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New pastor assignments announced

FATHER WILLIAM M. COSTELLO

Three pastors reassigned and

a new pastornamed in the Fall River Diocese FALL RIVER - Three pastors have been reassigned and a Holy Cross father named a pastor it was announced today by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap. The new assignments include: Father William M. Costello, pastor of St. Mary Church, Taunton. He will become the pastor at S1. Anthony Church, East Falmouth. Father Leonard M. Mullaney, pastor of St. Anthony in East Falmouth. He will be-

FATHER LEONARD M. MULLANEY

FATHER BARRY W. WALL

FATHER FRANCIS T. ZLOTKOWSKI CSC

come the pastor at St. Anthony In Mattapoisett. Father Barry W. Wall, pastor of S1. Anthony in Mattapoisett. He will become pastor at Holy Rosary Church, Fall River and Diocesan Archivist. Holy Cross Father Francis T. Zlotkowski, chaplain at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston. He will become pastor at St. Mary Church, Taunton.

from St. Michael's High School, Northampton and then attended Greenfield Community College. He studied at Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, Conn., St. Mary College, Kentucky, and at St. John Seminary, Brighton; where he earned a master of'divinity degree. He was ordained a priest on May 11, 1974 by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin in St. Mary's Cathedral. Father Costello was parochial vicar at St. Pius X Church, South Yarmouth until 1978 when he was named chaplain at Sturdy Memorial Hospital, Attleboro, with residence at St. John Evangelist Parish, also in Attleboro. In 1985 he was assigned as parochial vicar

at St. Mary Parish, Norton, serving there until 1990 when he was transferred to St. Anthony Parish, Mattapoisett,' in the same capacity. He became administrator at St. Mary's in Taunton on July 28, 1993 and named pastor there in February, 1994. The appointment is effective July 1.

Father Costello Father Costello, a native of Northampton, is the son of the late J~es E, and the late Eleanor (Bowler) Costello. He graduated

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Father Mullaney . Father Mullaney is a native of Fall River and son of the late Joseph E. Mullaney and the late retired Judge Beatrice Hancock Mullaney. An alumnus of Morton Junior High School and the former Msgr. Coyle High Tum to page three - Pastors

St. Anthony's marks 25th year in its house of worship By MIKE GORDON ANCHOR STAFF

MATTAPOISETT - Parishioners of St. Anthony's Church in Mattapoisett gathered for a special Mass last Sunday at 11 a.m. to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their church building. The current house of worship opened its doors to the parish faithful in 1974 and was constructed to replace a Tum to page 13 - St. Anthony·

FATHER EVARISTO TAVARES

Father Evaristo Tavares to retire FALL RIVER - The request for retirement of Father Evaristo Tavares, pastor of Our Lady of the Angels Church here since 1995, has been approved by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley. Father Tavares will retire officially on June 30. Born in Candelaria, Sao Miguel, Azores, Father Tavares is the son of the late Jose and the late Mariana (Silva) Tavares. He studied for the priesthood at Azores Turn to page 13 - Father Tavares

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Seminarian Cook installed into the Ministry of Acolyte EMMITSBURG, Md. ,-Twentythree seminarians from Mount Saint Mary's Seminary, including Kevin Andrew Cook of the Fall River Diocese, were installed into the Ministry of Acolyte by Archbishop John E Donoghue of Atlanta, Ga., at recent ceremonies in the seminary's Chapel of the Immaculate Conception. Cook, the son of Louis and Rosemary Cook of Pem~roke, Mass.,

graduated from the University of Dallas, Texas, in May 1994, with a degree in history. He is currently in his third year of theological studies. The ministry of acolyte is part of the progression towards the priesthood. Not only do acolytes have duties during Mass and other liturgical celebrations', but the ministry offers a responsibility for the candidate to develop spiritually.

FORMER PAROCHIAL vicars and parish priestly vocations of Notre Dame de Lourdes Parish in Fal!' River assembled with Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap. prior to the 125th Jubilee Mass of the parish's foundation on May 30. From left: Rev. Brother Theodore Letendre, F.I.C.; Rev. Richard Degagne, Rev: Brother Henrie Vanasse, EJ.C.; Rev. Lucien Lussier; Rev. Richard Gendreau; Rev. Rola,nd Boule; Rev. Thomas Morrissey; Rev. Raymond Robida; Rev. Marc Tre'mblay; Rev. Michael Racine; "Hev. Richard Chretien, Bishop O'Malley; Hev. Roland Bousquet; Pastor Richard Beaulieu; Rev. Stephen Avila; Rev. Rene Levesque; and -Rev. Andre Jussaume. .

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SEMINARIAN - Kevin A. Cook of the Diocese of Fall River was installed into the Ministry of Acolyte by Archbishop John F. Donoghue of Atlanta, Ga.

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FALL RIVER - Holy Union Sister Edmund Therese Neenan, 96, of Highland Avenue, a teacher and former principal who had taught for 57'years~ died June 5 at the Catholic Memorial Home. Born Catherine Neenan in Taunton, she was a daughter of the late William E, and the late Catherine (O'Donnell) Neenan. " Sister Edmund Therese taught at Sacred Heart Parish School in Fall River and at Sacred Heart School, St. Mary's School and St. Joseph School, all in Taunton. She also taught at St. Edward School, Baltimore and St. Patrick School, Havre de Grace, Md., and later became principal at both schools. After retirement she became a member of the Prospect Commu-

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maculate Conception Parish, Taun- em Province ofthe Holy Cross. From ton, from the time of his ordination 1981 to 1988 he served at St. James until 1971, then served in the same the Apostle Parish in Spring, Texas; capacity at St. Mary's Cathedral un- from 1990to 1991 was at Sacred Heart til 1979 when he was named pastor Parish,Bronx,N.Y.;from 1991 to 1992 of Sacred Heart Church, Fall River. at Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, He was appointed Cathedral rector N.Y., and since 1992 has been chapon July 1, 1986. He has been pastor lain at Brigham and Women's Hospiof St. Anthony's, Mattapoisett since .tal, Boston. The appointment is efJuly 1, 1988. He has formerly served fective July 1. With Father Zlotkowski as pastor as dean of the Fall River Deanery, moderator of the Fall River Catho- and Holy Cross Father Robert E. lic Women's Club, and moderator McDonnell being newly appointed and spiritual director of the Legion as parochial vicar, the Holy Cross Order of priests will assume pastoral of Mary. Father Wall succeeds the late Fa- administration at St. Mary's. ther Vincent E Diaferio as pastor at Very Rev. Wilfred J. Raymond, Holy Rosary. Father Diaferio died CSC, provincial for the Eastern ProvJuly 14, 1998. Father Mark R. ince of the Congregation of the Holy Hession has been serving as admin- Cross, accepted the invitation of istrator. Father Wall's appointment Bishop O'Malley to staff the venerable parish. is effective July 8. Interestingly, priests of the Holy Father Zlotkowski Cross Order have been associated Father Zlotkowski, a native of with St. Mary's at various times Connecticut, has been a member of through the years since their arrival the Holy Cross Fathers since 1964. in the 1930s in North Easton, where He received a bachelor's degree in they purchased a home, the Oliver Father Wall Father Wall, a New Bedford na- math and physics from Stonehill Ames Estate, for their Mission Band tive, is the son of the late Herbert A. College in 1969, a master's degree and eventually built Stonehill Coland the late Evelyn (Matthews) Wall. in divinity from Weston School of lege. During those years Holy Cross After graduating from Holy Family Theology, Cambridge, in 1974 and grammar and high schools in New was ordained a priest in 1976. He priests assisted at St. Mary's Parish. A Bedford, he prepared for the priest- received a master's degree in orga- parish history from 1958 lists 18 Holy hood at Cardinal O'Connell Semi- nizational development from Loyola Cross priests who served as curates nary, Jamaica Plain, and St. John's University in 1986, and studied there at one time or another. Holy Cross Father James T. Seminary in Brighton, from which Spanish in the Dominican Republic he holds the degree of master of di- and Peru. From 1976 to 1978 he Preskenis, assistant and vicar provinvinity. He was ordained a priest on served at Christ the King Parish, cial for the Eastern Province, said that Feb. 2, 1962 by Bishop Connolly. Trumbull, Conn., when he was Msgr. James Dolan, pastor at St. Father Wall was parochial vicar at Im- named vocation director for the East- Mary's from 1935 to 1969, welcomed the Holy Cross Fathers and is "wellremembered for his hospitality" to them. "I am excited about returning to parish ministry, especially in a diocese and a parish with such a rich association with Holy Cross," Father Zlotkowski said. "I am looking forward to meeting the people of the parish who come from such a rich ethnic background. I am especially happy that I will have the opportuHis Excellency, the Most Reverend Sean O'Malley, O.EM. nity to use my Spanish." He has alCap., Bishop of Fall River, has accepted the request to retire of ready met with outgoing pastor Fathe Reverend Evaristo Tavares, Pastor of Our Lady of the Angels ther William Costello to learn about Parish, Fall River. the parish and discuss the transition. Father Zlotkowski added that the Effective June 30, 1999

School, he prepared for the priesthood at Cardinal O'Connor Minor Seminary and at St. John's Seminary in Brighton. Following ordination Feb. 2, 1962 by Bishop James L. Connolly, he was parochial vicar at St. Patrick Parish, Wareham and was priest-in-charge at St. Rita's in Marion for several months while remaining in his Wareham post. From 1972 to 1974 he ~as parochial vicar at Our Lady of Fatima Church, New Bedford, then served as parochial vicar at Immaculate Conception Parish, Taunton, from 1974 to 1978 when he was named pastor at St. Bernard's Assonet. He was named pastor at St. Anthony's Parish, East Falmouth, on June 11, 1986. Father Mullaney has been an advocate and a pro-synodal judge in the diocesan tribunal. From 1972 to 1983 he was director of Cathedral Camps in East Freetown. The appointment is effective July 1.

