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FALL RNER .:..- Tne:request for reiir~fu~ni'bythree pastors has been approved by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFMCap. Father George F. Almeida, pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Swansea, will retire effective June 10. Father John P. Driscoll, pastor of St. Lawrence Parish, New Bedford, and Father Manuel P. Ferreira, pastor of St. Anthony Parish, Taunton, will retire effective June 20. Father Almeida The son of the late Manuel and the late Anna (Medeiros) Almeida, Father Almeida, 70~ was born in Newport, R.I. ~ 'He 'graduated from A~tlebor6 High School in 1,949 and : attend~d St. Thomas'Sernin'ary in Bloomfield, Conn.; St.

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Mary's Se'minary in Baltimore, Md., and Our Lady of the Angels Seminary in Albany, N. Y. He was ordained a priest on May 1, 1965- by Auxiliary Bishop James J.Gerrard in St. Mary's Cathedral. He has been a parochial vicar at St. Michael, St. Anthony of Padua and Our Lady of the Angels parishes in Fall,River; St. Anthony and Our Lady of Lourdes in Taunton; Our Lady of Mount Carmel in New Bedford and Sacred Heart Parish in Oak Bluffs. He was pastor of St. Elizabeth's Parish, Edgartown, from 1981 until 1988, when he became pastor of Holy Family Parish, East Taunton. Since May 1997, he has been pastor at Our Lady of Fatima"Parish, Swansea. Tum to page 15 - Retirees

PEOPLE LIKE Bill Byrnes are helping to make this year's Catholic Charities Appeal a success. The owner of the Tedeschi Food Shop in Fall River, collected more than $250 from ~. . customers for the annual Appeal by placing a ' ~ container on his counter. Byrnes is a member ~ of St. Mary's Church, Norton. (AnchodGordon ~ photo)

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FALL RIVER - "We're approaching 'crunch time' Il in this year's Catholic Charities Appeal," says Msgr. i Thomas 1. Harrington, director, and Michael J. Donly, diocesan Director of Development agrees. Many of the more than 100 parishes throughout the I diocese have transmitted two or more partial reports to Diocesan Headquarters located at the Chancery Office, and returns stand at just over $2.75M. "We're encouraged, naturally, at this juncture," the coordinators of the campaign confessed, "but we do sense that there is the potential to significantly exceed last year's amount of $3.4 million." To accomplish this, the CCA leaders urged pastors and parish committees to utilize every means to attract new donors to the campaign. They also asked pastors to encourage any former contributors who, to date, have not yet participated in this year's drive to join more than 50,000 other residents of the diocese in responding to the spring-season Appeal. Although the closing date for the Appeal is approaching, Monsignor Harrington and Donly emphasized that there is still time for people to help with donations to maintain, expand and improve the "outreach" of diocesan agencies, institutions and ministries to needy families and individuals in southeastern Massachusetts. ''This year, as is invariably the case every spring, there are many wonderful stories which illustrate the panorama of the Appeal," noted Monsignor Harrington. As the photo indicates, the owner of a Tedeschi store on a busy street in Fall River displayed a container on the store counter for patrons to contribute loose change to ·1'

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Moakley praised as dedicated public servant, good friend By CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE BOSTON - Boston Cardinal Bernard F. Law called Rep. Joe Moakley, the Massachusetts Democrat who died May 28 of leukemia, a "tirelessly dedicated public selVant and a good friend." "Throughout his life, Congressman Moakley worked to uphold all that made his neighborhood, city, commonwealth and nation great," the cardinal said in a statement about the Catholic lawmaker, who was 74. "The mannerin which he lived, with faith and integrity, stal}ds as a most fitting memorial to him;" The cardinal, who w~ the main· celebrant at Moakley's funeral Mass June 1 at St. Brigid Church in South· , Boston, said Moakley's 28-year ca- . reer in Congress was "always so much more than just a job." President Bush and fonnerPresident Clinton attended. Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., led a delegation from the Fall River diocese, and was a concelebrant at the Mass. Moakley was first elected to Congress in 1972, after spending six years in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1953-63; six years in the state Senate, 1965-71; and a year on the Boston City Council. He selVed as chainnan of the House Rules Committee from 1989 'until 1995 when Republicans took

got where he.ca.rne from." da.mentally, a child of God." Moakley, who was bom-in South Supreme Knight Carl A. AnderBoston, lived his whole life in the son said Moakley's 48 years in the city's 7th Ward and commuted to Knights of Columbus "were as val~ Washington during his congressional ued to us as were his years of distinselVice. guished service in the House ofRepHe championed many state causes, resentatives," he said in a statement. and often said the government's role Moakley announced this Februwas "to help the vulnerable in soci- ary that he had an incurable fonn of ety.". leukemia and would not run for reHe was among a dozen members election for a 16th tenn next year. of Congress who received a 100 MoakleyselVedintheNavydurpercent rating from a public policy ingWorld War II and graduated from coalition ~alled JustLife for voting Boston's Suffolk University Law on a "cOilsistent ethic of ,life" with School in 1956. He practiced law in regard to economic justice, abortion Boston from 1957 'and through his ·and.nuclear,weapons issue.s.He'alsQ ,:year.s.:in state-and: city ,office until vpted to ,ban.partial-birth abortion. ' ,- ,1972, when he W(lS elected to Cont'he . cardinal said" thatgress. ' ~.' ';'>' Mo~ey) greatest legacy was "his" Moakley' is sti~vived by two ability, to understaod.that he was· brothers. His wife ofnearly 40 years, not mer~ly,a,' loyal son of South Evelyn, die<! in'1996. He was burBoston and proud citizen of the ied in Blue Hfn Cemetery in United States, but, even more fun- Braintree."

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EDICTAL CITATION DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS

parochial vicar at Immaculate Conception Church, New Bedford; Santo Christo Parish, Fall River; and S1. Anthony's in Taunton. On the diocesan level he has been director of the New Bedford Area Catholic Charities Appeal; chaplain of the New Bedford Police Department; Deanery Coordinator of Vocations; director of the New Bedford Catholic Salvage Store; a member of the Presbyteral Council and the Priest Spirituality Committee; and was involved in Marriage Preparation in New Bedford.

Father Maurice O. Gauvin Jr. Father Gauvin, 42, a native of Fall River, is the son of Maurice O. Gauvin Sr., and Mary C. (Botelho) Gauvin, an.d grew up in S1. Elizabeth's Parish. He attended Fall River Public Schools and graduated from B.M.C. Durfee High School in 1977. He graduated from St. John's Seminary College with a bachelor's degree in 1982 and received his master of divinity degree from St. John's Seminary in Brighton in 1986. He was ordained a priest on May 31, 1986 by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin in S1. Mary's Cathedral. Father Gauvin has served as a

Since the actual place of residence of GLENN ALLEN JONES is unknown. We cite GLENN ALLEN JONES to ap· pear personally before the Tribunal of the Oiocese of Fall River on Tuesday, June 19, 2001 at 2:30 p.m. at 887 Highland Av· enue, Fall River, Massachusetts, to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage exists in the Ferreira·Jones case? Ordinaries of the place or other pastors having the knowledge of the residence of the above person, Glenn Allen Jones, must see to it that he is properly advised in regard to this edictal citation. Paul F. Robinson, O. Carm., J.C.D. Adjutant Judicial Vicar Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts on this the 1st day of June, 2001.

Father Sullivan Father Sullivan is a native of Freetown and of St. Bernard's

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DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER

Diocese of Fall River

OFFICIAL His Excellency, the Most Reverend Sean O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Fall River, has accepted the request to retire of; Reverend George F. Almeida, Pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Swansea.

