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New St. Jude the Apostle Parish formed in Taunton

By MIKE GORDON ANCHOR STAfF

ANGELIC HOSTS - Lexie Viveiros, Sophia Mello, and Shaneyl Sousa smile prior to their first Communion at Espirito Santo Church, Fall River. Skyla Viveiros is dressed as an angel for the procession.

TAUNTON - The suppression of two parishes and the erection of a new one - St. Jude the Apostle Parish - are announced by Bishop George W. Coleman.

St. Jacques Parish and Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parish·will ~ suppressed effective June 27.

Members of the new parish will use the former St. Jacques Church as their worship site.

Father John J. Perry will be the pastor at St. Jude the Apostle Parish. He will be. formally installed August 19 by Bishop Coleman.

Father Perry has been pastor of Immaculate Conception and St. Jacques since June of 2006.

Shortly after his arrival, parishioners met to work on ·a new Mass schedule for the two locations and

it was collaboration like that which has made the eventual rrlerger "a smooth process" according to Father Perry.

'There is an obvious sense ofloss from people that we won't be celebrating Mass at Immaculate Concepti~n, but it will not beil business as usual here," said Father Perry. ''We will begin anew. We won't be the same pansh. A lot of good things have begun and many more positive things will come as we . merge."

Historically, the two parishes, located within a tenth of a mile of one another, have served the c6mmunity well.

Our Lady of the Imtpaculate ,Conception Parish was e~tablished . in 1882 to meet the needs of a growing Catholic population in what was then the Providence Diocese. Mass was celebrated in Loveqng Hall, •

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The first pastor, Father James F. Roach, saw a wooden church dedicated on May 20,1885.

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Sacred Hearts staffed a school and traveled daily from St. Mary's until a convent was ready.

Father Patrick McKenna became its second pastor until he suffered a stroke in 1913. Father Thomas A. Kelly replaced him, but only served at the parish until 1915. The fourth . pastor was Father George Maguire who served until 1919.

Fire destroyed the original rectory on Dec. 31,1917 and it was replaced by a brick building during the pastorate ofMsgr. Michael O'Reilly, the parish's fifth pastor.

Tragedy struck again in 1930 when the school burned down. A

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Lawmakers feeling pressure to kill marriage protection amendment

By GAIL BESSE ANCHOR CORRESPONDENT

BOSTON - Lawmakers need to see and hear from people demanding a vote on the marriage protection amendment Thursday, June 14, at the Massachusetts . Constitutional Convention.

That's the message from VoteOnMarriage.org, the coalition comprised of thousands of

residents backing the ballot measure.

As the deadline approaches, gay advocates have launched a $750,000 media blitz to kill it by pressuring legislators and the public. Television ads are appearing with slogans designed to promote the idea that same-sex "marriage" is an American

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Catholic Charities Appeal puts muscle in final sprint FALL RIVER - It's full steam ahead for the Catholic Charities Appeal as the Memorial Day weekend passed and theAppeal office saw no letup in the pace of activity that characterized the four preceding weeks.

Large mail deliveries from parish offices as well as many pastors and parish Appeal chairpersons

bringing their weekly reports in personally, continued at a significant rate.

"This is what makes the difference each year, as the Appeal enters its final phases:' stated Mike Donly, coordinator of the Appeal process for the diocese. . "If parishes were satisfied with

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Three new pastQrs named; six pastors are transferred

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FALL RIVER - The appointment of three priests of the Fall River Diocese as first-time pastors, the transfer of five pastors and the reassignment of a priest to the diocese's mission in Guaimaca, Honduras, were announced today

by Bishop George W. Coleman.

The new pastors, effective June 27, are Father Brian Albino, Father Timothy P. Driscoll, and Father Michael Racine.

Father Albino, parochial vicar at Santo Christo Parish in Fall River and part-time chaplain at Charlton Memorial Hospital, will become pastor of St. Anthony of

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Padua Parish in Fall River.

Father Driscoll, parochial vicar at Espirito Santo Parish in Fall River, will become past~r of Annunciation of the Lord .Parish in Taunton. .

Father Racine, chapllun at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford, will become pastor of St. Bernard Parish in Assonet.

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June 27, include: Father Paul E. Canueli!from pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, Guaimacll;, Honduras, to pastor of St. Mary10ur Lady of the Isle Parish in Nantucket.

Father Paul A. Caron from pas-

tor of St. Mary-Our Lady of the Isle Parish in Nantucket, to pastor of St. Rita Parish in Marion.

Father Timothy J. Goldrick, from pastor of St. Bernard Parish in Assonet, to pastor of St. Joseph Parish in North Dighton.

Father John J. Perry, from pastor of St. Jacques Parish and Immaculate Conception Parish in Taunton, to pastor of the new St. Jude the Apostle Parish in Taunton.

Also, Father John A. Gomes, from pastor ofAnnunciation of the Lord Parish in Taunton, to pastor of St. Mary Parish in South Dartmouth, effective July 4.

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Pope: Catholics must bring Gospel to world debased by poverty, abuses VATICAN CI1Y - The primary task of every Catholic is to bring the Gospel message to a world debased by poverty, violence and humanrights abuses, Pope Benedict XVI said.

Through its missionary action, the pope said, the Church can "guide and evangelize cultural, social and ethi- . cal transformations and offer Christ's salvation to modern humankind, debased and oppressed in so many parts ofthe world because of endemic poverty, violence and the systematic denial of human rights."

While renewed efforts for evangelization have proven fruitful, there is "still more t6 be done to answer the missionary call the Lord tirelessly makes to every baptized person," he said in his message for World Mission Sunday 2007. . The Vatican released this year's message May 29, ahead of World Mission Sunday, to be celebrated October 21 in most dioceses.

Addressing this year's theme, ''All the Churches for All the World," the pope focused on the need for every local church to breathe new life into its missionary mandate.

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all people ''truly involves everyone," he said.

Individual Catholics must see themselves not as simple "collabora- ' tors" in the Church's evangelizing mission, but as being "protagonists" and jointly responsible for carrying it out, the pope said.

He said every local diocese on every continent needs to be aware of the ''urgent need to relaunch missionary activity to meet the many serious challenges of our time."

Pope Benedict said increased secularization has had an impact on the established churches in the West.

Low birthrates, declining numbers ofvocations and an increasingly older clergy put the established churches at "risk of closing in on themselves, oflooking to the future with less hope and of lessening their missionary efforts," he said.

But the pope said God never aban,dons his people, who must recognize that this is the moment ''to open with confidence to God's providence" and trust that through the Holy Spirit, God will guide them toward the fulfillment of his eternal plan, the salvation of humanity.

Vatican, United Arab Emirates establish full diplomatic relations

HOLDING OUT HOPE - Pope Benedict XVI greets Kate and Gerry McCann, the parents of fouryear-old abducted British girl Madeleine McCann, after his weekly general audience at the V~tican May 30. Kate McCann appeared to be holding back tears as she held up a picture of her dau'ghter, which the pope touched gently, then blessed. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

]\1eeting parents of kidnapped British girl, pope offers prayers

By CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - Pope longing to more than 100 different Benedict XVI, meeting the parents 'nationalities," ',said a Vatican note of a four-year-old Brltish girl appublished with the May 31 anparently kidnapped while the famnouncement. ily was on vacation in Portugal, There are Seven Catholic churches blessed a photograph of the little in the country where Masses are cel. girl and offered his prayers. ebrated in a number of different lanKate and Gerry McCann, the guages and according to several rites, Catholic parents of Madeleine, who the Vatican said, and members of sevhas been missing since May 3, met eral religious orders staffseven private the pope at the end of his weekly schools. general audience May 30 in St. The Catholic community, it said, Peter's Square. ''is waiting to obtain from the country's When they handed him the phoauthorities, who maintain cordial retograph, the pope caressed it. lations With, the Catholic Church, au"His thoughts and touch and thorization to build new places ofworwords were more tender than we ship." could have imagined," Gerry While the seven emirates - Abu McCann told reporters afterward.

Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, AI Fujayrah, ''Today, meeting the pontiff was Ra's al Khaymah, ShaIjah and Umm an experience that has very mixed al Qaywayn - recognize Islam as the emotions for us," he said. "In ordistate religion, freedom of worship is nary circumstances, of course, it guaranteed. would be the highlight (in the life) of any Catholic to come and meet the pope, but it is saddened with the very marked realization that our daughter is still missing."

Throughout the press conference, Kate McCann kept close to her "Cuddle Cat," the worn pink and white stuffed cat that she said Madeleine insisted on having with her when she went to bed or when she was sad.

She said meeting the pope "was very emotional, but a very positive experience really. It was very important to us."

"He was very kind, very sincere.

MUSIC MAKERS - A band from Germany marches through St. He said that he would pray for us Peter's Square at the Vatican after Pope Benedict XVI recited the and our family and for Madeleine's "Angelus"prayer recently. (CNS photo/Chris Helgren, Reuters) safe return to us," she said.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Vatican and the UnitedArab EmirateS announced that they had established . full diplomatic relations and would soon exchange ambassadors.

The brief Vatican announcement said the Holy See andthe seven states forming the United Arab Emirates , wanted to promote "bonds of mutual friendship" and strengthen their international cooperation.

Located on the Persian Gulf, the UnitedArab Emirates has a combined population ofsome 4,4 inillion people, but more than 80 percent of them are noncitizen guest workers. The vast majority of the citizens are Muslims, but many of the guest workers belong to other religious traditions.

Among the guest workers, "according to reliable estimates, there could be more than one million Christians, mostly Catholics, be-

"I thanked him, first of all, for letting us meet him today and I thanked him for his prayers. It's been a lovely day. It has been a very positive experience; I think it can really make us stronger and lift us up more," she said.

Madeleine disappeared May 3 from the hotel room in Praia da Luz, Portugal, where her family was vacationing. The parents had left Madeleine and her two-year-old twin siblings alone in the room while they 路went to dinner in the hotel restaurant.

Police believe the girl was abducted.

Gerry McCann told reporters May 30, "We have had tremendous strength from the outpouring of good will we have had from all over the world, but particularly from the local Catholic comml,lnity in Portugal and from the church which we've been attending regularly.

"We know that many people both here and elsewhere are praying for our daughter and that helps

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us sustain our belief that we can get her back safely," he said. ''The Catholic faith has given us strength," he said, but the outpouring of concern and prayers "has restored my faith in humanity as much as anything else." '\We understand that there are many different scenarios here, but we must believe and we do believe that we can get Madeleine back," he said.

His wife said, ''The first 72 hours (after the presumed abduction) were the worst times. It was very hard to get away from all the dark places, but as time goes on and after the support we have had and the prayers we have had everywhere, it really does give you strength and hope."

A week before traveling to ~e V~tican, the couple had gone to ~e Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal to pray for Madeleine's safe return and have launched a massive publicity campaign in Europe seeking help in finding their daughter.

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When he died in 1960 he was succeeded by Father Anatole Continuedfrom page one Desmarais, who paid off the parish new brick school was dedicated on ish school. debt and renovated the rectory. He Construction ofthe church began was followed by Msgr. Alfred March 18, 1930 October 21, 1906 and St. Jacques Gendreau in 1966 and FatherAndre .

Msgr. O'Reilly served as pastor became the first French parish es- P. Jussaume, who had been a curate until his death in 1948. Father Thomas Taylor became the sixth pastor tablished in the Fall River Diocese at the parish since 1958, was named on April 7, 1948. Five years later the established in 1904. administrator. He served for 30 The corner stone for the St. years. old wooden church was demolished and a new brick church was dedi- Jacques School was blessed by Father Thomas E. Morrissey arBishop Daniel Feehan on Aug. 20, rived as pastor in June of 1988 and cated on Sept. 26,1954.

Subsequent pastors included Fa- 1912. It opened with 500 students served until his death on February ther William H. O'Reilly, Father on March 31 the next year.

20, 2006. Father David Stopyra, In 1922, the Holy Union Sisters OFM Conv., was named temporary John J. Steakem, Father Michael J. Nagle, Father Gerald P. Barnwell, moved into their new home, which administrator until Father Perry arFather William P. Blottman and Fa- became the parish Religious Educa- rived. tion Center. ther Richard E. Degagne.

"People have been very openFather Carrier was succeeded as minded," said Father Perry. "OrgaIn October of 1904, the parish was divi~ed to create St. Jacques to pastor by Father Alfred Levesque in . nizations such as the St. Vmcent de meet the needs of French-Canadian February of 1931. Father Levesque Paul Society and choirs have already Catholics living in the north end of founded the St. Vmcent de Paul So- pulled together and it's been a posiciety and established The Ligue du tive thing. The director is thrilled at the city.

Father Alfred Carrier was ap- Sacred, Les Dames de Ste. Anne and the bigger numbers and I think we pointed pastor and plans for a church La Societe de Enfants de Marie have the finest choir in the diocese." and rectory began. A house was while pas.tor. He also oversaw and Father David M. Andrade, direcrented at King and Lawrence streets addition to the school. tor of Pastoral Planning, knows that In the late 1940s a defective the process of merging parishes to:. for the rectory and services were boiler caused a ~ that damaged the gether is not an easy one "because held at St. Jean Baptist Hall until 1907. At the same time, a house was rear of the church. it's saying goodbye to a parish that FatherWilliam Smith was named means so much to people," but it's a rented to house the Holy Union Sisters who traveled each day from St. pastor in February of 1950 and com- process that is often necessary.

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to new beginnings and hope," said Father Andrade. "There is a chance to create something even better. We hope the Church can be J;l1ore vibrant in its mission and as" a parish community."

Asked about contributing factors for the need to merge, Father Perry and Father Andrade were pt agreement.

"As we are faced with ~e reality ofless resources we must creatively .

I look at how we can deal with that," said Father Andrade. "One of those realities is less priests."

Father Perry noted that ,~e close location of the churches ,as also a factor as well as finances and fewer people attending Masses. I "We must ask how can we be a more vibrant Church?" said Father Andrade. "Being at Holy Trinity we. had three parishes close iIi proximity that were limping alorlg. It was very difficult and not just from a financial point of view. By coming together, as difficult as it was, it enables us to reach out. There'are more people now in the pew~. When people are sharing their kifts and talents in those activities it enhances our spirituality. It enhances the parish."

A factor: in using St.li Jacques Church .,is that it seats ji700-750 people opposed to only 500 at Immaculate Conception. It is also in a

better state of repair according to Father Perry.

He said they would eventually like to add additional parking at the site and have the church air conditioned.

The name St. Jude the Apostle was chosen by parishioners by a considerable margin according to Father Perry and he estimated that the parish will have 1,100 families.

Immaculate Conception Parishioner Mary O'Dea has been on the parish pastoral planning committee and praised Father Perry.

"He has done a wonderful job. He is very optimistic and positive about things."

Her friend Yvonne Labonte of St. Jacques is also a member ofthe committee. "We as parishioners are very fortunate that the bishop sent Father Perry. He is filled with compassion and understanding in handling this."

Both are extraordinary ministers of holy Communion at their respective parishes. Labonte has been encouraged at the number ofpeople attending Mass. "Now when we go to church for the celebration of Mass there are people all around you. The church is full."

Father Perry is a native of Fall River and previously served at St. Joseph's Church in Fall River. "I was there for 10 years and enjoyed that," Continued on page four

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DECREE In considering the pastoral care of the faithful throughout the Diocese and after a st1,Jdy of the situation of Saint Jacques Parish in Taunton and Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parish in Taunton, and after having consulted the pastor of Saint Jacques and Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parishes, and after having heard the advice of the Presbyteral Council of the Diocese of Fall River, the Diocesan Bishop hereby decrees the following:

His Excellency, the Most Reverend George W. Coleman, Bishop of Fall River, has armo~nced the following appointment: I'

Reverend Craig A. Pregana from Parochial Administrator of Immaculate Conception Parish and Notre Dame Parish, Fall River, to Pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa. 'i

That Saint Jacques Parish in Taunton be suppressed; That Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parish in Taunton be suppressed; That the new Parish of Saint Jude the Apostle be erected with the worship site at Saint Jacques Church; That the canonical registers of Saint Jacques Parish and Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parish be kept at Saint Jude the Apostle Parish; That the goods and obligations of Saint Jacques Parish and Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parish belong to Saint Jude the Apostle Parish; .

