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Catholic Charities Ap'peal at $1.5M FALL RIVER - The 2000 Catholic Charities Ap, peal for the Fall Ri ver diocese reached $1.5 million a week after it had opened and "It's full steam ahead," says Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, director of the campaign, "This is a great first step," Msgr. Harrington said, as The Anchor readied to go to press. "But we've lots of work ahead of us if we hope to meet the needs contained in the budgetary requests for our many apostolates and institutions." The annual spring campaign l.flSt year exceeded $3.17 million, an increase of 9.1 percent over the 1998 total. One way in which excitement is generated about the Appeal is the cultivation of a friendly rivalry between neighboring parishes. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the town of Dartmouth where two of the flourishing parishes in the diocese are located. St. Mary's in South Dartmouth, or Padanaram Village, is the older of the two. When St. Julie Billiart Parish was established some 30 years ago in North Dartmouth, the competition was kindled. The late Father John F. Hogan, founding pastor of POPE JOHN Paul II prays at the shrine of Fatima in St. Julie's, and his counterpart, the late Msgr. Arthur Portugal May 13. (CNS photo from Reuters)

G. Considine, who built the beautiful St. Mary's, always strove for the upper hand, recalls Msgr. Harrington. Father Hogan and Msgr. Considine were succeeded by another pair of smiling rivals, the late Msgr. Patrick 1. O'Neill at St. Julie's, and the late Father Walter A. Sullivan at St. Mary's. "During their pastorates the rivalry in Dartmouth continued, and if anything, grew more intense," said Msgr. Harrington. Currently, Father Brian J. Harrington in the North Dartmouth parish and Father Terence F. Keenan in Padanaram continue the spirit of competition. According to Msgr. Harrington, Father Keenan confides that returns for the Appeal simply reflect the great generosity of his flock. However reports abound that Father Harrington has been known to encourage his parishioners to make sure they surpass their fellow townsfolk from the South Dartmouth. community of faith. Michael 1. Donly, diocesan director of development and coordinator of much of the activity in the CathoTurn to page JJ - Appeal

Fatima's 'third Retirements offive diocesan secret' linked' priests approved - page three to assassination Fellow U.S. bishops praise attempt on pope Archbishop Egan appointment ~

Beatification of two of three child visionaries prompts release of long-held secret. By CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

FATIMA, Portugal - Pope John Paul II, ordering the publication of the so-called "third secret of Fatima," believes part of it was a direct reference to the 1981 attempt on his life, said the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Angelo Sodano. Cardinal Sodano, the highest-ranking official of the Roman Curia, said that the 80-year-old pope asked him to make "the solemn announcement" of the secret's contents at the end of the pope's May 13 Mass in Fatima, 19 years to the day after the assassination attempt. . The pope on May 13 beatified Fatima visionaries Francisco and Jacinta Marto. After seeing the Virgin Mary beginning in Turn to page J3 - Fatima

Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., offers congratulations and prayers. By CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - By one measure, Bridgeport, Conn., is just 50 miles from New York City. By another measure, the Diocese of Bridgeport, with 88 parishes and 361,000 Catholics, is a world away from the Archdiocese of New York, which has 2.4 million very diverse Catholics in 413 pari~hes. But according to a number of his fellow U.S. bishops, Archbishop Edward M. Egan is just the man to bridge the differences. He was named ninth archbishop of New York May 11, after serving 12 years as bishop of Bridgeport. He succeeds the late Cardinal John J. O'Connor who died May 3 after an eight-month battle with brain cancer. Turn to page 12 - Egan .

ARCHBISHOP EDWARD M. Egan gives his first New York press conference after being named to lead the archdiocese's 2.4 million Catholics. (CNS photo by Todd. Plitt)

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Retirements of five priests approved

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FALL RIVER - The requests for retirement by five priests of the diocese have been approved by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFMCap. They are: Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, pastor of Our Lady of Victory Parish, Centerville; Father Lucio B. Phillipino, pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish, North Easton; Msgr. John J. Regan, pastorofSt. Patrick's Parish, Falmouth; Father Gerald T. Shovel ton, pastor of Holy Trinity Parish, East Harwich; and Father Arthur K. Wingate, ,chaplain at the Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River. The retirement of Monsignor Regan is effective June 1 and the retirement of Father Phillipino is effective June 14. The retirements of Monsignor Munroe, Father Shovelton and Father Wingate are effective June 28.

Monsignor Munroe Born in Fall River, the'son of the late Henry T. Munroe Sr., and the late Kathryn C. (Burns) Munroe, Msgr. Munroe, 72, attended St. Joseph's Church. He

graduated from the parish grammar school, the former Msgr. Coyle High School in Taunton, and after two years at Providence College entered St. John's Seminary, Brighton in 1948. He was ordained a priest on Nov. 30, 1953 by Bishop James L. Connolly in St. Mary's Cathedral. He served as a parochial vicar at Holy Name Parish, New Bedford until 1972 when, he was named pastor of St. John the Evangelist, Attleboro, where he remained until 1975. He was pastor at St. Pius X Parish in South Yarmouth until 1989 when he was made pastor of St. Thomas More Church, Somerset, where he stayed until 1995. His final pastorate. was at Our Lady of Victory Parish in Centerville, where he has served until now. Beginning in 1970, Msgr. Munroe has served in a variety of diocesan posts, including the Diocesan Tribunal. He was named a Prelate of Honor by Pope Paul VI on June 1, 1974 and a Protonotary Apostolic by Pope John Paul II on Sept. 30, 1994. He was appointed vicar general

of the FaIl River Diocese in July 1989 by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, and was elected interim administrator of the diocese in 1992 upon the transfer of Bishop Cronin to Hartford and until the installation of Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., on Aug. II, 1992. He was named vicar general on Aug. 12, 1992 serving until August 1994. He was appointed Episcopal Vicar of Fall River in August 1994. Msgr. Munroe was the first episcopal vicar of the Attleboro! Taunton Vicariate serving from 1972 to 1975 and was episcopal vicar of the Cape Cod and the Islands Vicariatefrom 1975,to 1989. He was also a member of the Priest Council, a diocesan consultor, was involved in insurance and finance, was advisor to Catho'lic Nurses on Cape Cod and the Council of Catholic Women, and was a board member.ofthe Diocesan Health Care Facilities.

Father Phillipino A native of Taunton, Father Lucio B. Phillipino, 70, is the son of the late Louis V., and the late Turn to page 13 - Retirees

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It'should be noted that repeat abortions are on the rise. There are 1.6 million abortions a year; 56 percent are first abortions; 44 percent are second or more. Studies have shown that· some women undergo repeat abortions as an act' of ".self-punishment" often with grave negative implications. An increasing number are developing real physical health problems" especially with breast cancer.' Women who carry their first baby to term cut their chances of this disease almost in half. Women 'who' abort their first pregnancy almost double their chance or" breast cancer. With two or more abortions there is a corresponding increase. More studies. in this area confirm the correlation bet'ween the increase risk of breast cancer and abortions. In our efforts to eliminate this disease should we not also attempt to negate abortions? Postabortion women have greater difficulty in establishing a healthy relationship with a male partner. Multiabortions by one person are solid indications that she simply will continut:: to go through many self-destructive affairs. Emotional and'psychological problems increase at an alarming rate. Concept of self-respect becomes vague and often irrational. Our Internet social order is not addressing this issue. Money is the name of the game. Life is not our central concern. Our electronic world is becoming dehumanizing. The value of the person means very little in the world of robots. Abortions and the corre. sponding consequences have been set aside as a given; it's part of our culture. Well, it is not. The Church has taught staunchly, much' to the chagrin of others, that it's the human being that counts and tre individual right to life in all its multifaceted stages must be protected. The inalienable right to life of every human person is a constitutional dement of civil society from the moment of conception to natural death. Those who oppose this fact fail to recognize that these human rights depend neither on single individuals nor on parents, ·they belong to human nature ,and are. inherent in the person:. When this is denied, then the consequences are dire. Too many babies"have' By FATHER.EUGENE HEMRICK been murdered and too many women are suffering grievous ·ramiCATHOUC NEWS SERVICE· .. ' ' fications in the name of personal choice. , As a nation, we are pursuing so many areas of life \vith cancer The news'specials on the death prevention and mental health programs. If we are honest about of Cardinal John O'Connor Of these endeavors' we must:take tirile,'and review the many ·studies New York, along with the April that indicate a correlation between abortion, breast cancer and 29 edition of America magazine, mental illness. People must be educated in this regard. Scare'tac- left me feeling that not only was 'tics have little effect Abortion does qot eliminate problems, it sim- the cardinal being commended to ply eliminates people. The problematic ',aftereffects of abortion OQct; .but so was the priesthood: One television network started must surface if we believe in preyentive medicine. It is not just a matter of law and right; it is' a 't6ncern::for the survival and well- . with a review of Cardinal being of people. Human life is a pr~cious gift. To view it other., O'ConnQr's life and then abruptly wise serves only to encoudlge 'the "even' greaier evils whiCh' ulti-' 'switched to the topic ofthe.priesthood sho'rtage. A number of mately lead to self-destructivism. The Editor lengthy articles in the New York Times didthe same thing. And in a recent article, "Are We Killing Our Priests?",'Norbertine Father Francis Dorff argued that priests are killing themselves because of unreasonable demands being put on them by the Church and by OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER themselves. . Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Dioc~se of Fall River I believe 'that the barrage of . 887 Highland Avenue P.O. BOX 7 news on the demise of the priestFall River. MA 02720 Fall River, MA 02722-0007 hood is going to continue as long Telephone 508-675-7151 ~s the priesthood statistics conFAX (50~) 675-7048 tinue to decline. This growing Send addre~s changos 10 P.D, Box 7 or calileleptlone number above problem is calling for answers to tough questions. Where do priests EDITOR GENERAL MANAGER .NEWS EDITOR find their greatest satisfaction, and James N. Dunbar Rev. Msgr. John F. Moore Rosemary Dussault what must happen to keep that sati~faction,level high?

