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Deacon Eduardo Pacheco, a buildings and grounds custodian at the college, has earned the admiration of those in the offices he visits daily. By JAMES N. DUNBAR
BOSTON - For two years, Rev. Mr. Eduardo Pacheco, one of the first Portuguese immigrants to be ordained a permanent deacon in the Fall River Diocese, has not only performed his ministry, but has held down two jobs and cared for an ill wife while maintaining an air of humility and modesty as he goes about his custodial duties at Boston CoIlege. His demeanor has come to everyone's attention. On College Road, where Pacheco is a housekeeper, staffers who nominated him for the prestigious service award said his warmth and manner have brightened many a day, says Mark Sullivan, a staff writer for The Boston College Chronicle. who wrote an article about him. The 59-year-old Pacheco
was presented the 1999 Boston College Community Service Award by University President Jesuit Father William P. Leahy, at a campus dinner held recently. "What I am doing is special because it is for God, but it is some-
thing I choose to do," said the 12year building and grounds employee. His reaction came as no surprise to those who know him. "I don't deserve the award, I regret I don't have time to do more," he added, telling of his joy in working there. "He always has a smile or a kind word each morning," Administrative Coordinator Susan Hynes of the Academic Vice President's office said in the article written by Sullivan. "Eduardo is a kind and gentle man who is a true asset to BC and College Road," she said. In a letter to the honoree signed by Associate President W. Paul White and officials of the Boston College Office of State and Community Affairs, they wrote: "Eduardo, we all know of your wonderful qualities and your insurmountable dedication to your community. We can all understand what it takes to be a person, a friend for the needy, sick and elderly. We can all understand what it takes to be in a job, season after season, carrying the same gracious attitude, the same loyalty and unbroken humbleness, PRIDE OF BC - Eduardo Pacheco: day after day." They added, Tum to page 13 - Deacon A man for all seasons.
Five ordained priests for the diocese By MIKE GORDON
the ordination ceremony and presented them to those gathered. He expressed thanks to each candidate for their dediFALL RIVER - Five men were ordained to the priest- cation and to those who have supported them throughout hood June 26 before an overflow crowd at St. Mary's Ca- their formation. He also thanked Auxiliary Bishop Edward thedral. Each of the five transitional deacons, Timothy K. Braxton of St. Louis, Mo., for joining in the ceremony. Each candi'Driscoll, date then anDariusz nounced his Kalinowski, readiness and Roger Landry, wiIlingness Tadeusz to enter the Pacholczyk priesthood. and David During his Sharland, a homily, You t h Bishop Apostle, all O'MaIley answered the spoke about caIl to priestthe duties of a hood during priest and the 11 a.m. said each of Mass in a the candimoving cerdates must emony. "learn to see Bishop the little O'Malley people. See called the five ORDINATION CEREMONIES were held at St. Mary's Cathedral, who is great cand idates Fall River recently where five men answered the call to the priesthood. forward at the Tum to page beginning of (Anchor/Gordon photo) 11- Priests ANCHOR STAFF
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BACKTOTHE FUTURE: The exterior of St. Mary's! Our Lady of the Isle Church on Nantucket takes on an original look. (AnchodJolivet photo)
A sound church for Nantucket Sound By DAVE JOUVET ANCHOR STAFF
NANTUCKET - Three years ago, the parishioners of St. Mary's/Our Lady of the Isle Church on Nantucket celebrated the 100th anniversary of the building of their tiny house of worship. At age 103, the simple wooden church is looking better than ever. A project that began shortly after the anniversary celebration in 1996 has the century-old structure sitting pretty on Federal Street in the island community. While the entire project is not yet complete, islanders and vacationers alike can se~ the changes. "The whole purpose of the renovation project began because of the nature of the building being old," said St. Mary's pastor, Father Thomas Lopes. "We began renovations in the basement, to open it up for meetings and parish events," he said. "But as we progressed we discovered some of the beams were rotting, so we had some important structural renovations to make as well. Now, the basement is open, bright and ready for parish meetings and Tum to page 13 - Nantucket
Faith COUles first By DAVE JOUVET ANCHOR STAFF
NANTUCKET - Surely most Catholics are familiar with the Gospel story of the loaves and the fishes, when Jesus feeds the multitudes with but a few fish and loaves of bread. While attending Mass at the tiny St. Mary's/Our Lady of the Isle Church on Nantucket, I witnessed a similar event. The church itself can hold 350 worshipers in its pews and an additional 50 can be seated in the choir loft. But come Communion time at the 11 :30 Mass on July 4, the stream of faithful seemed never-ending. At the risk of sounding irreverent, it reminded me of watching a car at the circus where clown after clown piles out and you know they couldn't all possibly fit in there. On the more reverent side, the line of people receiving the Eucharist was heartwarming to say the least. People came from the pews, from the choir loft, from the back of the church, from the haIlway of the church and from the outside steps of the church, despite passing rain showers in the area. All this on a holiday weekend. This was a true testimony to the faith of the parishioners of St. Mary's and to the visitors to Nantucket. And the other Sunday Tum to page 13 - Faith
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BISHOP'S NIGHT -The Catholic Women's Club of New Bedford recently celebrated Bishop's Night at the Century House in Acushnet. From left, are Sharon Joseph, president; Bishop Sean O'Malley; Nancy Martin, vice-president; an~ Father John P. Driscoll, club moderator.
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named after her and in 1997 she received the Person of the Year Award from the New Bedford Chapter of the Prince Henry Society ofMassachusetts, Inc. Survivors include a sister, Zulmira Watts ofChulaVista, Calif.; and nieces and nephews. Her funeral Mass was celebrated at Our Lady of Mount Cannel Church, New Bedford. Burial was in St. John Cemetery, New Bedford.
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In Your Prayers Please pray for thefollowing priests during the coming week NECROLOGY July 19 1934, Most Rev. Daniel F. Feehan, D.D., Second Bishop of Fall River 1907-34 I' 1975, Rev. Francis M. Coady, Pastor, SS. Peter & Paul, Fall River 1992, Msgr. Joseph\R. Pannoni, Pastor Emeritus, Holy Rosary, \. . Taunton
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THEANCHOR- Diocese ofFall River- Fri., July 16, 1999 Sister Baptista's final assignment was at St. James/St. John School in New Bedford. Retiring in 1980 at age 72, she nonetheless continued at the school as a substitute teacher until 1988, teaching catechism and also first grades for an hour a day. Today, she enjoys life at Mount St. Rita's where, she told my husband and me, family members of
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Mercy Sister Doherty at 91: the memories are rewarding By PAT MCGOWAN CUMBERLAND, R.I. - Mercy Sister Mary Frances Doherty, 91, a resident of Mount St. Rita Health Centre here, was an important part of the Catholic School System in the Fall River Diocese from 1926 to her retirement in 1988. Born in 1908 in New Bedford, she was a member of St. Lawrence Parish and attended Holy Family grammar and high schools there. She entered the Sisters of Mercy at age 18 and as a postulant, went daily for four months to the former St. Mary Cathedral School in Fall River to observe an experienced teacher. The sister teaching the class she visited "was a wonderful teacher," Sister Mary Frances recalled, adding that "I had some excellent notes as the result of her teaching." Then known as Sister Mary Baptista, she then became the first grade teacher at SS. Peter and Paul School, Fall River, where she remained from 1938 to 1944. Among her stu.dents was my husband, Owen McGowan, who remembers her as kind and soft-spoken. She remembers him as a little boy who
one day announced: "I want to say School for four years, until Holy something," then marched up to the Family and Holy Name merged. Holy front of the class and recited the .Name, she recalls, was one ofthe first Ten Commandments from Catholic Schools in the diocese. memory. Sister Baptista remained at SS. Peter and Paul School for six years, part of them teaching the third grade. She has fond memories of the late Msgr. George Maxwell, then pastor of the parish. From there she was assigned to St. Mary School, North Attleboro, currently St. Mary/Sacred Heart School, where she remained for five years, teaching the second, third and eighth grade classes and serving as principal - "not all the time," she hastily added. During those years she was also attending teacher training classes on Saturdays and during the summer vacations. Although her classes numbered from 40 to 50 pupils, "the children didn't give me much trouble," she said. After North Attleboro, she opened St. Mary School, New Bedford, where she taught second grade and was principal for three years; then again, in her home town she taught the third grade at Holy Name
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Preventing psychotic violence The recent murder of a priest in his Forestville, Connecticut church brings focus on a real and growing problem threatening the lives of priests everywhere. More and more troubled people are on our streets wandering from place to place, afflicted and dangerous. Members of this explosive population are increasing. This week, a news report pointed up this fact, revealing that many state, local and federal jails have become the nation's newest mental hospitals. The fmdings by the Justice Department clearly indicate a grim situation. The heart of the news was the fact that more and more mentally ill inmates tend to follow a revolving door from homelessness to incarceration and then a return to the streets. Arrested frequently for crimes that stem from their illnesses, they often receive little or no treatment for their mental condition. The situation is exacerbated by the closing of many hospitals for the mentally ill and states failing to follow through with area clinics that would help these often-homeless people. Professors and psychiatrists are telling us that jails which once held those awaiting trial or those who have received sentences, have become our mental hospitals. Even our entertainment media have exploited this development in the HBO production of "Oz," a jail which features the debased and psychotic. Many in our society have ignored the fact that those suffering from bipolar disorder are obsessed with religion. Symptoms are often categorized as either mood in harmony with the mental disorder or mood not in harmony with the disorder. The use of drugs and alcohol further polarize those afflicted. This supposedly was the case in the Connecticut tragedy. As patients in this condition are released from professional care they will revert to seeking out the Church as an alternative. Clergy, in general, are not well- trained in psychology. Too often, clergy aggravate patients by their ,inability to professionally recognize disturbed persons who approach them. The hearing of voices, the acknowledgment that the devil is in one's head, or the profession that God is speaking through them .are but a few signals that should warn clergy that what they are dealing with will not be found in the "The Catechism." .. The combination of more disturbed people roaming without a place to stay, the lack of proper treatment and a'common inability to recognize someone with a psychosis, are the prime elements of the bomb that has exploded in our midst. It means that churches will have to expand their security; more and more churches must be locked and fitted with alarms when services are not being held. Security in rectories is no longer an option but a necessity. Priests too will have to become more aware of the potential violence that can engulf their lives. As more and more priests are coming to live, alone in rectories, they must become sensitized to the growing community concern for the homeless psychiatrically ill. They have to realize their own limitations and not pretend to be professional psychiatrists. Pastoral counseling is one thing; therapy is quite another. The difficulties we face in this regard will certainly increase if we fail to respond to the alarm that went off in Forestville's St. Matthew's Parish. All levels of the community need to join in a common endeavor not only to protect people from the roving psychotic, but to help the afflicted in basic mental health needs. Federal, state and local government should make this a top priority. In the past, the psychiatric needy have been reduced to merely a budgetary line item, and as a result everyone is paying the price for this horrendous mistake. Service agencies, church groups and fraternal organizations should be'involved in promoting mental health prograqls. If we fail to recognize the signs at our doorsteps, then there will indeed be more instances like the one in Forestville, Connecticut. , The Editor
