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Hundreds of inspired local young people and chaperones who attended World Youth Day arrived home safe, but tired, on Monday night. By JOHN THAVIS CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE
TORONTO - Capping a week of prayer and celebration by more than 500,000 Catholic youths, Pope John Paul II urged the Church's younger generations to follow Christ and transform a
world tom by hatred and terrorism. . He also asked them to keep loving the Church and its ministers, despite the harm done to the young by a small minority of priests. The pope's words and his presence highlighted World Youth Day ceremonies July 23-28 in Toronto, where an army of young people in T-shirts and backpacks THE N~W·St. Mary's School, Mansfield will open it's doors to students September 4. A - including 355 locals from the .. d~iCatio.nceremony later this month will have Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., bless Fall River, Mass., and Providence the fac!li.ties: (AnchortGordon photo) R.I. dioceses - spent the week . .. '. .
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THE FLOCK - Teens and young adults from the Fall River diocese crowd around Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., at one of the final meetings before leaving Toronto on Monday after a week celebrating World Youth Day 2002. (Photo courtesy of Penny Rinfret)
MANSFIELD - Witnessing a rapid increase of children in the parish family and the need for a school to teach them the faith is something pastors in many parts of the Fall Rivers diocese vaguely remember. But for Father George C. Bellenoit this millennium brings a renaissance in Catholic parochial school education. With a growing number of parishioners and their young families St.
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NEW SEABURY - Hundreds from the Cape Cod area gathered for cocktails and dinner and enjoyed outstanding entertainment, very much aware that their gathering would also bring happiness to many students across the Fall River diocese. The "Summer Night" that hosted more than 200 people at the Country Club in New Seabury on July 26, was the fifth annual event to benefit the St. Mary's Education Fund, which provides need-based scholarships for children to attend Catholic schools. AqlOng the guests was Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap. While no dollar figure on what was
raised was yet available, the event last year raised approximately $300,000, reported Suzanne Downing, who for the fourth time chaired the event. "We had an exciting and wonderful night of entertainment," said Downing. She had high praise for a choral group from St. Francis Xavier Preparatory School in Hyannis that performed a medley of songs from "The Sound of Music" and "Sister Act." "The group performed at the beginning of the evening and set a fine tone for the remainder of an interesting night," said Downing. "They were fabulous." Ti_u_n_l_to_p_a_g_e_e_iglzt_ _D_in_ner
Mary's Parish moved quickly to expand its educational facilities - including building a schoolto meet the demands. "It's very exciting and its a big time for us," said Father Bellenoit, who has been pastor there for six years. After years of planning, fund raising and construction, St. Mary's Parish will be host on August 11 to dedication ceremonies of its new $4.5 million Education Center. Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., will pe principal celebrant of a Mass at noon. The dedication will follow and there will be a reception in the parish hall.
Tours of the modem facility will also be given. In an interview with The Anchor, Father Bellenoit talked about his growing parish and the needed Center that will be in operation this fall. "They key point in our expansion - which comes about because of the wonderful generosity of our parishioners - is the Educational Center," Father Bellenoit said. "It will house the ongoing religious education program as well as our new parochial school we will be opening in September." It is a whole new, two-story building, added onto the existing Tum to page nine - School
VISITORS TO the benefit dinner at the Country Club in New Seabury were greeted by students from St. Francis Xavier Preparatory School, Hyannis. From left: Aubrey Hartnett, Nathan Walsh, Rachel Freitas and Alexi Bukuras. (Photo by John Kearns Jr.)
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Sex scandal cODlpared to Inquisition at Voice of the Faithful gathering By CLAUDINE VERDON MARTlN CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE
BOSTON - The clergy sex abuse scandal in the United States "is equaled only by the bloodshed of the Inquisition" in its horror, a priest told a gathering of lay Catholics in Boston: Dominican Father Thomas Doyle, a chaplain at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany who serves as a consultant and expert witness in cases of sexual abuse, received the "priest of integrity" award from Voice of the Faithful. . The group is a grass-roots movement of mostly Catholic laity' that began in the basement of St. John the Evangelist Church in Wellesley five months ago in response to the sex abuse scandal. Titled "Response of the Faithful," the daylong conference at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston drew more than 4,000 people from 36 states and seven countries. Voice of the Faithful has an estimated worldwide membership of 19,000. . The group's motto is "Keep the Faith, Change the Church." Organizers say its goals are to "support those who have been abused, sup-. port priestS of integrity and shape structural change within the Church." The conference drew criticism from the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, whose executive director, C.J. Doyle, called it "the cynical exploitation of a tragedy by dissidents with an agenda." Donna M. Morrissey, spokes~ woman for the Archdiocese of Boston, also criticized the organization's . Voices of Compassion initiative to provide an alternative collection for Bo~~qn Catholics who do not wish
to contribute to the Cardinal's Appeal for support of the archdiocese. The archdiocese was represented at the conference by Barbara Thorp, delegate for healing and assistance ministry, who said after attending a workshop led by sex abuse survivors that the experience was "very humbling and moving." During the conference, victims of clergy sexual abuse were honored in a short film shown during the morning session, and some gave addresses prior to the closing Mass. Following the Mass hundreds of conference participants walked in a solidarity march with victims to the
Cathedral of the Holy Cross. In a keynote talk, Father Doyle said, "What we have experienced in our lifetime as Christians and as' Catholics is a disaster, the'horror of which is equaled only by the bloodshed ofthe Inquisition, but what certainly makes the indulgence-selling scam of the Reformation pale by comparison." "They have lost sight of the Christ-given reality that the Church is us. The most vital members of this Church ... are the marginalized, the hurting, the rejected, the forgotten, the voiceless," Father Doyle said.. Turn to page J3 - Scandal
Daily Readings August 5 Jer 28:1-17; Ps 119:29,43,7980,95,102; Mt 24:22-36 August 6 On 7:9-10,13-14; Ps 97: 1-2,5-6,9; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Mt 17:1-9 August 7 Jer 31 :1-7; (ps) Jer31:10-13; Mt 15:21-28 August 8 Jer 31 :13-23; Ps 51:12-15,18-19; Mt 16:13-23 August 9 Na 2:1 ,3;3:1-3,67; (Ps) Ot 32:3536,39-41; Mt 16:24-28 August 10 2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112:1-2,59; In 12:24-26 . . August 11 1 Kgs 19:9a,1.113a; Ps 85:9-14; Rom 9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33
SOME 4,000 people attend Mass at the Voice of the Faithful conference in Boston. The group, which formed as a result of the sex abuse crisis in the Archdiocese of Boston, awarded Father Thomas Doyle its "Priest of Integrity" award and gathered to discuss healing for the Church. (CNS photo by lisa Kessler)
In ,Your Prayers Please pray for the following priests during the coming week Aug. 5
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1917, Rev. Martin 1. Fox, Fouitder;St. Paul,Taunton 1934, Rev. Thomas A. I~.e\ly, Pastor,SS. Peter & Paul, Fall River
Aug; 6 1961, Rev. Joseph P. Lyons, Pastor, St. Joseph, Fall River
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Aug. 7 1986, Rev. John F. Hogan, Pastor, St. Julie Billiart, North Dartmouth 1987, Very Rev. Roger L. Gagne, Pastor, St. Mark, Attleboro Falls
Aug.S 1880, Rev. William Brie, Founder, St. Joseph, Fall River
Saint Anne's announces August women's outreach schedule FALL RIVER - Saint Anne's Hospital has announced the August schedule for it's Women's Health Network Outreach Program of breast and cervical cancer medical services. A nurse practitioner provides clinical breast exams, pap tests, physical exams as well as breast and cervical education at host sites throughout the Fall River area. Mammography is provided at the hospital's FIRSTFED Center for Breast Care. Other health services as ordered by the physician are included as needed. Portuguese speaking staff are available as well as interpreters for other languages. Appointments are necessary. For more information contact Maria Cabrales at 508-6755686. The schedule is as follows: August 6, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., SSTAR
Oncology Center offers cancer support NORTH DARTMOUTH The Oncology Center, ajoint service of Saint Anne's Hospital, Southcoast Hospitals Group and the Longwood Radiation Oncology Center/Harvard Medical School, is offering "Bridges", a new support group for those who love, care and support people with cancer. Open to all, including spouses, family members and friends who want to support those with any cancer diagnosis, "Bridges" meets Wednesdays from 4:305:30 p.m., at The Oncology Center, 480 Hawthorn Street, North Dartmouth. It is facilitated by a licensed clinical social worker. There is no charge and registration is not required. Participants may join at any time. For more information call Diane Passantino, LCSW, at 508979-5858, ext. 1043.
Information about this and other programs is also available at the hospital's Website, www.saintanneshospital.org.
