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Council of Catholic Women holds 45th convention •

Hartford Archbishop Daniel A. Cronin, former Fall River bishop, is main speaker.

By JAMES N. DUNBAR

SOUTH DARTMOUTH-In a keynote address to the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women at its 45th convention May 2, Archbishop Daniel A. Cronin of Hartford, Conn., urged the, members to bear witness to Christ by the example of their lives.

Held at St. Mary's Parish Center, the clay long agenda included business meetings and committee reports, a eoncelebrated Mass, lunch and a musicale in the afternoon.

Recalling his 21 years as bishop THERESA LEWIS of Fall River that ended in 1991, the archbishop praised the work of the group and addressed the convention's theme, "Holy Spirit, Empower Us as Wl~ Journey to New Beginnings."

"The topic is fitting since we are in the year that the Holy Father has designated for

us to reflect on the Holy Spirit. It is the second year of our th,ree-year preparation for the Jubilee Year 2000 and the new millennium," the archbishop said.

"It is interesting that the topic of the Holy Spirit is not just a subject for Church. The recent Newsweek magazine in its April 13 edition has a seven-page article entitled 'Living in the Spirit.'" It is not a purely Catholic article, he noted, but said that the magazine's poll showed that 47 percent of Christians say they have personally experienced the Holy Spirit. "Among evangelical Protestants, the figure rises to 75 percent," he added.

"It is appropriate that you ask the Holy Spirit's empowerment as you journey to new beginnings. Certainly there will be new beginnings. Chief among these is the fact that we will be beginning a new century and a new millennium."

Archbishop Cronin told the 155 women attending that "May I suggest that the best way to accomplish this would be for the individual women of the Council to reflect in this year of the Jioly Spirit on the vocation that each Christian as a baptized and confirmed person has ... by fully appreciating our role as baptized and confirmed Christians and trying then to further the mission of the Church by the witness of our lives."

Expressing h,is gratitude for all the dedicated work of the Council, Archbishop Cronin remembered members of the clergy as well as women who were so dedicated, especially the late Gertrude O'Brien. "There

Parish journal spreads good news to community

By MIKE GORDON ANCHOR STAFF

MASHPEE-When Jacqueline Spinney converted to Catholicism and joined Christ the King Parish' in Mashpee she was amazed at the size of the parish and its community.

After settling in, she began to wonder if all the people in the community, especially those homebound, were getting everything they could from the parish. A parish of such size would certainly contain a great creative spirit and she began to cultivate the idea of developing a parish newsletter.

That newsletter idea soon blossomed into a parish journal and now The Crown, a publication to celebrate faith, is entering its sixth year of production.

With her involvement and initiative in celebrating the kingdom of God through print and a little encouragement from her pastor, Spinney's spark of creativity was ignited and continues to burn in Mashpee.

The Crown is a journal of experiences from parishioners, poetry, photographs of parish events and news that concerns the parish. It comes out every two months and is put together completely by volunteers from the parish. The parish stiII has its bulletin every week, but The Crown gives people news of their friends and happenings within the parish. It provides a forum for community news and, according to pastor of Christ the King Father Ronald A. Tosti, that's a great thing.

"I'm very proud of this project. It helps build the community and people can read good things about their fellow parishiOl~ers," he said.

The free journal is given out after Masses and copies are left at the back of the church during the week. They print about 2000 copies of each issue, so~e of which are mailed to shutins. The parish has about 1,500 year round families who "really enjoy receiving it," said Father Tosti, "It's a nice presentation."

When Jacqueline began talking about the idea of the newsletter a few years ago, Father Turn to page 2 - The Crown

have been so many women over the years now deceased whom I could mention with great gratitude for their contribution to the work of the Council. You know how grateful I was as bishop of Fall River to all of you for

what you did and I still am. That is one of the reasons I am glad to be here today, to say thanks once again."

The archbishop said he remembers well Turn to page 9 - DCCW

KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Archbishop Daniel A. Cronin of Hartford, former bishop of Fall River (left), is greeted by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley at the gathering of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women in convention at St. Mary Parish hall, South Dartmouth, on May 2.

Soup buffet raises funds for overseas project

By MIKE GORDON ANCHOR STAFF

NEW BEDFORD-The saying goes that it takes a whole village to raise a child, but has anyone asked the question what does it take to raise a water tower? That's the question that parishioners of Sacred Heart Church were hel ping to answer when they held a soup buffet to raise money for an African missionary and his viIlage's project.

When Father Hippolytus Omodoi visited the United States through a mission co-op, he explained to Father Clement E. Dufour, Sacred

Charities Appeal's parish phase opens FALL RIVER-The parish phase of the encourage participation of all parishioners. The 1998 Catholic Charities Appeal opened this pledge system has proven to be popular with week as the diocese marked the 57th fundraising many donors and several pastors reported parishyear to address the needs of the many A.~I!I!I!"- ioners increasing their level of giving. agencies, institutions and apostolates For the first time in Appeal history, serving the needs of thousands of resiprospective contributors may utilize Visa and Mastercard contributions. At dents in southeastern Massachusetts.

Although early in the campaign, Msgr. the recent deanery meeting in the New Thomas J. Harrington, diocesan director Bedford area, several pastors reported of the Appeal, and Michael Donly, direccontributors using the credit cards to tor of the dioces~ Office ofDevelopment, agreed make their donations.

Gifts to the Appeal may be transmitted thatthe outlook is favorable fora successful drive.

Appeal staffers worked late into the night through local parishes in all areas of the dioApril 3 as the first day's returns were compiled. cese or may be sent directly to Diocesan HeadBishop Sean P. O'Malley was a visitor at cam- quarters, 344 Highland Ave., P.O. Box 1470, paign headquarters and viewed the parish re- Fall River, MA 02722. Telephone inquiries are welcome at (508) 676-8943. ports as they came in.

Following is a listing of business and comFather Bruce M. Neylon of New Bedford, Father John A Perry of East Freetown, Father munity gifts donated thus far to the Appeal.

Thomas L. Rita of Osterville and Father Manuel Attleboro Area P. Ferreira of this city prepared area reports. $2,000 The Appeal will continue throughout this V.H. Blackington Co., Inc., Attleboro Falls Turn to page 2 - CCA month and efforts are ongoing in the parishes to

Heart's pastor, the problems people encountered in his homeland with clean water and the need of a water tower. Those living in the village of Buteba in his homeland of Uganda, East Africa, are forced to travel great distances to obtain water, but it comes from polluted springs and many are victims of waterborne diseases.

Father Omodoi, for example, has to boil the water he uses at Mass.

A water tower would supply a constant source of clean water for the community and its schools by trapping runoff rainwater from houses and shelter roofs and storing it. Due to the large amount of rainfall, the collected supply should be more than enough for the village, since the project's six rainwater tanks would hold 264 gallons each.

Although no formal collection was taken up for the project at that time, Father Dufour wished to do something to help and brought the idea to the St. Anne's Ladies' Guild of Sacred Heart.

"At first it was just an idea of a simple soup meal, but it turned into a buffet of soups," said Father Dufour. The women's guild organized the buffet and asked parishioners who partook of the meal to make a freewill offering towards the water tower.

A large number of parishioners turned out to sample six different types of soup, including kale and minestrone as well as clam chowder.

Served with bread and beverages, the soup buffet raised $325 towards the water tower project and people had a good time.

"I think people really enjoyed it. They came with their children and stuck around for a few hours talking and enjoying the food," said Father Dufour.

Constance Menard, secretary for the guild.

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THE ANCHOR -

Diocese of Fall River -

Fri., May 8, 1998

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Charles Kayajan , MIDDLEBORO-Charles Kayajan, 64, husband of Patricia A. (Sullivan) Kayajan and father of Holy Cross Father Daniel R. Kayajan, par~)Chial vicar of Holy Cross Parish, South Easton, died May 3, after a brief illness.

Born in Middleboro, the son of Carrie (Garabedian) Kayajan of Salem, N.H., and the late Samuel Kayajan, he was a 1951 graduate of Middleboro Memorial High School. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Before retiring in 1997, he was employed as a driver for United Parcel Service for 30 years. He was a member of the UPS Circle of Honor for safe driving, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Middleboro Lodge of Elks and Sacred Heart Parish.

Besides his mother, wife and priest-son, he is survived by two other sons, Thomas E. Kayajan of Westford and James F. Kayajan of Rochester Hill, Mich.; a brother, Samuel Kayajan Jr., of Salem, N.H.; a grandson; and nieces and nephews.

His Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Wednesday in Sacred Heart Church. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery.

Two new bishops named by Vatican

By CATHOLIC

NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - Chicago Auxiliary Bishop George V. Murry, SJ, one of the 12 active U.S. African-American Catholic bishops, has been appointed coadjutor bishop of St. Thomas, Virgin Is,lands, by Pope John Paul II. Bishop Sean O'Malley was ~o颅 adjutor bishop for the Islands from 1984 to 1985, then was bishop from

1985 to 1992, when he was appointed to the Fall River diocese.

The pope also named Father Joseph N. Perry, pastor of All Saints Parish in Milwaukee, as auxiliary bishop of Chicago. He will become the 13th active U.S. black Catholic bishop.

The appointments were announced May 5 in Washington by Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan, apostolic pronuncio to the United States.

Tableaus will portray apparitions of Mary FALL RIVER-In observance of the 81 st anniversary of the apparition of the Blessed Virgin at Fatima in Portugal, District One of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will present a program, "The Many Faces of Mary," May 13, 7 p.m., in Notre Dame Church, 529 Eastern Ave. The program will feature tableaus portraying some well-known, and little-known appearances. They will include apparitions, at Fatima, Portugal'; Akita, Japan; Lourdes, France; Guadalupe, Mexico and Medjugorje, Yugoslavia.

The program is intended to stimulate love for Mary and to awaken a desire in those attending to know more about her apparitions.

Appearing in the tableaus will be members of the DCCW and members of their families. Admission is free. Refreshments will be served following the program in the parish hall.

For more information call Carol

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The Crown Tosti approached her after Mass and encouraged her to pursue the idea.

"Without her efforts it would not exist," he said.

Jackie said she is proud of The Crown journal and the work she and the other volunteer~ do. "People enjoy reading it, and I enjoy it," she declared. She added that right now it's smooth sailing, but Irs not always easy to find volunteers to write.

"We've been fortunate to have so many creative people that do stories.

We have three that do features each issue and take photos."

Both she and Father Tosti are thankful for the parish participation, ' but would like to get some more people, even young people, involved in the project. They agreed that it's hard to find people who have free time.

Although it takes a lot of time and effort to put The Crown together, when Jackie and Father Tosti are greeted with positive feedback, they know the efforts are benefiting the ,community and parish.

The production of the journal is done at Jackie's kitchen table and, al-

Diocesan Scou~ing chairma,n attends 1998 confe'renee SWANSEA-Paul J. Parent, chairman of the diocese's Catholic Committee on Scouting, and his wife Anne, were among 300 people from across the nation attending the 1998 biennial'conference of the National Catholic Committee on Scouting, held last week in Columbus, Ohio.

With "Discover the Spirit" as its theme, the conference was host to delegates at workshops and seminars dealing with various aspects of improving the ministry of regional and diocesan Scouting committees.

Among the speakers were Bishop James A. Griffin of Columbus and , 'Bishop Gerald A. Gettelfinger of Evansville, Ind., outgoing and incoming committee advisors respectively.

The national committee, comprised of lay and clergy volunteers from every U.S. diocese, assists members in using Scouting as a means of reaching Catholic Scouts and Scouters on the spiritual level through programs involving retreats and religious emblems.

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In the key address, Bishop Gettelfinger challenged delegates to dedicate the~selves to vocational

awareness and to encourage youths to become lay and religj.:ms leaders in the Church.