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The· unease of the times By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK
We still do not know whether we ing away for some golden age in the have secured real peace in Yugosla- past. But I believe our world is changIhave heard anumber priests won- via or what the Iraq situation holds for ing much too fast for comfort - that der aloud about an increase these days the future. What if hatred builds up the news of the day routinely brings in piety among their parishioners. and instead of us bombing lands far reports of happenings beyond our Having witnessed the same thing, it from our continent, more and more wildest imagination. It can feel as though we're rapidly moving beyond also has me wondering what's behind bombs are exploded here? There are quite a few •'what-if, the fantasy world of "Star Wars." it. New scientific, economic, military When people participate in Mass questions that people may be asking and electronic worlds, to name a few, more frequently or ask priests to speak today. more about God than they usually do, Forexample, what ifwe awake one are being created so fast that we can't something is in the air. morning to find that one of our com- keep up with them. Much ofwhat they Could it be that people sense how puter "geniuses" has programmed the contain and hold for the future is still delicately balanced our lif~tyles have computers governing our electricity a mystery to most of us. A sense can develop inside us that become on a number offronts. Ican't and water supplies to shut down? help wondering whether people fear For that matter, what else that we as good as these worlds promise to be, that the control they need over events depend upon in our daily existence only one false step is needed to yield in their lives is threatened. could be shut down by computer vi- incredible hann and destruction. I believe that this uneasiness is one Take, for example, the wars in Yu- ruses? Fears of possible Y2K-associgoslavia and Iraq. Never before has ated problems extend from our bank of the main reasons we are seeing people of all ages turning to God civilization seen wars like those. Afew accounts to our food supply. weeks of bombing destroyed an And the world of science moves more frequently. They feel a need for economy and humbled the opponent, so quickly that it too can leave people more control over their lives and and most everything was done with apprehensive at times. With aconstant know that the best way to achieve flow of news reports on genetic engi- this is to go to the Creator of life. push buttons. As wise as we have become, I think But what if the wrong buttons get neering, cloning and new reproducpushed? What if a mistake is made in tive techniques, is it any wonder if we know that the fear and the love of God are the real beginning ofall wispeople feel jittery? our atomic age? Idon't want to sound as ifI'm pin- dom. What if? CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE
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Caritas rededicates itself to its mission BOSTON - People question everything about health care these days, including what ideals guide particular health care organization, says Dominican Sister Joanna Fernandes, a Caritas Christi Health Care System boilrd member and chairman of its Mission and Catholic Identity committee. No one, however, has ever had to ask that question about Caritas Christi, one of the oldest and among the largest ofthe region's nonprofit health care systems, and recently completing rededicating itself to its mission, Sister Fernandes reported. "Our mission," she said, "states in
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different health care-related goals. "Continuing for more than adecade to carry out these unique goals, we had reached a point where we wanted to express definitively how our diversity enhances the system's common vision and mission," said Sister Fernandes. Caritas Christi is a comprehensive, integrated health caredelivery network providing community-based medicine and tertiary care in eastern Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire and northern Rhode Island. Among severalMassachusetts hospitals within the system is Saint Anne Hospital in Fall River.
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ATTLEBORO - Seventh and eighth graders from schools in Attleboro and Norton were honored by St. John's Knights of Columbus Council 404 in Attleboro as this year's winners of its annual essay contest and were awilrded savings bonds. Top prize of a $300 savings bond went to eighth grader Ashleigh Gorst of the Warnsutta Middle School. The $200 bond second prize went to Daniel Callahan from the Norton Middle School, while third prize of a $100 bond went to Jake Maguire of the Brennan Middle School. Honorable mention awards were won by Jenna Lagare ofthe Wamsutta Middle School and Jenna Graziosi of the Brennan Middle School. All eighth
grade essays centered on the theme of what students thought were mankind's most significant accomplishments of the 20th century. The seventh grade winners were: Top prize winner of a $300 bond, Peter Charpentier of the Norton Middle School; second place, $200 bond winner Vicky Carvalho of the Brennan Middle School; and $100 bond third prize win'ner Patrick Sejkora of the Wamsutta Middle School. The honorable mention $50 bond winner was Carly Bendzans from the Norton Middle School. The seventh graders were asked to write about their opinions of what were the most memorable event of the 1990s.
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Bread and memories Rick, who calls bread-making a sacred act, Precious memories come sometimes with color, taste and texture. One of mine comes thought it would be nice if people all over with fragrance - the comforting, nourish- the world could share their bread recipes. So ing smell of bread baking in the home. I remember my grandmother's loaves as they came out of a big brick oven in the house my grandparents built after the turn of the century when they came to America from Italy. And I nostalgically reBy Antoinette Bosco call the odors in our kitchen in my .. childhood when my mother baked ..------~-----1l-~.....::;~_...J bread every week. I used to bake bread with my late son John, a few years ago he set up a web site that is a but stopped after his untimely death nearly worldwide recipe-exchange service six years ago. Now I am feeling the lure of (www.upword.comlbread). getting my hands kneading dough again, .There is no buying or selling of these recithanks to my daughter Mary's husband Rick pes on the Free Internet Bread Recipe Archive. Van Valkenburg. His motivation was truly spiritual. "I thought
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if I put up some recipes and invited others devastated by his brother's illness. He around the world to do the same, we could thought of the loaves as giving Eric "the achieve a kind of global communion, not bread of life." Rick brought Eric bread every week for physically breaking bread, but sharing reci. almost three years. The day Eric didn't take pes," Rick told me. There are now more than 100 bread reci- the bread, Rick knew the end was near. "He pes on Rick's site, coming in from bread bak- stayed alive as long as he took the bread. He really had an extra year in his life. It was not ers as far away as South Africa and Norway. For Rick this is a way of electronically expected - like a miracle." The free bread-recipe web site is, in a way, communicating something that is sacramental- "not that the people responding would Eric's legacy. be aware of this." I have watched Rick make bread and can What the recipe-senders wouldn't know is feel his sincerity when he says that "making Rick's personal story of why bread became so break is a sacred act. It starts with a seed, important to him. Rick is a twin. He and his collected by man, but planted in earth. It's brother Eric were so identical they often were like an offering to God, created with your called to do TV commercials featuring twins. hands. "You give shape to it and put it into an Earlier this decade Eric contracted AIDS. . "I couldn't do much about his illness, but I oven, like a womb that gives nourishment. could make him bread," said Rick, who was Then God blesses it and makes it live."
An over-the-edge parish, electronically speaking A colleague told me recently that his pastor had sent a mailing to members of the parish outlining Sunday etiquette for pagers, cell phones, beeping watches and other forms of contemporary communications insanity (my words, not the pastor's). This is actually a grownng problem in many parishes. I was a little surprised the bishops did not mention thil> in their recent letter on the mass media, but since they overlooked it perhaps we should take the bull by the horns (or in this case, the electronic bullhorn by the neck) and suggest a few ground rules ourselves. For one, you know your parish has gone over the electronic communications edge when: - The pastor reads his sermon from a palm-held computer "notepad." - There are cell-phone c;hargers next to
the pew-pencil drill holes. - MCI takes out full-page ads in the parish bulletin. - At the parish flea market, used cell phones and answering machines outnumber bowling balls, blenders and electric canopeners. - When the bells are rung following the consecration, half the congregation reaches into pockets or purses to see if it was for them. (Theologically speaking, of course, it was.) - The parish not only has an Internet web site, the parish council has discussed petitioning the bishop to change the parish name to "All Saints Domain." - Everyone in the parish assumes everyone knows what "domain" means. - People without e-mail addresses are known as "the needy." - As aq April Fool's Day joke on the pas-
- A petition is circulating to partition the crying room, creating a "beepers-on" section. - To quiet fussy two-year-olds, handing them pagers on "vibrate" is more common that handing them Cherrios. r-----------~r-~~--.., Five-year-olds actually do say "deliver us some e-mail" during the Our Father rather than "deliver us from evil." "It's getting so bad," I said to my colleague, "that pretty soon if you forget your contribution envelope, there'll be one of those credit card By Dan Morris slides in your pew so you can charge it." - During coffee and doughnuts after "You mean your parish still uses enveMass, people are overheard wondering if lopes?" he asked. confession bye-mail would be "licit." SomeYour comments are welcome always. one thinks "licit" is the naml:: of a new soft- Ple1rse 'send them to Uncle Dan, 6363 ware company. Christie No. 222, Emeryville, Calif. 94608. tor, several of the teen-agel's hid their pagers around his office, then called them all simultaneously. Apparently it did not startle him. He said he felt like he was at Sunday liturgy.
