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Corpus Christi Parish takes giant step toward new church •

The growing Catholic parish of Sandwich and Sagamore blesses a program book as it advances toward groundbreaking for a new house of worship in the year 2000.

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IN ROME-Ann Hodkinson (left) of Holy Name Parish, Fall River, stands with her friend, Kendra Manseu, at the Palm Sunday papal Mass in St. Peter's Square, Rome. She was at the Vatican to present a paper for a student seminar. Below, people raise palms during the procession through the square.

Local woman's hope to submit paper at Vatican selninar realized •

Story in The Anchor moves an anonymous donor to provide transportation and housing costs that posed a major hurdle for trip.

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FALL RIVER - Last February The Anchor carried a story about the submission to the Vatican by Ann Hodkinson of Holy Name Parish, of a paper and full-color collage depicting the development of a human fetus, for possible use at an international student conference on human rights issues scheduled for last April in Rome. Her entry was accepted and her success was reported. The' story noted that "the only cloud on her horizon was the cost of a ticket to Rome."

That problem was solved by an Anchorreading member of St. Francis Xavier Parish, Hyannis, who provided funding for her travel and ./lousing expenses. Material for her to distribute at the conference of some 1,000

students was provided by Father Frank A. Pavone of Priests for Life, Massachusetts Citizens for Life, National Right to Life and Human Life International.

Thus equipped, Ann, 24, set off for the Vatican, where she presented her paper, and was among students invited to attend papal Holy Week services at St. Peter's Basilica and a special audience with the Holy Father at which the students discussed abortio!1 and euthanasia and many, garbed in their native costumes, took part in a program of singing and dancing.

"At the end of the Easter Vigil Mass," related Ann, "the Pope was walking down the center aisle of St. Peter's, when he spotted a young mother with six children. Despite the fact that he must have been very tired from the three-hour liturgy, he immediately walked over to the family and blessed the tiny baby the mother was holding in her arms."

"As the Holy Father was leaving the young family, "continued Ann, "A group of American and Mexican students and I sang the faTum to page 13 - Vatican

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and wiIl be presented to the parishioners when completed.

This will be the fourth church for the Corpus Christi community, the oldest parish in southeastern Massachusetts.

The first church, dedicated in 1830, proved too small to handle its parishioners a quartercentury later. It was sold and moved a few lots away from where it still stands and is used as a gift shop.

In 1854 a second church was dedicated, but was destroyed along with other Cape Cod landmarks during violent storms at the end of the 19th century. It was replaced by a third church, dedicated in 1901 on Jarvis Street. It too, was subsequently found too small for the ever-expanding parish in 1994 and is about to be sold by the Fall River Diocese. Since then, the parish center has served as home for the parish community.

All three churches were remembered Wednesday night at a 7 p.m. candlelight prayer service that bade them goodby. The dramatic service was marked by ancient hymns, the solemn removal of the cornerstone, and a solemn procession around the outside of the church as the Litany of the Saints was chanted.

It was in response to the completely understandable regret with which many recall the closing of the church, and in anticipation of the new church still in its drawing board stages.

Father Bouchard said it was to express thanksgiving and anticipation, to allow the sadness of the community to find a religious meaning. . Earlier that day, there was an hour-long walking tour of the parish's three churches, all near Jarves Street and Route 6A.

EAST SANDWICH - As hundreds watched at a recent Sunday parish Mass, pastor Father Marcel H. Bouchard blessed and presented a program book embracing a vision statement for a new church to handle a growing congregation that comprises Corpus Christi Parish in this Cape Cod community.

As the book was presented to architect Dennis Keefe of Keefe Associates, Inc., of Boston, who was also commissioned with the prayers of the assembly, the project reached a significant point, said Father Bouchard.

After a year of planning by so many parishioners for the new church to be located adjacent to the current Parish Center on Quaker Meeting House Road in East Sandwich, the project now moves into a feasibility study, with a report due in the fall.

Bishop Sean P. O'Malley has given permission to plan the ground-breaking in the year 2000 - hopefully on the June 25 feast of Corpus Christi - and the broad target date at the current time is for the house of God to be dedicated in the year 2001 or 2002. Reportedly, that date will depend on the weather.

The carefully prepared program book contains a brief history of the Catholic Church in Sandwich, a vision statement, special sections on the Jubilee Year 2000, the Christian Life of Children, access for .all, and ordained leadership. It also includes a listing of all the possible liturgies to be celebrated in the church and details about each distinct area within and outside the building.

Since last summer, several committees and then a chosen steering committee have been at work. G. Thomas Ryan of New York was chosen as a liturgical consultant and longrange capital fund campaign plans were begun and the architect chosen.

Through inserts in the parish's weekly bulletin, everyone was offered the opportunity to offer ideas, suggestions and opinions.

Throughout last winter and spring, the liturgy committee and other , groups have met with Ryan. The goal was to prepare a place of worship in accord with all the Church teaches and which would express the unique character of this particular parish.

"The new church wiIl be able to seat approximately 1,500," Ryan told The Anchor this week. "It will be one COMMISSIONING - Pastor Father Marcel of the largest churches in the area."

He reported that more than 25 per- H. Bouchard and parishioners of Corpus cent of the town's population attend Christi Parish bless and commission architect the parish, and that the current feasi- Dennis Keefe of Keefe Associates, Inc., of bility study wiIl produce exterior and Boston, to design a new church for them in interior drawings and a cost estimate

East Sandwich. (Photo by Margaret Dittami)

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,II GETTING TO KNOW OUR SEMINARurnS I Jeffrey Cabral

Sister Eudora McGovern, RGS DARTMOUTH Jeffrey Cabral fits in with a growing trend of men entering the seminary at a later age to study for the priesthood.

A native of New Bedford, he is the son of Antonio and Maria Cabral of Dartmouth. He was educated in the public schools of New Bedford and Dartmouth, graduating from Dartmouth High School in 1991.

He then attended the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, receiving a bachelor's degree in mathematics and graduating summa cum laude. While in high school he reFALL RIVER - Peter R. Furtado, 37, of 30C Pleasant View, brother ceived the Rennesselar Math and of Father Steven R. Furtado, chaplain at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Science Award and was a member died unexpectedly Wednesday at Charlton Memorial Hospital. He was of the honor society both in high the husband of Eva J. (Renner) Furtado. school and college.

Born here, the son of Mary (Lopes) Furtado of this city and the late Cabral recently received a Jesse R. Furtado, he was a 1978 graduate of Bishop Connolly High School'" bachelor's degree in philosophy and was enrolled in the law program at Bristol Community College. He from St. John Seminary ColIege in was an emergency mediCal technician employed by Transmed!Ages Am- Brighton. bulance Services ofAttleboro and had also worked for the former Brewster The seminarian's home parish is Ambulance Service. He was a member of Espirito Santo Parish and was St. Julie Billiart in North Dartmouth a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. ' where his vocation was nurtured by Besides his priest brother, mother and wife, he leaves five sons, Jesse his parish priests. Cabral enjoys Steven Furtado, Kenneth Machowski, Jr., Richard Machowski, Peter R. working with young people and is Furtado, Jr., and David Alexander Furtado, all of this city; a daughter, involved in his parish's youthminSheri Lynn Furtado, also of this city; and nieces and nephews. istry program. For a short time, he Funeral services were held Monday from the Silva-Faria Funeral Home, taught math at Bishop Stang High with a funeral Mass in Espirito Santo Church. Interment was in St. Patrick's School and worked as a substitute Cemetery.

HARWICH - Retired Good Shepherd Sister Eudora (Anna) McGovern, 93, died July 25 at Cranberry Pointe Health Care Facility after a long illness..

A native of Adjala, Ontario, Canada, she entered the Sisters of the Good Shepherd Novitiate in Peekskill, N.Y., in February 1939 and took her vows on Aug. 28, 1941. After years of direct service in the New York region, she was missioned to the Good Shepherd Center in Marlboro, Mass., in 1991 and then to Cranberry Pointe in 1993. She had served for 59 years.

Sister McGovern is survived by nieces and nephews.

Her funeral Mass was celebrated Wednesday in the Good Shepherd Chapel in Marlborough.

Peter R. Furtado

Canadian Archbishop Goudreault dies

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MCLENNAN, Alberta - Funeral services were held Tuesday for Archbishop Henri Goudreault of Grouard-McLennan, who defended the rights of indigenous peoples.

The 70-year-old archbishop died suddenly while visiting the Grey Nuns' Regional Center in Edmonton, Alberta, July 22. No details about his death were released.

As bishop of Labrador City-Schefferville from 1987 to 1996, he earned a reputation as a staunch defender of indigenous rights.

In 1993, he helped distribute Christmas gifts to Innu children at the northern Newfoundland island community of Davis Inlet. He supported a proposal by indigenous leaders to move the impoverished island community to the mainland.

The archbishop Was a "big piece" of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and will be hard to replace, said Msgr. Peter Schonenbach, general secretary of the conference.

Born in BelIe-ValIee, Ontario, in 1928, Archbishop Goudreault was ordained to the priesthood in 1956. From 1977 to 1985 he worked at St. Paul University, first as director of Mission Studies and director of the Center for Anthropological Research, then vice-rector and finalIy rector.

He was named president of the Canadian Oblate Conference·in 1987 prior to his appointment as bishop of Labrador City-Schefferville. He was named archbishop of Grouard-McLennan July 15, 1996.

NEW BEDFORD - The 10th annual International Conference of Courage wilI be this weekend at Assumption ColIege in Worcester.

"Courage" and its paralIel organization, "Encourage," are spiritual support groups helping Catholic men and women - and their families - to live in accordance with the pastoral teaching of the Catholic Church on homosexuality, said Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, pastor of Holy Name Church in the Whaling City where the FalI River Diocesan chapter of Courage meets monthly. He will be leading a delegation from the, FalI River Diocese and from the Providence area to participate at the conference.

Courage was founded in 1980 by the late Cardinal Terrence J. Cooke of New York. There are 52 chapters worldwide and several official Encourage groups as well.

