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Need is still great in Guaimaca Approximately 25,000 children suffer from chronic taminated water and other basic sanitary tips, there malnutrition and 36 of every 1000 children die from wouldn't be as much sickness so easily spread," said . Sister Ceballos. . diarrhea each year.

SEEKONK - A nine-day trip to Guaimaca, HonOne-fifth of the population cannot read or write.

While Sister Ceballos has been in Guaimaca since duras is not on any travel agency's list of vacation pack- Only 21 percent of Honduran children finish primary August of last year, Potenza and her travel mates expeages. But for nine individuals in the Seekonk and school and a mere four percent have access to a high rienced the poverty there for the first time last month.

Dighton areas, just such a trip was a rewarding, emo- school education.

"This group, with much encouragement and support "A large part of the health problems the Honduran from Father George Harrison, pastor of Our Lady of tional and educational experience. The travelers, from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and St. Mary's parishes in people experience is. because of a lack of education," Mt. Carmel, had been preparing for this trip for nearly Seekonk and St. Peter's in Dighton, recently completed said Potenza. "If the people knew not to drink con- nine months," said Potenza. "And after having been there, we all wish we could go back their sojourn to visit the "mission and do more for these people. team" of Fathers Paul Canuel and "There is just so much poverty Joseph Blyskosz and Sister Marie and sickness, and there's so much CebaJlos, O.P., in the FaJl River diowe in the Fall River diocese can do cese-sponsored mission there. for them. Father Paul told us, before Pamela Potenza, an Our Lady of we arrived, that there were no 'big' Mt. Carmel parishioner, visited with projects for us to do, because he The Anchor this week, along with didn't want us to take work away Sister Ceballos to report on the good from the locals. But even without works this diocese is supporting in projects to do, we had no difficulty the extremely impoverished locale. finding people who needed our "Many of the things we take for help," said Potenza. granted, such as getting in our cars She related a story of an elderly and driving to church every Sunday, woman who lived in a small shack or taking the proper medicine when with one mattress-less fold-up bed we are sick, are impossibilities in for two people and a roof in dire Honduras," Sister Ceballos said. need of repair. "We assessed the Even with the mission team having situation, and bought the necessary been there for nearly two years, the materials and paid for the local lapeople "still need so much spiritubor to repair her modest home," ally and physically," she added.

Potenza said. "We even bought an The Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, extra bed and a couple of mattresses one of seven dioceses in Honduras, for them. They were elated." recently released some very soberFathers Canuel and Blyskosz coning statistics about the Honduran stantly travel across the Guaimacan people. In a population of nearly countryside and mountainous reseven million, 66 percent live in A TEAM of volunteers from the Fall River diocese recently traveled to the diocesan poverty, many in extreme misery, mission in Guaimaca, Honduras. Among the people they helped was an elderly woman gions bringing the sacraments to the many Catholics who especially the indigenous people, living in a shack with a leaky roof and a mattress-less cot.

(Photo courtesy of Pam Potenza) Turn to page nine - Guaimaca women, children and the elderly.

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DAVE JOLIVET EDITOR

ON SUNDAY, July 7, Corpus Christi Parish, East Sandwich, welcomed Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., as parishioners celebrated the blessing and laying of the foundation stone (above) and time capsule of the fourth church building in parish history. At right, Father Marcel H. Bouchard, pastor, and newly ordained Deacon David Boucher assist the bishop at the ceremonies. (Photos by David Doolittle)

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Black Sisters Conference, the Field Father Matthew F. SuInivan Advisory Board of the Department FAIRHAVEN Sacred Mary's in Fairhaven and St. ,ofSocial Work at Salve Regina University in Newport; R.I., the Justice Hearts Father Matthew F. Sullivan, Francis Xavier in Acushnet. He Committee of Mercy Consolidated , 78, well known as chaplain at the also served as superior of the SaAssets Management Program, and ,Bristol County House of Correc- cred Heart House of Formation in the Steering Committee for Chap- tion in Dartmouth and as spiritual Washington; as superior of the ter 2005 of the Institute of the Sis- director of the Legion of Mary in Damien Residence; and 'as modthe Fall River diocese, died Tues- erator for the Separated and Diters of Mercy of the Americas. at the Damien Residence here vorced Catholics group at the day , Sister Judy entered the Sisters of after battling cancer for several Family Life Center in Dartmouth.

Mercy on Sept. 8, 1985 and pro- months.

From 1988 through 2000 he fessed her final vows on March 6, Born in Jersey City, N.J., a son served as chaplain at the House of 1999. of the late Thomas v., and the late Correction in Dartmouth.

She was active in Ollr Lady of Mary (Lang) Sullivan, he was eduDuring the same period he had the Assumption Parish, New cated in schools there. He served served the many praesidia of the Bedford, and in the Emmaus Retreat in the U.S. Navy during World Legion of Mary as chaplain, an Program.

War II in Europe and the Pacific, assignment he treasured.

Besides her mother she leaves a and later entered the seminary of brother, James Soares Jr., and a sis- the Congregation of the Sacred ter, Jody Soares, both of Flushing, Hearts of Jesus and Mary in KenL.L, N.Y.; and nieces, nephews, tucky. He continued his studies at The Catholic University in Washaunts, uncles and cousins.

Her funeral Mass was celebrated ington, D.C. and Queen of Peace July 6 in Our Lady of the Assump- Mission in Jaffrey, N.H. He was ordained a priest in the tion Church, New Bedford. Interment was in St. Mary Cemetery, Sacred Heart Province of the U.S. on Sept. 24, 1955 in Jaffrey.

New Bedford.

From 1956 to 1963 he promoted the enthronement of the Sacred Heart in many private ~ ~ Sunset Specials Every Day homes in this region. He served in -2..(~/~, From 3 p.m. uptil6 p..m. several parishes in the diocese, inFATHER MATIHEW F. SULLIVAN cluding St. Joseph's and St. ~~ Take $3 of any entree over $10.99

PAWTUCKET, R.I. - Mercy Sister Judy Soares, 47, of Oakland Avenue, a community outreach worker, died suddenly on July 3, at Miriam Hospital, Providence. .

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., adaughter of Julia (Gomes) Soares of New Bedford, Mass., and the late Janles .

A. Soares, she was raised in Queens, N.Y., and also had lived in southeastern Massachusetts before moving to Rhode Island where she had lived for many years.

She was a graduate of the former Southeastern Massachusetts University, now the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth.

Sister Judy had been a community outreach worker atAmos House in Providence since 1989. She was also an adjunct instructor at Providence College.

An active advocate for the needs of poor people, especially the homeless, she was a past president of the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless. She was a member of the

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SSCC ' He was the recipient of many service awards. In '1989 he was given the Family Ministry Award of the Diocesan Office of Family Ministry. In recent years Father Sullivan was also named "Man of the Year~' by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick for his outstanding achievements among the people of the Greater New Bedford Area.

At a testimonial in November 2000 citing his prison chaplain's work, it was announced that the chapel at the Dartmouth Jail would be named after hi.m and be known as "The Father Matthew J. Sullivan Chapel."

Father Sullivan leaves two sisters, Sister Margaret Mary Sullivan of the Order of St. Francis, of Fairhaven, and Helen Chaffiotte of New Jersey; a brother, Bernard Sullivan of New Jersey; and many nieces and nephews. He was also the brother of the late Franciscan Father Dennis Sullivan, Thomas Sullivan and Theresa Hazlett.

His funeral Mass was celebrated today in St. Mary's Church in Fairhayen. Burial was in the community cemetery at Damien Residence.

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Born in North Attleboro, a son of the late Joseph 0., and Clara (Gamache) Chabot, he entered the Franciscans on June 29, 1938. He had served, as a pastor; as prison

chaplain; as president ofSt. Francis College, Biddeford, Maine; and as provincial superior.

He leaves four sisters, Holy Union SisterAmande Marie of Fall River, Mrs. Agenard (Claire) Deschenes, Mrs. Norman (Therese) L'Homme and Mrs. Normand (Yvette) Hamel, all of North

Attleboro. He was the brother of the late Msgr. Gerard J. Chabot and the late Father Bertrand R. Chabot. He was the uncle of Father Philip N. Hamel, parochial vicar at St. Michael's Palish, Swansea.

His funeral Mass was celebrated Thursday in Montreal. .Burial was in Chateauguay.