SCOUTING AWARENESS - Diocesan Scouting Chairman Paul J. Parente and his wife Anne participa.ted at the recent National Catholic Committee on Scouting conference held in Columbus, Ohio.

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though she doesn't have a computer, another parishioner provides one and the finished product is brought down by disk to a printer. According to Jackie, one thing that's made production of the journal so smooth is having Walter Carlson of Cape Cod Printing put the final product into print.

"They do a marvelous job printing it and we're very lucky to have them," she said.

As far as Father Tosti and Jackie know, this type of publication is not put out by other, parishes, but said they'd be more than happy to talk about it if some were interested in pursuing a similar endeavor. Putting together The Crown for six years certainly has been a lot of work, but they'll tell anyone wanting to make a similar effort that it has not only been a benefit to the parish of Christ the King, but the bigger Kingdom as well.

Correction In a story April 24, two 'diocesan workers were said to be attending courses in Santa Fe, Calif. That is incorrect. They are attending classes in Santa Fe, N.M.

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JUBILEE - Liturgical procession winds its way out of Sacred Heart Church in Taunton after recent Mass celebrating the parish's 125th anniversary. (Photo by Dick Arikian)

Taunton parish marks its 125th anniversary TAUNTON-More than 500 parishioners joined with Bishop Sean P. O'Malley for a Mass and celebration marking the 125th anniversary of Sacred Healt Parish here.

Participating in the liturgy on April 19 were Bishop Louis E. Gelineau, former bishop of Providence, R.I., pastor Father JonPaul Gallant, and other priests

who were former pastors, associates and native sons.

Music for the special liturgy was provided by the Sacred Heart Jubilee Choir under the direction of Mrs. Joanna Alden and the Toby Monte Brass Quartet. Robert Horta was the cantor.

Following the Mass, the congregation participated in a festive brunch in the parish hall. Pastor

emeritus Father Cornelius O'Neill gave the invocation.

Carol Mills brought greetings from the Town of Berkley and Rep. James Fagan brought congratulations from the Massachusetts legislature. State Sen. Marc .

Pacheco carried a message from the Senate and U.S. Rep. J. Joseph Moakley delivered congratulations from the Congress.

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the moorin9--' The Challenge of Israel As the state of Israel celebrates the 50th anniversary of its legal establishment, it does so with much internal hesitancy and even doubt. On the surface, its international power and military strength make it a unique fortress in the Middle East. Its readiness for battle is legendary as well as has been its resolve for nationhood.

However, under the surface is a people still seeking an identity.

Immersed in the past, unsure of the present and wary of the future, .

Israel finds itself moving further and further from the world community.

As Israel has become more introverted, the persistent woes of the Diaspora have become more and more evident. The State of Israel suffers internal squabbles. The battle between Reform and Orthodox Judaism has become daily more difficult to handle and compromise seems impossible to achieve. In the Middle East, emotions often triumph over logic.

Israel is in fact a religious state in which the concept of equal rights for all is at best limited. The American Jewish community is now realizing this situation. Christians in Israel have a very difficult existence. This is especially true of Christian Arabs. The explosive Palestinian and Israeli situation is not merely political but a combination of many historic realities. In a state in which the majority favors a particular religion, the minority often suffers.

Somehow Israel has to guarantee respect for basic religious freedoms and rights to all its inhabitants, regardless of race, sect or any combination of both.

It is sad to see a nation that has fought doggedly to maintain its existence criticize o~her entities. The ongoing debate concerning Pope Pius XII is an example of this. Only a week ago the New York Times featured a magazine article entitled "John Paul's Jewish dilemma." His many efforts to heal the divisions of cultures should be a testimony to all who wish to reinforce the Catholic-Jewish dialogue. Criticism of the dedicated labors of Pope Pius XII in this same regard actually detracts from the work of the present pontiff.

At some point the state of Israel should surely approve the sincere and honest efforts of the Vatican to resolve what is not only a Jewish question but one that involves all members of the world family who have historically suffered persecution and degradation. A more secure State oflsrael should strive to diminish prejudice and become a leader among the nations who believe that Jerusalem is the. Holy City.

The real problem Israel will have to face during the next 50 years is internal. Caught between the secular and the religious, war and peace, reformed and conservative policies, isolation and internationalism, it has to come to terms with all factions. If it continues to allow division, it will have a difficult road to travel.

As the nation tries to find a way to separate religion and state without dissolving itself, it will be challenged indeed. It cannot afford intermil accusations as a political means of survival, and it cannot afford to allow the peace process to become a one-sided issue.

In short, the Jewish people have suffered too much for too long.

The journey through the desert never seems to come to its promised fulfillment. But we in the Christian world must not feel that our Old Testament roots are optional. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are our fathers in faith. Much more unites us with than separates us from our Jewish friends.

Aware of the lessons of history, may we hope that the blessed land which is holy to Jew, Moslem and Christian prospers and that its people manifest goodwill and trust in one another.

The Editor

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CHILDREN SHOWER SPECIAL ATTENTION ON MOMS FOR MOTHER'S DAY ON MAY 10. IN A 1995 LETTER TO WOMEN, POPE JOHN PAUL II WROTE, "THANK YOU, WOMEN WHO ARE MOTHERS! YOU HAVE SHELTERED HUMAN BEINGS WITHIN YOURSELVES IN A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OF JOY AND TRAVAIL."

"You have formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother's womb."

Psalm 139:13

(eNS phOIC hy Dob Roller)

Mom's hands cause the infant to flash a big round smile - big enough to charm the CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE world.

As meaningful as Mother's Day Although we cannot remember is, it should never be restricted to a our own infancy, this almost surely day or month, but celebrated al- did happen over and over, and beways. Moms deserve all the credit cause of it Mom's touch and preswe can give them because without ence was precious. them our lives would be out of When our nose was running, her touch. hand dried it. When we had food Recently, shortly before all over our face and on everything, Mother's Day, my mother visited her hands were there with soap and me for three days, and it was great water, providing that sweet smelIto be with her because she's never ing baby powder and oil that are an lost her vibrancy and love of life. infant's perfume.

It's stilI catching!

But most of all, it was when I continue to marvel at the count- Mom held us and gently patted us less ways she and other mothers on our tiny backs that we came to have been able to touch their chil- fully appreciate her hands. They dren physicalIy and mentally in became a security blanket assuring ways that last, that continue to sus- us that we were absolutely safe, tain. could rest our head on her shoulWhether your mother is alive or ders and return to our wonderful with the Lord, she's still able to do dream world. this - to touch your life. It's amaz-In time we also came to realize ing. Moms have a way, don't they, the value of Mom's lap. When we of focusing on you that is far more hurt ourselves, we could always run penetrating than that employed, say, to it, jump up on it and receive the by someone interviewing you for a comfort we sought. job?

Mom's lap also provided us Let's look back to the beginning with our first classroom experiof a life when a newborn baby ence. There she instructed us on grasps our finger for the first time, what to do and how to do it; what making contact with us and melt- to avoid and how to get along with ing our heart. And how many times others. does a mother respond in ways that And it was there that her caring

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hands turned the page.s in our storybooks, pointing us toward marvels that awed and th::illed and expanded the imagination.

When Mom's lap ¡could no longer be our classroom, her hand grasped ours and led us into a new phase of life, taking us to school for the first time.

But as gentle and comforting as Mom's hands were, they also had the power to make us uncomfortable. One pointed finger was all we had to see to realize something should not be attempted again. And when she threw her hands up in the air, it was time to watch out - a hurricane was coming.

Always, though, we knew that Mom acted for our good. It was her hand that taught us how to :nake the sign of the cross. We knew Mom loved God and that anyone who loves God would never hurt us.

The saddest recollec:tion of Mom's hands is seeing tht:m wave goodbye to us as we distanced ourselves from her loving care. But then there were the oppo:;ite moments when they waved happily to us as we returned to gra:;p them once again.

So you can see that a Mom's hands are precious. In fact, we should give Moms "a hand" every chance we get.

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Diocese of Fall River -

Fri., May 8, 1998

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Ecumenical service promotes interracial unity, nonviolence FALL RIVER-Reacting to an apparently racially connected predawn beating of 18-year-old Christopher Bridges on Bedford Street, some 40 city residents participated in an April 27 ecumenical prayer service at Calvary United Presbyterian Church. It was followed by a candlelight march from the church to the scene of the attack in the Flint section.

Bridges, an African-American, suffered severe head injuries on April 4, when two youths, also 18 years old, knocked him to the sidewalk as he was walking with friends, then kicked him in the head.

His injuries hospitalized him for 10 days.

The prayer service and march were organized by the Interfaith Council of Greater Fall River, whose president, Ann Pacheco, welcomed participants, reminding them that "peace is not God's gift to his creatures, but our gift to each other."

Among others who spoke at the service was Mercy Sister Kathleen Harrington, who urged those present "to take responsibility for children who awoke this morning in homes of poverty among drug users, children who plan their own funerals and fear each day will be their last. We pray tonight that no children will know violence and that all will know peace."

Also at the service was Rev. Herbert Nichols, a parochial vicar

at St. Anne's Parish, and a chaplain at neighboring 5t. Anne's Hospital.

Thomas Khoury, a faculty member of Durfee High School of Fall River, and active with the school's United Cultures Club, contributed and sang an original song, "One Earth, One People Under the Sun." Kathy Assad expressed the regret of Father Marc Bergeron, pastor of SI. Anne's Parish, and Msgr.

Norman 1. Ferris, pastor of St. Anthony of the Desert Maronite Church, that they were unable to be present.

Assad noted that the Flint section has historically been a welcoming community, including among many other nationalities Lebanese, Irish, Cambodian, Azorean and French residents.

'The African proverb, 'It takes a village to raise a child,' has been put into practice for years in the Flint," she noted, citing the area's neighborly spirit. But she added that the lessons of tolerance children normally learn in school failed in the case of Bridges because his assailants "didn't get the message."

Rev. Faud Bahnan, pastor of the host church, speaking on the "American Promise," said it "will become a reality when we all resolve to become our brother's keeper and when we believe the biblical promise that we're all created in God's image and that each of us is a song that has its own color."

Others on the program were Rev. Claudio Carvalhaes of the Portu-

guese Presbyterian Fellowship, who read Psalm 8; and Dr. Irving Fradkin of the Interfaith Council, who emphasized the need for making young people realize their good fortune in living in "the land of the free."

"Everybody," he said, "should be able to walk free down the street from day one, regardless of race or creed or religion."

Prayer. was offered by Rev. Joseph Tripp, pastor of the United Parish Church, and the service concluded with singing "Let There Be Peace on Earth."

Following the nearly mile-long march from Calvary United Presbyterian Church to Bedford Street, Rev. James Hornsby, pastor of St. Luke Episcopalian Church, led partici-

pants in prayer, calling on them to add their petitions to his. The observance closed with a spontaneous rendition of "We Shall Overcome," the traditional hymn of interracial unity, to which was added a last verse: "No racism in Fall River."

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Matthew J. Pinto

A young girl's friend

When I saw Carol Weston was the author of the new book "For Girls Only, Wise Words, Good Advice" (Avon), I knew it would be true to its title.

Weston and I met several years ago after the publication of her outstanding best-selling book "Girltalk, All the StuffYour Sister Never Told You, No Soapboxes, No Sermons, No Nonsense." In that book she wanted to relate to young girls by sharing the confusions, concerns and feelings she herself had gone through as a teenager in the '70s. , Her honesty paid off. Thousands of teen girls have written to her in the years since. Weston, now a mother of two young daughters, probably knows more about young girls' concerns than almost anyone else in the country. And Weston is optimistic about how most young girls today are going to tum out tomorrow.

