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Diaconat:e marks quarter Icentury in U .8. church WASHINGTON (CNS) - The permanent diaconate, restored in the United States 25 years ago, is still growing in numbers and acceptance. Deacons have had a "struggle to define their role in the church and the world," said John Pistone, a deacon in Chicago and executive director of the National Association of Permanent Diaconate Directors. In 1972, Pistonl~ was among the first deacons to be ordained in the United States. "Back then there was little understanding of what the role of the permanent'deacon was all about," he: said. But the perception of deacons has "improved ·dlramatically" as the ministry has expanded, he added. In 1993- the deacons' jubilee year, highlighted by National Diaconate Day June 20 - there are about 10,000 deacons and nearly 4,000 candidates for ordination in the United States. Preparations for the diocesan permanent diaconate program began in 1976, when then Bishop Daniel A. Cronin asked Father John F. Moore to lay the gro~nd work for its introduction to the Fall River diocese. April 1977 was designated application month for the pioneer diaconate class. Information on the program was disseminated to parishes and through the Anchor and those interested were a.sked to contact their pastors and the diocesan diaconate office. The first class of deacons began study in September 1979 and members were ordainl~d June 7, 1980.. The fourth class was ordained May 22 of this year. Today 45 deacons are active in the Fall River diocese, 40 ordained in the diocese and five already ordained men who later moved into the diocesan area. All are attached to parishes and some also work in additional ministries. Deacons were identified in the New Testament ~IS early ministers in the church. But in the Western church, the ministry of a permanent diaconate, sf:parate from the priesthood, was dormant from the fifth century until 1967, when Pope Paul VI restored it. In 1968 the Holy See approved it for the United States. Today, deacons officiate at baptisms, marriages and funerals, distribute Communion and give homilies. They also volunteer in prison ministries, homeless shelters, pregnancy centers, nursing homes and on Indian reservations. And they work with Al DS patients and persons with disa bilities. Professions of those not retired or in fu!ltime ministry include those of doctor, machinist, teacher, carTurn to Page II
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AT BLESSING and dedication ofthe new Dighton chapel of the Dominican Sisters ofthe presentation, from left, Bishop Sean O'Malley; architect John Srygley holding daughter Mairin Ann, 2, while a shy Leland Patrick, 5, hides behind his mother, Maureen Srygley; Dominican provincial superior Sister Joanna Fernandes.
Chapel's architecture symbolizes Dominicans' faith, love By Pat McGowan Small pieces of fieldstone are treasured mementos in many diocesan homes today, reminders of last month's chapel blessing and altar dedication at the Dighton provincial house of the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation. The community serves at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, and Marie's Place, Fall River; and at Marian Manor and the office of Hospice Care of Greater Taunton. Among construction materials for the chapel were 176 tons of locally quarried fieldstone, some of it gathered by the sisters themselves. At last month's ceremonies, baskets of small stones were placed at the chapel entrance with signs
inviting worshipers to help themselves. Also on the signs was a quotation from the First Epistle of St. Peter: "Be you also as living stones built up. a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ." The blessing and dedication were bittersweet. reminding the Dominican community and their friends of the terrible day in October, 1983. when a gas explosion almost completely destroyed their former chapel and adjoining offices. Sister Marie Therese Pelletier, 76, of Fall River, was killed in the blast and Sister Vimala Vadakumpadan. a native of India, then 28, was seriously injured. She was a
Prochoicers push killing agenda Reprinted from Life Insight, a publication of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities As the administration prepares to unveil its health care plan, more than 80 prominent pro-abortion feminist and health care groups have formed a coalition to guarantee that abortion is included as a basic service in any health care reform package. These groups among them NOW, Planned Parenthood, NARAL, the ACLU, the YWCA, the American Federation of Government Employees(AFGE) and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFCS ME) - announced the formation of the "Health Care for All Campaign" at a May 27th press conference in Washington. NARAL president Kate Michelman said the campaign would be a
"sophisticated, broad-based, nationwide, state-by-state, old-fashioned grassroots 'shoe leather' effort," designed to generate millions of postcards, telegrams and phone calls to Capitol Hill, and featuring town hall meetings, "speak outs" and a full day of lobbying on the Hill, all for the cause of mandating taxpayer funding of abortion nationwide. Participants at the press conference claimed mandated abortion coverage was a matter of private choice vs. government dik tat. But the only choice they meant wa.s abortion; for those who pay taxes and are morally and religiously opposed to abortion, there would only be a government diktat that
they keep quiet and pay. Some said it was a question of "rich ·vs. poor." The rich can afford their abortions. Thus, the poor shou~d not be denied abortions, even if this means someone else, including those morally opposed to.abo:'tion, will be forced to pay the bi'\. Ignored here was the fact that lowincome women strongly oppo"e abortion funding. One speaker raised the specter of "the return of the back alley," arguing that WiClout government subsidies, the abortion industry will be forced out of the "mainstream" and into the "back alley." This argument was accompanied by the incredible and totally unsubstantiated claim that Turn to Page Two
The diocesan bishops of Massachusetts, Boston Cardinal Bernard Law, Springfield IJishop John A. Marshall, Fall River Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., and Worcester Bishop Timothy J. Harrington, have signed an open letter to Massachusetts Senate President William Bulger and! House Speaker Charles Flaherty expressing concerns regarding the 1994 state budget. The letter follows: Dear President Bulger and Speaker Flaherty. As critical decisions of the State budget are considered by the Conference Committee chaired by Senator Birmingham and Representative Finneran, we share our concerns with you, and through you with your colleagues. Our interest as bishops is inspired by the Church's teaching on social responsibility and the experience of the Catholic Church in Massachusetts in being second only to the commonwealth as a provider of social services. Our first concern is for pregnant women on AFDC who may lose benefits in the first two trimesters of their pregnancy. Our society can ill afford to be callous to women in what can be a most difficult moment of their lives. We favor the inclusion of the $150 allowance per child for children's clothing. The Massachu.setts Catholic Conference has already expressed its reservations about workfare. As was stated by Gerald D' Avolio, in our name, "in our view, in order for welfare reform to be effective, a comprehensive overhaul is necessary. Included should be not only expectations of but also opportunities for welfare beneficiaries, so that there is a realistic chance for long-term change. Therefore, availability of child care, better educational opportunities, employment training and health benefits must be addressed in thl: welfare reform package." Regarding Emergency Aid to the Elderly, Disabled and Children, the larger budget figure of $105 million should be included so that psychologists may continue to be provided to verify mental disorders and the record-keeping Turn to Page Two
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Polish National Church members can share Roman Catholic sacraments WASHINGTON (CNS) - The Vatican has ruled that members of the Polish National Catholic Church of America can receive the sacraments of penance, Eucharist and anointing of the sick from Roman Catholic priests. The unusual decision came in response to a request from the Polish church, a body formed nearly a century ago by immigrant PolishAmerican Catholic communities after a series of administrative and pastoral disputes with local Catholic bishops. It was the first time the Vatican has given a non-Orthodox church the offjcial sacramental recognition equivalent to that which it accords to the Orthodox churches. In a joint statement released in Washington along with announcement of the ruling, dialogue officials of the two churches hailed the Vatican action as "an important development in the ongoing dialogue" between their churches. "It means that Polish National Catholics may receive these three sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church under the sam~ conditions as Roman C:atholics if they ask for them on their own," the officials said. Father John F. Hotchkin, executive director of the Roman Catholic bishops" Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, said the decision offers Polish National Catholics access to Mass and the sacraments in the many parts of the country where their own church has no priests or parishes The Polish National Catholic Church has 141 priests serving 162 parishe in the United States. The request to give Polish National Catholics access to penance, communion and anointing of the sick under Roman Catholic auspices came from the Polish church's National Clergy Conference. Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati, then president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, also asked that the PNCC be considered in the same way as Orthodox churches not in union with Rome as far as those three sacraments are concerned. Canon 844 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law says "Catholic ministers may licitly administer the sacraments of penance, Eucharist and anointing of the sick to members of the oriental churches which do not have full communion with the Catholic Church. if they ask on their own for the sacraments and are properly disposed. This holds also for members of other churches which in the judgment of the Apostolic See are in the same condition as the oriental churches as far as these sacraments are concerned." Asked what significance that recognition of the PNCC had, Father Hotchkin said that on the one hand not too much should be made of it because "we [Catholic officials) never had any doubts about the validity of their sacraments." On the other hand, he said, the Vatican ruling constitutes the highest-level formal judgment by the church to date affirming the validity of sacramental life in the PNCC.
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REV. EDW ARD C. Duffy, pastor of St. Francis Xavier parish, Hyannis, and District V mod~rator for the Di.ocesan Council of Catholic Women, hosts a hospitality / tickets committee mee~lllg at St. Francls.rectory. From left, DCCW President Bella Nogueira and diocesan vice preSIdents JUd~ Pe.lletle~, ~all River district; Kitsy Lancisi, Attleboro district; Theresa Duffy,
New Bedford dlstnct; LIllIan Plouff, Tatlnton district; Betty Mazzucchelli Cape and Islands , district. (Lavoie photo)
Cape evening another first for bishop For the first time, Bishop Sean O'Malley will be guest of honor at the traditional "Evening on Cape Cod with the Bishop" which has . been sponsored annually since 1984 by the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. DCCW President Bella Nogueira has announced that this year's event will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 5, in the grand ballroom of the Tara .Cape Codder Hotel on Route 132 in Hyannis. Drinks, hors d'oeuvres and canapes will be available and dancing will follow. The arrangements committee anticipates that both mem-
Bishops Continued from Page One process so helpful to those affected. Med icaid currently provides dental services to adults, elders, disabled and children. We consider that this should continue to be provided. An ongoing problem in our society is that of families who are homeless. While we are in agreement with efforts to streamline the bureaucracy, we believe it important to maintain flexibility in placing families in temporary alternate housing whenever there is an emergency. Finally, the modest budget sum of$3.5 million would provide some necessary help in advancing the adoption of children within the DSS framework. We are very aware of the pressures and time constraints which the Conference Committee faces in finalizing a State budget. We appreciate the many hours of concentrated work and dedicated service which the General Court devotes to these issues. We do not hesitate, however, to present our thoughts and suggestions to you because we are convinced that you understand the role of the Catholic Church ih our Commonwealth and the responsibility we have as bishops to speak for those who are most vulnerable and most at risk. 1I1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 THE ANCHOR (USPS-545-020). Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River. Mass. Published weekly except the week of July 4 and the week after Christmas at 887 Highland Avenue. Fall River. Mass. 02720 by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River. Subscription price by mail. postpaid $11.00 per year. Postmasters send address changes to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7. Fall River. MA 02722.
bers of the dIocese and summer visitors will take the opportunity of greeting the bishop in a relaxed setting.
Tickets for the evening are available at diocesan rectories and proceeds will benefit diocesan charities.
Priest donates bone marrow WASHINGTON (CNS) Thirty-one years ago, Msgr. Joaquin Bazan was ordained a priest and promised to give his life serving people. Recently, he gave life to a dying stranger in another part of the country, donating bone marrow to a teenager suffering from leukemia. The whole Lenten and Easter season was "blessed by God and has been a time of special blessing to me," said Msgr. Bazan, pastor of St. John Baptist de la Salle Parish in the Washington suburb of Chillum, Md. In March, on Ash Wednesday, as he was donating blood platelets, Msgr. Bazan was told his bone marrow might match a seriously ill patient. Several weeks later as he was giving blood, he learned his marrow was indeed a perfect match for the patient, whose name and location have been kept confidential by the National Marrow Donor Program. The irony was that five days
later Msgr. Bazan celebrated his 56th birthday. That age, he said, is when volunteers' names are normally removed from the bone marrow registry, so the match was found with literally hours to spare. In May, op the morning he checked into the hospital to donate his marrow, Msgr. Bazan officiated at a wedding. Early the next morning, surgeons inserted a large hollow needle into his pelvic bone to withdraw close to a quart of his bone marrow, which was then delivered by a courier to an operating room across the country, where that same day it was transplanted into the body of the young leukemia patient whose bone marrow had been removed. In a letter to the patient, whom he does not know, Msgr. Bazan said people were praying for him or her in Catholic and Protestant churches and in synagogues in his neighborhood and in 14 states and six countries around the world.
