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Choosing chastity Note: This is the second in a two-part series.

By GAIL BESSE ANCHOR CORRESPONDENT

Family and friends often feel unsure of how to relate to a person living an actively "gay" lifestyle. They may feel tom because they care for the person but don't condone his behavior.

Help and advice can be found from relatives who've been there, from clergy and from people with same-sex attraction themselves.

The experience of Wendy, who left an active lesbian lifestyle, attests to what relatives' love and perseverance can do. Her testimony is posted on the Website of Courage, a spiritual support group for Catholics with same-sex attraction who are trying to lead chaste lives.

(Courage members go by first names to protect confidentiality.)

Wendy recalled how she initially rebelled at her family's not condoning her lesbianism.

But then, she said, "My heart opened up when my sister lovingly spoke about the heart and

will of God and how she and the rest of the family really loved me."

Wendy's sister asked her to break off her lesbian relationships for six months, but promised to be there to help her through difficulties. "Surprisingly, I found myself saying 'yes' to her. I was rea,lly saying 'yes' to the Holy Spirit," Wendy said.

Testimonies like hers have given hope to mothers like Alice.

The Framingham woman attends monthly meetings of Encourage, a spiritual sup'port ministry within Courage for relatives and friends of those with same-sex attraction. The group meets at 6:30 p.m. each first Friday at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Peabody; its spiritual advisor is Father Albert Sylvia, pastor.

"We share experiences on ,. how to help our family members who've detoured from their faith;" Alice said. "What helps me most is hearing about how a child has come back - about Turn to page 18 - Courage

PAULINE PROCLAMATION - Pope Benedict XVI presi~es over a vespers service in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome June 28, on the eve of the feast of SS. Peter and Paul, patron saints of Rome. The pope announced a special jubilee year dedicated to St. Paul that will run from June路28, 2008, to'June 29, 2009. (eNS photo/Alessandro-Bianchi, Reuters) , ... 1!

Popeannouncfi!s special year dedicated to St. Paul

By JOHN THAVIS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ROME - Pope Benedict XVI announced a special jubilee year dedicated to St. Paul, saying the Church needs modem Christians who will imitate the apostle's missionary energy and spirit of sacrifice.

The pope said the Pauline year will run from

June 28, 2008, to June 29, 2009, to mark the approximately 2,000th anniversary of the saint's birth..'

He made the announcement while presiding over a vespers service at the Basilica of St. Paul OutI . ' side tIle Walls in Rome June 28, the eve of the feast of Sts, Peter and Paul, patron saints of Rome. .

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Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley was one of two U.S. bishops participating

By JOHN THAVIS AND CINDY WOODEN CATHQLlC NEWS SERVICE

STRUMMING HIS FAITH - A group of young adults take a break at last year's Steubenville East held at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette in Attleboro. This year's event will take place July 13-15 and July 20-22. Story on page 11. (Photo by Mike Gordon)

VATICAN CITY Pope Benedict XVI spent about an hour with an international group of bishops June 27 discussing his decision to allow greater use ofthe Tridentine Mass.

Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, who attended the meeting, confirmed to Catholic News Service that the purpose ofthe encounter was to inform the bishops about the coming papal document and help ensure its favorable reception.

Cardinal O'Malley and Archbishop Raymond L. Burke of St. Louis were the only bishops from the United States taking part, sources

said.

Jesuit Father Federico .If>mbardi, the Vatican spokesman, told reporters June 28 that "about 15~' bishops from around the world web invited to the meeting organized by the Vatican Secretariat of State. i; A Vatican statement said officials explained "the content and, the spirit of the announced 'motu proprio' of the Holy Father on the uSe of the missal promulgated by John xxm in 1962." The term "motu proprio" is Latin for "on one's own ihitiative" and signals the pope's s*ial personal interest in the subject.

Pope Benedict stopped by to greet the bishops and "englged with them in a thorough conve~ation for about an hour," the statement said.

''The publication ofthe document - which will be accompanied by an extensive personal letter from the Holy Father to individual bishopsis expected within a few days, when the document itself will be sent to all the bishops with an indication for its implementation," the statement said.

Sources said the pope's document and accompanying letter were each a few pages long.

Vatican officials have said the document will allow for wider use of the Tridentine rite, but have not provided details about how this will be accomplished.

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Pope John Paul II first established Castrillon Hoyos said that Pope the indulLby which, under certain Benedict planned to "extend to the conditions and with the permission entire Church" the possibility ofcelof the local bishop, groups could use ebrating the so-called Tridentine the Tridentine Mass, which was last Mass of 1962 "as an extraordinary , form of the single Roman rite." revised in the 1962 Roman missal.

Speaking with reporters, Father Cardinal Castrillon is president of Lombardi provided the names of the Pontifical Commission some of the participants at the June "Ecclesia Dei;' established by Pope 27 meeting. They included:- Car- John Paul to ensure pastoral care to dinal O'Malley; Italian Cardinal former followers ofthe late traditionCamillo Ruini, papal vicar for alist Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, Rome; Italian Archbishop Angelo who was excommunicated in 1988 Bagnasco ofGenoa, president of the after ordaining bishops without paItalian bishops' conference; French pal approval. Archbishop Lefebvre Cardinal Philippe Barbarin ofLyon; had rejected the liturgical reforms Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard of and concepts of religious freedom Bourdeaux, president of the French and ecumenism as formulated by the bishops' conference; Cardinal Second Vatican Council.

Cormac Murphy-O'Connor of Wider use of the pre-Vatican II Westminster, president of the bish- Mass in Latin "is not a step backops' conference of England and ' ward," Cardinal Castrillon said, but Wales; Cardinal Karl Lehmann of a sign that the pope "wants to make Mainz, president of the German available to the Church all the treabishops' conference; and Bishop sures of the Latin liturgy that have, Kurt Koch of Basel, president of the for centuries, nourished the spiritual Swiss bishops' conference. life ofso many generations ofCathoLike Cardinal O'Malley· and lie faithful."

Archbishop Burke, some of the par'In an early June interview, Carticipants were neither presidents of dinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican sectheir national bishops' conference retary of state, said the pope was flor chairmen of their conference's ''personally interested in making this , liturgy committees, a Vatican source happen" and that the pope's personal . said. . letter accompanying the document In mid~May, during the Fifth' woUld explain why he wanted to exGeneral Conference of the Bishops pand access to the older Mass as well of Latin America and the Caribbean as expressing his hope for a serene in Brazil, Colombill1.1 Cardinal Dario . ,reception by the Church.

At a glance: Differences between Ttidentine Mass, Mass said today VATICAN CITY (CNS)-Here at a glance are the basic differences between the Tridentine Mass, pr0mulgated in 1570, and the Roman Missal published in 1969 in response to the reforms called for by the Second Vatican Council: - While Latin is the original language ofboth liturgical texts, the new missal permits use ofthe vernacular language; because it called for full, active participation, the use of a local congregation's language became customary.

-With the exception ofreadings for the feast days ofindividual saints, the Tridentine Mass has a one-year cycle ofScripture readings. TheVatican II liturgy has a three-year cycle for Sunday readings and a two-year cycle for weekday readings.

- The old penitential "prayers at the foot of the altar," recited by priests and other ministers before Mass, were replaced by the penitential rite within the Mass, recited by the entire congregation.

- In the Tridentine Mass, the first half of the liturgy was called the Mass of the Catechumens and almost always included a reading from one of the New Testament epistles and from one of the four Gospels. The new Liturgy of the Word, in accordance with ancient

Church tradition, almost always begins with a passage from the Old Testament.

- The Liturgy of the Eucharist, formerly called the Mass ofthe Faithful, begins with the preparation of the gifts. The old offertory prayers were revised in the new liturgy to avoid what some people saw as a duplication of the eucharistic prayers.

- Instead of one eucharistic prayer, there are now nine - four for general Sunday and weekday use, two for Masses focusing on reconciliation and three for Masses for children.

- In the new Mass, the Communion rite was simplified, allowing communicants to receive the Eucharist under the forms of both bread and wine: - The new Mass eliminated the recitation at the end of every Mass of what was known as the "last Gospel" - the beginning of the Gospel ofSt. John.

- A priest celebrated the Tridentine Mass facing east, which' - given the layout ofmost churches - meant he celebrated with his back to the congregation. Since the promulgation of the Roman Missal, the priest normally faces the congregation.

MAKING A JOYFUL NOISE - The faithful hold musical instruments as they attend Pope Benedict XVI's weekly general audience recently in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican: (eNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters)

Pope says two-thirds majority always needed to elect pope VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope ity, 50 percent plus one." It also re- choice after the 13th day.

Most experts believe the chance Benedict XVI has stipulated that a moves the option of continuing to two-thirds majority always is re- seek a' two-thirds majority on an of a conclave lasting that long in modem times is very small. Over the quired to elt;Ct a new pope, undoing open ballot, he said.

"This is a response to requests , last century, no conclave has lasted a more flexible procedure introducedby Pope John Paul II. . that the one elected always be more than five days.

Pope Benedict was elected in In a one-page document released elected with an· ample consensus," 2005 on the second day of the conJune 26, the,pope said the two- Father Lombardi said. ,The pope's action also eliminates clave, after only three ballots. thirds-majority rule cannot be set Pope Benedict's document, an aside even when cardinal-electors , the possibility that a conclave stalemated between two strong candi- apostolic letter issued only in Latin, are at an impasse.

Instead, the pope instructed that dates could turn to a compromise was signt;d June 11. if the cardinals are deadlocked after 13 days. runoff ballots between the two leading candidates will be held.

A papal election will continue to require a majority of two-thirds of the VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope next consistory, which likely will be cardinals present.

Benedict XVI has named U.S. held in November. Archbishop Foley, In 1996,PopeJohnPaulintroduced Archbishop John P. Foley pro- who will remain in Rome, succeeds a change in the conclave procedure grand master of the Knights of the retired Italian Cardinal Carlo Furno, thatallowed~~~~rs~mo~ Holy Sepulcher, a fraternal organi- 85. The Vatican also announced that to a simple majority after 13 days, zation dedicated to supporting the Archbishop Foley's successor at the when 33 or 34 ballots had been held. Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and social communications council Pope Benedict said there had to responding to the needs of Catho- would be Italian Archbishop Claudio been significant requests for a return Maria Celli, who will turn 66 in lics in the Holy Land. to the old rules, under which a twoThe 71-year-old Philadelphia na- July. Archbishop Celli had been a thirds majority was always required. tive had been head of the Pontifical Vatican diplomat and was the The pope effected the change by Council for Social Communications Vatican's point man for contacts replacing two paragraphs of his for "23 years and three months," he with the communist govemments of predecessor's apostolic constitution, said June 27. Naming Archbishop Vietnam and North Korea in the "Universi Dominici Gregis" ("The Foley "pro-"grand master, Pope early 1990s when he was an Lord's Whole Flock"), a document Benedict seemed to indicate that he undersecretary in the Vatican Secthat defined conclave procedures. would be named a cardinal during the retariat. of State.

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SPIRIT-FILLED - Charismatics extend their arms in prayer in a near-capacity crowd at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, N.J., June 23. About 5,000 people participated in the national Catholic charismatic renewal conference that marked the 40th anniversary of the movement. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)

Arms and spirits high, charismatic Catholics mark ·40 years of praise

By PATRICIA ZAPOR CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE SECAUCUS, N.J. - For most organizatiol)s, 40 wouldn't be a big anniversary calling for special celebrations. In the Catholic charismatic renewal, however, 40 is taking on biblical importance.

As Bishop Sam G. Jacobs of Houma-Thibodaux, La., pointed out in a keynote address at a late June Conference of the Charismatic Renewal, ,the number 40 appears in the Bible nearly 200 times. For 40 years the Israelites wandered in search of the Proniised Land; for 40 days Jesus prayed in the desert; Pentecost came 40 days after Jesus' resurrection, he said.

Bishop Jacobs was among DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL .

FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS • Decree of Citation Since her present domicile is unknown, in accord with the provision of Canon 1509.1, we hereby cite Maria C. Sayward to appear in person before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River 1887 Highland Avenue in Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts) on July 18, 2007 at 2:30 PM to give her testimony regarding the question: IS THE BERUBE·BOTElHO MARRIAGE NULL ACCORDING TO CHURCH LAW? Anyone who has knowledge of the donicile of Maria C. Sayward is hereby required to inform her of this citation.

Given at the offices of the Diocesan Tribunal in Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts on June 27, 2007.

(Rev.) Paul F. Robinson, O. Carm., J.C.D. Judicial Vicar (Mrs.) Helene P. Beaudoin Ecclesiastical Notary

several speakers over the week'end who raised the possibility that God might have a similarly dramatic !lction in mind to mark 40 years of the Catholic charismatic renewal. . "We have a great challenge before us," he said. "These past 40 years have been a time of cleansing and a time of new beginning; a time of preparation and a time of waiting upon the Lord ... a time ofrenewal and of stirring up frequently of the gifts given to us when hands were laid upon us and the Spirit invoked."

At one of many conferences around the world this year mark' ing the anniversary, about 5,000 people from across the U.S. and Canada gathered at the ,Meadowlands Exhibition Center to share what they prayed would be a continuing experience of Pentecost for themselves and others: asking to be on fire with the Holy Spirit.

Over the course of the weekend, laypeople, nuns and priests joined Bishop Jacobs in impassioned expressions of praise arms and voices raised, eyes closed, bodies swaying peacefully or trembling with tears: - A pop and hip-hop band from a New York. parish channeled adolescent energy on a track of sessions for youths, as young people gave passionate witness about their experiences of God; - Hispanic, Korean, Filipino and Haitian priests, laypeople and musicians reminded people of those cultural backgrounds at separate tracks for ethnie groups how God has spoken to and

through their people; - Pedro Bayona, a one-time youth boxer, energetically paced two stages like the fighter he trained to be, jumping up and down, pumping his fists in the air, calling his audiences in English and in Spanish to "open your hearts and get thefire,buming....

All you have to 40 is believe, to open your heart to Jesus"; - On a track for English speakers, a Pentecostal studies professor from the divinity school at Regent University gave a history lesson. The Rev. Vinson

Synan of the Pentecostal Holiness Church traced the ~rigins of Pentecostalism to the late 1800s in the United States, ~bscribing the overlap of that Protestant movement with its Catholic iteration beginning in t~e 1960s.

Forty years ago, with the country in upheaval '"over the Vietnam War and the Church grappling with the chahges prescribed by the Second Vatican Council, a dozen or so: Catholic students and teachers at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh came away froOm a retreat saying their lives ~'ad been changed.

Msgr. Joseph Mal,greca, a Brooklyn, N.Y, pastor who serves'asdiocesan coordinator of the charismatic renewal for Hispanics and Haitians, explained to Catholic News Service that about half of the two dozen Duquesne retreatants felt a call in the middle of ,the night to go to the chapel. There they had, an overwhelming spiritual dperience that they came to deScribe as having been "baptized in the Holy Spirit."

II, Their enthusiasm s06n spread to other U.S. college campuses, parishes and around the world.

What was initially called Catholic Pentecostalism has

evolved into a global Catholic charismatic renewal movement with an estimated three million members in the United States, according to the Council on Faith in Action, a Latino evangelical organization; and perhaps hun-, dreds of millions worldwide, involved in a wide range of ethnic, national, community-based and program-based organizations.

The Cursillo movement, Life in the Spirit seminal's, covenant communities, parish missions, and healing or retreat ministries are among the tendrils of the farreaching, loosely defined charismatic renewal.

A subsequent Pew study of Hispanic religious practices reported that 54 percent of Hispanic Catholics were identified as charismatics on the basis of what religious practices people said they have in their churches.

Among non-Hispanic U.S. Catholics, about 12 percent consider themselves charismatics, the survey found.

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Polish National Catholic-Roman Catholic talks seek path -to unity.

By JERRY F,LTEAU CATltOLIC NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON ...:.-. Members of the Polish National Catholic-Roman Catholic dialogue gathered in Milwaukee to discuss the opening to further steps toward unity created by last year's "Joint Declaration on Unity."