Oblate of St. Frances de Sales Father John Harvey, the founder and head of the Courage movement, will

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This summer, Cabral is ministering at St. Michael Parish, Swansea. He enjoys ministering to God's people and being able to visit the sick at hospitals. He understands that the life of a priest is not an easy one, but a daily response to God's invitation. His advice to anyone considering a vocation: "Talk with a priest or seminarian about your vocation. Pray every day to God to help you discern your JEFFREY CABRAL vocation. Parishioners too, playa key role in supporting ther Craig Pregana at the Diocesan Vocation Office, P.O. Box 2577, Fall vocations .through their prayers."

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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., July 31, 1998

MONEY FOR SCHOLARS "A Heavenly Night," a July 24 social and fundraiser' (at left) at the Willowbend Club in Mashpee was enjoyed by 190 people including laity and clergy. The first-time event reportedly raised $55,000 for the St. Mary's . Education Fund which provides scholarship assistance to needy children in the Cape Cod area of the Diocese of Fall River.

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Puerto Rican bishop retires

By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON - Pope John Paul IT accepted the resignation July 28 of Bishop Enrique Manuel Hernandez Rivera of Caguas, Puerto Rico, and named Auxiliary Bishop Alvaro Corrada del Rio of Washington to administer the diocese until a successor is named.

Bishop Corrada, 56, a native of Puerto Rico, has been apostolic administrator of Caguas,· assisting Bishop Hernandez, since August 1997. He will now be administering a diocese without a resident bishop.

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60 Aug. 12, has headed the Caguas Diocese since 1981. He was made an auxiliary bishop of San Juan in 1979.

Two years later he was made bishop ofCaguas.

Bishop Corrada, the seventh of 14 children, was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, May 13, 1942. He waS ordained a Jesuit priest in 1974. He served in Puerto Rico the first five years of his priesthood, followed by six years in the Archdiocese of New York.

Named an auxiliary bishop ofWashington in 1985, he served there as regional bishop in two sublllban counties where the archdiocese's Spanish-speaking population is concentrated.

When he was appointed apostolic administrator of Caguas last year he retained his title as auxiliary bishop of Washington. He continues to do so since the post of administm~oris considered temporafy.

Pope John Paul IT's Weekly General Audience Message Dear brothers and sister$, Tod(J(,J our catechesis deals with the Holij Spirit as the source of all communion, in heaven and on earth. The Father gives the fullness of love to the Son, who receives this love and returns it to the Father; and the love binding the Father and the Son in perfect communion is the Holij Spirit. In the world, the love of the Trinity shines forth as the communion of the church, as in the first Christian communi4J described in the Acts of the Apostles. Within the church, the octipn of the Spirit is sometimes direct and s()metimes mediated; and between these two the charismatic and the institutional - there is no conflict of anij kind.

As we move toward the third millennium of the Christian era, it is the Holy Spirit who stirs in our hearts the desire for full communion among all Christians. Within the Catholic Church, too,· the Spirit urges us to build ever stronger bonds of communion, recognizing that we need each other and that we can enrich one another with the different gifts which the Holy Spirit gives for the good of all.

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themoorin~ Refocusing direction The permanent diaconate as it now functions in this country has made a tremendous difference in the life of our Church. From coast to c.oast, dioceses and local churches depend heavily on the services of permanent deacons. Hardly a diocese is without its permanent deacon formation progratp; however, such programs differ from one another and in many cases the dissimilarities are radical. .

Given the phenomenal growth of permanent deacons in the United States over the last 25 years and their impact on Church life, it became obvious that new guidelines for the diaconate had ,to be formulated. As an aside, one must remember that the United States bishops who attended Vatican Council II were not enthusiastic supporters of the restored order of deacon. As a result, early diaconal programs were often haphazard and arbitrary.

In an effort to provide a more uniform approach to such problems, the Vatican Congregations for Catholic Education and for .the Clergy have issued new basic norms for the forl)1ation of permanent deacons. Promulgated in Rome last February, they are intended to answer "current needs for unity of direction and clarification of concepts as well as for practic.al ensurement and more clearly defined pastoral objectives."

The congregations also stated that the "total reality of the diaconate, embracing its fundamental doctrinal vision and discermnent of vocation as well as the life, ministry, spirituality and formation of deacons, calls for a review of the journey of faith' thus far made so as to arrive at the global vision of this Sacred Order." .

It is obvious that the congregations have met the need head-on and' have defined areas of concern and care. The document is a good one. If followed as it should be, it will regulate the diverse experimental approaches to the diaconate which too often led to iQstability.

For example, it is interesting to note that about 1,000 ordained permanent deacons are presently unaccounted for. This alone shows the indifference and carelessness of many in the early years of the restored order. Certainly, in many places the decade of the seventies did little for stability and unity. As a faith community, we have indeed paid a high price for some of our experiments; but fortunately the vision of holy orders with regard to priestly and diaconal formation has been clarified by the recent universal norms.

Now, in the twilight of this century, we should prepare well for the service of God's people in the third millennium. The current apostolic letters and. norms emanating from the Vatican are intended for our guidance, but sad to say there are many, like the Israelites of old, who have wandered down their own paths and have worshiped false gods of their own making. Indeed, God's people have always needed reminders of the one true God and of how they should worship him.

These new norms for the permanent diaconate are not constrictive. They ensure a stable approach which takes into account legitimate plurality while guaranteeing the indispensable unity necessary to the success ofdiaconal ministry. . Permanent deacons have the opportunity of making an important contribution to the new evangelization so dear to the Holy Father. We must never forget that through the sacrament of holy orders, the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles will continue to be exercised in the Church till the end of time. The permanent diaconate reflects this mission and the new norms re. mind us of the need to impart it to all the faithful.

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CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Don't expect to know the Just having experienced an in- whole story behind a reorganistitutional reorganization, I can zation. Reorganizations usually unequivocally say that reorgani- are conducted behind closed zations are brutal. . doors. Those in charge of a re- ' What should you expect in a organization can't afford to raise reorganization? What are some even more fears or create more do's and don'ts, and what outlook panic. That is why decisions to should you have? cut jobs are made quickly, with First, expect to feel panicked; the person being asked to leave An important part of our identity . the day he or she is given nois derived from work. Work cre- . tice. ates a spirit of mission, and when What to do and not do? Don't we perform a task well it graces hang around with workers who us with a sense of accomplish- , tend to spread rumors and innument. Furthermore, some of our endos, who have nothing good to fondest friendships are cultivated say about the institution or who in the workplace. refuse to see anything positive When 'our job is threatened, about a reorganization. much of our sense of having a Some people, faced with dismeaningful existence is threat- tasteful circumstances, become ened. tasteless in what they sayar do.

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Diocese of Fall River - Fri., July 31, 1998 .

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I traveled in Italy last year, and as I viewed the wonders of the cities and· the countryside, so often dominated by structures with religious themes, I had a renewed appreciation for how truly the spiritual has been.the inspiration for artists of all media.

W~ether in paintings, writings, sculpture, church buildings, music or poetry, the link to the supernatural and the divine has for centuries been evident.

In my childhood I was always attracted to medals, holy cards and little statues. One of my ho~bies was to collect calendars put out by the churches because these always had religious pictures accompanying the months. I would frame the pictures and hang them on my bedroom wall. .

I. remember when my Aunt Thelma got married and I wanted to give her a present. I was in my teens and had little money. So I made her a set of six holy pictures from calendars, all identically framed. She loved her gift. That was more than four decades ago, imd she still has some left, hanging on her walls.

Granted, these items would hardly be called works of art, but they were· significant. They seduced me early with the possibilities of the kinds of wonderful religious images I might one day see as I got older. I knew this kind of real art existed because I was a member of the cathedral parish in Albany, N.Y., a church built largely by the labor of its parishioners in the mid 1800s. It was modeled after the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris and was the most elegant building in the city, or at least I believed so.

The rose window, the stained-glass \yind6ws, the organ, the magnificent altar - all filled me with a wonder that veered on the magical, I went to morning Mass.every day from fifth grade to high school gradu-· ation, and when I entered that cathedral, with its many altars, candles burning and aroma of flowers, I always knew I had entered a new world of mystery.

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a present that brought back the memories of my hours in the cathedral memorizing every molecule of its beauty: It was the book "Canals & Cro,ssr-oads, An Illustrated History of the Albany, N. Y. Roman Catholic Diocese," written by Sally Light and edited by

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As I unwrapped it, I caught my breath. The cover was a glorious photo of the i!1terior takl~n from an angle none of us would ever have seen before. There was an explanation on the dust jacket: "When workmen recently removed a stained-glass window for repair, photographer Dave Oxford climbed the scaffolding to take this shot from an angle not Sef:D since the window had been put in place a century earlier."

On the opening page Rosemary wrote: "I hope you will enjoy looking back on the history of the diocese you grew up in. My love always."

She could never have guessed what memories were . triggered by her thoughtful gift and whatjoy this gave me. I wish all youngsters could be blessed, as I was, to be introduced to beauty inspired by the spiritual and produced so creatively in the hands of artists. . The great poet Gerard Manley Hopkin~; expressed it best: "The world is charged with the grandeur of God." And God's artists help us to see this glory.

Coping with never-ending noise at h0":le Dear Dr. Kenny: I can't stand the noise. Sometimes I think our house is bedlam. Ifit's no't the chil.dren fighting, it's the stereos ~ompeting to be heard.

The kids shout and yell, the' television is on all the ' time, the power mower starts up and I'm ready to launch into orbit. Why didn't God equip life. with a "mute" button? (Chicago)

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ing quiet a game.

Modeling, or parental example, is an effective tool.

In fact, example is t1W best discipline 0f alI, Try whispering. Whisper to your spouse and children.

Ask them to whisper to you. Refuse to listen unless

Noise can deafen us both physically and mentally.

Noise distracts, annoys, raises our pulse and blood pressure. Noise pollution is part of the overstimulation endemic to life.

All of us need a noise-free zone, a place where we can go and find peace and quiet. That should be our home, right?Wrong. As you describe, home can be the noisiest place ofall.

Worse still, at home the noise has more meaning.

You cannot simply ignore it. Someone may be shouting for you to do something or you may know that the noise is the manifestation of a fight you need to stop.

Family noise is not something new, not just a byproduct of modern times. According to ethnographers, noise was listed by 90 percent of primitive tribes as their biggest problem. .

