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DCCWgathers for annual convention; elects officers and awards members SOMERSET-Approximately 200 members of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and their guests attended their 52nd Annual Convention held at St. John of God Parish Center in Somerset.

The May 7 gathering keyed on the theme, "To Jesus Through Mary," and guests came from Maine, New Hampshire, Springfield, Chicago, and from the five deaneries ofthe Fall River diocese.

Bishop George W. Coleman was principal celebrant of an afternoon Mass, and Father Raul Lagoa, pas-

tor of St. John of God Parish, and Father Thomas C. Lopes, pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in North Easton, were concelebrants.

Installation of new officers, including President Maureen Papineau ofNorth Easton, was held following the Mass.

Presented Our Lady of Good Counsel Awards were: District One, Claudette Bisson ofSt. George Parish Women's Guild, Westport; District Two, Louise Lakes, St. Julie's Women's Guild, North Dartmouth; Turn to page three - DCCW

FLANKED BY members of the Third Order and laity, the Holy Eucharist is carried by Father Bonaventure of the Franciscan Fathers of the Immaculate during the 2004 solemn procession celebrating the feast of Corpus Christ in New Bedford. Story on page three.

(Photo courtesy of the Friars)

Parishes encouraged to join Corpus Christi celebration NEW PRESIDENT of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women Maureen Papineau, left, from North Easton, was installed by Bishop George W. Coleman at the recent annual convention of the organization. At right are Lynette Ouellette, immediate past president; and Sister Eugenia Brady, SJC, moderator. Below, conventioneers at the 52nd annual meeting of the DCCW gather in the sanctuary 'of St. John of God Church in Somerset: From left, guest speaker Susan Conroy; former DCCW President Lynnette Ouellette; convention chairman Claudette Armstrong; Father Edward Murphy, who also spoke; DCCW Moderator Sister Eugenia Brady, SJC; NCCW representative Patricia Smuck; and co-chairman Madeleine Lavoie. (Photos courtesy of Maddie Lavoie)

FALL RIVER - Bishop George W. Coleman will celebrate a special diocesan liturgy on the Solemnity ofCorpus Christi, May 29 at 12:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral as part of the diocesan celebrations. during the Year ofthe Eucharist.

The Mass will conclude with a eucharistic procession from the Cathedral to Santo Christo Church on Columbia Street where

Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will take place.

As a sign of unity as a diocesan family centered and rooted in the Eucharist, each parish is asked to have two people representing the parish attend the Mass and procession. There will be reserved seating at the cathedral for these representatives.

While each parish should have two representatives, all parishio-

ners and priests are invited to attend the Mass and procession.

The late Pope John Paul II designated 2005 as the Year of the Eucharist.

In a letter to all diocesan priests, Bishop Coleman encouraged special emphasis be placed on the celebration of the Solemnity of Corpus Christi in their respective parishes for this Year of the Eucharist.

Charities Appeal is in full swing FALL RIVER - "We're very encouraged from the diocese face varying socio-economic dilemmas what we see so far", states a pastor from Cape Cod, that could effect the results in those particular ar"and I'm in hopes we can achieve the same level of eas," notes Mike Donly, diocesan director of Degiving we did last year velopment. "However, when we reached an all- . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , this is no different than time high for our parish The Catholic Charities Video is now it's been any other year. community;'" . available for viewing on the Catholic We have such a long way These sentiments to go to achieve our goal have been echoed by nu- Charities Website:

by June 16 when the Apmerouspastors as they www.catholiccharitiesfallriverdioc.org peal ends, but we're conmade their returns durThis 10-minute video offers a look at fident that with the dediingjust the second week cation and generosity of ofthe Catholic Charities the services and ministries funded by the our pastors and parishioAppeal which began on Catholic Charities Appeal, as well as tes- ners we can have a sucMay 1. The feeling in the timony from individuals being assisted cessful conclusion to this central office of Cathoextremely important enlic Charities is basically by many of the Appeal-funded agencies. deavor." the same. "We see a The Catholic Charilevel of giving at present that allows us to be cau- ties Video, which is created each year for cable actiously optimistic about the anticipated success of cess channels, for use in parishes, and is presented our endeavor. But it's so early in the process that at area "Appeal Kick-offs" is now available for viewit's a difficult thing to predict as different areas of Turn to page Jl - Appeal

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Theod.ore J. O'Malley, father of Archbishop Sean O'~alley, dies

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Sister E.M. Cunningham SP INDIANA - Sisters of Providence Sister Eileen Mary Cunningham, 88, of St. Maryof-the-Woods, a registered nurse, and a former member of the S1. Raphael Provincial Team in Fall River, Mass., died May 1.

The former Mary Isabel Cunningham was' born in Chelsea, Mass., the daughter of the late Joseph F., and the late Mary E. (Golden) Cunningham.

She was a graduate of the Chelsea Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, and had served as a registered nurse before entering the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence on Jan. 28, 1939. She professed vows in 1941 and 1947.

Sister Cunningham ministered for 29 years in the Health Care Facilities of the Congregation in Indiana. She also ministered as community supervisor of the Health/School of Nursing at

Immaculata, Washington; was director of health care, administrator and nurse at St. Joseph's in Quincy, Mass.; served in Portsmouth, N.H., and Albany, N.Y.; and from 1975 to 1980 was on the ProvinGial Team in Massachusetts.

Following retirement in 1998, she returned to St. Mary-of-theWoods for her ministry of prayer in retirement.

She is survived by nieces and nephews, and a sister-in-law. She was the sister of the late Eileen A. Deyermond, and Daniel H., Joseph F., and John W. Cunningham.

Her funeral Mass was celebrated May 6 in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, St. Mary-of-the-Woods. Interment was in the Cemetery of the Sisters of Providence there.

The Callahan Funeral Home, Terre Haute, Ind., was in charge. of arrange!Uents.

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. Theodore John "Ted" O'Malley, 89, husband of Claire (Noonan) O'Malley, and father of Boston Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., died here on May 14.

He was also the husband of the late Mary Lou (Reidy) O'Malley, mother of Archbishop O'Malley. She died in 1964 of multiple sclerosis.

Archbishop O'Malley was

with his father and his family at the time of his father's death, the Boston archdiocese said in a statement.

Prior to his retirement, Mr. O'Malley was a practicing lawyer.

Besides his wife and Archbishop O'Malley, he is survived· by another son, Theodore' J. O'Malley, III, of Denver, Colo.; a daughter, Mary Ellen Alexsovich of Key Biscayne, Fla.; a sister, Marie May; and a

brother, Dr. Edward J. O'Malley; as well as grandchildren;' great-grandchi~dreri; and nieces and nephews.

His funeral Mass was celebrated Tuesday by Archbishop O'Malley in St. Ambrose Church, Deerfield Beach. Burial was in Our Lady, Queen ofHeaven Cerrietery in North Lauderd~le, Fla. The Babione Funeral Home, Boca Raton, Fla.,. was in charge. of arrangements.

St. Anne's Prayer "Good St. Anne, Mother of Mary, and Grandmother of Jesus, Intercede for me and my petitions. Amen."

In honor of Sister Lucia dos Santos, seer of Fatima, who died . February 13,2005, age 97.

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MEMBERS OF the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women share a smile with retreat director Dorothy Levesque during the annual event. It was held at the Dominican of the Sisters of Presentation Community in Dighton and was themed "To Jesus Through Mary." From left are: then President Lynette Ouellette, Levesque and retreat director Claudette Armstrong.

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1944, Rev. William' F. S1. Francis Xavier, Hyannis \ I A~ 1995, Rev. Alfred 1. Guene~:A~ ~ay'24

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1982, Rev. Lionel A. Bourque, Former Chaplain, Cardinal Cushing Hospital, Brockton

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FATHER JOSEPH Mauritzen, pastor of 81. Joseph's Parish, Woods Hole, blesses the newly-renovated and newly-named parish center in honor of the late Father William W. Norton. A plaque donated by Mrs. Eleanor Nace adorns the wall. Below the plaque are personal items of the former pastor. Dr. Thomas Gregg loaned some of his award-winning orchids for the ceremony held May 7 at the Woods Hole parish. (Photo by Bruce McDaniel)

Corpus Christi celebrations will highlight Year of the Eucharist By

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NEW BEDFORD - The 13th annual solemn procession on the feast of Corpus Christi hosted by the Franciscans of the Immaculate· as part ofits Our Lady's Chapel Eucharistic Adoration program, will draw thousands onto this city's streets on the afternoon of May 29.

"What makes it so unusual this years is that it also celebrates the Year of the Eucharist initiated by our late Pope Paul II last October," said FatherAngelo Michael Guarin, FFI, coordinator of the events.

And the presence of Father Stefano Manelli, FFI, who founded the Franciscans ofthe Immaculate in 1990, and is currently the order's minister general, is another reason this

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year's events have taken on special meaning, Father Guarin reported.

"Father Manelli will be the principal celebrant ofthe Corpus Christi Mass to be celebrated in Our Lady's Chapel at 600 Pleasant Street at 8:30 a.m., and everyone is invited to join us," Father Guarin added.

The procession, in which the Blessed Sacrament is carried, begins that afternoon at 2 p.m., at the chapel. Many parish organizations that include children and adults, will be taking part.

"We will sing and pray the rosary as we accompany the Holy Eucharist," FatherGuarin noted. "It is also a way ofobtaining a plenary indulgence, according to the stipulations our late Holy Father set."

The procession will wind its way over city streets stopping at three station churches for simple Benediction or blessing.

The first stop, at approximately 3 p.m., will be at St. John the Baptist Church at 344 County Street; the second at approximately 4 p.m., at St. Lawrence Church, 565 County Street; and the third stop at approximately 5 p.m., at Our Lady of Purgatory Church, II Franklin Street.

The end walk will take participants back to Our Lady's Chapel for the final blessing. A reception will follow in Duns Scotus Hall in the basement of the chapel.

For more information contact the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate at 508-996-8474.

VATICAN CITY - Msgr.

Giovanni Carru, under secretary for the Congregation for the Clergy here, recently announced that Father Gerard P. O'Connor, a priest for the Diocese of Fall River, was named a Chaplain to His Holiness Pope John Paul II on March 19. The announcement was made public on April 23.

Msgr. O'Connor is currently an official of the Congregation for the Clergy, in the midst of a fiveyear study and work assignment in the Holy City.

"1 extend my congra~lations and best 'wishes to Msgr.

O'Connor," said Fall River Bishop George W. Coleman.

Teresa of Calcutta and her Missionaries of Charity in the slums and poverty in India. Her inspirational and emotional presentation included slides taken among the destitute and dying in Calcutta. In addition to her work as a tax specialist, she translates the works of St. Theresa ofLisieux into English for publishing hou~es. She took time to do a signing of her two books, "Mother Teresa's Lessons of Love" and "Secrets ofSanctity."

She donates the proceeds from the books to charity.