We have been inundated of late with bad news about young people. The media latch on to stories of crime, alcohol, drugs, reckless driving and other negatives involving youth, and we see a scary picture. Adolescent girls, specifically, came under the microscope in the longtime best seller, "Reviving . Ophelia." These stories of troubled teen girls were grim indeed.

Weston, who is also the advice columnist for "Girls' Life" magazine, shares a brighter picture based on her extensive communications with girls.

And other She acknowledges that the young teen years are a questions from confusing time. Teens worry, as they always have, Catholic teenagers. about their "friends ditching them," and teens wish, as they always have, that they could get along betAUTHOR MATTHEW J. PINTO gives the answers to 200 ter with their parents. But, she emphasizes, "the questions presented by Catholic teenagers in his new book, norm is not despair; everybody is not ready to drop "Did Adam & Eve Have Belly Buttons?" (CNSphoto) out."

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SAN DIEGO - Only three years after graduating from college in 1987, Matt Pinto had built up a profitable San Diego advertising agency with major clients, like HBO and Gold's Gym. At the same time, he came to embrace his Catholic faith and pro-life convictions.

"I decided I'd rather sell that message" than the clients' message, he said, so he sold the flourishing business and plunged full time into youth and young adult ministry at two local parishes.

Convinced that other young people would be captivated by what he calls the "life-giving message of truth," Pinto decided to dedicate his life to spreading the Catholic faith.

One result of that is a book he compiled called "Did Adam & Eve Have Belly Buttons? And 199 Other Questions from Catholic Teenagers."

The book is being sold by Catholic bookstores around the country and recently was picked up by the Borders national bookstore chain. It answers questions about the existence of God, creation, Catholic beliefs, moral teachings, prayer and other topics.

Pinto, 32, credits its appeal in part to the question-and-answer format.

"People don't have to read it from front to back. They can find a topic they are curious about, and are then drawn into the other chapters," he told The Southern Cross, newspaper of the San Diego Diocese.

Pinto is the managing editor of Envoy magazine, a Catholic journal of apologetics and evangelization. .

A native of Philadelphia who has returned to that area, he lived and worked in San Diego for several years. Before launching Envoy in November 1996, he worked for the San Diego Diocese in youth and young adult ministry. Before that he was with Catholic Answers, an apologetics and evangelization organization.

He speaks at Catholic youth conferences throughout the country, where he tackles questions on moral issues and uses logic to defend the Catholic faith.

"Our culture gives only partial truths, which will satisfy only for a short while," said Pinto.

"It's also void of true leadership - there is the fleeting leadership of rock idols," he added. "So when teens hear the truth, rather than turn from it, they gravitate toward it. They're starving."

Pinto wrote the book to give teens "clear answers to their many questions."

"Often teens are left hanging," he said, by adults who don't know the answers, so some youths are led to believe "there are no answers."

"To answer the questions, I looked to Scripture, the 'Catechism of the Catholic Church' and then to refated books and tapes on the topic," he said.

"Then I plucked the best thoughts from each."

"I want young people to know that Jesus Christ is truly alive, and that he cares about them more deeply than our finite minds can conceive of," said Pinto about why he is involved in evangelizing youths. "There is a different message than the one our culture gives; the message [of Christ] is liberating, even if it is challenging."

the best friend a girl could have, offers a smorgasbord of gentle, wise teaching to the young ones she has been committed to for more than a decade.

She has gathered hundreds of quotes relevant to young people. To these, Weston has added her "own spin" and passed these truths to her young

The Bottom Line

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readers.

I offer here a few of the quotes she selected from the likes of Mother Teresa, Confucius, Mark Twain, Socrates, Oscar Wilde, Maya Angelo'U, Martin Luther King Jr., Voltaire, Aristotle and so many more: "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire," William Butler Yeat~:; "I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies," Antoine de Saint Exupery; the Italian proverb, "If I have lost the ring, I still have the fing,~rs." And the Native American proverb, "We do not inherit the land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children."

I recommend that this book be in the hands of every young person, for it can help each to live more thoughtfully and happily. The author said she wanted to offer "food for thought fol' starving kids." She has succeeded well.

Changing a troubled marriage Dear Dr. Kenny: My husband and I bicker all the time. We are in our late 20s with no children. We both have to work fulltime jobs to pay off the debt we have accumulated to build and furnish our house. When we see each other, instead of enjoying each other's company or doing something romantic, we are either silent or get into a fight. Sometimes I think I'd rather be alone. What's the point of being married? (Illinois) Giving you a lecture to stop fighting and be nicer to each other is pointless. The current structure of your relationship is the problem. Change it.

Every marriage, like every individual, is different. There is no stereotype of the successful relationship. Your marriage is what you and your husband make of it.

Marriages have three important aspects, whieh vary considerably between couples and over a lifetime. They are: self-actualization, mutual actualization and common task.

Self-actualization is that part within marriage where you do your own thing. Every marriage should have room for independence, for self-actualization. Marriages can have too much togetherness.

In marriage one partner may enjoy jogging, and the other may be a gardener. One may go to book clubs, and the other may be involved in local polities. You don't have to do everything together.

Mutual actualization means that you find time and ways to enjoy one another's company, to do things together.

Remember why you married. Most of us were romantically attracted to one another. We wanted to hug and kiss and be one together.

Plan some romantic moments. When you both work, it is unlikely that loving will be spontaneous. You have no time, and if you do you are not likely to be in the mood.

Schedule a meal out, or a candlelit dinner at home. Get in the habit of gifting small items, like flowers and candy and jewelry. Write short poems

. to each other about how you feel, good or bad.

Improve your lovemaking. Again, ynu must make the time. Alex Comfort's book "The New Joy of Sex" (Pocket Books, 1991) is an excellent mar-

Family Talk With Dr. James & Mary Kenny riage manual on romance.

Finally, you need a reason to be a couple, to be one. Every marriage needs a common task.

In many marriages, the reason is children. Husband and wife work together and stay together as parents.

Emotional love may come and go, but it often comes as a happy surprise while the marital partners are busy doing something together, something that is important to both of them. Playing with their infant, corralling their toddler, listening to thdr first- grader read, watching their middle-schooler play basketball. Couples come together in pri de and love of their chilO. Childless couples too need a common task. Perhaps you are working together on your house. Do your own painting and decorating, landscapi ng and gardening.

Volunteer together. Find some project in which you are both interested, and go for it.

Your marriage appears high on self-actualization and almost totally missing mutual actualization and a common task. If you are to make it as a couple, you must plan and schedule time and activities for the absent ingredients.

Reader questions on family living and child care to be answered in print are invited. Ad'dress questions: The Kennys; St. Joseph's Collegl~; 219 W. Harrison; Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

"If you want peace, work for justice" Q. L.ike an advertising jingle, we seem to see everywhere - on billboards, bumper stickers, even church bulletins - the saying of Pope Paul VI, "If you want peace, work for justice."

Where did that quote come from? Our deacon says it came from an encyclical. The director of religious education at a neighboring parish thinks it came from St. Augustine.

Who is right? (Illinois) A. In some sense, they both are. The theme that a society which treats its people justly and with dignity will be a society of peace runs throughout Christian literature, from the New Testament on.

It even, in fact, predates Jesus in the Hebrew Scriptures, if not also in writings of other pre-Christian cultures.

"Justice will bring about peace," says Isaiah, and "right will produce calm and security" (Is 32: 17).

The context makes clear Isaiah is not speaking here of justice as holiness in general, but of the right treatment of people.

Pope Paul VI formulated this now well-known phrase in his 1971 message for the World Day of Peace. It is a briefer, but faithful, rendering of a sentence in his 1967 encyclical "The Development of Peoples."

"Peace is something that is built up day after day," he said, "in the pursuit of an order intended

by God, which implies a more perfect form of justice among men" (76).

The same thought is expressed, in nearly the same words, by Pope John XXIII in the encyclical "Peace on Earth" (1963; No. 165). It is also found in various places in the writings of Pope John Paul II.

Q. Jesus is quoted in Luke 23:34, "Father forgive them for they know not what they do."

A footnote in the New American Bible indicates the words do not occm" in the oldest manuscripts of Luke or other earlier Greek, manuscripts. .

Why then did the church include that por- . tion of the Bible? It is significant, because forgiveness of his crucifiers from the cross has become an accepted part of Catholic theology and spirituality. (New York)

A. The need to make some educated choices between various ancient manuscript readings is not uncommon in Scripture scholarship.

Determining which of the various possibilities is most probable involves many factors. Which one best reflects the style and language of that writer, the li~erary devices he uses?

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By Father John J. Dietzen Does the time the manuscript was written explain why certain changes may have been introduced? What is most consistent with other passages, other words or actions of Jesus, for example?

So here, the New Jerome Biblical Commentary notes that the internal evidence (evidence from the text itself) weighs heavily for the authenticity of this passage (p. 719).

Luke balances Stephen's prayer of forgiveness (Acts 7:60) with that of Jesus. Unlike the other synoptics, Luke presents Jesus as speaking at every main section of the crucifixion, as here at the moment of crucifixion. dther manuscripts might have left out these words for several reasons. The destruction of the Jewish temple could seem to indicate that Jesus' prayer of forgiveness was ineffective. Or maybe the omission resulted from anti-Jewish sentiment.

Whatever the academic reasons for such choices, the passage remains part of the canon of the Gospels accepted by the church, guided, we believe, by ~he Holy Spirit.

A free brochure answering questions CathoIics;ask about Mary,. the mother of Je$us, is .available by sending a stamped, self- addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651.

Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.

The theology of lawns Today's religious education topic is the theology of lawns.

In the Bible's very first chapter we can find a sense of biblical lawn. The story of the third day of creation in Genesis (not to be confused with the third level of the video game of the same name) gives a clear indication that God was bent on the abundant when he commanded the earth to bring "forth every kind of plant," etc.

Ever since then, humankind has been attempting to organize plant life for its own purposes. At first it seemed we were content to eat it or wear it.

However, we became bored with that.

This led to intentionally planting things. This in turn led to lawns and incredibly huge warehouse outlets as we know them today -larger than many small countries and stocked with enough plastic bags of manure to fertilize the Plains States, which would be silly and unnecessary because these states are already largely covered with prairie grass or its descendants (weeds and housing tracts).

As a matter of fact, specialized manure has become a booming business. Zoos now set aside special days for lawn and garden zealots where they auction off to the highest bidder "pure" manure from animals like elephants, zebras and iguanas.

In addition to manure, these huge outlets produce multiple advertising flyers that form the greater mass of Sunday newspapers. The outlets compete with one another to feature the most items one can stuff into a "home garden center" (aka "garage"), never to see them again - except for those brown cloth gloves, little hand "rakes" and tiny trowels. These are used to amuse pets and small children, or to throw one's lawnmower into loud

spasms featuring sparks and flying metal.

We can readily discern that this kind of craziness has deep theological overtones. Could not a case be made that God intended us to let him do

The offbeat world of Uncle Dan

By Dan Morris

the majority of the gardening and let us simply enjoy it - that is, eat it or wear it?

I tried this theological premise on my neighbor, Bud. "Summer's not here yet, and you already don't want to mow your dandelion ranch, eh?" he theorized.

"My good man," I countered, "where in Scripture does it say we should seize control of the way nature distributes plant life?" , "Well," &ud pondered, "there's Genesis 1:2830; then there's the 16th chapter of Deuteronomy, not to mention the barren fig tree in Luke 13. Maybe the parable of the seed in Mark and actually a lot more if you give me a minute or two."

"Oh sure," I interrupted, "but tell me where it says lawnmower just once."

Your comments are welcome always. Please send them to Uncle Dan, 25218 Meadow Way, Arlington, Wash. 98223.

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SCRANTON, pa. - Members of the Polish National Catholic-Roman Catholic dialogue discussed papal primacy and church unity at their spring meeting recently in Scranton. ' .

