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Diocese of Fall River, Mass.

Friday, July 13, 2018

Area youth approach a microphone to offer Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V. their thoughts at the recent Youth Listening Session held at St. John Neumann Church in East Freetown during the CLI retreat. The bishop later invited the young people to attend a World Youth Day-like event on Martha’s Vineyard on August 7. (Photo by Kenneth J. Souza) The Anchor - July 13, 2018

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Three diocesan priests retire from parish ministry

By Kenneth J. Souza Anchor Staff kensouza@anchornews.org

FALL RIVER — As he offered his farewell sermon to the parishioners of Santo Christo Parish last weekend, longtime pastor Father Gastão Oliveira said he is leaving with a happy and joyful heart.

“I would like to reiterate the great pleasure I have had in knowing you, above all for having had the opportunity of witnessing your unconditional support,” Father Gastão announced from the pulpit during his final weekend Masses at the historic Portuguese parish.

On July 15, Father Gastão will conclude a remarkable 23 years as pastor of Santo Christo Parish, turning the administra-

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tive responsibilities over to first-time pastor Father Jeff Cabral, J.C.L. Father Gastão will now be joining the coveted ranks of the retired along with Father Marcel H. Bouchard, pastor of St. Mary-Our Lady of the Isle Parish in Nantucket; and Father Robert J. Powell, pastor of St. Lawrence Martyr Parish in New Bedford, both of whom also ended their pastoral duties last month.

“In these 23 years I have harvested many good fruits and had wonderful springs,” Father Gastão told his parishioners in English and Portuguese. “During my pilgrimage among you, I have been very concerned with what has always preoccupied Christ the Lord: the people, to whom all love must be given. If we

love one another we live in Christ, and truly I feel very honored for having tried to do this.”

A native of Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Açores, Father Gastão was born April 13, 1946, the son of the late Altino C. and Ma-

Fall River Diocese in 1975, Father Gastão served as parochial vicar at Our Lady of Health Parish in Fall River, then at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in New Bedford. He first arrived at Santo Christo Parish in 1987, where he

by his successful efforts to restore and preserve the 111-year-old church building on Columbia Street.

“Now it’s just the last phase that needs to be done, and it’s the easiest phase, but Father Jeff can complete it,” Father Gastão

Father Marcel H. Bouchard

Father Gastão Oliveira

Father Robert J. Powell

ria Luisa Oliveira. He has one brother, Manuel.

Father Gastão attended public school in the City of Ponta Delgada and entered the Seminario Episcopal de Angra in the Azores in September 1959. He graduated from the Catholic University of Portugal in Lisbon in 1971.

He was ordained in 1972 for the Diocese of Carmona in Angola and served as parochial vicar at the Cathedral of Carmona and then pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Church in Carmona City. In Angola he served on the diocesan Tribunal, presbyteral council, and as diocesan director of Communications and the Cursillo movement.

“I started working over there in Africa and in Angola, and I always tried to do the best I could,” Father Gastão recently told The Anchor. “I don’t want people to feel they have to go to church, they should go because it’s something they need.”

After arriving in the

served his first seven-year stint as parochial vicar.

He then became pastor at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Fall River in 1994, but within one year he would find himself back at Santo Christo when thenBishop Sean P. O’Malley, OFM, Cap., appointed him as pastor, which is where he’s remained for nearly a quarter-century.

“It’s a special parish,” he said. “But my focus was always the people. They were thirsty to feel welcomed by the Church. The Church is not priests or bishops, the Church is the people — we are the Body of Christ, and they needed to hear that.

“It’s an older parish, but I think even today we can say it’s a vibrant parish. And there are great people here.

I think Father Jeff is going to be happy in this parish; that’s what I told him.”

Father Gastão’s affection for Santo Christo Parish — one of the oldest active Luso-American parishes in the United States — is probably best exemplified

said. “We spent a millionand-a-half dollars, and we have no bills. These aren’t rich people here, but they love the church and their parish.”

Since 1978, Father Gastão has coordinated the broadcasts of the weekly Mass in Portuguese on the Portuguese Channel, and since 1994 he has served as diocesan director of Communications for Portuguese ministry. With his retirement, the longtime Portuguese TV programming may have to originate from outside the diocese.

“The reality is there aren’t too many Portuguese priests around,” Father Gastão said. “I told the bishop, probably the best way will be to have Masses from Portugal. I contacted a priest there who is a good friend, he’s a pastor in the heart of Lisbon, and he’s trying to resolve the problem. I’m not sure if it’s going to be possible, but the bishop was happy with the idea. I’ll be doing the Turn to page 18

Diocesan youth engage bishop with questions, suggestions and opinions Bishop da Cunha invites youth to second session on Martha’s Vineyard

By Kenneth J. Souza Anchor Staff kensouza@anchornews.org

EAST FREETOWN — More than 300 diocesan youth, ranging in age from 15 through their 20s, filled the pews of St. John Neumann Church in East Freetown on Wednesday, June 27 to voice their hopes and aspirations for the future of the Fall River Diocese, during what was billed as a special “Youth Listening Session.”

Part of the bishop’s ongoing “Rebuilding in Faith and Hope” initiative, the unique afternoon event was held to coincide with the annual Christian Leadership Institute that was taking place at nearby Cathedral Camp and all of this year’s CLI attendees participated in the open forum.

“This is the 11th Listening Session for our diocese this year,” Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., said in his welcoming remarks. “I think we saved the best for last, so we can now hear from our young people. You are truly an inspiration to us, you give us hope for the future of our Church, and I’m happy and blessed to have you here today.”

As he’s done with the previous parish-based Listening Sessions, Bishop da Cunha then sat silently in the Sanctuary, listening attentively as each young person took a turn at the microphone to address him.

“What Bishop da Cunha really wants to

hear from you is where you’re at right now in your life — with life issues, with God, with Jesus, in prayer, in faith,” said Beth Mahoney, principal of St. Margaret’s Regional School in Buzzards Bay and one of the coordinators for the session. “We want you to take some time this afternoon and really reflect on what is it that is in your heart that you’d like to express to our bishop.”

In the first of three questions provided on handouts for consideration, the youth were asked: “Where is God in your life today and, in 10 years, where do you see yourself in your faith journey?”

“I wish I could say my relationship with God was super-close, but I can’t really say that,” said Claire from St. Jude the Apostle Parish in Taunton. “For the past few years, it’s been really shaky with everything that’s been going on in the world. I didn’t know what to feel anymore, especially with regards to religion. But my sister got me to go to CLI and it’s been great to have a group of people where I could talk about religion with. I also believe that God has brought me my best friend, who has helped me a lot with everything.”

“Right now, I often get distracted with sports and school,” said Riley from Christ the King Parish in Mashpee. “Going to Mass or church is not always the first thing

on my mind. Most of the time I tend to think of God only when I need Him, not when I should be encountering Him.” “This past year, I had lost over 50 pounds and I thought that was not possible,” said Dan from St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Parish in South Attleboro. “But through my relationship with God, and with prayer every day, I did it in a couple of months without help from Oprah Winfrey or Weight Watchers.”

“I’m on the youth council and I help teach the second-grade CCD classes,” said Jillian from St. Dominic’s Parish in Swansea. “It’s nice having a faith community there and in 10 years I’m hoping we can continue to make things better.”

In what turned out to be the most popular question of the session, youth were asked to consider: “In your opinion, what are two big obstacles that keep young people away from a relationship with Christ and the Catholic Church?”

“I think a lot of people are skeptical about their faith, because when they are younger, they just go along with their parents,” said Nick from St. Dominic’s Parish in Swansea.

“Another thing is, the Catholic Church hasn’t taken a stance on issues like the LGBT community and I think some of them feel like they aren’t being accepted by the Church.”

“I’m worried that in

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the diocese we don’t have anything to sustain youth interest,” said Daniel from St. Anthony’s Parish in Mattapoisett.

“Some parishes have youth groups, but if those groups were regionalized, that might be helpful. Because I know in my parish we don’t have enough people to sustain (our own) youth group.”

“I think the problem is our culture: TV, the music, the media,” said Joe from St. John Neumann Parish in East Freetown. “They all work in conjunction to pull us away from the truth. Being Catholic is a struggle, because it’s very counter to the current pop culture. I think many youth feel in conflict with their friends.”

“I think two big obstacles that are keeping young people away from the Church would be negative connotations, such as the Church’s stance on some political issues,” said Gary from St. John the Evangelist Parish in Attleboro. “And another thing is, some people have this notion that science and religion can’t coexist, that one has to be right and the other is false. But I don’t think that’s true at all.”

“In my opinion, the two big obstacles I think are how society puts us to believe that God really isn’t alive,” said Elyse from Our Lady of the Assumption Parish in New Bedford. “Social media tends to push the idea that God isn’t alive and why should we believe that. And I also think that peer pressure is a big deal. For people who do believe in God, it’s awkward for them 4

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in the LGBT community,” said Isabel from Holy Name Parish in Fall River. “Many people feel that the Church is not welcoming to them and I feel if we take a bigger approach to be welcoming, just like Pope Francis said to be welcoming, and I think if we express that to everyone it will

stabbed and killed and a lot of people who knew him asked: ‘If God was because others will be were taught: maybe their present, why did He let talking bad about their parents themselves rehim die? If God is always religion.” ally weren’t brought up in present, why do so many “One of the big obthe faith. Also, that sense bad things happen?’ So stacles I think that keeps of temptation to believe with that mindset, that’s youth away from the that God doesn’t exist why a lot of young people Church are school and which is always prevalent don’t believe in God and work,” said Thomas from on social media. You need want to join the Church.”

Annunciation of the that sense of community “I think the two main Lord Parish in Taunton. to build up the Church.” problems are parents and friends,” said Cindy from St. Francis Xavier Parish in Acushnet.

“Because parents who weren’t brought up in the faith will not teach their child to be faithful; and friends, because if someone is brought up in the faith, they’ll try to ridicule them for going to church and that’s just pushing people away.”

“I personally think that the biggest problem in our Church right now is the way that CCD is taught,” said Brittany Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., sits silently in the Sanctuary of St. John Neumann from St. Thomas More Church in East Freetown listening attentively to some of the more than 300 diocesan Parish in Somerset. “In youth who participated in the recent Youth Listening Session on June 27. (Photo by Ken- my church it’s mainly older couples and I also neth J. Souza) think they’re teaching show people that they are it the wrong way. I just “I’m in my junior year “One of the concerns accepted into the Church think our curriculum and I know I have a lot I’ve seen is the adults and I think it will help needs to change every of work coming up — who are ministering to to get more people inyear, just like the kids I’m taking AP courses. our youth are used to volved.” are.”

So you don’t have much ministering in a certain “When I was younger, “I live in New Bedtime for everything else, way,” said Sonia from ford and I have to agree including extracurricular Holy Name Parish in Fall I was really open about my religion,” said Eric that the city can have activities, campus minisRiver. “There’s a discontry and student council. nect between generations. from St. Anthony of Pad- a negative impact on ua Parish in New Bedyoung people,” said The other thing I find These methods may ford. “Because of that, I Andrew from Our Lady is an obstacle is communot be working and the got the nickname ‘Jesus of Fatima Parish in New nication. A lot of youth youths don’t understand.