Noted Scripture scholar dies at 85 WASHINGTON (CNS) Carmelite Father Roland E. Murphy, a co-author of the "Jerome Biblical Commentary" and one of the top U.S. Scripture scholars of the 20th century, died of heart failure in Washington July 20, the day after his 85th birthday. For decades Father Murphy was widely acknowledged as the nation's leading Catholic authority on the wisdom literature of the Old Testament, which includes the books of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Songs, Wisdom and Sirach. He was among the translators for the New American Bible and the
Family Health Care Center, 400 Stanley Street. August 10, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., FIRSTFED Center for Breast Care at Saint Anne's Hospital; August 13, 9 a.m. to noon, SomersetSwansea Walk-in-Center, 67 Grand Army Highway; August 15,6:30-8:30 p.m. at the FIRSTFED Center for Breast Care at Saint Anne's Hospital; August 22 noon to 3 p.m. at Healthfirst Family Care Center, 102 County Street; August 24, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., FIRSTFED. Women who qualify for Women's Health Network services through a state grant are Massachusetts residents, 40-64 years old or under 40 with personal or family history or over 65 and not eligible for Medicare and able to meet income guidelines.
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The Supreme Court ruling that taxpayers' 'money can be used to send children to private and parochial schools was a momentous decision that will change the substance ofAmerican education. By a single vote the court upheld the constitutionality of a Cleveland program that provides parents with publicly funded vouchers that can be used to educate their children at a school 'of their choice other than a public school. Currently a handful of states offer vouchers to subsidize parental choice for schools. This ruling by the Supreme Court will ensure that the voucher movement will now have ~ ripple effect across the nation. It also remains to be seen if the decision will also give legal approval to tax credits for parents who exercise their parental obligations as the prime educators of their children. This indeeq would be a momentous reality that would bypass the local school issue. One can be certain that this decision will also set in motion a national debate on how this country can remedy the current dissatisfaction that permeates so much of American schools. So many attempts have been made to improve public education with little silccess especially in urban areas. It should be noted that the Cleveland voucher program allows parents not only to choose private and parochial schools but also a magnet school that attracts children from around a given district. Both magnet and charter schools were basically created to assist parents who were disgruntled by their children's public schools. It must be made quite clear that the court upheld that the school voucher program did not interfere with the Constitution reflection on the separation of church and st~te. The voucher is given directly to parents, not to the schools. Its private parental choice is the key to the program. . As it develops throughout the country, one can be sure of intense and even bias debate. There will be those who will continue to use the separation of church and state as a smoke screen for reversal. The more liberal factors will have us believe thatthe very foundation of our democracy is threatened by this approval. Teachers' unions will also object to the voucher system on the presumption that it is taking monies away from public schools. They fail to recognize that all the proverbial monies poured into public education have failed to reverse their disintegration. As cities ponder whether to privatize" their entire school system, would one not wonder what is failing in the educational system? There are some schools that are abandoning state educational guidelines because they just c'annot meet expected standards. Does this not indicate that something really needs to be repaired? The very fact that so many parents do not want to send their children to their local public school should be a clear sign that American education as we have known it is at a crossroads: Public funds distributed to individuals who wish to make an education choice is not something new in this country. Millions of Americans were educated by the postwar GI Bill. This gave one the personal choice of college and university education funded by government grants. The voucher system is basically the same principle extended to parents for primary and secondary levels. It should be quite clear that the line of support and opposition to vouchers will reverberate across the land in the next few months. Parents should stand firm and assert their right of choice as affirmc:!d by the court. They have the basic natural and moral right to seek educational choices that will be in the best interest of their children. This right is nondebatable and must be supported by all who believe in true private educational choice.
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PRIEST HEARS A YOUTH'S CONFESSION AT CORONATION PARK IN TORONTO DURING
WORLD YOUTH DAY. THE PARK, ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE THE MAIN ACTIVITIES TOOK PLACE, OFFERED PILGRIMS A PLACE TO STEP AWAY FROM THE CROWDS AND PRAY. (CNS PHOTO FROM REUTERS)
"HE WHO CONCEALS IDS TRANSGRESSIONS WILL NOT PROSPER, BUT HE WHO CONFESSES AND FORSAKES THEM WILL FIND 'COMPASSION" (PROVERBS 2: 13).
Crisis in leadership: The world of business By
FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE .
from behind. Ironically, violence doesn't always mean spilling' Not long ago it was an honor blood. It can take the form of to be a leader. But as institutional wrecking innocent people finanscandals increase, the esteem cially or destroying trust, for exleaders once enjoyed has turned ample. A broken heart does much to suspicion and distrust Why this more violence to a person thana crisis in leadersh'ip - in business, broken body. for example? When the crisis of leadership No doubt a proliferation of the is examined through the eyes of capital sins we learned to 'avoid sin, we learn that no matter how in school are among the causes. noble and credentialed a person Take greed. There is an unwrit- is, everyone has weaknesses that ten law that the more we get the are at risk of being exploited. And more we want. Greed is always ' if we look at this crisis through at our side, tempting us never to the eyes of our culture, we learn that there may be a culprit other be satisfied with what we have. When we ask why people than sin. worth millions would defraud a Social analysts may agree that company in order to increase in- we are making quantum leaps forcome that they don't need, the ward in society, but they aren't only answer that seems to. make likely to think we are sufficiently sense is that they were blinded by forward looking to see where greed. these leaps ultimately are leading Usually one sin leads to an- us. It is one thing to merge comother. panies and increase profits, and For example, when we suc- another thing to look ahead and cumb to greed there is a tendency to build in the checks and balto cultivate an appetite for the ances that ensure stability, the finer things in life, one of them lifesavings of employees and the being fine foods. This can easily protection of people under our lead to gluttony. care. And once we achieve a certain Our post-modern times are status, pride may well develop, calling for a new type of visionwith. violence quickly .coming ary who ,can see not only the
means, but the end - a leader who places human peings above the institution and is willing to sacrifice self for the truth. Progress must always be accompanied by virtues such as courage, truth, prudence, wisdom and humility. Such virtues must be ingrained in leaders as they vigorously pursue progress. To become a visionary of this type, reflection and路 contemplation must be an integral part of a leader's daily routine. Ul~imate questions must be :1~ked, such as: How does our work - or business - enable the world to experience true joy, honesty, peace of mind or love? Is fraternal correction encouraged so that the common good can be safeguarded? What effort are we making to help co-workers and employees be,come nobler persons? Do we view our work or business as a service to the larger community? The present crisis in leadership in business is caused in great part by people who have forgotten that ultimately leaders ar~ not evaluated on the basis of how much profit they generate, a company's expansion or its power, but on the basis of the power of character they possess. .
Above and beyond Guts - a not-so-eloquent definition ofcourage. But sometimes the word courage just doesn't cut it. There's nothing a sports fan appreciates more than a player with courage, or more appropriately, guts. Perhaps that explains why the movie, "The Natural," the 1984 hit starring Robert Redford was and is still considered one of the best baseball films ever made. As art, the story was pretty hokey:but that was superceded by the sheer drama of Roy Hobbs coming to bat in great pain and still managing to launch a tremendous game-winning home run into the light standards setting off a shower of sparks and fireworks. Guts. In real life, that scene was nearly duplicated when Los Angeles Dodger Kirk Gibson hobbled to the plate on two creaky knees and delivered a two-out, two-run, gamewinning home run in Game One of the 1988 World Series against the best relief pitcher in the game, Dennis Eckersley. Even Dodgerhaters couldn't help but get all goose-bumpy watching Gibson shuffle across the diamond to home plate. Guts. In another day and age, there was Bob Baun of the Toronto Maple Leafs who scored an overtime goal in the 1964 Stanley Cup finals ... on a broken leg. Guts.
Locally, who can forget Bobby Orr slicing through his opponents with the knees of a 90-year-old? Or Larry Bird periodically resting, flat on his twisted, knotted back, waiting to get back on the parquet floor. Or Steve Grogan, who didn't have a spot on his person that didn't hurt,
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running a bootleg for a TD in Foxboro. Guts. Fans love a player with guts. Yet all these wonderful exploits pale in comparison to a man out there today, whose courage knows no boundaries. This man, once a fit athlete, actor and statesman, is physically just a shell of his former self. But mere words cannot do justice to what PoPe John Paul II accomplished last week in Toronto. The 82-year-old pontiff once again proved he is grandfather to all this planet's youth. There's no pulling the wool over a teen-ager's eyes. They know the truth when they see it and hear it. And they know the truth is JPII. What the secular press may see
is a frail senior citizen, hunched over in a chair- a man who drools when he speaks, has trembling hands, an expressionless face, and whose speech is slurred. They see a man who can barely stand, let alone walk. They see a pitiful figurehead of a Church they simply don't understand. Or try to. What the youth in Canada saw was a man with guts - a man who so loves them, that he traveled for hours and hours to spend a small chunk of time with them - a man who loves them so much that he had to deliver God's message to them in person - a man who for all intents and purposes, should simply rest and take care of his frail being. There's a reason why the youth of this world are so enamored of this man. He is surely not one of the "beautiful people" so lauded by society. At first sight, he can be almost grotesque in a hunchback of Notre Dame way. But that is not what the youth saw. They saw a man who genuinely loves them, and has sacrificed so much for them. And they couldn't help but love him back. Only JPII could evoke such emotion from such a skeptical and keenly aware age group. Why? Because Pope John Paul II has guts. That may not carry the eloquence of saying he's a man of great cour-
THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River age, but.it is meant as the highest of compliments. If Roy Hobbs can be know as 'The Natural:' then JPII must surely be called "The SuperNatural." Dave Jolivet, editor of The An-
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BREWSTER - A Mas,S and healing service will be held August 7 at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of the Cape Church, 468 Stony Brook Road. For more information call 508-385-3252. EDGARTOWN The Catholic Parishes of Martha's Vineyard announce a parish mission entitled "Listen to Your Life," August 5-8 beginning at 7 p.m. each evening at St. Elizabeth's Church. It will be led by Dominican Sister Peggy Devlin. For more information call 508-693~0342.
