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VOL. 45, NO. 16 • Friday, April 20, 2001

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FALL RIVER - It was March of 1942 and meat, butter, sugar and gasoline were available· only with ration stamps as World War II took its toll on life in America. Allied forces were just beginning to make some small headway in the war in Europe and for those at home in the Fall River diocese, employment was at an all time high to meet defense contracts demands. Air raid wardens wearing white helmets and Civilian Defense armbands assisted their American neighborhoods prac- . tice nightly blackouts against the possibility of raids by enemy planes. Artillery bunkers and gun batteries were being built into serene looking facades along the area's shorelines. Among those with 'gathering concerns was Fall River's Bishop James E. Cassidy. In a "confidential" letter to his priests on March 16 of that

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NEW CHRISTIAN - Zachary Comstock is baptized by pastor Father Marcel H. Bouchard in Corpus' Christi Church in East Sandwich at the Easter Vigil Mass. Later, clothed in a White, tunic, he received first Communion and the'sacrament of confirmation. (Photo by Bruce McDaniel)

Bishop stresses urgency ofpreaching FALL RIVER - The following is the at Puebla, visited him in San Salvador, arid . that I do not believe I have earned.... You text of Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM recei~ed the priests he sent me because can tell them, if they succeed in killing IDe, that I pardon them, and bless those who ' Cap.'s homily given at the April 10 Chrism their liVes were in danger. "-AJew: days ,before his death he said: "I may carry out the killing. But, I wish theyMass at St. Mary's Cathedral: This year, the English College in Rome 'have 'frequently been threatened with , could realize that they are wasting their was' closed due to an outbreak of death. I must say that as a Christian I do time. A Bishop will die, but the Church of ' Legionnaire) disease. About seven or not believe in death, but in the resurrec- , God will never di~." eight British priests who had visited the tion.... Martyrdom is a grace from God Tum to page 12 - Preaching college, died upon -returning to England. Fear and sorrow gripped the'venerable English college. The students were moved to 'the North American College and the Beda. _ This tragic state of affairs contrasts starkly', with the situation of the college during the . days 'of persecution. Each time an English priest was martyred (drawn and quartered), the students and the faculty of the English· College would assemble in their chapel to chant a Te Deum in Thanksgiving. They were praising God for the courageous witness and selfless ministry of their former classmates and companions who bravely faced torture and death for their love of Christ and His Church. During the Jubilee Year, the Holy Father stressed the role of the martyrs in the life of the Church. With their suffering they witness to ,the Church's faith in Jesus Christ, ~.' crucified and risen. The Faith is not spread by pundits, or even by teachers, but by BISHOP SEAN P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., blesses holy oils that will be used teachers who are at the same time witnesses. in baptisms, confirmations, ordinations and anointings at the Chrism Mass As a young priest it was for me an honor on April 10 in St. Mary's Cathedral. Seminarian Jeffrey, Cabral served as to know Mons. Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador. I spent a month with him book bearer. (AnchodGordon photo) !

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Sisters of Saint Anne founder to be beatified FALL RIVER - Venerable Marie Anne Blondin, who founded the Sisters of Saint Anne whose members serve in school, campus. and hospital ministry in the Fall River diocese, will be beatified in Rome on April 29. . Declared venerable by Pope John Paul II in May 1991, the foundress, known in her lifetime as Mother Marie Anne, founded the religious community in 1850. Born in Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada on April 18, 1809, Esther Blondin was the daughter of illiterate farmers and did not attend school in her childhood. She leamed to read and write at the age of 20 when the Sisters of Notre Dame opened a school in her village. Esther Blondin would subsequently teach and direct a girls' school in Vaudreuil, Quebec, and later responded to a call to found a religious community devoted to the education

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of poor boys and girls in rural areas. In 1850, along with four other young women, Blondin pronounced her vows and was given the name Mother Marie Anne. She served as rp.ajor superior of the Sisters of Saint Anne until ordered to step down in 1854 by Montreal Bishop Ignace Bourget. . Until her death on Jan. 2, 1890, Mother Marie Anne spent the better part of her life accepting to do menial tasks. However she saw her community grow from five to 428 sisters at the time of her death, ministering n'ot only in Quebec, but in British Columbia, Alaska, and the United States. . Today, Sisters ofSaintAm1e also serve in Chile, Cameroon and Haiti.

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STEWARDSHIP - Auxiliary Bishop Robert Morneau, second from left, of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wis., is greeted at Corpus Christi Parish, East Sandwich, by, left, Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap.; and right, Father John M. Murray, parochial vicar at Corpus Christi and Mrs. Elizabeth Flynn, a member of the Diocesan Stewardship Committee. Bishop Morneau was in the diocese to give a preached retreat to diocesan priests arid talks on stewardship. Bishop Morn~au was the writer of the U.S. bishops' pastoral letter "Stewardship: A Disciple's Response." (Star Photo)

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Holy Cross Parish, South Easton,.MA, is looking for a director of faith formation. This position will average 32 hrsIwk or 1600 hrsIyear on a varied schedule, beginning July 11, 2001.

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Holy Cross Parish is a suburban parish consisting of approximately 2,000 middle to upper-middle class families. We are a hospitable community that believes in the principles of Vatican II and collaborative ministry. The successful candidate will (preferably) possess a master's degree in Theology, and have previous experience. in religious education. The salary "is based on the· guidelines of the Diocese of Fall River, MA. Incentives will be based upon education, experience, and other qualifications set by the Religious Education Commission of Holy Cross Parish. A resume and salary requirements may be sent to: Religious Education Search Committee, Holy Cross Parish, 225 Purchase Street, South Easton, MA 02375. You may also direct any inquiries by phone to' Rev. John M. Santone, C.S.C. at 508238-2235 from 9:30 am. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Deadline for applications is April 27, 2001.

cine, the series is designed to tions in primary care. The program will be held in improve the effectiveness of medical office staffers who en- the Nannery Conference Room at· counter patients with mental the hospital. Breakfast is available at no illness or substance abuse in charge prior to each session, from their practice. The series will include an over- 7:30-8 a.m. For further information conview of mental illness and addictions treatment, and presentations "tact Marcy Fortune in the Cenon understanding patient behav- ter for Behavioral Medicine at iors and handling problem situa- 508-674-7000.

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Nineteen deacon candidates .to be installed as acolytes NEW BEDFORD - Nineteen sist the deacon and to minister to men preparing for ordination as the priest. His duty is to attend to permanent deacons in the Diocese the service of the altar and to asof Fall River will be instituted as sist the deacon and priest in lituracolytes by Bishop Sean P. gical celebrations, especially at O'Malley, OFM Cap., on April Mass. He is also to distribute holy 29 at a noon Mass in St. Communion when needed. Under Lawrence Martyr Church. certain circumstances he may also . They are: Gregory J. Beckel be entrusted with publicly exposof Christ the King Parish, ing the Blessed Sacrament for Mashpee; Philip E. Bedard of St. adoration by the faithful and afJacques Parish, Taunton; David R. terwards returning it to the taberBoucher, Arthur L. LaChance Jr., nacle, but not with blessing the and Dennis G. O'Connell of Cor- people. He may, to the extend needed, pus Christi Parish, East Sandwich; Ernest J. Gendron, St. Margaret take care of instructing other Parish, Buzzards Bay; Richard J. people who by appointment, asGundlach, St. Mark Parish, sist the priest or deacon in liturAttleboro Falls. gical celebrations by carrying the Peter M. Guresh, St. Elizabeth Missal, cross or candles. The deacon candidates are the Ann Seton Parish, North Falmouth; Fred G. La Piana, St. Augustine Parish, Vineyard Haven; Theodore E. Lukac, Our Lady of Victory Parish, Centerville; Douglas R. Medeiros, St. Joseph Parish, Fairhaven; Jose H. Medina, St. Anthony Parish, Taunton; Maurice A. Ouellette, St. Lawrence Martyr Parish, New Bedford. David B. Pepin, Our Lady of Fatima Parish, New Bedford; Albertino F. Pires, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parish, New Bedford; Joseph E. Regali, Sacred Heart Parish, North Attleboro; John E. Simonis, St. Patrick Parish, Fa-lmotith; • Raymond L.:'V<ttl4"a1lb6\t;~'SS'.~'. • Peter and Pau~arr's1'l';1'dR~~"lol ~~ , and Thomas M. Wrobel, St. Stanislaus Parish, Fall River. An acolyte is instituted to as-

sixth class for the diaconate of the diocese and have been in the formation program for three years. Msgr. John F. Moore is director of the program. Father Craig A. Pregana is associate director, and Deacon Lawrence A. St.