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His compassion was fro'm conviction John Joseph O'Connor had a vative theology" while grudgingly richly-developed sense of the Iconceding that such ironic, So it must have bemused woodenheadedness was "tempered" the late cardinal no end to find, in by His Eminence"s service as ~pas~ the first several pews ofSt. Patrick's tor to "the sick, the weak, and the Cathedral during his May 8 funeral, poor." numerous public figures with whom Memo to the Times' editors: It he had done battle over the years, was precisely Cardinal O'Connor's now professing with' their presence doctrinal and theological convictheir admiration for the deceased. tions that led him to empty the bed ~,c;!oubt ~hat he planned it that pans of AIDS patients, support way, but Boston's CardinalBernard Law 'gently addressed that irony when, in his homily, he reminded the vast congregation that Cardinal O'Connor's legacy was a Catholic Church that is "unambiguously Pro-Life." The resulting ovation began at L----------U~~ the back of the cathedral and rolled forward, eventually seminarians with his pension, and bringing everyone (including sev- befriend a one-legged little boy who eral hundred bishops) to their feet asked, after the cardinal died, - with the exception of the presi- "Where's my buddy?" dent of the United States; his wife, It was those same convictions the senatorial candidate; the' for- that had led Chaplain O'Connor to merly Pro-Life vice president; and put his life on the line bringing the Mrs. Gore. They, too, finally stood, sacraments to men and women in although they didn't applaud. How harm's way, and that compelled the could they? An essential moral "archbishop of the capital of the clarification about the life and world" (as Pope John Paul II once legacy of John Joseph O'Connor described him) to overcome his - and that legacy's relationship to shyness and become a compelling them - had just been made by the public personality. As the Wall late cardinal's hand-picked eulogist. Street Journal put it nicely, John Cardinal Law's simple, effective Joseph O'Connor "was not 'temstatement was about the future as pering' his theology. He was living" well as the past. Being "unambigu- it." ously Pro-Life" was not a personal Some Catholic commentators. crotchet of Cardinal O'Connor. It suggested that, for all his notoriwas and is the firm conviction of ety, Cardinal O'Connor wouldn't the Catholic Church, and it is not leave much of a legacy. I must disgoing tq go away. That conviction agree. At a time when Pro-Life may be traduced by some Catholic energies were waning in some quarpoliticians or challenged by certain ters, he rallied the troops, in the Catholic intellectuals, but it is not trenches and in the National Congoing to change. Ever. No matter ference of Catholic Bishops, to their what the New York Times thinks duty. At a time when some of his about it. episcopal brethren were imagining Speaking of the Times, it was in themselves to be moderators of ona nasty mood after the cardinal's going discussions, Cardinal death. In mean-spirited editorial, O'Connor, whose door was open it deplored what it termed to everyone, reminded them, by his O'Connor's "strong-willed, conser- deeds, of Chesterton's observation

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that an open mind, like an open mouth, should close on something. In doing so, he created a model of the-bishop-as-public-presence that is emulated throughout the country. He was also a counselor; in private, to many bishops who found in his courage a reinforcementfortheirown. Their work will continue; in his mold, In our 18 years of friendship I came to enjoy his keen mind, his sharp wit, his unflagging sense of duty, , his remarkable frankness; his gentlemanliness. He didn't require you to think him infallible, for he knew he wasn't. He rarely talked about himself; he'd much rather talk about issues and ideas. Between his 75th birthday and the onset last year of the illness that took his life, he seemed to be in heartier shape .than in the previous half decade. I had looked forward .to his having a good five years as a kind of national chaplain to the ProLife movement. The Lord had other plans. The prince of the Church who never wanted to be anything other than a parish priest working with the .handicapped is now home. May he rest in peace. George Weigel is a senior fel-

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true sons of St. John Baptist de la Salle," who founded the order in }682 and was canonized in} 900. In }950, Pope Pius XII proclaimed the saint the special patron of all educators of children: and young people. Calling the order's founder a "veritable apostle," Pope John Paul said St. John Baptist de la Salle's legacy "underlines that ed.ucation presumes on, the one hand the transmission of human and Christian values, and on the other the example of adults who can demonstrate to the young a beautiful and well-balanced life." The Christian Brothers began' their monthlong 43rd general chapter in Rome May I.

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"'1 can't believe· he's coming!" "Marie, what's all the commo- he rallies the troops and reverses the tion about? The other kids are all tide." "Ge~, couldn't you fit one more excited." . "Oh, Matthew, he's coming to see cliche in that statement, Matt?" us! Do you believe it? He's coming chided Luke. Again the four chilto see us!" dren lit up with laughter. "Yeah, but it's true," said Sarah. Matthew couldn't believe his ears. Would he actually get to meet "No matter how young or old, or his hero in person? Is it possible he big or small, or what color you are, would get to shake hands with the . it doesn:t matter to him. He knows man who has been his champion for that each member is important to so long? Matthew wasn't alone in his thinking. AIl of the boy's friends would love to get the chance to meet him. What a By Dave Jolivet day this was , 'J;~ going to be! Luke and Sarah bounded up to Matthew un- the team, and each has a special purable to contain themselves. "Matt, pose." ''For sure," added Luke. "Even did you hear?" beamed Luke. "Yeah, I.did! I can't wait!" re- though we're so little, he can make people like us feel important and sponded Matthew. 'This is so cool," needed. And the beauty of it is that added a giggling Sarah. . "When is he supposed to get it's all so genuine. From'the gl}t." here?" questioned Matthew. "Don't "That's my hero, baby," exknow," responded Luke. "He's got claimed Matthew. "You know someto meet with some other people first thing, even if our parents didn't bel guess." lieve in us, he would." The four chil."But he is coming to sec us, isn't dren exchanged knowing glances. Suddenly, their attention was he?" asked Sarah nervously. . . "No doubt," said a confident drawn to a commotion not too far Luke. ''He loves kids. He' 11 be here."· from them. A large gr6up of their . "I had always hoped to meet . :cohorts were running toward the Michael Jordan and Ken Griffey Jr. lone figure entering the room. Sevsomeday," said Matthew. "Those eral took running leaps into his arms. guys just amaze me. But this is even Others jumped on his back or hung better!" on to his legs. "How come when you talk 'There he is!" shouted Marie. sports, you only mention the "Look ateve\yone allover him," male athletes?" said a defiant laughed Luke. "Look at the smile on his face," Marie. "Don't forget about Mia Hamm or Steffi Graf or Rebecca cried Sarah. "He's absolutely beamLobo. They give as much blood, ing!" sweat and tears as the guys." "C'mon. Let's go meet him," Luke nudged Matthew in the ribs shouted Matthew. . The four ran over to the honored . arid said, "You know she's right, old pal." . guest. Matthew stuck out his tihy "Yeah," whispered Matthew, "but hand to shake the large, weathered I'll never let her know that." The hand of his hero. "Hi," he said smiling. :'My name two boys laughed with glee causing is Matthew, and on behalf of all the Marie and Sarah to do the same. "But, you're right, this is much unborn children here in heaven, we better than all of those," agreed welcome you Cardinal O'Connor." Marie. . Dave Jolivet is aformer Sporjs . "You.kl}ow what makes him so writer/editor, and current staff special and such a hero to me?" asked member of the Anchor. Matthew. "Just when it seems our Comments are welcome online team is going to go down to defeat, at anchomress@sneplimet.com.

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When- a -c-hild suffers loss For the past seven years, Jim Emswiler has con- bother you," but it did. Kennedy, now a 38-year-old ducted the National Conference on Loss and Transi- lawyer and father of two, s"itid firmly, "Never say to a tion. After his wife died more than a decade ago, he child, 'You shouldn't feel that way.' My feelings were could find little help for himself and his two children never validated. People told me how brave I was, and in how to cope with the pain of this loss, and so he paradoxically that isolated me. In the hospital my fulldecided to do something about it. He founded the time job became to keep everybody cheered up. "I was growing up in an Irish Catholic family, a New England Center for Loss and Transition, and has worked ever since to bring professionals together to culture where anger was unacceptable and sadness not learn better how to help people, especially children, allowed. The attitude was: Pull yourself up, and get over it. If I cried, I knew who are hurting. I'd be letting everybody This year, his keynote down." speaker was Ted Kennedy What a. burden that Jr., who lost his leg frenn was for a child! Kennedy cancer when he was 12. He is the son of Sen. Ted says today that it took him years to "mourn his loss." Kennedy of Mass. Now he knows it's all The younger :KenBy Antoinette Bosco right for a child to be annedy's story was riveting. He emphasized right off ....---------~L..L.......; _ _...J-I gry over loss. "It's the that his experience had weakling who keeps emobeen a "transformingevent" that made him more com- tions in. They're scared. It takes incredible strength to passionate. It also brought him to his· life's work of process these feelings and emotions, and not be afraid promoting the 9isability rights movement to "enhance of what others might think." the dignity of all" who are in any way disabled. Now he works to promote "value and dignity in He told us how back in 1973, when he was playing every life." He also has learned the importance of acceptance. football, "everything that touched my leg would hurt abnormally." His pediatrician said the swelling that ''The key to happiness is to live in the moment, to had developed below his knee was a calcium deposit. appreciate how, wonderful life is, to be able to stay Before long, when the pain got excruciating, he was grateful, not to be afraid of emotions: not· to intellecbrought to the hospital for X-rays. The problem was tualize everything." cancer; his leg was removed the next day. He speaks of how he. "can use the Kennedy name "When my dad told me, I was shocked and horri- to advance" his work for rights for the disabled, and fied. I couldn't imagine living without both my, legs: for promoting value and dignity in every life. I remember thinking I'd rather die. It was a tremen"We help others by the power of example. Because dous loss of self-esteem. I was incredibly embarrassed of what happened to me, I became sensitized to a about how I would look." scope of issues. There's a tremendous amount of work , His family, trying to help, told him "Don't let it to do around the world."·

