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VOL. 43, NO. 19 • Friday, May 7, 1999

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Bishop 0 'Malley attends Padre Pio beatification rites ~

/999 Catholic Charities Appeal begins ~

58th annual campaign extends into parishes

FALL RIVER - All of the Fall River Diocese's 111 parishes began their spirited phase of the 1999 Catholic Charities Appeal this week.

According to Msgr. Thomas 1. Harrington, director of the Appeal, the outlook is encouraging if the spirit and enthusiasm of the pastors, parish chairmen and committee members are any indication.

The attendance at the three recent kickoffs of the Appeal in the Attleboro-Taunton, Cape Cod and the Islands and the Fall RiverNew Bedford areas reportedly surpassed that of any year in recent memory.

More than 500 parish workers, pastors, and business and community leaders from across the diocese met to demonstrate their support for the effort.

'The spirit was tremendous as was their commitment to make this Appeal the most successful in history," said Michael J. Donly, director of development for the diocese.

'There has been a very concerted effort on the part of the parish committees and pastors to continue where they left off last year, the most successful in the 57 years of the Appeal."

Signs of this continued commitment were evident last Sunday night when area directors in the diocese began to call in the early returns from the parishes. The enthusiasm and cooperation that is showing itself, even at this early state, is certainly encouraging to the staff of the Appeal office, the directors asserted.

The parish phase of the Appeal will continue until June 9.

Area directors of the Appeal include: Father Bruce M. Neylon ofSeekonk, Father John A. Perry of East Freetown, Father Richard L. Chretien of Westport, Father Thomas L. Rita of Osterville, Msgr. John 1. Smith of South Yarmouth and Father Manuel P. Ferreira of Taunton.

Ascension Thursday Thursday, May 13, is the feast of the Ascension of the Lord. It is a holy day on which Catholics are obliged to attend Mass.

The bishop of Fall River tion in the life of the Church and the life of referred to his brother friar in this apostle of the confessional."

Speaking of Padre Pio's popularity, the Capuchins as Ithe apostle Bishop O'Malley commented that, "I think of the confessional.'

rior life and he symbolizes all of that. His great devotion to the Passion of Our Lord, to Jesus crucified - something very countercultural - but which speaks to the people have a hunger for good and the inte- hunger our young people have for the spiritual life."

By JAMES N. DUNBAR Born Francesco AND eNS REPORTS Forgione in 1887 to a poor family living near FALL RIVER Italy's Adriatic coast, PaBishop Sean P. dre Pio entered the local O'Malley, OFM Cap., Capuchin novitiate at was among nearly one the age of 15. million people who After his ordination crowded into Rome last to the priesthood in weekend for the beatifi1910, he immediately cation of Padre Pio da began informing his suPetrielcina, as Pope John periors that he was expePaul II advanced the riencing spiritual and sainthood cause of the physical signs, along Capuchin known to milwith a number of health lions worldwide for his . problems. holiness as a confessor In 1918, at the age of and his mystical experi30, the priest reported ence of the faith. bleeding from his hands, One of the most popufeet and side, the stiglar Church figures of the mata wounds of Christ's 20th century, Padre Pio crucifixion. According bore the marks of the stigto his biographers, Padre mata - the wounds of Pio was uneasy about Christ - for more than such phenomena, declarhalf a century until his ing, "I only want to be a death in 1968 at the age friar who prays." of81. On Dec. 18,1997, If anyone had reason he was proclaimed "vento seek an escape from erable." this life of pain and heartTwo plazas alone, St. ache, Padre Pio did. The Peter's and St. John stigmata brought him alLateran, the latter the most constant publicity pope's church, handled and attention, which he 150,000 and 250,000 redetested. Until his death, spectively. Other areas, doctors and scientists fitted with massive telescrutinized his mind and vision viewers, offered stigmata. Catholics and assemblies estimated in others, including atheexcess of 400,000 ists, tried to determine people a chance to watch the cause. Their concluthe magnificent ceremosions: Padre Pio's stignies and hear the music mata did not arise from by several choirs. The natural causes.

Holy Father traveled by Like Christ's apostles, helicopter after the cerhe centered his whole emonies at St. Peter's to life on God. Even when the other areas. he used his supernatural "Padre Pio was a Cagifts, which included puchin, a member of our prophecy, healing and community, and a man bilocation, he gave God whose ministry was hearthe credit. "Nothing is ing confessions; he due to me. I am an instruspent hours, all day ment in divine hands ... sometimes, every day, in left to my own devices, I the confessional," can do nothing but sin, Bishop O'Malley said. and sin again."

"This is a year of reparaPadre Pio's alleged tion in preparation for POPE JOHN PAUL II, above a large tapestry of Padre Pio, waves signs and special powers Jubilee Year 2000, the start of the new millen- to pilgrims in St. John Lateran Square following the beatification of soon helped attract masnium, and so it is cer- the Italian Capuchin friar May 2 in Rome. The pope was transported sive crowds to his southtainly a very apt year to to the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome following the beatification ern Italian monastery in celebrate this beatifica- at St. Peter's Square so that he could greet more pilgrims. (CNS San Giovanni Rotondo.

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MARYKNOLL,. N.Y. Maryknoll Father Peter Patrick Mullen of North Attleboro, Mass., a priest for 36 years, a missioner to the Philippines and Hawaii and a Maryknoll promotet and prison chaplain, died ofbrai~ cancer April 29 at Maryknoll's health care facility in Ossining, N.Y. I Mullen, who served a year in Maryknoll's Hawaii mission and 10 years in the Philippines, was a highly successful fund-raiser and mission promoter b~sed in New York,NewJerseyandphio.In 1990 he was appointed to an interim post as diocesan director of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith by Bishop Anthony M. Filla of Cleveland.

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School. After working four years as In 1992, Father Mullen began an assistant manager at a Howard working with the Ogdensburg DioJohnson's restaurant, he 'entered cese' as a Catholic chaplain at the .Maryknoll at the Venard in Clarks Adirondack Correctional Facility in Summit, Pa., in 1952. He was or- Ray Brook, N.Y. After he was diagdained at Maryknoll Seminary in nosed with cancer, he took up resiOssining on June 9, 1962. dence at St. Teresa's, the Maryknoll Following an assignment as cu- health care facility in Ossining. rate at St. Joseph's Parish in Hilo, Father Mullen leaves three sisHawaii, he was sent to the Philip- ters, PatriCia Kelly of Pawtucket, pines where he-worked as acting . R.I., Rosemary Achin of North Attlepastor ~n Lupon, Monkayo and boro and Priscilla Dugas of Weaver, Christ the King Cathedral in Tagum. Fla.; and two brothers, Eugene He once described his work there as Mullen of North Attleboro and "an adventure beyond description." Kevin Mullen of Pembroke Pines, Father Mullen was assigned to Fla. the Maryknoll promotion house in His funeral Mass was celebrated Buffalo, N.Y., in 1972. He later Monday at Maryknoll in Ossining served as director there and as direc- followed by interment there.

Domi~ican Sisters of Hope

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FALL RIVER -,the Dominican Si'sters of Hope,l which has a Center of Hope in thi~ city, held its I second General Chapter or formal assembly last month in Esopus, N.Y., to discuss directions for the futute and elect a new leadership team for the 1999-2003 term.

Elected by the more than 200 Dominican Sisters wHo gathered for 'I the Chapter, were: Prioress, Sister Philomena Marie McCartney of Niagara Falls, N.Y.; and Councilors, Sister Jo-Ann Iannotti, Sister Cecilia Crittenden, Sister Catherine McDonnell and Sister Margaret Anderson, all of New Jersey.

I The new leaders~ip team will assume responsibilities in July.

Daily Readings May 10

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Acts 16:1115;lps 149:16a,9b;Jn 15:26-16:~ Act's 16:2234;!Ps 138:13,7c~8; In 16:5-11 Acts 17:15, 22-;18: 1; Ps 148:1-2,11-14; -In 16:12-15 Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47:2-3,6-9; Ep~ 1:17-23; Mt28:16-20 Acts 1:15" 17,20-26; Ps 113:1-8; In 15:9-17 Acts 18:2328;Ps 47:23,8~10; In 16:23b-28 Acts 1:12-14; 'Ps ~27:1 ,4,78a;11 Pt 4:1316;:Jn 17:111a

RUMOR! Too much meditating on Jesus' SUfferings caused Padre Pia's stigmata, they said.

His answer, "Go into the field and stare at a bull•.. and see if horns grow on your head."

May events

information sought The Anchor is interested in finding out from parishes and Church organizations across the diocese about the various May events in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary that will be held. If there are crownings, special liturgies or processions planned, please let us know so that we can afford timely coverage. Write The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, 887 Highland Ave., Fall River, MA 02722-0007, or call Jim Dunbar at 675-7151.

Padre Pio beatified May 2,1999 C Daughters of Sl. Paul, Pauline Books & Media www.pauline.org

I nYour Prayers Please pray for the following pr(ests during the coming week \'~.ECROLOGY \ \, May 12 1920, Rev. John F. dy~alles, Chaplain, United States Army 1986, Rev. Herve Jalbert, Retired Pastor, Blessed Sacrament, Fall . \ .

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eRA official backs bill to improve WASHlNG1DN-The U.S. medical community's record on managing pain for chronically ill patients is "disappointing and disturbing," an official of the Catholic Health Association said.

Sister Carol Keehan, who chairs the CHA advocacy and public

policy committee, said the introduction in the U.S. S«nate of The Conquering Pain Act of 1999 would help health care professionals "in achieving one of their most important goals: improving care for people in pain and at the end of life."

Sister Keehan, a Daughter of Charity, is president and CEO of

Actor Bob Hope and wife boost CRS's Kosovo relief ~

Following the lead of actor Paul Newman, they match his $250,000 gift.

BALTIMORE Bob and Dolores Hope had followed the lead set by Paul Newman in matching his donations of $250,000 to Catholic Relief Services to assist the Kosovo refugees and others suffering from the current Balkan crisis.