Effective June 10, 2001 His Excellency, the Most Reverend Sean O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Fall River, has accepted the request to retire of: Reverend John P. Driscoll, Pastor of Saint Lawrence Parish, New Bedford. Reverend Manuel P. Ferreira, Pastor of Saint Anthony Parish, Taunton.

Effective June 20, 2001

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In considering the pastoral care of the faithful throughout the Diocese and after a study of the situation ofOur Lady of Lourdes Parish in Taunton and of Sacred Heart Parish in Taunton, and having consulted the pastors of Our Lady of Lourdes and Sacred Heart Parishes, and after having heard the advice of the Presbyteral Council of the Diocese of Fall River. the Diocesan Bishop hereby decrees the following:

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That Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Taunton and Sacred Heart Parish in Taunton be merged into the new Parish of the Annunciation of the Lord; That the canonical registers ofOur Lady of Lourdes Parish and of Sacred Heart Parish be kept at the Parish of the Annunciation of the Lord; That the goods and obligations ofOur L~y of Lourdes Parish and of Sacred Heart Parish belong to the Parish of the Annunciation of the Lord; . That Our Lady oLlourdes.Church, Rectory, Convent.,and,Sch601 and Sa~d Heart'Church, Rectory; and . Religious EducatiOn'Cenrerbecomlil the canonicalllrope1;tY-Qf;th~t;>31ish of the Annu~.ciatjo.no( tlte lprd.., • . • .'• . .' ,. , . ... ,.. '. . 1'1 This one.

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Rev. Craig A. Pregana, to Parochial Administrator, Saint John the Evangelist Parish, Attleboro, while remaining Director of the Vocation Office, Assistant Director of the Permanent Diaconate Office, and Chaplain, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

Effective June 25, 2001 His Excellency, the Most Reverend Sean O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Fall River, has accepted the request of the Reverend Monsignor Daniel F. Hoye for a six month sabbatical leave of absence.

In considering t~e pasto~~.care of the f<\itbful throughout the Diocese ana after a study of the situation of Saint Michael's Parish in Swanseaimd ofbiJi- Lady of FatlmaParish in Swansea, and having consulted the pastors of Saint Michael's and Our Lady of Fatima Parishes, and after having heard the advice of the Presbyteral Council of the Diocese of Fall River. the Diocesan .Bishop hereby decrees the following: -

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That Our Lady of Fatima Parish be suppressed; Thatthe territory of Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Swansea become part of the territory of Saint Michael's Parish in Swansea; That Saint Michael's Parish in Swansea include the former Our Lady of Fatima Church as a Mission Church of Saint Michael's Parish; . . That the canonical registers of Our Lady of Fatima Parish be kept at Saint Michael's Parish; That the goods and obligations of Our Lady of Fatima Parish belong to Saint Michael's Parish; That Our Lady of Fatima Church and Our Lady of Fatima Rectory become the. canonical property of Saint Michael's Parish; This Decree shall be effective at 12:0I a.m. on Monday, the eleventh day. ofJune in the year two thousand and one. Given in Fall River this fourth day of:JiJlle in the year two thousand and one: .' .•.•~~:;.:;;:.- ...

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Collaborative ministry Recently, three Cape Cod area parishes have taken steps that would move toward collaborative ministries among parishes. Our Lady of Victory has instituted a regional program for the physically and mentally challenged; Christ the King has begun an area bereavement program and St. Elizabeth Seton has a cancer support program underway. Each month the activities are published in a parish bulletins. Ongoing reference advisories are communication realities between the parishes. Duplication of ministries in a geographical area is eliminated, the Church serves people and special, individual needs are fulfilled in the context of Church. The concept of this collaborative form of ministry haS already seen proven results. Particular programs relative to what is happening in their lives are serving people with- special needs. That is what Church should be all about in its beatitudinal mandate. This indeed is a change from the past reflection that a parish is able to provide all services to every need. It is also a challenge to the mind-set that priests serve only those included in restrictive boundaries. Cancer, death and handicap have no boundaries. The need of service is always present. How the Church meets these needs is an ongoing challenge. Ministerial collaboration demands pastoral cooperation. In many cases static forms and preconceived notions of parish prevent the concept of shared ministries from ~~~are~~ , Currently the very notion of parish is undergoing a sweeping reform. The merging of parishes, shifting population and the declining number of priests have made so many rethink some ideas that were cut in stone. The concept that every parish is an island unto itself is becoming an untenable position. Ina past age where a pastor and two, three, or four curates held sway is now a mirage. There are some who yet dream of the good old days. The truth of our times makes such fantasies completely untenable. This past year, Bishop Anthony M. Pilla offered some directions for the parishes of Cleveland. In a pastoral letter, he set forth suggestions that would inde¢ promote programs that would help parishes face the many challenges of the times. 'The premise is, of course, our sharing in the Eucharist in Communion. Any process that parishes use for sharing our unique talents and resources should flow .from an experience of Communion, a growing together in Christ. Solutions should come from a willing heart and be affirmed by the local communities involved. Parish councils are a vital entity in developing such a discernment process. Above all, ministers that are involved in a networking process should always respect the boundaries of existing parishes. The challenges of growth and decline that so many parishes face demand by their nature new ideals that will help the local Church, the diocese and its Ordinary to meet the constant demands of the people of God on their journey of faith. We are, after all, one family and one faith sharing a common goal. Each and every parish has something to give and also something to share. Parishes are not islands unto themselves dominated by a mind-set that is impervious to change, growth and sharfug. St. Paul put it well in the "Letter to the Romans" when he said, "Let us then pursue what leads to peace and to the building up of one another." There are many challenges to this concep~ of collaboration and shared ministries, many of them, internal by nature. However, to reflect the teaching on the Mount, all of us will be challenged to realize the common good far outweighs subjective isolation.

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Of little mysteries and wonders By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

exactly is causing this?" Suddenly it occurred to me that Many times I've wondered what the statues, friezes and quotes got me started as a writer. As a found on Capitol Hill reflected student, writing was a chore for· . many of the same ideals I was me. It is still a mystery to me why preaching every morning at Mass. I chose to make it part of my teach- . But·it remains a bit of a mystery ing role as a priest. to me why I saw a connection beBy nature, I am a people-per- t'Y~e_n these, artworks and: my son. But writing separates you homilies, and wanted to write about from people because it requires . theQl. Natur¥ly, it leaves me wonsilence and time alone with your dering about God's role in this. thoughts. ."One Nation Under God" conAs a writer I have found that tains numerous photographs that I The Editor what is wonderful is not so much took.Aslphotographeds~tuesof producing a column or a book, but Catholics who were part of the all the little mysteries that seem to nation's history, I began to wonaccompany the writing endeavor. der what it would have been like Even after finishing a book, to have been them. I was especially for example, I've found myself intrigued with Father Jacques mystified as to why I was at- Marquette and pondered what he OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER tracted to one topic and not an- and Louis Joliet experienced caPublished weekly by The Catholic Press ot the Diocese ot Fall River other. Having just published "One noeing on Lake Michigan, and up 887 Highland Avenue P.O. BOX 7 Nation Under God: Religious and down rivers in search of the Fall River. MA 02722-0007 Fall River, MA 02720 Symbols, Quotes and Images in, MIssissippi. Telephone 508-675-7151 Our Nation's Capital," I still wonWhat did the wilderness look FAX" (508) 675-7048 der why I wrote it. like in those days? How did they Send address changes to P.O. BOll 7 or call telephone number above Actually the idea for the book communicate with the Native struck me during my'daily walks Americans they encountered? around Capitol Hill before cel- What was it like documenting all EDITOR NEWS EDITOR PRODUCTION MANAGER ebrating Mass. I thought to my- the birds and flora they saw? Where Rev. Msgr. John F. Moore JaJrles N. Dunbar Dave Jollvet self, "I feel il)spired when I am did they get their stamina? around these edifices, but what . In the book ,there is a photo-