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Reincarnation . Q. I have a friend, a sincerely good person, Christianity. who strongly believeS in reincarnation. Can you Q. Is it still a law of th~ Chur~h that ev~ry suggest any arguments that would dissuade her . Catholic should go to confession at least om;~ a year, during the Easter time? I am 85 years young, from this belief? (New York) A. I doubt that there are any such arguments for and it seems to me many people do not do that people who genuinely embrace this sort of belief, (Indiana) because it isn't one that is arrived at by logic or reasoning in our usual meaning 9f those words.· It comes from a.whole other approach to spirituality, a different perspective for viewing life, God, and such realities as death and eternity. Reincarnation is an ancient idea, originating in Asia and integrated into Hindu thought around 600 B.C. Ac.cording to this "docBy Father trine," all living beings, John J. Dietzen .from plants to human beings and even gods, go through a continuous cycle of deaths and rebirths. . By the law of "karma," which literally means action, the'condition of life at each rebirth depends on the moral quality of actions in the previou's life.. The belief is predominant in Hinduism, Buddhism and other Eastem religions. Today reincarnation is also a significant element in at least some major branches of the New Age movement in North America and Europe, which may be where your friend made contact with it. As I said, since belief in reincarnation does not result from any systematic or structured theology, it is difficult to refute at that level. It is undoubtedly, however, entirely incoJ.l1patible with traditional Christian and Catholic teaching. For us Christians, death is a final, unrepeatable event, unique for every human being. As the letter to the Hebrews tells us, "It is appointed that human beings die once, and after this the judgment" (9:27). As we read in the Gospel story of the rich man and the poor Lazarus, between those on this earth and those who have died lies a great chasm, over which no one may cross from one side to the other (Lk 16:26). . This understanding ofthe conclusiveness ofdeath . has never been seriously questib.ned or challenged in

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A. According to the "Catechism of the Catholic Church" (1457), ·all Catholics are obliged to "confess serious sins" at least once a year. In those words, the catechism repeats canon law (989) and the Introduction to the Rite of Penance (34). . In other words, the obligation for at least annual reception of the sacrament of penance, which' goes back to the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215, does not apply to those who are not aware of an unconfessed mortal sin. In all these statements, the Church is not imposing a new obligation for confession, but simply prescribes a time within which mortal sins' should be confessed so that, if for· no other reason, the Eucharist might be received. Canon law requires Catholics to receive Communion at least once a year, during the Easter season unless a serious reason forces it to be done at another time. It bears noting again that these laws deal with the minimum required. Obviously they in noway suggest or recommend that these sacraments be received only once a year or that penanc~ be receiveq only when one is conscious of serious sin. The healing and strengthening graces of the sacrament of penance are such that it, along with the Eucharist, of course, should be a regular part of our spilituallives as Catholics.

A free brochure in English or Spanish outlining marriage regulations in the Catholic Church, and explaining the promises in an interfaith marriage, is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651. Questions may be sent to Father Dietzen at the sar:ne address, or e-mail: jjdietzeri@aol.com.

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With Mother's Day in our rearAs a result, my sister over ner, and she's giving folks 'the view mirrors, it might be a good time developed a similar aversion look.'" time to come clean about some- to misuse of the vernacular. And, thing about mothers that rarely is interestingly enough, she has deOUR LADY'S mentioned. While it is known by veloped her own abilities to RELIGIOUS STORE various designations ("the high launch "the look" to a degree her Mon. -Sat. 10:00-5:30PM beams," "eyeball thumping," "the own children clearly find "hairstare," "the glance," "ocular raising." GIFTS lazerization" and so on), this In my opinion, the Pentagon "something" is probably most could have saved the millions CARDS commonly know as "the look." As wasted 6n psychic and paranorBOOKS in: "Oh, oh, mof.Tl just gave me' mal warfare research. Rather, the 'the look.' I'm dead." military could have worked .on 673-4262 Estimates for the effectiveness creating "stun stares" or "look of "the look" vary widely, but it launchers." Or, think of this: 936 So. Main St., Fall River is well documented that "the _ - - - - - - - - -.....---.:=---1-0 CAPE COD look" ~ issued even in foggy NATIONAL weather can stop MORTGAGE a child in his or Low, low rates starting at . her tracks at distances greater By Dan Morris than football fields. No points, no closing costs 1st, 2nd, 3rd MORTGAGES Likewise, Purchase or Refinance walls and floors easily are pierced Highly trained teams of moms Improvement & Repair Debt Consolidation by "the look." who'would give the "enemy" conCredit Card Pay Offs "Don't do that," I heard our centrated"looks" - making them Home Equity Loans youngest whisper years ago. drop their weapons, go home and Commercial Loans 2nd Homes "Mom is giving you 'the look.''' behave themselves. Which, one Tuition "What?" responded his would hope, is the goal of war Self Employed brother. "She's downstairs in the anyway. No Income Verlication Poor Credit· No Credit kitchen." As a matter of fact, citizens Pay Off Liens & Attachments "And your point is?" might do well to form an indeForeclosure· Bankruptcy Application taken on phone Anecdotal evidence suggests pendent organization of seasoned No application fee. high-intensity "looks" have been mothers and grandmothers, and Fast service. Call Now· We Can Helpl known to knock hats off heads, send them to Congress - with zip lips, spin 16-year-olds in place side trips to the Oval Office , Free application on Intemet like tops and etch glass. with instructions to sit in the http://www.ccnm.com Personally, I once ducked a wings and give "looks" at those. MB# 1161 Iill.... "APR 8.375, 30 yr $lQk min. "look" from my own mother fol- folks on a frequent basis. lowing an exchange of differences And to the lobbyists too. It of opinion on appropriate use of would be great to hear'a lobbyist the vernacular. It ricocheted off for the tobacco folks say, "I'd love three walls and the re.frigerator to write your PAC a huge check Defore parting my little sister's right now, but I see someone's hair. mother. coming around the cor-

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A large, sub'urban Catholic parish South of Boston seeks a full-time director and organist for its music ministries. The position requires a person offaith, skilled as an organist, capable of collaborating with parish staff: someone skilled at encouraging congregational participation, developing our choirs and can.., tors and providing music for Sunday Liturgies, weddings, funerals and other parish worship events. Please contact:

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Cuban baseball team's visit to . Catholic college hurt by defection By EMILIE Asi

wonderful, incredible experience. We need to do this more ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Cu- often. We need to break down bans came to play baseball, the barriers that exist." meet new American friends and By game time, the Cuban see the sights and landmarks of ballplayers had stopped taking Minnesota. , questions about Chaoui's depar- . They didn't expect to make ture. They left some activities the national headlines they did, . early and canceled others altothanks to a team member who gether, citing the need to rest up broke away from the group and for the game. flew to Miami to seek asylum "I think 48 hours of having in the United States. the media tail them all over the And they didn't expect to be place was starting to wear a followed nonstop by news re- little thin," Hennes said. porters and photographer's who ' '~They've been under a certain , COADJUTOR ARCHBISHOP Roger Schwietz eyes "Trouble," a wild grizzly bear that wanted pictures and reactions to' amount of stress, and they're was captured afterroaming an Anchorage neighborhood in April. The 3S0-pound bear was the unfolding story of their not used to this kind of media residing temporarily at the Anchorage Zoo before being sent to a zoo in Duluth, Minn., where. Archbishop Schwietz was bishop for 10 years. (CNS photo by Brother Charles McBride, teammate, 20-year-old Mario attention." . Miguel Chaoui. "The baseball has been a mar- Catholic Anchor) . "It's had an impact," said velous spotlight on the relationDoug Hennes, a spokesman for ship between the two schools," the University of St. Thomas, Hennes said. "But ... this is which hosted the visit. "If he meant to be an academic parthadn't left the team, there would nership." be a different atmosphere." The relationship took root a The centerpiece of the May decade ago w.hen university By JOHN ROSCOE 6-11 trip was the May 9 game president Father DenIJis Dease "Lots of people were joking about it," said Maureen CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE between the St. Thomas base- first visited the Caribbean naHaines of St. Anthony Parish. "A bear for a bishop? ANCHORAGE, Alaska - When the Diocese of Who got the better deal?" she laughed. ball team and Equipo Caribe tion. After the January trip, 60 (Team Caribbean) from the Uni- St. Thomas baseball players and Duluth, Minn., gathered in March to wish Bishop On April 28, Archbishop Schwietz went to meet versity of Hayana. faculty members returned from Roger L. Schwietz,a happy life as the new coadjutor the bear who is .trading 'places with him. When the Despite the loss of second- , Cu!:>a glowing with good feel- archbishop ofAnchorage, Alaskans provided smoked archbishop knelt next to the cage, Trouble hunkered baseman Chaoui, the Havana ings of new comrades and cul- salmon for the reception. _ in the back, then roared and rushed his visitor. He team beat the University of St. . tural understanding. . Now the city ofAnchorage is sending a much larger growled and slobbered for a minute and then calmed Thomas, 8-0. When th:e St.. The Cubans' May 6-11 ,visit prize to Duluth: a wild, 350-pound grizzly bear.. down. Thomas team traveled to Cuba : seemed thorny by comparison. Trouble, as the young bear has been dubbed, was "Maybe' he's not Catholic," said Jane Simino, an in Jaimary"'toplay Eql~ipo Car- But Hennes s~id he thipks _th~ ,capturedApril17 and penned after he repeatedly broke Alaskan who di<;l her medical residency in Duluth, ibe, the,U.S .. team won twice, St. Thomas and Havana group~ " into the Alaska Zooin Anchorage. The bruin we~t when told about the encounter. . 7-0 and 10-1. "have been good about looking . through or under zoo fences to snack on cracked com Archbishop Schwietz,an avid outdoorsman, said But for the estimated 5,000 at the big picture." , and other fowl food. Zoo curator Pat Lampi found the fierce display gave him new respect for the "power spectators at the Metrodome, the A dozen faculty members Trouble on the grounds early one moming'and shot these animals have," something he'll remember on his joining of the two nations was have active exchanges and rela- him with a tranquilizer dart. next camping trip. more important than winners tionships with their Havana Normally the bear would have been destroyed by He also said the people of Duluth would enjoy the and losers. 'counterparts, he said, apd com- state game officials, but Lampi tapped into animal golden-brown' grizzly, who could grow 1,000 "I'm so happy today that this puter softwar~ teams plan to go hot line and discovered that a zoo in Duluth was look- pounds. "It's a good gift to give to Duluth. He's an " ing for a grizzly bear. 路has come together," said Felino to Cuba May '20. impressive 1U1imal," the archbishop said. de la Pena, a retired Minneapo~ . "There's a lot of stuff going "Divine intervention, youmightsay,"路 Lampi told Wildlife biologists estimate there are about 55 grizlis teacher who left his native on, and it will continue," he the Catholic Anchor, archdiocesan newspaper. zlies iri the I ,900-square~mile Anchorage municipalCuba in 1948. said. "We hope (Chaoui's defec-, When Anchorage Catholics heard of the transfer, ity, and about 300 black bears.' . Another immigrant, Victor tion) won't have a negative im- jokes abounded. . Trouble Wl\S to be flown to the Lake Superior Zoo Valens, called the game "a truly pact." "Is this a fair trade?" Archbishop Francis T. Hurley as soon as a transport crate arrived, probably by midteased. . May. CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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AIDS MINISTR'f. Started church路based . AIDS ministries, including ahospital denIal clinic, aresidence for babies and an acute ca.re unit f~r prisoners. MIDDLE EAST: Instrumental in improving Catholic-Jewish relations and . negotiating peace in the Middle East. RELIGIOUS ORDERS: Helped create three religious communities/'the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and Franciscan Sisters of the ~enewal, and the Sisters of life. UNIONS: Supported workers' . right to unionize, even in actions against an archdiocesan hospital and Catholic schools. .

