and canon lawyers, physicians, a psychia, trist and a hand~ting expert, since the legibility of a patient's hand~t­ ing is used as an indicator of the progress of Parkinson's disease.

Archbishop Feidt and Sister Marie-Simon-Pierre planned to atterid the April 2 ceremony in Rome marking the end of the diocesan phase of Pope John Paul's cause and to attend the memorial Mass Pope Benedict XVI was to celebrate to mark the second anniversary of his predecessor's death.

While in Rome, Archbishop Feidt was to deliver all the documentation regarding the nun's case to the Congregation for Saints' Causes, which will conduct its own investigation into the alleged healing.

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No greater love The great task of the spiritual life, one saint of the early Church was accustomed to say, is to ''un-forget.'' Like the Jews in the desert, who were prone to \ forget both the great miracles by which God freed them from Pharaoh and the great care that motivated to those wonders, so all people, Christians included, can lose touch with the ever-present reality and meaning ofGod's past actions.

The first Christians, to counter this human tendency, developed ways to fight this spiritual amnesia. They called this process ''Un-amnesia'' (anamnesis). One of the simplest and most important fonTIS of this un-forgetting has been retained in the part ofthe Mass literally called the anamnesis or memorial acclamation. By proclaiming repeatedly, "Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again," we are supposed to frame all our present experiences - from tragic 1!orrows, to immense joys, to the vast majority of ordinary human life in between - within the coordinates of these most iIDportant facts in the history of the world. .

We are now within the days of the s~ triduum, during which we are called not only t'? un-forget the events of Christ's passion, death and resurrection, but to enter into them and grasp what they really mean. Many of Us can give a ready cateehetically-sound answer to the salvific significance ofthe paschal mystery, but during these days, we are called to let that response emanate not just from the head but from the heart. Jesus himself gave us the intelpretative key to the significance of these events during the Last Supper, when he declared, "No one has greater love than to lay down his life for his friends" (In 15:13). On the morrow, his love sUlpassed even that standard, as he gave his life, too, not just for his friends but for those who had made him their enemy.

The stunning manifestation ofthis love was not lost on the early Church. St. Paul exclaim"ed, ''Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person - though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God proves his love for tIs in that while we still were ~inners Christ died for us" (Rom 5:7-

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St. Paul's amazement at the deep meaning of the events we now are Celebrating, however, went even further than that. He grasped that when the Good Shepherd said that he would lay down his life for his sheep (In 1Q), he did not mean just for his flock in general, but every one of his lost sheep in particUlar.

"The Son of God," St. Paul wrote poignantly to the Christians in Galatia, "loved In his last book, titled, the Great to remember that peacefully, and lovingly laid down me and gave himselfup for me" (Gal 2:20). For Paul, the Cross became the key "Memory and Identity," published redemption is "a victory given as a his life for the world's salvation, to unlock both the unfa\homable mystery of God's love as well as the shortly after his death in 2005, task to man." Redemption is and in return, his life was restored unsUlpassing worth of every human being for whom individually Christ died. Pope John Paul.IT reflected on the to him with eternal glory when he something that God asks us to While before his conversion, as a Jew raised in a Greek culture, he looked at the mystery of evil and the divine limit was raised three days later on the extend and apply to the world by first Easter morning. imitating Christ. When we observe bloodied, brutally executed Jesus as a "scandal" and as "folly;' he now saw that . 'imposed upon evil in the world.

It is the mystery of redemption, the continued presence and power Christ on the Cross was the greatest witness possible of the "power and wis- With painful memoril?s, the late by which "evil is radically of evil in the world, we can't sit dom" of God's love" (l Cor 1:23-24). Thisjs the deep meaning ofthe events . Holy Father discusses the "great eruption of evil" that occurred in overcome by good, hate by love, back and expect God to do that each of us is called, during this Triduum, to un-forget. the 20th century and that he death by resurrection," and it's the something about it. He already Rekindling that memory ofGod's personal and individual love, however, is . divine limit God has imposed upon has. He sent his only Son who witnessed personally under the not enough. At the same time whenJesus told us that there is no greater love brutal regimes of Nazism showed us how to respond than to lay down one's life for one's friends, he told us, ''love one another as I ana Soviet Communism to evil and how to defeat have loved you" (In 13:34; 15:12). The early Christians knew that they were which gripped his "G' it, through truth and love. called to love others in the self-sacrificial, merciful way Christ had loved them. homeland of Poland. . Just as the original sin ''Let us love, not in word or speech but. in truth and action," St. John wrote The ultimate source of . >F1\ affected our human the first Christians. "Christ laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down this evil, the Holy Father nature, so did the redemp'/ ... ' explains, is the inherited tion. By Christ's death and our lives for one another" (1 John 3:16,18). resurrection,our'human St. Paul said thatour "spiritual worship" would be to imitate Christ's giving condition of original sin, nature has been redeemed -' A. Pignato . his body and shedding his blood for others. "I appeal to you therefore, brothers which produces in man "a and is now freed from and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, radical inclination toward evil" and "a congenital slavery to sin. By the holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship" (Rom 12:1). moral weakness." As a result of the power of evil. graces unleashed at Calvary, we St. Peter stated simply, "Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, so this condition 'and its effects, it To explain this mystery of how are now able to resist sin and that you should follow in his steps" adding that Christ's sacrifice made it pos- may sometimes seem that there is "overcome evil with good" (Rom the redemption limits evil in the sible for us to follow in his loving steps all the way: ''He himself bore our sins more evil than good in the world, world, Pope John Paul IT refers to 12:21). As a result of Christ's in his body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; and that there is no limit to the the traditional image of a pair of loving sacrifice and victory, the by his wounds you have been healed" (1 Pet 2:21-22). We have been healed by power of evil. scales, on one side of which is power of the redemption to limit But here, according to'the Holy evil now lies in each of us, on placed the goodness of Christ's him so that we might love like him. , -whom God is counting to limit evil loving sacrifice on the Cross, Therefore, the great process of remembering, to which the faith as a whole ,Father, is where part of the weighed against all the sins that by increasing the amount of and the SacredTriduum in particular calls us, is more moral than mental. From mystery of eviJ lies. Although evil goodness in the world. This, of have ever been committed and the Cross, Christ beckons each of us, "Follow me!" He calls us to die to our- may appear to be omnipotent, course, always starts with ourever will be committed in the selves and live - and, if necessary, die - out of love for God and for others. there is actually a threshold beyond which evil is unable to selves. By triumphing over sin in world. Because Christ was God, This is the path that will unleash ''the power and wisdom of God" in our own our own lives and by responding to cross. It is a threshold or limit the value of his sacrificial death is lives and in those around us. This is the path of the grain of wheat that falls to consisting of both divine and infinite and will always outweigh evil with love, we increase the the ground and dies only to rise again and bear great fruit (In 12:24). This is the 'human goodness that has been amount of holiness in the world, any amount of evil the world can path to the resurrection and to eternal life. and reduce the power of evil. commit. imposed on the power of evil by During that first triduum, Jesus left us the means par excellence by which the mystery of redemption, the Yet, in spite of this definitive The mystery of redemption we never to forget these saving events or their meaning. In giving us the Mass, he mystery that we celebrate this celebrate this Easter is not just a victory over evil accomplished by one-time event of 2,000 years ago.

Christ, we know that evil mysteribecame our anamnesis incarnate and allowed us all in time to enter into these weekend.

It's also a task of victory given to us When a rebellious and evil ously continues to exist in the , eternal events. The Mass is the daily portal into the sacred triduum, when to accomplish, both in our lives and world with obvious and heartwith Christ we enter into the upper room to receive the body and blood he world committed the greatest in the world, by putting into the wrenching power, and it may even gave for us on the Cross; the very body and blood that is now risen from the possible sin, the rejection and deep with Christ to conquer evil appear at times that evil has the dead. In commanding us to "do this in memory ofme," he not only calls us to murder of God's only Son, the response of God was an even more upper hand, with God doing with goodness, holiness and love. participate in the Mass, but to make our lives a Mass of similar self-givrng Father Pignato is chaplain at powerful act of goodness and love nothing to stop it. love.

Bishop Stang High School in that ultimately triumphed over all But whenever we might be Through the power of his resurrection, may Christ make both our celebra- the evil of the world. In response North Dartmouth and is secretary tempted to think in this way, we tion of these sacred mysteries and our living them a true sacrament of love. to the world's evil, Christ freely, to Bishop George If. Coleman. are encouraged by Pope John Paul

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Recapturing the soul of 'bioethics Modern bioethics seems to be challenge. IVF has become a kind of going through a kind of identity "sacred cow" that few outside the crisis. With ethicists available for Catholic Church are willing to hire, drug companies and biotech question. Yet it requires very little ethical reflection to see, for example, firms have easy' access to "experts" how making "extra" embryos during who can provide them with the veneer of respectability if they IVF and freezing them is a grave decide to head in the direction of moral problem. Relatively few unethical science. Erwin Chargaff, a pioneer in the field of biochemistry, {, once quipped that, "Bioethics didn't . become an issue until ethics started being

By Father Tad breached. Bioethics is an excuse to allow everyPacholczyk thing that is unethical."

One common approach to allowing the unethical is to claim countries (among them Italy and that, 'We have already made certain Germany) have legal restrictions regarding IVF. In Italy, it is illegal to choices, and now we really must move on to the next step - we must freeze embryos, and whenever you do IVF, you are not permitted to yield to the inexorable progress of science;' Rather than examining and , make more than three embryos at a rejecting certain poor choices that time, all of which must be implanted may have been made in prior years, into the woman. Germany has a and trying to regain lost ground, similar law, and the country has bioethicists today unwittingly almost no frozen embryos as a continue to grease the slippery result. Such a law is a straightforslopes by their lack of courage in ward attempt to limit some of the disavowing some of the unethical collateral damage from IVF, and any practices they have aided and reasonable person can see the benefit abetted in the past. of enacting such legislation. But in Today, for example, we see the United States, we face what has enormous pressure on the public to been termed the ''wild west of support embryo-destructive steminfertility;' where few regulations of cell research. Where do the embryany kind exist and close to half a onic humans come from that are to million frozen embryos are trapped be destroyed for this research? They in liquid nitrogen tanks in fertility clinics. As couples get older and no come from in vitro fertilization (IVF), a practice very few bioethilonger intend to implant their own cists have been willing to confront or embryos, researchers begin to

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clamor for those embryos to use in their research experiments. Bioethicists and politicians then further muddy the waters by suggesting that ''they are all going to be thrown away anyway," which is neither true nor morally relevant. Even when somebody else will perform the dastardly deed of destroying a group of humans (discarding them as medical waste), that does not suddenly make it OK for me to choose to destroy them with my own hands.

Here we have a perfect opportunity for some serious ,introspection about the mistakes of the past, an opportime moment to limit some of the collateral damage from IVF through laws like Italy's and Germany's. Yet one finds very few bioethicists willing to step up to the plate to tackle such an unpopular topic.

