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DIACONATE CANDIDATES lay prostrate in the sanctuary. of St. Anthony's Church in New Bedford last Saturday. At left is Msgr. John F. Moore, director of the diocesan Permanent Diaconate, and Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap. Seventeen men became permanent deacons at the Mass. r

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Simpson to·guide personnel in diocesan school system And in a title change, George A. Mi/ot is superintendent of diocesan schools.

turing of the schools' administration, he will hitherto carry the title of superintendent of schools, also effective July 1.

"I am extremely happy and fortunate to have Kate Simpson as a member of what is now a three-posiBy DEACON JAMES N. DUNBAR tion office in the administration of our diocesan FALL RIVER - Kathleen A. Simpson, princi- schools;' said Milot. "She is very competent, been pal ofTaunton Catholic Middle School, will become a principal at two other Catholic schools and she one of two assistant superintendents of Fall River brings to our staff a person with the expertise of the Diocesan Schools, effective elementary schools."

July 1. r------.~.~-.With Dr. Boyle and Mrs. Simpson, of East Provi,/ ~~?..".", Simpson "we now have the cadence, will be the assistant supability to come together in the ,I way we have long envisioned perintendent in charge of per- """.-';.

• and never had before;' Milot sonnel.

She will join Donna Boyle, added.

Among Simpson's primary academic principal at Coyle and Cassidy High School in areas of responsibility will be Taunton, who in March was to supervise the maintenance of also named an assistant superpersonnel records of all emintendent - in charge of curployees of Catholic schools in riculum - in the diocesan the diocese; to interview and schools grades kindergarten approve all prospective candithrough 12. dates for hiring; to assist the suThe appointment of perintendent in providing leadSimpson was announced by ership and direction in setting administrative, developmental Director of Education George A. Milot, who told The Anchor Turn to page J2 that in the continuing restruc- Simpson ~

RECRUmNG - Nurses at long-term diocesan health facilities in a concentrated effort to finding talented co-workers include: seated, Diane Leclair, Cindy Pelczarski and Nancy DeSouza; and standing, Melandie Karol and Sherrie Grime.

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Diocese's healthcare nurses make a pitch

By DEAcoN JAMES N. DUNBAR FALL RIVER Five healthcare nurses are making a public relations appeal in an effort to stem a nursing shortage by attracting more colleagues to join their ranks in the practice of longterm quality care for geriatric patients.

Representing four of the five skilled nursing and rehabilitative

healthcare facilities operated by the Fall River diocese in Southeastern Massachusetts, the nurses talked with The Anchor last week.

The quintet included Nancy DeSouza, MSN, RNC, director of nursing at the Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River; Diane Leclair, MSN, RNC, assistant director of nursing at the home; Melandie Tum to page 12 - Nurses

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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., May 24, 2002

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FALL RIVER - The Pope St. Pius X Youth Award was presented to more than 60 young people from the diocese Wedne~­ day evening at St. Mary's Cathedral.

The award is given in recognition of extraordinary youth who selflessly serve their peers, youth ministry programs and parishes.

"This award is a great way to recognize teens who answer the call to discipleship," said Bud Miller, director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry.

"These are young people who are embracing their faith and living it out. It recognizes good works, but also their faithfulness."

The award ceremony was coordinated by the Office of Youth and Adult Ministry in conjunction with Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., and the diocese. Guest

Attleboro Deanery Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Seekonk, Jared McCauley; Sacred Heart, North Attleboro, Shauna L. Crounse; S1. John the Evangelist, Attleboro, Adam Michael Kress; S1. Mark, Attleboro Falls, David J; Kirby; S1. Mary, Mansfield, Daniel John Rogers; S1. Mary, Seekonk, Stephen Daniel Alaownis; S1. Mary's, North Attleboro, Travis Ryan Flint; S1.

Mary's, Norton, Nicole Mary Ledbetter; S1. Stephen's, Attleboro, Randy Raschael Flynn; S1. Theresa of the Child Jesus, Attleboro, Philip Dean.

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The award was named after speakers included Bishop O'Malley, and Bob McCarty, ex- Pope St. Pius X who as pontiff, ecutive director for The National established the Diocese of Fall Federation of Catholic Youth Min- River. He was known for his great love of the Eucharist and sought istry.

McCarty has been involved to "restore all things in Christ," the with youth ministry for more than motto for his pontificate.

Award recipients came from 20 years and has served in diocesan, parish, school and commu- all five deaneries of the diocese· nity programs. He has authored and were joined at the award cerseveral books and articles on min- emony by friends and family members. The ceremony inistry with young people.

The day was a celebration of cluded prayer and music. It will the "generosity of kids," said be held annually on the last Miller. "It's a celebration of young Wednesday of May. There are many young people people being good stewards and giving of their time. Some serve who help out in their parishes, as lectures, choir members, youth but have perhaps never been recgroup leaders, altar servers and ognized for the work they do. even as members of their parish The Pope St. Pius X Youth councils."

Award gives pastors an opportuMiller added that the young nity to recognize the unsung heleaders are good role models for roes and those "shinning extheir peers. "They've heard the call amples," of discipleship accord~ of Jesus and are responding to it," ing to Miller. said Miller. . The recipients are:

Christi, East Sandwich, James F. White; Holy Redeemer, Chatham, Abigail Burns Taylor; Holy Trinity, West Harwich, Joseph Richard Centrella; Our Lady of Lourdes, Wellfleet, Patrick Michael Kane; Our Lady of the Assumption, Osterville, Riley Jameson Williams; Our Lady of the Cape, Brewster, Chaitra Clark McCarty; Our Lady of Victory, Centerville, Colleen Farrow; Sacred Heart, Oak BlUffs, Jane McGroerty; S1. Francis Xavier, Hyannis, Jeremy R. Cadrin; S1. John the Evangelist, Pocasset, Jonathan M. Wolstenholme; S1. Margaret, Buzzards Bay, Ryan Flaherty; S1. Patrick's, Falmouth, David Michael Massi; S1. Pius X, South Yarmouth, Caitlin Ryan.

Fall River Deanery Holy Rosary, Fall River, Keith A. Viveiros; Notre Dame de Lourdes, Fall River, Karyssa Ahaesy; Our Lady of .

Health, Fall River, Derek Matthew Machado; Sacred Heart, Fall River, Kelly Price; S1. Anne Parish & Shrine, Fall River, Alexander Paiva; S1. Bernard,

Assonet, Village, Barrett Castro; Sf Dominic, Swansea, Patrick J. Ryan; S1. John the Baptist, Westport, Quentin Elias; S1. Louis de France, Swansea, Brett Beausoleil; S1.

Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, Bryant Serrano; S1. Michael, Fall River, Jason Brilhante; S1.

Michael, Swansea, Zachary Boissonneau; SS. Peter and Paul, Fall River, Stephen Reney; Santo Christo, Fall River, Caroline Rodrigues Oliveira.

New Bedford Deanery Immaculate Conception, New Bedford, Nelson Pires; Nuestra Senora De Guadalupe, New Bedford, ·Edith Colon; Our L~dy of Mount Carmel, New Bedford, Christopher Teixeira; Our Lady of Perpetual' Help, New Bedford, Kevin Patrick Monteiro; S1. Anne;' New Bedford, Andrew Mark'Sousa; S1. Anthony, Mattapoisett, Elizabeth A. Valliere; S1.

Francis of Assisi, New Bedford, Karla Jean Belli; S1.

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In Your' Prayers Please pray for the following priests during the coming week May 28 1982, Rev. Lionel A. Bourque, Former Chaplain, Cardinal Cushing Hospital, Brockton May 30 1929, Rev. Jordan Harpin, O.P., Dominican Priory, Fall River 1937, Rev. Edmond J. Potvin, Pastor, St. Jean Baptiste, Fall River .

1950, Rev. James M. Quinn, Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, Attleboro 1993, Rev. Robert T. Canuel, St. Anne's Monastery, Fall River May 31 1964, Rev. Vincent A. Wolski, OFM Conv., Pastor, Holy Cross, Fall River

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., May 24, 2002

Bishop O'Malley to lead ,Corp,us Christi procession FALL RIVER - Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., will lead a solemn procession marking the feast of Corpus Christi on June 2, beginning at Holy Name Church, 709 Hanover Street.

The bishop will first celebrate Mass there at II :30 a.m., after which he will process to an altar set up near the Bishop's residence on Highland Avenue.

The entire route of the procession will be less than one mile.

At approximately 12: 15 p.m., the procession will begin at the

church and travel north on Hanover Street until Pearce Street where the processors will head west until Highland Avenue.

Once there, the procession proceeds north on Highland Avenue until it reaches the Bishop's residence, where Benediction will take place..

Following Benediction, they will process to New Boston Road and east to Hanover Street, then south back to the church.

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ment released by the Congregation for Divine Worship, "Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharist Outside of Mass," "The annual procession on the

feast of Corpus Christi is desirable, in accordance with the law, when today's circumstance permits and when it can truly be a sign of common faith and adoration."

This is the first Corpus Christi procession at Holy Name parish according to Father Edward A.

Murphy, parochial vicar at the parish and one of the organizers of the event.

"We would love various organizations to be part of this procession, to show our love fOF the Eucharist," he said.

For more information, call Father Murphy at 508-679-6732.

A. TTENTION CAPE COD VETERANS This Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, the town of Barnstable will hold its annual parade and ceremonies in the Village ofCenterville beginning at 10:00 a.m. The progmffi will have two locations - Memorial Park and Beechwood Cemetery.

Immediately following, a Catholic Mass will be celebrated at Our Lady of Victory Church, 230 Main Street, Centerville, to remember Captain Emil J. Kapaun, Chaplain, who died in a prisoner of war camp in North Korea in 1951.

A Catholic priest and a hero, Father Kapaun is the subject of an effort to advance the cause ofhis canonization to sainthood for his remarkable service to his fellow soldiers, both non-Catholic and Catholic alike.

Celebrations set in Easton and across the world.

Center Chapel.

A reception will follow in the adjacent Father Peyton Center, a 22,700-square-foot pilgrimage EASTON - Memorial litur- and visitors' center and internagical and prayer celebrations ob- tional headquarters for Holy serving the 10th anniversary of Cross Family Ministries, which the death of the "Rosary priest," opened in 2000.

A noon Mass will also be held pioneer radio-TV producer and sainthood candidate Father June 3, the actual anniversary, in Patrick Peyton, will be held here the small chapel in the Father Peyton Center. Holy Cross Father June 2 and 3.

Holy Cross Family Ministries, John Phalen, president of Holy comprised of ministries Father Cross Family Ministries, will be Peyton founded and which are the principal celebrant at the June continuing, will host a rosary at 3' 2 and 3 Masses.

Father Peyton, a priest of the p.m., on June 2 at Father Peyton's gravesite in Holy Cross Cemetery Congregation of the Holy Cross, and also host a Mass at 4 p.m., at died June 3, 1992 in San Pedro, the nearby 600-seat Holy Cross Calif. He was reinterred in Holy Cross Family Cemetery in Easton.

The opening of Father Peyton's sainthood cause was announced last June I, by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap. In 1947, Father Peyton founded Family Theater Productions on Sunset Boulevard in California. His famous slogan, coined for his ministry, "The family that prays together stays together" is a household phrase.

He also founded the Family Rosary in Albany, N.Y., 60 years ago to encourage families worldwide to pray the rosary together.

FATHER PATRICK PEYTON

Additional information on Father Peyton is available from www.hcfm.org or by calling Holy Cross Family Ministries at 800-299-PRAY.

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Once and for all As we prepare for the grand opening of the summer season launched on Memorial Day, the annual combative machination of the Steamship Authority once again takes center stage. This current round again centers on the proverbial battle between New Bedford and the Authority itself. The crux of this current dilemma concerns the historic and sometimes hysterical issue of taxation without representation. New Bedford and the Town of Barnstable have no voice or vote on the comings and goings of the Authority.

Only Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and Falmouth run the entire show. Although Hyannis is the chief connection from the mainland to Nantucket, the town fathers really have no say in what the Authority does on its own turf. New Bedford feels that a voice on the Steamship Authority is a necessity for the city's economic development. This has been firmly opposed by the current Authority. The entire scenario is Machiavellian at best; at worst it's a total disaster.

All predictions concerning summer travel indicate that this year will be a banner year for tourism. Due to the circumstances of our prevailing international situation, many people plan to vacation in areas they can drive to. Cape Cod and the Islands are favorite des- '

DEACON WALTER THOMAS OF ST. MARY'S CHURCH, MANSFIELD, LENDS A HAND TO SHANNON MOORE IN THE CROWNING OF THE BLESSED MOTHER DURING THE PARISH'S MAY PROCESSION.

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This summer could be an excellent year for the local economy.

The problem really is one of transportation. The Cape's infrastructures simply cannot handle the demands. Only so many I8-wheelers can make it down to antiquated docking areas. The roads are incapable of handling traffic at peak areas of travel. The solution is to be found in reasonable alternatives. New Bedford plays a key factor in this search. It has docking potentials that can handle freight from truck and train. If an effort were made to develop container cargo ports, it would indeed be a massive step in the right direction. Hauling everything over two fragile bridges is unreasonable and an outright danger. One jackknifed truck can cause a backup of countless miles. Even emergency vehicles would be imperiled.

Someone has to really raise the concern of public safety. The standCATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE off with the Steamship Authority is more than protecting one's This is an editorial which apown turf. The common good should be seen as an imperative. peared in the May 9 issue of The , In all of this we once again must reflect that the exercise of Southern Cross, newspaper of the public authority is mea~t to give an outward expression to a just Diocese of San Diego. It was writhierarchy of values in order to facilitate the exercise of responsi- ten by editor Cyril Jones-KeUett bility by' all. Those in authority should practice distributive justice Pope John Paul II has given witwisely taking account of the needs and demands with a view to ness to the Go~pel of Jesus Christ in harmony and peace. Above all they should take care that the regu- just about every way a person could. lations and measures they adopt are not a temptation by setting ,Maybe it is time, some say, for him personal interests against that of the community. It is the role of to retire.