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WASHINGTON - Leonard DeFiore, president of the National Catholic Educatiqnal Association, has,announced that he will not seek another five-year term, and will leave his post effective June 30, 2001. DeFiore, the first lay person to lead the 200,000-member organization, said he was "grateful for having the opportunity to serve Catholic education as NCEA's president." , Bishop Robert 1. Banks ofGreen Bay, Wis., chairman of NCEA'sboard of directors, described DeFiore as a "strong voice for Catholic education and the key to significant progress" within the association: . During his four years as NCEA president, DeFiore created the Joint Schools Committee to address'

,many of the critical issues facing today's Catholic educators. He also focused on the issue of educational , choice and established the NCEA website. Also during his tenure, NCEA established the,offices of leadership development and institutional advancement to help expand support for its members. Over the past three years, development revenues have more than doubled to well over $1 million annually. Prior to joining the NCEA, DeFiore was superintendent of schools for the Diocese of Metu~hen, N.J., for eight years. He also was superintendent in the Archdiocese of Washington for nine' years and served in major positions at Columbia University and with the federal government as executive director for the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

As he prepares to step away from the helm of the NCEA, DeFiore expressed confidence that Catholic schools are on the right track. "As we begin a new century, Catholic education in America is strong, vibrant and growing," he said in a statement. At the end of April, during the annual NCEA convention, DeFiore announced that enrollment in Catholic schools had increased during the past eight years and that more than 250 new schools have been built in the last decade. The 'president also reported strong enrollment trends in Catholic colleges and universities and strong religious education and seminary programs across the country. "In short," he said, "the jubilee year coincides with a renaissance in Catholic education at all levels."

Pope has much to teach, semin'ary graduates told By ROBERT DELANEY CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

DETROIT - Theologians of the 21 st century have much to learn from the pontificate of Pope John Paul II, the author of last year's highly acclaimed papal biography told graduates of Sacred Heart Major Seminary. George Weigel, whose "Witn'ess to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II" was published last fall by HarperSanFrancisco, was commencement speaker and received an honorary doctorate in Christian letters from the seminary. According to Weigel, a syndicated columnist and senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, the first lesson theologians can learn from the life and teachings of Pope John Paul II is that "doctrine is liberating." "In the biblical view of reality, truth binds and frees at the same time," he said. "This is a difficult notion for our contemporary culture to grasp." He said theologians must help people link the idea of freedom to the liberating power' of truth. "For the better part of two generations now, our culture has been dominated by the idea of freedom as personal autonomy - 'I did it my way,' as Frank Sinatra sang in what might be the theme song of this diminished and ultimately degrading concept of freedom," Weigel said. The theological thinking of Pope John Paul II has been "innovative and compelling" while at the same time "rooted in tradition," Weigel said, pointing to what he called the pope's "groundbreaking" theology of the body, his social doctrine, his concept of the 'Marian church' of disciples, and his analysis of life issues. A second lesson "is that we must learn once again to do theology on our knees, not simply at our desks or in ~ur libraries," Weigel continued. A .third lesson is that, theology, today must be ecumenical in its sensibility, he said. In one sense, Weigel said, that means the "ecumenism of time," in which today's theologians include "as honored partners" in the conversation of theology the early Church fathers and the medieval masters. The fourth lesson to be learned from the pontificate of Pope John Paul is "that the theological vocation is a vocation to holiness," Weigel said. By pursuing their vocation as a means to holiness, "the theologians of the 21 st century will sanctify both the Church and the world," he said. In a talk in Washington the day before to mem-

bers of the John Carroll Society, a group of business and professional men and women in service to the Archdiocese ofWashington, Weigel said the pope would want them to remember that every step they take in their everyday lives is in mission territory. .Recalling a sign he once saw'leaving a church parking lot which read, "You are entering mission territory," he said that summarizes the call of every Christian to evangelize and to reflect Jesus' love in their homes, workplaces and communities. The new evangelization, he said, is not just the work of "priests and religious professionals alone" - it is the work of every Catholic.

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Ohio priest stabbed after hearing· 'confession won't testify in cas·e MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (CNS) - An Ohio priest who was stabbe'd while hearing his attacker's confession told police the seal of confession will prevent him from testifying against his assailant. , According to a statement from Middletown police, Father Charles Mentrup, 41, an associate pastor at Incarnation Parish, was stabbed early this month at his residence while hearing his assailant's cQnfession. The priest was transported to Middletown Regional Hospital, where he underwent surgery for a knife wound to the abdomen. He is in good condition a hospital official said, but is expected to be in the hospital for at least a week. According to police reports, the suspect in the attack, Marcus Finefrock, 25, of Columbus, Ohio, turned himself in the night of May 7,

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Father Mentrup told local police the evening of May 5 that Finefrock had stabbed him, but he advised police that because of the seal of confession he could not discuss the incident, said Middletown Police Chief Bill Becker. Finefrock's bond was set at $25,000 with a preliminary hearing on May 15. The priest told police he will not testify against Finefrock, citing canon law, which forbids a confessor "to betray in any way a penitent in words or in any manner and for any reason;" "There are no eiceptions or loopholes" to the seal of confession, said Dan Andriacco, communications director for the Cincinnati Archdiocese. Middletown is 32 miles north of Cincinnati. The spokesman added that Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk spoke to Father Mentrup·by phone and urged him to follow doctor's

orders. "He told (Father) Mentrup he was in our prayers, but that was all that was discussed. We are not instructing him," Andriacco said. Police officials have said getting a conviction in.this case without the priest's testimony may be difficult.

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eNS video reviews NEW YORK (CNS) - The following are home videocassette reviews from the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting. Each videocassette is available on VHS format. Theatrical movies on video have a U.S. Catholic Conference classification and Motion Picture Association of America rating. All reviews indicate the appropriate age group for the video audience.

Flawed'documentary chronicles the public accomplishments as well as the personal problems of the former First Lady, one'of the, 20th century's leading women, Writerdirector Sue Willi.ams pays deserved tribute to her subject's' career struggles but turns gossipy in speculating about whether Mrs. Roosevelt was intimate with several men and women over the years. 'References to adultery and promiscuity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III - adults. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. (PBS Home Video)

"American Beauty" (1999) Nihilistic black comedy in which a husband (Kevin Spacey) lusts after a blonde teell-ager (Mena Suvari), his shrill wife "Mysteries of the Rosary, (Annette Bening) has an affair with Mysteries of Life" (2000) a business rival (Peter Gallagher) , Trio of 28-minute meditative and their teen daughter (Thora Birch) finds solace with a drug- videos uses three individuals' perdealing classmate from an equally sonal stories to convey how they dysfunctional family. Director Sam ,take solace in the disappointments Mendes paints a corrosively bleak and tragedies of life by praying portrait of family life in which the the Joyful, Sorrowful and Glori~ increasingly desperate behavior of ous Mysteries of the Rosary. Proself-absorbed characters culminates duced by Sister Judith Ann in murder, Brief ,gory viol~nce, Zielinski, the inspirational stories sexual situations including adul- offer viewers a fresh perspective , tery and nudity, some profanity and from which ,to pray the rosary, , recurring rough language. The whether in church or in a family U.S. Catholic Conference classi- s~tting. The U.S. Catholic Confication is 0 - morally ofttmsive. ference classification is A-II The Motion Picture Association of adults and adolescents. Not rated America rating is R - restricted. by the Motion Picture Association of America. (Holy Cross Family (DreamWorks) Ministries, (800) 299-7729) ''Eleanor Roosevelt" (1999)

. Pretentious adaptation of the ,-.' : ~ - .Bard's, niiasterpiece'set in'the :: greedy, consumerist, ~orld of 21 st-century New Yqrk City in which the country of Denmark is replaced by the "Denmark Corp." and tht? story's hero (Ethan Hawke) is a mopey aspiring filmmaker. Director IC~~ ~'I()'Vlle Michael Almereyda ambitiously fuses the contemporary ICCIIIV~Ulle~ world with classic NEW YORK (CNS) - Fol- Shakespearean dialogue and lowing are recent capsule re- cuts the piece to a lean two views issued by the U.S. Catho- hours, but the edgy feel of the lic Conference Office for Film modern world is lost in and Broadcasting. crowded staging and poor per"Center Stage" (Columbia) formances. Some violence. The' Lightweight musical drama U.S. Catholic COlJference clasthat follows a talented group of sification is A-III - adults. The students enrolled in the Ameri- Motion Picture Association of can Ballet Academy whose nor- America rating is R - remal teen-age experiences are stricted. heightened by a cutthroat atmo"Held Up" (Trimark) sphere as they compete for a Pointless comedy in which choice spot in a professional a Chicago man (Jamie- Foxx) dance company. Director Nicho- who, after being dumped by his las Hytner's film has some en- fiancee (Nia Long) while vaergetic choreography and el- cationing in the Grand Canyon, egant, graceful dancers that keep is stranded in a,desert conveits pace moving, but the musty nience store and gets caught in narrative is cluttered with pre- , the middle of a stick~up. As didictable subplots of eating dis- rect~d by Steve Rash, the teorders, parental pressures and dious film's few funny moteen-age self-doubt wrapped up ments are qvershadowed by an too neatly to be compelling. absurd plot and vapid, predictImplied sexual encounters and able 'gags. A few sexual referfleeting rough language. The ences, brief v'iolence and interU.S. Catholic Conference clas- mittent crass language. -The sification is A-III - adults. The U.S. Catholic Conference clasMotion Picture Association of sification is A-III - adults. The America rating is PG-13 - par- Motion Picture Association of e'nts are strongly cautioned. America rating is PG-13 Some material' may be inappro- parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. priate for children under 13. "Hamlet" (Miramax)