It was the second meeting of the dialogue since the clergy of the Polish National Catholic Church, or PNCC, introduced a resolution calling for restoratlori of full unity with the Roman Catholic Church. The' resolution'is to be discussed at the PNCC general 'synod in Chicago this ' . , October. . , " , Di~logue participants dis~us~ed the relative autonomy of the Eastern Catholic Churches as a way of exploring modes of unity which already exist in the Catholic communion of churches.

In a Pilper titled "Unity With Autonomy and Identity," Father Marcell W. Pytlll!',z of the PNCC, pastor of Holy Trinity Parish in New Castle, Pa., outlined the kinq of unity the PNCC seeks with the Roman Catholic Church.

In 11- news release afterward, participants said the discussion of Father Pytlarz's paper showed that 'Yhile the PNCC has ~ certain openness toward Roman primacy, it believes serious question,s remain to be resolved regarding the way in which that primacy has been exercised within the, Church..., , ,,,..

The members recalled that in an earlier dialogue statementthey said the unity .they seek is not "return" or "submission," but recognition of one another as sister churches in full communion, united.in the ,same, faith and sacraments, with full respect for one another's identity.

PNCe Prime Bishop John F. Swantek reported on recent developments in the Union of Utrecht, including continuing tensions within the union O\:er the decisions of the Old Catholic churches of Germany and Austria to ordain women.

The PNCC was'formed in the late 19th century as a result of a series of administrative disputes betweeJ;l Polish-American Catholic parishes and local Catholic bishops o~ the time. ' Since 1907 it has been the U.S.-Canadian member of the Union of Utrecht, which was formed i.n 1889. The union is ac,ommunion.Q(Qld Catholic churches, largely organized al,ong national lines, which broke with Rome in the 19th century out of nationalist COl)cerns or in opposition to the First Vatican Council's definitions of papal primacy and infallibility.

The dialogue was hosted by the PNCC and held at its National Church Center. Cochairing it were Bishop Anthony M. Rysz of the PNCC Central Diocese, based in Scranton, and Bishop James C. Timlin of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton.

Father Reese named' new America editor By

JERRY FILTEAU CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - Jesuit Father Thomas J. Reese, 53, has been named editor in chief of America magazine, the Jesuits' national weekly of commentary on politics, religion and the arts.

A fellow of the Woodstock Theological Center in Washington since 1985 and an adjunct professor in public policy at Georgetown University, Father Reese is author of three major books on the organization and power structure of the Catholic Church.

He was an associate editor of America from 1978 to 1985, and since 1985 has been its Washington correspondent. ' At America, based in New York, he succeeds Jesuit Father George W. Hunt, whose 14-year term as editor in chief was the longest in the magazine's 89-year history.

The Jesuit Conference Board, which in early April asked Father Hunt to resign to make way for "new leadership," praised the outgoing editor's contributions to the magazine. "He deserves the thanks and appreciation of Catholic intellectuals around the

world," the board said.

Father Hunt brought in new writers and substantially increased the magazine's circulation.

In the past decade, while the total circulation of US.Catholic magazines declined more than 20 percent, the circulation of America increased a little more than 20 percent, from 34,000 to 41,000.

"I am very excited about the possibiliti,es of America being the forum where many issues facing the world and the Church are discussed in an intelligent and thoughtful way," Father Reese said. "I nave a very strong interest in public policy issues," he added.

"I think America should be part of the debate about where 'we go as a nation and our role in the world."

A Los Angeles native, Father Reese joined the Jesuits in California in 1962 and was ordained in 1974. He earned a master's degree in political science in 1968 from St. Louis University, a master's in divinity in 1974 from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, Calif., and a doctorate in political science in 1976 from the University of California, Berkeley.

Nebraska Bishop' Bruskewitz calls it .'flawed and defective."

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, DEDHAM, Mass. -The pastoral message issued last fall by a U~S. ' bishops' cpmmittee to the parents of homosexual children is "very flawed and~efective;" said Bishop Fabian ' W. Bruskewitz of Liilcoln, Neb. ''The document, in a view which is shared by many, is founded on bad advice, mistaken theology, erroneous science, and skewed sociology;' said Bishop BrUske~itz, ' ' He made. the comments in a critique reprinted in the May issue of the Dedham-based Catholic World Report, an int~rnational monthJy magazine. The critique also appeared ion the MarchiApril, 1998 is- , sue of Social Justice Review and in the March 27 issue of The Wanderer, a national w~kly, newspaper.)t is also to appear in. the_National (:atho-

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and support a son ,or daughter.who about this document," said. "Still is homosexually oriented and to rec- less were they permitted any suggesogni~ that "our total personhood is tions or comments about the 'advismore encompassing than sexual ori- ers' and 'consultants used by the entation.'" committee." ','God does not love someone any The document's release under less simply because he or she is ho- procedures used by the committee mosexual," it says. "God's love is gave the "illusion, perhaps deliberalways everywhere offered to those ately," that it was publi!:hed by the who are open to receiving it." bishops. , It also reaffirms church 'teaching He claimed that advisers who had that all persons are called to abstain input on the document, by their own from sexual activity outside mar- boasting and the "rumor mill," have riage ~nd it warns against.presum- been "detected to be people whose ing that someone ~ho is homo- qualifications in this area of moral sexual is sexually active. conduct are highly questionable."

"Does this [marriage and family] According to Bishop Bruskewitz, ''Although this dO,cument was evi- committee intend to issue docudently' 'approved' by the Adminis- ments to parents of drug addicts, trative Committee of the [bishops'] promiscuous teenagers, adult chilconference; and the correct proce- dren involved in canonically invalid dures outlined in the conference marriages, and'the like?" he asked. rules were followed, it should be "It is my view that this document made clear that the document was carries no weight or aU1:hority for composed without any input from Catholics, whom Iwould advise to the majority of American Catholic ignore or oppose it." bishops, who were given no opporIn his presentation to the full mnity whatever to comment on its body of bishops last faU, Bishop pastoral usefulness or on its con- ,Thomas J. O'Brien of Phoenix said tents." the message "f~uses on parents and Bishop Bruskewitz said that "one families trying to q:>pe with the diswould be justified in asserting that covery of homosexuality in their in this case; flawed and defective adolescent or adult child." procedures, badly in need of correc"This pastoral message remains tion and reform, resulted in a very. loyal to the magisterial teaching of flawed and defective document. ' the church;" he said. "It n~cognizes ''The h)ajority ofAmerica's bish- the complexity of homosexuality ops were allowed nothing to say , and the dignity of each person."

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ing an amendment to exempt any em- McCarron told CNS. The ,stringent BLOOMFIELD, Conn. - Under ployer on the basis of religious or amendment doomed the elltire bill, a measure before the Connecticut moral convictions, according to D. which died in the Legislatum, he said.

House of Representatives, most em- Michael McCarron, its executive diConnecticut's bill includes a "conployers in the state would be required rector. science clause" amendment which exto include coverage of prescriptive The amendment went a step further empts religious employers whose contraceptives and abortion-inducing by preventing coverage for any phar- "bona fide religious tenets" prohibit drugs and devices if their health in- maceutical whi<;:h is an abortifacient, birth control use. 'surance has a prescription plan. ,...

-, Senate Bill 400, passed by the state Senate April 23, would cover birth control pills, intrauterine devices, and other drugs and devices, such as the "morn- The number of people in lay ministry formation ing after pill." It also includes a programs has more than doubled in the past so-called "conscience clause" to exempt religious employers.

10 years. Here is a look at the more than It's the latest in a series of such ' bills to come before lawmakers 23,000 participants. recently. They include: - Maryland enacted a simielhnicily/race ,,: ~. lar law this spring; - the Florida Legislature killed its bill in mid-April; White 5 - in California, where the governor has vetoed similar bills Hispanic 32% three times, lawmakers are try, ing to craft a conscience clause • Asian American 4% palatable to their governor; , - And even Congress has taken up the issue.

• Africa'n American 6% The conscience clause in Maryland's new law,. which Native American 5% takes effect Oct. 1, was too re- • strictive to win the Maryland ",' Catholic Conference's support. _i~&j;;, "~~ I It forces employers morally opposed to contraception to cancel all prescription coverage Under 30 or provide prescription plans =---l 4% with birth control coverage, said Pat Kelly, the conference's associate director.

"You shouldn't be forced," she told Catholic News Service.

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Cardinal Law urges ban on human cloning •

He submits informational packet to Congress refuting objections and asks that the ban be ' enacted without delay.

By NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - Congress "should enact a meaningful ban on human cloning without further delay," the head of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities

said in a letter. Along with the letter, Boston Cardinal Bernard F. Law, who chairs the committee, sent each member of Congress an information packet addres~ing what he called the "misleading arguments" against a federal ban on human cloning.

"Past congressional ~fforts to address this issue have been stymied by three objections" - that such a ban "would block essential medical research," that no one can define what a human embrYO is, and that no one knows whether human cloning can produce an embryo, the

Top Christian voca1list supports crisis center •

Kathy Troccoli's foundation is at the heart of a hotline referral service.

By TOM TRACY CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

WEST PALM BEACH, Aa. - One of contemporary Christian music's top performers, Kathy Troccqli, has established a Florida-based foundation to support crisis pregnancy centers and other pro-life causes in the United States. .' " "Years ago I went through a six-week crisis-pregnancy tr~ining course to educate myself," Troccoli told The Florida Catholic, Palm Beach diocesan newspaper, during a phone interview. "Many people have opinions (about abortion) but are ignorant of the facts and I was really horrified by the statistics.~' . .

Besides being a nationally recognized recording artist in both the Christian and pop.music worlds,the C~~olic singer also is the national.sp.ok~s­ woman for Life Teen, a Catholic youth organization with several hundred chapters nationwide. , With plans to record two new CDs before the year's end, Troccoli promoted her new organization, called A Baby's Prayer Foundation, while on tour recently in the Midwest and the South. Initially, the foundation will provide financial support for a national crisis pregnancy hot line that refers . women to crisis pregnancy centers in their region.

"A Baby's Prayer," which was written from the point of view of an aborted child speaking to its mother, appears on Troccoli's latest CD, "Love and Mercy."

"I received a vision for this song several years ago and I prlilyed that God would allow me to express the sacredness of life throughout t~e lyrics," she said. With all the militancy surrounding the abortion issue, Troccoli said she wanted to create a song that would offer forgiveness, love and mercy.

"I thought how powerful it would be if the baby were offering forgiveness to her mother," sh(~ said. "I wanted a song that would set people free. A song can do in three or four minutes what 10 hours of speaking cannot do."

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"the initiatives we undertook to Cap., said he was "enthused with a heighten interest in the Council; the study the Council has completed encouragement we all gave to have and with the attempts to meet the the various parish groups affiliate demands of the new millennium. with the Diocesan Council. All Many hopeful ideas have surfaced these efforts bore fruit and it grew and I know it is g9ing to be the in strength and numbers. It was and springtime of the history of your is recognized on the national level organization which is really a blessas an outstanding Diocesan Coun- ing for the diocese of Fall River and the Church." cil of Catholic Women."

Five women wer~ congratulated Theresa Lewis, president of the Council, said the members gathered by Bishop O'Malley for having "as women of hope, women of love, been selected by their districts to aspiring unity, to celebrate 45 years receive the Our Lady of Good of service to our Church and our Counsel Award for work in their community. Despite the changes, guilds and their support of the we have continued to work with the Council.

Presented the prestigious awards shepherd of our diocese, thus serving God by serving one another. All by Bishop O'Malley were: Lorraine this could not have happened if we Lima of Santo Christo Church, Fall did not have great leaders. To all River; Janet Demanche of St. Mary who have served before me I say Church, New Bedford; Helen Baran of Holy Family Church, Taunton; thanks for a job well done."