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JUBILARIANS FETED: At festivities honoring Dominican Sisters ofSt. Catherine of Siena Cecile Marquis, left, and Raphael Desrosiers, marking 60th and 50th jubilees respectively, they were presented by Laurie Biszko, center, with citations from the City of Fall River recognizing their years of service to both the community and their congregation. Mrs. Biszko is president of St. Joseph Province of Dominican Laity. (Gaudette photo)
Continued from Page One in the year before the Roe decision, 10,000 women died from "back alley abortions." This argument is bizarre. A policy allowing insurance companies and employees to leave abortion out of their health plans would simply mainstream the status quo. As you can see, these arguments are not new. They are variations on themes that the abortion lobby has sounded over the last 20 years and that pro-life activists are very familiar with. But one remark by Pamela Maraldo, the new president of Planned Parenthood, stood out: "For the pro-choice community, insuring access to reproductive health care, including abortion services, will constitute a defining moment ... where abortion services will not be a thing apart or an afterthought, but will be woven into the fabric of mainstream health care delivery. From that perspective, healthcare reform will be a watershed event, just as significant, as vital to American women as Roe vs. Wade." Such a candid remark was revealing of both the real reason why mandated abortion services are being demanded and of the renewed aggressiveness of the a bortion lobby, that feels "empowered" now that the most pro-abortion administration in American history presides over the White House. For the majority of Americans however, abortion is very different from health care. Despite twenty years of abortion-on-demand in the United States, most Americans retain serious moral reservations about abortion. They know that it involves the destruction of human life, and thus does stand apart from any other "medical procedure." That Americans have resisted mainstreaming of abortion is due in large part to the pro-life movement's tenacious witness over the last 20 years. Despite the frequent scorn of the intelligentsia and the media, they have kept the public's attention focused on the moral issue of abortion. At the conference, Patricia Ireland, president of NOW spoke of a "threat from the Catholic hierarchy, the arcl!bishops" who would use all their "clout" to "kill desperately needed health care reform if it includes coverage of abortion services." Leave aside the ugly anti-Catholic Know-N othingism of the previous century lurking just beneath the surface of Ms. Ireland's remarks, as if members of the clergy have no right to speak in public on public policy. Leave aside the fact that the Church operates the largest network of private non-profit health facilities in the country, giving it far more right to speak from experience about good health care reform than Pat Ireland will ever have. Yes, the bishops have said they cannot and will not support abortion as part of health care reform. But acting only on their own, the bishops do not have the "clout" to stop mandated abortion coverage. For that, they must rely on a renewed, activist commitment by the pro-life community, working to stop such pro-abortion efforts as the deceptively named" Health Care for All Campaign." Only working together will we insure that any health care reform is based on the principle of saving and protecting lives.
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Retreat weeks for priests of the diocese traditionally held at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown, will this year take the form of the Emmaus priestly renewal program, it has been announcc~d by Bishop Sean O'Malley. He said the program will open with a diocesan convocation of priests Oct. 25 to 27 at the Tara Hyannis Hotel and Conference Center and will be followed by four retreat weeks, each to continue from Monday through Friday. Dates are Nov. 15 to 19; Nov. 29 to Dec. 3,1993; and Jan. 17 to 21; Jan. 24 to 28 in 1994. Retreat sites are to be announced. The bishop said Very Rev. Francis L. Mahone:y, Vicar for Clergy, will be chairperson of the Emmaus planning committee and Rev. RobertA. Oliveira, director· of continuing formation of clergy and laity, will be diocesan coordinator. A core committee of priests will assist Father Mahoney and' Oliveira in preparations for the program. It will conclude in October, 1994, with a closing convocation for which the site and date will be announced.
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NEW ORLEANS (CNS) - A growing national consensus that universal access to health care is a moral right and not just a commodity will spur reform, Father J. Bryan Hehir told some 1.200 delegates at a recent Catholic Health Association assembly. Although Catholic social tea,ching, affirms that right. Father Hehir said. "the' content isa seldom spelled out."
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Two Dominicans celebrate 60 years of priesthood Dominican Fathers Antoine Lanoue and Thomas M. Landry marked the 60th anniversary of their ordination by the late Bishop James E. Cassidy on July I. Both 'were ordained in St. Anne's Church, Fall River. Father Lanoue is a parish native' and Father Landry is a native of St. Anthony of Padua parish, New Bedford. After ordination, Father Lanoue was a missionary in Japan from 1934 to 1942, then was held as a prisoner of war for six months until diplomatic negotiations secured his release. He subsequently ministered in Canada until he was assigned to St. Anne's parish in 1946. He has served in the parish since that time with the· exception of three years of hospital ministry in Lewiston, Maine.
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OFFICIAL His Excellency, the Most Reverend Sean O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Fall River, has made the following appointments: Deacon John Farias Branco, Deacon at Our Lady of Angels ' Parish, Fall River. Deacon Bruce John Bonneau, Deacon at St. Julie Billiart Parish, North Dartmouth. Deacon John Joseph Emmert, Deacon at Corpus Christi Parish, Sandwich. Deacon Robert Anthony Faria, Deacon at Our Lady of Health Parish, Fall River. Deacon John Joseph Fitzpatrick, Deacon at Holy Family Parish, East Taunton. Deacon Paul Maurice Fournier, Deacon at Holy Ghost Parish, Attleboro. Deacon James Joseph Meloni, Jr., Deacon at St. Mary Parish; North Attleboro, Deacon Paul Kevin Roma, Deacon at St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, North Falmouth. Deacon Thomas Joseph Souza, Deacon at St. Anthony Parish, Taunton. Deacon Robert Laurier Surprenant, Deacon at St. John Neumann Parish, East Freetown. Deacon Forn:st Lee Wallace, Deacon at St. Mary Parish, Norton. Deacon George Henry Zarella, Deacon at Holy Cross Parish, South Easton. Effective immediately His Excellency, the Most Reverend Sean O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Fall River, has accepted 'the nomination of the Reverend William J. Considine, S. M. M., Provincial Superior of the Montfort Missionaries, and has made the following appointment: Reverend John McCann, S. M. M., Parochial Vicar at St. Anthony's Parish in East Falmouth. Effective July 1, 1993
While at St. Anne's, Father , Lanoue has also been chaplain at St. Anne's Hospital and to the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena. He remains active; inthe Dominican community. " Father Landry began hispriestc ' . ly career as a professor of theology at the Dominican House of Stud, ies in Ottawa, then was pastor of St. Dominic Church in Quebec City. He served at St. Anne's parish from 1942 to 1957 and from 1971 to 1975. In 1957 he was named director ofthe Canadian Dominican School of Pastoral Studies and Preaching and from 1967 to 1969 he was prior of the Dominican community at St. Anne's, Fall River. Since 1985 Father Landry has lived in retirement at Catholic' Memorial Home, Fall River.
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II asked women religious to bring their love and dedication to all situations where life is threatened or derided. "Your particular vocation ... must express itself on the front lines of defending human life throughout its earthly existence, from conception to its natural end," the pope told the assembly of the International Union of Superiors General. The papal audience was part of a recent meeting that brought some 800 women religious, most of whom lead religious orders, to Rome. An authentic defense of human life includes "the promotion of human rights, the. defense ·of the, woman and her dignity, a culture of peace andcom~union between peoples; and respect for creatio,n, the gift of God which must stimulate blessing and praise of the Creator;" t~e pope ·said. ' He told the women that religiollsorders have always brought the church clo,se to the problems of
children, the sick, the aged, the poor, the dying, to young mothers and to those needing f:ducation or catechesis. "Today such social problems have become even more acute and complex," the pope said. "Dearest sisters, be present with love and prophetic dedication where life is in danger, threatened, offended or derided, where it requires special care," he said. He asked the women to respond to religious and social challenges with a deeper prayer life. "a real spirit of sacrifice and renunciation of the mentality oCthe world, with a unity of hearts and the generosity of witness."
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themoorin~ The Glorious Fourth For some, July 4th is the start of the vacation season, while others would say it marks the end of summer. Whatever the case, the Fourth of July should be a landmark day for all Americans. Somewhere amid the rubble of our present lifestyles, there still survives the concept of the Glorious Fourth, a day on which to renew the spirit of the Declaration of Independence. But sad to say, many in this land do not make that connection. Survey after survey has shown that many citizens have never read the Declaration, not even during their school days. Equally sadly, such ignorance comes as no surprise, given our present social mores. What to do on the holiday weekend is the main consideration as plans are made to celebrate the Fourth. It is a sad commentary on the state of patriotism in this country. Seemingly the only time some sort of national spirit emerges is when we are sending people off to war. This displaced cannon fodder mentality also contributes to the general ignoring of the true meaning of the Fourth. On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress. The ideals it set forth still form the true cornerstone of America. The concepts that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by the Creator with certain unalienable rights, and that among them are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are even today in many nations the stuff of revolution. But too many of us take them for granted even though many people in our own land are discriminated against and are de facto not equal. Over half our population does not believe in a Creator, while the right to life is in too many cases denied by the very nation which proudly declared it to be unalienable. Indeed, many are unjustly denied their liberty simply for upholding that right to life. Only the pursuit of happiness has survived, but certainly not as envisioned by the signers of the Declaration of Independence. That license should replace liberty is far removed from the intention of the Continental Congress. It is for the good of us all that, as we prepare to celebrate the Glorious Fourth, we take a moment to reflect on that Declaration that ushered in our national freedoms. It is a daring document that reminds us of our true national goals; and we will only truly be able to celebrate the Fourth in a spirit of national pride when equal rights are more than tokenism and the right to life is not corrupted into meaning governmentallyfinanced abortions. In short, we must focus on what our forefathers intended and declared. Our deliberate national policy of ignoring the stated purposes for which we declared our independence makes us liars. Our nation was founded primarily to protect every man and woman's right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It was never envisioned that abortion and euthanasia would come to be regarded as legal extensions of those rights. As we come together with family and friends on the Glorious Fourth, may we realize.the blessings we have in our Declaration of Independence and Constitution. For too long we have been timid in our s,upport of the ideals and high purposes that originally' gave birth to the United States of America. If you fly a flag on the Fourth, please match your words to your deed and be courageous in standing up for the ideals embodied in the Declaration of Independence. The Editor
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Students set 'example for nation By Father Kevin J. Harrington Hope springs eternal. This spring's graduation rituals brought a pleasant surprise when thousands of graduating seniors protested blocking prayer at graduation. While prayer has been banned as a part of the school day since 1963. it took 30 years for the Supreme Court to ban prayers at graduation celebrations. Abraham Lincoln had Dred Scott in mind when he asserted in his First Inaugural Address that "The candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court... the people have ceased to be their own rulers. having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands oLthat eminent tribunal." But the president's words could as well apply to many later high court decisions. Recently. however. the court has tilted somewhat in favor of people with religious convictions. While religious leaders are still banned from praying at graduations, the Court recently allowed student-led prayers at a Texas gra<luation and lifted bans on after-hours use of public school facilities by religious groups as well as on public funding permitting a hearing-impaired student to receive religious instruction in a parochial school. These recent decisions fly in the face of the ACLU dogma that communal beliefs cannot be pub-
licly expressed if even one person finds such expression offensive. In other words. that one person, usually a professing atheist. has veto power over the democratically determined ways in which a community publicly defines itself. Seemingly. the ACLU would like to promote a doctrine holding that religion is a purely private predilection. and that wherever government advances religion must retreat. Our young students should be congratulated for their courageous act of civil disobedience. It is my opinion that our Founding Fathers. in their worst nightmares. could never have p'redicted that a day would come when that eminent tribunal, the Supreme Court, would defend a student's right to burn the American flag at a graduation ceremony but not to express his 'or her gratitude in prayer for the gifts of life, an education and a promising future. These praying students, with the courage of their convictions, defied school officials and prayed at their graduation; and the Supreme Court vindicated their convictions and sided with them. When they prayed. the law was not on their side; however. with a wisdom their elders lacked. they understood that there are higher laws. Once slavery was legal. but it was wrong under God's la w, which has created all people equal. Now abortion on demand is legal. but it is wrong under God's law. which declares human life sacred from the moment of conception to the moment of death.