Patricia Smuck, former NCCW first vice president, and a resident of Libertyville, IlL, presented the CASE program, a distinctly Catholic approach to environmental issues. Initiated in 1993 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, it is a response to growing global, regional and local concerns, particularly as they affect children.

Father Edward Murphy, spiritual director ofthe DCCW, spoke about the Blessed Virgin and her constarit message to us. He is chaplain at

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District Three, Alice Mazzolene, Annunciation of the Lord Parish, Taunton; and District Five, Eileen Duane, St. Francis Xavier's Women's Guild, Hyannis.

Sister Eugenia Brady of Newport, R.I., a member ofthe International Missionary Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, and moderator of the DCCW, was the keynote speaker.

Ela.borating on the convention's theme, she said the group's priority mission is to·their Church and community; and she praised the members for their countless 'hours of volunteerism, faith and devotion to Jesus and Mary.

According to outgoing President Lynette Ouellette, the hours volunteered by the council members in a single year totaled more than 1.5 million. .

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Benediction ofthe Blessed Sacrament followed his talk.

EDICTAL CITATION DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS Since ·the actual place of residence of TRAVIS REED WEISZ is unknown.

We cite TRAVIS REED WEISZ to appear personally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 2:30 p.m. at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts, to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage exists in the Sousa-Weisz case?

Ordinaries of the place or other pastors having the knowledge of the residence of the above person, Travis Reed Weisz, must see to it that he is property advised in regard to this edictal citation.

(Rev.) Paul F. Robinson, O. Carm., J.C.D. Judicial Vicar Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts on this the 12th day of May, 2005.

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Priesthood ordination - 2005 The report from the u.s. Bishop's Committee on Vocations was more than interesting. What it basically did was give a profile of the ordination Class of2005. This overView was directed by Dean Hage, who is a sociologist with the Life Cycle Institute ofThe Catholic University of America. Approximately 286 men who are to be ordained across the nation in 2005 responded to the survey. The ~sults give us some real food for. thought.

To begin with, the average age at ordination rose from 34.8 to 37.

This statistic clearly indicates that the traditional pattem of vocation endeavors should be revalued. For years, one thought that our Catholic high schools, colleges and universities were the nurturing ground for vocations. Sad to say, this former trend is not the developing norm. Our schools have, for the most part, become less Catholic in teaching and content. Religion, when developed as a subject, is less theological and more comparative. Some schools do not mandate religion as a required course. Other schools are viewed as an altemative to floundering public education efforts, and thus become more socially accepted. The failure to center Catholic education around religious beliefs is erosive and debilitating.

The level of education prior to entering the seminary rose for this year's class. In 1998,30 percent had less than a bachelor's degree; 2005 shows only 28 percent were in th'e same category. The percentage that had received a master's degree or a professional degree, rose from 13 to 32. The report stated "This is a notable change in only seven years."

At one time in the not too distant past, the Church in America provided missionaries for the world. The decline in vocations has severely affected this once proud and productive effort. Whafs happening now is that men bom outside the United States fa~tor in more than 27 percent of this 2005 class. The four principal countries of birth are Vietnam, Mexico, the Philippines and Poland. Our large influx of immigrants to the nation indicates a corresponding increase of vocations from other countries.

Another item describing the 2005 group is also quite interesting. Six percent of those being ordained are converts to the faith. The range of conversion is from 11 to 35. Aside from this group, we should also note that many ordained Protestant ministers had entered the Church, some with their entire parishes. Once ordained priests, they are very effective evangelizers.

The sUrvey also reported that many of the ordinand$ took part in diocesan and parish programs. Thirty-nine percent attended "Come and See" diocesan programs, a time to visit a seminary, monastery or house offormation in order to learn more about the priesthood. A solid number of those responding to the survey were involved in their parishes.

Fifty-nine percent were extraordinary ministers of holy Communion; 76 percent were altar servers; and 68 percent had been lectors.

Two hundred and seventeen mention full-time employment before entering the seminary. Nearly 14 percent worked in education; the same percentage worked in labor and farming; and five percent come from', the military. It should be obvious that the Class of2005 is coming from all walks oflife and diverse backgrounds.

All ofus who love and care for the mission that is the Church should be aware ofthese evolving changes. Encouraging vocations, ofcourse, should begin at the kitchen table and in our schools. Yet, we must take into consideration the variables ofour times, and seek out vocations in unknown places and circumstances ofliving and life. Above all, every parish in the land should have some form ofprayer for vocations. In this Pentecost time, know that the Spirit will not abandon us. However, we must ask in order to receive.

The Executive Editor

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Rolling Vatican II forward One month ago today, on the Peter, wish to affirm with force - focusing our liturgies less on day after his election as the my decided will to pursue the God and more on the worshiping successor of St. Peter, Pope commitment to enact Vatican . community, liberalizing the Benedict XVI re-assembled the Council II, in the wake of my Church's sexual teachings, cardinals in the Sistine Chapel, predecessors and in faithful eliminating priestly celibacy, celebrated together with them the continuity with the millennia-old opening the priesthood to "source and summit" of the tradition of the Church. With the women, reducing the binding Church's life, and mentioned passing of time, ~he conciliar doctrinal and governing authority what he saw as the agenda God documents have not lost their of the pope and the bishops in has given the Church during his timeliness; their teachings have favor ofa 'democratization' of pontificate.

Church teaching and In an address he spent structure - by appealing much of the night to the "spirit ofVatican Putting Into writing in Latin, he II." started off by praising, The notable thing, the Deep his predecessor and though, is that none is describing what John . warranted by the letter of '

By Father Roger Paul II saw as the Vatican II, the documents guiding principle of his J. Landry of which often affirm . 26-year pontificate: precisely the opposite.

"Before my eyes is, in And to talk about the particular, the witness of Pope shown themselves to be espeCouncil without the documents is John Paul II. With the Great cially pertinent to the new , no longer to talk about the Jubilee the Church was introexigencies of the Church and the Council. duced into the' new millennium present globalized society." .

Many of these same intelleccarrying her hands the Gospel, Our new Holy Father said so tuals - aging and numerically applied to the world through the much in so few words. But to shrinking - used the occasion of authoritative re-reading of understand them fully, we need John Paul's death and Benedict's Vatican Council II. Pope John to understand what he was election to accuse both of trying Paul II justly indicated the saying between the lines. to "roll back Vatican II." But Council as a 'compass' with Since the Second Vatican such comments show, frankly, which to orient ourselves in the Council, there has been a how little those who make them vast ocean of the third millensizeable movement of Catholic really know about Vatican II. nium." intellectuals, primarily in Europe During Vatican II, Archbishop As he assumed the helm of and in the U.S., who have Karol Wojtyla ofKrakow was Peter's barque on that vast ocean, interpreted the Second Vatican instrumental in the formulation Benedict XVI affirmed that ' Council as an a~most open-ended of the Council's two most Vatican II would likewise be his mandate for changing whatever "progressive" documents, the compass: they didn't like.

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Diocese reaches settlement in its case with Father Kelly WOODS HOLE - The Diocese of Fall River has reached a settlement in the amount of $1.3 million in its civil case against Father Bernard Kelly to recover funds misappropriated from two parishes on Cape Cod. The settlement provides for the restitution ofall sums taken from the respective parishes, St. Joseph's in Woods Hole and Our Lady of Lourdes in Wellfleet, plus interest on the funds misappropriated from the time the funds were taken.

The payment of the settlement is secured by a mortgage on property owned by Father Kelly. It is anticipated that the mortgage will be satisfied in full at the end of six-month period. Interest will continue to accrue throughout the term of the mortgage and during

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a 45-day extension period if time said he was pleased that a settleis needed beyond the six-month ment was reached, but that it was term of the mortgage. just one step in bringing closure Legal documents have been to the troubling matter. filed in the Barnstable County "Since the outset, I promised Registry of Deeds securing the parishioners that the diocese position of the diocese. . would take whatever steps were Independent, detailed audits of necessary for restitution of any the financial records of St. missing funds, and 1 am pleased Joseph's and Our Lady of that this settlement will provide Lourdes were conducted. The for that," he said. settlement includes restitution of "1 understand, however, that all questionable disbursements at this will not erase the pain exthe two parishes. A breakdown of perienced by parishioners the amounts for each parish is throughout this difficult matter. being prepared and will be con- I pledge to parishioners of both veyed to the respective pastors in parishes my continued prayers for healing. 1 am deeply gratethe coming weeks.

As soon as the diocese re- ful for their faithfulness and paceives the settlement money, dis- tience in these past months, and bursements will be made to the for the pastoral care that has parishes. been offered to them by their Bishop George W. Coleman 路pastors."

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The royal treatment For four decades I've felt the Last week, for the first time adrenaline rush of emerging in my life, I went to a baseball from the concourse to soak in game at Fenway Park with the the beauty of the Fenway field.

Red Sox as defending world This visit exceeded all expectachamps. I don't know if it was my imagination, or if 35,000 of my closest friends felt the same way, but it was different - in a very good way.

Pulling up to the old barn, it had an almost

By Dave Jolivet regal appearance. What had been a virtual house of horrors for tions. NEVER had the Fenway nearly nine decades now rose diamond looked so beautiful! from the streets of Beantown (Maybe it was because it was like a castle, beckoning one and the only nIce day we've had this all to share in the glory of the spring, but I think not.) The 2004 Boston Red Sox. Clouds of smoke from searing grass was a brilliant green and carefully cropped. The infield meat wafted around the faithful as we made our way through the dirt and warning tracks shone with an auburn hue in the warm gates - reminding us of the sunshine. banquet which lie inside.

It was an effort to pull my The once dark underbelly of Fenway was bright, cheerful and eyes from the field, but the reward for doing so was joyous as I made my way to my indescribable, for high up on a seat at the table.

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flag pole in the left-center field section of the Green Monster was THE PENNANT! Along with trusty Old Glory, the pair rippled proudly in the spring breeze.

Even the people seemed different. Nowhere did I find a face displaying the pain and disappointment of years past. Every man, woman and child, from nine to 99 wore the countenance of a winner, a champion, a Red Sox fan. NEVER had I been so proud to be a life-long member of Red Sox Nation.

I don't know ifI'm the only one who felt that way last week.

I don't know ifI'll feel this again when I return, but to have felt it only this once is more than enough for me. I was king for a day at Castle Fenway.

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World" (Gaudium et Spes), and And it's why he called the the "Declaration on Religious whole Church to focus on the Council's documents, stressing Liberty" (Dignitatis HU1J1anae).