Freak,’ which wasn’t very Bedford. “Some people from the diocese don’t There needs to be a way nice. I think a lot of have a desire for things know all the opportunito address them in a that will lead them away ties available to them. If more communicative way, people really don’t like from God. Some people youth know what is going because the methods that (the Catholic) Church, may believe that living on, I think we’ll get them worked 10 years ago, may and I’m not sure how we can fix that.” for God’s love is not the more involved in the not work now due to all “It’s the way a lot of easiest path. Maybe we Church.” the social, cultural and kids are brought up,” said have to do more to ex“The two main conpolitical changes that Jayden from Our Lady plain what is going on in cerns I have with young have occurred.” of Assumption Parish the world today through people are the way they “One of the concerns in New Bedford. “We’re CCD to the younger are brought up,” said I see in the Church is surrounded by a lot of kids, so they can know Steve from St. Margathere’s no sense of welevil today. A couple of how to prepare for life ret’s Parish in Buzzards coming for many young years ago my cousin was Continued on page 19 Bay. “Consider how they people — especially those

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ne of the duties of parish priests is to prepare couples for the Sacrament of Matrimony. Many priests love this work. Others admit they find parts of it taxing. But almost all parish priests do it, dedicate quite a lot of time to doing it, and, like other aspects of priestly work, try to do it well.

That’s why it came as quite a shock earlier this month when the Prefect for the Vatican’s Dicastery of Laity, Family and Life, which is in charge of the Church’s universal care for the family, declared that priests are basically incompetent to do this work.

In an interview printed in the July/August edition of Intercom Magazine, published by the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Kevin Farrell made headlines when he said, “Priests are not the best people to train others for Marriage. They have no credibility. They have never lived the experience. They may know moral theology, dogmatic theology in theory, but to go from there to putting it into practice every day, they don’t have the experience.”

This was not the first time he has made the point about universal priestly ineptitude with regard to Marriage preparation. Last September, at a conference in Belfast, he emphasized that priests have “no credibility in this area” because they have “no credibility when it comes to living the reality of Marriage.”

What is needed, he said, is accompaniment by other married couples “who have walked in [married couples’] shoes.”

He implied that his strong, comprehensive opinions might be partly autobiographical extrapolations because, he said, he didn’t “have a clue” when his own nieces and nephews asked him some questions about marital difficulties. “I have

Priests and Marriage preparation

no experience of that and the ment and credibility — as if, majority of priests don’t have because they’ve never been married, priests have noththat experience,” he said. ing to contribute. This led But in the Intercom Providence Bishop Thomas interview he also stated that Tobin humorously to tweet, priests’ lack of competence “It seems fair to ask, then, if and credibility was matched by their lack of commitment a celibate cleric has sufficient to help couples. Basing him- ‘credibility’ to lead a dicastery devoted to laity, family and self on his previous experilife.” ence as Bishop of Dallas, he Cardinal Farrell’s comsaid, priests, with all of their ments made me wonder how duties, “are not going to be interested in organizing Mar- familiar he is with St. John Paul II’s works on Marriage, riage meetings.” which consider his objections Priests who are in fact interested in organizing meetings with Putting Into couples to help them get ready for the Sacthe Deep rament of Marriage found his comments

By Father disheartening and disRoger J. Landry turbing. Many married couples likewise and persuasively refute them. found them bewildering.

In the opening words of Earlier this month I was in the introduction to his book Lubbock, Texas, giving four talks at the Diocesan Family “Love and Responsibility,” Camp on how marital love is the future pope wrote, “There exists a view that only marfree, full, faithful and fruitried people may speak about ful. Several of the married Marriage, and that only couples present, in the wake persons who experience love of Cardinal Farrell’s combetween a man and a woman ments, have sent me emails may speak about such love. thanking me once again for my work and saying that they This view demands personal and direct experience as the found my talks, and Bishop basis for speaking in a given Robert Coerver’s opening field. Thus, priests, religious keynote, credible, helpful and celibate persons canand attuned to the realities of Marriage and family life. I not have anything to say on similarly received emails from matters of love and Marriage. various couples I’ve prepared [But] a lack of their own for Marriage over the last 19 personal experience does not hinder them since they years, saying how grateful possess a very rich indirect they were for what they reexperience proceeding from ceived from the many hours pastoral work [where] they we spent together.

It’s one thing to make the encounter precisely these problems so often and in obvious point that effective such a variety of ways and Marriage preparation insituations that another expevolves not just parish priests but well-trained married cou- rience is created, experience ples, something that happens that is undoubtedly more indirect and ‘foreign,’ but at in most parish, diocesan and the same time much more online Marriage preparation courses in the United States. extensive.”

Even though priests don’t Cardinal Farrell’s regrettable emphasis, however, not to en- have first-hand experience of marital life, St. John Paul courage lay involvement but to undermine priests’ involve- underlined, they have a far

more extensive second-hand experience than almost anyone because of their pastoral work hearing Confessions, counseling couples, and sharing the joys and struggles of their married Spiritual sons and daughters. They also have their first-hand exposure to the reality of family life from growing up in a family.

His Eminence not only seems to have forgotten John Paul II’s insights, however; he also seems unaware of what Pope Francis has said about priests and Marriage preparation.

Speaking to parish priests in the Vatican on Feb. 25, 2017, Pope Francis commented, “In most cases you are the first people to be approached by young people desiring to form a new family and marry in the Sacrament of Matrimony. And it is again you to whom married couples turn in crisis as a result of serious relationship problems, with a need to rekindle their faith and rediscover the grace of the Sacrament. No one better than you knows and is in touch with the reality of the social fabric of the territory, and experiences the various complexities: unions celebrated in Christ, de facto unions, civil unions, failed unions, happy and unhappy families and young people.

“With each person and in each situation,” the pope continued, “you are called to be travelling companions who can offer witness and support. May your primary concern be to bear witness to the grace of the Sacrament of Matrimony and the primordial good of the family, vital cell of the Church and of society, by announcing that Marriage between a man and a woman is a symbol of the spousal union between Christ and the Church. Such witness is put into practice concretely when you prepare

engaged couples for Marriage, making them aware of the profound meaning of the step which they are about to take, and when you journey with young couples with attentiveness, helping them experience the Divine strength and the beauty of their Marriage through light and shadow, through joyful and difficult times.”

He went on to say what he would eventually describe at length in his exhortation “The Joy of Love,” that he wanted Marriage preparation be a “true catechumenate” that could accompany engaged couples similar to the way the Church for months accompanies adults preparing for the Sacrament of Baptism. “This catechumenate,” he said, “is principally entrusted to you, parish priests.

I encourage you to implement it despite any difficulties you may encounter.”

Those are not the words of someone with a low estimation of the credibility, competence and commitment of priests with regard to the Sacrament of Matrimony.

I have had the joy to do clergy workshops on Marriage preparation in various dioceses in the U.S. and Canada and to speak throughout the U.S. and beyond on John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body.” I have also had the chance to prepare several hundred couples for Marriage.

I normally meet with couples cumulatively for about 10 hours because I’m convinced that in a culture that doesn’t support Marriage as the lifelong, faithful and fruitful union of one man and one woman, this time is indispensable to help them build their Marriage on the rock of faith. In addition to Marriage Encounter or other Pre-Cana programs I have them, I give them 12 short essays to write, so that I Continued on page seven

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Anchor Editorial

After the cave

We rejoice with the freeing of all of the boys (and their coach and rescuers) from the cave in Thailand (as Dave Jolivet wrote on page 23, we also pray for the soul of Saman Kunan, who gave his life trying to save them). Dave expresses well the exultation and gratitude to God which resounds all over the world this week from that cave complex.

However, now we become aware again (or maybe we don’t) of so many other hundreds, thousands, millions of people whose tragedies don’t get our attention, our solidarity, our collaboration to save them. As the killer of more than 40 million people (Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin) once supposedly said to the U.S. ambassador, “The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic.”

One wonders about how these boys, who were not even visible for more than a week, were able to move hearts all around the world, while the pictures of dead children on the shores of the Mediterranean did not move many hearts in Europe or the images of crying children on our border bring skepticism about whether these are legitimate refugees or the images of children torn from the womb elicit no sympathy from half of our country (the last two examples often bring very different responses from the same people — only a minority in our country are concerned about both sets of children).

Jesus, when He walked this earth for 33 years, knew human nature. No one had to teach Him about the human heart. He knew how some people could look beyond a healing miracle He did and only notice that it was done on the Sabbath, thus potentially making it a sinful action (violating the Third Commandment). He also knew other people, people who had made sinful mistakes in life or who had been born outside of Judaism, and yet some of these people were open to the new path of holiness that OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER www.anchornews.org

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He offered, even though it meant making big changes in their lives.

In between these two groups of people were decent people, good Jews, who were conscious of their imperfections, but tried the best that they could do to live a life in accordance with God’s law. These people may have been surprised by Jesus’ outreach to the second group mentioned above, but many came to understand what He was doing because their own examinations of conscience kept them from condemning Him or them.

We Catholics living today might be similar to any of the people in these three groups. It is not easy to always be conscious of our own unworthiness. St. Augustine, last Sunday in the “Office of Readings” in the “Breviary,” reminded us, “Let us never assume that if we live good lives we will be without sin; our lives should be praised only when we continue to beg for pardon. But men are hopeless creatures, and the less they concentrate on their own sins, the more interested they become in the sins of others. Unable to excuse themselves, they are ready to accuse others.”

The more we are conscious of our dependence upon God’s mercy, the more likely it is that we will be merciful to others. People engaged in the works of mercy to help free those boys in Thailand: corporally, people there in Thailand fed them, gave them something to drink, visited them (in their sickly, “imprisoned” condition), did what they could to improve their shelter and buried their dead rescuer. Spiritually, people around the world engaged in the Spiritual work of praying for the living boys and their rescuers and prayed for the soul of the man who died.

May we heed God’s call to carry out the Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy for more individuals and multitudes, around the corner and around the world.

Daily Readings July 14 – July 27 Upcoming Daily Readings: Sat. July 14, Is 6:1-8; Ps 93:1-2,5; Mt 10:24-33.

Sun. July 15, Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Am 7:12-15; Ps 85:9-14; Eph 1:3-14 or 1:3-10; Mk 6:7-13. Mon. July 16, Is 1:10-17; Ps 50:8-9,16-17,21,23; Mt 10:34—11:1. Tues. July 17, Is 7:1-9; Ps 48:2-8; Mt 11:20-24. Wed. July 18, Is 10:5-7,13b-16; Ps 94:5-10,14-15; Mt 11:25-27. Thurs. July 19, Is 26:79,12, 16-19; Ps 102:13-21; Mt 11:28-30. Fri. July 20, Is 38:1-6,21-22,7-8; (Ps) Is 38:,10-12,16; Mt 12:1-8.

Sat. July 21, Mi 2:1-5; Ps 10:1-4,7-8,14; Mt 12:14-21. Sun. July 22, Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jer 23:1-6; Ps 23:1-6; Eph 2:13-18; Mk 6:30-34.

Mon. July 23, Mi 6:1-4,6-8; Ps 50:5-6,8-9,16-17,21,23; Mt 12:38-42. Tues. July 24, Mi 7:14-15,18-20; Ps 85:2-8; Mt 12:46-50. Wed. July 25, 2 Cor 4:7-15; Ps 126:1-6; Mt 20:20-28. Thurs. July 26, Jer 2:1-3,7-8,12-13; Ps 36:6-11; Mt 13:10-17. Fri. July 27, Jer 3:14-17; Jer 31:10-13; Mt 13:18-23.

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can better meet them where they’re at and help bring them to where the Church hopes they’ll be on their wedding day. I give them videos to watch. I administer FOCCUS tests to them.

Over the course of our conversations we discuss their family backgrounds, how they met, how they determined the other was the “right one,” how the proposal happened, what Marriage means, why Christian Marriage is a Sacrament, what role God plays in their relationship, what is distinctive about marital love, what they love about the other and how the other has shown love to them, what their desires are for children, how to grow in prayer and faith as a couple, how to forgive, and what Marriage experts say are best practices on communication, finances and relations with in-laws. We discuss the what and why of the Church’s teachings about natural family planning, adoption, infertility, cohabitation, contraception, in-vitro fertilization, and pornography. We even tackle what to do if they happen to fall in love with someone else.