"Like all Americans, Bob and I are deeply saddened by the refugee crisis and want to help," Dolores said in a statement to Louise Wilmot, deputy executive director of CRS. "While world leaders are seeking a resolution to the refugee crisis, thousands of starving, homeless and destitute families are in need of help for basic survival. And they need it now. I hope that others will follow Paul Newman's lead and donate what-

'Get-Moving!' will benefit Saint Anne's new center FALL RIVER - Saint Anne's Hospital will sponsor "Get Moving!" a four-mile event on May 23 from noon to 4 p.m., with pledges to benefit the hospital's new Breast Care Center.

The event hopes to lure those who walk, run, rollerblade, skateboard or even yo-yo their way along the course, which will begin and end at Heritage State Park on the city's waterfront. Many corporate sponsors have already signed up.

Numerous activities for the entire family are planned during and after the race, such as aromatherapy, face painting, yo-yo, tae kwan do and exercise demonstrations, message therapy, balloon art, musical and cartoon character entertainment and snacks.

Co-chairmen for the event are Carole Fiola, general manager of WSAR/WHTB radio, and Lisa Strattan, managing editor of The

ever they can to the cause."

CRS, the official overseas relief and development agency of the U.S. Catholic community, is the longest-serving aid agency with programming in the Balkans. It is currently assisting more than 300,000 suffering as a result of the conflict in Kosovo.

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She spoke at a Washington press conference about the bill, which was introduced later May 3.

"For too long, the pain of those with life-threatening illness has been a constant reminder that our health care system haS often failed in its most basic function: caring for those in need," she said. "Health care professionals and the federal government must partner together to address the issue of pain and symptom management for vulnerable persons."

Introduced by Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Connie Mack, R-Aa., The Conquering Pain Act of 1999 would mandate a variety of steps to expand . access to pain care and information about it and would examine where government policies might be impeding improved pain management.

The legislation would establish regional family support networks in

pain and symptom management and direct the Deplirtment of Health and Human Services to establish a Web site providing guidelines for the treatment of pain.

In additioh, it would instruct the Surgeon General to issue a report by October 2000 on the legal and regulatory barriers to pain management.

Sister Keehan said studies show that

"a significant proportion of dying patients and patients with advanced disease experience serious pain, despite the availability of effective pharmacological and other options for relieving most pain."

At least 50 million Americans are affected by "some form of persisting or recurrent" chronic pain, she said.

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themoorin~ , Peace - the only solution Church-bashing is one of Andrew Greeley's favorite sports. ,This past week he attacked Pope John Paul II for his alleged silence on the Kosovo war issue. At the same time he managed to vent derogatory comments aimed at Pope Pius XII and the Jews, as well as Cardinal Pio Laghi and his days as papal nuncio in troubled Argentina. Naturally, The New l'tJrk Times placed the article on the opinion/editorial page.

It is disconcerting to read about pope-bashing by a Catholic priest.

It is even more aggravating when the statements by the Holy Father are ignored. The pope hali almost daily decried the warfare in the Balkans. He recently asserted: "I renew the appeal dictated not only by faith, but first of all by reason; may people be able to live together in harmony in their lands; rimy weapons be silenced and dialogue resumed." , ' , To the members of the Parliamentary Assembly'of the Council of Europe, the pope 'stated: "I would like to mention the war being :~aged at ou~ doorsteps in kosovo, which is wounding Europe as' a Whole. 1 urgen~~y'~K that everything be <!one S9 that peac~ can ~ ~stilblished in-toe region." He also reflected that" in response "to via'Jence; fw1l}er viQknce is never a promi~~g way t~ resolve ~ crisi§. ,~ Th~ pope is absolutely corre<::t in'calling for the cessation of bombing and in asking for people'to si'Cdown and begin a meaningful and peaceful dialogue.. Undt::r his ~irection. the;delegation from the 'Holy See to the U.N. High Commission for Refugees forcefully 'pleaded for action to remedy the plight of the Koso~o refugees. On Easter Sunday the Holy Father begged for a corridor ofnope so that supplies might be dylivered to the homeless, struggling Kosovars" , In one editioQ of t~e Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, 'there were three: articles addressing a peaceful solution· for Kosovo.

It is obvious that Greeley shoots his comments from the hip, not the head.

As we continue to become more intricately involved in this NAlD war, we simply cannot blame a single faction for the violent scale of " death and destruction. In this media warfare, it is obvious that all 'concerned parties are wrong and the poor people of Kosovo are the ,political victims. The European family, along with the United States, should not be deaf to pleas for peace. It is juvenile for world leaders to think ,a limited war will solve the problems in the Balkans. That view will only fart the fire of extreme nationalism making the situation even ~ore perilous. The European nations should understand this, having experienced their.own plight in the world wars. In light of this century's history, NAlD's bombs are a curse and other means must be pursued if peace is to be guaranteed.

In order to achieve that goal, there must be more humanitarian efforts. The prime concern must be the safety of the refugees. The quality of human life must be assured and the necessary healing will take time.

But the trauma of warfare is not healed by more warfare. Whole families have been deeply wounded by the loss of spouses and children. Daily bombings do not have suffering people in inind. ' As we come to the close of this century, it is indeed sad to realize we have made such little effort toward fmding peaceful solutions to our differences. The war in Kosovo is but another reflection of man's hatred for his fellowman. In this country, which has been spared the horror of bombing, we need to initiate an open and honest discussion of our goals and objectives in this crisis. To avoid such a discussion would be an affront to our Constitution and the American way of life. Getting out of this war should not be just a face~saving action.

The only reality is peace, and this must be our national priority.

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CHILDREN OF ALL AGES ESPECIALLY REMEMBER AND APPRECIATE MOMS ON MOTHER'S DAY, MAY 9 THIS YEAR.

"HONORYOUR FATHERAND YOUR MOTHER" EXODUS 20:12

The s~me old bor.ing 'problems I

By FATHER EuGeNE HEMAD< CATHOUC NEWS SaMcE'

When my mother asked a!dear friend what it felt like to have lived 100 years, the friend smiled and replidct, ''It gets boring."

I I have the feeling that bishops, priests and lay persons whol have ministered in the Church for several deI cades feel the same boredom Many of the problems they faced ~arly on in their" ministry are the sam~ old problems facing them today. I Browsing thro~gh my ~brary recently, I found three volumes of the 1975 Call to Action hearings that were conducted by the U.S. bishbps to celebrate the bicentennial and to foster renewal. Ustening to the problemS they addressed was like listening to the problems we have today.

I At one hearing, the president of a national priests' federation tmsed concems over fewer priests and 'the drop in quality of new priests being ordained.

Laypersons who testified called for better collaboration with ~astors and greater lay participation in ChLrch affairs.

Spokespersons for His~cs complained that U.S. culture doesn't understand Hispanics and adVocated importing priests from Latin Nnerica and I

Mexico to minister to their growing numbers.

There were appeals to the Church to become more involved with city governments in order to improve poor neighborhoods.

There were accusations that the Church is too bureaucratic and clerical, and not attuned to the grass roots.

Programs were suggested by the dozens to promote lay leadership, to upgrade clergy education, involve new immigrants in ChWCh decision mak. ing, create smaIl church communities within parish communities, preserve the family farm and to ensure just wages.

When we study the'conclusions of today's Church studies, they aren't radically different from the conclusions of . the Call to Action hearings. (In fact, much of the testimony given back then should be restudied because of its depth and relevancy.)

Uttle has been done to erase past problems that still plague us. But why is this so?

Some would say change by its nature is slow and takes generations to be implemented. They further believe that worlcing at problem-solving, regardless of the results, always plants the seeds

of future change. "Have faith," they advise, "and face the reality that most of us will not live to see the seeds we have planted come to full growth."

Others contend that a good problem never dies, nor does it fade away.

Rather, over time it just varies in the degree of its difficulty. Sometimes Church authority is stifling, and sometimes it is less stifling. One thing is certain: Authority - just like, collaboration and active 'participation - is, always has been and always will represent a challenge.

Still others contend that we lack charismatic leadership. They feel that neither clergy nor lay leadership knows how to ctream, to be entrepreneurs, and ,to foster the poetic and prophetic within today's Church.

Then there are those who feel the Church is always suspicious of anything modern. When you lock yourself into this mind-set, chances are you won't make progress.

No doubt there are many other good reasons why the Church continues to confront the same old problems.

Perhaps, though; as'long as we keep trying to learn why we haven't moved beyond some of these problems, we can say we are making progress.

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Iteering pOintl ATILEBORO - The La Salette Coffee House will feature the music of Father Pat on May 8 at 6:30 p.m.

He will play selections from his numerous recordings and will be joined by the musical group The Reconcilers.

All welcome.

The Shrine will observe Mother's Day with a Prayer Service and Benediction on May 9. All welcome. For more information call the Shrine at 222-5410.

The Counseling Center at the Shrine is offering its Grief Education Series to anyone dealing with the death of a loved one. May dates include ''When FearBecomes a Prison:' on May 17 and "Letting Go to Begin Anew;' on May 20. For more information call the Counseling Center at 2268220.

FALL RIVER - SaintVincent's Home seeks donations of camping gear to help support several camping expeditions they will be taking children on in the next few months. They are in need of a one- or two-person tent, sleeping bags, cooking equipfuent, hiking packs and canteens. D0nations can be dropped off at 2425 Highland Avenue, between 5-9:30 p.m. For more information call 6798511.

FALL RIVER -The chamber choir Sine Nomine will perform a

Diocesan Council of Catholic Women to convene Saturday SOUTH DARTMOUTH - Sister Simeon Marie of the Sisters of Life at Our Lady of New York, Bronx, N.Y., will be the keynote speaker at the 46th convention of the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Women that will open tomorrow at 8 a.m., at St. Mary's Parish Center here.