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Q. Our pastor has referred tack in countless ways today, from several times to Catholic social abortion and genetic engineering teaching, as if we should know to assisted suicide, the death penwhat that is. We think we have alty and human cloning. 2. In a global culture driven by some idea of what he is talking about, but is there any Catholic excessive individualism, Catholic doctrine or dogma with that tradition teaches that human bename? If so, where did it come ings grow and achieve fulfillment in community with other human and who are striving to lead from? (Pennsylvania) beings. People have a' right and A. Yes there is, and it's a major chaste lives. For more informaof Catholic doctrine. part tion call Msgr., Thomas ) "The Catechism of the Harrington at 508-992-3184. Catholic Church" devotes NEW BEDFORD - Calix, many pages, under varia group which enlists Catholic ous headings, to Catholic men and women who are grate- teachings on social jusfully celebrating recovery from tice. By Father This body of doctrine alcoholism, drug addiction and is based heavily on papal John J. Dietzen other dependencies will meet encyclicals and other maAugust 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the parish center of Holy Name of jor Church documents of the Sacred Heart of Jesus the past 150 years, responding es- duty to participate in society,_to seek Church. Newcomers always pecially to problems raised by the the well-being of everyone in that Industrial Revolution in Europe society, especially the poor and othwelcome. and North America. The range of ers who are vulnerable and have no NORTH DARTMOUTH teachings, however, goes beyond power to speak for themselves. 3. Every person has an inalien- An "Evening of Prayer for that particular movement; they deal with all important political, able right to life, to food and shelVocations," will be held August 7 at 7 p.m. at St. Julie Billiart economic, spiritual and social as- ter, suitable work and pay, and Church. Refreshments and an pects of just and healthy human other requirements for human deopportunity to meet those pre- communities, from nations to trade cency. A just society can be protected only wh~n these human paring to serve as priests in our unions and families. In June 1998, the American rights and responsibilities are met. diocese will follow. For more 4. A basic test of the moral and information call Father Craig bishops issued a statement titled "Sharing Catholic Social Teachsocial well-being of any society is Pregana at 508-675-1311. ing: Challenges and Directions." the condition of its most vulnerNORTH EASTON - The They identified seven principles able members. 5. Work is more than a means Holy Cross Fathers will con- that characterize this branch of Catholic doctrine. to a wage; it is a form of continuduct a weekend retreat for fami1. Belief in the sanctity of hu- , ing participation in God's creation. lies to share in prayer August 9-10 and August 16-17 at the man life and the inborn dignity of If the dignity of work is to be proFather Peyton Center, 518 every human person is the foun- tected, the basic rights of workers Washington, Street. For more, dation of all social principles and must be respected, including the information call 1-800-299- teaching. This dignity is under at- right to fitting work, to private
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FALL RIVER - The Three Wishes Program provides electric wheelchairs to senior citizens and permanently disabled persons at no cost for use in the home. For more information call 800-451-0971. MISCELLANEOUS Catholics for Life Inc., is sponsoring the ground breaking celebration for a new' Pro-' Life "Mother of Life Center," on August 15 after a noon Mass at Holy Ghost Church, 472 Atwells Avenue, Providence. R.t. Bishop Ernest B. Boland, O.P., will be the principal celebrant. The cente,r will house Problem Pregnancy of Providence, inc., a alternative to abortion clinic, which provides free confidential counseling and pregnancy testing. It will also have expanded services to include a Catholic media and book store and a prayer chapel with the Blessed Sacrament. All invited. NEW~BEDFORD ---.:... The Courage Group will meet Sunday at 7 p.m. in the rectory of Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish. Courage is a support group for Catholic men and women who are confronting same sex attraction issues
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Diocesan Office of AIDS Min':-This year as we faced the anniversary of the first- because they no longer looked like human beings! istry invites those living with ever destruction by atomic bombs - in Japan, Aug. Even those who survived had only a small chance and affected by HIV and AIDS 6, 1945 - I felt compelled to reread John Hersey's of getting medical care. "Of 150 doctors in the city, including caregivers, families, moving book "Hiroshima." That's because I came 65 were already dead and most of the rest wounded. and friends to a day of retreat across an old clipping about the "nuclear winter," Of 1,780 nurses, 1,654 were dead or too badly hurt and reflection August 8 from 10 the contention of some scientists that "the fires set to work," wrote Hersey. I was old enough when Hiroshima was bombed a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Mary of the by even a limited exchange of nuclear weapons Harbor Church. For more infor- would blot out so much sunlight with smoke and to remember how it affected us here at home. While mation call 508-674-5600, ext. soot that life on earth would be all but extinguis~ed." some theologians, ethicists and others deplored this 2295. The article went on to new threshold in man's explain that the detonainhumanity to man, many SEEKONK - A Holy Hour tion of 5,000 megatons of felt differently. Some people praised President for Vocations will be held to- nuclear warheads would night from 4-5 p.m. at St. result in lowering the Harry S. Truman, who had issued the order. Mary's Church, 385 Central world's temperature by as Avenue. For more information much as 75 degrees. , _ They held that he may call 508-399-8440. By Antoinette Bosco have saved, lives by preWinds would be fierce, land and water would cluding the need for an in.freeze and life could not vasion of the Japanese be sustained. mainland. Some also felt The article pointed out something even scarier, he justifiably had "socked it" to the Japanese in rethat we, and at that time the Soviet Union, had 5,000 venge for Pearl Harbor. megaton capabilityin multiples! That justification helped most of us tuck away To put this into perspective, the bomb that lev- the reality of Hiroshima in the hiding places of so doing does not deny an errant priest conversion or fullness of eled Hiroshima, a city of 245,000 people, killing our minds - only bringing it out dutifully for a life. The rate of cure for pedo- nearly 100,000 persons in one blow and injuring brief moment of anniversary remembrance in philia is bad enough to warrant a 100,000 more, had the force of far less than one August. But now, with the escalation of hugely powerful "no tolerance" policy. Denial of megaton! Hiroshima, then, was only a small-scale model nuclear weapons, stockpiled and ready to activate an offending priest to exercise his priestly duties simply does not of the destructive force of nuclear weapons. Yet; at the push of a button, Hiroshima, as a model ,of equate to a denial of conversion rereading Hersey's book, I was reminded of what what nuclear destruction can be, takes on new imfrom sinfulness to holiness; nor this miniforce, this little "tease" of an atomic bomb, portance. We must se~ its truth. Hiroshima was the "day does it deny him the right to life. had done. It caused whirlwinds, fires, trees uprooted, Holiness and fullness of life as buildings revolving in twisting funnels and people before" that had a "day after" and a new beginning offered by Christ can well be ob- thrown about with their skin burned off, brutally - the horrendous era of nuclear weaponry. Hiroshima must never be replayed. tained outside of the priesthood and painfully killed. We cannot seduce ourselves into believing that What this diminutive bomb did to the immediate where a pedophile priest may have less opportunity to continue survivors was also unheard of in the history of hu- we can fight and win what some call even "a limman destruction. Hersey relates how a man trying ited nuclear war" and, like Hiroshima, rise from the to abuse children. George E. Lee to rescue people had to keep "consciously repeat- ash~s. For even the ashes will be frozen dead in the Somerset ing to himself, 'These are human beings.'" That's dark remains of our world.
Letter to the Editor Editor: I am responding to the letter of retired Superior Court Justice William H. Carey who stated that the "no tolerance" policy for complaints against the clergy amounts to mandatory sentencing, and that therefore the preamble to the Church's prayer for vocations to the priesthood that contains the words "Oh God, who wills not the death of a sinner but that he be converted and live..." would require an amendment that would express "except for the wayward priest." What the "no tolerance" policy does is to protect children, and in
property, to economic enterprise, to organize and join unions. 6. The whole' human race, whatever the racial, ethnic or geographical background, is one human family. We are brothers and sisters of each other, and must live in solidarity with our "neighbors," wherever they are. 7. Care and protection of the earth and its environment is a requirement of faith. We have a duty to live in support of and harmony with all God's creation. Obviously such a broad area of faith is vastly complex and constantly evolving. Both the popes and the bishops, however, point out often that the Catholic principles of social justice are an essential focus of Catholic faith and responsibility. The full text of the American bishops' statement may be obtained from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at 800-2358722. An excellent brief summary of the principles for parish or other distribution IS available from the Minnesota Catholic Conference, phone 651-227-8777. A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about receiving the ~oly Eucharist is available by ~ending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651. Questions may be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address, or E-~ail: jjdietzen@aol.com.