Imagine living in a one-room hut, surrounded by other grass huts. Sound traveled easily between huts, and you not only had to listen to your own family, but you were treated to the sq'uabbles next door. No wonder they didn't need soap operas. They had real-life dramas coming right through the walls.

You could buy and wear earplugs. You could go for a long walk. You could have a soundproof room built somewhere in your house. You could send the loudest one outside or to the basement.

But even with these escapes you would still have to come down to. earth on occasion and absorb an earful.

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they say it softly. Offer,a small token reward to the best whisperer.

Set a "quiet time" each day, an hour whf:n the television and stereo are disconnected, the rin,ger on the phone is turned off and everyone removes their shoes.

Read. Play cards or table games. Go outside:.

Make quiet a game. One time when our dinner table conversation got out of hand and I couldn't shout loudly enough even to be heard, I bellowed, "Shaza~tffi!" Since no one knew what that meant, everyone stopped for a moment.

I explained that "shazaam" was a magic word, and that everyone who was quiet until I touched my moustache would immediately receive one M&:\1. To my surprise, it worked. After 30 seconds I tOlJched my moustache, and the conversation started up again, but at a much reduced level.

Shazaam became a tradition, a considerable: improvement over "be quiet" or "shut up." Everyor.,e liked to play and to see if they could out-quiet the next person.

Another version of shazaam is "quiet c~air." When ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ you say the magic word ('tgoofus"), the offending noisemaker may go to the quiet chair. If he stays there withto out talking until the oven timer goes off (30 seconds), he may have a handful of trail mix.

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.Animals in the next life?

Q. Recently our lonl;time family pet dog passed away. It caused a lot of grief for all of us, especially the children.

It raised the question, What is the Church's teaching on animals in the next life?

It's hard to believe tlltat God would have a place here for animals without having a place for them in the hereafter. (Pennsylvania) A. During the past 3,000 years or so, a great number of Christian and non-Christian philosophers and theologians, as well as plain ordinary folks, have asked the same question.

The answers are varit:d, but by far the majority answer in the same vein you suggest. Not only humans, but all material creation, will share in the transformed universe of the "new creation" spoken of in Scrip' ture. And that includes animals.

St. Thomas Aquinas is the most well-known Catholic teacher who perhaps thought otherwise. In spite of his respect for the sacredness of all creation, including material beings, he wrote at one point that only human beings, the "elements" (earth, air, fire and water) and heavenly bodies will continue in the coming age. Animals, plants and other corruptible bodies will not (Compendium, Ch. 170).

No one matches St. Augustine, however, in the assumption that all the be:autiful and enjoyable things of nature, plants, animals, food, the skies, all the delights that image God and lead us to him in this life will do so even more perfectly in the next.

He admits that all will be changed and made incorruptible in the new creation, but he counsels that when you question yourself about what will be there, "you can take away corruption, and then add whatever you want" (Sermon 242).

Most Christian thinkl~rs and writers and poets echo those insights.

Underlying these convictions most of all are the numerous biblical texts pointing to very earthly, and earthy, realities as foretastes of what God has planned for our future life.

Isaiah speaks of the time when death is destroyed

forever, when the Lord will provide choice wines and rich foods, and tears are wiped from every face.

Other prophets, the Psalms, the Song of Songs, the New Testament, expand on this image of the coming new creation. As the letter of Peter puts it, "What we await are new heavens and a new earth," which God has promised (2 Peter 3: 13).

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In his foreword, Cardinal John O'Connor speaks of the harmony Christ will bring to that transformed but enduring universe, explicitly referring to dumb animals.

"If, indeed," he writes, "all things were made 'through him,' and if he is the same, yesterday, today and forever, then should it be out of the question that all things will somehow endure?"

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Ahhh, mail from my readers If you write a column long enough (we're talking calendar, not word count) you will receive reader feedback that makes you blink.

I certainly blinked the other day when I received a letter that mercilessly ripped and shredded a column on Frank Sinatra. Remember the "Incredible Hulk" TV program where the "normal" guy (Bill Bixby) would turn into a huge, menacing moldy-green "hulk" (Lou Ferrigno) when he became angry?

Well, I'm positive that's what happened to this normally nice reader when he read that column.

Only, it wasn't my column. It was a columnistcolleague's column. The closest I've ever come to writing about Frank Sinatra was an allusion to Bing . Crosby. I suspect my colleague slipped this reader my address for laughs.

Well, har, har.

Another intriguing example of reader input came from a religious-order member who serves in the Midwest. She politely but firmly berated a column for setting forth what she judged could be a bad example for children. (I think it depicted my sons stabbing one another with forks during a breakfast ritual known as "passing the sausage links.")

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Fri., July 31, 1998

National Shrine's 'Christ in Majesty' mosaic restof1ed

By MAUREEN LEONARD CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - Since 1959, the massive mosaic of "Christ in Majesty" has gazed down on the Great Upper Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington.

Lately, the view has been obstructed.

Since mid-June, the six-story work of art has been hidden behind more than 3,000 square feet of scaffolding, as a cleaning crew has been busy wiping away almost four decades of accumulated incense, grime and dust.

Msgr. Michael 1. Bransfield, shrine rector, said he hoped the cleaning would keep the mosaic in pristine condition, to prevent the need for major restoration projects in future years.

"Preservation and care are the most expensive things we do today," he told The Catholic Standard, Washington archdiocesan newspaper. It is important to maintain "the beautiful elements of marble and mosaic which are wonderful experiences for people who come here," he said.

The mosaic - 67 feet high and 55 feet wide - was done by the late artist Jan Henryk de Rosen, and was the gift of an anonymous donor. It is made of Venetian glass and begins 25 feet above the marble floor.

Rendered in the Byzantine tradition, the artwork depicts a powerful and stern-faced Christ coming to judge the world. He is draped in red and seated on a rainbow. It is thought to be the largest mosaic representation of Christ in the world.

Until the mid-1980s, the shrine's heating system used oil, which caused aresidue to build up on the marble and mosaics behind the main altar. The use of incense during Masses also contributed to a loss of luster.

Msgr. Bransfield said the rainbow had become discolored, its strands hardly recognizable. He is anxious to see the finished product, and said he already has caught glimpses of some cleaned sections. "It's r~ally much brighter again," he said.

Hermes Argueta, a member of the five-man cleaning crew, said he felt honored to be part of the project. But he said climbing the dramatic height of the scaffolding is not for the fainthearted. "Looking down the first time

made me really nervous," he said.

The cleaning crew has gone over Christ's head and torso twice with cloths and a light citrus solution to ensure a thorough job. The work should be completed by Aug. 15.

Father Daniel Maher, associate rector of the shrine, called the mosaic "striking," and said it is considered the most important work of art in the shrine.

Over the years, the mosaic has prompted various comments from visitors, often because of Christ's stern visage. Some shrine staffers have joked that once it is cleaned, a smile might be uncovered.

But Father Maher said the image calls to mind, the humility of the faithful in light of Christ as supreme master of the universe.

'The extension of his wounded hands gives

a promise of healing to our own woundedness," he added.

This is one of several shrine maintenance projects in preparation for the new millennium. The mosaics on each side of the main altar also will be cleaned. And discoloration on the sculpture of "Mary, Queen oftheAmericas" on an exterior limestone wall has been scrubbed away.

SHRINE SHINE - A worker cleans the large mosaic of Christ high above the main altar of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington in early July. The 57-foot high mosaic, completed in 1959 when the shrine was dedicated, got its first bath in 40 years. The cleaning is expected to be completed by late summer. (CNS photo by Matthew Barrick, courtesy of the National Shrine)

New boo~s ke~p serv~rs, ushers current on'¡ rituals

By BILL BRm, CATHOL'IC NEWS SERVICE

CHICAGO - Priests and nun~ aren't the only ones w'ho have to train for their role i~ the faith community. So do deacons, liturgical and eucharistic ministers, and cantors.

But what about altar servers, ushers, greeters and ministers of care?

They also must be prepared f5>r their special duties, and three new books from Liturgy Training Pu~lications in Chicago offer a resource to encourage, enlighten and inform them.

"We believe our role is to give people and parishes publications they can use to understand and develop a liturgy that is true to the reforms of Vatican II," said Gabe Huck, director of the publishing company. "We are proud to offer servers, ushers, greeters and ministers of care very detailed and reader-friendly books designed for them."

Three authors contributed to the book, "Handbook for Ministers of Care." Each one comes from a different perspective: practical, psychological and theological. .

'The mission of a minister of care is to provide a ministry of prayer, presence and, when possible, sacraments to those suffering," said Providence Sister Marilyn Kofler, one of the book's authors.

The most important aim of the authors, Sister Kofler added, was to make the book as simple as possible so that anyone can learn from it. 'The message to ministers of care is to meet each person where they're at," she added. .

In the chapter called, "Your Own Life," the authors emphasize keeping a balance between the ministry and their own lives. .

"Serve God with Gladness; A Manual for Servers," teaches altar servers techniques and rules in chapters titled "Serving As a Team"; "Finding Your Way Around"; and "In Closets and Cupboards." A server's glossary explains such terms as ambo, aspergillum, ciborium, flagon, lavabo bowl, lunette, pyx and zucchetto.

"Serving is an important role within the liturgy," Huck said. "And the young people should not just be given the mechanics, but should have an understanding of what thirigs mean in a Mass."

In "Guide for Ushers and Greeters," author Father Lawrence Mick says the role of the usher has been taken for granted and underappreciated.

The book explores a variety of situations, from what to do with parishioners who are mentally unstable, intoxicated or behaving badly, to how to welcome visitors to the assembly.

Liturgy Training Publicatiofls does not only offer books on ministry, but videos and CDROMs as well. "We are always looking and listening for new ideas," H;uck said. 'They are the germs thatlead to major projects." .

Health care needs governm~ent control, says priest â&#x20AC;˘

Currently the poor suffer most as they are excluded from basic health care protection.

By JOSEPH KENNY CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ST. LOUIS - The free-market health care system in the United States lacks checks .and balances to protect the poor, according to a leading health care ethicist.

Measures that would favor poor people "are not present in the free-market system," said Dominican Father Kevin O'Rourke at a recent program at St. Louis University on "Transforming the Culture of Health Care."