As the biotechnology juggernaut forges ahead with minimal ethical oversight, additional concerns quickly arise. Embryonic humans who will be sacrificed for research can be created not only by IVF but also by cloning (SCNT: somatic cell nuclear transfer). But in order to clone, you need women's eggs.

Currently, women can be paid significant sums of money to "donate" their eggs to infertile couples who will use them for IVF. However, if they donate their eggs to science, for purposes of research cloning, they generally cannot receive payment except for incidental costs like travel expenses to get to

7 the clinic. Hence, when donating eggs for fertility treatments, a " as $20,000 woman can earn as much or even $30,000. If she donates her eggs to science for research I' purposes, on the other hand, she receives nothing. An article in March of 2007 in the New England Journal , ofMedicine refers to the '.'central contradiction" of this situation: "...in the United Stafus, we already allow women to "'donate' their eggs for profit. We allow, them to undergo the same pnx;e(iure and to undertake what is arguably a far more emotional endeavor - passing their genes to a child they will never know.

How can we conclude that providing eggs for reproduction is less exploitative or dangerous than providing them for research? We can't:' The outcome of this line of thinking is that a growiDg number of bioethicists are recommending policy changes so that women can also be paid when their 'eggs are harvested for research. This assures ''that science can go forard." A proper ethical analysis of this question, however, would mean promoting exactly- the QPposite position, namely, that Women (and men) should never be paid for their egg or sperm, as we ins~st they not be paid for organ donations. This"is done to prevent the human body from becoming "colll111odified" by powerful economic and market forces, and to stave off the prospect of trafficking in human.l:parts.

Additionally, there are known risks associated with harvesting a woman's eggs. Five wdmen a(e I' "

reported to have died as a result of egg harvesting in the United Kingdom, and between 0.5 to 5 percent may typically have side effects of some kind, ranging from respiratory distress to renal failure.

Providing payment for eggs is essentially a form of coercion, encouraging women to be reckless with their own bodies. Here again, we encounter a unique opportunity to insist on a thoroughly ethical approach for the future, by banning the sale of human gametes and acknowledging that past practices have not been ethical. Yet few bioethicists seem willing to broach the topic.

Bioethics is an exceedingly important discipline for the future of our society, addressing critical issues in science and life. This discipline cannot afford to compromise its integrity as' new controversies arise, selling its soul to the highest bidder or playiJ:tg to powerful specialinterest groups like universities or biotech,companies. Only by rejecting the demands of expediency and courageously acknowledging past mistakes can it regain the kind of principled moral foundation and credibility it needs to effectively assist scientists, medical professionals, and researchers in the future.

Father Pfl拢hola,yk earned his doctorate in neuroscience from Yale and did post-tloctoral work at Harvard. He is a priest ofthe Diocese ofFall River, and serves as the director ofEducation at The National Catholk Bioethks Center in Philadelphia. See ncbcenter.org.

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Great expectations They (I still don't know who they are) say that things in life are never as good or路as bad as expected. I wholeheartedly agree with the "never as good" reference, but the "never as bad," not so much.

Take yesterday for example - opening day for the 2007 Red Sox. Was it as good as we've expected, waiting for this day since last October?

No: Was it as bad? Far worse.

What was opening day like? It was like going to the dentist for a cleaning and getting a filling.

It was like taking a nice hot shower and having the hot water tank run dry.

It was like ordering lobster and getting Spam.

It was like anticipating a good game and watching, well, a 7-1 loss.

I've already come up with a nick name for Schilling for the season - one I'll keep to myself right now. . I was already irritated with new

shortstop Julio Lugo, striking out in his first three Red Sox at bats.

I co~ld only shake my head at Bosox base-running blunders one would find in T-ball games.

And how incredible was it that

Hideki Okajima, a man who has pitched professionally in Japan for a dozen years, and who earns $1.25 million a year here, gives up a moonshot on his very first pitch as not only a Red Sox, but in the U.S.?

And finally, is it my imagination or has the Red Sox offense started making opposing pitchers look like Cy Young a little early this ~eason?

Making matters worse, the Evil Empire made a late-inning comeback in their opener to

defeat the Devil Rays'- thanks to, of all people - A-Rod. As old friend Ned Martin would say, "mercy."

Just think, we endured coming in third place in the A.L. East last year; we watched Peyton Manning win a Super Bowl, taking down the Pats along the way; we endured another nonplayoff year from the Bruins; and ended up cheering for Celtic defeats to improve their draft position; and then got to see what we saw on opening day.

Worse than expected. Wait a minute. I'm already complaining about new players, losing faith in old players, and watching the scoreboard for Yankees results.

These are things I live for. And these are things that usually take a couple of months to get going.

Maybe things can come out better than expected. It's baseball season, and I'm already in midseason form. Sweet. Just like old times. davejoiivet@anchornews.org

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Passing on the Good News As disciples of the Lord, we have been privedleged to walk with the Lord during these days of Lent and particularly in these magnificent days of Holy Week.

Today we celebrate with the Church throughout the world, we sing our "alleluia," to proclaim our belief in the risen Jesus Christ.

The disciples of the Lord were completely devastated on Good Friday as they saw the body of the one in whom they had put their trust, taken down from the cross. Is it no wonder that the risen Jesus had to show himself to these disciples in order for them to come to believe what he had told them; the Messiah first had to suffer and die, and then on the third day to rise in order to bring to all the promise of eternal life.

In John's Gospel account, Peter and the "other disciple whom Jesus loved," (i.e. John) run to the tomb on hearing the news from Mary Magdalene that she had found the stone removed from the tomb. John runs to the tomb but waits for Peter to arrive and enter first. The

Gospel tells us that John saw the enter "into the death of Jesus tomb empty and believed. This Christ" in order that we might share in his rising from the dead. is at the heart of our Easter Our "alleluia" today is tempered celebration. with the reality that each of us is For Christ to have been sent called to share in all aspects of by the Father into the world to the life of Christ here on earth; live, teach, heal, suffer, die for his joys and his sorrows, his our sins and theJl rise from the dead to give us the promise of good days and his difficult days, eternal life, and yet to have his passion and cross, and, yes, nobody believe what he did, would have been a tragedy for all of God's Homily 0 creation. Thus, the the Week resurrection of Jesus was -'---E~ster:~unday essential to God's plan of salvation, and leading

By F"'~;;<1;<~.;;, every person to believe Jay T. Maddock in it is the goal of the Church. If we truly believe that Christ underwent ultimately his resurrection to such great suffering to forgive new life. This is the promise the sins of all mankind and then given to each person who rose from the dead to give us the recieves the sacrament of promise of eternal life, then we baptism. must be committed to follow the Over the next several weeks, path of Christ in our own lives we will hear accounts of how Jesus appeared to his disciples and encourage others to do so. and others in order that their The life-giving waters of faith might be strengthened and baptism, which countless numbers of people recieved at they could pass on this "good the Easter Vigil, are a reminder news" to the next generation. It that when we are baptized, we has been and continues to be the

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work of the Church to pass this "good news" on from one generation to the next, down to our very own.

We are now the ones called to bring this Easter joy to our brothers and sisters. In a world where even this year some are proclaiming that Jesus did not rise from the dead, we, by our faith put into action, must answer the challenge to help as many people as possible come to believe that Christ has died, Christ is risen and Christ will one day come again. It is ultimately in this truth that we find hope, even in a world that sometimes seems to have gone mad.

As disciples of Christ in this generation, we can bring belief in the resurrection to our brothers and sisters if, and only if, we allow ourselves to continue to be fed and noursihed

by Christ. The gift of his Word, which comes to us so beautifully when the holy sacrifice of the Mass is celebrated, and our worthy reception of his sacred Body and Blood in holy

Communion at Mass, are two of the primary ways in which we are spiritually nourished for this mission, as were the early disciples of Jesus. Our regular reception of the gift of the sacrament of reconciliation will also prepare us to bring the good news of Christ's resurrection to people, even when there are so many forces in society that would argue against such news.

The fact of the matter is that God's love for us, proven through the death and resurrection of his only Son, is so powerful, that it wi11 ultimately prevail over forces that would want it to fail. The challenge for us to accept that love in our lives and live according to it is great and, at times can seem overwhelming but it will not be if we truly believe what we proclaim on the Easter Sunday. The promise made by Christ that he would rise, has indeed come true.

May the grace of God lead each of us to better live according to that belief every day of our lives.

Father Maddock is pastor of Holy Family Parish in East Taunton.

Upcoming Daily Readings: Sat, April 7, Holy Saturday Night: The Easter Vigil, (1) Gn 1:1-2:2 or 1:I,26-3Ia; Ps 104:1-2a,5-6,IO,12-14,24,35c or Ps 33:4-7,12,13,20,22. (2) Gn 22: 1-18 or 22:12,93010-13,15-18; Ps 16:5,8-11. (3) Ex 14:15-15:1; (ps) Ex 15:1-6,17-18. (4) Is 54:5-14; Ps 30:2,4-6,lI-12a,13b. (5) Is 55: 1-11; (ps) Is 12:2-3,4bcd,5-6. (6) Bar 3:9-15,32-4:4; Ps 19:8-11. (7) Ez 36: 16173018-28; Pss 42:3,5bcd;43:3-4; or, when baptism is celebrated, (Ps) Is 12:2-3,4bcd,5-6 or Ps 51:12-15,18-19. (8) Rom 6:3-11; Ps 118:1-2,16ab-17,22-23. (9) Lk 24:1-12. Sun, AprilS, Easter Sunday: The Resurrection of the Lord, Acts 10:343037-43; Ps 118:1-2,16ab-17,22-23; Col 3:1-4 or I CoI5:6b-8; In 20:1-9 or Lk 24:1-12 or, at an afternoon or evening Mass, Lk 24:13-35. Mon, April 9, Acts 2:14,22-32; Ps 16: 1-2a,5,7-11; Mt 28:8-15. 'fues, April 10, Acts 2:36-41; Ps 33:4-5,18-20,22; In 20:11-18. Wed, April 11, Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105:1-4,6-9; Lk 24:13-35. Thurs, April 12, Acts 3: 11-26; Ps 8:2305-9; Lk 24:35-48. Fri, April 13, Acts 4:1-12; Ps 118:1-2,4,22-27a; In 21:1-14.

To ·the rescue, again The calendar pages turn, Lent unfolds - and once again, God comes to the rescue of our humanity. That is what we remember, ponder, and celebrate each year in the great Easter Triduum: the astonishing good news that the creator of the universe entered his creation, in the person of his son, in order to redirect the story back to its proper end, which is eternal life within the light and love of the Blessed Trinity. That's a rescue story for the ages.

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Other New Testament texts refer to the "scandal" of the cross. But what kind of "scandal" is this?

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Creation, Joseph Ratzinger once wrote, displays the "exaggerated infinity of God's love." The love of God, that mysterious exchange within the life of the Trinity in which the gift eternally enhances both the giver

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and the receiver, bursts the bounds of the inner-trinitarian life and there is - Creation. Yet if the

exaggeration of the divine love is manifest in the Creation, how much more is it manifest in the Incarnation and the Redemption?