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Immaculate Conception Parish in Taunton, died Sunday in Saint Anne's Hospital.

Born in Providence, R.I., a son of the late Romeo and the late Diane (Belanger) Degagne, he was a machinist before retirement and was a World War II, U.S. Navy veteran. He was a collector, bingo volunteer and led Boy Scout Pack 50 at St. Anne's Parish. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Touisset Country Club in Swansea.

Besides his wife and'priest son, he leaves two other sons, Normand H., and Maurice Degagne of Fall River; two daughters, Murielle W.

Carvalho of New Bedford and Annette Degagne of Westport; a brother, Roland P. Degagne of Fall River; eight grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. He was the brother of the late Dominican Sister Paulette Degagne.

His funeral Mass was celebrated Wednesday in St. Anne's Church.

Burial was in Notre Dame Cemetery.

This Sunday, the TV Mass usually seen at 8 a.m. on WLNE-TV Channel 6 will air one-half-hour earlier, at 7:30 a.m., necessitated by live coverage of the British Open golf tournament. The Mass will resume its regular time slot on July 28.

In Your Prayers Please pray for the following priests during the coming'week July 23 1893, Rev. Patrick F. Doyle, Founder, SS. Peter & Paul, Fall River 1938, Rev. George B. McNamee, Pastor, Holy Name, Fall River , _ ' '. July. 25 1913, Rev. Michael l Cooke, Pastor, St. Patrick, Fall River 1984, Rev. Raymond R. Mahoney, SS.CC'., Retired, Our Lady of Assumption, New Bedford July 26 1974, Rev. Msgr. Alfred lE. Bonneau, Pastor Emeritus, Notre Dame de Lourdes, Fall River July 27 1981, Rev. Damien Yeary, SS.Cc., Former Paslor, St. Anthony, Mattapoisett

Natural Family Planning Week is July 21-27 FALL RIVER - With a theme: "Capture the RomanceNatural Family Planning - a call to celebrate and reverence God's vision of human sexuality," the Fall River diocese will join in the observance of National Natural Family Planning Week.

The observance next week is an initiative of the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops, which sponsored a June conference on NFP in Milwaukee.

Natural Family Planning is not a contraceptive. Rather, is a holistic approach to family planning involving husband and wife's understanding of their fertility, emotions and family goals. Its successful use to avoid pregnancy relies upon a couple's following what they know about the method and one another.

According to Jerry and Scottie Foley, program directors of the Office of Family Ministry, an in-

Saint Anne's announces new body imaging technology FALL RIVER - Beginning mission to offer the best in comthis fall, Saint Anne's Hospital passionate care." and its sister, Caritas C!uisti Health Care Hospitals, will provide leading-edge whole-body diagnostic technology for the early detection of conditions, especially certai n cancers.

The new Caritas PET Consortium will offer position emission tomography, a whole body, threedimensional imaging technique. It produces pictures of the functions of the human body that are unobtainable by other imaging techniques. It is useful in detecting recurrent breast cancer, as well as melanoma, lymphoma. ovarian cancer, brain cancer, pancreatic cancer, and tumors of the head and neck, as well as monitoring the effects of cancer treatment.

Michael W. Metzler, president' of Saint Anne's Hospital, says, "The PET scanner will offer an exciting addition to the hospital's current complement of leadingedge technology and further our

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As part of the program the couple al'so receives information on how to sign up for the full program of instruction with certified NFP instructors, who are avail-

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For a complete listing of instructors and classes in your area, call Jerry Foley at the Office of Family Ministry, 508999-6420.

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'Economic integrity There is uneasiness in the nation. Despite all the rhetoric in the wake of 9/11 the war on terrorism is caught up in its own vagueness. There really does not seem to be a coherent and cohesive plan to face the fear and uncertainties that have engulfed the national mood. Washington has failed to grasp the concept that the American people need clear and direct leadership removed from political bickering. All we get is senate hearings and congressional whining. It causes one to really wonder who is in charge.

Add to this fallout the current concern about the AmericaR economy and the effect it is having on the general public. Th~ tales of fraud and deceit that have permeated once prestigious businesses have sent the market into the verge of a nervous breakdown. Each day the outlook for the economy is not very positive. Despite the positive reports of economic growth the dollar is becoming weaker.

Losses on Wall Street have pensioners and retirees very jittery.

People are losing a lot of. money. Those who choose to place their hard-earned savings into term certificates will soon become candidates for Meals On Wheels.

Those who are working for a living also have some reservations. As companies streamline their operations, more and more workers are cut from the payroll. Those in middle management and age are suffering the most as they face drastic cuts in their income. Few realize that more than 150,000 jobs have been lost in the first half of this year. So it is any wonder that public optimism in this regard has ebbed.

President George W. Bush's recent speech about the economy was at best feeble. His own wheeling and dealing in the field of energy yet remains in the shadows. The inability of corporate' America to tell the truth and put its house in order will only serve to continue the growing insecurity that permeates the economy of this country. The fact that the federal deficit for this year reached a ne~ high of $165 billion does not register well for the future.

All-in-all there are signs that could well upend the present administration. Elections are only a few months away. The daily tale. of economic woe will indeed have a voter reaction. People vote with their pocketbook in mind. Perhaps-we have had too much too soon. The plenty of the 1990s has simply given way to the wants of the new century. Maybe the bubble is beginning to burst.

If that is the case then we must have some strategies in place that will not plunge the country into a complete bust. The question is: who can put such plans into action? Today, those on Capitol Hill have done little more than bicker among th~mselves. Too often Congress' uses such situations to grandstand for its own causes.

What we need now are elected representatives who will do their very best to restore confidence in the nation's economy. Flag waving and patriotic hoopla should not be used as a cover-up for the serious diffi~ulties that are inherent in our current economy. Seriously, patiently and determinedly we must put our corporate life' in order. It must not be done behind closed doors imd partisan conference rooms. The vastness of economic errors and fraud is real.: They must be corrected not for the political gain of a particular political party but for the very integrity of American business.

1 America has a lot on its plate. The war on terrorism, unrest at , home and economic uncertainty are but symptoms of our future challenges. May we all hope that we can again restore that integrity of person that was always the American ideal.

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The anatomy of arrogance By

FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

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In a talk given at the U.S. bishops' June meeting in Dallas, Texas, University of Notre Dame professor Scott Appleby, speaking about the handling of the Church's sexual abuse scandal, said that it is "wrong to generalize" about the bishops. He said to the bishops, "Many of you are not only blameless in the current scandal - you have acted honorably in the incredibly difficult balancing act you are called upon to perform."

But Appleby said that some bishops had "behaved atrociously, angering fellow bishops and priests, whose reputations have been tarnished by those whose actions have been marked by arrogance, lack of repentance and repeated failure to be collegial and consultative, except in an upward direction." .

To speak of- arrogance in an assembly ofleaders requires'courage, for "arrogance" is a volatile word. Yet taking an account of arrogance is valuable for leaders in every field. Leaders in business, in education, in government or in the Church can benefit from

reflecting on the fact that real importance is not found in titles, influence or power. It is found in being truthful to self, those we serve and the world they live in.

The word "arrogance" conveys a sense of being puffed up with pride and filled with selfimportance. A moral dimension is enjoined if self-important people become untruthful because they become willing to do anything to maintain a high profile and protect their self-interests.

Arrogance comes easy. It is natural to want to be important and proud of our accomplishments. Most of us judge the success of our life by how much others esteem us. We spend an entire lifetime achieving higher positions and respected titles to prove our self-worth.

Now, many leaders - and, fmost bishops - will tell you they didn't seek their position, but will also confess that it has its perks.

People look up to them and listen to them more intently when they speak. In the eyes of the world, influence like this is power.

The old saying that power corrupts makes no exceptions when it comes to one's position in life.

It is easy to get used to being a law unto oneself, to forget the little person, to forget your own roots and, worst of all, to manipulate truth so that it always favors you.

The sad thing about arrogant people is that they don't know they are arrogant, even if everyone else does.

What is even sadder is that arrogance divorces a person from real life. People tend to say only what the arrogant rr'fson wants to hear.

One of the biggest complaints people raise about people in high positions is that they are not in touch 9r are so busy with bigger affairs that they have little time for the mundane issues of life. There is a sense that people in high positions often get so busy with the affairs of their office that they forget the real world they live in and don't tend to the little things that can add up to big trouble.