The main focus of the May meeting was the relationship between the two churches. It included a review of the correspondence with the Holy See since 1991 on the validity of the Polish National Catholic Church's sacraments, sacramental sharing, and the .extent to which the Catholic Church considers the PNCC fully a sister church, like the Orthodox churches.

There was a consensus among the participants that their May. 2006 "Joint Declaration on Unity" has helped create a new context in which the two churches can begin to move · incrementally toward the fuli unity desired by both churches.

The declaration, a result of 22 years ofdialogue and several official acts ofrecognition and reconciliation by both churches, said that the dialogue J;Ilembers ''wish to reaffirm our resolve to overcome what still divides us and to state clearly that our goal is full communion between our churches." '''Full communion' does not imply absorption or uniformity, but a unity that fully recognizes differing · traditions that are consistent with our common apostolic faith," the declaration added. "It must still be determined if any of our divergent traditions are truly church-dividing, or simply exampies of legitimate diver, sity."

The PNCC was formed in the United States from a series of Polish Catholic immigrant groups that broke from Rome in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. The split was not over , doctrine, but chiefly because of pastoral and administrative disputes between }?olish-American parishes and the predominantly Irish-American and German-American hierarchy of the time.

Early in the dialogue, which began in 1984, participants affirmed their agreement on the seven sacraments of the Church, despite some

differences in practice that they said "do not touch upon our basic common faith."

In 1985 the Vatican approved the traiIsition of a PNCC priest to ministry as a Catholic priest, recognizing his ordination as "already validly received."

In 1992, at a service of healing in St. Stanis~aus Polish National Catholic Cathedral in Scranton, Pa., leaders of the two,.churches, including the Vatican's chief ecumenical officer, asked forgiveness ofone another and pledged to work to overcome their divisions definitively.

In the 1990s the Vatican ruled that, in cases of pastoral need and under .certain conditions, PNCC members could receive the sacraments of penance, Eucharist and anointing of the sick ip the Catholic Church. The PNCC welcomed the ruling and de- ATTENTIVE AUDIENCE - The U.S. bishops during a vesper service at the C.athedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, N.M., June 22. The bishops were in Santa Fe velopednonns goveming the practice. attending their June 18-22 spring retreat-style meeting. (CNS photo/Celine Baca Radigan, At the Milwaukee meeting particiArchdiocese of Santa Fe) pantS discussed a paper by Msgr. John , Strynkowski, a Catholic pastor and theologian from Brooklyn, N.Y., on the International Theological Commission's recent document, ''The Hope of Salvation for Infants Who Die Without Being Baptized."

The high court's ruling, denying sion that.recognized the plaintiffs as

By JERRY FILTEAU PNCC members said the legal standing to the plaintiffs to having standing.

That court had CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE commission's statement resonated pursue the lawsuit, addressed only overturned the decision of a,lower WASHINGTON - A divided with them because their church has U.S. Supreme Court narrowly re- court that denied standing. the narrow issue of whether taxpayalways taught that unbaptized chil- jected a taxpayer lawsuit challengThe plaintiffs had argued that when ers have legal standing tp go to court dren can be saved. ing the Bush administration's efforts the executive branch used federal to challenge executive branch acLater in that session Paulist l'ather to extend more· federal funding to funds appropriated by Congress to tions that are not mandated by ConRonald G. RoberSon, associate direc- faith-based initiatives for social pro- hold conferences praising faith-based gress but funded only indirectly tor of the Secretariat for Ecumenical ,grams like those the gov~mment aids organizationS and encouraging them through general appropriations. and Interreligious Affairs of the U.S. when they are run by secular agen- to participate in federally funde9 pr0The ql1:stion of standing is one Conference ofCatholic Bishops, gave cies. grams, it was a yiolation of the of the core procedural principles of an overview ofthe recently published "If every federal taxpayer could Constitution's Establishment Clause. the U.S. judicial system. Under ju"A Handbook of Spiritual sue to challenge any governdicial rules, if the plaintiff has Ecumenism" by Cardinal Walter ment expenditure, the federal no legal standing to sue, the Kasper, president of the Pontifical , courts would cease tofunccourt has no jurisdiction over President George W Bush estabCouncil for Promoting Christian tion as courts of law and the case. lished the White House Office of Unity. The book offers a wide array would be cast in the role of In the current case, Hein v. of spiritual activities through which gep.eral complaint bureaus," , Faith-Based and Community Initia- Freedom From Religion Founchurches can express the degree of said Justice Samuel Alito, tives by executive order in Decem- dation, the Supreme Court ber 2002. In essence, the program unity already shared. ruled that the Flast exceptjon writing the main opinion' in Co-chairing the Milwaukee meet- the court's five to four ruling. is designed to give religiously run does not apply, since in this ing were Bishop Edward U. Kmiec , Two justices joined his organizations equal footing with case "Congress did not specifiofBuffalo,N.Y., and BishopAnthony opinion and two others con- secular groups in eligibility for fed- cally authorii_c the use of fedMikovsky ofthe PNCC Central Dio- curred in the judgment but not eral funding for programs they run eral funds to pay for \he concese, based in Scranton. ferences or speeches that' the in the opinion. Four justices to help the poor and needy.

The next meeting of the dialogue dissented. plaintiffs challenged." is scheduled to take place September Chief Justice John G. RobIn its ruling the court said 25-26 in Buffalo.

PresidentGeorge W. Bush estab- erts and Justice Anthony M. the Freedom From Religion Founlished the White House Office of Kennedy joined in Justice Samuel da~on and three of its members, in their role as taxpayers, did not have Faith-Based and Community Initia- Alito's opinion that the discretiondiscemible personal harm that would tives by executive order in Decem- ary executive use ofgeneral con~­ give them standing to challenge the ber 2002. In essence, the program is sional appropriations does not come the homily at their ordination and administration's use offedeci1 funds designed to give religiously run or- under the Flast ruling, which specifidescribed the event as "one of the to ensure that faith-based.organiza- ganizations equal footing with secu- cally addresses an act of Congress. most glorious days of my 40 years tions are eligible to compete with lar groups in eligibility for federal that would establish religion, in vioothers for federal financial support. funding for programs they run to lation of the limits on congressional of priesthood." taxing and spending imposed by the It said a 1968 court decision per- help the poor and needy.

The ordination Mass was celThe Freedom From Religion Constitution. ebrated at Santa Barbara City mitting a taxpayer lawsuit to chalJustice Antonin Scalia, joined by College's La Playa Stadium one lenge a congressional actionautho~ Foundation contended that conferweek after the ordination of seven rizing funding for religiously run ences and speeches administration Justice Clarence Thomas, concurred priests in Los Angeles. The deacons' , schools is not applicable because officials gave to promote the initia: with the judgment of the other three ordination showed the success of "Congress did not specifically authO:- tive and to encourage participation but said the problem was with the pastors in the Santa Barbara pasto- rize" the executive branch actions in by faith-based groups were "propa- . Flast ruling in 1968. Justice David ganda vehicles for religion" in vio- H. Souter, joined by Justices John ral region, which covers Ventura and question.

The high court reversed -a. 7th lation of the Constitution's Estab- Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsb~g Santa Barbara counties, to draw forth and Stephen G. Breyer, dissented.

U.S. Circuit Court ofAppeals deci- lishment Clause. more men to ordained ministry..

Sixty deacons ordained for Los Angeles Archdiocese SANTA.BARBARA, Calif.

(CNS) - The Archdiocese of Los Angeles ordained 60 men to the permanent diaconate June 16. It · was the largest group of deacons ordained at one time in the history of the archdiocese and possibly in the country.

Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Curry, who is in charge of the archdiocese's Santa Barbara pastoral region, oversaw the formation process of the deacons since they began in 2002. He delivered

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THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE - A priest prays over the coffins of six Spanish peacekeepers during a service in Marjayoun, Lebanon, June 25. The U.N. peacekeepers were killed in a car-bomb attack. (eNS photo/Karamallah Daher, Reuters)

Amid push for human-animal hybrids, their unethical nature clarified LONDON - In ancient mythology, the chimera was a fire-breathing creature made up of the parts of various animals. Typically, it was portrayed with the head ofa lion, the body of a goat and the tail of a serpent.

It was hardly a surprise, therefore, that the announcement in May that the British Parliament is proposing a bill to legalize the laboratory creation of human-animal hybrids caused something of a stir.

The demand for legislation to create interspecies embryos is being driven with great enthusiasm by members of the scientific community. Researchers claim that experimentation . on animal-human embryos will offer insights into possible cures for certain cancers and such conditions as Alzheimer's and motor neuron dis-

eases.

At least two British teams have already applied for licenses to create "cytoplasmic hybrids" or "cybrids;' in which human DNA·is added to an empty animal egg to form an embryo that is 99.9 percent human.

Besides allowing this technique, the draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill would also permit the creation of chimeras, formed when animal cells are added to human embryos, and transgenic human embryos, created by injecting animal DNA into a human embryo.

In all cases, the bill stipulates that

the embryos must be destroyed within two weeks and cannot be implanted into a woman.

Only true hybrid embryos, f~rmed when animal sperm fertilizes a human egg or vice versa, would be illegal.

But in mid-June Britain's influential Academy of Medical Sciences concluded in a report that there was no compelling moral or ethical reason why such research should not be allowed.

Josephine Quintavalle of the public lobby group Comment on Reproductive Ethics told Catholic News Service June 27 that the bill is very likely to pass through the houses of Parliament in the fall. She said that it was also structured in such a way that the government could approve new advances without recourse to Parliament.

"I think that the overall nature of the bill is more important than the contents;' said Quintavalle, a Catholic.

"Anything that could happen in the future is not prohibited but can be permitted just by altering the definition;' she explained.

Part ofthe problem, she added, was that science had become a new "fundamentalism" in Britain. ''Politicians are increasingly reluctant to engage in genuine scrutiny of the claims made by scientists, particularly in the field of embryonic stem cells;' said Quintav&Ue. In the eyes of the Church, however, the moral case

against the creation and killing ofsuch embryos is overwhelming.

Such a view was expounded in a June 20 joint submission by the Catholic Bishops ofEngland and Wales and the Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics to a parliamentary committee set up to scrutinize the bill.

They said that where there was a preponderance of human genetic material, for example, in cybrids, such creations should be considered human and should enjoy full human rights, including a right to life.

"It is true that many chimera or hybrid embryos may not, in fact, be human embryos, even if human embryonic cells are used to create them;' said the submission. "We believe that the production of hybrids and chimeras can still offend against human dignity."

On top of all this are the claims from some scientists that the research is unlikely to bear any positive results.

'The best potential transplant you could have is from 'you' to 'you,'" said Colin McGuckin, professor of regenerative medicine at the University of Newcastle, England, and an internationally respected researcher in the field of adult stem cells derived from umbilical cords.

He said for this reason there was no advantage in developing interspecies embryos for such techniques.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - In a groundbreaking letter to Chinese Catholics, Pope Benedict XVI established new guidelines to favor cooperation betw~en clandestine Catholic communities and those officially registered with the government. : The papal letter strongly criticized the limits placed by the Chinese government on the Church's activities. But on sev~r:d key issues, including the appointment of bishops, it invited civil authorities to a fresh and seribus dialogue. " . The 55-page letter, p~blished by the Vatican June 30,1! was accompanied by a Vatican Press Office commentary that rFiterated the Vatican's willingness'to move its nunciature from Taiwan to Beijing, as soon as diplomatic relations are established with China. . The letter was posted on the Vatican's Website in several languages, including traditional and modem Chinese, and had been sent earlier to Chinese authorities I as a courtesy. ,I Although the Church in China enjoys greater religious freedom today than in the past, the pope said, "it cannot be denied that grave limitations remain that touch the heart of the faith and that, to a certain degree, suffocate pastoral activity."

The letter contained important directives aimed at bridging the gap between Catholic communities that have registered with the Chinese authorities - and therefore operate under certain official limits - and Catholic communi. ties that have practiced the faith in a more clandestine fashion, professing full loyalty to the pope.

Most specifically, the pope formally revoked special faculties and pastoral directives that were established previously for the Church in China. Vatican sources slaid that move effectively rescinded a 1988 Vatican advisory that had rejected .

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vided the Church and given rise to suspicions, mutual accusations and recriminations.

But he effectively opened the door to registration with the government by bishops and Catholic communities, saying this was acceptable as long as it does not compromise principles of the faith and Church communion. . On the other hand, the pope said, such registration has required some Church leaders to adopt attitudes and perform actions that are contrary to their consciences as Catholics. Because the correct decision is difficult to determine and depends on local circumstances, the choice should be made by the individual bishop, he said.

Examining the specific problem of concelebrated Masses, the pope said it was licit to concelebrate with bishops and priests who are registered with the Chinese government, as long as they are in communion with the pope and as long as their relationship with the government does not entail a denial of essential principles of faith and Church communion.

Whenever possible, he said, Catholics in China should seek out ordained ministers who are in communion with the pope for the sacraments. But when this cannot be done without grave fnconvenience, Catholics may tum to those not in communion with the pope, for the sake of their own spiritual welfare, he said.

While showing flexibility on a practical pastoral level, the pope was firm on the principle of noninterference by the state in Church affairs. The attempt by some statebacked agencies in China to place themselves above the bishop and guide the life of the Catholic community "does not correspond to Catholic doctrine," he said.

The pope also addressed the thorny question of the selection and ordination of bishops.

"The Holy See would like to be completely free to appoint bishops," he said. He invited Chinese authorities to reach an agreement with the Church in order to resolve the current situation, in which some bishops continue to be selected and ordained without papal approval.

The pope encouraged those ordained with papal approval to reenter the communion of the Church and noted that they exercised their ministry validly, if illegitimately.

Because the China Catholic Bishops' College includes illegitimate bishops and excludes some bishops who are in communion with the pope, it cannot be recognized as a bishops' conference by the Vatican, the pope said.

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the living word

Last Thursday, Pope Benedict declared the Year of St. Paul. Two days later, he took a page from the evangelical method of the famous apostle ofTarsus. Just as St. Paul used to write letters to the various churches responding to their particular local challenges and questions, so the living doctor Gentium or "teacher of the nations" wrote an open letter to the 12 million Catholics of China. And just like St. Paul's letters enunciated principles relevant far beyond the particular circumstances of the Corinthians, Romans, Ephesians or Colossians, so Pope Benedict's missive crisply enunciates truths about the nature of the Church of great help not just to the Chinese but to Catholics across the globe.

The immediate context- of Benedict's letter is the practical issues faced by the Church in China. For 50 years, Catholics in China have been persecuted for practicing the faith. The persecution began in the 1950s when all foreign bishops and missionaries were expelled, almost ali priests and Catholic lay leaders were imprisoned, churches were closed or destroyed and the faithful isolated. These attempts by the atheistic communist govemment of Mao to extirpate the Catholic faith did not succeed, and so the Chinese govemment created an "official" Catholic Church called the Patriotic Association of Chinese Catholics to try to control what they couldn't destroy. The communist govemment began to select manipulable priests for episcopal ordination at the hands ofcertain cowed and compliant bishops. These, new bishops in tum ordained "patriotic" priests loyal more to the Chinese communist party than to the pope and the magisterium. These priests in tum preached to the faithful a truncated version of the good news that was no threat to the Chinese govemment and the communist principles on which it was based.

Soon, Catholics in China were divided between those who worshipped in this state-run patriotic Catholic Church and those in the "underground Church" who maintained their fidelity to the successor of St. Peter and to the fullness of Catholic doctrine. Through clandestine episcopal and priestly ordinations and secret "illegal" Masses and meetings, the underground Church has survived, despite a brutal ongoing persecution by the Chinese govemment, which has imprisoned, tortured and killed many of the underground Church's bishops, priests, religious and lay leaders. Catholics in the underground Church - willing to suffer even death in fidelity to Christ - looked askance at the schismatic members of the patriotic Church who seemed to capitulate in the face of pressure.

Over the course of time, however, many loyal, faithful Catholics began to infiltrate the Patriotic Church, receiving ordination as priests and bishops and then secretly writing the pope to profess their communion with him and to request a proper mandate for their ministry. They thought that such an affiliation with the government-sanctioned Church would be the most effective way, in the face of violent persecution, to keep the faith alive and continue to provide the sacraments to the Chinese faithful. The pope, in consideration of the complex situation and desiring I remember the time I attended to promote the reestablishment of full communion, has been receiving them into the reception for a newly ordained communion one-by-one and giving them full and legitimate exercise of episcopal priest whose mother asked to say jurisdiction.