And then-Father Joseph that "they have not lost their Ratzinger, only in his mid 30s, timeliness." played an even greater role. He In a 1997 interview, Cardinal was the theological expert to Ratzinger said: 'There was quite very influential Cardinal Joseph a significant difference between Frings of Cologne, Germany, and what the Fathers wanted and composed for him the powerful what was conveyed to the public interventions that most Council and then became fixed in the . historians recognize changed the general consciou~ness. The Fathers wanted to update the entire path of the Council, leading to the reworking of all of faith - but this was precisely in the documents. order to present it with its full Wojtyla and Ratzinger both impact. Instead, the impression , areembodirnents of the Council increasingly gained hold that and its true spirit, which is found reform consisted in simply in the Council documents. Since jettisoning ballast, in making it the Council, both have labored easier for ourselves. Reform thus for its authentic implementation. seemed really to consist, not in a This is why in presenting his deeper rooting of the faith, but in pontifical program, our new pope any kind of dilution of the faith. pointed to John Paul II's "au'The true inheritance ofthe thoritative re-reading" of Vatican Council lies in the texts.,When one , II against all false readings. interprets them soundly and , It's why he said his "decided thoroughly, then one is preserved from extremisms in both directions; will" is to "en'act Vatican II '" and then there really is a path that in faithful continuity with the millennia-old tradition of the still has a long future ahead."

Church." Vatican II was not a That path is the path of his "rupture with the past," as mariy pontificate, encompassed by the intellectuals have claimed~ but a --documents for the eternal shore.

Father Landry is a parochial full flourishing of traditional Catholic teaching in modern vicar at St. Francis Xavier language.

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I probably would not have picked up a book family members were always at his door. What titled "Watching My Friend Die, The Honest Hare wrote about his friend underscores what Death of Bob Schwartz" (ACTA Publications) Joe was about also: "What is important is not dying a good death but living a good life." if! had not recently been at the 'bedside of my dying brother Joe Oppedisano. What immediAnd a good life is what my brother Joe ately caught my eye was that Schwartz, like believed in and lived.

His illness began after his U.S. Army my brother, had died of pancreatic cancer, so I could well relate to what his final months had service, when he was doused with Agent Orange during the time when this defoliant been like. Then, flipping through the pages, I read that Schwartz had was being tested in Panama. He and been a teacher and a several members of musician - the same professions my brother his unit suffered from hairy cell leukemia so admirably had carried out. for years. Because of my brother's efforts, Even more striking the U.S. Veteran's for me was what the author, Mark Hare, a Administration finally

By Antoinette Bosco acknowledged responfriend of Schwartz's, sibility, granting many wrote - statements that veterans of that I or anyone in my family conflict compensation for their serious illcould have written about my brother: "Even in dying he chose to live his life to the fullest, never nesses.

Joe survived the leukemia, but not the giving up or simply accepting his fate. At the very , end, when Schwartz struggled through the pain resulting cancer that destroyed his pancreas. J that even morphine could not always abate, he believe he stayed alive for so many unexpected never lost his unique wit and ability to draw his years because he had a spirit that couldn't be family and friends closer to him." crushed, as did Bob Schwartz. I could have And that was my brother! 'written of my brother, as Hare did of his Though I live in a different state, I was friend: "He was not about to go quietly. He' able to spend tim,e every week with my was going to keep as much of the life he had brother, eight years yO,unger than I, in the last built as he could for as long as he could." six months of his life. We never talked about This book is one in a new series called "The death, only of life - here on earth and American Catholic Experience" reflecting on beyond. We both were connected to the what it has meant for people "to live out their heavenly world because both of us had loved faith amidst the joys and challenges of their ones there. My brother, like Bob Schwartz, daily lives 'on their jobs, with their families fought for his life because he'd known love and friends, and in their communities and on this earth. churches. " My brother shared his wisdom, his wit, his The Bob Schwartz story goes the final step, tremendous good humor with all of us who exploring "the very nature of death itself and' spent time with him. People he had worked the human instinct to fight it until the end." It with, former students now very grown up, concludes, "He lives on," - as does my neighbors and people he had helped as well as brother Joe.

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Michele Albert, and Dr. Juan A Canadian native, Albert reGodinez. ceived her medical degree at the A radiation oncologist, Albert comes to .> Saint Anne's from the radia,tion oncology department at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston.

She is board certified in radiation oncology and has completed fel- . lowships in brachytherapy, a prostate can-, cer treatment that implants raDR. MICHELE ALBERT dioactive pellets DR. JUAN about the size of grains of rice University of Sherbrooke, into the prostate to irrad.iate tu- Sherbrooke, Quebec. mors, and advanced image A radiation and surgical onguided therapies for genitouri- cologist, Godinez was in practice nary cancer. in Miami, Fla., at Mount Sinai She presently is co-investiga- Hospital and a consulting physitor on several research projects in cian at several other Miami hos-

, pitals before joining the Saint Anne's medical staff. He also has practiced at the Clinica del Angel, Cuernavaca Morelos, Mexico, and Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, and was an attending surgical oncologist at General Hospital in Cuernavaca. He is board certified in radiation oncology and also is a researcher and author. His articles have been published in the International Journal oj Radiation' Oncology, Biology and Physics, among others, and he collaborated on the textGODINEZ book, "Breast Cancer: A Practical Guide."

Godinez was an American Cancer Society clinical research fellow in radiation oncology at the University of Chicago Hospitals, where he also completed his radiation oncology residency.

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The first pope who chose his own name Q. We are told that for' apostle. He was not the first to do so, however. centuries popes have changed Q. Since the death of Pope their names on becoming John Paul II, I have heard bishop of Rome, as our new several times on television and pope took the name Benedict instead of his baptism name Joseph. Do we know who was the first pope to take another name? (Florida) A. The first pope we know of who chose another name was Pope

By Father John II, who was John J. Dietzen elected in 533. He was a Roman priest named Mercurius (Mercury), in the newspapers about the who felt it would not be approprophecy of St. Malachy, an priate for the leader of the Irish bishop. The reports say Catholic Church to have the he foretold much about the name of a pagan god. popes after his time. AccordPope Sergius IV, pope from ing to him, there will be only 1009 to 1012, often is mistakone more pope after Benedict enly identified as the first to XVI, and then the end of the assume a new name. His given world. name was Peter, but after his What does the Catholic election he chose another, out of Church have to say about deference to St. Peter the

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Papal power must be employed to defend faith, Pope Benedict says ROME (CNS) - The pope's power is not absolute, but must be used to defend Church doctrine against attempts to water it down, Pope Benedict XVI said as he took possession of his cathedral as the bishop of Rome.

"The pope is not an absolute sovereign whose thoughts and will are law," Pope Benedict said.

"He must not proclaim his own ideas but instead, in the face of all attempts to adapt or water it down, and ofevery opportunism, he constantly must bind himself and the Church in obedience to the word of God." On May 7 Pope Benedict took possession ofRome's Basilica of St. John Lateran, the diocesan cathedral, as thousands of Romans gathered outside to welcome him.

During the liturgy inside the basilica, he stood at the foot of the bishop's throne listening to Cardinal Camillo Ruini, his vicar for Rome, reminding him that the pope must be "the servant of the servants of God." More than I 00 priests and bishops, including 40 cardinals, concelebrated the Mass, the last in the series of installation liturgies that began April 24 with his inauguration in St. Peter's Basilica.

In his homily, Pope Benedict said it is the duty of the pontiff to protect the word of God "so it is not torn to pieces by continuous changes in fashion."

The pope cautioned against studying sacred Scriptures in situations too detached from the "live voice of the Church."

While the work of scholars can shed light on the Scriptures' historical development, Pope

Benedict said that nevertheless "science alone cannot provide a definitive and binding interpretation. It is not able to give us, in interpreting, that certainty with which we can live and with which we can die."

Warning against "erroneous interpretations offreedom," Pope Benedict also cited Pope John Paul II's calls for the defense of human life "from the moment of conception to natural death."

"Freedom to kill is not true freedom but rather a tyranny that will reduce human beings to slavery," the pope said.

Pope Benedict said that whoever takes on the ministry ofpontiff must be consciou~ ofhis own fragility and weakness and ofthe constant need for "purification and conversion."

"But he also can be conscious that from the Lord will come the power to confirm his brothers and sisters in the faith," the pope said.

After leaving St. John Lateran, Pope Benedict traveled to the Basilica of St. Mary Major to place flowers and pray before a Virgin Mary- icon venerated by the people of Rome..

The ~ome diocese has a population of nearly three million. Its hundreds of churches include more than 60 minor basilicas, 333 parishes and 39.8 other churches, chapels and oratories.

It hosts I, ISO religious communities ofwomen, 416 men's communities and 31 cloistered monasteries.

The morning before going to St. John Lateran, Pope Benedict met at the Vatican with Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni and other members of the city government.

this? (Illinois) A. As one might expect, the Catholic Church has nothing to say about it. St. Malachy was one of the most prominent churchmen of Ireland of the Middle Ages.

Archbishop ofArmagh from 1129 to 1148, he is the alleged author of the "Prophecies of Malachy," which had widespread notoriety especially in tne 17th and 18th centuries.

The prophecies claim to give a brief, often bizarre characterization of the name or the papacy of possibly III successors of Pope Celestine II (died 1144), ending with Peter II, who will "feed his flock in many tribulations in the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church." They're the kind of novelty that some people find fascinating, and they resurface every time a pope is

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elected or dies.

The prophecies are an obvious forgery. First of all, they do not appear anywhere until 400 years after Malachy's death, in a 1595 Venice publication called Lignum Vitae. For the period from 1143 to 1590, the "prophecies" obviously rely on readily available information about the names, homes and lives of intervening popes.

Beginning in 1590, however, when Gregory XIV was elected, the predictions become impossibly obscure and ambiguous. The prophecy was not written by St. Malachy or anyone else in his time.

Some may find it entertaining and an exercise in unhistorical enigma solving, but it is a 16th-century hoax.

Before readers begin asking

where to get copies, they can be found on the Internet at Catholic-Pages.com at the link to Prophecy of St. Malachy.

Unfortunately, the site seems to give far more credit and credibility to the prophecies than they deserve.

A free brochure in English or Spanish, answering questions Catholics ask about baptism practices and sponsors, is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Box 3315, Peoria, IL 61612. ' Questions may be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address, or E-mail: jjdietzen@aol.com.

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Theologians: Pop~'srelativism homily was urgent call to hold fast to values

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After his experience under totaliVATICAN CITY - The day tarian rule, the pope worried that if before he was elected pope, then- a democratic society "cannot reach Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger gave a consensus about truth then power homily calling on his fellow cardi- takes over. Pope Benedict shares nals to counter forces sweeping the this concern, and any Catholic who world toward what he called a "dic- sits down and thinks about it is tatorship of relativism." troubled by it," said the official.

His words raised concerns for In his April 18 homily, then-Carsome observers, who worried that dinal Ratzinger said that standing they might herald a chill on interre- up for Catholic principles in politiligious dialogue or debate about cal debates is often derided as funother issues. damentalism.

Theologians and Vatican offiNews reports are full of excials, however, say the phrase was amples of such debates, ranging a call for the Church to hold fast to from last year's question about its values amid the turbulence of whether a U.S. Catholic could suppolitical and social pressures. port a candidate who had voted in Pope Benedict XVI's predeces- favor of abortion legislation to" sor,PopeJohnPaulll,alsotookaim Spain's recent debate on a law alat relativism in his 1993 encyclical lowing homosexuals to marry.