Onge, is the assistant director. Deacons for the April 29 Mass will be Deacons St. Onge and Michael Guy. Lectors will be Mrs. Maurice (Teresa) Ouellette and. Mrs. David (Joan) Pepin. Members of the Offertory procession will include: Colleen

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They are the silent people always living in fear of detection and deportation. From great estates to restaurant kitchens they do the dark work that few would consider as dignified and proper. Yet they toil endless hours to keep a hope alive for their children. The mood in the land is not very promising for these people. With penny-pinching times at hand, they are seen in the job marketplace as a real job threat. Unions today are not very helpful to illegals or green card holders. At one time they were a real protection for people with marginal jobs. Somehow along the line of their own evolution they have become somewhat sophisticated in their choice of members. In general, our legislators run hot and cold on the issue of immigration. Currently immigration laws are restrictive. This has created a mood of suspicion in many areas of RCIA CANDIDATES, CATECHUMENS AND SPONSORS POSE WITH MSGR. JOHN J. SMITH American life where large groups of immigrants reside.' (FOURTH FROM LEFT) AND FATHER PAUL BERNIE~ (FAR RIGHT) AT ST. PIUS X CHURCH, However, the law is quite clear concerning the education of SOUTH YARMOUTH ON EASTER SUNDAY. FROM LEFT: HELEN MCCAULIFF, YVONNE MALLOY, illegal immigrants. In 1982 the Supreme Court ruled that these RONALD BRIGGS, WILHELMINA TWOHIG, RUSSELL WILFONG, WENDY LEE, PETER children have a right to free public education through 12th grade. MCCLELLAND AND PAUL ROONEY. However, thqse guarantees ~nd on leav,iJ:lg p!gh s.chooLI;>espitc:l ..' . .. ". " " '. • . .. . ' .', this law it 'is thought tfiat moie'thar(2~S:O(X>'il1egiiI'1rfurilghul~;are~ ~~;;~ ;-·<-,>··<:~':~:"Tit:EREFORE G9·AND-MAKE.mS€IFLES'OF AiL,NAr.IONS~'~l'i:''':~~~'~''';; .• enrolled in Pliblit~ifiSti~tiohs of·higher-:le~itlg:~~ad;u~.:~ay.;'=t?Qly ... ~~~~··<"·:'··":'·iJ~YFIZING'~HEM IN;mE-NAME"OFtTHE F1\ToHER AND OF.'THE SON"::""" " 200 are enrolledm pnvate college and umversltles. Those w h o , , ' . ' . are in such an academic atmospher~ are not qualified to receive AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (MATTHEW 28:19). any federal monies. Most schools will indeed reach out to enroll wealthy foreigners, but the poor, illegal immigrant student really is not welcome into graduate and postgraduate programs. There can be little doubt that immigration rules and regulations can be constantly reviewed and revised. America has been land of immigrants from the. Puritans of Plymouth to the Vietnamese boat By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK a visit to his two parishes. I re- cese I met two pastors in their CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE people. Many children born in this country do not have a chance member driving for more than half , early 80s. One told me, "As long to dream education possibilities because they are illegal. There Hang onto your wallets, an- an hour from one parish to the as God gives me the strength, I has to be some avenue of recourse to help them to achieve educa- other collection appeal from the other along lonely roads lined will continue to be pastor of my tional opportunities. The process of citizenship should not be re- Committee on the Home Missions with pine trees. In the winter these two parishes." The other ~0':lfided, strictive in purpose or intent. Citizenship must be an inclusive is being made April 29. Before roads are hemmed in by walls of "After we are gone, no one will hope for all who come to this land. This is no challenge to tQe law moaning, "Not another collec- snow, with temperatures dropping replace us, but God will provide." since it can always be amended and .even reversed. The real chal- tion!" let's take a closer look at below zero, making it imperative He added, "Tl}an~ God for our . to carry survival gear in case your laity.. and. their. ·n~w. role in the lenge is to the old niinds that want to rid the nation of all these new this Catholic organization. :. Ch~rch."'· , It operates out of the National car breaks, down., foreigners, especially those who cannot speak English, have a ,When ~e aniv~d at,his secon.d One way God. p'rovjdes is to Conference of Catholic Bishops different color of skin, or worship an un-American god. In other in Washington and is managed by parisp,.it was.immediately obvi- inspire those of us blessed with words, the real problem is to separate bias and bigotry from the a committee of bishops primarily .ous that his..lay min.i~ters ·were. r~sources to practice solidarity by proposals of law and their enforcement. from home missions. Its goal is doing an excellent job i11 :the ab-. sharing them with those who live Sometimes the torch in. the hand of Liberty reflects a very dim to fund approximately 80 U.S. sen.ce. of a resident pastor. It was . where the Church is fragile in light on the huddled masses who are looking for nothing more home mjssion dioceses that are a big feast day, and all the, trim- various ways: in Appalachia,-the than hope. less fortunate than dioceses with mings were perfect. Children and deep South, the Southwest, the The Editor all the necessary resources for teens were everywhere, reflecting Rocky Mountain states, Alaska pastoral services. . a wholesome religious education and U.S. territories in the Pacific Among the services funded by program, as were elderly people, and Caribbean. : this collection are evangelization, reflecting they were cherished by Funding, prayers and moral religious education; the education the parish. support through:.the Committee of seminarians and lay ministers, I wanted to learn more about on theHom~ Missions and other ministry to ethnic groups, youth, these parish ministries, but we organizations such as The CathoOFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER campus and prison ministries, couldn't stay because the duties lic <;hurch Extension Society,or Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River .communications and ministry of thepas~9f'sother parish called: th.ejUack.and .Indian Mission 887 Highland Avenue , . . 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Q. Three o(the evangelistst in their narrative ' clysmic events you mention (earthquakes, broken of Christts passion and death, report that when rocks, tombs opening and bodies rising), all of Publicity Chairmen are asked executive director of the Center for he died, among other natural phenomena (dark- which'are traditional biblical signs of the final costo submit news items for this col- Adoption Research and Policy, will ened sky, earthquake, dead rising), the veil of mic event in human history, th~' coming of the Lord umn to The Anchort P.O. Box 7t give a talk about adoption on Sun- the temple was torn. There are also other soufces ' in his majesty. (See' the similar language in, for example, Isaiah 13:9 and Fall Rivert 02722. Name of city or day following the 11 :30 am. Mass 'for this happening. What is the C h u r c h ' s · . 