The end result was a very confusing situation for Chinese Catholics seeking to a few words. She said there are be faithful to God and to the Church he founded. In his letter, Pope Benedict tried to three things every mother wishes give guidelines to help Chinese Catholics sort through the confusion and live out for her children - that they will their discipleship and apostolate. be healthy, happy and relatively He began by reminding all Catholics of what the Church really is - the sacrament of intimate union with God and the unity of the human race. There is "one, successful in life. But, she said, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church" in China, not many. For this reason, Benedict the most important thing that any avoided using terms to describe the "underground" and "patriotic" churches in China, mother should wish for her speaking only of the "Catholic Church in China." At the same time, however, he children is that they will added that for the Catholic Church in China to be authentically Catholic, it needs to get to heaven. And she be in communion with the pope and the Church united with him throughout the world. It ceases to be fully Catholic when it severs itself from communion with the went on to say how happy successor of Peter and Catholics in other nations. In essence, Benedict was calling she was that her son Catholics in China to a two-fold communion: communion with other Chinese Catho- would be working as a lics and communion with the pope and Catholics throughout the globe. priest to help the Lord With regard to the first, Benedict noted that "authentic communion is not ex- bring souls to heaven. pressed without arduous efforts at reconciliation," and that this process of mutual This mother was forgiveness to heal present divisions "cannot be accomplished overnight." He reminded Chinese Catholics of the need to reflect Christ's love, which is always obviously a woman of merciful, and exhorted especially the heroic members of the underground Church faith, but it takes an not to imitate the unholy merciless rigor of the third- and fourth-century Novatians .earnest and deep faith to and Donatists, who .sought to exclude from communion those Christians who had desire the things of heaven more wavered in the faith during anti-Christian persecutions. Benedict said that the love of Christians for each other will be a shining testimony for Chinese society of the than even the good things of true nature of the Church and a witness of the heart ofthe Gospel: "In your country,. earth. Many of us might be raised the proclamation of Christ crucified and risen will be possible to the extent that ... in the faith and honestly believe you are able to put into practice the signs of love and unity." in God and in Christ, but often we With regard to communion with Peter and with Catholics throughout the world, still hesitate to desire spiritual Benedict reminded Chinese Catholics - and the Chinese govemment - that ''the Petrine and episcopal ministries [united with Peter] are essential and integral ele- goods over earthly goods. Often ments of Catholic doctrine on the sacramental structure'of the Church." A Church we fail to consider or value the that purports to be "independent" of the pope is incompatible with Catholic doc- reality of eternal life, as we get trine. caught up with the challenges and On the basis of both of these principles, Benedict gave pastoral guidance on goals of this earthly life. Often we particular questions. He said it is possible for Catholic faithful to participate in the Eucharist and other sacraments celebrated by bishops and priests in the patri- fail to have the proper spiritual otic Church provided that they are in communion with the successor of Peter; priorities. priests of the underground Church are able to concelebrate with them as well.

Our Lord tried hard to warn us With regard to those patriotic priests and bishops who have not are in communion against this pitfall. At one point with the pope, the pope said that when they are the only ones in a particular area, he said, "I tell you, my friends, do the faithful may tum to mem, despite their being in schism, for the sake of their not fear those who kill the body, spiritual good.

At the end of the letter, Benedict announced that he is asking all Catholics in the and after that have no more that world to pray for the Catholic Church in China and declared that he has set aside they can do. But I will warn you May 24th each year, the feast day of Our Lady, Help of Christians, to pray specifi- whom to fear: fear him who, after cally for Chinese Catholics through Our Lady's intercession and the intercession of he has killed, has power to cast the "countless holy martyrs of China."

During this week in which we celebrate the freedoms we have as Americans, into hell; yes, I tell you, fear particularly our religious freedom, let us anticipate next May 24th, and pray for our him!" (Lk 12:4-5). Our Lord Chinese brothers and sisters - and for all those who are persecuting them. urges us to be more concerned

NUN CHATS WITH WOULD-BE IMMIGRANT FROM HONDURAS AT A SHELTER IN REYNOSO, MEXICO RECENTLY. THE TOWN IS A STAGING POINT FOR IMMIGRANTS CROSSING ILLEGALLY INTO THE U.S. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE U.S. SENATE VOTED NOT TO ADVANCE AN IMMIGRATION BILL AFFECTING BORDERS AND ALIENS. (eNS PHOTOrrOMAS BRAVO, REUTERS)

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Spiritual priorities with our souls than our bodies, because our souls will live forever.

This means that more important than bodily health or worldly happiness and success is a person's spiritual health and holiness, which detennine how he will spend eternity. It also means that we should fear sin and its

possible ultimate consequences more than any sorrows or failures in this life.

All of this may seem rather obvious and uncontroversial, until it hits home with someone we love. In particular, parents of faith are challenged to maintain these spiritual priorities in relation with their children. Of far greater concern than the news of setbacks, misfortune or even poor health, should be the news of unrepented sin, or that a grown child has decided to reject the teachings of the savior and at~empt to find happiness apart from him. For a person of true and deep faith, the greatest tragedy is seeing another soul turn away from Christ, who is the way and the truth and the life (In 14:6), and the savior of the world.

Thankfully, sin never has to be

the end of the story, due to Our Lord's offer of infinite mercy. At the same time, however, our faith compels us to remember that unrepented grave sin can threaten a soul's eternal future. And it is often this consideration that helps us to keep proper spiritual priorities.

As persons of faith, we should ask ourselves: What is it that we desire most for our loved ones? That they be healthy and successful, or that they be faithful and holy? What news about them do we most fear? That they have suffered an illness or failure, or that they have turned away from Christ?

Although news of illness or tragedy may rightly cause us fear, even this news is received in a different light, when we know that the one who suffers is a person of true faith and holiness.

And if we find that we have been influenced by the world's powerful effect on each of us, to desire and value the things of earth more than the things of heaven, then we should put into the deep and recall the words of guidance from 81. Paul: "Do not be confonned to this world but be transfonned by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect" (Rom 12:2).

Father Pignato is chaplain at Bishop Stang High School in North Dartmouth and is secretary to Bishop George W. Coleman.

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Contra,captive contradictio_ns The Catholic Church remains almost a lone voice in our age defending the view that contraceptive sexual activity in marriage is wrong. Many young , Catholic ~ouples either are not aware of this teaching, or'siJ!lply choose to ignore it.

When asked, few can , explain the reasons behind it. Some venture to say that the Church opposes sex in general, ' and pleasure in particular.

Others think that the Church wants everybody to have as many kids as ' possible. Some are even _ more cynical, and suggest that repressed, gray-haired celibates enjoy being able to stick their intrusive noses into people's bedrooms.

The reasons behind the Church's position on contraception, however, 1U"e actually a far cry from any of these old ' . cliches. Among the deeper reasons behind the teaching, the Church str~sses especially how contraception forces us to speak a false and contradictory language to. our spouse through our body and our sexuality.

Because sex is a deeply interpersonal form of communication, we can consider some related examples of personal communication to see how the language of our own bodies is violated whenever we engage in contraceptive sex.. .

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contradictory language of the body. When a husband puts on a condom during intercourse, he disrupts that intimate communication that is written right into the language of his body, much as if he had wrapped his mouth in cellophane' before trying to have a verbal conversation with his wife. As Professor Bill May puts it, A person does not put on gloves to touch a beloved one tenderly, unless one

By Father Tad, thinks that some PacholCzYk/ disease may be communicated. But is pregnancy a disease? And is not disrupt the couple's mutual the use of condoms, diacommunication. phragms, spermicidal jellies, If a woman inserts a cervical and the like similar to putting on. diaphragm or a vaginal sponge while having intercourse, she is gloves? Do husband and wife really become 'one flesh' if they likewise employing a language ,that says she doesn't really want must arm themselves with protective gear before 'giving' to communicate openly and themselves to one another fully with her husband. She genitally? wants to keep part of 'Yho he is The problem here is clear: at a distance, at af!D's length; marital sexuality is actually all that is to say, she shuns his about loving someone totally fertility and fruitfulness. In that and unreservedly, giving and moment, she is rejecting the receiving totally, and not paternal aspect of his masculin. holding back who we are for ity, and refusing to share with oursel,ves. It is a unique lanhim the deep maternal meaning guage of total self-giving.' of her femininity.

We can further inquire Contraception, on the other whether it would it be normal to hand, allows marital sexuality to surgically excise healthy vocal devolve into a kind of mutual cords, and then try to carryon a masturbation where each pursues erotic satisfaction apart conversation with our spouse.

Opting for a vasectomy and then from the total gift of self, and apart from any openness to life. pursuing sex involves a similar example, for a wife to i'nsert earplugs, while trying to listen attentively to, or carryon a conversation with her husband?

The earplugs bespeak the view that, "I don't really want to hear you and be with you," and. they

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Concentration is starting·to list Kevin Youkilis is one of the best Vacation for me is still a bargains in sports. And his couple of weeks away, but I1)Y success if far from a fluke. Watch brain is already on cruise control.

YoUk at the plate and notice how That makes putting together a rarely he swings at a bad pitch. column of several hundred words Kind of Ted Williams-like. with one common theme increasingly difficult.

- And speaking of the Tedsicle, I find it very difficult That means it's time for a columnist's favorite life preserver - the list.

Sometimes the list can have a common thread running throughout, but my thoughts are on the sand and the surf at Horseneck Beach, sizzling burgers on the grill and climbing out of . watching home run milestones bed when I want to, not when I reached and records fall in the have to. With such pressing shadow of steroid speculations,. matters saturating my cerebrum, while Williams lost more than even the list will be helter skelter. four years of playing time while - Can anyone possibly laying his life on the line serving imagine how far out sight the our country. That's a ton of Boston Red Sox would be right would-be homers. Untainted. now if they could actually hit the - Does the Bruins' acquisition ball? With 'a pitching staff that is of goaltender Manny Fernandes pretty much lights out each night, open the door for m0t:e "Manny the Sox still went an anemic 1314 for the month of June, and still being Manny" stories?

- Did anyone come a~ay have a lO-game l~ad in the east.

- Along those lines, I think , from the Celtics recent NBA

draft-day activities pumping their fist and shouting "yes"?

- How sweet was the revamped Red Sox Roush-Fenway fiord of Carl Edwards? It's too bad the new 99 car will only be used twice this season, both in N.H. I guess there is always the danger of it being egged during the Watkins Glen race in N.Y. next month.

- Will anyone else still view Hank Aaron as the home run champ when the record falls? I will.

- I'm don't think I'd be a very good teammate in an America's Cup race. The waters look so refreshing, I think I'd take a plunge rather than work up a sweat tending the sails.

- The muggies are startingto move in, making moving and even breathinglaborsome. You know what that means - the Patriots open camp soon.

- Does anyone know how much warmer the waters in Buzzards Bay will be in two weeks?

Because of contraception, marital sexual activity ~lips into a subtle mode of mutual exploitation - a'lifeless, selfjfocused, needs-centered apparatus. .

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Malcolm Muggeridge, the . famous BBC corresponaent who converted to Catholicisyt hite in life, instinctively appre~iated how the Church was reJisting this trivializing of the gift of sex by its strong stance against contraception: It was the Catholic Ghurch's firm stand against contraception and abortion which fin~lly . made me decide to become a Catholic ... as the RorJans treated eating as an end; in itself, making themselv~s sick in a vomitorium so as to enable them to return to the ta~le and stuff themselves with mOre delicacies, ~o people now end up in a sort of sexual vomltonum. The Church's stand is absolutely correct. It is to its eternal honor that it opposed contraception, ~ven if the opposition failed. I think, historically, people will 'say it was a very gallant effort, to prevent a moral disaster.

The idea of serially ~ating and purging, in order to, be ,!ble to eat and purge yet more, . a stn'k'mg examp I e of, IS misusing our body in it~ most integral design. The one who dines in this way is see~ing in a sense both to eat and riot eat at the same time. Objedively speaking, he is engaging in damaging and contradictory behavior, violating the inner order and meaning of hi~ own body, and cheapening t~~ basic and quintessential human activity of eating. This destructive behavior crosses a &al moral line insofar as a p~rson freely and knowingly chooses I~ to do it.

Contraception involvd this same sort of destructive and contradictory behavior. Uplike the case of the vomitoriurh, however, sex is an inhererltly relational activity involvi1}g two people. For that reason, th.e l damage done by engaging in :1

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The choice to use a condom during sexual intimacy speaks the same contradictory language of the vomitorium: the language of trying to have sex, but not really have it; of trying to do it, without really doing it. One is militating directly against the sexual act itself, ,violating its inner order and harmony by actively flustering its obvious life-giving designs.

Contraception, thus, always involves an objectively contradictory language, namely, that· of not giving oneself totally to the other in the face' of that innate language of sex which calls for a complete selfgiving.

The reasons behind the Church's teaching thus run deep and flow from profound considerations regarding the integral design of human sexuality. Pope John Paul II put it well when he 'stressed how couples who use contraception in their marriage presume 'to, "act as 'arbiters' of the divine plan and they 'manipulate' and degrade human sexuality and with it themselves and their married partner by altering its value of 'total' selfgiving."

Father Pacholczyk earned his doctorate in neuroscience from Yale and did post-doctoral work at Harvard. He is a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, and serves as the director'of Education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. See www.ncbcenter.org

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Spiritual warfare In this Sunday's first reading from the prophet Isaiah we learn that the Lord's power will be in evidence as he pours out his abundance like ail overflowing river on us, his New Jerusalem. We will have peace and comfort in spite of the chaos around us; and others will see it and 'come"streaming to it." This prophetic announcement sets the scene for the Gospel account of Jesus empowering his disciples to preach repentance "The Kingdom of God is at hand for you!," and to cast out demonic spirits, " even the demons are subject to us in your name!"

Jesus responds to his enthusiastic disciples by revealing to them: 1) that Satan fell from the sky - he is no longer a good angel, but an enemy; and 2) that he has given them "power over the full force of the enemy and nothing will harm you." God

is indeed pouring out his abundance on the New Jerusalem. Jesus' words were not merely for that occasion or for that time, but are eternal words, and therefore effective now for those who believe.

Unfortunately, many people - including some Catholic Christians - do not believe that evil spirits, demons, exist, despite the fact that the Catholic Church teaches that they do exist. Evil spirits were created as good spirits, angels, by God, but by a definitive choice to refuse to serve God and his plan, Satan or the devil and the other demons are fallen angels that wage war against human beings, trying to associate us humans with their revolt against God (Cf. CCC No. 414).

Spiritual warfare is still an

accurate term for this struggle that we humans have to endure as we "work out our salvation in fear and trembling" (Philippians 2:12). St. Paul accurately defines this in his Letter to the Ephesians by

telling us that we wage war, not against human beings, but "with the principalities, the powers and world rulers of this present darkness, with the ,evil spirits in the heavens." He also tells us to "put on the full armor of God so as to be able to resist the devil's tactics" (6: 1Off).

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consists in obedience to God's will as revealed through Jesus, through his Word and through his Church. Our obedience to God's will empowers us Christian Catholics to overcome temptations from the devil and the other evil spirits, as well as temptations arising from the world and the flesh.

And yet, Jesus tells us that our rejoicing should not be because demons are subject to us, but rather that our names are written in heaven. Jesus considers our faithfulness in living real Catholic Christian lives to be more worthy of joy than our having and using his authority over demons. The fact that Jesus gives us this proper perspective does not, however, negate our use of his holy name to overcome demonic interference. There are times

when the use of this "authority" is necessary so that we might remain faithful to Jesus and his Church. One commonly available "authority" is holy water. Many lay men and women, as well as priests and religious, regularly use holy water to drive away demonic temptations and evil-spirit interference from their persons, their families, and their homes. I am frequently invited by parishioners to bless their路 homes.

