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FALL RIVER, MASS.

Friday, June 26, 1998

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Catholic Charities 1998 nets record $2.91 million

By JAMES N. DUNBAR FALL RIVER - The Fall River Diocese collected a record-breaking $2.91 million in its recent 1998 campaign appeal, an increase of $328,592 over the 1997 total of $2.58 million, officials announced.

With a starting figure of $115,805, parishes and pril~Sts came up with $2.6 million and the business and community sector brought in $169,062, figures provided The

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Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, Appeal director, and Michael J. Don I y, diocesan r-"'l.....,.,~~

eys received in the Appeal will probably be equaled by the numbers of individual parishioners con-

Appeal headquarters as contributing to the climate of generosity by parishioners. Father Edmund J. ~~ ==!l!l"ll:~ c.. ..... . . ....,. . . . .. Fitzgerald of St. Joh? th~ Baptist director of .devel'~.". .I.·S. '(jn.·.~:i's.'~'~. opment, saId that "r.GI" ,.y .•, ; . " ~i,!; !+f;';~' •. !,,;::!;.,~~..,;..• et'! Pansh III .Westseveral factors and port and Father innovations contributed to the suc- tributing," sl:lid Donly.

Barry W. Wall of St. Anthony Parcess of the campaign.

Pastors with successful efforts ish in Mattapoisett said that the "Even though final totals are not in the Appeal identified the avail- editions of "Sharing" had a posiin from the parishes, we feel quite ability of informative newsletters confident that the increase in mon- prepared by Donly and his staff at S.

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Scholarship fundraiser social set for July 24 on Cape Cod MASHPEE - Consider this: a summer evening on Cape Cod in a picturesque setting, complete with dinner, music, great atmosphere, and a chance to support students in financial need. Sound great? Book the date: Friday, July 24, at the Willowbend Club in Mashpee with a social beginning at 7 p. m. and dinner following at 8 p. m.

Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., has announced that the dinner fundraiser is being held to The St. Mary's Education Fund, which reaps the receipts of the benefit the St. Mary's Education July 24 dinner fundraiser on Cape Cod, is not a new endeavor, but Fund, which provides financial a reconstituted one, now set to be the primary repository for scholassistance to students attending arship money. To date, the St. Mary's Education Fund totals over Catholic schools on Cape Cod $1.7 million. Contributions raised in support of diocesan scholarand throughout the rest of the Fall ship efforts will now be earmarked for this particular fund.

River Diocese.

The genesis of the fund goes back to the last months of Bishop Dinner chairman Suzanne Daniel A. Cronin's administration in this diocese before assuming Downing and co-chairs Phyllis responsibilities as the archbishop of Hartford, Conn. Ever since MacNeil and Sheila Feitelberg the sale of the St. Mary's Home building in New Bedford in the late are heading a committee of Cape 1980s, then Bishop Cronin and the home's board of directors conCod residents in planning the sidered several proposals for the proceeds of the transaction. At event. They are calling the night, the annual meeting of the St. Mary's Home Corporation in De"A Heavenly Evening," reflecting cember of 1991, Bishop Cronin suggested the establishment of a its celestial motif as well as the fund to provide financial scholarships for students attending Cathocommittee's intent for the over- lic elementary schools in the Fall River Diocese. A similar source, all evening experience. Well- the Jubilee Fund, already existed for Catholic high school students. known Cape pianist Dave It was created from donations made in the early '70s in honor of

The St. Mary's Education Fund

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NEW DEACONS-·Four transitional deacons stand with Bishop Sean P. O'Malley following their ordination Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. They are (from left) Franciscans of the Immaculate Mark Mary Dalaygon and Angelo Michael Mary Guarin; and Brothers Peter Giroux and John Maria Sweeney, Franciscans of Primitive Observance. The bishop urged them to "do the work of God generously;' as they move toward the priesthood. (Anchor/Gordon photo)

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"We really didn't do ~I!!!!!!!IIf anything different this year and yet our returns were considerably higher," said Father Fitzgerald. "I think it was the distributed brochures that helped."

Father Wall agreed that "Sharing" was indeed a key element in Tum to page six - Appeal

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gion, one of four in the nation, inFALL RIVER - John E. cludes all New England and New Kearns, Jr., assistant director of York state. He will solicit input the Diocesan Office for Communications, has been elected Northeast Regional Representative to the Unda-USA board of directors.

Kearns has been with the Diocesan Office of Communications since 1984, working in the areas of media relations, production of the weekly diocesan television Mass and other audio and visual projects.

He has been active in Unda-USA almost since the beginning of his association with the Fall River Diocese, formerly serving on its membership and nominating committee.

A 1983 summa cum JOHN E. KEARNS, JR. laude graduate of the University of Massachusetts at from members as to their needs Amherst, where he majored in and will be responsible for arrangcommunications studies, he is a ing regional meetings. He expects resident of Taunton, where he is to travel within the region and to attend several national board member of Holy Rosary parish.

Explaining that Unda is the meetings annually. Unda headLatin word for wave, he said that quarters are located in Dayton, the name reflects the fact that the Ohio. organization began in the 1970s and that its original members were involved only in radio and television broadcasting, both transmitted by electrical waves. Today Unda's activities include all forms In keeping with our49-isof communication and the organization is international, with sue schedule, the producheadquarters in Brussels, Beltion crew at The Anchorwill gium. be shipping out during the International meetings are held weeks of July :3rd and every four years, with the next one 10th. scheduled for August in Montreal.

Our next issue will be July It will be concurrent with the an17. . nual Unda-USA meeting, said The Anchor business ofKearns.

As Northeast Regional Reprefice will be open. however. sentative, he will be the region's during the break. liaison with Unda-USA. His re-

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Diocese of Fall River - Fri., June 26, 1998

Daily Readings June 29 June 30 July 1 July 2 July 3 July 4 July 5 July 6 July 7 July 8 July 9 July 10 July 11 July 12 July July July July July July JUly

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-9; 2 Tm 4:6-8,17-18; Mt 16:13-19 Am 3:1-8;4:11-12; Ps 5:4-8; Mt 8:23-27 Am 5:14-15,21-24; Ps 50:7-13,16-17; Mt 8:28-34 Am 7:10-17; Ps19:8-11; Mt9:1-8 Eph 2: 19-22; Ps 117:1-2; Jn 20:24-29 Am 9:11-15; Ps 85:9,11-14; Mt 9:14-17 Is 66:10-14c; Ps 66:1-7,16,20; Gal 6:14-18; Lk 10:1-12,17-20 or 10:1-9 Hos 2:16,17b-18,21-22; Ps 145:2-9; Mt 9:18-26 Hos 8:4-7,11-13; Ps 115:3-10; Mt 9:32-38 .

Hos 10:1-3,7-8,12; Ps 105:2-7; Mt 10:1-7 Hos 11 :1-4,8c-9; Ps 80:2-3,15-16; Mt 10:7-15 Hos 14:2-10; Ps 51 :3-4,8-9,12-14,17; Mt 10:16-23 Is 6:1-8; Ps 93:1-2,5; Mt 10:24-33 Dt 30:10-14; Ps 69:14,17,30-31,33-34,36-37; Coil: 15-20; Lk 10:25-37 Is 1:10-17; Ps 50:8-9,16-17,21,23; Mt 10:34-11:1 Is 7:1-9; Ps 48:2-8; Mt 11 :20-24 Is 10:5-7,13-16; Ps 94:5-10,14-15; Mt 11:25-27 Is 26:7-9,12,16-19; Ps 102:13-21; Mt 11:28-30 Is 38:1-6,21-22,7-8; (Ps) Is 38:10-12,16; Mt 12:1-8 Mi 2:1-5; Ps 10:1-4,7-8,14; Mt 12:14-21 Gn 18:1-10a; Ps 15:2-5; Col 1:24-28; Lk 10:38-42

In Your Prayers Please pray for the following przests during the coming week NECROLOGY June 27 - 1863, Rev. John Corry, Founder, St. Mary, Taunton; Founder, St. Mary, Fall River 1933, Rev. Dario Raposo, Pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton 1980, Rev. Msgr. Thomas F. Walsh, Pastor Emeritus, St. John the Evangelist. Attleboro 1984, Rev. Bernard J. Fenton, Retired Pastor. St. Joseph. North Dighton June 28 - 1947, Rev. Thomas C. Gunning. Assistant, St. Lawrence. New Bedford June 30 - 1952, Rev. Simon Pease, SS.CC., Administrator, Sacred Hearts, Fairhaven 1961. Rev. Alphonse M. Reniere. O.P., Dominican Priory, Fall River July 1 - 1993. Rev. Fernando A. Veiga, CM. Vincentian Mission House, Fall River July 2 - 1967, Rev. Gerard A. Boisvert, Assistant. !':Jotre Dame, Fall River 1996, Rev. Maurice H. Lamontagne, Retired Pastor" St. George. Westport July 3 - 1942. Rev. Thomas P. Doherty, Pastor. St. Kilian. New Bedford' July 4 - 1955, Rev. James A. Coyle. S.T.L.• Pastor. Holy Name, Fall River July 5 - 1943. Rev. I.F. LaBonte, Pastor. Sacred Heart. New Bedford 1985, Rev. Edward P. Versailles, M.S., LaSalette Shrine July 6 - 1963, Rev. Edmond Francis, SS.CC.• Pastor. St. Mary, Fairhaven July 7 - 1965. Rev. James E. Lynch, First Pastor. St. Joan of Arc. Orleans July 8 - 1887, Rev. Edward I. Murphy. Pastor, St. Mary, Fall River 1995, Msgr. Patrick I. O'Neill. Retired Pastor. St. Julie Billiart. North Dartmouth July 10 -1938, Rev. Pie Marie Berard, O.P., Dominican Priory, Fall River 1972, Rev. Maurice E. Parent, Pastor, St. Michael, Swansea 1987. Rev. John E. Morris, M.M .• Retired Maryknoll Missioner 1987. Rev. Theodore M. Morin. M.S., LaSalette Shrine July 13 - 1979, Rev. Arthur P. Deneault, M.S. July 14 - 1938. Rev. Nicholas Fett, SS.CC.• Pastor, St. Boniface, New Bedford r 1949. Rev. Edmund 1. Neenan, Assistant. Sacred Heart, Oak Bluffs July 16 -1937. Rev.\Bernard Percot. O.P., Founder, St. Dominic, Swansea July 17 - 1960. Rev\WiIliam J. Smith. Pastor, St. Jacques, Taunton 1981, Rev. Edmond RegO', Associate Pastor. Espirito Santo, Fall River 1997, Rev. Ernest N. Bessette, Retired Pastor, St. Joseph, Attleboro

PRIESTS\ ~~RRENTLY SERVING

June 20 June 21 June 22 June 23 June 24 June 25 June 26 June 27 June 28

Rev. Frederick.I. Meyers, SS.CC. \ .. ~\Rev. Alphonsus Mitchell, SS.CC. \. Rev. John F. Moore .-'\ \ Rev. Raymond Moguin;M.S? \Rh. Thomas.E:-Monissey '\ ~ ~e~LarrtMonison. SS.CC. Rev.-WaHer Mruk. OFM Conv. ? :::-:.;.. .-::Rer.\~onard M. Mullaney ;;-;:. "";';.:.: Rev. Hugh J. Munro lune'2.9-=.~ Rev\M,sgr. Henry T. Munroe. PA, VE ~une30 Rev. Clarence Murphy July I Rev. I¥~ard A. Murphy July 2 Rev. Jo~n{ Murphy July 3 Rev. John M. Murray July 4 Rev. Midh~el R. Nagle July 5 Rev. Vinc'erit Nagle \ \ July 6 Rev. Bruce\fq. Neylon July 7 Rev. Herbert T. Nichols July 8 Rev. Williarrt.~ Norton July 9 Rev. Thomas\p.p'Dea July 10 Rev. Michael Q'I;Ieam .

July 11 Rev. Gastao Oliveira July 12 Rev. Msgr. Johrlp.. Oliveira, PA, VE July 13 Rev. John I. Oliveita July 14 Very Rev. Robert ~~Oliveira, VF July 15 Most Rev. Sean P. 'o'Malley. OFM Cap. July 16 Rev. Cornelius I. O'Neill July 17 Rev. John C. Ozug \ '. . .

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Award for promoting education FALL RIVER Roland Lacroix, a longtime faculty member at Bishop Connolly High School, was presented the Cardinal Bellarmine Award at recent commencement ceremonies.

Lacroix, a Swansea resident, was recognized for his 25 years of hard work and dedication as a teacher at Connolly.

"Lacroix has had a long association with Connolly High School," said Principal Anthony Nunes, who presented the award. "For 25 years, he has been a teacher, role model, friend to all, a person of faith and prayer. It has been written, 'What greater work is there than training the mind and forming the habits of the young?' Lacroix has been doing just that with generosity, faithfulness and devotion. The Bishop Connolly community says thank you and asks God's abundant blessings on him and his family."

The award was established in 1990 by then principal, Jesuit Father John Murray, to honor a person for his or her work in promoting Catholic secondary education.

It was named for Robert Bellarmine, a brilliant scholar and

preacher who entered the Society of Jesus in 1560. He served the Church as bishop, cardinal, and as a papal theologian during the Counter-Reformation.

Cardinal Bellarmine's teachings on the inalienable rights of the per-

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Cardinal Bellarmine died in 1621, was canonized in 1930 and was declared a Doctor of the Church the following year.