The God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jesus is, Benedict XVI constantly reminds us, "the God with a human face." As the Pope put it last September in Germany, in the first section of the Creed we confess that the world began, not accidentally, but purposefully: a divine purpose is at work in the created order. But then, Benedict teaches, we get more: "God does not leave us groping in the dark."

He comes looking for us in history. The creative reason and love from which everything proceeds "has a face:" the face of goodness, the face of love.

For Christians, the "face of God" is the holy face of. Christ.

On Good Friday, we see the exaggerated love of God at its most scandalous: for the holy face is struck, spat upon, lacerated, crowned with thorns. Here is a scandal beyond reason: what the world sees as the . quintessence of irrational brutality, the eyes of faith see as a love that has burst the bounds of our reason to show us the deeper "reason" of God, which is the reason of infinite love.

We live in a season of irrationality, as the pictures in our newspapers regularly remind us.

The irrationality of the early 21st century is not only the irrationality of murder-in-the-name-ofGod, however; it is also the irrationality of the radical skeptic, who insists that human beings can never know the truth of anything with surety. Corrosive skepticism is eating away at the cultural vitals of Europe, the continent that gave the world the very idea of reason; corrosive skepticism is not unknown in America, which is Europe transplanted. At this moment in history, confronted on the one side by irrational faith and on the other by a profound loss of

faith in reason, the Church, Benedict XVI insists, must "make -more room for rationality."

The rationality the Church proclaims is not, however, identical to the rationality of the scientists. It is a more ample rationality, a bigger reason. for the reason to which Christianity gives witness is the reason that is the Logos, the Word of God, the second person of the Blessed Trinity. And the second person of the Trinity, incarnate, displays for us the human face of God, the face of infinitely exaggerated love.

The reason of God, the Logos through whom all things' were made, calls us beyond reason to love. Walking the Way of the Cross, Jesus reaches the end of the road of the world's rationality - and becomes, thereby, a stumbling block and a folly. But a more ample "reason" is at work here: the logic of love, carried out to infinity. That is what bursts the bounds of the tomb on Easter morning. The tomb is empty. The world has been suffused with the power of divine love, which is the most living thing there is.

George Weigel is a senior fellow ofthe Ethks and Publk Polky Center in Washington, D.C.

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This is the Body of Christ This is the final column on Catholic vocations, and what parents can do to help children discern their vocation.

Two weeks ago I had the privilege of attending the diocesan Pro-Life Mass at St. Julie Billiart Church in North Dartmouth. Celebrated by Bishop Coleman, along with several priests and deacons, and attended by lay people and school children from all over the diocese, it was a beautiful event. During the middle of this Mass I became aware of the perfect image with which to conclude this series about the Body of Christ or our Catholic Vocational Village. Let me explain.

From a bird's eye view, the floor plan of St. Julie's Church looks like a child's drawing of a setting sun. Aisles radiate out like sun rays from the sanctuary, which is positioned in the middle of the back wall of the church. As Bishop Coleman raised the Eucharist during the consecration, I became conscious of the fact that we Villagers made up concentric rings, radiating out from and surrounding the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Even the lay and religious faithful outside the church walls, and the angels and saints beyond this world became a part of this encircling image.

Imagining that all our eyes were fixed on the Eucharist, it felt to me as if the physical church itself and all the people gathered became a giant, larger-than-life monstrance. The crucifix on the wall behind the sanctuary, in which a bright circle of light surrounds the crucified body of our Lord, reinforced the visual sensation of being in a

monstrance (see photo).

The importance of this experience lies in the fact that while writing this series a verse from the Book of Hebrews kept popping into my mind: "Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured

the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." Because I have always thought of a race as being run either in a straight line or around an oval track, but always with participants racing against each other, this verse seemed to contrast with the unifying image of the Vocational Village.

All that changed as I looked at the Eucharist. Alleluia. The race marked out for us as Catholics is not in a line from and to nowhere in particular, nor is it a race around in pointless circles! Our race is toward the center, toward Jesus, and with each other! With our eyes fixed on him, our individual paths, our different vocations, converge from all points of the globe, indeed even from oppos-

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ing points of theology and ideology. Like sun rays being drawn back to their origin, when we race back to the sanctuary, when we draw back to the Eucharist, we are not only unified with Jesus, but we are brought closer to each other with every step we take.

As parents, called to help our children discern their vocations, we need to understand that while the path may be different, the object or the focus of all vocations is always the same. The focus is Jesus. As we begin to instill in our children a sense of vocation, we need to remember that our Catholic Village is designed to be radiantly gigantic, larger-than-life. Instead of fixating on numbers or on certain vocations, we need to urgently desire an increase in the intensity of every Catholic Villager's commitment to every vocational state. We need to run the race toward Christ as a family, urging all members to rush closer to the center, cheering all members on toward listening and responding with greater faith to God's call.

As anyone whb has run in a race can testify, the collective excitement of running in a crowd is contagious. It causes all participants to run faster and longer than they thought they possibly could at the beginning of the race. Amid this celebratory atmosphere for vocational life, alleluia, I believe God's call, including the call to the priesthood and religious life, will be heard and heeded with increasing intensity and by increasing numbers.

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FALL RIVER - When Michaela Gagne was "I've been there for four years now. I served 17-years-old, she was diagnosed with Long QT as a special education assistant while in college Syndrome, a heart condition that can lead to life- and I really love being there. It's challenging, threatening arrhythmia. But the teen continued but very rewarding." on with the help of her faith and today, the 24Gagne also has done substitute teaching in year-old is helping to spread awareness about the Fall River school district and is currently heart health as Miss Massachusetts 2006. the assistant coach in girl's track and field at The Fall River native was a three-sport ath- Durfee. She works part-time there as an adjustlete in high school when she learned she had a ment counselor and previously served as the heart con dition and r-"..,.,....-,-."...,..------""T'"-----------= :--:----;--'i assistant teacher at its "Peaceful Coalition," could no longer com- ~fl<' 2) ;~.-:~ <:.::.. ~ .~?? ~.~ ' : ',~ pete in sports, "I had : - ~',::'::-"~~a-~toneS' '.~:' a program for gang hope and faith that . .b1~e..P . involved and at-risk things were happening ,.:. ~~(j~".~hii..~ee.k" ': teen-agers. for a reason," said ~ ~~f~"'- '~01. /'~ . ~"" . ;l'<: ~ "The hope is to .~.;. . ~." •. "rJ:1 . , '" _.... . , Gagne.

"Going ..:--, break them of the through that taught me cycle they are in and to appreciate what I provide them with ophad as opposed to tions to better their what I didn't have. lives," she said. "We God has given me set up job fairs and strength." take field trips to local A teacher encourcommunity colleges." aged her to find anIt also does a lot of acother way to satisfy tivities to promote the need for competiteamwork between tion and encouraged members of rival Gagne to enter the gangs and Gagne said Miss Fall River conthose involved learned test. "It was a healthy "a lot of valuable lesnew form of competisons." tion," she said with a When her tour as smile.

Miss Massachusetts And compete she ends. this summer did, winning several Gagne hopes to concompetitions over the tinue working towards next few years includbecoming a crisis ing Miss Bay State in councilor and to con2003, Miss Fall River SHE HAS A BIG HEART - AnchorPerson of the tinue teaching. in 2004 and Miss Week Michaela Gagne.

She holds a Quincy Bay in 2005. bachelor's degree in She was crowned Miss Massachusetts in 2006. art from UMass-Amherst and earned a masters "There was a lot of work involved, but I love in mental health counseling from Lesley Uniit." When they announced her name as the win- versity in Cambridge. Her focus in grad school ner Gagne said, "I was thinking I could now do was art therapy. so much in the United States to promote heart Fitted with an implantable cardioverter health. I can help save lives. I was excited about defibrillator, Gagne is now able to engage in that." physical activities with no restrictions.

She is also involved with a push to mandate She is a national spokeswoman for the Ameriautomatic external defibrillators in schools and can Heart Association and its Go Red for the need to screen young people for life-threat- Women campaign as well as the Sudden Arening heart conditions. rhythmia Death Syndromes Foundation, HeartGagne is a life-long parishioner at Holy beat International, PACE Camp and Parent Heart Name Parish in Fall River and a graduate of Watch.

BMC Durfee High School. She is the daughter "It's been an honor to be a spokesperson for of Ron and Denise Gagne and has one older sis- those organizations and I hope I can make a difter, Rachel. She attended Holy Name School and ference. It's been a phenomenal experience." was involved for six years as an altar server and Gagne recalled visiting children with heart active in the youth group. She also was a lector. problems at the camp and learning they could "Growing up my Catholic faith played a huge not believe that Miss Massachusetts shared a role in shaping me," said Gagne. "It was won- similar condition to them. "They were excited derful to be involved in the youth group and as to have me there and it's great to be a role model an altar server with teens who shared the same for them. It's such a personal issue for me and I beliefs. We had a blast and I would encourage get emails from all over the country." young people to get involved today."

Earlier this year she competed in the Miss She also helped coach numerous girls' CYO America pageant in Las Vegas and will continue basketball teams for St. Anne's Parish and vol- to be an advocate for heart heath. "It's a life unteered for a Cub Scout troop while in college. long mission and ~I hope we can continue··to Asked about the importance of her faith she make a difference." . . responded, "My faith keeps me going."

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TALKING LIFE ISSUES - Father Jay T. Maddock, left, pastor of Holy Family Parish in East Taunton, speaks with Father Tad Pacholczyk at the recent Respect Life Conference held at the Taunton parish.

Respect Life Conference draws NE region crowd TAUNTON - People arrived from across the New England area on March 31 to spend the day at Holy Family Parish learning the nuances of stem-cell research and the sacredness of human sexuality that modem society questions at every tum.

"It was a wonderful day and people came from 'southeastern Massachusetts, Boston, and Providence, R.I. to listen and learn about key faith issues," Merle T. Coughlin, a member of Holy Family's assertive and busy Respect Life Committee, and coordinator of the conference, told The Anchor.

The keynote speakers were Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, a priest of the Fall River Diocese who is director of education at the National Bioethics Center in Philadelphia, and biologist and presenter of ProLife programs Linda Thayer, who is also well known.

"Father Tad's presentations on End of Life issues and stem-cell research and cloning were outstanding," said Coughlin. "He makes difficult subject matter so clear." , Thayer's presentation, ~ntitled "Vocation to Love," "made clear the beauty and 'sacredness of human sexuality," Coughlin reported.

Thayer, who holds a degree from Boston College and who taught for 34 years in the Boston public schools, has presented more than 2,000 Pro-Life programs. She is no stranger to Holy Family Parish.

At the parish's Respect Life Conference last year, Thayer, a member of the Massachusetts Citizens for Life, gave a PowerPoint presentation, which linked the life of a child in the womb with the Incarnation of Jesus.

Father Pacholczyk, who earned his doctorate in neuro-science from Yale University and did post doctoral work at Harvard University, is recognized internationally for his expertise in bioethics. He has at length spoken out against embryonic stem-cell research - and its immorality in that it causes the death of living embryos, and is against Church teaching - and has definitively told Congress and audiences on radio and television that stem-cell research using easily obtained adult organs has not only made advances in the culture of life, but life itself.