Our sacrament of Baptism (life in, with and through Jesus) becomes more alive and effective when you and I actively resist all seductions, temptations and allurements that arise from evil spirits: by knowing our authority in Jesus.

Lord Jesus, I renounce Satan and all evil spirits, and choose You to be the only Lord and savior of my life! Amen.

Father Leonard is pastor ofSt Kilian's Parish in New Bedford.

Upcoming Daily Readings: Sat, July 7, On 27:1-5,15-29; Ps 135:1-6; Mt 9:14-17. Sun, July 8, Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Is 66:10-14c; Ps 66:1-7,16,20; OaI6:14-18; Lk 10:1-12,1720 or 10:1-9. Mon, July 9, On 28:1Q-22a; Ps 91:1-4,14-15ab; Mt 9:18-26. Thes, July 10, On 32:23-33; Ps 17:1-3,6-7,8b,15; Mt 9:32-38. Wed, July 11, On 41:55-57;42:5-7a,17-24a; Ps 33:2-3,1011,18-19; Mt 10:1-7. Thurs, July 12, On 44: 18-21,23b-29;45: 1-5; Ps 105:16-21; Mt 10:7-15. Fri, July 13, On 46:1-7,28-30; Ps 37:3-4,18-19,27-28,39-40; Mt 10:16-23.

Spin and professionalism on Archbishop Raymond Burke published Reagan diaries which, . were informed that a 2004 Pew. .according to the reporter, "show of St. Louis. Burke, according to Forum study had "placed the Post's gimlet-eyed reporter, evangelicals into three camps Ronald Wilson Reagan more has "roiled the Church in St. engaged in the job [of president] traditionalist, centrist, and Louis" because he is "adhering modernist - based on how than had been portrayed." to Vatican orthodoxy endorsed rigidly they adhered to their Portrayed by whom? By papers

by Pope Benedict like USA Today, papers XVI," a posture that that clearly got it has caused some St. wrong.) Moreover, the Louis Catholics to diaries iilustrate what "complain that the Reagan was "really Church under his thinking" during "two . terms of self-styled direction seems out of touch." That's a lot of optimism..." Self~ confusion in a few styled? What does that phrases.

The Catholic mean? The man was an Church's teaching on optimist, period; no . the impaired ecclesiastical beliefs and their willingness to mild put-down adjective was communion of Catholic legislarequired - if this were really a adapt them to a changing . news story. world." "Rigidly," I submit, is an tors who facilitate abortion, like Missouri Senator Claire op-ed adverb, not a news story The very same day, in a New McCaskill, is not a "Vatican adverb. The reporter could York Times story on "A New position" that takes its force easily have,used "firmly" or Breed of Evangelicals," readers from being "endorsed by Pope "deeply" - and in doing so, Benedict XV!." It's settled would have conveyed the real moral conviction, based on meaning of John Green's study.

PRO-LIFER' philosophical convictions about Instead, "rigidly" was the HELPER. the first principles of justice that adverb of choice:' an editorial ADVISOR are open to public scrutiny. interjection signaling that there Things quickly got worse, are evangelicals you can live RESTORER however.

For whom did the Post with because they "adapt ... to a MEDICATOR choose to illustrate, by contrast, changing world", and there are ANTI-ABOKrIONIST Archbishop Burke's being "out nutters. Two generations ago, no of touch"?

Father Marek Bozek serious editor would have .

CAREGIVER THOMAS PASTERNAK of St. Louis's boldly schismatic I permitted such intrusions of . Phatmac/" INSTRUCTOR reportorial point-of-view; today, . St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, 202 RockSt. SPEOALIST whom the Post presented as the no reporter could get a story on Fall RIver paladin of a new, "open" I evangelicals into the Times .

THERAPEUTIST Catholicism.

The Post failed t9 without including such adverbial 508-679路1300 mention, however, that Bozek winks and nods. had been run out of a seminary I Then there was the May 29 in Poland; had gotten himself Washington Post "news" story

The press was even more an unruly' beast in 1787 than it is today; yet the framers of the Constitution gave the fourth estate extraordinary latitude, convinced that the robust. exchange of ideas was democracy's lifeblood.

Journalism's virtual immunity from legal sanction implies, however, certain responsibilities. One of them is to distinguish rigorously between what gets printed as "news," and what gets printed as "opiniop."

The welcome invention of the op-ed page should have thickened the line between what happens in the news hole and what happens on the opinion page. But has it?

On May 21, USA Today ran a news story on the recently-

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ordained in a small Missouri diocese while someone wasn't paying attention; and has subsequently been having fun wearing witch hats as complements to his Mass vestments.

Other peculiarities at the parish could easily have been adduced.

So is St. Stanislaus Kotska Church the embodiment of -"open Catholicism," or a gathering of schismatic malcon- . tents? You make the call - but do it on the op-ed page, not on A2.

My first mentor in matters journalistic, Seattle's David' Brewster, once said that journalism's claim to being a "profession" would remain an affectation until journalism became /lelf-disciplining like law and medicine, with the members of the guild taking real responsibility for policing themselves. Such professional responsibility means editors keeping editorials out of the news hole, and reporters telling the whole truth. That the misshapen stories cited here are hardly rarities suggests'the unhappy probability that David Brewster, who was right 30 years ago, will remain right long into the future.

Which is bad news for American democracy.

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If you take a II things he cannot do, . standard Church song, formal vote, some will agree and was leaving home for the semiwords he cannot say. however. It's a country " some will disagree.

You'll have a nary, I confided in my parents that Clergy transfers allow music tune by Garth l " ' tmhe endb • deCISIon , ut a vote IS I was so painfully shy I doubted I Brooks. Actually, it's a love song. bishop as the community's these other community needs to . . .

II could ever stand d IVISIVe no matter how you up in public at an .be addressed. Is it the pastor or is . h dl . Th Please don't report me to the ordained leader. The pastor can II. an e It. ere are Y1mners, but or a pulpit.

My mother altar Liturgy Police. I consider it a it the people who in a parish make or break a parish. Nothing there are also losers.

Nobody responded, with typical humor, II. prayerful message from me·to the much is going to be accomplished ignite the fire of the Holy Spirit? wants to be a 10ser..The more .

"Well, son, you can always preach assembly. I fITst heard it on an The answer is bOth/and, not unless he and the parishioners are with a bag over your head.

Just be question isl!not a matter irilportant ECHO youth retreat. To me. it either/or. on the same page. That's why a of yeas and nays; it's~ matter of sure to cut two eyeholes so you says exactly what I want to say to It's the faith-community that pastor is required by international can read your sermon." My "Can most of us live ~ith this the people of Assonet Village. The Church law to consult the Parish remains stable. It's the faith.. although weI may not all .d eCISIon, mother was such a kidder. The title is 'It's Your Song'." community that needs to know Pastoral Councilor the Parish apple doesn't fall ....

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Ii agree where it wants to go and how it So many people seem to have Financial Council before making Most parishioners 'have no idea Garth continues: that the faith-commu6ity nour- .

"It was your song that made . hes a pastor andbnngs .11 h'1m to me sing IS It was your voice that gave me life - or not. We prit!sts are like human being by lopking, really Cats are amazing creatures. instead theY entertain them" wings mirrors, reflecting babk the light II looking into their eyes.

Very often just by the way a cat selves with every conceivable we see. Want to take the wind out And it was your light that If Jesus were standing right is looking at you, you can activity.. .

I' shined of your pastor's sails~ Fan in front of US, his eyes Would almost tell what they are "I told t!iemtoclothethe Guiding my heart to flOd yourself with the mis~alette while tell us everything. No words thinking. naked, but jpste,adthey go he's preaching, sigh J~dibly, and" This place where I belong would be needed. And inJhe shopping.

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"Standing in the spotlight on such humming right along.

After she has conveyed - - - - - - - less piece oithe World. a perfect night, knowing that Father Goldrick is pastor of this message, she will "I told them that the II, ... you ,re out there I'Istenmg SlOgS .St. Joseph's Parish in North close her eyes and first would be last and the Garth Brooks. somedtie once said Dighton. continue resting. This last would be first, but · I can go on for hours and they don't believe it. They when I return home still want to be :first:' II later, she has not Yes, I believe that in moved. the eyes of Jesus, there • Prompt 241: Hour Service • Automatic Deliveries could be a look of true If however, I return • Call In Deli\,eries • Budget Terms Available sadness, and all that we much later and she is actually Free Estimates by a materialistic and egotistiup and around, the look in her would need is one look and we You Never Had Service cal existence. eyes will be completely would be forever changed.

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In between these two looks "I told them that the truth And during the sometimes would set them free, hut they of bliss and concern is one that "lazy days of summer,"in I call alert contentedness. This are still being held hostage. between the barbecues and (Sept. 13-25 Tqtal Cost: $2,990); October 5-12,2007; is the one that is her normal "I told them notto value beach parties, the travel and material things, not to store October 1~-23, 2007; February 17-25, 2008; state, when she is not resting or visitations, may we continue to their treasures where thieves April 19-27, 2008; Total Cost: $2,290 find time to embrace our concerned. Intermingled with I alert contentedness is the allcan break in, but they are still spiritual practices and reflection.

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MANSFIELD - As a young adult, Jim Riley was "Father Marcel H. Bouchard was on the board for encouraged by his parents to get involved in parish life the international committee and one day asked me if and he did so wholeheartedly. Today he is doing so I'd like to be a part of it, so I got involved." As a modthrough Catholic. stewardship. And he's helping others erator he introduced guest speakers and helped facilito find places where their talents can flourish. tate discussions.

Riley, 45, is a member of the stewardship commit"I love being involved in the parish and stewardship tee at St. Mary's Parish and has done extensive work is just one way to rejuvenate a parish;' said Riley. The for the parish and diocese. Each year he organizes a parish stewardship committee is comprised of 12 memCommitmentWeekend at the parish where representa- bers and Msgr. Avila. They study stewardship includtivesfrommorethan50parishgroupssharewhatthey ing the U.S. Catholic Council of Bishop's pastoral do within the parish and recruit new members.

"Stewardship: A Disciple's Response." According to "I facilitate the weekends here at the parish," said Riley, such a document really changes hearts and minds.

Riley, a Wellesley native. ''The pastor gives a homily ''The idea that stewardship is a disciple's response that touches on stewardship and I give a lay witness to be a better Christian servant is important. In my work, talk about it We have a leisure time and family life, I try to be a good steward.

We should all try to do that. stewardship fair at the parish center and it's a We must be mature disgreat opportunity for the ciples of Christ no matter many groups in the parwhat the cost. I know it's ish to explain what they changed my life for the do and give others a better." chance to join up and He has been a member of the parish finance commake a difference."

Asked why he does mittee for more than 15 what he does, Riley re- . years and has been an exsponded. "Stewardship is traordinary minister of so important It's che lifeholy Communion since he was 18. blood of che parish. ''There are so many ''Growing up, faith was· ways that people can very important to my famhelp out at the parish. ily and they instilled that in me. Our right to life, libThey can join the choir, they can do prayer outerty and the pursuit ofhapreach; become a lector, piness comes from God. My parents always encourwork with youth or do parish outreach. aged us to get involved in ''It's been very sucthe Church community cessful and it's allowed and give back to God." parishioners to get inHe and his wife have been involved with the volved in ways that chey're comfortable with Cursillo movement for a and where chey have gifts number of years and have to share." boch served on team for its But stewardship is so weekends. They also were much more explained on che founding board for Riley. ''It's a way of life. the St. Mary's Education It's notjustone weekend, ..

Fund and were instrumenhrtit'samind-set. Weare P~RSON OF THE WEEK Jim Riley. (Photo by tal in bringing St. Mary's all called through our Mike Gordon) Catholic School to baptism and confirmaMansfield. They have been ·tion to give back to God for che gifts he has given us." on cheAttleboro Deanery marriage prep team since 1989.

Riley and his wife Joanne live in Norton where chey "Volunteering is vital to the success of the parish," are raising two daughters, Elizabeth, nine, and Theresa, declared Riley. "Once you get involved you really ensix. They celebrated cheir 20th wedding anniversary on joy it and we should always include time in our lives July 4. His wife has been principal at the parish school for God. It can be saying grace before a meal, praying since it·opened. che rosary as a family or attending weekly adoration.

He works as a real estate broker for Cross Real Es- When you give cloches or food to che needy you are tate, a company he formed in 1996. "Bringing proper- giving back to God and that's stewardship." ties to people and people to properties," is our motto Riley has been a member of the George C. Shields said Riley.

Council No. 420 of che Knights of Columbus for 1hree He is a 1983 graduate of Boston College and has a years, and chis monch was installed as Grand Knight He degree in accounting. He later earned his MBA in fi- was amemberof the centennial committee for St Mary's. nance and strategic management from Boston College Currently Riley is working on a spring stewardship as well. Growing up, Riley was che second of eight gathering where che talents of the many parish. groups children. All his brochers and sisters attended Boston can all come together for a day. "It will be like a spiriCollege. tual festival where we could all share a day together Riley's dedication to the parish has not gone unno- and showcase the talents ofeveryone.

When he has free time Riley spends it wich his famticed by his pastor Msgr. Stephen J. Avila.

"Jim has made a tremendous impact here in many . ily and tries to instill strong Catholic values in his chilaspects of parish life," said Msgr. Avila. "He is dedi- dren. cated, dependable and enchusiastic. He is truly a role "My brocher, Edward Riley, was ordained a ptiest model for other parishioners." in 2000 and that inspired me to continue to be involved.

Msgr. Avila added, "He has a good pulse on the life I am motivated by an appreciation of being thankful of che parish and is very supportive of the Church. He for what I have and what God has given me. I feel I has a real commitment to our parish." have an obligation to give back."

Riley has put his stewardship ~ to use for the The Anchor encourages readers to nomitulte others diocese as 14-year member of che diocesan Steward- for the Person of the Week - who and why? Submit ship Committee. OVer the last 10 years he has been a nominoJions to: theanchot@anchomews.org, or wriJe member ofan international stewardship group, serving to The Anchor, p.o. Box 7, Fo/lRiver, MA 02722.

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TAKING HIS FAITH SIRIUSLY - Bob Zyskowski, Catholic Press Association president, and associate publisher and general manager of The Catholic Spirit; newspaper of the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis, is interviewed by hosts of the Catholic Channel on Sirius satellite radio. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)

Zyskowski says ·CPA can help Catholic media be 'more vital'

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the CPA is a move of its headquarters from Ronkonkoma, N.Y., to ChiWASHINGTON -At che top of cago. Executive director Tom Bob Zyskowski's to-do list as the new Conway lives in che Chicago suburbs president ofche Catholic Press Asso- and has been telecommuting and. ciation of the United States and traveling back and forth.

Canada is "making association mem''The decision was difficult for bership more valuable to everyone many reasons;' Zyskowski told CNS. who works for Catholic publications." But after examining the situation "I think we need to offer mem- "very carefully;' he said, the CPA bers more programs and services that board ofdirectors ''found no compelmake Catholic media so good that ling reason to remain in New York they are even more vital and valuable and (saw) several huge upsi<feg for to readers and viewers," he told moving to the Chicago area." .

The move will give the CPA a Catholic News Service in an interfresh start and "force the association view in June.

"Our association should help its to update and upgrade operations, and publications be so compelling that many ofthose systems are long overwhen the papers, magazines and due for updating;' Zyskowski said. newsletters come in the mail," he said, Members have come to expect "our subscribers stop what they're "little else" from the CPA beyond che doing, tum off 'Oprah,' put down annual convention, the awards comPeople magazine, take out their iPod petition, Catholic Press Month and earplugs and sit down to be brought The Catholic Journalist monthly up to date on the news of their faith, newspaper, he said.

He would like to see members challenged by the Gospel and inspired to be better Catholics." have access to Web-based, searchable The CPA can "help members' data that would offer "benchmark Websites be so cool and valuable that information" such as advertising people bookmark them and go to guidelines, compensation for freelancers, policies about letters to them every day;' he added.

Zyskowski, 56, is associate pub- the editor, vacation and sick-time lisher and general manager of The policies, printing costs, salaries and Catholic Spirit, newspaper of the che commission structure for ad sales Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapo- peopre. .