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In Spain, "anyone who takes a Pope John Paul "showed that stand against the government on the just as there was a fault line in the ,',. homosexual marriage law takes a Soviet empire that eventually 'lot of abuse. They're called back~rought it down ... there is a fault 'ward or fundamentalists," said line. in our society, in our culture, Msgr. Angel Rodriguez Luno, a betweetlconcern for personal free- Spanish moral theologian at Holy dom and,abandonment ofobjective Cross University in Rome. truth," said Cardinal Francis E:This reflects a cultural debate George of Chicago. over how religious principles influPope Benedict, he said, shares ence politics. In Europe, separation ,that conviction. ofchurch and state historically ''was . Technically, some theologians based on antagonism and conflict," say, a "dictatorship of relativism" said Redemptorist Father Brian is a contradiction in terms. While a Johnstone, an Australian moral dictatorship seeks to impose certain theologian at Rome's Alphonsian values, relativists hold that there is Academy. no objective truth, so all views are That legacy is reflected in equally valid.

France's refusal to allow Muslim In practice, however, the pope girls to wear head scarves in school was referring to a tendency for a and the French government's oppogovernment or society to abandon sition to any mention of Christianmoral principles in an effort to sat- ity in the European Constitution, isfy a diverse constituency - a Father Johnstone said. problem that also concerned Pope In the United States, "the law John Paul, according to one top was basically set up to exclude state Vatican official, who has worked interference in religion, so it dido't closely with Pope Benedict. insist on absolute separation. It alWhile Pope John Paul supported ways did allow a certain openness the democracy movement in coun- to religious ideas, which have been tries like his native Poland, he later quite influential," he said. feared that policies were no longer Msgr. Rodriguez said the Church being based on moral principles, the must speak out on moral issues

without siding with any particular political group.

"The Church's role is not to take part in the political battle. The Church isn't on the right or the left.

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~~i can't confuse the two levels. I cannot say that this person has the, right to. be respected as a person? but fail to consider the problem (of adoption) from tPe standpoint of what I consider to be the truth," he said.

Father Johnstone said. . "1)le fact that some things have changed doesn't mean that every~ thing change. .If a person in conscience has accepted the tradition, then they can't just make their own choices," he said. "

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POPE BENEDICT XVI waves during a recent weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. The pope continued a series of reflections on the psalms and canticles that his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, began before his death. (CNS photo from Reuters) cal consequences that implies, but it must not let itself be used" for partisan politics, he said.

In taking a stand, the Church differentiates between the moral issue and the people involved, Msgr.

Rodriguez said..For example, the' question of whether two homosexual people can adopt children is completely separate from the fact that they are entitled to all social and labor rights granted to any other member of society.

POPE BENEDICT XVI gives Communion to a woman during recent Mass at the Basilica of S~.. Joh~ Latera~ in Rome.. (CNS photo from Reuters)

He added that then-Cardinal Some people who heard thenRatzinger's attack on relativism does Cardinal Ratzinger's pre-conclave not mean that there is no room for homily worried that the reference dialogue on critical issues; particu- to the "dictatorship of relativism" larly in rapidly changing fields like would put a damper on dialogue medicine, Church officials consult with people of other faiths. Those extensively before taking a stand. worries supsided after the election, A diversity of opinions should however, when Pope Benedict welnot be confused with relativism, corned other religious leaders, Msgr. Rodriguez said. Debate and Church officials said. ' dialogue occur when people hold "There is much to be learned different views, and each believes from other religions, and Pope Benethat his or her position is the truth. 'diet himself has said he intends to "The problem of relativism oc- contmue dialogue with other relicurs when the issue is .one'ofdogma gions:" Father Johnstone said. or morals, and it is said that con~ One theologian involved in intrary or even contradictory opinions teiTeligious dialogue said he did not are equally good," he said. . believe the "dictatorship" phrase In fields such as science and was aimed at such activity, and a medicine, "there are new areas, highly placed Vatican official said about which there may be diverse ' that it is relativism itselfthat freezes opinions. The Church does not dialogue. If all religious beliefs are make an official statement until equally true, he said, "then there is there is certainty," he said. . nothing to talk about."

On some moral issues, such,.as In the end, the sum of Pope slavery and charging interest ,on Benedict's words, not a single loans, Church teaching haseyolved phrase, provide the greatest clues over time. " '. to the new papacy.

"For Christians, over time ,there The first message the pope deis a deeper awareness offaith. There livered to the cardinals after the isamaturingofadeeperunderstand- election, when he pledged to lead ing of what human dignity means. the Church on the path ofunity, diaChurch councils draw conclusions logue and evangelization in the that were already contained in the spirit of the Second Vatican Counfaith," but which have matured over cil, ''was thoroughly positive," Fatime, Msgr. Rodriguez said. ther Johnstone said. "And his subOnce the Church does speak out, sequent homily at the inauguration however, a person who is "commit- was very positive. So that's the 'Yay ted to the Catholic tradition" is com- he intends to act. The details mitted to acc;epting that position, we'll just have to wait and see." , '

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The archbishop also has had exIt is the oldest of the Vatican's nine perience with the pastoral side of congregations and is considered pri- another issue that has drawn increasmary in responsibility and influence. ing attention from the Vatican's docPope Benedict, as Cardinal Jo- trinal congregation: same-sex marseph Ratzinger, was prefect of the riage proposals. doctrinal congregation from 1981 Archbishop Levada told a Synod until the death ofPope John Paul II of Bishops in 1997 that on the hoNEW RECRUITS of the Vatican's elite Swiss Guard prepare their uniforms inside their in April. The appointment ofhis suc- mosexuality issue, his own expericessor was closely watched, and ence in San Francisco has taught him barracks before their swearing-in ceremony at the Vatican May 6. New recruits are sworn in sources said cardinals and archbish- how easily dialogue can be overevery year on May 6, the date on which 147 Swiss soldiers died defending the pope during ops from Italy, Austria and Spain taken by political pressure. an attack on Rome in 1527. (CNS photo from Reuters) In 2004, Archbishop Levada were also considered as candidates helped lead a prayer rally for the for the position.

In naming Archbishop Levada, defense and promotion of marriage 68, the pope chose someone who has after the city of San Francisco deworked closely with the congrega- cided to issue same-sex marriage lition over the last 30 years. He was a censes. congregation staff member from William Joseph Levada was bom

By CAROL GLATZ The new recruits swear an oath to "faithfully, loy- 1976 to 1982 and has been a bishop- June 15, 1936, in Long Beach, CaCATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE ally and honorably" serve the pope, "sacrificing if member of the congregation since lif. His great-grandparents immiVATICAN CITY ~ It may be one of the world's necessary" their lives to defend him. grated to California from Portugal 2000. smallest armies, but the tiny corps of 110 men who In his speech, Pope Benedict thanked them for In the 1980s,Archbishop Levada and Ireland in the 1860s. protect the successor of Peter is big in spirit, said their dedication, saying by devotedly protecting the collaborated with then-Cardinal After studies at St. John's SemiPope Benedict XVI. pope the Swiss Guard allow the pontiff to carry out Ratzinger as one ofa small group of nary in Camarillo, he was sent to "This spirit of the Swiss Guards is nourished by his mission "free of worry for his safety." bishops appointed to write the "Cat- Rome for formation studies at the the glorious tradition of almost five centuries of a The pope aske.d the new recruits to seek out and echism of the Catholic Church." In North American College. He later small anny with great ideals," the pope said in his nourish the spirit thaj: ma~es the Swiss Guard such November 2003 he began a three- earned a doctorate in theology at first papal address to new recruits, their family mem- a special corps. May it also lead to "a true spiritual year term as chairman of the U.S. Gregorian University in Rome. He bond" among the guards, he said. Pope Benedict bishops' Committee on Doctrine. bers and friends. was ordained in St. Peter's Basilica The 31 new recruits met with the pope several said the Swiss Guard is built upon the "great ideArchbishop Levada metprivately as a priest ofthe Los Angeles Archhours before they took their oath as members of the als" of a "firmness of Catholic faith, a convinced with Pope Benedict 10 days before diocese Dec. 20, 1961.

Swiss Guard in a colorful swearing-in ceremony in and convincing Christian way of life, unshakeable his appointment was announced. His He worked in Los Angeles as an the courtyard of the Apostolic Palace. trust and a profound love for the Church and for the new position means that he will be associate pastor, teacher and camThe ceremony is held each year on May 6, the vicar of Christ." named a cardinal in a future pus ministry chaplain and returned He said the guards also represent "conscientious- consistory. anniversary ofthe date in 1527 when 147 guards died to Rome in 1976 as a staffofficial of defending Pope Clement VII during the sack of ness and perseverance in the small and great tasks Archbishop Levada, who has the doctrinal congregation. of daily service, courage and humility, attention to headed theArchdiocese ofSan FranRome.

He was made an auxiliary bishop others and humanity." cisco since 1995, was a key figure of Los Angeles in 1983 and three Swiss Guard recruits are required to be Swiss in the approval of new norms to years later was named archbishop of citizens, unmarried Catholic men between the ages handle cases ofpriestly sexual abuse. Portland, Ore., where he served unof 19 and 30, and at least five-feet eight-inches tall.

In 2002, he was a member ofthe til 1995.

Even though they must have completed U.S.-Vatican commission that made Archbishop Levada has served Switzerland's required military service, prospective final revisions to the norms, which on a number of committees of the . papal guards still undergo a rigorous selection pro- laid out a strict policy on priestly sex U.S. bishops' conference, including cess and further training in defense and security. abuse and provided for removal from doctrine, pastoral research and pracThough Swiss Guards are no longer fighting ministry or laicization ofpriests who tices, Pro-Life activities and comrnubattles with their broadswords and halberds, their have sexually abused minors. . nications. daily life includes 24-hour shifts that often require standing for long periods of time guarding the Vatican's major entrances or working at liturgical celebrations and audiences.

The guards' one day offevery three days tends to be busy as well, since it is often dedicated to inspections, briefings, marches, additional courses and shooting practice.

At the early evening swearing-in ceremony, the Swiss Guard band played Gloria Gaynor's 1978 dance hit, "I Will Survive."

Starting in June, the Swiss Guard will begin ~ string of jubilee celebrations that will include festivities January 22 marking their founding 500 years ago.

The guards will create a historical re-enactment of the Jan. 22,1506, arrival ofl50 Swiss soldiers at . the Vatican marking the start of their centuries-long service to the see of Peter at the request of Pope Julius II. SCOTT BRUNOW, an eighth-grader at Mother of Good The jubilee will conclude May 6, 2006, when A SWISS Guard recruit holds the flag of some 100 former Swiss Guards attend the swear- Counsel School in Milwaukee, crowns a statue of the Blessed the Guard and raises three fingers - a sym- ing-in ceremony after marching from Switzerland Mother during a prayer service at Mother of Good Counsel bol of the Trinity - as he takes his oath dur- to Rome in 26 days - a much swifter excursion Church recentlY: Brunow was the first boy in the school's 80ing a swearing-in ceremony at the Vatican. than the seven-month trek it took the first Swiss year history to be selected for the traditional May crowning of Mary. (CNS photo by. Sqm Lu~ero, Catholic. Herald) (CNS photo by Nancy Wiechec) , Guards to make in 1505-06.