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1999 Catholic Charities parish totals announced FALL RIVER - The Catholic Charities Office of the diocese has released the final parish totals for the 1999 Appeal. Msgr. Thomas Harrington, director of the Appeal, said, "We have nothing but the highest praise for the pastors, laymen and laywomen who worked so unselfishly to make our record-setting total of $3.17 million a reality. The needy in the Diocese of Fall River will be forever grateful to the tens of thousands of parishioners in the 111 parishes who contributed. They certainly showed that sharing was their response to the needs of others, as this year's theme encouraged us all to do." The parish totals are: ATTLEBORO AREA Attleboro Holy Ghost St. John the Evangelist St. Joseph St. Mark St. Stephen St. Theresa Mansfield - St. Mary North Attleboro Sacred Heart St. Mary Norton - St. Mary Seekonk Our Lady ofMt. Carmel St. Mary
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$ 13,388.50 60,031.00 15,870.00 41,701.00 19,508.25 27,506.00 52,099.00 15,940.00 22,298.00 23,789.00 85,095.00 40,222.00
CAPE COD & ISLANDS AREA Brewster - Our Lady of the Cape 61,358.41 Buzzards Bay - St. Margaret 24,947.00 Centerville - Our Lady ofVictory 105,257.00 Chatham - Holy Redeemer 48,175.00 East Falmouth - St. Anthony 45,270.00 East Sandwich - Corpus Christi 83,801.00 Falmouth - St. Patrick 40,190.00 Hyannis - St. Francis Xavier 50,190.50
Martha's Vineyard Parishes 16,465.00 Mashpee - Christ the King 84,010.00 Nantucket - St. Mary/OL Isle 22,345.00 N. Falmouth - St. Elizabeth Seton 51,184.00 Orleans - St. Joan ofArc 48,205.00 0sternIk - Our Lady ofAssumption 77,176.00 Pocasset - St. John the Evangelist 56,287.00 Provincetown - St Peter theApostle 6,662.00 South Yarmouth - St. Pius X 150,880.37 Wellfleet - Our Lady of Lourdes 17,845.00 West Harwich - Holy Trinity 71,200.00 Woods Hole - St. Joseph 22,600.00 FALL RIVER AREA Fall River St. Mary Cathedral Blessed Sacrament Espirito Santo Holy Name Holy Rosary Immaculate Conception No,treDame Our Lady of the Angels Our Lady of Health Sacred Heart St.Anne .St. Anthony of Padua St. Elizabeth St. Jean Baptiste St. Joseph St. Louis St. Michael St. Patrick SS. Peter & Paul St. Stanislaus St. William Santo Christo Assonet - St. Bernard Somerset St. John of God St Patrick St. Thomas More
11,215.00 7,188.00 25,795.00 48,407.00 17,422.00 6,667.00 13,509.00 17,507.00 9,258.00 18,715.00 17,658.00 15,625.00 5,369.00 12,442.00 14,231.00 6,236.00 15,201.00 7,895.00 11,921.00 31,839.00 14,230.00 25,701.00 21,557.00 23,973.00 20,080.00 36,225.00
Swansea Our Lady of Fatima St. Dominic St. Louis de France St. Michael Westport Our Lady of Grace St. John the Baptist NEW BEDFORD AREA New Bedford Holy Name Immaculate Conception Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Our Lady of the Assumption Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Our Lady of Perpetual Help Sacred Heart St.Anne St. Anthony of Padua . St. Casimir s.t. Francis ofAssisi St. Hedwig St. James St. John the Baptist St. Joseph St. Kilian St. Lawrence St. Mary St. Theresa Acushnet - St. Francis Xavier E. Freetown - St. John Neumann Fairhaven St. Joseph St. Mary Marion - St. Rita Mattapoisett - St. Anthony N. Dartmouth - St. Julie Billiart S. Dartmouth - St. Mary Wareham - St. Patrick Westport - St. George
19,507.00 17,142.00 22,693.00 19,091.00 22,447.00 32,157.00
24,257.00 41,487,00 2,969.00 7,872.00 . 11,662.00 57,461.00 9,000.00 8,879.00 5,240.00 7,916.04 6,949.00 7,135.00 2,783.00 16,352.00 29,785.00 15,736.00 2,096.00 27,946.00 37,508.00 8,409.00 20,411.00 25,047.00 19,380.41 12,129.00 11,802.00 28,812.00 52,031.00 45,179.00 39,637.00 15,409.00
TAUNTON AREA Taunton Holy Family Holy Rosary Immaculate Conception Our Lady of Lourdes Sacred Heart St. Anthony St. Jacques St. Joseph St. Mary St. Paul Dighton - St. Peter N. Dighton - St. Joseph. N. Easton -Immaculate Conception Raynham - St. Ann .South Easton - Holy Cross
26,765.00 12,677.00 11,932.00 19,000.00 18,235.00 27,307.00 13,630.00 21,221.00 21,395.00 25,392.00 8,261.00 16,282.00 28,210.00 37,089.00 29,902.74
BUSINESS & COMMUNITY CAPE COD AREA $500 St. Elizabeth Seton St. Vincent de
Paul Society, No. Falmouth. FALL RIVER AREA $200 Knights of Columbus Cassidy Council #3669, Swansea. NEW BEDFORD AREA $100 Cabral-Lamoureux Funeral Home. NATIONALS $3,500 Rev. James F. Kelley, Dillingham, Alaska.
PARISHES CENTERVILLE Our Lady of Victory $1,000 M-M Bruce Hegarty; $100 M-M Roy A. Prescott. EAST SANDWICH Corpus Christi $200 M-M Kevin T. Sullivan; $100 M-M James W. Doherty, M-M Shaun Cahill, M-M Arthur L. LaChance, M-M Francis F. Cullinan, M-M John F. Shea. COlltinued 011 page 11
Children's toy credit cards Dear Mary: I was surprised on equally dedic<,ted spender. my last visit to my daughter to see The goal is to teach responsible my little granddaughter playing spending: to spend first for personal "credit card" With a toy cash register. She played store and "swiped" a toy credit card justas they do in stores. My daughter commented that she had reWith Dr. James & ceived a mailing urging her to complain to the Mary Kenny manufacturer to remove credit cards from - - - - - - - - - - children's toys because they send and family needs and to save some the wrong message. My daughter portion on a regular basis. Parents and I aren't quite sure how to feel need notdespair if their children canabout this toy. (Minnesota) not manage this task. Many adults
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Credit cards are a widely used component of financial dealings in our country. Since the availability and use of credit cards is likely to grow, not go away, our job as parents is not to promote bans on playing with credit cards but to teach children the responsible use of money. . Teaching about the use of money is not easy. Many parents find that children raised in the same family develop widely differing attitudes about money. One becomes an obsessive saver, squirreling away every penny. The next child becomes an
have not developed the maturity to become responsible spenders. Modeling the mature use of money is the first way parents teach. Critics of the credit-card toy contend that using a credit card for groceries or gas purchases models irresponsible behavior. On the contrary, using a credit card as a charge card and paying off expenses each month is a convenient and reasonable way to shop. Parents can explain the reasons for their financial choices. "See, these jeans are poorly made. They'll fall
apart. These jeans cost a little more, but they're very well made. We'll buy them." As your children grow, you might show them how to check on product quality and reliability in consumer magazines. And sometimes you might explain flatly, "We're not buying a (new car, computer, VCR) because we don't really need it, and it costs more than we can afford right now." The second important way parents teach about money use is by giving children the opportunity to make money decisions in ways appropriate to their age. An allowance is the most common way for children to learn money management. Here are some suggestions: 1) Begin an allowance around ages six to eight when a child has enough money sense to begin making decisions. 2) Do not put preconditions on an allowance. If a child is required to put 40 percent toward savings and 40 percent toward church contribution, only the remaining 20 percent is an actual allowance. 3) If you have certain household restrictions, for example no toy guns, no violent comics, set that restriction
What happens at the final judgment? Q. On"the lastday, atthefinaljudgment, will all our sins be made public to everyone? I am 85 years old and always believed that, but my children tell me they do not Is this still part of Catholic doctrine? (Tennessee) A. According to Catholic teaching,
that is at best a very limited and incomplete way to describe what will take place at "the end of the world," what-
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By Father John J. Dietzen ever and whenever that may be. The central truth about the "last judgment" is that Christ will come in his glory, and, as the "Catechism of the Catholic Church" puts it, '1n the presence of Christ, who is truth itself, the truth of man's relationship with God will be laid baTe." In other words, we will, as fully as created human nature can do so, see things as God sees them. We will understand, as the Catechism says, the fullest consequences bfthe good things we have done or failed to do in our earthly life. This awareness can motivate us to conversion, to commit ourselves ''to the justice of the kingdom of God," to do our best to live now the kind of life we will hope to have lived when that time comes. But that judgment is not something to panic about or fear. It is not likely that, under this kind of eternal scrutiny, any of us humans will be concerned about what other people think. We will all be too humbled by the majesty and beauty and love of God, too awed by the unimaginable debt we each owe to his mercy and goodness. This is the real drift of the Church's understanding of the "final" event when God "will pronounce the final word on all history. We shall know the
ultimate meaning of the whole work of creation and of the entire economy of salvation, and understand the marvelous ways by which his providence led everything toward its [mal end. 'The last judgment will reveal that God's justice triumphs over all the injusticescommitted by his creatures and that God's love is stronger than death" ("Catechism" 1038-41). To put it briefly, a lot will be revealed at that time. Our puny sinfulness will be a long way from the focus of attention. Q. I am a manic depressive and a recovering alcoholic. For about three years I ruined my mind and body, but am now in treatment I went to the sacrament of penance and told the priest I wanted to confess all my bad confessions. Angrily he said he didn't want to hear them. My mind went blank; I didn't get to confess my sim, but thanked him after he prayed. Maybe it was absolution? After receiving holy Communion a few times, I stopped because I felt guilty. Was I right? What should I do? (Connecticut) A. Often a priest will discourage
going back over "bad confessions" when it appears that this request might evidence some sort of scrupulosity. The circumstances of your confession, however, seem to be entirely different, and I'm sorry you were so hurt and confused. Since you say you are in treatment, I'm guessing that your desire for confession was in connection with the Fifth Step of Alcoholics Anonymous or something similar. I have a number oftimes talked with individuals as they worked their way through the Fourth Step (''to make a fearless and searching moral inventory of oneself') and then assisted them through the Fifth Step (''to admit to God, to ourselves and to another hu-
man being the exact nature of our wrongs"). For Catholics, this is frequently accomplished in the context of the sacrament of penance. The occasion can be a powerful spiritual experience for both the priest and the penitent. I'm certain there are priests close to your home who have experience assisting people like yourself with this step. Even if you're not in Alcoholics Anonymous, they or the agency you are working with will know such priests in your area. If thatdoesn't work, let me know and I will find someone for you. Good luck. Questions may be sent to Father Dietzen by sending a stamped, selfaddressed envelope to FatherDietzen, Box 325, Peoria, 61651, or e-mail: iidietzen@aol.com.
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fere with this purpose. Teach your child money management by modeling and by allowing him or her the chance to make money decisions. Do notbe discouraged ifyour child's decisions are not always wise.
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Annual Solemn Novena in honor of SAINT ANNE Preacher: Rev. Richard Delisle, MS
Saturday, July 17, 1999 Masses at 7:15,11:30 a.m. 4:00 and 6:30 p.m. Novena service in the shrine at 3:00 p.m. Novena prayers after the 6:30 p.m. Mass Sunday, July 18, 1999 Masses at 8, 10 a.m., 12 noon and 6:30 p.m. Novena service in the shrine' at 3 p.m. includes the
Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick Monday through Friday, July 19-23 Masses at 7:15,11:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Novena service in the shrine at 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. Saturday, July 24, 1999 Masses at 7:15, 11:30 a.m. 4:00 and 6:30 p.m. Novena service in the shrine at 3:00 p.m. Novena prayers after the 6:30 p.m. Mass Sunday, July 25, 1999 . Masses at 8, 10 a.m., 12 noon and 6:30 p.m. Novena service in the shrine at 3 p.m. includes
Come and See - Take a Fresh Look A Listening Session for Inactive Catholics MONDAY, JULY 26, 1999 FEAST OF GOOD SAINT ANNE Grandparents' Day Special blessing for Grandparents at all services Mass in the Shrine at 7:15 a.m. Mass in Portuguese in the upper church at 9:00 a.m. Mass in the upper church at 11 :30 a.m. Devotions in the Shrine at 3 p.m.