In all of this, rather than being an insurmountable handicap, my priestly chaste celibacy is actually, I think, an overall asset, because I can be more objective in talking about human sexuality in God’s plan than someone whose experiences are marked too much by personal experience.

Certainly my priestly training overall is a great help.

So many generous Catholic couples, like my parents, who volunteer to lead Marriage preparation courses certainly can talk about various practical realities of living a Catholic Marriage, but in general they cannot speak to the theology and Sacramentality of Marriage the way priests can and couples deserve. Not even most

permanent deacons can address the “tough issues” with regard to Church’s moral teaching with the same clarity and confidence as priests.

These priestly contributions are an indispensable service to couples, who are often beguiled by our secular age to look at Marriage in a desacralized way.

Most helpful of all, however, I think, is simply a priest’s presence and prioritized concern for the couple.

Many young people, including Catholics, don’t know priests personally, because they see them only in chasubles. Many young couples come to Marriage preparation not practicing the faith, in one way or many, and have lots of unanswered questions and misconceptions that will impact their Marriage and Spiritual life overall if left unaddressed. Over the course of the hours we have together, those questions can come up. Trust can build.

The practice of the faith can return. Doubts about “credibility” can be overcome. Real evangelization or re-evange-

lization can take place. When a priest shows how much he cares in making the time to get to know and form them, and then brings the fruit of that friendship to their rehearsal, wedding homily, reception, future Baptisms, and more, that commitment can favorably influence their relationship with all priests and with the Church.

I hope that the strong reaction Cardinal Farrell’s unintentionally offensive remarks have provoked among priests and faithful might lead him to reassess his conclusions. I also hope that it will help him, and the Dicastery he heads, better to support priests in the trenches in their important labor — together with married lay people — in preparing couples not just for Marriage but for the Sacrament of Matrimony in its fullness.

The future of the Church depends on that crucial and ongoing work.

Anchor columnist Father Landry can be contacted at fatherlandry@ catholicpreaching.com.

Diocesan Pro-Life Boot Camp is July 19-22

EASTON — The call is out for high school-age students to rally at Stonehill College in Easton for the annual diocesan ProLife Boot Camp running from July 19-22.

The event, sponsored by the diocesan Pro-Life Apostolate is a great opportunity for young people to become involved in the Pro-Life movement.

Attendees will experience inspiring speakers, prayerful witness and the Sacraments, all mixed with fellowship and many funfilled events.

Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V. will again be stopping by to visit the campers to engage in conversation and, as usual, a bit of friendly soccer competition.

“Calling all soccer players to Pro-Life Boot Camp,” Cassandra Borges, one of the camp’s coordi-

nators, told The Anchor. “In addition to your watching the World Cup, join the Pro-Life Apostolate this summer at the eighth annual Pro-Life Boot Camp at Stonehill College.

“Activities include soccer with Bishop da Cunha, Pro-Life workshops, obstacle courses and games, line-dancing, celebrating the Holy Mass, and a fantastic weekend of joy, fellowship, and faith formation.”

The Pro-Life Apostolate also told The Anchor there is a need for Junior Staff (ages 18-20) and chaperones (ages 21 and up).

For more information call the Pro-Life Apostolate at 508-675-1311.

Registration forms for campers, junior staff and chaperones can be downloaded at fallriverdiocese. org and click the 2018 ProLife Boot Camp link.

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respectfully decline to answer on the grounds that it might tend to incriminate me.” All of us are familiar with the Fifth Amendment’s privilege against self-incrimination, that no one is Constitutionally required to make a public confession of being guilty of a crime. The rack and the screw to force confessions have no place in our Constitutional democracy.

People may be less familiar with the broader First Amendment right to remain silent, a freedom not to speak, as a necessary corollary of freedom of speech. Together with the First Amendment’s freedom of religion, freedom from compelled speech carves out in our Bill of Rights wide scope for freedom of personal conscience.

I was reminded of this by a series of significant anniversaries and current Supreme Court decisions.

One was the 75th anniversary of the seminal flag salute case, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, decided

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on Flag Day in 1943, in Fourth of July, the annual the middle of the Second anniversary of our counWorld War. Jehovah’s try’s freedom from EngWitness schoolchildren lish rule and dedication had been expelled from to the proposition that all public school for refusal of us are created free and to salute the flag, which equal. their religion considered This year and next a forbidden form of idolatry. The U.S. Supreme Judge Court reversed For their punishment, on grounds that Yourself “If there is any

By Dwight Duncan fixed star in our Constitutional constellation, it is that no (government) the famous paintings by official, high or petty, Norman Rockwell, the can prescribe what shall Four Freedoms, are leavbe orthodox in politics, ing their usual dwelling nationalism, religion, or in Stockbridge, Mass., other matters of opinion and touring the country. or force citizens to conThese four paintings were fess by word or act their done around the time of faith therein.” the Barnette decision as Another is our annual visual icons of President Fortnight of Freedom to Franklin Roosevelt’s Four celebrate religious freeFreedoms: Freedom of dom. It begins on the Speech, Freedom to Woranniversary of the feast ship, Freedom from Want, of St. Thomas More, the and Freedom from Fear, renowned lawyer and what we were fighting statesman who gave his World War II to achieve. life rather than swear to Freedom of Speech something he believed to portrays a man freely be false; and ends on the expressing his contrarian

views at a New England town meeting, while his fellow citizens listen respectfully. Obviously, our polarized country could use more of this respectful dialogue.

But it is worthy of note that a couple of recent Supreme Court decisions, both decided five-to-four in the last week of June, with Justice Anthony Kennedy the swing vote, turned on freedom from speech compelled by government, what I have called the First Amendment right to remain silent. One was the NIFLA case out of California, which had tried to force Pro-Life crisis pregnancy centers to advertise for abortion. No way, said the majority opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas.

These Pro-Life centers did not have to violate their deeply held beliefs by promoting abortion.

Full disclosure: I filed, along with Professor Mary Ann Glendon, an amicus brief in support of NIFLA that supported the result and that was written by Harvard Law students ably coordinated

by Grant Newman.

The other case challenged the agency fees charged to public employees by unions on grounds that these funds were being used for purposes that the non-union employees disagreed with. Once again, the Court ruled five-to-four that the First Amendment protected dissenting employees from having to contribute to causes they don’t believe in. I myself belong to a public employees union, but I agree with this decision.

The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy from the Supreme Court makes it imperative that his successor on the court, whoever it is, continue to make wide room for the First Amendment right to remain silent. Because we know that there are four on the court who don’t and won’t. Respecting conscience has always been the American way at its best. This is not “weaponizing the First Amendment.” It is respecting what conscience requires.

Anchor columnist Dwight Duncan is a professor at UMass School of Law Dartmouth. He holds degrees in civil and canon law.

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Immigration, Church teaching and political calculus

am writing in this space a guest column, instead of on the editorial page (although I did write this week’s editorial, as you can tell from the ample use of quotes and tangential asides), so that I can specify that what I am writing here is my own opinion, although I hope that it is informed by my appreciation of the Church’s teachings.

Our country is being torn apart on the issue of immigration. For most of our nation’s history, strong opinions have been held about it. In the 19th century the “Know Nothing” Party (their real name was the American Party) fought against immigration from Catholic lands, such as Ireland and Germany. Then we had the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1888, which banned immigration from China until it was repealed in 1943. The Immigration Act of 1917 prohibited immigration from the Asiatic Barred Zone, which stretched from the Asian portion of Turkey all the way to Papua New Guinea. In the 1930s, using the Great Depression as a pretext, the federal government deported at least tens of thousands (possibly hundreds of thousands) of Mexican nationals (and some U.S. citizens of Mexican origin) into Mexico.

The Magna Carta of the Catholic Church’s teaching on immigration was Pope Pius XII’s 1952 encyclical, Exsul Familia, which began with these words: “The émigré Holy Family of Nazareth, fleeing into Egypt, is the archetype of every refugee family. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, living in exile in

Egypt to escape the fury pontiff reminds us of our of an evil king, are, for all need to address the curtimes and all places, the rent crisis of children and models and protectors families on the border and of every migrant, alien the long-term need to and refugee of whatever work together to resolve kind who, whether comthe rampant gang probpelled by fear of perseculem in Central America tion or by want, is forced (a problem which was to leave his native land, inadvertently fostered by his beloved parents and our policies towards those relatives, his close friends, countries during and after and to seek a foreign soil.” their civil wars in the The Catholic Church 1980s). does acknowledge that St. John Paul contincountries do have a right to protect their borders. St. John Paul II, in Guest the annual papal Columnist message for World Migration Day in

By Father 1996, wrote, “IlRichard D. Wilson legal immigration has always existed.

His irregular legal status ued, “The Church considcannot allow the migrant ers the problem of illegal to lose his dignity, since migrants from the standhe is endowed with inpoint of Christ, Who died alienable rights, which to gather together the can neither be violated dispersed children of God nor ignored. Illegal im(cf. Jn 11:52), to rehamigration should be bilitate the marginalized prevented, but it is also and to bring close those essential to combat vigor- who are distant, in order ously the criminal activito integrate all within a ties which exploit illegal communion that is not immigrants. The most based on ethnic, cultural appropriate choice, which or social membership, but will yield consistent and on the common desire to long-lasting results is accept God’s Word and to that of international coseek justice. ‘God shows operation which aims to no partiality, but in every foster political stability nation any one who fears and to eliminate underHim and does what is development. The presright is acceptable to Him’ ent economic and social (Acts 10:34-35).” The last imbalance, which to a line is a quote from the large extent encourages first pope, St. Peter. It is the migratory flow, should also one of the selections not be seen as something which can be read at a fuinevitable, but as a chalneral Mass. I often like to lenge to the human race’s hear it proclaimed when sense of responsibility.” the deceased was someone These words from 22 who showed an openyears ago speak to the ness to God in people reality that the United from any nation. At the States is living right now funeral we are asking God on its southern border. to mercifully welcome From Heaven the Polish this soul into a Kingdom

where it doesn’t matter what one’s nationality is.

The willingness to love one’s neighbor as oneself is a prerequisite for admission.

“The Church acts in continuity with Christ’s mission. In particular, she asks herself how to meet the needs, while respecting the law of those persons who are not allowed to remain in a national territory. She also asks what the right to emigrate [to leave one’s country] is worth without the corresponding right to immigrate [to move into a new country].

She tackles the problem of how to involve in this work of solidarity those Christian communities frequently infected by a public opinion that is often hostile to immigrants,” wrote St. John Paul.

Catholics are torn about what to do about our brothers and sisters on the border. I have found people who often ignore defined Church teachings (such as those on abortion, Marriage, ordination) saying that we should be compassionate, while other people who “toe the line” saying that President Trump’s policy (whatever it may be at the moment) is what we should be doing.

I must admit upfront that I never vote for a pro-abortion politician, when one of the candidates has declared him or herself “Pro-Life” and the others have said that they are “pro-choice.”

In doing so I have been acting in accord with the United States Confer-

ence of Catholic Bishops’ document, “Forming Consciences for Catholic Citizenship.” In it, the bishops wrote (in paragraph 22), “There are some things we must never do, as individuals or as a society, because they are always incompatible with love of God and neighbor. Such actions are so deeply flawed that they are always opposed to the authentic good of persons. These are called ‘intrinsically evil’ actions.

They must always be rejected and opposed and must never be supported or condoned. A prime example is the intentional taking of innocent human life, as in abortion and euthanasia. In our nation, ‘abortion and euthanasia have become preeminent threats to human dignity because they directly attack life itself, the most fundamental human good and the condition for all others’ (Living the Gospel of Life, no.

5). It is a mistake with grave moral consequences to treat the destruction of innocent human life merely as a matter of individual choice. A legal system that violates the basic right to life on the grounds of choice is fundamentally flawed.”