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At that time, he said, FatherReese inger, 'who objected to the magazme's treatment of sensitive and the Jesuits agreed to set up an Church issues. . internal board that reviewed articles Jesuit Father Jose M. de Vera, , prior to publication. In this way, "the spokesman for the Society ofJesus threat of outside censors was disin Rome, said Father Reese decided pelled," Father de Vera said.

But even under that arrangement to resign after discussing the situa-· tion with his Jesuit superiors, follow- the articles published in America ing Cardinal Ratzinger's election as continued to provoke complaints at Pope Benedict XVI. Father de Vera. the Vatican.

"The board has not produced denied reports that FatherReese waS forced to resign, but he acknowl~ what (the Vatican) expected - a edged that pressure had been com~ very strict line, very, very close to ing from the Vatican for several whatever was expressed by the Conyears. . gregation for the Doctrine of the "He tendered his resignation. It Faith," Father de Vera said.

Some Church sources said Carwas not imposed, contrary to what was written," Father de Vera told dinal Ratzinger's office was believed to have sent a letterin March requestCatholic News Service.

"With Cardinal Ratzinger elected ing Father Reese's dismissal. Father pope, I think (FatherReese) thought de Vera said he was unaware ofsuch it would be very difficult to continue a letter and could neither confinn nor his line of openness, without creat- deny its existence.

Father de Vera said that after Faing more problems. He had been at America magazine seven years and ther Reese discussed the situation he improved it tremendously, so I with Father Kolvenbach in April he think he understood it was time to voluntarily decided to resign for the good ofthe order. go," the Jesuit spokesman said.

Father Christiansen said May 6, Father Reese announced May 6 that at the end ofthe month he would "Father Reese greatly improved the leave America, a New York-based magazine, adding news coverage, national Catholic weekly magazine color and the Web edition. His techofnews and commentary run by the nical expertise, in this age of new U.S. Jesuits. In a statement, Father media, will be greatly missed. I know Reese did not mention problems I will be calling on his guidance in that and other areas." with the Vatican.

Among other issues of Church He said he would be replaced by JesUit Father Drew Christiansen, an teaching and practice debated in the associate editor since 2002, widely pages of America under Father known for his work on Catholic so- Reese were homosexual priests, cial teaching arid international jus- mandatory clerical celibacy, inclusive language in the liturgy and the tice and peace issues.

Father de Vera said that in con- appropriateness ofsome Vatican acversations with Father Peter-Hans tions and dOCUments.

During his tenure America s cirKolvenbach, Jesuit superiorgeneral, · Cardinal Ratzinger, head ofthe Con- culation grew and it wa" frequently gregation for the Doctrine of the quoted in othermedia. FatherReese, Faith, hadexp~ concern about who has written books on how the Vatican the U.S. bishops operAmerica s articles several times.

Father de Vera said the articles ate, is frequently interviewed about ·.that drew complaints treated a rela- Church affairs by U.S. print and ',tive~y small ,number of iss~es: broadcast media. ' Father Christiansen was a senior · "Dominus Jesus, " the doctrinal ,oongregation'sdocument on Christ fellow at Woodstock Theological , as the unique savior; same-sex mar- Center at Georgetown University riage; stem-eell 'research; and the before he joined the America staff. , reception ofCoininunion by Catho- From 1991 to 1998, he was dh-edtor ~ l,ic'~i>QIiticians 'wpo~ support legal ofthe U.S. bishops' Office ofInterabortion. national JUstice and Peace. '. .' ~ these and other questions, He is the author ofmore than 100 America often hosted commentary articles on moral theology, ethics and , that represented a broad spectrum of international affairs, just war and opinions among Catholics, includ- nonviolence, Catholic social teachingthose who disagreed with some ing, and family care of the elderly. ofthe Vatican's positions.

He was a co-author of''Forgiveness ''The policy of (Father Reese) in Intematiotml Politics: An Alternawas to present both sides ofthe dis- tive Road to Peace," and he is curcussion. He wanted to present both rently drafting a definitive commensides within the Catholic community. tary on Ble~sed Pope John XXIII's Butthat did not sit well with Vatican encyclical, ~'Pacem in Terris. " authorities," Father de Vera said.

Father Rees~ joined the Jesuits in Father de Vera said that because 1962 and was ordained in 1974. He the articles touched on doctrinal is- earned a doctorate in political .scisues the Vatican wanted the Jesuits ence from the University ofCaliforto write articles "defending whatever nia, Berkeley, in 1976. Father Reese position the Church has manifested, also submitted his resignation from even ifit is not infallible." the board ofdirectors of the CathoMore than a year ago, Father de lic Press Association.

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DOMINICAN SISTER Rose Theril)g, known for her efforts to counter antiSemitism in the Cathqlic Church, is pictured in a photo taken in 1946 when she took' her final vows in Racine, Wis; Her story is told in the documentary "Sister Rose's Passion," premiering May 24,7., 7:40 p:m. on the Cinemax pay-cable channel, as part of its "Reel Life" series. (CNS file photo) , ,

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By DAVID DICERTO CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

While it would be foolish to deny the shameful specter of NEW YORK - During his anti-Semitism throughout the address at a 1997 symposium on Church's'history, the program's "The Roots of Anti-Judaism," implication that it was ever a part Pope John Paul II said, "Errone- of official Catholic doctrine is ous and unjust interpretations of simply false. the New Testament regarding the Directed by Oren Jacoby and Jewish people and their alleged nominated for an Oscar in 2005 culpability have circulated for for a best documentary short subtoo long." ject, "Sister Rose's Passion" As a young Dominican nun in chronicles Sister Thering's dethe 1950s, Sister Thering set out cades-long crusade against ignoto challenge the long-standing . rance, including her pioneering prejudice among Christians that efforts to rid Catholic textbooks the Jewish people were collec-. of anti-Semitic references, and, tively responsible for Jesus' death. most recently, her campaign to Her remarkable story is told in a introduce Holocaust awareness worthy documentary, "Sister .into the curriculum of every Rose's Passion," premiering May Catholic and public school in 24, 7"7:40 p.m. on the ~inemax New Jersey. '.' . pay-cable channel, as part of its With a running time of40 min"Reel Life" series. utes, the film also covers the inWhen Sister Thering was' strumental role Sister Thering's growing up in the homogeneously research played iJi the drafting of Catholic town of Plain, Wis., she' the Second Vatkari Council inquired, "Who are the Jews?" to . document "Nos.tra. Aetate," which her devout mother offered. which re$haped 'Catholic, attithe fpte' reply, "They are the tudes toward Jews and Judaism.

It nullified the insidious charge people that killed Jesus."

The response troubled her and of ~'deicide" by declaring, later led her to the realization that "Though Jewish authorities and it was impossible to reconcile ha~ those who followed their lead tred of Jewish people with the pressed for the death of .Christ, Gospel's command of love, es- neither all Jews indiscrimin!ltely pecially given Christianity's Jew- at that time, nor Jews today, can ish roots. (As she points out, be charged with the crimc;:scomJesus, Mary and the apostles mitted during his passion." were all Jewish.)

Through on-camera interDuring doctoral studies at Je- views and voice-overs, the suit-run St. Louis University, Sis- spunky 87-year-old nun comes ter Thering took up the cause of across as deepiy faithful to the what would eventually become .Church, though like St. Catherine her life's work: to weed out the of Siena, not afraid to criticize it "institutionalized" anti-Semitism when it falls short of its ideals. in Catholic teaching that had di- And while now retired from rectly or indirectly contributed to teaching, Sister Thering, a former the persecution of the Jewish educator at Seton Hall Univerpeople over the centuries. sity, is still active in New Jersey

where - despite ailing health she continues to build bridges between Christians and Jews, proving that one person can make a difference.

"Sister Rose's Passion" also contains commentary by Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League; Sister Mary C. Boys, a Sister ofthe Holy Names ofJesus and Mary who teaches at Union Seminary in New York; Father John Pawlikowski, director of Catholic-Jewish studies at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago; and Paula Fredriksen of Boston University. . Those interviewed, including Sister Thering, take a critical view of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," expressing concern over what they see as the film's potential for perpetuating ancient stereotype's of Jews as "Christ killers."

One point needs clarification.

The documentary contains a written 'statement that makes reference to an "adhoc (sic) panel" which the U.S. Conference of Catholic· Bishops supposedly "appointed" in 2003 to review a draft script of Gibson's film. No such group was ever appointed by the bishops.

An independent panel of Catholic and Jewish scholars critiqued an early copy of the screenplay, though Gibson's production company said they were looking at unauthorized copies of a draft script.

Viewers may want to get their hands on a copy of "The Bible, the Jews and the Death ofJesus," published by the U.S. bishops, as companion reading to, this thoughtful documentary.

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S1. Lawrence: $I,OOO-Rev. John M. Sullivan; $800-Rev. John P. Driscoll; $S2S-Mrs. Lucille Maynard;' $3S0-MIM Albert Fisher; $300-In Memory of Gertrude & Ernest Kruger; $IOO-James F. Murray, Theodore Calnan, Winifred Chartier, Joseph & Christine Walecka.

St. Mary: $I,OOO-In Loving Memory ofJesse & Antone Mathews; $320-MIM John H. LeBoeuf; $2S0MIM James LaCroix; $200-MIM , Daniel Costa; $lS0-Joseph F. Rapoza; $IJ5-MIM Walter Jaworski; $120-Edward Dawson; $100-Esther Barker, MIM Richard MacBain, M/ M David Marszalek, MIM William, Reilly, MIM Joseph O'Neill, MfM Paul Marashio, M/M Peter Wirzburger, MIM Dennis Wilkinson, Edward MacLean, MIM Raymond R. Yates, M/M David Silva, MIM Thomas Walsh, J. DeTer'ra & Sons HVAC,'MIM Robert Penler, M/M ~

WilliamArruda, MIM Charles Vardo, Mrs. Jesse Mathews, M/M Louis Hathaway, MIM Frank Condez, M/ M Manuel J. Ribeiro, Joan Desrosiers.

North Dartmouth St. Julie Billiart: $2,000-St. Vincent de Paul Society; $400-MIM Harding 1. Carrier; $2S0-MIM Joseph H. Jodoin; $200-Eva M. 'Perles, Atty/ M Richard I. Moses, DrlM PaulO. LaBelIe; $ISO-Hazel Dupre; $100Jeanne M. Paquin, MIM Paul Busse, M/M Matthew A. Midura, M/M Roland 1. Savaria, MIM Thomas H. Lemieux, Janice Langevin, Ann M. Pacheco, Claire Nicholas, Alice Gracia,Orren Robbins, MIM John 1.