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His Excellency, the Most Reverend Sean O'Malley, O.EM. Cap., Bishop of Fall River, has accepted the nominations of the Reverend Wilfred J. Raymond, C.S.C., Provincial Superior of the Holy Cross Fathers, and has made the following appointments:

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Along with the reassignment and appointment of pastors, Bishop O'Malley also announced that Father Freddie Babiczuk, pastor at St. Patrick Parish, Fall River, will also become parochial administrator of Our Lady of the Angels Parish, Fall River.

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Rev. William M. Costello from Pastor of St. Mary Parish, Taunton, to Pastor of St. Anthony Parish, East Falmouth. Rev. Leonard M. Mullaney from Pastor of St. Anthony Parish, East Falmouth, to Pastor of St. Anthony Parish, Mattapoisett.

Constitution of the Holy Cross Congregation states that their mission is in part one of "education in faith." He feels that his assignment at St. Mary's will offer many opportunities to do that through St. Mary's Elementary School and through adult programs offormation in the faith. Currently, Holy Cross Fathers also staff Holy Cross Parish in South Easton and continue to sponsor Stonehill College.

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Modern martyrs The commitment .Of Catholics to participate in the .life of the Church impels them to act as witnesses of the Gospel and to meet the obligations that flow from it. MartyrdQm is the supreme witnes's given to the truth of the faith. It is being'a witness even if it means death. . ". >'" ' . This week, the Holy Father emphasize'd that reality' during .hIS visit to Pelplin ·in Poland. He recalled the 303 pa~tors taken from that village and executed by the Nazis. Once more he wanted to remindthe world not only of the persecution of Catholics during World War II but to point out that it continues even today. On Sunday, the pope is planning to beatify 108 Catholics who were killed by the Nazis and who have been declared martyrs. From it earliest days, the Church has venerated those who have given their lives for the faith. The many martyrologies or listing of martyrs in the Church are to remind us of those who have suffered and died for their religious beliefs. This new listing of Polish martyrs by the pope is a continuation of this tradition. . There are some who criticize the Holy Father's focus on the suffering of Catholics under the Nazis. But Christianizing the Holocaust is not the pope's intent. Rather, he reminds the billion members of the Church not to forget that the blood of martyrs nourishes the faith. History's testimony in this regard cannot and should not be ignored. The pope himself is a symbol of the anguish and torment many Catholics had to endure under the Nazis. Recall how he studied for the priesthood underground and witnessed the deportation of his university professors. Of all members of the Church he has a right to remember the desolation of that infamous war. The Church considers martyrdom as an exceptional gift and the ultimate proof of love. In general, it is difficult for American Catholics today to grasp how martyrdom is an essential witness to the Gospel. In a ha-. tion where the worship of material things has become a false' god of our times and where truth is considered relative to the situation, simplicity ()f purpose and one"s integrity are frequently suspect. There are few in' our society 'who speak the truth. Too many are caught up in their own 'good life.' Productivity is the sole ethic of our times. We have failed to understand that the primary purpose of productivity must not be just multiplicity of product. Profit and power have become the heartbeat of government, business and even families. We must refocus our ideals and see productivity in its service to the whole person; on' one hand in terms of material needs and on the other hand as relates to one's intellectual, moral and spiritual needs. Our view of life is distorted until we achieve a balanced view of what it is all about. . The pope calls all of us to refocus our ideals of faith and truth in the martyrs. The ideal that they present for consideration will restore moral and ethical values to our ailing society. Their struggles and sufferings inspire all in the Church family. Unless we grasp the meaning of their lives, our own lives will continue to be empty and shallow. As we enter the new millennium, the memories that the pope' evokes should also remind us of the many modem' martyrs, those who are dying today for faith principles in Africa, Central and South America, Indonesia and India. III many areas of the world these heroic members of today's Church are testifying to the truth through their suffering and death and new martyrologies are being written daily

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PARISHES ACUSHNET Sl Francis Xavier $150 M-M Patrick Gannon; $100 Jeanne Losack, Sandra Hogan, Mrs. Dorothy Dolgner. ASSONET St. Bernard $200 M-M Paul Lamoureux; $150 M-M Raymond Rose; $100 M-M Robert Dunn, Mrs. Jean Fairhurst, M-M Ronald MacCarone, M-M Paul Ouimet, Mrs. Karen seeley. ATILEBORO Sl Stephen $700 St.Vincent de Paul; $300 M-M William Dunn; $200 M-M Jack Maloney; $100 M-M Steven Gousie, Helen LBrcmn. Sl John the Evangelist $300 M-M John Reardon; $250 M-M Paul Diamond, Duffy Paule Funeral service, M-M Christopher Legere, Joseph Spinale; $200 M-M Charles Guillette; $150 M-M Kenneth Brough, M-M Gerard LeFrancois; $100 Dorothy Burt, M-M Char1es Clarke, M-M David Foley, M-M Frank Luongo, M-M David McGee, M-MThomas Walsh. St. Joseph $100 M-M Richard Rnnegan, M-M John O'Donnell, Joseph Vlfagner. ATILEBORO FALlS SlMark$1 ,000 M-M Paul DanesiJr.; $480 RichardJ. Gurdach; $420 M-M Mark McII1EllT"ef, $125 M-M 0'1arles Rdarl:i; $100 M-M John Munay, M-M Leo McGrath. BREWSTER Our Lady of the Cape $500 Our Lady of the Cape Ladies' Guild. BUZZARDS BAY Sl Margaret $200 M-M Lee Stephens; $1 00 M-M John Gray, M-M Richard Coyne, M-MWiliiam Brady. CENTERVILlE Our Lady of Victory $1,000 M-M J. DavidCrawford;$600M-MVincentKaseta; $500 M-M Pasquale J. Russo; $300 M-M Daniel J. Mullen; $250 Dr. & Mrs. Richard LeJava; $200 M-M Robert T. Chase, M-M Richard B. McNamara, M-M M. ChristopherMurphy; $150 M-M John H. Donovan;

$125 M-M Raymond Garafano; $1 00 M-M T1roothy Acton, Joseph Corsiglia, M-M John Cosby, M-M Robert Davis, M-M Frank J. Deleo, M-M Joseph M. Dirienzo, M-M Richard Foster, Mrs.Barry ~r, Mrs. Marion Hanaghan, M-MThomas LHennigan, Mrs. Suzanne Jaxtimer, Mrs. Ronald Johnson, M-M James Murphy, M-M RC1I A. Prescott, Judge & Mrs. Robert A. Scandurra; M-M John Siavinsky, RobertTotten. CHATHAM Holy Redeemer $500 M-M Joseph McCarthy; $300 Mrs. MaryMaclean; $100 M-M John Shuttleworth, M-M Bernard M. Birmingham. DIGHTON SlPeter$250 St Vincent de Paul;$1 00 In Memory of James B. and C. Louise Murphy by Janice Carty. EAST FALMOUTH Sl Anthony $500 Great RockTractor Co., Inc.; $200 In Memory of the Reis Family; $100 James R. Boudreau, Viola DeCoudreaux, Bella L. Malima, William McCarthy, M-M Bradley Smith, M-M John P'Vidal, M-M Leonard Derosa. EAST FREETOWN Sl John Neumann $100 M-M Lowell Dawson, M-M William Dziura, M-M Mark Pepin, Donald & Paula Chausse. EASTSANDWICH Corpus Christi $1,500 M-M Eric Vander Mel; $1,000 Miriam A. Crowley, MM Ernest A. Plante Jr.; $250 M-M Richard Jack, M-M John D. Kuchinski; $200 M-M William H. Mitchell, John W Smith; $150 MM Edward R. Wagner, M-M John Bauer; $100 M-M Samuel D.Walter, M-M George D.Williams, M-M James Connolly, Joseph L Sullivan, M-M RichardJ. Symonds, Barbara D. Sullivan, JO)'Ce S. Bruce, M-M John Stanton Sr., M-M Eugene M. Fay, M-M Robert F. Leahy, M-M Patrick Lynch, Dorothy Costello, M-M Frederick O. Watt, Jane Curran, M-M Joseph F. Desrosiers. FAIRHAVEN Sl Joseph $1 00 M-M Gary Fealy. FALL RIVER ss. Peter & Paul $250 Standard Pharmacy; $1 00 M-M Joseph Stankiewicz, MM William Tansey, M-M Raymond Vaillancourt Sacred Heart $500 M-M Thomas Rapoza; $150 Mrs. John L Dean; $100 MMDavid M. Galego, Letitia Lynch, M-M B.J. McDonald & Karen, Mrs. Joseph Caouette. St. Anthony of Padua $110 In Memory of Frank B. Silva; $1 00 Portugalia Imports & Exports, Inc. Espirito Santo $100 Espirito Santo Charismatic Community. Sl Stanislaus $250John DeveneyJr.; $150 M-M Robert Gaw; $100 M-M Rick Snizek, Dr. & Mrs. Michael Weaver, M-M Nick Moniz, A Friend. Holy Name $300 Dr. &Mrs. Maurice A. Berard; $250 Attorney &Mrs. Roger Morgan; $100 M-M Herman Mello, Mary Ann Dillon, M-M Fred Czerwonka. Our Lady of the Angels $350 In Memory of ManuelVelho; $1 00 In Memory of Sandra Pavao.

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SlFrancis Xavler$1 ,000 Rev. Edward J. Byington; $400 M-M Charles Hurley; $350 Audrey H. Buckley; $300 Irish Step Dancers, M-M Eugene P. O'Neill; $200 William F. Hackett, Uons Club; $150 M-M Harold J. Jarvis; $125 Ullian senteio; $1 00Adolphe O. Richards, Dr. & Mrs. Paul Canniff, Jane M. Fogg, John P. Gillen, Mrs. Gisela O'Neil, Marguerite McMahon, M-M FrancisW Shannon, John &Barbara Keith, M-M Gerald Harvey.

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lHEANCHOR-Diocese ofFall River-Fri., JuneH, 1999 .