That Saint Jacques Church, Saint Jacques Rectory, Saint Jacques Religious Education Center, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Rectory, and Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Religious Education Center become the canonical property of Saint Jude the Apostle Parish.

This Decree shall be effective at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, the twenty-seventh day of June in the year two thousand and seven.

Given in Fall River this eighth day of June in the year two thousand and seven:

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Reverend Brian Albino from Parochial Vicar of Santo Christo Parish, Fall River, and part-time Chaplain at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, to Pastor of Saint Anthony of Padua Parish, Fall River.

Reverend Paul E. Canuel from Pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, to paStor Saint Mary-Our Lady of the Isle Parish, Nantucket.

Reverend Paul A. Caron from Pastor of Saint Mary-Our Lady of the Isle Parish, Nantucket, to Pastor of Saint Rita Parish, Marion.

Reverend Timothy IP. Driscoll from Parochial Vicar of Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River. to Pastor of Annunciation of the Lord Parish, Taunton.

Reverend Timothy J. Goldrick from Pastor of Saint Bernard Parish, Assonet, to Pastor of Saint Joseph Parish, North Dighton.

Reverend John J. Perry from Pastor of Saint Jacques Parish and Immaculate Conception Parish, Taunton, to Pastor of Saint Jude the Apostle Parish, Taunton.

Reverend Michael :Racine from Hospital Chaplain at St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, to Pastor of Saint Bernard Parish, Assonet.

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National shrine in Washington planning to build Italian chapel wn.MINGTON, Del. (CNS)The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington contains chapels representing many Catholic ethnic groups in the United States - with one big exception.

"Where is the Italian chapel?"

Wilmington Bishop Michael A. Saltarelli has often asked.

That very omission is why he, a cardinal and three other bishops of Italian descent are leading a campaign to build an Italian chapel in honor of Our Lady of Pompeii.

Italian-Americans are "as strong as any other ethnic community," Bishop Saltarelli said, noting that the lack of an Italian chapel at the national shrine seemed curious at first to a group of bishops including Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua, retired archbishop of Philadelphia; Bishop Paul S. Loverde of Arlington, Va.; Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio; and New York Auxiliary Bishop Robert A. Brucato.

The bishops eventually learned that virtually all ethnic groups were asked to contribute to the basilica and some wanted their donations to build a chapel in honor of the Madonna most cherished by those of their national heritage.

"But the best they can figure is that the Italian money went to purchase the organ," Bishop Saltarelli told The Dialog, newspaper of the Diocese ofWJ1mington.

He said the feeling has persisted that the national shrine should have Continued from page three路 he said. ''I've enjoyed being here and I am thankful for the efforts of Fathers Morrissey, Degagne and Stopyra who all carried a sense of vision with them approaching this with a real sense of optimism. I look forward to the future. It's a new start and doors are opening to new possibilities." ''The parishioners have known for a long time and we've told people to come and be a part of this, celebrate our new parish and our new identity," he added.

Parishioners of the newly created parish will come together on June 24 with a celebration and procession.

Representatives from each parish organiza~on will meet at Immaculate Conception Church for a prayer service beginning at 9:50 a.m. by Deacon Philip E. Bedard to formally close the house of worship.

A procession will follow with representatives carrying many of the significant religious items from both churches leaving Immaculate Conception on Bay Street and walking to St. Jacques on Whittenton Street.

Eventually the altar and tabernacle from ~ulate Conception will be

an Italian chapel, but choosing whom it would honor was the challenge. "In Italy," he said, "every town has its own Madonna."

Pompeii is no exception. In the 1870s, Blessed Bartolo Longo had a mystical experience in Pompeii in which he is said to have heard Mary tell him to seek salvation by promu~gating the rosary. He subsequently rebuilt a church to create a Marian shrine where he placed a painting of Mary giving a rosary to St. Catherine of Siena and the infant Jesus offering one to St. Dominic.

The Italian chapel in the Washington sh~ine, designed by the Rambusch Decorating Co., will be located in the basilica's west foyer.

It will have a mosaic inspired by the painting in Pompeii and walls adorned with the basilica's first depiction of the mysteries oflight, the rosary themes added by Pope John Paul IT in 2002.

"Our Lady of Pompeii is really Our Lady of the Rosary," Bishop Saltarelli said.

The bishops and Cardinal Bevilacqua donated more than $40,000 of their own money to begin the campaign to raise the $2 million cost ofthe chapel; they hope the faithful of any ethnic background will also contribute. The chapel will be completed in the fall of 2008.

Contributions marked "Italian Chapel" may be sent to: Basilica of the National Shrine ofthe Immaculate Conception, 400 MichiganAve. N.E., Washington, DC 20017.

GLAD GRADS - Graduates applaud during the commencement ceremony at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, May 25. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the principal address during the graduation. (CNS photofTanya Connor, Catholic Free Press) .

Celebrate success, sacrifices, chief justice tells college grads

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tains will be of your own choosing: goals, ambitions, desires.

Other mountains will chose you: WORCESTER - "To be free, crises, handicaps, setbacks. Eiyou must be brave," the chief justher way, if you would get to the tice of the United States told top, you have to climb. graduates of the College of the "And when you reach the sumHoly Cross. mit what you Will find are more Chief Justice John G. Roberts mountains," Roberts said. "This brought history, government and college should have taught you, mountains into his commenceas Petrarch learned, that if you ment address after receiving an do not progress internally along honorary doctor of laws degree the way, the climbing will from the college on May not be worth much in the 25. About 640 graduates reend." located in the daily chapel. Statues ceived bachelor .of arts de'70day is a day t9 celebrate not The chief justice told of St. Jude, the Blessed Mother, the grees. only your success, but the sacrifice graduates they would be Addressing the graduSacred Heart and St. Joseph will also find places in the new parish. An im- ates at the college's Fitton of all those who worked so hard to confronted with choices age of the risen Christ will be placed Field, Roberts drew laugh- make that possible, " he told gradu- and "so long as you make ter and applause as he said, ates. "In fact, now is a perfect op- those choices within the at the entrance to the church.

Father Perry will unveil and bless "In my capacity as chief portunity for you all to stand up, turn confines of ... principles a new sign prior to opening the doors justice, let me begin with a around and thank your families and that do not change, your of St. Jude for the first time. Mass subject I know something friends." The graduates did so with personal constitution, you probably will not go too far will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Re- about: Nice robes." applause. wrong."

He said the graduates freshments will follow.

"You've been climbing ''We hope to have a large turnout were indebted to their famiand we're praying for good lies and friends, who were no suspect when it says "something Mount St. James for the past four doubt relieved, p,roud and per- yo,:! have your mind set on can- years," he said. "Today ... you weather," said Father Perry." have reached the summit, and Asked about the future of the haps surprised that they gradu- not be done," Roberts said.

Petrarch's brother took a di- from the top you can see ranges other buildings Father Perry was ated. And the students' families hopeful. "It's a sacred space in "are probably just plain in- rect route up, while Petrarch of other mountains you could not chose routes that looked easier, have imagined four years ago. everyone's heart so you hope some- debted," he joked.

"Today is a day to celebrate but ended up taking him down, Happy climbing." thing positive will happen to it. IdeThe chief justice is married to ally it would become residential not only your success, but the the chief justice said. He finally housing where we could get new sacrifice of all those who worked gave up looking for an easier Jane Sullivan Roberts, a 1976 so hard to make that possible," way, concluding that "no human graduate of Holy Cross and curparishioners and families."

The canonical registers of St. he told graduates. "In fact, now. ingenuity can alter the nature of rent member of the college's board of trustees. Nominated by Jacques Parish and Our Lady of the is a perfect opportunity for you things."

At the top, he saw more and President George W. Bush and Immaculate Conception Parish will all to stand up, turn around and be kept at St. Jude the Apostle Par- thank your families and friends." greater peaks. But the climb also confirmed by the Senate, Roberts took his seat on the Supreme The graduates did so with ap~ had caused him to look inward. ish.

Court Sept. 29,2005.

"You have been educated on a The buildings and property and plause.

Prior to becoming the 17th The chief justice told graduhilltop, but now you go out to goods and obligations of St. Jacques chief justice of the United States, ates that Holy Cross posed to climb mountains," the chief jusand Our Lady of the Immaculate he was ajudge on the U.S. Court them a question of universal imtice told graduates of the college Conception parishes will become the. of Appeals for the District of Coportance: "How then shall we that sits on a hill dubbed Mount canonical property of St. Jude the live?" and commencement was a St. James. "Some ofthese moun- lumbia Circuit.

Apostle Parish. good time to "pause and see where you are in coming up with - an answer."

He spoke of Francesco Petrarch, a man of faith and learning several centuries ago, who climbed a mountain, initially to see what such an elevation had to offer. An old shepherd told him the climb would yield only fatigue and regret.

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. - At this stage in the Iraq War, the United States "must honestly assess what is achievable in Iraq using the traditional just-war principle of 'probability of success,' including the probability of contributing to a responsible transition," said Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien.

The U.S. and its allies "also have a grave responsibility, even at a high cost, to help Iraqis secure and rebuild their nation," unless the conclusion is reached that "a responsible transition is not achiev~ able," he said.

The archbishop, who heads the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, made the comments in a Memorial Day pastoral message to Catholic men and women in the U.S. armed forces. He delivered the same message,at a packed session May 25 during the 2007 Catholic Media Convention in Brooklyn.

He used the first part of his talk - and his letter - to review the four major statements on the war issued by U.S. bishops; the first was released in September 2002 and the most recent was issued in January of this year.

Tne 2002 ietter, signed by thenBishop Wilton D. Gregory, the U.S. bishops' president at the time, urged President George W. Bush

to "step back from the brink of war," warning that a pre-emptive military strike on Iraq was unjustified.

The bishops' most recent statement - dated January 12 and issued by Bishop William'S. Skylstad of Spokane, the current president - said ev.ery U.S. action' or policy in Iraq "ought to be evaluated in light of our nation's moral responsibility to help Iraqis to live with security and dignity in the aftermath of U.S. military action."

Raising grave moral questions about U.S. involvement in Iraq is in no way q~estioning the moral ,integrity or" those in the military, he said.

Archbishop O'Brien said he feels that aush and other administration officials have taken the Catholic bishops seriously and "appreciate our evenhandedness. ... Condemnation is not what we're about."

Unfortunately, what many Catholic leaders and others predicted would happen in Iraq - the chaos and the difficulties of consolidating peace - has'come true, he said.

What was missing at the outset of the war was a comprehensive blueprint to administer iindrestoie Iraq after Iraqi President Silddahl Hussein ~as deposed, Archbishop O'Brien said. "There was not suf-

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ficient foresight about what we might do after our seeming victory."

The archbishop, a U.S. Army chaplain who served in Vietnam, argued agiunst pulling out of Iraq now, and said the U.S. must look at what is achievable. He added that military personnel feel that Americans at the grass-roots level still support them. .

He thinks there is still a chance to have a free Iraq and see democracy spread through the region.

During a question-and-answer session after the archbishop's address, one member of the audience argued that the American people were conned into getting into the war. Another said many opponents of the war feel the decision to invade Iraq was advanced by a small group of neoconservatives who wanted to get their hands on Iraq's vast oil supplies.

Archbishop O'Brien disagreed with both notions.

He said that "reasonable people' can disagree" about the war. He said he could see why some might feel the nation was conned because there is a great deal of skepticism . about the war, but added, "I don't tbink there was bad will on the part of the government" in deciding to gl:>-to war. . ., .

He also said, "I don't agree this was the invention of a small group that wanted oil."

Catholic rrllssions, evangelization NEW YORK (GNS) Catholics now have the opportunity to participate in the missionary work ofthe Church each time they use a new affinity credit card.

The Society for the Propagation of the Faith in New York recently announced the sreation of the World Missions Visa credit card. The card will generate funds for the society and will be used to support the work of the Church's missions in more than 120 countries, according to a release.

"With this credit card, Catholics here in our country can be, part of our work - in effect missionaries here at home through their prayers and this financial assistance," Msgr. John E. Kozar, national director of the pontifical missionary societies in the United States,! said in a statement.

One percent of purchases made with the card Will go toward pastoral and evangelizing work in Asia, Africa, ~he Pacific islands and Latin America.

With $10 generated from the Visa cards, the society can buy clothing for 10 Sudanese children, and with $4 from the cards .the society can provide food for a kindergarten program run by local sisters.

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Washington Mutual banking company in conjunction with Follieri Capital, which provides financial services to Catholic organizations in the U.S. Those who apply for the card will receive full Platinum Visa benefits, which include a variety of services, will be able to make online bill payments and will have zero fraud liability and no annual fee.

The Society for the Propagation of the Faith is one of the four pontifical missionary societies and the largest Catholic organization promoting missionary awareness and distributing funds for the missions. , "Throughout the missions, whether it's at a Catholic orphanage or a rural he&!th clinic, or through outreach to'c~'ldren or adults with HIV/~ S, Propagation of the Faith su port sustains local priests, sisters and brothers, and lay catechists who offer concrete help - and hold out hope of Our Lord - to the poor," Msgr.

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More information about the' credit card and applications are available online at: worldmissionscatholicchurch.org.

CAMPUS MINISTER Stonehill College, a competitive Catholic college sponsored by the Congregati9n of Holy Cross, whose faculty challenge and champion each of its 2,350 students on a beautiful 375acre campus 20 miles south of Boston, seeks a Campus Minister to provide reflection, prayer and service opportunities that develop in members of the .college community a deeper appreciation of the Gospel and a' readiness to live out that message in their own lives. The Campus Minister will work collaboratively on a five-member team.

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Corpus Christi is first an opportunity to deepen our "eucharistic amazement" , and express our faith that the Eucharist is not bread and wine but Christ himself. In this awe-inspiring gift, the Son of God, who humbled himself to take our humanity, humbles himself so much more, cloaking his humanity and divinity under the appearances of food and drink so that we might consume him and become one-flesh with him in spousal love. Through this union, we participate in his passion, death and resurrection and are brought into communion with God and with each other. Because the Eucharist is Jesus Christ, and because Jesus wills to do so much for us through this supreme sacrament, the fathers of the Second Vatican Council couldn't help but declare that the Eucharist is the "source and the summit ofthe Christian life," the starting point and goal of any life that is truly Christian.

How a Christian celebrates the gift of this Eucharist is an indication of the depth of his or her Eucharistic faith: it reveals whether a person believes the sacrament is a thing or Jesus Christ and whether one's faith has passed from an intellectual reality to one of love. Corpus Christi is a day for special Eucharistic celebration. It is a day to pray the Mass with great joy, beauty, reverence, preparation and thanksgiving, and to receive the Lord with worthiness and love. It is a day to dedicate time, individually and communally, to adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. It is a day to bring the Eucharistic Lord with enthusiasm to our neighbors in Corpus Cliristi processions. These and similar events are grace-filled opportunities by which individuals and parishes can ensure that they're centering their Sundays, parishes and whole lives around Jesus in the Eucharist rather than succumbing to the temptation merely to "fit Jesus in" to lifestyles centered around something or someone else.

But the greatest manifestation of one's faith in Jesus' presence in the Eucharist, Benedict points out, does not occur in external celebrations like those on Corpus Christi. It occurs internally, when a believer unites the sacrifice of his life to Christ's in the Mass, adoring within the presence of Christ received in holy Communion, and becomes a living monstrance taking the radiant presence of Christ on procession to one's family members, neighbors and colleagues. The life of a Christian is supposed to be a liturgy of love. When we receive the sacrament of Christ's love, we are called to "live on" in that love and to love others as Christ has loved us (In 15:9-12). Our communion with Christ is meant to make our whole lives eucharistic, transforming them to be an echo and extension of Christ's words, ''This is my body... given for you:' .

St. John Chrysostom once powerfully described this connection between the Eucharist and aeucharistic life: ''Do you wish to honor the body of Christ? Do not ignore him when he is naked. Do riot pay him homage in the temple clad in silk only then to neglect him outside where he suffers cold and naked. He who said: 'This is my body' is the same who said: 'You saw me hungry and you gave me no food,' and 'Whatever you did to the least of my brothers you did also to me.''' Our recognition of the real presence of Christ under the appearances of bread.and wine must help us to discern his image . in the appearances of those we meet. Our communion with Christ at Mass is meant to lead to - and flow from - a life ofcommunion with him, in which we strive to see as Christ sees, to think as Christ thinks, and to love as Christ loves (1 Cor 2:16).