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graph of the Temperance Fountain near Pennsylvania Avenue. As I reflected on it, I wondered why temperance is a cardinal ,vi~e. After some study I learnt!d, th;lt temperance is the virtue.designe4 to main.lain. the, ,l)armonY,(90p .. ~reated ·,wit@p us· I W9Qd~I;if.pe9ple real.ize,Uta,t ~tl1is,.~e i~'PQtas much ,:l!bou~. Ns!f!li~t·~, ,aQQu.t fostering ,our .iriner.6alap~ ,and focus. -, To help. me sorf .out my thoughts, I often take walks. All it takes is one good insight during one of those walks to make my day! I've found that the writing part of my life is filled with little mysteries that transform what could be a chore into a wonder for me. Of course, like others, I'm ecs~tic every time I experience a new insight, depressed every time a work is rejected. But I don't have to worry whether the day is bright or dark because ideas are illuminations. ',' I'm thankful for all the possibilities that come my way to grow in the art of wonder. And, yes, I still wonder why God attracted .me to this vocation in the first place.

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THEANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River--.:Fri., June 8, 2001 doesn't stop. He has a mission to fulfill and the physical obstacles can't stop him. They merely slow him down. There's no doubt that within Pope John Paul II today there are quips that would make us smile, there is the urge to hug someone who touches his heart, there is the desire walk without assistance, to speak loudly and clearly, to wink at a young boy and girl presenting the gifts at Mass. There's no doubt that within' Pope John Paul II's heart there is still his unconditional love for God, his Church, his people. Only the good Lord knows how much time Karol Jozef Wojtyla has left on this good earth. But what we do know is that this incredible man will continue to shepherd the Church until he is within the embrace of our loving

Father in heaven. Not everything the pope preaches is easy to accept or put into practice. But not everything Christ preached was either. Being a Catholic in today's world is very difficult. But, with the grace of God and the example of Pope John Paul II, we will succeed. Let's not tak;e Pope John Paul II for granted. Let's marvel at what he does despite great barriers. Let's continue' to enjoy this man while he is still with us. He's the same hero who burst on the scene 23 years ago. Only now, his accomplishments are even more extraordinary. Dave Jolivet is a former sports writer/editor, and current staff member of The Anchor. Comments are welcome at Dave.lolivet@Anchornews.org.

As a lad, I loved to watch a when a television camera caught through the mountains of Italy young Bobby Orr literally skate the twinkle in his eyes when he while on vacation? circles around his competitors. interacted with the youth of the Today, the physical limitations The Bruins' phenom of Pope John Paul II are changed the way the painfully evident. game ofice hockey was Amazingly, this man still is traveling the played by defensemen. globe, spreading the Not only could No.4 zig Word of God. But now and zag past the oppohe does so with great sition, he could do it in effort and pain. He different speeds. speech is slurred, his Eventually, though, By Dave Jolivet body is bent and his face the nature of the sport is often expressionless. started to take its toll on Aides help him walk. his piston-like legs. Knee operation after knee opera-. world. And how,prany pictures Rarely do we get the chance to tion curtailed Orr's speed and have we seeilof this man hiking laugh at one of his jokes. Yet, he greatly limited his mobility. '., ,. , , There are also fond memories ...--------------------------------------------------, of a fair-haired lad hailing from THE EASIEST WAY TO GET OUR BEST RATES! French Lick, Ind. taking all of New England by storm with his deadly shooting ability on the parqueted floor of the old Boston Garden. For New Englanders, Larry Bird was the Bobby Orr of the hardwood. Much like his Bruin colleague, Bird's exploits with the Boston Celtics were poetic masterpieces. Not blessed with great speed or jumping abilities, No. 33 relied on a relentless work ethic of practice and training to hone the skills with which he was blessed. There was nothing prettier than the sight of Bird releasing a high, arci'ngj'ump~shotfrom three~point~· ',' . land, then watching th1: 1:5ll1r-cUi' "'~' •.. - "" .'- • 'It~ like "frequent fliermiIes:~ohly better. There aren't a b~nch of rules and you don't have to jump through hoops. Just through the twine with a melo~!c . '. ' . ' . ,.,' . swish. 'open a,"Preferred Checking" account, keep an average monthly balance 6f$5000 in your choice of any combination of

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Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda, Sen. Wellstone wrote this about education reform: "Our national goal must be to insure that every child, by kindergarten, knows the alphabet, colors, shapes, and sizes, and how to spell his or her name. This will require well-paid professional teachers, assisted by skillful and well-paid

teaching assistants." In other words, it's the government's job to teach your kids how to tell red from blue and squares from circles. Here we have the reductio ad absurdum of the myth of the public school. Here is the net result of the Democratic Party's enthrallment to the National EducationAssociation, and to other lobbies for maintaining the government's monopoly on tax dollars for elementary education. Perhaps in the second Wellstone Administration the DeparlrlJ.erlt of

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BmSIOP ST AN~ STUDENTS SHARE a smile prior to the 39 th commencement . at Bishop Stang High School, . North Dartlllouth last Sunda!i

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eNS video • revIews NEWYORK (CNS) - The following are home videocassette reviews from the U.s. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting. Each videocassette is available on VHS format. Theatrical movies on video have a U.S. Catholic Conference classification and Motion Picture Association of America rating. All reviews indicate the appropriate age group for the video audience. ''Dungeons & Dnogom" (2000) Dull fantasy thriller in which the young empress (Thora Bitch) of a mystiCal land recruits a band of adventurers to find a magical artifact that will foil the scheme of an evil wizard (Jeremy Irons) to dethrone her. Based on a role-playing game, directorCourtney Solomon's action film plods predictably along with one-note characters and ordinary specialeffects. fuleImittent violence. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III - adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 - parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (New Une) ''Tbe HOU'le of Mirlh" (2000) Enticing adaplation of the Edith Wharton novel about turn-<lf-thecentury New York society wbere a beautiful young woman (Gillian Anderson) falls from grace while desperately seelting to many well Director Terence Davies delicately probes the woman's inexorable downfall as she tries to hold on to her principles in the face of hypocritical social strictures. Restrained sexual innuendo and a suicidal act The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-ll - adults and ad0lescents. The Motion Picture Associalion of America rating is PG parental guidance suggested. (C0lumbia TriStar) ''Requiem fur a Dream" (2000) Harrowing drama about a mother and her son who face dire consequences when they become addicted to diet pills and cocaine, respectively. Despite its visual polish, director DarrenAronofsky's darl< film savagely presents the brutal agonies of legal and illegal drug addiction but in an inescapably and gramitonsly raw manner. A lewd act as well as a few sexual encounters, nudity, graphic portrayal ofdrug addiction, some violence and recurring rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is o - morally offensive. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. (Artisan) ''Shadow of the Vampire" (2000) Creepy drama about the making of EW. Mumau's 1922 silent horror classic "Nosferatu" which suggests thatMurnau (John MaIkovich) made a pact with an actual vampire (Willem Dafoe) to play the title role in exchange forthe neck ofthe film's leading lady. Director E. Elias Merllige's warped film is absorbing in part, but not entirely consistent as it sometimes produces unintentional