He has traveled to every contithe state to defend and promote the common good of civil society, nent preaching the goodnews. He its citizens and intermediate bodies.

Within the next few weeks a Steamship Authority bill will be has served the poor and counseled the powerful. He has left a legacy of released by the House Ways and Means Committee and be brought written insight into the meaning of to the floor for a vote. The New Bedford delegation is optimistic the Gospel and of the Church that is that its position will prevail on the floor..The matter will then be staggering in depth and scope. He sent to the Senate. Officials from Falmouth and the Islands seem- has led the Church through one of . ingly will oppose it. its most tumultuous periods and has It is about time that the narrow vision of the few is expanded never let the faithful lose sight of our wider in order that a solution will continue to develop if our elected primary call: the mission to evangeofficials falter and fail in this matter bec'ause of their own political lize the whole world. He has gathered with millions of young people interests. Let's get this mess settled once and for all. . and invigorated them for lives of love and service; most especially at The Executive Editor WorldYouth Days around the globe.

He created the "Catechism of the CatholiC Church," he revised the " Code of Canon Law, he promoted popular piety and empowered lay spiritual movements. He worked tirelessly for liturgical renewal and he appointed a whole generation of truly missionary bishops. To cap it , OfFIC,lAL NEWSP~PEROF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER all, he both named and powerfully ,Published weekly bythe Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River challenged the "culture of death." :::./ <:;887 ,Highland Avenu~ ' P . O . BOX 7路 And now he is seriously disabled. ",,:: 'fall River, MA 02720 Fall River, MA 02722-0007 It is common knowledge that he suf- ' fers from Parkinson's disease or " Telephone 508-675-7151 FAX 508-675-7048 ,.

E-mail: T/leAnchor@Ai'lchornews.org , something similar. Much ofhis body ~end address changes to P.O. Box, call or use E-mail address is gripped by paralysis. His speech is slurred and his facial expressions EXECUTIVE EDITOR have lost ,their once inspiring vigor. , Rev. M~r. John F. Moore He is sometimes in too much pain ':::+.':;,:路EDITOR . ' NEWS EDITOR OFFICE MANAGER to walk. He has all but given up his "::\~:D8:Vld B. 'Jolivet James N. Dunbar Barbara M. Rels . ". ': penchant for travel. "~:":"~:. ~" ':.. ,S~ .~:"",,,:' -'. .'"

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Radio shock-jocks make fun of him. TaJking heads deride his ability to lead, calling him an "old, tired man," as if these things were the very marks of irrelevance. News people openly speculate on whether he is aware enough to continue leading the Church.

For those who have loved and admired him, and found in him a dynamic champion of Christ in an age of Christlessness, this is a painful time.

He is not the physical force he once was. His demeanor, far from startling the world with the energy of the Gospel as it once did, now seems to confirm the decrepitude of all that the Church holds dear. He is old, and tired, and l!ard to understand. He has no sex appeal and little physical appeal of any kind. .He is not even one ofthose graceful old folks in whose sparkling eyes one finds the glint ofjoy that caps a life well lived. Mother Teresa was one of these. His face is dull and bloated.

In fact, were we to run across another person in the pope's condition in, say, a nursing home, would we not see that person as an object ofpity, an opportunity for us to minister lovingly?

Yet the pope insists on continuing to minister to us.

There are hundreds of thousands of such older folks all around us.

They are mostly out of sight and we, younger and more vigorous, have the luxury of ignoring their existence. There are also young disabled folks - the mentally retarded, the psychotic, the paralyzed, the palsied.

The list goes on and on.

The pope is one of them. In this

he is witnessing to the Gospel with more vigor than ever he has before.

God is the God of the poor, the broken, the ashamed, the forgotten.

He calls champions forth in the service of the Gospel, and our pope has been one of these champions.

But mostly, he calls forth the mentally retarded, the psychotic, the paralyzed, the palsied, the poor, the broken, the asham?d and the forgotten.

We are a Church of the needy, the anxious, the sin-wracked, andthe defeated, and we have been blessed with a disabled pope. He is a sign of contradiction in a world that worships youth and beauty and the visage of competence.

What does this sign say?

The Gospel is not just true in the springtime of life, but in its winter, too. And it is those who are made humble who are closest to the kingdomofGod. How many more, who are like the pope, have we hidden away? We, the builders 'of our own busy world, have we not rejected God's cornerstone a hundred thousand times over? .That tired, old man in the Vatican, he is a rebuke to us and to all the ways our culture spells death to our humanity. He is also a sign of great hope, pointing us, by his heroic ser'vice, in the direction of true life. Life does not depend on our sex appeal, but on the promise of our heavenly Father. We have nothing to fear in the loss of our youth; it is but a moment, and then he shall make all things new again.

When we have lost everything, he still has a place for us. For one tired, old man, that place, thank God, is the throne of Peter.

A job well done It truly doesn't matter whether one is a hawk, a dove, or somewhere in between. Nor does it matter whether one agreed, disagreed or remained indifferent with regards to America's involvement in the wars in Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf, Vietnam, Korea and World Wars I and II. What is of significance is for all Americans to remember and honor our military veterans this Monday, Memorial Day. More often than not, these courageous men and women had no choice of what role they would play in American history. They did not start the wars, or pick their battles. They did their jobs - duties that ranged from facing the terrors of the front lines, to maintaining equipment, to treating the wounded, to keeping mounds of paperwork in order. They were our grandfathers, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters and friends. They were from all races, creeds and backgrounds. Some survived, and some were killed. All different, yet, with one common bond - maintaining the freedom you and I enjoy and often take for granted.

September II gave us a nightmarish glimpse of what others

A. McAbee. The setting, a comfortable restaurant with a bountiful menu, was in marked contrast to the story Colonel McAbee had to tell.

Col. McAbee was a 30-year-old major in 1950, when the Chinese army captured him, Father Kapaun and scores of other U.S. soldiers in North Korea. For three years, those who survived endured torturing, starva~j,: " tion, freezing cold condi1'•.•,~ . . .' . • • . . .'• . tions, strength-sapping ill. f nesses and thoughts of never seeing their loved .

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By Dave Jolivet Americans were well fed, warm and healthy. .

We sat in that cozy eatFor at least one day, we can save ery, but Col. McAbee was thouthe hero worship we bestow on ath- sands of miles, and 50 years away letes, actors and actresses, rock stars from that place and time as he reand other entertainers. As we wit- called the horrific conditions. Yet, nessed last September, there are there was no bitterness or regret in much more deserving recipients of the colonel's eyes. He was in Korea to do a job, and that's what he our adulation.

This was no more evident to me did.

In 1953, Col. McAbee left as when I recently interviewed a retired Army colonel for a story Camp No.5 in North Korea, part about a Cape Cod Memorial Day of a prisoner exchange between the .Mass in memory of Father Emil U.S. and the Chinese armies. Did Kapaun, a Catholic chaplain who he rush home to the comforts of died in a prison camp in North Ko- home following the ordeal? No, he ,remained in the military for another rea in 1951.

I went out to lunch with 10 years. He had a job to do.

Col. McAbee's exodus from Cummaquid resident Col. Filmore around the world face every day.

Thanks to our veterans, past and present, we can come and go as we please. We can work, play and seek an education wherever we want.

We can even voice out against our own government and military whenever we want.

My View From the Stands

Letters to the Editor Editor: After reading Father John Dietzen's column on salvation in the April 5 edition and Brother Bugnolo's letter commenting on it in the May 3, edition, I want to reflect on these themes.

I did much research on this for my novel, "My Heart is South of Boston." I learned that an encyclical is a letter to the faithful by a pontiff. Hopefully the faithful will follow it. A dogma is a truth presented by a pontiff and all must believe it. Brother Bugnolo, I feel, wrongly called the encyclical "Outside the Church there is no Salvation" a dogma.

The Church today teaches that salvation for billions of people in the world, who are never exposed to the faith, can, if they are good, make it to eternal happiness. How could a loving and thoughtful creator make so many wonderful people - just to doom them?

John Francis Waygan _ East Falmouth Editor: There is an old Irish tale about an elderly pastor who woke one morning to a vision that the Lord himself was walking down the street toward his church. Frantically, he called the bishop to ask what he should do. The bishop replied, "Act busy."

Last weekend, the pastor of St. Mary's Church was just possibly the busiest man in Nantucket. On Saturday, Father Paul

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In these days when the clergy is on trial, it is. very reassuring to know that here in Nantucket, we have this man who is always there when we need him, and quietly doing good - all by himself.

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I'm writing a letter to the editor.

Your editorial in the April 25 edition of The Anchor was an effective analysis of where we are as the Catholic Church in America and a thoughtful call to action for the future. The laity has been less forceful and vocal as perhaps we should have. However, the ministry has become more insular and insulated from their flock than they should have been. . As with' all professions and structure in our American society, the media may be obsessive at times. However, our problems and scandals in the Church would not have thankfully been brought to light without a vigilant and pursuing news media.

The Anchor is truly a jewel of our diocese. Keep up the great work of strengthening our faith and keeping us informed about our beloved Catholic Church.

North Korea wasn't greeted with hard to find one. It doesn't matter cheering fans and mobs of auto- what your opinion of our military graph seekers. And there have been is. Our veterans have and will conthousands and thousands of stories tinue to protect us nonetheless. similar to his through the ups and When Col. McAbee and I parted downs of American history ways that day, I asked him for his some with less favorable conclu- autograph. It's the most prized of . my modest collection. sions.

Too many of our veterans had Dave Jolivet is a former their lives snuffed out much too sports editor/writer and the early in the sands of Afghanistan, current editor of The Anchor. the rice paddies of Vietnam, the Comments are welcome at mountains of Korea, the beaches of DaveJolivet@Anchornews.org.

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ATTLEBORO - Singer and musician John Poke will host a Bethany Nights evening May 31 at 7:30 p.m. in the church at La Salette Shrine. It will consist of song and prayer.

For more information call 508222-5410.

ATTLEBORO - The annual procession and Mass in honor of the Holy Spirit will be held June 2 at Holy Ghost Church, 71 Linden Street. The procession begins at 9 a.m. and Mass is at '11 a.m.

EAST FREETOWN - An Emmaus Retreat for young adults ages 20-35 will be held June 21-23 at Cathedral Camp.

For more information can Paul Hodge at 508-399-7418.

FALL RIVER - The Fall River First Friday Men's Club invites all area men to join them on June 7 for 6 p.m. Mass at St. Anthony of the Desert Church, 300 North Eastern Avenue. An informal dinner will follow in the parish center. For more information call 508-678-1792.

NEW BEDFORD -A program entitled "Theology on Tap," will be held May 29 at 6: 15 p.m. at Bickford's Restaurant, 2980. Acushnet Avenue: . . . . It

is open to single and married people in their 20s and 30s and will feature a guest speaker.

NEW BEDFORD - The annual Corpus Christi Procession, sponsored by the Franciscans of the Immaculate, will be held June 2 at 2 p.m. at Our Lady's Chapel, 600 Pleasant Street. For more information call 508-996-8274.

NORTH DARTMOUTHA Separated-Divorced Support Group will meet May 27 from 79 p.m. at,the Diocesan Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Road.

NORTH DARTMOUTHA diocesan Ultreya will be held June 4 at 7 p.m. at the Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Road. Witness speaker Barbara Britto will address the topic "Gathering God's Strength." For more information call 508-823-4116.

TAUNTON - A meeting, sponsored by the Community Crisis Spiritual Care Team; .will be held at Morton Hospital on May 29 at 11 a.m., to discuss the development of a clear working relationship between the clergy and emergency response teams in the event' of a major disaster.

For more iriformation, call Dea.1. con Michael E. Murray at 617438-2000.

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Funerals for non-Catholics Q. I am Catholic, my husband ecumenical matters, No. 120.)

Under certain circumstances fuis not. But he has always supported me and our children in the neral services in a Catholic church are also possible for others who are Catholic faith.

We're getting older now and not Catholic or not baptized. Priests need'to know if he may be bur- often officiate at funerals of those ied from the Catholic Church. Is not of our faith, especially when the there a ceremony for a non- family requests it or when the indiCatholic that can take the place vidual has an otherwise close relaof Mass? A friend has the same tionship to the church or a parish. question, and I suppose many other Catholics .wonder also. (California) A. There are several possibilities you can consider. First, if your husband is baptized, a Mass at

By Father his funeral may not be out of the question.

John J. Dietzen In June 1976, the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine ofthe Faith liberalized Usually these ceremonies are the law on this matter, following re- conducted in a funeral home, but quests from priests in several coun- nothing forbids holding them in tries to celebrate Mass for deceased church. They could include Scrippeople who were baptized in an- ture readings, prayers, a homily and other elements usually included, for other Christian denomination.

This happens particularly, it example, in the Liturgy of the Word noted, when the deceased person at Mass. showed particular respect for the Q. We at the Transplant ReCatholic religion or held public of- source Center of Maryland ap- . fice in the service of the whole com- predate references in your colmunity. umn to Pope John Paul II's Such Masses, private or public strong support for giving an or(announced in the parish bulletin, for gan of one's body to another. example), not only are permitted, As you point out, many states they can be unreservedly encour- now make it easier for people to aged, said the decree, for reasons of let their wishes be known patriotism, friendship and gratitude, through drivers license check-offif the family and friends request it, programs. and if in the judgment of the bishop We use the words "organ and there is no danger of scandal. (See tissue" donations together bealso the 1993 Vatican directory for cause people often think only of

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organs - heart, lung, kidney, etc.

People need to know that tissue donation - bone, skin, heart valves, veins - may be as life saving as organs and is far more commonplace.

There are 500,000 tissue tranSplant operations performed in the United States every year to help people walk, see, move and aDeviate pain. We thank you for keeping this need in

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O'DonneD. (Maryland) A. I am grateful to Mr. O'Donnell and others in transplant centers for their. reminders of the serious need for tissue and organ donors.

As I have pointed out often in this column, willingness to give part of one's body to another, before or after death, with the proper medical and moral safeguards of course, is a generous act oflove, sharing what God has given us with someone in need.