The Central point of Benedict's exhortation is that there is an "objective connection" between eucharistic faith, eucharistic celebration and eucharistic life. Since the person is an integral unity, and since Christ calls the person to enter into communion with him, faith, worship and morality can never be isolated. Each is meant to enhance the other in a spiral leading to deeper and deeper communion with Jesus Christ.

This "objective connection" is at the basis of the Church's teachingwhich the pope, the Mexican bishops, the U.S. episcopacy and various other prelates have reiterated recently - that those who support abortion or other intrinsic evils cannot worthily receive holy Communion. Benedict teaches in the exhortation that each of us, and especially those who serve in public office, is called to embody a "eucharistic consistency," which means that our whole lives, private and public, must be in communion with Christ, with his love, with his teaching and with his actions. To take up St. John Chrysostom's image above, we simply cannot claim to be faithful to Christ if we "ignore him" in the womb; the same Christ who says "this is my body" is the one who reminds us whatever we do to the least of his brothers and sisters - and ,we're littlest when we're in the womb - we do to him. We cannot be in communion both with Christ and with those who butcher unborn children made in Christ's image.

This call to "eucharistic consistency" is first a summons for all Catholics to examine their daily thoughts, desires and choices to make sure they cohere with Christ's teaching and commandment of love.

But it is also unmistakably an attempt on the part of the Church to call to conversion those who support abortion, by reminding them that to favor or facilitate the massacre of unborn children is to cut oneselfoff from communion with Christ, and by preventing them from pretending otherwise. The Church is hoping that, when such Catholics are forced to choose between supporting abortion and receiving the Eucharist, they will have enough faith to choose Christ, reject the evil of abortion, and enter into life.

For those for whom Christ in the Eucharist is the' source and summit of their life, the choice should be easy.

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"LOOK AT THE BIRDS IN THE SKY; THEY DO NOT SOW OR REAP, THEY GATHER NOTHING INTO BARNS, YET YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER FEEDS THEM. ARE NOT YOU MORE IMPORTANT. THAN THEY?" (MATT 7:26).

St. Athanas.ius Throughout the long history of Creed, in which we pray at Mass that Jesus the Lord is "eternally the Church, numerous figures begotten of the Father, God from stand out for their heroic defense God, Light from Light, true God of the faith and their inspiring from true God, begotten, not example of what it ~eans to put made, one in being with路 the into the deep. In different times Father." and circumstances, God has Two years after the council, St. raised up certain individuals who Athanasius became the bishop of have remained steadfast to the Alexandria a~d was faced with Christian faith and fought courageously to preserve the teachings of Christ. '~ r;;;,:-One such figure is St. Athanasius.

As a deacon arid j~th~O~ep theological advisor to the bishop of Alexandria in northern Egypt, St. Athimasius attended the first Church council in Nicaea in 325, which was the task of implementing the summoned in the newly legalized orthodox teaching of the council.

Church to address the problem of This task was far from easy, even Arianism. Named after its author, at a time when the state was often the priest Arius, this heresy held used to enforce matters of faith, that Christ was not divine, but was because successive emperors rather the greatest and noblest of vacillated in their support of all created beings, and was merely orthodoxy.

As a result, St. "adopted" as God's son.

Athanasius was exiled no fewer Although contrary to the than five times from his diocese revealed truth abourChrist, who and his office of bishop, often said, "I and the Father are one" seeking refuge among the monks (In 10:30), Arianism spread in the Egyptian desert. quickly as a popular belief, For his own comfort, prosperforcing the need for the bishops ity and success, St. Athanasius of the Church to gather in Nicaea could have agreed to a less than to correct the error. The outcome accurate statement of the faith, or of the council was the orthodox at least refrained from preaching and infallible verdict that Christ is the truth about Christ.

But at a "one in being," of the same divine time when it would have been nature, as God the Father. This much easier and more comfortteaching, faithful to divine Revelation, has been passed down able to go along with popular thought and yield to cultural and to us in the form of the Nicene

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political pressures to compromise the truth of the faith, St. Athanasius stood firm, heedless of the consequences.

The same temptations confront those who might face opposition today for insisting on the truths of our faith. In the form of'contempt from colleagues in the workplace, or resistance and conflict from relatives, the pressure often exists to water down and relax the truths Christ has taught us, for the sake of making life easier and less awkward.

When this happens, St. Athanasius, the champion of orthodoxy, is a fitting patron to call upon in prayer. St. Athanasius knew well that being faithful often requires us to put into the deep, and he understood that putting into the deep means trusting in God. It means being willing to go where one may be unfamiliar or insecure, taking risks for the sake of Christ, and possibly even accepting hardship for the sake of our faith.

Although the deep may be dark, uncertain and uncomfortable, it is still the best place to I)e, if Christ is there with us. And it's the willingness to go there with Christ that has produced some of the greatest heroes in the Church, like St. Athanasius, defender of the faith.

Father Pignato is chaplain at Bishop Stang High School in North Dartmouth and is secretary to Bishop George If. Cole~n.

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Debating the embryo's fate were obviously right and true, The debate over embryonic even though a casual observer can stem-cell research continues to escalate in our country, and quickly recognize their notable flaws and inadequacies. remains a topic of significant public interest. Because of this Recently I had the opportunity growing public interest, I am often invited to participate in public r~a~ing debates on stem-cell ...,~J~.~' research and cloning. My sparring partners are ", // -,-// usually other scientists,

By Father Tad/ / . politicians, or public Pacholczyk/ " policy experts. The debates are typically held at universities or colleges, and to debate a stem-cell researcher at a gathering of physicians at the audiences generally have the opportunity to ask questions of .

New York Academy of Medicine. both sides afterwards. Having Our discussion was cordial and participated in a number of these civil, even though we clearly debates over the past few years, disagreed with each other's I've been surprised by how often positions. Not infrequently, such certain arguments are trotted out discussions tend to take the form with great solemnity, as if they of a dispute over the relative merits

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of the two major categories of stem cells: adult vs. embryonic (adult stem-cell research does not require the destruction of young human embryos while embryonic stern-cell research generally does). I did my best to avoid letting our discussion slip into a polemic about what might work best, about efficiency, even though this was one of the key arguments used by my opponent. He stressed how embryonic stem cells appear to have certain desirable characteristics, and may one day be able to work better than adult stem cells, and if cures end up being derived from embryonic stem cells in the future, then, 'in effect, it must be ethical to do such research, and to destroy human embryos. This

argument in one form or another has been put forward widely by the media, and has won over many Hollywood personalities, patient advocacy groups, and Washington politicians.

In responding to this argument during our debate, I recounted a little story from when I traveled to the Philippines to give a lecture about stem cells. It was my first time in that country, and I was struck by the contrasts I saw. On the one hand, segments of the Philippine society were doing very well. On the other, I witnessed startling poverty. One day, ,'as we ' drove 3l0ng a boulevard l.i1led with people living in hovels maae out of cardboard boxes, I noti~d a boy, a street child, rummaging through piles of trash for fpod. His clothes were dirty, and he ~eemed quite frail. It looked like h~ did this on a daily basis in order tol survive.

As I watched him, the rhetbrical thought flashed through my mind, patterned on the language bf embryonic stem cell advotates: "... he's so small, so insignificant: what if a cure for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and diabetes could be developed to benefit all of suffering mankind, by promoting scientific research that depended on killing just a single little boy like him, who, after all, is living no better than an animal? He's probably just going to die anyway in his difficult circumstances ..."

After sharing this PhilippiAe experience with my audiertce at the debate, I asked them a Huestion: "Could a scientific research program like that ever be ethical?"

The obvious answer to that question reminds us how ethics must always come before efficiency. Taking the lives of young humans (whether as little bpys or little embryos) cannot be ptonounced ethical simply beCause it , might result in huge benefits to I older, more powerful, or m!Jre wealthy humans. The fact remains that objective morallirnits constrain all areas of human endeavor, including the practice of the biological sciences. Whenever the siren-call of healing and progress is blaring mour ears, we are obliged to be particularly attentive to those absolute moral boundaries.

A second argument that comes up quite often in debates about the embryo is the so-called argument from wastage. The starting point for this argument is the medical observation that most pregnancies don't survive and are flushed from a woman's body. One well-known embryology textbook summarizes it this way: 'The total loss:: of conceptuses from fertilization to birth is believed to be con~ider足 able, perhaps even as hig})!1 as 50 percent to nearly 80 percebt." The fact that most embryos don't survive is then taken and used as a , justification for destroying embryos to get stem cells. lAs "

Think responsibly This is the third in a series by Father Thomas M. Kocik on the distinctiveness ofthe Catholic faith.

convinced that it is in the act of knowing something that we recognize our ability to know; we need no further guarantee of our ability to grasp truth than our awareness of the fact that we do indeed grasp it. Since Aquinas' thought holds pride of place in Catholic intellectual life (so much so that he is called the Common Doctor of the Church), our consideration of the fullness of

As we noted last time, there is little patience in our Western culture for the idea of truth, especially religious or moral truth.

The dominant philosophical mood is partly a result of the Enlightenment, which held that science is the only window onto reality, and partly a reaction against Enlightenment rationalism. It is considered a mark of sophistication to ask, with Pontius Pilate, "What is The Fullness truth?" No answer is of Truth expected, and none will be tolerated. We are all

By Father left to follow our own Thomas M. Kocik real or imagined star. But rather than take Pilate's query to be a discussionstopper, we might take it as a truth will be based on his underdiscussion-starter, an invitation to standing of knowledge: The mind appreciate what it means to believe can know reality, including in truth and to embrace Catholisomething of the ultimate, cism as the fullness of truth. uncaused reality we call God. So, what is truth? According to Nevertheless, if we are to speak the classical definition that comes responsibly of truth and its fullness, down to us from Greek philosophy, some clarifications are in order. truth is the concordance of mind Catholicism, in claiming the with fact, the knowledge of things fullness of truth, does not purport as they really are. For example, my to be a grand unified theory of belief that there is beer in the everything. The Church is refrigerator is true if and only if concerned primarily with the there is beer in the refrigerator. This truths revealed by God and theory of truth, endorsed by St. believed by faith (for example, Thomas Aquinas and other the Trinity); philosophical and medievallurninaries, is often scientific theories, while valucriticized as naive because it simply able, are not the Church's first assumes the mind's ability to know. business. There is, however, a Modern philosophy, which is certain overlapping and interactypically said to begin with Rene tion as regards the content of the Descartes in the 17th century, various spheres of knowledge. The demands that we first prove the natural sciences tell us about possibility of knowledge before ourselves and about the universe making any statement about what is insofar as our five senses can take real or true. Aquinas, while us. By reflecting on the finite allowing the possibility of human things known through experience, error, would have had little patience we can infer the existence of an with this radical skepticism. He was infinite Being on which all finite

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things depend. Th!lt is about as far as reason alone can go. There are "higher" questions that the particular sciences could never answer, such as the meaning of life and the nature of God. Divine revelation, the highest truth, gives us knowledge of the truly ultimate; this is why theology, the study of God, was dubbed the "Queen of the Sciences" before the Enlightenment decoupled faith and reason.

Furthermore, human knowledge (scientific or otherwise) is constantly expanding and revising itself in light of new experiences and reflections.

Newtonian physics, for example, was thought to be the final truth about the universe until Einstein and others came along. Even the infallible truths of revelation remain open to ever-deeper penetration, as Cardinal Newman explained in his classic work on the development of doctrine. The living Tradition of Christian belief and practice unfolds against the horizon of eternity. We see through a glass darkly in anticipation of our meeting Truth face to face (cf. 1 Cor 13:12).

Strictly speaking, therefore, the fullness of truth can be none other than the contemplation of God in the beatific vision of heaven.

When affirming Catholicism as the fullness of truth, we must bear in mind the limits and fallibility of human knowledge, even if that knowledge turns on a revelation of divine information. But enough of preliminaries. We are ready to launch our exploration of the major religions, guided by faithful thinking and thinking faith.

Father Kocik 'is chaplain at Charlton Memorial Hospilol in FaU River.

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another opponent of mine once put , it during a debate at Southern Methodist University in Texas, "If Mother Nature destroys so many embryos naturally, why shouldn't we be able to as well? Why get all worked up about using frozen embryos in research, when so many early embryos die naturally from miscarriages?" But the difference between a natural miscarriage and the intentional destruction of embryos is precisely the difference between the unfortunate case of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome v. the unconscionable case of smothering an infant with a pillow. What Mother Nature does and what I freely choose to do as an acting person are two separate realities, not to be confused. To put it dramatically, the fact that Mother Nature sends tsunamis that claim the lives of thousands of victims doesn't somehow make it OK for me to shoot a machine ,gun into a crowded stadium and claim thousands of victims of my own.

Another tactic that is sometimes used during debates about the human embryo is to try to dissipate the energy of the argument over many options. I participated in a debate at Rutgers University in New Jersey where one of my opponents suggested that if I am so concerned about protecting embryonic humans, then I need to be equally concerned about protecting older humans by doing 'everything in my power to stop various wars and armed conflicts around the world..In my reply to his argument, I stressed the significant differences between the decision to go after an enemy during an armed conflict, and the decision to go after human embryos for their stem cells.

Embryonic humans are always absolutely innocent and helpless, and therefore can never be willfully and directly targeted. In wartime, however, the situation is clearly more complex because the parties involved are no longer innocent, and self-defense has always been reCognized as a legitimate moral choice when unjust aggression arises.

The embryo debates are sure to intensify in the future, and we need to insist on careful and rationally supported arguments from all parties in the debate.

Where vulnerable and defenseless human life is concerned, the stakes are much too high to allow specious and imprecise arguments to carry the day.

Father Pacholqyk, Ph.D. earned his doctorate in neuroscience from Yale and did postdoctoral work at Harvard. He is a priest ofthe diocese ofFall River and serves as the director of Education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. See www.ncbcenter.org

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Give them some food yourselves We all know the pain of parting and separation to one degree or another. We say goodbye on different levels. This time of year students are saying good-bye to one another; some won't see their classmates until next September. It will be longer for some who are graduating, especially if it's from high school or college. People move.

People die. Death is the most final, so most difficult partlng.

Jesus knew that he would have to leave his friends the Apostles. He wanted to stay that was only human. But he knew he had to go; that was human, too - the final parting of death. And he was human in all ways except sin. He must have wondered how they would continue the work he had started and commissioned them to continue. So with the wisdom and love and power of God he gave us the greatest gift - his Body and Blood in the Eucharist - so that he could not only be with them, but be with us, too,

in Communion. As St. Paul said in the second reading: "As often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes."

St. Paul teaches us that the Eucharist is a sign of the ongoing presence of God, the risen Christ, among us. It is the way of meeting regularly with the risen one, the source of spiritual strength given to us during this final period of salvation history. It not only unites us to Jesus in this life, but also makes it possible for us to share in the glory of Jesus when he returns at the end of time.

In today's Gospel we read that Jesus fed a huge crowd of over 5,000 people with a few loaves and fishes, five loaves and two fish as Luke recounts; all had more than enough to eat. There were no less than 12 baskets ofleft-overs.

The fact that this incident - or

ones similar to it - are recorded no less than six times in the four Gospels is a sure indication of its importance. It wasn't simply the miracle that filled the Gospelwriters with astonishment, but rather the magnificent generosity that marks the presence of Jesus.

Just think of the magnitude of plenty - the 12 friends gave out all the food and there were 12 baskets left!

Note clear Eucharistic overtones in the narration: Jesus took the five loaves, blessed them, broke them, and gave them with the help of his disciples. These are precisely the actions of Jesus at the Last Supper. They are there in St.

Paul's account of what happened as recorded in the second reading. And they are what we do each time we gather to celebrate the Eucharist.

The words of Jesus to the disciples, "Give them some food yourselves," remind us that the Eucharist carries with it a challenge from Jesus to take care of God's people. So, we, like the disciples in the story, must be alert to the needs of other people. We are charged to move from the Eucharistic table in a procession that takes the Lord into the world. We are charged to be Eucharist in the world, to allow the Lord to take, bless, break and give himself through us to those in the comer of the world where we live and together throughout the globe we inhabit.

That means as long as there are people who go to bed hungry our work as Christ's own is not done; as long as there is a

child in the womb kept from birth by abortion, our work is not done; as long as there is prejudice in our land our work is not done; as long as there are Catholics in our community who are not at church to receive the Eucharist, our work is not done.