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TEACHER HONORED - Roland Lacroix, a tBacher at Bishop Connolly High School and Bishop Sean P. O'Malley meet at the school's commencement, at which th.~ teacher received the Cardinal Bellarmine Award.

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Retired Cardinal Carberry, 93, (lies

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NEWS SERVICE

ST. LOUIS - Retired Cardinal John J. Carberry, archbishop of St. Louis from 1968 to 1979, died June 17 at St. Agnes Home in suburban Kirkwood, where he had resided since 1988. He was 93.

An announcement from the Archdiocese of St. Louis said Cardinal Carberry died of "infirmities of age." He had suffered a stroke in 1988 and lived at St. Agnes Home since then.

Pope John Paul II, in a telegram to Archbishop Rigali, said, "I am confident that the memory of Cardinal Carberry's dedicated ministry, his doctrinal and pastoral acumen and his outstanding devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary will inspire the commu-

nity he served to respond ever more Pope Pius XII appointed him cogenerously to the call of discipleship adjutor bishop of Lafayt:tte, Ind., in according to the stan1956 and upon the death in 1957 of dards of the Gospel."

Bishop John Bennett, The youngest of 10 children, Cardinal he became bishop. In 1965 he was appointed Carberry was born in 1904 in Brooklyn, N.Y. bishop of Columbus, At age 15 he began Ohio, by Pope Paul VI. priesthood studies at CaIn 1968, be was apthedral College Semipointed archbishop of nary in Brooklyn. From St. Louis and was named to the College 1924 to 1930 he studied at the North American of Cardinals in 1969.

He attended all of the College in Rome, where he was ordained a priest Councils ofVatican II. Cardinal Carberry for the Brooklyn DioCARDINAL was an avi.d baseball cese in 1929. In 1934.

CARBERRY he became assistant fan and was accomchancellor and secretary to Bishop plished on both the violin and harMoses Kiley of Trenton, N.J. monica.

Cardinal Ballestrero, forIner' Shroud of Thrin keeper, dies

By JOHN THAVIS CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

In a telegram of condolence, Pope John Paul II praised the cardiVATICAN CITY - Italian Car- nal for his deep spirituality and his dinal Anastasio pastoral zeal. The pope Ballestrero, who authosaid the cardinal had rized controversial car"spent his entire life in "'-.:', , ' ' ; t, --"'.~'~'i ; . . continual dedication to bon-dating tests on the Shroud of Turin, died the glory of God and June 21 at age 84 folthe good of souls." ~::'.t. "\,.\,i.:: lowing a long illness.

The son of a .N'-"-e As archbishop of dockworker in the Ital). ' - ' \ Turin, Italy, where the ian seaport of Genoa, ~" ... ' shroud is kept, Cardinal Cardinal Ballestrero .......

Ballestrero in 1988 injoined the Discalced 'vited scientists to snip Carmelites at a young samples from the cloth age. many believe wrapped Later, as head of the order, he visited evthe crucified Christ.

CARDINAL The tests dated the ery one of its convents shroud to the Middle BALLESTRERO and monasteries in the Ages, a result which the cardinal an- world except in Hungary, where nounced himself.

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He was named archbi~:hop ofBari in 1973 and transferred to the northern Italian city of Turin in 1977, where he was made a cardinal two years later. He was knc,wn for his simplicity and deep sense of religion, and showed particular pastoral concern for the poor of his archdiocese. Cardinal Balleslrero served two three-year terms as president of the Italian bishops' conference. He retired as archbishop (if Turin in 1989, a few months after the carbon14 test results became public.

His death leaves 158 cardinals in the College ofCardinals. Of that number, 118 are under age 80 and therefore eligible to vote in a <:onclave.

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High school vocation group plans meeting EAST FREETOWN - High school students who have met bimonthly to pray and discuss vocations and service in the Church will hold their final gathering for the academic year on June 28, 6-8:30 p.m., at Cathedral Camp here.

Any young man in high school or recently graduated is invited to

join the group at the camp for Mass at 6 p.m., followed by a cookout.

Some of the diocesan seminarians will be joining the group to talk about the seminary life.

For more information, contact your parish priest or Father Craig Pregana in the Vocations Office at (508) 675-1311.

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RESPECT LIFE -- Lorna Johnson, guest speake~ Father Richard Hogan, Fiona Siewierski and her three-week¡oold son, Alexander, and Jean Orme chat after the well-known priest delivered the first in a series of lectures on the value of life at Christ the King Parish in Mashpee last week.

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Mashpee parish hosts lectures on value of life MASHPEE - Father Richard Hogan, associate director of Priests for Life, urged his audience to pray constantly for a cessation of abortions in the first address in an ongoing lecture series on the value of life sponsored by the Respect Life Committee of Christ the King Parish here.

Father Hogan spoke on "The Culture of Life versus The Culture of Death."

Subsequent lectures by renowned speakers on the many fac- . ets oflife are planned. The next lec-

ture and luncheon in the series will be held in October and will focus on euthanasia.

Following a film, the speaker spoke of the need for everyone to understand the error of the prochoice groups who cite the freedoms written in the Bill of Rights as their source of law to promote abortion.

Father Hogan said the views of Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln were consistently pro-life.

The speaker urged the audience of approximately 135 to work aggres-

sively to change the rulings of the present Supreme Court.

During a prayer service, Father Hogan said the greatest gift in the battle against abortion is prayer. A coffee and dessert hour followd in the church hall.

As the guest of the Cape Cod community, Father Hogan also spoke at all the weekend Masses and an eveQing service at Holy Trinity Church in Harwich.

RAISE MONEY FOR YOUR CHURCH

Local Maryknoller to mark 40th anniversary as priest MARYKNOLL, N.Y. Maryknoll Father Raymond H. Kelley, a native of Attleboro, Mass., will celebrate his 40th anniversary of ordination as a priest at a liturgy June 28 in Queen of the Apostles Chapel and a reception at the Maryknoll Center in Ossining, N.Y. Credited with once saving the life of a Taiwanese man injured in a motorcycle accident, Father Kelley, 68, has spent the entire 40 years of his mission career in Taiwan. He currently works at the: Nantou Catholic Church in Nantou, Taiwan.

Born in Attleboro, the son of the late John and Ethel (Holt) Kelley, he attended local grammar schools, Central Junior High and Mansfield High School before entering St. Charles College Seminary in Catonsville, Md. After a year at St. Charles, he entered Maryknoll on Sept. 8, 1950, and was ordained at Maryknoll in Ossining on June 14, 1958.

In October 1982, Father Kelley was elected third regionfll assistant of the Taiwan Regi?n of the Maryknoll Society.

Diocese of Fall River

OFFICIAL His Excellency, the Most Reverend Sean O'Malley, O.P.M. Cap., Bishop of Fall River, has made the following appointments: Deacon Bruce J. Bonneau, Deacon at St. John Neumann Parish, East Freetown.

Deacon Frank D. Fantasia, Deacon at Christ the King Parish, Mashpee.

Deacon Robert J. Hill, Deacon at St. Paul Parish, Taunton.

Deacon Robert L. Surprenant, Deacon at St. Anthony Parish, Mattapoisett.

Effective July 1, 1998

Parttime position in an urban parish of 800 families.

Applicants should possess a minimum of a bachelor's degree in music and a commitment to enhance the life of the community based upon Vatican II norms.

Major responsibilities include: ministering at weekend liturgies and at special feasts and other liturgical celebrations (including funerals and weddings); training and directing cantors and adult and youth choirs; participating as an active member of the RCIA team and the Worship Commission.

This position is available on 1 September 1998. Benefits are available and salary will be commensurate with education and experience.

Send resume by 15 August to Music Ministry Search Committee, St. John the Evangelist Parish, 2254 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140.

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An educational breakthrough The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently ruled that public monies can be used to fund tuition fees of low-income youngsters at church affiliated schools.

In so doing, the court upheld a school voucher program allowCELEBRATION! ing low-income schoolchildren to transfer to private schools of their choice. The state would then pay their tuition. The statement FIREWORKS EXPLODE of the majority view declared that a student qualifies "not because ABOVE THE STATUE he or she is Catholic, Jew, Muslim or atheist, it is because he or she OF LffiERTY IN NEW is from a poor family." The mayor of Milwaukee felt that "school YORK CITY DURING choice would be the best thing that ever happened to Milwaukee's LAST YEAR'S FOURTH public schools."

The demand for choice carne from many parent who simply did OF JULY CELEBRATION. not want their children sent by bus to unsafe schools. The court THE COUNTRY WILL decision provided welcome support for parental involvement in AGAIN REJOICE IN ITS the education of their children. Such parents felt that for too long INDEPENDENCE WITH public education had been at the mercy of administrative bureauSIMILAR DISPLAYS crats and educational unions and that they had lost input on their children's education.

AND PARADES ON Well, as one might expect, reaction to this court decision has SATURDAY, JULY 4. had a tremendous impact on those who support separation of Church and state. The American Civil Liberties Union, teacher unions and, of course, President Clinton are the chief opponents to the "It was for Wisconsin decision. There is little doubt that they will bring the liberty that matter to the U.S. Supreme Court. This will make for an interesting intervention.

Christ freed us."

The Wisconsin decision carefu~ly sidetracked previous U.S. Galatians 5:1.

Supreme Court rulings that have upheld the use of public funds for tutoring or for educational materials in religious schools. Such programs are now permitted if they are not partial to religious over secular options and if parents or children direct the funds. The Wisconsin ruling reflects recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court which in essence upheld that it is children who receive education benefits, not the school that teaches them.

In all of this legal maneuvering, be it on the state or national level, the voices of the people are now surfacing to determine children's education and those voices are telling the world that their choice is their parental right. As an aside, it is interesting to note that public school educators support such choices by their own institution of the charter school system which In effect is selective education supported by public monies, thereby creating a desire to enter the holy of holies and dual system of public schooling.

By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK to listen, talk with and be united with In all of this and in any further court clashes, it is well for all CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE God. Americans to realize, uphold and enforce parental rights. Parents Have you ever wondered why the The fourth factor Rexhausen idenhave the first and the inalienable duty and right to educate their chil- person next to you at Mass comes to tified is the need to belong to a church dren. They should be able to exercise this right in their choice of church and why neighbors you know community in order to be connected with friends. schools. Public authority for its part has the obligation to oversee to be Catholic do not?

JeffRexhausen, a researcher for the If we were to point to one dominant and defend parental liberties. The state must never be an overt ob- Archdiocese of Cincinnati, posed this theme of all these factors, I would say stacle to parents who are, after all, obliged to follow their conscience. question to focus groups across the it is personality - the attraction of In fact, the state should be ever vigilant that no kind of school mo- United States. He learned that four key people with warm, outgoing, enthusinopoly arises. In such cases, as is evident in our own national his- factors are responsible for Mass atten- astic, caring and spiritual dispositions.

Starting with priests, people love tory of schools, such monopolies militate both against the basic right dance.

First, external factors may prompt those who are true elders and who unof the human person, and the pluralism of our social order. people to attend Mass, including a derstand the sufferings others experiThere will be many outcries as this Wisconsin ruling makes its sense of obligation, a desire to keep ence; If priests are sympathetic and way to Washington. But parental choice is not a real factor in the the family unified, a wish to know empathetic, people will seek out their matter. As parents con(er life on their children, they have a solemn more about Catholicism and the pres- . Masses.

If priests can give a homily that obligation to educate those children. They and not tpe states are ence of priests who are welcoming, nonjudgmental and able to disclose speaks to people on their own level their first and foremost educators. It is the part of the st~te to help something of themselves. while also lifting them to God's level, them fulfiUtheir role in an atmosphere of mutual support, accountIt appears from that alone that all the better. And if priests not only ability and responsibility. In essence, educational dictatorship is people realize the importance of the are blessed with a warm smile, but are Mass in their lives. Furthermore, aware of the presence ofsingle adults, un-American. Choice is an inherent civ.illiberty..

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Why people come to Mass

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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER Published weekly by' The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River .887 Highland Avenue P.O. BOX 7 Fall River, MA 02720 Fall River, MA 02722-0007 Telephone 508-675-7151 FAX (508) 675-7048 Send address changes to P.O. BOll 7 or call telephone number above

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NEWS EDITOR James N. Dunbar

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.it is not only the priest with a good personality who draws people teo Mass. The community's other liturgical planners and leaders also play a major role in this task. They set the tone (If the Mass with music, the way the ScIiptures are read and the reverence with which they distriwte the Eucharist If all this is done with personality, i.e., with enthusiasm, care, respect and reflection, these liturgical leaders magnify the bel:\uty of the Mass.

In addition, the "personality" ofthe people-of the whole community that gathers - is important. It i:i one thing to parle the car and rush into church, and yet another to take time to greet , others as you enter.

When people sing enthtlsiastically and pray attentively and in unison, when they approach the liturgy with care for others and reverence for the divine, they help to make God's presence felt.

Why do you come to Mass? I'm willing to bet that one reason is because of the "personality" surrounding it.