Zyskowski thinks the CPA also lis. He was elected to a three-year term as president by CPA members couldoffer members distant-learning and took office May 25 during the . opportunities wich a Catholic univerclosing awards banquet at che Catho- sity; a job line; online workshops; a lic Media Convention in Brooklyn. place to exchange ideas for advertising, circulation and marketing; and N.Y. Zyskowski and his wife of 34 access to all members' email adyears, Barb, live in Oakdale, Minn., dresses on che Website to make netand are actively involved in their par- working easy.

Asked what challenges the ish, Presentation of che Blessed Virgin Mary, in nearby Maplewood. Internet presents to Catholic publicaThey have three sons, one daughter tions, Zyskowski noted that "most and four grandchildren; with another Catholic organizations are .several years behind with cheirWeb product, one on the way. and we need to catch up and quickly."

The CPA should offer "educaA recent national survey showing tional programs that improve everythat one-fourlh ofU.S. Catholics read thing we do, management training their diocesan newspaper does not that makes our companies more efficient, information that makes good really alarm him. "Just as young use ofnew technologies, cost savings people don't drive their father's through group buying power, and Oldsmobile, chey may not read cheir mocher's Catholic magazine or newsmuch, much more;' he explained.

One immediate change in store for paper," he said.

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Some pastors have shown some reluctance in their young p¥ishioners going to Steubenvill~ East, Medeiros said candidly.

"For instance, because the young people might hear others speak in tongues, they might be afraid or mystified because it so different for them. We haJe suggested to their directors and coordinators and teachers of Religious Education that they take sorite time to prepare their students for what they will experience ... and perhaps that they themselves attend the conir ferences to see what they're like," Medeiros said.

In the past, suggestion~ have been made that the Steubenville East Conferences "be more catechectical in nature," MJdeiros reported.

I Medeiros said that none ofthe students in her parish planned attend I[ the Steubenville East Conferences . . . '. because they were busy readying for the World Youth Day to be held In II July 2008 in Sydney, Australia.

A heavy concentration ofyoung teens and chaperones from MassaII chusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and Pe~ylvartia are among those already registered,

said Lisbon, who brings a varied background to the conference work, including those of a teacher and human resource manager, ~ well as working directly for the Church.

Lisbon said Pope John Paul IT has been her greatest inspiration in her work.

"Our teens are constantly confronted with lies about what leads to happiness and real fulfillment.

They face choices and temptations that lead them away from Christ and the Church. I see the Steubenville East weekends as a time when all who come here can bask in the light and truth of Christ's love. So please keep these conference weekends in your prayers."

As it keeps its commitment to the youth, La Salette Shrine will also be launching a new program for youth on the First Fridays of the month called "Extreme East."

These evening programs will include great worship music, inspiring ta!ks and witnesses, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and end with a pizza party. This program, with more details to come, will enable the teens that come to Steubenville East to have regular follow-up and growth opportunities.

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ATTLEBORO - More than 3,000 high-school age youths have already registered, and more registrations are arriving daily, as youth and youth leaders from across New England will take up the challenge of giving God complete access to every part oftheir lives on the weekends ofJuly 13-15, and July 20-22.

"We're busy taking the reservations and arrangements for the annual faith-building weekends that this year have 'All A~s' as the theme," reported Kim Lisbon, who has recently joined the La Salette family as coordinator for the Steubenville East Youth Conferences.

The theme is taken from Ephesians 2: 17-10: " ...and he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father."

Each summer the Shrine welcomes thousands of teens, chaperones, youth ministers and volunteers to weekends aimed at awakening the gift of faith in Jesus Christ At the heart of the conference weekends are the sacraments, "through which youth can experience the Father's tender mercy, forgiveness and healing compassion," Lisbon explained.

A program of inspiring talks from nationally known and popular speakers, singers and artists, and times of sharing is planned, and priests also from across the New England Area' will come to assist with the sacrament ofreconciliation and Masses.

Among the speakers are Father

John Gerth, coordinator of Teen Life in St. Petersburg, Fla.; Father John Gordon, former of the Pre-Theologate Program at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio; Father Larry Richards, from Erie, Pa., spiritual director of "To Encounter Christ"; Father Jose Robles Sanchez, a spiritual director from Alexandria, La.; Mary Bielski, who has theology and psychology degrees from Marquette University, whose presentations aim at drawing teens closer to Christ; John Beaulieu, director of Campus Ministry at Franciscan University; Molly Kelly, author, mother, and international lecturer on the Eucharist; Chris Padgett, a convert and vibrant speaker on faith issues; Deacon Ralph Poyo, director of faith formation in Rale~gh, ,N.C.; Joanne Wilson from Indianapolis, Ind., a registered nurse who speaks on God's plan for inner healing; and Brian Beckman, director of the Impact Center in Littleton, Colo., a dynamic speaker on the nurturing and fostering of sanctity in youth ministers.

Conference attendees will also be entertained by Brian Kissenger, music minister at Franciscan University; Ben Walthers and the BWB band from Indiana; Christian vaudevillians Gene and Brad; and musical entrepreneur Oscar Riveira from Waterbury, Conn.

One of the spiritual high points of the conferences is the Saturday night's eucharistic adoration.

"Many young people experience a powerful awareness ofthe love of God for them personally and some have heard the call to the priesthood and the religious life," Lisbon noted.

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"How appropriate that Our Lady's Shrine welcomes the youth each sUmmer just as she said at La Salette: 'Come near, my children, don't be afraid. I am here to tell you great news.'"

Crystal Medeiros, coordinator of .. : Youth at St. Lawrence Parish in New Bedford, and an assistant in the Diocesan Youth Ministry Office, has attended the Steubenville East Conferences for the last two years.

She said what teens experience there "may be quite different from the spirituality they've witnessed in their own parishes and schools ... because at the conferences it is charismatic."

As part ofthe conferences' structure there are "breakouts" when boys meet with boys and girls with girls - or all together - and listen and talk and sometimes hear others give witness to the issues presented by charismatic speakers. It is very different from what they've experienced in parish Religious

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28.70% 25.25% 16.04% 10.79% 9.60%

ATTLEBORO AREA Saint Mary, Mansfield Saint Mary, North Attleboro Saint Mark, North Attleboro Saint John the Evangelist, Attleboro Saint Theresa, South Attleboro

CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS AREA Saint Pius Tenth, South Yarmouth $189,243.58 Saint Joseph, Woods Hole 166,270.00 Christ the King, Mashpee 125,091.19 Our Lady of Victory, Centerville 118,510.00 Saint John the Evangelist, Pocasset 108,050.00

CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS AREA Saint Joseph, Woods Hole Holy Trinity, West Harwich Our Lady of the Cape, Brewster Our Lady of Lourdes, Wellfleet Christ the King, Mashpee

171.01 % 39.08% 21.51 % 18.01 % 16.93%

CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS AREA Saint Joseph, Woods Hole $104,918.69 Holy Trinity, West Harwich 19,743.00 Christ the King, Mashpee 18,113.19 Our Lady of the Cape, Brewster 15,084.00 Our Lady of the Assumption, Osterville 6,935.50

FALL RIVER AREA Holy Name, Fall River Saint Thomas More, Somerset Saint John the Baptist, Westport Saint Stanislaus, Fall River Santo Christo, Fall River

$ 78,973.00 37,574.00 36,930.00 36,388.00 35,682.00

FALL RIVER AREA Saint John of God, Somerset Holy Name, Fall River Saint Patrick, Somerset Immaculate Conception, Fall River Our Lady of Grace, Westport

30.65% 17.89% 17.82% 16.89% 13.09%

FALL RIVER AREA Holy Name, Fall River Saint John of God, Somerset Saint Patrick, Somerset Holy Trinity, Fall River Saint George, Westport

$11,987.00 8,004.00 5,214.00 2,877.25 2,552.00

NEW BEDFORD AREA Saint Julie Billiart, North Dartmouth Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New Bedford Saint Patrick, Wareham Saint John Neumann, East Freetown Saint Mary, South Dartmouth

$ 68,432.60 60,132.00 59,122.00 51,980.00 50,804.00

NEW BEDFORD AREA Saint Anthony, Mattapoisett Saint Kilian, New Bedford Saint Mary, Fairhaven Saint Francis Xavier, Acushnet Saint Rita, Marion

31.86% 24.81% 16.56% 14.89% 11.62%

NEW BEDFORD AREA Saint Anthony, Mattapoisett Saint Francis Xavier, Acushnet Saint Mary, Fairhaven Saint Rita, Marion Saint Lawrence, New Bedford

$ 7,764.00 3,864.18 2,353.00 2,296.18 2,086.50

TAUNTON AREA Saint Ann, Raynham Saint Anthony, Taunton Holy Family, East Taunton Holy Rosary, Taunton Holy Cross, South Easton

$106,547.00 43,014.00 41,628.00 37,525.00 34,110.00

TAUNTON AREA Holy Rosary, Taunton Saint Jacques, Taunton Holy Cross, South Easton Saint Ann, Raynham Saint Paul, Taunton

33.78% 18.99% 17.54% 7.97% 7.81%

TAUNTON AREA Holy Rosary, Taunton Saint Ann, Raynham Holy Cross, South Easton Saint Jacques, Taunton Saint Paul, Taunton

$145,212.00 102,990.00 69,921.00 61,254.10 46,191.00

FINAL PARISH TALLIES ATTLEBORO AREA

Attleboro $ 9,67.8.00 Holy Ghost Saint John the Evangelist 69,921.00 Saint Joseph 23,768.00 21,234.00 Saint Stephen 38,080.00 Saint Theresa Mansfield 102,990.00 Saint Mary North Attleboro Sacred Heart 34,775.00 Saint Mark 61,254.10 Saint Mary 33,015.03 Norton Saint Mary 24,761.50 Seekonk Our Lady of Mount Carmel 145,212.00 46,191.00 Saint Mary CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS AREA Brewster $ 85,198.50 Our Lady of the Cape BUUlUds Bay 18,195.00 Saint Margaret Centerville 118,510.00 Our Lady of Victory Chatham 63,073.00 Holy Redeemer East Falmouth 74,815.00 Saint Anthony East Sandwich 96,625.00 Corpus Christi Falmouth 50,954.00 Saint Patrick Hyannis 75,852.00 Saint Francis Xavier Martha's Vineyard 21,460.00 Good Shepherd Mashpee 125,091.19 Christ the King Nantucket 52,097.00 Saint Mary/Our Lady of the Isle North Falmouth 63,690.00 Saint Elizabeth Seton Orleans 66,175.73 Saint Joan of Arc Osterville 83,378.00 Our Lady of the Assumption Pocasset 108,050.00 Saint John the Evangelist Provincetown 23,920.00 Saint Peter the Apostle South Yarmouth 189,243.58 Saint Pius Tenth Wellfleet 32,375.00 Our Lady of Lourdes West Harwich 70,266.00 Holy Trinity Woods Hole 166,270.00 Saint Joseph FALL RIVER AREA Fall River $ 18,470.00 Saint Mary Cathedral 30,620.00 Espirito Santo

Good Shepherd Holy Name Holy Rosary Holy Trinity Immaculate Conception Notre Dame Sacred Heart Saint Anne Saint Anthony of Padua Saint Joseph Saint Michael Saints Peter and Paul.

Saint Stanislaus Santo Christo Assonet Saint Bernard Somerset Saint John of God Saint Patrick Saint Thomas More Swansea Saint Dominic Saint Francis of Assisi Saint Louis de France Westport Our Lady of Grace Saint George Saint John the Baptist NEW BEDFORD AREA New Bedford Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Immaculate Conception Our Lady of the Assumption Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Mount Carmel Our Lady of Perpetual Help Saint Anthony of Padua Saint Francis of Assisi Saint John the Baptist Saint Joseph-SI. Therese Saint Kilian Saint Lawrence Saint Mary Acushnet Saint Francis Xavier East Freetown Saint John Neumann Fairhaven Saint Joseph Saint Mary Marion Saint Rita Mattapoisett Saint Anthony North Dartmouth Saint Julie Billiart South Dartmouth Saint Mary Wareham Saint Patrick TAUNTON AREA Taunton Annunciation of the Lord Holy Family

18,785.00 78,973.00 15,210.00 34,631.00 4,603.00 20,544.00 7,660.00 18,515.25 22,248.00 $ 23,368.00 21,458.00 11,784.00 36,388.00 35,682.00 21,195.00 34,115.00 34,466.00 37,574.00 21,405.00 29,579.00 30,609.00 17,924.00 25,569.00 36,930.00

$ 32,877.33 49,325.00 11,390.00 24,520.00 17,920.00 60,132.00 28,060.00 11,864.00 14,675.50 22,000.00 20,705.00 7,500.00 31,983.05 44,482.00 29,819.18 51,980.00 24,063.00 16,562.00 22,053.39 32,135.00 68,432.60 50,804.00 59,122.00 $ 32,619.00 41,628.00

Holy Rosary Immaculate Conception Saint Anthony Saint Jacques Saint Joseph Saint Mary Saint Paul Dighton Saint Peter North Dighton Saint Joseph North Easton Immaculate Conception Raynham Saint Ann South Easton Holy Cross

$14,233.00 6,656.03 5,964.10 4,198.00 3,078.25

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37,525.00 12,809.00 43,014.00 17,953.00 25,770.00 24,280.00 29,488.00 8,715.00 22,291.00 27,470.00 106,547.00 34,110.00

PARISHES Acushnet St. Francis Xavier: $250-Joseph & Susan Souza; $100-Ronald & Cecilia Piva.

Attleboro Holy Ghost: $200-Joseph Aguiar, Jr.; $1 OO-Seraphim R. Sousa, George Fredette.

St. John the Evangelist: $200-M&M Gerard Hickman, M&M Robert Mangiaratti; $IOO-Anne Carroll, M&M George J. Geisser, T. Patriarca & D. Lamontagne, M&M Ronald Mendes, M&M Paul J. Thorpe, Robert Devine & Kathryn Jones.

St. Theresa of the Child Jesus: $IOO-Ana Champagne, M&M Henry Lumbra, Bill Mulholland.

Buzzards Bay St. Margaret: $1,200-Virginia Marchand.

Centerville Our Lady of Victory: $250-Donna Cafolla, M&M Alan Donheiser, M&M Edward Kirk, M&M Sean P. O'Neil..

Chatham Holy Redeemer: $1 ,OOO-John & Gail Langenus Family Fund; $500Dr&M David J. Farrell, Patricia M. Fuller, M&M Joseph H. McCarthy; $300-M&M Paul Kelley, M&M James McCroskery; $250-M&M Paul Kirby; $200-M&M Alan Daly, Rosemary Farley; $IOO-A. Paul Cravedi, M&M William J. Dunn, Jr., M&M James Griffin, M&M Jerry Walker.

East Falmouth St. Anthony: $15D-M&M Anthony R. Solimine; $1 OO-Joseph Andrade.

East Sandwich Corpus Christi: $2,8llO-M&M Thomas F. Murphy; $2,OOO-M&M Richard Roberts; $1,200-M&M John DellaMorte; $25D-M&M Brian J. Clifford; $100-M&M L. Chris Richardson, M&M Ralph Negron, Lena Aleksandmwicz, M&M John J. McDonald, M&M Robert G. Quinn, Joan M. Bloodgood.

East Taunton Holy Family: $500-M&M Wilfred Courcy; $200-M&M Peter 1. Corr; $150-M&M Kenneth A. Poole, Jr.; $IOO-M&M Victor D. Vieira, M&M Paul A. Lamoureux, Janet & Daniel Murphy, Denise Shea, Torrie L. Silvia.

Fall River . Holy Trinity: $125-M&M Dennis Hickey.

Santo Christo: $400-Marilyn Harrington.

Falmouth S1. Patrick: $500-Dr&M William Schutten; $4OO-Dr&M Sam Donta.

Hyannis St. Francis Xavier: $125-Melissa Rilkoff.

Mansfield S1. Mary: $1,000-Theresa Garofano, David & Sandra Rullo; $200-M&M Keith Ninesling; $175-M&M John R. Murphy; $120-Patricia Coyne; $100Mrs. V. Allen, Cynthia Blanchard, M&M Paul M. Buonpane, M&M William Davis, M&M John J. Demarco, M&M Robert G. Hogan, M&M Daniel J. McCormack, M&M Sean F. McCarthy, Mrs. Alvin Stewart, M&M Carl F. Vamerin, M&M John W. Welch.