We need not fear or be discouraged: Jesus called us to "Do this in remembrance of me." This remembrance is a bringing to power of the Lord who does all things good in and for us. The power is here; to put it to work depends on our becoming Corpus Christi, the Body of Christ in our world.

Human food leaves us hungry. Jesus' food of the Eucharist leaves us satisfied.

The real satisfaction comes from what the eating and drinking will lead us to: self-giving and self-surrender.

Father Bouchard, S.T.L, is the pastor ofCorpus Christi Parish, East Sandwich, and the director ofStewardship for the Diocese ofFall River.

Upcoming Daily Readings: Sat, June 9, Tb 12:1,5-15,20; (Ps) Tb 13:2,6-8; Mk 12:38-44. Sun, June 10, The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Gn 14:18-20; Ps 110:1-4; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Lk 9:11b-17. Moo, June 11, Acts 11:21b-26;13:1-3; Ps 98:1-6; Mt 5:1-12. Toes, June 12, 2 Cor 1:18-22; Ps 119:129-133,135; Mt 5:13-16. Wed, June 13, 2 Cor 3:4-11; Ps 99:5-9; Mt 5:17-19. Thurs, June 14, 2 Cor 3:15-4:1,36; Ps 85:9ab-14; Mt 5:20-26. Fri, June 15, The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Ez 34:11-16; Ps 23:1-6; Rom 5:5b-11; Lk 15:3-7.

Christ first, last and always A few weeks back, Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, John Allen.of the National Catholic Reporter, and I were invited by Doubleday to help launch Pope Benedict XVI's new book, "Jesus of Nazareth," at a May 15 program in Washington. It was, among other things, a happy reunion, as I hadn't seen Brother Allen since the halcyon days of Apri12005, which we both spent in Rome covering (and preparing books on) the papal transition. Since then, John has moved to New York, but his return to the Great Republic hasn't diminished.his insight into papal affairs and how others perceive them - and so he began his remarks with an acute observation.

Note, he said, that the mainstream media found three bits of

"news" during Benedict XVI's May trip to Brazil. There was the impromptu papal statement about politicians, abortion, and the ecclesiastical sanction of . excommunication. There was the papal condemnation of drug-dealing.

(Surprise!). And there were a few lines in' an eleven-page speech to the bishops of Latin.America and the Caribbean in which the pope observed that both capitalism and Marxism had flaws (surprise again!) To his colleagues on the press plane, Allen remarked, these were three disconnected moments.

In fact, he said, there was a "scarlet thread' running throughout Benedict XVI's speeches, homilies,

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and remarks in Brazil, a thread that linked the Brazil trip to the publication of "Jesus of Nazareth."

That thread was, and is, the pope's

insistence that Jesus Christ is the revolution.

For Benedict XVI, everything else flows from that unshakable conviction. Social progress, which means political and economic systems that reflect human dignity and unleash human creativity, follows from belief in God through Christ. Liberation from enslavement to drugs and drug-dealers is possible because of belief in God through Christ. Healing from the

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wounds of abortion follows from faith in God through Christ. And so forth and so on, through the whole catalogue of 21st-century ills.

During the discussion that followed our panel's remarks, a guest asked whether there was a difference between this radical Christocentricity of Benedict XVI and the teaching of his great predecessor, John Paul II. I suggested that it wasn't so much a matter of difference as of destination. John Paul II began his pontificate with the clarion call, "Open the doors to Christ!" Why? Because, as the pope continued, "Christ knows 'what is in man.' He alone knows it," John Paul's magisterium was intensely Christocentric, in that Karol Wojtyla was convinced that we learn that truth about our humanity in contemplating the face of Christ: his was a Christology with an anthropological destination..

Benedict XVI shares that conviction. But as he writes in "Jesus of Nazareth," getting to the truth about ourselves through "intimate friendship with Christ" is difficult today because two centuries of historical-critical dissection of the New Testament have left the face of Christ murky, even obscure. When exegetes try to reassemble the pieces after dissecting the Gospels, the result too often reflects the exegete's own

concept of who Christ should be mild-mannered liberal teacher; apocalyptic visionary; social reformer; political revolutionary rather than the truth about Jesus of Nazareth, his person and his message.

We need both historically sophisticated methods of interpretation and trust in order to read¡the Gospels properly, Pope Benedict writes. If we approach the Gospels with suspicion, we will encounter a Christ in our preferred image, not the Jesus who is the "image of the invisible God" [Colossians 1.15]. If we approach the Gospels with alert minds and open, trusting hearts, however, we meet a Jesus with whom "intimate friendship" becomes possible, and lifetransforming.

Time and again, whether he's writing about the temptations, the parables, the Lord's Prayer, or the miracles of Jesus's public ministry, Pope Benedict's method of reading the Gospels puts the edge back on stories and messages often dulled by familiarity. Reading the New Testament through the eyes of Joseph Ratzinger in "Jesus of Nazareth" thus becomes a way to read the Gospels afresh - and to be reminded that, whether the New York Times thinks it's "news" or not, the proclamation of Jesus Christ is what the C;hurch is for.

George Weigel is a seniorfellow ofthe Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

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One more cup will launch me into The final decision about who orbit. goes where and who stays put We talk for about an hour. It's Diocesan Office of Pastoral June 8, 2007 - Port-O-Call: Ship out. belongs to the bishop alone. very pleasant - almost relaxing.

Planning. They look at the Fall River - Annual Clergy The process of clergy transfers Lorraine Lecour, from the We laugh and share stories. The individual priests - age, experiTransfer Day is arduous. In January the bishop bishop's office, begins to make bishop gently lays his cards on the ence, strengths, weaknesses, years Sooner or later it was bound to summons his Personnel Board and phone calls. "Father, can ybu meet table. He has a plan. I am a piece begins to assess the total picture. It of service, length of time in one happen. Ordained 35 years and with the bishop on Friday morning of the puzzle. This comes as no assignment. After prayers with at least a decade to surprise. Then we get down to at 11:30?" Lorraine has a wonderof discernment, they take a go before retirement (God details. It wasn't on my short list, ful way about her. She's very collective deep breath and willing), I'm a certified but it was on my long list pleasant.

This doesn't prevent a give it their best shot.

Old Salt. The bishop puts although in a modified way. I priest who receives a phone call When the daffodils it more delicately. He Reflectio.ns of a wasn't completely blind-sided. from experiencing some anxiety. break ground, the buzz refers to me as a "seaLike any diocesan priest, on the What could the bishop possibly begins. It's a kind of soned pastor." I've 1-_ o;C# • want with me? Where are the day of my ordination I made a hobby with some priests harbored in Assonet Bay openings? Where are the retirepromise of obedience and respect for some 13 years - like putting together a ments? What parishes are to the bishop and his successors (it currently one of the puzzle on a card table expanding, merging, or closing? was Bishop Cronin at the time). but the "pieces" are other longest clergy assignAll sorts of scenarios come to Not as sacred as the solemn Vow priests. Puzzles provide entertainments in the diocese. Ladies and takes six months. They look at the of Obedience to God made by mind. ment on a winter's night. When the gentlemen, your attention please; needs of the entife diocese, the Religious, nonetheless it's In February I received the puzzle is finally finished, it's fun to· it's clergy transfer season in the needs of this or that faith-commusomething not to be taken lightly. I phone call from Lorraine. I went Diocese of Fall River. The captain nity, and the distribution of priestly see how close you came. But do have some wiggle room. The into semi-panic mode.

I caple up always be prepared, as any good has received orders from the resources. They study the profiles bishop's reasoning is sound. I have with a short list, a long list, even a Scout will say. You may find your admiral. Haul anchor. Set sail. of parishes provided by the no grounds to request exemption far-out-there list. There is no way any bishop, no matter how wellor modification. Deal or no deal? intentioned, can defuse the Deal. inevitable fretting. It goes )Vith the We shake hands and the bishop territory. walks me back into the antechamYou get used to it: She felt so ashamed!! She the opportunity to spend time We received this story via the ber.

Lorraine smiles and stands to I drive to the bishop's office a with others, for if we miss out realized that she was wrong .:. internet. As I read it, I found it bid farewell.

Exuding an air of few minutes early.

I scope out the on life's opportunities to love She hadforgotten that her to be very special and worthy of complete calm and confidence, I parking lot.

Are there any familiar cookies were kept in her purse. and be present to those around further reflection. The author is stride across the room and open vehicles that might give me some The man had divided his us, we cannot bring those unknown. the door, chatting nonchalantly all hint? Nothing. I open the door and opportunities back. We can only cookies with her, without feeling The Cookies enter, not bothering to ring the bell the while. Wrong door. I just angered or bitter ... while she hope that there will be others "A young lady was waiting walked suavely into the bishop's as the sign instructs.

I scari the and that we will be given had been very angry, thinking for herflight in the boarding coat closet.

-looking antechamber for a clue that she was dividing her another chance. room of a big airport. As she to see if there are any priests Back outside, I whip out my cookies with him. And now But the strongest theme that I would need to wait many hours, navigation device and punch-in waiting there.

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Lorraine is seated at her Dighton."

Some satellite There are four things that you Eucharistic gift of Jesus Christ, a packet of cookies. whirling around the stratodesk, hospitable as always" Soon cannot recover. as we approach the Solemnity of She sat down ill an armchair, sphere somewhere tells me Coleman appears and Bishop the Body and Blood of in the VIP room ofthe offers a warm handshake and kind where to go. airport, to rest and read r""i'~"l""Il!!~~~~~--...,.I'tl"J'I'--:~~-"!'!I Christ. words of welcome. Into th~ Does Dighton "rock" (as our For the gentleman in in peace. Beside the young people would say)? I bet it coilference room the two of us go. the story could have It's a plain but comfortable does!

Let's go see. It's time for yet a said, "Hey, what are another excellent adventure in the room, with a large table suryour doing? These are life of this parish priest. rounded by 10 upholstered swivel my cookies!" And Jesus chairs. All the chairs are identical.

Father Goldrick becomes could have said, "Hey, magazine and started . Gr"-l\IIacKoul : "Coffee, Tim?" I decline.

I've ofSt. Joseph Parish, No. pastor wait a minute, this is my reading. already had way too much coffee.

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unteer activities together as a couple. That was evident as they were interviewed..

FALL RIVER - Sharing is a big part of the "She is the best thing that happened to me," marriage of Dan and Vera Ataujo of Fall River. said Dan. "It was love at first sight."

The couple is often found volunteering at Holy They celebrated their 54th wedding anniverTrinity Parish in Fall River where they have sary earlier this year and have two daughters been members since a merger of three parishes and three grandchildren with whom they enjoy several years ago. spending time.

"We enjoy giving back to God," said Vera, "Dan is a veteran of the' Korean War and who is 77. "I find peace here every time I en- World War II. We started dating when he returned from the war, and then got married. Our ter the doors of the church."

Her husband, 80, agreed and added, "They families knew each other growing up. We lived say you get back what you give and we have nearby." been very blessed." , They have been members of the St. Vincent The couple opens up the church an hour be- de Paul Society for more than 20 years. They became involved in fore daily Mass so "......~-.--.,.-,.------:-;;:-------,...,....,_.."",..:',.,...--.- ,---.. people can come and that group at St. William's Parish pray and they have been helping out for where they were parishioners for more a number of years.

They were doing it than 30 years. every week, but now "We've always another volunteer is done everything toassisting so they do gether," said Vera. so every other week.

Dan worked for 42 "Without daily years at the Alpert Mass I don't know Brother's doing a variety of jobs. Vera what I'd do. I'd be lost," said Dan. "Unworked for 28 years as less I'm sick with the an assembler at School flu, I'm here."

House Candy. Dan has His wife agreed, been retired for 17 "It's a great way to years and Vera for 10.

Both said they are enstart the day: When I come here I forget joying their retirement. the outside world for "We keep busy and a while. We look for- PERSONS OF THE WEEK, Vera and Dan Araujo. love working for the Church," said Vera. ward to it."

(Photo by Mike Gordon) The two help to Asked what is the prepare things for Mass and after the liturgy key. to a successful marriage Dan responded, they help pick things up and put them back. "You've got to work together."

They also help at the annual fund-raising They also serve as extraordinary ministers of holy Communion. dinners the parish holds as well as penny sales "We started to assist with holy Communion and other activities. They also are in charge of about five years ago," said Dan. "I said to the a coffee and doughnut gathering held once a priest that I didn't feel worthy, but he just put month following the celebration of Mass on his hand on my shoulder and said, 'You are. Sunday. .

Give it a try for a few weeks.'"

The only activity that they are not doing toAnd five years later, here they are. gether is Vera's involvement in the Holy Trin"Being an extraordinary minister of holy ity Women's Guild. She has been a member of Comniunion bas been a beautiful experience," women's guild for 12 years and currently serves as the parish president. said Vera. "It's special."

Father David M. Andrade, pastor at Holy "We meet once a month and do games, guest .

Trinity Parish,' explained that the couple is a speakers and it's very enjoyable," said Vera. good example for others. "The Araujos, like "There are 55 members and they are all fanso many, are willing to give of their time and tastic women. I have a lot of friends in the talents. They are filled with goodwill and gen- group." erosity and are making an impact at our parVera is also a member of the Fall River Diish. They always try to do all they can to help ocesan Council of Catholic Women. out."

When they are not assisting at the parish They were happy to be nominated, but Vera enjoys doing crossword puzzles and colagreed there are many at the parish who are lecting jokes which she shares with the deserving of ,recognition. "There are a lot of women's guild. Dan is a Red Sox fan and enpeople who help out here," said Dan. "We are joys watching the team play on television. "I've just a small part of the success of the parish." been a fan since I was 10 years old. I used to When there is a funeral they will often serve listen to them on the radio." .at the altar. When there is no altar boy or girl The Anchor encourages readers to nomifor daily Mass or on a holy day or for the 4 nate others for the Person ofthe Week - who p.m. Mass on the weekend, they assist. They and why? Submit nominations at our email do so because they love God and the Church. address: theanchor@anchornews.org, or They do so because they can and they enjoy write to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, helping others. They enjoy sharing those vol- MA 02722.

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These Bishop Connolly studer:lts enjoy a moment together following four years of hard work and good fun. From left: Bill Morin, Adam Vieira, Danielle Trial, Samantha Rabbitt, and Erin Tansey.

As graduation day wore down at Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River, the caps went up in celebration of the momentous occasion.

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Brendan Edwards and Kimberly O'Brien enjoy graduation day. The pair were among many graduates of Coyle and Cassidy High School in Taunton.

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St. Anne: $300-Manuel & Jacinta DaSilva; $loo-Gerald &Vivianne Morrissette, Andre Carrier, Abilio Filipe, Lucia Achou.

St. Anthony of Padua: $3So-M&M Joseph T. Cabral.

St. Joseph: $250-M&M Daniel WJ1kins; $2oo-In Memory ofBernard Tom1inson; $100M&M Joseph Gagne, M&M Joseph Almeida, M&M Robert Ravenscroft.

St. Micbael: $Soo-M&M Gerald Silvia, Philip Viveiros, In Memory of Augustine & Mary Gonsalves; $3OO-Evelyn Almeida, A Friend, Pereira Family; $2S0-Kenneth Machado-Manuel Rogers & Sons Funeral Home, Anonymous; $200-A Parishioner; $IS0-A Friend; $130-Anonymous; $100M&M Fernando Correia, In Memory of Ana & Mario Freitas, M&M Antone Sousa, M&M Guilherme Goncalves & Family, Anonymous, Mamede F.Almeida-In Memory ofhis ParentsM&M Mamede A. Almeida, A Friend, M&M Manuel S. Medeiros, In Memory of Jofu> Oliveira, M&M Emile J. Gregoire, A Parishioner, M&M Peter A. Boudreau, In Memory of JOa<! Oliveira & Herminia da Gloria Oliveira, M&M Ceasar Sousa, In Memory of Antonio Pavao, M&M Antonio C. Medeiros, In Honor of St. Michael, In Memory of a Loved One, In Memory of a Friend, In Honor of Our Lady of Fatima.

SS. Peter and Paul: $1,600-Rev. Stephen B. Salvador.