In January of 1986 an auditorium full of Concord, N H, students watched in horror as their beloved science teacher, Christa McAuliffe. died before their eyes in the Challenger tragedy. Spontaneously they huddled together in sorrow and prayed for Mrs. McAuliffe and her family. The principal immediately dismissed the students for the day because he told the teachers that a public high school could not be considered an a ppropriate place for prayer. Unfortunately. our public schools have not only become inappropriate -places for prayer but for fostering humane values based on love. justice. and mercy, principles most religions adhere to. That is why the story of this year's graduation is so happy. That thousands of students would pro-¡ test the blocking of prayer at graduation indicates clearly that some families and churches have reached the new generation. It was people with religious conviction who stood up against slavery over a century ago; it was people with similar convictions who stood up against legal segregation 30 years ago.' Hopefully. this new generation of students with strong ,religious convictions will produce the crusaders needed to reform our society. The late GOP national chairman Lee Atwater, who died of cancer in the prime of his life, warned with his dying breath that putting God first was the only solution for removing the cancer that is consuming this nations's soul.
Christi3lns give otlller answers Zechariah 9:9-10 Romans 8:~',1I-13 Matthew 1 n:25-30 My favorite Albert Einstein story concerns a final exam he once gave at Princeton. One of his aides dutifully pointed out that all the questions were the same as the year before. and since most of the students probably had a copy of last year's exams, they'd know all the answers. Professor Einstein patiently replied. "You're right. The questions are the same as last year. But this year every answer is different!" Had Jesus given final exams, we also would notice that he asked the same questions thoughtful people had been asking for centuries, but many of his answers differed from the ones most people had memorized. In today's gospel, for instance, he answers the question, "What kind of people best know God?" One would logi,~ally think the brilliant and educated. those who spend their lives in study and meditation, should know the Lord best. But that's not how Jesus responds. "Father," he says, "Lord of heaven and earth, to you I offer praise; for what you have hidden from the learned and the clever you have revealed to the merest children! Father, it is true. You have graciously wi'lled it so." He believed simple people, those
DAILY REJ\DINGS July 5: Gn 28:10-22; Ps 91:1-4,14-15; Mt 9:18-26 July 6: Gn 3;2:23-33; Ps 17:1-3,6-8,15; Mt 9:32-38 July 7: Gn 41:55-57;42: 57,17-24; Ps 3:1:2-3,10-11, 18-19; Mt 10:1-'7 July 8: Gn IJ4:18-21,2329; 45:h5; Ps 105:16-21; Mt 10:7-15 July 9: Gn 46:1-7,28-30; Ps 37:3-4,18-19,27-28,39-40; Mt 10:16-23 July 10: Gn 49:29-33; 50:15-24; Ps 10!5:1-4,6-7; Mt 10:24-33 July 11: Is !i5:10-11; Ps 65: 10-14; Rom 8: 18-23; Mt 13:1-23 July 12: Ex 1:8-14,22; Ps 124:1-8; Mt 10:,34-11:1 July 13: Ex 2: 1-15; Ps 69:3,14,30-31,33-34; Mt 11: 20-24 July 14: Ex 3:1-6,9-12; Ps 103:1-4,6-7; Mt 11:25-27 July 15: Ex 3:11-20; Ps 105:1,5,8-9,24-27; Mt 11: 28-30 July 16: Ex 11:10-12:14; Ps 116:12-13,15-18; Mt 12:1-8 July 17: Ex 12:37-42; Ps 136:1,10-15,23-24; Mt 12: 14-21 July 18: Wis 12:13,16-19; Ps 86:5-6,9-10,15-16; Rom 8:26-27; Mt 13:24-43
Erie dioce'se adopts HIV/ AIDS policy
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HIV-inkcted students shall not staff - shall not be denied services ERIE, Pa. (CNS) - People be excluded from atH:nding schools ~y health care or social service with AIDS or with the HIV virus or parish religious education pro~gencies affiliated with the diocese. that causes i,t will not be discrimigrams "unless it is determined that AIDS "is not a highly contanated against in ¥hools, parishes conditions exist· which present a gious disease at all," Nadworny or offices I)f the Erie diocese, said. According to diocesan offidanger to the infected students or according to a new diocesan policy. others in the educational setting." cials, no diocesan employees or The policy was formulated over students are known to have AIDS the last year by a task force organor the virus that causes the disease. ized by Father MiGhael McGraw, While the policy states that there. executive directdr of Catholic shall be no discrimination based WASHINGTON (CNS) - The Charities of the Erie diocese. on HIV / AIDS, it does add cau- Catholic Campaign for America By FATHE{R ROGER "I think this lays out an official tionary phrases throughout the plans to identify grass-roots lay KA~BAN Christian response to HIV / AIDS," leaders in about a dozen U.S. cities document. In the parish setting, Father McGraw said. "It lays out , for example, it states that while by the end of 1994 in an effort to whose minds afe not cluttered and how we as a Christian community there is no evidence that the virus instill Catholic values in public prejudiced w theoretical know- are to deal with this life-threatening can be transmitted by the usual policy. Cities include New York, ledge about h~ attribu,es pod epidemic." methods of distributing and reLos Angeles, Philadelphia, Detroit, should hav , are best able to Calling HIV / AIDS perhaps the ceiving Communion, even when Miami, Dallas and Boston. Detroit appreciate God 'as 'God really is. . most misunderstood disease of the this involves drinking from the and Philadelphia were the first citJesus follows this surprise with 20th century, Erie Bishop Donald same cup, caution should be used. ies targeted, with "Catholic town another. He next answers tjhe '. W. Trautman called on Catholics In the area of employment, the meetings" sponsored by the 18question, "What kind of people to act on the new policy by volunpolicy states that as with any month-old group. Up to 300 potenbenefit most from following you?" teering for HITV / AIDS response communicable disease, "HIV-intialleaders were recently identified Instead of telling his disciples to teams being planned for six areas fected persons have an obligation at a dinner held in Philadelphia, get their act together and begin of the diocese. to refrain from any activity which while more than 600 attended a striving for a structured existence "We [the diocese) are trying to presents a danger of communicat- similar function in Detroit, said so they can better appreciate what act.in a Christlike way and follow ing disease to others in the work Thomas Wykes. the campaign's he's doing for them, he responds, the Good Samaritan parable," place." executive director. "Come to me, all you who are Bishop Trautman told the Lake weary and find life burdensome, Shore Visitor, diocesan newspaper. and I will refresh you. Take my According to the HIV / AIDS yoke upon your shoulders and policy, the Catholic Church must learn from me, for I am gentle and take up the Gospel challenge to humble of heart. Your souls will care for the sick. "The present HIV to find rest, for my yoke is easy and crisis," the policy states, "calls us my' burden light." to' remember that each human Jesus meets us where we are. We being is made in God's image.". don't have to acquire a sophistiThe policy advocates outreach FOR CANCER VICTIMS AND THEIR LOVED ONES cated lifestyle; we don't have to to people with' HIV / AIDS and Every Thursday • 9:30 strive for some esoteric spiritual- their families through education ity. The hurt and frustrated are programs, counseling, advocacy ST. 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"Law of opposites" is key to unity Abdul Aziz Said, a very spiritual man who used the analogy of a dinner table and pairs of "guests" to represent contrasting human attributes, such as hope and suffering, power and authority, action and vision.
By ANTOINETTE BOSCO
If you ask what my favorite scene in all of nature is, I don't even hesitate to respond. There's nothing (love better than the dark sky when the moon is full, surrounded by a sprinkling of stars. For me, that heavenly blend of darkness with light is also the sign of a difficult mystery - the tension between opposites that characterize all of life. Not long ago I heard a talk by
In his talk, sponsored by the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, N. Y., Said asked us to think about which members of each pair we would invite to our table. He asked: "What happens when we have hope without suffering? ... What happens when means disappear and ends remain? He believes that hope without suffering is "an evening of illusion,"路that suffering without hope brings despair; that when all is means, "success is all that matters," but when we are "preoccu-
pied with ends, we become fanatic." Confucius, "thought of men as And so it went. 'related in one world - one family' so that all shared a common Said used the metaphor of the destiny which was to be guided by table to explain that we must be the cultivation and extension of "generous enough to let all at the tablc." He said it is the only way' one's goodness to the service of mankind" ("Confucianism," Barthat the "inner and outer become on's Educational Series (nc.). connected." And isn't this what Jesus so Dorothy Day, founder of the urgently said at the table of the Catholic Worker movement, lived Last Supper in praying "that they her life devoted to the "oneness" may all be one, as you, Father, are we all share with God - the One in me and I in you" (J n. 17:20-21). to whom we owe our origins. In If you hear this prayer and love "The Long Loneliness," she recalled Christ's teaching that no human it, then you have come to underperson be called master, for we are stand what the "law of opposites" all brothers and sisters. I'm describing is all about. The design of creation is to get us to These are beautiful rock-bottom that wonderful unity where we are truths about creation itself and one with our neighbors. It is a where we all fit into God's grand me s sag e . a sol d a's hum an scheme, coming from a common philosophizing. source and headed toward a common destiny. One of the earliest thinkers,
Yet, without some serious shakeups in our lives, we just can't go the distance to reach the unity required for true kinship. Instead, we would stay comfortably locked in our own skins, blocked from achieving what we were sent here to find and to give: love. We can benefit from suffering by learning compassion. Discomfort teaches us to give comfort, conflict to yearn for peace, loneliness to seek connection, darkness to appreciate light. And we need each other and God to truly learn who we are. The mystery in the "law of opposites" is not easy to understand, but it does have a beauty -like the night sky lighted up by the stars.
Is the church unforgiving toward the divorced? By
Dear Mary: How do you answer this question for young adults? I have tried and they find my answer inadequate. Why is the church not forgiving to divorced people? Why
The church forgives people who kill and who steal.-Pennsylvania We need to remember that the church is us. All members of the church form the Catholic community. All of us belong to the community of believers, and all of us can imitate the compassion of Jesus toward those who suffer pain and sorrow in their man/ woman relationships.
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men can initiate divorce, and both men and women suffer from its effects. When a family is split through divorce, there is great need for healing. Do not hlame or judge or give advice. Instead look for ways to promote healing. Offer to help with child care, particularly in the early weeks after a divorce. Do not say, "Call me when you need me." Most people in need will not call. Instead say what you can do to help. "I'd like to take your children
on an outing once a month. How about it?" Gifts of food might be appropriate for a divorced person trying to re-enter the job market while raising a family. Include divorced persons in sccial gatherings. Frequently divorced persons are dropped from social events which include mostly married couples. When you have a party or gathering, when you plan a group outing, include divorced friends.
Do not assume that your divorced friends are too busy for community activities. If you are taking part in a church or club event, invite a divorced friend to join you. We can best reflect the attitude of Jesus by showing personal kindness and compassion toward those who divorce. Reader questions on fa:mily Ih'ing and child care to be answered in print are im'ited by The Kennys; 219 W. Harrison St.; Rensselaer, Ind. 47978
Is this annulment out of the question?