Rexhausen found that they have a . divorced people, the separated and sense of guilt when they miss Mass. widowed as well as of families, they Rexhausen's list of factors shows are a blessing.. that many families follow the As Rexhausen's study demonstrates, Christophers' principle: A family that prays together, stays together. Interestingly, it can be seen that the Mass is a cherished tradition about which people want to know more. Finally, Rexhausen appears to verify studies This year's Catholic Charities Appeal, remarkable for the largest which have shown that warm, sympa- dollar increase in its history, is a tribute to the generosity of thousands thetic, outgoing priests and higher of individuals and businesses in the Diocese of Fall River. I am grateMass attendance go hand in hand. ful to all who, by their generous contributions, support our diocesan Liturgical factors also draw people agencies and apostolates which serve the needs of thousands of to church: good homilies, beautiful people in the diocese. I thank Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, Director of music, Communion, baptisms and the Catholic Charities'Appeal, Mr. Michael J. Donly, Director of Develconfirmations within the context of opment, all the priests of the diocese, deacons, and dedil~ated lay Mass, and the sacred rituals. volunteers who assisted in assuring the Appeal's success on parish A third reason people come to and local levels. The sharing of resources and efforts on the part of so church is because they want to experi- many people truly is, in the words of this year's theme, "our response ence God more closely. People have a to the needs of others:'

Bishop O'Malley issues statemenron success of Appeal

Statement on social teachings seen improving Church

By JERRY FILTEAU CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE PITISBURGH - Retired Archbishop John R. Roach of St. PaulMinneapolis, who presided over a national task force assessing how well Catholic education conveys Cat.holic social teaching, said he believes a new bishops' statement on the topic will lead to real improvements.

The bishops adopted the statement, "Sharing Catholic Social Teaching: Challenges and Direc-

tions," by an overwhelming margin of 213-5 June 19 at their annual spring meeting in Pittsburgh.

The statement says ~hat "Catholic social teaching is a central and essential element of our faith" and any Catholic education which fails to communicate that teaching "is not fully Catholic."

In an interview with Catholic News Service the day before the bishops adopted the statement, Archbishop Roach said the key to its success will be implementation.

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"Our hope, of course, is that at the local level, after this is approved tomorrow, it will go back to dioceses and dioceses will put together plans ... to make this effective," he said.

He said the biggest practical obstacles at the local level are teachers' fears and concerns. ''There are three questions that are critical [to the tcacher]," he said, the first of which is how to find time in the curriculum to add more material.

"Another question a teacher will ask is: Am I adequately prepared to do

His first assignment was as a teacher in the Bronx.

That was followed by a 13-year tenure as teacher, principal, headmaster and religious superior at Notre Dame International School in BR. ROBERT V. Rome, Italy. FONTAINE, esc Prior to becoming the CEO for Pius XII Services, he continued his postgraduate education while serving assignments at the Brothers of the Holy Cross high schools in Albany, N.Y., and \yaterbury, Conn.

Brother Fontaine has served as the CEO for the Pius xn Services for the past 25 years of the agency's 4D-year

what you're asking me to doT he said.

"And the third, I think, in some situations, is: Is what I am going to say here going to offend some parents?"

He said those are "legitimate concerns," but the statement is an effort to tell teachers, ''This is not an option. This is a part of the Church's teaching, and if you're really going to be prepared to transmit the whole area of Catholic education, this has got to be a part of it."

A former educator himself - he taught in and headed a Catholic high school and was founding rector of a college seminary before he became a bishop - Archbishop Roach said a key part of the implementation job

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will be developing educational models to incorporate Catholic social teaching into school and religious education curriculums.

"It is critically important to have genuine models so people don't have to start from scratch," he said.

He said a major impetus for advancing Catholic understanding of the Church's social teaching comes from Pope John Paul II. ''When you take a look at the intensity of the Holy Father's messages, wherever he is, so much of that is based upon our social teaching," he said.

"Gradually wejustget to the point where we think, well, we'd better get people better prepared to understand that."

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Holy Cross Brother, congregation jointly mark anniversaries MANHATTAN, N.Y. - This year is one of multiple celebration for the Pius xn Youth & Family Services and its Chief Executive Officer, Holy Cross Brother Robert V. Fontaine.

Brother Fontaine, a native of Brockton, Mass., and a graduate of Msgr. Coyle High School, Taunton, is celebrating 50 years as a professed religious of the Congregation of Holy Cross as well as 25 years as the president and CEO of Pius Xli Services a human services agency - which itself is celebrating 40 years of service to children and families in the greater New York area.

After graduation from Coyle he entered the novitiate of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, taking his first vows in August 1948. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame. He received il master's degree and licentiate in counseling psychology from Fairfield University. In 1994 he received an honorary Doctor of Humanities Degree from King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Penn.

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history, and as president of the Pius

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1993.

In September 1997, Brother Robert was invested as a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, a papal honor.

Pius XII Youth & Family Services annually serves more than 25,000 persons through its residential children's services, foster boarding home and adoption services, children and family community services, chemical dependency services and employee assistance services.

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Weekly General Audience Message Pope John Paulll Dear brothers and sisters, My pastoral visit to Austria last weekend enabled me to ellpress my esteem and regard for the Austrian people, and to speak on some important issues for the future of that local church. In Salzburg, I stressed the importance of the church's mission, while in St. Potten I addressed the question of vocations. In Vienna, I had the joy of declaring blessed three servants of God, outstanding ellomples of Christian heroism and holiness. The heroes of the church are the men and women who, though they may seem unimportant in the eyes of the world, are great in the eyes of God I recall with joy the enthusiasm of the many IJoung people present.

I invited them to be courageous and steadfast witnesses of Christ.

In mIJ meetings with the authorities and the diplomat!c corps and with the sick, I emphasized that respect for the image of God, inscribed in everIJ human being, must be the criterion of 011 public and sociollife. In this sense, the very future of Elrope is dependent of the promotion of an authentic "culture of life."

From Rome my thoughts turn once more to the People of God in Austria, whom I lmcourage to cross the threshold of the new millennium with ever more committed faith and love. I thank God for all the blessings of this pastoral journey.

I warmly greet the gr~ of plblishers CI1d television network ellecutives from the United States of America who are attending a conference on religion CI1d the mass media in preparation for the year 2000. I elltend a special welcome to the r;roup taking port in the cOlrse on pOl'ish renewal sponsored by the "Movement for a Better World," as well as the group of provincial superiors of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Upon 011 the English-speol<ing pilgrims and visitors, especially those from England, Scotland, Norway, Swaziland, Sri Lanka, Singapore, the Philippines and the ~nited States of America, I invoke the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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promoting greater awareness of the Appeal. co OLOC Msgr. Harrington attributed as positive supports for the Ap- at•• ,'·11 peal front page stories in The Anchor at different times of the ...,., year about apostolates and ministries.

"We are grateful for those front page stories on the outreach of the Catholic Social Service Agencies, for example, or the Diocesan Office ofAids Ministry. Certainly, these helped to impress upon the people of our diocese both the extent of our outreach and the need for increased revenues."

The Appeal directors also pointed to an increased involvement by lay people on committees guiding and conducting the Appeal, as prime factors for the success.

Father John 1. Oliveira of St. John the Baptist Parish, New Bedford, reported that his Appeal chairs, Jim and Terry Gaffney, made innovative approaches that significantly impacted the level of giving there. The Gaffneys participated in a training session for parish lay leaders conducted by Donly and were impressed by the enthusiasm.

At Our Lady of the Cape in Brewster, Father Bernard B. Baris, M.S., led a delegation in the appeal's kick-off celebrations in the Cape Cod Deanery. For parish secretary Virginia Whitman, "this was the most successful Appeal in the nearly 25 years I have been doing this." She says offering parishioners and prospective donors the option of using their credit cards may have helped.

As the directors looked at the figures, they couldn't help but see that the greatest increase percentagewise, 73 percent, was registered at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Wellfleet. This year's returns of $13,330 more than doubled the 1997 figures. Father John F. Andrews, who had come to the upper Cape parish from an urban one, said: "This year's Appeal was the most fun I have had since my days with Msgr. Thomson at St. Francis Xavier Parish in Hyannis, when we came in first place in the entire diocese."

Leading the returns from the mid-Cape community was Our Lady of Victory Parish in Centerville,. The totals there show an astonishing $98,236 collected, an increase of more than $36,000 over the $60,519 collected in the 1997 drive. "Many people do realize the need to reach out to their brothers and sisters," said pastor Msgr. Henry T. Munroe. "I am proud and pleased for the good people of our parish."

This year, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Seekonk was the first off-Cape parish to reach the $70,000 level of giving. "It's the people," Father George E. Harrison, pastor, explained. "The needs were commuTum to page 11 - Appeal

Priest offers tips for good homilies

A metapI,or·for the spiritoallife I was flipping through television channels, and there before me was the great Cathedral in Chartres, France. The camera focused briefly on the intricate, circular design on the floor - a labyrinth, dating back to the Middle Ages.

At first glance, the labyrinth appears to be a maze, a tricky path of twists and turns. But in fact it is quite different - a single path that eventually leads you to the center and has been seen for centuries as a metaphor for a spiritual pilgrimage.

I would have continued flipping the channels if I had not only recently walked a labyrinth myself. I was at a retreat house in Litchfield, Conn., called Wisdom House, and there I was introduced to the labyrinth, this ancient symbol for the spiritual journey we all must take.

I was on a spiraling pathway of brick and stones, embedded in the ground. I didn't have to make decisions about where to go or what to do.

The pathways themselves were leading me to the center - but not before taking me in different directions, sometimes farther from the center than where I started. I felt as if I were dropping unwanted baggage along the way, and at the center I felt an incredible peace.

That's why the labyrinth is such a perfect metaphor for the spiritual life, explained Dominican Sister Jo-Ann Ianotti, who works with Daughter of Wisdom Sister Rosemarie Greco, the director of Wisdom House.

You are on a single path going to the center, leaving everything from your life behind. That's your destination, to get to the core and center of who you are. For only in your center can you find strength, she explained.

"The structure of a labyrinth is the symbol of the journey of life, where the destination is the sacred center where one is strengthened. Then you take that strength back with you to daily life.

The twists and turns are not meant to fool you.

They're there because our lives are full of twists and turns. But if we're faithful to the journey, we will get to the center and find it is a sacred space," said Sister Ianotti.

Labyrinths began emerging about fi ve years

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ago in the United States as a new spiritual structure after Grace Cathedral in San Francisco installed an indoor design, patterned after the one in Chartres Cathedral. A friend told Sister Ianotti about this, and it "looked like a great idea."

It took about three years to go from idea to reality. But then, with the financial and phy~,ical help . of volunteers, the Wisdom House labyrinth was built on the grounds, on a flat plain overlooking a beautiful meadow. A number of labyrinths around the country are now open to the public.

"I think they're cropping up all over because there is a new, heightened awareness ill people that life is a journey - a sacred one. Walking the labyrinth puts them in touch with a universal symbol.

"They're taking the same route people down the ages have taken.

"It connects them with present and past. It helps them to see themselves as belonging to a continuing community of seekers," said Sister Ianotti.

"It seemed so right to install a labyrinth at Wisdom House. It's what we're all about _. helping people come in touch with their source: of life.

This structure gives them a way they can."

The art of storytelling

Storytelling may be a lost art. It began to atrophy with the invention of printing and the increasing availability of books. Its death blow came with

By ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO the invasion of the home by television.

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Once upon a time storytelling was a main enMIAMI - For many people, a good homily makes a good Mass; a tertainment, even for adults. Through stories we bad homily ruins it.

Although it is not, in liturgical terms, the most important part of the passed on instructions, oral traditions and inforMass, "for lay people it is the biggest issue," said Norbertine Father An- mation. We provided fun and fantasy for one another. drew D. Ciferni.

Today parents, like everyone else, have an inThe priest, from Daylesford Abbey in Paoli, Pa., was a speaker at a five-day liturgical conference sponsored by the Miami Archdiocese's feriority complex about making up and telling stoOffice of Worship and Spiritual Life. ries. Dad may watch television with the kids. Mom One of his talks centered on the role of the homily at Mass. In an may read them someone else's story with her own interview with The Florida Catholic, he offered some tips on preparing animation. But make up a story? Never. better homilies.

Bedtime is a transition between the action and "Not every priest can be Fulton Sheen or Billy Graham," Father Ciferni production of the day and the meditation and admitted. But oratorical skill is not the only ingredient in a good homily.

"Every priest can study the Scriptures. Every priest can pray through dreams of the night. It is a natural time for sharthe Scriptures. And every priest can have a conversation between the Scrip- ing and intimacy. It is a God-given moment for tures and the care that he has for the people he works with every day," parents to give something of themselves to their children in the shape of a homemade story.

Father Ciferni said.

Every parent is a potential storyteller. Stories Priests should study the text, pray it and read it through their experience "of visiting people in the hospital, on their deathbeds, of working can simply recall facts. A parent and child can with youth, of hearing confessions," he continued. "So that when the hom- take turns filling each other in on the events of ily is heard in that church, people are saying, 'This story is about me.'" the day. Perhaps they shared some excitement that Such preparation requires not so much studying and typing as "time they can recount together. They have shared a perand solitude," Father Ciferni pointed out. Although the homily should not sonal, real, true story. occupy the majority of a priest's time, it should occupy "a primacy" of Stories also start with facts and move to fanhis quality time.

One such technique has become a favorite tasy.

Moreover, homilies should challenge people, and move them to conin our family. version. of monkeys lives in a treehouse in an A family "If you are consistently preaching Sunday after Sunday and people are not being disturbed ... I mean, that's what conversion is about," Father African jungle. Every day, daddy gorilla or Ciferni said. In fact, the words should call the preacher himself to conver- mommy chimpanzee writes me their family adsion. ventures, using charcoal on a banana skin. The Despite the nostalgia for the past that characterizes many discussions "letter" is delivered airmail to the top of our post on liturgy, he noted, "preaching is better today.... We have definitely in- office by a giant condor. creased the quality of training for preaching in Catholic seminaries."