Santo Christo: $8S0-Rev. Gastao Oliveira; $130-M&M Joao Cunha; $100-M&M Jose Arrenegado, Amadeu & Maria Cerqueira, M&M Gua1ter Lopes, Albert Medeiros, M&M Carlos Pavao, Luis &Maria Pereira, In Memory of Marco Soares.

Falmouth St. Patrick: $4OO-William J. Daly, M.D.; $3OO-Herbert Nyberg; $2S0-M&M Gregory Gillis, M&M Kenneth Rebello; $200-Nancy & Donald Craig, M&M Francis DeYoung, M&M Edward Enos, Jr., Ann E. Reeves; $ISoM&M Raymond Laliberte; $125-M&M Robert Ferris; $100-Mrs. Albert E. Fetters, M&M Michael Grady, Mrs. Ernest Henderson, M&M Gregory Ketterer, M&M James McDevitt, M&M Joseph McLeish, Mary O'Connell, M&M Francis Ward, M&M Anthony Yando.

Hyannis St. Francis Xavier: $1,200-Bernard Nugent, Jr.; $Soo-M&M Robert Ryan; $300M&M Mark Silva; $200-Alfred Fournier, M&M Greg Smith; '$IS0-M&M Nicholas Alberti, Mary Donahue, M&M Richard M. Dresser, M&M John Keith, Jr., Mrs. C.E. McAdoo, Donald Reid; $120-Paul Chapdelaine, Russell Lawton; $loo-Henry Arden, Jr., Jane Berling, Mary E. Campbell, Dr&M Paul Canniff, Katherine C. Chase, M&M Richard Corbin, M&M Dwain Dadoly, Anthony DiNatale, Joseph. Dolaher, M&M Bernard Hanlon, Patricia Haste, M&M James Hobert, Mrs. Frederick Thome, Stanley A. Tucholski.

Mansfield St. Mary: $2,OOO-Thomas J. Keams, Jr.; $1,OOO-M&M Stephen J. Barker; $500-Bruce Ballerstedt, M&M James M. Riley; $4OO-Mrs. William Morton; $3OO-M&M Raymond A. Pitocche1li; $2S0-M&M Jose Dizon, Mrs. Domenic Macaione; $200-M&M Joseph T. Coluccio, M&M Thomas E. Madden, Jean Lee & Ray Martin, Mrs. Albert Boldrighini; $125M&M Rene C. Barren, M&M Daniel E. Joyce; $120-M&M Paul E. Connaughton; $100-Mrs. Bert Courtemanche, Mrs. Francis Ellsworth, Deborah Manzo Gorhan, Mrs. William Holske, M&M Charles Howard, M&M Paul Jepsen, M&M Richard Moynihan, M&M H. Salerno, Barbara Stratton, Leonard F. Zandrow. o

Martha's Vmeyard

GoodShepberd: $3OO-M&MWilliamA. Bruno; $100-Dagmar Dockery, Pamela E. L0gan, Nancy T. Nevin.

Mashpee

Christ the King: $1,OOO-Joan McDermott; $500·M&M Michael Howley, M&M James Remillard, Jr., M&M Thomas Cleary, M&M Walter Zilonis; $4OO-M&M William Kalagher; $36O-M&M Robert Ryder; $3S0-Donna O'Connor; $300-Jane Stockbridge, John Geary, Jr., M&M James Hurton, M&M Edward Scahill, Jr., M&M Dante Lancellotti; $2oo-M&M Paul Tedesco, M&M Denis Helm; $125-M&M Joseph Saia; $100-M&M David Osella, Elizabeth Shea, M&M Anthony Ghelfi, Carol Daniels, M&M Richard Parsons,Vuginia Dolan, Jean Ledwith, M&M James Galvin, M&M Paul Tracy, Donald Nolan, M&M Chet Reppucci, M&M Paul Johnson, M&MAnthony Camerota, Mary Burns, M&M Thomas Woodring, Valerie Falese.

Nantucket St. Mary/Our Lady of the Isle: $SooDr&M RA. Howard, Stover Engineering Associates, Inc.; $3oo-M&M James Crecca, M&M Francis Psaradelis; $l50-M&M Richard Herman; $l20-Sherry Hawkins; $100M&M Celso Caro, M&M John Fee, Sr., M&M Charles 'Fisher, M&M George F. Kelly, Jr., M&M Michael Roche, Georgina Wmton.

New Bedford Holy Name of the Sacred Heart ofJesus: $750-M&M David Nelson; $SOO-ElsieAiman; $4OO-Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Women's Guild; $3OO-Hyacinth Circle #71Daughters of Isabella; $27S-M&M Edward Souza; $IS0-M&M Ernest L' Abbe, Mrs. Henry Collard; $200-M&M Carlton P. Pimentel; $100-M&M Robert Arruda, M&M Kenneth Camara, Mrs. Henri Daigle-In Memory of Henri J. Daigle, Gabriel A. Falco, M&M Laurier Rock, Yvette Vaudry.

Our Lady ofFatlma: $125-M&M Oifton Hathaway, M&M Steven Melo; $100-M&M George R. Dupuis, M&M James Wooler, M&M Stan1ey Koska.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel: $8OO-St. Vmcent de Paul Society; $Soo-In Memory of Gil Moniz, Edmund Sylvia; $2oo-A Friend, Paula Marie Farias, Sandra Marie Farias; $150A Friend, M&M Manuel Brune, Jr., M&M Octavio M. Goncalves, Maria C. Pereira, M&M Arthur Caetano, Alexandrina Macedo; $130-M&M Albino E. Silveira; $12O-M&M David M. Cardoso, M&M Antonio Oliveira, Maria dos Anjos Thvares, M&M Jose Carlos Vieira; $110-M&M Antonio Vitor; $100M&M Robert Almeida, A Friend, Natalina Pacheco, M&M Humberto Rego, M&M Liberio Sabino, Maria Lizia Sousa, M&M Eduardo Teixeira, Kristina E. Arruda, M&M Gabriel Barbosa, David Anthony Ferreira, M&M Carlos Isidoro, M&M Pedro Miguel Jacob, Ernestina Mendonca, M&M Eduviges Oliveira, Mary Paiva, M&M Jose Julio A. Rego, M&M Jose DeSousa, AIda Frazao, M&M Jose Moniz Cabral, Jr., M&M Francisco M. Correia, Natalia Madeira, M&M Ernesto Medeiros, M&M Daciano M. Me1o, Manuel Rapoza, Jr. St. Anthony of Padua: $300-M&M David Lira, Deacon&M Leo W. Racine; $200M&M Robert C. Levesque, M&M Patrick Robitaille; $100-Louise Parent.

St.Joseph-8t. Therese: $Soo-M&M Dennis Bowen, M&M Marc Letendre, Lucien Robert; $200-Irene Belanger; $170-Anonymous; $150-M&M Jorge Correia, M&M Richard Drolet; $100-Anonymous, M&M Wilfred Aubut, M&M Charles Desjardins, M&M Maurice Galipeau, Nancy Hammond, In Memory of Yvette & Stephen Weaver by Jeanne Swiszcz, Sandra Wmg. St. Lawrence Martyr: $Soo-Jacqueline Smith; $4OO-M&M Joseph Harrington; $225Ann Touhey; $170-M&M Louis Robillard, Jr.; $130-M&M Ramon Tarini; $120-M&M Joseph Walecka; $100-Mary Bolton, John M. Duffy, Lisa Lemieux, Mary Norton. . St. Mary: $300-Anonymous; $IS0M&M Edward T. Gall; $125-Henry G. Fortin & Jane Martin-Fortin; $100-Rose Harris, M&M Daniel Costa, M&M David A. Medeiros, Susan Richard, M&M Manuel Farias, M&M John K. DeTerra, M&M Robert Dupont, Arthur Mandeville, M&M Jose Carvalho, M&M Brian Pepin, M&M Mario Fogaren, M&M Roland Roy, Hope S. Mulberry.

North Attleboro Sacred Heart: $Soo-Rev. DavidA. Costa; $3OO-KathrynDelGrosso; $100-M&MGeorge Karcher, Theresa Chabot, M&M Jon Mello.

St. Mark: $2,3OO-M&M Paul Danesi, Jr.; $48O-M&M Annand Brunelle ill; $3OO-Mrs. Robert Cunningham; $17S-John McGuire, Sr.; $100-Gerald & Brenda Charlette, Barbara Crowther, M&M Frank Droney, John & Anita Duphily, M&M Terrence Garbuzinski, Elaine St. Martin, Mrs. Richard Neel, Robert F. Nen, Mrs. Joseph A. Sajewicz, M&M Christopher Servant, M&M David Walkins, M&M John Wigna11.

St. Mary: $1,ooo-Barbara & Donald McHoul; $Soo-Rev. David A. Costa, Francine & Francis Leary; $IS0-William & Judith Brunell, Marlene & Howard Gaudette, Charles & Mary Sedlak; $14S-A1an & Nancy Waugh; $100-Anne & Leo Cloutier, Peter & Lisa Carlisle, Barbara & Richard Forbes, Neil & Elizabeth Shanley, Kevin & Karen Smith, M&M William Napolitano.

North Dartmouth St. Julie Billiart: $4OO-M&M Roland Hebert; $3OO-M&M Stephen Phi11ips, M&M Alberto Tavares; $200-M&M Joseph Wmterhalter, Sr., Walter R Smith, Margaret Mary Cabral; $100-Claire Nichols, Dolores Augustine, M&M David Lapalme, M&M Fernando Sousa, M&M Thomas Sullivan, M&M Ernest Vieira, M&M Jay O'Neil, M&M Anthony Furtado, M&M Alexander Nicholas, M&M Lloyd Francis.

North DigIlton St. Joseph: $100-M&M Carl Sanderson,

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In Memory of Catherine Gregg, M&M James L. Corey, Helen Roberts.

North Easton Immaculate Conception: $1,ooo-St. Vmcent de Paul Society; $S(iO-Theresa Pratt; $100-Mary Pran, Doris Downey, M&M Karl McCarthy.

North Falmouth St. Elizabeth Seton: $l,OOO-M&M Stephen Clarlc. M&M William Janovitz; $SOOMary Lawrence, M&M James McGoldrick, M&M Stephen Reichheld; $300-M&M Gustav Swanson; $2SO-Gerda Ganci, M&M Gerald Leone, John Santoro, M.D., Richard Tracy; $2oo-M&M Francis Bagarella, M&M Edward Dahlborg, M&M William Hatch, M&M William Kerrigan, Robert McCusker, M&M Michael Palmieri, M&M Raymond Warren, M&M Robert Wray; $lS0-M&M David Bercovici, M&M Matthew Cronin, M&M Edward Marcheselli, Dr. Elliott Thylor; $125-M&M John Donohoe; $l00-M&M Leo Amendola, M&M William Arnone, M&M Robert Bouchie, M&M William Dalton, M&M Richard Fitzgerald, Theresa Garvey, M&M Walter Gilbert, M&M Michael Gwynn, William Hendel, M&M Raymond leBlanc, M&M John Lennon, Daniel Lynch, Leocardia Mahoney, M&M Joseph McCarthy, Dr&M John McCue, M&M John McGi11ivary, M&M Bernard McMahon, M&M Leo O'Keefe, M&M Richard Renwick, M&M Richard Rizzitano, M&M Vmcent Robinson, M&M Robert Shaw, M&M Joseph Studley, Sheila Treacy, Ann Vogel.

Norton St. Mary: $100-Elizabeth Berry, M&M Paul Broderick, Estelle George.

Osterville Our Lady of the AsmmJption: $1,000M&M James J. Derba, M&M Desmond 1.

Heathwood, M&M John MacKinnon; $400Helen J. Kenney; $2So-M&M Peter Marks, M&M Otto Plescia; $200-Therese Reynolds, Virginia Worthington; $ISo-M&M Wuliam Downey, Mrs. Patrick C. Horkan, M&M Paul T. Lebal, M&M Edward A. Mason, M&M Anthony F. Milano; $12S-M&M George Rucker; $100-M&M Edward C. Conrad, M&M Paul E. Fair. .

Pocasset St. John the Evangelist: $2S0-M&M Harry J. Borden; $200-Mrs. James Lengyel; $100-David & Lynn Trucchi.

Provincetown St. Peter the Apostle: $800-Carol Janopolis; $500-Robert P. Silva, Seamen's Bank; $27S-Mary & S. Peter Codinha; $ISoElaine Cabral, Fireside Insurance Agency, M&M Edward Goshen; $100-Joseph Maroon, Yvonne DeSousa, Louise DeSilva Raynham St. Ann: '$300-Dr&M Michael Scanlon; $2S0-Sheilah Reardon; $200-M&M John Dolan, M&M George Milot, M&M Thomas Porter, M&M Mark Wheeler; $IS0-M&M Daniel Andrade, M&M Brian Colburn, Josephine Kapa1a, M&M Paul Riendeau; $140M&M Edward Brush; SUS-Christine O'Donnell; $100-M&M Thor Bostrom, Kathleen Burt, Derrick Costa, M&M Paul Farrell, M&M Brian Gregg, Jeanette Hutchins, Daniel Kurema, M&M Francis McGuirk, M&M William Morton, M&M Donald Rose, M&M Antonio Santos, Louise Scanlon, John Spaulding, M&M Carlton Syivia, M&M Scott Thomas.

Seekonk Our Lady of Mount Carmel: $2,000Francis Venditti; $47S-M&M Robert Tobiasz; $300-M&M Paul Gennari; $2S0-Glen Larrabee; $200-M&M Richard Costa, M&M William Kirkwood, Christopher O'Halloran, Antonio Ribeiro, Jr., Kathryn Warish, Russell Vmcelette; $150-M&M David Berube, M&M Joseph Brennan; $130-Anna McAu1iffe; $12SM&M Fred Guarino; $100-M&M Anthony Andrews, Cynthia Arago, Dorene Bloomer, Carol Frattaruolo, M&M William Heaney, M&M Thomas Michaluk, M&M Manuel Reposa, M&M Thomas Rose, Irene Sousa, M&M Donald Spellman, M&M Donald Sutherland, M&M Robert Tompkins.

St. Mary: $6SO-George & Mary Agostini; $500-David & Cindy Mullen; $3OO-Paul & Maureen Rego; $200-Ei!een Murphy, Chris & JessicaTadros,Stephen&NancyTracey;$17SClaire Cinq-Mars; $ISo-Francis & Donna Laliberte, Eleanor Lalime; $12S-Gerald & Monica Lanoue; $100-John & Sharon Barry, Paul & Mary Ellen Keating: Daniel & Corinne McKinnon, Todd & Marylou Moran, Leonard Silva, Thomas Silva, Richard & Carol Carignan, Eric & Eleanor Spencer, Clifford & Louise Wallace.

Somerset St.Patrick: $7OO-JosephMatthews;$320M&M Alfred Benoit; $200-M&M Edward Leonard; $ICJO.M&M Edward Camara.

St. 'Thomas More: $3,SOO-St. Vmcent de Paul Society; $1,OOO-M&M Leonard Burgmyer; $3OO-Noreen L. Cotter, M&M Gerald Driscoll; $2S0-M&M John A. D'Ambrosio, M&M David P. Johnson; $150-

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M&M William Bradbury, Mary P. Daley, M&M Robert I. Troy, M&M Iohn R. Kuebler, M&M Ioseph I. Diogo, M&M David Gauthier; M&M Samuel S. Holland, Ir., M&M Iohn 1. $100-M&M Norman W. Almeida, Anne Shakliks.

Botelho, Elaine Braz, Theresa Costa, Mrs. John West Harwich F. Daley, Ir., M&M lames Fernandes, M&M Holy Trinity: $1,OOO-M&M Paul Iohn Foley, Dorothy 1. Levesque.

Coughlin; $SOO-M&M John W. Joyce, Dr. Ralph M. Porter, Ruth Sheehy; $200-MargaSouth Dartmouth ret C. Erd1en; $ISo-Alice Stinson, M&M WtlSt. Mary: $500-M&M G. Albert Roy; $200-Karen Medeiros; $ISo-M&M Lawrence liam G. White; $100-Harriet F. Chadik, Hugh D. Art; $100-aaire Viera, M&M Christopher & Lynne Drummond, M&M Walter 1. Kane, M&M Robert M. Thcker, M&M Brooke A. Dernanche.