Father Brian J. Harrington, mod- Virginia Charette of Holy Ghost erator of the Council, made the in- ' Church, Attleboro and Katherine Chase of St. Francis Xavier Church, troductions.

Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Hyannis.

cardinal said.

But the 20-page information packet was designed to refute those objections with facts: Cardinal Law noted in the April 24 letter that the National Institutes of Health's Human Embryo Research Panel, the National Bioethics Advisory Commission "and the relevant scientific literature agree that from the one-celled stage onwards, the being produced by human fertilization - or by human cloning using the technique that produced 'Dolly' the sheep - is a developing human embryo."

He said "the argument that c1on-· ing must be used to produce human embryos for destructive experiments if medical research is to advance lacks ,a basis in fact."

Cardinal Law said there is "almost universal support" for the idea' that human embryos must never be created merely' for experimental purposes and their eventual destruction.

"Therefore it is cause for amazement that Congress is hesitating to enact a genuine ban on human cloning on the grounds that soine biotechnology companies say the law must protect the use of cloning to produce and then discard 'research

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embryos,'" he said. uted to Congress by the pro-life secIn testimony and letters to Con- retatiat included Feb. 12 testimony gress earlier this year, representa- on cloning to a House subcommittives of the U.S. Catholic bishops tee by Cardinal William H. Keeler have backed a proposal by Sens. of Baltimore; several fact sheets on Christopher S. Bond, R-Mo., and cloning issues; an opinion column William H. Frist, R-Tenn., to pro- on the matter by Richard hibit the use of somatic cell nuclear ,Doerflinger of the secretariat; and transfer technology for purposes of Quinn's letter to the Senate.

Meanwhile in Michigan, Cathohuman cloning.

But the bishops have opposed a lic officials hailed passage in the proposal by Sens. Edward M. state Senate of a four-bill package Kennedy, D-Mass., and Dianne to ban human cloning. "With a 37Feinstein, D-Calif., which would ovote, the Senate boldly stated that only prohibit the implantation into human life is more important than a woman's \Yomb of any embryo re- scientific research on the fringe," sulting fro~ human cloning. Suc,h said Paul A. Long, vice president a measure "does not ban c1oning'but for public policy at the Michigan attacks innocent human beings Catholic Conference.

"Using a laboratory procedure who, through no fault of their own, are produced by cloning," said Gail that has no relation to human love, Quinn, executive director of the responsibility or family, whose purpro-life secretariat, in a February pose is to provide certain kinds of human beings made to specificaletter to senators.

The Kennedy-Feinstein bill, S. tions is wrong," he added. "We ap1602, has not yet come to the Sen- plaud the Senate for their action."

The four-bill package now must ate for the vote, but the Bond-Frist measure, S. 1601, failed in Febru- be approved by the Michigan ary to gain the two-thirds majority House and be signed by Michigan needed to overcome a 'filibuster Gov. John Engler in order to beagainst it. A new effort to vote on come law.

Legislation has been proposed in the latter legislation was expected at least 25 states to ban human clonsoon.

The information packet distrib- ing.

pastors set to confirm adults

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By BRONSON HAVARD CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

DALLAS - Bishop Charles V. Grahmann of Dallas announced that he will delegate to pastors the privilege of confirming adult Catholics at Pentecost.

He may be the only bishop in the United States to include the action in pre-millennium events this year.

Bishop Grahmann at the same time issued a call to Catholic faithful of his diocese to attend a multicultural pre-Pentecost gathering May 30.

Confirmation is normally administered only by a bishop in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.

But extending it this Pentecost to pastors in the Dallas Diocese is an effort to embrace all adult Catholics who, for whatever reason, have not received the sacrament, Bishop

Grahmann told the texas Catholic, the diocesan newspaper.

No one on the bishop's staff could recall when, if ever, a bishop of D'allas has granted priests the privilege of confirming. , "I have not heard of any other bishop delegating confirmation this Pentecost season," remarked Paul Henderson, director of the U.S. Catholic bishops' Office for the Third Millennium and Jubilee Year 2000 in Washington.

Orthodox churches and some Eastern-rite Catholic churches have observed a tradition of priestly administration of confirmation, usually right after baptism, as a twofold admission to full membership in the church.

The letter suggested that confirmation be administered at the regular Masses on Pentecost, "or at some other appropriate time during

1998." It goes on to recommend a simplified preparation program, taking no more than two evenings, for the confirmation candidates.

The abbreviated preparation is not meant to supplant the extensive process of preparing candidates for confirmation that parishes normally use, but the spirit of jubilee, however, calls for extraordinary approaches.

"We want to knock down the barriers that are in the way of full participation in the life of the church," the bishop said. The bishop emphasized "the gifts ofthe Holy Spirit are great" and will help overcome shortcuts in bringing people to sacraments.

He expressed hope that the initiative would spur some alienated Catholics to be reconciled with the Church, it major thrust of the millennium celebration.

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REVIEWED By AGOSTINO BONO .

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

In "When in Rome," R~bert 1. Hutchinson prqvides ari offbeat guide to the Vatican from the perspective of "a smart-aleck American writer and conf~sed Catholic." ~e result is an often witty but'somewhat d~awn­ out portrayal of the idiosyncrasies that surround the Vatican as the administrative hub of the Catholic Church: : Little insight is provided as to how and why the Vatican' makes decisions affecting almost I billion Catholics. But there is 'a lot of awe' at the historical depth-of the Vatican's 108 acres and athow, with;all ' its administrative oddities Hutchinson du\ifully proclaims his view that the uni- ' versal Church is run by dod, dering old men in their 70s wearing dresses -'- it unites a diversity of Catholics in the name of faith.

Especially good are the chapters on St. Peter's BaSilica and the carnival atmosphere in St. Peter's Square as' people await the pope's Sunday noon Angelus appearance.

In the basil ica chapter, readers are introduced to the little-known "Sampietrini," the corps 'of workers responsible for keeping Catholicism's main church clean and its statuary polished. In the Angelus chapter, Hutchinson describes the "mind-boggling assortment of weird characters~' singing and dancing while waiting to see the pope. He interviews a dreadlock-haired Madagascar musician and a Belgian Knight of the Holy Sepulcher and then points out how "the papacy is still able to unite aworldwide community that has very little else in common."

Historically insightful is the chapter on the search for St.Peter's tomb and the volume of evidence indicating it actually is under St. Peter's Basilica. The reader should take with.a grain of salt, however, the story that the saint's bones were once found but misplaced. .' .

Also favorably noted is the papacy's historical lavishing of money for the arts. . . : "If the popes had not collected all this stuff or had it-:c'o'mmlss'ioi{ed, Cathol~c churches throughout history would all look like they now do in the Untted States - big cinder-block barns decorated with felt banneis covered with butterflies," he opines.

The book's major defect is that it is too long. About halfway through, the author loses the fine balance between smart-aleck writing and common-sense insights. Unneeded are chapters retelling the sex lives oflongdead popes and rehashing the financial scandals involving the Vatican bank. Neither provides a meaningful context for anyone wanting to visit ~ome or wanting to know how the Vatican operates. Regarding the sex lIves of popes; Hutchinson clues us in at chapter's end that the last pope known to have had one died in 1585.

One also wishes that Hutchinson had devoted more time and wit to the many eccentric personalities working at the Vatican. But he does provide an excellent profile of Father Reggie Foster, the Vatican's chief Latin translator.

Also missing are detailed musings about the Vatican museums and their rich history of artistic masterpieces and elbow-jamming tourists.

Instead, Hutchinson simply lets us know at 'every opportunity'that there are many naked women and men decorating papal artworks.

(At your bookstore or order from Main Street Books, 30 E. Oakton Ave., Des Plaines, IL 60016.)

Bono lived for 12 years in Rome as Catholic News Service bureau chiefand European editor.

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NEW YORK (CNS) - The following are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting. ''Dancer, Texas: Pop. 81" (TriStar) Four high school buddfes vow to leave their tiny town and move to Los Angeles together as soon as they graduate, then begin reconsidering their plan over the course of the graduation weekend. Writer-director Tim McCanlies' family-centered tale is sweet-natured and punctuated with wry humor but its narrative is predictable and sluggishly paced. A scene with a drunken adult and implied promiscuity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-ill - adults.

The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG - parental guidance suggested. ''He Got Game" (Touchstone) Muddled. drama in which the

country's top high school basketball player (Ray Allen) is pressured about his choice of college or turning pro by

Vi.cks manipulative friends and relatives, especially his, estranged father (Denzel Washington) whose jail sentence will be shortened only if he can convince his son to attend the govemor's alma mater. Writer-director Spike Lee convincingly explores the exploitation of student athletes, but is less successful

'Les' Misetables' may weill be the 'best yet By.GERRI PARE CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

· NEW YORK -'- ViCtor Hugo's classic tale of the wronged Frenchman, Jean'Valjean, has been filmed several :times before, but this latest adaptation of "Les Miserables" (TriStar) by director Bille August is possibly the best ever. Strong all around, it is a pleasure to watch and an uplifting experience,' .'

Headlining the cast are' Liam Neeson as Valjean, who has just been released in 1812 after 20 years of hard labor for stealing a loaf of bread. His nemesis is played py Geoffrey Ru~h as the implacable Inspector Javert, set on returning Valjean to prison, believing once a thief, always a thief.

The opening scene with ~he kindly bishop sets the tone for the humanist themes being developed.

Welcomed into the rectory for a meal and a night's lodging, Valjean is barely human after so many years of vicious treatment, and in fact assaults the bishop and steals the silver upon leaving. .

When the police happen to stop Valjean on the road and find silver they return him to the rectory where he is stunned when the bishop claims it was a gift and sends the police on their way: "Become a new man;'now I give you back to God," the bishop whisp~rs - and Valjean listens, taking his transforming words to heart.. ··Nine years .later, Valjean, with altered identity papers, is a greatiy: resp~cted factory ow.ner and mayor· of a small town when the new chief of police, Javert, arrives but doesn't recognize him from his prison days.

However, an incident jogs Javert's memory and he determines to bring down the former convict, unable to accept that a man can change for the better.

Meanwhile, Valjean comes to the aid of sickly Fantine (Uma Thurman), who in sheer desperation resorted to prostitution to pay for the care of her illegitimate little daughter Cosette. Javert moves to imprison Fantine, but, as mayor, Valjean outranks him and forbids it. Promising the dying Fantine he will remove Cosette from abusive foster parents and raise her himself, he flees Javert and finds a decade of sanctuary working on the convent grounds where Cosette grows in developing the father-son relationship which is at the story's core. Some violence, brief but graphic sexual encounter with nudity, racial slurs, sexual references and recurring rough language.

The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-N - adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association ofAmerica rating is R - restricted. ''Sliding Doors" (Miramax) · Halting romantic fantasy set in Lqndondevelops two scenarios showing alternate Versions of what happens in the life ofa woman (Gwyneth Palrrow. in a .dual role) based on whether she makes it aboard a departing subway train or misses it and has to take the next one. Writer-director Peter Howitt sets up a playfully imaginative premise that becomes increasingly predictable as the one Helen prospers after getting rid of a parasitic lover and the othefdoesn't. Sexual situations including a live-in relationship

into a young lady (Claire Danes). ! At Cosette's urging, she and Valjean move to Paris in the revolutionary days' of 1832, where she promptly falls in love with fiery idealist Marius (Hans Matheson), u'nbeknownst to the overprote.ctive Valjean.

Superb production values en~ hance 'Hugo's immortal story, plunging viewers back into turbulent early 19th century France. The visuals are beautifully mounted with Prague substituting for Paris in most s'cenes, save the ultimate face-off on the banks of the Seine~ .' As Valjean, Neeson gives a lionsized performance of great passion and convincing integrity, making

th~ bread thief an unforgettable chara<;ter. .What s~ines through this adaptation is the essential good::less of man, even if long buried under-dehumanizing brutality. The good things in life - selfless·love, generosity, forgiveness, courage and honor - are put in a positive perspective as qualities worth achieving.