The event, to include panel discussion, will conclude at 2:15 p.m.

spring concert at Saint Mary's Cathedral tonight at 8 p.m. Glenn Giuttari will direct and the performance will include Schubert's "Mass No.2 in G Major" and Pergolesi's "Magnificat." For more information call 252-4304. . HYANNIS - A support group for parents, families and friends of gays and lesbians will meet on May 10 from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Catholic Social Services Building, 261 South St. They meet on the second Monday of each month and offer support in a safe and confidential setting where members can share experiences, interests and concerns.

Newcomers welcome. For more information call 771-6771.

ACUSHNET - The monthly meeting of·the Catholic Women's Club will be held on May 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the Century House.

NORTH DARTMOUTH- The Oncology Center, 480 Hawthorn' Place, is offering several support groups for cancer patients. ''Woman to Woman," for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer, meets on Mondays from 4-5:30 p.m. now through June 28. "Opportunity," for women who have completed cancer treatment meets on Thesdays from 45:30 p.m. through June 29. "Living

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A luncheon will follow in the church hall.

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THEANCHOR- Diocese ofFall River- Fri., May 7, 1999 ' Parish. All welcome. For more information call the rectory at 824-7794.

WEST HARWICH - The Perpetual Adoration Chapel at Holy Trinity Church, Route 28, invites people

to sign up and spend an hour or two in prayer. This regional chapel of the mid-Cape area depends on the support of people. All ages welcome. For more information call Jane Jannell at 430-0014.

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RAYNHAM -The Women's Guild from St. Ann's Parish will hold its living rosary and Benediction on May 12 at 7 p.m. at the parish. Refreshments will be served. All welcome.

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SOMERSET- APrayer Service for Vocations will be held at St Thomas More Parish on May 20 at 7:30 p.m. All welcome.

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SOUTH YARMOUTH -The Cape and Islands chapter of Catholic Nurses will hold its annual Mass and banquet on May 19 at 6 p.m. at St. Pius X Parish. All Catholic nurses, members and non-members are welcome. For more information call Jacki McGorty at 428-6741.

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ILetters to the Editorl Editor: You gave splendid coverage to the recent New Bedford conference, "Lighting A Holy Fire," complete with photos of the principal speakers. I had hoped for some similar recognition of the Call To Action conference in Worcester the previous week. A different diocese,'of course, but the approximately 400 attendees represented all New England states, an unusual gathering to say the least. It was my first contact with the CTA. Any notion that this was the radical fringe was quickly dispelled. At age 83 I felt very comfortable with the maturity of the attendees, both religious and laity.

The theme, interestingly enough, was justice/injustice, as at New Bedford. It resonated in a special way when Father Roy Bourgeois interrupted his remarks several times to recognize someone in the audience who had been in prison with him.

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NORTH DARTMOUTH - A Separated - Divorced Support Group will meet on May 10 at the Diocesan Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Road, from 7-9 p.m. Peggy Fellouris will be guest speaker and address the topic "Mediation in Divorce Cases."

All welcome.

Catholic middle grades students to gather for millennium Mass • .Liturgy at Notre Dame Church in Fall River in preparation for the Jubilee Year 2000 will key on reconciliation and peace.

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When a team of angels is needed ,

• It was one ofthose coincidences, two people from two different states who just happened to be at the same meeting. When Patricia Gallagher saw my name, she reminded me that a few years ago I called her and wrote a column about her book, "Raising Happy Kids on a Reasonable Budget."

After warm hugs, she handed me a card with four angels attached to a pin, and a printed' poem titled "A Team of Angels for the Overwhelmed."

Gallagher irninediately told me her By story. , It was one of those overwhelming days that many mothers have. For starters, the car needed expensive repairs, her father needed surgery, all four kids needed back-to-school physicals, 400 Legos were scattered on thefloor, the dog needed shots and the laundry room got flooded.

1\t that moment, Gallagher was sending a call up to heaven, saying, ''Lord I need a mighty

miracle." What she got in the mail was a birthday card from her aunt with an angel pin attaehed. Given the mood she was in, her private

h T e Bottom Line Antoinette Bosco response was "What good is one little angel with all these problems? I need a team ofangels to get me through this day."

Some months later friends called with the frantic message that their son had been diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. After a priest administered the last rites to this boy, Gallagher said she felt a "paralyzing fear" from

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being so overwhelmed by the sorrow and suffer- have written her to share their stories of pain and ing he~ friends were going through. to thank her for the compassion expressed in her Th~n she ~ought of her ''team of angels" Team ofAngels ministry. plea of the summer before and, picking up a ''One woman wanted a pin for her sister, whose pencil" started to write a poem: son,had committed suicide. Another woman I need a team of angels, Lord wanted one because she was'due to have tripI ddn't think'one will do lets, and a man took one for ~is wife about to Please send me all the help from high undergo a mastectomy," Gallagher said.

Fori what I'm going through.

So many painful stories, yet, Gallagher Guardians to watch over me pointed out, everybody who wrote felt some And help my soul to cope. . comfort from this outreach. They all sajd they I'll do my best to pray believed that God would send angels to help An~ cherish gifts of faith and hope. them'.

Looking at these words, Gallagher decided Gallagher has earthly help, too, from the Poor to start what she came to call "a 19ndness and Clares near her home in Pennsylvania. She viscompassion movement." She went to the ex- its the nuns three times a week. They're praying pense lof producing "Team of Angels" pins that her mlnistry of compassion thrives. moun~ on a card with her poem, "Angels for As for Gallagher, shefocuses more and more the Overwhelmed." She told me she just wanted on all life's blessings, the many heavenly to brighten the day for someone, experiencing kindnesses she feels that may have come - who anykIDdofpain-sortofarandomactofkind-' knows?-from a team ofangels! ness. I, ' 'Gallagher can be reached at 215-364-1945, In just a few months more than 150 people or e-mail: yng.sparro@aol.com.

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The Church's priest shortage If you read Catholic journals, periodicals, pare notes on Miracle Ear. magazines, newspapers or just the backs of "I'm not sure I want to go to confession to Catholic breakfast cereal boxes, you know there someone who thinks Fulton Sheen is one ofMaris a "priest shortage." tin Sheen's kids;' Bud groused the other day.

(Note: For any of you who are not Catholic, "Cqme on, Bud;' I laughed, ''you know the this has nothing to do with the height of priests. sacramental reality is the same. God is God." The average height of priests has remained "So you like getting penances from someroughly that of the general population plus a one who commutes on rollerblades?" he sighed. couple of feet depending on what size pedestal His wife, Marilyn, held up her hand. "You he is forced to stand on.) " know, guys, In summary, the situit's our ation is this: Somewhere generation's between 80 percent and fault.

We 20 percent of parishes in W0 0 13 a b y this nation (and some Boomers just suburbs of Ottawa) will did not recruit be without resident pasenough ofour tors within a period of

By Dan Morris offspring to time ranging between six the religious months and 12 years, but life." the situation is improving because vocation "HOO;' I challenged. '1 can't remember the numbers for ,the priesthood have stabilized and number oftimes I threatened to leave for a moneven in some cases started to inch up, meaning' astery." , more and taller priests by the time we Baby "Vb, I think you have it backward," Marilyn Boomers will need them to officiate at our fu- pointed out. neral liturgies.

"You were supposed to get the kids to join a For the time being, however, the median monastery or a seminary or a religious order." age of priests will continue to increase from "Come see, come saw;' I said. But then a that of Charlton Heston to that of George light went on.

Burns, if he were still alive. This median age "Hey, remember when a lot of boys about (not to be confused with the overpass or onramp our age were entering the seminary when they age) of priests will start to decrease, however, were just out of grade school, just when they as the younger crop becomes ordained and were heading into their teens?" I asked. the older corps is assigned posts in the rectory Bud's eyes widened, and it dawned on us in the sky. both. Our parents' generation had outsmarted us According to my friend, Bud, this might lead again. to a situation where a person has the choice beComnients are welcome. Write Uncle Dan tween going to confession to a priest who smells at 6363 ChristieAve. No. 222, Emeryville, Caof Clearasil or to one with whom you can com- Iif. 94608; or e-mail: cnsuncle@yahoo.com.

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Franciscan Friars of Renewal granted permanent status.

NEWYORK (CNS) - The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, an association es-' tablished in the South Bronx in 1987, has received Vatican approval for permanent establishment as a diocesan religious congregation.

In an announcement the friars said Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York had sponsored the community since its beginning, and would officially establish it at a Mass May 28 at St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Father Benedict J. Groeschel, who was professed as a Capuchin in 1955, led in establishing the new eommunity, and served as its first superior, with the community title of "servant."

In a statement he called the group one of "a growing number of new religious communities that are trying to re'store reli- .

gious life to its original commitment of living a simple Gospel life ofpoverty, chas- , tity and obedience."

Members are emphasizing "prayer centered on the Eucharist, personal conversion, devotion to our Blessed Mother and the saints and loyalty to the Catholic faith and the Holy Father," he said.

Father Andrew Apostoli, the current' "community servant," said the new' community was an "attempt to follow the example of St. Francis and the Capuchin tradition more literally, and to serve the poor and the homeless."

The community reports a membership of 50 friars, including 11 priests, living in five friaries and conducting various ministries to the needy, as well as preaching missions and conducting youth programs.