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cate and keep costs down. , Technology and a mQtivated duties include being an paper. "Not one of'them requires staff allow Msgr. Mahoney to spend evangelizer and host. micromanagement and they'r~ all more time on spiritual matters. He said a pastor's most important role self-starters." Curreritly, .Dominican Sister "is to be a spiriiualleader," one who By JOSEPH CATENA Catherine McDonnell is' pas toral touches the congregation with a CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE associate for administration. "That stirring homily every Sunday. He spends more time now preCHATHAMTOWNSHIP,NJ. pOSition is essential," said Msgr. Msgr. James T. Mahoney believes Mahoney, who believes most Par- paring a homily than he did five, IO or 15 years ago. "The only efin, utilizing talent, regardless of spe- ishes in the future will be administered by someone other than the fective preaching occurs when stoCles. ries and experiences in peoples' "To my knowledge, we're the . pastor. Soon, the pastor will have to lives are linked with stories of our only parish to have a full-time director of find a replacement for Sister tradition," he said. "I pray and think about what I welcoming," he McDonnell, who wiIl be fiIling a leadership posi- preach," he added. said of his threeA speed reader, Msgr. Mahoney year-old golden tion in her order. He said retriever, a former the key is finding some- said he reads five newspapers a day, champion show one who shares his phi- five books a week, 20 to 30 jourdog. ~" losophy, has business nals and magazines a month, plus "Dee Dee is a 't and organizational skills lots of scriptural commentaries and great means of evan. . and an understanding of insights. Since he spends three days a gelization and parish life today. comfort for Msgr. Mahoney, week at the diocesan center and four at the parish, Msgr. Mahoney said people," said the pastor of "'--. time management and orgaCorpus ..~n_ ization are critical to his . packed schedule. Christi Parish However, he makes in Chatham Township. \ " time for health Children . " .\ \ . \clUb ~ork-?,uts, "line up to "', ''II' . tenms, skllng, ~and even an pet her" and she hosts an loccasional 1 day off. annual bless1 "It's so easy ing of pets I to lose perand animals. But Dee spective," he Dee is only said. "I'm part of what much better at makes Cor(perspective) pus Christi now than I click. used to be." M s gr. He also is Mahoney, the something of a parish's only character full-time literally. His priest and . ~-.-~:; friend, sociologist and author pastor since MSGR. JAMES Mahoney reviews parish paperwork as Dee Father Andrew 1990, plays a . . C Ch" Ch h' major role. Dee, hiS golden retnever, looks on at orpus nstl urc In Greeley, based But, he also Chatham Township, N.J. The dog serves as full-time director of one of his ficserves the welcoming at the parish. (CNS photo by Tom Lynch, The Beacon) tional characDiocese of ' ters, "Blackie Ryan," partly Paterson as vicar for planning and priorities. who was ordained in 1973, be- on the New Jersey pastor. Because his plate.is fuIl, he relies iieves a successful parish must com"I made a promise when I beheavily on teamwork and the orga- municate with parishioners and in- . came pastor (that) I would spend nizational skills of 10 fuIl-time and volve them in its projects and pro- one hour a day praying for people one part-time staff members. grams. Corpus Christi uses e-mail in the parish," he said. "And I've "The people on staff are highly and a Web site, both to communi- kept to that." .

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CHICAGO CARDINAL Francis George addresses the Catholic Press AssQciation meeting in Chicago recently. Cardinal George urged members of the association to focus more 路on the works of grace in the Church rather than the hierarchy. (CNS photo by Nancy Wiechec)

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with terminology and perspectives meant for secular institutions that CHICAGO - The Catholic don't leave room for spiritual dinews media must report the work mensions of faith and grace. of grace in the world, not merely "We often hear 'the Church is track the actions of the members not a democracy,'" he said. "That's of the hierarchy, Chicago Cardi- true because it's not a country or a nal Francis E. George told a gath- society." ering of Catholic journalists. Yet much reporting about the If a Catholic paper is going to 'Church focuses on its hierarchy offer readers anything different or and decision-making proc.esses in better than the weekly religion sec- the same way governments are tion of the daily paper, "it has to covered, he noted. try to record the work of grace in Terms like "liberal" and "conthe world," Cardinal George told servative" are used to label events the Catholic Press Association at and people, as they are in governits recent, ment reportnational ing, so that If a Catholic paper is going convention in the end, in Chicago. to offer readers anything differ.;. the cardinal It's easy ent orbetter than the weekly resaid, coverto report on age of the ligion section of the daily pa- Church activities of bishops or per,路 ''it has to try to record the seems to institutions, work of grace in the world," boil down to said Cardi- Cardinal George told the simply "the nal George, liberals are Catholic Press Association. but that's angry bemissing the . . cause the importance I Church of other events in the Church, par- won't change the way they want it By LEE STRONG ticularly the'transforming power' to and the conservatives are angry , CATHO~C NEWS SERviCE of grace in people's lives. because it's changed at all/' "Grace is always news, the hiIn response to questions about GREECE,N.Y -Jeanne Carroll was looking for a saint erarchy is always old," he said to the types of stories diocesan newsSpecifically, lite senior activities coordinator for G~ 's chuckles from his audience. papers should cover, the cardinal Holy Name of Jesus Parish, in the Rochester Diocese, was Reporting the activities ofbi~h颅 said he didn't mean to suggest trying to identify the patron saint of older adults.. ops and Church institutions, there should be no reporting about ."I had never seen anything about a patron saint for ol4er "should be extraordinarily bor- the workings of diocesan offices. adults, so I started researching, and couldn't find anything," ing," said Cardinal George, be- "You can have a wonderful jour- Carroll told the Catholic Courier, diocesan newspaper. cause "We don't shape the doc- nal of the 'household of faith,''' he . Finally, from a list of potential patrons, she unofficially trine." said. But reporting exclusively on designated one of her own: St. John the Evangelist : . Yet, when he arrived as the new the hierarchy leaves no room to . "John was the youngest apostle, the only'one who was archbishop of Chicago in 1997, "it teIl about the working of grace in not martyred," she explained. "He lived to be 98. He lived was as if! were the CEO of a major the people of the Church. his life serving Jesus and spreading the word of God." corporation." People kept asking, "It's much easier to report on Carroll's quest for a patron saint was part of an effort to "What's your program?" he said. the workings of the hierarchy honor seniors in her parish for "serving Jesus" and the comHis "program," Cardinal than on the workings of faith," munity. George told them, is that of the Cardinal George said. But the viDuring May, which was OlderAdults Month, the image Gospels, following the path of sion of the Church being pre- of St John graced a holy card distributed to seniors in the Jesus, spreading the faith. sented is inadequate "if you parish during Masses one weekend. It also was a way to Cardinal George also warned settle for reporting just what the mark the fact that 1999 is the U.N. International Year of against reporting on the Ch.urch bishops do." OlderAdults. CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

_Woman searches for patron saintfor seniors Carroll composed a prayer for the card: "Grant that 1,Iike St John, may share judiciously the gift of wisdom I have gained through life experiences." Plans are under way for a special Mass and luncheon Oct 1, which is International Older Adults Day. Other ways Holy Name of Jesus Parish reaches out to . seniors includes Project CARE, which matches volunteers with older adults who need help with yard work, transportation 'or housework, or just Q:CCaSional visits: And a parish group called "The Fun People" offers trips for seniors and programs on such topics as arthritis and Tai Chi. In addition, Carroll coordinates Ministry of Praise, through which people who are homebound receive monthly letters with prayer requests. Beyond the prayers, the goal of the program is to help participants to stay connected. In our youth-oriented culture, she said, we tend "to leave older adults out of the loop:' Unfortunately, even older adults sometimes fall prey to this kind of thinking, she noted. 'There are older people who have a hard time being older just because they are afraid of being older -just because there is a stigma in this society," Carroll observed.

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Fall River Diocesan Health Facilities is within network coordinating post-acute services for seniors.

BOSTON - Six leading not-forprofit Massachusetts organizations including the Diocesan Health Facilities sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River - which provide housing and healthcare services to seniors, announce the formation of IntegraCare, a post-acute network. The organizations, which also include the Jewish Rehabilitation Center for the Aged of the North Shore; Evanswood Center for Older Adults; D'Youville Senior Care Center; Rogerson Communities and William B. Rice Eventide Home, currently operate nine nursing facilities, both traditional and dementia assisted living communities, day care centers and numerous housing and service programs for elders. The providers serve more than 2,700 Massachusetts citizens and employ more than 2,500 persons. The new IntegraCare network will offer not-for-profit providers acreative avenue to combine their missions and skills, while retaining individual own-

ership, governance and licensure con- unit, and an accredited pain management program; trol of their entities. - Madonna Manor, North AttleFather Edmund Fitzgerald, executive director of Fall River Diocesan boro, founded in 1966, provides skilled Health Facilities, said that ''This mem- nursing and rehabilitative care to 129 bership network will enable us to un- men and women. Specialized services derstand, help shape, and compete for include a dedicated Alzheimer's care realistic arrangements in the Depart- unit, an accredited pain management ment of Medical Assistance proposed program and the Eden experience, the Senior Care Organization initiative for integration of plants, pets and visiting Medicare-Medicaid dually eligible se- children into the nursing home; niors." ~ Marian Manor, Taunton, servThe Diocesan Health Facilities is a ing greater Taunton since 1962, is system of five skilled nursing and re- home to 116 men and women. Spehabilitative care facilities sponsored by cialized services include Bethany the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall House Adult Day Health Care; - Our Lady's Haven, Fairhaven, River. Accredited by the Joint Commission onAccreditationofHealthcare has provided skilled nursing and rehaOrganizations, the homes offer a fuIl bilitative care since 1945. Serving 117 complement of short-term and ex- men and women. It offers a pain mantended care rehabilitative therapies, agement program that was the first in a Hospice care, dementia care, respite freestanding long-term care facility care, pain management and N thera- nationwide to be accredited by the pies, therapeutic activities, medical nu- American Academy of Pain Manage. ment. Specialized services also include tritional services and pastoral care. In addition to skilled nursing facili- a Geriatric Care Manager Program; - Sacred Heart Home, New Bedties, it serves older persons still living in the community with Bethany House ford. The oldest skilled nursing facilAdult Day Health Care and the Care ity in the diocese, Sacred Heart Home was founded in 1917. It provides qualManager Program. Its members are: - Catholic Memorial Home, Fall ity skiIled nursing and rehabilitative River, founded in 1939, is a 3<X>-bed care to 217 men and women; - Bethany House Adult Day skilled nursing and rehabilitative care facility. Specialized services include a Health Care, Taunton, is a structured, 94-bed dedicated Alzheimer's care weekday program offering hot nutri-