"There needs to be some form of government control," added Father O'Rourke, director of the university's Center for Health Ethics, which sponsored the program for some 45 health care professionals from around the country.

Among the topics discussed at the program were managed care, outreach to the poor, and ethical issues in organ transplantation. .

Under managed care, many decisions formerly made by physicians alone are now being made with the assistance of insurance companies. Although phySIcians are not as independent as before, "sometimes that's not a bad thing," said Father O'Rourke in an in-

terview with the St. Louis Review, archdiocesan newspaper. . . Research has shown that' a system in which physicians make all the decisions is not always acceptable or beneficial for the patient, he said.

Though the system where physicians were unopposed in their power was not ideal, neither is the situation today where insurance companies exercise undut: authority over the system, Father O'Rourke said.

People need to recognize health care as a basic fundamental right, he said. The U.S. bishops have stated that health carl: should be available to all, regardless of a'bility to pay. "We have a system that does not yet come close to that," he said.

Catholic health care also treats more than physical needs by meeting social, ~ipiritual and other needs, he said.

On organ transplants, Father 0' Rourke said the federal government is now seeking . a nationwide system to replace the current system' of regional allocation of organs.

This is a bureaucratic solution to a shortage that complicates the method of allocation, he said.

"It's really not a solution," he added.

"It's a shortsighted approach that won't really improve anything. Unfortunately, it will have more flaws than the presc~nt system."

Hands-on religions life experience offered laity takenly call Joan Eiscrt "Sister," she is quick to correct them.

"Don't tell my II kids. I don't think they'd appreciate that," she says to set the record straight.

But it is understandable that Eisert's role with the Franciscans

By MARYANGELA LAYMAN ROMAN confuses people. The widowed CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE mother of 11 and grandmother of BURLINGTON, Wis. -- When 14 is a covenant member of the visitors to the St. Francis Friary and . Franciscan community, AssumpRetreat Center in Burlington mis- tion of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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COVENANT MEMBER - Joan Eisert walks the grounds of St. Francis Friary and Retreat Center in Burlington, Wis., with her granddaughters Ashley (right) and Katie and their mother, Pam Eisert. The grandmother is a new member of a program that allows Christians to enter the daily life of a religious community. (CNS photo by James Pearson, Catholic Herald)

Province, and lives and works at the retreat center.

She is the second lay member of the new covenant program, which allows Christians between the ages of 21 and 70 to enter into the daily life of a religious community.

Its intent, Franciscan Father Neal Kaminski says, is to bring lay people into the community to live, pray and work with friars and to provide a spiritual atmosphere for lay people to deepen their relationship with God. As a community member, Eisert lives and works at the retreat center, which is in the Milwaukee Archdiocese. Shc also prays and attends regular gatherings with the other five members of the community, who includc two friars, two women religious and another lay woman.

Eisert became involved with the community around the time she was planning to sell her five-bedroom home in the Wisconsin town of Mukwonago. She attended a retreat at St. Francis. While there she met Ginny Specht, a covenant member since 1996, whose paid position as retreat centcr bookkeeper had evolved into membership in the program.

The program came about when Eloise Samano-Williamson, impressed by the success of a similar program in Santa Barbara, Calif., that has gone on for 19 years, sug-

NCAA.mulls championship play on Sunday •

Fourteen Catholic colleges or universities are among those seeking an exemption to play at other times.

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SUPERIOR, Wis. - The National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I board of directors will decide Aug. 11 whethcr to reconsider a ruling that would force schools to play or forfeit championship games scheduled on Sundays.

The meeting comes after 99 universities requested on July 6 the day before Pope John Paul II issued his apostolic letter urging Catholics to attend Sunday Mass - that the so-called "BYU rule" be reinstated. This provision accommodated schools whose religious convictions did not allow them to play on Sunday.

Among the schools to formally request reinstatement of the rule were 14 Catholic colleges and universities.

Missing from this list were some prominent Catholic universities with strong athletic traditions, including the University of Notre Dame and Georgetown University.

On April 22, the NCAA Division I board of directors voted to

eliminate the exemption, which to a vote of the entire NCAA Diallowed schools to avoid sched- vision I membership, made up of uling championship games on 312 institutions, in January. A Sundays. Schools such as Mor- five-eighths majority vote must be mon-run Brigham Young Univer- received for the Sunday no-play sity in Provo, Utah, prohibit their rule to be reinstated, Jenkins said. sports teams from competing on One school that did not subSundays. mit a request is the University of In addition, the board elimi- Notre Dame. Father William nated restrictions that prevented Beauchamp, executive vice presichampionship competition from dent of Notre Dame, said the beginning before noon· on Sun- school did not petition the NCAA days. The restrictions had been because the university believed it designed to prevent games from would be hypocritical to call for interfering with players' atten- an end to Sunday play when Notre Dame competes in many dance at church.

The NCAA eliminated the sports on Sundays. .

Sunday exemption because it beThe priest said the university lieved that certain sports were has limited ability to control conmissing out on television cover- ference sports schedules, and not age, thereby taking away promo- playing on Sunday might require tional and financial opportuni- students to miss classes.

Asked if the pope's apostolic ties.

"We are not trying to ban Sun- letter could help sway other uniday play," Carri Jenkins, director versities - particularly Catholic of BYU public communications, institutions - to vote to reinstate explained in a telephone interview the BYU rule in January, Jenkins with the Catholic Herald, news- . said "absolutely."

In his apostolic letter, John paper of the Superior Diocese.

"We are trying to restore the flex- Paul II said that events such as ibility that existed in the NCAA sporting activities held on Sundays are a social and cultural rebefore April."

Jenkins said that the BYU rule, ality. "The disciples of Christ ... which had been in place for 35 are asked to avoid any confusion years, allowed the NCAA to ad- between the celebration of Sunjust championship schedules to day, which should truly be a way accommodate a school's policy of keeping the Lord's Day holy, and the 'weekend,' understood as against Sunday competition.

If the board does not reverse a time of simple rest and relaxits decision, the issue will be put ation," the pope stated.

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., July 31, 1998 gested to Father Kaminski that it could also work in Burlington.

Participation in the program lasts between one and five years. First there is a 90-day trial to see if the individual will be a good fit and if he or she is here for the right reasons," said Samano-Williamson.

Once they are accepted, covenant members must renew their commitment each year. In addition to room and board, members receive a stipend and insurance.

Moving from her spacious fivebedroom home to a 9-foot by 12foot bedroom that was tinier than the smallest bedroom in her home was a challenge, Eisert admitted. However, she said, the benefits far outweigh the problems, and noted that she is able to attend all the center's retreats and meet many new people.

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Father Kaminski, the program's director, explained that it is a twoway street. It allows religious the opportunity to collaborate with lay people and offers the laity a way to gain deeper spirituality and to be of service to others.

After two and a half years in the program as its founding member, Specht will be leaving the Franciscan community. Her time there was a period of adjustment, but she is leaving with no regrets and said overall it was a positive experience.

"I feel it is time for me to move on with my life now," said the mother of four, who will live with her son and daughter-in-law and care for their young child while hoping the Franciscan spirituality will stay with her.

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Archbishop Chaput urges clergy and married couples to follow teachings of 'Humanae Vitae.'

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DENVER - Calling the encyclical "Humanae Vitae" "the most misunderstood papal intervention of this century," Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver urged priests to endorse and Catholic couples to practice its teachings on contraception.

"The issue of contraception is not peripheral, but central and serious in a Catholic's walk with God," the archbishop said in a pastoral letter marking\the 30th anniversary of Pope Paul VI's 1968 encyclical which said Catholics must not practice any artificial form of birth control. ~'Quite apart from its cost to individual marriages, contraception has also inflicted massive damage on society at large," he added.

In the seven-page letter, he said Catholic couples must "examine their consciences regarding contraception," keeping in mind that conscience "is much more than a matter of personal preference." He told priests not to feel "intimidated" or "embarrassed" when instructing Catholics about contraception.

He said the "selective dissent" against "Humanae Vitae" and other Church teachings in the 1960s left many Catholics unable "to pass along anything to their children.

"The result is that the Church must now evangelize a world of their children's children - adolescents and young adults raised in moral confusion, often unaware of their own moral heritage, who hunger for meaning, community and love with real substance," the archbishop said.

Archbishop Chaput said all of the dire consequences predicted by Pope Paul VI if Church teachings on contraception were ignored have occurred. These include: - an increase in "conjugal infidelity and the general lowering of morality"; .

- a loss of respect for women by men, and a release of men from "responsibility for their sexual aggression"; - abuses by public authorities in the areas of population control and "cultural re-engineering"; - a belief by men and women that they have "unlimited dominion over their own bodies," leading to such "descendants of contraceptive technology" as in vitro fertilization, cloning, genetic manipulation and embryo experimentation.

Archbishop Chaput heartily endorsed natural family planning as a way for Catholic couples to regulate the size of their families. "NFP is not contraception," he said. "Rather, it is a method of fertility awareness and appreciation.

"When, for good reasons, a husband and wife limit their intercourse to the wife's natural periods of infertility during a month, they are simply observing a cycle which God himself created in the woman," he added.

The archbishop called those who teach or practice natural family planning "powerful advocates for life in an age of confusion."

He also had a special message for infertile couples, urging them to consider adoption and to "remember that a good end can never justify a wrong means."

"Procreative techniques which turn embryos into objects and mechanically substitute for the loving embrace of husband and wife violate human dignity and treat life as a product," he said.

He told priests that their own commitment to celibacy did not weaken their right to teach on contraception."Priests should never feel intimidated by their personal commitment to celibacy, or embarrassed by the teaching of the Church'," he said. "To be embarrassed by Church teaching is to be embarrassed by Christ's teaching."

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THE ANCHOR- Diocese of Fall River -

Fri., July 31, 1998

The Learning Channel offers 'War and Civilization' series

By HENRY HERX

'Private Ryan' filni is realistilc, gory, historic look at WWI][

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NEW YORK - In "Saving Pvt. NEW YORK - Charting the course of human history from a military Ryan" (DreamWorks), director perspective is the eight-part series, "War and Civilization," premiering Sun- Steven Spielberg places viewers right day, Aug. 2, and running until Wednesday, Aug.-5, with two episodes airing 9- in the thick of D-Day battle on 11 p.m. EDT each night on cable's The Learning Channel.