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It took Catholics in Oregon a year that box?" I would say it was one of to ha.ve an Interstate 5 billboard three things and he had to decide: taken down that declared Pope John a) You· play scissors-paper-rock Paul IT to be the Antichrist. A recent with the priest; sin is forgiven if you survey sponsored by sociologist Fa- win two out ofthree. ther Andrew Greeley claims that 83 b) You have five seconds to tap percent of those questioned think' the correct secret code on the divider Catholics worship Mary and the saints. And my Lutheran cousin Dennis asked yet again the other day what really goes on inside a confessional. I am not sure if these things are related 'by varyBy Dan Morris ing degrees ofanti-Catholic bigotry orifl should just -----------of!!~ stop reading newspapers, driving the interstate and visiting relatives. The latter sounds or the priest will refuse to slide open pretty smart at times, but I enjoy the little door. most of my relatives, I cannot avoid c) The priest puts your thumb the interstate and I like reading news- knuckle in a nutcracker and squeezes papers (the one you are currently until you agree never to sin again reading being my very most favor- and volunteer to chair the back-toite). school bazaar. As my relatives have taught me But I have gone through stages over the years, most anti-Catholic on the anti-Catholic front. As a bigotry can be tucked behind ques- young convert years ago, I Was tions and politeness. I used to an- downright combative. Then I began swer their accusations masquerad- to realize that much of the so-called ing as high-eyebrow queries with bigotry was not so much bigotry as sarcasm ("Be careful, because you simply lack of understanding of know we Catholics own Microsoft Church teaching and Church tradiand most of Manhattan") or mul- tion and Catholic culture. In my curtiple-choice questions with no right rent stage, I have concluded both answers. previous stages had their strong For example, when Dennis points and that sometimes we Cathowould ask, "What really happens in lics inadvertently shoot ourselves in
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the foot. I am not alluding to the ongoing "sexual abuse scandal," but it sure did not help. Here's my point. We as a Catholic community have no need to apologize to anyone for our' heartfelt public displays of piety and faith. At the same time,' we should not get huffy when we are asked questions about idol~ and Marian worship after we carry a statue ofthe Blessed Mother down Main Street singing in Latin (us, not the statue). We should not be caught off guard by comments about "triumphalism" after we have convened tens of thousands of us in a city stadium for a eucharistic congress and ourVatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issues a statement declaring that the church ofChrist continues to exist fully only in the Catholic Church. We should not become as testy as Father Greeley about survey results showing that "52 perCent of the non-Catholic Americans agreed that Catholics were not permitted to think for themselves." On a quite frequent basis, various units of the
brought together in prayer as part of an official 'organizational directive. Scovill has heard from those putting the policy into practice that "parents were happy with it, and the kids had no problems. It has been overwhelmingly received." Though the policy was publicized in the council's spring newsletter, not everyone had yet gotten the word about it. But coaches interviewed recently by the St. Louis Review, archdiocesan newspaper, all agreed it was a good idea. Council spiritual moderator Father John Borcic, pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Dutzow, noted that, in today's world, oftentimes too much emphasis is placed on winning at any cost. "We felt it was a good idea to temper that a little bit" and remind people "that we are a Christian, Catholic organization," the priest said. Praying together before games puts the emphasis back where it belongs, on good sportsmanship, he added. Kevin Stillman, president of the athletic association at St. Peter Parish in Kirkwood and father of four, has coached a number of teams. He said he was "very familiar" with the council's new prayer policy, but had yet to see it in effect on ball fields. His teams, like many others, say a prayer before the start of each game. Getting both teams to pray together "is a fabulous idea," Stillman said, because "it's important for these kids to remember that we're doing it for Jesus."
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'Pray before you play' policy aims to foster sportsmanship, safety ST. LOUIS (CNS) - Pray before you play. That's the new order of business on ball fields, soccer fields, basketball and volleyball courts and tracks at all sporting events sponsored by the Catholic Youth Council of the St. Louis Archdiocese. The ruling covers the 65,000 youths and adult players and 10,000 coaches and volunteers who participate annually in council games. Non-Catholics, who play those sports may opt out of the prayer. The Catholic Youth Council officially instituted the policy this summer at the start of the softball and baseball season, but it got an earlier successful tryout during the previous basketball season, said council sports director Paul Scovill. Before the start ofeach game, the coach for the home team is responsible for leading both teams and officials in prayer or selecting a player, parent or parish representative to lead the prayer. Suggested short prayers that emphasize sportsmanship, player and fan safety, and enjoyment of the game are available through the council office. A Hail Mary, Our Father or similar prayer will do as well, Scovill said. At the prayer's conclusion, players and coaches from opposing teams are to wish each other luck and then proceed with the competition. Scovill, who has worked at the youth council for 18 years, said to his knowledge this was the first time opposing teams had ever been
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Master of ceremonies for the evening was Natalie Jacobson, news anchor at ChannelS in Boston. "She did a grand job at what is always a social evening that has anticipation built in," said Downing. " It is not a business meeting as is the fall dinner." . More entertainment came from Tony Pace, a stand-up comedian
and imitator whose show is billed, "The Man with the Voice who is also Funny." Pace for a time "became" such . greats as Louis Armstrong, Neil Diamond and FrankSinatra. "He had the audience participating and we路 had a wonderful time," said Downing. "It all went very well and it was a most successful evening."
I. . YOUNG PEOPLE in native dress escort Pope John Paull! onto the stage for a Mas~ at World Youth Day in Toronto July 28. The Mass was the fir:IC:l1 event of the eighth interna. tional World Youth Day. (CNS photo by NancY'Wiechec)'
SUZANNEW. DOWNING"left, Bishop O'Malley and Natalie Jacobson, master of ceremonies, chat during the dinner to ; benefit the St. Marts .I;ducation Fund.
POPE JOHN Paul II lifts. the chalice during Mass at the final event of World Youth Day July 28. More than 800,000 people attended the closing Mass. (CNS photo from Reuters)
GARY AND CAROL Bukuras and Joe and Mary Voci, whose children attend Catholic schools in the diocese, admire one of the paintings given away during the dinner program.
Pigeons fly from Rome to Poland to VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Exactly four hours after Pope John Paul IT's flight took off for Toronto . on July 23; a special flock began its flight from S1. Peter's Square to Poland, the pope's homeland and the site of the next papal trip. A CHORAL group from St. Francis Xavier Preparatory Their departure was blessed by School in Hyannis performed a medley of songs from ''The Father Jozef Zylka ofGdansk, PoSound of Music" and "Sister Ace' (Photos by John Kearns Jr.) land, and was witnessed by doz-
ens of ducking tourists. The flock was composed of 8,681 homing pigeons raised in cities and towns throughout Poland. As expected they returned to their nests on July 26; the distance between Rome and Warsaw is 839 miles as the pigeon flies. Father Zylka is the chaplain of
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Catholic raisers and racers of homing' pigeons in Poland. He organized the truck ride to Rome and the Vatican release in anticipation. of Pope John Paul's August 16-19 visit to Poland.. He recruited the 8,681 homing pigeons to represent one for each day of the Polish pope's pontificate up to July 23.