Further information is available from transplant centers in most states or from The Living Bank, Box 6725, Houston, Texas 77265.

Phone: 800-528-2971. Website: www.livingbank.org.

A free brochure describing basic Catholic prayers, beliefs and moral precepts is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria, IT.. 61651.

Questions may be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address, or E-mail: jjdietzen@aol.com.

Incredible journey of hope I received a phone call recently from a stranger, sage of life, emphasizing "please, don't kill in our Joe Aranha, who became a friend within minutes. A name," to Fordham University, St. John's Univerworker for New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty, sity, several churches and organizations, ending with he told me that in late April they were hosting a gath- a rally at Union Square Park in Manhattan. ering called "Journey of Hope - From Violence' to I knew Pelke's story which began when his beHealing" in the New York City area. Having read loved grandmother was murdered by a 15-year-old my book, "Choosing Mercy" (Orbis), he asked if I named Paula Cooper in Indiana in 1983. This black would join them. teen-ager faced the death penalty, and at first Pelke .

I am no stranger to NYADP thought "an eye for an eye" response to this hei(www.joumeyofhope.org). nous crime was just. But The president of its board one day he suddenly is Bishop Howard "saw" his grandmother Hubbard of the Diocese crying, telling him he had of Albany, N.Y., an outto pray for "love and standing leader in both compassion for Paula Church and 'community.

Cooper and her family."

The executive director is Through his tears he

By Antoinette Bosco a close and dear friend, knew then that he "no David Kaczins~i, who longer wanted Paula to opposes capital punishdie." Pelke began a sucment because "it asks us to deny our human kin- cessful international campaign to overturn her death ship." I respect him for his tremendous courage, first sentence, aided immensely by two Halian priests and, when he had to face the truth that the killer known ultimately, by Pope John Paul II, who contacted the as the Unabomber was his brother Ted, and then governor of Indiana. The miracle came in the sumwhen he found the strength to turn his brother in to mer of 1989 when the Indiana Supreme Court overthe authorities so that no more,people would be turned Cooper's death sentence; instead, she would killed by him. serve a 60-year prison term. Now Pelke spends his I was also familiar with the Journey of Hope, life getting people to think about the wrongness of which is an anti-death penalty movement started the death penalty, while "spreading seeds of love

by MurderVictims Families for Reconciliation and and compassion, forgiveness and reconciliation." a man named Bill Pelke to communicate the cruAs for White, in his store in Alabama in 1985 he cial importance of love and compassion and for- and his wife both were shot by an intruder. She died giveness to all people. The leaders and speakers in his arms, and he and his two children mourned. are family members of murder victims who op- Unbelievably, 16 months later, White was arrested, pose executions, believing these only perpetuate charged with his wife's murder. He spent two and a the cycle of violence. . half years in prison before Alabama authorities acWhen Aranha told me I would be one of four knowledged the trial had been unfair. speakers for this Journey" working with Kaczinski, Since then, putting bitterness aside, White stays Pelke and a man I had yet to meet, George White, I on the Journey of Hope, begging others not to kill said immediately, -"Yes!" We would bring 9u~ mes- "in our names. Our hearts have bled enough."

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Senior issues The ability to drive a car and get around independently is essential for most adults. Driving safely is a key concern for eIders.

Everyone experiences some vision changes due to normal aging. These include difficulty focusing on near tasks like reading, difficulty distinguishing colors and contrast, and the need for more light.

Kent Higgins, Ph.D., vice-president for Vision Science, Lighthouse International, advises older persons to have regular eye check-ups to maintain eye health and to ensure that their ability to drive safely is not compromised by undetected vision loss.

The following tips for older drivers are based on established research and on original research conducted by the Arlene R. Gordon Research Institute of Lighthouse International: - if you are 60 years of age or over, know that you are driving with only about one-third of the light you had when you were 20 years old. This is due to changes in the eye, of which we are generally unaware;

- keep in mind that as an older driver, you cannot process and respond to visual information as quickly and efficiently as you could when you

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miliar locations and avoid driving at night, in bad weather, and during the busy rush hours.

If you or anyone you know has a vision impairment or would like more information about driving issues among older people with vision problems, call Lighthouse International's toll-free number at 1800-829-0500 or visit the Website at www.lighthouse.org.

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were younger; - be aware that driving under the influence of some medications can dramatically diminish an older person's ability to react to unexpected road hazards; - nighttime driving, which involves exposure to bright, fleeting glare, presents a particular challenge to older drivers; - to minimize glare exposure when driving at night, do not look directly at the headlights of oncoming vehicles.

Direct your gaze down the road and toward the right side of the lane in which you are driving.

When possible, drive in fa-

A campaign to help cut prescription drug costs and improve health is being conducted by AARP. The program "Check Up on Your Prescriptions" will help consumers talk with their health care providers and make good decisions about the efficacy and value of generic drugs.

AARP reports that elders like Rita Cohn can save money when they ask their doctor for a generic drug. Cohn could have saved 45 percent a month in out-of-pocket costs by taking a generic for her cholesterol medication, Mevacor.

A study released by AARP found that 75 percent of Americans age 45 and over use pre-

My thoughts on plann.~ng your own funeral There's an old joke about a much fun thinking about inbeautiful Lutheran cemetery stalling a hydraulic thingamajig not far from where I live. It in my casket that would make goes, "No one living within a me sit up half way through the half mile of the cemetery may funeral. be buried there."

Now you are supposed to ask, "How come?" And one of my _ Norwegian relatives will guffaw, "Because they have to die first."

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By Dan Morris that along to the guys in the Knights of Columbus in Stuttgart, Ark. It I know I could persuade my might help them in a great new ministry they started this year friend, Bud, to hit the activahelping parishioners plan their tion switch. However, that own funerals before they die would wreck a lot of the fun (the parishioners, not the because he would be at the top .

Knights). of my "Scare the Heck Out of Yes, yes, yes, I know you are Them List." Maybe I could get thinking, "Well, how in the the priest or deacon to operate dickens could you plan your it with his foot and have me sit own funeral any other way?" up and down two or three times.

Har, har, har. Are you NorweThe Stuttgart Knights progian? Or maybe we should not duced brochures and CDs that joke about something as sig- educate Catholics about Cathonificant as our own funerals. lic burial stuff, even cremation.

Then again, a little light- On the latter point, some of you路 heartedness might help. who are particularly fond of a Stuttgart Grand Knight Joe certain boat, chair or hammock Smith tells me people appreci- are going to be a little disapate the program (they even pointed. Apparently you cannot' named it funny, if you use the be cremated in or on any of acronym FAP for Funeral As- them and then have your ashes sistance Program), but a big sent to sea, planted under a tree challenge is to convince people or plunked in front of the teleto talk about their own deaths. vision. It's just you, babe.

That surprised me. For beThe Stuttgart Knights can ginners, I had waaaay tooooo help parishioners save money

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on caskets and grave liners too.

Good for them. The last time I priced a casket I wondered if the price included staterooms, a crew of 20 and foreign registry. I have seen less expensive yachts.

In this regard I think the Stuttgart Knights would have been proud of my stepfather's funeral. I know he was.

We brought him in his casket to the cemetery in the back of his cherished Ford pickup. It did raise a few eyebrows. It is not often that a funeral procession features an old red pickup with a casket in back tucked between a hearse and a limousine.

Planning your music is a big deal too. Again, don't be too disappointed when you find out that neither John Denver nor Janis Joplin are anywhere on the .list of preferred artists for Catholic funerals, despite the fact both are dead - which it seems should carry some merit.

On the other hand, there appears little in Catholic canons about postburial receptions.

That's pretty much left to the Ten Commandments - none of which specifically forbids "Louie, Louie" or "Leaving on a Jet Plane."

Comments are welcome. Email Uncle Dan at cnsuncle@yahoo.com.

scription drugs on a regular basis. One-third said they do not always tell their doctors about other medications they are taking, putting them at risk to adverse drug interactions.

Twenty-eight percent stopped taking a drug before the prescription ran out and one in five said they have had a prescription from their doctor over the past two years that they did not fill. Cost is the number one reason people said they did not have a prescription filled.

Skipping doses, not filling prescriptions and unauthorized pill splitting are some of the measures consumers take in the wake of rising drug costs. Unfortunately, these cost-saving measures can also prolong the illness or medical condition as well as the expense of the treatment.

More information about the "Check Up on Your Prescriptions" can be found at the AARP Website at www.aarp.org.

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Lahey Clinic reminds us that poorly fitting dentures or weakened or missing teeth may limit the variety of foods a senior can comfortably eat.

It may be impossible for someone with a dental problem to eat corn on the cob or to chew a thick steak.

An elderly person's economic status can affect his or her diet. Faced with a limited budget and many monthly bills, some seniors may make a decision to cut back on the food budget by trying to make one meal stretch into two.

If the individual no longer drives and must rely on public transportation or walking to get to the grocery store, he or she may select food based on what is easiest to carry home, not on what is most nutritious.

Loneliness can also affect appetite. If an elder you know dislikes eating alone. you might encourage them to take part in a community dining program such as those offered by local churches or senior centers.

Nancy Boland Johnson is a parishioner ofOur Lady ofVictory Parish, Centerville.

DEVELOPMENJ:; DIRECTOR Holy Union Sisters seek Director of Development with at least 2 years experience to design and implement comprehensive development and marketing program to raise resources for programs and ministries of the Holy Union Sisters.

Responsibilities include planning, writing, data base management, and major donor solicitation.

Competitive salary and benefits. Position located in Greater Boston.

Send resume and references by May 31, 2002 to alina@holyunionsisters.org or HUS Search Committee, P.O. Box 410, Milton, MA 02186.

Corpus Christi Procession With Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap.

Sunday June 2, 2002 at 12:15 p.m.

Holy Name Church . 709 Hanover Street Fall River, Massachusetts

Starts at Holy Name Church after 11:30 a.m. Mass (12:15 p.m.)

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Poor ,elares describe joys ofmodern contemplative life

By CONNIE CISSELL CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE SKANEATELES, N.Y. Walls and grates come to mind when one hears the word/"c1oister," but those images bear little resemblance to the Poor elares' contemplative lifestyle today.

Nearly 50 Poor Clares from East Coast states and Montana gathered recently at Stella Maris Retreat Center in: Skaneateles, in the Syracuse Diocese, for a meeting of the Holy Name Federation of Poor Clares.

While there, they talked about their lives with The Catholic Sun, Syracuse's diocesan newspaper.

At home, the sisters live in monasteries that have anywhere from it few women to more than a dozen. Each monastery is autonomous, but all are linked by the charisms of poverty, obedience and chastity that were left them by the order's founder, St. Clare of Assisi.

The 1,700 women worldwide who follow St. Clare today come from varied backgrounds. They are of all ages, and, at a time of declining religious vocations, the Poor Clares still attract women seeking the contemplative life.

They give themselves;complete~~, totally to God, they. say. TMu work, they believe, i~ prayer. ~ Today's Poor Clares keep up with the world through newspapers, the Internet and E-mail.

They still live a quiet life, however, and speak little to one another. They gather for prayer seven times a day - part of their mission is to dedicate themselves to praying for others - and they work together to make altar cloths and communion bread.

Sister Claire Andre is abbess . of a monastery in Columbus, N.J. Although she is in charge, the .Poor Clares are not concerned about position or power. No one is better than another, she said.

There is a sense of equality in all

they do, and each takes turns at scrubbing the floors or cooking dinner.

Sister Claire Andre explained . her vocation by saying that "God is in first place." She said her mother cried when she told her of her decision to join the order.

"She cried because she thought I'd never be able to leave the monastery," she said. "I've been to Assisi (Italy), South America, Japan. I've been more places than any of my siblings." .

A common theme among the sisters gathered in Skaneateles was their constant longing for a deeper prayer life.

Sister Clare Julian, who had just received her new name a week before the retreat, described her experience in joining the Poor Clares.

"You go through the process of discovering God and with contemplation you go to a deeper place," she said. "You wish it would go away, this longing, 'but ' at the same time you're the hap- . piest you've ever been. It is disturbing because it is so deep, but you are tapping into something that is true and it is love." ·"We live together 24/7," said another nun; who identified herself as Sist~r Nancy. "We don't go out to work. We pray, live, study and play together."

Sister Claire Andre noted another aspect of so much togetherness.

"We work real hard on forgiveness," she said with a laugh. "We can't get away, so we work on relationships. If you have a disagreement with someone in the· morning, there is no going out to a movie at night to escape."

Sister Nancy said the biggest challenge is not the silence, but to love each other continually.

"In our society it is more comfortable to walk away if you have a problem in a relationship," she said. "We don't do that."

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U.S. AND KOREAN children playa soccer game at a Buddhist temple in Seoul recently.

The game was held in celebration of Buddha's birthday and to promote the FIFA World Cup finals in South Korea. (CNS photo from Reuters) ,

South Korean religiouS leaders urge end. to politics during World Cup

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The opposition Grand NaSEOUL, South Korea - Lead- tional Party has stepped up accuers of various religions in South sations against President Kim Korea have asked politicians to Dae-jung and his government in cease political wrangling for the connection with graft scandals sake of the World Cup soccer fi- , allegedly involving Kim's two sons and close aides. nals.

Kim has resigned from the rulSeven religious leaders representing Catholicism, Protestant- ing Millennium Democratic PartY ism, Buddhism, Confucianism and apologized to the people for and three other religions issued his sons' alleged graft scandals.

The religious leaders asked the joint appeal during a recent press conference in Seoul, re- authorities to investigate the bribported UCANews, an Asian ery allegations in accordance with church news agency based 'in the law. They also called on all Korean people to unite to make Thailand.

"At least for the period of the the World Cup finals a success.

World Cup finals, which is the Venerable Seo Chong-dae, greatest festival in the world, we chief executive of the Chogye Orhope that we can maintain politi- der, the largest Buddhist denomical stability of the nation," they nation in the country, said, "Rulsaid. South Korea and Japan are . ing and opposition parties should hosting the cup finals, which be- maintain a political truce ahead of gin May 30. and during the World Cup finals!'