Normandy Beach - and it is a terriNarrated by broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite, the series is based on "A fying experience..

History of Warfare" and other books by military historian John Keegan who A movie of incredible realism, it's is on hand to provide some commentary on each episode. . not for the fainthearted, but it certainly The series begins with "First Blood," an hourlong program tracmg t~e will give those who did not live origins of warfare to a time some 5,000 years ago when groups of nomadic through World War II an appreciation hunters began raiding farm settlements. of what these young soldiers endured.

Keegan defines war as "collective killing for a collective purpose," then . It also underlines the utter horror and muses on whether future generations can ever learn to live without war as the savagery of war. means to resolve differences,gain territory or defend national pride.

Inspired by the real-life World War The major portion of the episode, however, is devoted to the citizen armies II incident in which the five Sullivan fielded by the Greek city-states 2,500 years ago. . brothers all died together, the story is When danger threatened, the local citizens assembled with their armor set after that tragedy. It is June 1944; and weapons, then fought to win a quick, decisive victory in order to resume . three of the four Ryan brothers have their domestic lives as soon as possible. been killed in action within days of . They used battle formation called the phalanx, a long line of soldiers each other. A decision is made that the eight rows deep which ran headlong into the enemy's center for hand-to-hand fourth must be located and returned combat whose outcome could only be victory or death. home to his grieving mother. It turns In 490 B.C. and again in 480 B.C., the Greek phalanx defeated the invad- out to be a rescue mission as Pvt. Ryan ing armies of the Persian Empire, though 150 years later it proved no match (Matt Damon) is stranded behind Gerfor the Macedonian forces of Philip II. man enemy lines in Normandy defendUnlike the Greeks, Philip maintained a standing professional army which ing a key bridge - with not enough added units of cavalry, archers and javelin throwers to support the main pha- GIs or weapons to survive. lanx of troops whose 14-foot lances were twice the length of those used by , But that situation takes place in the the Greeks. last third of the movie. It is Spielberg's Alexander, Philip's son, took the Macedonian army which had defeated brilliant filming of the D-Day invathe Greeks in 338 B.C. across the Hellespont into Asia Minor to conquer the sion onto Omaha Beach that first rivPersian Empire. ets viewers. , He did so in only three years, 334-331 B.C., in a brilliant campaign studThe camera pulls awayJrom Capt. ied from that day to this by military leaders hoping to learn from Alexander's John Miller (Tom Hanks) with his skill in tactics and mastery of logistics. men as they are about to embark from The Hellenistic world, Alexander's legacy, would be inherited by the ag- their landing craft directly into the line gressive city-state of Rome, the subject of Sunday night's second episode, of fire. The audience does not see this "Empires and Armies." from a safe distance, but is right in The program parallels the rise of Rome with that of China as well as that there amidst flying bullets, bursting of their common enemy, the nomadic horsemen from the Asian steppes known bombs, limbs ripped asunder, bodies _ as the H u n . . afire and gory human innards exposed Produced for The Learning Channel by Worldview Pictures, "War. and as dying men scream in pain.

Civilization" is an ambitious undertaking whose stated aim is to show how Viewer sensibilities are not spared: the wars of the past were related to the social, political and cUlfural develop- this is war - deadly, bloody, brutal ments of their time.

- with no pretense of glory or sentiWhile the first episode succeeds in joining the political with the military mentality. The immediate graphic viohistory of ancient Greece, it devotes little time to Greek life and culture, end- lence is horrifying, but in no way sening without any impressions of a civilization that still influences the Western sationalized or exploited. As the terworld. ror and complete chaos depicted in Historical popularizations endeavor to simplify the complexities of past this' scene build, some American solsocieties without distorting their essence, but here famous battles are chronicled diers are so frustrated they shoot Gerwithout any sense of the cultural context in which they were fought. mans they have taken prisoner. In the "First Blood" will certainly satisfy military buffs with its battle reenact- madness of warfare, atrocities occur. ments, period armaments and filming of battle sites.

This astounding scene goes on for One hopes, however, that future episodes will find a better balance be- nearly 25 minutes, sometimes seen tween the wars of the past, the consequences for the societies which fought from Miller's perspective as he looks them and their significance for our own time. about for his men. So awful is the reality of what he sees, the sound is deliberately distorted and he can't quite NEW YORK (CNS) - The followtake in all the losses and simply carry ing are capsule reviews of movi~s reon. But he regains his composure and cently reviewed by the U.S. Catholic uses his sharpshooter Jackson (Barry Conference Office for Film and BroadPepper) to gain a critical advantage casting.

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The next day Miller is ordered to take seven men, and find and return Ryan. Backed by his loyal sergeant (Tom Sizemore) and sharpshooter, he gathers a cynical Brooklyn kid (Edward Bums), a devout Jew (Adam Goldberg), a brash Italian (Vin Diesel), a melancholy medic.(Giovanni Ribisi) and a timid translator (Jeremy Davies) who has never seen combat.

The party of eight must forge on into enemy territory and soon are questioning why their eight lives must be risked

young actor noticed. Hanks and Damon would also seem to be courting Oscar nominations, given the power of their performances.

The music score and':;ound-effects editing are especially effective, reinforcing the atmosphere of constant

to save one soldier. Miller, ~~'~~I~~ who himself has similarques- I" tions, must keep them focused on this mission - and safe, an impossible task. Before they stumble onto Ryan, they will be down two, and then face a man who refuses to be rescued. . In addition to masterful direction, credit must be given to screenwriter Robert Rodat, whose story is gripping and whose characters are individually memorable. Performances are never overstated, which makes the misery of their kill-or-be-killed situaTOM HANKS stars as Capt. John tion all the more terrible. The fact that the soldiers looked Miller in the World War II drama so exhausted and petrified "Saving Pvt. Ryan." The U.S. Cathowas probably due in part to lic Conference classification is A-III genuine boot camp training in _ adults. The Motion PicturEI AssociaIreland under the harsh ~e- t'on o'f Amerl'ca ratl'ng is R -- remands of former Manne I .

Corps Capt. Dale Dye, hired stncted. (eNS .. pt:J.oto. from to ensure the.fiImbeauthen- .DreamWorks) , tic and realistic down to the danger that permeates l:very seemlast detail.

The cinematography and editing ingly safe moment.

With "Saving Pvt. Ryan;' Spielberg keep the action moving so that the nearly three-hour film seldom slows has done justice to the ultimate sacridown, and when it does it is for re- fice made by so many in that war, never flective overnight scenes when the losing sight of the soldiers' humanity, soldiers reveal themselves as more savagery and patriotism.

Miller's final words :,hould echo than fierce fighting machines.

The movie is rich in irony. Some in viewers' minds as they leave the instances are best not explained be- theater to enjoy lives so easily taken fore seeing the film; others stick in for granted in the land of the free.

This may be appropriate viewing memory, such as the sharpshooter praying that God will guide each bul- for some teenagers, but parents may let he fires into other human beings, deem the level of violen;e to be too or the contrast between what Miller intense for their youngsters.

Due to graphic battlefi eld violence did for a living back home before bewith gore, some profanity and recurcoming a capable killer in uniform.

As the paralyzed-from-fear trans- ring rough language, the U.S. Catholator, Davies' character makes quite lic Conference c1assifical:ion is A-III ajourney, from totally timid to aveng- - adults. The Motion Picture Assoing angel in a role sure to get the ciation of America rating is R - restricted.

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Other weekday reruns include (all CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE times EDT) ''The Lucy Show" at noon, HOLLYWOOD - A little white "Love Boat" at 1 p,m., "Eight Is dove Americans will be seeing this sum- Enough" at 3 p.m., ''The Hogan Fammer on billboards, in newspapers and ily" at 4 p.m., "Dave's World" at 4:30 on local cable television programs is p.m., "Highway to Heaven" at 6 p.m. heralding what its creators hope willbe and "Life Goes On" at 7 p.m. the successful launch of the seventh On weekends, viewers will have a U.S. commercial broadcasting networlc. chance to see reruns of such classic sePax TV, as the new network is ries as "Bonanza," "Big Valley," called, will start Aug. 31. About four- "Barnaby Jones," "Medical Center," fifths of its programs will be reruns, "'1'11 Fly Away" and "Christy."

"Disturbing Behavior" (MGM) . but the new network's executives have Pax TV is the brainchild of Lowell Slack teen thriller in which a transfer student from Chicago (Steve chosen what they consider to be fam- "Bud" Paxson, a self-described bornMarsden) arrives in an idyllic island comml,lnity to find the local high ily-friendly fare. again Christian who started making his school has a growing number of too-perfect students, then discovers at Anchoring Pax TV's prime-time fortune by owning radio stations. In rehis peril they are the result of mind control techniques developed by a weeknight schedule is ''Touched by an cent years, he acquired a string of more mad psychiatrist. Directed by David Nutter, there are occasional scenes Angel" at 8 p.m. EDT, the first time than 70 TV stations, most of them of bizarre violence and nightmare suspense, but the plot makes little sense the popular CBS series will be shown. shop-at-home channels high up on the and, worse, sometimes evokes unintended laughs. Stylized violence, men- in reruns.

UHF diaL acing situations, sexual innuendo, a flash of nudity as well as occasional Ifwill be followed by "Dr. Quinn, But thanks to federal regulations rerough language and profanity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classifica- Medicine Woman" at 9 p.m. EDT, ''Di- quiring cable systems to carry any tion is A-III - adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating agnosis Murder" at 10 p.m. EDT, and over-the-air signal originating within ''The Father Dowling Mysteries" at 11 35 miles, Pax TV is assured of high is R - restricted.

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At a press conference to help launch the networlc, Jane Seymour of "Dr. Quinn" fame said, "It's possible to make quality television that doesn't say that violence and gratuitous sex are the only things that selL" Steve Sohmer, Pax TV':; marketing head and the father of two young children, said, "Having chi.ldren and watching television with. them has been a tremendously mind-opening experience for me." He added, "If everyone in this country stopped hitting their children and we cleaned up the 8 o'clock hour, you would see a big difference in the level of violence in this country."