South Easton Walsh Holy CnNi: $4OO-M&M Edward Mabry; Westport $365-Jean Komolo & Linda E. Santoro; $250Our Lady of Grace: $4OO-SI. Vmcent de M&M Daniel Knappenberger, M&M William Paul Society; $100-M&M Dennis Arruda, Matthews; $200-Mrs. James Azevedo, M&M Mary Ann Rousseau, Constance Rousseau, GeorgeZarella, Drs. Peter Levesque; $150-Rev. M&M Michael Louro, M&M Warren Messier.

Bradley R. Beaupre, C.S.c., M&M William St. George: $1,OOO-M&M Francis flynn; A Lovely, Ir., Dr&M Vmcent Iacono; $105$25o-M&M David Spiteri; $200-M&M Paul M&M Raymond Lawson; $100-M&M Methot; $100-Lucille Pimentel, M&M KenMichael Grucan, M&M David J. Mendes, neth Chace.

M&M Antonio Volpe, M&M William I. Woods Hole St. Joseph: $500-Phyllis M. MacNeil; Carroll, Michael & Diann Abela, M&M William Penney, M&M Wtlliam Pineo, M&M $300-Walter A. & Kathleen T. Murphy; $200Brian Sheehan, M&M John M. Welch, M&M Frank Egloff, M.D.; SUS-David L. & Philip Gilbride.

Catherine F. Cary.

South Yannouth St. Pius Tenth: $1,OOO-Anonymous, BUSINESS & COMMUNITY Eileen Ruane; $250-M&M lames Davenport, Attleboro Mary B. Hanley, M&M Edward Gallivan; $SOO-Chartley Beer & Wine, Norton; $2OO-Mrs. Richard Swann; $100-M&M Iohn $100-A&A Fuel Co., Inc., East Providence; Schlegel, M&M Paul Rooney, M&M Arthur Knights ofColumbus-George C. Shields CounRyan, Dr&M Wl1frid Cloutier, M&M lack cil #420, Mansfield.

Lombardozzi. Evelyn Maxwell, Daniel Fall River O'Connell. M&M Francis Shea, M&M Rob$1,25o-Silva-Faria Funeral Home; $700ert Soukup, M&M William Parry, M&M Iohn K.R. Rezendes, Inc., Assonet; $200-Knights of Columbus-eross of Christ Council #12283, 1. Cassidy, Ioseph McKenney, M&M John F. Fitzgerald, Jr. Assonet; $100-Klear-Vu Corp.; Sacred Heart Swansea Seniors.

St. Dominic: $25o-SI. Vmcent de Paul New Bedford Society; $100-Mrs. Stanley Walters. $l00-Murray F. DeCoffeAutomotive SerSt. Louis de France: $120-M&M Daniel vice, Inc., Mattapoisett.

Taunton Berthiaume; $100-M&M Steven Desrosiers, M&M Manuel Azevedo, M&M William $1,600-SI. Paul-SI. Vmcent de Paul SociCasey, Normand L. Phenix. ety; $1,OOO-SI. Ann-SI. Vmcent de Paul SociTaunton ety, Raynham; $500-SI. Mary-SI. Vmcent de Annundation of the Lord: $200-M&M Paul Society; $100-Easton Country Club, Antero Oliveira, Catherine Silva; $175-M&M South Easton.

Robert Thtino; $ISo-M&M Joseph Martin; $US-M&M James Lynch, M&M Joseph Silveira; SUO-In Memory of Joan A. Friary; $100-M&M Albert Mendonca, M&M Leo Conroy, M&M lose Lima, Tina Westgate, Sylvia Fernandes, M&M lose L. Rego, Stella & Manuel Silveira, M&M Joao Coelho, M&M Continued from page one Eugene Gorey, M&M Carlos Borges, Robert Dion, M&M Kenneth W. Perry, M&M Manuel simply exceeding the totals they had DeSousa, Eileen Cumiskey, M&M Robert the previous year, and didn't think Hoffman.

Holy Rosary: SSOO-PolishAmerican Cition a more 'global' scale, namely, that zens Club; $200-M&M Brian Friary; $100they should keep working right up James Dawicki, M&M Roland Lecuyer, M&M James Dykas, Paula Chase. until the very end of the Appeal to Immaculate Conception: $25o-M&M attract as much revenue as possible Paul Fitzpatrick; $200-Immaculate Conception for the well being of all the needy Women's Guild; $100-Thomas Chamberlin, Susan Stakus, M&M Robert Powers. across the Diocese and notjust those St. Anthony: SSOO-Holy Rosary Sodalin the immediate proximity of their ity, Atty&M Ioseph DeMello; $4OO-Anonymous; $3OO-Anonymous; $27S-M&M David parish, we would never be able to Mello; $250-In Memory of Iohn C. Correia; meet the needs of those who look to $200-Elsie Abreau, Anonymous, Delores us for assistance," he said.

Nunes; $IOO-M&M Alfred Arruda, Helena Barros, M&M Jose Correia, Dorothy Costa, A "But thankfully they see the bigFriend, M&M Jose V. DeMello, Herbert ger picture and realize that the true Jacinto, M&M Manuel Matos, Anonymous, M&M Gary Volpe. success of this 66th Appeal is that St..Jacques: $250-M&M Leo Morin; tens of thousands of parishioners $125-M&MThomas Parlrer; $100-M&M WI1\iaro Grundy, Mrs. Raymond Beauvais, Diane . care enough about the tens of thouCote, Beverly Dubois, Karen Koss, M&M Paul sands ofthose in need across the dioFerris, M&M Norman Gaouette. cese that they 'look beyond themSt. Joseph: $1,I00-Joseph A. Medeiros; $4OO-Betty Tigano, M&M Richard Faulkner; selves and their parish boundaries' $35O-Albert & Kathleen Farinha; $3OO-M&M to share what they have with those Mark Jussaume; $220-M&M Joseph P. Connors; $200-Dr&M Michael Broutsas, who have so much less," concluded M&M Robert Crossman; $tso-M&MWtlliam Donly.

J. Breen; $125-M&M Paul Rego; $100-M&M The annual Appeal is the only Paul Mulhern, Joseph Oliveira, Paul 1. Frazier, M&M Jay Dorsey. time during the year the Diocese of St. Mary: $200-William Silva; $150-RobFall River asks it parishioners to ert & Diana Sullivan; $100-Orren & Eva Hellwege, Albert & Lorraine Sullivan, Joseph come together to assist in minister& Dorothy Lane, Alice Dooley, Ioseph &Anne ing to th~ thousands and thousands Medeiros, James & Alice Pacheco, Eduino & Carolyn DeSousa, Kenneth Souza, Ronald & of individuals and families who Rosemary Bettencourt. come to the agencies funded by the St. Paul: $1,OOO-Atty&M Francis O'Boy; Appeal for assistance. $6S0-Deacon&M Robert Hill; $200-John Ferreira; $IS0-M&M Robert lose; $100Donations to the Appeal can be M&M Joseph Conlon, M&M Donald sent to the Catholic Charities ApLabrecque, M&M Richard Nunes, M&M Frank Peloquin, M&M Michael Phi11ippino. peal Office, P.O. Box 1470, Fall Wareham River, MA 02722; dropped off at St. Patrick: $900-Raymond Fava; $300any parish in the diocese; or made Mrs. David Barreiros, M&M Michael M. Bernique; $200-Mrs. Dante Fava; $100-John on the AppealWebsite: www.frdiocC. Maloney, M&M Manuel Garcia, Corinne catholiccharities.org Fernandes, Peggy Kelley, Theresa Williams.

Wellt1eet For more information visit the Our Lady of Lourdes: SSOO-Judy Mills; Website or contact the Appeal Of$4OO-George R. Earley; $200-M&M Lewis C. Melder; $100-M&M Edward 1. Bresnahan, fice at 508-675-1311.

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$ State legislature i!n tug-af-war

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over sex education issues

By GAIL BESSE ANCHOR CORRESPONDENT

BOSTON - A tug-of-war is under way at the Massachusetts State House over how sexuality issues will be taught to nearly a million public schoolchildren - half of whom are Catholic.

On one side are those promoting abortion, contraception and acceptance of homosexuality and transgenderism. On the other side are路those defending freedom of religion, parental rights and local control.

On May 29 and 30, two legislative committees held public hearings on 12 bills involving sex education.

Because these bills are still in com~ mittee, citizens have time to contact their officials about them now.

The Joint Education Committee heard testimony on the following seven bills: HS97 and S288 "An Act Pro-

viding Health Education in Schools" - Religious and family groups strongly oppose this pair of bills.

The law would mandate what is now optional - using the existing Massachusetts Health Curriculum Frameworks. Its sexuality components are backed by Planned Parenthood, the nation's leading abortion provider.

At issue are the Frameworks' sections (aimed at pre-kindergarten to grade 12) that could contradict the religious values of parents.

Among those testifying against the bills were Edward Saunders, executive director of the Massachusetts Catholic Conference, which represents the bishops of the state's four dioceses, and Linda Thayer, an MCC education subcommittee member and veteran teacher. , Saunders objected that the curriculum basically allows the state to usurp the role ofparents in children's moral development.

Thayer added, "'Comprehensive sex ed' has become the Viet Nam of sexual politics. In spite of increased tax funding and expansion of services, the policy embraced by the Frameworks has continued to fail our young people. It is time we started teaching abstinence and the importance ofcommitted love to our young with all the seriousness it deserves."

Thayer's analysis, "What Parents Should Know About the Massachusetts Health Frameworks," can be' obtained at www.masscitizensforlife.org.

Massachusetts Citizens for Life also objects to the curriculum, testified Executive Director Marie Sturgis, "first and foremost, because it does not foster respect for human life" and exposes children to morally charged issues such as abortion and birth control.

And Evelyn Reilly, director of public policy for the Massachusetts

Family Institute (MFI); said the Frameworks would violate the rights of freedom of religion and of parents to protect their childfen. There is no public consensus on sex education so it should not be mandated, she said.

Rep. Elizabeth Poirier of North Attleboro and Bea Martins, director of Catholic Citizenship for the Fall River Diocese,' among others, also testified against the bills.

Five other bills before the education committee deal with parental notification. Saunders said the MCC hopes lawmakers can craft a bill that incorporates the best of four ofthem: I:

senator and representative at 617722-2000 about these bills, which could either die in committee or be sent to the legis~ature for a vote anytime in the next 18 months.

The full texts of all bills and email addresses are online at www.mass.gov/legis. Written comments may be sent to Rep. Patricia Haddad and to Sen. Robert Antonioni, co-chairs of the Joint Education Committee, State House, Boston, MA 02133.

The Joint Committee on Pub-

lic Health held hearings on the following five bills, all of which are opposed by MassResistance and other S321, HS21 H465 and 8541.

Pro-Life and pro-family groups.

These bills have varying proviHl172 would actually ban any sions but all seek to convert the pa- state agency or school system from rental "opt-out" provision to an "opt- aPl'lying for federal abstinence eduin" standard. This chailge would cation grants. make sex education classes elective.

Currently about 11,000 public They also include a conscience school children benefit from absticlause for teachers so thbir partici- nence education provided by pation could be optional if the cur- Healthy Futures Inc., which is and funded by a yearly federal grant. riculum violates their relimous I' o' That $700,000 grant is in danger of moral beliefs, Saunders said.

S~Ul, authored by the parents' being lost because Gov. Deval rights group MassResistance.org, Patrick has said he will forego it.

I' appears to have the most safeguards. However, lawmakers could override Both it and H521 would mandate his objections in the 2008 budget. that parents get prior n9tice when H2107 would add "health eduissues of human sexuality will be cation" to the core curriculum using discussed not just in health classes, the Massachusetts Comprehensive but also in other classes,assemblies Health Curriculum Frameworks. and school programs. I H2108 would mandate each In addition, S321 would protect school district create a. health edustudents from invasivb surveys. cation curriculum committee.

Among its 17 legislative do-sponsors H2217 creates a state-sponsored are Rep. Poirier, Rep. SU$an Gifford program for young unwed pregnant of Wareham and Rep. Jeffrey Perry women. MassResistance spokesman of Sandwich. C J. Doyle, executive Brian Camenker said this appears to director of the Catholic Action be a funding vehicle for Planned ParLeague of Massachusetts, testified enthood and similar groups.

II in support of S321.

H2266 creates a state-funded Rep. Perry also spoke in favor of program of community-based S321 andH521, whichs~eandRep. "health" and sex education programs Perry co-sponsored as well. run by "family planning" agencies.

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BABBLING BROOKS - Kevin Costner stars in a scene from the movie "Mr. Brooks." For a brief review of this film, see CNS Movie CapSUles below. (CNS photo/MGM) beauty-and-the-geek story contains some genuine wit and positive sentiment, the amount of obscene material and the generally degrading tone of the discourse washes way any laudable message. Constant rough and crude language, pervalC~~ ~\I()viile sive coarse sexual and scatological humor, unmarried sex, frequent ICa.IJ)~Ulllle~ drug use and drug references, conNEW YORK (CNS) - The fol- dom use, abortion discussion, rear lowing are capsule reviews of mov- . male and upper female nudity, exies recently reviewed by the Office plicit shots of childbirth, and some for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. ethnic slurs. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification Conference of Catholic Bishops. is 0 - morally offensive. The "Gracie" (Picturehouse) Father-daughter story about a Motion Picture Association of teen-age girl (Carly Schroeder) in America rating is R - restricted.

1978 New Jersey who's determined Under 17 requires accompanying to play for her high school's boys' parent or adult guardian.

"Mr. Brooks" (MGM) soccer team. Director Davis Sleekly shot thriller in which a Guggenheim refreshingly doesn't follow the standard sports-film tra- daytime executive/nighttime serial jectory, making her path far from killer (a subtle Kevin Costner), besmooth or direct, and the climactic ing blackmailed by a blood-lusting game all the more inspiring for its photographer (Dane Cook), suspects naturalism. Several instances of his own daughter (Danielle crude language, two in'stances of Panabaker) of homicidal tendencies mild, clothed sexual groping, one while a gritty police detective (Demi bloody nose, a few puffs of under- Moore) doggedly seeks to nail the age smoking, an underage teen at a guilty party. Co-writer and director disco. The film might be acceptable Bruce A. Evans fashions a trashy but for older teens. The USCCB Office chilling melodrama enhanced by for Film & Broadcasting classifica- WIlliam Hurt's sly performance as tion is A-ill - adults. The Motion the serial killer's satanic alter ego, Picture Association ofAmerica rat- determined to control the coning is PG-I3 - parents strongly science-stricken killer. A repeated cautioned. Some material may be sex scene with full female nudity, inappropriate for children under 13. some gory violence, suicide, occa. ''Knocked Up" (Universal) sional profanity and recurring rough Extremely raunchy romantic language. The USCCB Office for comedy about a slacker (Seth Film & Broadcasting classification Rogen) and .a fetching blonde is L -limited adult audience, films (Katherine Heigl) who meet at a whose problematic content many Los Angeles nightclub and then try adults would find troubling. The to deal responsibly with the conse- Motion Picture Association of quences. Director-writer Judd America rating is R - restricted.

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"Katharine Hepburn 100th Anniversary Collection" (1933-1979) On the occasion of what would have beenher lOOth birthday, six of the durable star's films make their DVD debut. Except for the 1978 TV version of Emlyn Williams' classic play, "The Corn is Green," which was directed by the distinguished George Cukor, each is supplemented by a short subject, a cartoon and trailer.

A'part from her Oscar-nominated "Morning Glory," these films are not perhaps the most dazzling in the star's career, but all are of interest, especially to film buffs and Hepburn fans. And Warner's packaging is nice, as ever.

None of the films were rated by the Motion Picture Association of America (Warner Home Video).

"Dragon Seed" (1944) Laborious Hollywood tribute to the Chinese people's struggle in World War II from Pearl Buck's novel about the daughter-in-law (Hepburn) of a rural clan leader (Walter Huston) who finally convinces him to resist the Japanese invaders by torching the village and retreating into the hills. Directed by Jack Conway and Harold S. Bucquet, the flag-waving result is tedious as wartime propaganda and unconvincing as melodrama. Stylized violence and racial stereotyping. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-II - adults and adolescents. "~orning Glory" (1933) Adaptation of Zoe Akins' play about a would-be actress from Ver-

mont (Hepburn) whose wildly romantic dreams of Broadway stardom turn off a cynical producer (Adolphe Menjou) but win the heart of a rising p~aywright (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) and the chance to make good. Directed by Lowell Sherman, the backstage story is of most interest for Hepburn's Oscarwinning performance as the vulnerable, idealistic young woman. Romantic complications, including an off-screen sexual liaison. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-II adults and adolescents.