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The new complex will include can opt to stay until 5:30 p.m., as use of the former parish center part of day care, after-school acand the parish hall will be used tivities and study time. The proas a cafeteria to serve the new grams prior to and after school school. will all be structured, Riley exThe school itself will have nine plained. classrooms - serving kindergarAlthough the kindergarten ten through grade eight. There classes are reported already filled, will also be a library, computer- there is room for more students science laboratory, a teacher's in the elementary grades. lounge, administrative offices and JoAnne Nolan and her two a health room for the school daughters visited the complex for nurse. an early look last week. DaughThe capital outlay also in- ter Mary Alice Nolan will be encludes repaving and enlarging the tering the fourth grade there this parking lots that serve the church fall and her younger sister, and the parish; and making the Bridget, will be in the second "Rose Garden," which is another grade. building on the site, handicapped "It's fabulous," Nolan said. "It accessible. will be a great opportunity for "We're also building anew kids and parishioners." gymnasium - which will be acMartine Palanza, who lives cessible from both levels of the across the street from the new Center - which probably won't complex, brought her children be open when school starts, but Beau, age five, who will be enshould be open by late Septem- tering kindergarten, and , ber or October," the pastor re- Marianna, who at three-and-aported. . half is a wannabee student. But The school's principal, Joanne her son William will be a secondRiley, a parishioner for 15 years, grader. was appointed to the post in the "This is a dream come to true," fall of 2001. She has chaired the Martine Palanza said. "Catholic parish's Education Committee for education is important in the , nearly three years. A native ofFall children's overall development." River,'she holds a bachelor's and Five-year-old Peter Carona master's degree from Boston Andreas said candidly that he was College. She has taught in dioc- scared at first about a new school. esan schools and is a former prin- But he agreed with his mother . cipal at St. Francis Xavier School Paulette, a veteran of 12 years of , in Acushnet. Catholic school education, that it Riley said the faculty is already will prove a good experience. "We want to provide a great hired. Besides teachers there is also an office manager, as well as experience for Peter and we feel a part-time resource person, part- that this is the best way to go," time computer science person, she said. "It's an educational and part-time music teacher and a cus- spiritual investment. "My husband and I wanted Petodian. "I'm very much looking for- ter to have a morality-based eduward to the opening of school on cation." The parish has so grown that September 4 and having students and teachers there," Riley told Father Bellenoit says he and his two assistants, parochial vicars The Anchor. "A school has been in the Father Darius Kalinowski and hearts of parishioners here for Franciscan Father Michael many years. It's nice to see young Ciryak, as well as Permanent people live out their faith," Riley Deacons Thomas P. Palanza and Walter Thomas, are kept busy. added. "And I can see we will be even Kindergarten will offer a full day for students and all students busier," Father Bellenoit said jowill have the opportunity for ex- vially. "But it's going to be good." tended, time in school. Classes Anchor staffer Mike Gordon will begin at 7:30 a.m. Students contributed to this story.
SEVERAL FAMILIES got a sneak peak at St. Mary's School, Mansfield, last week from Principal Joanne Riley and pastor Father George Bel/enoit. Top photo, from left are: Riley, Father Bellenoit, Bridget and Mary Alice Nolan, Peter and Paulette Caron-Andreas and Joanne Nolan. At right Martine Palanza and her two children Beau and Marianna check out chairs for the new kindergarten with Father Bel/enoit, Riley and Administrative Assistant Joan Swan. (AnchodGordon photos)
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parish center built in 1986. "One of the driving forces behind the expansion is that we have 2,300 children in our religious education program and we definitely needed the additional space," the pastor explained. He said the 3,200 families that comprise his parish demonstrate the population growth in the northern portion of the Fall River
diocese. Resultingly, that region is seeing a building boom with thousands of new homes and community businesses. "Another positive force was that there is a major interest in Catholic schools in the area," he added. Surveys done several years ago dramatically pointed out the needs. "We built the Center to handle
the religious education of public school children who belong to our parish and the school will advance Catholic education in the area," Father Bellenoit said. What he is proud of is that while the total cost of the project is $4.5 million, "we in the parish raised $3 million of it." The loan from the diocese amounts to about $1.5 million.
BOB CLAFIN works to get the gymnasium ready for the fall opening.
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DAYTON, Ohio (CNS) The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. dominated the radio portion' of the 2002 Gabriel Awards, winning five of the eight categories. On the television side of the competition, the PBS children's shows "Arthur" and "Zoom" won Gabriels, as did PBS' "Abraham' & Mary Lincoln: A House Divided." Two movies also were honored: Warner Bros.' "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in the family film category and "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellow, ship of the Ring" in the drama category. The Gabriels' Television Station of the Year was WCVB in Boston, which won for the sixth time,inthe past to years, and t~e Radio Station of the Year was KNOM in Nome, Alaska, which won its eighth straight award. KNOM is owned by the Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska. The Gabriel's, announced last week at Unda-USA headquarters in Dayton, will be awarded October 19 at a banquet in Universal City, Calif. Unda-USA, which gives the awards annually, is the U.S. affiliate of Signis, a worldwide Catholic organization for Catholic professionals in film, TV and radio. "Unda" is the Latin word for wave, as in radio or TV wave. The Gabriels honor excellence in radio and television and programs that uplift and nourish the human spirit. They are named after St. Gabriel, the patron of television, radio and electronic communication. This year's television winners are: . Entertainment/arts, national: "Day in Their Lives ... Empire State Building Ironworker" by Termite Art Productions; certificate of merit to "Mr. Dreyfuss Goes to Washington" by Lyoness Productions. Entertainment/arts, local: "The Magic Never Ends: The Life & Work of C.S. Lewis," by the Duncan Group, WTTW, Chicago. Short feature, national: "Primetime Thursday - The Outsider," by ABC News. Short feature, local: "Jacob's Miracle" by WWL-TV, New Orleans. . Children's programming, national: "Arthur: The Boy With His Head in the Clouds and More" by the WGBH Educational 'Foundation and CINAR Films, Boston; certificate of merit to "Zoom: America's Kids Respond," also by the WGBH Educational Foundation. Religious programming, national: "Digging for Truth: Archaeology and the Bible" by MPH Entertainment, New York; celtiticate of merit to "Among the People: Facing Poverty in America" by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Washington.
Religious programming, local: ' "Consistory: John Paul and the' Church to Come" by New England Cable News. News and information programming, national: "Abraham & Mary Lincoln: A House Divided" by Dilvid Grubin Productions and PBS' "The American Experience"; certificate of merit to "Black Aviators: Flying Free" by CBS News. QUEEN LATIFAH, right, stars with bears in the bar scene from Disney's "The Country News and informa~ion programming, local: "What's Wrong Bears." (CNS photo by Richard Cartwright, Disney) With This Picture?" by the Kessler Co. as presented on WNET, New York; certificate of merit to "Lessons for Life" by NJN Public Television, New JerIn a clever scene, Raitt and Henley sit at a bar sey. NEW YORK (CNS) - How much could a movNews story, national: "Portrait iegoer expect from a film inspired by an amusement commenting on how great are the voices of the two bears singing a duet on stage. Naturally, it is Raitt of Life" by ABC News park attraction? "Primetime"; certificate of merit Well, with Disney's silly musical comedy, "The and Henley doing the actual singing. There's also a to "A Hero Remembered" by Country Bears," it's pretty much a case of "it is what great musical duel between one of the bears and Brian "Dateline NBC." it is." The idea for the original story came from the Betzer of the Stray Cats. And the music itself is a Community awareness/public Country Bears Jamboree attraction at Walt Disney good mixture of country, rock, hip-hop and more. Derivative of "The Blues Brothers," the story is service announcement, national: World, and it is the first of upcoming films to be "in"Conversation" by Bonneville spired" by rides in Disney World. (The next will be not as original as it may seent路路at first. Both movies have some musical misfits (being pursued by cops) Communications; certificate of the Pirates of the Caribbean.) . merit to "This Child" by' In this live-action goof on aging music legends, who are trying to get their band back together to raise FamilyNet. ll-year-old Beary Barrington (voiced by Haley Joel money for some cause. Also, given the recent string ofhighly publicized TV station of the year: WCVB, Osment) is a bear who has been adopted by a human Boston. family. But somehow he senses he doesn't fit in, since child kidnappings, parents may not appreciate the This year's radio winners are: he looks and acts differently from his parents and jocular manner in which a kidnapping subplot is preEntertainment/arts, national: brother. sented: Beary's parents (Stephen Tobolowsky and "Singing Against Darkness" by Looking for more folks like himself and his Meagen Fay) believe that Beary has been snatched, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. "higher purpose" in life, Beary heads south to Ten- and two bumbling cops are dispatched to try to find Short feature, national: "Gee's nessee to the Country Bear Hall, where his favorite Beary. However, while the subplot is woven in to Bend - The Crossing" by the band, the Country Bears, got their start. What he finds provide some slapstick humor, it seems pretty clear Canadian Broadcasting Corp. is that the legendary venue is going to be tom down that the intent is <not to make fun of such a serious Short feature, local: "Cadaver by the dastardly banker Reed Thimple (Christopher thing as a child kidnapping. Instead, it seems like a Funeral" by WKSU-FM, Kent, Walken) if $20,000 in back rent isn't paid