The relationship between. God's love and our freedom Q. I cannot understand why it is from works, so no one may boast" (Eph said thatJfSUSloves us no matterwhat 2:6-9). we do, that we cannot do anything to Even our very first desire to do good "earn" this love and our salvation . . - - . - - - - - - - - because it is a gift ~m~

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all the sins that can be committed, I would go, my heart broken with sorrow, and throw myselfinto Jesus' arms, for I know how much he loves the prodigal child who returns to him." That combination of love, fidelity and trust, all ofwhich are God's gifts to us, is what he asks in return. Why' and how it all works is the mystery. A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about the sacrament ofpenance is available bysending a stamped self-addressed envelope to FatherJohn Dietzen, Box325, Peoria, DL 61651. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same

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... BISHOP SEAN P. O'Malley and Principal of Bishop Connolly High School, Anthony S. Nunes. stand with valedictorian Hillary Womble, left. and salutatOrian Kate Erklauer at its graduation cerem0l1Y June 5.. Kevin DeSa and Kevin Tessier bring candles to the altar at the school's Baccalaureate Mass at Holy Name Church, Fall River. It was held the night before graduation and Father David Costa. chaplain. was prin~ipal celebrant. Seniors Billy Sylvia. Catherine Jasey. Christine Farna, David Martins, Brad Hinote and Jill laBrecque get ready for graduation ceremonies to begin at Bishop Connolly. This year markea the school's 30th commencement.

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... Dean of Students for Bishop Feehan High School. Attleboro. Peter Galligan smiles with graduates David Dubois and David Nighelli following the school's graduation ceremonies June 3. A happy group' of Feehan graduates celebrate a moment at its 34th commence-

ment. Sarah Wallace of Attleboro receives congratulations from her sister Kristin. a 1990 graduate of Bishop Feehan.

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..... Seniors at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth. were all smiles before their graduation ceremonies June 6. From left are Joel Maxwell. valedictorian. Kerry Jorge. Jessica Fortin. Nick Colletti. Isabel Andrade. Erin Driscoll and Meg Morris. Students Justin Silvia. Kevin Huff. Bryan Tavares. Jim Surprenant and Andrew Sousa prepare for graduation. 1999 marked the 37th commencement at Bishop Stang. Prior to graduation at Stang. members of the graduating class who are sons and daughters of alumni attended a special ceremony in the chapel. Father Craig Pregana blessed medals for graduates and alumni presented them to their children.

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NEW YORK (CNS) - Here is a list of recent films the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting has rated, on the basis of moral suitability. The first symbol after each title is the USCC classification. The second symbol is the rating of the Motion Picture Association ofAmerica. USCC classifications: A-I general patronage; A-II - adults and adolescents; A-III - adults; A-IV - adults, with reservations (this indicates films that, while not morally offensive in themselves, are not for casual viewing because they require some analysis and explanation in order to avoid false impressions and interpretations); 0 - morally offensive.. MPAA ratings: G -- general audiences, all ages admitted; PG - parental guidance suggeste9, some material may not he suitable for children; PG-I3 - parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children underJ 3; R - ,restricted, under) 7 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian; NC -17 - no one, 17 or under admitted..

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EDtv, A-III (PG-13) 8mm,O(R) Election, A-IV (R) Endurance, A-I (G) Entrapment, A-IV (PG-I3) eXistenZ,A-IIT (R)

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Shakespeare in Love, A-III (R) Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, A-II (PG)

Tea With Mussolini, A-II (PG) 10 Things I Hate About You, A-III (pG-13) The Thirteenth Floor, A-III (R) This Is My Father, A-III (R) Three Seasons, A-II (PG~ 13) Trippin',A-IV (R)', Twice Up~na Yesterday, A-III ,

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Stephen King's' 'Tom Gordon' is story of faith in God ~ Boston Red Sox reliever is a role model which to be alone and seemingly without resources,

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except for a backpack, some snacks and a Walkman radio tuned, as often as not, to the Red Sox station. , By JOSEPH R. THOMAS She has been snatched at by underbrush and thoms, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE has tumbled down slopes and lost her footing countless Long-suffering supporters of the Boston Red Sox times on shale, bee~ bitten and constantly harassed by in New England that means every man, wom~ and n~-see-um~, mosqUItoes ~nd :-vasps, been drenched by child above the age of reason - finally have a VIctOry ram and fnghtened ~1 !Ig~~mg ~d th~nder ~nd the to savor. In Stephen King's latest tale of horror, "The unseen presence o.f a thmg s~e IS c?nvmced IS out.to Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" (Scribner), the Red Sox consume her. She IS hungry, thIrsty, dIsheveled and dlStriumph metaphorically traught.. . over the evils that have AfraId of the dark, she IS beset them ever since convinced as darkness deBabe Ruth was peddled scends that she will die of to New York. terror during the night. In "The Girl Who desperation, she croaks out Loved Tom Gordon" an Our Father even as she however is not abo~t recalls having once asked baseball: Rather it is her father if he believes in about a girl's indomiGod.. table spirit and how her _ After muc~ danCIng 'devotion to Gordon, the around the subject, her fasuperlative real-life ther had repli~d, tell Boston relief pitcher you what I belIeve m. I beand Gordon's God lieve in the Subaudible." By allow her to "close one which he meant life's background noises - the hum out" in the ninth when heart-wrenching defeat of the heating system or the seems to be but morefrigerator, the unheard ments away. soun~ of traffic and the The girl is Trisha creakmg of floors, an unMcFarland and her trial seen "force" that "keeps comes with her discovmost of us from dying in our ery that "the world had sleep." teeth and it could bite There's nothing there to you with them anytime su~tain a girl who .is "nine, gomg on 10 (and bIg for her it wanted." In June of ' 1998, "she was nine goage),", so she turns to her ing on 10 (and big for Walkman (the Red Sox are her age)" when she beplaying the Yankee.s) and to came' hopelessly lostoin' .-Tom Gor~on and hIS reason the forbiddiilg and endfor gestunng skyward after less woods of western a save, and his theory about Maine bordering New facing down the enemy and Hampshire. asserting dominance with your fIrst pitch. For more than She and her older brother had been taken for a hike a week, long after the radio has died, she "walks" with along a portion of the Appalachian Trail by their di- Gordon and fights through the very real evils that beset vorced mother, a lapsed Catholic, who was trying hard her for, truth to tell, that first day has been but prelude. to make up for the absence of their dad, a loving but . This is not King's best-ever effort. Nevertheless, boozy type who "never had anything to lapse from." hardly anyone, Red Sox fan or no, can fail to feel Trisha:s Trisha, who is wearing a Red Sox cap personally terror as it peaks and wanes even as she weakens physlsigned by Gordon, her idol, becomes separated from cally. But with two out in the botto~ of the ninth and her mother and brother at a fork in the trail when she the "things" threatening once again, King closes matleaves them ostensibly to relieve herself but mostly to ters out with a save. The sigh of redemption is al~ost get away from their testy bickering over her brother's audible: There is a God who hears the prayers of lIttle 'desire to live with his father so he can continue to at- girls and Red Sox fans and other frustrated types, a God tend school with his chums. symbolized by Gordon's finger pointed skyward in acThere is one scene in the story, King's umpteenth knowledgment of a force greater than the Subaudible. tale with Maine as a setting, that is as frightening in its We have, then, a story about the athlete as role model, own way as anything King has written. The scene re- about the vulnerability (and resourcefulness) of chilvolves around Trisha's attempts to pray once she real- dren, about the things they learn (or don't learn) from izes, after several hours, that she is lost, really lost, in parents, and about faith and our need for a God to walk the woods, and that the woods are a frightening place in by our side.

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Bishop's book on St. Therese wins the top CPA award CHICAGO (CNS) - Bishop Patrick V. Ahern's "Maurice & Therese: The Story of a Love" won first place for best popular presentation of the Catholic faith in the Catholic Press Association's 1999 book awards. The awards were presented last , week in Chicago at the CPA's national convention. Written by a retired auxiliary bishop of New York and published by Doubleday, ''Maurice &Therese" contains the correspondence of St. Therese of Lisieux and Maurice BelIiere, a young seminarian and aspiring missionary for whom she, •• .»

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NEW YORK - The following are hoine videocassette reviews from the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting. Each videocassette is available on VHS format. Theatrical movies on video have a U.S. Catholic Conference classification and Motion PictureAssociation ofAmerica rating. All reviews indicate the ap-

propriate age group for the video audience. "Alice in Wonderland" (1999) Enjoyable version of Lewis Carroll's classic children's fantasy about the spunky Victorian girl of the title (Tina Majorino) whose curious adventures in a land of marvels include encounters with such strange inhabitants as the Mad Hatter (Martin Short), the Cheshire Cat (Whoopi Goldberg) and myriad others. Directed by NickWilling, the Hallmark TV production succeeds in evoking the wonderful world of Carroll's imagination, especially the story's fanciful characters and their eccentric behavior, something which the large and enthusiastic cast put over quite well and the result is appealing entertainment for all members of the family. The U.S. Catholic

Conference classification isA-Igeneral patronage. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. (Hallmark) "Waking Ned Devine" (1998) Wry Irish comedy in which the residents of a tiny village conspire to divide a seven-million-pound lottery by passing off one of their own as the winner after the actual ticket owner died from the shock. Writer-director Kirk Jones plays up the slyness ofthe villagers in amusing, understated fashion without losing sight of their humanity and sense of community. Mild alcohol abuse, fleeting rear nudity and minor profanity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is AIII - adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG - parental guidance suggested. (Fox)