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Marion St. Rita: $250-Eugene & Eileen Lonergan.

Masbpee Cbrist tbe King: $500-M&M George Hults. .

Mattapoisett St. Antbony: $500-Dr. Elisabeth A. Pennington; $IOO-M&M Paul Downey.

Nantucket St. Mary/Our Lady of tbe Isle: $I,OOO-M&M Stephen C. Barnett; $300-E.J. Oliver & Sue H. Woodley; $200-Marsba Kotalac; $IOO-M&M Paul Bixby, Marylyn Burns, Francis Farrell, Joseph M. Quigley.

New Bedford Holy Name of tbe Sacred Heart of Jesus: $200-Leonard F. Souza, M&M Edward F. Murray; $150-M&M Gordon W. Vieira; $100-Mrs. Francis Sullivan.

Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. James: $150-Earl & Karen Delacy.

St. Antbony of Padua: $IOO-Arthur P. Motta. Jr. St. Jobn tbe Baptist: $2,OOO-St. Jobn's Cemetery; $250-St. John's Confirmation Class; $200-ln Thanksgiving; $140-M&M Antonio Alves; ,$IOO-Anonymous, M&M Carlos Aguiar, M&M John Carvalho.

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Sacred Heart: $200-M&M Richard Hall; $100-Sean. Kim & Katharine Carroll.

St. Mark: $IOO-Ted Nesi.

St. Mary: $ I50-Laurent Doire; $100-Jeannine Knobel, Karen & Steve Bengtson.

Nortb Easton Immaculate Conception: $300-M&M Joseph Ingala; $100-Charles McMenamy, M&M Robert Pratt, M&M Joseph Giordano, M&M Jose Couto.

Nortb Falmoutb St. Elizabetb Seton: $500-M&M Thomas Cremin; $300-M&M Thomas Bushy; $150-M&M Don Carpenter; $125-Mr. Waring & Pat Gerrior; $IOO-Dr&M Grover Baxley, M&M Paul Carney, M&M Dennis Hurley, M&M Leo Johnson, M&M Barry Kent, M&M John Lucey, M&M Andrew McIsaac, M&M James Orphanos, M&M Keith Sonnabend.

Norton St. Mary: $IOO-Joseph & Priscilla Lokitis, Rose Noice.

Orleans St. Joan of Arc: $300-M&MMicnael Shidlovsky; $100-M&M Douglas pineen. " Osterville Our Lady of tbe Assumption: $2,OOO-Elaine J. Elio; $I,OOO-M&M Daniel A. Cronin, Jr.; $500-M&M Jobn J. Cloherty; $300-M&M Frederick Wrightson; $250M&M Paul Donahue, M&M William Fischer; $200-Nancy Whiteley; $150-Phil Burke; $100-M&M Harry E. Ekblom, Rosemary Martirosian, Mrs. James J. O'Leary, Jr., Phyllis O'Toole, Robert M. Powers.

Pocasset St. Jobn tbe Evangelist: $250-Rose A. Cavanaugh, Mary E. Moran.

Seekonk St. Mary: SI,480-Joseph & Eileen Hodge; $I,OOO-Timothy McGinn; $300-Gary & Louise Alaownis; $200-Paul &.Judy Hodge, Ronald & Donna Paris; $160-James & Deborah Bolton; $150-Thomas & Denise Drury; $100-Michael DiChristofaro, Joseph Eklind, Robert & Lindy Goudreau, Chris Tadros. ' Somerset .

St. John of God: $100-Dr&M Kenneth J. Arruda, St. John of God Knights of Columbus.

South Easton Holy Cross: $200-R!lberta & Henry Hobaica; $150-Robert J. Kane; $100-Dr. Paul Marino. ' South Yarmouth St. Pius Tenth: $200-Margaret Flaherty, Andrew Lattanzi; $IOO-M&M Jeff Terrio, M&M Brian McGrath, M&M Robert Austin, John Miskinis.

Swansea' St. Francis of Assisi: $150-Wanda Peloquin; $IOO-M&M Craig J. Sherwin, M&M John F. Gunn, M&M William D. Soares, Paul J. Martelly, M&M Antone Abreu, Our Lady of Fatima Seniors.

St. Louis de France: $100-M&M Matthew Puccini.

Taunton Holy Rosary: $250-David & Elizabeth Pottier; $200-Atty&M Edward W. Pietnik; $150-Amelia & Nancy St. Yves; $100-M&M Ralph Wilbur, M&M Barry Kennedy.

Immaculate Conception: $150-M&M Gary Enos; $100-Joan Gilday, M&M Arthur Lima.

St. Jacques: $250-Nancy Simmons.

St. Joseph: $300-Paula E. Driscoll..

'St. Mary: $IOO-James Chiesa.St. Paul: $IOO-Joe & Sarah Korabek.

West Harwich Holy Trinity: $300-Marjorie C. Tivenan; $200-Kathleen Kirkpatrick; $150M&M Robert L. Brawley, Marguerite E.' & Edward T. Martin; $IOO-Arley Makurat Cline, M&M Michael Gurney, M&M William Heffernan, Deborah Merigan, M&M T. Robert Reynolds.

Westport Our Lady of Grace: $200-M&M Bradford Perkins, M&M James Rebello; $100M&M Leonard Silvia.

St. George: $200-M&M Joseph McConnell.

St. John the Baptist: $3,500-White's of Westport-Richard Lafrance; $100-M&M Christopher Canepa.

Woods Hole St. Josepb: ~2,OOO-M&M James Mooney; $I,500-Mrs. Josiah K. Lilly III; $I,OOO-M&M Craig Gibson; $300-Elizabeth Campanella; $200-Dr&M John Stegeman, Michael A. & Mary M. Joyce, John & Lillian Greeley; $IOO-Janice CaseyFrase.

10 Day Pilgrimage to Lourdes Also Toulouse and Carcassonne in France & Barcelona and Montserrat in Spain November 1 .. 10, 2007 Cost $2,679 For information and reservations: Father Marc P. Tremblay 508.285.4462 . Msgr. John J. Smith 508.992.2602

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The Washington Theological Union, a Catholic graduate school of theology and ministry, was II awarded the grant in 20~4 by the Lilly Endowment.

Pat LeNoir, director of the grant, said the idea for a project to draw the interest of the X~)Uths to- ward full-time ministry has existed for some time, and the grant al-

istries, shared ideas and laid out individual, concrete plans with deadlines for integrating their youth and WASHINGTON - Approxiyoung adult ministries and giving mately 70 leaders of youth, young youths a chance to learn more adult and campus ministries from about ministry positions.路 13 U.S. dioceses met recently for The leaders came from the Balfour days in Washington to discuss timore Archdiocese and the Archways of more effectively inviting diocese -of Hartford, Conn., and the youths of the Catholic Church frorp the dioceses of Allentown, into leadership positions.

-~ Pa.; Austin, Texas; Charlotte, The leaders met at a trainN.C.; Cleveland; Harrisburg, ing institute held by the Pa.; Lexington, Ky.; Raleigh, Washington Theological During the institute, r;epresenta- N.C.; Reno, Nev.; RichUnion.

Paul larzembowski, ex- tives andyouth ministry leaders from mond, Va.; Wheelingecutive diTector of the Na- the participating dioceses discussed Charleston, W.Va.; and tional Catholic Young Adult the strengths of their ministries, Wilmington, Del. Both clergy and lay posiMinistry Association and shared ideas and laid out individual, leader of several institute concrete plans with dEJadlines for tions are suffering from a sessions, said that in the past integrating their youth and young shortage of new leaders who belong to younger generayouths were interested in adult ministries and givi*g youths a tions, said Chris Anderson, ministry and Church leaderchance to learn more about minis- executive director for the Naship and the number of tional Association for Lay young people looking for try pbsitions.

Ministry. ministry positions often out"We talk about the clergy numbered the positions that were available.' lowed it to fmally become a real- shortage quite a bit, but there's also a lay minister shortage," he said.

He said trends have changed ity.

Conceptual meetings for the in- He said the youths need to hear and that those who work with youthsnow need to become inten- stitute between the union and its from a minister what it's like to be tional in their presentation of min- partners began as early as March a minister before they will be atistry in the Church as a career op- 2004, LeNoir said. The ,~nion is tracted to the priesthood, diaconate partnered with the Natiortal Asso- .or career in lay ministry. tion.

In the coming years, the insti"In our programs we have a lot ciation of Diocesan Directors of of young adults who want to par- Campus Ministry, Catholic Cam- tute will document the progress of ticipate and not a lot who want to pus Ministry Association, National participating dioceses thrqugh lead," he said. "Now is a time when Catholic Student Coalition, Na- quarterly reports and an online fowejustcaO't let chance guide the tional Catholic Young Adult Min- rum, then prepare a perman,ent reistry Association and Natiqnal Fed- source in the form of a manual to leadership." eration for Catholic Youth Minis- assist future groups seeking to T~e week-long institute was one part of a five-year, $1.8 mil- try. . implement similar programs; said During the institute, represen- Krista Bajoka, facilitator of the inlion grant project called Eye on the Horizon. The project's focus is tatives and youth ministrY leaders stitute and director of young adult studying and responding to chang- from the participating dioceses dis- 'and campus ministry for the Arching trends in pastoral leadership. cussed the strengths of their min- diocese of Detroit.

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Talbot celebr~tes 50 albums; sets brakes on'recording and touring

By ANDREA SLIVKA CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON ...:.... John Michael Talbot's newest album, "Living Water," will mark more than one noteworthy occurrence: In addition to being his 50th album, it will also be his last recording for an unknown period of time as he prepares to take a break from recording and touring.

"I don't know whether or not I'm going to quit it, but I am going to pause fora while," Talbot told Catholic News Service in an interview about his new album and his writing style~ He spoke by telephone from his Little Portion Monastery in Arkansas.

For the past 15 years, he has performed in four concert tours a year, traveling back and forth across the country numerous times and also visiting Europe..

"I'm kind of preferring to spend some time with nothing for a while," he said, adding that what God wants him to do after that is God's business.'

He still plans to tour in the fall of 2008 and the spring of 2009 to promote his new album, which is to be released August 15. , Although touring is a lot of work, he said he loves doing concerts and would continue them, ex: cept, in prayer, he hears God telling him to stop and "stand still for a while" so God can direct him.

That could be back into touring, doing prayer walks again or even being a recluse for the remainder of his life.

"It's up to God," Talbot said.

"Living Water" contains a variety of new songs orchestrated in his traditional meditative style, which he hopes will help his listeners feel at home with the milestone album.

While he worked from his traditional style, he also experi~ mented with different orchestrations. He said some songs have a more intimate feel with few instruments beyond his guitar, while ,others have full orchestration.

He listens to a variety of music - from chant to rock 'n' roll -

and then sits down with his guitar and "the music that comes out is the music that comes out," he said.

As his songs go from the writing stage to recording, he identifies a theme for his album, chooses songs that reflect that theme and then begins recording his songs with his guitar and primary vocals; Then he dubs his own voice for background vocals - often six overdubs of each part for a chorus of 18 voices. Orchestration is added as the final touch.

Talbot said he is influenced by the Scripture of the day, prayers of the saints and his own current spirituallife when writing lyrics. He is particularly partial to the Psalms, COOKING UP A SCHEME - A mouse named Remy, voiced by Patton Oswalt, and Linguini, voiced Isaiah, the books of Wisdom, the . by Lou Romano, are seen in the animated movie "Ratatouille." (eNS photo/Disney) Sermon on the Mount and the sections ofPauI's letters where "he really lets his heart show."

By HARRY FORBES In addition to Scripture, geously animated production has a with the customers.

CATHOLIC NEW.S SERVICE Talbot's new album also contains The restaurant's hapless garbage rare sophistication that should enMass parts, although Talbot said NEW YORK -:-' This is hardly boy, Linguini (Lou Romano), gets tertain adults as much as their chilhe's writing more for personal the first time an American animated the credit, and after some initial dren. The Pixar wizardry is quite prayer than for its use as liturgical feature has used Paris as a backdrop hesitation the pair decide to work wondrous, with outstandingly chomusic. for the adventures of four-legged together, with Remy perching un- reographed detail, from Remy's At the monastery that h'e creatures - think "Gay Purr-ee" der Linguini's chef's hat, and di- fast-moving antics to the intricate founded in 1980, the community and Disney's "The Aristocats" recting him to use the proper ingre- food preparation. Voicewise, Peter has recently started raising free- but the City of Light has never been, dients. The kitchen's lone female O'Toole is particularly amusing as range chickens - those raised out- so dazzlingly etched. chef, Colette' (Janeane Garofalo), a dour food critic, Anton Ego., side any kind of pens - in the Despite recent attempts from And rather than feline charac- softens her harsh manner as she middle of Tyson chicken country ters, the delectable "Ratatouille" finds herself falling for the budding some quarters to discredit France, . in Arkansas. He wants the commu- (Disney/Pixar) has as its hero, chef, and becomes another ally. it's nice to see - one gratuitous nity to be self-sufficient beyond Remy; a cute and skinny rat (voiced Linguini'sconcoctionscontinue crack notwithstanding - the what he provides through his by Patton Oswalt) with a penchant to win wide, approval, much to the French presented without derision. music's profits. envy of the eatery's diminutive head The 'fi~m's messages of teamfor cooking.

In looking at current trends in Inspired by late TV chef (in chef, Skjnner (lan Holm), who con- work (even in a world foreign to liturgical music, Talbot doesn't cartoonland, anyway) Auguste trives to discover the secret behind one's own), honesty (the rats learn think Pope Benedict XVI's recent Gusteau (Brad Garrett), whose oft- Linguini's unlikely culinary prow- it's wrong to steal), and following comme'nts that liturgical music stated mantra was "anyone can ess. one's dreams however unlikely (a needs to reflect the traditional sa- cook,~' Remy attempts to steal some When Remy's family finally路 rodent can indeed succeed in the cred music of the Church means ingredients from the kitchen of a catches up with him - including kitchen) are marvelously conveyed. the pope is calling for a change in gun-toting granny. Remy and all the his no-nonsense father, 'Django ':Ratatouille" is delicious from the style of current liturgical mu- other rats must flee down a storm (Brian Dennehy), and slovenly first scene to last. sic.

Apart from the subtle implicadrain where, in the churning rap- brother, Emile (peter Sohn) - they He thinks the pope is referring ids, he's separated from the others, try to persuade him that he cannot tion of a character born out of instead to music of such poor qual- and emerges solo to view the won- live with humans, and should return wedlock, which should go over ity that it hinders instead of helps drous city below him (a particularly to them instead. most youngsters' heads, and some prayer during Mass.

Linguini's success has so gone cartoon peril, the film makes fine breathtaking moment).

"He no doubt has experienced Guided by the spirit of Gusteau to his head that Remy thinks his family viewing. The USCCB Ofpersonally or heard reports where (Remy's imagination, not an actual father's advice may be correct af- fice for Film & Broadcasting clasthe liturgy in their parish is so ter- ghost), he soon spies the late chef's ter all. But suffice it to say, every- sification is A-I - general patronrible that it's almost an offense," Jormer five-star eatery and makes thing is sorted out by the end, with age. The Motion Picture AssociaTalbot said. "I think what he's do- his way into the kitchen, where he much comedy and touching senti- tion of America rating is G ing is addressing that, and I applaud can't resist doctoring the soup, ment along the way. general audiences. All ages admithim for that. He's on the money." , which of course, becomes a big hit Writer-director Brad Bird's gor- ted.