up. case of unfortunate timing. . Ohio. Beary decides to reunite the band after a decadeThe predictable plot is secondary to the energetic Religious programming, na-" long breakup for a benefit concert to save the place. musical numbers which are upbeat and entertaining. tional: "Inside the Motherhouse" This is no easy feat for the idealistic fan, since the Though he mugs more than acts, Walken, dressed in by the Canadian Broadcasting band has been torn apart by old grudges and artistic bowler hat, paisley ascot and blue blazer with a crest Corp. in St. John's, Newfound- differences, not to mention too much fame, too much on the chest pocket, is fun as the wicked banker with land, and Labrador; certificate of ego and too much honey (which is supposed to be a a secret grudge. Alex Rocco also whoops it up as merit to "Matters of Faith" by child-friendly substitute fOT-alcohol). Rip Holland, the Bears' former promoter. Between ABC News Radio. The animatronic bears, created by the Jim Henson his goofy dyed hair and comical office location, he's News and information, na- Creature Shop, are distinctive enough with expres- one of the funnier characters in the movie. tional: "Making Faces" by the sive eyes and smooth movements. But they are not All in all, "The Country Bears" is passable enas impressive as one wo.uld have thought, especially , tertainment that is likely suitable for older chilCanadian Broadcasting Corp. News story, national: "Corrup- coming from Henson. Yet the voices of the bears are dren. tions in Corrections" by the Ca- more notable, and the cameos by stars such as Elton Due to some mild menace, the U.S. Conference nadian Broadcasting Corp. ' John and Queen Latifah and singers Bonnie Raitt, of Catholic Bishops classification is A-II - adults Community awareness/pubic Don Henley and Willie Nelson are an extra treat for and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of service announcement, national: the parents. America rating is G - general audiences.' "Talk to the Ones You Love" by Saatchi & Saatchi, New York, for a new villain (both played by Interesting biography about the Catholic Communication Myers as well) with plans for actor-producer Robert Evans that Campaign, Washington. world domination. The third in- recounts his life as the producer Radio station of the year: stallment of the series, which is of such films as "Love Story" and KNOM, Nome, Alaska. written by Myers and directed by "The Godfather" before he spiWinners of Gabriel Awards for .Jay Roach, rehashes the same old raled downward into cocaine adSpanish-language programming jokes in a muddled plot loaded, diction. Distinctively narrated by are: with silly sideline gags and puer- Evans and based on his 1994 auArts/entertainment, national ile humor, but a few laughs are tobiography, directors Nanette radio: "Viejos los Cerros" by scattered throughout, including Burstein and Brett Morgen's Family Theater Productions; cert(Jl'" ~'(()vii(e some from surprise cameos. documentary is a sensorial pleatificate of merit to "La Fabula del Much sexual innuendo, some vul- sure with candy-colored digital Hombre Que 10 Sabia Todo," also tCallV~UIII(e~ gar toilet humor and comically collages and vintage film footage. by Family Theater Productions. NEW YORK (CNS) The folintended violence, fleeting rear But the one-sided, superficial Religious programming, national television: "Nuestra Fa- lowing are capsule reviews of mov- nudity and brief crass language jaunt down memory lane romanmilia: Proyecto Resurreccion" by ies recently reviewed by the U.S. with an instance of profanity. The ticizes Evans and may be of most the Hispanic Telecommunica- Conference of Catholic Bishops' U.S. Conference of Catholic interest to entertainment industry Office for Film and Broadcasting. Bishops classification is A-III- buffs. Mature themes, brief nudity tions Network. "Austin Powers in . adults. The Motion Picture Asso- and sexual suggestiveness with News and information proGoldmember" (New Line) ciation of America rating is PG- sporadic rough language. The gramming, national television: Daft spy spoof in which a Brit13 - parents are strongly cau- U.S. Conference of Catholic "Retos y Triunfos en el Aprendizaje" by WLTV, Miami; ish secret agent (Mike Myers) tioned. Some material may be in- Bishops classification is A-III certi ficate of merit to "La Infancia tries to rescue his father (Michael appropriate for children under 13. adults. The Motion Picture Asso"The Kid Stays in ciation of America rating is R y el Aprendizaje," also by WLTV Caine) from the clutches of an evil madman who has teamed up with the Picture" (USA) restricted.
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Nation's bishops call for end to U.S. reliance on nuclear defense By AGOSTINO BONO CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
use nuclear weapons to counter non-nuclear threats, he said. Father Christiansen testified on behalf of the bishops' conference at a July 23 Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on ratification of the Mos-
weapons," Father Christiansen said. WASHINGTON - Shifts in The U.S.-Russian treaty was world politics since the Cold signed in Moscow in May by War make it possible for the President Bush and Russian United States to end reliance on President Vladimir Putin, but nuclear weapons in its defense needs Senate approval. policies, said Senate tesCritics at the hearing timony presented by the said the treaty's major deU.S. bishops. fect is that it lacks a veri'The United States cannot fication system to assure The United States must work with other nuclear credibly urge other nations to that both nations reduce powers to significantly forgo these weapons if it is not their nuclear weapons. reduce current world said that it reeven willing to ratify a treaty to Defenders nuclear arms and prevent flects the mutuai trust that further spread of nuclear, stop testing its own nuclear has evolved in U.S.-Ruschemical and biological weapons," Father Christiansen sian relations since the weapons, said Jesuit Fa- said. breakup of the Soviet ther Drew Christiansen, Union. international affairs adThe treaty pledges each viser to the U.S. Confercountry to reduce its opence of Catholic Bishops. cow Treaty, which would sig- erationally deployed nuclear The end of the Cold War has nificantly reduce U.S. and Rus- warheads to between 1,700 and lessened the threat of a nuclear sian nuclear armaments. The 2,200 by the year 2012. Under war between the two superpow- bishops' conference supports the treaty, each nation could ers "but the use of nuclear the treaty and also urges U.S. stockpile the surplus warheads weapons - by accident, by ter- ratification of the multinational rather than destroy them. The rorists or in a regional conflict comprehensive test-ban treaty, treaty does not require a reduc- remains a significant threat," he said. tion of stockpiled nuclear he said. "The United States cannot weapons. The United States also must credibly urge other nations to The bishops' support the pledge that it will never be the forgo these weapons if it is not treaty as an important step tofirst to use nuclear weapons even willing to ratify a treaty ward an ultimate worldwide and that it will not threaten to to stop testing its own nuclear ban on nuclear weapons, said
'Ordained' women will appeal Vatican excommunication order By MICHAEL LAWTON CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
COLOGNE, Germany - A group of seven women who claimed to be ordained priests said they would appeal an excommunication order by the Vatican. Gisela Forster, one of the women ordained in late June on a Danube River pleasure boat, said they had not been informed by the Vatican if the excommunication had been imposed. The warning, published at the Vatican, gave the women until July 22 to meet the conditions or "incur excommunication reserved to the Holy See." Forster said that, for the time being, the women would not be receiving or offering sacraments. "We don't want to provoke or pile up potential punishments," she said. In a letter the women said they rejected the excommunication order. The letter was addressed to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, six German bishops and Bishop Matthew H. Clark of Rochester, N.Y. "We women defend ourselves against the threat of excommunication because we have committed no deed which would justify the punishment of excommunication." they said. A spokeswoman for the Rochester diocese said she could nei-
ther confirm nor deny the bishop's receipt of the letter. The Vatican warning condemned the "ordination" ceremony as an invalid "simulation of a sacrament," a "grave offense" against the Church, and a "serious attack on the unity of the Church." It also said the ceremony was an affront to the dignity of women, "whose specific role in the Church and society is distinctive and irreplaceable." The. ordination ceremony was performed by self-styled Archbishop Romulo Antonio Braschi, an Argentine identified in the Vatican statement as a "schismatic bishop." The bishop founded the breakaway "Catholic-Apostolic Charismatic Church of Jesus the King" in 1970: The Vatican statement named the seven women, who come from Germany, Austria and the. United States, as: Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger, Adelinde Theresia Roitinger, Gisela Forster, Iris Muller, Ida Raming, Pia Brunner and Angela White. Sources said White was American. In their letter, they asked for all disciplinary measures to be postponed for three months and reiterated their request for the Vatican to explain to them its definition of "schismatic," in its description of Archbishop Braschi. They admitted to having bro-
ken an article of canon law that prohibits ordination of women, but said they regarded Canon 1024 an offense against the equality of man and woman. In the July 22 letter, the women said the article of canon law should be changed to say that only a "baptized person" can be ordained a priest, rather than a "baptized man." "We have great faith in the pope; we consider him to be 'in favor of women and not as violent as Ratzinger," Forster said during the demonstration.
THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., August 2, 2002 Father Christiansen, acting director of the Woodstock Center at Georgetown University. "We disagree with those who claim that this agreement represents the lowest level our nation can or should go" in reducing nuclear arms, he said. "The bishops judged that nuclear deterrence may be morally acceptable as long as it is limited to deterring nuclear use by others; sufficiency, not nuclear superiority, is its goal;
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and it is used as a step toward progressive disarmament," said Father Christiansen. In the post-Cold-War era the ethics of using nuclear weapons "must be considered in the context of a more fundamental question of the ethical foundations of a political order: How do we achieve a just and stable political order, so that nations will no longer rely on nuclear weapons for their security?" he said. .