Among the participants at the press conference were Father John Kim Jong-su, secretary-general of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea, and the Rev. Paek Do-ung, secretary-general of the National Council of Churches in Korea.

Meanwhile, each Catholic diocese has its own plan to support the World Cup. Suwon and Inchon dioceses held "Bishop's Cup" matches at the World Cup venues April 28 and May 5, respectively.

Pusan diocese produced a leaflet introducing the diocese. It contains soccer venues and shrines within the diocese.

Foreign-language Masses and a campaign to send soccer balls to North Korea and Afghanistan are also among the Church's planned activities.

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National Engaged Encounter gathering to be held in San Diego

THE CATHOLIC University of America President Father David M. O'Connell presents an honorary doctorate to U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft during the university's commencement ceremony earlier this month in Washington. Ashcroft delivered the commencement address to more than 1,000 graduates receiving bachelor's, master's or doctorate degrees.

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Abuse scandal leaves parents wondering what to tell the kids

By JOE BOLLIG CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

SAN DIEGO (CNS) Couples leading Catholic Engaged Encounter weekends are called to "Follow Me" at this year's national convention, to be held in San Diego August 9-11.

The convention is for couples and priests who work with Engaged Encounter, a weekend program for engaged couples planning to marry in the Catholic Church.

Catholic Engaged Encounter weekends teach couples about the spiritual, communication and personal needs of married couples. Other topics discussed in the weekends include selfawareness, human sexuality, decision making, Natural Family Planning, vocation, sacra-

ment and unity.

The program was started in 1975 by a few dozen couples and priests, and has since spread to almost every diocese in the nation.

In addition to keynote talks, the convention will include workshops in Spanish and English on such topics as "Ministering to Generation X - Cohabitation and Other Issues," "The Art of Teaching Finance" and "Inviting the Soon-to-Wed into a Bridal Portrait of the Church - Opening Them to Faith."

FOl' more information on the convention, visit the Website at: www.engagedencounter.org, or call Don and Mary Wagner at: (858) 566-4436.

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At the same time, we want them to be aware of who they are with, in any circumstance."

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in Lawrence .and a member of St. John the Evangelist Parish, said that "When a child has been moKANSAS CITY, Kan. - Given the' prominence of stories in the lested, it's maybe the first time in media and in ordinary conversatheir lives that they have an untions about sexual abuse by speakable secret." This priests, there's a high likeliplaces a tremendous burden hood that children, too, are What parents tell their children will of shame and even guilt on the child, especially if the aware of the crisis. depend on the age of the children, molester uses verbal manipuThis leads parents to a difficult topic: How do we what kinds of questions they ask, lation, such as telling them explain what is happening to what kind of information they are mat this is a secret. ''This is a crime that needs our children? receiving, and even what is going on to be reported, but the emoDarren and Janet Moore, in their parish. tional trauma for the child members of St. John the Evangelist Parish in will be greater or lesser deSTORE HOURS MONDAY路 FRIDAY 9路5:30 Lawrence, have been compelled to things, said Joel Foster, a psychol- pending on how the parent handles SATURDAY 9-4 deal with this aspect of the crisis. ogy resident at the Veterans Affairs the situation," she added.

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"I think you first need to create thing to deserve this, Don't worry, Free 011 Street Parldng One day, their oldest son, Cale, a very open relationship with your we'll protect you,''' Kraus sai~. a fifth-grade student at the children," Foster said. "You need Lawrence Catholic School, told to foster open and honest commuthem, "If there's something going nication."

What parents tell their children on, I want to know."

"We told him that there were will depend on the age of the chilThis Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, the town of Barnstable will hold its some priests in the Church who did dren, what kinds of questions they things that were inappropriate, and ask, what kind of information they annual parade and ceremonies in the Village of Centervill~beginning at 10:00 we reiterated what we told him are receiving, and even what is a.m. The pro~ will have two locations - Memorial Park and Beechwood before," Darren Moore said. "We going on in their parish.

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"If they ask about a priest that told him that if anyone touched him inappropriately - a friend, has been removed from a parish ' Lnmediately folloWing, a Catholic Mass ~ill 'be celeb~~too at Our Lady neighbor, priest, anyone - that he (for proven sexual misconduct), of Vict,ory Church, 230 Main Street, Centervil.le, to remember Captain should get out of the situation as I'd say that this particular priest did Emil J. Kapaun, Chaplain, who died in路a prisoner of war camp in North fast as he could - run, hit, scream, something very bad, that he acted Korea in 1951. . ..' . . kick - and then tell a principal or in a way that hurt someone else," ,.

Foster said. other adult, and us for sure."

A Catholic priest and a hero, Father Kapa~i~the s~~ject of an effort to "Then, wait for their response," The crisis is acknowledged by advance the cause ofhis canonization to sainthood for his remarkable service the Moore family, but it is not Foster said. "If the child asks what dwelt on. They seldom watch tele- the transgression was, you might to his fellow soldiers, both non-Catholic and Catholic alike. explain that he acted in an inapvision during the week.

"We talk about it, but it's not the propriate way, or touched someThe Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Francis X. Roque, Auxiliary Bishop focus of our conversations," Darren one in a bad way, or took advanof the Archdiocese for the Military Services, U.S.A., Washington.

Moore told The Leaven, newspa- tage of someone in ways that a per of the Archdiocese of Kansas priest or even a family member Lnmediately following the Mass, a reception will be held at the parish hall of City. "We try not to taint the way shouldn't."

Our Lady of Victory. All veterans and their guests are invited to attend and Susan Kraus, a marriage and they view our parish priest. We still enjoy refreshments and the company of others. want them to be able to trust them family therapist in private practice

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NEW YORK (CNS)- The following are home videocassette reviews from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Office for Film and Broadcasting. Theatrical movies on video have a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification and Motion FictureAssociation of America rating. All reviews indicate the appropriate age group for the video audience.

The following films were either produced or directed by George Sidney, who died recently at the age of 85 after a long, noteworthy career in which he specialized in movie musicals, most often for MGM, "Anchors Aweigh" (1945) Musical romance on the home front with a shy sailor (Frank Sinatra) and his slick buddy (Gene Kelly) on a four-day shore leave in Hollywood where they meet an aspiring singer (Kathryn Grayson), promise her an audition with Jose Iturbi, then frantically try to meet the famed pianist. Directed by George Sidney, the thin plot offers plenty of period nostalgia along with some well-staged musical numbers, notably Kelly's dance with animated mouse Jerry from the MGM "Tom and Jerry" cartoon series. The U.S. Conference of, Catholic Bishops classification is A-I - general patronage. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. (MGM) "Annie Get Your Gun" (1950) Big and brassy version of the Irving Berlin musical in which rustic Annie Oakley (Betty Hutton) gets some polish working with Frank Butler (Howard Keel) in a sharpshooting act, then finds fame and finally gets her man (Butler) after Buffalo Bill (Louis Calhoun) makes her a star in his Wild West Show. Directed by George Sidney, this show has lots of stunt riding, staged Indian attacks and shootouts which make a suitable backdrop for Hutton's overcharged performance, with the result memorable chiefly for its songs ranging from the romantic "The Girl That I Marry" to the comedic "Doing What Comes Naturally" and "Anything You"Can Do," to the signature tune, "There's No Business Like Show Business."

Romantic complications. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops c1assificatiol'\ is A-II ---:adults and adolescents. Not rated· by the Motion Picture Association of America. (MGM) "Half a Sixpence" (1968) Director George Sidney's expanded version of the stage musical stars Tommy Steele as an eJ5.Uberant dancing, singing drap~r's clerk who pledges his love toa working-class lass (Julia Foster), then inherits a fortune and nearly marries a society girl before returning to his true love, a bit sadder and wiser. Though overlong and .some-· what lacking in variety, its handsome sets and soft-lens.photography give the movie an Ed~ardian storybook quality that many viewers will find delightful. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-I - general pa-' tronage. Not rated by the Motion

Picture Association of America.

(Paramount) "The Harvey Girls" (1946) Lightweight musical set in the Old West where a railroad town is tamed by the opening of a Harvey restaurant, one of whose waitresses (Judy Garland) separates an honest casino owner (John Hodiak) from his greedy dance hall girlfriend (Angela Lansbury). Directed.

by George Sidney, the songs are agreeable, with comic diversions supplied by Ray Bolger, Virginia O'Brien, Marjorie Main and Chill Wills, but the cast is a lot better than the thin story deserves. Frontier violence, including a roomful of brawling women, and romantic complications. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-II - adults and adolescents. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. (MGM) "Kiss Me Kate" (1953) .

Halting version of Cole Porter's musical comedy about the backstage bickering between husband and wife (Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel) starring in a Broadway production of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew." Director George Sidney gets lost in low comedy routines with an aspiring starlet (Ann Miller) and a gangster duo (Keenan Wynn and James Whitmore) while Porter's musical numbers are squandered in raucous style. Sexual innuendo and domestic turmoil. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-III - adults. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. (MGM) "Show Boat" (1951) Glossy remake of the KernHammerstein musical from Edna . Ferber's novel about a turn-of-thecentury Mississippi riverboat troupe whose ingenue (Kathryn Grayson) weds a dashing, unreliable gambler (Howard Keel), with their troubled marriage finding counterpoint in the tragic victimization of the troupe's mulatto star (Ava Gardner). Director George' Sidney's rousing period entertainment has lovely songs, zestful dance numbers and comic relief from 'riverboat captain Joe E. Brown but shortchanges the romance and soft-pedals the era's racial bigotry. Romantic complications and justice issues. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-II - adults and adolescents. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. (MGM) "The Three Musketeers" (1948) Stylish but uneven adaptation of the pumas classic with· a frenetic D' Artagnan (Gene Kelly), a tormentedAthos (Van Heflin), an oily Richelieu (Vincent Price) and a steamy Milady (Lana Turner). Director George Sidney stages the swashbuckling derring-do with showy flair but the story of'saving the French throne tends to drag in comparison. Considerable stylized violence and sexual innuendo;The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification isA-Ill---: adults.

Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. (MGM)

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TONY GOLDWYN (right) in the lead role in the film "Joshua," talks with two town priests, played by Kurt Fuller and F. 'Murray Abraham. (eNS photo courtesy Epiphany Films)

:Joshua' sends wholesome message

By ANNE NAVARRO CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE NEW YORK _ A stranger brings new life to a small town through his miraculous actions in the wellintentioned drama "Joshua" (Epiphany).

The film is based on the first in a series of "Joshua" novels by a retired priest, Father Joseph Girzone. The film is sweet and wholesome in its message about Jesus' love for all. But it also raises some questions about the second coming of Christ. Although it avoids answering any direCt questions as to whether Joshua really is Jesus Christ, by the end of the movie, with all its hints and symbolism, it is hard to conclude otherI wise.

"However, diryctor Jon Purdy concentrates on the message of hope, healing and love while soft-pedaling the idea of the Second Coming by excluding any fire-and-brimstone hi~trionics. There is no hint of an . suc h apocalypse, as in other Ch"nstlan-therned movies as "The Omega Code" and "Left Behind." There is just Jesus' love. Yet, having Jesus on earth again may leave viewers, particularly younger ones, perplexed.

And despite being well-meaning, the storytelling is a bit prosaic and obvious in parts, similar in quality to a made-for-TV movie.

Set in the modem-day, generic community of Aubum; the film relates the story of a stranger named Joshua (Tony Goldwyn) who arrives in the town and . finds work as a carpenter. (Already the symbolism begins to build.) Slowly Joshua transforms the community, first through his simple acts of kindness, then through what can only be described as miracles.

Joshua takes on the heavy task of rebuilding a severely damaged black Baptist church, drawing in the townsfolk to help, from the stuttering, good-natured Theo to the local Catholic priest, Father'Pat (Kurt Fuller). He encourages a young guitarist to join a Christian rock band, comforts Maggie, a grieving, angered widow who can no longer see the joy in life, and even

makes time to give his landlady some cooking tips to help better her marriage.

As the film progresses, Jqshua's simple acts tum into the miracles of Jesus: He cures the blind and raises the dead. But as with any story, there is a conflict.

While the townspeople, especially Father Pat, are ready to accept Joshua, Father Tardone (F. Murray Abraham), the stem-faced pastor of the local Catholic church, is not. Father Tardone suspects that Joshua is an agitator and goes to Rome to warn the pope about the possibility of a personality-based cult forming.

The film's symbolism is overt. After a farewell party (read Last Supper) for Joshua before he departs for the Vatican, Father Pat declares, "There were 12 of us here!" Maggie seems to be code for Mary Magdalene.

Father Pat is conveniently a fisherman like St. Peter.

And in urging the pope (Giancarlo Giannini) to "remind them that I love them," Joshua also tells him not to be afraid.

Kudos to the filmmakers for including all Christian pop tunes on the soundtrack, which features artists such as Michael W. Smith and Jaci Velasquez and bands such as Point of Grace and Third Day. The film is well cast also, with Goldwyn being both immensely likable and distinguished as a holy man. Abraham restrains himself from any twirling-the-mustache vil- , lainy, which translates into a more believable character. It is a credit to Fuller's good-natured qualities'that his character comes across as natural and not buffoonish.

Uplifting if a bit undistinguished, "Joshua" asks the question, "Aren't all of us supposed to be like Jesus on earth?" Hopefully, the answer for the faithful will be obvious.

Because of thematic treatment of a potential Second Coming, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-II - adults and adolescents.

The Motion Picture Association of America rating is G - general audiences.