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ters cliches about freedom that are friend (Sabine Karsenti) shows up treated like great insights accom- to kiss her hero in another idiotic cliche that elicited boos from a NEW YORK - Sure to top pan,iedby thunderous music many cri.tics' Ten Worst Films of in case we didn't sense their im- deservedly fed-up audience. 2000 list is the virtually portance. These are characters with no hisunwatchable "Battlefield Earth" Travolta seems to relish his tory and of no interest. And just (Warner Bros.). power-mad monster role, but ex- as the supposedly comic rivalry The movie's producer and star, changes with envious sidekick between Terl and Ker fell. flat, John Travolta, states this is strictly Ker (Forest Whitaker), intended scenes intended to evoke comic an action-adventure film, bas'ed to be comical, are lethally leaden. , horror - in which Jonnie and his 'on the '1982 sci-fi novel by Directed by Roger Christian, buddies eat live rodents - repel ,Scientology founder L: Ron, the visuals are'as drab as the edit- rather than amuse. Hubbard. In any evelJt, it's'a ter- ing is awful.An incoherent' narIt is true that the movie 'does ribIe movie, awash in chaotic situ- rative and muddled action se- not deal with Scientology but nei-, c ations with boring (or worse, pre- ,,: quences are exasperatingly drawn ther is it the'roller-coaster entertentious) one-dimensional charac- out. Once Jonnie and his fellow tainment ride that Travolta sug, ters whose fate you couldn't care' "man-animals" escape theircages gests,it is. , less about as they scramble about there'is a good deal ofexplosive Clearly he was the moving the post-apocalyptiC remains of mayhem, but the special effects force behind getting this ont~ the Earth in the year 3000. are strictly routine. big screen, but; ironically, this will With dialogue so bad the preNear the end, Jonnie's girl- probably go down as his worstview audience frequently hooted ever movie. And the bad news is at the screen, this megaclunker that the movie only covers half of the book's story so a sequel pits caged"cavemen-like humans Movies Online (led by rebel Jonnie, played by may be in the offing if "BattleBarry Pepper) against the supefield Earth" inexplicably takes off Look up film reviews rior race of Psychlos whose corat the box office. on American Online. rupt chief of security is the Due to much stylized violence, Once you're connected movie's villain, Terl (Travolta). explosive mayhem and brief sexual to AOL, use the keyBut if the Psychlos are so adinnuendo, the U.S. Catholic Cqnvanced how come they never use ference classification is A-III word CNS to go to a toothbrush on their mold-covadults. The Motion Picture AssoCatholic News Service's ered teeth? ciation of America rating is PGonline site, then look As Earth's hero, Pepper is bet13 - parents are strongly caufor'movie re'views. ter at snarling than speaking, tioned. Some material may be inwhich is no loss since he only utappropriate for children under 13. CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE '

,Vatican, Poland issue" staDlp~ to "mark pope's 80th birthday VATICAN CITY (CNS) statement from the Vatican's PhilaThe Vatican and the Polish 'gov- - telic and Numismatic Office. ernment have designed a comThe statement said the joint ismemoration of Pope John Paul II's sue combines "a number of ele80th birthday that is expected to ments which we believe will be enter the homes of the humble and appreciated by the pope": the offices of the' mighty, - ,"The joint issue with PoWtican eity and Poland an- land, the dearly beloved native nounced the joint issue of a series country of the Holy Father." of three postage stamps honoring - Assigning a Polish artist and the Polish-born pope on his May engraver, Czeslaw Slania, to design the stamps. 18 birthday. , - "And finally the choice of "It is with great pleasure and deep affection that Vatican City subjects." The first stamp is a portrait of and Poland prepare to celebrate the pope's 80th birthday," said a the pope. The second is an image

of Our Uidy of Czestochow", "particularly dear to the Holy Fa' ther," the statement said. The third shows the pope's hands on the rough sculptured crucifix on the top of the pastoral staff he uses during liturgies. ,The Vatican plans a printing of 500,000 copies of the complete series.

The'Vatican stamps may be ordered by mail from the Philatelic and Numismatic Office, Governatorato, 00120 Vatican City, or by fax at 0113906-6988-3799.

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lie Charities Appeal Oftice, noted that such friendly rivalry among parishes is a splendid way of creating interest and enthusiasm for the Appeal. "As you drive around the diocese you will see the Appeal signs displayed at all our parishes," said Donly. "The more we can heighten consciousness about the need, the better. The friendly competition, like that in Dartmouth, certainly helps to keep everyone focused on the important goals of our campaign." Contributions to this year's Appeal can be made to any parish throughout the diocese or by contacting Diocesan Headquarters at PO Box 1470, Fall River, MA 02722, or by calling 675-1311.

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'Reacting to the appointment, B,ishop Sean P. 9 'Malley, OFM Cap., bishop of Fall River, Mass., said: ' "I reJoice with the bishops, priests, and' faithful of the Archdiocese of New York in'rece,iving the good news tha~ the Holy Father Pope John Paul II has named the Most Reverend Edward M: Egan, Bishop of Bridgeport, Archbis'hop of New York and worthy successor t6' the' beloved 'Cardinal JohIi O'Connor. 'I , Atchbishop~E)ect Egan, an aux c iliary biShop of the Archdiocese of New York before being 'named Bishop of Bridgeport, is known for his impressive qualities of mind and heart. Pastorally sensitive to the needs of the Church today, compassionate to the needy and, the poor, and possessing a deep spirituality, he will se~e the Church of New York with seltless dedication and energy. This great Archdiocese will be guided by one who has a profound love for the Church and who will work tirelessly to accomplish its mission. I offer Archbishop-Elect Egan my congratulations and assure him of my prayers as he undertakes the pastoral leadership ofone ofthe larg'est archdioceses in the United States. May the Lord grant him the guidarice and strength he needs to accqmplish his.mission and may those he' is sent to serve offer him their love and support.",· Crrdinal Bernard F. Law of Boston said Archbishop Egan was "a good shepherd and gentle father of thetlock iIi Bridgeport': who would bring thosesame qualities to his service in New York.: : Noting that Archbishop Egan served',the universal Church for many years as ajudge ofthe Roman

Rota, he said, "His knowledge of the appointment "wonderful news," canon law combined with compas- adqing, "I welcome him joyfully as sion and a lo~e for justice made ~im i our n~ighbor,~cros~ th/t Hudson an'outstanding'member of that Ro- River.".. ~• man, tribunal.". '. . , . . "His mission of energetic and Cardinal James' iji.ckey of caring pastoral leadership of the Washington said he ~ted the news Church of Bridgeport ha~r'well prewith ')by and enthusiasm." " p;p-ed him' for th~ leadersrup of this J:Ie, toq, prai~e'd -'the new most important'American~diocese," archbishop's expeitise'in Church saioArchbishop'McCamck. law, arid said he'has "a profound In 'Connecticut, Archbishop understanding of pfiilosophy and' Daniel A. Cfonin 'of Hartford ex:' theology and speaks 'tluent '.Italian tended 'personal ami arch'diocesan and Spanish." " , congratulations toArchbishop Egan Remembering ~ Archbishop~ as "one of our own." . , ''The archbishop has been a very Egan's earlier service as auxiliary, 15ishop 'and 'vicar for education in· dear friend of mine since we first the New York Archdiocese, Cardi~ metin,Rome 45 years ago;" he said, nal'Hickey said, '~B.othjnNew York, with the friendship'deepening espeand in Bridgeport, he ,showed him-' cially after they became ~ollabora self a friend and advocate of Catho- tors inthe ConnecticutCatholic Conlic schools 'and Cathoiic social ser- ference. , vices, dedicating hims~lfto serVing Bishop Thomas V. Daily of those in need." " ' 'Brooklyn spoke ofArchbis~opEgan From Detroit, Cardinal Adam 1. as "an engaging homilist and a skillMaida said pnests, religious ~d lay ful, writer," and said these talents people in New York were "indeed would be "most valuable to a spirifortunate" to get this "strong leader" tual leader preaching the wore! of as their new shepherd. ' God in the media capital of the "Bishop Egan is a close, person'al, world." .He also said Archbishop Egan's friend with wnom I've' worked on numerous projects, inc;luding the time in Bridgeport was marked, publication of the new Code of among other things, "by a 'commitCanon Law promulgated in 1983," ment to attracting candidates to the ,he said. priestly life" and "encouraging newCardinal Francis E. George of comers from Hispanic lands and Chicago recalled that Archbishop , from Haiti to celebrate their faith Egan was ordained a priest of the and cultural diversity in a new enviChicago Archdi'ocese and served ronment." tliere "for several years on many Bishop Frank J. Rodimer of commissions and boards." Paterson, N.J., congratulated Arch"The first bishop of Chicago, bishop Egan and noted that his dioBishop William Quarter, came to our cesealso shares a border with "the city in 1844 after serving as pastor great Church of New York~~' of St. Mary's Parish in New York," "In the ,name of all who belong he said. "Chicago is now glad to re-, to the Paterson-diocesan farilily," he tum the favor." said, "I welcome you as our neighArchbishop T~~odore E. bor ,and wish yo'U every grace and McC;;rrrick of Newark, N.J., called blessing."

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Josephine (DeSarro) Phillipino. North Easton. After primary and secondary His diocesan duties included studies at Cohannet grammar being assIstant to secretary of the school and Taunton High Office 'of Administration and FiSchool, he graduated from, . nance, assoCiate direCtor of Dioc- . Providence College with a rna... , esan Health Facilities, and asa dejor in biology. Following ser- ' fender of the bond at the Tribunal. ·vice in the.U.S~ Army and work, Msgr. John J. Regan as a research tecnnician at Mas~ Monsignor Regan, 73,a native sachusetts' General' Hospital in ,of Tauntori, is the son of the late Boston, he prepared, for the Raymond J. and the'iateG~rtrude priesthood at the Theological ,c. (O'Neil) Regan. He graduated College of The Catholic Univer- from St. Mary's Grammar School" sity in Washington, D.C., where the former Coyle HIgh School in he received a licentiate in Sa- that city and prepared for the cred Theology. priesthood at St. Charles SemiHe was ordained to the priest- nary, Catonsville, Md., and St.. hood on April 2, 1960 in St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, by Md. He was ordained to the Bishop Connolly. After II years priesthood on May 22, 1953 by as parochial vicar at Holy Name Bishop Connolly in St. Mary's Parish,New Bedford, during Cathedral. which time he was also an inHe has served at St. James', structor in religion at Holy Fam- New Bedford; Sacred Heart, Fall ily High School, he came to Im- River; St. Patrick's, Falmouth; maculate Conception Parish, and in 1971 was named rector of Fall River, in 1971. He remained St. Mary's Cathedral. In 1978 he there going to St. Bernard's in was named pastor of St. Thomas Assonet in 1977 and the follow- More Parish, Somerset, and in ing year became pastor of Im- June 1989 was named pastor of maculate Conception Church in St. Patrick's in Falmouth.