The question leaders must ask themselves is, "What constitutes' real importance - what is important?" The answer is found in humility and truth. These not only complement each other, they are the essence of real importance.

Hey Jude I so wanted my first post-va- young adults find a place for cation column to be about one God in their lives. In fact, Sisof my childhood heroes who ter Judy was a candidate on one passed away July 4th week. But of the very first Emmaus weekTed Williams will have to wait ends here. Her Emmaus ties go a bit because during the same so far back, some have claimed week passed another of my he- Jesus was a candidate on that roes and a good friend to boot. same weekend!

So this column is dedicated to I first met her over a decade Sister of Mercy Judy Soares. (Obituary on page two.)

This wonderful woman was taken from us way too soon at the age of 47, yet the list of lives she touched is enormous. Why? - BeBy Dave Jolivet cause Judy Soares loved her God and loved all ....- - - - - - - - - her brothers and sisters in the family of God. She was a ago when we served as teamwoman, who, like a salmon mates for an Emmaus weekend. swimming upstream, resisted We were table partners, and as the popular norms of this earth, such, we went out to lunch one and fought for those who had day to get to know each other. too few fighting for them.

We met at one of her favorite And this task was by no eateries on the East Side of means easy. Judy Soares had Providence, and there spent a several strikes against her when delightful and laugh-filled afterit came to worldliness. She was noon together. As passionate as a woman, a woman religious, she was black and she was a large woman. One can only imagine the cruelties she endured because of who she was.

But who she was is what made her so loving.

Since 1989, Sister Judy was a community outreach worker at Amos House in Providence, R.I. Knowing firsthand the indignities some people absorb from this cruel world, she was always there providing meals for the hungry, shelter for the homeless, healthcare for the uninsured, guidance for the lost and counseling for the unemployed. Her clientele weren't the "beautiful" people of this world, but they were beautiful to her. Everyone was.

In the Fall River diocese, Sister Judy was very involved with the Emmaus program, helping SISTER JUDY SOARES, RSM

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Judy was for the less fortunate of this world, she was as comical.

Through the years, Judy and I served as Emmaus teammates three times. And there are scores of others who have had the privilege even more. It's fair to say that Judy was on more teams than current Red Sox Rickey Henderson!

Since our first meeting, I would always greet her with the lyrics from the old Beatles' classic, "Hey Jude." And she would always respond with the rest of the line, "Don't make it bad."

Anyone who has ever served on team with her, or was a candidate on a weekend with her knows how much she loved God. The enthusiasm for her faith was very, very catchy.

Whether it was during a Baptismal service, a witness talk, or just sitting around the dinner table, she exuded joy and faith. She could have you in te~rs one moment and giggling the next, and the next, and the next.

Judy Soares never minced words either. She knew what she wanted to say, and said it.

She was a very strong woman, I evidenced by her years of community service. But she wasn't one-dimensional. In addition to her strength, faith and sense of humor, she had a tender side.

I warmly recall attending an Emmaus Galilee meeting with my wife and our youngest daughter, who at the time was but a few months old.

During the Mass, my little one expressed her displeasure at the top of her not-so-tiny lungs. My wife and I decided to make our exodus from the building so not to disturb the others, but Sister Judy wouldn't hear of it.

She scooped up the bawling bundle and within but a few seconds, transformed her into an angelic, sleeping cherub. The look of "I told you so," on Sister Judy's face was priceless.

Ask anyone who knew Sister Judy about her, and you'll get as many great stories - but all with one common theme love for her God and her neighbor.

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Hey Jude, I am so sad to see you go. Hey Jude, it was an honor to call you friend. Hey Jude, I'm going to miss you as will so many others. Hey Jude, thanks. And say hi to Davey for me.

Dave Jolivet is aformer sports etjitor/writer and the current editor of The Anchor.

Comments are welcome at davejolivet@anchornews.org.

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Letters to the Editor Editor: Although presumably in good faith, the Charter of Bishops formulated in Dallas has room for improvement and can only be assessed over a period of time as set forth in the rules.

The "no tolerance" policy for complaints against the clergy, using the broad definition of sexual abuse, amounts to mandatory sentencing. It does not work in the courts and it will not work in the priesthood. In both, it represents an easy way out.

The Church's prayer for vocations to the priesthood contains the preamble: "Oh God, who wills not the death of a sinner but that he be converted and live... :' will now require an amendment "except for the wayward priest." Automatic expulsion from the priesthood or ministry gives no room for conversion.

The crisis is far from over.

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Justice William H. Carey Fairhaven Editor: The Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y. denied mobster John Gotti a Mass of Christian Burial. According to Catholic News Service, Church officials feared that a large gathering of curious onlookers and media would detract from the .decorum of the liturgy. By that logic, any Catholic celebrity should be denied a funeral Mass.

More compelling to me is the Associated Press report of June 15, which cites Bishop Thomas Daily's ruling that Gotti is "not entitled" to a funeral Mass. Why not? Because the diocese wanted to avoid "sending the wrong message to the faithful by allowing a funeral Mass to someone who lived outside Church teachings." . .

The AP story added (though not correctly) that '~he denial is

not a judgment on the deceased's lifestyle, since the Church believes only God can make that determination."

Actually, the Church can make judgments as to the morality or immorality of a "lifestyle" (and hence the suitability or unsuitability of allowing a Mass of Christian Burial); but only God can know w.ith certainty the state of one's soul.

Imprecision of this sort in secular media coverage is to be expected. What I cannot understand is why CNS neglected the scandal factor altogether, thereby missing an important teaching moment. I can only suspect that to do otherwise would beg politically sensitive questions concerning other "Catholic" notables who notoriously live outside the precepts of the faith.

Father Thomas Kocik St. Francis Xavier Parish, . Hyannis

An exciting trip following St. Paul through Greece (Athens, Corinth, Delphi, Thessalonia & Kavala) and Turkey (Pergamum, Ephesus, Istanbul & more).

PHOENIx/SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA: FEBRUARY 19-28, 2003 Exciting trips are planned to the Grand Canyon, Sedona, Montezuma's Castle, Meteor Crater, the Petrified Forest, and the Painted Desert. Also, visit St. Thomas the Apostle & Canaan in the Desert (the garden of Jesus' Suffering & Resurrection) in Phoenix, St. Timothy's in Mesa & St. Maria Goretti's in Scottsdale.

MEXICO CITY/GUADALUPE: APRIL 3-8, 2003 Planned visits to Shrine of Guadalupe & Pyramids; City of Puebla, the Cathedral & St. Sebastian's incorrupt body; Our Lady of OctoIan Shrine in Tlaxcala; the National Palace, Aztec Temple, Chapultepec Park & the Floating Gardens; San Miguel de Milagro, St. Michael Archangel Chapel & Juan Diego's home in Cuatitlan; tour of Mexico City & Cathedral.

Each trip includes comfortable rooms 'with private bath; most include breakfast & dinner. Mass, usually, each day. Fr. Joseph McDermott will serve as your Spiritual Director. There is time for relaxation, socializing, etc. For brochures with itinerary, prices, and conditions contact Margaret Oliverio.

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FALL RIVER - Catholic Social Services seeks volunteers to teach ESL, English as a second language, and civics in the Attleboro, Cape Cod, Fall River, New Bedford and Taunton areas. Prior teaching experience is not necessary and training will be provided. For more infOimation call Areli Hodkinson at 508-226-4780 or 508-674-4681.

MASHPEE - The Third Order of Carmelites will meet Sunday at Christ the King Parish. Join them at 5:30 p.m. in St. Jude's Chapel for prayer, rosary and study. For more information call Dottie Cawley at 508-477-2798.

MISCELLANEOUS Project Rachel is a healing and counseling ministry for young women and men who are troubled by an abortion experience. It offers recovery services through a confidential referral line to trained professional counselors. For more infOrmation call 508-997-3300.

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NORTH DARTMOUTH-A Separated-DivorCed Support Group will meet July 29 from 7-9 p.m. at the Diocesan Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Road. Guest speaker Patrick McCarthy will address the topic "Parenting in Divorce."

PROVINCETOWN - On behalfof Cross International Catholic Outreach, Msgr. Michael Aanagan will speak at all Masses this weekend at St. Peter the Apostle Parish and conduct a threeday parish mission beginning Sunday at 7 p.m.