In the following paragraph (23) the bishops expand on the right to life.

“Similarly, human cloning, destructive research on human embryos, and other acts that directly violate the sanctity and dignity of human life are also intrinsically evil. These must always be opposed.

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I have been told by batants in acts of terror or war, can never be justified. Pro-Life Catholics Nor can violations of hu- that we should support President Trump man dignity, such as acts no matter what because of racism, treating workhe is Pro-Life and the ers as mere means to an Supreme Court hangs end, deliberately subjecting workers to subhuman in the balance — I have living conditions, treating even been told that we can’t trust Vice Presithe poor as disposable, or dent Mike Pence (should redefining Marriage to the president resign or deny its essential meanbe removed), since he ing, ever be justified.”

Here we begin to enter caved into pressure while governor of Indiana on into the question as to a religious freedom law. whether the federal govThese Catholics have ernment’s treatment of told me that it is a blessthe children and families at the border has violated ing that President Trump knows that he is hated, so what the bishops taught. he doesn’t have to worry The Trump Administraabout trying to get invited tion itself has somewhat to dinner parties with admitted that, as it has tried to blame preexisting Democrats; invitations to which more moderate Relaws or the Democratic publicans such as Pence, Party or the immigrants Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan themselves for the psyand John McCain supposchological trauma which edly crave. the children are experi-

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However, I worry about the future of the Pro-Life movement. If people outside of it, especially young people, think that we will put up with any type of questionable behavior, as long as a politician promised to fight abortion, it will make it more difficult for us to win converts to our cause (and ultimately end this slaughter of innocents).

People on both the left and right have long ignored the sins or crimes of politicians on their “side” of the political battle. Democrats forgave President Clinton of his many allegations of predatory behavior because he supported legal abortion (Gloria Steinham famously defended him in the New York Times on March 22, 1998, saying that his defense of legal abortion was key. Asked about that column now, she says that she would not use the same words, but “I’m glad I wrote it in that decade”).

I myself looked beyond Senate President Billy Bulger’s and Massachusetts House Speaker Thomas Finneran’s ethical challenges because they were consistent Pro-Life Democrats, who used all the power of their offices to fight to defend the child in the womb (they also fought for a lot of other social justice issues). To paraphrase Archie Bunker, “mister we could use a man like Tom Finneran again.”

Actually, there are still a few Pro-Life Democrats left, although they are often hounded out of their party (as New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch have both lamented).

Meanwhile in the Republican Party (in which I enrolled at age 18, back

in 1986, and to whose state conventions I was a delegate twice) on the state level many of the elected members became “pro-choice” (following the lead of Governor Bill Weld, against whom I always voted — he was more radical in promoting sexuality agendas than the Democrats who opposed him) and on the national level never criticizing President Trump has become the litmus test.

National Review’s Jonah Goldberg wrote, “First, the president is incredibly thin-skinned and demands not only loyalty but flattery. Any criticism is seen as a betrayal. It’s of a piece with the fact that you can vote 100 percent in favor of the ‘Trump agenda,’ but if you criticize Trump, you’re a traitor. But if you vote against the Trump agenda but flatter the president, you’ll be fine.”

I did not want Hillary Clinton to win the presidency (nor any of the other anti-life candidates who ran against her for the Democratic nomination, nor Republican Governor John Kasich, whose support on cultural issues is weak), but my disgust with a lot of President Trump’s actions does not change that. As Goldberg wrote, “If you condemn an adulterous affair in 2018 will that somehow trigger a time machine that lets Hillary win?” (he was referring to the reluctance of social conservatives to criticize Trump’s supposed dalliance with Stormy Daniels — and his being married three times, being proud of his sexual activities, etc.).

Had Clinton won, the five to four Supreme Court decisions that Dwight Duncan correctly praises in this edition of

The Anchor most likely would have gone the other way — and crisis pregnancy centers would be required to tell people where to obtain an abortion; the Colorado baker would have been forced out of his profession for not wanting to make a cake supporting gay marriage; the list can go on and on. It was for the Supreme Court that many, if not most, orthodox Catholics and Evangelicals voted for Trump. They rightly feared the type of judges Clinton would appoint and voted against her. This does not mean that Trump’s other actions need to be defended by people of faith.

Historically, we can look back to the early 2000s, when Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI criticized various policies of President George W. Bush, especially those having to do with war.

They did so, not thinking, “Oh, maybe I had better be quiet, because he is Pro-Life and this might hurt his re-election.”

Instead, they trusted in Christ and knew that fidelity to Him meant that they had to disagree with a politician with whom they had a lot in common. We have to trust in Christ, and not just in political calculations, and thus speak out as He would want us to do so, even when it means going against a politician who has helped us in some important ways.

That trust in Christ calls upon us to look at these immigrants, and especially the children, as a presence of Christ and demands that we respect them as such.

Father Wilson is executive editor of The Anchor, and rector of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Fall River.

Wednesday 4 July 2018 — Homeport: Falmouth Harbor — Independence Day ou know how you get a song stuck in your head?

Right now, for me, it’s that 1966 classic by the Lovin’ Spoonful, “Summer in the City.” Of course, I don’t really live in the city, but no matter.

Summer in the village has its own rhythm. It’s the Fourth of July. It’s definitely summer. Tonight will be the fireworks, or as Father John Gomes, then head counselor at St. Vincent de Paul Camp, used to call them, “pyrotechnics.”

Once, we loaded all the happy campers in a school bus and headed over to see the town’s pyrotechnics up-close. The traffic was gridlocked. Pedestrians kept wandering in front of the bus.

The kids were tired and overexcited. That’s when our rickety old bus (driven by Father Ed Byington) overheated. We were stranded by the side of the road.

The “Grand Annual Fireworks Expedition” was quietly dropped from the camp’s calendar of events. It was easier to just watch the parade.

I don’t have to fight the traffic in order to see the Falmouth fireworks. I just have to look out the window. A former pastor here, Msgr. John Regan, thoughtfully added a roof window to the old rectory. It’s very convenient for viewing fireworks.

My dog Lurch hates fireworks, as do 45 percent of all dogs. Those who study such things report that more dogs run away from home on the Fourth of July than on any other day of the year. Lurch begins pacing the

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corridor two hours before the know some of their stories (their pyrotechnics are scheduled to real stories, not the ones they begin. How does he know? make up to fit the occasion).

At the first sound of fireworks, Some of them are exceptionLurch will shiver and shake. ally talented in the arts; some I’ve tried pulling the window of them have academic degrees. shades and turning the television Plagued by their demons, they up, but those strategies failed. have taken a wrong turn on the He simply road of life. refuses to Society is be consoled. The Ship’s Log the lesser.

I’ve even Being Reflections of a considered summer, the Parish Priest spendqueues have

By Father Tim ing money also grown Goldrick on those longer. I newfangled waited half doggy an hour vests (called “thunder shirts”) yesterday at the drive-in winI see advertised. There are also dow at that franchise with the anti-stress chews for dogs and golden arches (they look yellow weighted anxiety blankets. These to me). This morning, the wait may work for some dogs, but I at the Dippin’ Donuts was four know Lurch and I know a “thun- times longer than usual. When I der shirt” will do nothing to finally reached the service wincalm him. The best thing to do dow, the attendant handed me is to scratch his head for 30 min- my usual coffee (large, regular utes. That works. cream and sugar). On my recent Main Street in Falmouth Vil- birthday, parishioners gave me a lage is bustling with cars and total of $300 worth of gift cards pedestrians. I keep the church at Dippin’ Donuts. It was a sure doors unlocked for those who sign that the parishioners here may wish to stop in for a quiet have come to know me well. But prayer. At any time of the day, I the clerk would not accept my can expect to see people praying gift card. Was there something privately in the pews. wrong with my card? “No,” the Summer also brings a wave clerk explained, “It’s just that the of homeless people. I see them person in the car ahead of you walking the streets very early in the morning, with their backpacks and bicycles. I occasionally see them sitting alone in church, too, especially during a sudden downpour or during the heat and humidity of the afternoon. Many of them have emotional or mental heath issues but they usually prove to be little trouble. I know many of them by name, and I

has already paid for your coffee.

Have a nice day.” Yet another generous parishioner?

The Fourth of July brings with it the clergy cookout at Father Jerry Hebert’s “little house” on Cape Cod. There were 10 of us this year. Father Dan Lacroix once again served as grill master.

We gathered around the table and spoke of the usual things — Salvador Dali, steeples, George Washington, cemetery management, The Anchor, mobile phones, the evolution of seminary formation since the Council of Trent, and, as always, the stories of past adventures.

Joining us this year for the first time was Greg Quenneville of St. Theresa Church, South Attleboro. I served as a priest in that parish years ago, but we didn’t seem to know each other.

Greg is in II Pre-Theology, at St. John’s Seminary, Brighton. He brought to the table a decade of counseling military personnel returning from deployment.

We are, one might say, an eclectic group. Greg fit right in.

And so went our annual Fourth of July celebration of our interdependence as priests of the Diocese of Fall River.

Anchor columnist Father Tim Goldrick is pastor of St. Patrick’s Parish in Falmouth.

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Father Jon-Paul Gallant to celebrate 40th anniversary of ordination SOUTH ATTLEBORO — Father JonPaul Gallant, pastor of St. Theresa’s Parish in South Attleboro, will celebrate the 40th anniversary of his priestly ordination on July 22. He will gather with family, parishioners and brother priests at the 11 a.m. Mass at St. Theresa’s Church with a reception to follow in the parish hall.

All are welcome to attend the Mass.

Father Gallant prepared for the priesthood at St. John’s Seminary College in Brighton. Following his graduation, he was assigned to theological studies at the Pontifical North American College

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in Rome and was awarded bachelor’s and master’s degrees in theology from the Gregorian University. He was ordained to the priesthood on July 22, 1978 by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at St. Mary’s Cathedral in

Fall River. In 1985, Father Gallant was assigned to return to Rome for advanced studies at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute and received a licentiate degree in Sacred Liturgy in 1988.

He has served as a parochial vicar at: Our Lady of Grace, Westport; St. Mary’s Cathedral and Immaculate Conception, Fall River; Our Lady of Victory, Centerville; St. John Neumann, Freetown; St. Mary and Holy Name, New Bedford; St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis; and Sacred Heart, Taunton. He has also served as parochial administrator at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Seekonk; and Holy Name, New Bedford.

In June 1996 he was appointed pastor of Sacred Heart parish in Taunton.

Following the merger of Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Lourdes parishes in 2001, he was named pastor of Holy Redeemer Parish in Chatham. He was appointed pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in North Easton in 2008 and on June 30, 2009 he became pastor of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Parish in South Attleboro.

In addition to his parish ministry, Father Gallant has also served in several Fall River diocesan assignments: auditor in the Diocesan Tribunal; Fall River Pre-Cana program director; member of the Presbyteral Council; instructor in the Permanent Diaconate Program; director of RCIA; assistant chancellor; member and chairman of the Divine Worship Commission; director of the Office for Divine Worship; and Dean of the Attleboro Deanery.

One step at a time “One step at a time, there’s no need to rush.

It’s like learning to fly, or falling in love.” hile I pen these lines, a crew from the National Park Service are using a noisy drill as they prepare the top steps of St. Francis Church for repair. This project began a couple of weeks ago when “Bishop” Meli and I inspected these steps and decided that they needed

day’s schedule when we lose power, as happened last week. It means skipping one’s siesta, when the warning siren goes off, as happened last week, not because of an anticipated tsunami, but for a surprise tsunami drill. Luck would have it that I had my pants on.

Of course many things did go smoothly this past month, like the blessing of ashes ceremony for Winnie’s relatives, Mary Jane and Moon Over George, who Molokai had recently taken the

By Father stairway Patrick Killilea, SS.CC. to Heaven.