Pope to Poles: Spirituality needed to match material progress GDANSK, Poland (CNS) - At the start of a 13-day pilgrimage to his Polish homeland, Pope John Paul II returned to the birthplace of Solidarity and called for a new phase of spiritual development to match the politi-路 cal and economic progress of the last decade. In the Baltic seaport of Gdansk, where he once delighted Solidarity supporter路s by publicly defending their human and political rights, the pope said this time he was here as "a fellow Pole who comes among you to fulfill the need of his own heart and who brings the blessing of God who is love." Marveling at how much has changed on a material level since the fall of communism, he said Poland today needs "great-hearted men who serve with humility and love," modeled on the saints of the past. It was the start of his longest visit to Poland, a marathon touching 21 cities, and the 79-year-old pontiff looked and sounded good as he presided over Masses and prayer services in the seaside suburb of Sopot June 5 and in the nearby towns of Pelplin and Elblag June 6. "He looks much older, but so full of love that he shines - is that the word? - like the sun," Angelika Dunal remarked in English at the Sopot Mass. She had seen the pontiff as a young girl in Gdansk 12 years earlier. "The pope is very important for me. He's the first person who showed me how to really live, and what to believe in," said Dunal. From the moment his plane landed, the pope saw evidence of a remarkable transfonnation in the Gdansk region, where the economy has boomed despite a crisis in

the ship-building industry. Streets were lined with foreign businesses like McDonald's and Pizza Hut, cell phones sometimes rang during olitdoorMasses and the banners welcoming the pope were often hung from satellite dishes that adorned nearly every apartment building. President Aleksander Kwasniewski, a fonner communist who now embraces the free market, told the pope that today Poland was a nation where "sovereignty, security and dynamic economic growth are regarded as something normal and obvious." The pope said he was proud of the great material progress, but in his sermon in Sopot he reminded his listeners that it was a mistake to seek ultimate happiness in "pleasures, in material things and in what is earthly and transient." Sin must never be a way to happiness, he said, and the love of the Gospel is never selfish or insensitive to the misfortunes of others. It was a message that seemed to connect with many in his audience who said they were not entirely comfortable with the "new" Poland. The pope spoke from an altar decorated with a stainless steel cross and a sculpture of flying swans raising a fishing net, which bore images of several saints. He urged Polish Catholics to return to the basics of the faith in order to nurture their spiritual lives, saying every Polish home should have a copy of the Gospels. He warned against oversimplified or too-personal interpretations of Scriptures. "Build your house upon rock! Build the house of' your personal and social life upon rock! And the rock is Christ," he told the crowd of about 200,000 people.

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Bishops' pro-life head criticizes upc路oming embryo report By MARK PAmSON CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON -CardinalWilliam H. Keeler of Baltimore, chainnan ofthe U.S. bishops' Committee for ProLife Activities, has written to members ofCongress criticizing an upcoming federal report on embryonic stemcell research as "gravely deficient." "This administration'sefforts to circumvent current law to fund destructive experiments without congressional authorization are hypocritical and morally incoherent," Cardinal Keeler said in the letter last week. The report on stem-cell research to be issued by the National Bioethics Advisory Commission, created by President Clinton, was due out in June. Cardinal Keeler was responding to news reports in May about a draft report of the commission. The commission "makes three important concessions regarding destructive embryo research, then draws exactly the wrong conclusion from them," the cardinal said. - "'As long as embryos are destroyed as part ofthe research enterprise,' says the commission, 'researchers using the embryonic stem ceUs - and those who fund them - will be complicit in the death ofembryos,' But the commission then concludes that Congress should change the law so taxpayers will be forced to subsidize the killing ofhuman embryos," Cardinal Keeler said. Congress in 1995 passed a bill blocking all such funding after a 1994

report frOIJl the National Institutes of Health said certain kinds of research on human embryos warranted federal support. Congress has renewed the ban each year since. - 'The commission recognizes that millions of Americans see the

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human embryo as a human being with a right to life, and that disagreements on this question cannot be ignored or easily resolved," Cardinal Keeler said. "But it proceeds to argue that in a pluralistic society, these millions of Americans must suppress their consciences and support this destructive experimentation," he continued. "Just

the opposite is true: In a pluralistic society, government must not force millions oftaxpayers to subsidize what they know to be the unjust taking of innocent human life." - While the commission says that research posing moral problems should not be considered unless "necessary" to cure life-endangering disease, the cardinal said, "the commission does not draw the sensible conclusion from its own premise: that startling new advances in adult stem cells and other means for regenerating human tissue should be explored first to see ifembryonic stem-cell research is 'unnecessary,''' . Researchers see the stem cells, once cultivated, as having the possibility to halt or reverse Parkinson's disease and diabetes, and even provide new heart muscle cells for heart attack victims. The draft report stated, "Conservatives who accept that killing a fetus is permissible where it is necessary to save the life ofthe mothershould agree with liberals that it is also pennissible to destroy embryos where it is necessary to save people." Cardinal Keeler called that argument "a chilling analogy." 'Thus human beings come to be seen merely as disposable cells or organs in the body politic, to be sacrificed when killing them may serve the whole organism," he added. 'The commission's resort to such an argument only underscores how radical its proposal really is."

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East Timorese bishop now urges independence vote postponement

Underground bishop installed in China's approved Church·

mander must be told to disarm the proBy CATliOUC NEWS SERVICE integration militias before the referHONG KONG.- A bishop seendum can go forward. cretly ordained in 1991 has been in'The Indonesians know that they will lose the referendum if people are stalled in the government-recogni~ free to vote. This is why they have open Church in China's Henan provdeveloped a strategy to make a free .ince, where most Catholic leaders belong to the underground Church. vote impossible," he said. UCA News, anAsian church news Bishop Belo also accused Indoneagency based in Thailand, reported sia of infiltrating militia ·groups. with more than 1,000 soldiers and secret June 1 that Bishop Nicolas Shi service agents in an attempt to disrupt Jingxian of Shangqiu read a statethe upcoming election. "It is neces- ment pronouncing affiliation with sary that there be an international mili- the government-approved Church tary force here. A police force by itself during his installation in mid-May is insufficient. This military force must at the cathedral in Shangqiu. Bishop Pius Jin Peixian of be present in all villages and administrative posts," the bishop emphasized. Liaoning, a standing committee While Bishop Belo promised to member of the Bishops' Conference remain neutral on the vote, he has also of the Catholic Church in China, accautioned that violence will continue cepted Bishop Shi, 79, as a conferuntil more U.N. security units are ence member on behalf of the government-recognized body. brought in. Provincial government officials Indonesia invaded East TUllor, a and the vice president of the Chinese predominantly Catholic former Portuguese colony, in 1975 and unilater- Catholic Patriotic Association, Anally' annexed it the following year. thony Liu Bainian, attended the cerNeither the Vatican nor the United emony. About 300 Catholics witnessed Nations has recognized the annexation, and most countries still view the installation ceremony, which was followed by a Mass concelebrated Portugal as territorial administrator. Indonesia agreed in May to hold a by the two bishops and 18 priests, U.N.-monitored ballot that will deter- some elderly and some young, from mine independence or continued in- different dioceses of Henan. The Diocese of Shangqiu, about tegration. 400 miles south of Beijing, was formerly called Kweiteh Diocese and was administrated by Spanish Augustinians before 1949, when the communiststook over China. Bishop . Shi, an Augustinian, was ordained a priest in 1948. A MAN is seen through a cutout of the Goddess of DeCurrently, the diocese has only mocracy after it was set up in Hong King's Victoria Park June two churches, both in Shangqiu, with 2 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the crushed prothree elderly priests, a seminarian and democracy movement in Beijing, China. Hong Kong is the Oh adorable and Divine Will, behold 'me here before the imeight nuns to serve some 20,000 Catholics. mensity of Your Light, that Your eternal goodness may open to' .only territory in China that permits commemorations of the Bishop Shi told UCA News May 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. (CNS photo from me the doors and make me enter into It to form my life all in 28 that he believed it would be easier Reuters) You, Divine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate before to get former Church properties back Your Light, I, the least of all creatures, put myself into the little' two, and a number of governmentafter his official installation, which the sources added. group of the sons and daughters of Your Supreme FIAT. ProsIn 1957, Chinese Catholics split approved bishops are said to have he said would facilitate Church detrate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg that it over the setting up of the govern- secretly reconciled with the Vatican. velopment. clothe me and eclipse all that does not pertain to You,'Divine The mainland China Church hiAccording to Catholic sources, ment-approved Chinese Catholic Will. It will be my Life, the center of my intelligence, the most of the seven bishops in Henan Patriotic Association, which rejects .erarchy comprises bishops of the enrapturer of my heart and of my whole being. I do not want were ordained secretly, with various papal ,authority and elects bishops open and underground Churches. the human will to have life in this heart any longer. I will cast it reasons for not joining the open without Vatican approval. An under- The government-approved bishops' Church. . ground Church in China,estimated conference has about 70 members, away from me and thus form the new Eden of Peace, o(happito number in the millions, professes whereas dozens of other bishops reThough not recognized by the ness and of love. With It I shall be always happy. I shall have a government, in general they work' loyalty to the pope. At the parish fused to join and formed their own singular strength and a holiness that sanctifies all things and openly in their respective dioceses, level, there is some mingling of the bishops' conference in late 1989. conducts them to GOd. Here prostrate, I invoke the help of the Most Holy Trinity that They permit me to live in the cloister of the Divine Will and thus. return in me the first order of creation, just as the creature was created. Heavenly Mother, Sovereign and Queen of the Divine Fiat, .' take my hand and ·introduce me into the Light of the Divine BEIRUT,Lebanon (CNS)-As the· Hezbollah?ian" Lebanese government's guaranWill. You will be my guide, my most tender Mother, and will Israeli-allied· South Lebanese Army Until 1982 -some -75,000 Chris- tees for the protection of Christians. . teach f!1e to live in and to maintain myself in the order and the retreated from the southern town of tians, mostly Maronite Catholics, Lahad called on the Lebanese Jezzine after 14 years of occupation, lived in.Jezzine and·the surrounding . forces to enter the city in order to pro-~ bounds of theDivine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate my .Christians in the region feared a take- villages, said Diab. Today there are .teet the remaining. Christi~s from whole ~ing toYour Immaculate Heart. You will teach me the . over by Hezbollah guerrillas. barely 2,400 Christian residents, he possible retribution from their doctrine of the Divine Will and I will listen most attentively to' However, Bishop Tanios Khoury said. Hezbollah enemies. . Your lessons. You will cover me with Your mantle so that the oftheMaroniteDioceseofSaidatold Hezbollah is a Shiite Muslim The Southern Lebanese Army '. infernal serpent dare not penetrate into this sacred Eden to en~ . the British news agency Reuters. he group fighting against Israeli cOntrol withc;lrawal was expected to be com.;tice me and.make me fall intothe maze of the human will. . '; had reassurances from Lebanese offi- of southern Lebanon.. · pleted by mid 7June. On the first day Heart of my greatest Good, Jesus, You will give me Your" cials that only government troops, not News reports saidsomeSouth Leba- ofits withdrawal, the army came unflames that they may bum me, consume me, and feed me t.;> Hezbollah, would enter the city. neseArmy fighters were laying down der heavy attack by Hezbollah. 1\\'0 form in me the Life of the Divine Will. The South Lebanese Army com- their weapons and were willing to su~ soldiers were killed and one was Saint Joseph, you will be my protector, the guardian of my mander, Gen. Antoine Lahad, an- mit to the authority of the Lebanese moderately injured. The Lebanese nounced the withdrawal of his forces . .army, but the Lebanese Christian op- army did not step in to prevent the heart, and will keep the keys of my will in your hands. You will in a press conference with Lebanese position remained defiant. . attacks. keep my heart jealously and shall never give it to me again, that journalists last week. According to Christian opposition Lahad's decision to withdraw I may be sure of never leaving the Will of God. George Diab, Israel director for the reports, the underground Christian troops came after a decline in army My guardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in everyWorld Lebanese Organization, said, resistance in Jezzine vowed to fight morale and several demoralizing thing so that my Eden may flourish and be the instrument that 'The Christians in Jezzine are afraid. Hezbollah and Lebanese army forces Hezbollah attacks on Christian civildraws all men into the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Amen. If the Lebanese army doesn't come in should they enter the city and prom- ians and military personnel, specifito Jezzine, then Hezbollah will be ised to "take the war to Beirut," say- cally against South Lebanese Army - ( In Honor ofLuisa Piccarreta 1865-1947 Child ofthe Divine Will) there, and how can Christians live with ing they do not believe the "pro-Syr- commanders. WASHINGlDN (CNS)-Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo of Dili, East TUllar, said the Aug. 8 vote on the territory's independence from indonesia should be postponed unless peace is quickly restored to the island. The bishop said the cwrent indonesian military strategy is to eliminate anyone who might vote for independence. 'They burn the houses, they kill the young people. As aresult, the numbers of people supporting independence are diminishing. 'Ibere is no working justice system, while houses are being burned and pe<.lple are being killed in Dili; there is not even an attempt to bring anyone to justice, to imprison those responsible or anything else," he said. ''Everyone is very afraid. The resistance is not appearing in Dili anymore, because it is too dangerous, there is no security. Under these circumstances, you cannot have a referendum in peace and freedom," he said. The bishop made his remarks in a statement released through his biographer, Arnold Kohen, who is a consultant for the International Justice and Peace Office ofthe U.S. Catholic Conference in Washington. Bishop Belo said it was unlikely that a free and fair vote could be help under current conditions. He said Indonesian President BJ. Habibie and the armed forces com-