"Sylvia Scarlett" (1936) Hepburn masqueraded as a boy, with co-star Cary Grant as a cockney con artist in this film, which has since developed a cult following.

Directed by Cukor, the offbeat comedy also stars Edmund Gwenn as Hepburn's father and Brian Aherne.

The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-IT - adults and adolescents.

"Undercurrent" (1946) Psychological thriller with Hepburn playing a newlywed to husband Robert Taylor, who informs her that his brother (Robert Mitchum) is a psychopath. Directed

by Vincente Minnelli. Also stars Gwenn and Marjorie Main. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-II adults and adolescents.

"Without Love" (1945) The third pairing of Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, this is adapted from a路 Philip Barry comedy, and features a particularly good supporting cast which includes Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn and Gloria Grahame. Directed by Bucquet.

The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-ill -adults.

John Wayne 100th birthday reissues: '~The Cowboys: Deluxe Edition" (1972) When the local cowpokes join the gold rush to California, a tough old rancher (Wayne}resorts to hiring some schoolboys (ages nine to 15) to drive his cattle to the railhead, teaching them the dangerous craft of cowpunching along the trail.

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Well directed by Mark Rydell but definitely not for youngsters or the squeamish, as the finale is particularly violent. The remastered film looks great on DVD, which is supplemented by a vintage featurette, a cast-director reunion feature, and a behind-the-scenes photo set. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-ill - adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating was PG - parental guidance suggested. Some material may be inappropriate for children (Warner Home Video).

"Rio Bravo: Two-Disc Special Edition" (1959) Pungent, highly regarded Western in which a seasoned sheriff (Wayne) tries to keep a killer (Claude Akins) from being busted out of jail by his brother's army of gunslingers with only a drunken deputy (Dean Martin), an elderly cripple (Walter Brennan), a callow cowboy (Ricky Nelson) and a saloon hostess (Angie Dickinson) to back him up. Director Howard Hawks savors the desperate situation and its collection of odd-ball characters as the tension builds to the long-delayed slam-bang conclusion. Assorted stylized violence and sexual innuendo. The restored DVD has commentary by director John Carpenter and film critic Richard Schickel, and includes the excellent profile of Hawks from Schickel's series "The Men Who Made the Movies" (1973), two new featurettes, and a Wayne trailer gallery. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is Aill - adults. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association ofAmerica (Warner Home Video).

"Lost in Translation" (2003) Likable comedy about an actor and midlife-crisis candidate (Bill Murray) who befriends a lonely young American newlywed (Scarlett Johansson) while filming a liquor commercial in Japan.

Wisely keeping the May-December romance chaste, director Sofia Coppola elicits nuanced performances in this well-crafted and ruminative meditation on loneliness and the emotional balm of friendship. Some crude language and an implied sexual encounter, as well as a scene in a strip club with brief frontal nudity. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is L -limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling.

The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted.

Under 17 requires accompatlying parent or adult guardian (Uniyersal Studios Home Video).

Forbes is director ofthe Office for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. Conjerence ofCatholic Bishops. More reviews are available online at www.usccb.org/movies.

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Redefining sports It's surnmer ..:...- time for the annual right of passage here in New England. It's that entertaining time of year when a Patriots player feels disrespected and conseqliently holds his breath until he gets what he wants. This year's entry - Asante Samuel.

Since this type of sports behavior has become the norm rather than the exception, it's time to take a look at the wacky world of sports and redefine some of the old fashioned terminology.

Let's start with a contract.

Once thought of as a binding agreement, contract now means ... well, n~thing. (See Asante Samuel.)

Game - defined as an activity

engaged in for amusement, game is now the source of obscene income for players and owners and increasingly the site of fights, cheating and obnoxious behavior.

Along those lines, play once the action of a game, play now means win at all costs. (See Alex Rodriguez.)

Cheap seats - in the good old days, these were the tickets ordinary fans could scoop up to attend an occasional game with the family. Now refers to, the materials the seats are manufactured with.

Penalty - this term in football and ice hockey once meant an infraction of the game rules. Now it can more accurately be referred to as a crime. (See anyone of scores of blatant attacks in either sport.)

A stick - in ice hockey, a stick was once a playing instrument made of wood used to propel the puck. Today a stick is made of space-age materials more commonly used as a weapon to commit a crime. (See penalty.)

Foul - in basketball, this once meant illegal contact against an

opponent. In today's NBA a foul is when the players have a meet and greet with the fans in the stands to exchange fists.

Touchdown - that was when a player crossed the goal line for six points and then placed the ball down in the end zone. Today, it's when a player crosses the goal line and gets to perform a Broadway musical with the pigskin and his teammates.

A check - this ice hockey term once weant when a player legally knocked an opposing player on bis backside. (See the Big Bad Bruins ofthe 70s.)

Today, the only check in ice hockey is the one players receive on payday.

Playoffsoriginally intended to pit the best teams against each - other for the championship of any given sport. Today, it's really a whole new season, with nearly as many games as the regular season.

Let's move over to baseball, shall we?

Homerun - This was originally when a player hit the ball over the outfield fence in fair territory and ran around all the bases. Today it's when a player with either natural or synthetic muscles hits the ball over the fence and then stands still to admire the fete..

Free agent - that's just an oxymoron. (See any player in any sport.) , A fan - once defined as a sports fanatic, now best described as a s'ucker. (See all of us.)

Sportsmanship - This was described as conduct becoming one who is fair, a good loser and a gracious winner. No longer found in.professional sports and more infrequently in amateur sports, this now describes the ocean liner professional athletes use for their off-season cruises, which by the way common folk can join for the low price of one year's salary.

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Catholic leaders welcome Sudan sanctions; worry violence won't end WASHINGTON (CNS) - Following President George W. Bush's late May announcement that the United States would impose new economic sanctions on Sudan, some Catholic leaders said they are pleased with the attention being paid to the humanitarian crisis in the country's Darfur region, although they remain concerned that unilateral sanctions will not bring an end to the violence. "Symbolically, it's important what President Bush did." said Father Michael Perry, a Franciscan priest who has been active in the Church's response to problems in Africa. "I just think it's not going to be sufficient to bring the government to task." In response to the Sudanese government's refusal to allow the full deployment of a U.N. peacekeeping force and to stop the killing in Darfur, Bush unveiled a set of economic sanctions intended to put more pressure on the government to cooperate. He ordered the Treasury Department to place 31 companies and three individuals on a list barring them from doing business with the United States.

Rapid City Diocese awarded grant to promote better preaching RAPID CITY, SD. (CNS) - Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Rapid City has announced that the diocese has been awarded $100,000 in grant funding to promote excellence in preaching in his diocese. The three-year project, called ''To Preach the Good WordWell;' will focus on how the word ofGod transforms the lives ofclergy and laity and forms their vision as people of God. The purpose of the project is to assist clergy and laity in more effectively preaching and listening to the word ofGod. The funding was providedby a private foundation that wishes to remain anonymous. 'We are convinced that excellence in preaching enlivens parish communities. Good preaching begins with a sound knowledge of Scripture and includes reflection on the Church's tradition down through the centuries to the present time," Bishop Cupich said in a statement 'This projectis unique," he added. "in that it helps both the one who preaches and those who hear the word of God attend to what God does and what God is doing:'

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PLANTING THE SEEDS - First-graders from St. Mary's School in New Bedford recently celebrated Farm Day with their teacher Mrs. Plante.

ORDER IN THE COURT - Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Local Court St. Theresa awarded financial prizes to the following students at St. Francis Xavier School, Hyannis. From left: Sabrina Jamiel for essay; Ashleigh Farnham for poetry; Sean Murphy for essay; Julie Denham for poetry; Thomas Lomenzo for essay; and Rachael Bardfield for poetrY. The contest is open to students in Grades four through 12 and adult members of CDA. The themes were the "Beauty of God's Creation" and ''Taking lime for Others." Choice of categories were: art, essay, poetry, poster, computer art, music and photography. All winners from the local court were forwarded to the state. First-place winners from state were forwarded to national. They were: Sabrina Jamiel for essay and Rachael Bardfield for poetry. The local CDA Court meets the fourth Monday of the month August through June at Corpus Christi Skylight Room in Sandwich. For more information call Regent Barbara J. Carey at 508-432-1233.

LARRY BIRD-LIKE - Representing South Attleboro 'Council No. 5876 in the Knights of Columbus Basketball Free Throw Contest, Ryan McElroy, of South Attleboro, displaY~d his great talent in shooting free throws. Not only has McElroy won on the council and district level but also the regional and state level in the 12-year-old boys' group. He shot 24 of 25 free throws to win the state level.

There were more than 3,000 competitors in that age group. From left: Richard Enright, chairman; McElroy; Grand Knight Richard Lozeau; and Chaplain Father Jim Fahey.

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Yvonne Kalunga, Allison Abgrab, Kimberly Abgrab and Carson Moreira-Rego of Espirito Santo School, Fall River, as they were preparing to take part in the annual parish procession.

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Teen makes movie, raises awareness about crisis in Darfur ONTARIO, N.Y. (CNS) - Erin Schultz has never been to the Darfur region of Sudan but that has not stopped'her from reaching out to ease the suffering of the people in that region.

After learning that Darfur is currently in the throes of a crisis so violent that many are classifying it as genocide, 15-year-old Erin, who lives in Ontario, created a short movie about the crisis and emailed it to everyone she knows.

She had only intended to raise awareness about the problem, but she has also raised approximately $2,000 for relief efforts in Darfur.

Last year at this time, Erin had barely even heard of Darfur. She was active in the youth group at her parish, St. Mary of the Lake in Ontario, and had volunteered at a food bank a few times, but she had never been overly involved in activist efforts. She did, however, regularly read news magazines and that's where she first learned about what was happening in

Danur.

"I found it horrible how almost nobody knew" about what was going on there, she told the Catholic Courier, newspaper of the Rochester Diocese. She found out more information from news stories and Websites devoted to raise awareness of the crisis.

Then she used a computer program to put together a five-minute movie that incorporates photos from Darfur, statistics about the number of people killed, injured and displaced, and a

poem written by a Sudanese man who fled the country on foot when he was a teen.

She showed the video to her parish youth group, then she emailed it and asked friends and family members to pass it on.

In early February, the parish youth group raised money for relief efforts in Darfur when they took part in a national effort called Souper Bowl of Caring.

The teens raised $582.87 that weekend. Those who donated received a prayer card and a petition t9 send to President George W. Bush, asking him to push for a stronger multinational force to protect the people of Darfur.

Although there is no mention of fundraising in Erin's video, .people who saw the video soon started sending donations to Erin and Carol May, youth minister at St. Mary ofthe Lake, who then forwarded the money to Catholic Relief Services asking that the funds be used only for humanitarian aid in Darfur. Erin hopes to eventually raise $10,000 for this relief路 work, but says fundraising is not her primary goal. ''That's second. I'd really rather raise a lot of awareness," she said Donationsfor Darfur reliefmay be sent by check to: Erin's DarfurProject, do St. Mary ofthe Lake Parish, 5823 Walworth Rd., Ontario, NY 14519.

Copies of Erin Schultz's movie on Darfur are available by contacting Carol May at: (315) 524-2611.

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The balance to overcome love sickness

By CHARLIE MARTIN TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR Drew looks at me, I fake a smile so . he won't see That I want and I'm needing everything that we should be I'll bet she's beautiful, that girl he talks about And she's got everything that 1 have to live without Drew talks to me, I laugh cause it's so damn funny That I can't even see anyone when he's with me He says he's so in love, he'sfinally got it right I wonder ifhe knows he's all I think about at night Refrain: He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star He's the song in the car I keep singing, don't know why 1 do Drew walks by me, can he tell that I can't breathe?

And there he goes, so perfectly, The kind offlawless I wish I could be She'd better hold him tight, give him all her love Look in those beautiful eyes and know she's lucky cause (Repeat refrain.)

So I drive home alone, as I tum out the light' I'll put his picture down and maybe Get some sleep tonight He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar The only one who's got enough of me to break my heart He's the song in the car I keep singing, don't know why I do He's the time taken up, but there's

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never enough And he's all that I need to fall into Drew looks at me, I fake a smile so he won't see Sung by Taylor Swift Copyright 2006 by Big Machine Records Taylor Swift writes and sings about what she knows: the life and challenges of being a 16-year-old girl. Her music speaks ofher ups and downs with guys, teen anxiety and the difficulties of trying to understand love. Her current hit "Teardrops on My Guitar" exemplifies her . musical approach.

The girl in the songjus~ can't get past her crush on ~'Drew." When this guy walks by, she wonder~:if"he can tell that I can't breathe." To her, he is "the kind of flawless I wish I could be."

Of course there is a big: problem: Drew is involved with someone else.

He has told this girl that "he's finally got it right" with his current girlfriend. But this doesn't change the girl's mood. To her he is 'still "all I think: about at night" and "the reason for the teardrops on my guitar."

Many people experience such love sickness. Yet this girl's symp'toms show that her feelings have nothing to do with love. She needs to be patient with herself, gradually bringing herself back to reality.

If you ever need to achieve the balance this girl requires, consider these steps: Remind yourself that feelings are just that - and not all of life.

While no feelings are wrong, it is a mistake to confuse them with the whole of reality. The girl in the song has made feelings her whole world; now she can't seem to get Ii

over them. But regaining emotional perspective begins by recognizing that your feelings are only a part of who you are.

Rather than think: about how you feel, focus on actions that you can enjoy. Return to some of your very physical interests. For example, resume working out, playa sport, engage in challenging manual labor or go dancing; the more physical, the better. Vigorous physical activities help the body process the neurochemistry in the brain that feeds one's obsession with feelings.

Look around your world and see who could use your help. The girl in the song s~ems unaware that others might also be struggling with life challenges. Giving your attention to others' needs will relieve the burden of thinking only about your own hurts.

Do not allow yourself to fall victim to the "one and only" myth.

More than likely Drew is not the only guy with whom the girl in the song could build a romance. In fact, since he does not seem very interested in her, other candidates offer a far better chance for genuine attraction.

Make God your ally, for his love for you is complete. Share your tears and hurts with God. Ask God to help you reconnect with your friends.

Fortunately for all of us, love sickness is not terminal! Be gentile with yourself, wipe the tears offyour "guitar," and follow the above suggestions as you reclaim the fullness that life has to offer.

Your comments are always welcome. Please write to me at: chmartin@swindiana.net or at 7125W 200S, Rockport, IN 47635.

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Suddenly a boisterous laugh rose friends that brings joy to the heart.

As I sat reflecting on that day, my up and enveloped everyone in the tent. I quickly looked over my heart ached for a simpler time. A time when family gathered together shoulder to find a large group of family members looking at picture weekly or when cousins saw each other on a regular basis. Our family albums that contained photos going back over 60 years. The hooting and is so widespread that my daughters hollering continued as they passed barely know some of their other relatives. And of course, those old around the photos of their younger family divisions (what was days and their children and grandthat argument about?) have children joined in that'chorus of laughter as they viewed their parents . even kept them from and grandparents with amusement. knowing some of their first cousins, an aunt and an Those crazy hairstyles, those nerdy glasses and those outfits ... what uncle. Not that they have were they (we) thinking!! purposely bought into the argument from so long ago, It was a beautiful, warm day last Sunday and we gathered as a family but that there is just no to celebrate my youngest daughter's connection - no basis for graduation from Fairfield University. a relationship. Those Relatives and friends joined in our relatives are strangers to them, just as the person on the street comer celebration. Many traveled a long distance to join us for this special might be. How unfortunate for all of day. It's not often that we get us. together as an extended family It is said that we live in a anymore. Usually it is around a connected world today. I instant funeral or a happier occasion such as message (1M) my daughter in a wedding or baptism. The family Kentucky as easily as I talk to my has spread here and there. My eldest neighbor next door. I can pick up a daughter flew in from Louisville, phone and chat with anyone in the Ky., her boyfriend flew from . world. When my eldest daughter Argentina where he was away on spent six months in Budapest, I business, and a close cousin had just could see her on my computer each day when we spoke. When my flown back from Shanghai to make the party.. youngest studied in Australia I could participate with her via email and Many other relatives or friends could not be with us. Of course, we .photos. I even 1M my wife downstairs rather than go down to ask her missed them. There is something something. I communicate by email about the gathering of family and

with my mother three or four times a day and always say goodnight each evening. We're connected alright!