Patenaude, MIM Martin King, MIM Frederick Toomey, M/M Antonio Cabral, M/M Antonio 1. Santos, M/ M Antonio A. Faria.

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North Easton Immaculate Conception: $600MfM Anthony Cerce; $300-MIM James Thrasher; $2S0-MIM Richard Rhodes; $200-Manuel Paulino, MIM John Norton, Jr., M/M Francis' Mahoney; $ISO-James Gorman; $11 O-MIM Edward Lindback; $100Virginia Rogers, M/M Jacques Tremblay, M/M Kenneth Robbins, M/M Thomas Starusky, Charles McMenamy, Catherine Richard, M/ M Delmis Ruggiero, MIM Wilfred Roberge, MIM Richard Connolly, M/ M Gino DiSciulIo, M/M Charles CrivelIaro.

North Falmouth S1. Elizabeth Seton: $1,SOO-Atty/ M David Gay; $1,OOO-Frederick McCarthy, Robert Williamson; $500Msgr. John I. Regan, MIM William Janovitz, MIM Herbert Sullivan; $360-MIM Robert AverilI; $300-M/ M James Quinn; $2S0-MIM John Boselli, MfM William Dillon, MIM Robert Wray; $200-MIM WilIiam Bearce, Mrs. James Ganci, MIM George Pelletier; $ISO-Mary Lawrence, Dr/M Fouad Yazbak; $12S-MIM Eugene Roche; $100Elizabeth Cowles, Theresa Garvey, Paul Geary, DrIMHerbert Gray, M/ M Clifford Long, M/M Jim Markowsky, MIM Gerard Martineau, MIM William SulIivan, MIM Paul Surette, Joanne Ward.

Norton St. Mary: $200-MIM Robert Moore; $ISO-MIM Joseph R. Daley.

Orleans S1. Joan of Arc: $1,OOO-MIM Richard McLaughlin; $2S0-MIM Ronald Lech, MIM Joseph F. Moran, Jr.; $200-Estelle Lussier; $100-MIM Wallace Ouellette, M/M Peter O'Meara.

Osterville Our Lady of the Assumption: $2,400-Anonymous; $I,OOO-MIM James Kowalski, MIM John C. Scully, MIM Ernest I. Gavel; $600-MIM Maurice F. McCormack; $SOOAnonymous, Francis Swift, Mrs. Barton Tomlinson, M/M Paul J. Ryder; $3S0-Mrs. Patricia Finn, M/ M James Ryan; $300-Anonymous, M/M Thomas I. Grady, M/M Peter Stepanek, MIM Lawrence K. Burke, MfM James Costello; $2S0-Anonymous, M/M John Falconi, MIM Robert I. Doyle; $200-Anonymous; M/ M Thomas Brackett, Mrs. Kathleen M. Bradley, Marie Butler & Sal

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Freitas, Miss Margaret Haggerty, St. Thomas More: $I,OOO-Rev. Mrs. Theodore Kling, MIM Edward Edward I. Byington, M/M Eugene I. A. Ml:!son, Mrs. Edward F. Pepin; $SOO-BarbaraA. Dunn; $300McLaughlin, Jr., Mrs. Jerry Monroe, Mrs. Jean 0' Brien, Miss Margaret 1.

MIM Joseph T. Scanlan, MIM John Dunn; $2S0-Barbara Scott; $240W. Sheehy, Mrs. Donald M. Sullivan, Mrs. Sarah T. Silvia; $200-MIM RiMrs. Sheila A. Thomas, Mrs. William chard P. Coute, M/M Dominick Thompson, Mrs. Shelson White.

Massa; $160-MIM Arthur S. Rebello; Provincetown $ISO-MIM John A. D'Ambrosio,M/ St. Peter the Apostle: $600- M Kenneth 1. Beaulieu, MIM Gerald Jacqueline B. Rozza; $SOO-John & Driscoll, DrlM Eduardo Leonardo, Joely Edwards, Seamen's Bank; MIM Charles Leary, MIM Joseph $200-Coastal Acres CampIng; $100- Reidy; $12S-Josephine Dube, Louis Joseph Andrews, James Moffitt, Cape Fayan, Miss Gertrude O'Neil; $120Cod Oil, Adams Phannacy.

Eliza Sabra; $llS-William H. Kirkman; $IOO-M/M Joseph Raynham S1.Ann: $4,OOO-MfMLeoCham- Albernaz, Jr., MIM Albert Capeto, pagne; $800-Theodore Kapala; $42S- Mary P. Daley, MIM Paul Donnelly, MIM Joseph Bettencourt; $3S0-M/M MIM Elvio A. Ferreira, MIM Shaun Roland Rondeau; $300-M/M Henry Fitzpatrick, Sr., Philomena Joubert, Crombie; $2S0-MIM Patrick Cady, , AttylM David Minior, M/M Thomas MIM Timothy Holick; $200-M/M Quinn, MIM Edmund F. Silva, Gloria Robert Simmons, M/M Edward Sroczynski, MIM James R. Watts, M/ Smith; $17S-M/M R. Michael M A. Roger R. Archambault, MIM Whitty; $lS7.S0-Mary Ann Kelly; Eugene Belanger, Mrs. Vincent A. $110-M/M J. W. Leroy Latimer; Coady, Mrs. Catherine C. Connelly, $lOO-Darlene Costa, Charleen MIM Frederick I. Ducharme, Jr., M/ Dahlen, MIM Arthur Hartford, MIM. M Roger A. Gaspar, MIM Raymond Albert Lousbury, M/M William Kamasiewicz, John Kineavy, Wilfred McCarthy, Beatrice Sa, Wendall Ta- L'Heureux, Ms. Bernice M. bor, MIM Frank Ventura. ' McCusker, MIM Francis I. Murphy, Seekonk Ms. Leona G. Shea..

Our Lady of Mount Carmel: South Dartmouth $l,OOO-MIM Frank Gibbons; $600S1. Mary: $SOO-MIM G. Albert MIM Edward Barbehenn; $SOO-M/ Roy; $lS0-Judge/M Thomas M. M Robert Brady, Kenneth Demers, Quinn, Jr.; $100-M/M Arnold MIM John Gregorek; $400-M/M DeMello, DrlM Mark Ventura, Mary Stephen Falco; $2S0-Frances Weigel.

Gorman, MIM Thomas Kerwin, Glen South Easton Larrabee, MIM George Smith, MIM Holy Cross: $300-MIM Robert Richard Sosebee, Marilyn Toole; Sullivan, Jr.; $2S0-Mrs. M: Tina $200-MlMNeil Farren, MfM Harvey Castaldi, MfM Steven E. Musselman; Mace, Susan Miller, M/M John $200-M/M Tom Aicardi; $160Kenyon, MIM Kevin O'Flanagan; Knights of Columbus-#238; $lS0$lS0,-MIM Thomas Devine, MIM Katherine Bird, MIM James Breton, William Friedlander, MIM Robert MIM Daniel Knappenberger; $12SKarewa, Ruth Santos; $ 144-MIM MIM Daniel J. O'Reilly; $100-MlM路 Mark DiPetrillo; $12S-MIM Joseph Gerard Burke, Mrs. Cecelia R. Clark, Costa, MIM Rosaire Marcotte, MIM Peter J. Farrell, MIM John K. Ford, William O'Gara; $1 OO-MIM Patrick MIM Joseph A. Gomes, MIM Alan Baker, MIM Raymond Callahan, M/ Greene, MfM Vincent Hurley, Mrs. M William Carden, MIM Terrence John Oliveira, Jr., MIM John Welch.

Charest, Irene Cheval, MIM Walter Swansea Dermody, Jose Doro, M/M Alfred St. Dominic: $300-MIM Donald George, Philip Grima, Jr., MfM Wil- Souza, MIM Lance Lavoie. liam Heaney, MfM Ronald Holden, St. Louis de France: $300-MIM M/M Matthew Keenan, Vera John Winters; $200-M/M Timothy Macedo, MIM Raymond Murtha, M/ Thompson; $135-M/M Joseph M Raymond Noelte, M/M John Belanger; $120-M/M Daniel Nunes, MfM Raymond Pickett, MIM Berthiaume; $IOO-Lillian O'Hearn, Diogo Pina, MfM Jorge Rijo,. M/M Gilbert Mathieu, M/M George T. Paul Sepe, MIM Arthur Trahan, M/ Costa, MfM Gerald E. Costa.

M Joao Vicente, Catherine Walsh, Taunton Violete Wilkinson.

Annunciation of the Lord: S1. Mary: $2,000-David & Cindy $SOO-MIM Anthony Nunes; $300Mullen; $I,OOO-Chris & .r'essica Contiuned on page J 3

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Bruce Blunt, MJM Brian Carr; $225M/M Francis Cardoza; $200-MIM Kenneth Perry, Robert & Lillian Mendes, MIM Robert Martin, Evans Lava; $150-MIM Joseph Martin, MJ MJames Dorsey; $130-M1M Gilbert F. Coute; $ I25-John E. Reilly, MIM Larry Tavares; $120-Maria Correia; $IOO-Andrew J. Mulhern, M/M Albert Mendonca, M/M Manuel DeSousa, MIM Carlos Pereira, MIM Francis Souza, MIM Daniel Jil, MI M Robert Donnelly, MIM Manuel Laranjo, Frank Mendes, Sylvina Fernandes, MIM Adelino Paulo, Edna Lincoln, Oscar Maynard, MIM Gilbert Perry, Eileen Cumiskey, Paula Alegi, M/M Joseph Custer, M/M James Lynch.

Holy Rosary: - $375-M/M Theodore 1. Wojcik; $275-Katherine Kiernan; $250-M/M Gilbert Levesque; $200-Anne Kalacznik, John Kearns, Jr., M/M Henry S. Milko, Theodore Biedak; $150-M1M Marcellus Lemaire; $130-MIM John Keams, Sr.; $120-Jean Maclary, MI MTimothy Winiarz; $11 O-MIM Robert Nichols; $104-M/M Richard Kozik; $1 OO-Richard Slavick & Family, Mrs. Stephanie Souza, MJM Edward Goldrick, Mrs. Stella Leonard, M/M Michael Baran, Lode Kalacznik, M/M Walter Gazda, Emily Pelczarski, Paula Chase, Stephanie Sharkus.

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St. Mary: $200-Michael Williams; $IOO-Delphinl:! Granfield, Linda Redmond.

St. Paul: $500-M/M Robert Bessette; $200-John Ferreira,AttylM Richard Nunes; $125~Jacqueline DaSilva; $1 OO-In Memory ofManuel O. Souza, MIM Joseph Conlon, MJ

M Robert Fielding, M/M Joseph Flaherty, MIM Robert Heroux, MIM James McGovern, MIM Roy Moss, MIM John Mullen, MJM Paul O'Boy, MIM Frank Peloquin, MIM Steven Studley, MIM Robert Valle, Adele White. .