Father Pacholczyk, who is a columnist for The Anchor, made it clear that use of adult stem cells has alone proven successful in the entire stem-cell research, and that it is approved by the Church.

Father Jay T. Maddock, pastor of Holy Family Parish, welcomed the speakers at this second annual Respect Life Conference, which offered presentations in the morning and afternoon.

Various Pro-Life organizations provided information throughout the day, and some of the attendees stayed for the celebration of Mass following the conference.

MEETING FOR A COMMON CAUSE - People from across New England gathered at Holy Family Church in East Taunton fo~ a ~e­ spect Life Conference on March 31. (Photos by Margaret 0 Neill)

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Now include the retired men who have chosen other living arrangements: Msgrs. ''Pete'' Levesque, Henry Munroe, John Regan, John Smith, Antonino Tavares and Ron Tosti; Fathers R~land Bousquet, Jim Buckley, Ed Burns, Marty Buote, Ed Byington, Bill Campbell, Lou Cardoso, Kenny Delano, Bento Fraga, Dan Freitas, Peter Graziano, Lou Pereira, Bob

READY TO ROLL AND ROCK - These retirees living at the Cardinal Medeiros Residence in Fall River are keeping very busy helping out at local parishes and with their own hobbies. From left: A 1950 Ford Custom and its owner of 46 years, Father George A. Almeida; Fathers AI Ryan, Jose Dos Santos, and Bill Blottman; Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington wailing on the sax; and visitor, retired Father Henry Kropiwnicki. (Photo by Dave JoJivet)

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How I was head waiter at the Last Supper Holy Thursday - 5 April 2007 Clarence Murphy, Al Ryan, Arthur Wingate and Msgr. Tom - Port-O-Call: Sandwich, Cape Harrington. These men have Cod served as priests for a total of 627 On Holy Thursday, my years. I added it up. ordination class is out to lunch.

Now that their time is their Fathers George Bellenoit, own, our retired priests are having Marcel Bouchard, Dan Hoye, the time of their lives. They Mike Nagle, and I were ordained certainly haven't ridden off into

by Bishop Daniel Cronin in the the sunset. Several of the men are same cathedral in the same year.

Our classmate Father Gastao Oliveira was ordained that year in Angola.

We enjoy a meal together, share laughs, and then go home to our parishes for the Mass of the Lord's Supper. The Class of '72 has built willing and able to lend a hand in churches, parish centers and parish ministry, much to the schools. We have accomplished . appreciation of today's overquite a bit in our respective scheduled parish priests. The priesthoods, but the collective retired priests celebrate Masses, contributions of "The Builders of '72" pales when compared to that help with confessions, and provide many other valuable of ''The Giants" - our retired ministries, but they do have lives priests. (Note to Dave Jolivet, beyond the sanctuary.

Anchor columnist: That's the Clem Dufour lavishes Diocesan Giants, not the New attention on his dog "Whitey."

York Giants.)

Clem sports a T-shirt featuring Here I stand at the Cardinal Whitey the Wonder Dog coming Medeiros Residence. Former Bishop Sean O'Malley converted and going.

George Almeida fondly the building into a home for remembers his very first car, a retired diocesan priests in 1996.

1950 Ford Custom. How could he There are today 12 retired forget? He still drives that car. diocesan priests living here. First It's as strikingly well-preserved as and foremost is Father John George is himself. When the car Murphy, now in his 94th year overheats, George and his路travel and the oldest priest in the buddy Ralph Tetrault would pull diocese. We priests have awarded off the road and pray the rosary. him the prestigious Silver George .and Manny Ferreira set Walking Stick. Also in residence up two toy trains at Christmas. are Fathers George Almeida, Since both men served on the Bill Blottman, Jose Dos Santos, same ship, one is a Navy train.

John Driscoll, Clem Dufour, George also generously provides Manny Ferreira, Jim Lyons,

van transportation to the men. His van has the tag Oremus (Latin: "Let us pray"). Manny Ferreira, John.Driscoll, and Jim Lyons serve as the "Cane Brigade" on these outings.

Jose Dos Santos is in charge of the Anointing of the Sick.

When 路the EMT's are transporting a priest to the ambulance, there's Joe running behind with the holy oils.

AI Ryan's apartment resembles a franchise of Blockbuster Video. As soon as a new film is released, AI rushes out to purchase it. AI graciously provides films for Movie Night at the Residence. The men set out big bowls of popcorn and sit down to view the latest flick.

Tom Harrington shows up at the Diocesan Tribunal on Thursdays. You will find him in the back room giving helpful hints to aspiring canon lawyers. Tom is also the chaplain of the Fall River Fire Department. In his spare time, Tom published a book - all about fire chaplaincy. Did I mention Tom's latest adventure? All the way in the Village we can hear him taking saxophone lessons.

Swaying back and forth like one of the Blues Brothers, Tom has now fairly well mastered Tantum Ergo and 0 Salutaris. There is no great demand for Benediction hymns played on a sax, but Tom plays on.

Should saxophones at Benediction ever come into vogue, Tom will be ready.

Now that Mass of the Lord's Supper is over, I sit in my armchair reflecting on the life of a priest. I remember and celebrate my elder brothers. Imagine -

Kirby, Henry Kropiwnicki, Roger LeDuc, Roger Levesque, Jerry and Bill Shovelton, and Frank Wallace. That raises the bar to 1,841 years. Finally, add those pastors whose retirements are imminent: Fathers Terry Keenan, Paul Lamb, Joao Martins, and Jim McClellan.

That's 1,983 years of priesthood.

If I could travel back through those years of priesthood, I'd be old enough to be head waiter at the Last Supper!

Father Goldrick is pastor of St. Bernard Parish, Assonet.

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The first papal event to be aired using the new format will be a special April 15 Mass celebrating Pope Benedict XVI's April 16 birthday.

"We've realized that if we want to continue to do a good job of broadcasting footage of the pope to other television stations, we have to be ready for the day" when high definition is expected to become the norm in television broadcasting, said Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman and head of the Vatican television center, or cry. cry, which is in charge ofproduc-

ing, broadcasting and archiving filmed Vatican and papal events, must keep up with new technology, said Father Lombardi. If they don't keep up, "people won't be able to see the pope anymore" on their television screens, he said.

The center gradually will start to broadcast regular Vatican events in high definition, while major events will be aired using the technology.

High-definition television, or HDTV, is a digital broadcasting system for television that offers greater resolution and a sharper image than found in traditional formats.

CTV also will begin archiving all new footage filmed in high definition to produce high quality documentaries on DVD, he said.

FAMILY OF THE FUTURE - Lewis, left, voiced by children Daniel Hansen and Jordan Fry, and Wilbur Robinson, voiced by Wesley Singerman, are seen in the animated movie "Meet the Robinsons."

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Fitfully ~using buddy comedy about rival skating champions - a macho ladies' man (Will Ferrell) and aformer child prodigy (Jon Heder)banned from the world championships after fighting on the ice, who reluctantly become a team when they learn it's the only way they'll be allowed back to compete, while a jealous brother-sister act (WillAmett andAmy Poehler) attempt to sabotage the duo.

Will Speck and Josh Gordon direct the sophomoric proceedings capably, the skating stunts are well handled, the leads are well paired, and there are apt satirical barbs at the skating industry.

The pervasive low humor and vulgarity preclude the younger viewers who would most appreciate the humor, even as predictable affirmations of friendship and good sportsmanship eventually prevail. Crude language, crass expressions, mild profanity, a couple of brief nongraphic sexual encounters, innuendo, comic violence and mayhem, including adecapitation, brief comic suggestion of incest and drug use. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-Ill - adults. The Motion Picture Association ofAmerica rating is PG-13 parents strongly cautioned: Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. '''The Last Mirnzy" (New Line) Mostly engaging science-fiction fantasy about a young brother and sister (Chris O'Neil and Rhiannon Leigh Wryn) who find a mysterious box filled with strange objects (including the titular toy rabbit) sent from the future that gradually sets them on a path that will save humanity, while their

parents (Joely Richardson and Tunothy Hutton) and science teacher (Rainn Wilson) marvel at the kids' newly found intelligence as well as the strange cosmic happenings that start to occur. New Line Cinema founder Bob Shaye returns to his f;ilmrnaking roots for the first time since 1990 and proves a capable director, though the narrative - adapted from Lewis Padgett's short story - is an odd blend of New Age mysticism and Eastern mumbo jumbo - albeit with an admirable pro-environment messagebut will hold the interest of kids and even their parents. A single use of a crude word, some mildly crass expressions, mild innuendo and an implied premarital situation. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-IT - adults and adolescents. The Motion PictureAssociation of America rating is PG - parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. '''The Lookouf' (MiramaxISpyglass)

Unlikely crime thriller is a compelling character study about a Midwestern town's golden-boy athlete (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), brain-damaged after a car accident and guilt-wracked over the death and injury of his friends, persuaded to serve as lookout for a bank heist, with first-rate performances by Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode and Isla Fisher. Writer and firsttime director Scott Frank admirably shows us the sordid reality ofcriminal behavior, and offers a redemptive message of how, paradoxically, letting go

of the past and forgiving yourself can help you rediscover your true self.

Nongraphic premarital encounters, sexual innuendo and banter, violence including shootings and murder in self-defense, a brief violent car crash, fleeting rear nudity, skimpy female attire, drug and alcohol use, pervasive rough and crude language, crass expressions and some profanity. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is L -limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted.

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. ''Meet the Robinsons" (Disney)

Animated feature adapted from a William Joyce children's book about a futuristically fanciful family, here decked out with a time-travel plot and a comical villain. Director and cowriter Stephen Anderson and six other screenwriters take certain elements from the book and create a yam about a kid-genius orphan (voiced by Daniel Hansen and Jordan Fry) searching for a family. But Joyce's whimsical absurdity seems a bit silly and doesn't quite gel when forced into a featurelength narrative. Some harmless explosions, a food fight with a dinosaur and a boy thrown offa building to land harmlessly on an invisible platform.

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WELL DOCUMENTED - The Vatican has released a new, complete catalogue of its in-house production of DVDs documenting the life and death of Pope John Paul II, the papal transition of 2005, the Second Vatican Council, and what goes on behind the walls of Vatican City. (CNS photo)

Vatican releases DVDs detailing Pope John Paul II, papal transition

By CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY The Vatican released a complete catalog of DVDs documenting the life and death of Pope John Paul II, the papal transition of 2005 and the Second Vatican Council, as well as what goes on behind Vatican City's walls.

To mark the second anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul and the election of Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican television center presented a full-color, two-page catalog showcasing the seven DVD collections for sale.

Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said at a late March press conference that the collection is unique "because CTV (Vatican television center) cameramen can get close to the pope" and capture images and events that other television crews cannot.

For example, the hour-long documentary, "Benedict XVI: The Keys of the Kingdom," starts out giving the viewer a ride in the backseat of the popemobile. The camera peers over Pope John Paul's shoulder and shows crowds waving to him as the pope is driven home from Rome's Gemelli hospital a few weeks before his death April 2, 2005.