34:4, Daniel 12 and Joel • town should be~luded, as well at Christ the King Church. It will teaching on the signiri2:10.) as full dates ofall activities. DEAl).:. seek to dismantle the mystique surAnother common inLINE IS,NooN ON FRIDAYS. rounding adoption. For more infor- cance of this tearing of temple veil? terpretation is that tearing ., Events ,publishecll must be of . mation call Mark Linse at 508-539-. the (Florida) the curtain signifies that interest and open to our general 0120. The Catholic the de~th of the Lord A. readership. We do not normally. Church has no official By Father marks an uninterrupted carry notices of fund-raising MASHPEE ~'ACeliac Supteachings about these John J. Dietzen, access to God, in fact an . activities t which maybe adver- port Group, sponsored'by the Christ verses. It isWo'rth noting' even, greater and more tised at our regular rates t ob- the King Parish Nurse Prograni, will that the Church.has offi~ . immediate access to the tamable from our business of- present a program entitled ''Whafs : ciill interpretatio~s for.relatively fe:W Bible passag~s: heavenly tpro~e than was possilJle before. New in Gluten-Free Foods:; April fice at 508-675-7151. Interpretilt.ions of..Scripture 'emerge 'J1lainly" ~ ;This W9uld;underlie the declaration in the Letter . - , 29 at 2 p.m. . throug~ bib1icalsc~olarship, whic~ in tumi~ based' to-'ihe'Hehrews·tit~t'theBlood of Jesus has operied ATILEBORO-Musician Ray on studies of the histOry, languages, co.mpanso~ of-:' for us "a new and livi~g path" into the divine presTierney will perform at La Salette ' NEW BEDFORD....:... Devotion texts, customs and so on ofthe people mvolved,'all' 'ence·(10: 1"9"20).'" " " , ' , ' ,'" Shrine's monthly Coffee Hquse on to Our Lady of Perpetual Help is Saturday at 6:30 p.m. For more in- . celebmted every Tuesday. and devo- ~iewed in the context of Christian faithahd revela-', ' Anbtherstiggesti'oh·W·bas~d o'n'the fact, that, .. ,~ amcingother purposes,'the 'teiJ?ple'ciJrtains 'marked formation call 508-222-5410. tion to Divine Mercy everyThurs- tlOn. not gentiles, The 60-foot high curtam, between what was called the limits beyond which only The Feast of Divine Mercy will day following the noon Mass at Our the holy place and the holy o~ holies, wa~ one of might pass. 'It has been proposed; th~refore, that be celebmted at the Shrine Sunday Lady ofPerpetual Help Church. For beginning with Exposition of the more information call 508-992- the sacred,treasures of tbe JeWIsh temple. Josephus .the rending of the temple curtain symbolized in some the historian tells us it was woven with "lavish rich- way God's judgment on those Jews who rejected ' Blessed Sacmment at 8 a.m. Con- 9378. n ess.". Christ or that there is no longer in God's eyes a fessions will be heard 11 am. to 3 SOMERSET .-:. The Nurse' All three synoptic Gos~els (Mt ~7:51.; Mk 15:38; distinction between Jew and gentile. p.m. andMass will be celebrated at W?atever the specific !nt~rpretatio~, the un12: 10 p.m. Divine Mercy devotions Ministry Group ofSt. Patrick's Par- Lk 23:45) report the t~anng ~f thiS vell as. one of theme in all of them is that, in the death ish will sponsor a daylong program the wondrous events Immediately followmg the derlymg and Benediction take place at 3 p.m. and resurrection of J~sus Christ, a new age, a on health care,ethics Saturday from death of our Lord. Perhaps the most common and most obvious ex- new time of salvation' has dawned for the human EAST FREETOWN - An 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will feature , ' Emmaus Retreat for young adults Catherine Seeley as guest speaker planation of this event is that it symbolized the break race. and attendees can eam contact hours. with the pas.t accom~lished by the death of Jesus. . A free brochure. in English or Spanish outlinbetween the ages of 20 and 35 will For registmtion call Claire Stevens The rendmg of thiS sacred feature of the Jerusa-· ing marriage regulations in the Catholic Church be held June 22-24 at Cathedral lem temple marked the dividing line between the and explaining the promises in an interfaith marCamp. This co-educational week- at' 508-678-38~1. , , .fo.n~er covena~t:'i..God establish~d with the human',; riage",is available by sending a stamped, selfend provides an opportunity for . SWANSEA _ DaylongA~~;i~l~ough;'~~~oah, Ab~ahamral1d\Mpses;'j;:;addre!jsedrenvelope)to 'Fatheb"'ohnd!>ietzen~~ox young adults to experience God's love and share in a Christian coin- tion of the Blessed Sacmmeat fol~c{ t~e,new andetern~--covenantnow~~pID;1fed~?~'3'2~"~ Ib 6161$119 mil I JsrfJ 7.1 JuJO! ~ff1 10. munity. For more information call lows the ,8 a.m. Mass i~t St~~,"...ttf~~i~tl\~~:~~he Son pf Gnct:';)1f11 liClrl1'-lQ 51Questio~/maydJe:sent trolFJatbe'l"~Jj)i6tzenAat ' Dominic's Church every First Fri-' ThiS mterpr~tat1On also fits WIth the' other cata·li I the,same addiess, or. 'e"mail:'iidietzen@aol.coin• . Paul Hodge at 508-399-7418. . day of the month. At 6:30 p.m. a EAST SANDWICH - The Holy Hour and Benediction will take 'F' .' , feast of Divine Mercy will be celebmted Sunday at 2:45 p,m., at Corpus Christi Parish. Mass. During the past year and a half I've been on the profound' loss. It is such a primal connection, that TAUNTON -A workshop prephone nearly every day with my older sister Rose- of parent and child. No matter what your age, no FALL RIVER - A Holy Hour sented by the Polish Genealogical' mary to discuss the daily condition of our 92-year- matter what the circumstances of your rearing, no and Benediction will be held on Sunday, 2 p.m. at Holy Name .Society of Massachusetts, will be old mother, now needing 24-hour-a-day care and matter how loving or how lethal your relationship, ifs impossible to completely ignore the people who Church, Fall River. The Chaplet of held April 29 at 1:15 p.m. at the ina nursing home. parish centerofHoly Rosary Church. ' We went through a couple of scary times, like' gave you life." , Divine Mercy will follow. For more an opportuwhen she fell and broke her hip and shattered her Bartocci.found that fe\y people would discuss their It will offer attendees information call 508-679-3127. nity to learn, how to look up family femur bone, and when she had a slight seizure, feelings about losing 'their parents: She had a hard FALL iuvER - The 'Univer- data. For more information call , .caused, said the medical people, by a growth in her' time finding .friends and acquaintances who could brain. , help her wi.th'her grieving after she became what sity of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Maryan Nowak at508-824-7740. I always expected the day would c~mewhen my sh~ calls,.~'a~'l!-qult o,rPh:ai'i.':Sh~ iMp; 'thad to feel will present a concert April 29 at 4 seven brothers and sisters ," ..,. , " .", "~', rti'y', \-\>~Y~' as.' ~f '~ai~ing p.m. at St. Anne's Church. If will WEST HARWICH - The, and I would have to face '.d1rQugh ~!ln ,im'familiar feature selections from the "Faure Celebration of Life Committee of the fact that mom won't 'forest." Requiem." , Holy Trinity Parish will,held its I. ' Little little' she dis- . five forever. After all, we monthly Holy Hour April 29 at buried our , I;n' . e"·'·. ' 'I:'. covered others who had already had MASHPEE - Aaron Lazare, 1:30 p.m.. father, back in -1985, gone through the loss of when he died. of congesparents, and she eventutiveheart failure at age By Antoinette Bo'sco ally put all these stories 83. We could look back together in a book she at the decades they lived, titled, "Nobody's Child and thank God for giv, A n y m o r e , Grieving, Caring them so many years, really good ones, in fact, ing and Comforting When Parents Die" (Sorin with excellent health and strong children. Books). I picked it up because I was curious about What came as a surprise to me and my sister was what many have experienced in facing that final ,the way mom's physical breakdown put I,IS on a parental loss. " .strange path; one full of past memories and future One woman felt sadness that there was now no " ,concerns. Seeing mom, sitting in. a chair, not re- one left who remembered her childhood. Somefound . membering if she went to Mass that day or who I that they were angry as well as sad, usually because was when I called, throws Die into a vision of my there were some yet unresolved issues that would oWIl future. I have learned that my way of life, as I remain forever in that uncomfortable place. now live it; will change - and that is a frightening At this moment my mother has rebounded and thought because not,one of us knows just what that is doing well. We feel this is a gift- of special NAVY LT. Patrick 'Honeck, a crewman from the U.S. plane change will be. ' . time from Go~ to help us prepare for the journey 'd' II' I was having a conversation recently with Bar- she, Jike all of us, will one day have to take. J . th at had a ml air co Ision with a Chinese military jet, is greeted bara· Bartocci. She has been widowed twice and will remember, as Barbara Bartocci put it, that by his family on his return to the Naval Air Station at Whidbey. 'now both her parenishave died. Her words,w~re so our parents" so much a part of us, never really ~ Island in 'Oak Harbor, Wash. (CNS photo from Reuters) on target·. "Losing , . a 1eave us. , . a paren t - at any age '-IS ,',' '