But I feel more and more we're becoming more disconnected than ever before. It's funny how a conference call, or an 1M or an online chat just doesn't come close to the feeling of the family gathering.

Of course, I admit, that I'm happy to

be able to communicate instantly with my daughters and friends and relatives, virtually. But I would prefer, as I think we all would, to communicate personally - face to face.

I think the one comment we heard a,t Katie's graduation party that had the most meaning for me was from a young cousin who had just graduated last year and hasn't stayed closely connected to the rest of the family. When we said, "We didn't think you could make it." He said, "I came because I wanted to be back with the family." It was so good to see him and everyone was so happy when he arrived. We were happy

because a connection that had been severed for awhile had beeft repairOO and the entire family was b~tter off because of it.

Much of the same might be said of our Church. CollectivelyI' we are said to be the Body of Chri.st. We are made up of many different people each adding something to the body.

When one of us is severed from the body, the entire body suffers. When one is restored, the entire body benefits.

I know many people who have been separated from our Church over the years.

Whether an old division (what was that argument about?) or just not being connected in the first place, we have family out there who is seeking to be' reconnected but just doesn't know it or doesn't know how to reconnect.

We see some of them return for special events like weddings and Christmas and Easter but we don't reach out to them to welcotne them and encourage them to stay. In fact, I have heard many "regularsr get angry when these folks come to Mass once or twice a year bd take our parking spots or pews or worse, the palms on Palm SundayJ How dare they?

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If we truly believe that we are the Body of Christ, then each and every one of us has a place in that body.

And each and every one of us has a responsibility to connect to all of the other parts - to' do our part. If one part doesn't connect to the next, or if a part is missing, then the body doesn't work and we all "suffer" as a result.

As we celebrate the Feast of The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ this weekend, let's take a moment to pray for those ''family'' members who are no longer connected to our Church family or our own families.

Let's think about those whom we should invite to come back home. At church, let's each try to make just one new connection. Say hello to the family behind us. Get to know someone by their name. Share a story. Reach out.

If we all do our part, then we will together experience that boisterous laugh, that joyful heart, as we come together as family to celebrate that we truly are one body, one body in Christ.

Frank Lucca is a youth minister at St. Dominic Parish in Swansea and is the chair and director ofthe YES! Retreat and the director of the Christian Leadership Institute.

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Stefanowicz loved her father, who died of AIDS, However, missing from the ads are the voices of people like Dawn Stefanowicz, the adult child of a but felt worthless because he could not show afhomosexual father. Stefanowicz, now in her 40s, fection to a female. She went through years of congave a riveting first-person account to the state leg- fusion before she "faced the painful secrets and islature in 2006 about what she experienced as a the fact that I was unwillingly forced to tolerate diverse sexuality." child.

She came to the Bay State to speak up for chilStefanowicz said that legalizing same-sex "marriage" will inevitably put children at risk physically dren whose voices are silent in the "gay marriage" and psychologically. debate.

"I can't imagine that anyone would willingly As a youngster in Toronto, she said in an interview, "I was exposed to the gay-lesbian-bisexual- place a child in these subcultures," she said. "The people of Massachusetts and in the U.S. shouldn't be bullied by a small group of activists asking for special rights that will trump children's best interests."

Also missing from the gay lobby's slick television ads is the fact that if the amendment does not receive its legally required legislative vote, the rights of all Massachusetts residents to petiOCTOBER 18-21, 2007 tion and amend their constitution will be violated.

Forty-five other states define marriage as the union of one man and one woman either by law or constitutional amendment.

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Father Craig A. Pregana, parochial administrator at Immaculate Conception and Notre Dame parishes in Fall River, to return to pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa,. Guaimaca, Honduras, effective June 6.

Father Albino Father Albino, a native of New Bedford, grew up in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish there. He studied at Providence College, earned a master's degree in microbiology at Yale University and did cancer research before entering the seminary and studying at the Gregorian University in Rome. He was ordained a Jesuit priest in June 1979

by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin in St. Mary's Cathedral in Fall River. He taught at Boston College High School and the University of Illi~ nois - where he also did graduate studies - as well as in Rome.

After incardination into the Fall River Diocese in 1995, he served as a parochial vicar at St. Theresa's in Attleboro, St. John's in New Bedford, Immaculate Conception in New Bedford, Espirito Santo in Fall River while a chaplain at Charlton Memorial Hospital, and for the past seven years at Santo Christo in Fall River. He celebrated his 25th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood in 2004.

"I'm very happy to have been chosen as a pastor," he said. "With so much to do for every priest in parishes today, I expect there will much to do ... and for first-time pastors it is quite a c~unk to chew.

But I'm ready and look forward to stepping into the job at St. Anthony's."

Father Driscoll Father Driscoll is a native of Taunton. A 1984 graduate ofTaunton High School, he attended Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and Boston University before enrolling at Stonehill College in North Easton, where he was a 1992 magna cum laude graduate earning a bachelor's degree in humanities.

He attended St. John's Seminary in Brighton from 1995 to 1999 and was ordained a priest on June 26, 1999, in St. Mary's Cathedral in Fall River by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley. OFM Cap., now a cardinal and Archbishop of Boston.

Father Driscoll served as a parochial vicar at Immaculate Conception Parish in New Bedford until July 2004 when he became parochial vicar at Espirito Santo Parish, and also as technical assistant at Our Lady of Health Parish atso in Fall River.

"I'm delighted and looking forward to becoming a pastor. It certainly will be different from assisting as a parochial vicar," Father Driscoll said.

"Having grown up in St. Paul's Parish in Taunton, which is on the other side of the city, I know something about Annunciation of the Lord Parish which was the result of a merger some six years ago.

I'm very excited about going there."

Father Racine Father Racine was born in New Bedford. He graduated from Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School in 1983, earned an associate's degree from Bristol Community College in Fall River in 1986, and received a bachelor's degree in sociology from UMass-Dartmouth in 1990.

Following studies at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Md., and Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, Conn., he was ordained a priest on June 10, 1995 in St. Mary's Cathedral by Bishop O'Malley.

He was a parochial vicar at Notre Dame de Lourdes Parish in Fall River, Our Lady of Victory Parish in Centerville, and St. Mary's in South Dartmouth. He has also served as chaplain to the Fall River Fire Department and to the Moby Dick Council of Boy Scouts.

For the past four years he has been the Catholic chaplain at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.

"It's very exciting," said Father Racine talking on his cell phone en route to his full-time hospital assignment after assisting at parish duties. "It will be quite a transition going back to parish life and as a pastor going fully into it.

Having been a chaplain for the past four years has indeed been very rewarding in many ways. Now I look forward to a pastorate and parish life again."

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p.m. at the Mashpee High School auditorium. It will feature Irish Tenor Ciaran Sheehan and is sponsored by Christ the King Parish. For more information call 508-477-2837.

NEW BEDFORD - Food donations are needed for famiFALL RIVER - Sacred 'lies affected by the raid at the Heart Church, 160 Seabury Michael Bianco factory and can Street, hosts exposition and be dropped off at the former St. adoration of the Blessed SacraHedwig Church, 51 Division ment every Monday following the 8 a.m. Mass until 2:30 p.m. Street. Items can be dropped off Mondays, Tuesdays or Fridays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more ~turesJPres~ntatio~.~_ from information call 508-992-9408.

ATTLEBORO - The feast of the Body and Blood of Christ IPro-Life Activities will be celebrated Sunday at the, HYANNIS - The Cape Cod National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette. Mass will be cel- Pro-Life Group welcomes volebrated at 12: 10 p.m. and will unteers to pray the rosary on be followed by procession and , Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m.

Benediction of the Blessed Sac- in front of the abortion clinic lorament. For more information cated at 68 Camp Street. call 508-222-5410.

Social Evenm NEW BEDFORD - The CENTERVILLE - A year14th annual solemn procession of the Blessed Sacrament will long celebration of the 50th anbe held Sunday, on the feast of niversary of Our Lady of VicCorpus Christi, beginning 2:30 tory Parish will begin July 1 at p.m. at Our Lady's ,Chapel, 600 5 p.m. at the Cape Codder RePleasant Street. Mass will be sort and Spa, Route 132 in celebrated by' the Francis'can Hyannis': FOf'm'ore information Friars of the Immaculate at 8:30 call 508-775-5744. a.m. and exposition, prayer services and hymns will precede POCASSET - A spring the procession. For more infor- rummage sale, sponsored by the parish women's guild will be mation call 508-996-8274. held June 15-16 at St. John the [Miscellaneous Evangelist Parish center, 841 Shore Road. For more informaATTLEBORO - The Padre tion call 508-563-5887.

Pio Prayer Group will meet WAREHAM - The REJune 11 at 7:15 p.m. in the reconciliation chapel at the Na- NEW Group of St. Patrick's tional Shrine of Our Lady of La Parish will meet at the parish Salette. For more information center June 13 following the 8 call 508-222-5410. a.m. Mass. Guest speaker is Holy Cross Father John Phalen, FALL RIVER - Volunteers president of Holy Cross Family are needed to provide compan- Ministries. All are invited. ionship and friendship to Hospice patients at Beacon Hos- Support Groups pice, 45 North Main Street. Free training is provided. Volunteers NORTH DARTMOUTHare also needed to knit blankets The Dioc'esan Divorced-Sepafor patients and make memory rated Support Group will meet quilts for families of patients. June 13 from 7-8:30 p.m. at the For more information call Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Christine Miller at 508-324- Road. Refreshments will be 1900. available. For more information call Bob Menard at 508-965FALL RIVER - Upcoming 2919. programs on the Portuguese Channel include "Good News NORTH DARTMOUTHFor Life: Sanctuary of Santo Project Rachel, a ministry of Christo, Axis of the Universe," healing and reconciliation for post-abortion women and men June 20 at 9:30 p.m. is available in the diocese. If MASHPEE "From you are hurting from an aborBroadway to Galway," a musi- tion experience and want help cal tribute to Frank Patterson, call 508-997-3300. All calls are will be held June 23' at 7:30 confidential.

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Della M. (Adams) Frechette, 86, She was baptized at Our Lady wife of Willie R. Frechette and of the Assumption Church in mother of Father Thomas A. Osterville, and remain¢d an acFrechette, pastor of St. Francis tive parishioner her whole life, Xavier Parish in Hyannis, died 'passing her strong faithllalong to May 29, after an extended illness. her children. She attended local Born in Osterville to the late schools and graduated from Thornton R. and Margaretta F. Barnstable High Schood in 1938.

(O'Donnell) Adams, she took She made a career of raising her great pride in being a life-long family and working forthe New England Telephone Corppany as an operator for 30 years, and joined the Telephone Pioneers at the time of her retirement.

In her youth she was an award-winning archer and marks woman and played the mandolin in her hig~ school band. Later in life her 'interests included sewing, traveling, playI ing cards, square dand,ing, and traveling. " "

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_~ Y~ur P~~yers _ Please pray for these priests during the coming weeks JuneS Very Rev. Thomas 1. Mclean, V.F. Pastor, St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis, _ 1954 . _, ' Rev. Msgr. Louis Prevost, Retired Pastor, St. Joseph, New Bedford, 1970

Mrs. Frechette also was an ardent correspondent with her relatives and many friends.

She was particularly attentive to those who were ill, often'sending cards each day through the cQurse of an illness, each one with an added personal note.

Besides her husband of 60 years, and her priest son, she leaves two other sons, Robert A. Frechette of Colorado Springs, Colo., and John A. Frechette of Yarmouth Port; two daughters, Sister Marie Frechette MSBT, of Philadelphia, Penn., and Carol A. Gonneville of Forestdale; and seven grandchildren.

Her funeral Mass was celebrated June 1 in St. ,Francis Xavier Church. Burial was in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery in Centerville.

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KNOWING THE WAY - A Way of the Cross Walk was recently completed by parishioners of St. Anthony's in Mattapoisett and the Knight~ of Columbus Damien Council No. 4190. They walked from . the Knight's hall to the parish.

UPON THIS ROCK - Deacon Tom Palanza and Father Henry J. Dahl check out a boulder of Corinthian granite at a New York quarry recently. The stone will be fashioned into altars, a baptismal font and holy water receptacles for the under-construction new St. Peter the Apostle Church in Provincetown, where Father Dahl is pastor. (Photo courtesy of Deacon Palanza)

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October when groundbreaking for PROVINCETOWN - While construction was held, were a Cape Cod is the place to be in the model of the structure showing a summer, it's going to be a long, hot sanctuary shaped like the bow of a one for pastor Father Henry J. Dahl ship; a round pulpit like a ship's as he builds a new, St. Peter the crow's nest; and an altar shaped Apostle Church for his flock. from a massive boulder with the But come December's cooler inscribed words of Jesus: ''Thou art climes, a magnificent, 7,OOO-square- Peter and upon this rock I will build foot church with an overall seascape my Church." motif that will seat 440 people will On May 9, Father Dahl and Dearise like a phoenix from the ashes of con Palanza visited the Champlain the 1895 house of worship destroyed Quarry in Warrensburg, N.Y., to in a fire on Jan. 25, 2005. select the Corinthian granite boul"It's been a challenge," Father ders to be used for the new church's Dahl said candidly in a recent tele- altar of sacrifice, altar of repose, phone update on the progress of the baptismal font and holy water rework. In essence, it involves mov- ceptacles. ing and relocating vintage buildings "One of our parishioners, Mike such as the 120-year-old rectory as Leger, a commercial pilot, flew us well as a 130-year-old residence,' to Glens Falls Airport - an hour's even as major groundwork prepa- ride from the Cape airport - so we ration continues before structural could see the granite, which is gray steel arrives and construction' be- with light green veining, matching gins. what we've chosen for the floors "Right now we're living on a and our stained glass windows," construction site," he said. "While reported Father Dahl. there is a lot of hard work ahead ''This granite was chosen for its this summer, our target date for intrinsic natural beauty, but at the opening the new church still is same time the color keeps to our Christmas," he said. water theme," said the priest, who, "June through July will see the come July 1, will have been pastor major construction and we hope at the Cape parish for five years. we'll be finished on time" added The nautical theme will be vivDeacon Thomas Palanza, who is idly seen in an impressive, colorful coordinating the design and struc- floor-to-ceiling depiction in stained ture of the new house of worship. glass showing St. Peter being drawn Deacon PaIanza's skills are well up by Christ in the New Testament known. The renewal and restoration .story of Peter walking on the water ofSt. Mary's Cathedral in Fall River during the storm but sinking after and marvelous and innovative de- his faith failed. sign at St. Jean Baptiste ChurchParishioners will also find some the house of worship of the new of their old favorites in their new Holy Trinity Parish in Fall River's parish church, including the refurMaplewood - are just two of the bished statue of St. Peter which was several major parish renewals he's damaged in the fire; the restored successfully accomplished. tabernacle in which the Eucharist Among the unique features of was amazingly found intact despite the new St. Peter's exhibited last the fire's heat; and the statue of Our

Lady which sustained only smoke damage.

The granite boulders will be transported from the New York quarry to Barre, Vt., where the carving and fabrication process will take place. Once shaped and given a high polish, the pieces will be shipped to the Cape in mid-July, so they can be set in place by a crane before installation of ~e roof system," said Father Dahl in a May 25 construction newsletter to his parishioners.

The rectory was moved away from the front of the church property on Prince Street. "We moved it to the rear of the property to be adjacent to, the new church. The residential building on the property we moved to the front off Prince Street to fit and maintain the historic streetscape of our Provincetown community," Father Dahl explained.

Work on the sewer, drainage, electrical service and site lighting is also completed and the church foundation is finished. Installation of the under-slab heating and cooling ducts are near completion.

This week, the asphalt base coat for the new parking lot is expected to be laid.

According to Deacon Palanza, the structural steel is due to arrive in the second week of June and set in place. Along with the wood framing of the church, it is expected to . be completed by the end of July.

"I am most grateful to all of you, the parishioners, for your patience, support and especially your prayers, while we build together, your new church," Father Dahl told them in his informational update.

Then he added, "May the Lord bless you with days of health, peace and joy this summer season."