By FATHER JOHN J. DIETZEN Q. My daughter divorced 15 years ago and obtained an annulment from the diocese a few years later. Some months ago she began dating a man who was divorced five years ago. They realized gradually they were in love and considered marriage. She called to make an appointment with the priest, who asked her several questions over the phone.
At the end he told her that she would not be able to marry the man since he would never qualify for an annulment. I called the same priest and he told me the same thing. Obviously we are all upset. Can you give me any guidance? (Virginia) A. Marriage cases are processed through diocesan tribunals, and every tribunal with which I am familiar cautions priests never to make this kind of final judgment on their own. Even when a particular case seems weak, it is helpful for the priest or other tribunal representative to sit with the individual, ask as many educated questions as possible to surface what might be
helpful for the case and submit the information to the tribunal. I realize this is not always easy. I once spent a long session with a woman petitioning an annulment, probing to discover anything useful in what appeared to be a hopeless case. Only after more than an hour did a chance remark surface the fact that her husband was homosexual. which of course became a major factor in the case. If you do not feel the priest you started with can help you, please go to another with whom you feet comfortable. Explain your situation carefully, and ask his advice. Q. Can a baby be baptized Catholic if the mother and father are not married? Our family is
dealing with some very hard decisions and we need your help. (Louisiana) A. Before any child is baptized, the Rite of Baptism and the general law of the church require that the priest have some assurance the child will be educated and raised as a member of the Catholic faith. This is a serious responsibility for parish priests, as well as for the parents. In some circumstances, a priest may judge that all necessary conditions are present for the baptism of a child whose parents are not married or who are not married in the Catholic Church. In order to fulfill the expectations I mention above, it is normally assumed that at least one
parent must be presently a practicing Catholic, attending Mass, praying, receiving the sacraments. To answer your question, such a baptism is not impossible: nor is it done simply as a matter of course. For a final decision, the child's parents need to talk with a priest. Please ask them to do that as quickly as possible. A free brochure answering questions Catholics aslk about cremation and other funeral regulations and customs is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 6170]. Questions for this column should be sent to ~he same address.
The stats behind Little League burnout By DOLORES CURRAN
Life was tense in the Wilson household for a time when 11year-old Tom refused to sign up for summer baseball. "But you're just getting to the point where you're good," his dad said. "You've spent five years developing your skills. Now it's time to use them." "Five years is enough," Tom replied. "I don't want to play baseball all my life." His mother took a different tack. "Just what do you plan to do all summer - sit around?" "I don't know but I don't want to play basebal'l. It's more boring than sitting around." .. 10m represents one tl)ousa.nds
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of American kids who are quitting organized sports in droves. Called "quitter kids" by coaches and leagues, these youngsters began playing and loving community sports at a young age but are giving up between the ages of 10 and 15. Kenneth Cooper, author of Kid Fitness, writes that eventually up to 90 percent of young players quit organized sports. Pressure to win is cited by kids as a major reason for dropping out bl)t physical development plays a role as well. According to Cooper, just when preteens and teens can capitalize on fast-growing bodies to get an enormous benefit from exercise, they stop. Paradoxically, physical changes are a contributing factor to quitting. Children mature and develop muscles, bones and.strength at different rates. If they have been early developers, they can lose their edge as their peers catch up. If they're late,. devel.oper,~", t.h~y, .cap..s\lffer
low self-esteem and feelings of incompetence. Physical reasons aside, there's evidence that children are tiring of the pressure to compete and win. In a survey of 10,000 students in grades 7 to 12 in II cities, the American Footwear Association learned that the drive to victory may overlook kids' reasons for competing. Kids want to compete because they want to have fun, 'and they clearly indicated that pressure to win interferes with fun. Steven Danish, who analyzed the survey results, explained. "Fun entails such benefits as improving skills, staying in shape, taking satisfadion from one's performance, and competing against others." What is not fun? "Not fun" seems to involve pressure - pressure to perform, to win, to practice too much. The sense of play seems to have left the experience." he wrote.
The lessons for parents are pretty clear. If we want our children to stay in shape and belong to community teams, we need to find sports and leagues with the least amount of pressure. Several years ago, I heard about a community basketball league for kids where win-loss records were not kept and where parents were not allowed to attend. The directors indicated that they wanted to teach kids to play just for fun. In Coaching Young Athletes, authors Martens et al summarize basic principles aimed at rewarding the process of achieving rather than the outcome: reward the performance, not the outcome; reward athletes more for their effort than actual success; reward the little things along the way toward reaching the larger goal; and reward'not only the learning and performance of sport skills, but also the learning and performance of emotional and social skills. , ".路路1
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Jesuit apologizes DES MET, Idaho (eNS) During a recent visit to a historic Indian mission in DeSmet, the superior general of the Jesuits apologized to Native Americans for past mistakes made by missionaries of his order. Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach said he wanted to join other religious leaders who have publicly acknowledged insensitivity by the church toward tribal customs, language and spirituality. "I want to take this moment to add my voice to theirs," Father Kolvenbach said.
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July 3 1942, Rev. Thomas P.-Doherty, Pastor. St. Kilian. New Bedford July 4 1955, Rev. James A. Coyk, S.T.L., Pastor, Holy Name, Fall River July 5 1943, Rev. J.F. LaBonte, Pastor, Sacred Heart, New Bedford 1985, Rev. Edward P. Versaille~;. M.S., LaSalette Shrine July 6 1963, Rev. Edmond Franci~" SS.Ce., Pastor, St. Mary, Fairhaven July 7 1965, Rev. James E. Lync\:., First Pastor, St. Joan of Arc, Orleans July 8 1887, Rev. Edward J. Murphy, Pastor, SI. Mary, Fall River 1938, Rev. Pie Marie Berard. O.P., Dominican Priory, Fall River
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A ngel of Mercy Dear Editor: It is so refreshing to read of Sister Imelda's response to her order's transfer order. Even though it meant a hurried scramble to be able to report to her new post in one week, she did so willingly and in obedience to her vows as a Dominican of St. Rose of Lima. What a contrast to a similar order presented a while back to a Franciscan priest from a parish in our diocese. Thalt order was met with a display of arrogance to his superiors and disobedience' to the vows he had taken as a Franciscan. It certainly proves where one's priorities are when it comes to being a true religious. I'm sure God will bless Sister Imelda and all other religious like her a hundredfold for their sense of what religious life and all its rules ,!nd regulations mean. Sister Imelda is certainly an "Angel of Mercy" who believes in
June 25, 1993 Dear Children: Today I also rejoice at your presence·here. I bless you with my motherly blessing and intercede for each of you before God. I call you anew to live my me,sages and to put them into life and practice. I am with you and bless all of you day by day. Dear children, these are special times and therefore 1am with you to love and protect you, to protect your hearts from Satan and to bring you all closer to the Heart of my son Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call."
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doing God's work whenever and site to the original oath they have wherever it takes her. She will taken, that is, to cure people, not always hold a warm spot in the kill them! hearts of all who came in contact The greed of Planned Parentwith her in the Fall River diocese. hood is showing! Already in the It is sad to say but the same million-dollar class, the killing of cannot be said for the person in- . the innocent, defenseless unborn, volved in the other cited situation. means that life itself is a worthle:;s Catherine Audette thing where the almighty dollar is Fall River involved. We believe that all abortion mills should be closed! Thomas A. Walsh Secretary, Morality in Media of Mass. Dear Editor: A recent news report reveals that Planned Parenthood, the owner of most abortion mills in our VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope nation, is planning to train II New York doctors in the proced ure of John Paul II, who still occasionally hits the slopes, recently told an performing abortions. Planned international group of ski instrucParenthood is claiming that fewer doctors are now volunteering to be tors that mastering the sport has "abortion butchers" by working in much in common with improving one's spiritual life. "It is a law of the abortion mills owned particularly by the largest owner of aborexistence: Nothing great or beautition mills in'our nation. ful, in the physical life as well as We believe that when these docthe spiritual life, comes abo'Jt tors take the Hippocratic Oath, without passing through the diffithey promise to heal all the ill who culty of an ascent which strengcome to them. To take this second thens and solidifies, making one training, in which they learn how able to meet the most demanding to murder the unborn in the wombs missions and the loftiest ideals," of their mothers, is directly oppothe pope said.
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the fields of Red River Valley in her native North Dakota to work again alongside her brothers and sisters, sometimes bringing her two Est. 1962 children so they will know what that life is like. Religious "Conditions haven't improved a Today, at 38, she is a college- . Articles whole lot since I was a child," she educated, senior policy consultant told the Catholic Times, the diocewith the Illinois State Board of Books • Gifts san paper. "It's because of their Education. From her home in limited English. It's their Church Supplies Petersburg, Ill., in the Springfield [migrants) limited education. Those things all diocese, she crosses the state and limit their options. But staying in nation working for the education 428 Main St. • Hyannis, MA 02601 Mexico is worse." . of migrant children. 508-775-4180 Mon.-Sat. 9-5 Her father, Jesus Mata, was But each summer she returns to from Mexico and was a migrant worker from the time he came to the United States at age 12 until 1986, when he died of a heart attack while working in the fields of North Dakota. Jesus and his wife, Berta, had • Prompt 24 Hour Service • Automatic Deliveries nine boys and five girls who worked together in the fields. They tra• Call In Deliveries • Budget Terms Available veled the highways in a big truck • Free EstImates with a tarp over the back, which often doubled as their home. You Never Had Service From Texas to California -to Until You Tried Charlie's Washington to Florida to Nebraska We're located at . .. to Wisconsin to North Dakota to Minnesota and Illinois they went, 46 Oak Grove Ave., Fall River from hoeing sugar beets in North orca/I . .. Dakota to picking spinach in ~exas. 508-675~7426 • 674-0709 "It's not easy being a migrant," wrote young Carolina in a diary she kept at the time. "Some people seem to think that we enjoy it, but I it involves quite a lot of sacrifices CHRISTIAN PRO-LIFER on the part of the whole family .... "We've experienced a great deal HELPER ApOSTOLIC through the years that the books ADVISOR cannot teach us. for many of these TRUE experiences have never been writRESTOREk tendown in books, and there area HOLY MEDICATOR lot of things about the migrant farm worker that remain unnoANTI-ABORTIONIST ONE ticed .... But one of these days more and more people will find out CAREGIVER THOMAS PASTERNAK LOVING about the people who... furnish the P"~,mu;st INSTRUCTOR food they eat on their tables." - INFALLIBLE Her family was devoutly CathPE.CIALIST 202 Rock St. olic. They never missed Mass, no HARITf\BLL T HE:.Rf\PHITIST matter where they were. Fall River "We were taught that if you The National Caiholic Pharmacists Guild or the United States 679·1300 believe in God and have faith. you can go far and do things," Mrs. Mata-Woodruff said. "There were so man,Ybad things back the~ that
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nois State Board of Education, he on youth job training programs and she on migrant education programs, helping families get their children educated. She said' she stresses the importance of learning English because 95 percl~nt of migrant children do not spe:ak it. One of her most important achievements, she said, was serving on the National Commission for Migrant Education. A threeyear project tHat ended last September, it involved holding hearings around the country and producing a report submitted to Congress for use in study of future funding of federal migrant programs. "We're concerned that they might do away with the programs," she said, adding she's hopeful that under the Clinton administration state and federal monies will be found to keep them alive and effective.