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WORKERS MOVE into place a piece of a large marble relief being installed at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. The "Universal Call to Holiness" sculpture is made up of 16 pieces fitted together. It is 50 feet long and weighs 77,000 pounds. (CNS photb by Nancy Wiechec)

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W~.sHINGroN- In addition to its spiritual and aesthetic values, 'The Universal Call to Holiness'" sculpture being installed in Washington's Basilicaofthe National Shrine ofthe Immaculate Conct!ption is something of an engineering feat. , The huge high-relief sculpture - measUring 50 feet by 15 feet and weighing 77,000 pounds - w~ carved in 16 pieceS of Botticino-Classico marbl~. ' When the installation is completed in May, the artwork will finish the interior back wall of the tJa!;ilica's Upper Church. '," ''1p the best of our knowledge;' said shrine spok~man Peter Sonski, ''this is,the largest relief of its kind in the world:' ' Of the entire project, h~ said, ''We really had nothing to go by, nothing to Compare it to, noth~ inthgetop:saY' '.~ell, this is how it's been done in O r laces The shipping company, Farrell Lines ofBaltimore,ihad to make special tops for the three trucksize containers that held the 16 crates aboard the Argortaut from Italy to Norfolk, Va., and then on trucks to Washington.

At the shrine, workers' built a tram to move table~ one at a time from an east door into the back tenter of the church. There's one crane in I '. '

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the parking lot to hoist the tablets into position for the tram car, and another inside the basilicabuilt on heavy-duty scaffolding - that moves laterally to lift tiJe stones into place.

Engineers from the Bethesda, Md., architectural firm ofAnthony Segreti temporarily braced a portion of the lower level ceiling. They also designed and built a metal shelf and wall attachments - weighing another 10,000 pounds - to' • hold the sculpture in place above three archways.

In the sculpture, created by artist George Carr of Silver Spring, Md., light rays fan out from a dove that signifies the Holy Spirit. Six groups of people representiitg different ethnic backgrounds are being drawn toward the central dove figure.

Washington Cardinal James A. Hickey chose the sCulpture's theme to evoke a centiaI message ofthe SecondVatican Council, stated in the"Dogmatic Constitution on the Church;' that "all in the Church ... are called to holiness."

The seven-year project has been funded entirely by a $1 million gift from Joseph V. and BerthaBraddock ofAlexandria, Va., through their family's Aztec Foundation.

The carving \yas done by 22 artisans at the studios of Franco Cervietti in J>ietrasanta, Italy.

Sonski also said an upcoming PBS documentary on the sculpture was being made by Journey • Films ofAlexandria, Va. .

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Dear Dr. Kenny: Our four-yearold son cannot sit still and is a terror at day care. He runs around, hits the other children and won't do what he is told His pre-school teacher says he has ADIMD and should be put on Ritalin. What do you think? (DIinois)

are the biggest culprits.

Food allergies may play a part in hyperactivity. Be adetective and eliminate possible food problems from his

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Your pre-school teacher can give you details of your son's behavior. But she is not qualified to make diagnoses or to prescribe medication. In any case, With Dr. James & Ritalin and similar drugs are not recommended for children under six.

Mary Kenny' See your physician for a thorough physical exam. See a psychologist for an evaluation of ADIMD (attention diet one by one. On the suspect list are deficit disorder). Whatever their find- food coloring, flavoring, additives, ing, you might consider the following chocolate and dairy products. five-step plan for dealing with hyperImproving discipline is the least activity: diet, discipline, drugs, exer-. radical and most difficult approach. To cise, diversion. discipline well takes parental time and Control his diet. What he eats can attention. amplify your son's moods and behavGood discipline requires that at least ior. Avoid foods with caffeine and re- as much time be 'spent in rewarding fined sugar. Soda pop and junk food good behavior as in punishing bad.

Further, discipline involves many motivational techniques beyond punishment.

Your child's young age makes drugs a secondary and less desirable option. However, medications are available which may help control the unchecked nerve impulses.

The danger is that his body will rely on the drug and fail to mature and develop its own chemical controls. Other dangers include unwelcome side effects and the fact that drugs can mask more serious problems. .

Oneclassofdrugs, theamphetamines (Ritalin, CYlert, etc.), workparadoxical1y by "speedingup" the nerve impulses and forcingthe body to win control. The other class, the tranquilizers, are designed to

Dying loved one's troubling wish Q. Your column is always helpful, and we hope you can assist us in a family problem. My eldest brother is seriously ill with lung cancer. Although he was raised a Catholic, he hasn't practiced his faith since childhood.

He wishes to be cremated, with no religious service whatever. His brothers and sisters don't know what to do and are upset over this situation. Do you have any suggestions on how we can handle it?

(New York)

A. Normally, we all want to respect the wishes of a loved one who

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By Father John J. Dietzen is dying or has died. The Church always tries to do this. Obviously you and the rest of your family do also. There may not be a great deal you can do.

I don't know how close you are to him, of course. But how would he react to your telling him that, while a Catholic funeral of some 'sort (prayers, Scripture and so on) may mean nothing to him, it would be very important and spiritually valuable for the rest of you?

Perhaps he would change his mind for your sakes. At least it would give him something to think about concerning his faith and yours.

If that is not possible, the rest of you may arrange a memorial Mass after his death, not to challenge his wishes, but to give yourselves an opportunity to express your own faith, to pray for him and to thank God for his life.

Q. The Bible often quotes the phrase "ihe order of Melchizedek." All I can find about this man is that he was a pagan priest. Who was he, and why is he so important? (Indiana) A. The book of Genesis (14) tells

us that once when Abraham was returning victorious from battle he encountered "Melchizedek, king of Salem" and "priest of God most

high." Melchizedek blessed Abraham, who in turn gave the priest a 10th of his spoils or possessions.

Centuries later, Psalm 110 named King David "a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek." Understanding Salem to mean Jerusalem, the city David conquered and made his capital, the psalm apparently intended to infer that David united in himself both kingly and priestly dignity and power.

For Christians, the most significant references to Melchizedek (the only ones in the New Testament) are in the Letter to the Hebrews.

They maintain that Jesus himself is the "priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek" spoken of in the psalm.

IfAbraham, the venerable patriarch of the Jews, was blessed by Melchizedek and paid him tithes, then Melchizedek must be the superior of the two. The inferior person is always the one who is blessed by the greater. . Thus, argues the author of Hebrews, since the priesthood of Jesus is in the "order of Melchizedek," then Jesus, too, must be greater than Abraham. (5-7) Those are the only three books in our Bible that mention Melchizedek. One of the Books of Enoch, however, which may go back to early Christian times and were often considered revered writings among the Jews, tells that Melchizedek was conceived without sexual intercourse, and was born from his dead mother's body.

He was taken to paradise, where he awaits a new Melchizedek, who will be greater than all former priests and kings. (2 Enoch) Since the Letter to the Hebrews mentions this Enoch, the father of Methuselah, as one of the faithful heroes of the past (Heb 11 :5), it is conceivable that this legend had some influence on what the author of Hebrews teaches about the priesthood of Christ.

Questions for this column may

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calm the unbounded energy.

Aerobic exercise can generate homemade hormones which will pacify your son and lower his energy level. Research indicates that 20 minutes a day of any exercise that induces moderately heavy breathing will reduce heart rate, blood pressure and other physiological signs of hyperactivity.

The best way to get such a program started is for you to exercise with your son. Plan a routine together, one that may include marching to a Disney

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tune, dancing, walking fast around the house,jumpingjacks and whatever else appeals to the two ofyou. Set a time to do it, and enjoy aminireward afterward.

Diversion is the final ingredient in our plan to reduce hyperactivity. This is for you, not your son. You need brief but regular breaks during the day, at least one every two hours. You also need a hobby, something else to think about besides how difficult it is to control your son.

Happy parenting!

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Cardinal says Littleton school shootings should surprise no one

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eled by hatred for others burn down Cardinal Mahony suggested immeLOS ANGELES - In the wake of churches, drag people ofdifferent races diate steps people can take to "change the April 20 shootings at Columbine to their deaths, and adopt Nazi-like this downward spiral, this devaluation High School in Littleton, Colo., that slogans and activities?" of human life" and called on: - everyone to undergo "a proHe also asked how it can be surleft 15 people dead, including the two suspected assailants, Cardinal Roger prising to see young people engage found change of heart" about the inM. Mahony ofLos Angeles said there in violence "to set):le the score when trinsic value of each person, "acshould be little surprise such tragic someone seems to infringe upon their . knowledging that each human life is events occur. . rights" at a time when so much popu- a precious gift from God." - families to hold open discus"If we as a people continue to deni- lar music and many video games and grate the value of each and every hu- motion pictures "glorify violence sions with all family members on the man life, should we be surpJised importance of respect for human life, includirig honest talk about by.incidents such as the Colum''lfwe as a people continue to denibine tragedy?" he asked. the evils and dangers ofprejudice; grate the value of each and every hu- parents to adopt an "attitude In the recent statement- titled "And So ... Why Are We Sur- man life, should we be surprised byinof vigilance" regarding their prised?" -the cardinal asked that cidents such as the Columbine' tragchildren'schoices in entertainment question in several contexts and edy?"Cardinal Mahoneyasked. and activities as well as who their phiymates are; . said the answers go beyond proposals for gun control regulations, - for all to take part in outconflict management, metal detectors through the elimination of real or reach projects of service to the comand armed school patrols. imaginary enemies, and feature vio- munity that are designed to build up ''As legislatures and courts condone lenrsolutions to life's many problems "a renewed sense of the common and protect the right to kill the most and obstacles." good." .