When the an overhaul before someice machine at the Visitors one got hurt, and that she Quarter’s broke down last would ask the NPS to reweek, while Bishop Larry pair them. When Meli asks, and our seminarians were the response, as always, is a here on retreat, we were Biblical-like response: “Be able to get an ample supply it done according to your of ice from the machine at word.” That prompted an McVeigh Hall. Knowing the immediate warning tape to next step to take is vital here be put across the damaged regardless of the situation. steps, leading to today’s acIn mid-week Bishop tion. One step at a time!

Larry and some of the We could say that the seminarians, as well as song “One step at a time,” Sister Romeka, who was sung by “American Idol” also here on retreat, decided winner, singer, writer and to take on the Kalaupapa actress, Jordin Sparks, trail while the others went would make a good theme swimming at the pier. song for Kalaupapa Settle- Bishop Larry dispensed ment. We usually get things myself from climbing. It done eventually, one step was providential that the at a time. It involves lots of others stayed here in the patience and often times settlement because they some ingenuity. It means found themselves fighting a switching plans for the brushfire that had been accidently started by another In the June 15 article on group who had already left the recent installation the property. All in a day’s of permanent diaconate excitement! candidates as acolytes, Meanwhile, Bishop Larry incorrect information had returned to base camp was provided to The Anas his knees were hurting chor regarding Richard from all the times he has Bisson’s home parish. done this climb — as well Bisson is a parishioner of as all his years kneeling.

Corpus Christi Parish in However, Sister Romeka East Sandwich.

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marched all the way to the top of the tough trail in the company of Father Rheo, our vocation director. She is a champion climber and so she conquered the trail despite aching legs — one step at a time. Aloha.

Anchor columnist Father Killilea is pastor of St. Francis Parish in Kalaupapa, Hawaii.

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The blessing of the fleet, Provincetown — a summer tradition

Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., recently traveled to Provincetown to bless the fleet, a long-time summer tradition in the diocese. An infant also received an individual blessing aboard ship. (Photos by Deacon Alan Thadeu)

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Watch the Ordination to Priesthood Online

The 2018 Fall River Diocese Ordination to Priesthood is available for viewing on the videosharing website YouTube. Visit the diocesan website at www.fallriverdiocese.org and click on the Ordination to Priesthood image on the home page to access the video. The ordination took place on June 9 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Fall River.

Diocese of Fall River TV Mass on WLNE Channel 6 July 15 at 11:00 a.m.

Celebrant is Father Anthony Szakaly, C.S.C., director of Campus Ministry and Alumni Minister at Stonehill College in Easton.

New Bedford native installed as president of the Sisters of Mercy — Northeast Community

HARTFORD, Conn.

— The Sisters of Mercy installed Sister Maureen Mitchell, a New Bedford native, and long-time Rhode Island resident, as the Northeast Community’s new president in a recent ceremony rich in prayer, blessing and song at the University of St. Joseph’s Connor Chapel in West Hartford.

Other Sisters installed to leadership included Sister Peg Sullivan, vice president; Sister Ruth Kelly, team member; and Sister Patty Moriarty, team member.

A passion for service, which the Sisters of Mercy call their fourth vow, infused the installation ritual, as did the Sisters’ mission of working for change on behalf of women, immigrants and the climate, and seeking an end to racism and violence.

In her reflections at the installation to more than 150 Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Associates, and Companions in Mercy, as well as family members, friends and supporters, Sister Maureen pointed out that the words of Catherine McAuley, the order’s founder, are as alive

today as they were when first spoken.

The Northeast Community leadership team’s term of service began on July 1 in Cumberland, R.I. Sister Mitchell recently served as Northeast Community vice president.

After accepting the nomination as president, she noted, “I feel the inner call from the Spirit, that community leadership is where I can best use my gifts and talents at this point of my ministry, and I have heard the call of the community, which is strong.”

Before entering community leadership, Sister Maureen ministered for more than a quarter century as a clinical pastoral education supervisor — most recently for the VA New York Harbor Health Care System, where she taught seminarians and military chaplains how to Spiritually

accompany veterans. She also served for many years as a chaplain for Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island (now Hope Hospice and Palliative Care Rhode Island), and ministered as principal and teacher at the former Nazareth Hall schools in Attleboro and Fall River.

A former member of the Medicine and Spirituality Committee at Brown University School of Medicine, Sister Maureen has also served on numerous other committees in hospitals and Hospice settings, as well as on certification committees for chaplains and clinical pastoral education supervisors.

Sister Maureen earned her certification as a clinical pastoral education supervisor through the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education. Her DMin degree is from Andover Newton Theological School. She holds an MA from the University of Connecticut and a BA from Salve Regina University. Sister Maureen is also a proud graduate of New Bedford’s former Holy Family High School.

July 22 at 11:00 a.m.

Celebrant is Father Matthew Fase, C.S.C., campus minister for Faith Formation and athletic chaplain at Stonehill College in Easton.

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For and About Our Church Youth

Preceding the recent Bishop Stang High School graduation exercises, the 22nd annual Alumni Medal Ceremony took place in the North Dartmouth school’s Chapel of the Annunciation. Thirty-nine members of the Class of 2018 received the Alumni Medal, with two graduates representing the third generation of Spartans. Since 1997, 604 sons, daughters, and grandchildren of alumni have been honored.

Eighth-grade students at St. James-St. John School in New Bedford recently took part in “Bond With a Classmate,” an exercise geared towards solidifying knowledge of ionic compounds.

Madison Frank, who recently graduated from St. Stanislaus School in Fall River, was selected to attend a week-long writers workshop titled “Untold Stories, Unheard Voices” at Washington Irving’s Sunnyside in Tarrytown, N.Y. The workshop will be taught by professors from the State University of New York at New Platz.

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Fourth-grade students at St. Joseph School in Fairhaven recently portrayed characters from history in a mock “Wax Museum.” Students researched their chosen characters and posed as wax figurines in the school’s museum “cafeteria” until the guests (staff, parents, and the rest of the school) approached them as “wax figurines” and pressed their power button (a green dot colored on their hands) to “power them on” and hear the story of their character. Students were all in costume and portrayed many of those integral to U.S. history such as Rosa Parks (shown), JFK, Thomas Jefferson, and Amelia Earhart, to name a few.

For and About Our Church Youth CatholicMom.com wins Catholic Press Award

NORTH EASTON — Catholicmom.com was a winner at the 2018 Catholic Press Awards. The website received a thirdplace award for Best Blog in the Publication Blog category from the Catholic Press Association, sponsor of this prestigious recognition program.

Part of the Holy Cross Family Ministries family, CatholicMom.com includes news, information and regular contributions and postings about Catholic topics of interest to mothers and families. The website features material from a variety of contributors on topics of interest to young Catholic families, including those of faith, hope and love. CatholicMom. com was founded by Lisa Hendey, who continues to serve as an advisor.

“We are extremely pleased and excited to be honored by the Catholic Press Awards,” said Danielle Bean, brand manager of CatholicMom. “We strive to provide content that is relevant, informative and meaningful, with the beauty and richness of the Catholic faith. This award tells us we are on the right track.”

CatholicMom.com was honored during the Catholic Press Awards,

which were presented at the annual Catholic Media Conference in June.

The judges said, “These blog posts always cover a wide range of topics and do a good job revolving around religion without being too heavy or serious. Since they incorporate articles from contributors they have a lot of different perspectives and voices featured on their blogs.”

The Catholic Press Association has been uniting and serving the Catholic press for more than 100 years. Membership includes nearly 250 publications and 600 individuals. The CPA vision affirms that effective communications lie at the heart of the Church’s mission to preach the Good News to all.

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CatholicMom.org or www.

HCFM.org.

The Anchor is always pleased to run news and photos about our diocesan youth. If schools, parish Religious Education programs or home-schoolers have newsworthy stories and photos they would like to share with our readers, send them to: schools@anchornews.org

Holy Name School hires part-time director of Advancement/Alumni

FALL RIVER — Holy Name School has hired Dr. Jana McHenry to join the administration in a parttime capacity as director of Advancement/Alumni.

She will work to advance the mission of the school in the areas of donor management, alumni relations and marketing.

Father Jay Maddock, pastor of Holy Name Parish and director of Holy Name School, and the school’s principal Dr. Patricia Wardell are looking forward to working together with McHenry to advance the mission of Holy Name School and the school’s newest Strategic Planning goals.

McHenry is an alumnae of Holy Name School

(1982) and Bishop Connolly (1986). She started her career as a teacher at

St. Jean Baptiste School (now Holy Trinity). More recently she was assistant superintendent of Dartmouth Public Schools and director of Advancement at Bishop Stang High

School.

McHenry and her husband, Michael, primarily reside in Fall River, with a secondary residence in Hales Location, N.H. They are parishioners of Holy Name Church and serve the diocese as the lead couple for the Greater New Bedford Marriage Preparation Program. Jana and Michael have two children — Jillian, 24, and Caitlin, 19.

McHenry shared, “I feel blessed to have returned home to Holy Name. I look forward to advancing our mission of ‘Academic Excellence rooted in Catholic Values’ by supporting our students — past, present and future, our parish, and our community.”

HOLLYWOOD — Catholic Central came home a winner at the 2018 Gabriel Awards. The webbased video series received a first-place award for Media, Internet Video, 10 Minutes or Less from the Catholic Press Association, sponsor of this prestigious recognition program.

A project of Family Theater Productions, Catholic Central offers entertaining and authoritative answers to questions about Catholic thought, Spirituality and practice. Led by Mary Ashley Burton, FTP lead producer, a team of witty writers, appealing hosts and learned theologians help produce this collection of videos that entertain, enlighten and inspire. The series can be viewed at CatholicCentral.com.

“This is a great honor for us,” said Father David Guffey, C.S.C., national director of Family Theater Productions and executive producer of Catholic Central. “We strive to provide entertaining and inspiring media to enrich the Spiritual lives of young people and are so pleased to be acknowledged for our work.”

Catholic Central was honored at the Gabriel Awards, which were presented by the Catholic Press Association at the annual Catholic Media Conference in June.

The judges said, “It combines both pop culture references and useful apologetics. A good answer to the question of how can we reach young people today. Cute, creative, funny

and informative.”

Presented by the Catholic Press Association, the Gabriel Awards honor works of excellence in film, television, radio and social media. For more than 50 years it continues to recognize outstanding artistic achievement in media that entertains and enriches with a true vision of humanity and life.

In the spirit of its founder, Venerable Patrick Peyton, Family Theater Productions creates family, faith-based media to inspire, promote and foster the prayer life and Spiritual well-being of families.

Their mission outreach includes video, film, apps and social media. For more information: www.

FamilyTheater.org and www.CatholicCentral.com.

Dr. Jana McHenry

Catholic Central of HCFM awarded first-place Gabriel Award for Best Video

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Three diocesan priests retire

I never realized it would be so diverse. We have lots of last Portuguese TV Mass in to plan everything around priests of the diocese and Hispanic folks, of course, August. Everything comes busy weekend Mass sched- realize how good they rebut besides that we have to an end, but life doesn’t ules. ally are and how hard they Portuguese folks, we have stop.”

“The other day someone work,” he said. “I also went people from Eastern EuLike most retired diocinvited me to something in to the annual convention rope, from Ireland, people esan priests, Father Gastão November and I said, well, and at that I always met from Jamaica; a lot of them will be remaining in the let me see what I have,” Fa- some great priests from all come more in the summer area, living in Dartmouth, ther Bouchard said. “Then over the country, so that because a lot of them come and he’ll “be available for I thought, well, I don’t have certainly was a highlight of to work, but all year long whatever any of my colto. I won’t have anything my ministry.” it is still a diverse congreleagues may need,” he said. scheduled in November this In 1984, he began a gation. At Mass you have “But no more administrayear, so I’ll be there! It may four-year assignment as people who live here all the tion — praise God!” take a while to get used parochial vicar at St. Julie time, and the people who Having just overseen his to not being so busy, but Billiart Parish in North come for the summer, and 23rd Santo Christo Feast, I’ll manage. I don’t know Dartmouth, and chaplain others who come for two Father Gastão said he’s anybody who’s retired who’s at his alma mater, Bishop weeks every summer, or just confident the annual parish not happy, and I think Stang High School. come for the weekend, so celebration will continue to that’s a good thing.”