SEEKONK - A holy hour for vocations is held every first Friday ofthe month at Saint Mary's Church from 4-5 p.m. For more information call 508-399-8440.

WAREHAM - Southeastern Massachusetts residents who have multiple sclerosis and who drive scooters or wheelchairs are invited NEW BEDFORD - Devotion. to schedule an appointment for a to Our Lady of Perpetual Help is free clinic on Saturday, August 3, held every Tuesday and Devotion 10 a.m. to I p.m., at Atlantic Medito Divine Mercy every Thursday at cal in Wareham. Organized by the the noon Mass at Our Lady of Per- National MS Society, Central New petual Help Church. For more in- England Chapter, the clinic features formation call 508-992-9378. technicians who give check-ups and do minor repairs onsite withNEW BEDFORD - Volun- out charge. To schedule an appoint- ' teers are needed to work at the ment by July 25, visit Donovan House, a transitional home . www.msnewengland.org/catalog/ for women and children. Training independence.html#wheel or call and ongoing support will be pro- 1-800-493-9255 and ask for Martha vided. For more information call Maynard.

AIDS ministry cosponsors day of reflection on Cape PROVINCETOWN - A Day of Reflection for persons living with HIV/AIDS and for those affected by the virus including families, friends and 'caregivers, will be offered August 8 at St. Mary of the Harbor Episcopal Church in Provincetown.

Cosponsored by the Fall River Diocesan AIDS Ministry Office, the Provincetown Life Ministry and Sl. Mary of the Harbor Church, the program, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., is planned as an

Q. In your recent column doesn't talk about it much today. Church. about Catholics returning to the Why not? (Dlinois) , The movement toward clerical practice of their faith, I'm surA. It seems to me there's much celibacy culminated for the univerprisedyou did not mention the ex- discussion about celibacy these sal church in the 12th century atthe ceDent program Landings, which days. That we don't hear more is First and Second Lateran Councils, is designed to help parishes assist probably due to the fact that we still when clergy marriages were deCatholics who have been "out of do not know a great deal abollt the c1ared not only illicit (unlawful) but the Church;' or not practicing. connections, if any, between cIeri- invalid.

Our parish began to use it some cal celibacy and the'sexual dysfuncMuch later, at the Council of time ago, and it is the best we've tions in. the news these days.

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By Father change its legislation con(North Carolina) John J. Dietzen cerning celibacy.

A. I am grateful for the The Church did this, in information about this serfact, for deacons at Vatican vice, which I have now learned is a As time goes on, I believe, the Council II when it re-instituted a thoughtful, well-constructed instru- Church (and others) will examine married permanent diaconate. . Also, as most Catholics know, ment to welcome returning Catho- that question with increasing depth lics. Landings, a "Paulist Ministry and intensity. we have in the Latin Churc~ today of Reconciliation," is in use in over The combination of social, spiri- many married converts from other 85 dioceses and archdioceses, and tual, political and economic reasons Christian faiths who now serve as many dozens of parishes. that contributed to the establishment ordained parish priests in the United Printed information, and a short of a celibate clergy are mudl too States and Europe.

As I said, for a variety of reasons video showing how the prograin complex to discuss here.

Very briefly, it's true that mar- it's nearly inevitable that extensive runs, is available from Landings In.ternational, 5 Park Street, Boston, ried clergy were common in the analysis of the celibacy tradition Mass. 02108-4897. You can learn early Church. The first general law awaits us in the near future.

A free brochure in English or more on their Website: landings- in the Western Church obliging intemational.org. clergy to a celibate life appeared in . Spanish, answering questions Q. With aU the current stories the latter part of the fourth century, Catholics ask about baptism pracand commentaries about sexual especially in the time of Pope tiees and sponsors, is available by abuse, why don't we read that Damasus (366-384), and with local sendmgastamped,self-addressed clergy were married when the Church councils in Africa and Eu-envelope to Father John Dietzen, Church was formed, including the rope. .

Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651. first pope, St. Peter?

During the next 700 years, marQuestions may be sent to FaWho' put the celibacy rule in riage of ptiests, deacons and bish- ther Dietzen at the same address, force? Why? Even the Church ops was unlawful in the Western or e-mail: jjdietzen@aol.com.

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The' remarkable woman behind 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the publi- son. She survived the loss of children, as I did. Her talcation of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," the remarkable anti- ented son Henry, a Dartmouth student, drowned in the slavery novel by Hamet Beecher Stowe. I learned that Connecticut River. Her son Freddy, an alcoholic, went when I got a notice from Wisdom House, a retreat cen- on a sailing trip and disappeared, never to be heard from ter in Li~hfield, Conn., diagain. Her daughter rected by a dear friend of Georgiana, suspe~ted of mine, Sister Rosemarie being addicted to morphine diaconate and religious life. after using this in childbirth, Greco.

Wisdom House was i Father Craig A. 'Pregana, dioc holding a lecture on how died young. esan vocations director, will preside But the most tragic loss at the liturgy offering reflections on this woman, committed to social justice, was "a writer for her was the death from answering a call to a vocation. of her sixth son who changed the world." cholera Those interested in showing

By Antoinette Bosco Charley. Strangely enough, spiritual support for priestly and The brochure reminded us this tragedy was the impereligious vocations are encour- that Abraharn Lincoln, according to legend, called ....

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She had seen how chilbe served in the church hall folthis Great War!" dren were snatched from the arms of their slave mothlowing the holy hour.

It was fitting to have a lecture here, s'aid Sister Greco, ers, and now she knew their agony. After her beloved because Harriet Beecher Stowe was born in Litchfield, son Charley died, she wrote, "It was at his dying bed one of II children in a farnily headed by the renowned and at his grave that I learnt what a pOor slave mother preacher Rev. Lyman Beecher. The speaker was may feel when her child is torn away from her."

Katherine Kane, a dynamic woman who heads the The seed was now planted where she knew she Harriet Beecher Stowe Society in Hartford, Conn. wanted to write something that would open the hearts of people to see the evil of slavery. (stowelib@sto,vecenter.org). , interfaith event.

My interest in this amazing woman writer, who lived This same week I had read a terrific book, "Profile Theme of the day will be "Holy Silence." Dr. Krysten Win- from 1811 to 1896, had been very long-standing, ever of Faith, The Religious Beliefs of Eminent Americans," ter-Green, director of Diocesan since I read about her life several decades ago and found by C. Bernard Ruffin (LiguorilTriumph), that had a chapAIDS Ministry, will facilitate the inspiration. Actually,. I related to her because I felt I had ter on Stowe. He quotes her: "There is a tendency in the program along with the Rev. An- so much in common with her. This was not just be- weariness of sorrow to despise and undervalue this afdrew Barasda of St. Mary 'of the' cause she was a writer, as I am, bu,t also because she fliction as of no use to us and only a gratuitous torture. was a mother of seven, as I was. She had to be the bread- But afterwards, as the Bible tells us, it shall yield peaceHarbor Church.

Interested persons are asked winner, too, since her husband never made much money able fruits, and then may come a time, even in this life, to register in advance. To reg- to speak of. Calvin Stowe was noted as a brilliant bibli- when you shall bless your heavenly Father even for this ister or obtain additional infor- cal scholar, but he lacked the discipline to write any bitter sorrow."

I call this writer, mother of seven, who so trusted in mal, contact the AIDS Ministry work that would be publishable. Here again, I related to Stowe, for I was the sole support of my children.

God and did help to change the world, one of my greatOffice at 508-674-5600, ext.

But I related to this woman for an even deeper rea- est role models.

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Father Pregana to speak at Taunton Holy Hour for vocations EAST TAUNTON - The Parish Vocation Prayer Team at Holy Family Parish, East Taunton, is sponsoring a Holy Hour for Vocations July 28 at 6 p.m. at the church at 370 Middleboro Avenue.

The Vocation Team invites people' from throughout the diocese to come together and pray for vocations to the priesthood,

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Catholic Charities Appeal calls it a wrap at $3.5M FALL RIVER - Leaders of the 61 st annual Catholic Charities Appeal in the Fall River diocese say the final tally shows the results of the 2002 campaign "on balance" and "reasonably satisfactory."