on Health Care Blessed are you, Lord God, for the time granted me this day to serve you, I praise you for the strength and health I enjoy to devote to the service of your love. I pray especially for those in failing health who lack the financial resources to seek the bodily healing modern science can now apply. Grant this society the wisdom to appreciate the plight of the poor and the willi to alleviate it. I ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen,
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AT GOLDEN RULE awards ceremony, from left, Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, William Jacobs, Roland J. Ducharme, Richard T. Vincent. Ducharme directs the Taunton St. Vincent de Paul Salvage Center and Vincent is vice-president of the Taunton District Council of Vincentians. (Arikian photo)
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Awar(ls honor Taunton area volunteers Honoring the memory and philosophy of its founder, James Cash Penney, theJ.e. Pe::mey Co. recognizes U.S. volunteer organizations and individual volunteers with the Golden Rule Award. Recently, outstanding Taunton area volunteers were cited at a luncheon at Whe:aton College, Norton, where awards were presented by William Jacobs, manager of a J.e. Penney store in Taunton's Galleria Mall. Honored with an organizational Golden Rule Award was the Taunton District Society of St. Vincent de Paul. "Numbering many retirees in their ranks," said Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, district spiritual advisor to the Vincentians, "they steer their trusty panel truck through
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Taunton and the surrounding towns and are sometimes called the 'Over-the-Hill Gang.''' The district received a crystal award, a scroll and a $1000 check for use in its charitable work. Receiving individual awards were Grace Murray, a Hospice volunteer; Kathy Callahan, a leader in Project BEST, which encourages parental involvement in school and community activities; and Sara Gaucher, a 4-H Club advisor. Finalists recognized were James Orcutt, a leader in the "Our Brother's Keeper" organization; David Fazio, a volunteer with "Our Daily Bread," a Taunton soup kitchen; and Tim Gallagher, a volunteer at Morton Hospital, Taunton. Each received a scroll and a $250 award for the organization with which he
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1943 graduates of Dominican Academy, Fall River, held a 50th anniversary reunion at the end of June. Events included a dinner attended by alumnae from seven states and Canada, with Juliette Fillion Beliveau of Phoenix, Ariz., traveling the farthest to be present. Grandparent awards went to Mary Tapper Ayers, Catherine Horan Grignon and Mary Walsh Kelly; and greatgrandparent honors to Mrs. Grignon and Mary Rennie Griffin. All alumnae re-
is affiliated. Also finalists were two groups: "Operation Christmas" which benefits underprivileged children; and RAVE, the Raynham Assn. of Volunteers for Education. Golden Rule Award candidates were screened by the United Way of Greater Taunton with staffers Donna Trucchi and Barbara LaFrance coordinating the undertaking. A panel of judges was chaired by Dr. Dale Rogers Marshall, Wheaton College president. Commenting on behalf of the J.e. Penney Co., Jacobs said that all nominees were "the real heroes in our society" and that it was important to recognize them "be" cause they are the ones who really make things happen."
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ceived anniversary booklets with profiles of classmates and drawings and articles from 1943 high school publications, as well as a pamphlet about Fall River life in 1943 and a souvenir tile.
Therese Domingue Tremblay and Ruth Powers O'Brien. A reception and tea followed the Mass, where ceramic owl figurines made by Sister Gertrude Gaudette, OP, were presented to the alumnae, recalling similar favors they received at graduation. A 50th anniversary scrapbook displayed high school and current photos of alumnae and their families. The alumnae presented $1000 to the Dominican Sisters' retirement fund.
Mass was offered by Father Jay Darcy of Our Lady of Mercy Church, East Greenwich, RI, in memory of his deceased mother, Yvette Levesque Darcy, and other deceased classmates Madeleine Olivier Pages, Helen Padams Wolstencroft, Claire Charron Breault,
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GROUNDBREAKING EVENT: Father Vincent Diaferio (fourth left) and Bishop O'Malley join in a ground breaking ceremony for Father Diaferio Village. From top: plans for the housing project; Richard Viveiros, executive director of the Fall River Housing Authority, and Father Diaferio and bishop with Viveiros' mother Mary, who suggested the name for the complex. Below: Father Diaferio is applauded by bishop and Brian R. Corey, chairman of the Fall River Housing Authority; Holy Rosary parishioners Michelle Vanasse and Amber Davidson explore the site of the future Father Diaferio Village; congratulations from the bishop. (Hickey photos)
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ing space. Residents of the former Diaferio, who "has touched so structures have been relocated to many lives with his kindness, conother housing in the city, with the cern and community activism." A long-time participant in such option of returning once the new social organizations as the Comfacility is complete, expected by munity Development Service Cenfall 1994. . In a tent set up in the shadows of ter, Affordable Housing Corporathe former Manor buildings, now tion, Affordable Residential rundown and boarded up, Father Financial Corporation and The John J. Perry, parochial vicar at Mayor's Fall River Literacy Our Lady of Victory Church, Cen- â&#x20AC;˘ Council, Father Diaferio "is always terville, and a Holy Rosary native, there for the people of this neighoffered an invocation asking that borhood and anyone else he can the future structures be "like advocate for," declared Fall River Scriptural houses built on rock," Mayor John R. Mitchell. offering families new opportuniThe mayor noted that the restoties, comfort and "shelter from ration of the housing development, adversity. " in the planning for five years, is Bishop Sean O'Malley called testimony that cities need not give the housing rehabilitation "a great up on such neighborhoods. blessing for Fall River," giving "It is very important that fami"hope that one day families will lies love the neighborhood, and live in the refurbished homes and live in a [dignified) style," he said. another neighborhood will be salBy making the development "less vaged. This project holds out hope congested" and offering an array that the community will be strengof social services from nursery thened" and will "help people live care to health services for the a more human life." elderly. Father Diaferio Village "We feel honored as a Catholic will be "a proud place to live," the community," the bishop added. mayor concluded. that the facility will be named for Other speakers included repre"a community builder" like Father sentatives of the Fall River Hous-
ing Authority and the Boston Office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, who also praised Father Diaferio's willingness to dedicate himself to serving the needy. Brian R. Corey, chairman of the Fall River Housing Authority, said the organization was pleased to rededicate the complex "to a man who exemplifies the best" of the priesthood in humility, kindness and caring. H~ joked that the priest renowned for "knocking on doors" to intercede for the hungry, homeless and jobless "will now have 224 new doors to knock on!" Richard Viveiros, executive director of the Housing Authority and a Holy Rosary parishioner, noted that it was his mother, Mary, who first proposed that the restored housing be named for Father Diaferio. The unassuming pastor would rather have seen it named "Rosary Heights" or "Msgr. Pannoni Village" after his predecessor as pastor. But the housing board insisted it be named for the priest whose
name is already synonymous with the neighborhood. "My main feeling is one of humility," Father Diaferio told the assembly of relatives, clergy, friends and parishioners, some of them former residents of Hillside Manor. He accepted the tribute, he said, as "an honor for the priesthood and the diocese" and asked that the complex be a lesson that "to serve Christ we must serve him in others." "God can w9rk through us as we show compassion for the poor and help the needy by encouraging and sustaining them," he added. "The reward is Christ's own love, and that's what every priest seeks, to do Christ's work day by day." "Much good" will result from the new development, he said, "so I ask your prayers that these will become more than just dwellings but homes filled with Christ's love and Christ's grace." After a blessing of the site by Bishop O'Malley. he and Father Diaferio joined other clergy members and civic officials at an array of shovels for a ceremonial Turn to Page 16
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C:hapel's architecture symbolizes Dominican ideals Continued from Page One act of faith." hl~ explained that it was not "the work of one person, but truly an example of the beauty which can be achieved when the "design process is opened to all." H is own role, he wrote "was to query, listen carefully, and translate the wishes of the community into viable alternatives." Not only did Srygley design the chapel but supervised its building, in the process making uncounted trips from Baltimore to Dighton. He also directed installation of lighting systems, with natural light provided by a window-wall opening to the woods surrounding the provincial house and by a clerestory running ':he length of the chapel's main aisle; and artificial light provided by an encompassing installation that "bounces off'
the ceiling and by museum-quality spotlights on the stations of the cross, creating the illusion that they are "floating in pools oflight." The chapel is accessed by a gallery, bridge and entrance walk, "gradually leading from the everyday world deeper and deeper into the meditative space of the assembly." The bridge is lined with stained glass and the semicircular walk gives a view of the provincial house grounds and ends at a wooden door weighing nearly 1000 pounds but swinging open at the slightest touch. .. At this point," wrote Srygley, "there is no suggestion of the spaces beyond; this is both an end and a beginning." Opening the door on a sunny day, one views the assembly llcrea of the chapel bathed in light and
one's eyes are immediately drawn to the mahogany altar, construct.ed in three pieces in honor of t.he Trinity, and to the crucifix above it, t.he work of Sister Stephana Toomey, OP, who also crafted the chapel's tabernacle and stained glass. The chapel's shell-shaped walls recall the sacrament of baptism and also reflect sound for better acoustics; while the tear-shaped reconciliation area reminds on(: of the tears that often accompany contrition.
It was possible to incorporate part of the old chapel into the fabric of the new, said the sistl~rs, with a portion of it becoming a gathering room and the remainder forming part of the present chapel entrance.
The chapel, where "Mary and Jesus look at each other" as a Muian statue at the entrance faces the crucifix above the altar, took 18 months to plan apd 10 months to build, said Srygley.
It was blessed and the altar d ~d icated by Bishop Sean O'Malley on June S. June 6 brought an open house and prayer service cond ucted by the sisters with an introduction by Sister Joanna Fernandes, provincial·superior. . Summing up the celebration was Sister Annette Desmarais, who wrote "Let us create together this sacred space where we will come together in Christ, bringing our cares and those of the world, where we will be inspired by sacred symbols and by stories of our faith and our history."
WASHINGTON (CNS) - The American Jewish Committee has presented its highest honor, the American Liberties Medallion, to Jan Karski, a Polish Catholic diplomat who risked his life during World War II to tell world leaders about extermination of Jews. "Jan Karski devoted his life. indeed risked his, life, so that the anguish of Polish Jews during World War II did not then, and does not today, go unheard or unfelt," said David Harris, the committee's executive vice president, at the agenl:Y's annual meeting in Washington. Karski, now a U.S. citizen and a professor emeritus of government at Georgetown University, worked with the antiNazi underground.
Curbing sects v ATICAN CITY (CNS)-Only a complete presentation of Catholic Church teaching can curb the influence of sects and New Age ideas, which are incompatible with the faith. Pope .John Paul II told bishops from Iowa. Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska making their ad limina visits. The pope praised the holiness found amoung U.S. Catholic and the reawakening of interest in religion in the country. He also praised the renewal process and re-evaluation of lifestyle and activity being conducted by many orders of men and women religious. "Nell' England !to.I!',raIH)' Will,
I)iaconate marks quarter century in U .8. church Continued from Page One penter, police officer, and real estate agent. "There is an incredible opportunity for dea.cons to bring the church into their workplace and to bring their workplace into church," said Pistone. Frank Kraemer, a deacon and real estate broker in Washington agreed, saying deacons represent Christ in the marketplace. "The laity are the ones to go out and bring the good news to people in the world," he said. "Deacons have one foot in the marketplace and one foot in the church. The straddling is difficult but we can show the laity the way." Anthony Barrasso, a Washington police officer and a deacon, said fellow officers have asked him to officiate at marriages and wakes. A year ago he was called to the home of a police officer whose son had committed suicide. When he arrived, the parents were not home. "When they did get there, it was terrible," he said. "I can still hear the screaming. They weren't Catholic, but just by my being there, the church was present in a sense." Barrasso, a frequent homilist at Mount Calvary parish. Forestville, Md., also volunteers in both jail and pregnancy center ministries. Other permanent deacons interviewed by CNS said they felt their ministry was necessary in the church, but not because of the decreasing number of priests. "The diaco:~ate is not an answer to priestly shortage," said Pistone, noting that deacons are called to
be servants more than liturgical ministers. Robert King, a deacon at St. Anne's parish in Medical Lake, Wash., agreed. "We're not priests; we have our own vocation. Our identity is with the poor and needy." King, 69, is a retired professional ventriloquist, who works with disabled persons. "Most of my parish doesn't know what a deacon does because my work is mostly outside of the parish," he said. Those who know the most about what deacons do are their wives; 90 percent of permanent deacons are married. During the diaconate's early years, women were included only occasionally in their husbands' training program. Now wives attend a large part of the threeyear formation period and often assist their husbands in ministry. Pistone's wife, Rae, works with her husband and also leads a support group for Al DS victims and divorced and widowed persons. Some deacons say their wives are sometimes neglected because of the ministry's constant demands. Others say women have been so involved with it that they should also be ordained as deacons. "I would welcome [women deacons) with open arms," said Kraemer. He is not alone. Pistone told eNS that the National Association of Permanent Diaconate Directors "just passed a resolution asking the church to give consideration to the ord ination of women as deacons."