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Caribbean. Spainis the mothercountry. They were the colonizers." The archbishop, who was seated at the head table next to the Spanish ambassadorand his wife, said he was impressed by the graciousness and simple elegance of Spain's royal couple. Even though he had been told by protocol experts that he should bow slightly before the king, it was King Juan Carlos who ''took my hand and he bowed and kissed my ring." "She was very chaiming with me," Archbishop Favalora added about the queen. ''They were just gracious people." Father Menendez spent 20 years in Spain and was ordained there after leaving Cuba as a 13-year-old. He came to the Miami Archdiocese in 1979 and is chaplain of a local Spanish club, Centro Asturiano. The Mass, which was specifically requested by Queen Sofia, was characterized by "atremendous simplicity" and devotion on the part of the royal couple, said Sister Alvarez, a Claretian Missionary. The king ''responded throughout the Mass. His powerful voice could be heard at all times." Queen Sofia also asked Father Menendez where he worked in south Florida. When he replied that he was pastor of a poor parish in Miami's inner city, she told him, ''Next time Icome to Miami, I want to visit your parish."

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supplies, equippingch"apel's and providing altar ages, nurseries and camps. necessities. . , Such, 'Yorks, Bishop Cassidy wrote, year, he said he was giving serious attention to Called the Catholic Charities of the Diocese having a Diocesan CharitY drive "to provide ex- served more than 26,500 inof Fall River, the first wartime appeal was set dividuals during tra funds for needs present and possibl~." , 'He wrote: ''The terrible war in which we are "the )~j \ ~~~~~:i~'e~~' and the local media were involved is likely to last, in my' estimation, for ~'J=i \ \ ' ':,' . \ Bishop Cassidy, in his official statement to many years and how much and how _____ 1...-,,7 -: ', "CJ~J the newsmedia wrote: "Everything that the critically and how suddenly we ~- , ,'" \ ',. S\ Catholic Church possesses in this diocese, may need reserve resources \ u , , "::::"' 1 ' , \ c""' " without any reservation or distinction, is only God knows. But He helps '\-.! \ "~ ~ C-"~~ freelY, offered' to our country for the contlio~e who help themselves, aI?d in \ ~(~. ~cP'" :, '{~'vl~,·:-i:.\ quering of 'our enemies and the establishordinary prudence I am convmced \ ,'-'-.f\;. .J ~ ~\~'~~'"" ment or"peace.'" .' - , that we should take extraordinary ~~, :"2i~ .. .·N6t':Q.hfy mo'ney, but prayers were measures to provide for needed im- ,~ \ , ( ; " ", :~""'"' \ . asked. ... ;.( '~"'~ .. :1~".1 .- ~ ~ provements and possible future even- \ '::.' \ ''':-;''>J£0'~i-;<(~~1(: Along; Wiili:Nppeaf' pledges came a tualities." " ,,1 . In an interesting footnote he asked ,\ ' 13~;;{;tfi::/AP:-~ \, ._ holy card with tipicttiie tifthe Madonna for.donations of rosaries and religious \ . ~,1!~J~ '~~Wf yp1t /' '"-~' and Child and a prayer dedicated to ,p.P ~ iMf.~f;e.:-;~.fL ~ \ Mary,'Queen of Peace. medals for men going into the service. ~ 'I t/.J,;P"" ~.t:;v ~~' Ii/...,r::'~,'l..~1 tJ,i./.JPV'.~r \ 'S .''''' By early summer 1942, more than Apparently the response from pastors was supportive because on April 9 Bishop ¥~,'):;,"7.Ik.~P/~j;~i~~r,r;l ~\ $150,000 had been collected. The ~~~(~~J;~~ Cassidy penned them another letter, this" .;.. ~ 1.tV1».f..,¢ I ~.. ;r.h (I..-r-. ,first Charities Appeal has been a time setting an April 17 date for a meeting \\ \1 " \ ~~:. ~~~ ~<P' ~,whopping success, prompting to discuss the appeal, ~d he said finnly: "I ''I ~, ~ ~1o~~ •1Gd;tt.{ / \ Bishop Cassidy to remark: "How ~ M~ I, #'>' . I,•.;. " J . \ "gratifying it is to know that good shall exPect you to be in attendance." ~~~ . '" (j,A.b~ ,.;Ij. ~ ~t/i_ ,1. .--What the pastors and clergy found was that ,'6 ~~~"",i/Pt1::li ~~, 'willandconcemandcharityanc a' formidable plan had already been mapped #f' (,j;. jJk,lft J ~ ,.--------\ .. ,~illingness to help the indi· ~;~ ,~ \ \~' vidH~~ still lives in so- ma~} " .---. - <:;;-'(,;1\ -~\ hJ~~.'»J1j m ~JI,nw '(~H;,\:)J.\"- \. an extra()rdin'ary:'ffinCf as Well a§"f6r.caltes~rtre rrofld " -~~\.; :' ', \\~"C~\\~t\S\1\ ~, \ -q"fibi"ti\tl~@''Jfii~~~lt'J1ie "to ease the shock of 'inevitable collapses 'and --;:~~~:::.---\ ~\\~\\~ ~\"~'II\\'t~ Anchdf'f~vealt~d"photos"of readjustments, possibly tragic, emergencies, in t~'~~~ ~~~~ the severaI bishops and dozthe future." , I \ J~~t. ,9, ens of lay chairmen and committee ,Bishop Cassidy set a sum of $100,000 as a '' members and workers, who, over the 60 years . ,\ goal and pledged it would support the establish'\1\\, ~',\ of ~e Appeal, have.made a mar:velou~ s~tement ment of several war relief services along with ~"'-' , of orne and comnutment. TheIr dedicaoon has , carried over to a most generous giving public, - "'" ,-",,,,,.. the maintenance of diocesan charitable institutions, like the Catholic Charities Bureaus, the pea~eful days of 1941." which has never let the diocese down. Among the fundings, ,money would be earIn 1956, 'the Appeal brought in $336,317. By , precursor' to Catholic Social Services, already then operating in the three largest cities of the marked to assist diocesan priests serving as chap- 1962 the drive was bringing in $629,497. The diocese, as w.ell as homes for the aged, orphan- lains for the Armed Forces, purchasing religious ''l''

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continue through June 13. 1964 campaign grossed $680,111. By 1970 the Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, direcfinal total had reached $842,091, and 1981 contor of the Catholic Charities tinued to break the record with a total of $1.27 Appeal, said that million. . in the On its 50th anniversary in 1991, the Catholic Charities Appeal continued its upward spiral, with $2.29 million raised. And in 2000, breaking even more records, the Appeal realized $3,395,495. As the 60th anniversary of the Catholic . Charities Appeal is ~boutto begin, Bishop Sean ~ O'Malley, OFM Cap., reflects, on the adage ''1Jte more things ~hang~, the more they remain the same." ".' Although,the worl<,i is not at war: we are now· confronted 'with different kinds of issues and ills, in some ways more complex than before, that ctiallenge individuals, families and the well-being of society. ~. f . _. ~ . And again'althle faithful °h the~. dlOcese are c ed upon to elp . '. ,Jifji' If'~1 "",.(.",I~r!Illt;:~,"""t,:"",: in the battle. ". • ~ ,'it'{ I ! "'"-u I~';:!: ·'I'/t.11 ''The need is just as great to'" }.~:;";'l.',' day - and perhaps greater :. than it was when the first Ap- •..... ,'I;!~ peal was conducted,".B~s~op .j; . '. . ~'::'''d.i~' >j,t" l 0' Malle~ wrote ~n ~~J?W~9Il~ri4,:~;;r"""~~:~ ':.JI I>,

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touched by the agencies and programs supported by the Appeal. Among them, just to name a few, food kitchens and ·meal vouchers, transitional and longterm housing, campus ministry at area colleges, AIDS ministry, chaplaincy and pastoral care at all hospitals in the diocese, summer camp, adoption services and pregnancy support. Also, marriage preparation, emergency shelter, prison chaplains, "Rainbows" programs for children dealing with death and loss, and outreach to immigrant communities. All ofthese programs are open to anyone. The only criterion is need. Michael 1. Donly, diocesan director of Development, says he is encouraged by the enthusiasm he senses is building in parishes for a successful Appeal. "This year I have been asked to come into several parishes to meet with the pastor and the parish Appeal leadership team to evaluate their Appeal process and consider ways to increase responses and returns," Donly said. ''Their inviting me in to do this is a first," he . noted. rvn

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some parishes are asking contributors who are able, to consider increasing their donation to $60. "With the pledge option, it's a little easier," he said.. "Sixty dollars can be paid over 10 months in six dollar installments." early Monsignor Harrington is likewise optimistic years the Appeal as the 2001 Appeal begins. "'J made possible "bricks and ''The generosity of the people of the diocese mortar for buildings." Today, he said, funds "outreach to direct services to families and has always been commensurate with the needs and we certainly believe that will continue in individuals." Last year, more than 200,000 people were this Appeal."