In addition, society continues "to vulnerable and innocent of human life - for schools, churches, and comthrough abortion, why are we surprised romanticize the glory ofguns and their munities to offer constructive prowhen our young people devalue un-. false promise to protect us" and ''weap- grams and activities whereby young born human life?" he asked. . ons of all sorts and sizes" are widely people can "grow in their apprecia''With adults having abortions for available, the cardinal said, and as a tion and respect for one another." the flimsiest ofreasons, why are we sur- result "school children and high - that civic leaders and legislaprised when a high school girl gives school students begin to use guns to tors sponsor social policy and legislabirth to a baby in a restroom during her bolster their self-worth and to right tion to "bring an end to the ever-exprom, quickly kills the baby, ~d re- alleged wrongs." panding culture of death, especially turns to the dance floor as if nothing ':.\s states continue to employ the to abortion and euthanasia, and to the were wrong?" he continued. death penalty as their preferred solu- horrendous proliferationof guns across ''As prejudice and hatred for people tion to crime in our country - lend- our land"; MESSAGE OF FORGIVENESS-A message of forgive.. "If we fail to heed th~ warning ness h~r.lgs on the cross planted in memory of Dylan Klebold, different from ourselves continue to ing legitimacy to a violent response foster insults and attacks upon vari- to society's problems - why are we signs that surround us at every tum, one of tWo"accused gunmen in the Corumbine High School ous'minorities, and as -groups 'Of' sUrPrised when ouf youth ~ violence then we should not be surprised to ~ .shooting rampage in Littleton,Colo. Crosses were set up on people, such as immigrants, are made as a legitimate way to get back at th!J5e even more tragedies in our. country," hill near the school in a memorial to the 15 people who died ~apegoats by society, why are we surwhom they dislike or feel slighted Cardinal Mahony said. '~t us choose fn the attack. (CNS photo from Reuters) prised when th.o~ whose lives are fu- by?" he asked. life fully and vigorously." . ;-

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By MOST REV. CHARLES J. CHAPUT, OFM CAP. ARCHBISHOP OF DENVER

He descended into hell..

Over a lifetime of faith, each of us, as believers, recited those words from the Creed thousands of times.

We may not understand them, but they're familiar. They're routine.

And then something happens to show us what they really mean.

Watching a disaster unfold for your community in the glare of the international mass media is terrible and unreal at the same time. Terrible in its bloody cost; unreal in its brutal connection from daily life. The impact of what happened this past week in Littleton, however, didn't fully strike home in my heart until the morning after the murders, when I visited a large prayer gathering of students from Columbine High School, and spent time with the families of two of the students who died.

They taught me something. The students who gathered to pray and

As time passes, we need to make losing Him, we're losing ourselves. comfort each other showed me abandon us in our freedom, or in sense of the Columbine killings.

The complete contempt for human our suffering. This is the meaning again the importance of sharing The media are already filled with life shown by the young killers at of 'He descended into hell.' God not just our sorrow, but our hope. 'sound bites' of shock and disbeGod created us to witness His love Columbine is not an accident, nor spared His only Son no suffering lief; psychologists, sociologists, an anomaly, or a freak flaw in our to each other, and we draw our life and no sorrow - so that He would from the friendship, the mercy 'and grief counselors and law enforcesocial fabric. It's what we create know and understatld and share evment officers - all with their theowe when live a,cpntradiction. We the kindness we offer to others in erything about. the human heart. can't systematically kill the unpain. The young Columbine sturies and plans. God bless them for This is how fiercely He loves us. it. We certainly need help. YioIn regard to the second: Why born, the infirm and the condents I listened to, spoke individu", demned; we can't marnot us? Why should evil be at ally - one by one - of the need to be strong, to r;:;:=;:==::::;""';'.---------.----:-,:] home in far~way places like ketavarice and greed ... keep alive hope in the~ Kosovo and Sudan, and not find IThestudents who and then hope that somehow" our children its way to Colorado? The human future, and to turri away gathered to· pray and '.will help build a culture heart is the same everywhere from violence. Despite comfort each other o.flife. and so is the One for whom we all their confusion and all their hurt, they shqwed ,me again ,the We need to change. ,yeMn .

He descended into hell. The would. not <,lespair. I importance .of sharing . But societies· orily think I understand why.

Son of God descended into hell ... not just our ~orrow, but change when families We're creatures of life. and so have we all, over the past :o.urhope." . change, and families only change when indiThis is the way God few days. But that isn't the end of " .... MOst Rev. Charles J. viduals change, Withthe story. On the third day, He rose made us: to assert life in . Chaput, ArChbishop of Denver out a conversion to huagain from the dead. Jesus Christ the face of death. is Lord, 'the resurrection and the mility, non-violence Even more moving and unselfishness in our was my time with the life,' and we - His brothers and lence is now pervasive in Amerisisters ~ are children of life. When own hearts, all our talk about 'endfamilies of two students who had can society - in·our homes, our we claim that inheritance, seed it been murdered. In the midst of their ing the violence' may end as piin our hearts, and conform our lives ous generalities. It is not enough schools, on our streets, in our cars great suffering- a loss I can't imagto it, then and only then will the ine - the parents radiated a digas we drive home from work, in·· to speak about reforming our sociviolence in our culture begin to the news media, in the rhythms and ety and community. We need to nity which I will always remember, reform ourselves. . be healed. lyrics of our music, in our novels, and a confidence that God would In this Easter season and Two questions linger in the affilms and video games. It is so somehow care for them and the chilthroughout the coming months, I dren they had lost, no matter how termath of the Littleton tragedy. prevalent that we have become ask you to join me in. praying in a How could a good God allow such largely unconscious of it. But, as fierce their pain. This is where words special way for the families who savagery? And why did this hapbreak down: This is where you see, . we discover in places like tJie hallhave been affected by the Columways ofColumbine High, it is bitpen to us? up close, that faith - re!1l, living bine tragedy. But I also ask you to In regard to the first: God gave terly, urgently real. , faith is rooted finally not in how pray that each of us - including The causes of this violence are us the gift of freedom, and if we are smart, or affluent or successful, or free, we are free to do terrible, as , myself - will experience a deep sensitive persons are, but in how many and complicated: racism, well as marvelous, things ... and we .conversion of heart toward love wen they love. Scripture says that . fear, selfishness. But in another, must also live with the results of and non-violence in all our reladeeper sense, the cause is very' 'love is as strong as death.' I know it tionships with others. other's freedom. But Goo does not simple: We're losing God, and.in 'is strong, I saw it.

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ton, Supreme Court Justice turn to the Church after a 28-year Clarence Thomas spoke about his estrangement, and described the return to the Catholic faith and its importance in his everyday Hesaidt life. . "It's been a long journey. To fer their fill put it simply, I'm glad to be home," he told an audience of about 430 people recently.

Following the example and urging of his grandfather, the future justice converted to the Catholic faith as a youngster in 1956, and he entered the seminary seminary incident as "the straw that eight years later. In 1967, he en- broke my back." tered Conception Seminary in "Tl}ere are those who stayed Missouri "which was," he said, the course offaith when Haltered "both the beginning and end to my and quit. There are those who revocation to the priesthood and my mained steadfast when I faith." doubted," he said. "A quarter of a Thomas did not specify the in- century is a long absence from the cident of racism that drove him Church where I grew up. Absence from the Church. In a 1996 re- instills a profound sense of huunion at Holy Cross College in mility, it makes one aware of one's Worcester, Mass., where he had weaknesses." earned a law degree in 1974, the The justice told the Carroll Sojustice publicly announced his re- ciety audience that in a conversa-

THEANCHOR- DioceseofFall River-Fri.,May 7, 1999 tion with a priest about how the Church had changed over the years, the priest said, "We still have the Eucharist." .

"I think that said it all," said Thomas. "Through the. wonderful miracle of Mass, He (Jesus) is here with us.... What has surprised me since returning to the Church is the peace I have found in the sacraments, the comfort in the Eucharist (and) the word of God, the piety and sanctity in His house."

Thomas said that in a time when "our culture seems to have slipped or slouched ... (there is) a prosperous economy, but still there is unease in the pit of our stomachs."

He said the secular world seemed to offer no real answers to life's difficult questions. "No position, no job, no rank, no title was worth the price.... (There was) no place to go,

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Son follows father, as visionary sculptor.

By Lou PANARALE CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON-When 12-yearold Tomas Oliva Jr. was in elementary school in Havana around 1971 he prayed his art teacher would not recognize him as the son ofone ofCuba's most illustrious sculptors.

"Don't worry, Tomas," an..elder:ly Cuban .woman consoled the boy.

'That young teacher won't know who your father is. So you need not be ashamed if you fail the course."

She was right about the teacher, who was not aware Oliva's father had been ostracized by Fidel Castro's government for ideological reasons.

The boy did not fail the course, although he was not sure at that time whether he had the talents to become a successful sculptor like his father.

Today the younger Oliva is 40, single and living in Seattle as a successful sculptor who works with bronze, iron, marble and wood or any material that inspires him. He came to the United States from Cuba in 1992.

A few months ago, St. Andrews Catholic Parish in Sumner, Wash., in the Seattle Archdiocese, commissioned Oliva to sculpt in wood the doors for its new church scheduled for completion in August.

Oliva said he decided on the figure of a loving Christ with hands ex-

tended down toward a boy and a girl on the Christ figure's right and another boy on his left.

He said he was putting images of children on the doors because he was inspired by Pope John Paul IT's visit to Mexico in January and recalled the smiles of children the pope greeted.

'1 have always felt that Christ loves children so much because oftheir purity," Oliva said, adding that Christ greets as his children anyone of any age who comes to him.

'That is why we titled the doors 'TheWay;" said Oliva, "meaning that Christ is 'The Way' as he greets us with open arms and blesses us as his children."

Enid Duncan, who studies sculpture under Oliva's tutelage, marveled at that way the sculptor was able to create life-size figures of Christ and of the children in a scene that has to span two doors.

Duncan and her husband, Ted, have donated close to $20,000 to the parish for the doors, and her two sons and daughter posed for Oliva as models for the children depicted on the doors. The church is paying $4,000.

For 11 years his father, Tomas Oliva Sr., was Cuba's director of the arts. His sculptures were highly regarded by the Cuban populace, if not always by the regime.

CUBAN ARTIST Tomas Oliva Jr. sculpts a clay model of a set of churCh doors he is creating for the new St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Sumner, Wash. The doors feature Christ alongside two children. (CNS photo by Les Fetchko)

Then suddenly the elder Oliva was forced to flee Cuba because of differences with the regime regarding his art, so he had to leave his family behind.

For nearly 20 years the exiled father traveled through Europe, teaching sculpting, opening and operating a salon in Paris, and then coming to the United States.