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Rochester diocese counts on pastoral administrators

By MIKE LATONA CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Permanent deacon Ray Mielcarek got more than he bargained for when he become a parttime pastoral associate at St. Stanislaus Parish in Rochester in the summer of 1997.

"I thought I was going to work 12 to 15 hours per week," he recalled with a chuckle.

But the priest-administrator, Father Mitchell Zygadlo, left the parish four months lat(:r. His replacement, Father Adam Ogozaly of Poland, did not wish to take on administrative duties.

So in February, Mielcarek became St. Stanislaus' pastoral administrator. Although that role had been "the furthest thing from my mind," he said, he welcomes the chance to perform ministry and also utilize his background in management.

"I just feel that the Holy Spirit has been leading me toward this," said Mielcarek, 63, a former engineering manager.

As of July I, nine pastoral administrators were serving in the Rochester diocese. Four of them were appointed just this year, and more appointments loom in upcoming years, said William Pickett, director of the diocesan office for pastoral planning.

Pickett said he has raised this model "explicitly" with groups of parishes involved in the diocesan Pastoral Planning for the New Millennium effort. .

The model has proved to be a good option for parishes that have lost a resident pastor but still wish to be served by an on-site administrator rather than be clustered with other parishes, Pickett told DEACON IN CHARGE .,....- As pastoral administrator at St. Stanislaus Parish in Rochester, the Catholic Courier, diocesan newspaper.

"Our pastoral administrators have been extraordinaJily effective,'! N.Y., Deacqn Ray Mielcarek keeps track of more than 50 keys to the church, rectory, school and he added. "What we'm demonstrating is that this is a legitimate convent building. An increasing number of parishes are handing administrative duties over to and viable way to have leadership in the parish."

Four women religious, three deacons, one layman and one lay- .deacons, brothers, nuns or lay people to free up a limited number of priests for sacramental woman are serving as parish administrators. needs. (CNS photo by Greg Francis, Catholic Courier) Father Robert Ring, diocesan director of priest personnel, said the diocese has appointed temporary administrators in the past when a pastor went on sabbatical or suddenly left a parish.

But the role became more permanent in 1994 when Sister Anne Michelle McGill, a Sister of St. Joseph, began a four-year term as administrator of St. Gabriel Parish in Hammondsport.

The terms can be renewed twice, giving a pastoral administrator up to 12 years at one parish, the same tenure as a priest, according to Father Ring. Administrators who serve terms must have a master's degree and extensive pastoral and/or administrative experience.

A parish could consider getting an administrator if it learns it will have no full time priest in the future. Parish size and vitality play into the decision as well. Finances can also determine whether an administrator or clustering is the better choice.

"You have to pay the pastoral administrator the same, or more than, a priest. Plus, you have to pay the sacramental minister," Pickett said. .

"It may not be cost-effective."

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Guatemalan Church, state condemn savagf~ .shooting of missionary priest •

Whether the shooting is 'this new violent act against another Catholic priest and hopes the crime linked with April's is promptly cleared up and the bludgeon murder of criminals put on trial," said a stateAuxiliary Bishop Juan ment by the U.N. mission in GuaGerardi of Guatemala temala.

The attack on Father Crestani City is conjecture.

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GUATEMALA CITY - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and a Guatemalan Church official condemned the attempted killing of a missionary priest in Guatemala City.

The July 20 shooting of Italian Father Sebastiano Crestani shows the lack of respect for human life in Guatemala, said Father Mario Alberto Molina, associate secretary of the Guatemalan bishops' conference.

The Church "condemns this lack of respect for human rights" and is asking for a full investigation, said Father Molina. .

Annan was in Guatemala on a two-day visit to check the progress of peace accords that ended 30 years of civil war. .'. ;'."The, secretary-general rejects

and the overall human rights situ'ation came up at a July 21 meeting between Annan an~ Archbishop Prospero Penados del Barrio of Guatemala City. Annan also met government and guerrilla leaders.

Father Crestani, 66, was shot several times outside his parish church on the outskirts of Guatemala City. The priest, who began working in Guatemala 10 years ago, was wound~d in the face, thighs, . abdomen and chest by unidentified gunmen. He was listed in critical but stable condition after seven hours of surgery.

Police said they were investigat.ing the case. .

"It's hard to know what the motive was. It's hard to tie this to anything he did," said Father Molina.

Father Crestani wrote a weekly column for a local newspaper, but , ,the arti~le~ were philosQIJhical, said ,.Father Molina. "They were n6tpd-

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Oh adorable and Divine Will, behold me here'before the immensity ofYour Light, that Your eternal goodness may open to me the doors' and make me enter into It to form my life all in You, Qivine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate befor~ Your Light, I, the least of !ill creatures, put myself into the little group of the'sons and daughters ofYour Supreme FIAT. Prostrate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg that it clothe me and eclipse ~l that does not pertain to You, Divine .

Will. It will be my Life, the center 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 sanctifi,es 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 first 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 Will. 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 riot 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 will 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 Kingd~m of the Divine Will. Amen. ( In Honor ofLuisa Piccarreta)865-1947 Child of the Divine Will)

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The Italian priest -.yas pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Parish and celebrated Mass at military installations on Sundays, said Father Molina. The military Masses were broadcast en armed forces television.

Father Crestani was not officially a military chaplain, and his

Masses for the armed forces were a secondary part of his ministry, said Father Molina. The post of military chaplain does not exist in the Guatemalan church, he added. ' Father Molina said that "it was too early to speculate" as to whether the murder attempt against Father Crestani was linked to the unsolved murder of Auxiliary Bishop Juan

Gerardi of Guatemala City, who headed the human right~: office.

The bishop was killed April 26, two days after presenting a comprehensive report on human rights abuses during Guatemala's three decades of civil war. The report named the army as being responsible for the majority of the atrocities.

China's underground Catholic Church blasts Clinton •

A spokesman says Clinton failed to draw attention to plight of religious persecution.

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WASHINGTON - A leading advocate of China's underground Catholic Church said President Clinton missed a "golden opportunity" to draw attention to religi'ous persecution dur\ng his visit to Chil!a.. " , " ',', Joseph Kung, presidenf of the Cardinal Kung Foundation, said .during a recent discussion ,at the ,Center for':Jewish.'and',Christia'n Values in Washington that'Clinton should..have addressed 'the issue 'when he heard from a governmentapproved Catholic bishop during a meetingw'ith'community leaders in Shanghai. . : . Kung said Clinton sho.uld have objected' to statements at that meeting by Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian of Shanghai, who said that religious persecution is not a problem in China.

Bishop.Jin, 82, iS,a member: of the government-approved Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association and was the only religious figure among community le,aders at the June 30 discussion. , In his remarks Kung said, "I believe very strongly that this was a golden opportunity for President Clinton to force the issue because it was ... their own bishop saying something which is not true. But ~e president did not force the issue....

He remained silent. That silence is not golden." ., Bishop Jin is a former chairman of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association. In 1957, Chinese Catholics split over the creation of the association, which rejects papal authority and elects bishops without Vatican approval. . An underground Catholic Church in China, estimated to number in the millions, professes loyalty to the pope.

On June 28, Clinton' visited Chongwenmen Church in Beijing, a nondenominational. church and the large~t'such government-sanctioned church in the city. Kung criticized the visit, saying it appeared to co'ndone the Chinese government's practice or' compelling religious believers to,worship only at officialchurches.

"As long as there is persecution going on, I don't believe that President Clinton or any official government officer should visit a patriotic association church without visiting [an underground church] or without making any remarks recognizing the right of underground churches to practice their religion," Kung said.

He said Clinton's visit to the government-approved church dur-

ing his nine-day, five-city trip in late June "is a clear signal that the president of the United States does not intend to seriously take up the issue of religious freedom and persecution in China.

"The Chinese author:ities 1 without much fear of forceful criticism, can now continue to persecute religious leaders who refus,~ to accept the Chinese government's choice of religion," Kung added.

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ZAGREB, Croatia - Croatia's bishops have defended the planned beatification of a controversial cardinal during Pope John Paul II's upcoming Croatian trip.

'The pontiff is' scheduled to visit the former Yugoslav, republic Ott. 2-4. On Oct. 3 he will celebrate Mass at the national shrine and beatify Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac. The .cardinal was named a martyr at the Vatican July 3, but is reviled by many who say he was a Nazi sympathizer. Serbs consider the cardinal a Nazi sympathizer, while Croatian Catholics view him as a hero for resisting postwar Communist attempts to suppress religion in Croatia.

A number of cardinals, archbishops and bishops field ed questions about the beatification at a Zagreb news conference recently. Among,them was Cardinal Franjo Kuharic, the retired archbishop of Zagreb, who said his predecessor had been the subject of 50 years of propaganda based on hatred and lies, the Croatian Catholic Press Agency, IKA, reported.

Archbishop Josip Bozanic of Zagreb, president of the Croatian bishops' conference, added that,Cardinal Stepinac's beatification is an acknowledgment of his contributions as a sorvant of God and marks the end of the Communist period in Croatia because he was the first of its victims to be proclaimed a martyr.

Cardinal Stepinac died in 1962 in his hometown, Kra~iic, while under house arrest. by the Communist leadership of what was then Yugoslavia. The government had tried him after World War II and sentenced him to jail for collaborating with the pLlppet regime established by the Germans in Croatia during the war and led by Ante Pavelic.

Supporters also note that,' though the cardinal spoke; in favor of the wartime regime while he was archbishop of Zagreb: in 1941, the next year he denounced the regime's genocidal policies against Serbs, Jews and Gypsies. His notes confirm that he helped save lives and spoke out against atrocities.

At the Zagreb news conference, Bishop Antun Skvorcevic of Pozega, general secretary of the bishops' conference, said Pope John Paul's visit would be preceded by spiritual preparation devoted to examining Cardinal Stepinac's message as it might apply to the modern church. . An estimated70 percent of Croatia's 4.5 million people are Catholic.

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Papal letter lists bishops' conference limitations •

Only if there is unanimous approval can the issues be promulgated, the Vatican said.

By CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - Bishops' conferences may issue statements on moral and other doctrinal matters only if they pass with a unanimous vote or receive the prior approval' of the Vatican, Pope John Paul II said.

In an apostolic letter, "The Theological and Juridical Natt=re ofEpiscopal Conferences," released at the Vatican, the pope said any authority national bishops' conferences have is delegated to them or tlows from their unity with the pope and the universal College of Bishops.

Pope John Paul praised bishops' conferences as expressions of the unity of the Church and as effective means for the bishops of a nation or region to promote and defend the faith.

But, the pope said, in responding to new doctrinal issues and moral concerns being raised in their nations, the members of a conference must recognize the limits of

their pronouncements.

"The authentic magisterium ofthe bishops, namely what they teach insofar as they are invested with the authority of Christ, must always be in communion" with the head of the Catholic Church and the members of the worldwide College of Bishops, he said.

The pope said caution also must be taken to enSure that conference statements do not unwittingly interfere with pronouncements on the same subject being developed by other national bishops' conferences.

"When the doctrinal declarations of episcopal conferences are approved unanimously, they may certainly be issued in the name of the conferences themselyes, and the faithful are obliged to adhere with a of religious sense the pope wrote. respect,"

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"However, if this unaU.S. BISHOPS at their November 1998 annual meeting in Washington. Pope John Paull! said in an nimity is lacking," he said, apostolic letter July 23 that bishops' conferences may only issue statements on moral or other doctrinal "a majority alone of the matters with a unanimous vote or with prior Vatican approval. (eNS file' photo by Nancy Wiechec) bishops of a conference cannot issue a declaration as authentic teaching of the conference to which all the faithful of the terriBy LYNNE WElL tory would have to adhere, unless The three nuns - two Italian Police immediately arrested a susCATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE it obtains the 'recognitio' (approval) pect who had been detained by local and one from the Philippines of the Apostolic See, which will not VATICAN CITY - Vatican me- residents, but they did not officially were on their way to work at a sogive it if the majority requesting it dia reported that a lone gunman release any details about him. Other cial services center run by the oris not substantial." killed three Missionaries of Char- news media quoted an unnamed gov- der, which maintains four centers A substantial majority is two- ity in Yemen. ernment authority as saying he was a for the elderly and the disabled in thirds of the active members of a Yemen, reported Fides, the news The three -nuns from the order, ' suspected Islamic extremist. bishops' conference, the pope said founded by Mother Teresa of Vatican Radio reported that the agency run by the Congregation for in the norms for implementing the Calcutta, were leaving their resi- suspect was an "Islamic extremist the Evangelization of Peoples. document.

Fides said the center in Hodeida, dence in Hodieda, Yemen, the with a mental illness."

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, pre- morning of July 27 when they were The gunman apparently fired on about 140 miles west of the Yemeni fect of the Congregation for the gunned down, the Vatican newspa- the three women at close range with capital San' a, serves about 100

By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Doctrine of the Faith, told report- per L'Osservatore Romano said. people and was opened in 1973. an automatic rifle.

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah VATICAN CITY - Pope John ers July 23 that requiri,ng unanimSaleh promised he would direct an Paul II has named a successor to the ity or at least a large majority reinvestigation into the incident.

Continued from page one late Bishop John Joseph of spects and protects the minority.

"Here we are not talking about L'Osservatore Romano reported Faisalabad, Pakistan, who took his miliar chant heard so often when- working to combat the escalating life in May to protest the country's practical, disciplinary questions on ever he travels: 'John Paul Two! We rate of AIDS and teenage pregnan- that Bishop Giovanni Bernardo which, in the end, a majority must Gremoli of Arabia was to attend strict Islamic blasphemy laws. love you!' Upon hearing us, he cies in the African nation. funeral services.

Bishop Joseph Coutts of make a decision. We are talking turned and walked back several Ann herself was a premedical Sister Nirmala, head of the Misabout doctrinal questions regarding Hyderabad, Pakistan, was apmeters toward liS, blessed us and student at UMass Dartmouth before sionaries of Charity, was reported the truth," Cardinal Ratzinger said. pointed to head the Faisalabad Diosaid 'I luv you too' in his Polish ac- graduating in 1997 from the UMass to be preparing to travel to Yemen "The principle of the majority ends cese, the Vatican announced.

Amherst campus as an English macent." from the order's headquarters in where the principle of truth begins.

Born in Amritsar, Pakistan, in Among students Ann met at the jor and summa cum laude ComCalcutta, India. is not determined by a maTruth 1945, he became coadjutor bishop conference was Conchita Gonzales, monwealth scholar. ' of Hyderabad in 1988 and became jority vote." a Cuban medical student. "Upon The papal norms apply only to hearing of the partial birth abortion head of the diocese in 1990.

Bishop Coutts was one of the pastoral letters and declarations is- procedure performed in America," three Pakistani delegates to the sued in the name of the entire con- said Ann, "she was shocked to hear Synod of Bishops for Asia earlier ference, the cardinal said. When the that in America a child is aborted this year at the Vatican. While at the bylaws of a bishops' conference 'every 30 seconds." synod, Bishop Coutts said that for allow conference committees or The Holy Name parishioner also 12 years, the bishops and human commissions to publish statements quoted a student from Trinity Medirights organizations had been strug- in their own name, the practice can cal College in Dublin, where she July 25, 1998 gling to get the blasphemy laws continue as long as people under- herself spent her undergraduate junMedjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina dropped or amended, but nothing stand the statements have no bind- ior year at its Royal College of Suring authority, he said. , geons, and where she will begin changed.

"Dear children, today, little children, I invite you, through Committees and commissions medical training in October. She "Bishop John (Joseph) was in prayer, to be with Jesus, so that through a personal experience of may not issue statements in the also plans to enter a master's prothe thick of it, hoping something prayer you may be able to discover the beauty of God's creatures. would change," Bishop Coutts told name of the entire coMerence, he gram in public health next summer You cannot speak or witness about prayer, if you do not pray. said.

S.uch statements 'become the at Harvard University.

Catholic News Service at the VatiThat is why, little children, in the silence of the heart, remain with Ann said the Irish student related can in May. "Bishop John saw the work of the entire confere.nce only Jesus, so that He may change and transform you with His love. when' all eligible conference that since abortion is illegal in Irefutility and called for strong action."

This, little children, is a time of grace f9r you. Make good use of members have studied and voted land, young Irish girls have been Bishop Joseph's suicide May 6 it for your personal cqnversion, because when ,you have God, you was his final act of protest in a cam- on them. In his letter, Pope John permitted to travel to England for have everythi!lg.

Paul said that in most cases bishthe procedure; and she stressed that paign of several years against the Thank you for having responded to my cal1." ops' conferences live up to the many w.ornen die from abortion harsh laws. He shot himself to death reason for which theY,were estabcomplication or are rendered incain front of a court building in OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE PRAYER GROUP Sahiwal, 270 miles south of lished: "as a means of responding pable of having children in the futo different ecclesia$tical questure.

Marian Messengers Ishimabad, after visiting the family Additionally, Ann cited a NigeP.O. Box 647, Framingham, MA 01701 of Ayub Masih, a Christian con- tions of common interest and finddemned to death under the blas- ing appropriate solutions to rian student who said she and her Tel. 1·508·879·9318 fiance, a pro-life physician, are them." phemy law.

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FALL RIVER - The annual Fall River area CYO Golf Tournament was recently held at the Fall River ~ountry Club. Players in four divisions competed in the hope of taking top honors and possibly qualifying for the diocesan tournament later this summer.

In the senior division, last year's top two finishers reversed roles with Kevin Blaser of Somerset shooting a round of 75 to take first place and James Cook, also of Somerset, placing second with a score of 88. In the intermediate division, Bill Bariar of Swansea led the field with a round of 77 and Matt Plosker captured second place: .

Fall River's Brent Amaral recorded the best score of the day with a 72 and captured first place in the junior division. Brad Carvalho of Somerset was the runner-up with a score of 80. In the tournament's youngest d.ivision, two Somerset youths captured first and second place. Ross Boiselle scored a round of 90 and Matt Bourassa turned in· a 97.

Father Jay Maddock, director of the CYO, offered thanks to Everett Smith and Roger Dugal, who directed the 1998 golf tournament and the country club's golf pro, Tom Tetreault. The two top finishers from this tournament will be invited to play in the. diocesan tournament at Segregansett Country Club August .22.

STUDENT HANDIWORK-Fifth graders from Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in New Bedford take pride in their memorial rosary which helped tq raise over $200 for Calcutta's Sisters of Charity. Students dedicated prayers for intentions written on individual beads.

Students (from left) shown are Rita Senra, Amanda Nello, and Amanda Santos.

American'league wilns CYO All-Star GalIle FALL RIVER:- The seventh annual Fall River Area C)'O Baseball League All-Star Game I,'ecently occurred at Maplewood Park. It pitted the American league, made up of players from St. Joseph and St. Louis de France churches, against the National league, consisting of players from St. Bernard, Holy Name and St. Michael's churc~es. TheAmerican , team edged out the Nationals by a score of 5-2.

The Nationals scored first in the seven-inning game on a Lyleiv1achado home run, but the American team came right back in the bottom half of . the inning with runs of their own. Brent Medeiros ~ingled with the bases loaded and brought home Marc Charest 'and Ryan Pavao. Jay;Ledoux scored the third American run on a throwing error.

Starting pitchers for both teams were John Kollek fOf the Americans. and Ray St. Pierre took the mound for the Na~ional team.

In the bottom of the third inningMarc Coriatry of the Americalis scored on a triple by Ledoux to push the American's lead to 4-1. Ledi)ux later, scored on an error but that would be more than enough to' get'the win.

The National team added a run on a sacrifice. fly 'in the top of the seventh.

Prior to the game the All-stars were~ presented with comm'emorativ~ .plaques and Jay Ledoux of St. Joseph's was awarded'lhe annual Umpire's Sportsmanship Trophy. . .", , , The league's regular season will continue with playoffs starting in early August. The standings as of mid July were as follows: St. Joseph 13 wins ;1nd 2 losses, St. Michael 9-6, Holy Name 8-7, St.· Louis de France 5-10 and St. Bernard's 3-13.