Viewers also are given privileged peeks of the Sistine Chapel where voting for the new pope took place, workers erecting the smoke stack that would tell the world with a puff of white smoke that a pope had been elected, and the cardinals' living quarters during the papal transition.

Accompanied by detailed and colorful commentary, there is also

footage of the newly elected Pope Benedict walking up to the closed red curtain moments before he was presented to the world from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica. There is also footage of the joyous celebrations the new pope encountered on the streets when he returned to his old apartment to greet neighbors and friends.

The seven DVDs produced by the Vatican television center currently on-sale to the public are: - "Benedict XVI: The Keys of the Kingdom," which documents the papal transition in 2005.

- "John Paul II: The Pope Who Made History," which ~ffers a' chronological view of the late pope's life in a five-disc collection. . - "John Paul II: His Life, His Pontificate," which condenses his life and papacy onto one disc.

- "John Paul II: This Is My Story," which features the late pope

narrating the most significant events of his life.

- "John Paul II: Seasons of the Apostle," which follows the pope's bold initiatives and courageous mission that never waned over the years even during his illness.

- "The Vatican: Behind the Scenes of the World's Smallest Kingdom," which shows the dayto-day life behind the city's walls.

- "The II Vatican Council" showing special archived footage and interviews with religious leaders explaining the council's reforms.

The multilingual DVDs are available online at: hdhcommunications.com (the official distributor of the Vatican DVDs), amazon.com and ebay.it.

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BOSTON - The lawsuit brought by a mother Father Mullen observed, "The parents aren't thinkwhose botched abortion resulted in her daughter be- ing about scarring the psyche of this girl for the rest ing born alive unmasks the real cruelty of the abor- of her life, when she realizes that every time they tion culture, Catholic Pro-Life advocates agree. â&#x20AC;˘ look at her they see a botched abortion. What they "The heart of the abortion culture is not about the should be thinking is: thank God the mistake we made rights of the mother. It's about making sure the baby didn't result in the death of our child. Obviously, is dead,:' said Father David Mullen of Bellingham: somebody convinced this mother she might make . an executive board member of Massachusetts Citi- some money here." zens for Life. "The idea is sick - that doctors are And Planned Parenthood's pockets do go deep, supposed to kill a child in the womb and be punished with much of its money coming from taxpayers. As the nation's leading abortion chain, it pulled in fedif the child isn't dead."

The case made national news after the Boston eral funding of $272 million in 2005, twice what it Globe first reported it March 7. Although the incred- made from its 255,000 abortions that year, according ible idea of so-called "wrongful birth" or "wrongful to the Family Research Council. life" lawsuits has grown Genevieve Kineke of East since the legalization of Greenwich, R.I., author of abortion, previous cases ap"That the phrase 'wrongful birth' The Authentic Catholic parently centered on medi- exists and a mother would ever con- Woman, said in an interview, cal problems the babies had. ceive of making a legal case out of "Sadly, this is the logical Although Pro-Lifers and wishing her kid was never born does consequence of reducing the . spokesmen for the disabled always seem to me a clear sign the human person to a commodrepudiated such "quality of end is nigh and Judgment Day won't ity. It follows that if life is life" thinking, abortion adnot sacred (and even its value be merciful to our national soul," is driven by supply and devocates capitalized on this National Review Online Editor mand) then a child is seen eistrategic legal wedge.

However, this proposed Kathryn Jean Lopez wrote about ther as a tax break or a tusuit makes no mention of Raper's suit. ition bill, as an accessory or medical problems; rather it even a source of 'spare parts.' states the mother sought an abortion for financial rea~ "We are so dead to the hidden treasures, the joys sons, according to the article. and even rich sorrows that relationships can provide On March 1, Jennifer Raper, 45, of Charlestown, that we can't see past the price tag - and even if this filed a complaint in Suffolk Superior Court against woman wins her lawsuit, she will be the poorer for Planned Parenthood and two doctors. She had given it."

Judie Brown, president of American Life League, birth on Dec. 7, 2004 after a failed abortion, and is seeking damages and the cost of raising her two-year- commented about Raper, "Lord, how this woman old daughter. must need our prayers." In an online article, Brown Dr. Allison Bryant, who worked for Planned Par- wrote that we now suffer from a mentality whereby enthood, performed the abortion in April 2004, but it people "see children as problems, pregnancy as an "was not done properly, causing the plaintiff to re- illness almost worse than cancer, and selfless love as main pregnant," according to the medical malprac- a joke." tice complaint.

Since the legalization of abortion in 1973, almost Raper then went to see Dr. Benjamin Eleonu at 48 million American children have been killed.

Boston Medical Center in July 2004, and he failed to "That the phrase 'wrongful birth' exists and a detect the pregnancy even though she ~as 20 weeks mother would ever conceive of making a legal case pregnant at the time, the Globe reported. It was only out of wishing her kid was never born does always when Raper went to the New England Medical Cen- seem to me a clear sign the end is nigh and Judgment ter emergency room for treatment of pelvic pain in Day won't be merciful to our national soul," National late September that she found out she was pregnant, Review Online Editor Kathryn Jean Lopez wrote the suit said. about Raper's suit.

Neither Planned Parenthood nor the doctors beAfter the case became public, the online pro-life ing sued for negligence are commenting on the com- news source L!feSite News summarized some previplaint, which must be reviewed by a panel before the ous "wrongful life" decisions. In 2003, a Canadian court determines if it will go to trial. That process doctor was ordered to pay $325,000 to parents whose could take about eight months, Raper's attorney Barry child he failed to diagnose with Down's syndrome before birth, and therefore in time to have her aborted.

In 2006, Ohio banned "wrongful life" lawsuits that claimed parents could have aborted their baby about had a doctor diagnosed a disability in the unborn child. Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life applauded lawmakers in a release saying, "The disYou have seen the movie, now read what abled are like everyone else. They're better off Jesus says about the meaning of His Passion as dictated to stigmatist, Catalina Rivas. loved, not better off dead."

Also last year, an Italian court ruled such suits This 48 page.book has the "Imprimatur" and is were invalid in Italy, saying there could be no such recommended for meditation. Mrs. Rivas was thing as a "right not to be born." featured in the recent FOX¡TV special, "Signs Most recently, the Vatican spokesman to the from God", that was broadcast worldwide.

United Nations at Geneva emphasized the digTo receiDe this book, send your name and address nity of human life. In a March 23 address to the with $2 for shipping &handling to: Human Rights Council, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi said, "The first right of children is that of Love & Mercy Publications being born."

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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Cesar Chavez's commitment to justice for the most vulnerable members of society continues to influence Catholics today who are fighting for comprehensive immigration reform, said Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles during the annual Mass honoring the legendary labor leader. "We have this Mass every year near his birthday, because we want to keep alive the spirit of his spirituality and his deep commitment to the protection of all in a nonviolent way," said Cardinal Mahony at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels March 25. "We are, this moment, hoping and working so that we will get a just and fair comprehensive immigration law passed and signed before the August recess of this Congress," he added. The cardinal said "just immigration reforin" must offer a path to legal residency for the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants already in the country and not just for those who come in the future. More information on immigration reform is available on the Web at: www.justiceforimmigrants.com. Donations to assist California farmworkers hurt by the January citrus freeze may be made online at: www.chavezfoundation.org.

Episcopal bishops request meeting over same-sex union issues NAVASOTA, Texas (CNS)- The bishops of the U.S. Episcopal Church have requested a meeting with the head of the worldwide Anglican Communion to discuss ways of avoiding a rupture with other Anglican churches over the ordination of an openly gay bishop and the blessing of same-sex unions. The issues have divided the U.S. church, part of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and alienated the U.S. church leadership from the bishops of many other Anglican churches. The meeting request was sent to Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury, England, the titular head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Episcopal officials said that as of March 27 the archbishop had not responded to the request. A March 20 resolution by the Episcopal Church's House of Bishops expressed a desire to remain part of the Anglican Communion but said that the bishops cannot accept Anglican calls to end the same-sex blessings or to adopt a policy of not electing openly gay people as bishops. "There is an urgent need for us to meet face to face with the archbishop of Canterbury" and his top advisers, said a resolution approved at the House of Bishops' meeting in Navasota.

Military bishop rededicates historic Catholic site at Camp Pendleton SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Standing on the site of a way station established between two of California's original 21 missions- Mission San Diego de Alcala and Mission San Juan Capistrano - Auxiliary Bishop Joseph W. Estabrook of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services rededicated the historic Las Flores Asistencia in memory of men and wornen of faith "on whose shoulders we stand today." Las Flores Asistencia, once home to the southernmost Shoshone tribe, is located on the western edge of what is today Camp Pendleton, a Marine base north of San Diego. "We stand on holy ground," said Bishop Estabrook in his dedication prayer March 24, "to bless this place and our faith," standing in the presence of those who came first, following the Lord's commandment to "go forth and make disciples of all nations, baptizing in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit."

Bishop Estabrook, one of two auxiliary bishops for the military archdiocese, was visiting Camp Pendleton to confIrm 27 adults and teens on the base that evening.

Israel delays negotiating session on Church's legal, financial status VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Israel postponed a major negotiating session with Vatican officials on questions regarding the church's legal and fInancial status in the Holy Land. The Vatican expressed disappointment at yet another delay in the on-again, off-again talks, which began 15 years ago. The meeting of the joint commission on churchstate issues had been scheduled for March 29 at the Vatican and would have been the first plenary session of the commission since 2002.

On March 26, Israel told the Vatican the meeting would have to be delayed because it coincided with important developments in the Middle East. The Israeli officials cited the March 28-29 Arab League summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip through the region. Israel's ambassador to the Vatican, Oded Ben-Hur, told Catholic News Service that the postponement was for technical reasons only, and that a new meeting would be arranged as soon as possible. In a statement made public March 28, the Vatican said it understood the reasons for Israel's decision, but expressed its regret at the delay and said the meeting should be rescheduled quickly.

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I> to lessen pastoral tension between In 1988, Pope John Paul relaxed the Tridentine rite and the new the conditions for the indult, but Mass, rather than hand out a vic- groups still had to .accept the new tory to traditionalists.

Mass and were still expected to Under Pope John Paul II, Cardi- obtain the permission of their local nal Ratzinger conducted th~ unsuc- bishop.. cessful negotiations with Arch- . . The role of the bishop in apbishop Lefebvre in 1988, t>efore the proving and overseeing use of the archbishop broke off and or- Tridentine rite has been a crucial dained new bishops in deqance of issue in the recent ~ebate. Last fall, . when rumors were swirling that a . the pope.

I Cardinal Ratzinger insisted then bishop's permission would, no that the Lefebvrists acceptithe new longer be needed, the bishops of Mass and other major teachings of France issued a statement saying Vatican II. It's a position he has reo路 that the retul)l of the pre-Vatican peated in his ongoing contacts as II Mass should be regulated and pope with Lefebvrist lead'ers, not left to "personal tastes and sources said. choices."