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Bishop Bruskewitz warns against creeping secularism By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
of the political and social freedoms ALEXANDRlA, S.D. - There is that we enjoy in our country. Howa growing secularism so devious that ever, freedom does not mean, as some it lulls some people into thinking of our fellow citizens seem to feel, their moral beliefs are not being as- that we can think and do whatever saulted, Bishop Fabian W. we please," he said. Unless Catholics, are "brave Bruskewitz of Lincoln, Neb., told an audien<;:e at a Marian conference in enough" to stand with the truth of their faith and the truth ofChrist, they Alexandria. "In an quiet way, perhaps imper- could find themselves "chained by ceptible to the vast majority ofChris- addictions, pleasures, self-seeking, tians and Catholics, certain values, possessions, wrong opinions, deleteattitudes, outlooks, erroneous philo- rious companions and the like." There is a new state religion gradusophical principles are boiling us ultimately to doom 'in time and per- ally being formulated,"in its doctrihaps even in eternity," the bishop nal and moral elements," the bishop ...0--, said, by the _ said, He said "We Americans ... are justly acceptance Pope John Paul proud of the political and social of abortion, II's latest en- freedoms that we enio" in our the push for :J J homocyclical, country. However, freedom sex u a I "Fides et Ratio" (''Faith and does not mean, as some of our rights, radiReason") is "in fellow citizens seem to feel, that cal feminist PASSIONISTS LAY associate Bernadette BostWick (left) and Sisters Gail Worcelo and a certain way, a we can think and do whatever views, rela- Rita Ordakowski have taken up residence in Vermont, where they want to start a monastic tivism and call to reflect historicism, community focusing on protection of the Earth. (CNS photo by Cori Fugere Urban, Vermont on where we we please." - Bishop Fabian W. Bruskewitz and the er- Catholic Tribune) are in regard to rors 'Of these matters, "scientism" and is a summons to evaluate a little more care- and pragmatism. fully where we are personally and ' Compromise, consensus and good where our culture is and is taking us." feeling "are maqe into absolute and To make his point about how supreme values, so that the truth is popular culture is slowly eroding eclipsed, overshadowed' and even By CORI FUGERE URBAN people's faith and values, Bishop evaded," he said. tegrate care of the Earth' into their idea and a conviction. We all know CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE Bruskewitz described the way French charisms' and mission statements, but from history that great things can ''For many sectors of our society, chefs learned to cook frogs properly public opinion polls are th짜 deterWESTON, Vt. - Two contem- Sister Worcelo said she believed this happen with that." for dining. They plan to begin looking this mining elements as to what consti- plative Passionist nuns and a lay is the first group to establish a monasChefs learned long ago that "it is tutes goog and evil;' ~e bishop said. associate have arrived in Vermont tic community founded with an ori- month for at least 300 acres of land Bishop Bruskewitz called con- with plans to establish a Catholic entation toward healing of the Earth. for the new monastery and several not only cruel but a mistake to insert the live frogs they are about to cook science "the supreme subjective ar- monastic community of women oriThe Vermont Passionists - who hermitages for guests. Eventually, into a pot ofboiling water," the bishop biter and criterion" of morality. "Con- ented toward the healing and pro- belong to Sisters ofEarth, a network they would like to build on the told his audience. science is our reason passing judg- tection of the Earth. of Catholic sisters and lay women grounds housing for families and So, to avoid that cruelty, the cooks ment on the rightness or wrongness They are Sister Gail Worcelo, 42; working for the healing of the Earth single persQns who want to be a part place the frogs in tepid water which of a particular act, thought or omis- Sister Rita Ordakowski, 74; and - chose the Green Mountain State, of their mission and prayer life. is gradually heated up to the boiling sion." The new contemplative commuBernadette Bostwick, 48. The three as Vermont is called, for their new point, he continued. "The frogs rest But he warned that unless a women came from St. Gabriel's monastery because they were im- nity will offer people spiritual ditranquilly in the water, not observ~ p'erson's conscience is in line with Monastery in Clarks Summit, Pa., pressed with residents' public con- rection, directed and guided retreats, ing that it grows hotter and hotter the truth, that person "even though where 10 women remain, and they sciousness and efforts to preserve the days ofprayer for groups, icon paintand contains their doom," he said. he or she thinks he is acting in a free will stay in Weston until they deter- environment. ing retreats, outreach to the UJl'-' "In a certain way, these frogs, des- way, is really deprived of liberty;' he mine a site for the new monastery. Burlington Bishop Kenneth A. churched, and open morning and tined for the dining tables of French said. They say their new community Angell has "given his blessing for evening prayer. Programs will ~ gourmets, symbolize our Western Bishop Bruskewitz called on will be a new expression of the them to come to the diocese and be offered on community-supported civilization, and specifically the civi- Catholics "to reach up and cooper- Passionist charism of devotion to the explore the possibilities," said Fa- agriculture, how to simplify lization of the United States ...," he ate" with God's grace and "confront suffering of Jesus. ther Wendell H. Searles, vicar gen- lifestyles, alternative energy design said. those aspects of our culture which The Passionist order was founded eral. 'They are striking out with an and whole-grain"bread baking. "WeAmericans ... arejustly proud can only bring ruin and harm." in the late '18th century in Italy by St. Paul of the Cross. Its devotion to Christ's suffering evolved into a focus on "seeing the suffering ofChrist in the faces of the poor and oppressed of the world," explained SisCHICAGO (CNS) - The Na- as a missionary. ter Worcelo. Father Merkt, who has a doctortional Association for Lay MinisToday, there is a thrust within the ' try has honored a nun and a priest ate in sacred Theology from The community to loek at the suffering for exemplary work in promoting Catholic University of America in of Christ as manifested in the "pasand advancing the cause oflay min- Washington, has been at Spalding sion of the Earth," Sister Worcelo University in Louisville since 1991 istry. said, because "the Earth is going Sister Mary Margaret "Maggie" as assistant professor of pastoral through tremendous devastation Cooper, a Sister ofCharity, and Fa- ministry and director of the Russell where life forms are being extinther Joseph T. Merkt., a priest ofthe Institute's ministry studies program. guished at a rate we can't even comA statement issued by NALM Archdiocese of Louisville, Ky., reprehend." ceived the association's a,nnual trib- said its tribute is based on the phiSo the new contemplative comute at a recent conference in Louis- losophy of the Second Vatican munity will be dedicated to the healville "for their vision, energy, the Council, "which recognizes all the ing and protection of the Earth. It many and great gifts to lay minis- faithful as being the Church, the will have energy-efficient architecpeople of God. ' try and lay ministry formation." ture coherent with the landscape, and For the past 10 years, Sister "NALM celebrates these perwill establish models of sustainable Cooper, who has a doctorate in sons, their gentle spirits, their great agriculture. Members will also offer ministry from McCormick Theo- vision, boundless, hope-filled eneducational programs for interdelogical Seminary, has been area ergy, and enduring devotion to lay pendent living; will model ways that BIOMEDICAL STUDENT Manny Gottlieb kids around with support a new pattern of human prescoordinator and associate profes- ministry," NALM said. sor of religious studies and minNALM is a professional organiAaron Kaufman, who is benefiting from a walking device cre- ence on the planet; and address the istry formation at Broscia Unization ofmore than 1,200 members current condition of the world and ated by Gottlieb and fellow classmates at Catholic Univerversity in Owensboro, Ky. In Septhat promotes the development of take part in its healing. sity in Washington. The walker gives Aaron the freedom to tember, she is being sent to Belize Catholic lay ministry. Many religious congregations inuse his hands. (CNS photo by Gary Pierpoint)
Three' women chart new community devoted to saving, healing the Earth
Nun, priest honored for advancing cause of lay ministry
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8.M.C. Durfee High School of Fall River students contributed many books.
BOSTON (CNS) - Despite acivil war that has lasted some 20 years, Church officials in Angola will officially open a Catholic university this October - with some help from their friends in Massachusetts. At a downtown Boston press conference at the offices of the Citizens Energy Corp., former U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy ofMassachusetts, who is corporation president, wasjoined by Cardinal Alexandre do Nascimento of Luanda, Angola's capital city, for an announcement that books and computers would be shipped to the Catholic University of Angola. The goods were acquired through the Citizens' Angola Educational Assistance Fund, established by the late Michael Kennedy, the former congressman's younger brother, who was killed in askiing accident on Dec. 31, 1997. The assistance fund has already
sent more than 40,000 books and 80 computers to the university. The latest shipment is expected to arrive in July for the fall opening. Preparatory classes have been held at the new school since early this year. 'The goal of the Catholic University is to educate young people who will help pave the way to a better future for Angola," said Cardinal do Nascimento, chairman of the university. Angola's civil war has decimated much of that country's educational system and its facilities. The Catholic University of Angola is being looked at as a key to the country's recovery. The cardinal and Kennedy also urged greater public support of the book and computer drive so further shipments can be sent to Angola. Kennedy explained that Citizens Energy's interest in helping the Catholic University began in 1992, when his brother Michael, former Citizens Energy chairman, was in Angola as a U.N. election observer. During his time there Kennedy met the cardinal, who asked his assistance in establishing
the school. Michael served as a founding board member of the university and helped raise funds to get it started. For his efforts, the school's library will be named.after him. Wayne Dudley, a professor at Salem State College, has worked with the Angola Educational Assistance Fund in helping to get books donated for the fledgling school. The founder of Collaborative Education with South Africa, Dudley also has collected close to three million books for the children of that country, and has gathered more than 30,000 books for others in Angola. "I feel a sense of historical continuity with Angola and other countries of Africa," Dudley said. He also hoped to collect books written in Portuguese, the country's predominant language, for the university. Dudley expressed special thanks to students at Durfee High School who donated many books. Also working with theAngola Educational Assistance Fund is Stephen Farrell, presidentofthe EastWest Education Development Foundation. His
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Pro-life chairman applauds federal legislation on pain relief WASHINGTON (CNS) - Legislation to promote pain relief and palliative care for people with terminal illnesses or advanced chronic diseases "serves the real needs ofdying patients and their families," said the head of the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee. The National Conference of Catholic Bishops strongly supports the Pain ReliefPromotionAct of 1999, introduced in both houses ofCongress late last month, said Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore, chairman of the NCCB Committee for Pro-Life Activities. ''In our view, the starting point for our society's approach to terminal illness should be the inherent worth and dignity of each and every human person, especially those who are at life's most vulnerable stages," Cardinal Keeler said.