By a strange coincidence, the monkeys, whose However, the quality of the preaching alone is not the only thing that last name is Wump, have the same first names as can touch people at Mass, he ·said. So can the music, the rituals and symour children. Thus there are Annie Wump, Bob bols, and the prayer experience of the whole community.

Wump, Matthew Wump et al. The Wump family "Liturgy works at the level of the unconscious," Father 'Ciferni said. one additional child that the Kennys don't has "We are deeply, deeply formed by the liturgy. It may be that there is a lot have. His name is Mug Wump, and he is always more positive going on than we even realize."

getting his brothers and sisters into trouble.

Mug Wump gets Joe Wump to crawl into the boa constrictor's hole. He tells Kit Wump to throw coconuts at the elephants. He suggests that Mike Wump sneak out of the house.

Family Talk With Dr. James & Mary Kenny There is a jungle full of possible adventures.

Tracy Wump discovers a lost city. Tom Wllmp tries a ride on the back of a crocodile. Pete Wump is captured by the witch doctor. All of the Wumps meet Space Gump in his flying saucer.

When I feel less creative, I simply go over the events of the day with one minor change. The events happened to one of the Wumps instead of tq my child. Imagine that! It was Matt Wump's birthday today. John Paul Wump skinned his knee.

What a coincidence!

Even when the stories are merely monkified copies of their day, our children love them. "Tell us a Wumper, Daddy." Never have I had a better audience. Storytellers of America, wake up! You have nothing to lose but your reticence.

The above column was written 18 years ago.

Now I listen to my children tell their children stories. And once in awhile my grandchild.ren will ask me: "Tell us a Wumper, Grandpa." I love it.

Reader questions on family living and child care to be answered in print are invited. Address questions: The Kennys; St. JOlieph's College; 219 W. Harrison; Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

Should the parents attend this wedding?

Q. A wedding is scheduled soon between a Jewish lady and a Catholic man.

A priest and a rabbi will officiate, but his parents will not attend. According to them, their priest told them it would be a mortal sin to go. This cannot be, can it? (Missouri) A. Under no circumstances I can think of would it automatically be a serious sin for parents to attend their son's wedding. More about that later.

First, however, you don't give enough details to indicate whether or not the marriage will be recognized by the Catholic Church.

If both of them are free to marry, the bishop may have granted them a dispensation (called a dispensation from the form) permitting them to be married before an official other than a Catholic priest.

The fact that a priest will also be present for the wedding would ordinarily lead one to conclude that such a dispensation was obtained. If so, the wedding is as valid in the eyes of the Church as a marriage before a priest.

In such circumstances, the actual officiating minister would be the rabbi, for example. A priest mayor may not be present as a guest or participant, but the rabbi would officially receive their vows.

If the couple did not prepare for their marriage with a priest and did not obtain the dispen-

sation from the form, then the marriage would not be· recognized according to Catholic law.

In neither case, however, may one say that the parents would always sin by attending the ceremony. These are sometimes difficult decisions.

As J have written several times before, parents and others close to the bride or groom need to

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handled thoughtfully, almost always more good and less harm is done by being there than by staying away. But each decision needs to be made on its own.

I hope you can help the parents be aware of the facts and if necessary ask the good questions in deciding whether to attend.

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What would happen to their relationship with their family if they did not attend? Would their attending negatively affect the faith of other family members or friends, particularly children?

Could they in some way minimize the negative consequences by discussion with those affected?

Would the bride and groom misread their attendance as total approval? Could the parents make clear their attendance is an expression of continuing love for their child, but they are hurt by the apparent disregard of the faith that is valuable in their lives? And so on.

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It's a takeoff on the concept of "power words."

(How many times ha.ve you heard "icon" and "paradigm" this week)?

The book recomm~nds words such as "panache" (flair), "philistines" (the uncultured) and "cognoscenti" (those in the know). Use words like these in social settings, and you'll apparently be sitting socially pretty (among the soigne?).

One cannot help but wonder, if people are willing to plunk down $14.95 for this thing, would Catholics be willing to do the same (a discount for philistines) if provided a similar volume on words that will play well in churchy gatherings such as parish council meetings, ordination receptions, presbyteral (having to do with lots of clergy) gatherings, international convocations of bishops (synods), post-liturgy roundtable thinktanks (coffee and doughnuts) or even papal audiences (papal audiences).

Titled "The Just-Add-Water Professional Catholic: The Quick and Easy Guide to Sounding Churchy, Literate and Wise," the book could include words ranging from "Aramaic" (the language spoken by Jesus) to "zealot" (originally a Jewish member of an anti-Rom an-rule group in Palestine, but now just a generic fanatic).

A few of the "power Catholic" words one could slip into conversation might include "charism" (usually and often the "core competency" of a religious order), "facilitation" (making things work, or at least making people talk to each other), "triumphalism" (getting caught showing you feel superior to another denomination), "clericalism" (getting caught playing the "Hey-I'm-the-priest.. here" card), "icon" (religious version of "hero" but also a sacred painting, usually in Eastern churches - so be careful in application).

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Wisconsin court gives school choice a big chance

By CAROL ZIMMERMANN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON (CNS) Schools might be out for the sum-

mer, but the talk about the best ways to educate America's youths shows no sign of a seasonal respite.

In fact, the recent decision by the

Wisconsin State Supreme Court saying vouchers in Milwaukee could be applied to religious schools has only added more fuel

ZAKIYA COURTNEY, head of Parents for School Choice, addresses a victory rally at Messmer High School in Milwaukee after the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the school choice program that will assist 15,000 low-income Milwaukee students, including those in religious schools. (CNS photo by James Pearson, Catholic Herald)

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to the ongoing debate.

In a 4-2 ruling, the state's highest court not only confirmed the constitutionality of Milwaukee's current school choice program, but it.also permitted the program's expansion to provide vouchers for up to 15,000 low-income children about 10 times the current number of participants.

No one is taking this decision lightly. People on both sides of the voucher debate see it either as a crucial step for good or doom for education's future.

And both sides are looking ahead to the U.S. Supreme Court for clearer direction. Groups opposed to the ruling have vowed to bring it to the Supreme Court on an appeal. Voucher supporters say, "bring it on," confident that vouchers will be given the court's blessing and not be found to violate church-state separation.

Raymond Burnell, executive director of the Office for Catholic School Parent Associations for the U.S. Catholic Conference, calls the decision "historic" and "a useful blueprint for other states."

He doesn't see the ruling as something out of the blue, but reflective of "the prevailing winds of school choice all across the country," demonstrated by tax relief measures recently given to parents in some states.

Burnell said even if school choice decisions aren't becoming law, more pieces of voucher legislation are at least making headway

in states, passing in one 'house or both before getting vetoed.

Currently four states have voucher cases pending before their state supreme courts: Arizona, Ohio, Maine and Vermont. Ohio's case is very similar to th(: Wisconsin one, involving a scholarship program in Cleveland, now in its second year, that grants 3,500 eligible students vouchers for the school of their choice within the school district, including private religious and nonreligious schools.

Tim Luckhaupt, director of Ohio's Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the state's bishops, said he was hopeful that the Wisconsin ruling would :help their case, particularly since the "issues are almost the same."

But even if other state courts, and ultimately the U.S. Supreme Court, find vouchers to private schools constitutional, 'the work isn't over for voucher supporters.

Sister Dale McDonald, director of public policy and education research for the National Catholic Educational Association, also warns that a Supreme Court approval of vouchers would still involve "hurdles over how the states would interpret the ruling."

She doesn't buy the criticism that Catholics don't care about public schools because they only want to save their own schools.

"Eighty percent of our kids are in public schools," she pointed out.

"It's important that they get as good an education as they can get."

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the jubilee anniversaries of ordi- Fund dinners is apportioned to nation to the priesthood of former support both elementary and Fall River Bishops James L. Con- secondary Catholic school students. These fall dinners have nolly and James J. Gerrard.

The St. Mary's Home board inspired next month's summerwas enthusiastic about the sug- time version for Cape Cod. Bishop O'Malley has decided gestion for many reasons: the home's original charter specifi- that proceeds from all diocesan cally mentioned education in its scholarship fund raisers, including purpose clause; in its long history the fall and summer dinners, will the home benefited many chil- be disbursed along with the interdren, not only from the New Bed- est from the St. Mary's Education ford area, but from all parts of the Fund, thereby enabling one cendiocese; and, most importantly, tral distribution of diocesan scholthe creation of such a fund en- arship money.

The bishop is naming a board abled the money from the building's sale to help young of directors for the St. Mary's Edupeople for years to come through cation Fund, drawing from relisupport of their education at gious, education, and business spheres, to assist him in overseeCatholic schools.

Corporation members and di- ing the. fund and its growth, as well rectors voted unanimously to cre- as reviewing the methodology of ate the St. Mary's Education Fund scholarship distribution. As of now at a special meeting in early the board includes Patrick Carney, 1992, expanding the original con- Msgr. 'George Coleman, Timothy cept to include financial assis- CoUer, Father John Driscoll, tance to middle and high school Suzanne Downing, Joseph students along with elementary Feitelberg, Sheila Feitelberg, Thoschool students. mas Flatley, Msgr. Thomas Since then, money has been Harrington, Richard LaFrance, disbursed from this fund to Phyllis MacNeil, Father Michael Catholic schools to help needy McManus and Father Barry Wall.

The manner in which students students.

In 1995, Bishop Sean will apply for financial assistance O'Malley announced a Catholic is also being revamped to provide Schools Scholarship Fund Dinner a more uniform and equitable disfor the fall to help meet requests tribution of scholarship money. A of more and more students seek- computer program specifically ing tuition assistance. With Tho- designed to objectively assess mas J. Flatley of the Flatley Com- the financial need of students pany as the first chairman, the seeking tuition aid will be utilized. dinner was modeled after similar The application process will beones held in Boston and other gin in February for the next school dioceses across the country. year. Applications will be availNow held annually, the net rev- able to any student, whether al, .e.nue,. from the.sa. $c.holarship Jeadyenro!le~..in,a CaJholic

school or considering enrollment in the next academic year. Decisions on distribution of available financial aid from the St. Mary's Education Fund will be made early enough in the spring to enable students and parent(s)/ guardian(s) to consider that factor in making their school choice.

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McKenna will provide music. No formal program is planned. The emphasis is on providing an enjoyable dinner social while at the same time aiding the St. Mary's Education Fund.

Any individual, parish or business concern wishing to attend the dinner or host a table at it, should contact Phyllis M. MacNeil at (508) 548-0968.

Bishop O'Malley noted that he is excited by the development of this additional fundraiser to help students and parents meet tuition payments. In commenting on it, he said "Catholic education is one of the primary means that the Church has to carry out the command of Christ 'to teach all nations.' We must do all that we can here in the Diocese of Fall River, including Cape Cod, to ensure that our children have the opportunity to receive a Catholic education."

He went on to say that he knows the committee has a most pleasant night planned and that he looks forward to this being the first of many successful St. Mary's Education Fund ne.nefits,pnJbe.CJlpt<.

Texas diocese's diaconate numbers have doublt,~d

By HELEN

OSMAN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

AUSTIN, Texas - The Austin Diocese saw its permanent deacon population grow by 50 percent in June, as Bishop John E. McCarthy ordained 49 men to the diaconate at three separate Masses.

The ordinations swelled the number of deacons in the diocese from 101 to 150. That brings their number close to the number of priests active in the diocese, which is 180.

The ordinations were held last week at San Jose Parish in Austin, at St. Mary's in Waco and at St. Louis in Austin, to accommodate the new deacons' families and friends who came to see their reception of the sacrament of holy orders.

Although the diaconate's his~ tory is rooted in the very first years of the Church, it became simply a step toward ordination to the priesthood in the fifth century. The Second Vatican Council restored it as a "a permanent and separate rank," the bishop said, and decreed that married men could be ordained as deacons.

Since then, the diaconate has grown rapidly, but nowhere more than in the United States. Today, more than 13,000 deacons, most of them married men, serve the Catholic Church in the United States. . __ Although distinct from the

priesthood, deacons have many of the same duties: They may baptize, preside at some services and witness marriages. They may not preside at a Mass or hear confessions.

Most deacons focus on teaching and pastoral care, esp(:cialIy to those in hospitals or prison. That focus on service comes from when the apostles enlisted the help of men who became the first deacons, Bishop McCarthy reminded people during his homily at the ordinations.

The event is recorded in the Book of Acts. Member:, of the early community complained that discrepancies were occurring in how widows and orphans were being treated. The apostles, realizing that the complaints were well-founded, but also aware of their own limitations, selected several men from the community to oversee the work.

"There is a direct, strai.ght line from what they did in the early Church and what we are doing today in central Texas," he said. "My brothers, you are joining an important ministry, a ministry that is overwhelmingly one of service."

The 49 men who were ordained are a diverse group. Their professional backgrounds range from the computer industry to an Air Force pilot to a bricklayer. They will serve in parishes throughout the diocese, which covers 25 counties in Central Texas and incll:ldes approximately 350,000 Cat~olics.

Proposed new naturalization bill comes under fire •

Complexities in meeting criteria are seen as creating unnessary new barriers to those seeking citizenship.