CAPE CODDERS - preparing for the 1969 Catholic Charities Appeal, are, from left, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Savary of South Yarmouth; Monsignor - then Father - John J. Regan of Falmouth, the Cape and Islands Appeal director; Attorney James H. Smith of Falmouth, the Appeal chairman; and Richard Ferry of Vineyard Haven. (Anchor file photo)

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about a single, thirty-something British woman (Renee Zellweger) who obsesses about her weight and her bad h~bits in her diary as she searches for the perfect man. Witty dialogue and an appealing cast in director Sharon Maguire's film help to overcome one-dimensional characterizations and a predictably structured plot, yet its atmosphere f:~i of promiscuity is troublesome. A fleeting sexual encounter and some implied encounters, recurring NEW YORK (CNS) - Fol- rough language and some profanlowing are recent capsule reviews ity; The U.S. Catholic Conference issued by the U.S. Catholic Con- classification is A-IV - adults, ference Office for Film and with reservations. The Motion PicBroadcasting. ture Association of America rat"Beautiful Creatures" ing is R - restricted. . (Universal Focus) "Joe Dirt" (Columbia) Nihilistic thriller in which two Dopey comedy in which ajaniwomen (Rachel Weisz and Susan tor (David Spade) tells a·local raLynch) saddled with abusive boy- dio shock-jock (Dennis Miller) friends accidentally kill one of about his lifelong plight to find them, then decide to pretend he the parents who abandoned him was kidnapped and abscond with on a family trip to the Grand Canthe ransom money. Derivative and yon when he was a boy. Director ugly, director Bill Eagles' Dennie Gordon squeezes out a few. wronged femme fatale film is un- . laughs mocking rednecks while necessarily brutal, with a sick feebly drawing a character whose sense of humor and unsympathetic sunny outlook helps ·him OVercharacters. Recurring bloody vio- come life's troubles. A few imlence, several sexual situations plied sexual encounters and sexual with nudity, some drug abuse and references, crude hllmor, some much rough language. The U.S. crass language and fleeting proCatholic Conference classification fanity. The U.S. Catholic Conferis·O -·morally offensiv~. The ence classification is A-III Motion Picture Association of adults. The Motion Picture AssoAmerica rating is R - restricted. ciation of America ,rating is PG. "Bridget Jones's Diary" 13 - parents are strongly cau(Miramax) tioned. Some material may be inFitfully entertaining comedy appropriate for children under 13.

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ROSARIO DAWSON, Rachael Leigh Cook and Tara Reid star in the movie "Josie and the Pussycats." The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is_A-11 - adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 - parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo from Universal Studios)

'Josie and the Pussycats' is a fun-filled flick By ANNE NAVARRO CATHOLIC NEWS SEIMcE NEW YORK - Girl band becomes overnightpop sensation in the cleverly amusing screen version of the 1970s comic strip "Josie and the Pussycats" (Universal). Inspired by the popular Archie Comic series and the shqrt-lived (but much rerun) TV cartoon shows, writer-directors ~rah Kaplan and Harry Elfont have kept the musical kitties' fun7IQ'di:t8'f@..sp~rit..wNle Iaki.~g:a feW'deItCi6tiSly'nastYtsWipes at contemporary pop culture. The film opens with a biting parody of ~e popular boy band 'N Sync ~d their legions of dedicated, emotional fans. The band DuJour steps out of their stretch limousine .to greet the screaniing girls and belt out their No.1 hit - including choreographed dance moves - before hopping onto their private jet. But when the boys air their suspicions about strange subliminal messages in their songs to their wily manager Wyatt Frame (Alan Cumming), their careers come to an abrupt end. Meanwhile, the melodious felines - plucky lead singer and guitarist Josie McCoy (RachaelLeigh Cook), dippy daydreamer and drummer Melody Valentine (Tara' Reid) and grounded· bassist Valerie Brown (Rosario Dawson) - know their garage band has what it takes to hit

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to see the reaction of such an audience as theywatch themselves parodied on the screen. - The film purrs along until Josie discovers that Fiona (Parker Posey), the tyrannical record company mogul of Mega Records, is using their_ music to brainwashAmerica's youth. The film runs into some snags here, losing momentum and interest that even the steady stream of irresistibly upbeat pop tunes can't help. - Cumming' 'blends the right amount of c;heetqness and nerdiness to' make-Wyatt appelHing, whHe Posey is too far over the top. Cook, Reid and Dawson keep the girlpower high jinks light while pouncing around in their tight and tiny threads. (Reid in particular looks like a rookie plumber with her very low, hip-hugging pants.) "Josie and the Pussycats" is a"fun adventure thai wraps its serni-serious observation on the plight of trend-seeking teens in the pOp culture of today in satirical barbs and a. glossy coating. . Due to fleeting violence, some crass language and many skimpy ·outfits, the U.S. Catholic Conference classificlitionis A-II - adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 - parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

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By ROBERT DvLAK CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

SOUTH ORANGE, .N.J. The role of the priest is to "direct and encourage others" and "raise up others" towarq God in a mission of service, Cardinal Avery Dulles told seminarians, faculty and guests at Immaculate Conception Seminary in the Newark Archdiocese. "True success is ho-, liness. Nothing else matters," the Jesuit theologian, elevated in February to the College of Cardinals, said. Cardinal Dulles said there are three functions of the priesthood: the priestly, the royal and the prophetic. The priestly function emphasizes the priest is "the visible representative of Christ ... just as Christ is the visible representative of God," he said. He pointed out that in celebrating the Eucharist the priest says, "This is my body" and "This is my blood," and that in the sacrament of reconciliation the prie'st says, "I absolve you." These, according to ~ardinal; Dulles, are signs that the priesthood is "a channel of grace from Christ himself. Christ sl?eaks jn"

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.counts for everything.~ -' .:~ " thoughts," the cardinal said. This priestly function includes He acknowledged that preachresponding to human needs as ing could be a difficult ministry, well as spiritual, "and offering adding that priests "must break the our work and suffering, that it too Word open and make it fresh may be redemptive," Cardinal and make it tasty and digestible." Dulles said. . The kingly function of the He noted that priests also must priesthood is "a pastoral kingship" be ministers of prayer, and cited in collaboration with the local the importance of prayer in their bishop, the cardinal said. own lives, particularly the LitAuthority in the priesthood "is given for service," he stressed, and priests are The priest's prophetic called ~o "speak 'the function involves support truth to their community for Christandhls Church, with faith and 'with . Cardinal Dulles said.' love." . Building up the com'The priestpreaches the munity "is an important Word of God, not his aspect of evangelizaown .' word," he added. tion," he said, adding And he preache$ with that sometimes parishes . authority by virtue of his lJppear to be "spiritual ordination. . service stations rather' than communities." Cardinal Dulles told urgy of the Hours - the the seminarians and faculty that Church's o.fficial liturgical "none of us measures up to the prayers sanctifying the parts of demands of the priesthood, but we each day - wl1ich unites priests are called to do the best that we around the world in prayer. can." There may be others "who The priest's prophetic function could do the work better but we involves support for Christ and are the ones who answered the his Church, Cardinal Dulles said. call," he observed. "We are the "The priest preaches the Word of ones who responded." God, not his own word," he Cardinal Dulles added that a. added. And he preaches with au- priest who strives to do Christ's thori~y' by virtue of his ordinawill and who w.orks diligently

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sign the bill. Hundreds of people from all over the state jammed the Capi-' tol rotunda to hear the nun speak. Afterward, they lobbied their lawBy JAy·NIES. : ,'. ' makers, then gathered for a. treeCATHOUC NEWS SERv'ICE ' planting ceremony outside the . ,J' CapitoL" ,", ,', '.... ',' , "So many young people here' JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - , Death-penalty abolitionist Sis'ter means they have already awakHelen Prejean said Missouri and ened on this issue," she told the the rest of the nation are "waking crowd.. "So many people here up to the travesty, of the death from faith who take a Pro~Life penalty." position, that you're for life. How Some of the loudest wake-up can we say we're for life if we calls come from murder victims' say we're only for innocent life families in search of reconcilia- ... but for guilty life, no, they've tion, said the Sister of St. Joseph got to die? Being Pro-Life means of Medaille. being Pro~Life across the board." Sister Prejean, author of the The tide of public opinion is best-selling book "Dead Man' turning away from capital punWalking," spoke recently at a rally ishment, she said. at the end of a weeklong, stateNinety-five people-haye been wide campaign called "Missouri set free after spending time on Journey of Hope 2001: From Vio- death row since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty lence to Healing." Sister Prejean had breakfast in 1976, she said. with lawmakers and met briefly In a recent national poll, 80 with Gov. Bob Holden at the Capi- percent of the respondents said tol. While she was there, the state they believe innocent people have Senate passed a bill to prohibit the been executed in this country. execution of people with mental· Seventy-two percent would supretardation. Holden is expected to port nationwide delay in.execu-

tions until all factors can be studied, slJe said. She said people no longer believe the death penalty deters crime, not even police chiefs, who, she noted, put it last in a survey on effective ways to lower crime rates. 'The death penalty is impossible to administer fairly or justly because of poverty and race issues, 'she said. Eight out of to people on death row are there because they killed white people, she said. Sister Prejean said the death penalty is a diversion that keeps society from addressing the root .causes of crime and violence, she· said, adding that states spend too much money on prisons and not enough money on the needs of children in schools and substanceabuse treatment. She strongly advocates public admittance to executions and broadcasting them on television. "We as a public need to be accountable," she said. "People need' to see, to know what realiy goes on." Real change will come when individuals get infonned and act. she said.