Mediocre drama about a woman young Jewish New Yorker (Ryan Gosling) who joins a neo-Nazi or- (Jennifer Lopez) who thinks she's ganization and becomes a powerful living an idyllic life with her wealthy figure in the white supremacy move- husband (Billy Campbell) until the ment; but his carefully constructed husband turns into a possessive ,persona is jeopardized when a news abuser, and she must run away to reporter threatens to reveal his ori- save her life. Director Michael Apted gins. The off-putting subject matter tempers the film's revenge theme by in writer-director Henry Bean's film giving the mousy-housewife-turnedt:~i prompts thought on faith versus in- martial-arts-expert some heart, but tellect yet its stilted narrative doesn't . the unrealistic presentation of spout:CIIV§UI~e§ deliver the expected punch despite sal abuse and its repercussions roNEWYORK (CNS) - The fol- Gosling's commanding perfor- mantically concludes that every bad lowing are capsule reviews of mov- mance. Some hateful violence, a guy is punished and every good guy ies recently reviewed by the U.S. suicide, a sexual encounter with nu- wins. Several intense scenes of doConference of Catholic Bishops' dity and recurring rough language. mestic violence, bloody fisticuffs The U.S. Conference of Catholic and brief crass expressions with an Office for Film and Broadcasting. instance of rough language. The Bishops classification is A-IV ''The Believer" (lOP) U.S. Conference of Catholic BishInteresting drama about the tu- adults, with reservations. ops classification is A-Ill- adults. ''Enough'' (Columbia) multuous journey of a self-loathing

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Appeal returns encouraging FALL RIVER - Following two weeks of returns in this year's' Catholic Charities Appeal, staff members at headquarters have expressed their satisfaction with the pace of returns so far. .

"Although much of our outreach to the business and professional interests, to industry and to the civic organizations has only now gotten under way, we are noticing that the auspices seem positive," said Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, diocesan director of the Appeal.

At the end of last week, return totals were just below the $2M mark. Msgr. Harrington noted that by the time The Anchor went to press, that milestone will have

PARISHES Assonet St. Bernard: $1,200-Charles & Karen Sullivan; $50D-Michael & Dr. Diane Patrick; $400-Jeannine Conroy; $250-Lionel & Linda Langlois; $200-John Piekos, D. Patricia Powell, Donald & Suzanne Velozo; $150-Warren & Linda MacDougall; $100-Donald Almeida, Scott & Leslie Blevins, Wilfred & Patricia Canto, George & Carole DuBois, David & Dawn Escobar, Jeanne & Margaret Frechette, Charles & Estelle McCarthy, Raymond & Sharon Ouellette, Helene Reddy.

Attleboro St. John the Evangelist: $1,500-MIM Richard Barry; $500MIM Thomas Cuddy, Jr., Edward Kelley, DrlM John Killion; $300-M/ M Shawn Jorde, MIM Earl D. Kelly; $250-Arlene Doherty, MlM Kevin Myles; $250-MIM Shawn Seybert; $225-MIM SA Gulino; $200-Robert Edwards, MIM Charles Falugo, Susan Higgins, M/M Richard Marsh, Anne Meloni, MlM Edward O'Brien, MIM James Rocha, MlM Paul Rockett, Peter Silvia, M/M Gerard Vachon; $170-DrlM Steven Bensson; $160-M/M Victor Mercurio; $150-Mrs. Paul Cooper, M/M Mark Cuddy, M/M Robert Girling, MIM Robert Fife, MIM Eugene Goulet, Sr., Kevin Hilley, M/ M Terrance McCrosson; $120-M/ M Victor Bonneville; $100-M/M Joseph Caponigro, MIM Thomas Carroll, MlM John Cherecwich, M/ M Donald Desvergnes, Walter Doraz, Cecile Fanning, MlM Richard Finnegan, M/M Russell Frederickson, Yvonne Gagliardi, M/M Edward Gagnon, Andrea Giordano, Mrs. Ralph Giordano, Mrs.William Goff, Julie Hammond, William Hannan, MIM John Kane, MIM Gerard Kenton, MIM Alfred Lortie, Susan Mahesh, MIM Joseph Mahon, MIM John Mungo, MI M Jose Pedro, M/M Richard Pimble, MIM Michael Simmons, MI M William Skivington, John Souto, Jr., MIM Raymond Taylor, Roberta Tinkham, Alison Wood.

St. Joseph: $400-James Waldron; $300-M/M Albert Dumont; $110-M/M Ralph Zito; $100-Jeannette Governo, Alphonse Silva. centerville Our Lady of Victory: $2,500MIM Albert Makkay; $1,200-MlM Thomas Fournier, Robert & Patricia Morris; $1,OOO-Mrs. Gael Coakley, MIM David Johnson, M/ M David W. Wroe, M/M William

been surpassed.

Returns have been encouraging in all diocesan deaneries. In greater Attleboro, $246,316.50 has been collected; $673,884.60 in the Cape Cod and Islands deanery; and in the smallest of the deaneries, Taunton, $183,086 has been received. In the more urban areas, the New Bedford and Fall River deaneries, $379,508 and $353,981 have been collected respectively.

"Of course it's far too early in the entire process to make any definitive predictions, but we are once again, viewing things with guarded optimism," said Msgr.

Harrington.

The proceeds of the Appeal are used by the many agencies, insti-

tutions and ministries of the diocese to provide needed services to all in varying circumstances of need.

Michael 1. Donly, diocesan director of development, said that as the scope of the activities funded by the Appeal, what he refers to as "the Story of Catholic Charities" is better appreciated by parishioners, they are more inclined to support the bishop's request.

Donations may be made at any of the parishes in the diocese or by contacting diocesan headquarters at P.O. Box 1470, Fall River, MA 02722, or by calling 508-675-1311.

Returns by parishes to date are as follows:

Zimmer; $500-M/M John P. Deslauriers, Alan & Melinda Barrera, Mrs. Joseph C. Cullinan, Rafanan; $150-Norman & MIM Richard Griffith, Rev. William Jacqueline Smith; $100-Eric & R. McCarthy, MIM John F. Milan, Judith Araujo, George & Alice Ms. Erin Moore, Capt. JA Smith; Borges, John & Leslie Dutra, Will$350-James F. Holland; $300- iam Henry.

Ralph A. Babusci, MIM Gregory B. East Falmouth Fox, MlM Kevin O'Neil, MlM David St. Anthony: $1 ,OOO-Joseph A. Tierno; $250-Henry Fellows; Reardon; $750-Great Rock Trac$240-MIM Nils Bockmann; $225- tor; $600-Mrs. Joseph Sullivan; MIM Emmett F. Glynn; $200-MlM $500-MlM Anthony Spagone, M/ William Archambault, Ms. M John P. Vidal; $400-M/M AnJacqueline Crowley, MlM John H. thony Briana; $300-MIM Richard Donovan, Ray & Mary Foley, Carroll, Joseph & Susan Haynes, Kalliope G. Garoufes, MlM James MlM Paulino Rodrigues; $200-JoF. McGillen, M/M Michael J. seph Andrade, M/M Edward McManus, M/M Francis D. MacKinnon, MIM George DeMars, McShea, Mrs. Henry L. Murphy, M/ M/M James O'Neil, M/M Albin M Stephen E. Wallace; $150-MIM Gusciora, M/M Donald Hoffer, Duane K. Bellingham, MIM John .Margaret R. McGaffigan, Thomas J. Brosnan, MIM Earl Brown, Jr., A. Murray; $175-M/M John A. MIM Timothy J. Davis, MIM Paul Reine, M/M Robert Boccuzzi; Fowler, Dr/M Herbert O. $150-MlM Thomas A. Brown, M/ Mathewson, M/M James T. M Joseph Paruti, MIM Stephen P. McCarthy, Hon/M Joseph Holmes; $125-Anne T. O'Rourke, Reardon, M/M John M. Regan; MIM Frank Lima, Mary Little, Gil$140-MIM Patrick E. Costello, M/ bert L. Tavares; $100-James F. M Richard K. Mason; $125-Mrs. Boudreau, M/M Ralph Cataldo, M/ William J. Cotter, M/M Roger M Peter J. Hoefler, M/M Leonard Dupont, Mrs. William Kenney, M/ Hubbard, MIM Manuel Josephs, M Donald Morris; $120-M/M M/M Thomas McCann, Thomas James L. Childs, M/M Frank J. Camarota, M/M Fred Ravens, DeLeo, MlM Walter Maciorkoski; Elizabeth Sullivan, John P. Cabral, $100-William & Laurie Agel, Mrs. MIM John Goldpaugh, MIM James Frank Andres, M/M Casper W. Good, Joanne E. Gravalese, MIM Bagley, MIM William Bagley, Mrs. Guy Nickerson, Theophilus Danute Balta-Janson, DrlM Loren Oliveira, Evelyn A. Roach, Sandra C. Burger, Mary E. Burns, MIM Jo- Almeida Serchuk, MIM Ronald J. seph L. Cairns, M/M Keith Souza, MIM Donald Eustis, J.R. Caldwell, Alice Casey, DrlM Will- Jenks, MIM Anthony R. Solimine, iam J. Connolly, Mrs. Francis J. MIM Robert Whelan.

Fairhaven Connors, MlM William D. Corbett, MIM Craig S. Cornwall, MIM WillSt. Joseph: $150-MIM Richiam L. Crocker, M/M Michael ard Bordas, MIM Alcide Pelletier; Decker, Mrs. John Deignan, MIM $1 OO-Mr. Richard Claflin, MIM BerWilliam Devine, M/M George F. nardino Fortunato, Mr. Jonathan Dietel, Mrs. Helen E. Dugan, Tho- Foster, MIM Ronald Lacasse, M/ mas Eagar, Mrs. Audrey E. Eaton, M Curtis Lopes, M/M John Mrs. Peter Eshbaugh, Mrs. William Mahaney, Mrs. Laura Martel, MIM Fleming, Mrs. Jeanmarie Fraser, Daniel A. Mello, MIM Ernest Pare, MIM Edward J. Gibbons, MIM John Mrs. Anita Carroll Rose, Mrs. F. Grady, MIM Daniel J. Guiod, Mrs. Walter Silveira, Jr., M/M Leslie Blanche MacDougall, MIM John Trott.

Fall River Mark, MIM James McCauley, M/ Holy Rosary: $350-Conrad M Robert W. McElhinney, Mrs. Mary Ellen McKenna, Mrs. Charles Pineault; $150-M1M Lawrence TalMiller, M/M William Miner, M/M . bot; $100-M1M Bert Caron, MIM Joseph O'Brien, M/M Kevin Albert D'Ambrosio, Mrs. Mary PonO'Brien, Barbara A. O'Neill, MIM tes, John Saulino, Michael Saulino, Cornelius O'Sullivan, MIM Richard Alice Sullivan, Catherine Sullivan.

HolyTrinity: $1,OOO-Reverend T. Powers, Warren Roche, M/M Donald Rogers, M/M Daniel William J. Shovelton; $900-ln Severino, M/M Edward Shevlin, Memory of Manuel G. Andrade; Mrs. Anthony Silvestri, MIM William $150-MIM George Bouris; $100Sullivan, MIM Bruce Thomas, MIM MIM Vincent Campbell, MIM Arthur RobertThorne, MIM Edward Tynan. Rodrigues, MIM Ralph Borges.

St. Anne: $200-Roger & Dighton St. Peter: $500~Raymond & Lorraine Richards; $150-Arthur N. Jean Covel; $200-Leo & Julie Picard, St. Vincent de Paul Soci-

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ety; $125-Loridas & Emilie Jolivet, Andre & Yvonne Carrier; $100Frank Estacio, Richard Carvalho, Janice Heinig, Gilberte Letendre, Albert Gauthier.

St. Anthony of Padua: $1,OOO-Reverend John C. Martins; $500-Holy Name Society, St. Vincent de Paul Society; $1502002 Confirmation Class, MIM Joseph Marques; $1 OO-Holy Rosary Society, Mr. Antonio Barboza, Mrs. Ines DaSilva, M/M Joseph Sardinha, MIM Liberal Silva, MIM Joao Teves.

St. Joseph: $1,OOO-MIM Fred Bopp; $30D-MIM Raymond Picard, MIM Christopher Audet, Mrs. Mary Whittaker; $200-M/M Edward LeBlanc, Jr., MIM Daniel Wilkins; $180-MIM Manuel Mello; $165-Mr. Joseph D. Harrington; $160-Mr. James Ponte; $125-M1M Michael Moreira; $100-Lucille G. Aguiar, Mrs. Ethel Diogo, Mr. Francis D. Harrington, M/M Ned Almeida, Marguerite Little, Miss Mary D. Sullivan, Mrs. James Perkins, M/ M Andre Nasser, M/M Robert Gagnon, Ms. Christine Read, M/ M John T. Smith, Mr. Robert Berube, M/M Edmond Berube, MrS. Henry Mercer, MlM William

Nugent, Miss Julia Harrington.

SS. Peter & Paul: $900-Reverend Stephen B. Salvador; $300Mary Tyrrell; $250-AttylM Robert Marchand; $200-Joseph Sabat; $150-M1M William Tansey; $120MIM William O'Neil; $11 O-Walter Bucko; $1 OS-Louise Tyrrell; $100Irene LeClair, Helen Pytel, Raymond Kret, M/M William Hyland, MIM Joseph Stankiewicz, Sr., Lydia Sotomayor.

St. Stanislaus: $2,OOO-MIM Raymond Romagnolo; $1,400-A Friend; $900-M/M Dennis Cunningham; $750-Paul Klaege; $600-M/M Kenneth Tremblay; $500-A Friend, Julie Picard; $400MlM Thomas Skibinski; $350-MIM Michael Souza; $330-MIM John Deveney; $325-M/M Leo Dube; $300-M1M Robert Eagles, Rev. Mr. Frank Mis, Maria D'Alu, In Memory of Edward Cunningham, M/M Philip Lapointe; $275-Christopher Haponik; $254-M/M Thaddeus Karcz; $250-Jean Willis, MIM Fred Leeder; $225-M1M Ronald Feijo, MIM Matthew Cunningham; $200Jan Torres, Alice Kret, MIM John Cordeiro, Dr/M George Solas, Warren O'Connell, Josephine &

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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 promise to assist at the hour ofdeath with the graces necessary for the salvation oftheir souls, aU those who on the first Saturday of five consecutive months shall: 1. Go to confession; 2. Receive Holy Communion; 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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and educational policy for the schools; to coordinate, supervise and assist with the overall principal administrator search process; to coordinate and implement th~ Diocesan AdministtatorTraining Program; to maintain and update the CORIlAbuse Workshop attendance by all employees and volunteers in the school system; and to be a resource person on school management issues other than finance.