By PATRICIA ZAPOR CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - The House Immigration Subcommittee has passed a bill that advocates for immigrants say would create separate classes of citizens.

The Citizenship Integrity and Backlog Reduction Act includes provisions for background checks that reach further into an applicant's past; creates a probationary level of citizenship and various requirements for the Immigration and Naturalization Service to handle its backlog of appl ications.

The bill's sponsor, subcommittee chairman Rep. Lamar Smith, RTexas, said the bill would end the backlog of more than 1.7 million applications and force the INS to be more accountable in the way applications are processed. But others say his bill creates unnecessary new barriers to citizenship and would actually add to the backlog by adding new requirements to the process.

House Democratic Leader Rep. Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., called Smith's bill an "anti-citizenship bill" that "would reduce the status of new .citizens to that of 'probationary citizens' who could have their status reo' voked by the INS within the first three years of becoming citizens."

Gephardt said Smith's bill and other proposals floated in campaign finance reform hearings are "aimed at keeping Hispanic citizens from exercising their right to full participation in the political process."

John Frederiksson, associate ex-

ecutive director of Immigration and Refugee Services of America, criticized the bill's blanket exclusion of anyone who commits even a minor crime from ever becoming a citizen and said it would empower the INS to strip people of their U.S. citizenship without going to court.

"The message of H.R. 2837 is clear: Immigrants who seek to become U.S. citizens should be treated with suspicion and mistrust," Frederiksson said in a June 11 statement.

Among the bill's provisions criticized by members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus were its requirement that INS investigate the moral character of applicants for citizenship throughout their entire lives, even when it would mean obtaining that information from governments of the countries from which the applicants fled.

"Which of our Founding Fathers could have received a letter of •good moral character' from King George?" asked Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., at a press conference June 11.

"During the Holocaust, would it have made sense to rely on Gestapo files to determine whether or not someone was a law-abiding individual?" he continued. "Tens of thousands of refugees had violated the laws of the Nazi regime. Not because they - the individuals were immoral, but because the laws were immoral, the government they fled was immoral."

Smith's bill, and counterproposals such as one sponsored by Gephardt and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., arose in the wake of problems with a 1996 effort to clear up the backlog of naturalization applications by quickly processing the cases.

Battling to be reinstated, she placed her hope and trust in God.

By TERRI URBAN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.

- A 22-year-old Catholic woman who was r------~---, deposed as Miss Colo radoand ~ the n successf uI Iy battled to be reinstated says she d e '--_--lIUL._...I-_~ pe nded REGINA FLORES heavily on her Catholic faith to endure an ordeal that attracted nationwide attention.

"I decided back in January that 1was going to trust God completely with this situation and therefore, no matter if 1 was Miss·Colorado or

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"Through Him let us continually offer God a sacrifice ofpraise, that is, the fruit ofthe lips which acknowledge His name."

Heb.13:15 Attleboro Holy Ghost Church • 71 Linden SI. • Mon. 7 p.m. • 508-222-3266 La Salette Shrine' 947 Park St.· Thurs. 7:30 p.m.' 508-222-7047

IMMIGRANTS RA'SE their hands to recite the Pledge of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony in Washington.

A bill that would make the process of becoming a U.S. citizen more difficult is making its way through Congress. (CNS file photo by Michael Alexander)

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not, I would be sure to be true to God's will:' Flores told The Catholic Herald, diocesan newspaper for Colorado Springs.

By challenging her dismissal in court, Flores won back the Miss Colorado crown and title she had taken from her.

For months, officials with the Miss Colorado pageant, which is part of the Miss America Organization, refused to say publicly why Flores was dethroned. Later, board members said Flores llad done nothing morally wrong, but said that they found her "difficult."

Flores says she depended on her faith in God to carry her through the ordeal of losing and regaining the Miss Colorado crown.

"My faith is stronger than ever:' Flores said. "God knew exactly how everything would play out and allowed it to happen." , The controversy erupted when Flores was fired Dec. 30 as the reigning Miss Colorado for 199798. Because the pageant board of directors refused to explain publicly why they dismissed her, Flores battled to retain the Miss Colorado

title and the $11,000 academic scholarship it carried.

When Flores and the Miss Colorado board of directors tried to settle their differences through legal arbitration in May, Flores won a big victory. Flores was awarded $153,000 in legal fees and monetary damages by retired Judge Harold Reed, who said the pageant board acted illegally and in "bad faith" by dismissing her.

Finally, Flores stepped forward June 13 to crown the new Miss Colorado for 1998-99, Keely Gaston. The action brought to a close a tumultuous year that kept Flores in nationwide headlines for much of the last six months.

Flores' pastor, Father Michael Butler of Divine Redeemer Church in Colorado Springs, denounced the public "smashing and bashing" of Flores and said he is "very proud of her because she is holding to her principles and values."

"I'm not going to worry about every single possibility; I am going to trust God to work this out in a way that will bring about the most good:' she said.

Cape Cod & Islands Corpus Christi Church • 324 Quaker Meeting House Rd. E. Sandwich, MA 02537-2170' Mon. 8p.m.' 508-428-9456 Holy Trinity Church' Route 28- Damien Hall' W. Harwich, MA 02671 Thurs. 7:30 p.m. • 508-432-4000 Our Lady of the Cape' Stoney Brook Rd.' Brewster, MA 02631 Wed. 7 p.m.' 508-398-4680 St. Augustine's Chapel • 56 Franklin SI. Vineyard Haven Martha's Vineyard, MA 02568 • Mon. 7:30 p.m. • 508-693-9493 St. Francis Xavier • 347 South SI. • Hyannis, MA 02601 Tues. 7:30 p.m.' 508-888-7194 Sl Patrick's Church' 82 High St.· Wareham, MA 02571-0271 Thurs. 7 p.m. • 508-295-6650 East Falmouth St. Anthony's Church • 167 E. Falmouth Highway • 508-548-1546 Fall River Blessed Sacrament Church' 2492 S. Main St.· Fri. 7:30 p.m.' 508-673-7417 Espirito Santo Youth Group - Eng. • 311 Alden St.· Fri. 7 p.m. • 508-675-7350 Espirito Santo Church· Port. • 311 Alden SI. • Sun. 5:30 p.m. • 508-672-3352 Holy Name Church • 709 Hanover SI. • Tues. 7 p.m. • 508-679-6732 Our Lady of Health· Port. • 642 Cambridge SI. • Thurs. 7 p.m. • 508-672-2793 New Bedford Immaculate Conception· Port. • 136 Earte SI. • Wed. 7 p.m. • 508-992-9892 OII'Ladyofthe~·Port· 54 S. Sixth St.· Mon. 7 p.m.' 508-994-0106 Our Lady of Ml Carmel· Eng.' 230 Bonney St.· Mon. 7p.m.' 508-993-4704 Our Lady of Ml Carmel' Port. • 230 Bonney SI. • Thurs. 7 p.m. • 508-993-4704 Sacred Heart Church • 341 Summer SI. • Thurs. 7 p.m. • 508-995-6711 Sl John the Baptist· Port. • 344 County SI. • Fri. 7:30 p.m. • 508-992-4985 St. Joseph's Church' 51 Duncan St.. Tues. 7 p.m.' 508·995-6410 North Attleboro St. Mary's center '14 Park St.· Thurs. 7p.m.' 508-695-7308 North Falmouth St. Elizabeth Seton Church' 481 Quaker Rd.' Thurs. 7 p.m.' 508-563-7774 Raynham St. Ann's Church· Bilingual' 660 North Main St.· Mon. 7:30 p.m.' 508-822-2219 seekonk Our Lady of Mt. Carmel' Taunton Ave. Route 44 • Wed. 7 p.m. • 508-336-8972 Sl Mary's center' 385 Central Ave.' Thurs. 7:30 p.m.' 508-222-1516 Somerset St. John of God' 996 Brayton Ave. '1st Thurs. 7 p.m.' 508-674-0259 Taunton St. Anthony's Church· Port. '126 School St.· Mon. 7p.m.' 508-880-6238

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By MARK PATTISON CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - Necessity, the saying goes, is ......_._._._,_.

"For parents eager t9 introduce their children to quality' movies, 'The. Family Guide to Classic .Movies' is; . ';, --,-_...'_ .; _--.;:_-,

the mother of inf' v~rni\~J vention. Or, in ,.., Julie Ringler's I\~' caSe,theauntofinvention.

'Ringler, as " babysitter to her sister's family, wanted to find quality entertainment the children could watch' on television. The quest grew, as did the family, and the result is ''The Family Guild to Classic Movies."

It showcases more than 500 films, most of them from the 1930s through the '60s, each seen and reviewed by Ringler.

I;or buyers of the book, it's good news in that each movie featured is t ... easily available at most videq rental' J.5:' Rin9.le r 'c outlets or on cable ,," . channels lIke American Movie .. "THE FAMILY·Guideto.ClassicMovies'!

Classics and Turner by J.S. Ringler lists more than 500 cla!?si~ Classic Movies.', Hollywood productions. suited ,for family "My sister. viewing. (CNS photo)q,~;:,·. ·,:,-,l~':... started having her . c. .-' ~ .' family and I started showing some just the ticket....The. guioe is an in-. of these movies to her children as di~pensable way for adults and chilthey were growing up," Ringler told dre.n to ,enjoy m'ovies' and e,~ch Catholic News Service in an inter- other." .", . " , r" :', . view from her home in White Plains, "''The one thing about these mOV7 tor. Y... 'a started watching classic ies is that they leave the viewer with movies as an alternative to what was a positive outcome - a difficulty available today," Ringler said. resolved, a problem solved, a quesIt took her eight years to see all tion answered," Ringler §aid. the films profiled in her book. "I did "Violence was usually portrayed a little bit at a time," she noted. ,as a last resort or in self-defense' of "The Family Guide to Classic others,....- and that t\1e good. guy Movies".,has already gQtten some won," she added.

"The Family Guild to Classic good reviews itself.

Parents magazine said, "Instead Movies" is the first book published. of wandering aimlessly 'through the by OSS Publishing inWhite Plains, video store aisles in search of appro- N.Y., a firm started by Ringler's . priate family videos, arin yourself mother.. · with ... 'The Family Guide to ClasTo obtain "The Family Guide to sic Movies.'''

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Thursday, July 9, 10-11 p.m. EDT NEW YORK - Here are some television programs of note for the (PBS) ''Airport.'' Opening hour of a week of July 5: three-part documentary series showWednesday, July 8, 9-10 p.m. ing the behind-the-scenes workings EDT (PBS) "Sam Shepard: Stalking of London's Heathrow Airport. The Himself." A "Great Performances" episode captures a paparazzo at work, program in which the playwright- customs officials apprehending drug actor reads from his works such as smugglers and the person in charge "Curse of the Starving Class" and of welcoming President and Mrs. ''The Tooth of Crime," along with Clinton off their flight Friday, July 10, 9-11:30 p.m. dramatized scenes from his "Buried EDT (PBS) "Tibor Rudas Presents Child" and "True West."

Thursday, July 9, 8-9 p.m. EDT Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti with (A&E) "Myrna Loy." From the "Bi- Levine - The Three Tenors live in ography" series, a profile of the,· Concert." Special in which the popular film star who broke out of a world-famous trio perform live from series of vampy roles to become the' the Eiffel Tower, accompanied by big screen's ideal movie wife (to the L'Orchestre de Paris conducted William Powell) in the "Thin Man" by James I,.eville., -

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The five songs aTe tunefully animat~d epic, "Mulan," .tells the scene in which the ruthless Hun story of an an.cient Chinese maiden leader (voice ofMiguel Ferrer) leads pleasant, the lyrics not outstanding, who boldly defies tradition, going to his battalion full throttle through the but sometimes buoyant, such as the snow to demolish the remains of the captain's ironic pledge in 'Til Make war in the guise of a man. ' She has good reason; under siege' Imperial Army. Count on Mulan to a Man Out of You." Without reaching the levels of from invading Huns,·.China's Impe- devise an ingenious 'defense on the ''The Lion King" or "Beauty and the rial Army conscripts one male from spot to stop them in their tracks.

The background production de- Beast," "Mulan" is sufficiently eneach family, and her father (voice of Soon-Tek Oh), though~ sickly and sign conveys a sense of China's deli- tertaining to hold boys, girls and parsure to perish, is too honor-bound cate~geographical beauty, but these ents alike.

The U.S. Catholic Conference scenery scenes are few and fleeting. to refuse.

The story is based on a Chinese classification is A-I ---general paShearing her lo'ng hair and donning a warrior's costume, Mulan legend and does incorporate an tronage. The Motion Picture Asso(voice of Ming-Na Wen) secretly Asian sense of character, especially ciation of Am,erica rating is G goes in his place, accompanied by a regarding questions of honor and general audiences. lizard-sized guardian r---------'"7"""-----------------~'"7"""--__, dragon (voice of Eddie Murphy) and a chirpy cricket typical Disney comic creations, Her transformation from dutiful daughter to brave, cunning soldier forms the meat of the movie and it surpasses the contrived '" humor of the smart- . alecky critters, Which by now have become a trite and formula-ridden component of Disney animated features. . In fact,: the dfama of.