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bachelor's degree from St. the late Raymond anci the late Msgr. Regan was named a John's Seminary in Boston Angela (Kirby)Wingate, Father monsignor on June 30, 1974. He where he graduated in 1956. He Wingate, 69, attended St. was named episcopal vicar for the was ordained a priest on Feb. 2, Mary's Cathedral School in Fall Fall River and New Bedford ar- 1956 in St. Mary's Cattiedral by River and graduated from the eas in December 1974. He served. Bishop Connolly. '., . former Msgr. Coyle High .as director of Diocesan Health As a parochial vicar he served Schoo:! in T~unton in· 1949. Facilities from1974 to 1988; in St. Patrick's Parish, Fall River; After two years at Providence served as director of the Catho- Sacred .Heart, Oak Bluffs; ·St. College· he entered St. John's lic Charities Appeal for the Cape , Mary's, Taunton; St. Thomas Seminary in Brighton for theoCod area in 1968; was a member More, Somerset and St. Patrick's, .logical studies. He was ordained of-the Commission for Divine Fall River. In 1972 he was named a priest on Feb. 2, 1957 by Worship, and in April 1974 was administrator and then pastor of Bishop Connolly in St. Mary's named financial administrator of St. Rita's, Marion, serving there' Cathedral. The Anchor. In 1997 he was in- until 1974 when.he was named Fat.her Wingate served as a pavested as a Knight of the Eques- ' pastor of St. Ann's in Raynham. rochial vicar at St. Joseph's, trian Order of the Holy Sepul- Since 1991 he has been pastor of Taunton; St. Lawrence's, New cher of Jerusalem. . Holy Trinity Church, West Bedford; St. Mary's, Taunton; Father Shovelton Sacred Heart, Fall River; St. Harwich. A Fall River native, Father Father Shoveltonwas direc- Mary's, Mansfield; St. Mary's, . Gerald T. Shovelton, 70, is the tor of Catholic Charities for the Norton; and, St. Dominic's, son of the late Albert E., and Taunton Area in 1981 and held Swansea. Since 1990 he has the late Margaret M. (Meagher) the same post for the Cape Cod served as chaplain at the CathoSullivan and grew up in St. Jo- area in 1991. He has been dean lic Memorial Home, Fall River. seph Parish. He attended the par- of both the Taunton and Cape ,He had served as chaplain for ish school and graduated in 1948 Cod deaneries and founded the Girl Scouting in the New Bedfrom the former Msgr. James Spanish Apostolate in the Taun- ford Area. Coyle' High School in Taunton ton Area in 1960 and in 1959 from St. Charles Father Wingate Eucha,.istic Holy ~ College in Baltimore Md., Born in Wellesley, the son of Hou,. and devotions where he obtained an associate to Ou,. Lady of arts degree. He earned a

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Rome after the beatification cer- ferent from a biblical revelation." The "Catechism of the Cathoemonies that publication was expected "within days, perhaps a lic Church" explains that through Scripture and in Christ, in a full week." In the message, Cardinal and exceptional way, God has reSodano reported, as the. pope vealed everything that is essen"makes his way with great effort tial for faith .. However, it says, "Throughout toward the Cross amid the corpses the ages, there have been so-called of those who were martyred bishops, priests, men and women private revelations, some of which religious and many lay persons .:...... have been recognized by the auhe, too, falls to the ground, ap- thority of the Church. They do parently dead under a burst of gun- not belong, however, to the 'defire." . posit of faith. It is not their role . . Mehmet Ali Agca, a Turk, tried to improve or complete Christ's to assassinate the pope in St. defi'nitive revelation, but to help' live more fully by it in ,a certain Peter's Square May 13, 1981. In his homily during the beati- period of history." The cardinal told the crowd' fication Mass at Fatima, Pope John the pOpe came to .Fatima to bePaul renewed ,his thanks to God atify ttW.two children, but also to. and to Our..Lady of Fatima for saving his life, and he hinted at renew his thanks to Our Lady'of what Cardinal 'Sodano would re- Fatima·"for her protectio'n during these. years of his papacy. This veal an hour later. Cardinal Sodano said that Sis- protection seems al~o tobe linked ter Lucia - whom the pope met to the so-called 'third part' of the ( with privately before the Mass to secret· of Fatima." In the late 1930s, Sister Lucia beatify her cousins, - confirmed made public the first two parts of the Vatican's interpretation. ' the 1Jlcssages from Mary, which Navarro-Valls said the pope had several reasons for delegating ·the the children kept. secret. '; The first two parts included the announcement to Cardinal Sodano in addition to the fact that the car- vision of hell shown to the children, along with prophecies condinal is his top aide. First, he said, it is because the cerning the outbreak of World pope is a subject in the messages War'II, the rise of communism and, second, "because it concerns and the ultimate triumph of the a private revelation, which is dif- Immaculate Heart of Mary, including over Russia, if the country were consecrated to her Immaculate Heart. "Even if the events to which the third part of the Secret of FaAs The Anchor went to press this week, the Vatican ~ima refers now seem part of the had not yet released the text of the 'Third Secret' of Our past, Our Lady's call to converLady of Fatima. sion and penance, issued at the beginning of the 20th century, P~ease be assured that when the actual text is released, remains timely and urg<:;nt today," The Anchor will publish it in its entirety. Cardinal Sodano said. .

May 1917, they died at ages seven and eight respectively. The message was written down in . 1943 by Sister Lucia dos Santos, 93, the only surviving Fatima visionary, and placed in a waxsealed envelope, She gave it to her bishop who sent it, I,Jnopened, to the Vatican, where it remained secret except to the popes and a few close aides. Cardinal Sodano told an estimated 600,000 people at the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima that the third part of the message revealed to the three shepherd children in 1917 "concerns, above all, the war waged by atheist systems against the Church and Christians." But, it also includes reference to the'ministry and suffering of a "bishop clothed in white," whom the children believed was the pope, Cardinal Sodano said. Cardinal Sodano said the message would be published only with the commentary because "the text contains a prophetic vision similar to those found in Sacred' Scripture, which do not describe with photographic clarity the details of future events," and, therefore, require an interpretation. Joaquin Navarro-Valls, the Vatican spokesman, told reporters on the papal flight back to

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"the elephant man" didn't look hum~n'tho~~~:.. ~~~~use it is parked in· a (6) FUNCTIQN -. Is a car no onge. human because they are unable arage? Is a person 111 a coma no longer a relevant difference betwee,n fo 'function. If 'n~i1e of these .re~~on~1~~o~ve an abortion but illegal to kill a fetus and a child then why IS I ~g ivalent to murder or manslaugha child? wouldn't that make abor,tlon equ . _ : ter?" n has a right over her body, w,hlch There is s~ill the,argument ~hat ~,fct°~~ide of her have a right over hiS. or she does. Shouldn t the growll1~dc I t have an abortion .is she dest~oYll1g her body? When a woman deci es 0 'mother given the right to kill her herself or the chil.d? Since when was a child? , " I believe against having an aborAfter researching this tOpiC, ! ~t~~ng ~ not deserves to have their right tion, No one, whether they are via e 0 has' 0 tions besides abortion. A to life taken away. A pregnant,~~t~~er her 60dY and she has a responpregnant woman has ~ responsl Il,y into this world. In cases where the sibility'to bring the child she conc~~,~~ a murder solve the situation? A woman was' ra~ed, how ~oes a . I e it the love and affection needec;f or woman could raise the child and ~I~ also believe a fund should be set up let someone who wants ,to, adopt. It. t bortion but aren't financially stable for mothers who've deCided agall1s a , , to raise a child."

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in and Infants' Hospital my avo, my avo, and me would drive f~ months my dad, my tla, my uncle My mom spent her birthday, Easter hom New, Bedfo":!, to the hospital to see ber: Fath,er's Day in the hospital listeriing t~r :ae:fc;flng anniversary, Mother's Day and ors ,who told her the baby wouldn't survive., She was almost sure that sh dance recital on videotape. Anthony ~:~~~~ have ~o watch her daughter's first June 20, 1988, two weeks before m r ~ I e musIC because he was born on mature, spent only one da in an i y ecltal. He was two-and-a-half-months prewas very ~ealthy. No probl~ms wh~fs~bator and five days tot~1 in the hospital. He embarra~ed and abso/utel wron ever, except my mom s doctors were a bit tables an.d bi,ting his big sisfer, a n~~~,~~~d~~' Anthony was picking up kitchen , What If my mom had an abortion? I w Id" , 11-year-Old. Our VCR would still be ~n fU ~~ have to hide my diary from a nosy, one would be setting up a website abo~t ~os comp!~te mystery to my family. No could be a million other things that would ,~~ar W~rs and th,e Taber family. There the real point is that h~ is here and thosenth, aved,~ptened If he wasn't here, but grows up to be a scientist a com uter e ' Ings I appen. Whether my brother God still has a special pu'rpose fgr his 'i~;,~e~r,~r a world famous baseball player., an abortion you're not bnly saying you're s~u~ I t~ he has for all of us. By haVing more power. That is what makes abortion w~on~," an God, but also that you have ;.