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structure that was "showing a lot of church was done by Bishop Daniel Growth has continued for St. wear and tear," according to pastor A. Cronin on April 21, 1974. Anthony's Parish and Father Wall Over those 25 years, the lower said that the church now serves 875 Father Barry W. Wall, who has been church hall was completed and the families and has 300 youngsters in at St. Anthony's for II years. "The Sacred Hearts Fathers its religious education procame here and established a gram. "We have- about 50 mission which was enlarged young people in grades 7-12 over the years. After World that participate in our youth War II many people moved to group and a very active St. this area and because of the Vincent's de Paul Conference." large summer community "St. Anthony's is a wonderhere the church had to be reful mix of young and old and placed. In the late 60s it its easy to get to know people needed a lot of renovations here. I find a special joy to and was much too small for ministering to people in this the growing community," church. There's a special adsaid Father Wall. vantage to be involved in a The former church was conparish community that covers structed in 1911 and prior to an entire town," said Father that Masses were celebrated in Wall. the town hall and the former A project which has come Advent Church by the Sacred to fruition this year will see two new stained glass winHearts Fathers. They served the community of Mattapoisett dows added to the church by from their arrival in the early the Lyn Hovey Studio of Boston. The first will be installed 1900s until 1988 when Father this month and blessed on the Wall became the first diocesan last Sunday of June. priest to serve as pastor at St. Bishop Sean P. O'Malley Anthony's. FATHER BARRY W. Wall, stands served as principal celebrant Ground was broken for the outside of 81. Anthony's Parish, for the church's 25th annivernew church on April 23, 1972 sary Mass and a luncheon foland construction began that Mattapoiset. lowed. Priests concelebrating May. In the fall of 1973 although the pews were not yet in- mortgage was burned by Sacred included Sacred Hearts Father stalled, parishioners I of St. Hearts Father William Stanley J. Kolasa and Fathers Wall, Anthony's gathered'in the new McClenahan. The sanctuary was James F. Lion, and David A. church to celebrate Mass. A 37-foot refurbished in 1990 and a new lec- Pregana. Father Stephen J. Avila aluminum steeple adorned with a tern and setting for the tabernacle was master of ceremonies. Permafour-foot gilded cross was raised in were installed. A limited use eleva- nent Deacons Louis A. Bousquet November of that year and the for- tor was added in 1995 to meet the and Robert L. Surprenent assisted at the. Mass. mal blessing of the cornerstone and needs of disabled parishioners. o

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Seminary in th~Azores.and was ordained in the cathedral there on June 5, 1960 by Bishop Manuel Caruatho of Angra. Father Tavares' first assignment in the Fall River Diocese was as parochial vicar at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Taunton, in August 1960. The following year he was

assigned to St.' Anthony -Church, Taunton. In 1965 he was parochial vicar at St. Michael Church, Fall River, and the following year was assigned to Immaculate Conception Church, New Bedford. From 1966 to 1979 he was parochial vicar at Our Lady of Angels Church in Fall River, and in 1981 was named

pastor -of SCAnthony of Padua Church, Fall River. In June, 1991, was appointed pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish, New Bedford. He came to Our Lady of the Angels as pastor on June 28, 1995. He has also served as a member of the Pre-Cana Conference in the New Bedford Area.

lHEANCHQR - Diocese ofFall River- Fri., June 11, 1999 NORTON Sl Mary $300 M-M Todd Bari; $200 Tina Rose; $100 Mrs. Mark Bernier, Maryann Daley, Edna Nelson. ORLEANS St. Joan of Arc $250 M-M Aidan Kenney, Mrs. Bernt Rathaus; $150 M-M Edward Bryant; $120 M-M John Veneri; $100 M-M Thom?lS Creavy, Mrs. Mary R. Manning, M-M John Menna, M-MValmore Plantier, Mrs. Loretta Retter, Miss Kathleen Bresnahan, M-M Edward Doherty d/b/a Yankee Doodle, M-M Peter Gill, M-M Joseph Hirschberg, M-M Frank McGaughey, M-M Stanley Paduch, M-M HectorPelletier, Ms. Barbara Regan, M-M William Sullivan. OSTERVILLE Our Lady of the Assumption $2,500 M-M George Manning; $500 M-M Paul J. Ryder, $100 M-M Jon L Bryan, M-M Harry E. Ekblom, Ullian Maselli, Mrs. Bemard OKeeffe. POCASSET Sl John the Evangelist $100 M-M KeITh E. Songer, M-M Gary Restaino, M-M Peter Milner.

RAYNHAM Sl Ann $250 St. Ann Women's Guild, St. Ann's Parish; $200 M-M Richard Bentley, Dr. & Mrs. Michael Scanlon. SEEKONK Sl Mary $250 Michael & Gail Noonan; $200 Eleanor L. O'Reilly, Lorraine C. Keniston, M-M Gerard Matton; $125 M-M Timothy McGinn; $120 David Magnan; $100 David & Elizabeth Spencer, Louis & Margaret Del Papa, M-M Harold Doran, Raymond & Elizabeth O'Neill, M-M Gerald lanoue, Dr. John Belsky, Robert & Undy Goudreau, David & Patricia Page, M-M Ed St. laurent, Amelia Perry. Our Lady of Ml carmel $150 M-M RobertTOI'fl>kins;$1 00 M-M Stephen Dunn, Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Ricco. SOMERSET SlThomas More $800 Attorney Richard M. Pierce; $100 James Judge, M-M Albert Capato. Sl Patrick $200 St. Vincent de Paul Society; $100 M-M Clifford Clement. SOUTH ATTLEBORO SlTheresa $400 Philip J. Morris; $125 Richard Lozeau; $100 M-M James Dalton, Eileen Morris, M-M Barry Silva. SOUTH EASTON Holy Cross $OCO M-M EdwardJenney; $300 M-M George Zarella; $200 M-M Gary Donahue; $1 00 M-M John Dwyer, M-M F. Richard Cottrell, M-MThomas Murray, Mrs. Charles Davis, M-M Jerry McCarty, M-M Brad McMenimon, M-M Stephen Rosbicki, Mrs. Kathleen M. Swann. SOUTH YARMOUTH Sl Pius X $500 M-M John Doherty; $3OOThomas J. Quinn; $200 M-M John E. Mclaughlin; $150 M-M Richard ODonnell; $125 Margarete Lucht, M-M Domenic DiCori, M-M Edmund Wyse; $100 M-M Charles Uberty, Edna McCormick, Joan & John Horrigan, James J. Greeley Jr., Mary E. O'Connell, Mary Winn, Mary Kinchla, MMJohn Farrell, Dermot Fetherston, M-M Brian McGrath, Walter McGourty, M-M DarienTerrile, M-M Herbert Donlan, Frank M. Hutchinson. SWANSEA Sl Dominic $1 00 A Friend. Sl Michael $100 M-M Charles Anthony, M-M Joseph Prevost.