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s\is~a.in., _,II. ,int.e~.;e~t., her. father from conscription, is the heroir:le of Disney's latest animated ~urp~y: s \Vlsec~ac~- 'feature, which the U.S. Catholic Conference says offers "a sl~Hes of vimg asld~s mostly mter- .~sual treats." The USCC classification is A-I - ge~eral patronage. The rupt the flow of thenar- M .' p' . t'Ion 0 f'A' . t" G) I d' rative. The life-and~ otlon Icture Assocla . menca ra Ing IS - genera au lence~. death drama 'is atodds (CNS photo from D i s n e y ) ' ,,with the raucous comedy "Mulan" also tries to be in an attempt to hold children's attention.

However, the animated tale is a departure for Disney in some ways.

Vnlike previous heroines, Mulan is not simply feisty but is singlemindedly devoted to serving her country. Finding her true love - in the character of. her army captain Shang (voice of B.D. Wong) hardly enters her consciousness. And he is the one who must be continually rescued by the disguised female, about as far as you can get from the usual knight in shining armor who saves the fair lady.

Nor is physical beauty one of Mulan's obvious qualities; she is nei·.ther stunniQg nor voluptuous, but she does become strong both inside and out in the course of the adventure.

In other words, it is a tale of female empowerment, made more striking by its setting in a society where women were expected to be silent or at least subservient.

It is fortunate for the movie's young audience that war is not glorified in the movie. The Chinese are forced to defend their land from the Huns' murderous invasion and the violence is either offscreen or highly stylized so it should not be too frightening for most children.

If anything, youngsters are more likely to be confused by why courageous Mulan, her secret discovered, is deserted by her fellow soldiers simply by virtue of her gender even though she saved them all.

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"The X Files" (20th Century Fox) Meandering drama based on the TV series in which two stubborn FBI agents (Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny) investigate a bombing being used to cover up a global conspiracy involving frozl~n aliens, a mutating virus and the possible colonization of Earth by extraterrestrials.

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nicated to them and they have the from the greater Fall ' .....11'" resources. I think for many it was River Area who corre- • ,. an expression of thanksgiving sponded with civic leadwhich was reflected in their gener- ers in business, industry and proosity." fessions.

Donly praised Father Vincent F. Donly cited Father Diaferio for Diaferio, pastor of Holy Rosary his "tireless efforts to promote Parish in Fall River, where returns greater awareness of the good exceeded $50,000 for the first time works funded by Catholic Charities in its history. Donly noted that Fa- funds and to generate the generous ther Diaferio, who also helps to co- support of area business leaders."

The following is a sampling of ordinate special gifts outreach in the Fall River Deanery, hosted meet- the largest percentage increases in . ings for a committee of lay people parishes.

Attleboro Area 51. Mary, Mansfield 31.1 % SI. Mark, Attleboro Falls 25.8% SI. Theresa, South Attleboro 24.4% Our lady of Mount Carmel, Seekonk :.. 21.3% SI. Mary, Norton , 14.4% Cape Cod Area Our lady of lourdes, Wellfleet 72.9% Our Lady of Victory, Centerville 62.3% Our Lady of the Cape, Brewster 44.4% Christ the King, Mashpee 40.1 % 51. Joan of Arc, Orleans 31.6 % Fall River Area Sacred Heart, Fall River :.. 48.9% Holy Rosary, Fall River 37.7% 51. Michael, Swansea 28.6% 51. Joseph, Fall River 24% 51. John the Baptist, Westport 21.9% New Bedford Area 51. Francis Xavier, Acushnet 55.4 % 51. Anthony, Mattapoisett 38% 51. John the Baptist, New Bedford 31.7% 51. Mary, Fairhaven 29.6% Our Lady of Fatima, New Bedford 22.6 % Taunton Area 51. Joseph, North Dighton, ,.. 30.5% 51. Ann, Raynham 27% 51. Paul, Taunton 25.1"10 Holy Family, East Taunton 23.9% Holy Cross, South Easton 23.2%

ASSONET St. Bernard $100 M-M Robert Adams.

ATILEBORO Sl John the Evangelist $200 M-M Mark Phelps; $100 M·M John Bement, M-M Kevin Manning.

St. Joseph $300 51. Joseph's Bingo; $100 M·M Gregory Viens.

Sl Theresa of the Child Jesus $100 M-M Toan Tran (T&T Nail Salon).

ATILEBORO FALLS Saint Mark $200 M-M Paul J. Briggs, Sr.; $100 M-M Thomas McHugh.

BREWSTER Our Lady of the Cape $160 M-M Norman Taupeka; $100 M-M Frederick Little Jr., M-M James M. Walsh, Margaret Maher.

BUZZARDS BAY Sl Margaret $100 John Bal\rusunas.

CENTERVILLE Our Lady of Victory $1,000 Dr. &Mrs. Edward Pacious; $200 M-M Edmund L. Bower, M-M Brian Dacey; $150 M-M Paul Fowler; $130 Dr. &Mrs. Richard LeJava; $125' M-M John J. Brosnan; $120 M-M Frank J. Deleo, Jr.; $100 M-M TImothy Acton, M-M Russell V. Booth, M-M James Doherty, M-M Richard Foster, Todd & Barbara Hebert, MMJames Howell, M-M Andrew Murphy, M-M Richard A. Roser, Judge & Mrs. Robert Scandurra, Atty. &Mrs. Don Webber.

DIGHTON Sl Peter'$200 51. Vincent de Paul Society, SI. Peter's Women's Guild; $100 William Henry, Yvette Alves, M-M Norman Smith, MMGeorge Goulart.

EAST FALMOUTH St. Anthony $300 Mary Jane Chisholm, Franklin W. Perry, $100 In memory of Joseph D. Halloran.

EAST FREETOWN St. John Neumann $100 M-M Mark Pepin, Attorney &Mrs. Paul Mathieu.

EAST SANDWICH Corpus Christi $100 M-M William K. Earle.

EAST TAUNTON Returns included the following totals from leading parishes in the separate geographic areas: Holy Family $1,000 M·M Daniel DaRosa; $200 M-M Mario Bettencourt, M-M Attleboro Area Arthur McCarthy; $150 Mrs. James Melville, Our lady of MI. Carmel, Seekonk' :$70,136 M-M Martin Sullivan; $100 Ms. Beverly 51. Mary, Mansfield 59,059 Crowninshield, Richard Ducharme, Muriel 51. John the Evangelist, Attleboro 53,510 Kelliher, M-M Michael Sheridan.

51. Mark, Attleboro Falls '" 39,201 FAIRHAVEN 51. Mary, Seekonk 37,477 St. Joseph $200 Mrs. Catherine Cape Cod Area Henebury.

SI. Pius X, South Yarmouth $136,052 FALL RIVER Our Lady of Victory, Centerville 98,236 Espirito Santo $100 M·M Jose Varao.

Corpus Christi, East Sandwich , ,+.69,080 Holy Name $975 M-M Daniel E. Bogan; Holy Trinity, West Harwich 64,400 , $100 M-M Frederick Wilson, James J. 51. Francis Xavier, Hyannis 64,238 Marshall.

Fall River Area Holy Rosary $1,500 In honor of Our Holy Rosary, Fall River $51 ,027 Lady of the Holy Rosary; $1,000 In honor of Holy Name, Fall River $49,896 SI. Matthew; $500 Mr.l;milio Dispirito; $100 SI.Thomas More, Somerset 35,755 Senator Mary L. Fonseca.

51. Stanislaus, Fall River ;.. 31 ,203 St. Mary's Cathedral $180 M-M Frank 51. John the Baptist, Westport 26,254 Czajka; $100 M-M William Green.

New Bedford Area St. Michael $100 SI. Michael's SI. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New Bedford $51 ,723 Vincent de Paul Society, Mrs. Virginia Garcia, 51. Julie Billiart, North Dartmouth 45,672 M-M Antonio Furtado.

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Indian bishops seek civil leaders help in easing nuclear tensions

Guatemalan bishop seeks resolve of colleague's murd4~r .

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By JENNIFER E. REED ofIsaiah that talks'about the servant CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE of God, "the one that doesn't have a directly condemn the tests and said WASHINGTON -A Guatema-, face, that has its face disfigured, that

By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE the bishops know "that peace is in~ Ian bishop said the murder of one of everyone rejects this servant."

When Bishop Gerardi was killed, NEW DELHI, India - India's .. separable from security." his colleagues must be resolved to his face was disfigured when it was bishops have called on civil leaders But they also extended "their full end the impunity in Guatemala.

The assassination of Guatemala struck 17 times, said Bishop to help reduce tensions caused by re- support to all peace and disarmaAuxiliary Bishop Juan Gerardi Ramazzini. "In some ways the text cent nuclear weapons _ - - - - - - - - - , ment initiatives:" tests in India and PaThe bishops The bishops said Conedera "must be linked with the of the prophet Isaiah was being fulkistan.

India's resources, as theme of impunity. We must make filled," said the bishop.

He said the current murder invesIn a recent state- urged "diplomatic well as those of all Guatemalans understand that the ment, the Indian bish- and political dis- other countries in the peace process is a question of life tigation will show whether the govops' conference said cussions in an at- area, "must be dedi- and death for.all of us," said Bishop ernment can fol1ow through on its Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri of San good intentions to find the killer. "the most urgent need mosphere of mu- cated singularly to the Bishop Ramazzini said the crisis Marcos. The bishop spoke in Washis to restore mutual tual understand- welfare of the people ington last week at a discussion "must be confronted from the roots. of the region." confidence between sponsored by the Washington Office The roots of society need to be countries of the re- ing and respect "Resources needed healed completely," on Latin America. gion, especially be- for life," as well as for combating pov"And even though the advances tween India and Paki- for the two coun- erty, for waging war might be small, we all have to push stan, to reopen chan- tries'common his- on hunger and disease, so that the peace accords will be conand for empowering tinued," he said, "because we don't nels of communication and to defuse the torical and cultural the people through have any other point of reference that atmosphere of tension heritage. education, shelter and would help us achieve change in our and confrontation." respect for human country."

By GENEVIEVE ZALATORIUS The bishops urged rights should not, and must not be Although there is no direct eviCATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE "diplomatic and political discussions diverted in a race involving hostil- dence of this, he said, "we think in an atmosphere of mutual under- ity, war and destruction," the bish- there is a group of people that don't REllLANNE, France - Walk the want things to change in the coun- corridors of the Notre Dame monasstanding and respect for life:' as well ops wrote. as for the two countries' common The statement supported the use try, and they especially don't want tery and you will rarely meet one of historical and cultural heritage. of nuclear power for peaceful pur- people to know what happened in the nuns. The silence envelops you like India surprised the world in early poses and advocated universal dis- Guatemala." a friendly fog forcing thoughts upward Whoever killed the bishop, he to heaven.

May by testing several nuclear de- armament through international nevices after a 24-year moratorium; gotiations. It added that "a special' 'said, "is someone who didn't want The nuns are all in their cells tests in Pakistan followed almost responsibility in ~s regard rests on people to find out what happened one-story homes where they are praying, contemplating and meditating. immediately. those nations which have 'huge during the war."

Bishop Gerardi was killed April They come out only to pray together The .bishops? statement did not stockpiles of nuclear. weapons.".. .

26, just two days after he released a in the chapel three times daily, includreport on human rights violations ing Mass. The Carthusian nuns agree during the country's three decades to perpetual silence. They have a rigid of civil war. schedule that demands they rise at 1 Bishop Ramazzini.said it was not a.m. to spend two hours chanting 12 possible to definitively identify psalms in Latin every morning. those responsible for the murder. He They tra<:e their roots to St. Bruno, said t~at since the rep<?r.t attributes who founded the Orc;ler in 1084 in 80 percent of the wartime atrocities Chartreuse, France. to the 'army, it could be assumed that Oh adorable and Divine Will, behold me here before the im, The community at the monaStery the murder'was committed by its in Reillanne is small;'with 15 nuns. mensity of Your Light,' that Your eternal goodness may open to members, "but there is no evidence."

Each of the nuns has her own home me the doors and make me enter into It t9 form my life all in ''The atmosphere in Guatemala is with two rooms: one that serves as a You, Divine Will. Therefore, ohadoriible Will, prostrate before' one of fear.... What the killing said prayer and bedroom with adjoining Your Light, I, the least of all creatures, put myself into the little was that anyone can be killed in small bathroom, and a second room, group of the sons and daughters ofYour SupremeFIAT. ProsGuatemala. There is no respect for. rarely, heated, that serves as a lunch people," he said. trate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg that it room and work area during the day.

He added that during the presen- Each home also has a garden, which clothe me and eclipse all that does not pertain to You, Divine tation of the Will. It will be my Life, the center of my intelligence, the .. report, Bishop Gerardi ~very nun is encouraged to tend. enrapturer of my heart and of my whole being. I do. not want the human will to have life in this heart any longer. I will cast it away from me and thus form the new Eden of Peace, of happi~ , . ness and of love. With It I shall be always happy. I shall have a singular strength and a holiness that sanctifies all things and conducts them to God. Here prostrate, 1 invoke the help of the Most Holy Trinity more dynamic and· less literal, he • The new Scripture said. that They permit me to live in the cloister of the Divine Will and text finally emerges Father Ponchaud and four Cambothus return in me the first order of creation, just as the creature dian translators undertook the work after 24 years of was created. in 1974, beginning with St. Matthew's Heavenly Mother, Sovereign and Queen of the Divine Fiat, persecutions and iack Gospel. They had finished four chaptake my hand and introduce me into the Light of the Divine of resource funds. ters when the Khmer Rouge came to Will. You will be my guide, my most tender Mother, and will power in 1975. Father Ponchaud was

By JOHN THAVIS teach me to live in and to maintain myself in the order and the expelled from the country and his four CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE collaborators were killed in the pobounds of the Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate my VATICAN CITY - After 24 years litical bloodbath that followed. whole being to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me the of translation work, interrupted by In 1983, the French Bible Society doctrine of the Divine Will and I will listen most attentively to political killings and a lack of funds, offered Father Ponchaud a grant to Your lessons. You will cover me with Your mantle so that the Cambodian. Christians have a new complete the translation. When he fininfernal serpent dare not penetrate into this sacred Eden to en- .