Diocese of Fall River TV Mass

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Action-packed Washingtonbased thriller as detective John McClane (Bruce Willis in good, sardonic form) teams with a computer geek (Justin Long) t.o outwit a dastardly hacker (Timothy Olyphant) and deadly femme fatale cohort IC~~ ~'t()vii(e (Maggie Q) who intend to cripple the nation with a catastrophic com(CaIIV~UIII(e puter breach. The fourth installment NEW YORK (CNS) - The fol- ' in the durable series starts in formulowing is a capsule review of a movie laic mode, but builds in excitement, recently reviewed by the Office for with director Len Wiseman 'generFilm & Broadcasting of the U.S. ating some first-rate chase seConference of Catholic Bishops. quences, but repeated profanity and one outrageously vulgar line are "Live Free or Die Hard" (Fox)

unfortunate detriments. Some crude a,nd vulgar words and expressions, gratuitous profanity, a couple making out in a car, innuendo, pervasive nongraphic violence including explosions and shootings, albeit with little gore. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is L -limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 - parents 'strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

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First lady announces grant to interfaith effort to fight malaria WASHINGTON (CNS) - First lady Laura Bush annoWlced that a $2 million grant will be given to an interfaith effort to help fight malaria in the African nation of Mozambique. She also reported that the board ofthe Millennium Challenge Corporation the same day would approve a $507 million compact with the government of Mozambique. Bush made the annoWlcements in an address at the Maputo Catholic seminary in Maputo, Mozambique. She was on a five-day, four-nation tour ofAfrica that started JWle 25. She said the grant will be given to the interreligious campaign "Together Against Malaria," an organization headed by Mozambican religious leaders from the Catholic Church, the Islamic Congress, the Anglican Church, the Hindu community and the Christian COWlcil, among others. "Churches, monasteries, temples, mosques and synagogues have gone where no one else would go," Bush said. The text ofher speech was made available in Washington JWle 27. "Houses of worship selVe as community centers. They selVe as a place for focal points of education, for distribution of commodities and for advocacy for the needs of their people," she said.

Faith groups urge U.S. restore habeas corpus for noncitizen detainees WASHINGTON (CNS) - A host of Catholic organizations have joined similar Protestant, Jewish and Muslim groups in a coalition to urge a reversal of one part of last year's Military Commissions Act that eliminates habeas corpus for noncitizens held in custody. The practice, they said at a JWle 26 press conference, has led to torture and other forms of cruel and inhumane punishment since the federal government would not be required to bring the detainee into a courtroom to prove that he or she must continue to be held prisoner. ''Torture in any form devalues the dignity of every human person," said retired Bishop Walter F. Sullivan ofRichmond, Va., at the press conference. Bishop Sullivan had for 12 years been the bishop-president of Pax Christi USA, the U.S. arm of the international Catholic peace movement. The press conference was sponsored by the National Religious Coalition Against Torture.

Pittsburgh Diocese, Catholic group create spiritual podcast for iDen PfITSBURGH (CNS) - The Pittsburgh diocesan Department for Evangelization and Catholic Men's Fellowship of Pittsburgh are producing weekly audio spiritual podcasts, specifically geared toward men, on the upcoming SWlday Scripture readings. JeffLudwikowski, co-executive director of the Catholic Men's Fellowship of Pittsburgh, said the weekly podcasts stem from a desire to respond to Pope John Paul n's "call for a new evangelization by utilizing new technologies to reach men who may not be tied into traditional methods of faith formation." The lo-minute podcast is available on the Website ofthe National Fellowship ofCatholic Men at www.catholicmensresources.org. A podcast is a digital media file, or a series of such files, distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers.

Father James Wehner, director of the Department for Evangelization, is the ''voice'' of the podcasts. The initial target audience was computersavvy men who lacked the time for spiritual reading. But Father Wehner noted that the audience is much broader than originally anticipated.

Pope says Religious Ed should help people integrate faith into lives VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Religious Education programs should help people Wlderstand the doctrines ofChristian faith, but also must help them integrate that teaching into every area of their lives, Pope Benedict XVI said. Holding the 100th general audience of his pontificate JWle 27, Pope Benedict continued his series of talks about early Christian theologians, focusing on St. Cyril of Jerusalem. a fourth-century bishop. After briefly greeting 6,000 pilgrims in St. Peter's Basilica, the pope moved into the Vatican audience hall, where he explained the treasure left by St. Cyril in "Catecheses," a series of lessons addressed to people preparing for baptism and to those who just had been baptized. The pope said St. Cyril's text is "a model of an introduction to being Christian," one which addressed people's intellects, their experience and their behavior. St. Cyril's catechesis was ''profoWldly biblical" and demonstrated the unity between the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament. demonstrating how salvation history began with creation and moved progressively toward fulfillment in Christ. he said.

Scientists told research must respect life from conception VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Catholic Church encourages and promotes scientific progress, but insists that research must respect every human life from the moment of conception, Pope Benedict XVI said. At the end of his JWle 27 general audience, the pope welcomed scientists and physicians participating in an international conference on the use of adult cardiac stem cells to repair damaged heart tissue. ''The position of the Catholic Church, supported by reason and science, is clear: Scientific research rightfully should be encouraged and promoted, but never to the detriment of other human beings whose dignity is Wltouchable from the first stages of existence," the pope said. The Rome conference was sponsored by the city's Sapienza University and Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore, which have been working together on an adult cardiac stemcell project.

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Blair's religious intentions, there Although Bishop Tobin is not VATICAN CITY - When was no indication from the Vati- Giuliani's bishop, his comments Tony Blair came to the Vatican to can that the question of becom- have echoed loudly in recent covmeet Pope Benedict XVI in June, ing a Catholic was discussed in his erage of the emerging presidential campaign. They have also' there was excited speculation that private meeting with the pope.

Several Vatican sources said reached the Vatican. the outgoing British prime minisIn May, Pope Benedict, speakter might be preparing to become they expect Blair to take the step sometime in the near future, but . ing about recent legislation in a Catholic.

Across the ocean, meanwhile, they said they hoped it would be Mexico, indicated that Catholic lawmakers who vote to legalize Republican presidential candidate treated as a private matter.

"This is not the kind of thing abortion could even face excomRudolph W. Giuliani, a lifelong Catholic, was taking heat from like at Canossa, wh~re ~ emperor munication.

Even when abortion is not up some Church leaders for his stand was made to walk barefoot ·in the on abortion. Abortion is wrong, snow," said one sourte. He re- for a legislative vote, many Giuliani has said, but the govern- ferred to the famous c~se of the Church offIcials believe the ment shouldn't be enforcing that Emperor Henry IV, who did pub- Church has no choice but to adlic penance in the Italian city of dress the "scandal" of a Catholic moral decision on women.

Blair has similar views on Canossa in 1077 befd~e his ex- candidate who espouses the right abortion, saying that as much as communication was Il'lifted by to abortion.

But others are reluctant to see he may "dislike the idea of abor- . Pope Gregory VII. Giuliani, a formerlimayor of a repeat of 2004, when Communtion" it should be kept legal. Like Giuliani, Blair has said women New York, is leading among Re- ion became a political football. who choose abortion should nQt publican presidential candidates During that presidential camin national polls. In late May, paign, a handful of bishops said be criminalized.

The position of both men is not Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Provi- Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., a in line with the Church's teach- dence, R.I., sharply criticized Catholic, should be refused Coming on the sanctity of human life: Giuliani for saying he is "person- munion because of his support of But to some observers, it seemed ally opposed" to abortion but legal abortion.

The Communion issue seems like the Church was putting out would not impose that view on unlikely to present itself in the welcome mat for the potential others.

Bishop Tobin said Giuliani's Giuliani's case. He is said to reconvert and preparing a penitent's public proclamations on abortion frain from taking Communion berobe for the Catholic.

Other Vatican officials, who were "pathetic and confusing" cause he is married for the third spoke off the record, agreed that and represented a "defection from time, and his second marriage was because Blair stepped down from the Catholic faith on this moral is- never annulled by the Church. public office June 27 - apparently for good - his political position on abortion is not really an obstacle to joining the Church.

The important thing is that he accept the Church's Pro-.Life teachings in his own conscience, they @ , said.

"Becoming a Catholic is not a la carte. One would presume that , there is a willingness to accept the teaching of the Church on all asI pects of life, including abortion," • Mutual Fu.nds Of All Types said one official.

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WHERE DID THE YEARS GO? - Eighth-grade students at St. John the Evangelist School in Attleboro recently "unearthed" a time capsule they had put away in second grade. Among the contents were predictions they made for the future, notes they wrote about classmates and photographs from field trips and activities. Their second-grade teacher Karen Newman was on hand to join in the fun.

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AMONG THE BEST - Principal Donald A. -Pelleti~r displays an accreditation plaque that St. Francis Xavier School i.n Acushnet, recently earned from the New England Schools and Colleges Group of Boston. He and Father Daniel W. Lacroix, pastor, accepted the plaque during a recent trip to Boston.

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A CLEAN SWEEP - Kyle McGuire proudly displays his invention, the "Automatic Grocery Cart Sanitizer," during the annual Invention Convention at St. Mary-Sacred Heart School in North Attleboro. He and fellow students gave oral presentations of their ideas and shared projects with family, friends and alumni.

A TIP OF THE CAP - FourthGrader Monique Desrochers, dressed as "The Cat in the Hat," delivers an oral biography on Theodore Geisel, the famous children's author from Springfield during a recent presentation at St. Mary-Sacred Heart School, North Attleboro. Students in her class researched many famous people including Harriet Tubman and St. Francis of Assisi.

KEEPING THE FAITH - Diane Blaha, secretary at St. John the Evangelist School in Attleboro, was recently honored by students at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, for being a good Catholic role model. She and several others were named by the student body for the honor. She is pictured with Bishop Feehan students who graduated from St. John's.

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WALKING THE WALK - Bishop Feehan High School student Amy Gordon accepts an award from the Rev. David Hill of the Attleboro Council of Churches for school's efforts in the annual Crop Walk.

The Attleboro school raised more than $6,000 for the annual event which supports disaster relief and recovery in more than 80 countries as well as local food pantries.

THE POWER OF THE PEN - Seventh-grader Shannon Robey from St. John the Evangelist S:hool in Attleboro was this year's Patriot's Pen Essay Contest whiner for Massachusetts. She received a $500 savings bond for her efforts and a plaque for the school which she presented to language arts teacher Katherine Tully. The event was. sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

MOMENTS / was coming to the end of a' long walk When a man crawled out ofa cardboard box Under the E Street Bridge Followed me on to it / went out halfway across With that homeless tagging along So / dug for some change Wouldn't need it anyway He took it lookin' a bit ashamed He said, "You kilOW,/ haven't always been this way" Refrain: I've had my moments, days in the sun Moments / was second to none Moments when / knew / did what / thought / couldn't do Like that plane ride coming home from the war That summer my son was born And memories like a coat so warm A cold wind can't get through Lookin' at me now you might not know it But I've had my moments / stood there tryin' to find my nerve' Wondering ifa single soul on earth Would care at all Miss me when I'm gone That old man just kept hanging around Lookin' at me, lookin' down / think he recognized That look in my eyes Standing with him there / felt ashamed / said, "You know, / haven't always feltthis way" (Repeat refrain.) ~ know somewhere 'round a trash canfire.tonight That old man tells his story one more time He says (Repeat refrain)

Sung by Emerson Drive I to be a real choic~, we are in true danCopyright 2006 by Midas Records ger. Like the man on the bridge, the I've received several requests to intensity of this moment makes us review Emerson Drive's "Moments." forget that we have had other moI don't go to the country charts often. ments. So strong is the pain oflife in However, this song's compelling mes- this moment that we cannot see besage and accompanying video deserve yond it.

Some people caught in the hurt of ourattentlon.

I The song's story, milde even such a moment do not survive. We clearer in the video, .focuses on a need to hold deep compassion for person's choice for suicide. He has anyone who has committed suicide. written his fmal note and apparently We cannot know what he/she has enis going to jump off the "E Street dured. We must surround them with Bridge." . our prayers and love.

Do not think that such a moment While walking up to the bridge, he meets a homeless man who follows could not come to you. In the video him and asks for money. TIle suicidal the man looks at pictures ofthe people person readily digs "for some in his life, and while we don't know change," realizing that "he ~on 't need any details, it is apparent that he had it anyway." However, the"homeless real relationships. Perhaps now he is man seems a bit ashamed that he lives struggling with depression or some in his current condition. He tells the deep loss. Clearly he is in intense other man: "Lookin' at me now you pain, and that could happen to any of might not know it, but I'~e had my us.

If you ever fmd yourself thinking moments ... days in the sun."

The homeless man's WOlds deeply about suicide, tell someone you trust touch" the other person. Even though right away. If you can't think of whO; I he feels like he can no longer go on go to your parish and talk to someliving and he doubts if a "single soul one there. Or, if you are in school, talk on earth would care" if h~1 died, this with a teacher. In any phone book will interaction with the homeless man be listings for suicide prevention under "crisis," "mental health services" deeply influences him.

He realizes that he too has had his or even "suicide prevention." If you "moments." In fact, he recognizes that cannot find such numbers, call the his current condition bears genuine local police and they will know who similarity to what the homeless man can help you.

Most importantly, do not face just told him. While not stated, it appears he is ready to seek hew "mo- these thoughts alone. No one will ments" when his life can }ediscover . think poorly of you. hope and meaning., Even though you cannot feel it in The song expresses an 'important this "moment," your life is a treasure. truth: All of life is built around mo- Through being connected with people ments. Some of our moments hold . who care and getting the support delights or feelings of joyful close- needed to face whatever is occurring within you, a new series of moments ness with others. Other!'moments 'I overwhelm us with a sense of loss and awaits you. This is your life, for you grief. All of us have "days Vt the sun," are cherished by God. Your comments are always welbut also moments of dark ~oneliness, sharing a common humanity. come. Please wr.ite to me at: When these moments" are filled chmartin@swindiana.net or at with so much pain that suicide seems 7125W 2qOS, Rockport, IN 47635. .

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.They have gone the distan.ce The final words I spoke to the candiqates of CLI (Christian Leadership Institute) were "Now, go out and make a difference in the world." As the director of this year's CLI experience, I had the honor of participating in th~ closing ceremony for our 2007 graduates.

Seated in the audience, as CLI grads conducted. their own graduation ceremony, I reflected on the week that we had just spent together. On Friday afternoon, these young people gathere4 as strangers, not knowing what to expect from each other or from the team. They bid farewell to their parents and began a process that would most likely foster their leadership potential and heighten their awareness of leadership and ministerial roles and responsibilities as Catholic Christian disciples.

Every CLI begins with a reading from Paul's First Letter to Timothy.

As we know from the Acts of the Apostles, Paul went from town to town sharing the message with everyone. Before he left each town, however, he always left behind a new teacher, someone whom he had enabled as a minister, an elder who was respected as a l~er iri the community. But ip. one town, ~e could not find such an elder, so he

With the message of Timothy in called a young man named Timothy. This young Tunothy mind, the elders of the CLI became the first youth leader of the community, the team, worked with New T~starnent. As Paul continued the candidates throughout the his ministry in other towns, he week-long experience. Daily supported Timothy through letters. sessions focused on the art of leadership; communication skills, Here is part of Paul's message sent to Timothy, "Let no one . look down upon you .because you are young, but be an example to' all in speech and behavior, in love, faithfulness and purity. Devote your 'v~ , attention to the public .?, '"1--~ reading of the Scriptures,

By Fran~~uc~ .~ ~ to teaching and to prayer.

Do not neglect the spiritual gifts you possess, which was given leadership styles, group dynamics and planning skills. Other sessions to you through the laying on of hands by the elders as a body. Make explore various aspects of Catholic these matters the most important Christian discipleship, and how that is embodied through prayer and things in your life, so that your liturgy, moral decision making, progress may be seen by all. Keep strong in them, with a close watch . sacramental living and service. CLI on yourself and your teaching, for participants were challenged to use by doing so you will further your their skills and talents in planning own salvation and that of the people sessions for specific portions of the who listen to you" (1 Tim 4: 12daily program: morning wake-up, morning and night prayer, meal 16).

Before he left, Paul desigUated blessings, daily liturgy and evening Tunothy as leader and teacher by socials. Despite this full schedule, laying his hands on Tunothy. This there was still time for relaxation is a powerful message and the basis and recreation which provided the of what eLI is all about. opportunity to build a strong,

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vibrant community. Candidates were encouraged to reflect each day and to consider what the rhaterials presented and their own e~peri­ ences tell them about themselves, their gifts, skills, and theii faith· and ., community identity.