Wellfleet Our Lady of Lourdes: $1,000MIM Joseph Duffy; $500-M1M Frank T. Szedlak, Jr.; $1 OO-Mary L. Bames.

West Harwich Holy Trinity: $4,000-Rev. Thomas L. Rita; $1 ,800-M1M Robert W. Udell; $I,OOO-John H. Nolan, Anthony Patz; $750-Honorable/M Gerald F. O'Neill; $500-Catherine F. George; $400-M/M Robert A. LeBlanc, Francis C. Sampson, MIM Paul Smith; $300-Ruth Sheehy; $200M/M John R. Black, Mrs. Bemis Boies, MIM Everett Boy, Mrs. John Branley, MIM Robert L. Brawley, MI M William C. Hickey, Jr., Eileen M. Kayata, Thomas F. Kelly, MIM John Merrill, MIM James Mischler; $150Alice Bonatt, M/M Michael DiMauro, Patricia Gallagher, MIM Maurice Houten, M/M Albert McEntee, MJM Martin E. Moran; $125-MIM Raymond L. Hebert, MI M Lawrence T. McKevitt; $IOO-MJ M Paul Ballantine, Pasquale F. Barba IV, M/M Francis Bigda, Mary.

Bresnahan, Mrs. LouisA. Chadik, MJ M A. Chotkowski, Constance Collinge, Patricia A. Concannon, MJ M Paul Cuddy, M/M Carroll R. Cusick, MIM Herbert J. Delaney, MI M Donald Devine, M/M Paul Donohoe, MIM Leo Dunphy, MIM Richard Fish, MIM William F. Flynn, MIM Lawrence V. Folding, M/M John 1. Gay, MIM John 1. Hanratty, MIM Joseph Harding, Anne Kennedy, MIM William T. Kiley, Paul T. Kirk, MIM Stanley L. Kocot, MIM Albert Loring, MIM Robert Maguire, MIM Richard T. Mapes, Mrs. Frank Matrango, MIM Peter O'Rourke, MJ M James F. Powers, MIM Frank Resteghini, M/M Edward Roth,

Eileen Ryan, Alice Saudade, Rosemary Schreiner, Alice Stinson, Mary D. Stoddard, M/M Thomas J. Sullivan, Mary Sylvia, MIM James Terralavoro, Mrs. Albert Tessier, MI M Walter A. Tessier, Katherine C. Tilley, Robert I. Trapp, Deacon Vincent P. Walsh, M/M Russell Wedge, E. Joan Whitney, Tim & Ellen Wolcott, Nicholas Zapple.

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St.. George: $1,OOO-MIM Paul Gracia; $200-MIM David Spiteri, MI M Jose Nunes; $IOO-Edward McGinn, Francis Silvia, MIM Oscar Joaquim, M/M Michael Martin, MI M Gregory Davis, M/M Stephen Torres.

St. John the Baptist: $500-MJ MRichard W. Brewer; $300-Leonard Rock; $250-Dr/M Joseph C. McGuill; $200-M1M Harry Green; $125-Hon/M James M. Cronin; $IOO-Charles Costa, MIM Charles Kinnane, Dr. Jean Leimert, MIM Richard Manchester, Agnes McCloskey, MIM David McClure, M/M John McDermott, MIM Gerald C. Rivard, Elizabeth Souza, MIM Reyes Ubiera, MIM Paul Sullivan, MIM Michael Bicho, R. Dorothy Jendry, MIM John Patys.

Woods Hole St. Joseph: $1,500-Mrs. Josiah K. Lilly ill; $1 ,200-Gerard & Barbara Boyle; $I,OOO-Jane Dunn; $600-Dr. John & Betsy Stegeman; $500-David & Mary Ann Medeiros, Phyllis M. MacNeil, Drs. Joseph Cobb & Jayne Farley, DrlM Thomas Sbarra; $200Dr. Edward H. Fitch, Kenneth & Mary Buckley, Neil & Brenda

Pope will allow JPII's sainthood cause to open immediately ROME (CNS)- Pope Benedict XVI announced that he was allowing the immediate opening of Pope John Paul II's cause for sainthood, setting aside the five-year waiting period called for by Church law.

Pope Benedict made the announcement at the end of a speech to the priests ofthe Diocese ofRome gathered for a meeting and a dialogue with him at the Basilica ofSt. John Lateran.

Finishing his prepared speech to the priests, the pope said he had a 'joyful announcement" to make before he listened to the priests' comments and questions.

He then read, in Latin, a letter from Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes, to Cardinal Camillo Ruini, papal vicar of Rome.

The letter said that at a recent audience, Pope Benedict, "consid.ering the special circumstances that were explained," had decided "to dispense from the five-year period ofwaiting after the death ofthe servant ofGod, Pope John Paul II...."

Pope Benedict had to wait several minutes to finish the sentence - saying he was authorizing the immediate opening ofthe "cause for

beatification and canonization" because the priests broke into a loud and sustained standing ovation.

When they quieted, he said, "I see you all understand Latin very well."

The comment brought more applause.

Although the process for considering the holiness ofPope John Paul was to begin immediately, it was not expected to conclude quickly.

Even after the normal five-year waiting period, causes for beatification and canonization require years, if not decades of studying the person's life, writings and relationships.

Those who knew the candidate are interviewed, and everything the person wrote must be scrutinized, a process that may take years, especially for a pope who was a prolific writer and speaker.

Two years after the 1997 death of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Pope John Paul set aside the five-year waiting period for the opening ofher cause, but she was not beatified until 2003.

Just the interview with the pope's longtime personal secretary, Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, "will take days," Father Molinari said.

Then there are hundreds ofother people, collaborators in the Roman Curia, longtime mends, bishops and priests, who also must be interviewed. His published work will be examined, but also letters, articles and poems held in archives in Poland and in other parts ofthe world, Father Molinari said.

The material must be compiled irito a multivolume biography, then a ~'positio" or position paperon how the candidate heroically lived the Christian virtues is written.

Historians and theologians examine the material and make recommendations to members ofthe Congregation for Saints' Causes, whose opinion is presented to the pope.

After the pope declares a candidate lived a life ofheroic virtue, beatification still requires the verification ofa miracle attributed to his intercession. Separate boards of.theologians and ofphysicians are called to examine miracles alleged to have occurred after the candidate's death.

Father Molinari said he was not surprised the pope set aside the waiting period because ofthe widespread public acclaim of Pope John Paul's holiness and because of Pope Benedict's long relationship with him.

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NEW BEDFORD AREA: $700-Lemieux Heating, Inc.; $400-Financial PlanningAlternatives, Westport; New Bedford Catholic

Woman's Club.

TAUNTON AREA: $2,SOO-St. Vincent de Paul Society-Taunton District Counci I; $1,OOO-St. Ann's-St. Vincent de Paul Society, Raynham; Bristol County Savings Bank; $700-Holy Rosary Sodality-Holy Rosary Parish; $600St. Maximilian Kolbe Guild-Holy Rosary Parish; $SOO-Holy RosarySt. Vincent de Paul Society; St. Joseph's Bingo, North Dighton; $250-Annunciation of the Lord Women's Guild; $200-St. Joseph's Women's Guild; $125-Knights' of Columbus-St. Joseph's Council #11914; $100-Trucchi's Market; Biss Lumber Company, Inc.; Lopes Variety Store.

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PRACTICE THE DEVOTION OF THE FIRST SATURDAYS, AS REQUESTED BY OUR LADY OF FATIMA

On December 10,1925, Our Lady appeared to Sister Lucia (seer of Fatima) and spoke these words: "Announce in my name that I promiseto assist at the hour ofdeath with the graces necessary for the salvation oftheir souls, all those who on the first .

Saturday of five con:iecutive months shall: 1. Go to confession; 2. Receive Holy Commll/rimr; 3. Recite the Rosary (5 decades); and 4. Keep me company for 15 minutes while meditating on the 15 mysteries ofthe Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to me. " In a spirit of reparation, the above conditions are each to be preceded by the words: "In reparation for the offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary."

Confessions may be made during 8 days before or after the first Saturday, and Holy Communion may be received at either the morning or evening Mass on the first Saturday.

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Bishop Coleman celebrates Mass with Connolly students FALL RIVER - Bishop Cole- , tion. The bishop was given a copy man was principal celebrant. and of his coat of arms created by Fathers David Pignato, Jose dos Anne Cabral, campus minister Santos, Barry Wall, and Michael and chairperson ofthe fine arts de' Ciryak, school chaplain, were partment. concelebrants at Mass recently for .After the celebration, the Parstudents, faculty, and families of ents' Visioning Committee hosted Bishop Connolly High School. a reception to thank the bishop Senior Class President Andrew 'and g\lests for their 'continued supAlmeida presented the bishop was port of Bishop Connolly High presented with gifts of apprecia- School.

STUDENTS AT Holy Family-Holy Name School, New Bedford, display the "Ho-Iympic" medals they earned during a recent spiritual training program at school.

At right, Principal Cecilia Felix presents , medals to students.

ST.' JOHN THE Evangelist Fourth-Grader Patrick Collins .participates in a presentation with Matt Abate from America's Best Defense studio in Attleboro Falls. Abate and William Pulsone were on hand at the Attleboro school to give a presentation on self-discipline and respect, to students in kindergarten, first, and second-grades.

ANDREW ALMEIDA, a senior at Bishop Connolly High School, presents Bishop Coleman with his coat of arms following a recent visit to the Fall River school.

ADAM BRANCH, center, a teacher at St. Joseph-St. Therese School in New Bedford, was recently presented an "Excellence in Education" Award from Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School. Four of Branch's former students at St. Joseph-St. Therese currently enrolled at New Bedford Voke, wrote essays nominating him for the award because he made a major contribution to their education. From left: Alyson Aguiar, Owen Motta, Branch, and Josh McGinnis. Also contributing an essay but not pictured is Corey Gagne. Branch's wife, Coleen, is a diocesan teacher at Notre Dame School, Fall River.

u.s. foundation takes Palestinian youths on Jerusalem, pilgrimage JERUSALEM (CNS) - Part pilgrimage, part political statement and part social outing, the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation's "Journey to Jerusalem" brought some 780 Christian Palestinian youths from the West Bank to Jerusalem for a day of activities.

"Some of the youth have never been to Jerusalem; others have only been here once or twice," said George Ghattas, who helped organize the event. "We want to convey to them the message that Jerusalem is theirs as well, that they belong to the city as Christians and as PalesCOYLE AND CASSIDY high school Seniors Emily Burdick tinians. We are saying that Jerusaand Stephanie Chmura get ready to take a measurement lem is a place which needs to be during a recent physics project. They and other students from shared in peace."

He said the U.S.-based foundathe Taunton school are participating in a project to determine tion also wanted to provide an opthe radius of Earth. . portunity for Christian youths from various parts of the West Bank to meet each other. With the series of Israeli checkpoints and border closings dotting the West Bank, it has become nearly impossible for TAUNTON - This year is the sure the shadow of a vertical pole Christians living in different areas "World Year of Physics," and stu- at a sequence of times before and to have encounters, he said.