Bible in their Khmer language. ished, the costs of printing were covtice me and make me fall into the maze of the human will.

The Bible was presented to King ered by the United Bible Society of Norodom Sihanouk last week in the South Korea, an interchurch agency.

Heart of my greatest Good, -Jesus, You will give me Your' Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh by Cambodian Church officials unflames that they may bum me, consume me, and feed me to Bishop Yves-Georges-Rene derscored the ecumenical value of the form in me the Life of the Divine Will.

Ramousse, the apostolic vicar, Vati- new translation. Cambodia's CathoSaint Joseph, you will be my protector, the guardian of my can Radio reported. The king offered lic population numbers 20,000 out of heart, and will keep the keys of my will in your hands. You will praise for the work and hosted a party a population of about 10 million. keep my heartjealously and shall never give it to me again, that to celebrate its completion.

Bishop Ramousse encouraged I may be sure ofnever leaving the Will of God. Father Francois Ponchaud of the Catholics to use the new Bible to Paris Foreign Mission Society, the strengthen their faith.

My guardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in everytranslator who shepherded the new ''The Bible has now been transthing so that my Eden may flourish and be the instrument that Bible through its long and difficult lated into the common language, and draws all men into the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Amen. journey, said it was a vast improve- it is easier for people to understand. ment over a 1954 Khmer version of To read the Bible is to seek God," he ( In Honor Of Luisa Piccarreta 1865- J947 Child of the Divine Will) the Bible. The new translation is said,.

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In a computerized digital age, the meditating nuns live without radios, television, newspapers or magazines.

Their isolation from the world is complete, except for a telephone controlled by the smiling Prioress Elisabeth, a nun barely 60 - but looking no more than 45.

The nuns can conv,~rse with each 'other once a week during their threehour walks in the nearhy mountains.

The nuns accept no visitors. It is even rarer for an outside'r to be allowed to live within the walls of the community. Each year, parents can visit for two days, siblings for C'De day.

Correspondence is' also limited.

One letter may be written every two months. But, as one nun said, there would be nothing to write home about anyway. All the nuns' time is spent in prayer, when they are rIot involved in chores or duties.~' From a secular poilit of view the nuns do nothing all day. For the Catholic Church, however, they perform an invaluable function: begging God for mercy on a sinful world.

The Notre Dame monastery is the newest Carthusian monastery, built in 1979 in the south of France between the cities of MarlOsque and Forcalquier. It is located in a forested area, a 30-minute walk from the nearest road.

Guests at the monastery, such as family, are ushered into the guest part of the chapel for morning Mass and can attend the Vespers and night offices, but never actuall., see the nuns due to a wall separating nuns from the lay people.

Fasting is virtually nonexistent at the monastery. The novice mistress says nuns would not be able to get up and spend two hours in the choir stall praying during the early morning hours if there were a rigorous fast.

The nuns eat all me:als alone, except for the Sunday 'meal taken with other nuns in silence in a huge room next to the chapel.

Lunch at noon is the main meal of the day an~ the only hot meal.

Carthusians are vegetarians, but eat plenty of cheese, milk and dairy products. Breakfast consists of bread with some tea or coffee. Dinner is yogurt or cheese with bread and possible leftover vegetables from lunch. On Sundays and Church holidays, such as the Presentation of the Lord, the nuns get a special dessert such as a piece of chocolate, candy or a piece of fruit.

Definitely not all are called to this way of life. But those who are, spend their life with faces illnminating the light of peace.

Pope brings message of renewal to Austrian Church •

Because half of that Church is at odds with Rome over certain teachings, the crowds were comparatively thin.

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VIENNA, Austria (CNS) Pope John Paul II brought a message of hope and renewal to the crisis-ridden Church in Austria during his June 19-21 pastoral visit, but relatively few people showed up to hear it.

"With my visit, 1 wanted to convey my heartfelt appreciation to the country and the church in Austria, while indicating some perspectives for the path toward the future," the pontiff said on his departure.

But turnout at religious celebrations was comparatively low and there were thin strings of onlookers along the papal motorcade rOlltes.

The Austrian faithful have been split in recent years over issues of lay participation in Church decision-making, priestly celibacy and allowing female priests. Recent

polls showed that about half of all Austrian Catholics are disaffected with the Church because they differ from Rome on these and other matters.

Welcoming Pope John Paul at a Mass in the capital city on the last day of his visit, Cardinal Christoph Schon born of Vienna said the conflicts "have caused some people to lose confidence in the pope and the bishops."

"All this calls for a change of ways, forgiveness, reconciliation and renewal," the cardinal added.

The crowd of about 50,000 on the Heldenplatz, or Heroes' Square, cheered.

An estimated 130,000 attended a vespers service led by Pope John Paul on the same site in 1983.

The square, a giant courtyard in the Hofburg , or royal palace, was filled to its cap~city of 250,000 people in 1938 when Austrians welcomed Adolf Hitler after he had completed the Anschluss, or the jo.ining of Austria to a "Greater Germany."

Pope John Paul referred to that gathering in the course of beatifying three Austrians, one of whom had been beheaded by the

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each year since 1995.

In his homily at a June 19 Mass in Salzburg's 17th-century Baroque cathedral, Pope John Paul exhorted the faithful not to abandon the Church, adding, "Do not .leave the flock of the Good Shepherd!"

Church's authority does not depend on its bishops alone.

About 77 percent of Austria's 8 million people are Catholics.

However, public opinion polls indicate that only 20 percent attend Mass regularly, and about 40,000 have been leaving the Church

Nazis for her pacifist activities.

"Sixty years ago, a man stood on the balcony overlooking this square and proclaimed he was bringing salvation," the pope said.

"The new Blesseds proclaim a different message.

They tell us not to seek salvation from human beings but from Christ."

Outside the gated courtyard, a cluster of demonstrators with banners urging a of variety changes in the church left as the pope started to speak.

After the Mass,' Pope John Paul had lunch with the Austrian bishops. In a text _ released by the AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT Thomas Klestil, right, welcomes Pope John Paul Vatican, he told II at the Salzburg airport June 19. The three-day visit was the pope's third trip them that the to Austria. (eNS photo from Reuters)

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PITTSBURGH - The U.S. Catholic bishops June 19 approved a Lectionary for Mass and issued statements on Catholic social teaching and on sex and violence in the media.

Meeting June 18-20 at the Pittsburgh Hilton Towers Hotel, the bishops also discussed the recent Synod of Bishops for America, a draft of proposed new moral guideContinlledfrom page II

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lines for Catholic Campaign for Human Development funding and a draft of a resource paper on reconciliation for the new millennium.

They voted 196-6 to approve Volume 2 of a new English-language Lectionary. It contains the Scripture readings for Masses on

"The media have such potential to bring truth and beauty into the lives of billions of people that we cannot permit them to be the arena of those who would pervert God's gift of the body and sexuality, II it says. weekdays, feasts of saints and various other occasions. " . Since they' approved Volume I last year - the readings for Sundays and certain major feasts, -r-; their action in Pittsburgh marked the end of a long process begun in the early 1990s, when they approved a different version of a new Lectionary which was r~jected by the Holy See. The n'ew Lectionary, both volumes, is the result of a compromise. [t is expected that Volume I, which has already been confirmed by Rome, will be authorized for use in U.S. churches beginning the tirst Sunday of Advent.

The bishops' new statement on sex and violence in the media, approved by a vote of207-11, is titled, "Renewing the Mind of the Media."

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"The media have such potential to bring truth and beauty into the lives of billions of people that we cannot permit them to be the arena of those who would pervert God's gift of the body and sexuality," it says.

It decries not only "pornography and graphic, gratuitous violence" but also the pervasive use in the mainstream media of "sex and violence in a frivolous and titillating way."

Bishop Robert N. Lynch of St. Petersburg, Fla., chairman of the bishops' Communications Committee, called it a "fundamental document" that will establish policy positions and serve as a framework for further action by the bishops or their committees. .

The document urges parents to teach their children how to use media responsibly. It calls on the creative community in tlie entertainment industry and all those in the media business to rycognize the impact ofthe media,on spciety ~nd to set standards for themselves.

The bishops approved a statement, "Sharing Catholic Social Teaching: Challenges and Directions," by a vote of 213-5.

It calls for efforts at every level of the Church's educational and formation activities to make Catholic social teaching an integral pait of what Catholic children and adults learn about the Church and their faith.

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Stang baseball team captures first state title two runs over six innings. Coach Osuch to third and he gave the SparMcCarthy said he led the team in many tans back the lead on a bobbled infield ANCHOR STAFF batting categories all year and he was hit. The team didn't look back and NORTH DARTMOUTH - The not surprised at his stellar performance added two insurance run> in the sevBabe Ruth curse, believed by many in the final game. "He's an exceptional enth when Jachimczyk drove a two-run desperate New England fans to have athlete who played extremely well all double into the deepest pa::t of the park.

The team outscored iw tourney opprohibited the Boston Red Sox from year long."

A scare for the Spartans came in ponents 49-15 overall anel smashed 14 winning a championship for some 80 years now,luckily doesn't prevent high the fomi of a third inning game-tying homeruns in the games leading up to school teams from reaching that high- two-run homer by Northbridge player the championship.

"It's every coach's dream to have a est of plateaus.

Rick Asadoorian that sailed into the That championship dream is al- ' net above the famous Green monster. talented team, but our kidl: really strive ways in the back of fans' minds when But Stang was not fazed for long, said to improve and have a great work ethic. they walk into Fenway Park. But for coach McCarthy. "Our kids knew they It was very exciting," said McCarthy. members of the Bishop Stang High had to score more runs. They played Other members ofthe championship School baseball team and their fans hard and as with every game in the team are Chris Desmaiis, Matt Ledoux, that dream became a reality as the tournament, they responded to the Tom Stankiewicz, Bryan lavares, Dave Yetter, Craig Barrett, Bob Bowers, Spartans captured the Massachusetts challenge set before them."

Division ill State Baseball ChampionThey took the lead with two outs in Adam Dykas, Chris Wa:lmon, Chris the fifth inning when Osuch reached Oliva, Mike Prior and MaLt Waite. Asship on June 20 at Fenway Park.

Led by the season-long pitching first on an infield single. Roy then sistant coaches are Anthony Poente, and hitting exploits of senior Tom ripped a sharp single to center, moving Tony DeSilva and Lenny Rocha.

Osuch and juniorTom Jachimczyk, the Spartans won the championship when coach Tim McCarthy's squad edged North~ridge High School, 5-3.

"Going to Fenway is a dream; winning at that ballpark is a dream come true!" declared coach McCarthy as celebrating Spartans piled atop one another following their team's victory.

He said that the team was very excited about playing in the famous park, but after the first inning rolled by, the magic wore off and it got down to business.

The Spartans got to the field of dreams by putting together a string of six tournament wins with strong pitching and consistent hitting; leading to the first ev~r baseball championship for Stang.

"Our league, the Eastern Athletic Conference, is very competitive and it really prepared us to play at such a high level," said McCarthy about the team's play. 'The kids were really determined to get to and win this game. 'It's a great f~eling to be part of something like this. The Lord really blessed our team."

STUDENTS FROM the St. Francis Xavier Preparatory In the final game, Stang hitters colin Hyannis recently performed Shakespearei's "Julius School !ected eight hits including three singles by lead-off man Osuch, two !Jy Pat Roy Caesar:' Pictured are seventh grader Caitlin Quinn as Mark and three hits and four RBI by Anthony and sixth grader Nora McGilvray as the fallen Julius Jachiinczyk, who also pitched most of Caesar. The school's After School Coordinator, Pamela Silva, the ball game. and Juliet Elder, 7th grade language arts teacher, din~cted the The latter, who was 9-1 on the season, held Northbridge to five hits and production.

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MEMORIAL FUND - Joan Centazzo, left, of Plainville, chairman of the Friends of Sister Ricarda, presents a check for $500 to Bishop Feehan High School Principal George A. Milot, to start a scholarship in the nun's memory.

Sister Ricarda Scholarship founded at Bishop Feehan ATILEBORO - A sister from this city who died in April in Rome while waiting to attend Mass at St. Peter's Basilica during a pilgrimage, is being memorialized by a scholarship established in her name.

George A. Milot, principal at Bishop Feehan High School here, announced the scholarship in memory of Mercy Sister Ricarda Wobby. She was well known throughout the Attleboros for her work with youth. She was a principal at the former St. Mary's School in North Attleboro from 1971-1977 before moving into teaching and fundraising at Bishop Feehan and later into bereavement counseling. Frequently she CQuld be found at Sturdy Memorial Hospital, where she served as a eucharistic minister.

Plainville resident Joan Centazzo, chairperson of the Friends of Sister Ricarda Scholar- SISTER RICARDA ship Committee, said: "Our goal is to raise WOBBY $10,000, which will provide an annual scholarship for a worthy child who wishes to attend Bishop Feehan High School, the place where Sister worked and lived. This scholarship will preserve the memory of a woman who gave so much to this area."