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Spiritual seekers, those who are trying to fmd greater meaning in their lives, will fmd "Seven Essentials for the Spiritual Joumey" a helpful guidebook. Author Dolores R. Leckey has been a retreat leader, author and ·lec. turer for more than a quarter ofa century. For many years she worked for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops as executive director of the Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women and Youth. Despite these fine credentials, this reader approached Leckey's book with some skepticism. Another "seven" book? Haven't we exhausted that avenue of interest? And hasn't the idea of a "spiritual journey" also been beaten to death? Even worse, I fearect this book might be a rehash of personal piety, spiritual exercises of the "Jesus and f' school which ignore an active life in the real world. I was wrong on all counts. The seven essentials which Leckey proposes prove to be an effective way to organize som~ diverse material. First, says Leckey, to put more spiritual meaning in life, we need mentors or guides. Leckey agrees with TIgnatian and Benedictine tradition on this point. We can't and we aren't meant to "go it alone." Mentors can help us find times of solitude. However difficult in a busy
life, solitude is anessentiiu partofspiritual seeking. But solitude alone is not" enough. We are not solitary but interdependent creatures. We need an authentic community to grow in our spiritual lives. Leckey believes that certain attitudes grow in the spiritual seeking person: finding the sacred in the ordinary, savoring the small experiences of life, and laughter which lightens the spirit. The growth in these six essentials leads to the culminating seventh one: surrender. We are not in charge of the world, Leckey reminds us. We are not even in charge of our own lives or those ofour loved ones. Although difficult for modem persons, such an attitude can lead to serenity and peace. While the book can be read straight through, it is more valuable as a choice to be read a few pages at a time, going back to favorite chapters again and again. My personal favorite, discovering the sacred in the ordinary, is a proposal I can read and reread, growing richer with each reminder. Leckey's material is seldom original. The ideas have appeared before: in sermons, in retreats, in spiritual reading, in poetry. However, giving full credit to her sources, Leckey brings important ideas together in a nice, readable and useful fashion. The reader who is unfamiliar with most spiritual reading will be co!J1fortable with this book. . Throughout Leckey offers examples and ideas from diverse religious traditions. She has specific practical actions at the end of each chapter. No reader wilLchoose all the actions, nor can one person change at once in all the ways suggested. This is a book to be read and savored, allowing the reader to discover that change comes slowly, but change is possible and the rewards are great. Kenny is co-author of the Catholic News Service column titled "Fam. ily Talk."
Profteaches students how to find quality amidstjunk on TV DAYTON, Ohio (CNS)- IfWl1l"Parents must control the amount iam Roberts had a group of television and content of what their children are moguls cornered in his office, he'd watching;' he said. "Television has look them in the eyes and ask, "Why become a substitute baby-sitter and all the images of sex and violence? one with few Christian values. Mom Why?" and Dad must be the baby-sitters when The University of Dayton profes- it comes to TV. sor of religious studies doesn't know "Ifaparenifeels that his or her child the reasons they'd give. But he does is watching an inappropriate program, know the answer -·''Money!'' explain why itis inappropriateand why Roberts knows such a;scenario they can no longer watch it," he said. won't take place, so the best he can Roberts doesn't place complete do, he says, is teach others to sift blame on the industry, but feels it through the ''preponderance of mind- should take on some of the responsiless trash on the tube" to find pro- bility. grams that embrace Christian prin''Ultimately, there can be drugs all ciples. around me; but I make the decision In a summer class at the Marianist- not to take them;' he said. "But the run university on "Christian family people pushing the drugs don't make Values and TV," Roberts explores the it easier. It's the same with 'what we medium's role as both usurper ;md ad- choose to watch - if the industry is vocate of Christian tenets. going to bombard us with images of "I'm not anti-television and nei- violence and sex, they're not making ther is this class;' Roberts said in an parental responsibility any easier. interview. 'There are programs that "We are a violent society and inpromote Christian family values, just stead of attempting to counteract this not a lot of them. I would like to see tendency, the entertainment industry the entertainment industry take on a capitalizes on it," Roberts said. "Parlittle moral responsibility and not ca- ents and society as a whole can't do it ter to the darker side of humanity. But all. There_have to be pressures put on until then, we have to search out good the industry to monitor themselves programs." and to clean up the atmosphere ofgratuitous sex and violence." So what does he recommend?
Family flicks are few and far between ·this 'summer By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Glossy adaptation of the ents are strongly cautioned that NEW YORK - The follow1960s TV series in which two some material may be inapproing are capsule reviews of movpost-Civil War government priate for children under 13. ies recently reviewed by the U.S. "Summer of Sam" agents - one trigger-happy (Will Catholic Conference Office for (Touchstone) Smith), the other skilled at disFilm and Broadcasting. A fact-based serial killer terguises and inventions (Kevin "Big Daddy" (Columbia) Kline) - must disable a behe- rorizing 1977 New York forms the . Insipid comedy in which an moth killing machine operated backdrop for a shrill drama about irresponsible 32-year-old (Adam by a wheelchair-bound madman a druggy hairdresser (John Sandler) temporarily takes cus(Kenneth Branagh) bent on Leguizamo) who compulsively tody of a motherless five-yearbringing down the republic. Di- cheats on his unhappy wife (Mira old boy (twins Cole and Dylan rector Barry Sonnenfeld blends Sorvino) and whose macho budSprouse) to impress a girlfriend, sci-fi contraptions, a comic tone dies convince him that his sleazy but in the process learns and the Old punk rocker pal (Adrien Brody) parenting is more than just hangWest setting may be the killer dubbed Son of ing out and goofing off. Director for a hollow, Sam by the tabloid media. CoDennis Dugan's dopey movie gimmick- writer and director Spike Lee exrarely moves beyond toilet hudriven plot aggerates ethnic stereotypes in mor, blatant product placements with impos- the Bronx Italian-American and sappy sentiment as Sandler's sible stunts neighborhood to almost comic, character predictably matures and decora- and very inappropriate, effect after initially being a terrible while assaulting viewers with a tive femme role model. Implied affairs, fatales barrage of hostility, cruelty, percoarse expressions and gestures, versity and prejudice lacking insome profanity and fleeting sights about the human condiviolence. The U.S. Catholic tion. Numerous rough sexual Conference classification is encounters including a biA-III - adults. The Motion sexual orgy with nudity, interPicture Association of mittent gory violence, recreAmerica rating is PG-13 ational drug use, some profanparents are strongly cauity and incessant rough lantioned that some material guage. The U.S. Catholic Conmay be inappropri~te for ference classification is 0 children under' 13. morally offensive. The Motion "South Park: Bigger, Picture Association ofAmerica rating is R - restricted. Longer & Uncut" "The General's Daughter" (P!1ramount) (Paramount) Musical cartoon feature in Lurid military thriller in which grade school children which an Army criminal investisneak into a raunchy Canadian gator (John Travolta) assigned movie and emerge with a fourto solve the brutal strangulaletter-word vocabulary that tion of a promiscuous female shocks their mothers into a nacaptain (Leslie Stefanson), is tional anti-smut campaign pressured to participate in a leading to war against cover-up after he unravels a Canada. Directed by Trey widespread criminal conParker, the satiric story line spiracy of many years' takes stale, self-serving potstanding. Despite sleek shots at the movie rating sysvisuals and some tem, the V-chip and censorstrong performances, ship, but the result features director Simon West little wit and less humor, the delivers a deeply cynichildren's constant use of WILL SMITH stars in the action-com- cal and at times grofoul language is excruciatingly tedious and the sexual· edy-fantasy western film, "Wild, Wild tesque potboiler. Sporadic intense violence gags are tiresomely adoles- West." (eNS photo from Warner Bros.) including rape with cent. Excessive rough lanfor giddy escapist entertainment. full nudity, videotape of a sadisguage, scatological inferences Intermittent explosions and styl- tic sexual encounter and much and sexual references. The U.S. ized violence, some sexual innu- sexual innuendo, frequent rough Catholic Conference classificaendo and double entendres, and language and intermittent profantion is 0 - morally offensive. fleeting rear nudity. The U.S. ity. The U.S. Catholic Conference The Motion Picture Association Catholic Conference classificaclassification is 0 - morally ofof America rating is R - retion is A-III -adults. The Mo- fensive. The Motion Picture Asstricted. tion Picture Association of sociation of America rating is R "Wild Wild West" America rating is PG-13 -,par- - restricted. (Warner Bros.)
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weekly radio talk show offers the Catholic perspective PROVIDENCE, R.I. - 'The Good News Hour;' a talk radio show that discusses the Gospel and t1).e Christian Life from aCatholic perspective, is being offered on WALE, 990 AM out of Providence on Tuesdays from 1 to 2 p.m. The new radio ministry show is being hosted by St. Edmund's Retreat, Enders Island, Mystic, Conn. It is an expansion of a two-hour talk show that began two years ago in Connecticut by Edmundite Father Thomas EX. Hoar, director of the retreat center, and Mark Gordon, a layman. The 50,000 watt radio station WALE covers all of the dioceses of Providence and Fall River, Mass., and parts of the dioceses ofWorcester, Mass., Norwich, Conn., and the
Archdiocese of Boston. 'The Good News Hour" featuring FatherHoar and Gordon, opens with a reading of the Gospel for the coming Sunday and a reflection upon the themes and challenges of the Scripture passage. It also features speakers on a variety of topics important to Catholics and the broader Christian community and addresses vocations to the priesthood, religious life and lay ministries of the Church. ''We state at the beginning of the show that we are not there to fight over doctrine or dogma, but as a Catholic priest and committed Catholic layman, we come from a Catholic perspective," Father Hoar said. ''We invite others to share their experience of God with us."
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in the kingdom of God. Jesus says in the Gospel that if you love me then feed my sheep and you must become shepherds after His own heart," the bishop proclaimed. He also spoke about how Jesus made the Father present in the world. "He makes clear signs of God's love for us," advised the bishop. "You as new priests anointed in the Spirit are asked to do the same. The priest must be a teacher and a catechist. A messenger and instrument. In all you do as priests through Eucharist, reconciliation, building community, and preaching the Gospel, do so with the love of Christ in your hearts." In a moving part of the ceremony, the men prostrated themselves before the altar while the bishop and priests knelt in prayer. The candidates lay face down in the Cathedral's main aisle as the Litany of the Saints was sung. Bishop O'Malley then imposed his hands on each of the five candidates and each priest in attendance joined in the gesture invoking the Holy Spirit. The imposition of hands and the prayer of consecration which followed are the heart of the ordination ceremony. The new priests were then vested with a stole and chasuble, the liturgical vestments of a priest. Father Timothy P. Driscoll was vested by Father Bento R. Fraga, Father Dariusz Kalinowski by Father Bruce M. Neylon, Father Roger J. Landry by Father Stephen A. Fernandes, Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk by Father Robert S. Kaszynski, and Father David M. Sharland by Youth Apostle Father Jack Peterson. The bishop anointed the men's hands with the oil of chrism, a sign that they have been chosen to do God's work. Family members then brought the gifts to the altar. Each new priest was symbolically handed a chalice and paten from the bishop during the ceremony and they were instructed by the bishop to "Model their lives on the mystery of Christ's cross so that the vessels of clay may be filled with treasure for God's people." Concluding the rite of ordination the new priests bestowed their first blessing upon the bishop who then kissed their hands. The new priests distributed the Eucharist to the gathered congreContinuedfrom page six
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Worllr] Peace Day 2000 theme announced VATIC .NCITY(CNS)-Pope John Paul -I's celebration of World Peace Day, the first day of the year 2000, will emphasize his belief that peace is possible if people seek and find God, the Vatican said. "Peace on earth to those whom God loves" is the theme the pope has chosen for the Jan. 1,2000, cel-
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" Consecrati.on to the Divine Will Oh adorable and Divine Will, behold me here before the immensity of Your Light, that Your eternal goodness may open to me the doors and make me enter into It to form my life all in You, Divine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate before Your Light, I, the least of all creatures, put myself into the little group of the sons and daughters of Your Supreme FIAT. Prostrate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg that it clothe me and eclipse all that does not pertain to You, Divine Will. It will be my Life, the c;.enter of my 'intelligence, the enrapturer of my heart and of my whole being. I do not want the human will to have life in this heart any longer. I will cast it away from me and thus form the new Eden of Peace, of happiness and of love. With It I shall be always happy,' I shall have a singular strength and a holiness that sanctifies all things and conducts them to God. . Here prostrate, I invoke the help of the Most Holy Trinity that They permit me to live in the cloister of the Divine Will and thus return in me:the flISt order of creation, just as the creature was created. . Heavenly Mother, Sovereign and Queen of the Divine Fiat, take my hand and introduce 'me into the Light of the Divine Wtll. You will be my guide, my most tender Mother, and will teach me to live in and to maintain myself in the order and the bounds of the Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate my whole being to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me the doctrine of the Divine Will and I will listen most attentively to Your lessons. You will cover me with Your mantle so that the infernal serpent dare not penetrate into this sacred Eden to entice me and make me fall into the maze of the human will. Heart of my greatest Good, Jesus, You will give me Your flames that they may bum me, consume me, and feed me to form in me the Life of the Divine Will. . Saint Joseph, you will be my proteCtor, the guardian of- my heart, and wi!' keep the keys of my will in your hands. You will keep my heart jealously and shall never give it to me again, that I may be sure of never leaving the Will of God. ' My guardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in everything so that my Eden may flourish and be the instrument that draws all men into the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Amen. ( In Honor ofLuisa Piccarreta 1865-1947 Child of the Divine Will)
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Pope clears way for beatification of two children at Fatima apparition By CINDY WOODEN
and instruments of perfection even for civil society and nations." Sister Lucia dos Santos, a cloistered Carmelite in Portugal, was informed by Divine Word Father Luis Kondor that Lhe decree would be signed. Father Kondor, vice postulator of the children's cause, told the Portuguese Catholic Radio Renascenca that the nun was pleased her cousins would be beatified and that she wrote a letter of thanks to Pope John Paul.