Challenged by several potentially negative elements, the Appeal netted substantially more

than $3.5 million, sufficient to ensure the continued operation and development of the myriad of apostolates and ministries which provide service to needy residents of southeastern Massachusetts.

"In many respects this was among the most successful campaigns over the entire history of the Appeal," said Michael J.

The largest percent increases:

Attleboro Area 31.92% 15.61% 11.40% 10.26% 7.16%

Sacred Heart, North Attleboro St. Mary, North Attleboro Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Seekonk St. Joseph, Attleboro St. Mary, Norton

Cape Cod Area 12.89% 9.08% 6.86% 5.40% 5.15%

St. John the Evangelist, Pocasset St. Margaret, Buzzards Bay St. Joseph, Woods Hole Our Lady of Lourdes, Wellfleet Christ the King, Mashpee

Fall River Area 16.23% 10.61% 7.69% 7.40% 5.36%

Immaculate Conception, Fall River St. Michael, Fall River St. Joseph, Fall River Holy Trinity, Fall River , St. Anthony of Padua, Fall River

New Bedford Area 30.17% 13.85% 10.68% 5.94% 4.95%

Our Lady of the Assumption, New Bedford Our Lady of Perpetual Help, New Bedford St. Anthony of Padua, New Bedford' St. Lawrence, New Bedford Immaculate Conception, New Bedford

Taunton Area 28.16% 22.74% 18.60% 14.36% 4.85%

St. Anthony, Taunton Holy Rosary, Taunton St. Ann, Raynham St. Peter, Dighton Immaculate Conception, Taunton

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"Many of our larger parishes POSITION OPEN FOR responded with enormous reORGANIST/CHOIR DIRECTOR turns," reported Msgr. Thomas M. Harrington, director of the Apat a growing parish with a well-established Music Ministry. peal.

"However, in attending to the The position requires a person of Faith, who has a parishes with the most significant working knowledge of Liturgy and is an percentage increments, we are accomplished organist. recognizing a good number of This person would be capable of rehearsing with and smaller communities of faith in directing already established the sevt:ral geographic areas, par- '.

Adult and Youth Choirs and would minister ishes where great work was acat weekend liturgies as well as complished in this year's camother parish worship events. paign," the monsignor said.

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The event was one of many patriotic events recently held for seniors.

THE WOMEN'S GUILD of Holy Name Church, Fall River, recently hosted a luncheon for residents of area nursing homes. As a special treat, Valerie Amaral, Miss Massachusetts Outstanding Teen, visited with the seniors.

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operation., And we also need money to bring him, the donor and their mother to the United States for the procedure. It's a sad situation."

Despite the short; nine-day' stay, Potenza and her colleagues were touched by the faith and the despair of theduaimacan people. "I would love to see other parishes rally and send individuals down there fora short while," said Potenza. "We can do so much for these people. In fact, most of us in the group are' willing to visit any parish or group and give a slide presentation and let people know what they can do and how they can prepare to go down there."

Both Potenza and Sister Ceballos agree that the goal is not to do things for the Guaimacans, but rather to teach them to help themselves through education.

"The children can't go to school because most families with many children, can't afford the registration and uniform fees for the schools there," said Sister Ceballos. "Just $50 can educate a Guaimacan child for one year.

And less than $2 a month can feed a child for a month."

Sister Ceballos looks forward to returning to the mission she loves so dearly. Pamela Potenza wishes she could go, back, but knows there are things she can do here for the people down there.

"We must let the people here know how desperate things are in Guaimaca," she said. "Things we take for granted here, people don't even wish for there."

Sister Ceballos asks those who would like to help provide healthcare to the Honduran people to call her, Sister Carole Mello or Sister Joanna Fernandes at 508-669-5423.

Potenza and her colleagues are willing to visit diocesan parishes and organizations with information about assisting the missions. She asks interA GROUP of volunteers from the Diocese of Fall River ested parties to call her at 508visiting Guaimaca helped upgrade the sleeping quarters for 252-6872 or E-mail her at anthonypotenza@yerizon.net. a pair of elderly cousins.

live there. "The fathers do a wonderful job there," said Sister Ceballos. "The people still can't go to Mass each weekend because of the wide area the priests must serve, but they do have more opportunities than before."

While Fathers Canuel and Blyskosz tend to the many spiritual needs of the Honduran people, Sister Ceballos fights the staggering odds attempting to ease their physical suffering.

When Potenza and her companions arrived in Guaimaca, they brought along 19 suitcases filled with medicine to help re-stock

dwindling supplies. Sister Ceballos, who is in the Fall River area until July 24, told The Anchor that medical samples available here are extremely helpful at the mission. '.'We are in such drastic need for asthma medicines, antibiotics, hypertension medicines and vitamins," she said.

Sister Ceballos also spoke of a 17-year-old boy" in one of the villages there who has leukemia.

"He 'needs a bone-marrow transplan't, and one of his siblings is a match," she said. "But we're looking for a hospital or a study who can pick up the costs of the

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CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS AREA (con't) North Falmouth St. Elizabeth Seton $ 63,51"6.00 Orleans St. Joan of Arc 58,742.00 Osterville Our Lady of the Assumption 64,125.00 Pocasset S1. John the Evangelist 69,292.00 Provincetown St. Peter the Apostle 7,262.00 South Yarmouth St. Pius X 164,600.00 Wellfleet Our Lady of Lourdes 28,495.00 West Harwich Holy Trinity 85,718.43 Woods Hole St. Joseph 23,161.00

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NEW BEDFORD AREA (con't) St. Kilian St. Lawrence St. Mary Acushnet St. Francis Xavier East Freetown S1. John Neumann Fairhaven S1. Joseph S1. Mary Marion S1. Rita Mattapoisett St. Anthony North Dartmouth St. Julie Billiart South Dartmouth St. Mary Wareham St. Patrick Westport St. George

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FALL RIVER AREA Fall River St. Mary Cathedral Blessed Sacrament Espirito Santo Holy Name Holy Rosary Holy Trinity Immaculate Conception Notre Dame Our Lady of the Angels Our Lady of Health .

Sacred Heart St. Anne St. Anthony of Padua St. Joseph St. Michael St. Patrick SS. Peter & Paul St. Stanislaus Santo Christo Assonet St. Bernard Somerset St. John of God St. Patrick St. Thomas More Swansea St. Dominic St. Louis de France St. Michael Westport Our Lady of Grace St. John the Baptist

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43,237.00 16.981.00 19,791.00 41,096.00 22.620.00 33,179.00

NEW BEDFORD AREA New Bedford Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus $ Immaculate Conception Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Our Lady of the Assumption Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of Mount Carmel Our Lady of Perpetual Help St. Anne St. Arithony of Padua St: Francis of Assisi St. Hedwig St. James St. John the Baptist St. Joseph-St. Therese

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Our Lady's Monthly Message From Medjugorje .June 25, 2002 Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina

"Dear Children! Today I pray for you and with you that the Holy Spirit may help you and increase your faith, so that you may accept even more the messages that I am giving you in this holy place. Little children, comprehend that this is a time of grace for each of you; and with me,little children, you are secure.

I desire to lead you all the way to holiness. Live my messages and put into life every word that I am giving you. May they be precious to you because they come from heaven.

"Thank you for having responded to my calL" .

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After Dallas The bishops have passed their commissions, boards, etc., etc. Most "Charter," the implementing norms Catholics have little interest in the for dealing with clergy sexual abuse Protestantizing agenda being forare en route to Rome for review, the warded by groups like Voice of the media pack has moved on to other Faithful. What Catholic anger at stories,at least temporarily. So the bishops tells us is that Catholics want question is - after Dallas, now their bishops to be bishops - to what? exert strong, forceful leaders hi p. The One of the cliches coming out of vast majority of Catholics in the the Dallas meeting had it that the United States (who don't get into currentcrisis was caused in large part Time magazine like "Voice of the by a lack of"collaboration" between bishops and laity ,... _ and a lack of lay "participation" in the governance of the Church. There is some truth in this. But only some.

The truth is that, in some instances, diocesan lay reBy George Weigel view boards have been helpful to local bishops in implementing personnel policies for dealing with clerical Faithful") intuitively understand that sexual offenders. Another truth is this crisis has not been created by that there are highly competent "auth9ritarianism," but by bishops Catholic lawyers and communica- failing to exercise the authority that tions specialists whose sage coun- is legitimately theirs by episcopal sel, requested and taken, would have ordination.