"We feel strongly it's possible and we support it." he said, adding that many women are already serving in diaconate roles. Pistone said he hopes inclusion of women in the diaconate is "not too distant in the future" because it "would be a great model for what the church is about." Since the diaconate is an ordained ministry, the cht:rch position is that women cannot be ordained deacons for the same reason they cannot be ordained priests. including Christ's example in choosing only men as apostles and the unbroken tradition of an all-male priesthood. Some women's groups have said allowing women in the diaconate would be "just another level of exclusion" from the priesthood, but Pistone said it should be,een as collaboration. "as serving the community together." The men said dioconal ministry is hindered if deacons do not enjoy the support of pastors and parishioners. Those interviewed said they had such support, but also said that was not always the case and was a source of tension in some dioceses.
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Back in Albania ROME (CNS)·- Ten Alba:lian Franciscan friars who survived their nation's communist persecution have been joined by eight foreign friars in reestablishing the Franciscans' Albanian province. 1\ineteen young Albanian men are preparing to enter the order, according to Franciscan headquarters in Rome, which said the Albanian province dates back to the time of St. Francis.
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Vatican. in an unusually direct reply to critics, said a 1992 document on the church as communion does not represent backtracking on ecumenical dialogue. While the document encouraged recognition of papal primacy by other churches and described nonCatholic churches as "wounded." this was not a "hardening" of the ch'urch's ecumenical position. said a lengthy Vatican commentary. "The church wants to continue ecumenical dialogue" but must do so starting from its own identity, it said. The unsigned commentary was published June 22 in the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, and was distributed at the Vatican press office. It was marked by three asterisks, considered a sign of approval by the Vatican Secretariat of State. The 1992 document. "Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on Some Aspects of the Church Understood as Communion,"-was published by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. It called
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"Jura_ssic Park" raises 'ethical issues · dren suffering 'from congenital WASHINGTON (CNS) Although he wasn't talking about diseases. But when the goal is to alter or dinosaurs, Pope John Paul II warned years ago that genetic "improve" a species, ht;: said, questions arise about "what would be manipulatiun like that depicted in the hit movie "Jurassic Park" can an improvement" and about whether the newly created beings threaten human life and rights. would contribute to the further The summer blockbuster, based marginalization of some people in on a 1990 novel by Michael Crichan already class-conscious society. ton. tells of the genetic re-creation of dinosaurs from DN A preserved In addition, some of the steps for 130 million years. The crea- taken to achieve the altered state tures, exhibited at a theme park on have ethical problems of their own, a Costa Rican island, eventually he added. run amok and attack the humans The Vatican also raised the issue on the island. of genetic manipulation in a 1989 In a 1866 talk. the pope spoke of document on racism, which des·the "grave risks for man found in cribed as racism scientific attempts biological and genetic manipulto "produce" human beings selected ations. according to racial or other criteria. "Faced with studies, inventions The document called for laws to and technical exploits that men limit such techniques to prevent are developing in all domains." he "resurgence of the deadly myth of said. "it is urgent to develop at the eugenic. racism." same time a heightened conscience. "The church has not yet through a sharpened sense of good addressed" the specific issue of and evil, a respect for creation and DNA replication brought up in ; an absolute respect for man who "Jurassic Park," said Father transcends all things." Moraczewski, who has' not yet · Since 1986, scientific advances seen the movie but has read the · in the field have come in leaps and Crichton book. bounds. but church concerns about DN A, or deoxyribonucleic acid, the eihical aspects of genetic engi· is the basic material in the chrom· neering remain the same. osomes of the cell nucleus, conDominican Father Albert taining the genetic code and Moraczewski, editor of the Ethics and Medics bulletin published by · transmitting the hereditary pattern of an organism. the Pope John XXIII MedicalAs science fiction, Father Moral Research and Education Moraczewski said, the "Jurassic Center in Brighton, said the church Park" plot is "little science and sees ethical dangers in both the much fiction." Even if preserved goals of genetic manipulation and dinosaur DN A could be found, he the means used to reach those said, "it's still a long way to go goals. Some therapeutic aspects of from there" to the re-creation of a living dinosaur. genetic engineering can be beneficial to individual patients and to In the production notes for the society, said Father Moraczewski. film. producer Steven Spielberg He cited recent successful attempts said part of his intention with to replace a defective gene in chil"Jurassic Park" was to raise the ._~
Vatican says document not backtrackilog on ecumenical dialogue for ecumenical efforts "so that through a new conversion to the Lord, all may be enabled to recognize the continuity of the primacy of Peter in his successors, the bishops of Rome" and so that the worldwide papal ministry of service "can find expression in various ways according to the different circumstances of time and place." The role of the pope has long been one of the most sensitive issues in ecumenical dialogue. Among those critical of the document was the Rev. Konrad Raiser. currently general secretary of the World Council of Churches, who said it reduced the concept of communion "almost exclusively to terms of communion with the pope." Other non-Catholic dialogue experts also said the document had cooled the ecumenical atmosphere. The Vatican commentary defended the text of the document and said it had tried to find a balance between the clarity of the Catholic faith and a "respectful
way" of expounding it. The use of the term "wounded" to describe separated churches could also be applied to the Catholic Church, which suffers as a result of the lack of unity, it said. "Separation affects us all. and we are all co-responsible for it to an exient that only God knows." it said. The commentary said the document rightly acknowledged the importance of the pope's ministry and its connection with the eucharistic mystery - without putting these two elements on the same level. however. The document was offering no new interpretation of the papal role, it said. It said it was "hard to understand," therefore. why some had interpreted the document as going outside the teaching of the Second Vatican Council on church unity or on the position of the pope in church communion. It pledged the church's "irrevocable openness to continue the dialogue on various questions that still remain open" on the ministry of the pope and the bishops in the service of communion.
Russian prelate tries to rebuild fai~h SEATTLE(CNS),-- Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz's ministry to the 250,000 to 300,000 Catholics of European Russia would be much easier if he had more churches and more priests. As it is, Masses are celebrated in the streets in some places because of a lack of church buildings, and his 210-year-old archdiocese has but 35 priests to cover a region of 2.5 million square miles. But the stocky, 47-year-old prelate, in a visit to western Washington state, was optimistic for the 1111I1111111111111111111111111111111111111111I111111 111111I1111111111111
"big moral question" of biogenetics for the sake of profit. "DNA cloning may be viable, but is it acceptable?" he asked. "Is it right for man to do this, or did dinosaurs have their shot a million years ago?" The U.S. Catholic Conference rating of "Jurassic Park" is A2adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Assn. rating is PG-13parents strongly cautioned that some material may be inappro.priate for children under 13. In his introduction to the book, Crichton says biotechnological research is being carried out in more than 2.000 laboratories in the United States alone. with 500 corporations spending $5 billion a year on the technology. He warns of future real-life possibilities in a comment on the film. "Y ou decide you'll control nature, and from that moment on you're in deep trouble, because you can't do it," he said. "You can make a boat, but you can't make the ocean. You can make an airplane, but you can't make the air. Your powers are much less than your dreams would have you beIieve." ,
faith after three generations of communist suppression. . He has 82 seminarians training Jor the priesthood,. plus 10 Polish priests across the border who hope to serve in the archdiocese. He also has a Catholic theology school with more than 300 future catechists, and a one-hour, twiceweekly religious radio program.. · A one-time, civil engineer who
Give church back! MOSCOW (CNS) - Members of the Moscow city council are putting pressure on city administrators to return a suburban Catholic church confiscated nearly 60 years ago by Soviet authorities to Catholic ownership. The council members also said they want greater consideration by the city of grievances of local Catholics. In a June statement the council officials said they decided to press authorities for the return of Immaculate Conception Church after the Moscow mayor vetoed a council eviction order to the current occupant, a state metal factory. The church was turned over to the factory after being forcibly closed by the government in 1937. Worshipers have been allowed to use the first floor of the structure since last autumn, but in May they organized an international appeal for help in securing the return of their church. ' It was built between 190 I and 1906 by Polish laborers on the Moscow-Warsaw railway. Last year it was visited by Polish president Lech Walesa and also hosted its first post-World War II ordination Mass, wedding and baptism. To 'date, Moscow's estimated 65,000 practicing Catholics have one functioning church, St. Louis in theLubyanka district, served by French Assumptionists. Another church, nearby Sts. Peter and Paul, is expected to become the city's'cathedral. but is still occupied. in violation of city council rulings, by officials of the former Soviet Coal Ministry.
was ordained a priest in 191< I, Archbishop Kondrusiewicz visited ,the Seattle area last month as a guest of the St. Petersburg-Seattle Sister Churches Programsponsored by the Church Council of Greater Seattle. "Two years agQwe ha9 six parishes and six priests," the archbi~hop said in an interview with T~e Progress, Seattle arChdiocesan newspaper, and other papers. "Now we have 42 parishes and 35 priests. The greatest difficulty is church buildings. We only have five." Many of the archdiocese's former churches were confiscated by the state under communism and are still occupied by other agencies. "I n places we have to rent [space) or even say Mass on the street," he said. Times are "very bad" both economically and politically in R ussia, he said, noting that rising prices are making it difficult for the average citizen to survive. In a television interview he said, "The future of Russia, its spiritual renewal depends on us in this historic moment when the old Marxist system has been rejected and a new system has not yet come about. The church must fill this,gap with its teaching." He noted that the new Order of the Mass has been published in Russian and that work has begun on a Russian translation of the new catechism. Born in Soviet Belarus less than a mile from the Polish border, Archbishop Kondrusiewicz credits his parents and oth~r elders with preserving the faith under a regime that reduced the number of parishes in the archdiocese from 150 to two. Every Sunday, his parents took him to church, he said, and daily the family prayed together at home, reading the Gospel, praying the rosary and reciting catechism passages from memory. The church "survived only because our parents were very, very strong in the faith," he told The Progress. "Now we have a spiritual desert and we are waiting for the rain of divine grace."