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VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II has approved the last document needed for the beatification of two Portuguese children who saw the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima in 1917. . The decree marked the Vatican's acceptance of a miracle attributed to the intercession of Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two shepherd children who were with their cousin, Lucia dos Santos - a Carmelite nun still living - when Mary appeared at Fatima, Portugal. The Vatican officially also recognized a miracle in the cause of Sister Maria Ester Soureau-Blondin, the Canadian founder of the Sisters of Saint Anne, clearing the way for her beatification. Another decree recognized the miracle needed for the canonization of 25 Mexican martyrs, a group of priests and laypeople killed between 1915 and 1937. In the beatification cause of the Fatima children, the Vatican said there was no natural explanation for the healing of a Portuguese woman who had been paralyzed for 22 years. The Vatican did not announce a date for the children's beatification. Supporters of the cause had hoped the pope would celebrate the beatification Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima on Oct: 13, the anniversary of Mary's last appearance to the children. However, a Vatican official said the pope would not leave Rome during the Oct. 1-23 Synod of Bishops for Europe. Francisco and Jacinta died of influenza; Francisco was 10 years old and Jacinta was nine. The two children will become the youngest people beatified since the modern beatification and canonization process began in 1592. Archbishop Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for Sainthood Causes, described the JACINTA AND Francisco Marto are pictured children as two of "the visionaries of Fatima" through with their cousin Lucia dos Santos (right) in a file whom "the Mother of Christ recommended to the photo taken around the time of the 19,17 appariwhole Church persevering prayer, the conversian of tions of Mary at Fatima, POrtugal: (CNS file photo) hearts and penance as irreplaceable means of holiness <
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'Poor Clares t~ ,move out, Carmelites in VATICANOTY (CNS)-Theoccupants of the cloistered convent nestled on a hill in the Vatican gardens will change in September. Pope John PaUl II opened the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in 1994 and asked the Poor Clares to send an international group of nuns. to live there for five years. . While contemplative nuns gener"ally enter a monastery with the intention ofremaining for life, the pope set up a rotation system for the Vatican monastery to honor and highlight the variety of women's religious orders dedicated totally to prayer and manual labor. The rules ofthe convent specify that the aim of the community living there
is "the ministry of prayer, adoration, praise and reparation" in silence and solitude ''to support the Holy Father in his daily care for the whole Church." An article in the Vatican newspaper announcing the foundation of the monastery said, 'The presence of a community completely dedicated to contemplation in a strict papal cloister near the See of Peter is an exemplary indication that contemplative life represents a richness and a treasure which the Church does not intend to renounce." Pope John Paul invited the Poor Clares to be the first community because 1994 marked the 800th anniversary of the birth of St. Clare of Assisi, founder of the order.
In September, the Poor Clares will leave the chapel and 12 cells surrounded by a small vegetable garden, and an international group of Carmelite nuns will move in. Discalced Carmelite Father Luis Javier Garcia, an official at the Carmelite headquarters in Rome, said eight or nine sisters from Italy, France, Poland and Spain will move into the convent. While Carmelite nuns generally enter one convent and live there the rest of their lives, ''we are living in a mobile world, and this is something very special," the priest said. Whatever disruption a five-year move may bring, he said, the nuns believe their presence in the Vatican is more than worth it
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religious education classes; we rectIy into the church instead of the originally, we didn't have to get have a full modern kitchen and attic area. special permission from the town modern bathrooms." A new tracker pipe organ being to put it back. The banisters on the The project moved from the built in Salt Lake City is scheduled current rails will be replaced with basement into the main more detailed ones when church, where the pews and they're ready." floors were refinished and a To date, more than $1.3 new sanctuary floor was inmillion dollars have been stalled. All the wiring is new, spent for the renovations, including a new sound sysmost coming from parishiotem and fire-alarm system. ners and vacationing guests "We had to upgrade to meet at St. Mary's. "People have the current safety codes," been really wonderful with Father Lopes explained. An all the support they have elevator was installed progiven to the church," said viding access to the baseFather Lopes. ment, sidewalk and upper In addition to financial church, making the building support, parishioners have completely handicap accesdonated time and talents to sible. the project. The architectl The original brass Comdesigner is Neil Parent, who munion rail gates are curhas offices in Nantucket rently being restored and and Harwich, and is therewill mark the tabernacle and fore familiar with the local baptismal font areas in the building codes. Theengisanctuary. New sanctuary furneer is a St. Mary's parishniture will be made by an isioner, John Stover. The pair, land artisan, including an along with Father Lopes altar, pulpit, tabernacle stand and the parish building and cantor ambo. Two origicommittee, have organized BRIGHT AND NEW - The tabernacle the project from its beginnal bronze chandeliers are is in the newly renovated sanctuary of ning in 1996. being restored for the interior as well. St. Mary's/Our Lady of the Isle Church ill Father Lopes hopes the Behind the altar isa space Nantucket. (AncholiJolivet photo) renovations will be comfor a new stained-glass winplete by early 2000 with an dow that will depict Our official dedication in the Lady of the Isle; an image of Mary to arrive on the island early in spring. "I've been very pleased with with a map of the island of Nan- 2000. what has happened so far," said Fatucket at her feet. Outside the building, a deck was ther Lopes. "The changes have not The choir loft has been im- added, restoring an original look been so much so that someone proved with a new railing, struc- to the church. "We discovered old wouldn't recognize the church any tural support and an increased seat- photographs of the exterior and longer. We're just bringing out the ing capacity. The ceiling was they showed a deck in the front of beauty that's already there. It's a reconfigured to allow light from a the building," said Father Lopes. simple church, and we're keeping stained-glass window to shine di- "Because the building had a deck it that way."
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Masses were similar. It was refreshing to see faith coming first. It's safe to assume nearly everyone at Mass had places to go, things to do and people to see; or that sleeping in on a Sunday morning after a Saturday night of revelry would have been the activity of choice. But not so for hundreds ofworshipers. But such exhibitions offaith are not an uncommon sight to FatherThomas Lopes, pastorofthe island parish. ''During the summer months, we have to add Masses to our weekend schedule to accommodate all the people who wish to attend Mass;' he said. ''All our weekend Masses have wonderful at-
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tendance. Not all are overflowing, but they are well attended:' Father Lopes said he finds it inspirational to see so many people, many of whom are vacationers, taking the time out to make Mass a priority. "You wouldn't think so many people would take time out of their vacation schedule to attend Mass, but many, many do. In fact, during the summer we get many phone calls requesting the weekend Mass schedule:' During the summer, St. Mary's has five Sunday Masses and the Saturday vigil Mass. In the fall and spring, there are three Sunday Masses and the vigil and from January 1 to Palm Sunday,
there are two Sunday services and the vigil. "Even in the slower seasons the Masses are still very well attended;' said Father Lopes. He added that there are not as many Masses, because the island population decreases substantially. All across Cape Cod and the Islands, diocesan churches are havens from the hustle and bustle for a short period anyway. The tourist trade in Cape Cod, Martha's Vmeyard and Nantucket has grown substantially over the years. Summer trafficjams are as common as sunburns. Yet, despite the increase in summer activities in eastern part ofthe Fall River Diocese, the faithful remain just that ... faithful.