It was Pope John Paul who in The French bishops also said tra1984 first made it possible for ditionalist groups that use the groups of the faithful to 'Worship Tridentine rite should be expected according to the Latin-l~nguage to give "an unequivocal gesture of 1962 Roman Missal, the last Vati- assent to the teachings of the can-approved missal pri6r to the Church's authentic magisterium," post-conciliar reforms. ' its teaching authority.

For these reasons, many will be Pope John Paul set c~nditions for this special permi~sion, or looking at Pope Benedict's docuindult. The main requirement was ment not only for a liturgical verthat those who used the dict, but also for a sign of his recTridentine rite must make pub- onciling skills.

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A FAMILIAR SCENE TO SOME - Carmelite Father Casimir Borcz, facing the altar, celebrates a Latin Tridentine Mass at the Carmelite Monastery in Munster, Ind., March 31. The monastery uses the pre-Second Vatican Council rite on a weekly basis with approval from Bishop Dale J. Melczek of Gary.

Pope Benedict XVI is expected to release a new policy broadening permission to use the Tridentine Mass. (CNS photo/Karen Callaway)

Tridentine Mass: Pope looks for bridge to tradition

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All of that led some to presume PASTORAL MINISTRY that, as pope, he would preside over a rollback of liturgical reform.

VATICAN CITY - Sometime Middletown, RI: A vibrant Catholic parish of 1,700 families But the picture is not so clearnear Newport seeksj:TWO full-time people to join the current soon, Pope Benedict XVI is excut. As Cardinal Ratzinger, he said pected to broaden permission . staff in serving the pc!.rish in a number of ministries. The roles he considered the new missal to use the Tridentine Mass, a will develop accordiri'g to individual strengths, gifts and experia "real improvement" in long-standing request of traence. ... Our needs Include experience with: Small ChrisThe pope will enunciate the new many respects, and that the ditionalists who favor the rite tian Communities; fahlily-based intergenerational catechetical used before the Second Vati- policy in a document to be released introduction of local lanprocess; RCIA; youth ministry; sacramental preparation; re. can Council. guages made sense. treat facilitation; inv垄lvement with parish liturgies and social after more than a year ofdebate and In one revealing speech to The move is aimed at end- discussion at the Vatican. The Rojustice outreach programs. ... Qualifications: Preferred: a ing a liturgic31 dispute which man Curia had mixed views on ex- Catholic traditionalists in Master's degree in ~astoral studies, religious education, spiri1998, he said bluntly that the has simmered for more than tuality, or a related fi~ld; relational and communication skills to panding the use of the Tridentine old "low Mass," with its whis20 years. In the pr,?cess; it work collaborativelY"with parish staff and an empowered laity; rite, and so did the world's cardinals pered prayers at the altar and could clarify how the pope skill and experience, in planning, coordinating and facilitating and bishops all of which has lent its silent congregation, "was intends to implement what he small group-dynamics; in-depth training and experience in nuronce described as a "liturgi- a certain drama to the outcome. not what liturgy should be, turing adult spiritual development; and availability for both night cal reconciliation" in the. which is why it was not painand weekend programs.... Send resume and 3 professional modem Church. ful for many people" when it disthe Mass in 1969. references by May I~ to: St. Lucy Catholic Faith Community, The almost total prohibition df. appeared.

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I discussion at the Vatican. The Ro- in the history of the liturgy, he said that the liturgy does not divide the man Curia had mixed views on ex- in the book~ panding the use of the Tridentine In effect, he said, "the old buildrite, and so did the world's cardi- ing was demolished" and a new one nals and bishops - all of which has put in its place. Thus the liturgy lent a certain drama to the outcome. ceased to be a living development From the outside, allowing路 the and was treated as something manuold Mass has been seen primarily factured by experts, which has as a concession to the followers of caused the Church "enormous the late Archbishop Marcel harm," he said.

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School in Acushnet, along with teachers, staff and parishioners recently hosted and attended an Agape Meal reenacting the first Easter in the marketplace in Jerusalem. After exchanging a non路 perishable food item for "coins" with the Money Changer, attendees visited kiosks to buy food items and as they ate, they met several residents of and visitors to Jerusalem. The event garnered several cases of food for the St. Anthony of Padua Food Kitchen.

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Try looking through crimson-colored glasses As I stared at the blankness of my computer screen while trying to write this month's article, the whiteness of my open document winked back. Didn't it know I had a deadline to meet? And there the computer sat, taunting me. Then, I realized this article would be published for the Triduum, and I entered into panic overload.

After all, these are the holiest days of our Catholic faith (yes, kiddos, holier than Christmas).

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I grabbed my iPod, plugged it into my docking station, clicked "shuffle" and prayed that something would come to me.

It only took two minutes and 58 seconds.

The first sounds my electric blue iPod proclaimed was a simple meditative song by Nichole Nordeman titled "Crimson." The song lacks a chorus (and I will refrain from writing the lyrics to the entire song, but you can find them online), rather it is just a simple melodic tune .accompanied by Nichole's angelic voice. And there it was ", ..One Choice. One Tree. One drop of crimson..." these verses replayed in my head. Then my fingers furiously clicked away at the keyboard.

During the Triduum, we celebrate and reverence Jesus' passion, death, and resurrection.

Because Jesus sustained the burden ofour past, present, and future sins with him as he carried the cross to Calvary, we can enter eternal life with him. But in recognizing his suffering, death,. and resurrection, we must also come to understand his life through the Gospels. We do this each week by attending Mass and actively listening to the Word proclaimed from the ambo. What we often miss is that the Word goes beyond what we hear from week to week. The Word must carry over into our own lives.

Oftentimes we feel that we can't possibly live like Jesus.

Following the footsteps of someone who is true man and true

God can be intimidating. Yet if we allow him, Jesus is there beside us, walking with us, talking with us, and guiding us. We simply need to plug-in and allow him to do so. Throughout the Gospels, we hear of Jesus' miracles and the parables he used to teach the Apostles. If we truly hear those parables, we too can follow in the footsteps of Jesus' love and mercy. He teaches us to love our neighbor, our enemy, ourselves, and God. He shows us that to live a life of grace we too must show mercy to the weak and the poor.

He taught us to love and forgive those who persecute us, for we are all brothers and sisters in the Lord. That's what it means to live like Jesus.

Everyday we encounter choices.

Each choice has a consequence, positive or negative. Too many times we don't think about those consequences and instead we react to the situation at hand.

But not Jesus.

When faced with the choice of proving that he is the Son of God to the devil, he chose faith. In the Garden of Gethsemane, he chose to accompany the Roman soldiers. When encountering Pontius Pilate and the crowds in Jerusalem, he chose to carry the burden of the cross and the sins of every map., woman, and child who-came before and will come after him. He chose love. As the soldiers hammered the three nails into his hands and feet and pierced his side with the spear, he forgave them. He chose hope.

Through it all, Jesus showed us his faith, hope, and love for a humankind that too often turned, and still turns, its back on God and each other.

So as we sit in our parishes this weekend, look at the crucifix.

Remember his passion. Remember his death. Remember his Resurrection. By shedding his blood for us, he calls us to be a faithful, hopeful, and loving community to each other.

Then try looking at the world around you through crimsoncolored glasses and ask yourself how you can live like Jesus.

Crystal is the Youth Ministry Coordinator at St. Lawrence Parish in New Bedford and an assistant in the DiOcesan Youth Ministry Office. Email questions or comments to cmedeiros@dfrcec.com

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Don't like reality It's way too clear to me But really life is dandy We are what we don't see Miss everything daydreaming Refrain: Flames to dust Lovers to friends Why do all good things come to an end? .Flames to dust Lovers to friends Why do all good things come to an end?

Traveling I always stop at exits Wondering ifI'll stay Young and restless Living this way I stress less I want to pull away when the dream dies The pain sets in and I don't cry I only feel gravity and I wonder why And the dogs were whistling a new tune Barking at the new moon Hoping it would come soon So that they could Dogs were whistling a new tune Barking at the moon Hoping it would come soon Soon so they could die When the dogs were barking at the new moon Whistling a new tune Hoping it would come soon . And the sun was wondering ifit should stay away for a day 'Til the feeling went away And the sky was falling, and the clouds were dropping And the rainfall forgot how to

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bring salvation The dogs were " barking at the moo~' Whistling a new tune hoping it would come soon '~ So that they could dif Sung by Nelly Furtado Copyright 2006 by Geffen Records Nelly Furtado says that , spending lots of time with her twoyear-old daughter has an i,*pact on her music. It brings playful energy into her music.

Off her recent disc "Loose" is her current hit "All Good Things."

Her music continues to show varied influences, including her Pqrtllguese roots and her tendenqy toward a Latin sound. However, she seems at her best when off~ring a ballad like "All'Good Things:' The song's character expresses sadness that all things chailge. She wonders "what will become of me" as she thinks about how little in life seems to remain the same.

She realizes that she doesrl't "like reality." She summarizes these feelings by saying, "Flames to dust, lovers to friends, why do all good things come to an end?"

Change is a part of all bur lives, and at tImes It spnngs upc;>n us virtually unannounced. Depending on what the change involves, we may face significant loss,::experience grief and only gradually discover how to re-enter life with . hope and pasSIOn. Life's inherent power to change should lead us to conclude that today is what counts!

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We see this approach in the life of Jesus. When someone was hurting, lonely or scared, he did not say, "Come back tomorrow."

Rather, he paused and listened. He tried to discern what the person needed at this moment. He did his best to respond.

Jesus was less concerned about how the "good things" in his life might change than with the "good" he could do right now.

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As Catholics, we are so blessed to have the celebration of Easter. It teaches'us that the power of love and life cannot be stopped. Even when we face painful changes, as Jesus did, or when "all good things" seem to be coming to an "end," God is with us.

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LENTEN REFLECTION - Members of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women met for a day of recollection late in Lent at the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation Convent in Dighton. It was led by Deacon Bob Normandin and his wife, Paulette, members of St. Louis de France Parish in Swansea. From left, Claudette Armstrong, DCCW retreat committee chairman; DCCW President Maureen Papineau, and Deacon Bob and Paulette Normandin.

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Missions Deacon Eugene H. Sasseville of Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish assisted at the New Bedford mission and enjoyed the talks

by Father Najim and hoped it had an impact on attendees. "He ·did a wonderful job and I hope all who came this week will have more enthusiasm about their faith as we near Easter."

Anita Poyant came each day and is a member of St. John Neumann Parish in East Freetown. "I was glad I could attend and it's been very interesting," she said. "Father Najim was a good speaker and easy to listen to."

Father Dailey spoke on the theme, "In the Desert with Jesus: A Call to Conversion." He told the faithful that Jesus converts sorrow to joy and if they follow him they will have everything to gain.

"God wants to give us the gift of new life,"he said. ''God sent his Son into the world to make you an instrument of his love. Someone is needed to -do the work of the peacemakers.

Someone is needed to make life more enriching. That someone is you."

Father Dailey spoke about tombstones and how each one has a birth date, a dash, and a date of death. He advised that life is, "all about the dash," and that is what is important to God. "How we live our life between those·two dates is important. That is the story of who we are. Be the person God wants you to be," said Father Dailey..