Catholic Lite, in other words, is spared many bishops much grief in recent years. The still further truth not the answer to the crisis of leadis that aspects of the clerical culture, ership in the Church in America toand the club atmospherics of the day. Yes, there is ample room in the bishops' conference, have mitigated Catholic Church for more effective against coming to grips with sexual collaboration betWeen bishops and lay men and women. But when "colabuse in the past.

All that bei ng said, the deeper and laboration" becomes code for striplarger truth is that this is far, far more ping the bishop's office of its disa crisis of leadership than a crisis of tinctive authority, then a Catholic "participation." One indispensable Lite agenda is at work. factor in resolving the crisis is more This immediately raises some assertive, effective leadership by questions about the national review bishops - "headship," to use the board, chaired by Governor Frank proper biblical and theological term. Keating ofOklahoma, whose estabThe anger that many Catholics lishment was announced at the end feel at their bishops today tells us of the Dallas meeting. Such a board the "sense of the faithful" on this. can do useful work in helping moniMost Catholics are not interested in tor the compliance ofi!1dividual diobuilding ever-thicker layers of ceses with the personnel norms ChUlch bureaucJ1lcy: committees, adopted by the bishops' conference,

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North American trip highlights youths, saints

By CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - As Pope John Paul II's health forces him to trim his schedule, two of the priorities of his papacy become even more obvious: young people and saints.

The combination of the two explains why the pope will make his longest foreign trip in three years July 23-August 2. visiting Toronto, Guatemala City and Mexico City.

Pope John Paul will participate in World Youth Day events in Toronto, then fly to Guatemala to canonize Blessed Pedro de San Jose Betancur, then on to Mexico to canonize Blessed Juan Diego and beatify two laymen.

The 82-year-old pope has difficulty walking, especially on stairs, and the tremors and garbled speech that are symptoms of a disease related to Parkinson's continue to worsen.

Dr. Renato Buzzonetti, the pope's personal doctor, has accompanied his patient on most of his 96- previous foreign _trips, and whi Ie he will not comment on the pope's health, he said it does

not take a papal physician to gauge the effect young people have on the pope.

"It is like when I see my children and grandchildren, only mUltiplied by tens of thousands," the doctor said. "You experience the joy and hope that comes from being with so many young people sharing the same ideals."

And, as Dr. Buzzonetti has made clear for years, being the pope's doctor does not mean dictating the pope's schedule.

"He wanted to make this pastoral visit and he will do it," the doctor said.

The pope's pared-down schedule for the July trip includes only a smattering of the meetings usually held with national and local government officials, bishops, ' priests and religious.

Pope John Paul will meet with the young participants in World Youth Day at three major events in Toronto July 25, 27 and 28, spending much of the rest of his time relaxing at the Basilian Fathers' Strawberry Island retreat.

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once they have been approved by Rome. But the bottom line in each diocese remains the local bishop and this is a matter of doctrine, not management theory.

Then there was Governor Keating's suggestion that the national review board would take up the question of whether individual bishops ought to be replaced for failures of leadership in dealing with clergy sexual abuse. That question certainly must be addressed, and quickly. But the people who must address it are the responsible authorities in the Vatican, in consultation with the bishops ofthe United States, not the members of alay review board. Such a board has no theological "standing" to make such judgments. To suggest that it does is to let the passi~n for "procedures" in our bureaucr~tically-obsessed culture trump Catholic doctrine.

The reform of the Catholic Church in the United States cannot be reduced to a question of "procedures." What transformed a scandal ofclergy sexual abuse into a national clisis of Catholic credibility was a failure of headship: bishops failing to teach the fullness ofCatholic truth, bishops failing to be fathers to their priests, bishops failing to enforce the discipline of the Church. Better personnel procedures can help address one severe manifestation of today's crisis of fidelity, namely, sexually abusive clergy. That, one hopes, is what Dallas helped accomplish.

But real reform will require deeper remedies, including a recovery of headship in-the Church.

George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington,

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Death penalty rulings open doors to more questions WASHINGTON (CNS) With two decisions late in the term, the Supreme Court changed the IUles for some states on who can be executed and who makes that decision.

What neither of those rulings made clear, however, is just how they'll affect the way things are done and how far the decisions may reach.

Among the more-questionsthan-answers issues raised: - will hundreds of people on death row suddenly have their sentences commuted to life imprisonment because they're mentally retarded?; - if it's unconstitutional to execute someone with the mental age of a child, what about people who were legally children when they committed crimes?; - will hundreds more convicted killers in a handful of states have the chance to be resentenced to prison time instead of execution?

How long will it be before those states have functioning capital punishment laws?

You won't tind the answers to those questions in the footnotes of

the Supreme Court opinions. But no doubt they'll keep the legal and advocacy communities going for years.

In Atkins vs. Virginia, the court IUled 6-3 that it's unconstitutional to execute people who are mentally retarded. In the majority opinion, Justice John Paul Stevens said the court was persuaded by current standards of decency which now consiqer it wrong to execute people with the mental age of children.

In 1989 the court had IUled that such executions were constitu-' tional. But 18 of the 38 states with capital punishment now ban such executions, with many of those laws passed in the last decade.

Twelve states do not allow capital punishment.

Mark Chopko, general counsel to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said the lUling opens the door to challenging the death penalty for crimes committed by juveniles, for' instance. The USCCB filed a brief in the Atkins case with a dozen other religious groups arguing that executing people who are retarded "is contrary to contemporary standards of decency."

OFFICERS WITH the Police Service of Northern Ireland square off with Protestant Orangemen at a security barrier at Drumcree near Portadown in Northern Ireland recently.

The Northern Ireland Parades Commission banned the order from marching through the mainly Catholic areas near Portadown. Catholics view the parade as an expression of Protestant triumphalism~ (CNS photo from Reuters)

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Saturday of five consecutive months shall: Noting that "the Cat\lOlic I. Go to confession; 2. Receive Holy Communion; 3. Recite the Church teaches that parents are the Rosary (5 decades); and 4. Keep me company for 15 minutes while primary educators of their chilmeditating on the 15 mysteries ofthe Rosary, with the intention of dren," Cardinal Francis E. George making reparation to me." of Chicago said the decision "is an In a spirit of reparation, the above conditions are each to be important step toward helping those preceded by the words: "In reparation for the offenses parents who choose to send their committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary." children to nongovernment schools Confessions may be made during 8 days before or after the and 'who often stlUggle to pay tufirst Saturday, and Holy Communion may be received at ition that is sometimes 10 percent either the morning or evening Mass on the first Saturday. of their income."

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"School vouchers are yet another way we can make our society and culture more 'family friendly' when parents are faced with so many demands on their time and the need to work longer hours outside the home," he said.

"The fact that voucher programs are constitutional should in no way diminish our commitment to public schools. Wisconsin is proof that public, religious and independent schools can coexist and serve all students well."

Robert Holland, senior fellow for the Lexington Institute, said the decision could "deliver what the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision promised but never delivered: equal educational opportunity."

"States now are free to reform school finance so as to advance choice and healthy competition in education," he said. "They could drop guaranteed subsidies of systems that have stubbornly resisted reform and instead let public money follow a child to the school his parents choose."

However, Bob Chase, president of the National Education Association, said that "vouchers are not reform."

"If policymakers want to act on issues that parents care most about - the kitchen table discussions about education opportunity for their children - they will address teacher quality, class size, making sure all schools have high expectations for every child, and providing the resources to help students succeed," he said.

Norman Redlich, chair of the American Jewish Congress Commission on Law and Social Action agreed, saying: "The way to improve public education is to cure decades of neglect, not to drain away additional funds in the name of encouraging competition."

He added that the decision is "likely to have an impact in every sphere where private ptiilanthropic programs incorporate religious

thinking, f~rexample, those involving charitable choice."

Michael Guerra, president of the National Catholic Educational Association, said: "Now that the constitutional debate is over, advocates and opponents ofschool choice will focus exclusively ~:m the public policy question: Is it wise or foolish for government to support the decisions parents of modest means would like to make about the schools in which their children are educated? We believe it not only wise, but also just."

His point was echoed by CardinalAnthony J. Bevilacqua of Philadelphia, who said the decision "affirms that school choice is a matter of justice."