Now as we return the graduates of CLI: 2007 to their parents and Iparishes, we thank God for the gift of these young ~ple in our diocese. We have prepared and chanenged them to go out and make a difference in the world. We hope and pray that their schools, churches and communities will welcome them bad~' with open arms and' will ". .:-;:'them m . th· II. ed sUlll' err contmu development as leaders. 'they are a treasure that has been discovered.

Let not the treasure be wasted nor squandered. Let us continue to invest in this treasure. May the elders of the communities, our parents, our priests, our teachers, I' reach out to these and al1' young " people - notjust with li~ service but with action. They cal} and should be lectors, extraordinary ministers of holy Communion, catechists, youth ministers, in the choir and on the parish epuncil.

They can and should be involved " in every ministry of the parish not just Youth Group. They should be an integral part of every parish 3:'1d included in every aspect of parish life. They should be asked and consulted on all things that affect them. I have heard too often the statement, "Where are the young people? Why aren't they in church? Why do they disappear after confirmation?" The answer to these questions is our challenge as elders. They are the Church of today, not tomorrow. May we encourage them to develop their gifts and talents and to exercise their leadership potential now. Our world, our Church will be better for it.

To paraphrase the CLI theme song, graduates - remember ...

"Don't look back ... stay on track ... don'taccept defeat. It will be an uphill slope but don't lose hope ... till you go the distance, and your journey is complete."

Congratulations to the graduates of

CL12oo7. " Frank Lucca is a youth mmisrermStDommk~PmUh

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Italy, and was made a cardinal the NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The same year.

The cardinal will be the prinKnights of Columbus announced June 28 that the Vatican secre- cipal celebrant and homilist for tary of state, Italian Cardinal the convention's opening Mass Tarcisio Bertone, will attend the . August 7,and will bring a speKnights' 125th annual conven- cial message from Pope Benedict .lion in Nashville, Tenn., in Au- to be read during the opening sesgust and also will deliver an ad- sion of the convention that afterdress. noon. He also will address carThe visit will be the cardinal's dinals and bishops attending the first trip to the United States as convention and members of the secretary of state. During the Knights' board of directors Au. convention he also will receive gust 8. the Knights' "Gaudium et Spes" The Knights will present CarAward, the highest honor be- dinal Bertone with the "Gaudium stowed by the organization. et Spes" Award for his service to Supreme Knight Carl Ander- the church Aug. 7. The honor is son said the Knights were hon- named for the Second Vatican ored to have Cardinal Bertone at-. Council's 1965 Pastoral Constitend the August 7-9 convention. tution on the Church in the ModAnderson described the visit as em World ("Gaudium et Spes"). "testament to the enduring The cardinal will be the sevlegacy" of the organization's enth person to receive the award. founder, Father Michael. The first recipient was Blessed McGivney.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta in Cardinal Bertone, the highest- 1992. Jean Vanier, founder of ranking Vatican official after the l' Arche, was the most recent pope, was appointed to his cur- award recipient in 2005. rent post by Pope Benedict XVI Anderson also announced July in 2006. Before that he was sec- 28 that three broadcast media retary for the Congregation for outlets will cover the convention: the Doctrine of the Faith, where ' the Eternal Word Television Net. he worked closely with Cardinal work, Canada's nationaLCathoJoseph Ratzinger, who is now lic TV network called Salt & Pope Benedict. In 2003, he was Light Television, and Sirius satinstalled as archbishop of Genoa, ellit.e radio's Catholic Channel. r---------------~-----,

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their relief and the depth of their "Our meetings aren't just faith. about the kids; they're about giv"Most of those who return say ing relatives an outlet to talk to 'they knew in their hearts that others with the same fears and their lifestyle was wrong. They disappointments. They're about were angry with their parents at meeting the future with hope," first, but then they were grateful said Treadwell. their parents didn't cave into ac"Sometimes the parents - it's cepting their actions," Alice said. usually parents who call - just Encourage has chapters world- get what they need to'help them wide but only one in Massachu- through a crisis and move on." setts; it began in 1992, a dozen He advises parents to make it years after Courage itself formed. clear that although they don't ac" Both ministries are listed as giv- cept their child's behavior, they ing faithful witness to Catholic do love them. "How are we gomorality in the latest pastoral ing to invite people into the truth guidelines issued in November of the Gospels if we shut them by the U.S. Conference ofCatho- out?" he said. lic Bishops.

Similar advice for friends Neither ministry seeks to nec- came from Mark, a 37-year-old essarily "re-orient" a person's Courage member. "You can be friends with them, hang out with sexual attraction.

Msgr. Thomas Harrington of them; just be truthful," he said.

New Bedford, now retired, led a "You'll have a better chance of Courage chapter for 10 years. drawing the person to church if "That was often the most heart- you show him he's welcome but breaking part for relatives," he his lifestyle isn't." said. "They just wanted their Father Richard Wilson is loved ones to change (sexual ori- chaplain to the Courage chapter entation) and they couldn't un- that meets at Our Lady of Guadaderstand if they didn't." lupe Parish at St. James Church What both ministries do aim in New Bedford. "I tell mothers .for is the spiritual development to look to St. Monica, the mother of their members. . of St. Augustine, as she was a "That's why we start each mother who persevered in praymeeting with Mass," said Doug ing for her child," he said.

'Father Wilson also refers Treadwell of Methuen, wh~ leads the Encourage chapter. "We have people to Encourage, and he recomto grow spiritually so we don't . mends the book "Beyond Gay," go into ourselves and we can which recounts the conversion story reach out to those we love. of author David Morrison.

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Likewise, Father Roger Landry of New Bedford, who volunteers as a Courage spiritual director, has often been approached by parishioners on the subject. "Their issues vary, but my general advice is first, that it's crucial that they continue to love their relative'in very practical ways, because the person remains their relative and is not defined exclusively by his or her attractions," he said.

"Secondly, out of love, they need to give a stable witness to the truth about human sexuality without nagging," Father Landry said. "And I try to help them overcome the sense that somehow they've failed as parents or grandparents and to fill them with hope that, even if their loved one has adopted the gay lifestyle, there's always reason for hope, because God loves their loved one even more than they do, and will never give up on them."

Resources Available "Catechism of the Catholic Church" (numbers 2331-2359).

Encourage and Courage Central Office: 212-268-1010, www.couragerc.net.St. John the Baptist Church, 210 West 31st St., New York NY 10091 0 (Portions ofthis article originally ran in Our Sunday Visitor by the same author and are reprinted with the paper's permission.)

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"Dear brothers and sisters, as in the (Church's) beginning, today, too, Christ needs apostles ready to sacrifice themselves. He needs witnesses and martyrs like St. Paul," the pope said.

The Pauline year will feature numerous special liturgies and events in Rome, the pope said, but should also be celebrated in local churches and in the sanctuaries, religious orders and other institutions that have a special link to St. Paul.

In' a special way, the Pauline year will be ecumenical, reflecting-the saint's commitment to the unity and harmony among all Christians, he said. The pope's announcement was met with applause in the crowded basilica.

Seated near the altar were representatives of other Christian churches, in particular a delegation from the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarcha'te of Constantinople. The pope made a point of greeting them warmly and reiterating their "common commitment to do everything possible to hasten the time of full communion between the Chris. tian East and West."

Beneath the basilica's main altar, Vatican experts in recent years have unearthed what they say IS evidence that a roughly cut marble sarcophagus was indeed the tomb of St. Paul, who was believed martyred nearby.

Pope Benedict went even further, saying in his sermon that the sarcophagus "according to the common opinion of the experts and unopposed tradition holds the remains of the apostle Paul."

He said that during the Pauline year particular care should be taken to welcome Catholics from various countries who may want to make penitential pilgrimages to the saint's tomb.

St. Paul was born in Tarsus, in what is now Turkey, at the start of the Christian era, sometime between A.D. 7 and 10, according to Church historians. After his conversio'n on the road to Damascus, he became one of the Church's foremost evangelizers, first among Jews, then among Gentiles.

The pope said the commemorative year would include symposiums and special publications

devoted to the writings of St. Paul. The saint's letters are a primary source ofinformation about the life of the early Church and have strongly influenced Church thinking through the centuries..

In his sermon, the pope said St. Paul's success as an evangelizer was not credited to skills as a speaker or to a "refined strategy" of missionary a~gumenta足 tion.

His achievements had more to do with his extraordinary per" sonal involvement in announcing the Gospel and his total dedication to Christ, despite problems and persecutions, he said.

5t. Paul's life holds a lesson for modem Christians, the pope said.

The action of the Church is credible and effective only to the extent that Christians are willing to "pay personally for their faith in Christ, in every situation," he said. Where this commitment is lacking, the appeal of the Gospel will be weaker, he said.

"He lived and worked for Christ; he suffered and died for him. How current is his example today," he said.

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Mass on July 28 at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette will be for the unborn. For more information call 508-222-5410.

ATTLEBORO - Pro-Life advocates picket and offer prayers on Wednesdays from 4-5 p.m. and Saturdays from 7:30-9 a.m. at "4 Women's Clinic," at the comer of Park and Emory streets, where abortions take place on those days. Participants are needed to pray and picket to help save the lives of unborn children.

HYANNIS - TheCap~ COl;l FALL RIVER -A soup kitchen Pro-Life Group welcomes volis open on Mondays from 5-{) p.m. . unteers to pray th.e rosary on . at Sacred Heart Church Hall;.160 Wednesday moniings at -10 Seabury Street. Volunteers are o'clock in fron~ of tlle abortion welcome to assist beginning at 4 clinic located at 68 Camp Street. p.m.

FALL RIVER - Volunteers are needed to provide companionship and friendship to Hospice patients at Beacon Hospice, 45 North Main Street. Free training is provided. Volunteers are also needed to knit blankets for patients and make memory quilts for families of patients. For more information call Christine Miller at 508-3241900.

NEW BEDFORD - Food donations are needed for families affected by the raid at the Michael Bianco factory and can be dropped off at the former St. Hedwig Church, 73 Division Street. Items can be dropped off Mondays, Tuesdays or Fridays

ATTLEBORO - The Building Confidence in the Spirit Support Group will meet July 12 at 7 p.m. at St. Joseph's Parish, 208 South Main Street. It's aim is to assist people in reaching their potential regarding confidence in all aspect of their lives. For more information call George Largess at 508- .

226-0116.

NORTH DARTMOUTH Project Rachel, a ministry of healing and reconciliation for postabortion women and men is available in the diocese. If you are hurting from an abortion experience and want help calI508-99.7.::2~00.

Our Lady of Victory Parish assists at upcoming colloquy CRAIGVILLE - As part of its ecumenical outreach, Our Lady of Victory Parish, Centerville, is assisting the United Church of Christ in planning the 24th annual Craigville Theological Colloquy.

The conference will be held July 16-20 at the Craigville Conference Center. The theme this year is: "In a world of violence and suffering, how can we believe in an almighty and all-loving God?"

The colloquy will feature several prominent guests, including keynote speaker Dr. David Bentley Hart, Randall Distinguished Chair in Christian Culture at Providence College and author of "The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami?" (2005).

For more information, contact the Craigville Conference Center at 508-775-1265, or at craigvillecc@capecod.com.

FAILED BILL - Day laborers swarm a potential employer in a parking lot in Falls Church, Va., recently. A federal immigration bill, which included tough border security, workplace enforcement measures and a plan to legalize an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants, failed a cloture vote to cut off debate in the U.S. Senate June 28. (CNS photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)

Sister Ann Gabriel GOtllolka SCIM; spent 69 years in prayer and service HARWICH - Sister Ann Gabriel Gomolka, a member of the Good Shepherd Contemplative Community, died on June 25 ~t Epoch of Harwich, Nursing and .Rehab Center, after a long illness.

She was 93 years of age.and had. . ' been a Sister of the Good Shepherd' . .for 69' years. . .. .'

A native of Chicago; Ill., she was . the daughter of the la:~ Mich~l and Berta (Data) Gomolka. InSeptember 1938, she entered the Sisters of

In Your Pray~!~_ Please pray for these priests during the coming weeks June 26 Rev. William Moran, Fonner Pastor, St. Peter, Sandwich, 1891 Rev. Charles P. Gaboury, Fonner Pastor, Sacred Heart. New Bedford, 1931 Rev. Msgr. Albert Berube, Retired Pastor, St. Anthony, New Bedford, 1973 June 27 Rev. John Corry. Founder, St. Mary, Taunton; Founder, St. Mary, Fall River, 1863 Rev. Dario Raposo. Pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton, 1933 Rev. Msgr. Thomas F. Walsh. Retired Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, Attleboro, 1980 Rev. Msgr. Bernard J. Fenton, USA Retired Chaplain, Retired Pastor, St. Joseph, North Dighton, 1984

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Community, in Peekskill, N.Y. The community has a lifestyle!iof praying for all the needs of God's people. Besides her' mirtistry to pray, she was assigned as:: a seamstress and various services within I the community. She loved to sing, which enhanced her li(e arid the lives of others. .She professed her frrst'vows ~n.

July 22, 1941 at Peeks~I~,N.Y. In 2005, due to failing health she was :1

missioned to Epoch of Harwich, where the community has served since 1990.

She is survived by nieces and nephews.

Her Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated June 29 at Good Shep. herd Center Chapel in Marlboro. .Interment was in Mt. Benedict Cernetery in West Roxbury. .

The Fitzgerald and Collins Fu- . neral Home in Marlboro was in charge of arrangements.

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THE SHEPHERD - Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass in S1. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 29, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. At the Mass, the pope presented the pallium, a woolen band, to 46 archbishops from around the world. The pallium symbolizes an archbishop's role as shepherd of his flock and his union with the Apostolic See. (eNS photorrony Gentile, Reuters)

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Pope presents pallium to 46 archbishops as sign of unity

By CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE VATICAN CITY - Placing the pallium, a woolen band; around the shoulders of 46 archbishops from around the world, Pope Benedict XVI prayed that they would be true shepherds of their flocks and always united with the pope.

"May this pallium be for you a symbol of unity and a sign of communion with the Apostolic See," the pope said as the archbishops named in the past year knelt before him during the June 29 Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.

The 46 archbishops, who concelebrated the Mass with the pope, included U.S. Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky.; and Canadian Archbishops Gerard Pettipas of GrouardMcLennan, Alberta; Thomas Collins ofToronto; Richard Smith of Edmonton, Alberta; Terrence Prendergast of Ottawa; and Brendan O'Brien of Kingston, Ontario.

Five other archbishops, who were unable to travel to Rome, will receive their palliums from the Vatican nuncio in their home

Archbi~hop Kurtz told Catholic country.

The Mass marked the feast of News Service, "the whole Mass Sts. Peter and Paul, patron saints and ceremony kept saying to us, 'You are Christ, the only son of of Rome.

During his homily, the pope God.''' It was a reminder that "we are greeted a three-member delegation representing Orthodox Ecu- called to serve Christ in union menical Patriarch Bartholomew of with the Holy Father," he said.

The archbishop said the fact Constantinople. Each year the pope and ,the patriarch send offi- that he was just named to the cial delegations to the feast day Archdiocese of Louisville June 12 celebrations of each other's pa- and will not be installed as archbishop until August 15 meant tron saints.

At the end of the Mass, the there was no time to organize an pope and the Orthodox prelates, archdiocesan pilgrimage to travel led by Archbishop Emmanuel of to Rome with him.

But, he said, "that allowed for France, descended the stairs under the basilica's main altar to . a very spiritual mind-set" and pray together at the tomb of St. means he will enter the Louisville Archdiocese wearing a symbol of.

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Pope Benedict prayed that in "the yoke, serving the people in professing faith in Jesus Christ the name and the power of "we can feel and be one despite Christ," who carried the lost sheep the divisions that over the centu- back to the flock.

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The pope's feast day homily to the people."

In his homily, the pope said focused on St. Peter's profession that in St. Matthew's Gospel, imoffaith in Jesus as Christ, son of mediately after Peter proclaimed the living God. his faith in Christ, Jesus said he Carrying a shopping bag with would build his Church on Peter, a box containing his pallium,

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