giggles despite the eerie nature of the film. Some violence and drug use, a few sexual references, brief nudity and minimal profanity and . rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification isA-Nadults, with reservalions. The Motion Picture Association ofAmerica rating is R - restricted. (Universal) "I'ndIic" (2000) Powerful thriller that intersects four stories concerning the international drug trade including that of a recently appointed anti-drug czar (Michael Douglas) dealing with his addicted teen-age daughter (Erika Christensen) and a Mexican border policeman (Benicio Del Tom) confronted with the temptations of money and power. Director Steven Soderbergb's stunning visual virtuosity and the stellar ensemble performances create a stark picture of greed, conuplion and social decay where for every triumph, there is parallel setback and the battle begins again. futermittent drug use, some violence, a few sexual encounters, briefnudity, some profanity and constant rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-N - adults, with reservalions. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted. (USA) "Vertical Umit" (2000) .Action-paclred IaIe in ,wqu:1i a former mountain climber (Chris O'Donnell) leads a rescue team up K2, the world's second-higbest peak, where his sister (RobinTunney) and two others are trapped inside a deep crevasse with only hours to live. While director Martin Campbell's script is sometimes ludicrous, its hair-raising series of life-and-death simations prove consistently suspenseful. Much intense peril, fleeting implied drug abuse, brief sex references and minirnaI rough language and profanity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III - adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriateforchildren under 13. (C0lumbia TriStar) "Yoo Can Coont on Me" (2000) Family drama in which a wayward drifter (Mad< Ruffalo) returns to his small home town to visit his loving sister (Laura Linney), the single mother of an eight-year-<lld son (Rory Culkin), but her brother's inappropriate behavior disrupts their peaceful existence. Although its slow rltythm takes some getting used to, writer-director Kenneth Lonergan's sensitive film skillfully explores the complex bond between adult siblings orphaned at a young age. An extramarital affair, several sexual encounters, sporadic marijuana use, brief fisticuffs and some profanity with intermittent rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-N - adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Associalion of America rating is R - restricted. (Paramount)

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out comedies, it is gratifying to see that Greenfield has not gone the route of showing body fluids and the like, although Schneider does cough up a hairball at one point. Here and there, scenes crop up that are sexually suggestive, but these leave more to the imagination than they present on SCfl"'n. Schneider is less zany than he is just dopey, making Marvin pathetic, but not unsympathetic. He is supported by a group of actors who seem to be baving fun with their parts. Ed Saner plays slightly demented Chief Wl1son. With muscles bulging under his extra-tight police uniform, John C. McGinley is Sgt. Doug Sis!<, a c1unkerhead for whom police work is just a good line to pick up chicks who becomes obsessivelyjealous of Marvin's

NEW YORK - A meek police cadet gets a bionic tweaking thanks to the animal kingdom in the mildly amusing comedy 'The Animal" (Columbia). Marvin Mange (Rob Schneider) is a police evidence-file cleric with big·dreams of becoming a fullfledged police officer just like his daddy was before him. The only problem is he has failed the physical endurance test four times, and, as the typical weakling in comic-book body-building ads, Marvin has little hope of passing it now. One afternoon, be is left alone at the police station and responds to a desperate 911 call about a burglary in progress. Racing to the scene of the crime, Marvin's 'car flips over and he ends up in a near-fatal car crash success. (which just might be the longest car wreck scene in And making ber feature film debut is Colli:en cinematic history}. Saved.by mysteriousandeccentric .HasIreII. who rose to fame on the:TV series· "SurviDr. w.lldef.(Mi<:lJ3!1 ~It); ~riis*'bil""'tooi:>...t1t~s ~1D"",iolemstiRiama'''''' a . Wi'filI"t':'s :tilifilywtlJ' h\l'!'~Wtlder repairs Man¥iq"I?Wdiba~IIOme ~ 1n6Iincl&-0fblr oWn, using animal parts taken from a performing sea lion, a fu the background is a frivolous reverse-racism subcheeky chimpanzee and a talented show dog, just to plot-concerningMarvin'sAfrican-Americanfriend name a few. Miles (Guy Tony) - which pays off in the end hut is When be returns to his job at the station a week mostly tedious. later, Marvin has no memory ofWtIder's wild experifu many respects this is a throw-away film that low ment. He credits a new health drink, "Badger Milk," expectations make more enjoyable. 1be occasional for his sudden hurst of energy, keen sense of smell chol11e and Schneider's surprisingly balanced - and and carnivorous appetite. But, while Marvin looks often funny - performance make for passable comeperfectly normal on the outside and has even man- die fare. aged to pass the police obslacle course, he never Imows Due to sporadic sexual innuendo, fleeting rear nuwhich beastly behavior will emeIge. dity and some crass language, the U.S. Catholic ConAs directed by Luke Greenfield, the film's silly ference classification isA-ll-adults and adolescents. premise produces a few humorous moments and sight The Motion Picture Association of America rating is gags, though the comedy is mostly nbvious and pc- PG-13 - parents are strongly cautioned. Some matedestrian. However, in this age ofno-holds-barred, gross- rial may be inappropriate fOf children under 13. by Sally Potter in epic fashillll;:itis·1icin)!ic:lum.4s"iMatjlm.0f;America underminedbyamelodramaticplot, rating is PG-13 - parents are although the visuals m* mil ' lIliiW! JItdHigljI: cautioned. Some material and themUsic stitring. A few sexual DUIY'~~ cIlIIdren

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U.S. Catholic Conference classifi'l!fbeiWJiIe.BIu&1laiId" cation is A-III - adults. The Mo- ; "",1/'";; '. '(MlIed;-~'" tion Picture Association ofAmerica PoigJiaat dmma set in a poor Italrating is R - restricted. ianfishing village about a rogue fisb"What's the Worst 'Ibat Can erman (Yves Montand) who supHappen?" (MGM) ports his family by illegally tossing Failed comedy about a billion- bombs into the sea to kill the fish aire tycoon (Danny DeVito) who until an investigation by the new snatches the lucky ring off a thief police chief (Peter Carsten) threat(Martin Lawrence) be catches rob- ens the trawler's livelihood. Albing his house, which triggers a though melodrama sligbtly diminbattle of wills between the two men ishes the film's power, director Gillo over the good-luck cbarm. Sluggish Ponteeorvo's 1957 feature debut and dull-witted, director Sam delUy shows a man desperately tryWeisman's flimsy narrative is mostly ing to hold on to his integrity and a snore with a few cheap laughs. An pride while sinking to reckless acts implied sexual encounter, brief to remain a step ahead of poverty. comically intended violence, &po- Subritles. Some mild violence. The radic profanity, some crass wolds U.S. Catholic Conference classifiand fleeting rough language. The cation is A-ll - adults and adolesU.s. Catholic Conference classifi- cents. Not rated by the Motion Piccation is A-III - adults. The Mo- ture Association of America.