"You are the light of the world. Let your light shine before all, that they may see the good that you do and give glory to God" (Matthew 5:14).

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A few days later, on March 24, St. Paul, speaking about the a play about Edith .Stein. The 1980, Archbishop Romero was preaching ministry in Romans, writer was a Guatemalan who had murdered while celebrating Mass writes: "How can they believe if received a prestigious secular in the Chapel of a Catholic Hos- they have not heard.... How can prize for this play. The author pital. I believe the last Gospel he people preach unless they are constantly switched scenes alterread was the one where the people sent?" As Priests we are anointed nating between the Nazi headquartell Jesus' that Pilate murdered arid sent to preach so that the ters and the Carmelite convent. I some Galileans and mixed their people can hear God's words and immediately noticed something By CATliOUC NEWS SERVICE A 1997 Catholic News Service blood with the blood of the sacri- the assurance that, "Today these special about the Sister's speech. WASHINGTON Jim profile of Nicholson outlined his fices they were offering (Lk. words are fulfilled in your hear- It was poetic, uplifting. Then I realized that so much of their diaNicholson, a Catholic who is former history of volunteer service, includ- 13:1). Romero's blood was mixed ing." with the blood of Christ at that In 1 Timothy, Paul speaks logue was made up of phrases chairman ofthe Republican National ing worle with Volunteers ofAmerica, Committee, has been nominated to Colorado's largest nonprofit social last Mass he celebrated. He was about presbyters who toil in teach- from the Psalms. After years of service agency; with the Listen martyred for preaching the Good ing and preaching." (l Tim. 5: 17) chanting the Office, the words of be ambassador to the Holy See. Today, with religious illiteracy at the Psalms leap from their lips in President Bush has announced his Foundation, which helps children News to the poor. In today's Gospel, Jesus inian all-time high, we mlist toil to time of danger and tragedy. Like intention to .nominate the 63-year- with hearing impairments; and as old Nicholson, who would sUl::ceed chairman of the capital construction tiates his ministry in a liturgical preach and teach. We must preach Jesus on the Cross, many of his Corinne "Lindy" Boggs. Boggs, committee at his Colorado, parish, setting, reading a lesson from the the word when "convenient and seven last words are lifted from the psalms He prayed every day who held the post for three years All Souls in the Denver suburb. of books of Isaiah. "The Spirit of inconvenient." (2 Tim. 14: I) the Lord is upon me and has Pope John Paul II, who has since he was a small child. If we Englewood.. after her appointment by President His election as chairman of the anointed me to bring glad tidings traveled to the ends of the earth, learn to pray using the Scriptures, Clinton, returned to the United States Republican com- to the poor...." Just a few short whose speech is sometimes then God's words will be ever in in March. mittee came after weeks ago, in the company of a slurred due to his infirmities, tells our hearts and on our lips. The nominaWhy is preaching so important , tion requires con'20 years of in- wonderful group of Fall River us: "Preaching must precede, acvolvement in lo- priests, I read this same Gospel company, and crown the admin- today? Why is it so difficult? firmation by the Our present situation makes cal, state and na- in the place of the Synagogue in istration of the Sacraments in reSenate. tional party ef- NazareYl where Jesus' read these lation to the prepara~ion to receive . good preaching both crucial and "Jim Nicholson very same words. It is now a them and to their fruitfulness in challenging. forts. is a proven leader faith and life." To me, one of the best metaNicholson told Melkite Catholic Church. who will bring a ' As a sign of unity, in this We must be convinced thatthe phors to de~cribe the reality of the CNS in the 1997 solid sense ofcominterview that he Chrism Mass we bless these oils, Kingdom of God is spread by Church in the United States is the mitment to his thought govern- the tools of our ministry, which word of mouth. Jesus says: "He Biblical notion of exile. Exile in work with the ment was not "the will be used in the Baptisms, who hears you, hears me!" (Lk. the Old Testament is not just a Holy See on critical world issues," answer to all our Anointings of the Sick, Confir- 10: 16) The same: Lordcommis- geographical experience. Exile is social problems" mations, and Ordinations in the sions us: "Go and preach the Gos- a spiritual condition of God's Bush said in a . statement.· "I'm and praised local upcoming year. We recall that we, pel to every creature! What you People when they fil1d themselves volunteer pro- too, have been anointed "to bring hear whispered, preach it on the in a hostile, alien environment confident Jim "ill grams forprovid- glad tidings to the poor." In a spe- house tops." Faith depends on where the overriding temptation serve the Umted States well." ing "a much more cial way we are called to be mar- hearing and hearing the Word of is to assimilation. The cultural JIM NICHOLSON pull is to accept and to conform , efficient way" to tyrs - witnesses to the Resurrec- God. Nicholson is As priests we must be men of to the 'dominant cultural influan Iowa native help people in tion. It is highly unlikely that we shall be called upon to shed our the book; men of the word. ''The ences that are incongruent with who became a Colorado real estate nero. ' developer and an active volunteer, He also said he would lik,eJo" blood like the English Martyrs.or s~ed ,is'.the: Word;of God.'?::tIt,is' ourl'faith and.our destiny. for various organizations. He chaired' \\f,~t?& Catholic voters "take a gO'oad ~;um~~y~r~(jflded\jctldeSi 14f:eflW'Q~Qi fW~dg6(! 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The Words of Scrip- twin temptatiqn: assimilati,on on A gr~duate of West Point, some abortion opponents foroppos- in the pulpit. In John Paul II's letter to close ture should reveal God to us, chal- one hand and despair on the other. Nicholson was an Army Ranger and ing their effort to block party funds paratrooper for eight years. He re- from going to candidates who op- the Jubilee, "Novo Millenio lenge us, and grace our lives. As Today our challenge is similar: to tired with the rarik. of colonel from posed efforts to make partial-birth lneunte," the Holy Father chal- Thomas,a Kempis says in the resist the temptation to conform lenges us with the words of the Imitation, "It is better to feel to the culture of death, the conthe Army Reserve after 22 years of abortion illegal. service, including time in Vietnam. Nicholson opposed the 1998 Gospel, "Due .in altum" - (cast compunction than to know how sLimerism, hedonism and individualism of our age. During his military career, resolution, saying it "would inevi- your nets into the deep). The Holy to define it." In the Scriptures we come to' The' Good News needs to be Nicholson rec~ived numerous tably lead to litmus tests on other Father writes that: "we must ree awards including the Bronze Star controversial issues. Quire simply, kindle in ourselves the impetus of know Christ as nowhere else. preached with clarity - no one and the Meritorious Service Medal it's a slippery slope that only serves the beginnings of the Church and Again, during our recent pilgrim- will follow an uncertain trumpet allow ourselves to be filled with age to the Holy Land we visited blast. The Good News must be with Oak Leaf Cluster. to divide our great national party." the ardor of the apostolic preach- the cave in Bethlehem where St. preached with a compelling sense ing which followed Pentecost. We Jerome spent years of his life com, of uJgency and a profound trust .must revive in ourselves the burn- piling the Vulgate. He studied the in God and hope in His Words. ing conviction of Paul, who cried Word of God as a scholar, but first Some of our people 'have deout: "Woe to me if! do not preach of all as one seeking the face of spaired. Th~y feel that the march 'Penent of Americans who believe humans.... the Gospel." (NMI) , God. Jerome makes the assertion of modern culture away from The pulpit is the arena of our that, "ignorance of Scripture is God is inexorable and we are powmartyrdom, our witnessing. It can ignorance of Christ." The erless to influence it. They fall . byGotJin be painful and frustrating, but it preacher must De able to say with into a grim stoicism of passive can also produce much fruit. Both John: "What we have seen and resistance and resignation. present "Lumen Gentium" (28) and heard, we proclaim now to We must learn to identify the "Presbyterorum Ordinis" (4) state you ...;' (l John 1:3) good things, as well as thebad, that proclaiming the Word of God Several years ago, Reader's in our society and read the signs is the first task (primum officium) Digest brought out an abridged of the times. Although we address of the ordained priest. The latter version of the Bible. 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Preaching The Holy Father's philosophical defense of truth met with gratitude by many intellectuals outside the Church, Gospel values of human dignity, human" freedom and justice, find fertile soil in the secular world, which feels the waters of chaos and violence rising around it. The Church's teaching on life and the family are essential for civilization in the long run. We might be living in exile, but we cannot be in a ghetto. From' prison St. Paul reminds us that the word of God cannot be chained. In the movie "Contact," the U.S. scientists, somewhere in the desert in the Southwest, are sending out radio signals to outer space to see if there is any intelligent life out there. Sometimes preaching is like that. We wonder - "is anyone listening, is anybody out there?" We look at blank faces and open eyes and say, "The lights are on, but is anybody home?" Are we connecting? As a child, I was often quizzed by my fat~er about the Sunday's Gospel and Father's sermon. Dad was trying to make sure that we learned to listen. In the past, Catholics really did not expect too much from the Sunday homily. The most important features were its length, jokes, and baseball scores. The Mass obligation was fulfilled by arriving for the Offertory. We need to teach our people to listen to the Word of God.and to listen to the homily. The more importance we give to the Liturgy of the Word, the more importance our parishioners will give to it. Are the lectors trained, presentable, reverent, focused on the Scriptures? How do we prepare and deliver our homily? Bible courses in our parishes also help prepare our people to listen to the homily and savor God's word. Prophetic preaching is challenging because it requires, for both preacher and hearers, Ii conversion. Both the priest and the people need to be "anointed by the Spirit" that allows us to desire to hear and be challenged by the Gospel. Sometimes we should talk to our parish councils about our preaching. Ask them what points need to be stressed and what issues raised, and what areas of people's lives need to be illumined by the Word of God. I have discussed Pastoral Letters with my Diocesan Pastoral Council and it has been most helpful. '. . Preparing our' homilies with other priests and deacons can also enrich the content of-our reflections and allow us the'opportunity to witness our faith to'each. other and thus strengthen our own proclamation of the Good News of Jesus Christ to our people. Are we preaching to the choir? Yes, definitely! If we touch their· hearts they will become'mes~n gers and inviters.· I heard some-' one say recently - "I don't invite people to my' parish for Sunday Mass ... it's dullsville! When people are excited about the Lit-