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,,- FALL RIVER' -' Winners in the a member of ImmaculateCoricep- receive $50 savings bonds respecannualPro-Life Essay Contest for tion Pari~h, New Bedford. Second tively. Each also received a framed students in'the Fall River diocese .' place was awarded to Nicholas certificate of honor. were named recently and read their Chmura, asophomor~at,Coyle The Pro-Life Office receives hun, winning entries, at 51. 'Anthony's ' and Cassidy High School,Taunto'n. dredsofenti'ies each year and the " parish, Taunto,n during a May 7 'Chmura attends 'Sa'cred Heart, contest is sponsored to raise awareness of the"wide-ranging , Jubilee Mass which also cel,.. '!G~urch,1"au·n~(m.<" .. , ,'" I i , ~brate'd life~ Fathe'r' Stephen" J. '' The COritestis sponsored by the, cultural effects of the United States Fernandes, directorofthe Pro-Life p'ro,-Life 'Supreme ,Office,Was celebrant. '," () ~f ice ' Court de< ,First :place for 'grades six' who gave ' c i s i , o ' n s , Jhrough eight went to 'Christie students' , Roev. ,Jennings an eighth,;;grader in the the theme Wade aild religious educatl'o,flprogram at '" L i vi, n g , Doe ,v. Corpus ChfistiParish, East Sand- . the Gos..; , B 0 Ito n, , ~i.ch. M'att 'Ferreira,sn eighth- p~1 " of ' by which , grader at Holy Family-Holy Name Life. The, . induced ~chool, New Bedfo~d, pla~ed sec- top two abortion and. Ferreira is a parishioner of W I.n n er s was made ,... legal, for Holy Family of the Sacred Heart of for grades Jesus Church, New Bedford. " six to ",' virtually : ElizabethTaber, a sophomore at' , eig~t and any reaBis~op Stang High School in n ,I 'n e NICHOLAS CHMURA MATT FERREIRA son, at J

any time in the nine months of pregnancy. Marian Desrosiers, assistant di..; rector of the Pro-Life Office, said that she was enthusiastic about the contesfand it's something she' looks forward to each year;' "It's good because it encourages 'students to reflect 'on the issues in..; volving th~ sacredness and dig-; nity,of human life from conception to natural death. Through wriling' the essays students discover in~ formation that enlightens them, but also gives inspiration to othl ers." " ; Desrosiers was proud of the stu~ dents-who participated and,said she hopes the essay contest will continue to inspire more student~ to participate in Pro-Life activities aJld restore the sacredness o~ hU~ man life:' The first-place essays are re~ printed in their entirety. ' \' ____

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By CHRISTOPHER CARSTENS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

'By CHARLIE MARTIN • CI\THOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Say My Chorus: Say my name'. Say my name. , If no one is around you, Say "Ba,by, 'I love you." 'If you ain't funning game, Say my name,say'my name. : You're actin' I<irid of ~hady, .' Ain't calling me "baby." 'Why the sudden change? (Repeat chorus"changing last line to) Better. say my name. Verse 1: . Any other day I would call You would say, "Baby how's your day?" But tClday it ain't the same. Every other word i s ' "Uti huh, yea, OK:' Could it be that you Are at the crib with another lady? "If you took it ther,e, .first of' all, Let me say lam ,not the one, ;y'o sit.arqund and;be played. So prove yourself to me , " Or the girl that you c,lai,m.

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Why don't you say the things That you said to me yesterday? Bridge: I know you say that I am assuming things., Something's going down,that's ' "the way it seems. . Shouldn't be the reason why you're acting strange, , If nobody's holding you back, ' from me. 'cause I know hqw you uS(jal!y do When you say everything to me times two. Why can~t you just teil the truth? ,If somebody's the.re, then tell me who.' , (Chorus) '. . ' , Ver~e 2: What is up with this? Tell the truth, who you with? ,How,would you:like'it if· 'I cam'e over'with my clique? Don't try to change it now, Saying you've got to'b,ounc~" ' When two seconds-ago; i l~

You just got in the house. It's hard to believe that you Are at home by yourself, When I just heard the voice, Hearq the voice of someone else. ',," JUs~ this question: Why do you feel you've gotto lie? Getting caught up in"Y9ur game, ,When you cannot say my name. (Bridge) (Chorus) . Where my ladies at? (yea, yea ...) Can you:say that? Come on.' " (Yea, yea ..:) All the girls say (Yea, yea ...) 'What? I can't hear you. , , (Yea, yea ...) ;AII the ladies say (Yea, yea ...) All the girls say (Yea, yea ::.) ' - Break it down. Ohhh... PC take it to the bridge. , Come on. " '. ,Sung by Destiny's 'Child '. Copyright (c) 1999 ~y Sony '" 'Music Entertainment..'·' ~

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LET'S SAY 'that you are dating'someone,'and . ,If. ~e guy genuinely i~ con~erned abo~t her, he .y,ou notice that his or her behavior is changing. The will listen to what 'she ~asJo s~y. If indeed he is' not person seems to tal k with ybu only when others are dating anpther, then they need to discuss what is bee' not listening. You wonder if this avoidil'nce means hind his~ent behavior change. Perhaps he has doubts . that the,pers.on is dating someone else. How would about being in the relationship. Maybe there are relayou deal with this? ' tionship problems that he doesn't know how to, 00; D~stiny'~ C~ild's.. latest release "Say My Name"" dress. Mutually, they',c~ d,ecide how to work through descnbes thts SituatIOn. The group has topped the .whatever is'causing her feelings and his behavior.. chart with this single off their highly successful CD :., . On,the,ot/l~r.i:Iand, ifhe is ~eeing s0It!eoll~ el~e it, '~he Wri,tin~'s on the Wall." . is time to admit this. He need~ to apologize ~ithout The girl In the song. has observed that her boy- offering any ~xcuses. He can accept that his dishonfriend will "say rriy name" only "if no one is around esty has led her to, leave their relationship. you." She says he is "acting kind of shady, ain't The girl in the song needs to trust herself and calling me 'baby.'" She asks him, "Why the sudden break up with the guy. Further, she does not need to change?" ' prove that the guy is deceiving her. This may take Finally, she confronts him: "Why do you feel some courage. Yet, no'relationship should cause you to ignore your own feelings. you've got to lie?" The girl feels that she can't trust her boyfriend's Her trust in herself will eventually lead her, to a word. It is time for her to trust her instincts. relationship that holds far more promise than one It would be easy for the girl to discount her un- with a guy who will not "say my name," easiness about the guy's behavior. Doing so would Your comments are always welcome. Please lower her anxiety. However, she is wise to listen to address: Charlie Martin, 7125 W 2OOS, ~ockport, her feelings, Ind.47635.··

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magazines' special prom issues- hit the stands. For the next two mon'ths :- 'right up until prom night - the conversation at most high schools revolves around prom dresses and hairdos, limos and flowers; tuxedos, dinner res~rvations and partiesaf-' ter the dance. , A recent article Concluded th'at, FOR YOOTH, • ABOOT YOOTH , a typical girl will spend up to $668 on prom expenses, while the aver~' without spending a bazillion dol,age guy will spend perhaps$7~ less...,la~s ,on <;:I.othes. Remember the Rounded off, that's ~bout $1,200' pap¥azzi won't be there: If your , for an evening's entertainment. clothing is, appropriate; and you , The figures in the,article were come with a good spirit, you'll do exaggerated. For example, they, .iQ--, just fine: ' clu~ed $15 forttte'guy'~ razors and, Most prom dresses are only shaving cream, as' if lie never ha,d worn once:'In our community, a to shav~pefo~e. Bqt even so, no-, local woman's organization has a body c'an ~ou,bt that a great deal of program called Fairy Godmothers. money g~ts spent on prom night. They collect gently worn prom What is all that money buying? dresses and ~ake them ,~vailable to It's \vorth,,reflecting on ,what a re- ,girls wno'btherwisepJuldn't have ally great pr.omc,an be:.- and what a reallynice gown. . '\', .' I think that's a great, idea, and it can't be. ", ',.1:he prom is,a fancy party with 'there.may.be somet~ing like it you" class.' But lots of seniors will', wh~re-you live.' .' : tell you.it's the 'laSt· big f!ing wittt .., Se~ond, even ~ith terrific , the best friends theY'll ever have. clothes you can make yourself misFortunately, that'~ wrong on at, erable'~y worrying so much about least t\Vo counts: First, ~he prom tiny details that you can't relax and is not the end of sen,ior year. You'll, enjoy yourself. This is a big fancy be seei'ng all those people for party and nothing more. It's supweeks in'class. Then" there is still posed to be fun. , senior "Yeek, with .all its special,::Finally, if you're lucky enough activities, and finally graduation, to be, with a girlfriend or boyfriend itsel~. ',' you really like, the prom' can be a Second, good friendships sur- very romantic evening. Crinkly vive graduation. Leaving high dresses, nice perfume and good school doesn't mean checking out music -in an elegant setting: It can on your pals. all get quite heady. , Some teens think that the prom It's worth ,remembering that it is life's one big chance to dress up isn't your wedding, and the "afterlike the people they see in the fash- prom" isn't your honeymoon. ion magazines. This logic holds that Having sai9 all that, I wish you the more expensive the clothes, the all a wonderful prom. Keep your more fun the prom. That's why sense of balance and your sense of they'll spend so much to wear a humor, and you'll have a great dress that looks like Gwyneth time.,

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Captain of 1980 Olympic hockey team· tells students to persevere By SUSAN