Continuedjrompage 12 lotte Mello, MIM John Mulvey, Sr., Arthur Costa. Robert Pickett, Mrs. Raymond Silva, NORTH EASTON Violet Wilkinson; $125-MlM John Immaculate Conception: $400- Kelleher, Mrs. Manuel Mello, MIM George & Theresa White; $300-M/ James Urquhart; $120-MIM Daniel M Edward Casieri; $250-MIM Rob- Arico, Mrs. Jeremiah Downes, Joert O'Leary, Jr.; $200-ln Memory of seph Swift; $110-M/M Raymond Aline Dallaire; $150-M/M Robert Gorman; $100-SandraAlmeida, MI Wooster; $130-M/M William M Bruce Bennett, MIM Paul Berube, McEntee; $100-Helen Botelho, MI MIM Joseph Brennan, MIM William M James Friesen. " Carden, MlM Dennis Carey, MlM NORTON J,ohn Doorley, DrlM John DuValley, St. Mary: $150-M/M John J. M/M John Ford, M/M Roger Ribeiro; $125-M/M John Drane; Gamelin, MIM Wayne Garrity, MIM $100-Edna L. Nelson. Philip Gauthier, MIM Alfred George, ORLEANS MlM Anthony George, MIM Mario St. Joan of Arc: $500-M/M Goulart, MIM Eric Hamel, MIM John Lawrence Nugent; $400-MlM Ber- Hanley, Jr., MIM Francis Harrington, nard Maguire; $300-M/M Hector M/M Ronald Ladurantaye, M/M Robitaille; $250-M/M Joseph Bradford Lopez, M/M Neil Martin, Moran, Jr.; $200-Mary Keefe, MlM MlM Robert Mulligan, M/M John Philip Mudge, M/M Steven Hertz, Nunes, Jr., MIM William O'Gara, MI Catherine McLoughlin; $150-MlM M William Quirk, M/M Edward Edward Bryant, DrlM Larry Hartung, Reali, M/M Anthony Rego, M/M Ruth Kantorski" Dr/M Donald R. Frank Santoro, M/M Shawn Smart, Kmetz; $125-ElisabeU; Dugan, .MlM Ralph Tomei, Florence Turner, Loretta Reiter; $1 oq~,~~Y~~ly ,¥r~..9~ns~ant!ne Vavolotis, Barbara AdarylkoviQl',M/M ~Qseph~9nin, MI Vieira, Mrs. ,Robert Vieira. , ' ,St..'M~rY: .$SOO-i;>avid & Cindy MWHljam:B.r9~dw~lI, Le':lore . Burneika, ~!M -Raymond Caefer, Mullen, Barbara I. Harrington, M/M M/M C,arroll Daly, M/M Arthur Gerard Matton; Paul & Catherine Depaolo, M/M John. Gasparini, Neto; $400-"George & Beverly ,Josie Kaufmann, Donna Kelley,.MI Panas; $300-ln Memory of John S. M Michael LeRoux, Estelle Lussier, Francis, M/M Charles Messier; MIM Walter McGauley, MIM Michael $275-M/M George Agostini; $200McGowan, MlM James Mcinnis, MI Mr. Edmund McCann, Joseph. & M John O'Brien, M/M Stanley Dorothy Palana, Paul & Karen Paduch, M/M Carmine Pallotta, Miller, M/M John Murphy, Paul & Ann Patterson, Anne Peirce, M/M Maureen Rego; $175-Harvey & Michael Radlhammer, MlM Walter Mary Blanchette; $150-Mrs. Ross, M/M William Rouillard, Doris Eleanor Lalime, M/M Leo Marcoux, Toohill, M/M Wilfred Trahan, Eliza- Jacqueline Walsh; $125-M/M Robbeth Griffin. ert Gravel, M/M David M. Turinese; OSTERVILLE $115-Mr. Harold McCormick; $110Our Lady of the Assumption: M/M Raymond Sinotte; $100-M/M $500-M/M Michael Dadarria, MIM Arthur Bergeron, Jr., John & Ernest J. Gavel, M/M James Pamela Cloud, Gerard & Rosemary Kowalski, Mrs. Barton Tomilson; Lavoie, MIM David Charest, Ronald , $300-M/M Thomas J. Grady; $250- & Donna Paris, Karl & Patricia Hom, MIM Frank Sullivan, MIM John D. Elsie Spellman, Eugene & Yvette SUlliv~ni'$.:a~Q~K;:;¥~rgini~>Adams, t,W.~!linii l.,cmj~ C,·lf:mR!'lQ, JrH\.J.9,~!J~e Mary A Callahan, R.C. Connolly, MI Martel, Mrs. Doris Murray, Mrs. M Richard O'Keeffe, MIM James Beatrice Amos, M/M Raymond Ryan; $150-Dorothy Feeney; $100- Keough, Kim Ragosta, Michael & Philip M. Boudreau, Hope Burke, Linda Hall, Louis & Margaret M. Butler & S. Drago, Ruth Cunnion, DelPapa, John & Kathryn Fraser, Catherine F. Haggerty, Margaret Ruth Pattangall, M/M Frank Haggerty, Mary Herlihy, M/M Padykula, Mrs. Margaret Cushman, Francis Luca, MIM John Maffei, Jr., Daniel & Corinne McKinnon, Claire M/M David McCarthy, William Reetz, Jerry & Carol Raposa, Antonio & Elaine Aguiar, MIM Gerald Wunsch,Jr. POCASSET Lanoue, MIM Robert D. Bessette, St. John the Evangelist: $100- MIM Richard Comeau, Stephen & MIM Richard Patton. Nancy Tracey, Michael McGarrity, MIM Alfred J. Karol. PROVINCETOWN St. Peter the Apostle: $1,000SOMERSET Rev. John A. Raposo; $400-Knights 51. John of God: $800-HonIM of Columbus, Walter Welsh Coun- Milton R. Silva; $275-MIM Richard cil #2476. Torres; $200-Mrs. Rose Machado; $100-MlMGiI Freitas, MIM Antonio RAYNHAM St. Ann: $250-S~. Ann's Knights F. Alberto. , '" ' of Columbus :Col,lncil #102f)9; , St. Patrick: $500~Lafayette ,,$ ~ ~&'MI~t Pa\.!l Do91~y;, $~.1 O"MIM Fed,er~1 Savings ~a,!lk; $400-David Edward Toka~;, $1 Oo-MlM, Harold punnE;3, Jr.;~$200-Dcn/M Edward Hussey; $150-MIM Clifford ClemFrantz~n, MIM ,~o~~ Hagman, f..1s. Donna O'ConnelL' . ' ,ent; $125-MIM Thom~s Reis, Jr.; $100-MIM Arthur Cassiay, MIM JoSEEKONK <, Our Lady of Mount Carmel: seph Medeiros, MIM Rodney Baker, $1,500-Dr. Frank Casarella; $500- M/M William, Cordeiro, Donald Our Lady of Mount Carmel Corrigan, MIM Edward Kerr, MIM Women's Guild, MIM Dinarte Mota, Stephen Menard, M/M Walter In Memory of Angela Medeiros; Palmer, Jr. St. Thomas More: $550-MIM $325-MIM Robert Breen; $300-MI M Daniel Leite; $250-DrlM Stephen Leonard Burgmyer; $500-Frances Falco, Glen Larrabee, MIM Edward LaSalle; $250-MIM John D. O'Neil; Martin, MlM Alan Sherrerd, M/M $200-MIM Kenneth Beaulieu, MIM Robert Tobiasz; $225-MIM Anthony Richard Kelley, ,Jean,O'Brien; Andrews, MIM Frederick Castrataro; $160-MIM Jeffrey P.Souza; $150$200-MIM Michael Bell, MIM John MIM Norman Bessette; $110-MIM Costa, Mrs. Robert Desrochers, MI William Kirkman; $100-M/M EuM Hugh' Flanagan, MlM Richard gene Belanger, M/M Frederick J. Gregoire, MIM Thomas Kerwin, MI Ducharme, Jr., Dr/M William M Ronald Larose, Mrs. Robert Langfield, Jr., ~ Charles Leary, Leavitt, MlM Peter Matonis, MIM Dr/M Eduardo Leonardo, M/M Mark Miller, Susan Miller, DrlM Pe- Ernest Mizher, M/M' Walter ter Pizzarello, MIM Ronald Souto, Prayzner. SOUTH DARTMOUTH M/M Jose Tavares, M/M William St. Mary: $400-Rey. MichaE;31 S. Ward; $150-Mrs. Robert Coccia, MI M Mark DiPetrillo, M/M Michael Racine; $200-Karen Medeiros, Kelly, MIM John MacKenzie, Char- Miss Shirley Perry, MIM Charles