Oliva said it was not until 1992 when he leftCuba for the United States that he and his father were finally reunited after a separation of nearly 20 years. The father died four years later.

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Thomas said that while he once dreamed of being a priest, "the court is my new vocation. It's the vocation I lost in 1968. I do it with reverence. I do it for God, at least I try."

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Historian tracks down story of pope and his pachyderm

By GERARD PERSEGHIN

Museum of American History. He knows his way around some of the WASHINGTON - It all started best archives in Europe. ' Bedini's adventure began when when Washington ian historian Silvio Bedini visited the Vatican he and S. Dillon Ripley of the and started asking about a pope Smithsonian wanted to do an exhibition on the Vatican and the sciwho had an elephant.

In an age when Pope John Paul ences. Bedini wrote to Vatican II gives priority to the poor and sources and asked for access "to asks the faithful to be mindful of every nook and cranny."

Nothing could be found until the need for justice, a pope who keeps an elephant no longer fits he was about to leave Rome. That day Msgr. Charl~s Burns, ~n arthe picture.

"I got the whole Vatican upset chival official, dropped off some when I started asking'about it," said information, and then Bedini Bedini, 82, talking about research came across another piece of information. A young workman told that began in 1977.

In an interview with the Catho- him of some bones unearthed durlic Standard, Washington's ing an excavation in the area of archdiocesan newspaper, he talked the Vatican library. He told about how he began to write "The Bedini they looked like dinosaur Pope's Elephant," first published bones. in Britain and published in the He pursued it and after sending United States in late 1998 by J.S. some photos and information back Sanders & Co. of Nashville, Tenn. to the National Museum of NatuIt is one of more than 20 books ral History in Washington, Bedini Bedini has written during a life- was told that the bones were not time of researching and collecting fossils, nor those of a dinosaur. that has taken him back and forth They we're of an elephant that died across the between Atlantic. the ages of In 1514 7 and 10.

Pope Leo X "We rewas prealized it sented with had to be that ela young elephant with ephant," lots of persaid Bedini. sonality.

He was off The king of like a good Portugal, sleuth, unManuel I, earthing had sent it, enormous along with a'mounts of an aide as informapart of the tion buried so-called in the dust "mission of of time. obedience" He found INTHIS antique print, an Indian mawhich heads references hout guides Hanno, the pet elephant of state acto Hanno, of Pope Leo X. While researching the Pope Leo's corded a new I y story of the elephant, historian Silvio elephant, , elected Bedini came across several illustra- all over; no pontiff. tions of the pachyderm. (CNS photo one quesSince courtesy Silvio Bedini) tioned why Pope Leo elephants was born Giovanni de' Medici, of turned 'up in depictions of adorathe 짜istocratic Florentine clan, he tions of the magi, in a fresco, in an , knew luxury, and Manuel knew the epitaph, and were featured in pope would appreciate the luxury works by Raphael, Romano, and of a rare beast seldom seen in Eu- many others. rope. That was especially so when Bedini even turned up a mathe elephant named Hanno knelt be- jolica platter - richly colored and fore the pontiff as if it recognized decorated Italian pottery - at the vicar of the Church, then stood, London's Victoria and Albert Mudipped his .trunk into a barrel of wa- seum that shows the papal procester, raised it, and spritzed everyone sion of Leo X on his "sedia in a baptismal-like greeting. gestatoria," the papal throne carThe story Bedini tells of how ried aloft, preceded by his beloved the elephant was brought from In- Hanno. That image is used on the dia draws on the texts of obscure dust jacket of the American edidocuments he researched in the tion of the book.

Vatican, in Portugal, in Spain, in But "The Pope's Elephant" is Paris at the Louvre, and many other not just about Hanno and Pope places. What he couldn't find, like Leo X. Bedini points out that Mar~ how much Hanno ate daily, he es- tin Luther used the elephant to attimates from contemporary scien- tack the pontiff, as a symbol of tific information.

Leo's frivolity. And it was Leo who Gaining access to so much in- excommunicated Luther after formation that might still be mold- Luther nailed his 95 theses to the ering in archives is one of the ma- door of the church in Wittenberg, jor talents of Bedini, who is histo- Germany. rian emeritus at the Smithsonian "The Pope's Elephant" was and former deputy director of the publisl,led in the United States by National Museum of History and J.S. Sanders & Company, NashTechnology, now the National ville, TN 37205.

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SEAN CONNERY and Catherine Zeta-Jones star in the action thriller "Entrapment." The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV - adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 - parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children. under 13. (CNS photo from 20th Century Fox)

Sluggish direction traps 'Entrapment'

By GERRI PARE CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

NEW YORK (CNS) - 'Entrapment" (20th Century Fox) teams a veteran star with a rising one, but the sparks sputter and the movie is mindless.

Out to nail Robert "Mac" MacDougal (Sean Connery), the world's craftiest art thief, is the alluring Virginia ':'Gin" Baker (Catherine Zeta-Jones), insurance investigator extraordinaire.

Combining her feminine wiles with the lur,e of stealing a 2,000year-old Chinese mask, she persuades Mac that together they can cop the treasure on opening night of its English exhibition.

Before you can blink he has whisked her off to his castle' on the Scottish coast while insisting their partnership remain professional.

There he trains her in contorting herself through the crisscrossing laser beams surrounding the artifact and together they triumph.

But for Gin, it was just a test rtin for much bigger fish - an elec-

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tronic bank swindle that would net them billions, not'millions, just too irresistible to ignore.

And,so the globetrotting movie then finds itself in Kuala Lumpur, site of the bank, high up in the world's tallest twin towers. Our antiheroes are about to attempt a stunt of "Mission Impossible" caliber as her insurance company boss (Will Patton) begins to wonder just whose side Gin is on.

Glossy production values give the escapist caper some visual pizzazz, but JOQ AmieI's sluggish di'rection combined with all the bogus emotions Gin and Mac fabricate make this a forgettable film.

Much of the suspense hinges on ' whether they are using each other or falling for one another, but the audience isn't likely to care since they have scant chemistry together.

The interplay of dialogue between , them has no sparkle despite their game performances.

As for the action set pieces, dicey underwater break-ins and high-rise hijinks provide momentary thrills

but become increasingly unbelievable until it all seems a silly fantasy best brought to a quick end.

The possibility of Y2K millennium chaos becomes a plot point as the heist takes place during the New Year-'s Eve fireworks celebration at the towers as the computers switch'over to the new century.

Although the film has almost no sex or violence to speak of, and minimal language transgressions, it isn't a good choice for impression!lble youngsters since it tends to romanticize the lawbreakers.

With the romance unconvincing and the commission of the crimes too fantastic, "Entrapment" will need a captive audience to succeed.

Due to a romanticized view of crime, fleeting violence and a few instances of rough language and profanity, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV -adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 - parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

profanity. The U.S. CatholiC Con- , Fleeting juvenile nudity and an instance of rough language. The U.S. ference classification is A-IV adults, with reservations. The MoCatholic Conference classification tion Picture Association ofAmerica isA-II -adults and adolescents. Not rating is R ~ restricted. rated by the Motion Picture Asso"The King of Masks" (Goldwyn) ciation ofAmerica.

Operatic melodrama set in 19308 "The Winslow Boy" (Sony Oassics) China where an elderly artist discovEloquent adaptation of Terence ers the scruffy street child he bought to continue his art is actually female, Rattigan's stage play in which a faafter which she is reduced to his dether (Nigel Hawthorne) in 1910 London believes the naval acadvoted servant, but her actions acciemy has wrongly expelled his 14dentally put his life in mortal danyear-old son for stealing a five-shilger. Director Wu Tianming tugs on ling postal order and at great cost, the heartstrings as the rejected child and the frustrated old man come to especially to his daughter (Rebecca Pidgeon), engages a prominent lawvalue love and sacrifice over gender and materialism in a well-acted, yer (Jeremy Northam) to prove the lad's innocence. Writer-director beautifully crafted tale. Subtitles.

David M~met unfolds the story through elegant dialogue and a Movies Online marvelous cast of characters, honing and sharpening but not changCan't remember how a r.ecent film was classified by the USCC? ing Rattigan's period piece about Want to know whether to let the British justice upholding the rights kids go see it? Now you can look of a citizen against the power of the film reviews up on America state. Heavy sledding for Online. Once you're connected to preschoolers. The U.S. Catholic AOL, just use the keyword CNS Conference classification is A-Ito go to Catholic News Service's general patronage. The Motion Piconline site, then look for movie ture Association of America rating reviews. is G - general audiences.

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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidag, bananas, at the expense of those pro(CNS) - The Antilles Episcop~l duceg. cheaper in Latin Ameri~an', Conference hop~s to meet with U:S. countries by large U.S. compames. bishops to discuss the controversial. ·The Worlq.Trade Organization' banana trade issue. sided,with the United States April 7, "Consistent with Catholic social ruling that the I~uropt<an Union's , teaching, we believe that <:J.ur t,arib- new rul~s for importing and mar~e(.: . bean nations, whose econoinies de- ing bananas violated gl<:>bal tradtng pend significantly on bananas,must r u l e s . . , . ' . _' ..

Caribbean bimana-p'ro~ucl~g be given preferential treatment;' the Caribbean bishops !laid in a state- territories affected by the rulIng tnment issued at their four-day meet-. clude Dominica, St. Luci~, Grenada, ing· on; the island of Dom inica' in and St. Vinc~.nt and 'the Gre!ladines. mid-April. ,.

For some islands, the banana trade The bishops said to advocate for contributes as' fuuc;h as}5 perce,ilt maintaining the special treatment of of the gross domestic product.