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urgy, they will bring more people were a personal relationship to Church. They will become with a priest and the quality of evangelizers because we will have preaching. Both of these things given them the tools, the motiva- underscore the important role tion. of the priest in the. life of the The last thing I want to do with Church. these reflections is to encourage The second problem is that we clerical competition, the "my-col- are not always convinced of the lection-is-bigger-than-your-col- power of preaching. Citing the lection" syndrome. We are all on testimony of the Fathers, Yves the same team in the contest of Congar said he wished that the the Exiles vs. the Babylonians. following words could be emblaNot every player can hit a home zoned over every chancery and run, but when one does, he does rectory door: "that if in one it for the whole team, and like country Mass was celebrated for those British seminarians and thirty years without preaching, priests in the Elizabethan period and in another there was preach- we should sing a Te Deum of ing without the Mass, people Thanksgiving for our brother's would be more Christian in the triumph. country where there was preachI have heard many of our ing." priests give eloquent homilies and We have only to look at the we rejoice when we hear one; but New Age bookshelves and psywe do not want to reduce this chic television stations to see there ministry to the art of public speak- is hunger for God and for spiriing. St. Paul's most eloquent ser- tua.lity among our people today. mon at Athens on the Aereopagus Today's audience is not easy. The was a lead balloon and rendered Boomers born between '46 - '66 only paltry results by Paul's stan- are 76 million Americans, the dards. Our preaching must be a most educated and affluent group prayer from our heart, bearing in U.S. history. They are heirs to witness to our' faith in Jesus. Woodstock, the drug culture, the The mythical pelican is a sym- sexual revolution, feminism, the bol of the Eucharist. The real peli- breakdown of authority and dican could be a symbol for the vorce. Typically, they are relipreacher. The mythical pelican gious illiterates, but interested. wounded its breast to feed its own Not big on dogmas: "My karma flesh to its young; the real peli- ran over my dogma" could be their can consumes the food first and motto. having digested it offers it to its They are oppressed for time young. We need to digest the and addicted to entertainment. Word.of GQ~'sQ)as tpJ!.1.e.jabkJ.Q,: EYen.lthe..ne~,.becomes;,enter-' feed 'it to' dur people. . .. .." " tainmerif. They are s.haped by the Father Walter Burghardt, who media that teaches them modis about 87 years of age and is em myths; yet they are hungry still climbing into pulpits ... in for spirituality, and for answers fact, he preached in this one two about suffering, death, and love years ago wearing white sneakers .. ; themes found in the book, ... says: "If God does not speak Tuesdays with Morrie, which has through me, I am a noisy gong, a been on the Times "Best Seller clanging cymbal. Because my List" for 181 weeks. homily is a prayer, in preparation Leo Trese once said that and in the pulpit, I stand before preaching is the eighth sacrament. God in praise of Him, not of my . It is not for nothing that we must own rhetorical perfection. Be- be ordained before we can preach. cause, aware of my weakness, I It is not for nothing that we wear too need the word I preach .. 00" a stole-for this sacred function. It The problem is that we are not was not for nothing that the convinced that preaching must be Apostles ordained deacons to feed our number one priority, though the poor and to care for material the Council and the Pope tell us administration so that they themit is. Even our people tell us that selves might have more time for it is the most important role of prayer and the ministry of preachthe priest. ing. The National Opinion ReWhen we preach, we are hansearch Center conducted exten- dling the Word of God; the Wissive surveys with the Catholic dom of the Father ... and the laity and is forced to conclude: Word is Christ. It is the same " ... that the strongest correlation Christ we handled in the Euchaof church attendance and Catho- rist. Here, too, we must imitate lic identification for both the what we handle, become one with young people and for the gen- Christ whom we handle, lest as eral Catholic population were not St. Paul says after having issues of sex, birth control, abor- preached, we be disqualified ourtion, and the ordination of selves. women. Rathei', the strongest preI close with the stirring words dictor of Catholic behavior and of our Holy Father, John Paul II. identification was the quality of in "Novo Millenio lneunte": the Sunday sermon preached in "The Risen Jesus accompanies· the respondents' parish church. us on our way and enables us to Unfortunately. only a fifth of the ,recognize him. as the disciples of Catholic adults and a tenth of the Emmaus did, 'in the breaking of. young adults thought that the the 'bread' (Lk.24:35). 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SKATE-A-THON - Students from Espirito Santo School, Fall River, share some smiles as they skate to music at the Hot Wheels skating center, New Bedford. Below,_students take a break from the skate-a-thon. From left: Stephanie Mauricio, Amanda Diogo, Filomena " Resendes and Karen Aruda.

KINDERGARTNER AARON Soares of Erinn Grasso's class at St. Anne's School, Fall River, shows off his dough kneading skills during a class bread-making project. With the help of Bertha Medeiros,own~r of Medeiros and Sons Bake'ry, the children learned howto bake .and then enjoyed the fruits of their work.

BISHOP FEEHAN High. School guidance counselor Neil Loew congratulates' senior Missy Traversi upon her acceptance to the University of Maine. Traversi·was a basketball standout for the Attleboro school, scoring over 1,000 points for the Shamrocks and is looking ·forward to playing ball for the Black Bears. .

BUDDY DAY - First- and sixth-graders at St. Anthony's School, New Bedford, work on a Dinosaur Unit, during the school's recent BUddy-up. Day. From left are Amanda Ferreira, Ashley Moura, Tracy Sousa and Sky Cousineau. At right, third-grader Robert Thibeault reads to preschooler Anthony Minor.