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Catllolic students aided by l8en Franklin's will PHILADELI:>HIA (CNS) More than 200 years after his death, a man who knew the value of a penny has c:ome to the financial aid of Philadelphia Catholic high school stud(:nts and graduates. Thanks to a Catholic lawyer who advised a Philadelphia court on final distribiltion of Benjamin Franklin's trust fund; Catholic students and graduates who want to study trades or crafts can apply for educational grants .funded by Franklin. The statesman, who died in 1790, left Philadelphia and Boston trust funds of 1.000 pounds sterling ($4,400 in the 18th century) for loans to young tradesmen and craftsmen at 5 percent interest. Under the terms of his will, the trust principal was divided 100 years later, with 100,000 pounds used for local pu.blic improvements and the balancc~ at that time continuing to be used for loans. "Not presuming to carry my views any further," Franklin had directed that 2:00 years after his death the accumulated trust be distributed - 73.87 percent to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and 26.13 percent to the City of Philadelphia. With interest paid over the years by loan recipients. the fund had grown to $2,256,952 by 1990.· A plan for disbursing Philadelphia's share, which amounted to $589,741, was drawn up and submitted to Philadelphia Orphan's Court Judge Frank X. O'Brien for approval. O'Brien appointed St. John, a former presidl:nt of the St. Thomas More Society, a Catholic lawyer's group in the archdiocese of Philadelphia, to study the will and advise thl: court on how the funds should be used. St. John took his responsibility seriously. He studied not only Franklin's will, but reread the foremost biographies of the 18thcentury statesman, craftsman and inventor, in order to gain some insight into what Franklin himself would have done. A key change he suggested was
that money be made available to students and graduates of any Philadelphia high school because Franklin had made his bequest to all citizens, not just those who attended public schools. Under the plan approved this year, a Benjamin Franklin Fund was estaQlished: Interest from it will provide grants to Philadelphia high school students or graduates who are studying trades and crafts. "Good apprentices are most likely to make good citizens," Franklin wrote. Added to the fund is a 19thcentury bequest established by John Scott, an admirer of Franklin, which brings the balance to $698,843. The Philadelphia Foundation, according to court documents, will try to solicit further donations to bring the principal up to at least $2 million. Franklin left the bulk of his estate to his daughter, Sarah Bache, her husband, Richard. his grandchildren and other family members. William Franklin, his son, had remained loyal to England during the Revolution and was cut off by his father with a reproach and a token bequest. A debt of 2, 172 pounds owed to Franklin. by Richard Bache was canceled with an interesting proviso - in return, Bache,had to free his slave.
Definition needed WASHINGTON (CNS) - An official of a leading pro-life organization has warned that a call for an end to "futile care" in an editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association could lead to the death of patients who want life-saving treatments to continue. "Futility must be defined very carefully," said National Rightlo Life Committee spokesman Burke Balch. "Only care that is ineffective in preserving life or aiding health can properly be labeled futile, if the patient desires the care - or else denial of'futile care' will become a means of involuntary euthanasia...
WAS H INGTON (CNS) -Jesuits at San Salvador's Central American University want the U.S. government to declassify documents on murders and massacn~s committed during EI Salvador's 12-year civil war. The CIA, the FBI and the State Department have information "that could give some clarity as to what has been going on the last :0 years," said Jesuit father Miguel Estrada. president of Central American University. He said classified documents could clarify such crimes as thl: 1980 murder of Archbishop Oscar A. Romero and the 1989 slaying of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter. Americans need to have the documents made public so they can see "what has been done in their name over the years" and avoid a repetition, he added. The university president said he knows such documents exist. He said he has seen them - with large portions blacked out so that they are unreadable. Father Estrada and other Jesuit leaders spoke at a recent briefing on Capitol Hill before meeting with State Department officials. The briefing was sponsored by the U.S. Jesuit Conference, Washington Office on Latin America, and Rep. Joe Moakley, D-Mass., who led a special congressional inve:itigation of the Jesuit murders. Moakley and six other congressmen and senators have written President Clinton asking for declassification of all documents related to crimes mentioned in the . U.N; Truth Commission report on EI Salvador. Of particular concern are the Jesuit and Archbishop Romc~ro murders, the 1'980 murders offour U.S. churchwomen, the 1991 murder of two U.S. citizens after their military helicopter was shot down, and the 1981 massacre of an estimated 1,000 civilians in EI Mowte, EI Salvador. Jesuit Father Jose Tojeira, Central American provincial, said he knew that in 1983 the FBI had launched an investigation offunding of Salvadoran death squads from Miami. It is important to . find out what the FBI discovered, he said, because there is evidence that death squad activities continue. Tutela Legal, the San Salvadoran archdiocesan human rights office, and other groups following up the Truth Commission report are investigating current cases very similar to the early-1980s d(:ath squad crimes, Father Tojeira said. These crimes have common threads, he said: - The killers often use cars with darkened windows. - They use certain weapons available to the military. - Notlting is done about the crime after it is reported.
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"The U.S. has been backing a government which has not been a democratic government," he said. Father Estrada said the United States should decrease or eliminate military assistance to EI Sa 1vador and gear its funds to lon,~ term socioeconomic projects. He said aid should be channeled through nongovernmental organ-
izations that have shown the capacity "to make sure the aid really gets to the people who need it. "
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Music is wonderful entertainment - most of the time. But some of it is like a wide-load semi coming down the highway. You have to pay attention to the cargo so you don't get sideswiped. Defensive listeners should be like defensive drivers - alert. Even some. current popular hits have crude messages;· Country music is especially graphic in expressing the drama of·· love. Soulful tales of the highs and·. lows of love are the foc~s of most country music.· In cQuntry music, the expecta-. tion of what love can do for us is often counterbalanced with the despair of love gone wrong, dashed hopes, fractured relationships and alcohol usage. Consider some hits of the day. Garth Brooks, the popular country balladeer, has song after song describing the emotional ups and downs of living, loving and drinking. One of his biggest hits covers all the bases. It's ,called "Friends in, Low Places." The gist of the song has Brooks telling his ex-girlfriend that it do'esn't matter to him that she dumped him because his drinking buddies will fill the void left in his heart. It goes like this: Oh, I've got friends in low places, Where the whiskey drowns and The beer chases iny blues away And I'll be OK Now I'm not big on social graces Think I'll 'slip o'n down to The Oasis Oh, I've got friends in Low-ow-ow places It's a catchy tune that gets the audience clapping and singing along as if the words were written solely for them. Maybe they were! Another of Brooks' big hits is a song called "A New Way to Fly."
The lyrics suggest that the soaring feelings of love can be replaced by booze. Listen to this: Like birds on a high line They line up at nighttime a( a bar They all once were jove birds Now bluebir'dsare all that th·ey are T\1ey landed in hell . The minute they· fell from love's sky Now they hope in a while They'll find a new way to fly A new way to fly-y-y Far awayfroOl goodbye .Above the clouds and the rain The memories and .pain . And the tears that they cry Now the lesson's been learned they've allctashed and died They can leave it behind. If they could just find A new way to fly Well, yeeee-hah! Is that a powerful message or what? Since these bluebirds are lined up ata bar, we can only assume that their new way to fly will befound in drinking. The song may be fun as country . songs go, but the idea that alcohol will replace the former lovebird's former happiness is pure fiction. Spirituality is another theme frequently woven, into country music. Brooks has another hit that tells of God's wisdom where love is concerned .. In his song called "·Unanswered Prayers," we hear the stor:y of an early love that s·eemed important at the time but went by the wayside as the years rolled by. The singer, is expressing his thanksgiving for. God's vision of the future, for he found his "true love" at a later date. No drinking involved in this one, just gratitude for God's guidance. Music is a universal language, .they say. And sometimes it is good to know what the language is saying.
HAMMOND, Ind. (CNS) Students atSt. John·Bosco School may not be. nominated for an Oscar in set decoration, but their Award, Outstanding Effort: artwork will decorate the set for at Amanda Little. Perfect Attendance: Gary least one scene in the upcoming Columbia Pictures film, "My Life." Wright. "We were told that it will be Class members who had attended used to decorate the first-grade St. Mary-Sacred Heart since kinclassroom in the flashback scene," dergarten were: Joseph Aubin, said principal Kathleen Lowry. Brian Clougherty, Timothy Con"A man just walked off the rad, Brighid Dooley, Nicole Gomes, street one day last November and Lisa Gualtieri, Amanda Little, John McBrine, James Taylor and wanted to see the school," Ms. . Lowry told the Northeast Indiana Tammie Ziarko. .Catholic, newspaper for the diocese of Gary. A Beginning "He fell in love with the building We cannot do everything, and because it had the same yellow there is a sel}se of liberation in brick that the author of the book "realizing that.' This enables us to and the screenplay described when do something. and to do it very writing about the main character's well. It may be incomplete, but it is reminiscences of his school days." a beginning. a step along the way. She said director Bruce Joel We may never see the end results. Robin brought other production but that is the difference between people out to look at the school. ·the Master Builder and the worker.-Archbishop Oscar Ro- and while he was there, he "fell in love with the students' artwork." mero
St. Mary-Sacred Heart School Nineteen eighth graders gradu-, ated from St. Mary's-Sacred Heart School, North'Attleboro, June 14 at St. Mary's Church. . Rev. Ralph Tetrault, St. Mary's pastor, celebrated the Mass with concelebrant Rev. Marcel· Bouchard, pastor of Sacred Heart Church and school director. Father Bouchard also addressed the graduates. Diplom~s were conferred by Father Bouchard. principal Alberta Goss, and teacher Barbara Connors. Mrs. Goss announced the folawards: '
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THREE GENERAnONS of DA alumnae gathered as Katherine Elbert, a 1993 graduate of Dominican Academy, Fall River, followed in the footsteps of her mother, Myrene (McArdle) Elbert, '59, and grandmother, Gwen (Foley) McArdle, '24. Eleven seventh- and eighth-graders were inducted into DA's Veritas Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society. Membership is based on scholarship, leadership, service, character and citizenship. The inductees are, from left: (front row) Cristina Barreira, Holly Brooder, Jennifer Jones; (second row) Jennie Wrobel, Katherine Elbl~rt, Alyshia Allaire, Lizabeth AmaraL Mary Minstrell; (third row) Paula Elbert, Wendy Patricio, Mary E. Noone. (Gaudette photos)
Bishop Connolly High School You might find him listed in the yellow pages under "Talented Tyrannosaurical Thespians" or "Paleozoic Party Professionals." Either way, you'd find teenage entrepreneur Jeffrey WaRner busy. Every weekend for the past month this sophomore from Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, has worked for "The Dinosaur Connection" - a family run business through which Wagner and his sister, Donna, visit children's parties dressed as a lovable dinosaur for a nominal fee. Wagner came up with the idea after seeing a costumed entertainer at his niece's birthday party. '" wanted to do something different this summer for ajob, rather than just work at a drugstore or something like that, so I figured this could be a great job." the Tiverton, R I, resident commented. He decided that he would seize upon every child's latest obsession and buy a di,nosaur suit; however, finding one 'in this area was much like digging fQr fossils. After searching all over. they finally
found someone in New York who had what they were looking for. "We invested $465 for the costume and we've already made that money back," Wagner reported. He attributes the venture's success to the act he and his sister put on. After greeting children and posing for photographs, they dance and lip sync to music on tape. "The kids really like it," he beamed. "They even sing along." And his sister isn't the only one who gets into the act. His father has been about town distributing business cards and talking up the business, while his mother has been hanging up flyers in area stores. Mom even acts as their booking agent. The family effort has made the business a gargantuan success. "We usually get only one or two bookings on Saturday, but Sunday is 'Birthday-Day' - we might get four or five on Sunday." That's a Jurassic Ballpark Figure of $200 a weekend! And they don't stop at birthdays. They are
Coyle~Cassidy Among academic honors presented at the end of the school year at Coyle-Cassidy High School, Taunton, was the Bausch and Lomb Science Award, given to junior Laurie Poyant. . Five Coyle-Cassidy students placed in the top tenth percentile and 30 placed in the top half of students nationwide who took the 1993 National Spanish Examination. Sophomore Victoria Yelle was the school's top scorer, placing in the top two percent of students taking the Spanish II exam. She also earned the school's Spanish II award. Also placing in the top 10 were Kara Sault; Spa nis h II; Danielle Pero and Nicholas Morris, Spanish I; and Jessica Oshry, Spanish Ill. Linda Cabral was the school's top scorer in Spanish IV. Sophomore Peter Fletcher and senior Jeffrey Tenney earned second place awards at the Massa·· chusetts state science fair. Fletcher earned a one-week internship at the University of Massachusetts·· Boston, and Tenney won the MIT.. J unction Scholarship for an eight.. week digital electronics course. A number of C-C athletes were named Eastern Athletic Confer·, ence spring all-stars. Baseball players Steve Furtado, Brendan Devlin and Aaron LaChance were selected for the all-conference team, and Kat,~ Wapenski was named to the softball all-star team. In track, senior Anthony Maffini was named the league's top sprinter, and freshman Patricia Murphy was honored as the top middle-distance runner. Kevin Blaser, second place finisher in the state's division II golf tournament, and Mike Sheerin were named golf all-stars. In addition, the Boston Globl~ named Blaser and Miss Wapenski to scholastic all-star teams. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
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MIKE CORREIA has been named boys' varsity basket.. ball coach at Coyle-Cassidy High School, Taunton. A 1978 graduate of Bridge.. water State College and a teacher at New Bedford High School, Correia was previous·· Iy junior varsity basketball coach at New Bedford High School for 13 years, working with a team that won the Division I state championship last season. Coyle-Cassidy athletic director Bill Tranter will return after a two-year leave to coaching girls' basketball. He guided the Lady Warriors to a 1987 Division III state championship with a 22-3 record and has an eight-year overall record of 101-67. A 1978 graduate of CoyleCassidy and 1982 grad uate of Stonehill College, he has bee:l teaching at the high school for II years and was named athletic director in 1991.