Ceniazzo, along with a number of committee members, credits Sister Wobby for making a difference in their lives and for "enriching the community with her energy and spirit." , Sister Wobby's death made international news. She suffered a massive heart attack in St. Peter's while acting as a tou~ guide for a group of fri~tlds. They were awaiting Mass and a meeting with Pope John Paul II..The pope's personal physician attended to her.

Those wishing to contribute to the Sister Ricarda Wobby Memorial Scholarship may send donations to: Sister Ricarda Scholarship, Bishop Feehan High School, 70 Holcott Drive, Attleboro, MA 02703. .

Connolly High presents its Jesuit Scholarship Awards FALL RIVER - The Bishop Connolly High School admissions office has announced that Siobhan LaPorte-Cauley and Andrew Probasco are the r~cipients of the 1998-99 Jesuit Scholarship Awards.

"We are pleased to name these students because their, outstanding performance on the placement exam has qualified them to receive this prestigious award," said Jim L'Heureux, director of admissions.

Siobhan, the daughter of Ronald Cauley and 'Sharon LaPorte of East Providence, R.I., is a graduate of St. Luke's School, Barrington, R . I . ' " Andrew, the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Probasco of Tiverton,R.I., is a graduate of Tiverton Middle School.

The Jesuit scholarship was established three years ago when the Jesuits made a financial gift to the school. Nunes created the award from those moneys to reward the academic excellence of students taking the placement exam. Each year, $1,000 scholarships are given to the boy and girl scoring highest on the exam.

"We're excited to welcome Siobhan and Andrew to the Class of 2002 that will be joining us here at Connolly in September," said Nunes, who made the formal presentation of the certificates.

AWARD WINNERS - Andrew Probasco and Siobhan laPorte-Cauley flank Bishop Connolly High School Principal Anthony Nunes after receiving the 1998-99 Jesuit Scholarship )l\wards.

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Our Rock and Role Finding and using your power

By CHARLIE MARTIN "head honcho." He says to himself, "I wonder what I'd do if they all did just what I said."

I wonder what it's like To me, these words reveal To be the rainmaker. that this individual feels he has I wonder what it's like little influence over his own life.

To know that I made the rain.

Perhaps that is why he says, "I I'd store it in boxes wish the real world would just stop hassling me."

With little yellow tags on everyone He does not say what these And you can come and see them "hassles" are, but apparently ,he When I'm - done, experiences little power to re.

When I'm done. solve them. His only sense of control appears to be in his reI wonder what's it's like lationship with his ,girifriend: To be a superhero.

"Please' c;lon' t change. Please I wonder where I'd go don't break. The only thing .that If I could fly around downtown seems to work at all is you."

From some other planet.

All of us need to fe~l ou( I get this funky high on yellow sun. power. Real power comes from Boy I bet my friEmds will within and is part of our Godgiven nature. Knowing how to All be - stunned. use this power effectively is one They're stunned. of life's important skills.

Teens learn about their power (Refrain) as they grow and mature. Here Straight up. are a few of my suggestions for What did you hope teens as they go about this proTo learn about here? cess.

If I were someone else, 1. Discover your true values, Would this all fall apart? and stand up for what you beStrange. Where were you, lieve. It takes courage and maWhen we started this gig? turity to claim the power of your I wish the real world, individual choices.

2. Power flows from respect Would just stop hassling me. and fairness. Real power does not mean always getting your I wonder what nt's like way. It means being able to exTo be the head honcho. press your view respectfully.

I wonder what I'd do Acting with a sense of one's If they all did own power also means acceptJust what I said. ing another's power and dignity.

I'd shout out an order, 3. Realize that at times cer"I think we're out of this. tain aspects of your' life are not Man, get me some. under your power. Knowing Boy, don't make me when to surrender to what ocWanna change my - tone, curs in. life allows us to claim more of our genuine power.

My tone."

4. Believe and experience the of a dream. Spend time power (Repeat refrain) dreaming about how you want to create your life.

Please don't change.

5. Realize that the most powPlease don't break. erful force in God's created uniThe only thing that seems verse is the power of love. This To work at all is you. power holds atoms together, Please don't change at all heals the deepest hurts and diFrom me to you, rects our souls to their highest And you to me. good. Through love you will come to know the ultimate source of all power, your Cre(Repeat refrain) . ator.

I encourage you to discuss Written by Rob Thomas Sung by Matchbox '20 your parents, teachers and with Copyright (c) 1996, EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) the leaders of your parish youth WHAT COMES to mind or Someone Like You." The lyr- group what power means in· when you see the word ics seem to describe ~ person's their lives. "power"? Do you ever consider struggle to discover his own Your comments are always power. your own personal power?

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Writing your own script~ftergraduation

By AMY WELBORN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Jeff has been one of my favorite students over the past three years.

Totally his own person, Jeff wore a suave corduroy jacket and tennis shoes to the prom when he was a junior. This .year he didn't even go to the prom, spending the day and part of the evening at a concert instead.

However, Jeff and his friend did stop by the country club where the prom was being held, greeting their friends and classmates outside in their shorts, loud tropical shirts and, of course, shades.

Jeff is not only a walking fashion statement, he's also pretty smart. He reads all the time, questions everything and can see right through the commercialism and cravenness of crass pop culture.

And he's a great help to his teacher when things need to be said that his classmates might not accept from an adult but can hear from one of their peers.

A couple of months ago, Jeff's senior theology class was reflecting on the big changes coming up in their lives: graduation, moving away from home, going to work or college. After listening to his classmates, Jeff looked at me thoughtfully and then cast his gaze their way.

"You know," he said, "right now - when we graduate - we're almost in the same place we were when we were born."

Huh? He was on a roll. . "Think about it," he continued.

"When we get out of here and start in college, we can do anything.

Anything," he repeated, letting the word sink in.

"There are no limits. We can go in a.ny direction we want."

His classmates stared at Jeff, reflecting on the import of his words.

He was right.

Sure, your college choice might be determined by your grades and your family's income, but once you hit campus it's all open from there.

You can choose engineering.

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You can try things you never tried before without anyone saying, "Hey, that's not the kind of thing you like to be involved in."

My seniors had been excited about college for various reasons: leaving home, getting to study at a higher level, having the opportunity to p\ay college sports or see new places. But as they discussed Jeff's words, something deeper started to take root: an understanding of the gift of the moment and its possibilities.

Each of us is a unique individual. Lots of forces in life try to write scripts for us, dictating how our lives should go: -Parents who want us to follow in their footsteps or fulfill their dreams rather than our own.

-Educators who have decided we are only capable of so much.

-A society that wants us to work for dollars and status rather than an elevation of the human spirit and of the human condition.

The news is: You don't have to follow those scripts. God made you who you are, and the road to discovering that person is long.

There's power and peace in claiming ourselves for who we are.

Anytime is the right time to begin that journey, but as Jeff pointed out, graduation from high school is a particularly apt time to embrace that truth: Anything is possible. You can start over and set out on the path you choose.

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ASSONET - St. Bernard Church will host an evening ofsong and prayer with· John Polce on July 4 at 7 p,m, Those attending are encouragec;l to bring lawn chairs and watch the fireworks following his performance. All welcome.

ASSONET - St. John of the Cross Lay Carmelite Community presents "A Day of the Spirit," on June 29 at St. Bernard's Church. It begins at 8:30 a.m. One need not bea Lay Carmelite to participate. For more in" formation call the rectory at 644-5585.

ATTLEBORO - Hospice of Attleboro offers bereavement support groups focused on the unique needs of children. For more information call 222-0118.

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Office is now located at 100 County Street. Office hours are Mon. 2-4 p.m., Wed., Fri., and Sat. from noon to 2 p.m., TIles., and Thurs., from 6-8:30 p.rn. Birthright offers free help to pregnant teens and women. For more information call 226-2220.

ATTLEBORO - The Celebrant Singers from Visalia, California, will be featured in a· concert at the La Salette Shrine at 7 p.m. June 27. They consist of ten singers and a twelvepiece orchestra. They will offer con- , temporary Christian music, praise and ministry. All welcome.

The shrine will host a healing service and Mass, led by Father Andre Patenaude, at 2 p.m. June 28. It will include Eucharist, teaching, music and the.opportunity to be prayed ov~r and anointed individually. For more information call 222-5410.

A Pilgrimage Day for pers~ns with disabilities, in celebration of their gifts and talents, will be held at the shrine on June 28. It will begin with an outdoor Mass at 2 p.m. in the Garden of Worship. Fathers Richard Delisle arid Manuel Pereira will concelebrate.

Music will be led by members of the group "Spirit." All welcome.

CHATHAM - Father Thomas Mara will celebrate a 4 p.m. Mass at Holy Redeemer Parish on June 27.

Following Mass he will sign copies of his new paperback book "Scripture Re-

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EAST FREETOWN - Young men in high school are invited to Cathedral Camp on June 28 from 6-8:30 p.m. fOr"the closing gathering. of the 97-98 high schoolvocation group. The gathering will include Sunday Mass followed by a cookout and a chance to meet some of the diocesan seminarill!ls. For more. information call Father Craig Pregana at 675-1311.

POCASSET - St. John the Evangelist Church will celebrate its sixth communal anointing of the sick and elderly at a,2 p.m. Mass June 28.. All welcome. A reception in the parish center will follow. For more information call David Good at 759-6354·.

SOUTH YARMOUTH - A Separated and Divorced Catholics Support Group will meet on June 28 NORTH ATTLEBORO - A . at the Life Center of St. Pius X Parish, First Friday celebration will be held at Barbara Street. Welcome is at 6:30 Sacred Heart Parish on July 3 begin- p.m. and the meeting will start at 7 p.m. ning with Mass at 7 p.m. Adoration For more information call Farther Riwill be held in the chapel at 7:45 p.m. chard M. Roy at 255-0170. and closing Benediction will·occur at 8:35 p.m. followed by refreshments.

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NORTHDARTMOUTH-Dorothy 1. Levesque ofthe Office of Family Ministry, 500 Slocum Road, will give two seminars inJuly and August.

"Conflict Resolution" will address healthy and'unhealthy conflict resolutions and· suggest ways of handling differences; It will be given on July 14, 21, and 28 from 7-9 p.m. "Seasons ofUfe" will explore what we can learn from the changing seasons. It will be given on Aug. 10; 17, 24, and 31 from 7-9 p.m~ For registration information call 999-6420.

NORTH DARTMOUTH Retrouvaille, a program to help heal and· renew troubled marriages, will be held Sept. 18~20. It offers a chance to rediscover oneself and one's spouse and a loving relationship in marriage.

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By JOHN FRANKO CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE PITTSBURGH - Cardinal Pio -Laghi, the former papal pro-nuncio to the United States, said that whoever workS in the ministry of vocations is, by definition, someone who hopes.

"It is absolutely essential that vocations promotion be done as the sign of hope and under the influence of the Holy Spirit,"he said.

Cardinal Laghi, now prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education, addressed more than 200 bishops, clergy, religious and laity at a national symposium on vocations in Pittsburgh. It followed the June 1820 U.S. bishops' general meeting in the same city.

In his talk, Cardinal Laghi said at the root of the vocation crisis is a mentality through which young people often view the world within earthly horizons.

"The soil where the seed of the vocation falls is the human heart," he said. "It is there, in the most sacred and intimate center of the person, that the Lord makes his voice heard and

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calls whom he wills. When the heart is not open and' willing, the seed cannot take. root and bear fmit."

The cardinal: noted that young people. cannot easily find reliable points of reference or favomble environments that would help them discern their vocations.

Cardinal Laghi said families, schools and parishes must be truly revitalized and recover their mandate of fostering vocations. ''Then, they can become favorable settings for identifying, welcoming and encouraging vocations, of showing that life is not some random, meaningless; nomadic wandering but rather a pilgrimage with a beginning and an end, Jesus Christ," he said.

Cardinal Laghi said vocations begin with prayer. He quoted Pope John Paul II, who said, "Fervent prayers must constantly rise from parishes, monastic and religious ccmmunities, .Christian families and pl.lces of suffering."

The cardinal said disc,~rnment efforts should no longer be aimed at certain vocations, but should promote all directions and choices.

"In this way, the pastoml care of vocations will not be a race toward recruitment or a competition, but mther a service rendered to people enabling them to discern God's plan for their lives," he said.

Cardinal Laghi noted the Church must reclaim its sense of sacrament.

"In order to address the vocation concerns of the Church, we need to recapture and reclaim part of our identity; namely, that sacmments are central to what makes us unique," he said.

"Ordained priesthood .is a sacrament that brings a very 1ipecial and essential gift to the life (if the community, the Church."

The cardinal added that all faithful should take seriously I:he responsibility to call forth people to serve as ordained priests and as members of religious communities.

Cardinal Laghi encouraged his brother bishops to make vocations an integral part of their ministry, reminding them that vocation ministry cannot be left solely to the v.Qcation director of an office.

"If vocations are a prio::ity in your ministry, it will send out a positive signal to your priests," he said.

The cardinal noted vocation awareness is best nurtured and developed in the context of both the biological and the parish family.

He also spoke of the h:sue of encouragement and morale among clergy and vowed religious.

"Priests who feel good about themselves and about their priesthood will, naturally, want to invite others to share in and continue their work,"· he said.