“I was the first alumnus it’s very diverse and very thrive under Father Cabral’s Born in New Bedford, to be chaplain at Stang and interesting.” leadership. the son of the late Henry a lot of my classmates had Through the years, Fa“I told him, don’t be R. and Leona M. Bouchard, kids there at the same time, ther Bouchard also served concerned about the feast,” Father Bouchard attended so I got to reconnect with a in additional assignments he said. “Altogether there the former St. Joseph lot of them,” he said. “That including as diocesan are more than 200 people School in the city and then was a beautiful experience. director of Stewardship, of who work on the feast, and Bishop Stang High School And each of the parishes Continuing Formation for they work with enthusiasm in North Dartmouth, where I’ve been pastor has Priests, and of the Televiand joy. I told him, don’t graduating in 1964. He had unique things to consion Mass Apostolate; as be concerned, you have my studied for the priesthood tribute to my life.” chaplain to the Attleboro phone, and if you need my at St. Thomas Seminary in In 1988, he was named and later Cape Cod dishelp, I’m here.”

Bloomfield, Conn., and St. pastor of Sacred Heart tricts of the St. Vincent de Like Father Gastão, John’s Seminary in BrighParish in North Attleboro, Paul Society; and in the Father Bouchard is lookton. He was ordained to remaining there until 1994 Marriage Prep program in ing forward to “surrenderthe priesthood on May 13, when he became pastor several deaneries. ing the responsibility for 1972, by Bishop Daniel of Corpus Christi Parish “I have to say that my all sorts of administration A. Cronin in St. Mary’s in East Sandwich. In his priesthood has been a problems,” he recently told Cathedral, Fall River. pastorate at Corpus Christi wonderful experience,” FaThe Anchor.

First assigned as a parohe oversaw the design ther Bouchard said. “It far “You don’t retire from the chial vicar for three years at and construction of a new exceeded my expectations priesthood,” he said. “Once St. Joseph Parish, Taunton, 1,500-seat church for the in terms of the blessings you’re a priest, you’re always he then entered the Catho- parish, which was dedicated and the rewards I’ve expea priest — you are just lic University of America in 2003. rienced in my life, but it’s retiring from the pastorate, in Washington, D.C., for In 2010, he went to Nan- also far exceeded my expecwhich means you don’t have advanced studies, earning a tucket to assume his curtations in terms of what it’s to deal with the likes, leaks, licentiate degree in Sysrent post at St. Mary’s-Our demanded of me. But the locks and lots. I heard that tematic Theology in 1977.

Lady of the Isle Parish. work has been tremendousone from Msgr. (Daniel F.) Returning home, he was “Leaving here will ly rewarding and exciting.”

Hoye.” appointed diocesan direccertainly be bittersweet Like his fellow retirees, Saying he plans to “stick tor of Youth Ministry and because I’ve only been Father Powell said he has around” and will reside in assistant diocesan director here eight years, but I enjoyed “the variety” in his Brewster with one of his of Religious Education and have established some reministry over the last 42 longtime friends and class- also as an assistant in parally beautiful relationships years. mates, Father George Belish ministry first at Notre with people here,” Father “What I enjoy the most lenoit, who retired last year, Dame Parish, Fall River, Bouchard said. “They are is engaging people to go Father Bouchard is also and then Holy Family Par- very warm and outgoing deeper into their Spiritual anticipating “helping priests ish, East Taunton. and very grateful to have life,” he recently told The on the Cape according to “When I was working priests. I’ve enjoyed being Anchor. “And when I’m their needs for Sundays, in the Education Office here very much. encouraging them and acdays off, vacations, retreats, between 1977 and 1984, “The fascinating thing companying them through or whatever,” he said. it was a wonderful thing about the parish on the presentations or preaching But he won’t miss having because I got to meet the island is its great diversity. or retreats or workshops continued from page two

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or through Spiritual direction.”

Born in Acushnet, Father Powell is the son of the late Arthur E. and Violette E. Powell. He is a graduate of the former St. Anne School, New Bedford, and graduated from Bishop Stang High School in 1967.

After high school, he entered the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts, completing postulancy and novitiate in 1968 in Wareham. He continued preparing for the priesthood at St. Mary’s College in Winona, Minn., and the Washington Theological Union. In 1976, he professed final vows as a member of the Sacred Hearts Community, and was ordained a priest on June 19 by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin in St. Joseph Church in Fairhaven.

Over the next 13 years, he served at Damien High School in La Verne, Calif.; as director of the Sacred Hearts Retreat Center, Gallup, N.M.; in campus ministry at the University of California-Davis; and as vocation director and novice master at the Sacred Hearts Novitiate in Hemet, Calif.

Seeking a life of greater prayer in the contemplative tradition, in 1989 he transferred into the Camaldolese Benedictine Monks at the New Camaldoli Hermitage in California, where he remained for nine years.

Father Powell began ministry in the Fall River Diocese in 1998, as a parochial vicar at St. Pius X Parish in South Yarmouth, then at St. Julie Billiart Parish in North Dartmouth, and later at St. Mary Parish in North Attleboro, where he became parochial administrator. While there, he also served as a hospital chaplain at Sturdy Memorial Hospital.

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In 2006, he was appointed first-time pastor of St. Joan of Arc Parish in Orleans where he served until coming to St. Lawrence Martyr Parish in 2014.

“I served as pastor in Orleans for seven-and-ahalf years,” he said. “Then I came (to New Bedford) as an administrator initially, and then I think it was after two years was made pastor.”

With his two sisters, a brother and a sister-in-law all in close proximity, Father Powell plans to reside in “a small little house in South Dartmouth” after retirement, he said. But he does expect to be available to help “active priests who are running parishes.”

“When they want to take a vacation, they can’t go to the other nearby active pastor, it’s very difficult,” Father Powell said. “So they go to the retired priests. All my vacations over the years, it was always a retired priest who filled in for me. So we really do need them to cover for vacations especially, but also some of the parishes that are burdened with a lot of Masses to help out on the weekends.”

In addition to offering Spiritual guidance and support, Father Powell said the other highlight of his ministry has been “presiding at the Eucharist.”

“It has been a privilege and it’s usually a very moving experience for a priest and that certainly has been true for me,” he said.

Citing “health issues” as the primary motive for his retirement, Father Powell said it has been “becoming more difficult for me to run a parish.”

“Running a parish can be stressful,” he said. “Especially if you’re at a parish that’s struggling financially.”

So he looks forward to just filling in as needed and maybe offering some Spiri-

tual programs or retreats at different parishes.

“I’ll probably send a letter to area pastors with the list of all the things that I have done, all the different themes and topics,” he said. “At my former parish on the Cape next month, I’ll be giving a three-part series, three Wednesdays in a row on mysticism in everyday life.”

Looking ahead to retirement, Father Gastão said he may do a little traveling to visit family in Portugal, or maybe get a little more exercise by walking or swimming.

“I love to exercise, to walk, maybe go to the beach and put my feet in the water,” he said. “I’m not the type of person to stop and put my feet up on the couch and watch TV, eating potato chips.”

Looking back over his ministry, he considered it a great “privilege” to serve the diocesan faithful.

“It was my privilege because I think that’s the mission of a priest,” he said.

“It’s about bringing the Gospel to the people on a daily basis. That’s why we are diocesan priests, to be among the people. That was my priority and I did the best I could with the grace of God.” Although he doesn’t have any big travel plans, Father Bouchard is going take a month off to relax this summer and may travel to Toronto to visit relatives.

He’ll also be traveling to Florida this winter with Father Bellenoit in February and March.

In the meantime, he’s content to simply not have to run a parish.

“I just feel that it’s time to let someone else bear the responsibility, while I’m still young enough and healthy enough to relax and enjoy some time off,” he said.

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and all the pressure that they’re going to get.”

“One of the problems for young people is not having your family and friends support your beliefs,” said Barbie from Annunciation of the Lord Parish in Taunton.

“My family believes in God, but they’re not very religious. They’ll sometimes bring me to Mass, but they won’t even go inside — they’ll just wait outside for Mass to be over. It’s important for the whole family to be brought up in the faith.”

“I think two of the problems are CCD classes and culture,” said Abby from Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Parish in Seekonk. “Sadly, culture changes every year. We see it in all these new things that happen politically and it’s hard to be able to gauge what’s going to happen.”

“Obstacles that keep kids away from the Catholic Church or a relationship with Christ are simply distractions,” said Jocelyn from Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish at St. James Church in New Bedford. “Electronics are a big factor, since we are all tied to our phones and computers, our PS4 and Xbox. We forget to open our eyes and see the good God has given us.”

“I have friends from all different religious backgrounds,” said Alex from Holy Family Parish in Taunton. “I have atheist, Islamic, and Jewish friends — and it’s always awkward to try to talk to them. I think we need to better understand other religious beliefs.”

The third and final discussion question was: “What do you think is the number one thing we can do to help people,

ages 12-17, to be on fire for their faith?”

“I recently helped create the Youth Ministry Alliance for the deanery of Taunton,” said Thomas from Annunciation of the Lord Parish in Taunton. “All parishes in the Taunton Deanery are included in this and our main goal is to come up with plans for events for unification. A wise priest once told me during a homily that we are better together than we are apart. It seems like some parishes are competing against each other when we all have the same problems. What this alliance hopes to do is to bring youth back into the Church and try to get them to stay in.”

“I think the best way to help kids ages 12 to 17 is to change the way we teach catechism,” said Sam from St. Anthony’s Parish in Taunton. “A way to keep kids engaged in the Church is to show that God is not just an authority figure, but also a friend.”

“I think what we have to do is get the youth involved as young as possible so they would want to stay,” said Jillian from St. Dominic’s Parish in Swansea. “Maybe if we can find something to get younger kids involved it will make them want to stay as they get older.”

“One thing we need to do is to talk to them,” said Barbie from Annunciation of the Lord Parish in Taunton. “Kind of like what we’re doing today. But if we can find a way to bring people together, we can do great things.”

“We need to build more connections between our communities,” said Bridget from Holy Family Parish in East

Taunton. “I belong to two Catholic communities: my parish and my school.

In my parish, I’ve seen a really strong ministry where during our last Confirmation retreat, we actually had more helpers than Confirmation candidates. In my school, it’s very small so it’s really hard to get a youth ministry started. So I think by building connections with the other schools in the diocese, it would be easier to get something started.”

“You know, as I listened to you, two words kept coming to my mind,” Bishop da Cunha said. “And those two words were: hope and inspiration. I felt hopeful here today because I know that we have a future for our Church because of people like you. And for that I want to say thank you and God bless you!”

In closing, Bishop da Cunha thanked all the youth for their input and announced and invited everyone to attend the first-ever diocesan “Catholic Youth Day” which will be held on the grounds of St. Augustine Church in Vineyard Haven on the island of Martha’s Vineyard on Tuesday, August 7.

Modeled after World Youth Day, this local version will feature music, talks, Mass and dialogue with the bishop, Reconciliation, a cookout lunch, lawn games, and special guest, singer-songwriter Chris Muglia. The event is free, but is limited to the f irst 300 who sign up via their parish Religious Education off ice. For more information visit www. fallriverfaithformation. org.