also slated to be at the grand opening of a local ice cream parlor. Although Wagner plans on becoming a journalist after high school, he's not sure his prehistoric project will become extinct. "I planned on just making this a summer job at first, but it looks like the way things are going, it. could be all year round." When he's not dressed up as a Bishop Stang High School, party animal, Wagner spends time North Dartmouth, recently held as a member of the Bishop Conits spring sports awards banquet. nolly drama society, jazz band, Recipients of awards for year-Ior.g and literary magazine. achievement were as follows: 1993 graduate Christine RobiTheresa Dougall Award (female doux has been commended by the student-athlete of the year): MauCommonwealth of Massachusetts reen Zukowski. A North Dartfor her participation in the "Adopt . mouth resident, she was a captam a Stream Program." of the field hockey and track teams As a project for her envirolland will attend the University of mental biology class, Miss RobiConnecticut in the fall. doux tested water from Westport Carlin Lynch Award (male Watershed's Angeline Brook for student-athlete of the year): Jotm carbon dioxide, silica, salinity, Harrington. The Westport resideYlt hardness, and pH and analyzed was captain of the football, weightthe results. Stream adoption is made in accordance with policies establish(:d by the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Environmental Law Enforcement through the RiverColor Process ways Program, which commends endeavors to restore, preserve and Booklets protect the Commonwealth's water resources. Miss Robidoux will attend University of Massachusetts-Amherst in the fall.
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lifting and track teams. He will attend Bristol Community College. John O'Brien Award (named for Stang's legendary athletic director; recognizes the outstanding scholar-athlete of the year): Christene Patenaude. The Adamsville. RI, resident was president of the senior class, a captain of the field hockey team and member of the softball team. She will attend Drew University. Gil Barboza Unsung Hero Award (named for the late supporter of Stang athletics): AJrln Marie Ferreira. A North Dartmouth resident, she has been involved in many activities at the school, including field hockey and tennis. She will attend Holy Cross College. In giving additional awards for achievment in spring athletics, presenters noted that 33 of the 40 students ranking in the academic top ten of their classes at Stang participate in sports.
Notre Dame School Eight students from Notre Dame School, Fall River,received awards for participation in the Fall River Fire Museum essay and poster contest. The stude:nts, who were honored with specia.l citations from Mayor John R. Mitchell in a ceremony at the museum, are firstgraders Melissa COile, Robert Boutin, Michael Pinel and Philip Rebello; third-graders Erin: Corriveau, Tayla Fusaro and Johnny Cadavid; and fifth ..grader Charles Peters. Also, three Notr(: Dame teachers were recently named recipients of the Golden Apple Award: Patricia Ouellette, Claire Allard and Marlene Correia.
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Iteering pOintl O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Bishop O'Malley will celebrate 9:30 a.m. Mass July 4. An ecumenical service will be held at 8 p.m. that day at Craigville Tabernacle. ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Jason A. Laffan received the Eagle Scout Award in ceremonies at the church June 30. SECULAR FRANCISCANS St. Francis of Peace Fraternity monthly meeting 2 p.m. July II, Holy Trinity Church, W. Harwich. Father Cornelius Kelly, OFM, spiritual assistant, will celebrate Mass and speak on "Franciscan Love (The Theology ofSt. Bonaventure)." Business meeting, dialogue and refreshments follow. Rosary recited 1:30 p.m. for end to abortion. Inquirers welcome. Information: Dorothy Williams, 394-4094.
ST. JOSEPH, NB Father Marc Bergeron will conduct a healing service and anointing of the sick 2 p.m. July II. Those planning to receive the sacrament should inform rectory at 995-5235 by July 9. D. of I. St. Patrick's Circle, Somerset, Daughters of Isabella meeting 5:30 p.m. July 14, Spring Restaurant and Primavera in Tiverton, RI. Reservations may be made with regent Bella Nogueira. ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA Rosary prayer cell meeting 7:30 p.m. July 6, religious education center: all welcome. ST. ANTHONY of the DESERT, FR Exposition of Blessed Sacrament noon to 6 p.m. with holy hour 5 to 6 p.m. July II, St. Sharbel Chapel, 300 North Eastern Ave. DIVORCED/SEPARATED, NB A meeting of the New Bedford area divorced/ separated support group to be held at 7 p.m. July 14 at the Family Life Center. 500 Slocum Rd .. N. Dartmouth, will offer information on a support group to be formed for children suffering loss from divorce. separation or death of a parent.
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door summer concert series will be performances by Father Andre Patenaude (Father Pat) on July 3 and by the combined choirs of the Madonna Chorale and Office of Black Ministry of Brooklyn, NY, on July 10. Both concerts will be held at 6:30 p.m. and will be moved indoors in the case of inclement weather. Concertgoers may attend 4:30 p.m. Mass at the Shrine before the concerts. Information: 222-5410. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, NB Parochial vicar Father Jose A.F. dos Santos will be honored July 25 on his 40th anniversary of ordination. A 4 p.m. Mass at Immaculate Conception will be followed by a 6 p.m. banquet at White's of Westport. Information: 998-2327 or 997-5626. EMMAUS/GALILEE Annual family picnic noon July 12, Cathedral Camp, E. Freetown. All welcome for volleyball, softball, swimming and fellowship. Participants should bring their own picnic lunch. Father Doug Sousa will celebrate Mass at I p.m.
Bishop's staling called barbaric VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II said the slaying of Salvadoran Bishop Roberto Joaquin Ramos Umana was a "barbaric murder" in a country where too much blood has already been shed. The bishop. 55. head of the military ordinariate in EI Salvador. was killed June 25 by outlaws as he rode in a car from the Comalapa airport to San Salvador. the El Salvadoran capital. The route is notorious for nightime holdups. The pope said the entire Latin American church was still mourning San Salvador Archbishop Oscar Romero. murdered in 1980. and Mexican 'Cardinal. Juan Jesus Posad.as Ocampo, shot dead in May in the Guadalajara, Mexico, airport in what was reportedly an attempt by one gang to assassinate a member of a rival mob. Reports said Bishop Ramos died en route to a military hospital after he was shot in the head. He was returning from Costa Rica, where he had participated in a meeting of family and youth pastoral directors. Archbishop Arturo Damas told the Italian newspaper Avvenire that he thought the bishop was a victim of common banditry, which he said has continued to plague the Salvadoran countryside following the nation's civil war. But the archbishop also said Bishop Ramos had spoken out frankly about the conduct of certain military officers. The bishop moved about freely without bodyguards or security measures. and was not known to have received death threats, Archbishop Rivera.. Damas added.
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WASHINGTON (CNS) - Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up a Montgomery, Ala., bus seat sparked the civil rights movement. cited a Detroit bishop and a Detroit priest as two Catholics who are carrying on the civil rights struggle for a new generation. She said the priest, Father William Cunningham. helps blacks break the cycle of poverty at Focus Hope. an organization he cofounded. The bishop. Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton. is known for his activism in human rights and the peace movement.
DONALD GUENETTE, a youth suffering from leukemia, was among 52 students recently confirmed by Bishop O'Malley at St. Francis Xavier parish, Acushnet. Due to his health, Guenette was confirmed in the sacristy, where his father, sponsor, and Fathers Tom McElroy, SS.Cc., Ambrose Forgit, SS.CC., and Richard Andrade participated.
Sisters earn "Fame" reviving alma mater's theater tradition DETROIT (CNS) - When they learned their all-girl high school alma mater wasn't going to put on its annual play, five sisters and their mother got into the act. Susan K. Purrenhage and her daughters, Julie Gharios, Amy, Katharine, Ellen and Susan, volunteered countless hours to get a show ready and keep the 53-yearold tradition alive. "The show must go on," said Ellen Purrenhage, who with sister Amy directed "Fame - the Musical," a stage adaptation of the popular 1980s movie and television series. When they heard last year that Dominican, Detroit's last all-girl Catholic high school, would quit producing plays, Ellen and Amy asked for and received permission from school officials to direct a show in 1993 - for free. The high school is run by the Adrian Dominican Sisters. Incredibly, none of the Purrenhages saw the show. They were too
busy working offstage with lights, props, costumes and makeup. They even sold cookies at intermission. Ellen and Amy guaranteed Dominican would not lose money on the show. They were right. "Famt:" turned a tidy profit of about $300. Dominican Sister Joan Weitz, the principal, said the money will go into a fund to be used for future plays. Mrs. Purrenhage was pra.ctically bursting with pride in her daughters when she spoke to CNS. A volunteer for the school virtually since her own graduation in 1956, she said that seeing her daughters' efforts made her think, "Oh, my gosh. They do have the same feelings" about their alma mater. So do, apparently, many other Dominican alumnae who came to see "Fame." Amy Purrenhage said, "A lot of our old classmates came to the show, and they were talking to us about what they could do for the school."
Father Diaferio housin':g Continued from Page 10 ground breaking. Moments later. neighborhood children dressed up for the happy occasion had overtaken the spot, while their elders perused an architect's rendering of the planned complex and offered congratulations to the man whose name it bears. Many of the well-wishers adjourned to a buffet at Holy Rosary chu'rch hall, where true to form Father Diaferio could be found helping out in the kitchen. Assigned to Holy Rosary after his ordination and named pastor in 1971, Father Diaferio has always taken a deep personal interest in the activities and difficulties of those entrusted to his care. He visits patients in the city's two hospitals and at Catholic Memorial Home each day, keeps a food supply for the needy on hand, and for the parish's annual Festa Italiana "makes two or three trips himself in a truck" to Boston to pick up food and supplies, said parishioner Al Saulino. "He has gotten many people from Hillside Manor" to join the parish "because they like him." Saulinoadded. "You see the youngsters grow up·-- you baptize and marry them.,
then you baptize their kids. Holy Rosary is like one big family. we've been together so long," said Father Diaferio. "Their problems become my problems-you have to go out there and help. In a parish you will ha ve joys and sorrows, and you learn they're your people and their pain is yours too." He anticipates the renovated housing development as "a tremendous force for good, a place conducive to family life." I·n the past it has had "tht: same kinds of problems any development has"-drugs, crime" broken families. He hopes that the new complex with its landscaping and amen'ities "will be something people will want to take care of, and in time the problems will be eliminated." In naming Father Diaferio Village. the city has chosen to honor a beacon of the hope it represents. a man who genuinely loves and is dedicated to his mission as an imitator of Christ. "You can help in so many different ways." said the priest. "And Almighty God returns it to you in so many ways. One thing you can't outdo God in is generosity. The more you give, the more he returns to you."