"When the pa.in is very strong," says Primosi Mujemula, a 35-year-old Tanzanian with AIDS, "1 pray. Then it does not hurt so much." Each day, Sister Gratiana Nunuga travels up to 100 miles to help care for, and pray with, the 195 persons with AIDS who live in the Mwanza Diocese. At every visit,
Primosi asks Sister Gratiana to pray with him. When she gives him her hand, her smile is reflected in his face; Primosi is
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"We are proud of you for being the human being weso much admire! Most of all, we are so proud to have you as our friend!" The Anchorcaught up with Pacheco at home in New Bedford as he arrived from Boston, was about to eat a quick dinner and head out to his second job cleaning offices in the Whaling City. "Don't tell me there is going to be another story;' he said. ''I don't know why they singled me out, I really don't deserve anything like this. But whatever, it is God's will -like my whole life and the wonderful diaconate and I will pray for you as a brotherdeacon and I hope you pray for me;' he said. ''And I think my fellow deacons should share the honors with me." Born in the Azores, Pacheco emigrated to New Bedford in 1964 at the age of 25. He admits that his strong religious faith has seen him through
some difficult periods of his life. It was in 1987, when he lost his 22year job in a textile mill- and nearly lost his horne as well - when he landed the job at Boston College. It means an hour's commuteeach way. Buttomeet financial needs, Pacheco also works five nights a week at his second job. And he is a dedicated husband and father to his two children. His wife, Rosalinda, suffers from a debilita!!ng fonn of asthma "She is not as ill as some say, still, she has to take her medication each day. She is my first partner in sharing all of my diaconate and any honors too:' What brought a revitalized outlook and spiritual renewal, says the deacon, is his call from God that gave, him the strength and fortitude to complete three years of night classes preparatory .to being ordained a deacon in the Fall River Diocese two years
ago. He is currently assigned to Our Lady oftheAssumption Parish in New Bedford, where he fulfills his specific ministry assisting at Mass, baptizing children, proclaiming the Gospel both by the text and in its explanation; and with faculties to preside at weddil)gs, burial ofthe dead and wake and prayer services. Because his parish is populated largely by immigrantsfrom Cape Verde, afonner Portuguesecolony, Pacheco's ability to communicate with them plays a key role in his effectiveness. He has recruited altarserversfor the Portuguese language Mass and has helped establish a chapter of Our Lady's Team, a group aimed at fostering family life in the parish. ''I live a very full, wonderful life;' Pacheco said. ''Itis most satisfying and fultilling too. God has been very good tome:'
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FALL RIVER - Former University of Massachusetts and coached by Peter Laurence and Bob Margetta. Team members Parish, Fall River, and consisted of Kathryn Sullivan, Brittany New Jersey Nets basketball coach John Calipari made an unwere Jonathan Pimental, Tom Aguiar, Jeremy Pacheco, Brian King, Elizabeth Sullivan, Rebecca Honahan, Haley Frazier, precedented third appearance in 11 years as the feature speaker Moreira, Eric Ferraz, Holland Landy, Bill Golden, Jr., Dan Caitlin Delaney, Samantha Babcock, Caitlin Novo, Stephanie at the annual Fall River Area CYO Basketball League Awards Fitzgerald, John and Jason Pereira. Costa, Alexandra Cote, Chelsea Berlo and Taylor Pacheco. Banquet recently and helped to honor more than 300 local Prep Boys regular season champions, St. Williams, Fall They were coached by Maggie, Melissa and Scott Steele. players. River, included Tim Sullivan, Brad and Adam Lake, Chad Junior C Girls playoff champions, Our Lady of Grace ParHe addressed the overflow crowd of young people, parents Skeffington, Tim Scholes, Josh Perreira, Chris Peckham, James ish, Westport, were coached by Greg Brien and Keith and coaches speaking about chasing one's goals. "Dream. Be ' Medeiros, Dan Brough and Ted Baressi. They were coached by Higginbottom. Players included Kelsey Brien, Jennifer Farias, enthusiastic about your pursuits and passionate about attain- ' Adam Burns, Mike Hunsinger and Justin Mitchell. Ashely Pimentel, Amanda Thornton, Stevie Greenwalt, Sydney ing your goals in life," said Calipari. He reminded players that Prep boys playoff champs' included Josh Mello, Dave Higginbottom, Erica Marshall, Jennifer Morin, Lauren Valdez ,basketball is just a game but that the lessons learned from it can Raymondo, Craig Edwards, Chris Camara, Scott Paquette, and Jasmine Murchison. last a lifetime. "Basketball is about working together. It's aboilt Anibal Paz, Donny Vezina, Eric Domingo, Chris Flanagan, Junior B 'Boys champs of Holy' Name Parish, Fall River, trust, promoting and caring about each other. Those are imporManeth Khuth and Jason Cambra of St. Michael's, Fall River. , were Peter Correia,Arthur Lauzier, TIm Thran, Dan Coury, Sam tant lessons," he declared.' Coaches included Edward DeAlmeida and David Raymondo. AsSad, Kyle Souza, Nathaniel Jezak, Branden Khoury and Jared , Father Jay Maddock"diocesan director of the CYO, intrOThe Junior A Girls regular season champions from Holy Holden. They were coached by Bill Coury and Bob Margetta. duced honored guests including referees, workers, Park ComName, Fall River; were coached by Je'ff Gregory, Ed Fitta and Junior C Boys champions, Notre Dame, included Andrew missioner Gil Amaral, Associate I?irector of the Fall River Area Mik~ Facchiano:Players were Sarah Gregory, Sarah Fitta, Stacy . 'Bellany, Patrick Carberry, Ryan Altman, Edmond Al!ard, Dave CYO, Albert ''Val'' Vaillancourt, and Ken "Jersey Red" Ford Gonsalves, Lisa Normandin, Tina Mitsis, Jacqueline Rosa, Sardinha, BJ. Duarte, Ian Rodrigues, Eric Soares and James who has been instrumental in bringing guest speakers to the Meaghan Jean, Amanda Holden, Kara Burns, Leeza'Kboury' Almond. Al Vaillancourt served as co~h. and Lauren Abbruzzi. ,. banquets over the years. Junior A Boys regular season champions also from Holy . All championship teams received trophies as did Notre Junior A Girls diocesan champs included Crystal O'Connell, Name were coached by Glen Chatterton, and Bob Margetta. Dame Junior Boys A player Nicholas Belany, who was honElizabeth Neales, Beth Ferreira, Shannon Dubois, Rachel and . Players were Matt Chatterton, Kris Megna, William Thran, ored with the Sportsmanship Award. Teams honored included Rebecca Smith, Kathleen Golden and Ainsley Sikora of St. Kevin Bibeau, Albert Frias, Andrew Durand, Kyle Cimbron, the following. Louis de France Parish, Swansea. Coaches included John Greg Homen, Matt Margetta and Brian Vollaro. SeniorA Boys diocesan champions and winner of the Tony Golden, Liz Smith and Rocky Ferreira. Junior A Boys playoffchampions, Our Lady ofGrace, WestMedeiros Memorial Trophy was ~t. Michael's, Fall River. Team Junior B Girls champions also from St. Louis de France port, were coached by Bubba Ponte, Greg Brien and William members were Jesus Cintron, Mark Soares, Joey Rogers, John Parish, included Kristen Hordern, Jessalyn Hyland, Amanda Murchison. Team members were Joshua Brien, Garrett Bernier, Kollek, JoeAlmeida, Scott Bradgits, Chris Joyce, Jason Blouin, Machado, Lauren Saylor, Jessica Neales, Jasmin Bonanca, Ben Medeiros, Nate Rawson, Corey 'Croteau, Jake Sylvain, Richard Enos and Jeff Bynes. They were coached by Tiberio Caitlyn Lowney, Emily Lane and Seana Golden. They were Keith Moniz, Mike Fernandes, Chris Assad, Nate Freitas, AnEstrella and Brian Domingues. coached by Rick Hordern, Steve Hyland and Paul Saylor. drew Barroso, Kyle Fernandes, Derek Zmuda and William Senior B Boys champions, Holy Name, Fall River was Junior C Girls regular season champs were from Holy Name Murchison.
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FALL RIVER - Joseph Rocha, varsity soccer coach for Bishop Connolly High Scho'ol, has been appointed as its new athletic director by PrincipalAl1thonyNun~s. He, replaces Mary Jane Keyes who is retiring after 19 years of sen ice to . the Connolly community. Rocha, who is an alumnus of the school, has been involved with its soccer program on the junior varsity and varsity levels since 1992. He currently serves as the Girls Basketball Commissioner for the Eastern Athletic and South Coast JOSEPH ROCHA Conferences and holds membership in the Eastern Massachusetts sociation and the 'Southern' MasSoccer Coaches Association, the sachusetts Board of Officials and Whaling City Soccer Referees As- several other sports associations.
PRINCIPAL ANTHONY Nunes of Bishop Connolly High School congratulates Jacqueline Rosa, the first recipient of the Fall RiVer Catholic School Scholarship. For her high placement examination score, she received a $1 ,000 scholarship.
We at The Anchor would like to encourage youth group leaders and parents to send in summer photos of parish youth group activities. We know many children are brought on field trips and spend time at camps so please let us share in your fun. Make sure to identify students by name and parish and include a number where you 'can be contacted if there are any questions. Forward photos to: The Anchor, 887 Highland Ave., PO Box 7, Fall River, MA 02722, Attention: Mike Gordon.
BEAR SIGHTING - Smokey the Bear and Ranger Rob recently visited with third graders at St. Jean Baptiste School, Fall River, to teach them about fire prevention. Pictured with the two are students, from left, Alexandra Brodeur, Ryan Dunn, Lillian Azevedo, Brent Medeiros and Danielle Gagnon.
2,500 teens from U.S., Canada attend Steubenville youth gathering STEUBENVILLE,Ohio(CNS)TIley filled the parking lots with tour buses and the air with the sounds of popular Christian music. They stood in long lines for confession, took a chastity pledge, and heard stories of conversion from fellow teens. ''They'' were more than 2,500 teens from 24 states and Canada who poured onto the Franciscan University of Steubenville campus for the "Goin' Home to My Father's House" youth conference. At times the spiritofthis year's gathering, became serious as speakers touched on recent tragedies involving young people in America. "Look around at one another. 1 hope your love for one another increases over this weekend, because you never know when the people aroun~ you will be taken away," said one of the conference hosts, Jim Beckman. A youth minister from St. Frances Cabrini Church in Littleton, Colo., Beckman ministered to hundreds of people following the shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton. "I urge you to open up just a little," he said. "If you do, Jesus Christ is going to open up the door Lo your heart so fast and so wide that you won't even know what hit you!"
Stephanie Halls, a high school se- about you and they don't know anynior who was also from St. Francis thing about love either." Cabrini Church, told how God has Father Stan Fortuna, a founding given her the strength to get through member ofthe Franciscan Friars of the the tough times following the Renewal, talked to more than 1,000 shootings of her classmates. "I am so teen-age boys on how to "BeDa' Man:' thankful to God. This has been a reWhen some told him how hard it ally hard year and with each hard thing is to resist temptation, Father Fortuna thrown at me, God was always there," asked, ''What do we do when we take she said. a hit from the devil? Most of us back , The teen-age girls and boys split down when it comes to the little into two groups for talks on issues such things. But we can't do this, because as premarital sex, pornography and it takes repetition to develop virtue." peer pressure Developing virtue is "all about Sister Sarah Burdick, a member of boundaries," the priest said. "Somethe Michigan-based order Servants of times you need to bring in boundGod's Love, led a session titled "You aries. Like when you're out with your Go, Girl." She discussed chastity and girlfriend. She might put the boundgave advice on how girls could find ary way over there and you might be their identity not from the media or a tempted to just say, 'All right, baby:" boyfriend, but from Christ. . , But you have to bring that bound- , Continuing on that theme, Karen ary way in and avoid temptation, he Reynolds, a youth minister from said. ''This can be really tough, gentleBellaire, Ohio, asked the girls, "How men. Surround yourself with people many of you read magazines like who have made the same commitment 'Cosmo,' :Seventeen,' 'Vogue'?" A to .chastity. Open the car doors if majority of the more than 1,000 girls boundaries you know shouldn't be raised their hand. crossed are being crossed." ''Are you looking for your identity Father Fortuna also talked about in these trashy magazines?" Reynolds the importance of resisting the tempcontinued. ''Who can wear the clothes tation to follow the false morality porthose models wear? Nobody. So why trayed in the media and in popular do you read them? Do you really think youth culture. you can trust what they say about sex, ''We need to be careful of how we love, or relationships~ They don't care think about our sisters in Christ," he
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lHEANCHOR-DioceseofFalIRiver":'-'Fri.,JulyI6,1999 said. ''We're really wired different than girls, but we make it harder on ourselves when we look inappropriately at a girl. That kind of behavior makes it even harder for us to be chaste and to have pure thoughts. The women here this weekend - they're God's children, so hands off, boys!" For one evening, the focus was on the Eucharist and helping the teens return to Christ when they stumble and fall. Father Fortuna talked about how God embraced Adam and Eve when they first sinned. 'The embrace of the Father is not just a little hug, it's a big, huge bear hug," he said. ''A lot of people don't
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like to get close, but the Father wants you to be close to him, he wants to embrace you. Another thing you can learn from their mistake: When the snake talks to you, don't talk back." One teen who attended, Cara Murphy from Holy Spirit Church in Hamburg, Mich., said that the youth conference inspired her to spread the Gospel to her friends at home who don't have a strong faith. "I'm definitely walking away from this conference praying that God wilL remain an active part of my life," she said. "I'm going to start doing something I've never really done before - evangelize my friends."