Due to some violence:, including a suicide and discreet sexual innuendo, the US. Catholic Conference classification is A-II - adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 - parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

.Country music's totp duo are Catholic twlns twins' ability to sing when they were playing with their Barbie dolls and singing along with the "Grease" PHILADELPHIA - "And the soundtrack at age 8. Heather and Jennifer soon had their first "gig" winners are ... the Kinleys."

For two Catholic country sing- when they sang· togethe:r for the ers with roots in the Philadelphia residents of St. Joseph's Manor in area, those words ended the feel- Meadowbrook.

In addition to their n'llmerOUS ing of edge-of-the-seat anticipation during the annual Academy of performances, the Kinlt~ys also made time for cantoring and Country Music award show.

Identical twins Heather and Jen- lectoring at Assumption and being nifer Kinley, former members of members of Archbishop Wood's Assumption B,V.M. Parish in . swim team. ,After. hearing a tape of the Feasterville, won in the category of· best new group/duo of the year. The Everly Brothers when they were 13, other nominees were the Lynns and Heather and Jennifer were .inspired to emulate the harmony sound . Big House.

"I think their dream came true which they describe as "magical."

Eventually, at age 19, the: Kinley that night," said their mother, Joan Kinley, who attended the awards twins decided that if they were goceremony in Los Angeles along with ing to seriously pursue a t;ountry music career, they would have to her husband, Paul, and son, Joe. "We jumped up and yelled when move to Nashville.

For the next six years, Heiiiher and they said, 'The Kinleys.' The whole section knew we were their par- Jennifer, 1988 graduates of Archents," she told The Catholic Stan- bishop Wood High School, worked waitH:ssing, dard and Times, newspaper of the various jobs bartending, cleaning home~: - to Philadelphia Archdiocese.

"This was absolutely thrilling," make ends meet while they pursued said Paul Kinley. 'The greatest thrill their dream of becoming country reof my life was the day they were cording artists.

Through it all, their parenls have born, but this ranks in the top five."

Earlier this year, the 27-year-old suppqrted them in that pursuit.

The duo's hard work and deterKinleys' were also nominated for a .

Grammy award in the category of mination resulted in the release of best country performance by a duo their first album, "Just Between You and Me," last September."~lease," or group with vocal. ' Their parents first noticed the their first single, reached No.7 on the country music charts. Their secand abedroom scene, some crude lan- ond single, "Just Between You and guage and occasional profanity. The Me," also made the top 10.

Since March, the Kinleys have U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-ill - adults. The Motion Pic- been on tour with Clint Black. De- . ture Association of America rating is spite their rising popularity and rePG-13 -parents are strongly cau- cent music award nominations, tioned that some material may be in- their faith has helped the Kinleys appropriate for children under 13. stay focused on what's most impor''Tarzan and the Lost City" tant in life.

(Warner Bros.)

"My Catholic faith reminds me Lackluster tale teams the Ape Man all the time when I think of Goel that (Casper Van Dien) with his .fiancee he is first - always," Heather ,;aid.

(Jane March) as they help ajungle tribe "This is just music and this is just a prevent a baild of mercenaries from career. My life, my family, my plundering their sacred treasures. Di- health and my God are the most rected by Carl Schenkel, the tame, hu- important things. I think that defimorless movie has little sense of adnitely has come from the church venture but plenty of beefcake shots and from Catholic school." of the title actor. Sporadic stylized vio"I kept thinking that God had a lence. The U.S. Catholic Conference plan, and he put me on this earth to classification is A-IT - adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Associa- do music," Jennifer said. "That's _tion ofAmerica rating is PG - paren- what got me through [challenging times]." tal guidance suggested. . , : •• 1

By ELENA 'BUCCIARELLI .

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Swiss (;uard commander, wife, murdered at Vatican •

Only hours before, Alois Eastermann had been named the new commander of the Guard.

By JOHN THAVIS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY -]n what the Vatican called a crime of "momentary insanity," the new commander of the Swiss Guard and his wife were shot to death in their Vatican apartment, apparently by a disgruntled guard member who then killed himself.

Vatican officials discovered the bodies of all three late on May 4 after a neighbor reported loud noises. The Vatican immediately ordered autopsies and, after an initial investigation, said it was treating the case as a double murder and suicide.

Slain were Alois Estermann, 43, and Gladys Meza Romero, 47, his Venezuelan wife of 14 Yl~ars, who lived in an apartment just below the pope's own residential building.

Estermann had been appointed commander of the Swiss Guard only hours earlier by Pope John

Paul II. Investigators discovered the body ofCedrich Tornay, a 23-yearold member of the elite papal corps, near the other victims in a receiving room of the Estermann home.

The Vatican said the only weapon found was Tornay's standard-issue, 9-caliber pistol. The gun lay under Tornay's body, and five $hots appeared to have been fired from it. ''The most likely hypothesis much more than a hypothesis at this point - is that of momentary insanity in a person with deep feelings that he was unappreciated in the corps," said Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls.

He said Tornay was resentful at having been rebuked by Estermann more than once, including a formal reprimand in February for staying out all night. Tornay was also disappointed at being passed over for a promotion, the spokesman said.

After Estermann's appointment was announced May 4, Tornay had complained about the commander to fellow guards, and later prepared a letter which he left behind for his relatives.

It was the first murder inside the Vatican in more than 150 years. The pope was awakened and informed

of the tragedy, and immediately went to pray in his private chapel.

Estermann, an ] 8-year-veteran of the Swiss Guard, accompanied Pope John Paul on more than 30 of his foreign trips. When the pope was shot in St. Peter's Square in 1981, Estermann was at his side, trying to protect the pontiff.

Reaction inside Vatican City was one of shock. At the barracks of the l00-member Swiss Guard, the Vatican flag flew at half-staff, and many of the downcast soldiers wore black , ties as a sign of mourning.

Those who knew Estermann described him as a serious, cordial and generous man, who could sometimes be seen strolling arm-in-arm with his wife in the neighborhood around the Vatican. He spoke five languages, had earned a theology degree and written about spirituality, and was a postulator for a German sainthood cause.

His wife had degrees in canon law and civil law from a Rome pontifical university. The couple had no children. He had been vice-commander of the Swiss Guard since 1989, and had temporarily administered the corps over the last several months while the Vatican conducted a search for a new com-

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River mander. The search was unusually lengthy, prompting speculation that the Vatican was seeking to restore the tradition of naming a commander of noble birth.

The choice of Estermann was made public at the Vatican two days

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After the murders, the Vatican postponed the ceremony indefinitely, and 'said many of the expected guests would attend the funeral instead.

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ing up an eight-pound slab of con- throughout the hemisphere atGUATEMALA CITY - The crete and bashing someone repeat- tended the ceremony. Condolences arrest of a suspect in a bishop's edly over the head with it." were sent by international church murder culminated a week of The murder occurred two days leaders, including Pope John Paul shock, grief and fear that Guate- after Bishop Gerardi released the II, who condemned the murder as mala could be returning to the vio- results of the church's Project for the an "abominable crime that has cost Recovery of Historic Memory, com- the life of a true servant of peace." lence that marked its civil war.

Bishop Gerardi was buried in the Guatemalans and church leaders piled by the archdiocesan human worldwide expressed shock at the rights office. The project's 1,400- crypt under Guatemala City's metmurder of Auxiliary Bishop Juan page final report implicated the army ropolitan cathedral.

Father Mario Molina, executive Gerardi Condera of Guatemala and paramilitary groups in more than City, who led a quest for the truth 80 percent of the human rights secretary of the bishops' conferof what happened during the abuses during the country's 36-year ence, told Catholic News Service country's civil war. civil war, but also placed some blame April 30 that the church would not modify its work in the wake of Bishop Gerardi, 75, was killed on the guerrillas. in his garage April 26 at about 10 Guatemala City came to a vir- Bishop Gerardi's murder.

The priest denied rumors of p.m. as he returned home to St. tual standstill during the three- hour Sebastian Parish in Guatemala City. funeral activities April 29. In scenes death threats against the country's The killer reportedly struck the reminiscent of the 1980 funeral of bishops. Newspapers reported April bishop in the head with a cement murdered Archbishop Oscar A. 30 that Archbishop Prospero block, disfiguring his face', and Romero of San Salvador, people in Penados del Barrio, as well as at least two other bishops, had rethe streets wept. dragged the body several feet.

More than 250 bishops and ceived threats on their lives after Police began an investigation and called in help from the FB] in priests from all over Guatemala and Bishop Gerardi's funeral. the United States. On April 30, Interior Minister Rodolfo Mendoza Rosales told reporters that the suspect in custody was Carlos Enrique Vielman, 24, of no fixed occupation.

Mendoza called the arrest a "first step, although an important one, in the investigation process. However, Dr. Robert Kirschner, a forensics specialist with Physicians for Human Rights, told The Los Angeles Times, "I am almost certain they have the wrong guy."

Vielman is small MAYAN WOMEN march to the Guatemala City church where Bishop and has a deformed Juan Gerardi Conedera was killed April 26. Thousands of Guatemalans right hand, and marched to demand justice for what some were calling a political assasKirsch ner said he COIJ Id sination.

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Asian bishops say evangelization there needs different approach than in Western countries.

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VATICAN CITY - Some participants at the Synod of Bishops for Asia have raised concerns that Jesus' salvific mission was not being characterized as unique in efforts to spread the Gospel in Asia.

Several of the speakers at the April19-May 14 synod at the Vatican expressed the view that evangelization in Asian cultures requires a different approach than it does in Western countries.

But at least two participants stressed that the message that Jesus . is humanity's one and only savior must not be compromised, in Asia or anywhere else.

Bishop Albert Ranjith Patabendige Don of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, said that the working document for the synod displayed "a certain sense of fear ... in affirming the uniqueness of the salvific role of Christ in relation to other religious traditions."

"The faithful of Asia are dis-

turbed at times, getting all kinds of mixed signals from circles which propose a Christology which hurts their faith in Jesus, the savior," the bishop said. "They need to be reassured that their belief in Jesus as their one savior has our support. It is not correct to cause scandal to their faith because we wish to make Jesus acceptable to others."

Addressing the subject two days later, U.S. Cardinal William W. Baum, who heads the Vatican office that deals with penance, said the Asian synod provided an "ideal opportunity for us to make a common profession offaith in continuity with the bishops of all past ages and today with the successor of Peter.

"There must be no hesitancy on our part as bishops in announcing with apostolic boldness that Jesus Christ is the only savior, who reconciles us with God his Father," the cardinal said.

As clarified by the Second Vatican Council, the Church teaches that Christ is the one savior for all men and women, but it does not rule out the possibility of salvation for non-Christians.

Two North American bishops also contributed to the discussion of the confrontation of Eastern and Western approaches to faith.

Bishop John S. Cummins of Oakland, Calif., said Asian Catholic leaders, clergy, religious and laity in his diocese had found the synod working document "both helpful and hopeful," particularly in its references to dialogue among 10-

cal churches, with other religions and with the poor.

Cardinal Achille Silvestrini, prefect of the Congregation for Eastern-rite Churches, said the Romebased Church can learn much from the Eastern-rite churches, "with

their patrimony which enriches the Catholic Church with a beautiful diversity in the unity of the faith."

For example, he said, the Eastern-rite churches' example of episcopal collegiality "can bring a valuable contribution to the synod."