For Simpson, the excitement "is because I look forward to the challenge of a new experience and to working with a new team. Yet there' is'some sadness at leaving a school environment and heading into a truly administrative assignment.

Teaching is the best vocation there is."

At the same time she said she is "very comfortable working with Dr. Boyle and Mr. Milot because they are my colleagues and I have worked with them before, and all of us are looking forward to making a difference."

One of the projects Simpson says she will initiate is a mentoring program for new teachers and principals, "and I look forward to leadership sessions with current personal and developing an evaluation system for principals as well as a potential administrator program."

A teacher since 1968 when she taught in the Warwick Public Schools, she held other non-teaching posts until 1984 when she began teaching at Sacred Heart School and subsequently became its principal. She has been principal at the Taunton Catholic Middle School since 1989.

The new assistant superintendent holds a bachelor of science degree in education/biology from Rhode Island College, and a master's degree in Education in the Catholic School Leadership Program from Boston College. She has held two National Science Foundation Fellowships and has com-

pleted various postgraduate courses at the University of Rhode Island and Boston University in science, physics, and the ecology.

A member of St. Margaret's Parish in Rumford, she is married to William Simpson and they have three children: Bill, a federal agent with the U.S. Department of Energy; a married daughter, Christine Gausland; and another daughter, Shannon Simpson, a teacher in diocesan schools.

The school department's top echelon has been undergoing reorganization changes since the retirement in January of Augustinian Father William T. Garland as director of education. Milot, the former principal of Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, was appoin,ted last summer to succeed him.

At that time, James A. McNamee was superintendent of schools. Milot noted that he and McNamee, colleagues who have worked together for many years, began fine-tuning the job descriptions and the needs of the schools and what could be done.

"This has been an exciting time for us," said Milot. "We can do a lot of things now because we have a full team in here." ,McNamee announced a month ago that he was resigning his position as superintendent on June 30, opting to become principal at Bishop Connolly High School effective July I. "The easier thing to say is that I will be doing the same thing I was/ am doing as the director - because the job has not changed - but my title will change to superintendent 'of schools," Milot explained.

"And with Dr. Boyle and Kate Simpson on board I think we have obtained the people I need in order for us to streamline the curriculum, have a coordination of standardization in that curriculum in all schools and become a school system and , not just a system of schools."

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WASHINGTON (CNS) - The Supreme Court has declined to get involved in a Mississippi case over whether clergy can be sued for misconduct.

The court without comment last week turned down a request to stop a lawsuit against the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi and a former priest filed by Julie Mabus, the ex-wife of former Gov. Ray Mabus.

Julie Mabus sued the diocese, St. James Episcopal Church and former priest Jerry McBride for malpractice, breach of duty, fraud and negligence.

The suit arose after a 1998 meeting between Julie Mabus and McBride was tape-recorded by her then-husband. Ray Mabus had told the priest he intended to tape the session without his wife's knowledge, according to court records.

A transcript of the recording later was used in divorce court as evidence that Julie Mabus had had an adulterous affair. Custody of the couple's two daughters was awarded to Ray Mabus.

In her suit, Julie Mabus said the events caused

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her to lose faith in her church and religion. Taping the session without her knowledge was legal under Mississippi law, but her case argues that the priest's behavior violatei:l state negligence laws.

The church had asked Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to intervene and block the suit from proceeding.until the full court could hear the merits of the argument that the church's liability is li.mited. By turning down the request for a stay, the case returns to state court in Mississippi.

The attorney for the church said the Supreme Court's ruling was just procedural and not a reflection on the merits of the case.

An attorney for Julie Mabus said the Supreme Court's refusal to take the case is significant because it means the court passed on considering whether the church is immune from tort law.

"If they had ruled, it would have major implications in the Catholic Church's sex cases," Bryan Buckley, the attorney, told the Clarion Ledger newspaper of Jackson, Miss.

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Karol, RNC, assistant director of nurses at Madonna Manor, North Attleboro; Sherrie Grime, RN, director of nursing at Sacred Heart Home, New Bedford; and Cindy Pelczarski, RNC, director of nurses at Marian Manor in Taunton.

A representative from Our Lady's Haven in Fairhaven was unable to attend at the last minute reported Julie Cayer,' director of Marketing and Development for all the diocese's health facilities.

Citing the national and local shortage of nurses, their dialogue was on two points: how the mission of the Catholic health ministry to long-term care for the geriatric pat\ent is creating an attra~足 tive, more stable work force in a modem work environment at competitive salaries; and to reflect the image of diocesan nurses as compassionate human beings dedicated to a single goal of quality service they feel is essential to the professional practice of true patient care.

DeSouza said recent talks on developmental programs and staffing issues sparked the idea of dediocese of Chicago, in recognition termining what aspects of longof his leadership in achieving qual- term care would interest candiity and growth,in the diaconate. dates to work in that field.

The award is named for the late "We figured that perhaps if we Father Philbin, who assisted in - did an article on long-term care designing and implementing the and told of the opportunities afdiaconate in the Archdiocese of ' forded to nurses or certified nursChicago. He died in 1972 in a ing assistants, that perhaps we plane crash on his way from Wash- could attract some quality indiington to the ordination of the first viduals," DeSouza said.

"We're looking for nurses in deacons in Chicago.

Deacon Dan Peterson of the general, registered nurses, licensed Diocese of Phoenix received the practical nurses, certified ass isBart O'Leary Award in recogni- tants, people in healthcare that tion of his outstanding service to might even be just graduating, or the association and his vision and currently working in a different promotion of the diaconate. field, or haven't worked in a while O'leary is a retired deacon from but might-want to come back to Honolulu and former two-time nursing," DeSouza explained. president of the association.

Drawing cards are the precepAssumptionist Father Gregory tor and training programs that can L. Boisvert of the Diocese of draw people back into the swing Knoxville, Tenn., and Deacon of nursing, ,the group noted. And Patrick DeLozier of the Archdio- there are a myriad of programs for cese of Santa Fe, N.M., received those just starting out that will be special awards for service and essential to those who want to leadership. make a career out of long-term care.

New Yorker assumes presidency of deacon directors 'association ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) Deacon Anthony Cassaneto, director of the diaconate for the Archdiocese of New York, assumed the presidency of the National Association of Diaconate Directors, or NADD, during the organization's recent annual meeting in Orlando.

He succeeded Deacon Richard Santello, diaconate director in the Archdiocese of Hartford, Conn., in the one-year term as president.

Deacon William Ditewig, director of pastoral services in the Diocese of Belleville, 111., was chosen as president-elect.

Deacon Mathias Prom of the Diocese of Fargo, N.D., was elected treasurer of the NADD board for a two-year term.

Nearly 275 deacon directors, spouses and other diaconate staff attended the Orlando meeting, which also included presentation of the William Philbin Award to Father Edward P. Salmon, director of the diaconate for the Arch-

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The effort also includes recruiting from the local communities and sending nursing candidates to schools such as Bristol Community College to help bolster the ranks of healthcare workers.

The nurses were eager to point out that one of the things that arose during the initial talks was that long-term care has changed dramatically over the past decade. It has creating the need for professionals skilled in sophisticated new technologies and they reported that for nurses working in diocesan health facilities "it is an exciting time."

The diocese's facilities include the first nursing home to be nationally certified in pain management, and some are about to develop restorative programs including a cardiac and a pulmonary program.

Five homes are already certified in treating Alzheimer's disease.

There is already a sophisticated acute pain management and IV therapy in place "and so we invite nurses to come on board," DeSouza said energetically.

Karol said there is "a wonderful ongoing support system and a great challenge in this environment as well. One's skills are not just learned and then dropped and not utilized. Skills which you acquire are constantly used and it is then that you grow. Because of the specialized units in our several facilities, in Alzheimer's or in shortterm rehabilitation, one can move forward progressively.

"The long-term facility of today is not the nursing home of yesteryea'r," Grime noted. "Grown by leaps and bounds, it is a place where there is a professional challenge, an educational challenge, a personal challenge - and an emotional challenge. It opens a whole new world for those coming to this kind of caregiving."

Where the homes were once places where the elderly simply took up residence, today, they "have very acutely ill residents whom we care for, who in the past would have been in an acute care facility in a hospital. Today's work hones one's skills to the point of

excellence," Grime suggested.

Pelczarski, a nurse for 30 years, 22 of which with diocesan health facilities, said that the Diocesan Health Facilities Organization "offers schofarships as well 'as many educational opportunities for certified nursing assistants to go on and become nurses and we encourage that. We write very flexible work schedules so that they can go to school. I have seven nurses working for me who took advantage of such a program."

Grime also praised the great support that is shared by the diocesan homes.

"What you're seeing here are five nurses who have over a century of expertise in the long-term care management and practice," Grime asserted.

While there is a national shortage of nurses, the impact on the diocesan facilities is eased by an assertive support program that finds knowledgeable personnel in the various homes in a cooperative effort, Leclair, who has been in long-term care for 15 months, said.

While the sole mission in diocesan health care is to the geriatric patient, "what sets us in diocesan healthcare apart are the employees," DeSouza opined. "Most of us have worked for the diocese for many years and the support system is probably why we are all still here. I can't say enough about that.

As managers and supervisors, we work side-by-side with the staff anytime and whenever we're needed."

Although the working hours and salaries for the nurse personnel in diocesan facilities was rcported to be truly "competitive" with those in public and other pri~ vate nursing homes, none of the nurses talked about dollars and cents. But they candidly said money is not the only factor - and for them not the prime factor in their decision to work in diocesan long-term geriatric care.

Next week: The personal satisfaction that comes with quality care and the vital and essential healing trait of compassion.

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Mary Neiwola, Thomas Kostka, Helen Conrad; $170-MIM George Pereira; $15Q-A Friend, MIM Dan Faria, St. Vincent de Paul Society, MIM Andre Lacroix, In Memory of Lillian Deda, M/M Thomas Cournoyer, $135-M/M Joseph Minior; $125-Joann Bozzuto, MlM Casimir Iwanski, Lois Walkden, A Friend, MIM Henry Paruch; $120M/M Stanley Pruchnik, Barbara Dubiel; $11 O-MIM Robert Emond, In Memory of Joseph Gromada; $104-Ronald Jolin; $100-Denis Butler, Valerie Butler, MIM Steven Rys, Walter Sokoll, Eleanor Roberts, Anne Marie Silvia, Holy Rosary Society, M/M William Wolowiec, Valerie Polka, Heidi Robinson.

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Falmouth St. Patrick: $5,000-Reverend Francis X. Wallace; $1,200-Ms. Marianne E. Keevins, $1,000Monsignor John J. Regan, Reverend James A. McCarthy; $750The Wood Lumber Company; $550-M/M James Laframboise; $550-Miss M.K. Fraser, M/M William E O'Connor; $300-Mrs. William C. Dillon, Dr. Ambrose Finnell, John J. Norton, M/M James Sughrue; $250-M/M Peter Carr, M/M Armand Ortins; $200-Mrs. Geraldine Fortier, James Nidositko, M/M Herbert Nyberg, Mrs. Bernard E O'Hayre; $150-M/M Edward G. Enos, Jr.; $125-M/M David Carr, M/M Anthony Ghelfi, MIM Richard Lopes; $120-Mrs. Harold P. Woods; $100-Mrs. Anna M. Baraldi, Mrs. Agnes V. Brophy, M/M Amancio Correia, Neil F. Doherty, M/M Charles V. Fay, M/M Robert J. Ferris, M/M E Leo Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Joseph Golden路, Mark Guiliano, M/M William Harvey, M/ M Charles Haynes, Mrs. Richard P. King, M/M Leo LaChance, Deacon/M Patrick Mahoney, M/ M Edward V. McCarthy, M/M William J. McEachern, Ms. Ursula H. Mendoza, Donald A. Moitozo, Ms. Rachel Mooney, M/M John Simonis, M/M Paul Simpson, M/ M Milton R. Steele, Mrs. Theresa Stone, Mrs. Jane L. Walker, M/M Robert Wechterman, M/M William H. Winnett, John's Liquor Store.

Hyannis St. Francis Xavier: $1,000Daniel E Appleton, Jr., Charles Riley; $450-John J. Welsh; $400M/M George G. Cronin; $161Mrs. EX. Walsh; $150-M/M Paul Goyette; $125-Marjorie Chipman, M/M Robert Schwartz; $100-MI M Kenneth Colmer, M/M Leo

Decoteau, M/M Philip Finnegan, M/M John Keith, Jr., Charles Kelliher, M/M Thomas Kilroy, Beryl Miller, Erie & Eleanor Poulin, Mrs. Mary A. Crimmins, M/M Armand Martineau, John E. Mitcl:1ell, Mary Saucier, M/M Henry W. Stein, M/M J.H. Aupperlee.

New Bedford Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus: $275-M/M Eric Erickson; $250-M/M Joseph S. Finnerty, M/M Donald Houle; $200-M/M Charles Cabral, Jr., M/ M Salvatore Giammalvo, Stanley Gorczyca, George Rogers; $161Mrs. Gilbert Medeiros; $155Donald BUCkley; $150-M/M Lester Chace, M/M Ernest L:Abbe, M/M John E Robinson, Deacon/M Eugene H. Sasseville, M/M Stanley Winer; $125-M/M Arnold Avellar, Helen Mcintyre, M/M Charles McKenna, M/M Edward L. Smith, Jr.; $120-Mrs. Armand H. Richard; $11 O-John Robinson, Jr.; $100-M/M Lawrence Almeida, M/M Stanley Baron, M/M Terence Beehan, M/ M Joseph Brunette, MIM Thomas Conlon, M/M Henri Daigle, M/M Lionel Fernandes, Daniel Flanagan, M/M Raymond Fortin, Lawrence Harney, Jr., Eileen Landry, M/M Paul R. Levalley, M/ M John Lyons, M/M John Macedo, Edward L. Manley III, Dennis Onofrey, Howard A. Prescott, Jr., Mary Sevigny, M/M Emanuel A. Soares, M/M Robert Sylvia, Mary L. Wilson, Theresa P. Wetzel.