M. BIERMAN

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

INDIANAPOLIS - Sports Illustrated magazine named it the No. 1 sports mo" . ment of the. 20th cen'tury. 1t became' known as the "miracle on ice" -:-,Jhe victory by the U.S. hoc~e'y team overthe Soviet UnIon at the i98Q Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N:Y. ,That win allO"wed the U:S. team to advance to the gold'medal game and win against Finland. Mike Eru-zione, a key player in that drama as captain of the U.S. Olympic hockey team, stopped at Cardinal Ritter High School in Indianapolis ·.recently to shace with the students his memories of . WilJriing.t~e gold medal and to 'offer the,m a nt,l?tivational pep talk about hard work and ,attaining their goals. Now a director of development for athletics and assistant hockey coach at hi's alma mater, Boston University, Eruzione also spoke with students at St. Michael the Archangel School during his

visit to Indianapolis. something, you can accomplish it," he said. drugs and that choosing to take drugs is a The former U.S. Olympic hockey team form of cheating. ' "How.many times in yourlife did people say to, you, you can't do something or captain told the students that they could "It's a way to cheat. It's a way to get by you're not 'goqd enough" and then "you achieve anything - whether it is in ath- wjthout having to. w9rk," he said. ' goqut an~:l. you. pro-.:e tpem w~ong," leties, business, music or whatever field Another student asked Eruzione if he 'Eruzione asked the' ' ,they'choose to pur- went on to play professional hockey after Cardin~I'.Ritier'stu- ' sue. He told them the 19'80'Olympi'cs. - dents.. , The former U.S. Olympic hockey ,that l~ they 'wor~e~ ''I'retired right after we won.,I felt as He said that ~ team captain told the students that at theIr goals and If an Olympian ,gold medalist that that' was h' h' _ they really wanted my greatest moment," he said. , what happened du.r- h' "'Id something, it could ,He.went on to say that he went to the ing the 1980 Olym- t ey. co~ . ~C leve. anyt I'!g , pies. He told the'stu- whe.t~er It I~ In ath/~tlcs, bUSiness,' be accomplished. National Hockey Leaglie as'll- c.ommenHe ,said the :U.S., tator. "A lot' safer' and I keep all, my . 'dents:'~' most of, musIc or whatever fIeld. they choose whom ha,d not been to pursue. He tolg them that if they hOckey team was a ,teeth," said Eruzione, who has had his ,born by '1980 workedattheirgoalsimdiftheyre- gro.up of.men.who nose oroken five times during his that the U.S. h?ckey. ally' wanted something it could be bel~eved'm a work hockey career.; . . : team wasn't given a . ' ethiC. E: Jo Hoy, 'principal of Cardinal Ritter, chance to win any accomplIshed. Following his said the Olympic'gold medalist told'the medals let alone the motivational talk, students what they needed to hear. "This is a tremendous opportunity for gold. Eruzione opened the noor for questions Eruzione said the win captured the spirit' from the students. . our students to have someone of Mr. of the nation. ' A student from the filled gym bleach- Eruzione's caliber to speak about perse"They saw that if you believe' in' some- ers asked him about drugs and athletics. vering and,not giving up - and ~ot takthing and if you're willing to work for He answered that he didn't believe in ing no for an answer," she said.

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Anastasio, Mary Donovan, Jean Leahy; $120 M-M J. Robert Kohr; $100 Bernard Swansey, Diane Lynch, M-M John Curran, Mary Cole, M-M Kenneth Annese, M-M Robert Soukup, Mrs. Ferdinand Killian, William Tracey, M-M Donald O'Connor, M-M Charles Miller, MMC. Malcolm LaFrancis, Arlene Rossi, M-M Richard Alto, M-M Lawrence McGillivray, Mrs. John Hurley, Kevin Malloy, Mrs. Paul Bean, M-MRobertCanning, M. Dorothy Butters, M-M Paul Tuoues, MM William MacKenzie, M-M Edward Giardino, M-M Lawrence Howe, MM Joseph Deveney, Gene Vario, Leonard & Rita Marino, Eileen Griffin, Mrs. William Garrity, M-M David Cassidy, M-M Gerald Foley, Marianne Foley, M-M .Robert Costello, M-M Raymond Timmons, Theodore Kappler, M-M Joseph Mirisola, M-M John Holmes, M-M Paul Sf. Onge, Margaret McGuire, Mrs. Edward Robinson, M-M Gordon Dutra, M-M William Hamm, Ann Lewis, M-M Gino Azzola, Madeline Laird, Gregory Ryan, M-M James Greeley, Barbara Fox, Mrs. Frank Martinelli, M-M Richard Atkins, M-M Michael Hill, Harold Rosecrans, Jane Logan, Mrs. Francis Matthews,. Maureen Cremen, M-M Albert Kenney, Edward Campbell, David Gallagher, Francis Keefe, M-M Henry Clark, Edna Crisp, Andrew Costa, M-M Herbert Donlan, Catherine Flynn, Edmund O'Brien, M-M K. M. Bell, Robert McGrath, Richard Wilkey, S. Edward Jones, MM Stephen Gabrick, M-M Nicholas Imondi, Emily Piekos, George Finn, M-M George Martin, James Sullivan, M-M Robert Masiello, Elizabeth Halpin" Elaine Fitzgerald, M-M ..' Raymond Tricca, M-M D. J. Sullivan, Dr-M Peter Amorosi, M-M John Varanelli; M-M William Griffith, M-M Thomas Cunningham, M-M Cartos Forits, Mrs.' Ralph McCoy, Rita Chu'rch, M-M Angelo Anrico, Corinne Shea, M-M John Ray, M-M James Plath, M-M John McGowan, M-M James Leary, M-M John Fitzgerald, M-M Arthur McBride, William Gallagher, H.aynes Mahoney, M-M Michael Hunter, M-M Richard Precourt, Loretta Ahern, M-M Robert McNamara, M-M Robert Sullivan, M-M Anthony Finnerty, M-M Joseph Perna,'M-M Thomas Madden,Thomas Desmond, Robert & Deborah McGuinness, John Curley, Jr., M-M William West, Mary Conley, M-M John Hopkins, M-M Edward Hanlon, Mary McCall, Jeanne Lynch, M-M

John J. Cassidy, Kathleen BaileY,M· M ,Francis Doherty, M-M Thomas Nehmer, M-M Lawrence Newell, MM Robert Carey, M-M Luke Fannon, M-M Anthony lani, Dianne Desruisseaux, M-M John McCormack, Jr., M-M Chester Savery, Jack Savage, M-M. Francis Pignone, M-M Albert Guerra, M-M John Pellegrini, M-M Harold Johnson. SWANSEA Our Lady of Fatima: $200 Mrs. Donald MacDonald, Mona Kennedy; $150 Louise Cochrane; $125 M-M Alfred Mello, M-M Wollaston Morin, M-M John Hunt, M-M Paul ParentE:; $100 M-M Robert McConnell, M-M Daniel Azevedo, Helen Roberts, Mrs. Michael Ziobro, Ann Tschirch,. Florence McNerney. S1. Dominic: $250 M-M Bruce Till; $100 M-M Rene Bemard, M-M John Gibney, M-M Kenneth J. Ryan, John Schaefer. St. Michael: $200 Alan Hutchinson; $150 M-M Bernard Grabert; $110 M-M Robert Peloquin; $100 M-M Stephen Malo, M-M. Manuel Silveira, Dr-M Robert Wilcox, M-M Raymond H. Duclos, M-M James Walsh, Mrs. John Farias, M-M Billy Dolan,. M-M Leonard Connors, M-M Joseph D. Santos, Dominic Troy. TAUNTON . Holy Rosary: $160 Mrs. Anna Sienko; $150 M-M Marcellus 0: LeMaire; $125 James & Sally Ferreira; $100 M-M Robert J,ohnson; Mrs. Anita Maciejowski, Mrs. Laura Montecalvo, M-M David Turkalo. Immaculate. Conception: $100 Edmund J. &Margaret Sullivan, Allen F. & Claire M: Hathway, M-M Manuel. Coelho. S1. Jacques: $1,000 Rev. Tho. mas E. Morrissey; $225 M-M Mark Bissonnette; $150 Maurice Larocque; $105 Alma Pelletier; $100 Miss Theresa Blain, M-M Robert Souza, Frank Wilhelm. S1.Paul: $500 Atty-M Richard Nunes; $250 Alan Thadeu; $150 John Ferreira, M-M Peter Lamb; $120 M-M Joseph Mastromarino; $100 MM Franklin Brown, Mrs. Rosalie Connors, Mrs. Mary Cormier, M-M Adam Demaral, Mrs. Yvette Demers, Cecile Leclerc, Mrs. Edna Tyson, Mrs. Norma Wade. . WELLFLEET Our Lady of Lourdes: $2,000 Rev. John F. Andrews; $800 Bernard F. Wills; $500 M-M Joseph J. Duffy, MM David Gray, M-M Richard Synoradzki; $200 Eleanor C. Landry, M-M John Kuebler, Virginia Scan-

ning; $150 M-M StanleyJ. Kuzia; $125 M-M John Monahan; $100 Eleanor DeVlin, M-M John H. Doucette, M-M Walter J. Gorski, Helen Wallace. WEST HARWICH Holy Trinity: $1,000 Rev. William J. Shovelton, M-M Raymond Fontaine; $500 Elizabeth J. Dolan, Mrs. Frank Stoddard, Hon-MGerald F. O'Neill; $400 M-M Robert A. LeBlanc; $300 M-M George Boule, Mrs. James Charles, Catherine F. George, M-M Maurice Houten; $250 M-M Philip Cacciatore, M-M Robert Green; $200 Mrs. Bemis Boies, M-M Russell E. Brennan, Atty. Joseph W. Downes, M-M Leonard W. Dutille, Esther McCullough, MM Albert McEntee; $175- M-M Stanley Nowak; $150 M-M Louis A. Chadik, M-M Robert E. Curtis, Sr., Tim & Ellen Wolcott; $125 M-M John R. Black, M-M Normand V. Methe, M~M Paul M. Murray, M-M Stephen Beals, Sr.; $100 James R. Cavanaugh, Mrs. Dominic Ciaccio, M-M John J. Hanratty, Mrs. Albert . Loring, M-M Richard T. Mapes, MM Michael McDonough, Ms. Alice Bonatt, M-M Everett Boy, D-M Edward Brady, Mrs. John Branley, Ms. Mary Bresnahan, Kathryn N. Brophy, M-M Donald Brouillette, Arley Makurat Cline, Constance Collinge, Cornelius J. D~iscoll, MM John J. Gannon, M-M Richard Gomes, M-M Raymond L. Heber:t, M-M Robert Johnson, M-M Eugene B. Kirk, Rita Lister, M-M Ralph . Luedeker, D-M Lincoln Lynch; Mrs. Frank Matrang.o, M-M Steven Minninger, William R. Mosher, M-M Henry Mullen, M"M William F. Murphy, M-M Paul O'Brien, M-M Richard Pi. O'Connor, M-M Peter O'Rourke, M-M Robert Paradise, Sr., Kathryn Prindiville, M-M Alexander Savioli, Claire Schmidt, M-M Albert Stiglmeier, Mary Sylvia, D-M Thomas Szymkowicz, M-M James Terralavoro, Mrs. Albert Tessier. WESTPORT St. John the Baptist: $600 MM William Lawton, Sr., $500 Mrs. William Porter; $200 M-M John Fazzina, Leonard Rock, M-M Paul Brenckle, M-M John Lynch; $125 M-M James Hndner; $100 E. FerreiralM. Hallene, Virginia King, M-M David Latinville, M-M Carlin Lynch, M-M William Navin, Margaret Panos, Mrs. Robert Paquette, M·M Richard Riley, M-M. John McDermott. WOODS HOLE S1.Joseph: $1 00 Vivian Esswein.