Nunes; $150-M/M Hubert Mandeville, Hon/M Thomas M. Quinn, Jr., Mrs. Margaret Alves; $125-Mrs. Thelma Bowen; $100Victor F. Rebello III, M/M Leo Kavanaugh, DrlM Mark Ventura. SOUTH EASTQN Holy Cross: $1 ,OOO-Richard J. Alfonso; $400-Mr. George Buckley; $300-MIM John Murphy; $250-Mrs. Frederick Dolloff; $200-MIM John E. Whelton; $15D-Lousie McMahon; $100-Ms. Mary Campbell, Mrs. Cecelia R. Clark, M/M Joseph Cleary, M/M Donald Galante, MIM Robert Martin, Mrs. John Oliveira, Jr., MIM Douglas Porter, MIM John K. Ford, MIM Donald R. Henderson, Mrs. Michelle Ingariola, Florence M. Powderly, MIM David Wallace. SOUTH YARMOUTH St. Pius X: $1 ,OOO-MIM Michael Horgan; $750-M/M George Kaup, M/M William Yoo; $500-DrlM Robert Clancy, Mrs. Vincent Keeffe, William W. Millett; $400-M/M John Murphy, H. Ann Palm; $350-Michael A. Towell; $300-Margaret Murphy, Katherine Fitzgerald, MIM Robert Paul, M/M Robert Cullen, David McElroy; $250-M/M Richard Sullivan, MIM Donald J. Burns, MI M Brian Sullivan; $225-Mrs. Arthur LaFrenier; $200-M/M Owen O'Rourke, M/M James Moynihan, M/M James Keany, M/M Paul Bridgeo, Melissa O'Rourke, M/M Michael Ferragamo; $175-M/M Robert Routhier; $160-M/M Paul McCluskey, M/M Joseph Barry; $150-Frances Forest, M/M William Harney, Mrs. James Quirk, Barbara Fox, Walter Welker; $100-M/M Francis Doherty, Margaret Flaherty, M/M Edwin J. Agnew, M/M Donald Reid, Mrs. Paul R. Trapp, Sr., Joseph A. Trubiano, Judith Sprague, M/M Robert Quegan, M/M Willard Provost, Mrs. William O'Hare, Martha Kelly, MIM Anthony Finnerty, J"~lI!'J1~,FQ~~r9,~' ,Fcl.<l.an~, .. ~hirley Colgan, M/M David Curtin, M/M Edward Culhane, MIM Robert Cox, Mrs. Robert Childs, Robert Chickering, MIM John Feeney, MI M James Pistorio, Sr., MIM Frank Salerno, MIM Donald O'Connor, Robert Robida, M/M William Lionetta, MIM Richard Bronske, MI M John Curley, Sr., M/M Robert Erwin, M/M Paul Ciaccio, Marie Anderson, MIM David Dempsey, MI M Victor DeSandre, Mrs. Daniel Lynch, Mrs. M. Lynch, Mrs. Edward McGrath, MIM Robert McGrath, Mrs. Edward Robinson, M/M John Conway, Helen Donovan, Mrs. Joseph Keating, Dorothy Krosky, MI M John Lengen, MIM John Power, Richard Quirk, M/M Francis Sullivan, MIM William Prendergast, M/M Richard Atkins, MlM Ralph Burgess, Jeanne Lynch. SWANSEA Our Lady of Fatima: $300-MIM Andrew Boisvert; $225-M/M Stephen Seery; $200-Mrs. Donald MacDonald, Miss Mona Kennedy; $125-MlM Alfred Mello, M/M Joseph Bushell. St. Dominic: $300-MIM Bruce T. Till; $100-Stephen F. Dunn, St. Dominic Women's Guild. St. Louis de France: $500-MI M Normand J. LeComte; $300-MI M John C. Winters; $200-M/M Peter A. Caron, Mrs. Claire Ward; $150-MIM Roger Paquette; $125MIM Joseph Belanger; $100-MIM Fernand C.E. Auclair, Leroy Chouinard, MIM William T. Costa, M/M Arthur Grimes, Mrs. Lucia Marcille, M/M Rosario LoPiano, Lorraine Lagasse, Dr/M Robert Rubano. St. Michael: $250-MIM Kenneth J. Thorpe; $Hi5-ln Loving Memory of Catherine G. & James P. Fox; $1 OO-MIM Roger Lamonde, MIM Scott Partridge.

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., June 8, 2001 TAUNTON Holy Family: $250-M/M Paul Tapis, M/M Edmond St. Yves; $200-M/M Mario Bettencourt, MI M Paul A. Lamoureux; $150-M/M Alva R. Cowan, M/M William McGrath; $125·M/M Joseph Mozzone; $120-M/M Gerard Ducharme, M/M Thomas Goggin; $110-M/M Peter Murphy; $1 OO-MI M Stanley Baran, M/M Donald Rose, M/M William Therriault, Mrs. Muriel Kelliher, Mrs.Helen Kay, Stephanie Turkalo, Robert Larkin, M/M Raymond T. Cranmer, M/M Peter Andrade, Mrs. Mary Casey, June Strojny, M/M Todd Studley, M/M Glen Gregory. Holy Rosary: $100-Richard F. Diaz, M/M Robert Nichols Immaculate Conception: $300·George DeMoura; $250-GiIbert Simmons, M/M Sheldon Ehrenzweig; $150-M/M Steven Coughlin, M/M Edward White; $100-M/M Louis Desrosiers, Karen Heap, MIM Alfred Florence, M/M Allen Hathaway, M/M Ernest Camara, Patrick McDermott, Genevieve Lecuyer, Leslie McNulty, M/M Manuel Coelho, Susan Rogers, Jeanne Campbell, MI M Terrence Downing, Theresa Leonard. Our Lady of Lourdes: $500Holy Ghost Society, St. Vincent de Paul Society; $200-M/M Vasco DeBarros; $150-M/M Manuel DeSousa, M/M Robert Mendes; $110-M/M Gilbert Coute, M/M Manuel DaCosta; $100-M/M James Keough, Anna Bettencourt, Cecilia Reams, M/M Adelino Paulo, M/M Gilbert Matheus, Frank Mendes, Rev. Mr. Robert Faria, MI M Louis Rego, Mrs. Rita Souza, Mrs. Darlene Lucas, M/M Kenneth Perry, Our Lady of Lourdes Bingo, Mrs. Ida Baptiste, Phillip Couto, MI M Joao Coelho, Paul Camacho, MIM Antonio Marques, M/M Robert Donnelly. Sacred Heart: $500-Helen Brady, Thomas Whalen; $300-Virginia Wade; $250-M/M Galen Rheaume, Bruce Blunt, MlM Lionel W. Langlois; $200-M/M Antero Oliveira, Esther McDonald, Jean Miller, M/M Monsour Hanoud; $100-M/M Evan Lava, Sarah Duarte, M/M William Tokarz, M/M Joseph Martin, M/M Raymond Marsden, James Gallagher, Andrew Mulhern. St. Anthony: $500-Rev. Maurice O. Gauvin; $150-M/M Joseph Pimental, MIM Joseph Sousa; $110-M/M Manuel Camara, Jr.; $100-Rose R. Aleixo, Emma Andrade, Jacqueline Rogers, MI M Joseph Torres, M/M Charles Ferreira, Karen Heywood, M/M Thomas King, Dolores Nunes, Donald Nunes, Jose Alberto Peixoto, St. Anthony's Prayer Group. 51. Jacques: $100-Madeleine Beauvais, Diane Cote, M1M Dana Higgenbotham, M/M Arthur Gauthier. St. Joseph: $800-Joseph A. Medeiros; $500-Dr. Mary Ann Garcia; $365-M/M Thomas Santoro; $150-M/M Mark Jussaume, Mrs. Ann Thomas, MIM William McCarthy, Jr.; $125-M/M Alfred Borges; $100-M/M William E. Dias, Jean Garvin, Dorothy Garvin, Mrs. Edward Gotham, MIM Paul Mulhern, Catherine Machado, MIM Paul Rego, Jeffrey P. Annunziato, Mrs. William McGann, MIM Michael Roberts, MI M Harold Rose, Jr., Mrs. Therese Santos, MIM Charles Smith. St. Mary: $600-Janice Russell; $500-Eileen Martin; $300-John Rice; $200-Harry & Miriam