"For students' suffering in underperforming schools, school choice is an imperative," he said.

"Vouchers ensure that parents, especially poor parents, have a choice when it conies to the education of their children."

Cardinal Adam J. Maida of Detroit said the decision does not violate the Establishment Clause.

"The state is not establishing religion," he said. "It is simply living up to its obligation to provide the means to an education to its citizenry. This decision supports the responsibility of government to assist parents in their ability to exercise this basic right."

Cl Doyle, executive director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, said the high court rightly came down on the side of poor students.

"Government exists to defend the weak from the strong, and to protect the poor from the rich," he said. "Today, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the disadvantaged children of the poor against one of the most powerful and well-funded special interests in the nation, the teacher's union.

"Civilized societies recognize the right of parents to choose an education for their children which reflects their own moral and religious values, and to do so without economic penalty," Doyle added.

Vatican warns 'ordained' women: Reject ordination or face excommunication VATICAN CITY (CNS) - ' many, Austria and the United The Vatican warned seven women States, as: Christine Mayrwho claimed they were ordained Lumetzberger, Adelinde Theresia priests that they would be excom- Roitinger, Gisela Forster, Iris municated unless they acknowl- Muller, Ida Raming, Pia Brunner edged the "nullity" of their ordi- and Angela White. Sources said nation and asked forgiveness for White was American. causing scandal.

The warning was signed by The warning, published July 10 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect at the Vatican, gave the women of the Congregation for the Docuntil July 22 to meet the conditions trine of the Faith, and Archbishop or "incur excommunication re- Tarcisio Bertone, congregation served to the Holy See." secretary. It was released in ItalThe Vatican statement con- ian, German, Spanish and English. demned the June 29 "ordination" The doctrinal congregation said . ceremony on a Danube River plea- it was making the warning to "give sure boat as an invalid "simulation direction to the consciences" of of a sacrament," a "grave offense" Catholics and "dispel any doubts" against the Church, and a "serious about the validity of the ceremony. attack on the unity of the Church."

Citing Pope John Paul IT's 1994 It also said the ceremony was apostolic letter "Ordinatio an affront to the dignity of women, Sacerdotalis" (Priestly.Ordination), "whose specific role in the Church it said, "The Church has no authorand society is distinctive and irre- ity whatsoever to confer priestly placeable." ordination on women and ... this The ordination ceremony was judgment is to be definitively held performed by self-styled Arch- by all the Church's faithful." bishop Romulo Antonio Braschi, The Vatican said to avoid exan Argentine identified in the communication, by July 22 the Vatican statement as a "schismatic women must: bishop." The bishop founded the - "acknowledge the nullity of breakaway "Catholic-Apostolic the 'orders' they have received Charismatic Church of Jesus the from a schismatic bishop'in conKing" in 1970. tradiction to the definitive doctrine The statement named the seven of the Church'" women, who come from Ger- "state th~ir repentance and

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and occasions to hear Jesus' specific call to them, the cardinal said, "and World Youth Day offers that" For the universal pastor of the Church, the other important aspect of World Youth Day is its ability to show the world the Church's vocation to be perennially youthful, Cardinal Stafford said.

After encouraging young people to live their faith and share it with others, Pope John Paul will fly south to proclaim as saints two figures particularly beloved in Guatemala and Mexico.

Blessed Betancur, known as Hermano Pedro, was born in Spain, but worked among the poor and sick of Guatemala. Often referred to as the "St Francis of the Americas," he founded the Bethlemite Brothers, and Sisters in the 17th century.

In Mexico, Pope John Paul will canonize Blessed Juan Diego, the indigenous man to whom Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared in 1531.

In Mexico, the pope also will beatify two martyrs: Juan Bautista and Jacinto de los Angeles. The two men, both married with children, were appointed by Dominican missionaries to be the lay leaders of the Catholic community in San Francisco Cajonos.

They were killed in 1700.

The ceremonies in Guatemala and Mexico will bring to 463 the number of saints canonized by Pope John Paul and will raise the number of people he has beatified to 1,292, according to the Congregation for Saints' Causes.

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The papal schedules for Guatemala and Mexico are even simpler: arrival ceremonies, a daily liturgy and departure ceremonies.

The reason Pope John Paul wanted to make the trip, however, is not simply one of affection for young people, but a conviction born of his earliest work as a young priest with students, said U.S. Cardinal J. Francis Stafford.

The cardinal, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, which coordinates World Youth Day, said, "The pope sees and knows fro.m his personal pastoral experience that the choices made in one's late teens and 20s are central to what one's life will be.

The pope's insistence on personally presiding over World Youth Day, despite his obvious problems with mobility, "really points up his lifelong respect for young people and the choices they face," he said.

In letters and speeches to young people throughout his pontificate, he said, "the Holy Father has emphasized the central role of dialogue with 'Jesus when one is at a crossroads in discerning a vocation and making decisions about the future."

Often using the Gospel account of the rich young man who asks Jesus what he must do to gain eternal life, the pope wants to affirm young people's intuition that "there is more to life than a dayto-day grind until death," Cardinal Stafford said.

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FALL RIVER - The annual Fall River Area CYO Golf Tournament took place recently at the Fall River Country Club Four different divisions decided who would win the coveted spots in the annual Diocesan Tournament scheduled for later this summer.

In the Senior Division, Jeff Hankins of Fall'River shot a superb round of 76 to capture top honors. Somerset's Brian Dempsey followed closely behind firing a 79. .

Dave Coulombe, another Somerset native, won first place in the Intermediate Division with

a remarkable score of 75. Ben Machado from neighboring Swansea was a close second with a round of 76.

Fall River's Jacob Sebastio repeated as the first-place champion in the Junior Division, shooting a blistering 74. Ryan Souza of Westport came in second with a round of 88.

Finally, in the Cadet Division, it was Jonathan 'Sirois of Fall River capturing first-place honors with a nine-hole score of 46. Fellow Fall Riverite Michael Crowley also fired a 46, but ,finished second based on a matched- . card basis.

These eight competitors are now eligible to take part in the Diocesan Tournament to be held again this year at the Segregansett Country Club in Taunton on August 19.

Father Jay Maddock, diocesan director of the CYO, offered thanks to Golf Pro Tom Tetreault and all the members of the Fall River CC who. continue to welcome the Fall River Area tournament to their beautiful course each year. Thanks also went out to Everett Smith, who again served as the tournament director as well as Robert Dugal and Ron Boulay, who assisted.

THE MEMBERS of the Junior Society of St. Vincent de Paul of St. Francis Xavier Parish, Hyannis, recently collected items for the 2002 Baby Shower. Donations of countless items were forwarded to "A Woman's Concern," a Pro-Life organization in Hyannis, dedicated to assisting women who choose to give their baby life. This was the first fund-raiser for the fledgling Conference of the St. Francis Xavier Preparatory School Junior Vincentians in Hyannis. From left: Aubrey Hartnett; Bethany Boucher:; Elizabeth Curtis, faCUlty advisor; Christine O'Connor; Sarah Yuskaitis; Jean Cabral; Jenna Brown and Tricia Lynch.

MEMBERS OF the Christ the King Youth Group have sOme fun playing volleyball during its end-of-the-year cookout at Mashpee High School. Over 20 young people attended the gathering and also partiGipated in a game of kickball. At left, Allison Maclntire and Phillip Drew take a break from the games to have refreshments.

TEAMWORK - Kindergarten students from St. JosephSt. Therese School, New Bedford, lead the Pledge of Allegiance during one of their last morning exercises before summer vacation.

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The sadness of toys these·.·days

By CHRISTOPHER CARSTENS CAlliOUC. NEWS SERVICE

I walked through the toy store, and the children were strangely silent. None of them were signing or laughing, and only a few were even pleading with their parents.

But the store was far from quiet.

All around was happy talk, and happy voices chirping happy little songs. Only these weren't the voices of children - these were the voices of the toys. .

Almost every toy had a button.

"Try me - Push here!" All over the store kids were pushing buttons and staring blankly as the toy spoke.

"Let's go looking for lost treasure!" or "Can you count to 101" It was as if the sound of little children playing with toys had been completely replaced by the sound of toys playing with children.

In the next section were long shelves of videos and boom boxes foreight-year-olds. Just beyond was a huge area devoted to video games, and every kid in the building over . ten crowded around the screens, waiting to try the newest video adventure.