TEENS CHEER after hearing a message of charity and forgiveness during a youth gathering at the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio recently. (eNS photo by Steve Zehler)
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I Want It That Way Yeah You are, my fire, The one, desire Believe, when I say I want, it that way But we are worlds apart Can't reach to your heart When you say I want it that way Refrain: Tell me why (Ain't nothln' but a heartache) Tell me why (Ain't nothin' but a mistake) (Tell me why) I never want to hear you say
I want it that way Am I, your fire Your one, desire? Yes I know, it's too late But I want it that way (Repeat refrain) Now I can see that We've fallen apart From the way that It used to be, yeah No matter the distance I want you to know that Deep down inside of me You are, my fire The one, desire (You are, you are,)
IF YOU thought Backstreet Boys were hot before, their new disc "Millennium" may move them up to the scorching level. "I Want It That Way," a single on this CD, is sure to be one of their big hits. The song addresses this question: What happens when you and someone you are dating begin to see your relationship differently? For the guy in the song, his girl is still "my fire, the one desire." Apparently she no longer feels that way. The guy still wants their relationship to be what it once was, but he sings, "Yes, I know it's too late." He admits: "Now I can see that we've fallen apart from the way that it used to be." Still, he pleads that "I never wanna hear you say I want it that way." For him, their new distance is nothing but a "heartache" and a "mistake." Change happens in the best of relationships. As the song suggests, a change in emotional distance can be painful, especially when the decision is not mutual. Facing unexpected "heartache" raises a variety of feelings. It is important to accept whatever emotions surface, not judging them or pretending that everything is fine. Hurt cannot be healed when it is repressed or hidden. I would encourage the guy in the song to talk with his
(You are, you are) Don't want to hear You say, hey Ain't nothln' but a heartache (Hey, hey, yeah) Ain't nothin' but a mistake (Don't want to hear you say) I never wanna hear you say (Oh yeah) , I want It that way (Repeat ,refrain twice.) I want it that way 'Cause I want it that way Written by Max Martin/Andreas carissan; Sung by Backstreet Boys; (c) 1999 by Zomba Recording Corp.
best friends rather than his former girlfriend. Discussing the situation with her is likely just to increase his "heartache." His friends can help him express what he is feeling and begin to move beyond his grieving. This is a process, not just a one-time voicing ofemotion. If you are a friend of someone going through what this song describes, don't put your friend on a schedule to get over it. Instead, be there with real listening and caring. As for the guy's attitude toward his girlfriend, when he sings, "I never wanna hear you say I want it that way" it shows that he needs to rediscover his love for her. Genuine love does not try to control another's decisions. Rather, love tries to support another as he or she develops. If you find yourself feeling the way the guy in this song feels, reach out to God. Our Creator is the source of all love, and to keep loving as this individual moves away from you will require a strong connection to God. Ask God to lead you toward healing. You will eventually need to accept that dating this person is over. However, if your love has been real, you can continue to respect the other person. Doing so will lead to long-term happiness as you understand, even in the pain of disappointment, more of how God asks us to live.
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Iteering pOintl ATTLEBORO - - Each Friday now through September, the La Salette Shrine invites people to come and pray the Wa)' of the Cross at 11:15 a.m. in the Garden of the Apparition: A Mass at 12: 10 p.m. will follow. A healing service in Portuguese will be held at the Shrine Sunday beginning at 2 p.m. It will be led by Father Manuel Pereira and include the opportunity for people to be prayed over and anointed individually. Bible study classes are being held at the Shrine on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. Each session includes fact sheets, teaching and opportunities for questions and discussion. All welcome. For more information call 222-5410.
HYANNIS - A support group for parents, families and friends of gays and lesbians will meet on Aug. 9 from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Catholic Social Services Building, 261 South St. They offer support in a safe and confidential setting where members can share experiences, interests and concerns. For more information call 771-6771. Newcomers welcome. MANSFIELD - If you or a loved one needs extra prayers or would like to join the Prayer Chain of St. Mary's Parish, call Rita Roah at 339-4483 or Marilyn Healy at 339-2668. MANSFIELD - The Pro-Life Committee of St. Mary's Parish is sponsoring a Celebration of Life Mass on August lat noon at the church. For more information call 339-2981.
CENTERVILLE - The network report, "Poverty Am id Plenty," on the effects of the MASHPEE-A Young Aduh 1996 Welfare Reforms legisla- . tion, will be the subject of the Prayer Group will meet July 21 at next Pax Christi Cape Cod meet- 7 p.m. in Christ the King Parish. ing. It will be held on July 19 Married or single persons in their from 7:30-9:15 p.m. at.Our Lady 20s and 30s are welcome to join of Victory Parish. All those in prayer. For more information searching for peace are wel- call Heather Kirby at 548-2364. come. For more information call NEW ·BEDFORD - The 771-6737. Prayer Group of Our Lady of PerFALL RIVER - :rhere is no' petual Help Church will meet on Sunday Exposition of the Blessed July 27 at 1 p.m. for a holy hour. Sacrament at St. Anthony's of the It wilL include reeitation of the Desert Church in July but Expo- Divine Mercy Chaplet, rosary and sition will continue every Mon- reflection, a Marian talk and day, Tuesday and Wednesday af- Benediction of the Blessed Sacter the 8 a.m. Mass until mid- rament. All welcome. For more information call 992-9378. night. All welcome.
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NEW BEDFORD - A solemn Mass will be celebrated tonight at 6:30 p.m. in Our Lady of Mount Carmel's Chapel, 600 Pleasant St. Father William Healy will be celebrant and homilist. All welcome. Refreshments will be served following Mass. NORTH DARTMOUTH Patrick McCarthy will be g~est speaker at the next Separated-Divorced Support Group meeting on July 26 from 7-9 p.m. at the Diocesan Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Road. All welcome. Meetings are held on the second and last Mondays of each month. NORTH' DARTMOUTH Two workshops on stress, "Life' Chang,e Stress," and "Spiritual Stress," will be held on July 21 and 28 from 7-9 p.m. at the Family Life Center. All welcome. For more information call the Diocesan Office of Family Ministry at 999-6420. ORLEANS - A SeparatedDivorced Catholics Support Group will meet Sunday at 6:30 p.m. for Mass in St. Joan of Arc ChiJrch, 68 .Canal Road. A pot luck supper will follow. Special emphasis will be given to healing the hurts of divorce and broken relationships. For more information call Father Richard M. Roy at 255-0170.
POPE JOHN Paul II waves to well-wishers outside his vacatior.l chalet in the Italian Alps. The pope, taking a twoweek private vacation in Les Combes, Italy, gave a short Sunday talk. (CNS photo from Reuters)
C·onnecticut church where priest was lTIurdered is reconsecrated By JOHN BOHUSLAW CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE
FORESTVILLE, Conn. - The church in which a priest was brutally murdered is again a sac~ed space. One week after Father Robert 1. Lysz was bludgeoned to death in St. Matthew Church,parishioners gathered around Hartford Auxiliary Bishop Peter A. Rosazza as he led the reconsecration service July 1. More than 1,000 parishioners crowded the church, spilling into the vestibule and out onto the lawn surrounding the church. Windows in the church were opened so those on the lawn could see into the sanctuary as Bishop Rosazza blessed the building, reclaiming it for Christ. The altar, the walls, the Stations of the Cross every inch of the church - was blessed and reconsecrated in the wake of the desecration. Father Lysz, 50, was bludgeoned to death June 24. His body was discovered under a pile of vestments
in a side aisle of the church the next he admitted to the murder. He was day by parishioners waiting for him being held on bond of more than $1 million. Ouellette's father, Rito celebrate the 7:30 a.m. Mass. Michael Ouellette, 32, of no per- chard Ouellette, told The Bristol manent address but with ties to Press that his son suffers from menBristol, Conn., was arrested and tal illness. Parish administrator Father charged with murder and third-degree burglary after he was found Arthur J. Audet told The Catholic wearing the priest's clothes and . Transcript that the reconsecration sleeping in the rectory. Police said would provide some much-needed healing for the parish. "What a joy to come back," he said. 'God is here! This is holy ground. His people are here. We will celebrate the sacraments again." According to the Code of Canon Law, a church can lose its consecration or blessing and can also be considered violated 'if notorious criminal actions are committed in it, such as the killing of a priest. It stipulates that the liturgy may not be celebrated in such a church until it has been dedicated either by a solemn procession or by the rite of simple blessing, which was used for the rededication of St. Matthew. FATHER ROBERT
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Three dioceses' have new bishops COMPILED FROM CATHOUC NEW SERVICE REPORTS
WASHINGTON - Pope John Paul II has accepted the resignation of two bishops and appointed a bishop and an' auxiliary bishop. The Holy Father has accepted the resignations of Bishop Elliott G. Thomas, 72, of St. Thomas, Vrrgin Islands and Bishop David B. Thompson, 76, of Charlestown, S.c. Succeeding Bishop Thomas is Bishop George V. Murray, 50, former auxiliary bishop of Chicago, who in May 1998 was named coadjutor
bishop of St. Thomas, with automatic right of succession. Bishop Thomas was the first Vrrgin Islander.to be ordained a priest of the St. Thomas Diocese. He became bishop there in 1993. Succeeding Bishop Thompson is Bishop-designate Robert J. Baker. Father Baker, 55, has been pastor of Christ the King Church in Jacksonville, Fla., since last- year. He also has been a seminary spiritual director and theology professor. Appointed as auxiliary bishop of Detroit was Msgr. Leonard P. Blair,
.pastor of St.Paul Church in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. Bishop-designate Blair, who turns 50 this year; was ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1976. He was an official of the Vatican Secretariat ofState from 1986 to 1991, and professor at Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit and archdiocesan director of ecumenical and interreligious affairs from 1991 to 1994. The changes were announced in Washington by Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, apostolic nuncio to the United States.