Sullivan, James & Sandra McDermott; $150-Robert & Sallie Changery; $1 aO-James Reid, Rose M. Gordon, Delphina Granfield, Mary Mulholland, Francis Mulholland, Robert & Diana Sullivan, Gerald & Joanne Tripp, Dorothea McGovern, John & Anne Moore, David & Jeanne Dennis, Ernest & Elizabeth Medeiros. 51. Paul: $300-ReplM James Fagan; $250·M/M Peter Lamb; $100-M/M Philip Arsenault, M/M Robert Baskinger, M/M Dennis Berube, M/M James Casey, Rosalie Connors, Yvette Demers, M/M Michael Eason, Deborah Guilmette, Virginia McCormack, Mary K. Natho, Mary Cormier, Raymond Desrosiers, Alicia Kullas, William Milot, M/M Roy Moss, Joan Silva, M/M Robert Boucher, M/M Dennis Hebert, MI M John Mullen, M/M Gary Murphy, Elizabeth Sylvia. WAREHAM St. Patrick: $600-June A. Callahan; $250-ln Memory of Jennie & John Filkins; $200-M/M David Barreiros, Thomas H. Costello, Mrs. Anna Carreiro, Mr. John Grenda, M/M Frank Krystofolski, Mr. John McPhie, Carole Miller, Marie Murphy, St. Patrick's Confirmation Class, M/M Richard Zopatti; $150-ln Memory of Arthur Wright; $100-M/M William Marino. WELLFLEET Our Lady of Lourdes: $100-MI M Lewis Affelder, M/M George Civita, M/M John P. Ferro, M/M Walter Gorski, M/M Joseph K. Kane, MlM James F. Meckel, M/M Paul D. Messina. WEST HARWICH Holy Trinity: $500-Hon/M Gerald F. O'Neill; $300-Mary Jean Birch, Catherine F. George; $200Eileen M. Kayata, John Macinnis, M/M John Sullivan, Tim & Ellen Wolcott; $150-Mrs. William R. Barron, M/M William C. Hickey, MI M Paul F. Kelly, Hon. Marilyn Sullivan, M/M William White; $125-M/M Bernard Welky; $120M/M Robert E. Welsh; $100-Dr/M Edward Brady, A. Lawlor Burnbaum, M/M A. Chotkowski, Mrs. Dominic Ciaccio, MIM Paul Donohoe, Hugh & Lynne Drummond, Mrs. Robert Fagan, Marion Farrell, M/M John J. Hanratty, MlM Raymond L. Hebert, M/M Ralph Luedeker, Dr. Sally Mahoney, M/M. Albert McEntee, Adele Macinnis, William R. Mosher, M/M Peter O'Rourke, MI M James F. Powers, M/M David Roderick, M/M John Shea, M/M John A. Slattery, Alice Stinson. WESTPORT Our Lady of Grace: $250-MI M Rene Lachapelle, Jr.; $200-MI M Joseph Moniz, M/M Manuel Vale; $150-M/M DavidSpiteri; $135-M/M Robert Eastwood; $109-MlM Mariano Cabral; $100M/M Norman Lamontagne, Jr., Ellen Tripp, MlM Bradford Perkins, Michael Vincent & Linda Belliveau, MIM Patrick Ruddy, Drl M George Silva,. M/M Paul Wilkinson. St. George: $1,OOO-Rev. Gerard A. Hebert;$500-M/M Carlos Costa; $375-MIM Francis Flynn; $100-MIM Roger Garant, Lucille Pimentel, Beatrice LaPlante. St. John the Baptist: $200-MI M Peter Landry; $100-MIM Brian McDonald. WOODS HOLE St. Joseph: $2,500-Rev. Bernard R. Kelly; $750-Rev. Edward J. Bums.

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... KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS Nathan Sobral, Samantha Francis; Danielle Trahan and Erin Murphy from Saint Joseph's School, Fairhaven, get ready to participate in its annual walk-a-thon. Pre-K walked a mile, K through grade-two did four miles and students in grades three through eight did 10 miles. .... STUDENTS OF Saint Joseph's School enjoy snow cones following the annual walk-a-thon. It was much needed refreshment as some students walked up to 10 miles i.n the event which realized $5,000 for the school. BOY SCOUT Jonathan Wolstenholme stands next to one of the Stations of the Cross he and members of Troop 44 built and placed behind the youth ministry house at St. John the' EvaAg~list)CIi·u·rcf.i;~assef;Jasipart1 oflnis Eagl~rSdbut ' project. The scenes were drawn onto recycled slates from a railroad station roof. The stations have already been used by the CCD classes of St. John's and the ECHO community.

THREE STUDENTS recently showed their skills in a Geo: ography Bee at St. Mary's School, New Bedford:fr91'1;l.!~ft . a~e r~nner~up Arw~rew ~renier,chla~pion.~!~x 99~t~~nd-run nero:up Alex Casso It was open to 'studeflts in grades four thro~gh eight and Principal Cat!ly Lacroix said students did a great job on questions that were quite difficult. ~ STUDENTS AT Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, New Bedford, present an .award to Principal Rosemary daSilva honoring her hard work . on National Principal's Day. She was given a framed poem, certificates and several gifts during a surprise ceremony. ~ FIRST-GRADERS in Margaret McCormick's class at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School make wind socks as one of their spring art projects. From left are Nikkita DaRosa, Adam Mendonca, Kendall Morin and Brittney Oliveira.