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ANGLICAN ARCHBISHOP Rowan Williams, newly appointed archbishop of Canterbury, appears at a press conference in London recently. He currently serves as the archbishop of Wales. He will replace Archbishop George Carey, who retires October 31. (CNS photo from Reuters)
Announcement of new ar~hbishop of Canterbury hailed by Church leaders By PAULINUS BARNES CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
MANCHESTER, England - British Catholic leaders welcomed the announcement that the new archbishop of Canterbury will be Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams of Wales. Cardinal Cormac MurphyO'Connor of Westminster, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, praised Archbishop Williams a!\ a "theologian of distinction, a man of deep spirituality and a gifted communicator." "He will, I have no doubt, prove to be a force for great good in this country and throughout the Christian world," the cardinal said. Archbishop Williams, 52, will succeed Archbishop George Carey, who is retiring October 31 after II years as spiritual head of the worldwide Anglical1 Communion. Bishop Crispian Hollis of Portsmouth, England, chairman of the English and Welsh bishops' Committee for Mission and Unity, said: "Archbishop wiiliams will be a challenging voice both within the Anglican Communion and for all those who work for the unity of,Christ's church from other denominations. "I believe that he will offer significant Christian leadership to the whole nation," Bishop, Hollis said, adding that he looked forward to working with Archbishop Williams. Archbishop Peter Smith of Cardiff, Wales, who wor)<ed briefly witli Archbishop Williams in Wales, said the archbishop had "an easy pastoral style, relates well to a wide range of people, and has a delightfully mischievous sense of humor." "However, Wales' loss is
Cath'olic officials applaud House vote to ban partial-birth 'abortion He noted that more than half the WASHINGTON (CNS) - A procedure being banned may somespokeswoman for the U.S. bishops times be the only medical option states have passed laws to ban the urged the Senate to follow the House when a pregnancy puts the woman's procedure. The status of some of those laws was called into question in approving a bill to ban partial- life or health at risk. birth abortions. The House bill includes a 2,500- by the Stenberg vs. Carhart ruling. The House approved bills to ban The House approved the ban in word section of "findings," including one that, even among physicians partial-birth abortion in the l04th, a 274-151 vote last week. "Americans are appalled by par- who regularly perform other types 105th and 106th congresses, but each effort was either vetoed tial-birth abortion, which they by President Clinton or failed recognize as a cruel and barbaric procedure with no place "We agree with the American to win approval in the Senate. in our society," said a state- Medical Association that ,a partial- Polls consistently show that ment issued by Cathleen birth abortion is 'not good medicine,lII the majority of Americans Cleaver, director of planning support a ban. The White House has said and information for the U.S. said the statement from Barbara bishops' Secretariat for Pro- Garavalia, president of the NCCW President Bush would sign the Life Activities. legislation ifit is passed by the She said she applauded the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Tom House vote and urged the Senate of abortions, partial-birth abortion Daschle, D-S.D., said although there leadership to allow a vote onits ver- "remains a disfavored procedure." sion of the bill. The bill defines partial-birth abor- would be pressure to bring the Sen'!. . Cleaver said the House bill ad- tion as "an abortion in which a phy- ate bill to the floor this year, time is dresses concerns raised by the Su- sician delivers an unborn child's running out on the legislative sespreme Court in 2000 in overturning . body until only the head remains sion. "We're going to have to make Nebraska's ban on partial-birth abor- inside the womb, punctures the back tion, which is typicaily used late in of the child's skull with a sharp in- some decisions about what merits pregnancy. strument, and sucks the child's the highest priority," he said. In the case of Stenberg vs. brains out before completing delivThe National Council of CathoCarhart, the court said the Nebraska ery of the dead infant." lic Women also issued a statement law lacked a precise definition ofthe Shortly before the House vote, supporting the House action. targeted procedure and unconstitu- Philadelphia Cardinal Anthony J. "We agree with the American tionally limited access to abortion in Bevilacqua, chairman of the bish- Medical Association that a partialgeneral. The court majority also said ops' Committee on Pro-Life Activi- birth abortio!1 is 'not good mediit had to defer to evidence in the case ties, wrote to members of the House cine,'" said the statement from Barrecord indicating that medical ex- urging them to pass the bill and op- bara Garavalia, president of the perts disagreed about whether the pose efforts to weaken it. NCCW.
Canterbury's gain," he said. Archbishop Williams, born in Swansea, Wales, had" been widely named as a likely successor when Archbishop Carey announced in January that he would be retiring this year. Archbishop Williams has written a number of books on the history of theology and spirituality and has been involved in various com"missions on theological education. He was elected bishop of ,_ Monmouth in 1991 and was in- Ethel Gintoft, retired associate publisher and execustalled as archbishop of Wales MILWAUKEE (CNS) - Saying there was no illein 2000. He is the only person gal use of funds, U.S. DistrictAttorney Steven Biskupic tive editor of the Catholic Herald, Milwaukee to have been professor of divin- closed his investigation of a $450,000 payment by the archdiocesan newspaper, was among those leading the ity at Oxford and Cambridge Milwaukee Archdiocese to Paul Marcoux to settle his campaign. She said the fund-raising effort "enabled a universities, Britain's most re- sexual abuse claim against now-retired Archbishop lot of healing" and helped "show the public and show Rembert G. Weakland. ' Archbishop Weakland that he has many supporters." spec ted academic institutions. Wayne Schneider, archdiocesan Investigators began looking into Archbishop Williams is also finance director and controller, said the first archbishop of Canter- the out-of-court settlement shortly the archdiocese had not been inbury to be selected from outside after it became public in May. They volved in the fund-raising initiative the Church of England since the questioned whether any funds rebut has received 'and tracked the in, Reformation. stricted to other purposes had been coming donations. The archbishop's Webs,ite de- used to pay the ,settlement. Archbishop Weakland said earscribed him as "both a contemBiskupic said ,t,he funds came from the $1 million sale in 1997 of lier he hoped that various speaking porary and rigorously intellecfees, stipends and gifts he received tual thinker, recently citing the' the Wauwatosa headquarters of the over his 25 years as archbishop, kept cartoon 'The Simpsons' as an DeRanceFoundation, donated to the in a separate archdiocesan account, example of hu'mility and moral archdiocese in 1992 when the founwould help offset the cost of the debate." dation was then being qissolved. He settlement. ' Although praised by some as said there were no restrictions on the Schneider said deposits in that an orthodox theologian, Arch- use of proceeds from the sale. account totaled nearly $150,000 and bishop Williams ruffled some in ' Archbishop Weakland submitted interest earned increased the total to , the church after admitting he or- his resignation to Pope John Paul IT about $197,000. dained a priest he susp~cted of in April when he turned 75. The fol, Archdiocesan spokesman Jerry living in a homosexual relation- lowing month news of the 1998 Topczewski said that funds from that ship. settlement with Marcoux was leaked account, at the direction of the archAngliCan Archbishop Robin to news media and the pope acbishop, had been given periodically, Eames of Armagh, Northern Ire- cepted the archbishop~s resignation to St. F~cis Seminary to "offset the land, praised Arc!:lbishop will- the day. after the story broke. cost to the archdiocese to balance the iams' "scholars~ip, integrity and Archbishop Weakland acknowlsensitivity." edged he had had an improper rela- , RECENTLYRETIRED Arch- 'seminary budget." He said decisions on how to use "His deep spirituality will tionship with Marcoux in 1979 but bishop Rembert G. Weakland provide a firm foundation for denied Marcoux's claim that he had of Milwaukee issues a public the newly donated funds would be apology for his role in a scan- 'left to incoming Archbishop Timothe many diverse issues which been sex~ally assaulted. Close associates, of the arch- dal brought to light in May by'a thy M. Dolan, who is to be installed will Gonfront us in the years to come," Archbishop Eames said. bishop spearheaded a grass-roots man who accused him of this month. Presiding Bishop Frank' "Friends ofWeakland" campaign to abuse. (CNS photo by Allen "It would seem to make sense that Griswold of the U.S. Episcopal reimburse the archdiocese for the Fredrickson) since the $450,000 came from the ~chdiocesan real estate and properChurch, part of the Anglican settlement. As of mid-July donations ties account, that would be the acCommunion, said Archbishop through the campaign or directly to the archdiocese toWilliams was a "highly re- taled more than$307,OOO-iricluding a single donor's count to be reimbursed," but that will be at the new archbishop's discretion, Topczewski said. anonymous gift of stock worth more than $183,000. spected" church official.