This. was his first time in Fall

River and Father I?ailey said the people of Fall River were wonderful over the course of his stay. "More than 350 people attended each evening and that is a great testimony to the people of this city. I hope they experience a growth in holiness and are able to experience God's love and mercy on a deeper level."

In his talk, Father Najim focused on Mary and how as Catholics we need to strive to be more like her.

He said, "In Mary we can be inspired'. She can teach us how to live a more spiritual life and be more holy. Ask her to pray for you and entrust yourself to her just as Christ did.

"How can we imitate Mary? She always said 'yes' to the Lord. We too must say 'yes' to God. Yes Lord I will pray, Yes Lord I will serve the poor. Yes lord I will go to confession. God wants us each of us to be , his instrument. Mary did riot know what the future held, but she knew God had a plan. She put her trust in him. We must surrender to his plans.'!

Margaret Johnson ofMarion saw a flyer about the mission and that's what attracted her. "I wanted to have a spiritual renewal and I got a lot out of being here. Father Najim was wonderful."

Before heading back to Providence, Father Najim spoke about the importance of mission. He said, ''The Lenten mission has a long tradition. It helps us prepare and focus on our call to holiness. I hope I helped people understand that weare all called to holiness."

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BARNSTABLE - Actress Lisa Wagner's onewoman play, "Haunted By God," based on the life of Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker movement; a controversial champion of social justice and nonviolence - and of late a candidate for sainthood - comes to Barnstable High School's Knight Auditorium on April 22 at 2 p.m.

The 90-minute play that spans Day's life, from age 20 to just before her death in 1980, is being hosted by Our Lady of Victory Parish in Centerville.· Wagner, a Lutheran, offers a dramatic portrait that follows Day from her life as a 17-year old Greenwich Village bohemian, through her middle years as an elderly, wise leader.

The well-crafted script, which she co-wrote with Paul Amandes and Bob McClory, engages the audience, with Wagner at times speaking directly to them, actually utilizing them as "extras" to share Day's triumphs and tragedies. She types, sings, shouts, cooks, begs and prays.

Combining ministry and theater, Wagner has brought Dorothy Day to life before nearly 200 audiences, carting her prop bags across America,

marriage with an anarchist opposed to marriage and religion, and in 1927 gave birth to a daughter, Tamar, who was baptized a Catholic. Dorothy Day was received into the Catholic Church that same year, and became a writer covering poverty and hunger strikes for Commonweal magazine and America magazine published by the Jesuits.

Day founded The Catholic Worker tabloid in New York in 1932 to publicize Catholic social teachings and promote steps to bring about the peaceful transformation of society. Her kitchen was her office and she sold the paper for a penny a copy.

What got Day into the most trouble was pacifism.

A nonviolent way of life, as she saw it, was at the heart of the Gospel. While nearly every Catholic paper rallied to the side of Franco as the defel)der of the Catholic faith in the 1936 Spanish Civil War, The Catholic Worker refused to support either side, losing two-thirds of its readers.

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maintain its pacifist stance, and quoted from the Sermon on the Mount.

For refusing to participate in annual civil defense drills in the 1950s,

Canada, Holland, GerDay ended up in jail three many, England, Scotland times. and Italy.

Assertive in the Civil Rights Movement in In the church in Assisi, where S1. Francis was 1957, Day went to Rome baptized, Wagner played to thank Pope John xxm to a full house of Pax for his encyclical "Pacem Christi members' who in Terris" ("Peace on gathered from all comers Earth"). of the world for its 50th In 1973, when she was anniversary.

75, Day went to jail again, The actress works with this time for taking part in her Still Point Theater a banned picket line in Collective, a ministry of support of farm workers.

S1. Stephen's Lutheran bay lived long enough Church . in Chicago, to see her achievements which is her.fiscal agent, PLAIN AS DAY - Lisa Wagner. as Dorothy Day honored. In 1967 she was will perform in Barnstable on April 22, hosted by moral support, as well as Our Lady of Victory Parish in Centerville. invited to Rome to take' her rehearsal space. part in the International She says it is not her aim to deliver a message Congress of the Laity and received Communion from Day to her audience, rather, she wants view- from the hands of Pope Paul VI. America magazine ers "to respond wholly and completely to a particu- devoted a special issue to her, citing Day for exemlar moment of Dorothy's life as if Dorothy was liv- plifying "the aspiration and action of the American ing that moment with that person. My ministry in- Catholic community" during the previous 40 years. volves my commitment to the people seeing the Notre Dame University presented her with its show at that moment."

Laetare Medal, thanking her for "comforting the afFor her, acting is like praying. "I always feel that flicted and afflicting the comfortable." my' performance is a prayer. When we pray we're Among those who came to visit Day when she stretching beyond our physical space, our physical was no longer able to travel was Mother Theresa of reality," she said.

Calcutta, who once pinned on Day's dress the cross Dorothy Day was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1897 worn only by fully professed members of the Misas an Episcopalian. Her early understanding of the sionary Sisters of Charity. shame people feel when out of work stemmed fro~ Long before her death on Nov. 29, 1980, Day the time her father was w.i~hout a job, and it colored found herself regarded by many as a saint. She reher entire life. sponded: "Don't call me a saint. I don't want to be She was a college dropout who became a re- dismissed so easily." porter for The Call, New York's only socialist daily, The Claretons have launched an effort to have writing about labor organizations and revolutionar- Dorothy Day canonized.

For more information and tickets call Our Lady ies. Later she wrote for The Massl!s magazine, which opposed American involvement in World War I, and ofVictory Church at 508· 775-5744, extension 109; went to prison for protests staged at the White John Lees at 508.771-1106; or Bob Casey at 508· Hoose. . .

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Becoming pregnan(during a love affair, she had Contributing to this article were Jim Forrest, a an abortion. By 1922, she became fascinated with former managing editor of The Catholic Worker, and the Catholic Church and set aside a.time for daily auUtor of "Love is the Measure; a Biography of Dorprayer... . . ." . . othy Day"; and Patricia Lefevere in the National .Ho\\;'ever she began ,a four-year p;>Il}IDon-law .

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Eucharistic Adoration ATTLEBORO - A Divine Mercy holy hour is held Wednesdays following the 6:30 p,m, celebration of Mass at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette, The Blessed Sacrament is exposed during the holy hour. For more information call 508-222-5410.

ATTLEBORO - Perpetual eucharistic adoration is held at St. Joseph's Church, 208 South Main Street. For more information call 508-226-1115.

FALL RIVER - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes place weekdays following the 7 a.m. Mass at Holy Name Church, 709 Hanover Street. It continues in the parish adoration chapel until 9 p.m. For more information call 508-679-6732.

NEW BEDFORD- Perpetual eucharistic adoration is held at Our Lady's Chapel, 600 Pleasant Street. For more information call 508-888-7751.

LectureslPresentations ATTLEBORO - ABible study on the Gospel of John is ongoing at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La SaIette. It meets in the Reconciliation Chapel each Saturday from II a.m. to noon through May 26. For more information call 508-222-5410. .CENTERVll..LE - A workshop entitled, "Becoming aChurch of Lifelong Leamers," will be held April 25 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Victory Parish, 230 South Main Street. It will be presented by John Roberto. For more information call 508-775-5744.

NORTH EASTON - Aday of recollection in Spanish on the topic "Marriage in Today's Society," will be held April 15 from 1-5 p.m. at the Father Peyton Center, 518 Washington Street.

It is sponsored by the Spanish-speaking Knights of Columbus and their wives. Presenters include Deacon Eduardo Mora and his wife Anita as well as Father John Phalen, CSC, president of Holy Cross Family Ministries.

For more information call 508-2384095.

MisceUaneous ATTLEBORO - The Padre Pio Prayer Group will meet April 9 at 7: 15 p.m. in the reconciliation chapel at the National Shrine ofOur Lady ofLa SaIette. For more information call 508-2225410.

BUZZARDS BAY - The Guild ofSt. Benedict Joseph Labre, a support group for families and friends of those with emotional troubles, depression and mental illness, will meet April 29 at 3 p.m. at St. Margaret's Church. Meetings include prayer and an opportunity to share with one another. For more information call Timothy Duff at 508759-1903.

FALL RIVER - Upcoming programs on the Portuguese Channel includes "Good Friday: Passion of the Lord," tonight at 9:30 p.m.

MANSFIELD - Divine Mercy Sunday will be celebrated April 15 from 34:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Church, 330 Pratt Street Mass will be celebrated at 5 p.m. The nine-day novena will begin on Good Friday following the Stations of the Cross and will continue at 3 p.m. each day exceptApril 7-8. For more information call 508-339-2981.

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Divine Mercy will begin today at 3 p.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Church. It will continue Holy Saturday at 8 a.m. and Monday through Saturday each evening at 7 p.m. until Divine Mercy Sunday at 3 p.m.

NEW BEDFORD - The Daughters ofIsabella will meet tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the parish center of Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish. For more information call 508-990-7595.

WEST HARWICH - The Novena of the Divine Mercy will begin today at Holy Trinity Parish. On Easter Monday, the Divine Mercy holy hour will be sung at 7 p.m. A Mercy Sunday celebration will be held at 2:45 p.m. April 15. No confessions will be available that day. For more information call Jane Jannell at 508-430-0014.

Pro-Life Activities FALL RIVER -A Pro-Life mini conference will be held April 28 beginning at 9 a.m. at Holy Trinity Parish, 951 Stafford Road. It will include prayer, refreshments and guest speaker Marian Desrosiers, director ofthe diocesan ProLife Apostolate. She will address the topic, "Proclaiming the Gospel of Life with Honesty and Love to the People of Our Tunes." For more information call Bea Martins at 508-678-3351.

HYANNIS - The Cape Cod Pro-Life Group welcomes volunteers to pray the rosary on Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m. in front of the abortion clinic located at 68 Camp Street. !Re~rea!S ATTLEBORO - A Triduum Retreat is being offered through April 8 at the La Salette Retreat Center, 947 Park Street. It begins at 3 p.m. each day and includes presentations, liturgies and opportunity for private reflection. For more information call 508-222-8530.

Social Events DARTMOUTH - St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association is planning a homecoming for all graduates of the school May 4-6 featuring receptions, dinner, brunch, hospital tours and more. Anyone knowing the whereabouts ofany graduate should send contact information to Cecilia M. Russell, president, Alumni Association, 124 Slocum Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747.

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BREWSTER - The Lazarus Ministry Group will offer the six-session program "Come Walk with Me;' beginning April 13 at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of the Cape Parish, 468 Stony Brook Road.

Each session will deal with a specific aspect of the grieving process and the program is open to anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one.

For more information call Happy Whitman at 508-385-3252.

NORTH DARTMOUTH - Project Rachel, a ministry of healing and reconciliation for post-abortion women and men is available in the diocese. If you are hurting from an abortion experience and want help call 508-997-3300.

All calls are confidential.

NORTH DARTMOUTH - The diocesan divorced-separated support group will meet April 11 from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Road. Refreshments will be available. For more information call Bob Menard at 508-673-2997.