BISHOPS GATHER in St. Peter's Basilica for the opening Mass of the monthlong synod for Asia at the Vatican April 19. During the Mass, the pope revealed he had invitE~d to the synod two bishops from China. (CNS photo from Reuters)

China stops bishops from attending synod

Consecration to the Divine Will

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Oh adorable and Divine Will, behold me here before the immensity ofYour Light, that Your eternal goodness may open to me the doors and make me enter into It to form my life all in You, Divine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate before Your Light, I, the least of all creatures, put myself into the little group of the sons and daughters of Your Supreme FIAT. Prostrate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg that it clothe me and eclipse all that does not pertain to You, 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 conducts them to God. Here prostrate, I invoke the help of the Most Holy Trinity that They permit me to live in the cloister of the Divine Will and thus return in me the first order of creation, just as the creature was created.

Heavenly Mother, Sovereign and Queen of the Divine Fiat, take my hand and introduce me into the Light of the Divine Will. You will be my guide, my most tender Mother, and will teach me to live in and to maintain myself in the order and the bounds of the Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate my whole being to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me the doctrine of the Divine Will and I will listen most attentively to Your lessons. You will cover me with Your mantle so that the infernal serpent dare not penetrate into this sacred Eden to entice me and make me fall into the maze of the human will.

Heart of my greatest Good, Jesus, You will give me Your flames that they may bum me, consume me, and feed me to form in me the Life of the Divine Will.

Saint Joseph, you will be my protector, the guardian of my heart, and will keep the keys of my will in your hands. You will keep my heart jealously and shall never give it to me again, that I may be sure of never leaving the Will of God. . .My guardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in everything so that my Eden may flourish and be the instrument that draws all men into the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Amen.

( In Honor of Luisa Piccarreta 1865-1947 Child of the Divine Will)

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Two mainland bishops invited by Pope John Paul II to Asian Synod are refused visas.

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HONG KONG - The government of China has rejected the applications of two mainland bishops invited by Pope John Paul II to attend the Synod of Bishops for Asia at the Vatican.

Bishop Matthias Duan Yinming and Coadjutor Bishop Joseph Xu Zhixuan of Wanxian were informed by the head of the Wanxian city Religious Affairs Bureau April 24 that permission to attend the synod had been denied.

Bishop Duan told DCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand, that government officials said the bishops' applications were rejected because China has no diplomatic relations with the Holy See and the invitations did not go through the two government-recognized Catholic Church bodies -the Bishops' Conference of the Catholic Church in China and the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.

The decision was made in the name of the Religious Affairs Bureau in Chongqing, which administers Wanxian, Bishop Duan said.

Though saying that he felt disappointed, the 90-year-old bishop added that the issue is now over and he can put his heart at ease. He refused to comment on the incident's impact on future Sino- Vatican relations.

Father Yang Houyi, who was present when the government officials came to speak to Bishop Duan at the cathedral, told DCA News that the officials also said that considering the bishops' advanced ages, "it is not convenient" for them to make the long journey. Bishop Xu is 81.

The two bishops were notified about the Vatican invitations by tele-

phone on April 18, and they received formal invitations in the form oftelegrams from the Vatican Secretariat of State April 22. However, a Vatican source told DCA News that invitations had been sent through the Chinese Embassy in Rome about two months before the Synod of Bishops for Asia began April 19, but were not conveyed to the two bishop;;.

Vatican Web site to link diocc?ses

By LYNNE WElL CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE VATICAN CITY - With the click of a mouse, a traveler in cyberspace may soon be able' to reserve a place at a papal ceremony and buy tickt:ts to the Vatican Museums.

Vatican officials are trying to ensure that arrangements to attend some of the Church's year 2000 commemorations can be made via the Internet, where one already can shop for clothes, book hotel rooms, consult astrologists and get access to countless other services.

Archbishop Crescenzio Sepe, the official in charge of the Vatican"s office for coordinating year 2000 celebrations, told journalists that the Vatican is creating a special millennial Web site and linking its electronic resourc:es with dioceses in 130 countries.

He said the linkage would also help determine how many pilgrim!: would be heading for Rome during the year 2000 - a question that engrosses local media and civic planners, resulting in estimates as high as 30 million visitors during that year.

Predicting that the site would be on line "in June, July - September, at the latest," the archbishop said part of the service would be dedicated to "a system of reservations" to prevent overflow crowds at papal ceremonies and impossibly long lines at the Vatican Museums.

Because young people in particular show an aptitude for and interesl; in the Internet, Archbishop Sepe said, at least one page of the new Web site would be dedicated to them.

The archbishop made his remarks during the launch of a new Vatican document on pilgrimages in connection with the year 2000. The paper points out that the Internet "can be a means of proclaiming faith and love, positive messages, fruitful and efficacious contacts," but also risks corrupting "true communication" with "a Babel-like myriad of information."

Northern Ireland wall will separate communities •

New 'Peace Line' wall will keep Catholic, Protestant youths from clashing.

By CHRISTENA COLCLOUGH CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

BELFAST, Northern Ireland Surrounded by British soldiers and police officers, builders have begun digging foundations for a massive concrete wall to divide the Protestant and Catholic communities of

White City, a neighborhood on the northern outskirts of Belfast.

The "peace line" - which will run for about 220 yards, be 10 feet high and topped with a further 10 feet of wire - is being erected in a bid to prevent clashes between youths from both communities.

Anthony Kirby, a Catholic, opposes the building of a dividing wall, although he admits that rioting has caused extensive damage to his property. Kirby points to the old wooden doors he has placed against

ANTHONY KIRBY blocks off the windows of his house in the White City neighborhood of Belfast in Northern Ireland.

The Catholic man said he must protect his family from incoming stones and gasoline bombs lobbed from an adjacent Protestant housing project. (CNS photo by Carlos Lopez)

downstairs windows to protect his family from incoming stones and gasoline bombs lobbed from the Protestant housing project at the end of his garden.

"It is terrible to have to live like this, but the wall will not do anything for us because they will just throw higher," he told Catholic News Service.

Lampposts and sidewalk curbs painted red, white and blue, the colors of the British flag, are among the territorial emblems that distinguish the Protestant neighborhood from the Catholic area, which is unusually devoid of nationalist iconography found in other Catholic neighborhoods.

Dozens of "For Sale" signs hang along the street where Kirby has lived for 12 years, but he refuses to move.

"The trouble mainly happens in the summertime, during the Orange parades. Youths from outside the area come in to cause problems," he said.

"We want to talk about it," Kirby said. But jerking his thumb toward the Protestant area, he added, "They won't."

The announcement by British Security Minister Adam Ingram to erect the wall came as politicians signed a peace agreement April 10.

The agreement aims to end nearly 30 years of conflict in Northern Ireland.

Every home across the province has received a copy of the agreement. While prospects for an end to the conflict appear in sight, local disputes between Catholic nationalists and Protestant loyalists continue to heighten tension and further divide.

Loyalists want Northern Ireland to remain a province of Great Britain. Nationalists want Northern Ireland united with the Irish Republic.

Father Peter O'Hare of the local church, Sl. Mary's, is baffled by the decision to build the peace line.

"Putting up a wall is crazy. The Catholic people do not want it. The push to get it up is coming from the Protestant side," he said. Efforts to open dialogue between both sides of the religious divide have been slow.

"The wall is going to create

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involved, and it is just a way of life.

They get a kick out of it. It is a social problem rather than a sectarian one, although it breeds on that."

Mercy Sisters urge prayers for peace SILVER SPRING Md.-The Sisters of Mercy are asking their members, associates and friends around the world to join them in prayer during the month of May for the peace process in Northern Ireland.

Members of the congregation, which was founded in Dublin, Ireland, are praying in solidarity with the people of Northern Ireland, and with their Irish sisters, families and friends.

"The referendum for peace scheduled for vote on May 22 is an historic opportunity to further the process of peace," said Sister Doris Gottemoeller, president of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. Sister Doris issued the calI for prayers after speaking with Sister Teresa O'Connell, superior of the Congregation of Sisters of Mercy of Ireland's U.S. province, who said the outcome of the referendum is still very uncertain.

"When I spoke to Sister Agnes Hannon, the superior of the Northern Ireland province of Sisters of Mercy, she said that while the situation in Ireland is tense and the possibility of violence exists, they feel strongly that the referendum is their best hope for peace after hundreds of years of conflict," Sister Teresa said.

The congregation of Sisters of Mercy numbers approximately 12,000 women religious worldwide. In the United States, the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, headquartered in Silver Spring, Md., includes 6,000 Sisters of Mercy who live and work in 48 of the United States, the District of Columbia, and 21 countries. Many of the sisters in the U.S. are of Irish descent and a number were born in Ireland.

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Irish-American groups su.pport peace accord

By NANCY HARTNAGEL CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - Several IrishAmerican groups expressed strong support for the Good Friday agreement on Northern Ireland, but said it is just the first step toward peace.

"It's the best possible compromise," said Father Sean McManus, founder and president of the Irish National Caucus, a human rights lobby in Washington. 'The immediate obvious strength is that it gives something to everyone."

Dennis Lynch of New York, who is general counsel to the Washingtonbased Hibernian Civil Rights Coalition, a group focusing on civil rights and pro-life issues, said the coalition finds s9me parts of the agreement troubling but "is pleased at any agree-

ment that ends violence."

Mercy Sister Michele O'Leary, executive director of the Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh, which in nine years has provided job training and continuing education for 800 young adults from Northern Ireland, said, "We fully support a yes-vote on the agreement.... It's not the peace settlement, but it's the beginning."

Gavan Kennedy, legislative director of the Irish American Unity Conference, a human and civil rights lobby based in Washington, said his 4,OOO-member group has taken "a position of cautious optimism." But the accord "should be looked on as a steppingstone," he added.

Ed O'Hearn of Louisville, Ky., a member of the U.S. national board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, said, "The AOH does support it,

though it's a compromise." He said the fraternal and service organization sees the agreement as "a positive first step toward the reunification [of Ireland]."

The agreement was reached April 10 after lengthy negotiations among the British and Irish governments and political parties of Northern Ireland.

Among other things, it provides for a 108-seat elected Northern Ireland Assembly; a North-South council of ministers to work on environmental, tourism and transportation issues; and the Irish Republic's removal from its Constitution of a territorial claim on Northern Ireland.

People in both the North and South will vote yes or no on the entire agreement May 22, when citizens in the Irish Republic also will vote. on amending their Constitution.

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Area CYO league concludes season, champions nal1ned

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FOOD FUN-Winding up a nutrition program, first and second grade students at St. Mary's School in New Bedford enjoy a special treat, thanks to Old Colony Chef John Abaray and two of his students, Amanda Johnson and Meredith Guilbeault. The meal consisted of macaroni and cheese, spaghetti and a dessert. Each student prepared his or her own pizza and chocolate mousse to take home.

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FALL RIVER-Another season of the Fall River Area CYO Basketball League has come to a successful conclusion with champions in each division having been crowned, In the Boys Junior A Division, Our Lady of Grace won the regular season title but was upset by St. William's which won the championship in the playoffs. St. William's then went on to win the Dioces::.n Championship, defeating teams from Taunton and New Bedford.

The Junior A Girls Championship was captured by Holy Naml~ A I which went undefeated throughout the year. The team from Our Lady of Assumption, New Bedford, was not intimidated by that record, handed Holy Name its first loss and took the diocesan championship in the best of three s~ries.

St. William's captured the Junior B Boys title while St. Stanislaus was victorious in the Girls B Division. St. Louis de France CI won both the regular season and playoff championships in Junior Girls C Division and the Parish Boys C Division team won that title as well.

In the Prep Boys Division, Espirito Santo captured the regular season crown. In the playoffs, St. William's rallied to capture the local champion. ship. The Senior B regular season championship went to Holy Name which also captured the post-season Sam Priestly Tournament. St. Michael's of Fall River captured the championship in the Senior A Boys Division.

In the Diocesan Championships for the prep boys division, ~:t. Mary's of Fairhaven captured the crown after defeating St. William's orFall River and St. Ann's of Raynham.