TAUNTON Immaculate Conception $500 In Memory of Rev. Thomas O'Dea; $100 In Memory of Andrew Isaacsen. Sacred Heart $200 1999Confirmation Class; $100 Kevin Sullivan, M-M Everett Henderson, M-M Richard Martin. Sl Mary $1,000 In Memory of. the DoIaJ:1 FaniJy;$400 Dr. & Mrs.Joseph Nates; $365 Catherine McCarthy; $150 Dr. & Mrs. Charles HOle; $1 00 Gerald & JoanneTripp, Edward & Lucille McGaughran, Renalie & Jeannie Prodigalidad. .Sl Jqseph $500 Dr. Mary Ann Garcia, M-M Robert Martin; $400 M-M Philip Bois; $125 M~M Mred Borges; $100 Charles A. Pirozzi, M-M Harold J. Rose, M-M Stanley SaJadygaJr, Lucy M. Welch, M-MThomas M. Keating, M-M James Dorsey. Our Lady of Lourdes $100 M-M Joseph Figueiredo, M-M John Dupont, M-M Ricardo Correia, M-M Donald Beauchesne. Our Lady of the Holy Rosary $200 Michael Tabak; $100 M-M Joseph Arcikowski Jr. Sl Anthony $250 Attomey & Mrs. Joseph DeMello, $150 St. Anthony's Prayer Group; $100 St. Anthony's Confirmation Class. St. Paul $100 Maria Andre, M-M Rudolph Bessette, Janet Demers, Yvette Demers. WAREHAM Sl Patrick $1 ,000Wiliiam J. & Theresa E. Connolly, M-M Stephen L Santos; $500 Mrs. John J. Callahan; $350 St. Patrick's Conference of 8t. Vincent de Paul; $275 Kenneth & Elizabeth Ferreira; $200 M-M David Barreiros, M路M Paul J. Foley; $100 Mrs. Alvina Carrl>inha, M-M Frank Car1ozzi, M-M Dennis Kissell, M-M Donald LHornrre, M-M Gilbert Amaral, M-M Richard Donahue, M-M RogerT. Elliott, M-M Frank Krystofolski, Mrs. Carol A. Merino, M-M Albert Santos, 8t. Patrick's Circle, Mrs. Therese A. Williams. WESTHARWICH HoIyTrinity$700 M-M Lewis H. Milkey; $300 M-M Paul McKenna; $200 HolyTrintty Women's Guild; $125 M-M Frank K Duffy, Marie M. Kelley & Alice L Pumphret; $120 Joseph F. Murphy; $1 00 Gertrude M. Dean, M-M Paul T. Kirk, M-M RobertJ. Lcmrie, MMJames F. Powers, M-M Albert Stiglmeier. WESTPORT Sl George $864 Union 8t. Jean Baptiste #441 ;$100 81. IsidoreCouncil Knights of Columbus. Sl John the Baptist $1 00 Mrs. Carol Long, Gail Martin, M-M John Pannoni. Our Lady of Grace $1 00 M-M Manuel Alberto, Carmeltta M. Amoe.

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SPECIAL DAY - Students from pre-K to eighth grade gathered together at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, New Bedford, to make self-portraits at "I Am Special Day:' Kimberly Chicca, above, helps her kindergarten students work on' their project. First graders in Margaret McCormick's class, below, are shown with a display of their portraits.

... SCHOOL PROJECT - Ashley Nunes, a sixth grader from Dominican Academy, Fall River, teaches other students what she learned about dolphins at the school's recent science fak Students from all grades participated in the event.

~ SEVENTH GRADER Monique Smith of Dominican Academy was first place winner in its ' science fair for her experiment with colored lights and Amaryllis plants. She received a trophy for her efforts and went on to compete at the regional level for junior high students. "

LATIN SCHOLARS - Eight students from Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, were recognized for their outstanding performance in the 1999 National Latin Examination. They are: seated, Rebecca Hawke, Scott Pettingell, Marisa Bell, and Chris Casey, and stan'ding, Kerry Murphy,. Jessica Kristenson, Lisa Augusto and Katie Doolin~ More than 80,000 students took the test in nine different-countries.

FATHER JOHN P. Driscoll, pastor of St. Lawrence Church, New Bedford, addresses first Cqmmunion students during a recent homily. More than 50 students from the St.'Lawrence Religious Education Program received the sacrament of Eucharist last month.

Pray lor all tbe graduates in our diocese.

THEANCHOR-oioceseofFilllRiver~Fri.,June 11,1999

Our Rock and 'Role How to hav~ faith in yourself By CHARLIE MARTIN' CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Faith of the Heart It's been a long road Getting from there to here It's been a long time But my time is finally here And I can feel the change In the wind right now Nothing's in my way And they are not going To hold me down no more No they are not Going to hold me back Because I got Refrain: Faith of the heart . I'm goinQ where, My heart will take ine I got faith to,bel!eve ,

I can do anything I got strength of the soul And no one going To bend or break me I can reach any star I got faith I got faith Faith of the heart

To hold me down no more No they are not going To change my mind Because I got (Repeat refrain) I've known the whistling cold win I've seen the darkest days But now the only winds I feel Are only winds of change. It's been a long night I've been through the fire Trying to find my way I've been through the rain Been through the darkness (Repeat refrain twice) Now I can finally It's been along road Have my day , Now I've seen,my dream, Written by Diane Warren Come arourid at last Sung by Rod Stewart I will touch lhe sky, " , Copyright (c) 1998 by UniverA,nd they are n~t gomg , .: sal Records Inc.

ROD8TEWART has a current nationwide con- ety of activities so that you can determine what fills cert tour, a new CD and a recent single on the charts, '. you, with enthusiasm, .' ".' ' ,,' "Faith of the Heart" is his release off the very suc3. 'Believe, 'really' betieve, in what 'you desire~ cessful"PatchAdams" soundtrack, I guess aging pop , Don't allow naysayers to erode your passion for life. singers don't retire, they just rock and roll on! 'Trust your'grandest visionofwhat YQurlife can be. The song offers this advice: Trust yourself, and 4. Follow up with action. Th.e song does not say don't give up! Rod Stewart sings, "I got faith to what,thesingerdid to makellis "dream'come arou'nd believe I can do anything. I got strength of the soul aflast." Neither does itdescribe the disappointments ' and no one going to bend or break me." . he encountered~ Dreamers a plan of action, broTIle singer has "b~nthrough the darkness," but, ken down into manageal:!le steps aimed ilt,reaching he sings, "Now I can finally have my day." ,. a goal. Expect to make adjustmentS·· to this plan; How did he achieve this? He had "faith of the' 'even to redesign your whole' approach. However, . heart." dedicate yourself to the' work it takes'no, matter how What is faith of the heart? How Can a young per- many setbacks occur. ' sO,n get it? Here are some behaviors that strengthen ' 5. Realize how important others are to sustaining faith of the heart: your "faith of the heart." No one reaches important I. Recognize the importance of a relationship goals alone. Ask your trusted friends and family with God. Genuine relationships with God grow when members to support you as you act on your passion. you more clearly perceive God's presence in the Yes, faith of the heart is powerful stuff. It is a true world around you and the world within you. Daily connection with God. No matter what your goals, conversation with your Creator is the path to feeling pursue them vigorously, sustained by faith of the heart. God's presence in your heart. 2. Ask God to help you understand your true deYour comments are always welcome. Please sires. These aspirations are the characteristics of your address: Charlie Martin, 7125 W 2008, Rockport, personal soul. The teen years are a time to try a vari- Ind. 47635.

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Vacationing, but not ,away from reality By AMY WELBORN CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE It's our favorite time of the year again: summer. Even if you have a job or are engaged in heavy-duty volunteer activities, you're probably enjoying that wonderful sense offreedom that comes .from not having to sit in classrooms all day or worry about homework. So no matter what, you're probably enjoying those long days when the sun sets late and gives us precious moments of freedom that make us love summer more than almost anything: the times we're with ourfriends hanging out, havingfun. The word ''vacation'' comes from a Latin 'word meaning "to empty;' and that's .what it almost seems like sometimes -, that the cup, of reality you' drink from the rest of the year has just been emptied and,something different has taken its place. ' That "soll).~thing different" shiminers hypnoticiilly like sunshine on the .' beach. It cools us like' the 'waters we " plung~ jntp at the pool or the lake. It . 'makes us giddy, like, long evenings ,.with om friends that, we wish would never end: 'It can also do tricks on us, It can ' fool us into thiroong that life is as care'free as time offfrom School·and somehow less' real than it is - a vacation where nothing bad ever happens and we're protected from harm. It's summertime, and we're convinced "it can't happen to me." After all, people drink all the time, right? Hardly any ofthem suffer consequences beyond a headache the next day. "It can't happen to me." Having a few beers with my friends isn't going to put me in the gutter. Smoking a few jointsjust makes the good times better. It doesn't mean I'm a drug addict or anything. lean handle it "It can't happen to me." I'm young, I feel fine. I can drive that car or handle that boat - I bet I

wouldn't even be legally drunk if they stopped me. "It can't happen to me," So I like to look fine, what of it?

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Everyone wears incredibly short skirts and micro bikinis, It helps me feel good about myself, and I know those guys over there .want to talk to me because they like me. And if we hook up and start messing around, it's just fun, It doesn't mean anything - it's like dancing or something. I won't get hurt. ''It can't happen to me:' We're old enough, and we've been dating for two whole years. I mean, how can you expect us to do anything else with both our parents working all day and us having the house to ourselves? We love each other, we're being careful and I know we'll be together forever anyway. "It can't happen to us." '. Don't be fooled by those long seductive summer days. It can happen to you. It happens to other people who are stupid and careless, so why not you? Other people are harmed physically by abusing alcohol and drugs, so why not you? Other people get into serious trouble, both short and long-term, as a result of being intoxicated, so why not you? Other people are sexually used and discarded when they offer themselves up as objects, so why not you? Other people get pregnant when they're 16, so why not you? So have fun this summer, butbesmart and respectful of the life God has given you. You may be taking a vacation, bul remember - reality never does.