FLORIDA - Father Richard W. Beaulieu, 60, former pastor of St. Francis Xavier Parish inAcushnet, and a resident of Bourne, died suddenly March 27, while on vacation here.

Father Beaulieu was principal of Coyle-Cassidy High School in, Taunton from 1982 to 1985, and was director ofeducation for the Fall River Diocese from 1984 to 200!.

Born in Acushnet, the son of Mrs. Florence (Goulet) Beaulieu of Acushnet and the late Octave J. Beaulieu, he graduated from St. Anthony High School in New Bedford and attended Providence College, St. Thomas Seminary and St. John Seminary and earned a master's degree in psychology from Boston College.

He was ordained a priest on May 22, 1971 by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin in St. Mary's Cathedral. He served as a parochial vicar at St. Jacques Parish

in Taunton, and was chaplain at CoyleCassidy High School at the time. He " was a parochial vicar at St. 4>uis de France Parish in Swanseaand later was 1

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pastor ofSt. Patrick's and Notre Dame parishes in Fall River and St. Francis Xavier in Acushnet He was a former chaplain at Bristol Community College and Taunton State Hospital, and was an advocate, notary and judge of the Diocesan Tribunal.

Besides his mother he leaves three sisters, Susan Y. Garman of New Bedford, Diane C. Sweet ofAcushnet, and Anne M. Giammalvo of Wareham; nine nieces and nephews; and seven great nieces and nephews.

He was the brother of the late Vivian Johns.

His funeral Mass was celebrated Tuesday in St. Francis Xavier Church in Acushnet. Burial was in Sacred Heart Cemetery, New Bedford.

The Rock Funeral Home in New Bedford was in charge of arrangements.

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Robert J. Gallant; father of Fatl}.er Jon Paul Gallant FALL RIVER - Robert 1. Gallant, 83, of Fall River, husband of Cornelia (O'Neil) Gallant and father of Father Jon Paul Gallant, pastor of Holy Redeemer Parish in Chatham, died March 28 in St. Anne's Hospital.

Born in Fall River, a son of the late Joseph and the lateAlice (Bellavance) Gallant, he was a lifetime resident of the city. He was a 1941 graduate of Msgr. Prevost High School and the former Thibodeau Business School, both in Fall River.

Before retiring in 1986, he was employed with New England Electric System for 41 years. He was a wwn veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps.

An avid golfer, Mr. Gallant was a member ofthe Montaup Country Club in Portsmouth, R.I., the Retired Old Men Eating Out Club, and a parishioner ofHoly Trinity Parish in Fall River.

Besides his wife and priest son, he

In Your Prayer~ Please pray for these priests during the coming weeks April 10 1944, Rev. John P. Doyle, Pastor, SI. William, Fall River April 11 Rev. John F. Downey, Pastor, Corpus Christi, Sandwich, 1914 April 12 Rev. John Tobin, Assistant, SI. Patrick, Fall River, 1909 Rev. Msgr. Alfred J. Gendreau, STD, Retired Pastor, Notre Dame, Fall River, 1996 Rev. Edward P. Doyle, a.p., SI. Raymond, Providence, R.I., 1997 Rev. Bertrand R. Chabot, Retired Pastor, SI. Anthony of Padua, New Bedford, 2002 April 14 Rev. Louis N. Dequoy, Pastor, Sacred Hearl, North Attleboro, 1935 Rev. Cosmas Chaloner, SS.CC., SI. Francis Xavier, Acushnet, 1977 April 15 Rev. Christopher G. Hughes, D.D., Retired Rector, SI. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, 1908 April 16 Rev. Arthur E. Langlois, on sick leave, Denver, Colo., 1928 Rev. Norman F. Lord, C.S.Sp., Hemet, Calif., 1995 Rev. John W. Pegnam, USN, Retired Chaplain, 1996

leaves four other sons, Christopher N. Gallant of Fall River, David'M. Gallant of Bristol, R.I., TImothy F. Gallant of Somerset, and Peter 1. Gallant ofProvidence, R.I.; a daughtrr, Elizabeth A. Gallant-Green of C<lfIlbridge; two brothers, Jean Gallant offal! River and Raymond Gallant of Westport; seven grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

He was also the father of the late Robert 1., and Peter 1. Gallant, and brother of the late Pauline O'Neil.

His funeral Mass wa.c; celebmted Monday at Holy Trinity Church.

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By DEACON JAMES N. DUNBAR we were called the Congregation from Holy Cross, NORTH EASTON - When more than 3,000 priests, meaning the geographical location in the small neighreligious Brothers and Sisters of the Congregation of borhood of Sacre Croix near Le Mans; not the holy Holy Cross on five continents celebrate the beatifica- Cross on which Christ died, as some might think," he tion of their founder, Father Basil A. Moreau, on Sep- added.

"But it was a very happy coincidence, because Fatember 15, it will be a deserved tribute the 19th-century ther Moreau also believed strongly in the mystery of priest received only in more recent times.

"Because the Congregation he envisioned and the Cross, which became a very essential part of his formed in 1837 had so spread across the globe and some lifie."

Later, the "from" was dropped and "we became the members without authorization spent much so much money to fund their activities, it caused a lot oftensions Congregation of Holy Cross," explained Father Kruse, and by the late 1860s several influential members at a former academic dean and professor of theology at general chapter had him ousted as superior general," Stonehill College during a 27-year tenure, told The Anreported Holy Cross Father Robert J. Kruse, counselor chor last week.

It was after his ordination in 1821 that Father Moreau to the president at Stonehill College in North Easton run by the Congregation, and an authority on the organized a group of auxiliary priests to assist local clergy to help rebuild the founder. devastated Church in a "Father Moreau might, troubled, post-Revolutionwell be called the patron ary period in France. He also saint ofthose in financial diftook direction ofa society of ficulties," he quipped.

Brothers, considered laity, "Our founder, who went and in 1837 united them with to live with his sisters in their the priests, and the Congrehome and died in 1873, kind gation of Holy Cross was of faded in a large degree formed. from the consciousness of Following his dream for the community until the an apostolic community that 1920s, when Father James would serve the world, he Donahue, the superior genlater also formed the eral, who was convinced that Marianites of Holy Cross, it was important for the comwho would later emerge into munity to be renewed in the three distinct congregations spirit of our founder, began ofreligious Sisters in France, rehabilitating Father Canada, and the United Moreau's reputation," he States. noted.

He also worked hard to "Father Donahue sucestablish numerous groups ceeded in buying back the old church of Our Lady of FOUNDING FATHER -Congregation of Holy oflay sodalities and support groups to work in Church Sorrows ofthe Cross near Le Cross founder, Father Basil A. Moreau ministry.

Mans, France, where our In the latter years of his life, prior to his death, Fafounder served - which had been sold and used as a warehouse. On his hands and knees he scrubbed the ther Moreau was committed to preaching and teaching whole sanctuary clean. He was keen on our Congrega- and giving retreats, "which was consistent with the reation returning to Father Moreau in a justification of his sons he founded the Congregation in the first place," role, and believed that he had suffered greatly. Interest- Father Kruse noted.

He also said that Father Moreau's desire to put priests ingly, Father Donahue saw it as a participation in the and laity on the same level in the Congregation's work way of the Cross."

It wasn't until the 1940s that the process for canoni- "showed his far sightedness. He wanted them to be equal zation was begun after a careful study of the founder's partners and have equal representation at chapters. While life of holiness, and he was declared a "Servant ofGod." the only office in the Congregation restricted to priests Father Moreau, who was born in 1799 into a poor is superior general."

Father Kruse added, "In the way Father Moreau fosfamily of 14, had a Sulpician spirituality - gained at the seminary of St. Sulpice in Paris, where he studied tered collaboration between clergy and laity made him and was an instructor - and which is based on the life a pioneer in his own time and a model for our own, in which the role of laity had been furthered in the life of of Christ, Father Kruse said.

"In his own life and work in founding a religious the Church."

Today, the Congregation of Holy Cross serves in 19 community he was influenced by the idea that priests, Brothers and Sisters constituted the family ofJesus," he countries on five continents. In the U.S., it serves from coast to coast and is affiliated with numerous parishes stated.

Pope John Paul IT declared Father Moreau as Vener- and secondary schools, as well as with eight colleges able in April 2003. After further study, and in light of a and universities. They include: the University of Notre miraculous cure, Pope Benedict XVI announced inApril Dame, St. Mary's College and Holy Cross College, all 2006 that he would declare the founder Blessed by the in Notre Dame, Ind.; St. Edward's University in Austin, Church on September 15, which is the feast day of the Texas; the University of Portland in Portland, Ore; Our Lady of Holy Cross College in New Orleans, La.; and Congregation's patroness, Our Lady of Sorrows.

While traditionally all beatifications occur in Rome, King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Penn.

Locally, the Congregation serves at Stonehill Colthe ceremonies for Father Moreau will take place on French soil, in the local parish church restored at Le lege, in North Easton, Holy Cross Retreat House and Holy Cross Family Ministries in Easton; as well as at Mans. ''It will be in the church at Sacre Croix, (Holy Cross) Holy Cross Parish in South Easton, and St. Mary's Parwhere he served," said Father Kruse, who in his doctri- ish in Taunton.

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The four-day Fall River mission concluded March 29 at St. Anthony of the Desert Parish with celebration ofthe Mass and a talk by Father Gary Dailey, director of vocations for the Diocese of Springfield.

Chorbishop Joseph F. Kaddo was principal celebrant and was pleased with the number who attended and the featured speaker.

"It was an excellent journey through the desert this week," said Chorbishop Kaddo. "We had wonderful attendance and a superb speaker in Father Dailey. His message will help Catholics understand God's message."

He was joined by Fathers Edward E. Correia, Dailey, Manuel P. Ferreira, George E. Harrison, Hugh J. McCullough, Bruce M. Neylon, Stephen B. Salvador and Barry W. Wall as concelebrants.

The Fall River mission was held at the parishes of Holy Name, Holy Trinity and Good Shepherd and many who attended the last night

visited each parish throughout the week.

For Lillian and Armand Raiche of Notre Dame Parish attending the mission is an annual tradition and Mrs. Raiche said, "I see it as a renewal. Being here gives me a good feeling and it strengthens my faith."

Her husband added, "It was very interesting. We do it every year."

Mary Niewola of St. Stanislaus Parish, Fall River, agreed. "I enjoyed it very much and I find strength and inspiration in it. It teaches you to love everyone and be kind to all people."

In New Bedford, the mission concluded on Thursday afternoon with a noon Mass at St. Mary's Church.

Father Michael 1. Najim, assistant director of the Vocations Office for the Diocese ofProvidence, was principal celebrant and homilist. He was joined throughout the week by Msgr.

John 1. Oliveira, Father John J. Oliveira and Father Michael Racine as Mass concelebrants.

Msgr. Oliveira was pleased at the large number who attended and received the sacrament of reconciliation.

"I think this mission was very successful. It is a benefit to our city and our community of faith and a fitting way to prepare for Holy Week. It's been a blessing."

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