The Associate Director of the Fall River Area CYO, Albert "Val" Vaillancourt, expressed thanks to all who helped make the season so successful. He expressed special thanks to all who contribute each year to the Catholic Charities Appeal which helps to fund the operation of the CYO, The annual league banquet will be held later this month.

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SCIENCE AND ART WINNERS-Students from Our Lady of Lourdes School in Taunton were recently selected as winners in the school's annual science fair. Grade five winners were Tracey Pelletier and Brian Riccio (left photo) for their joint project "How Clean is the Air You Breathe?" First place winners in the art show (right) pose after receiving their awards.

They are (front row) second grader Brett Houlihan and first grader Jenny Rugg and (back row) Michelle Dong, grade 3; Stephanie Sherman, grade 5; and Victoria Marcelino, kindergarten. The fair was judged by local artists Annette Lopes and Betty Owen.

SCHOOL PRIDE! The seventh grade choir at St. Joseph's School in New Bedford has been working hard singing at school Masses and will be joining the musical group On the Move in an open house concert May 13 at 6 p.m. The event will also feature an art fair and book fair.

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NING ART-Bishop Feehan High School senior Catherine _ _ Servant of Attleboro Falls has been selected as one of 150 Massachusetts allstate artists. She holds one of her award-winning pieces and has been invited to attend a two-day program at the Worcester Art Museum'later this month. She submitted her work to a statewide panel of judges following the recommendation of her instructor, Brenda Loiselle.

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Our Rock and Role· Good friends pay attention

By CHARLIE MARTIN

Five Candles (You Were There) A promise or a dare' I would jump if I knew you'd catch me.

Staring over the edge I can't tell If you'll be here for me.

I close my eyes And make a wish Turn out the lights ,And take a breath Pray that when The wish is burned You would say that It's all about love Refrain: You were there When I needed you You were there When the skies broke wide, Wide open You were there When I needed you You were there When I needed you You were never here I remember you said Love was more Than your good intentions Empty boxes on the floor Things I never asked you for I pray that when The wick is burned You would say that It's all about love (Repeat refrain) And I can't see the promise of Excuses you fall upon So I pray to God not holding on To things you left undone (Repeat refrain twice) You were there when I You were there when I You were there when I needed you Written by Dan Haseltine, Steve Mason, Matt Odmark, Charlie Lowell Sung by Jars of Clay Copyright (c) 1997 by Bridge Building Music/Pogostick Music (BMI), 1997 by Essential Records JARS OF CLAY is back on Billboard's charts with "You Were There." The group is one of today's most successful in

Christian rock. This current hit is off their recent "Much Afraid" disc.

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matico However, the refrain makes 'a clear claim: "You were there when I needed you." Few statements are more telling of what true friendship means.

A willingness to pause from one's activities and genuinely notice what is going on in another's life is one way we can be there for a friend.

Learning how 'to recognize the clues to hurt and discouragement is an imporfant part of being a friend. Do you notice anything different about your friend,'s behavior? Especially, does your friend seem more boisterous or quiet than usual?

Do YOlisee any harmful behavior, like- use of alcohol or other drugs? Does your friend seem to care less about his or her primary responsibilities, like schoolwork or a job?

A valued friend also is not quick to judge another. When you ask another what is going on in his or her life, accept what is shared. Do not argue with the perspective offered, even if it seems unrealistic to you. Listen.

After hearing your friend all the way through, inquire if he or she has ideas on how to deal with the current situation. Try to, be hopeful without discounting the pain that this person feels.

Be careful about giving advice. In fact, it's best to offer none unless directly asked. Even then, first discover what the other has already tried. Most of life's painful situations cannot be fixed, but they can be faced and eventually healed.

Sometimes, the most important way to "be there" is simply to be a caring, consistent presence - someone who is willing to sit with another in the midst of the pain.

Much good can be accomplished when teens reach out to other teens. No teen's life is perfect, and most teens experience episodes of hurt and discouragement.

Be the caring presence of God for those you call your friends. Be sure they can say, "You were there when I needed you."

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Setting rules: Teens and phone calls By

CHRISTOPHER CARSTENS

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

The important thing is making sure that the rule is clear, that it states when the phone can be used and when it can't.

Here, are a few examples of

Teenagers have a remarkably strong impulse for sharing life with their friends over the telephone. Their parents often don't understand. Parents ask: "Why do you spend your whole life on the phone? Couldn't you do your of homework or - imagine this talk to your family?"

There is a real tug of war go• ABOUT YOUTH ing on here. For teenagers, the phone is an important link with friends and school.

But parents worry that teens phone rules that promote clarity. who spend hours and hours on the Any of these rules is fine. They phone are neglecting important are given only as examples. The obligations and removing them- parents in each house decide which selves from life in the family. rule makes most sense to them.

Those are real concerns. '~You can use the phone before Let's be realistic. You probably dinner, and then between 7 and 8." think it's more fun talking with "No phone calls in or out after your friends than working on your 9." history essay. Chatting on the . "You can use the phone only phone doesn't make you a bad after your homework is done and person, but it doesn't get your we've checked to make sure that homework done either. ' it's complete."

Parents are responsible for Once parents state a clear rule, making rules. In my work with they must supervise and be sure families, I often help parents set the teen actually follows the rule. up rules that make sense. A good If Donna is supposed to be off the rule helps everybody understand phone by 9, Mom or Dad should what's expected, while a poorly be there to make sure she hangs thought-through rule can actually up on time. make things worse. , Teenagers will not perfectly "Honey, when are you getting enforce somebody else's rules on off that phone?" isn't a rule, it's a ' themselves - any more than question. The teen answers, "In a adults will. If nobody is supervisfew minutes," which may calm the ing, it isn't surprising if the rule parent - or provoke an argument. is broken.

"You've been on that darn I don't recommend punishblower for two hours." That's not ment, threats, bribes or grounda rule either, it's an observation. ing. Instead, I always tell parents It mayor may not be true. Trust the same thing: "Supervise. Enme, if the teen has been on the force your rule. If the rule is imphone for only an hour and a half, portant, you should be there makthere will be a long discussion ing sure it's followed." over exactly when the call began.

There are three steps in enforcThat kind of discussion often ing any rule. State the rule clearly, turns into bickering. supervise and be consistent.

"Look, I think you've been If parents make realistic rules, yacking long enough now," isn't and follow through consistently, a rule, it's an opinion. The teen the arguments almost always go may state a different opinion. away.

"No, I think I haven't been on the phone long enough at all" - exYour comments are wei· actly the sort of wise remark that come. Please address: Dr. pushes parents over the edge.

Christopher Carstens, c/o Parents can prevent a lot of this Catholic News Service, 3211 by stating clear rules. Different Fourth St. N.E., Washington, families will pick different rules. D.C. 20017.

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meeting of Pax C1:lristi - Cape Cod FALL IUVER-The women's will.be held on May 18 from 7.:30 guild of Sacred Heart Parish wiII p.m. .to 9: 15 p.m, at Our Lady of . celebrate its 50th anniversary on .Victory Church. The theme is May 17 with a special Mass, instal"Franz Jagerstatter, Martyr for Con- lation of new officers and banquet. science (August 9, 1943)" and all Rose E. Sullivan, the first president, se;rrching for peace are welcome. will be honored at the banquet and all members and former members EAST FREETOWN-A men's are invited to attend. For more inPentecost retreat presented by.the formation l!-nd registration call Men of St. Joseph will be held on Helen Wilson at 673-7362.

May 29-31 at the Cathedral Camp Retreat Center. The Franciscan.FriHYANNIS-A support group a,rs of the Primitive Observan~e will for parent~, families and fdends of . be guest speakers and it is themed gays and lesbians meets on the sec"Refjner's Fire: God's Call to ·Or- ond MQnday of each month from dinary Men to be Cleansed, Healed 7-8:30 p.m. at the Catholic Social and Strengthened by the Holy Service.s Building, 261 South Spirit." Register before May 15 Street. It will meet next on May by calling Bud MiII~r ~t 678-2828. 11. For more information call 771 ~ 6771. New members welcome.

FAIRHAVEN~Extended care facility, Our Lady's Haven, is seek~SFIELD-CatlwlicSocial ing volunteers to share time with Services will hold an information residents. Do you have an open session for individuals and families afternoon to play card games, interested in domestic newborn, inbingo, bowling, or volleyball? If ternational and or older special needs you're available from 1-4 p.m. one adoption at St. Mary's Parish Cenafternoon ~ week please call Lillian ter, Rt. 106. It will be held on May Lafrance at 999-4561.

31 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. For more information or registration call 674FALL RIVER...,-Each month 4681. All welcome. the Vocation Office hosts a gathering of high school students to disMANSFIELD-Members of cuss GQd's call to Christian service. the Catholic Women's Club of St. The evening includes prayer, faith Mary's Parish are looking for volsharing and a cookout. Come and unteers to visit homebound persons strengthen your relationship with and those living in nursing homes God. For more information call for an hour each week. If you can Father Craig Pregana at 675-1311 help or would like more informaor contact him via e-mail: tion call Lorraine Connoughton at FRVocationOffice@Juno.com.

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Soup buffet made French pea soup for the gather. ing and said that she was surprised at the large turnout. "We made the soups at home and after I came out of the kitchen where they were reheating them I couldn't believe how much was gone. It was very successful," she declareq.

"Father Hippo," as he is known to Diane Auger of St. James Parish in New Bedford, is said to be very excited about the water tower project which he hopes will protect his people from disease.

"He's a wonderful guy, and the soup buffet was very nice," said Auger. Father Omodoi was sponsored through the serilinary by Auger's Aunt

..held at 6:30 p.m. May 10 at the Holy Name Parish Center. Calix is a group that enlists Catholics who are gratefully celebrating recovery from alcoholism, drug addiction and other dependencie:,. It supplements the spirituality of the 12-step programs of AA, NA and Alanon with speCific Catholic dements including Mass and the :;acraments.

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NEW BEDFORD-.courage, a support group for homosexual Catholic men and WOffil~n who are striving to live chaste lives, will meet at Holy Name Rectory, May 9 at 7 p.m. For more information call Msgr. Thomas HatTington at 992-3184.

SOUTH HARWIC][I-There wil1 be no meeting of the' St. Francis of Peace Fraternity, SFO, in May. Meetings will resume the second Sunday of June and all interested in learning more about the ways of St. Francis of Assisi are welcome.

For more information call Kay Fitzgerald at 394-0323.

SWANSEA-The' vocation team of St. Michael's will hold a living rosary on May 17 at 6 p.m.

Deacon Paul Fedak will lead the program and refreshments will be served. All welcome.

WAREHAM-A Bib:le 'study group focusing on the Acts of the Apostles will begin meeting on May 11 at St. Patrick's Church from 7-8:30 p.m. each Monday.

Those interested should call the rectory at 295-2411 and leave their name and number.

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Lawrence and her late husband, Dr. William Boudreau, who worked at St. Anne's Hospital in Fall River. Auger and her sister Sue have kept up correspondence with him over the years and join in hoping the project is successful.

It was the first time Father Dufour remembered doing a soup bullet, but with the positive response he received from the parish, it may be an event repeated in the future.

Father Omodoi is now buck in Africa but if you would like more infonnation about his project you can write to Father Hippo, c/o Father John Kauta; Missionary Co-op Plan, P.O. BoxS87, Bedford, NY 01:;06.

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MEMBERS OF SACRED HEART Parish' in New Bedford enjoy a variety of sOtJpsand breads at a·recent.parishfunc~ tion. The Soup Buffet helped raise funds for a water towsr project in Uganda, East Africa. Father Hippolytus Omodoi, an African missionary and: project manager, hopes to provide cl~an drinking w~ter to his parish' and community.