Immaculate Conception: $750-St. Vincent de Paul Society of Immaculate Conception Church; $500-M/M Victor F. Rebello, Jr.; $350-Class Act Hair Design, Inc., M/M Isaac Resendes; $300-Mr. Oliver Cabral, Immaculate Conception Holy Name Society; $200-M/M Hermano S. Medeiros; $100Gary's Best, Inc., In Memory of Angelo Brandai & M/M Manuel Lazaro, In Loving Memory of Fernando Fernandes, M/M Antonio M. Lopes, M/M Jose P. Noia, In Memory of Mitchell S. Jasinski, M/M Jorge E. Cabral, M/M Jeremias Camara, M/M Alfredo N. daSilva, M/M Manuel Sousa, M/M Antonio Lourenco, In Memory of Antonio Francisco, M/ M Manuel Camara, Noe Medeiros, Rui Campos.

Our Lady of the Assumption: $200-M/M Theophilo Fortes; $100-Deacon/M Antonio M. daCruz, Henry J. Barros.

Our Lady of Fatima: $250Louis LeBlanc; $200-John P. Giza.

St. Francis of Assisi: $1,200-Reverend Albert J. Ryan; $500-M/M Norman Bergeron; $200-M/M Dennis Manna; $175In Memory of Louis Bono; $100Anita Blain, M/M David B. Souza.

St. John the Baptist: $1,000Anonymous; $600-Joseph J. Baptista; $500-ln Memory of Daniel T. Vieira, Anonymous, A Friend, St. Vincent de Paul Society; $300-ln Thanksgiving; $275In Thanksgiving; $250-ln Memory of Vito Gerardi, Anonymous; $200-M/M George Vasconcellos, Holy Rosary Sodality, A Friend; $150-M/M Jose F. Carreiro, Anonymous, Catherine Sanderson; $125-Anonymous, A Friend; $120-MIM Jose A. Sousa; $100-M/M Victor Valente, M/M Deodato Raposo, A Friend, Eva

Carreiro, In Thanksgiving, M/M Lino Pereira, Hilda Couto, Anonymous, M/M Horacio Furtado,M/ M Horace Wright, Mary Ann Lomba.

North Attleboro St. Mark: $750-M/M Richard J. Gundlach; $335-Mrs. Louise J. Farrands; $100-Elaine Carlos, Charles & Doris Legg, M/M Frederick Parrott, M/M Steven S. Tompkins.

North Dartmouth St. Julie Billiart: $1,900-ln Thanksgiving-35 years; $1,000M/M Edward J. Harrington, Jr.; $500-M/M Roland A. Giroux; $300-M/M Stephen Phillips, M/M James E. Costa; $200-M/M John Saraiva; $100-M/M Daniel Tremblay, Lorraine Vital, Livia Kowalski, Alvin J. Simmons, M/ M Craig Souza, M/M Gilbert D. Tavares, M/M Robert Ouellette, M/M John Ford, M/M Richard LaFleur, M/M Thomas D. Sbordone, M/M John G. Gannon, M/M James路 E. Tooley, Muriel Morse, M/M Richard DeCosta, M/ M Norman Dussault, M/M Anthony Furtado, M/M Herman Couto, M/M Warren J. Preti, Alice Gracia, In Loving Memory of Joseph & Agnes Soares & Manuel E. Rodrigues.

North Dighton St. Joseph: $1,300-Frank Costa; $200-Francis Torres; $125-Ralph Charlwood, George Milot, Catherine Mann; $100-ln Memory of Amalio & Mark Anthony Annunziato, Paul Achtelik, David Harwood, Anna Silvia, In Memory of Robert McGuirk.

North Falmouth St. Elizabeth Seton: $1,000Joseph Montie, St. Elizabeth Seton Men's Club; $800-Dr/M C. Paul Spinale; $750-Francis Chase; $600-M/M William Black; $500-M/M Joseph Dixon, M/M Thomas Norris, M/M Ralph Vaccaro; $360-M/M Robert Averill; $300-M/M Thomas Bushy, M/M Gustav Swanson; $200-M/M William Dillon, Ralph DeGregorio, Joanne Ward; $150M/M Edward Marcheselli, M/M Bernard Nee, Mrs. William Stone; $125-M/M Robert Antonucci; $1 OO-M/M William Connors, M/M William Doyle, M/M Thomas Garvey, M/M Walter Haas, M/M Jack Howard, M/M Charles Innis, M/M James Kinchla, Mrs. Alice Kirk, MIM Darrin Lang, Dr/M John Manning, M/M Bernard McMahon, M/M Joseph Miskell, M/M Kevin O'Neil, M/M James Ward.

Pocasset St. John the Evangelist: $4,OOO-Reverend Robert C. Donovan; $500-M/M Louis Beaulieu; $150-M/M Gordon Wixon; $100-M/M Albert Beinor, M/M Ralph Brown, M/M Jeffrey Davis, M/M James A. Flynn, M/ M John Knutila, M/M George McAndrews, M/M John Migliaccio, M/M Robert Mosher, Robert Mulcahy, Marilyn Powers, M/M Richard Patton.

Seekonk Our Lady of Mount Carmel:"'" $16,400-Mrs. D. Anthony Venditti; $1,200-DrlM Stephen T. Conway; $1,OOO-Anonymous; $840-M/M William Kearney; $800-Hendricks Pools, Inc.; $500-M/M Fritz Ulmschneider, M/M Francis Gibbons; $400-M/M Robert J. Bessette, Jr., Susan Miller; $395M/M John Hendricks; $300-M/M Thomas Castle, MlM Richard A.

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River Johannis, M/M Edward Martin; $250-M/M Mark P. Canuel; $200Mr. John Mellen, M/M Anthony S. Mello, M/M Charles Mercier, M/ M Michael O'Connell, M/M Jose A. Reis, Mr. Antonio Ribeiro, Jr.; $150-M/M William E. O'Gara, M/ M William J. Quirk, M/M Ray, Corrigan; $125-M/M David Gering, M/M Martin A. O'Loughlin, M/M Frank E. Rapoza; $120-M/M Eric C. Anderson, MIM Richard LeClaire; $100-M/M GuilhermeAlexandre, M/M Joseph T. Brennan, Jane Barker, M/M Allen Brown, Jr., M/ M Emile A. Bonneau, Paul & Charlene Bilodeau, M/M Arthur J. Cabral, M/M John B. Carney, M/ M Raymond Clement, Sharon A. Corrigan, M/M Joseph J. Costa, Michael Cayer, Mrs. Jeremiah Downes, M/M Robert S. Dias, Mrs. Robert Desrochers, M/M Richard A. Donahue, M/M Harry P. DeAngelis, M/M Mark E. DiPetrillo, M/M J. James Drapeau, M/M James Florio, M/ M Alfred George, M/M Philip Gauthier III, M/M Gary Jones, M/ M William T. Jarvis, Arnaldo & Lucia Gertrudes, M/M William Heaney, M/M Raymond F. Hayes, John Korkuc, M/M Bradford S. Lane, M/M George Litterst, Mrs. Anna Murtha, Mrs. William McAuliffe, M/M Samuel J. Mulholland, M/M Valentim P. Mendes, M/M Thomas Michaluk, M/M John G. Machado, Mrs. Elizabeth Marsland, M/M Raymond A. Murtha, Ernest Mansolillo, M/M Matthew Keenan, M/M John Nunes, Jr., Lee Palazzi, M/M Joseph G. Percy, M/M Paul D. Pinto, M/M Kenneth E. Robinson, M/M James Rennick, M/M James Roberts, Doreen Studly, M/M Randall P. Silveira, M/M Richard L. Sosebee, Anthony Soboda, M/ M Anthony Silva, Mrs. Florence Turner, Patrick & Cheryl Thibeault, M/M Curtis Young, Mrs. George Creighton Swansea St. Louis de France: $200Mrs. George Blaser, M/M Arthur Grimes; $100 Charles Pelissier, M/M Roger Chauvin, Leo Mathieu, M/M Rosario LoPiano, M/M Fernand Auclair, M/M John V. Segalla, Leroy Chouinard.

St. Michael: $1 ,OOO-Reverend Philip N. Hamel; $600-Richard A. Crosson; $500-Wayne Gray; $250-Mrs. Michael Liobro; $150-Paul Parente, Alfred Moniz, Alfred Mello, Mrs. Russell Cochrane; $125-Stephen Malo, Wollaston Morin; $120-Arthur E Turcotte, Daniel Azevedo, Craig J. Sherwin; $1 OO-Manuel Silveira, Ann Tschirch, Ronald Fontaine, Leonard C. Connors, Paul Gagnon, Ronald Francis, Michael J. McGee, Dorothy Boucher, George E. Borges, Hebert E. Chace, Frank N. Clegg, Joseph R.B. Levesque, Peter Martelly, Robert E McConnell, Joseph D. Santos, Billy Dolan, Charles Anthony III. Taunton Annunciation of the Lord: $1,OOO-M/M Richard Andrade; $500-M/M Anthony Nunes, Thomas Whalen, M/M John Paulo, Jr., Helen Brady; $300-Virginia Wade; $200-MIM Antero Oliveira, M/M George Sherry, M/M Vasco de Barros; $150-Mrs. John Kelly, Mrs. James Fahey, MIM Robert

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Mendes; $120-M/M Gilbert Coute; $100-M/M James Lynch, Mrs. Maria Correia, M/M Kirby Sessums, M/M Robert Tutino, Deacon Robert Faria, M/M Gilbert Perry, Oscar Maynard, Andrew Mulhern, Mrs. Edna Lincoln, EvansLava,JamesEGaliagher, Richard Palazzi, Kathleen & Anne Flannery, M/M Joseph Silveira, M/M Kenneth Perry.

Holy Rosary: $250-Dr/M Thaddeus Figlock; $200-MIM Gilbert Levesque, M/M David Turkalo; $150-M/M Marcellus D. Lemaire, M/M Theodore J. Wojcik; $125-M/M John Lopes; $105-James & .Sally Ferreira; $100-Mrs. Mary Dubena, M/M Joseph Lopes, Mrs. Laura Montecalvo, MIM Robert Nichols, M/M William Powers.

St. Jacques: $1,000-Reverend Thomas E. Morrissey; $500Maria Felizardo; $175-Maurice Laroque; $100-M/M Roger Yelle.

St. Joseph: $800-Joseph Medeiros; $250-Betty Tigano; $236-Michael Wojcik; $150-M/M Mark Jussaume, M/M William McCarthy, Jr.;$125-Ann Gilmore; $100-M/M Robert Crossman, M/ M William E. Dias, M/M Thomas Donnelly, Richard J. Ducharme, Joan Frazier, M/M Robert Gemme, Mrs. Edward Gotham, Kristine Hodgson, M/M Craig A. Kennedy, M/M John Lewis, M/M Daniel McAloon, Joseph O'Hare, M/M Richard Paulson, Jr., M/M John Pereira, M/M Paul Rego, Mrs. Therese Santos, M/M Charles Smith.

St. Paul: $1,OOO-Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation; $400-M/M Bruce Young; $200-MIMAllan Colleran, Rosalie Connors; $150~Jacqueline DaSilva, Richard Hooben, M/M Joseph Kuper, M/M Wayne Pacheco; $120-M/M Joseph Mastromarino; $100-M/M Philip Arsenault, M/M John Barlow, Carol Baxter-Green, Mildred Braga, Joyce Caron, M/M James Casey, M/M John Conlon, Janice Falzone, M/M William Labrie, M/ M John Mulen, M/M David Nunes, Annamae Schondek, Norma Wade.

Wellfleet Our Lady of Lourdes: $2,OOO-ln Memory of Msgr. John Tavares; $1,000-MIM George T. Ryan, MIM Frank T. Szedlak, Jr., Bernard E Wills; $500-George R. Earley; $300-Virginia Sanning; $200-Eleanor C. Landry; $150-MI M Stanley Kusia, M/M John Monahan; $125-M/M Arthur A. Parker, Sr.; $1 OO-Frank Bucknam, MIM Gregory M. Cambi, MIM WilIiam J. Corcoran, M/M Joseph Cosgrove, Matthew A. Frazier, Jane M. Lee, Janis R. Plaue, MIM Ronald H. Thureson, Helen Wallace, Richard I. White, Jr. Westport St. John the Baptist: $500MIM Eugene M. Kennedy; $300Leonard Rock; $200-M/M Paul Brenckle; $250-M/M Peter Landry, M/M Richard Zanrucha; $125-Denise Toohey, Frank Toohey; $100-M/M Christopher Canepa, MIM Robert Condon, MI M Paul Heywood, M/M David Latinville, Agnes McCloskey, M/ M Donald McCarthy, DrlM John McGuire, M/M Robert Melanson, M/M Joel Sunderland, M/M Roger Melanson, William Navin, MIM Donald Wilusz.

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Andrew Carreras; St. John Neumann, East Freetown, Brian .Baptista; St. Joseph, Rap h a e I Fairhaven, Mabasa; St. "Julie Billiart, Dartmouth, Casey A. Bandarra and Katelin.

Bandarra; St. Kilian, New Bedford, William Santos, Jr.; St. Lawrence Martyr, New Bedford, Melanie Michaud; St. Mary, New Bedford, Christina Rivet; St. Mary's South Dartmouth, Jennifer Donaghy; St. Mary's Fairhaven, Jeremiah Woolley; St. Patrick, . Wareham, Ross Lake, Jr.; St. Rita's, Marion, Kevin Hart.

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Taunton Deanery Annunciation of the Lord, Taunton, Daryl Vieira; Holy Cross, South Easton, Amanda Grazioli; Holy Family, E. Taunton, Sarah Mawn; Immaculate Conception, North Easton, Kathleen Simmons; St. Anthony of Lisbon, Taunton, Andrew Nystrom; St. Jacques, Taunton, Elizabeth Claire Bedard; St. Joseph, No. Dighton, Laura Ann Posca; St. Mary's, Taunton (English community) John Silvia II, (H ispanic community)路 E ric Rodriguez; St. Paul, Taunton, Rebecca A. McCarthy.