Caribbean nations thtw would aSk Expressing their"lo~ing solidarthe National Conference of Catho- itywith the people we serve who are lic Bishops to dialogue with the U.S. suffering economically as a result Congress; the Latin American bish- of the banana crisis,"th~ Caribbean ops' council to dialogue with Latin . bishops said they were aware of A NUN places a flower on the crypt of Bishop Juan Jos.e Gerardi Conedera ~n the first American governments; and Caritasgeoeconomic and geopoJ.itical is- anniversary 'of the bishop's death April 26 in Guatemala City. The Guatemalan bishop was Internationalis, the Church's inter- sues that flow from international slain at his at house last year a day afterpresenting a report on atrocities during Guatemala's national aid agency, to. dialogue trad.e agreements. with the European Union and the The bishops said these agr~e- long civil war. (CNS photo from Reuters) United Nations. ' ments "are based on the assumptIOn These dialogue efforts will "facili- that all people in the global comtate progress in the negotiations to . munity are able to compete equally retain preferential treatment for Car- in the international marketplace." ibbean bananas;' the bishops said.

This is not possible, the bishops The United States and five Latin stated, and "the human dignity of American countries imposed sanc- people who live in small, struggling,

By MIKE LANCHIN tions on European Union countries developing countries and their right The Church and human rights Guatemala City.

CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE for giving preferential treatment to to a reaso.nable standard of living High-school children, Mayan in- groups believe Bishop Gerardi's killAfric'an and Caribbean-produced JIlust be respected.": GUATEMALA CITY - Thou- digenous women dressed in tradi- ers acted in reprisal for his work on the . . sands of Guatemalans fIled past the tional clothing, priests and foreign report. of the fIrst .

The commemoration tomb ofAuxiliary Bishop Juan visitors were among the crowds that Gerardi ~~A§ ~~ ~nw Conedera in the catacombs ofthe cen- passed through the white-walled un- anniversary ended the night of April wilt AB· done on'· eafIA, fM tral cathedral, as the Catholic Church derground chambers. Former Presi- 26 with Mass at St. Sebastian Parish, ~ wound up activities marking the first dent Vinicio Cerezo and' other politi- where Bishop Gerardi worked and was en· ~eaII~ cians also made brief visits. murdered. anniversary of his murder.

Church authorities opened the The major newspapers dedicated , Following the service; a vigil was crypt early April 26. Bishop Gerardi's two or three pages to the anniversary held inside the chapel. successor, Auxiliary Bishop Mario celebrations, which beganApril 24 with One ofthe songs was "Gerardi, the Oh adorable and Divine Will, behold me here before the imRios Montt of Guatemala City, said ' an evening service in the cathedral.

New Man," composed by' a Guatemamensity ofYour Light, that Your eternal goodness may open to the murder had been an attempt ''to That was the date on which, in lan singer, Olivia Recondo. The chome the doors and make me enter into It to fOfm my life all in divide the Church ... but I believe that 1998, Bishop Gerardi publicly pre- rus was; "There are not enough rocks You, Divine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate before we are more united than ever." sented the report, "Never Again," a in this country to break the heads of Your Light, I, the least of all creatures, put myself into the little Evidence of that, he said, were the collection of testimonies about the all of us who think." group of the sons and daughters ofYour Supreme FIAT. ProsBishop Ge,rardi was murdered by number 9f people visiting the tomb numerous atrocities committed by trate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg that it and the 80,000 people who attended military and paramilitary forces dur- several blows to the head with a conthe open-air Mass April 25 in central ing the recent civil war. crete block. clothe me and eclipse all that does not pertain to You, Divine Will. It. will be my Life, the center of my intelligence, the enrapturer of my heart and of my whole being. I do not want the human will to have life in this heart any longer. I will cast it away from me and thus form the new Eden of Peace, of happiness and of love. With It I shall be always happy. I shall have a ' singular strength and a holiness that sanctifies all things and '-"---e.:= iii~~~_lt.

By CINOVWOODEN conducts them to God. .. he has no idea how long the rest CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Here prostrate, I invoke the help of the Most Holy Trinity of the process would take, but he : ~ that They permit me to live in the cloister of the Divine Will and VATICAN CITY - Pope John hoped the beatification would oc- I-:.._~, thus return in me the first order of creation, just as the creatUre Paul II could beatify Pope .John cur in the year 2000. was created.

XXIII as early as next year, said . Pope John Paul and the cardiHeavenly Mother, Sovereign and Queen of the Divine Fiat, the promoter .of the late pontiff's nals who are members of the sainttake my hand and introduce me into the Light of the Divine cause for peatification and canoni- hood congregation still must forWill. You will b.e my guide, my most tender Mother, and will zation. mally recognize the "heroic virteach me to live in and to maintain myself in the order and the A beatifIcation in 2000 became tUes" of Pope John and declare him bounds of the Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate my , a possibility April 22 when medi- venerable. . 'whole being to Your Immaculate Heart. You will te~ch me the cal consultants to the CongregaIn addition, theological 'doctrine of the Divine Will, and Iwilllisten most attentively to tion for Sainthood Causes said consultants to the_congreYour lessons. You will cover me with Your mantle so that the there was no scientific explana- gation must establish a reinfernal serpent dare not penetrate into this sacred Eden to ention for the healing of a nun who lationshi p between tice me and make me fall into the maze of the human will. prayed for the late popes inter- prayers to Pope John Heart of my greatest Good, Jesus, You will give me Your' cession. and the Italian nun's flames that they may bum me, consume me, and feed me to The cause of Pope John, whose healing of a bleeding form in me the Life of the Divine Will.

1958-1963 pontificate included the . ulcer and severe pen- ' Saint Joseph, you will be my protector, the guardian of my opening of the Second Vatican tonitis. heart, and will keep the keys of my will ~n your hands. You will Council, still must clear some baIf the theologians keep my heart jealously and shall never give it to me again, that sic steps in the beatification pro- recognize a link be,POPE JOHN XXIII could be beatified I may be sure of never leaving the Will of God. . cess, even though the judgment of tween the healing and as early as next year, said the promoter My guardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in everythe medical board usually is the the intercession of Pope of his cause for sainthood in late April. The thing so that my Eden may flourish and be the instrument that most difficult step.

John, Pope John Paul pontificate of Pope John XXIII ran 1958draws all men into the Kingpom of the Divine Will. Amen.

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1963 and included the opening of the SecRosa, postulator of Pope John's miracle and set a date ( In Honor of Luisa Piccarreta 1865-1947 Child of the Divine Will) ond Vatican Council.

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In Rome on Monday, the day following the release of three U.S. soldiers by the Serbs, Pope John Paul appealed for the start of real dialogue tbward a negotiated solution, which he said should be undertaken with the "creativity and intelligence which God gave humans to resolve tensions and conflicts."

The pope also sent a message to Kofi Annan, secretary-general of the United Nations, offering his prayers for the success ofAnnan's late-April visit to European capitals and to Moscow in an attempt to reactivate a dialogue on the crisis.

In New York, Cardinal John J. O'Connorquestioned whether NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia can be mor- . ally justified.

"It is eJ;lormously difficult for me,to. feel assured that the prosecution ofthis 'war' meets the requirements of 'justwar' teaching;' he wrote in arecent column in the archdiocesan weekly, Catholic New York.

But U.S. Secretary ofDefense WJ.1I-· iam Cohen said: "We are not only not going to stop the bombing, we're gcr ing to intensify the bombing:' Subsequent NATO air strikes on major electrical JXlwer plants caused a bl!lCkout

Padre Pio His Capuchin superiors tried to limit his public appearan~ and planned to transfer the priest. But they backed down after popular outcries. With donations, Padre Pio opened a small hospital next to the monastery in 1925, the forerunner to a much larger health complex the House for Relief of Suffering, pe had built in the 19508.

"Padre Pio's concern for people was also manifested in his desire to serve the crippled children and paraplegics being cared for by the facility which he caused to be built," Bishop O'Malley pointed out.

After years of ministering to long lines of penitents, and after suffering more bouts with illness, Padre Pio died in 1968. The day of his death, the stigmata wounds disappeared. During his lifetime, the mystic monk was controversial in the eyes oftheVatican, which investigated his activities, temJXlrarily suspended him from most ofhis priestly ministries and kept him under a watchful eye in the 1930s and '408.

In recent years, Church authorities have reviewed the accusations and found no evidence of wrongdoing. On the contrary, they said, these trials only highlighted Padre Pio's deep obedience to the Church. ''We can say he was an authentic Saint, whom the devil tried to cover with mud;' said Italian Bishop Andrea Erba, who helped prepare a report on Padre Pio in 1997.

Pope John Paul II, who presided at the beatification Mass in St. Peter's Square, had a personal role in the friar's story, As a seminarian in 1947, the pope confessed to Padre Pio. Then in 1962, as bishop of Krakow, Poland, he wrote to Padre Pio and asked prayers for a friend who was diagnosed with throat cancer. Only 11 days later, the cancer inexplicably disappeared.

The JXlpe has praised Padre Pio for . his dedication to the sacraments and his personal holiness. Many others who

in Belgrade and large areas of Serbia, affecting millions of people.

Cardinal O'Connor, who served 27 years as a chaplain and rose to become chiefofchaplains in the U.S. Navy, surn- . marized many ofthe currentarguments for the NATO operation: that tyranny cannot be allowed to prevail, that Serb actions in Kosovo are ''reminiscent of the Holocaust;' that many refugees are being produced and that what is happening presents a "barbaric threat to all of Europe." ''For me, it is difficult to see how a single one of these i:;sues satisfactorily answers the question ofwhy we seem to be virtually obliterating a country;' he said.

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can, Czech Cardinal Miloslav Vlk of Prague, presidentofthe Council ofEuropean Bishops' Conferences, offered his support to political and military leaders who went through a struggle of conscience before deciding they must use force againstYugoslavia to protect ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.

Msgr. Bernd Kaut, an official at the European bishops' office who helped draft the statement, said the remarks were an acknowledgment of the difficult choices leaders have to make but raised the question, "Have we done enough to see if we can sit down" and return to negotiations?