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Former Catholic school principal recalls being shot By CAROL ZIMMERMANN CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON - Because of a school shooting six years ago, Richard Facciolo will never be the same. Although the fonner principal of Sacred Heart Elementary School in Redlands, Calif., has had at least 30 reconstructive surgeries on his face, he will never look as he once did. Facciolo, who was sitting at his desk on a late January afternoon in 1995, was shot by a 13-year-old male student who came into the office, held a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun to the principal's chin and pulled the trigger. The gun went off again when the student ran from the office and fell on it, killing himself. After Facciolo was shot, he immediately fell to.the ground and initially thought he had had a stroke because he said it was hard to breathe and there was so much commotion around him. "The whole side of my face was splattered on the wall;' he recalled. It wasn't until the next day, after 12 hours of surgery, that the police were able to relay to Facciolo exactly what happened, telling him of the two kindergarten students who had been in the office at the time . and the secretary who was frantically screaming as she dialed 911. That incident made Facciolo and his colleagues at other Catholic' schools fully aware that their schools

were by no means immune from violent outbursts. Facciolo, who is currently superintendent of Catholic schools in the Diocese ofLas Vegas, Nev., also tells students whenever he gets the chance that they are "not helping anyone by not talking" and keeping up the "code of silence" students follow

RICH~RD FACCIOLO has had at least 30 reconstructive surgeries on his face since the 1995 shooting at Sacred Heart School in Redland, Calif. He is now superintendent of Catholic schools in the Las Vegas diocese. (CNS photo courtesy Richard Facciolo)

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when it comes to telling on potentially troubled students. . "You must come forth and get them help," he urges students. Facciolo knows this firsthand because he keeps up with many of the classmates of the eighth-grader who shot him and he said they still feel guilty about not saying anything about the student who had threatehed to act violently, but whom no one believed. The former principal described his shooter as someone who "had his moments, but was not targeted . for expulsion." ''Was he troubled?Yes. But nothing compelling was told to us to alarm us," Facciolo said. Initially, Facciolo didn't want to return to his school because he said he was "grotesque looking." But psychologists told him that he should go for the students. So he went in to visit, and six months later he was back on the job full time. During his recovery, he said his faith was all that he "had to draw on at the time;' along with the support of his family and the community. The shooting, which occurred early on in the rash of recent school YOUNG WOMEN carry the World Youth Day cross upon shootings, also broughtFacciolo into its arrival in Ottawa recently during a prayer service to kick work he never expected. After the off preparations for the international Catholic youth gatherColumbine shooting, for example, ing set for July of next year in Toronto. (CNS photo from he worked with the FBI to identify Reuters) troubled youths. "It still seems," he said, "that people don't think it'll' happen at their school." . SHEET METAL HEATING, INC. Sales and Service J. TESER, Prop. for Domestic and Industrial RESIDENTIAL Oil Burners INDUSTRIAL 508-995-1631 COMMERCIAL 2283 ACUSHNET AVENUE 253 Cedar St., New Bedford NEW BEDFORD 508-993-3222

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POPE JOHN Paul II sprinkles holy water at the beginning' . S P r' S . A '1 of Easter Sunday's open-air Mass at .~. ete.s quare pn ~ 5. Tens of thousands of people partiCipated In the celebratlon. (CNS photo from Reuters)

inspired to go there because of the millennium year and Pope John Paul II's historic visit Many oth~ ers were booked to travel in 2001' but later canceled. The president of Ohio-based; Regina Tours·said he'learned'long ago to diversify his business. "We ,are hurt, but not: down, and out," said Jim Adair, who has been in tourism since 1981. Normally, the Ho.1y Land repre-, sents about 35 percent of Regina, Tours', business, with'the rest of, the focus on Marian shrines, Rome, central Europe" and', Mexico City. But Adair said his company

had no tours currently scheduled for, the Holy Land. For a few small groups that insisted on making the trip despite the U.S. State Department's travel advisory for Israel,Adair required them to sign a~aiver. stating they 'were aware ofthe dangers. Meanwhile, Rome pilgrimages are Regina's strongest market. Tour 'operators say there are rewards for taking a Holy Land pilgrimage this year. Tourists can expect to be treated royally, face small crowds and find bargain prices once they arrive. ''They also have more time in each of the sites;' Andre~s said.

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mtervlew WIth, The Flol'zaa Catholic diocesan newspaper. He speculated that the fallout for tourism workers in Israel and the Palestinian territories is even worse. Tourism is one of the top three industries in Israel, and "once you cut off that, it gets .tough for ev:erybody to live," he added. By JOHN NORTON the Italian limits on electromagThe Miami-based Tuchman CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE netic emissions. Tours, which specialized in travel VATICAN CITY -- Vatican In response, Vatican Radio last Radio announced that it would Monday began eliminating seven to Israel, went out of business rehalve its daily AM transmissions hours - or half - of its daily cently, in part because of the conafter a joint commission deter-, medium-wave transmissions on tinued Mideast turbulence, acmined that the medium-wave the 1530 kilohertz band, which it cording to Pini Shani, the DallasONLY.:A ,few pilgrims mill about in the courtyard of broadcasts .violate Italy's strict lim- ' said were thought to be the main based southern regional director its on electromagnetic radiation. cause of the electromagnetic pol- of tht< Israel Ministry of Tourism. Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher on the WednesShani said travel to Israel is : day before Easter. The church, traditionally held to be the f In a recent statement the radio lution. down about 50 percent this year said it also was piaiming other The radio's broadcasts via PM site of the crucifixion and burial,of Jesus, is normally crowded despite the fact that a record , "significant modifications" to the and via short wave - how most' with Christian pilgrims during Holy. Week. Political unrest has operation of its transmission cen- of the world receives the radio's 2.5 million .people visited the kept visitors away. (CNS photo by Debbie Hill) ter in Rome's outskirts "to re- programming - were not af- Holy Land in 2000. Many were spond to the resident population's fected by the deCision. expectations of environmental It said further steps would be safety." decided when the joint comrnisResidents around the transmission completes its readings of the , sion' c~nier say, the electromag- radiation.,."." netic radiation disrupts household "Only siic~ measurements," . =' '-~ appliances~;iitdh~ increased the the~adio '\SID.d,~ "c.an furnish the VATICANeITY (eNS)'~ Pope John Paul II Archbishop Veglio is a native of Macerata risk 'of leuk~Iriia in the area. ne~essary :irifomi'ation .t~ ~ffect has nameda Vaticar:t diplomat, Archbishop Anto- Feltria in central Italy. Born Feb. 3, 1938, he was Italy's environment minister ,'~'inodificatiori~. regarding 'the, op- . ni6 Veglio/to be the new secretaiy ofthe Congre- ordained to the priesthood in 1962. has threatened to cut off electri- ." eration'and'the 'relocation of-the After earning a degree in canon law, he entered the gatio~Jpr.Eas~m Churches. . cal power to the transmission cen- ,; ,transInissiOils on, a perman~nt baThe Italian archbishop, 63, has been the Vatican Vatican diplomatic service in 1968. He served at ter - which sits on "extra-terri-'-sis,'with, the: agreement arid innUllcioto LebaJ:lon and Kuwait and itsrepresenta- Vaticanembassiesin Peru, the Philippines and Senegal torial" property of the Vatican, a. ," .volvement·of-tx~th parties'repretive on the Arab Peninsula since 1997. before working in the Vatican Secretariat of State. sovereign state - if it continuessented in the <;omrni~siQJC" , He served at the Vatican nunciature in Britain He succeedS 76-year,;,old Archbishop Miroslav to violate Italian norms. .- VaticariRadio has said the ItalMarusyn, a lJknUniaJ:l wbo had held th~ post since before being named an archbishop and pro-nunPreliminary measurements ~iari govern~eJl(belfi-s somere1982 after serVing eight years as the bishop for cio to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Istaken by a joint team of techni- s~nsibility·in:re~olv~ng"the.dis lands in 1985. In 1989, he was transferred and Ukrainian Catholics in Western Europe. cians from Vatican Radio and the .pute 'oocause'itallowed residenThe Congregation for Eastern Churches hasre- became the Vatican's chief representative in Italian ministries of health and the tial construc,tion'arougd the antensponsibility for the Eastern-rite churches in com- Senegai, Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau. A month environment confirmed that some nae, which occupied open counJIl\Jnion witll RRm~~as well as fQr Catllolic CQm- later, he was given added responsibility for of the radio's transmissions ex- tryside when built nearly five de- '. muDities in the Middle East and North Africa. Mauritius and Mali. ceeded by as much as three times cades ago. .,':, " :!.,!;ii, : . . .•.

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