Young adults walk for life, give speeches along way SACRAMENID, Calif, (CNS) The second group is taking a more walkers have been able to successfully Giving up one's summer to walk across southern route, having started outfrom encourage some young women who the nation with a pro-life message "can Los Angeles. were going to haye abortions to keep Along the route Crossroads partici- their babies. "We see our work as make an incredible difference and help change people's hearts,:' said pants planned to deliver pro-life talks ,awar~ness, education and evangeliMark DeYoung, one ofnine walkers in parishes, schools, and community zation;' addedpeYoung. ......;. While in Sacramento, Crosstaking part in a Crossroads pil- ...... grimage. "We're out here to witness to road w~ersspoketo adiocesan meeting of Catholics for Life, met "We're out here to witness to the sacredness of human life the sacredness of human life and d I k with Assembly staff at the state an to et everyone now that Capitol to let everyone )<now that they and prayed outside a Planned Parenthood clinic. have an obligation to end abor- they have:an obligation to end tion in Am~rica," he told The abortion in America." Members of the group were inCatholic Herald, n'ewspaperofthe ,_ Mark DeYoung vited by Bishop William K. Sacramento Diocese. Pro-life walker Weigand of Sacramento to speak This is the fifth annual crossat a n06n Mass at the Cathedral of country walk sponsored by Crossthe Blessed SaCrament. roads, a student group at the venues and give interviews to national Following the Mass, about 40 Franciscan University ofSteubenville, and local media. The walkers, who teens from various parish youth groups Ohio. This year two groups are walk- wear T-shirts emblazoned with the in the diocese gathered at the catheing across the United States and hope words "Pro Life," usually cover 18-25 dral to listen to the pro-life message of to reach their final destination, Wash- miles per day. the Crossroads walkers. ington, D.C., by August. "Our focus is on the youth of this DeYoung said one of the greatest DeYoung was leading a group that country," said DeYoung. A 1998 surprises of the walk so far was "diswas taking a central route through the graduate of the University ofWiscon- covering that Americans for the most United States. They started out May sin-Oshkosh, he works for the youth part are really pro life, especially grass17 from the Golden Gate Bridge in division of the American Life League roots America. People are positive and San Francisco and planned to stop in based in Stafford, Va. listen to us. We meet with only slight 28 cities and 21 states. He said that on past pilgrimages negativity."

MEMBERS OF the pro-life youth group Crossroads arrive in Sacramento to meet with state representatives recently. (CNS photo by Cathy Joyce, Catholic Herald)

THEANCHOR-Diocese ofFall River-Fri., June 11, 1999

Iteering pOintl ATTLEBORO - Confessions in Portuguese will be heard at the La Salette Shrine on June 12 from 2-4 p.m. A healing service also in Portuguese will be held on June 13 at 2 p.m. It will be led by Father Manuel Pereira and include Mass, music and the opportunity for people to be prayed over and anointed, individually. A program entitled "Conflict Resolution: Skills for Managing Anger in Ourselves 'and in Our World," will be held at the Shrine on June 15 from 7:15-9 p.m. It will be facilitated by Christine Homen of the Shrine's Counseling Center. All welcome. For more information call 222-5410. CENTERVILLE The monthly meeting of Pax Christi Cape Cod will be held on June 21 from 7:30-9: 15 p.m. at Our Lady of Victory Parish. For more information call Edouard Rocher at 7716737. All welcome. FALL RIVER - The summer Junior Volunteer Program at Saint Anne's Hospital, for teens aged 14-

18is accepting applications until June 21. Teens will work one morning or afternoon at the hospital and contribute a ,valuable service to their community. For more information call the Volunteer Service Department at 674-5600 ext. 2080. HYANNIS - Pax Christi Cape Cod and the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) are cosponsoring an event on June 19 featuring Jesuit Father John Dear, executive director of FOR as guest speaker. It will be held at Mildred's Chowder House and begin at 11Oon. For more information call Edouard Rocher at 771-6737. HYANNIS - A support group for parents, families and friends of gays and lesbians will meet on May 10 from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Catholic Social Services Building, 261 South St. They meet on the second Monday of each month and offer support in a safe and confidential setting where members can share experiences, interests and concerns. Newcomers welcome. For more in~ formation call 771-6771.

MANSFIELD - An all-night prayer vigil will begin on June 11 with a 7 p.m. Mass at St. Mary's Parish and continue throughout the evening with exposition and concluding with a 7:30 a.m. Mass June 12. All are welcome to join in prayer for vocations, priests and world peace. NEW BEDFORD ~A Eucharistic Day of Prayer for world peace and vocations to the priesthood and religious life will be held on June 17 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed following the 7:30 a.m. . Mass. until 4 p.m. All welcome. NEW BEDFORD - Courage, a support group for Catholic men and women who are struggling to confront same sex attraction issues and who strive to live chaste lives will meet at Holy Name Rectory on June 12 at 7 p.m. For more infonnation call Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington at 992-3184. NEW BEDFORD - The next meeting of Calix will be held June 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the Holy Name Parish Center. Calix enlists Catholics who are gratefully celebrating

NEW BEDFORD -A holy hour for vocations wjll be held Friday, June 25 beginning at 6 p.m., in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 230 Bonney St. All are invited to attend in support of vocations. Theseryice, in"English, will mark

the eve of the ordination of five men to the priesthood for the diocese. Bishop Sean P.O'Malley, OFM Cap., will preside at the holy hour and Dominican Father Romanus Cessario, a professor at St. John Seminary, Brighton, will be the homilist.

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NORTH DARTMOUTH - A Separated/Divorced Support Group meeting will be held on June 14 from 7-9 p.m. at the Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Rd. Guest speaker Clara Weeks-Boutilier will speak on loneliness. All welcome. NORTH EASTON - The installation of officers for the Taunton District of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will be held on June 17 at 6 p.m. in Immaculate Conception Church. Father Thomas

Morrissey will officiate. Dinner will follow at The Carriage House in South Easton. POCASSET - The seventh annual Mass for the Anointing of the Sick will be held on June 27 at St. John the Evangelist Church at 2 p.m. All welcome. For more information call 759-1190. SOUTH YA~MOUTH- The Pro-Life Committee of St. Pius X Parish is sponsoring a presentation on the issues of assisted suicide and euthanasia on June 15 at 7 p.m. at the parish life center. It will feature a talk by Father Mark R. Hession. All welcome. .

Auxiliary Bishop DiMarzio to head Camden Diocese WASHINGTON (CNS)-Auxiliary Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio of Newark, N.J., has been named bishop of Camden, N.J., by Pope John Paul II. Bishop DiMarzio was installed in October 1996 as auxiliary bishop for Newark, his hometown. He will succeed Bishop James A. McHugh,

who was installed as coadjutor for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, N.Y., in February and had served as Camden's apostolic administrator until a successor was named. The appointment was announced June 8 in Washington by Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, apostolic nuncio to the United States.

Partial-birth abortion ban in Wisconsin upheld By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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MADISON, Wis. - A federal judge has upheld a state ban on partial-birth abortion in Wisconsin. A stay on enforcement of the ban was kept in place while opponents of the ban appealed the ruling. U.S. District Judge Johri S~abaz said recently that the law, contrary to opponents' claims, was not vague and does not place an undue burden on women.. Shabaz said the state has a valid interest in banning partial-birth abortions, which he said are "never medically necessary to preserve the health ofthe woman." Any physician perfonning a partial-birth abortion in violation of the law could be subject to firstdegree murder charges, which carry a life term in prison upon conviction. The woman who goes in for the abortion would not be charged. The law has not been enforced since its signing due to stays requested by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, which has mounted the legal challenge to it. Planned Parenthood said it would appeal Shabaz's decision to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. According to the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy in New York, partial-birth abortion bans have been fully or partially blocked by courts in 19 of the 28 states that have passed them. Wisconsin Attorney General Susan Ullman said in her closing argument that the partial-birth abortion procedure, referred to in medical literature as a dilation and evacuation, is specifically referred to in the law. "Plaintiffs know full well that the definition of partial-birth abortion in the Wisconsin statute only defines (dilation and evacuation) and doctors know what that procedure is," she said. In partial-birth abortions, the unborn child is partially delivered,

feet first, before surgical scissors are stabbed into the base of the infant's head. The child's brain 'is then removed by suction, allowing for easier delivery of the collapsed head. Wisconsin Right to Life executive director Barbara Lyons, who attended the trial, said ina state'ment that "it was surreal to be sitting in an institution of justice in a country which prides .itselfon protecting human rights to listen to the practitioners of abortion discuss the atrocities perpetrated on unborn children:" Lyons said statements uttered during the trial such as "the fetus is sacrificed" and "when or how the fetus dies is of no real consequence" reflected "the cavalier indifference of the abortionist." Wisconsin Right to Life's statement said the group was "overjoyed" with the ruling. "We praise and thank Judge

Shabaz for this decision and for his courage to recognize that the Wis,. consin State legislature intended tei end the parti~l"birth abortion procedure oJ!ly,:'.it added. , ''And-we thank the legislators of Wisconsin for crafting a law which would stand this test of its constitutionality." , In_ testimony, Dr. Dennis Christensen of Madison contended the law's language was so vague he cannot tell whether it would send him to prison. if> "If I am going to be subject to going to jail for the rest of my life, no, I would not continue to perform abortions," he said. Dr. Harlen Giles of Pittsburgh, testifying for the state, said, "I've never faced a situation in which (partial-birth abortion) was medically necessary. I consider it cruel and unusual punishment that causes pain to the fetus when it is performed."

A NURSE attends to a premature baby in an incubator running off a generator at the main hospital in Belgrade recently. Because of power outages caused by NATO missile strikes, hospitals are operating with diesel generators. Hospital workers fear a shortage of fuel may shut down life-saving machines. (eNS photo from Reuters)