Sure, there were some actual, old-fashioned toys in there, but I was so taken by the Talking Pro-Wrestler action figures and the remote controlled robot kittens marked "Age Three and Up" that I almost missed them.

It's sad. All those toys are teaching kids to wait for somebody to come entertain them. Minds and imaginations need exercise,just like arms and legs. The old saying is true: If you don't use it, you lose it.

In my work as a psychologist, I've noticed some things about the

impact ofelectronic toys and games on kids. In my thinking this stuff all blends together. Television and

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The more time you spend with electronic entertainment, the worse you do in school. This is a proven fact. The more time you spend with your face in the screen, the less time

there is for study or for reading and any of the school-related activities that build academic achievement.

Second, those extra hours with the television or the Gameboy translate directly into extra pounds.

Again, this makes sense, and now the studies prove it. The more you sit on the couch, the more ~nack food you .eat. The less you move around, the more those com chips and cookies wind up on your waistline.

Finally, 'as kids rely on electronic entertainment, they become less able to think for themselves. That's the most dangerous result of all. The more of your life is spent being fed images by a machine, the less goes for thinking and wondering and asking questions. If you don't do those three things, you'll never come up with your own answers.

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tate, anybody you'd want to resemble when you grow up. Whether it's Jennifer Lopez, Tiger Woods, Bill Gates or one of those naturalists on The Animal Planet, you can bet your allowance for the next five years that they didn't get where they are by watching television or playing Nintendo.

If you'd like to do better in school, be thinner and achieve something in your life, put yourself on an Electronics Diet. Put down the remote control and go read a book or join a club or just take a walk and think. The thinking voice in your brain can't tum on until the electronic voices outside get turned off.

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Numbers down, spirits Up. for WYD in Toronto turned some against Church-sponWASHINGTON (CNS) Toronto, whose name is the Huron sored events.

But some who wanted to particiIndian word for meeting place,is about to live up to its history when pate in World Youth Day will not hundreds of thousands of Catholic be able to show this confidence beteen-agers and young adults meet .. cause they were denied visas by the there next week for World Youth Canadian government. In Uganda, for example, more than 400 youths Day. , But not as many young people were denied visas by Canadian.auwill be meeting in Canada's largest thorities who said their applications city as initially expected. As of July lacked certain supporting. docu8,215,000 participants from more ments.

So far, about 3,000 visa applicathan 170 countries had registered for World Youth Day. The number is tions have been rejected on grounds significantly lower than previous of missing paperwork. Applicants World Youth Day crowds, but one who were granted visas had their that organizers say could still in- standard fees waived by the CanaBISHOP SEAN P. O'Malley OFM Cap., blesses the grand opening of New England Church crease right up until the last minute. dian government.

Supply, a new religious goods store in Swansea as owners Dennis and Betty-Ann Hickey look The U.S. consulate is setting up "It's not a low number if you on. It is located at 246 Ocean Grove Ave., and Betty-Ann said opening the store is "a great way think about it;' said World Youth an office at World Youth pay to help to practice our faith and bring people closer to the Church:' (Anchon'Gordon photo) those with any difficulties.

Day spokeswoman Christina ParBy July 8, more than 52,000 sons, noting that of the two million who attended World Youth Day in young people from the United States Rome in 2000 and the more than one planned to attend World Youth Day. million at World Youth Day in Paris Many ofthose teens are part ofmore in 1997, many of those had not reg- than 2,000 registered groups.

Once pilgrims set foot inToronto, istered in advance.

She said she is confident that they will have a lot to keep them COLORADO SPRINGS, rishioners willing to take in to do," Father Mont~z said.

750,000, as initially predicted, will busy. An opening Mass will be celColo.

(CNS) - Catholic parishes evacuees. Father Montez offered The fire prompted St. Columba attend the closing Mass July 28 with ebrated July 23, and the sacrament and a number of other churches . in the Pueblo diocese took up the use of the parish school gym Pope John Paul·n at Downsview of reconciliation will be available. second collections to provide reif the local hospital had to be to hold an ecumenical prayer serFrom July 24-26 participants can Park, a former Canadian military vice, which also included a Naattend catechetical sessions led by lief funds to residents affected by evacuated. base.

Members of St. Columba's ser- tive American medicine man.

But Parsons acknowledged in a bishops at various venues in the city, wildfires that burned in southern vice ministry operated a phone "We held the ecumenical serand western Colorado. , telephone interview with Catholic work on service projects or attend "We wanted to show our sup- tree to find out if people were all vice on a Thursday to pray for News Service that the current num- an ongoing youth festival and youth port to all people who are strug- right. The church's bookkeeper, rain, and on Friday, we had rain," ber ofregistered participants was "a forums at World Youth Day cafes. gling with losing their homes and Linda Matthews, opened her farm Father Montez said.

Pilgrims will welcome Pope John bit lower from what we expected" property," said Pueblo Bishop to house evacuated animals.

Parishioners of St. Michael and said several factors could have Paul the evening ofJuly 25. The next night they will participate in the Way Arthur N. Tafoya, who also had Many people donated material Parish miles away to the northplayed a part.

For starters, not everyone be- of the Cross. On July 27 the youths called for the collections be taken goods and food to help east in Canon City raised $5,000 in a special collection to give to a lieved that Pope John Paul, who first will walk to Downsview Park where up. "The diocese will give the firefighters.

Spiritual needs also were be- cornmunity fund for relief efforts initiated World Youth Day in 1984, they will join the pope for an evening monies collected to individual parishes to distribute the money ing addressed through counseling in the Iron Mountain Fire there would make it to the Toronto event prayer vigil. in their own communities because and in homilies. in early June. because of his health, she said.

After spending the night there, the parishes are familiar with lo"We've talked about how this In the neighboring Diocese of But the pope is scheduled to at- pilgrims will join the pope for a clos- . cal needs." community has opened their Colorado Springs, Catholic . terid the festivities, arriving in ,ingMass.

A rash of major forest fires has hearts to the people around them churches pitched in with relief Toronto July 23 and staying on a World Youth Day officials iniraged through the area that makes and shown the love of God and efforts for parishioners and remote island for a few days before tially expected the event to cost joining the youths for a welcoming about $80 million and were hoping up the 48,200-square-mile dio- the love of neighbor in such a nonparishioners alike hurt by ceremony, prayer vigil and closing to offset the cost from $50 million cese, which covers much of the beautiful way. Because people the Hayman fire, which burned have opened their hearts and from June 8-28 and destroyed Mass. in registration fees if350,000 people southern half of the state.

In Durango, in the far south- doors to people of all faiths, more that 137,000 acres. It was Parsons also noted that the Sep- attended. Other costs were to be paid tember 11 terrorist attacks might through individual and corporate western corner of the diocese, they're truly living out the Gos- the biggest wildfire in the state's have influenced the travel plans of sponsorship, government loans and parishioners of St. Columba Par- pel values, which is so important history. many young people from around the grants, merchandise sales and col- ish have opened their wallets and homes to help residents put out world unwilling to pay the increased lections from Canadian parishes.'· air fare or to simply travel.

'The event is not about numbers, of their homes by the Missionary For U.S. pilgrims, she said there or we'd never put on World Youth , Ridge fire, located 15 miles north. is also the factor ofthe clergy sexual Day," she said, adding, "It will be east of the city.

The fire forced .several thouabuse scandal, which might have amazing for everyone who attends." sand people to evacuate their 'homes. Before it was contained ··on July 7, the fire had atready de. stroyed about 72,000 acres of forest along with 56 homes. Some ' -, World Youth Day has consistently been residents were allowed to return .-. -.-._ the world's largest Catholic gattierlng; home but told to be ready to leave in a half hour's notice, if necesThe celebration In Toronto will have••• sary.

"Many families are displaced, ~ ~o®®® some homes have been lost, and others have suffered damages . ~o®®® . : Businesses are in a precarious po~®® sition,as well, . challenging the .livelihood of several parish mem~ ODDoODo@[jj] bers," Benedictine Father Paul J. Montez; administrator of St. Colunil,Ja, told TfieChronicle of ODDoD@ffi TV Catholic Life, newspaper of the Pueblo diocese. liiIiJoDOo@[jj] St. Columba was assisting the ~ (JfI1SItnl1fa.

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