CEREMONIES RECENTLY marked the joint installation ceremony for the newly formed circles of the Columbian Squires and Squirettes at St. Bernard Church, Assonet. The groups are open to Catholic boys and girls and are under the sponsorship of Knights of Columbus, Cross of Christ Council No. 12283. Both groups promote community leadership and helping others.

THESE SEVENTH路 and eighth-grade students from SS. James and John School, New Bedford, recently participated in the 41 st annual Massachusetts Region III Science Fair at Bristol Community College. Clockwise from left are: Kenneth Monterio, second place, Junior Division; Elizabeth Conde, forum participation certificate; Ashley Medeiros, honorable mention and Thais Gutierrez, first place, Junior Division.

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KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS Glenda Ortiz and Trevor Bates from SS. Peter and Paul School, Fall River, are ready to hit the beach during a recent spirit day. "Beach Day," was one of several theme days including "Pirate Day" and "I am Special Day."

TEA FOR TWO - Third-grader Robert McGly"nn and his mother Mary Ann were among many parent-student pairs to enjoy the annual Mother's Tea Party at St. Anne School. His mother is a fourth-grade teacher at the Fall River school.

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., May 24, 2002

Pope eager to make impact at WYD VATICAN CITY (CNS) Despite the burdens of age and infilmity, Pope John Paul II is expected to make a tremendous impact during his three World Youth Day appearances in Toronto this summer, an organizer said.

"He told me that he's coming, and I believe he's truly living for this," Canadian Basilian Father Thomas Rosica, national director of World Youth Day 2002, told Catholic News Service.

After a series of meetings between Canadian Church leaders and Vatican officials, Father Rosica said "everything is set" for the youth day celebrations in late July.

For those who have worried about the pope's increasing frailty - his noticeable shortness of breath, unsteadiness on his feet and slurred speech - Father Rosica said the health problems would not diminish his role at World Youth Day events.

"His presence is now an icon in the best sense of the word. I think what he represents and who he represents speaks more profoundly than the words we sometimes have difficulty understanding," he said.

Young people may have to read the pope's talks to fully comprehend his message, but "his presence speaks volumes," Father Rosica said.

The pope will preside over the evening vigil celebration in a downtown Toronto park July 27 and a closing Mass the next day.

He will deliver talks or homilies at the opening ceremony, the vigil and the Mass, and pronounce shorter greetings at the Toronto airport when he arrives

and departs.

One major innovation with ecumenical significance is that young people will be invited to participate in some 200 service projects during their stay in Toronto - everything from visiting the elderly to cleaning up neighborhoods, Father Rosica said.

All the faith communities of Toronto are sponsoring the initiative, and it already has struck a chord with many young people who are open to the idea of volunteerism, he said.

The service projects represent a way to engage youths who might not respond enthusiastically to purely liturgical events, but who want to feel part of World Youth Day, he added.

At the same time, Father Rosica said, the planners have tried to make clear the Church's commitment to justice by involving the poor and imprisoned in preparation for the events. Canadian prisoners were employed to produce some 250,000 World Youth Day bags; 40 poor Colombian families produced 450,000 wooden crosses that will be handed out; and a women's cooperative in the Chiapas region of Mexico made stoles for priests hearing confessions.

Father Rosica said the U.S. Knights of Columbus gave organizers $1 million to develop a lakeside park and prepare catechesis programs there, as well as a program of confessions.

For the World Youth Day period, the park is being renamed "Due in Altum Park," after the Latin phrase used by the pope to outline the church's missionary goals: "Put out into the deep."

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By CHARLIE

MARTIN路 CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

DON'T LET ME GET ME new single off the CD "Missundaztood" (yes, that is Never win first place, I don't how it is spelled) by Pink, or support the team I can't take direction, and my P!NK as she is known. I haven't socks are never clean exactly been a big fan of her muTeachers dated me, my sic (or her pink hair!), but this parents hated me single got my attention.

I was always in a fight 'cause The song presents a girl who I can't do nothin' right must have one of history's worst Every day I fight a war cases of low self-esteem. She feels so bad about herself that she against the mirror I can't take the person starin' back at me .~~~ I'm a hazard to myself ~M'~ A~~4 Refrain: Don't let me get me I'm my own worst enemy It's bad when you annoy yourself So irritating Don't wanna be my friend no more ' I wanna be somebody else I wanna be somebody else, yeah L.A. told me, "You'll be a pop star, "All you have to change is everything you are" Tired of being compared to wants a doctor to "please preBritney Spears scribe something, a day in the life She's so pretty, that of someone else." She believes just ain't, me she's become "a hazard to myDoctor, doctor, won't you self." please prescribe something We all have bad days, but it's A day in the life of difficult to imagine being as selfsomeone else? critical as this song describes.

'Cause I'm a This song of pop/rock overhazard to myself statement offers two ideas deserv(Repeat refrain twice) ing comment.

Doctor, doctor, won't you The first concerns compariplease prescribe something sons. The girl says she is "tired A day in the life of of being compared" to others, essomeone else? pecially to Britney Spears. BeDon't let me get me ing tired of this is actually help(Repeat refrain) Sung by PINK , fuJ. Often, in comparing ourCopyright (c) 2002 by selves to others we end up feelArista Records ing either inadequate or arrogant.

"Don't Let Me Get Me" is the Neither of these attitudes is ben-

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eficial to the soul.

Instead of engaging in this judging process, focus on your own likes and interests. You carry the creator's unique imprint.

There is no innate value in trying to be like someone else. Rather, discover ways to share your own gifts and abilities with the world.

No one can develop them but you.

No one can offer them to the rest of us but you. This is a choice that you can act upon today.

Second, the gIrl seems too concerned about herself. Perhaps she has had painful experiences that led her to look inward. While self-examination can assist us in making changes for the future, looking outward is also important. One path toward feeling better about yourself is to focus outward - to recognize the needs of others.

For example, the girl in the song may feel misunderstood, yet so do many others around her. What could she do to help them? A phone call, an E-mail, an invitation to hang out together - there must be bunches of ways she could step beyond her own hurt and show concern for others.

I have learned through being a pastoral counselor that it is difficult to directly raise another's self-esteem. Rather, increased self-esteem is a byproduct of other choices.

Everyone goes through down times. Those who also try, while maintaining their own integrity, to show care and compassion for others almost always improve how they feel about themselves.

Acting with these attitudes can't help but lead you to recognize the goodness God has placed in you.

Your comments are always welcome. Please address: chmartin@swindiana.net.

The surprise hit of the' spring TV season

By AMY WELBORN CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE The surprise hit of the spring TV season was, of course, "The Osbournes," MTV's program that took viewers into the lives of the family of aging rocker Ozzy Osbourne.

If you watched the show, you know its basics: Osbourne, his wife and manager Sharon, and two of their three children, Jack and Kelly, have moved to a huge mansi'on in Beverly Hills, Calif. Cameras followed them around the house and sometimes around the country as Ozzy went on tour. We saw this rather unusual family fight, laugh, cook, eat, have family meetings .and do a whole lot of cursing.

Different people have been interested in the show for different reasons. Some think it is a positive portrayal of a family - an unusual family, but an intact, open and honest family nonetheless. And a loving one. Imagine the sight of Ozzy Osbourne greeting his wife at a surprise biJthday party with the

rather sweet question, "Where are the ba- being themselves. They're laughing (and bies?" referring, of course, to his goth son merrily cussing) all the way to the bank. and pink-haired daughter.

And what do I think?

I've watched several episodes and have Other people see the show as a sign of the end of the world - or al- . . .. been absolutely intrigued. most that. They're disBut what intrigues me isn't .. \~':1l their style of family. It mayed by the freedom the ,,;vll Osbournes give their kids doesn't shock me either. and are not happy that this These kids have basically been raised on the road, as family is being held up as any kind of model. their heavy-metal dad Well, here's my answer: 1":;:;:;~=:' toured, managed by their I don't think they are being mom. It would be a miracle held up as a model. I don't think they're pre- if they were anything but off-the-wall, prosenting themselves that way either. I think fane and free-spirited. And, it seems, pretty what they're doing is something smart, at much without direction as well.

No, what compelled me to watch, more least in worldly telms: dad's clearly reaching the end of his career, so more money has than anything else, was the sight of Ozzy to be made. Now, one series down, another Osbourne himself. to be produced with a $20 million windfall Osbourne, of course, is a symbol of a certo the Osbournes and a two-book publishing tain kind of heavy metal music: dark, nihildeal, the Osbournes have seen they can make istic, bloody, shocking and very loud.

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got in Ozzy Osbourne: a doddering, constantly befuddled guy whose dyed black-andred hair and dark glasses can't hide the fact that, in reality, he's getting old, can barely walk straight, doesn't seem to understand half of what's going on around him and is, in the end, a pretty ineffectual father.

What's done it to him? Hard living, of course. Drugs and drinking, and he's said as much to his kids, asking them, "Do you want to end up like me?"

It's an uncomfortable but real lesson. We .may not like to believe it, but what we do now impacts our future. Our choices, our lifestyles and what we put into our bodies all stay with us in some fOIm or another.

So when making choices now, a good, simple question to ask is: "How do I want to end up my life? Is this choice going to take me where I want to go?"

As Ozzy Osbourne, a confused geezer at only 53, makes clear, those choices make a difference.

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Diocese of Fall River - Fri., May 24, 2002

. THE KNIGHTS of Columbus, Cross of Christ Council, St. Bernard's Parish, Assonet, recently sponsored'a Mini-Golf Tournament. The King family won the "Best Family 2002" trophy. From left are: Tyler, James, Sean and Katie King. They were coached by their mother, Vicky King, back row. The winner of the "Best Singles 2002" award was Father Tim "Tiger" Goldrick, back row, who thanked the Knights for "providing the food and the opportunity to have fun with fellow parishioners." .

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VOLUNTEER ROGER Savaria shares a moment- with Sacred Hearts Father Matthew Sullivan, Chaplain of Our Lady's Haven,Fairhaven, during National Volunteer's Week..

A luncheon marked the event and volUnteers who assist residents in a variety of ways were honored.

Priest urges Catholics to understand the beauty, truth in other faiths

By JOHN STRANGE CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

CATHOLIC MEMORIAL Home recently .observedits annual Mission Day with Mass celebrated by Msgr. Edmund J. Fitzgerald, executive director of Diocesan Health Facilities.

The day gives staff an opportunity to renew their commitment to helping others. From left front: Colleen Machado and Arlene Cabral. Rear: Sister Mary Robert Romano, Catholic Memorial Home administrator, Lillian Fletcher, David Pereira and Msgr. Fitzgerald.

. GREENVILLE, N.C. - Ifhe . . could, Passionist Father Thomas' . Bonacci 'would put Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli' Prime Minister Ariel Sharon face to face across a table.

The priest would address Sharon first, quoting from Deuteronomy: "You shall not suppress the strang~r within you." Then he would remind Arafat ofthe Quran's admonition to respect the traditions of all peoples.

Upon hearing such undeniable messages of peace from the ancient texts of their faiths, the two leaders would finally begin to speak to one another without anger.

At least, that's what Father Bonacci would like to see happen.

The priest, a campus minister and retreat master, shared his scenario in a talk at a recent "Day of Prayer and Reflection" sponsored by the Diocese of Raleigh's Ecumenical Commission.

He is an associate campus minister at Pittsburgh's Carlow College, a women's college run by the Sisters of Mercy. He has been a campus minister at two North Carolina universities, East Carolina in Greenville and Duke in Durham.

Father Bonacci said beauty, peace and truth - the word of God - can be discovered in the "world scriptures" of Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam, as well as in the路 Scriptures' of Judaism and

Christianity.

"These are not simply the in"Chris,tians in general and sights of individual religions," Catholics since the Second the priest said. "These are the inVatican Council seek what is true sights of the human race. Anyand good and beautiful, regard- body from any traditions can acless of where we find it," Father cess them."

Bonacci said. In fact, he added, According to Pope Paul VI, today Catholics have the obliga- the Catholic Church "often finds tion to seek the word of God in the' truth of herself in others." other traditions.

Father Bonacci said that discovThere is much beauty and ery is "the real challenge." truth in each of the world's ma"It's more than good will," he jor faith tradi~ions, he said. said. "It's actively trying to unFor example, he said, Hinou- derstand how people experience ism asks: "Is not all one?" Hin- the divine. We are trying to undus see God in the trees, the derstand ourselves in what othrocks, other, people, the very 'ers have to say."

When it works, "when we take depth of reality, Father Bonacci said. "All of this is one. It's all what is common to another traGod." dition.as路our own, we realize we Further, the Hindu model, are closer to it than we think," teaches that "the essence of reli- .'he said. gion is not ritual but compassion.: "When they hear Jesus say, The essence of spirituality is 'the Father and I are one,' Hindus delight in that. When Budcompassion."

Buddhism also teaches "the.: dhists hear us say, 'God is love,' way of compassion," he said, and ..that's extremely touching," 路Faalso discovers God in nature.' ther Bonacci said.

And in Buddhism, he said, "The. "There are no brick walls beword of God is still being writ- tween traditions when you look ten." The Buddhist texts number at them deeply and humanely. half a million pages, he said, and The love and kindness we give. to each other is not unique to the: are still growing.

The main tenet of Judaism is Catholic tradition. It's in all of that "God is holy," while Chris- these Scriptures." tianity holds that "God is love."

Looked at as pieces of litera~ Obviously, the two faiths ture, he said, "there are common share the Old Testament and a threads all over the place." common ancestry.

Admittedly, "it's a tough thing Finally, Islam, the youngest of to pull off when they're trying to the traditions, teaches not only kill each other," but "each of that "God is great," as reported these traditions has verses, and by the media, but that "God is stories, and insight that call us greater;" he said. "Anything can to go beyond resentment and habe surpassed by God." tred," he said.