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Anchor renewal and price changes

FALL RIVER — The Anchor, the official Catholic newspaper of the Diocese of Fall River, has announced a few changes of which current subscribers should be made aware.

At the renewal date for each subscriber, the annual cost for The Anchor will become $25. This is the first rate increase for The Anchor in more than 10 years. While we realize it may be an extra burden to some, the $20 cost did not cover printing and mailing overheads. At the new rate, it still works out to costing subscribers less than $1 per issue, far less than most publications.

The Anchor is also offering its readers the option to renew for two years at $45 for 52 issues, a savings of $5.

The date in which the sub-

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scription will expire will be listed in each edition above the name and address of the subscriber on page 24.

Subscribers are encouraged to renew their subscription by that date by sending a check or money order for $25 made payable to The Anchor, 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02720. Subscribers may also renew via PayPal by visiting The Anchor website at anchornews.org and pressing the “Subscribe” button and following the onscreen directions. We cannot accept credit card payments by phone.

If a payment isn’t received within 30 days of the expiration date, The Anchor will send out one reminder notice.

A sample of the new mailing labels appears in today’s edition on page 24.

Attleboro parish to host morning retreat program

ATTLEBORO — St. Vincent de Paul Parish, 71 Linden Street, Attleboro will host a morning retreat program with the theme, “Adoring Jesus with the Heart of Mary.”

The program will take place on Saturday, July 28 from 8 a.m. to noon, led

by Father Matthias M. Sasko, F.I., and is open to all.

The half-day retreat will include Adoration and Confessions; praying the Rosary, Holy Mass; a conference-like session; ending with silent Adoration.

Lunch will follow in the church basement.

For more information call 508-226-1115.

Clarification of Anchor cover of June 29

By Father Richard D. Wilson Executive Editor Some complaints have come into my office about the front cover photo on the June 29 edition of The Anchor, which depicted a rainbow flying over St. Patrick’s Church in Falmouth.

In Father Timothy Goldrick’s column on page 11 of that edition he described how the rainbow happened to appear at 6:07 a.m. when he was outside to observe the Summer Solstice.

The complaints asked if The Anchor was supporting Gay Pride month, which often appropriates the rainbow as its symbol. I do have to admit that when I saw the cover, I did wonder if people might think that, although when I read Father Goldrick’s column, I saw the provenance of the picture.

I know that neither he nor my staff at The Anchor would have put the picture there to promote an agenda. So, it is my fault for not acting as executive editor to remove the photo (I do sometimes remove or change things in the draft copy of the paper, because I can foresee how liberal or conservative readers of The Anchor may interpret things which were innocently written or photographed, but then interpreted in a way not intended by the writer or photographer).

I reaffirm here (unlike many Catholic authors) that I believe all that the Catholic Church teaches about homosexuality — that homosexual relations are a mortal sin, that Marriage was created by God to be between a man and a woman. The Catholic

Church teaches these things not to be mean, but because it loves people who have this affective disorder and wishes to help them to get into Heaven. That ultimate goal is what we should always strive towards (and I think that The Anchor’s staff does a good job in trying to do that by helping to spread the Gospel). I am sorry that my failure to act to change this picture may be interpreted as a “green light” to ignore God’s teachings.

After the complaints came in, I “Googled” the words “Anchor,” “rainbow” and “Fall River” and found other instances when the rainbow had been discussed in various contexts (over the years) by editor Dave Jolivet, reporter Kenneth Souza, and columnist Father Patrick Killilea. Of course, since they were not doing so in June, people did not leap to any conclusions (or they didn’t complain to me).

We also see here the power of symbols. The rainbow used to be a sign of hope, one that God Himself used with Noah. However, due to its appropriation by the Gay Rights movement, any other usage of it becomes suspect.

The “wink and nod” approach of many of the Church’s leaders in presenting sexual morality in recent decades has added to this problem, making people think that our teachings have changed, when they have not (since they came from God, not man). We leaders will have to answer for this when we die, when the sins of the laity will be attributed to us, due to our failure to teach.

Father David Stopyra, OFM Conv. dies at age 83

CHICOPEE — Father David Stopyra, OFM Conv., died July 1 at the age of 83.

He was born in Lawrence, the son of the late Peter and Agnes (Sierzega) Stopyra.

In addition to his Franciscan family he leaves his sisters Helen Previte and Mary Pitochelli and many nieces and nephews. Father Stopyra was predeceased by siblings Father Alfred Stopyra, OFM Conv.; Frank, Katherine Dziadosz, Stanley, Victoria, Charles, Walter, Anthony, and Theresa Champagne.

He was a graduate of Holy Trinity Grammar School and Central Catholic High School, Lawrence, and St. Bonaventure University, N.Y. Father Stopyra entered the Franciscan Friar Conventual Novitiate at Mount St. Lawrence Novitiate in Becket, Mass. on Aug. 14, 1951. He professed his temporary vows on Aug. 15, 1952 and he professed his solemn vows on Aug. 15, 1955.

He was ordained to the priesthood at St. Michael Cathedral, Springfield, on May 28, 1960. His first assignment was for one year as assistant pastor and teacher at St. Francis Parish and St. Francis High School, Athol Springs, N.Y. In 1961 he was asked to be a teacher and a counselor at Archbishop Curley High School, a post he held for the next 10 years.

From 1971 to 1976 he served as principal at Archbishop Curley High School. In the years from there, 1976-1979, Father Stopyra served as guardian and director of Formation at St. Hyacinth College and Seminary in Granby, Mass.

Returning to the pastoral apostolate, Father Stopyra

became the pastor of St. Stanislaus Parish in Trenton, N.J. from 1979-1982. He served as pastor to St. Hyacinth Parish, Auburn, N.Y. from 1982-1991, and then as pastor at St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Athol Spring, N.Y. from 1991 to 1997.

Father Stopyra’s last pastorate was at Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Taunton, where he served from 1997 until 2013. He then was assigned to St.

Hyacinth Friary in Chicopee, in 2013 until his death.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Stanislaus Basilica, 566 Front Street, Chicopee.

He was interred at the Friars Plot at Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Lawrence.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Franciscan Education Burse, 12300 Folly Quarter Road, Ellicott City, Md., 21042.

Funeral arrangements were handled by Kozikowski Funeral Home, Chicopee, and by the John Breen Memorial Funeral Home, North Andover.

In Your Prayers Please pray for these priests during the coming weeks July 14 Rev. Nicholas Fett, SS.CC., Pastor, St. Boniface, New Bedford, 1938 Rev. Edmund J. Neenan, Assistant, Sacred Heart, Oak Bluffs, 1949 Rev. Vincent F. Diaferio, Pastor, Holy Rosary, Fall River, 1998

Maurice Ouellette, father of Deacon Maurice Ouellette

FALL RIVER — Maurice M. Ouellette, 91, of Fall River, husband of Therese (Pard) Ouellette, passed away June 27.

An Army Veteran of the Korean War, he was a purchasing agent at the Newport Naval Base.

He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Tiverton, R.I. Besides his wife of 67 years, he leaves four children Lucille Vital (late husband Paul) of Fall River, Deacon Maurice Ouellette and his wife Teresa of New Bedford, Paul Ouellette and his wife Pauline of Berkley, and Madeleine Cote and her husband Edward of Fall River; seven grandchildren, Marc Vital (Faith),

Danielle Vital, Nathan Ouellette, Jared Ouellette, Elise Ouellette, Alexandra Sipple (Christopher) and Nicholas Cote and six great-grandchildren, Alexis and Avery Layne, Adrianna Simas, Skylar Sipple-Cote and Olivia and Piper Vital. He was the son of the late Zephyrin and Antoinette (Chevrette) Ouellette.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated July 2 at Holy Name Church in Fall River. Interment followed at Notre Dame Cemetery.

Donations in Ouellette’s name may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105.

July 16 Rev. Bernard Percot, O.P., Founder, St. Dominic, Swansea, 1937 Rev. Matthew F. Sullivan, SS.CC. Retired Chaplain, Bristol County House of Correction, Former Pastor, St. Mary, Fairhaven, 2002 July 17 Rev. William J. Smith, Pastor, St. Jacques, Taunton, 1960 Rev. Edmond Rego, Assistant, Espirito Santo, Fall River, 1981 Rev. Ernest N. Bessette, Retired Pastor, St. Joseph, Attleboro, 1997 July 18 Rev. Adalbert Szklanny, Assistant, St. Patrick, Fall River, 1968 Rev. Lionel G. Doraisi, SSS., 1984 Rev. Joseph Quinn, C.S.C., Holy Cross Residence, North Dartmouth, 2007 July 19 Most Rev. Daniel F. Feehan, D.D., Second Bishop of Fall River, 1907-34, 1934 Rev. Francis M. Coady, Pastor, SS. Peter & Paul, Fall River, 1975 Msgr. Joseph R. Pannoni, Retired Pastor, Holy Rosary, Fall River, 1992 July 20 Rev. Joao Medeiros, Retired Pastor, St. Elizabeth, Fall River, 1983 July 22 Rev. Francis L. Mahoney, Retired Pastor, Holy Name Fall River, 2007 July 23 Rev. Patrick F. Doyle, Founder, SS. Peter & Paul, Fall River, 1893 Rev. George B. McNamee, Founder Holy Name, Fall River, 1938 July 25 Rev. Michael J. Cooke, Pastor, St. Patrick, Fall River, 1913 Rev. Raymond R. Mahoney, SS.CC., Former Pastor, Our Lady of Assumption, New Bedford, 1984 July 26 Rev. Msgr. Alfred J.E. Bonneau, P.R. Retired Pastor, Notre Dame de Lourdes, Fall River, 1974 July 27 Rev. Damien Veary, SS.CC., Former Pastor, St. Anthony, Mattapoisett, 1981 Permanent Deacon James J. Meloni Jr., 2011

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Around the Diocese Our Lady of the Cape Parish will host its second event of the 2018 Summer Speaker Series on Tuesday, July 17. Father Flavio Gillio, M.S., will give a talk entitled, “Pope Francis’ Challenging and Provoking Dream: The Joy of the Gospel.” A native of Turin, Italy, Father Flavio now lives and works at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette in Attleboro.

He has taught Scripture, Biblical languages and Judaism in Italy and Israel. A light dinner will be available at 5:30 p.m. for a cost of $6 and no RSVP is necessary. The program will be in the Parish Center at 468 Stony Brook Road in Brewster beginning at 6 p.m. and all are welcome.

The St. Vincent de Paul Society, 141 Washington Street in Taunton, will host a yard sale on Saturday, July 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be a free goods section, and all are welcome.

The next Day of Silence with the Masters will be July 21 at St. John Neumann Church, 157 Middleboro Road in East Freetown, and this one will be with St. Francis of Assisi. The outdoor silent retreat is 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with a 4 p.m. Mass at the church. Retreatants are free to wander the parish property in silence, reading and reflecting on the 12 stations that contain writings from the Master. Everyone brings a bag lunch and drinks are provided as well as an early morning pastry. All gather for midday prayer at 1 p.m., followed by a brief discussion. The parish library and chapel are also open all day. There is no charge, but registration is required by calling 508-947-0193 or emailing klhoward@aol.com.

Come hear Deacon Peter Cote’s presentation “Theology of the Body” on Wednesday, July 25 at 7 p.m. at St. Bernard Church in Assonet. This presentation was developed for the entire family and all are welcome. Bring your questions, especially if you have become isolated, confused or discouraged in these chaotic times. Come understand how to answer your children’s questions about their body as God made it. Come and be refreshed!