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They defeated: North.....:-... ,bridge' 5.:.3 in the final -." game, coached by Tim . GOVERNMENT DAY-Bishop Stang High School ~ieniors MC'Carthy. It istheschool's. Caroline Michalski and Joel Maxwell hold official citations first baseball sta,te cham- from the Massachusetts State Semite awarded for thBir parpionship. ticipation in the state's StUdent Government Day. They experienced the lawmaking process by drafting and voting on bills involVing education. Micalski is the daughter of Jan and Danuta Michalski of Tiverton. Maxwell is the son of Joanne Maxwell of Westport.

THEANCHOR- Diocese of Fall River - Fri., July 31,1998

Getting closer to someone

Our Rock and Role How to distingu,ish intuition from impulse

By CHARLIE MARTIN

Intuition Everybody's been in my face Tellin' me I gotta make a change.

Alii ever hear day and night is, "You better hurry up and get a life."

I need some direction 'Cause the clock is tickin' away.

Then a friend of a friend of mine Says I've really been on his mind And wants to go out And check out what the feelin's about.

Says we have a deep connection, .

Well, it sure is news to me.

And all I can say is, (Chorus) Intuition tells me How to live my day Intuition tells me When to walk away Could have turned left Could have turned right But I ended up hme Bang in the middle of real life.

Then another one always says She'd do anything to get ahead She doesn't care if she has to Scratch and claw to get in the door She wants her 15 minutes of fame And 20 would be nice.

But I guess it's hl~r life.

'Cause intuition tells me That I'm doin' fine Intuition tells me When to draw the line Could have turned left Could have turned right But I ended up here Bang in the middle of real life.

Should have turned left But I turned right And I ended up here And I feel all right.

You make it hard for me Can't find the real you You really think that I can't see What it is that You're trying to do (Chorus) Written by ImbruglialBooker Sung by Natalie Imbruglia Copyright (c) 1998 by BMG Entertainment NATALIE IMBRUGLIA burst onto this year's music scene with "Torn." The cassingle spent eight weeks at the top of the charts, the longest run on top so far in '98.

"Torn" is off Imbruglia's CD "Left of Middle." While listening to the disc I was drawn to the cut "Intuition."

Consider the song's opening lyrics: "Everybody's been in my face tellin' me I gotta make a change; all I ever hear day and night is, 'You better hurry up and get a life.'" I bet lots of teens would say that they have heard something similar!

The person in the song also says her life is guided by "intu-

ition." She says it "tells me how to live my day" and "when to walk away." She knows that she "could have turned left, could have turned right, but I ended up here, bang in the middle of real life."

The song addresses a common teen dilemma: what you want to do and what others think you should do. The person in the song uses intuition to resolve her problem. However, the song's tone doesn't convey the sense that everything is going well.

Consequently, we wonder if the woman really is skilled at listening to her intuition.

Intuition is diffic;ult to define.

It is a way of knowing that seems to combine thoughts and feelings, and yet differs from both.

When attempting to make a decision based on intuition, consider these questions: 1. How long have you felt this way? While intuition may arrive spontaneously, it is helpful to wait before acting in order to determine if your intuitive sense remains the same or is just an impulse of the moment.

2. Have you talked to someone else about the decision?

This is especially helpful when the other individual knows you well. Such discussion can assist you in seeing and weighing possible consequences. No one else can give you your intuition, but as in most other areas of life, honest talk can help you discern whether, indeed, it is your intuition that is speaking.

3. What are your goals? Real intuition supports one's longrange objectives. Seeking shortterm pleasure over long-term well-being does not reflect the power of intuition. Rather, intuition leads you to the best in yourself.

4. Have you prayed about the decision? When listening for your intuition, ask God to guide the process. Prayer leads to an inner calm, a better space for accurate listening.

As you practice the skill of intuition, you might make some mistakes. Yet, even these misreadings are likely to help you recognize in the future whether or not your true, Godgiven sense of intuition is speaking.

Your comments are always welcome. Please address: Charlie Martin, 7125 W 200S, Rockport, Ind. 47635.

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At 14, Elizabeth couldn't deal with her dad. "It's like he doesn't even know who I am. He hasn't got a clue."

I asked Elizabeth to tell me some stories about her dad and what his life was like. I wasn't particularly surprised to find that she knew almost nothing about his life.

"I guess;' she confessed, "I don't have a clue what it's like for him either."

Building communication is a two-way process. If you sit and complain that the other guy won't listen, you're stuck. Nothing happens till somebody opens the doors.

In any close relationship you tend to get what you give. If all you put out is anger and frustration, that's what comes your way in return. If you want your parents to understand your concerns, you can make it happen - by listening to theirs.

The stores are full of books on communication. Reading them, it can all sound pretty complex.

Actually, it's simple.

What I told Elizabeth to do and what you can' do in your important relationships - is get the other person to tell stories about his or her life. That's all there is to it.

Elizabeth's dad travels a lot in his work. He's a business consultant, and he helps companies figure out how to market their. new products.

When her dad came home from out of town, Elizabeth usually would ask him how his trip was.

He'd say, "Fine," and then go watch television.

This time when he got home she asked, "What were you working on?"

"Oh," he replied, "I'm working with a company that makes computer software for flower stores."

"Really? I didn't even know flower stores had computers."

For the next few minutes he told her about the complexities of the flower business, and how more and more florists are doing business over the Internet. Elizabeth kept

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"India," she said, "that's kind of neat." She found herself getting a new sense of her dad and of the work he was doing.

As ti!Tle went on she continued to ask about his work and listen to his stor\es. And a really interesting thing began happening. He started asking about her life and listening to her stories. They had bickered with each other for so long. But now, they were feeling like friends.

Everybody needs to be heard, to be cared about, to feel that they are interesting and important. We treasure the people who really hear our stories - because they know us and help us feel like we're valuable.

If you want to be closer to another person, take time to listen to that person's stories.

-Ask a few questions, and stay around to hear the answers.

-Ask about the same things again in a few days. This shows that you remembered what you heard and that you care.

It's a pretty simple prescription, but it works. Elizabeth listened to her dad's stories, and gradually he started listening to hers.

Within a few weeks, she told me: "You know, my dad's really a pretty good guy. He,really listens."

Your comments are welcome.

Please address: Christopher Carstens, c/o Catholic News Service, 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C..20017.

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from 8 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Sunday and is presented by married couples and clergy.' It is open for any married couples who wish to deepen their relationship. For more information call Dick or Sue at (401) 765-1426.

MARION - St. Rita's Church announces that it has added a 7 a.m.

Mass to the Sunday Ma:;s schedule for Aug. and the first two weeks in September. For more information call the rectory at 748-0>576.

ATTLEBORO - LaSalette Shrine will host an outdoor concert of Christian music at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 1 with the One Body Contemporary Choir. The choir is based at St. Louis de France Church in Swansea and includes 20 singers and musicians. Those attending are .asked to bring lawn chairs.

All welcome.

The shrine will hold its 9th annual Tent Revival Aug. 2 through Aug. 5 at 7 p.m. Themed "Pour Out Your Spirit," it will be hosted by Father Richard Delisle and mu.sic .will be provided by the local group "Prayz." It will feature guest and witness speakers sharing their personal faith stories. It will close on Wed. with a celebration of the Eucharist and those attending are encouraged to bring a nonperishable food item for a local food pantry. All welcome. For more information call the shrine at 2225410.

CENTERVILLE - A Marian hour of prayer is held at Our Lady of Victory Church every Tuesday from 3-4 p.m. Participants recite the rosary and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. All welcome.

NORTH ATTLEBORO - A First Friday celebration will be held at Sacred Heart Church on Aug. 7.

It will feature special guest Kevin Cook and is themed "Living the Life of Prayer." The evening will feature intercessory prayer from 6:30-7 p.m., Mass at 7 p.m., programs from 8-9 p.m. and adoration through the. night until 3 p.m. Saturday. All welcome.

EAST SANDWICH ,- Father Edward J. McDonough, widely known for· his healing ministry, will conduct a healing service at the Corpus Christi Parish Center at 7 p.m. Aug. 3 at 324 Quaker Meetinghouse Road. Handicapped accessible. All welcome. For more information call Pat Stebbins at' 833-8432. .

FALL RIVER - Are you willing to spend one hour a week with Jesus? St. Anne Parish holds perpetual adoration and has a great need for volunteers each week. If you are available call Claire Rapoza at 675-4912. Help pray for peace and the pro-life movement.

SAGAMORE - All area women are invited to a morning of recollection from 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 14 at St. Theresa's Chapel, Rte. 6A. Confessions w:ill be heard by a priest of Opus Dei. SEEKONK - On Aug. 12 at 8:30 a.m., prior lothe 9 a.m. Mass, the rosary will be prayed atSt. Mary's Parish for vocations. It is, sponsored

by St. Mary's Vocation Awareness Team. Later that day at '6:30 p.m. a holy hour for vocations will be held, including Benediction oHlle Blessed Sacrament. All welcome.

MANSFIELD - If you or a loved one needs extra prayers or would like to join the Prayer Chain TAUNTON - Taun::on Cathoof St. Mary's Church, call Rita at . lic Middle School will open its 399-4483 or Marilyn at 339-2668. doors for its 28th year this fall.

Adoration ofthe Blessed Sacra- Spaces are available in 5th and 6th ATTLEBORO - The ARCHBISHOP PIETRO Sambi, the Vatican's new ambassador to next Tri-Valley Marriage ment will be held at St. Mary's on ·grades. For more information or a Israel, meets Palestinian Authority President Vasser Arafat July 20 in Encounter Weekend will Aug. 7 beginning at noon and con- tour call 822-0491. the Gaza Strip. In' his post, Archbishop Sambi will serve as apostolic take .place at the LaSalette cluding with evening prayer at 7 Center Sept. 11-13. It runs p.m. All welcome.

WEST HARWICH - The St. delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine. '(CNS photo from Heuters) Francis of Peace Frate:rnity will hold its monthly meeting on Aug. MAILING SERVICES PRINTING 9 at Holy T~inity Church. Mass will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m. A business meeting and refreshments will follow. Inquirers welcome. For more information call Kay 234 SECOND 'STREET·· FALL RIVER, MA Fitzgerald at 394-0323.

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