Notes on the sarcastic conversation mode

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., June 8, 2001

By AMY WELBORN

on. The first couple of times, I true. But there's something else, and chuckled along with her, but after When you're.growing up, several minutes of this, quite maybe this is what you should there's a lot of adapting to be done. frankly, it got pretty tiresome.' . watch out for if you find yourself You have to adjust to your new falling into the trap of constant size. You can't just jump up from sarcasm. For teens, sarcasm can be the dining room table anymore, an attempt to put yourself above since chances are you would bash the situation you're in. In a way, it your head on the light fixture, and goes back to the whole growingof that might hurt. up thing. You also have the fun trick of In order to seem more adult, figuring out how to make all the both to ourselves and others, we parts of your body work together try to indicate that we're beyond in concert. I once knew a boy who the trivialities being discussed, grew a foot in a year. That's an that ordinary life is so very ordiinch a month. His mother said that My teen-age sons both have nary, so self-evident that it doesn't not only did he experience real gone through the same stage, with even require a serious response "growing pains," he had a terrible one still firmly entrenched in it. from us. Of course, what we all have to time with coordination. There's no such thing as a straight Besides all of that and a lot answer from this guy, I tell you. learn is that none of us are above more, there's the matter of con- It's not that he's mean, it's just that ordinary life and that being sarversation: chit-chat; exchanging for some reason he feels moved to castic, while funny once in a while, words and ideas. Your relationship state the opposite of the truth in isn't the most helpful way to comto that part of life requires adapta- answer to every single question municate. It can be demeaning, it tion too. How do you learn to talk he's asked. can be arrogant, and, worst of all, "Do you want some more it can be a means of avoiding like an adult? If you're like most kids I've pizza?" other, more honest ways of comknown, the transition from child"No, of course not. You know I municating. THE FALL RIVER Firefighter's Memorial Museum recently ish speech to conversation fit for hate pizza." God gave us the gift of speech completed a six-week course in fire prevention to fifth-gradOr, "I'm really.tired. I think I'll for a reason: to share the realities adult ears isn't exactly smooth. One pitfall in this process for a go to bed. Shut out the lights, of our inner lives with others and ers at Notre Dame School, Fall River. Here Mayka Rodrigue~ . to grow in love. If you're falling shows off some of the gear worn by firefighters as Swansea lot of young people is to resort to OK?" sarcasm. "Come on mom, you can't be into the trap of sarcasm, it might firefighter Jeremy Souza looks on. I recently visited with a group tired. You don'·t do ,anything all be worth considering what you ,)f people that included a young day:' ' might be trying to avoid. So next time a sarcastic comteen-ager. The young person sat Part of it's the culture, I know. Continued from page one 9J:l,t\lt<cP\Jc\1 nC(xttq,me, alld.~ur- . We live. in .. a cuLture that's ment crosses your mind, think twice. Because, you know, we reing:tpe. ~hple~!Mp'ogjt~e,;n}adl1:/\. qr~nchp.~;iTi§l!l'¢..~tw.Mlq)!.Qny',gr. In the past, Father Almeida moderator of the New Bedford .1~~~~~.~1iO_ itlterest~(I;: to h~ar .. was Taunton Area spiritual direc- Catholic Woman's Club. GOOO~~~;¥§tLG~~_Mij?;lJsa~UtIU~~~~~ .~ , her breath about what was gomg , comments that ¥e obviously un- what it migfif be! Father Ferreira tor f9r the Men of the Sacred Father Ferreira, 72, is a naHearts and chaplain for the Taunton area Girl Scouts and tive of Provincetown and the son of the late John and the late Camp Fire Girls. Genevieve (Santos) Ferreira. He Father Driscoll A Fall Rivernative and the son attended grammar and high school of the late John w., and the late in Provincetown and served three Julia (Curley) Driscoll, Father years in the U.S. Navy aboard the Driscoll, 77, attended SS. Peter carrier USS Midway. He studied By ANN PIASECKI and was not intended for teachers, school admin- and Paul School in Fall River and at St. Mary's Seminary in KenCATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Msgr. Coyle High School. He at- tucky and St. Mary's Seminary istrators or parents. JOLIET, Ill. - Bishop Joseph L. Imesch of The topic of bullying is not a new one for the tended Holy Cross College in in Baltimore, Md., and was orJoliet has a message for the 15,000-plus students bishop, who said he routinely addresses the issue Worcester before preparing for dained a priest on April 2, 1960 at the Catholic elementary schools in his seven- at opportune moments, such as confirmation cer- the priesthood at St. Mary's Semi- by Bishop James L. Connolly in nary in Baltimore, Md. He was St. Mary's Cathedral. county diocese: Treat one another as Jesus would. emonies and school Masses. Father Ferreira was a parochial ordained a priest by Bishop James "No matter what another person looks like, how Over the past 18 months, the Joliet diocesan vicar at St. Elizabeth's Parish, E. Cassidy on May 31, 1947 in they dress or how they behave, we must treat them Office of Family Ministry has studied the issue Fall River; Our Lady of Mount St. Mary's Cathedral. as Jesus would," he said in a six-paragraph letter and created an awareness program. He served as a parochial vicar Carmel and St. John the Baptist, addressed specifically to the youngsters on the topic "Bullying is pretty pervasive. But it is possible at Our Lady of the Assumption New Bedford, before being of bullying. to trim it down to more manageable levels," said Parish, Osterville, and St. named St. John the Baptist's ad"Think about someone you know who might. psychologist James Healy, director of the office. Lawrence Parish, New Bedford, ministrator in 1969 and its pastor be sad because of the way others treat him or her But a community effort is'needed to have suc- until April 1954 when he was in 1971. or because they are left out or made fun of. Can cess, he added, calling it impossible for a parent named episcopal secretary to In 1979 he was named pastor you be their friend?" he asked. or teacher to tackle the problem alone. Bishop James L. Connolly as well of Immaculate Conception ParBullying goes on at all schools, but it can no Many adults used to tell kids to fight back or as assistant chancellor. When The ish, New Bedford, and in June longer be taken lightly, he told the Catholic Ex- simply ignore bullies, but "kids have to know that Anchor was founded in 1957, Fa- 1991 was appointed pastor of St. plorer, Joliet's diocesan newspaper. adults will help," Healy said, urging children and ther Driscoll was named assistant Anthony's in Taunton. "It's clear in our society, and it comes out in adults to intervene by reporting to someone in au- general manager and editorial On the diocesan level he was a school, that this is a part of life," he said, but it thority when they see a child being bullied by oth- writer. notary for the marriage Tribunal can't be ignored. "Bullying is violence. It may ers. Assigned temporarily to SS. and has served as an advocate. He not be physical. It (could be) verbal violence." "Tattling is trying to get somebody into trouble. Peter and Paul Parish, Fall River was a member of the Diocesan As illustrated by the 1999 Columbine High Reporting is trying to get somebody out of in 1955, he was named adminis- Board of Education; was dean of trator of Our Lady of Fatima Par- the New Bedford Area; was a School tragedy and other more recent school trouble," he emphasized. shootings, a number of youths involved in such Benedictine Sister Helen Jean Kormelink, su- ish, Swansea in 1969. Father Taunton Area director of the incidents indicated they felt disenfranchised or perintendent of diocesan Catholic schools, said Driscoll was named pastor of St. Catholic Charities Appeal; and a wanted to fight back against verbal and physical teachers and administrators need to look at the Lawrence Church, New Bedford, former chaplain to the American Legion Post in New Bedford, the in October, 1972. assaults, taunting and merciless teasing from fel- problem of bullies "holistically." St. Vincent de Paul Society, and other assignments included His low students. The foundation for addressing the issue is ChrisBishop Imesch said he wanted his letter, issued tian teaching about respecting one another, in ad- being president of the Priests' the Prince Henry Society. St. Anthony's Parish will celin May, "to be something that the kids could read dition to instruction on conflict resolution, she said. Senate, chairman of the Personebrate Father Ferreira's priesthood of the Board nel Board, a member themselves. I wanted to speak directly to the young.· "When situations come up, we need to approach of Diocesan Consultors and Di- on June 10, at a Mas~ of Thankspeople." it with the idea of 'what would Jesus do?'" she vine Worship Commission, dean giving at noon. A reception will It was written in language they can understand, said. of the New Bedford Area, and follow in the Parish Center. CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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CELEBRATION of the centuries-old, traditional feast hon.oring. the crucified Christ in Ponta Delgad~ on theJsland of .S1. Michael in the Azores in mid-May was attended by Bishop . Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., who was principah-;elebrant of the feast Mass in S1. Joseph's Church, in top photO. At middle, processing with the famed statue of the Holy Christ of Miracles to its niche in a nearby convent church are from left, Father George F. Almeida, pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Church, Swansea; ·Father Richard D. Wilson, secretary to Bishop O'Malley; and Bishop O'Malley. At bottom, is the statue of the late Cardinal Humberto Medeiros who, as a priest, served the Fall River diocese. The bronze image is located' in the cardinal's native village of Arrifes, also on S1. Michael. (Photos courtesy of Father Almeid~)