Our Lady of the Cape Parish, 468 Stony Brook Road in Brewster will host a presentation on Sacred art by Dr. Esperanca Camara, Professor of Art History at the University of St. Francis in Ft. Wayne, Ind., on July 31 at 9:30 a.m. in the parish center. The program is entitled, “Meditations in Stone: Michelangelo’s Piéta.” The Piéta, now housed in St. Peter’s in Rome, is one of the most famous works of art ever made and marked the beginning of Michelangelo’s lifelong meditation on Christ’s death and the Blessed Mother’s suffering. This presentation will examine his deeply personal and theologically-rich reflections on this theme.

Father Leo Patalinghug, a priest member of a community of consecrated life, Voluntas Dei and founder of Plating Grace (formerly named Grace Before Meals), will be the guest speaker at a summer presentation on Friday, August 10 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Christ the King Parish Center in Mashpee. Proceeds will support FACE, which provides need-based scholarships to students attending Catholic schools in the Fall River Diocese including those on Cape Cod. Holy Rosary Fraternity Gatherings are held in the hall of St. Jude the Apostle Church, 249 Whittenton Street in Taunton on the second Sunday of the month at 1:30 p.m. All are welcome.

For more information, call 508-695-5430.

To submit an event for consideration in The Anchor’s “Around the Diocese” listing, send the information by email to kensouza@anchornews.org

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Eucharistic Adoration in the Diocese Acushnet — Eucharistic Adoration takes place at St. Francis Xavier Parish on Monday from 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Tuesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Evening prayer and Benediction is held Monday through Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

ASSONET — St. Bernard’s Parish will have Eucharistic Adoration every Monday from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed on the altar at the conclusion of 9 a.m. Mass and the church will be open all day, concluding with evening prayer and Benediction at 6:30 p.m.

ATTLEBORO — Eucharistic Adoration takes place at St. John the Evangelist Church, North Main Street, Mondays and Wednesdays from 5-6:30 p.m.

ATTLEBORO — Eucharistic Adoration takes place in the Adoration Chapel at St. Vincent de Paul Parish, 71 Linden Street, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.

ATTLEBORO — The National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette holds Eucharistic Adoration in the Shrine Church every Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. through November 17.

Brewster — Eucharistic Adoration takes place in the La Salette Chapel in the lower level of Our Lady of the Cape Church, 468 Stony Brook Road, on First Fridays beginning at noon until 7:45 a.m. First Saturday, concluding with Benediction and concluding with Mass at 8 a.m. buzzards Bay — Eucharistic Adoration takes place at St. Margaret Church, 141 Main Street, every First Friday following the 8 a.m. Mass, ending at 5 p.m.

East Freetown — Eucharistic Adoration takes place at St. John Neumann Church every Monday (excluding legal holidays) 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Our Lady, Mother of All Nations Chapel. (The base of the bell tower).

EAST TAUNTON — Eucharistic Adoration takes place in the chapel at Holy Family Parish Center, 438 Middleboro Avenue, Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. On First Fridays, Eucharistic Adoration takes place at Holy Family Church, 370 Middleboro Avenue, from 8:30 a.m. until 7:45 p.m.

FAIRHAVEN — St. Mary’s Church, Main St., has Eucharistic Adoration every Wednesday from 8:30-11:30 a.m. in the Chapel of Reconciliation, with Benediction at 11:30 a.m.

FALL RIVER — St. Anthony of Padua Church, on the corner of Bedford and Sixteenth streets, has Eucharistic Adoration accompanied by music and prayer every first Wednesday of the month from 6-7 p.m.

FALL RIVER — St. Bernadette’s Church, 529 Eastern Ave., has continuous Eucharistic Adoration from 8 a.m. on Thursday until 8 a.m. on Saturday.

FALL RIVER — St. Anthony of the Desert Church, 300 North Eastern Avenue, has Eucharistic Adoration Mondays and Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

FALL RIVER — Holy Name Church, 709 Hanover Street, has Eucharistic Adoration Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Our Lady of Grace Chapel.

FALL RIVER — Good Shepherd Parish has Eucharistic Adoration every Friday following the 8 a.m. Mass and concluding with 3 p.m. Benediction in the Daily Mass Chapel. A bilingual holy hour takes place from 2 to 3 p.m. Park behind the church and enter the back door of the connector between the church and the rectory.

FALL RIVER — St. Joseph’s Church has a Holy Hour every Tuesday from 6-7 p.m., with Benediction at 6:45 p.m.

FALL RIVER — St. Michael’s Church has Eucharistic Adoration every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with Benediction at 5:30 p.m.

Falmouth — St. Patrick’s Church has Eucharistic Adoration each First Friday following the 7 a.m. Mass, with Benediction at 4:30 p.m.

HYANNIS — St. Francis Xavier Parish in Hyannis, 347 South Street, Hyannis, has Eucharistic Adoration from noon to 3 p.m., daily Monday through Friday.

MANSFIELD — St. Mary’s Parish, 330 Pratt Street, has Eucharistic Adoration every First Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., with Benediction at 5:45 p.m.

MASHPEE — Christ the King Parish, Route 151 and Job’s Fishing Road has 8:30 a.m. Mass every First Friday with special intentions for Respect Life, followed by 24 hours of Eucharistic Adoration in the Chapel, concluding with Benediction Saturday morning followed immediately by an 8:30 Mass.

NEW BEDFORD — Eucharistic Adoration is held every Thursday, with Confessions, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. James Church. Please use the side entrance.

NEW BEDFORD — There is a daily holy hour from 5:15-6:15 p.m. Monday through Thursday at St. Anthony of Padua Church, 1359 Acushnet Avenue. It includes Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Liturgy of the Hours, recitation of the Rosary, and the opportunity for Confession.

NEW BEDFORD — St. Lawrence Martyr Parish, 565 County Street, holds Eucharistic Adoration in the side chapel Fridays from 7:30-11:45 a.m. ending with a simple Benediction NORTH DARTMOUTH — Eucharistic Adoration takes place at St. Julie Billiart Church, 494 Slocum Road, every Tuesday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., ending with Benediction. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is available at this time.

NORTH DIGHTON — Eucharistic Adoration takes place every Wednesday following 8:00 a.m. Mass and concludes with Benediction at 5 p.m. Eucharistic Adoration also takes place every First Friday at St. Nicholas of Myra Church, 499 Spring Street following the 8 a.m. Mass, ending with Benediction at 6 p.m. The Rosary is recited Monday through Friday from 7:30 to 8 a.m.

NORTH EASTON — A Holy Hour for Families including Eucharistic Adoration is held every Friday from 3-4 p.m. at The Father Peyton Center, 518 Washington Street.

NORTH EASTON — Eucharistic Adoration takes place at Immaculate Conception Church Chapel on the first Wednesday of the month beginning after the 8:30 a.m. Mass, until 6:40 p.m. Those wishing to make a monthly commitment can sign up on the parish website at www.icceaston.org or call the parish office at 508-238-3232.

ORLEANS — St. Joan of Arc Parish, 61 Canal Road, has Eucharistic Adoration every First Friday starting after the 8 a.m. Mass and ending with Benediction at 11:45 a.m. The Sacrament of the Sick is also available immediately after the 8 a.m. Mass.

SEEKONK ­— Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish has perpetual Eucharistic Adoration seven days a week, 24 hours a day in the chapel at 984 Taunton Avenue. For information call 508-336-5549.

Taunton — Eucharistic Adoration takes place every Tuesday at St. Anthony Church, 126 School Street, following the 8 a.m.

Mass with prayers including the Chaplet of Divine Mercy for vocations, concluding at 6 p.m. with Chaplet of St. Anthony and Benediction. Recitation of the Rosary for peace is prayed Monday through Saturday at 7:30 a.m. prior to the 8 a.m. Mass.

Taunton — Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament takes place every First Friday at Annunciation of the Lord, 31 First Street. Exposition begins following the 8 a.m. Mass. The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed, and Adoration will continue throughout the day. Confessions are heard from 4:15 to 4:45 p.m. Rosary and Benediction begin at 5 p.m.

Taunton — St. Jude the Apostle Parish in Taunton will host Eucharistic Adoration on Mondays following the 9 a.m. Mass and the St. Jude Novena, until 11:30, ending with Benediction. It will take place at Holy Rosary Chapel during the summer months.

WAREHAM — Eucharistic Adoration at St. Patrick’s Church takes place 9 a.m. Thursday through 7 p.m. Friday. Adoration is held in our Adoration Chapel in the lower Parish Hall. ~ PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION ~

East Sandwich — The Corpus Christi Parish Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Chapel is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 324 Quaker Meeting House Road, East Sandwich. Use the Chapel entrance on the side of the church.

NEW BEDFORD — Our Lady’s Chapel, 600 Pleasant Street, offers Eucharistic Adoration seven days a week, 24 hours a day. For information call 508-996-8274.

SEEKONK ­— Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish has perpetual Eucharistic Adoration seven days a week, 24 hours a day in the chapel at 984 Taunton Avenue. For information call 508-336-5549.

WEST HARWICH — Our Lady of Life Perpetual Adoration Chapel at Holy Trinity Parish, 246 Main Street (Rte. 28), holds perpetual Eucharistic Adoration. We are a regional chapel serving all of the surrounding parishes.

All are invited to sign up to cover open hours. For open hours, or to sign up call 508-430-4716.

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An amazing story of SEALS and Wild Boars

dare say never has the world been so captivated by a sounder of wild boars than it has in the past three weeks.

Only moments ago, as The Anchor was putting on the finishing touches for this edition before going to press in a few hours, word came in of the rescue of all 12 young Thai soccer players and their coach from the depths of a dark, dank, dangerous cave carved into the mountains of northern Thailand.

For 17 grueling days, the 13 “Wild Boars,” the name of the soccer team on which they played, waited and wondered what the future held for them — if anything at all.

It was 10 days before they were even found in a small opening, trapped by flooding rain waters.

There are so many storylines to this remarkable event that captured the attention and hearts of the entire world.

Nations put aside their political differences and sent their finest divers, many Navy SEALS, to the site to assist in any way possible.

Surely God was smiling down on the scenario of mankind helping mankind.

This still unfolding story is one of extreme courage — the courage of young boys ages 11 to 16, who held it together for nearly three weeks in circumstances mostly

none of us will ever face. odors, and elements I can’t even It’s a story of heroism — so imagine. But psychologically it many of those to go around. First was 24,000 minutes of wondering, there is the coach, Ekapol Chanworrying, and uncertainty. Such tawong or “Ake” as he is affectioncourage. ately known, who still may face The other heroes are the people charges from who put the police. their lives My View Ake is a on the line former Budto find the From dhist monk boars and the Stands who had alget them By Dave Jolivet ready cheated out safely. death when, For as a boy, a them, each devastating epidemic wiped out minute was a perilous one. And nearly all of his village, including prayers go out to former Thai his parents. He was deeply affected SEAL, Saman Kunan, who lost his by this and was sent to live with life trying to save others. the monks where he learned to And the families of all involved meditate — quieting his mind and experienced an ordeal that tested his body. the limit of human endurance, but It was this experience that he also brought the world together for most assuredly shared with the boys to keep them calm and hopeful.

It was more than a week before fresh oxygen, food and fresh water made its way to the group of boars.

Throughout this entire threeweek ordeal, I tried to imagine myself in those circumstances, and quite frankly, I couldn’t. I don’t think I would have survived.

For more than 400 hours, or more than 24,000 minutes, the trapped victims physically endured hunger, thirst, coldness, dampness,

the last three weeks.

I would suspect that none of the individuals involved in this amazing story share our religious beliefs, but one can’t help but see the hand of God having a part in such a remarkable outcome.

As I finish up this column, word just came in that all the SEALS are out as well.

I usually check the sports scores each morning, but for the last few weeks, I’ve been keeping track of the real world in Thailand. And this morning the score reads everyone wins!

God bless all who took part in the historic event. No fake news, no bad news, no people hurting people. Just SEALS and Wild Boars back on terra firma! Outstanding. davejolivet@anchornews.org.

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