Msgr. Mario Zenari, the Vatican's representative to the permanent council ofthe Organization for Security and

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The grants continued the 20-year program ofthe Knights ofColumbus to provide direct suppOrt for the bishops' pro-life secretariat. ' ''We continue to heed the call ofthe bishops to make the cause ofhiunan life a priority;' said Supreme Knight Vrrgil C. Deschant '~Knights ofColumbus

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made p'ilgrimages to San Giovanni Rotondo said theywere impressed most by his deep sense of faith, his humility and his simple yet profound manner of awakening their spmtual thirst. Those who knew him well said the priest's occasional bluntness was balanced by a gentle manner with sinners.

Padre Pio often spent 10-12 hours a day in the confessional. The rest of the day he spent in prayer in a bare monastic cell, or saying long Masses for the faithful who packed the monastery. frequently, the Eucharist would be his only food for days. When he did eat, his principal diet for the day was a plate ofgreens.

Christ's sacrifice was at the center of his prayer life; one Italian priest described·Padre Pio as "a saint not of action but of the Passion."

Because the Capuchin priest's JXlpularity had grown in the years since his death and the crowds expected for the beatification Mass have caused an unprecedented logistics problem for Vatican and Roman officials.

City officials reached agreement with theVatican on limiting attendance in St. Peter's Square and at the larger square at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, where the pope delivered a blessing afterward.

Fears oftraffic gridlockwere so great that Rome's mayor encouraged city residents to leave town for the weekend, and school was canceled Monday as officials faced the myriad of problems getting hundreds of thousands to overcrowded train stations and airports. ."His cause for beatification went very quickly," Bishop O'Malley commented. "There have even been miracles reported after the beatification was announced and those miracles make the process towards his sainthood even faster. I think his life, one that underscores the importance of the interior life and the process of conversion, offers an

example for all to follow."

While a man whose basic ministry was giving spiritual direction and administering the sacrament of penance, "he was gifted with inany graces, particularly of bearing in his own body the wounds ofChrist, the only priest to have done so," Bishop O'Malley noted.

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Pro-Life Office. announces essay contest winners FALL RIVER - Wmners in the second. For grades nine to 12, sopho- choice between having a baby or hav- lors and medical community, women it is the killing of an innocent human annual Pro-Life Essay Contest for stu- moreMelanieWilliams ofBishopStang ing a traumatic experience? will continue to be pressured into dan- being and the denial of that human's dents in the Fall River Diocese were High School, North Dartmouth, garAbortion is a termination of preg- gerous abortions 'for their own good.' right to be born into the world. Aborrecently announced and invited to read nered first place honors while school-· nancy before birth, resulting in, or ac- .

We must never forget that our long- tion allows for·would-be mothers and their winning submissions at the Pro- mate Joel Maxwell, a senior from the . companied by, the death ofthe fetusJt- .. term gqal is not to make abortion sim- fathers to have their lives changed forLife Convention at Bishop Stang High school, placed second. . has been practiced around the world ply illegal, but also unthinkable. We ever. They lose a part of their life with School.

The first place essays are reprinted since ancient times as a crude method -must also convinCe the public that even that baby. It affects everybody.

The contest is of birth control. Although· if abortion is legal, it is never safe. FuAbortion has made me think not sponsored by the Promany religions restrict the '.- ture generations must recognize abor- only about how horrible it truly is, but Life Office and two .practice, abortion was not '. tionforwhatitis'medical'buteheryof what it says aboutour society. Our sowinning essays for considered illegal in most both mother and, child. ciety is filled with violence and this grades six to eight and countries until the 19th cenMy dream is·that years from now, . reflects the lack ofrespect for life. Somenine through 12 were tury. no compassionate person would ever one once said to me that the greatest awarded $100 and , Abortion hurts women. It encourage a young girl or woman to gift God can give you is life itself. If $50 U.S: Savings frequently causes irreparable Bonds respectively. danjage to a woman's repro. : .

The theme of tl1is ductive health. Research year's essay was l'Un_ from the last 10 years has til No More Children shown, abortion almost alDie and No More ways causes psychological Women Cry." Marian and emotional damage. It Desrosiers, assistant can literally cripple a director ofthe Pro-Life woman's ability to function Office, said that hunin nornfal relationships with dreds ofessays are subfamily, friends or even at mittcct each year from work. Facts show that over schools and parishes.

90 percentofwomen having Father Stephen A. abortions suffer damage to Fernandes, ciirector of their self-esteem. Nearly 50 the Pro-Life Office: percent of post-abortion said that he was very women begin or increase encouraged by what drug and alcohol abuse. A he read and proud of few years from now 60 perthis year's writers. cent experience suicidal te~­ "Nothing forces a perdencies with up to 28 person to think like the cent actually attempting suiexercise of writing. cide. Otherproblems include Students were encourdepression, flashbacks and AMANDA GRAZIOLI of Holy Cross Parish, South Easton" BISHOP O'MALLEY congratulates Kaitlyn concentration problems. aged to think with this shakes hands with Bishop Sean O'Malley after reading her year's topic and focus Mello, first place winner for grades 6-8 in the Studies also show that essay at the Pro-Life Convention. Grazioli placed second for attention on the fact annual Pro-Life Essay Contest. It is sponsored even among women undergrades 6-8 in the contest which addressed the issue of aborthat two people, the by the Pro-Life Office and students this year adgoing abortions, approxi(AnchodGordon photo) tion. mother and child, suf- dressed the topic "Until No More Children Die mately 70 percent believe abortion is wrong. These fer because of abor- and No More Women Cry." Mello is a member of tion. We want young Our Lady of Fatima Parish, New Bedford. (An- women seek abortions not seek out an illegal abortion because humanity doesn't get a grip on what its people to be aware chof/Gordon photo) because they believe it is everyone will know more of its physi- values and what its morals are we will of that," Father right to abort, but because cal, psychological and spiritual dan- begin to lose everything that God has Fernandes said. they feel they have no other gers. People tend to forget the truth that given us. Life and the human race canKaitlyn Mello captured first place here in their entirety. choice. Fifty-two percent of women whenever one hurts a child, one hurts not continue to live with violence. It is for grades six through eight and is a who suffer post-abortion trauma report its mother as well. And whenever one disturbing to think that someone ca., member ofOur Lady ofFatima Parish, Kaitlyn Mello that they were ''forced by others'~ into helps a motheJ;, one helps her child. actually terminate a life inside one's New Bedford. Amanda Grazioli of '1s it a choice between having a unwanted abortions. Unless we edu- Therefore, the solution to problem preg- body. A life in the womb ofa woman is Holy Cross Parish, South Easton, placed baby or having an abortion, or is it a cate the parents, boyfriends, counse- nancies is not abortion; it is compas- something that could eventually become a wonderful person. This has sion." nothing to do with religion, but rather a simple fact of life. The point is that if Melanie Williams "As a student at Bishop Stang High society can't think clearly enough to School in Dartmouth, Mass:, I am lucky realize that we must give life a chance, enough to have Christ as an intricate then murder and violence will not end.

So the life ofan unbom child shoulcl part ofmy life. He is everywhere in my school; in a way, you can never escape be given a chance no matter what the him, which is actually the best thing circumstances. There are always other about school. He is ~ere through teach- options. We have spent the time to creers and students. They are the people ate places that give you other options. who shape you into the person you These should be taken seriously. Reliwill become. We have aclass at Bishop gion can give you the guidance that Stang, a religion class. From the begin- you need to make the right choices ning our teacher has taught us that abor- and ultimately helps you feel that you tion is wrong. It never really occurred are doing 'the right things. Therefore, to me what he was saying until he ex- you are happy with the choices you plained what was really behind that have made. The true fact is that a life word. It was possibly the most horrible can't survive without the ones who thing I have ever heard. Even without have chosen to create it. This should the presence of the Lord in your life, not be taken for granted by anyone. how could you possibly be able to see Life cannot be lived without a chance." a life you have created be so horribly disposed of?

A babyJ ridv or Religion is important part of my life. I am faced with it every day and rlwuU IWt wouldn't change the way my life is for b~ tko~1rx M 1m anything in the world. But abortion should not be about a religion, it should FIRST AND SECOND place winners in the Diocesan Pro-Life Essay Contest for grades incb~J be aboutthe truth. The truth is that abornine-12, Melanie Williams and Joel Maxwell of Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, tion is really murder and allows for evbut M ~ utira.cLe-. display their awards. With the students are Director of the Pro-Life Office, Father Stephen erybody involved to suffer in some - CONGRESSMAN JAMES BARCIA A. Fernandes, and Marian Desrosiers, assistant director. way. The most important point is that

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United States. countdown to the year 2000, the have even the most basic reading A nearly 40-member strong director, . priest, sisters, lay and writing skills. Today over missionaries and staff of a New 300 children, most of them corps of dedicated lay missionaries Mexico Mission school are Native Ainerican,join i!1 prayer teach and carry out the other work of concerned abo'ut urgently-needed . to keep their school from closing. the Mission. This "other work" The Indian boys and girls includes maintaining the buses and help. They work daily to make quality Catholic education a reality attendi ng St. Bonaventure Indian -vans which travel the remote mesas for American Indian children in Mission arid School live with . to bring the children to school; preparing two nourishing meals daily the following realities: their care. for the children; and bringing both • 55% of the Navajo These children "do without" food and water to aging Navajos iiving population cannot read or as a way of life ... will you help in poveriy in remote areas of the them? For many of our students, write; barren Reservation.

• In McKinley County (where the school at St. Bonaventure New lay missionaries often ask, the Mission is located) over Mission is their "last hope."

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They've experienced failure in 50% ofschool age children Will you help? live in poverty; other schools or inability to get to Gifts made to St. Bonaventure • The suicide rate among from great distances. school Indian Mission and School are taxNavajo teenagers is ten Trusting in God, everyone at deductible. The school also times higher than for their the Mission prays for urgentlyqualifies for "Matching Gifts." age groitp in the U.S. needed help. population at lat:ge.

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