The event was aimed specifidents and teachers from Coyle and after "local noon" on the first Cassidy High School and schools sunny day following the vernal cal!y ~t children 16 and under bethroughout the world, have heen equinox. Next they had to' com~ cause they can cross the checkcelebrating major achievements in pute their distance from the equa- points without special permits as the world ofscience including the tor using latitude and fmally to use long as they are accompanied by 100th anniversary of major con- their knowledge of geometry to adults with permits, Ghattas said.

The event was sponsored by the tributions to physics made by come up with the radius of the earth. This data will be sent to the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Albert Einstein.

Under the auspices of the World Year of Physics headquar- Land, the Latin Patriarchate of American Association of Physics ters via the Internet to be compiled Jerusalem, Caritas Jerusalem and Teachers, juniors and seniors at and publicized throughout the the Pontifical Mission, with the Coyle and Cassidy have been par- country.

Holy Land Christian Ecumenical In all, 32 students partici- Foundation taking care ofthe coorticipating in the "Eratoshenes Project:" These student scientists pated in the project. The end re- dination. Funding also came from have accepted the challenge of sult was Coyle and Cassidy stu- private donations from Christian determining the radius ofthe earth dents concluding that the radius groups and families in the United using an ancient method invented of the earth is 6,512.9 kilome- States, Ghattas said.

by Eratoshenes, who lived around ters. Their calculation fell within The foundation worked with par2 percent of the accepted table ish groups ofall Christian denomi200 B.C. nations to bring children from It required the students to mea- value.

Ramallah, Bethlehem, Beit Jalla, Beit Sahour, Nablus and the northern villages to Jerusalem, he said.

The groups were accompanied by priests, -parish workers and teach- ' ers. , At the event, young people congregated on the Mount of Olives overlooking Jerusalem's Old City and were led in song by Sonia Ghanem, the event's maincoordinator, before beginning their walk into the city. ' "This is my first time in Jerusalem. I want to see the Church ofthe Holy Sepulcher. I have never seen it," said SamirAwad, a 16-year-old Catholic from Taybeh. "I am very happy to be here because we are all Christians."

Coyle-Cassidy students measure Earth's radius

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A CHRISTIAN PALESTINIAN youth from the West Bank prepares to release a dove on the steps of Jerusalem's Church of All Nations during the "Journey to Jerusalem." (CNS photo by Debbie Hill)

The youths carried banners with quotes from the Gospel praising peacemakers as they made'their way down the narrow path.

For most of the youths, the trip was an opportunity to break out of the confines oftheir villages, socialize with new friends and see parts of Jerusalem they may never have seen even ifthey had visited the city before.

Participants first stopped at a Gethsemane church, where they received a lesson on the church's history, while some took time to pray.

Outside the church, white doves were released followed by hundreds of helium-filled balloons. Some of the doves took roost outside the church. . '''We need to pray to God to forgive us our sins," said George Kasbri, 14, of Ramallah, who last visited Jerusalem a year ago: "We have to pray so God will lis!en to us and give us what we want: to have peace here." , , Afterward, they visited a gift shop and small kiosk at the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu. They 'bought ice cream and soda and lounged on the grassy lawn of the church, eating sandwiches brought from home. Two boys attempted a makeshift baseball game with a stick and a small stone.

Wadieh Duwaneh, 11, a Lutheran from Nablus, held a small ,bracelet made of olive wood. She said that in Nablus, a mainly Muslim city where Christians are a tiny minority, there is only one small store that sells Christian religious artifacts.

"I love this," she said, looking around the large store with all its wares and at her new friends swarming around. "I don't feel alone. Here I feel like I have family."

Waiting for the next 'Star Wars'

By KASE JOHNSTUN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

I have been a "Star Wars" fan since I was tiny, memorizing every line from all three of the first three movies. "Return of the Jedi" was my favorite as a child because I loved it when Luke finally got all of his powers. He could flip, throw things with his mind and wield a pretty good light saber. Cool. I thought, "It all ended up perfect."

As I grew older, "The Empire Strikes Back" became my favorite. It rose to the top of the Star Wars Trilogy because it didn't have a happy ending. Han got frozen, Luke got his arm chopped off and the empire struck back. No happy ending

for that movie, but I enjoyed the reality of it - that the good don't always win.

I don't remember my feelings the first time I saw it. My mom says I cried at the end because it didn't end perfectly. Now I wonder how it would feel if I saw it for the first time without knowing the outcome of "Return of the Jedi," knowing that good did finally come back to conquer evil.

I think knowing that it all worked out well, with the emperor being tossed by a protective father (Darth Vader) into the heart of the new Death Star, afforded me the opportunity to love "The Empire Strikes Back." I think ifI could see "The Empire Strikes Back"

again without knowing the outcome of the entire series, I would feel angered or even a little scared that things might not work out for the good guys,

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flge that the evil emperor and empire would control the fate of all in the universe.

Knowing that this isn't the case, however, I can love "The Empire Strikes Back." I can relish its bitter ending, and I can enjoy the fight between Luke

and Darth,'knowing that some day that protective father would save the son's life.

I remember asking my parents after Darth said, "I am your father," if it was true.

"Mom, is he kidding? Is he just trying to fool Luke so he won't fight him?"

They told me that they dido't know., , "It can't be true," I told them.

Darth is too bad to be Luke's father. when young, that truth was too much for me to handle. How can Darth be bad and Luke be good, and how can he be his father? Too many questions for a small mind to comprehend.

We are afforded the same opportunity to enjoy our lives

even though they aren't perfect.

We are given the gift to look at the bad things that happen to us and say, "I learned something from that." We, luckily, can take the good out of the bad and move on with our lives, and even enjoy the good more because of the bad - because of what we've learned and risen above.

We can do all of this because we already know the end of the story. Our protective Father will be there for us in the end, 'and it will all be good when we leave this part of the series. The only difference is that our protective Father always has been there, is there now and will be there for us, promising us that the end of the series is a happy ending.

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Friday, May 20, 2005

Pope drops pap~1 crown from coat of arms; adds miter, and pallium By

CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

'C,OLUMBIETTES MEMBER Susan Plonka, her baby granddaughter Suzanne Plonka, and Denise Branco, Columbiettes immediate past president display the Mother's Day baby bottle collection. (Photo by Paul Levesque, Cross of Christ Council No. 12283, K of C)

'Columbiettes hold unique Mother's Dq,y collection'

Ass6NJ;:r VILLAGE - The路'-p~ssin~raround the traditional colColumbiettes, of the Cross 'of 'lectiori'basket,' the bottles were Christ Council No. 12283 recently: ~ received at the altar in a baby carheld an unusual collection to prp:: ner. Immediately following weekvide help to abortion-vulnerable' end Masses, members of the women.

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VATICAN CITY - The papal crown has been given the boot once again, this time no longer appearing as part of the new pope's coat of arms. .

Pope Benedict XVI has dispensed with the image of the three-tiered tiara that traditionally appeared at the top, of each pope:s coat of arms and replaced it with the pointed miter.

The pope also has added the pallium, the woolen stole symbolizing a bishop's authority, to the elements surrounding the shield.

The details of the new papal blazon were " published .in the Vatican newspaper, L 'Osservatore Romano.

"Benedict XVI has chosen a coat of arms that is rich ,in symbolism and meaning, so as to put his personality and his papacy in the handsofhistory," said Italian Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, an expert on heraldry and creator of Benedict XVI's new insignia.

"For at least the past eight centuries, popes have had their own personal coats of arms in addition to the symbols of the Apostolic See," the archbishop said in the ,Vatican newspaper.

While each papal shield is unique, the elements surrounding it had more or less remained the same for centuries - until now.

Gone is the beehive-shaped crown whose actual use in important ceremonies' was abandoned during the papacy of Paul VI. For Pope Benedict's ensign, the more modest and recognizable miter has taken its place.

But the silver miter has three gold stripes to mirror the symbolism of the papal tiara's three tiers: "order, jurisdiction and magisterum," said Archbishop Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, who had served as an apostolic nuncio for more than 20 years.

A vertical gold band connects the three stripes in the middle "to indicate their unity in the same person," he said.

Another novelty is the addition of the white pallium with black crosses draped below the shield.

"It indicates the (bishop's) role of being pastor of the flock entrusted to him by Christ," wrote Archbishop Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo.

What has not changed and has been part of papal emblems for centuries is the Holy See's insignia of two crossed keys, which symbolize the powers Christ gave to the Apostle Peter and his successors. The gold key on the right represents the power in heaven and the silver key on the left indicates the spiritual authority of the papacy on earth. The cord that unites the two keys alludes to the bond between the two powers.

Nestled on top of the keys lies the unique

shield of Pope Benedict, which is based on his coat of arms as archbishop of Munich and Freising, Germany, and is particularly rich in personal and spiritual symbolism, wrote Archbishop Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo.

The shield is divided into three sections each of which has its own symbol.

The central element on a red background is a large gold shell that has theological and spiritual significance for the pope, the archbishop said. The shell recalls a legend in which St. Augustine came across a boy on the seashore who was scooping water from the sea and pouring it into a small hole he had dug in the sand.

When the saint pondered this seemingly futile activity, it struck him as analogous to limited human minds trying to understand the infinite mystery of the divine.

"The shell reminds me of my great master Augustine, of my theological work, and, of the vastness of the mystery which surpasses all our learning," wrote then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in his 1997 autobiography "Milestones, Memoirs: 1927-1977."

Also, Archbishop Cordero di Montezemolo wrote that the shell has long symbolized the pilgrim, "a symbolism Benedict XVI wants to keep alive" after Pope John Paul II, "the great pilgrim."

The shell is also present in the coat of arms of the Schotten monastery in Regensburg, Germany, to which the pope "feels very spiritually close," the archbishop said.

The upper left-hand section of the shield depicts a brown-faced Moor with red lips, crown and collar; it is a symbol of the former Diocese of Freising dating back to the eighth' century.

Though it is not known why the Moor came to represent Freising, the pope said for him "it is an expression of the universality of the Church which knows no distinctions of race or class since all are one in Christ," he said in his book, "Milestones."

Finally, a brown bear loaded with a pack on his back lumbers up the upper right-hand section of the shield.

The bear is tied to an old Bavarian legend about the first bishop and patron saint of the Diocese ofFreising, St. Corbinian. According to the legend, when the saint was on his way to Rome, a bear attacked and killed his horse.

St. Corbinian punished the bear by making him, carry the saint's belongings the rest of the way to Rome.

Archbishop Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo said the bear symbolizes the beast "tamed by the grace of God," and the pack he is carrying symbolizes "the weight of the episcopate."

The pope said in his 1997 autobiography: "Meanwhile, I have carried my pack to Rome and wander for some time now through the streets of the Eternal City. When release will come I cannot know. What I do know is that I am God's pack animal, and, as such, close to him."