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making friends among their peers matic clarity the tragic face of To judge by the huge crowds from more than 170 countries. human malice. We saw what at the World Youth Day voca"The aspiration that humanity happens when hatred, sin and tions pavilion, the recent scannurtures, amid countless injus- death take command," the pope dals did not diminish particitices and sufferings, is the hope said, referring to the September pants' interest in the priesthood of a new civilization marked by II attacks. or religious life. freedom and peace. But for such "But today Jesus' voice reAt one service, a bagpiper led an undertaking, a new generation sounds in the midst of our gath- a group from Scotland; others of builders is needed," the pope ering. His is a voice of life, of carried guitars and some danced said at an evening vigil in a hope, of forgiveness; a voice of to the beat of African drums. At Toronto park July 27. justice and of peace. Let us lis- main events, participants called "You must be those builders," ten to this voice," he said. lost members on cell phones and he said. "The future is in your For many of the youths, the formed human chains by walkhearts and in your hands." joyous ceremony offered the first ing single file through the dense At a closing Mass at the rain- glimpse of the pope. Some cried, crowds. dampened site Sunday, the pope some snapped pictures, and some For three mornings, the paraddressed the sex abuse issue, climbed on friends' shoulders for ticipants also attended talks and saying the harm done to the a better view. When he greeted liturgies by more than 500 bishyoung and vulnerable by some the crowd with the words, "The ops, cardinals and archbishops, priests and religious "fills us all pope, who loves you dearly," the who spoke on this year's youth with a deep sense of sadness and young people interrupted his talk day theme, "You are the salt of with a five-minute ovation. . shame." the earth .... You are the light of But the vast majority of minAt their next major encounter, the world." isters only want to serve and do a prayer and song vigil in Amid the excitement and good, and the young people Downsview Park July 27, the noise, many of the participants should love support them, he said pope challenged young people to found quiet time for prayer, reto cheers from a crowd estimated lead the world away from hos- flection and confession in a at 800,000 people. tility and toward a "civilization downtown Toronto park. One of love." Describing himself as "old," section, set off with a sign that At the closing Mass, the pope read, "silence area," was set the 82-year-old pontiff looked and sounded remarkably good referred to priestly sex abuse af- aside for eucharistic adoration. throughout the week and proved ter telling the young people: "If Thousands of the young paronce again that his chemistry you love Jesus, love the Church." ticipants also joined a July 26 with young people was some"The harm done by some evening Way of the Cross thing special. Unlike his last few priests and religious to the young through the streets of downtown trips, he pronounced his and vulnerable fills us all with a Toronto. speeches in their entirety in a deep sense of sadness and shame. Editor's Note: As The AnBut think of the vast majority of chor went to pre!>s Tuesday strong voice. He spent most of his first four dedicated and generous priests noon, reports from the attenddays in Ontario resting and re- and religious whose only wish is ees were still being gathered. laxing at a wooded island retreat to serve and do good," the pope They will be featured in next week's edition. on Lake Simcoe, 70 miles north said. of Toronto, where he invited 15 young people for lunch and conPRACTICE, THE DEVOTION OF THE FIRST SATURDAYS, versation July 26. They dined on pasta and chocolate cake, then AS REQUESTED BY OUR LADY OF FATIMA sang pop songs and hymns. On Dece~ber 10, 1925, Our Lady appeared to Sister Lucia The terrorism attacks and (seer of Fatima) and spoke these words: "Announce in my their effect on young people was name that I promise to assist at the hour ofdeath with the graces clearly on the pope's mind from necessary for the salvation oftheir souls, all those who on the first the time he landed in Toronto Saturday of five consecutive months shall: , July 23. 1. Go to confession; 2. Receive Holy Communion; 3. Recite the After walking down a set of Rosary (5 decades); and 4. Keep me company for 15 minutes while stairs to the tarmac - an unmeditating on the 15 mysteries ofthe Rosary, with the intention of planned gesture from the frail making reparation to me." pope, who was supposed to ride In a spirit of reparation, the above conditions are each to be down in a lift - the pontiff preceded by the words: "In reparation for the offenses praised the "gifts of intelligence committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary:' and heart" that make young Confessions may be made during 8 days before or after the people the future of humanity. first Saturday, and Holy Communion may be received at But he warned that they also either the morning or evening Mass on the first Saturday. were affected by conflict and injustice in the contemporary world. "Too many lives begin and end without joy, without hope. That is one of the principal reasons for World Youth Day. Young people are coming together to commit themselves, in July 25, 2002 the strength of their faith in Jesus Christ, to the great cause of peace Medjugorje, Bosnia-HerzegoviIia and human solidarity," he said. , At an official arrival ceremony July 25 at a Toronto fairgrounds near the shores of Lake "Dear Children! Today I rejoice with your patron saint and Ontario, the pope told a' cheercall you to be open to God's will, so that in you and through ing throng of young people that you, faith may grow in the people you meet in your everyday real happiness is found in the life. Little children, pray until prayer becomes joy for you. Ask Gospel, not in worldly success or your holy protectors to help you to grow in your love towards the "fleeting pleasures of the .God. senses." "Thank you for having responded to my call." He said Christ's advice to be pure of heart, to love the poor and to build peace has special OUR LADY QUEEN OF'PEACE GROUP resonance in a world torn by vioMarian Messengers lence and terrorism. P.O. Box 647, Framingham, MA 01701. Tel. 1·508·879·9318 "Last year we saw with dra-
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"And today we are taking back what's been hijacked from us." Those gathered also heard from theologians Lisa Sowle Cahill, Tom Groome and Stephen Pope of Boston College and Francine Cardman of the Weston Jesuit Theological' School and from co-founder of the We Are Church movement Thomas Arens of Karlsruhe, Germany. We Are Church is an international group promoting changes in the Church such as the ordination of women. James Post, president ofVoice of the faithful, opened the session by saying the organization "stands for building up the Church, not tearing it down." "Our job is to rebuild what others have damaged," he added, dis-
missing claims by some that the sex abuse scandal is an "anti-Catholic media campaign." Those who say that need to speak with survivors and . the laity, to "walk with the people," Post said. "I love the Church," said Pat Bernard of St. Joseph Parish in Fairhaven, who is also a member of St. Cyprian Parish in Georgetown, S.c., where she lives in the winter. "I also have hope that this (Church scandal) will be rectified. I do intend to go back to South Carolina and talk to people and see what we can do to help the Church be more open."
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Students receive youth award_ ~ BISHOP FEEHAN High School in Attleboro recently named it's newly elected class officers for the upcoming school year. Senior class officers are, from left: Luke Krafka, secretary; Alex Scigliano, president; Derek Butler, treasurer; and Sarah Kline, vice president.
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~ JUNIOR CLASS officers from left are: Michael Massiwer, president; Anthony Vizakis, vice president; Timothy Servant, treasurer. Sec ret a r路 y Krisanne Campos was unavailable at the time of the photo.
N.ORTH DARTMOUTH The Fall River diocese has awarded the first annual Pope St. Pius X Youth Award to 67 students. Twelve of these students are from Bishop Stang High School. They were honored at a Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral earlier this year and presented their awa.rds by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley OFM Cap. Recipients from Bishop Stang
include: KaryssaAhaesy of North Dartmouth; Casey and Katelyn Bandarra of North Dartmouth; Brett Beausoleil of Dighton; Andrew Carreras of Acushnet; Joseph Centrella of Harwich; Quentin Elias of Westport; Coleen Farrow of. Hyannis; Raphael Mabasa of Fairhaven; Alexander Paiva of Fall River; James White of Forestdale and Riley Williams of Osterville.
National Honor Society officers elected NORTH DARTMOUTH Bishop Stang High School recently announced it's senior of-ficers for the Sister Teresa Trayers Chapter of the National Honor Society for the next year. Laura Szaro, daughter of Jay and Sheila ~ Szaro of Westport has been elected president. Kate Connolly, daughter of William and Ann Marie Connolly of Little Compton wilI serve as vice presi-
dent. Kate Murphy, daughter of Kevin and Karen Murphy of North Falmouth wilI be secretary. Elizabeth Cheney, daughter of Christopher and Linda Cheney of South Dartmouth will serve as treasurer. Parliamentarian is Kristen Hetzler, daughter of Karl and Susan Hetzler of Fall River; and Kyle Reid, son of Robert and Donna Reid of Tiverton, R.I., is the new historian.
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Book Club announces award winners POCASSET - The Boston College Book Club of Cape Cod recently announced the winners of this year's Book Awards. Each year they award the book "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations," to a member of a high school junior class who best exemplifies scholarship, leadership and good character.
The 2002 award recipients from the Fall River diocese are: Laura Pacheco, Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River; Mary Bucci, Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro; Dylan Carney, Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth; and Lindsay Berand, Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton.
KATELYN GIACOPPO and Kathleen Burke were all smiles upon learning from Bishop Feehan principal Chris Servant that they were recipients of it's Principal's Scholarship. Recent graduates of Saint Mary-Sacred Heart School, North Attleboro, the girls will receive $250 to assist their education this fall. They were chosen based on Church and school activities as well as academic excellence.
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Goals: W!1at do you wa'nt to be? By' CHRISTOPHER CARSTENS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Working as a psychologist I have a set of questions I ask every teen-agel' who walks into my office. One of my standards is, "So, what do you want to do when you're done with school, when you're grown up?" Lots of teens think it's a lame question, and you can almost see them roll' their eyes; it's what al1 adults ask teen-agel's when they can't think of anything to talk about. I keep asking it, even though ~ometimes kids groan. The answers tel1 a lot. The most common answer is, "I want to have a good job, get my own apartment and get a car." This answer says, "I'm not thinking about it.. I'm just floating." It's a road map for gettil)g stuck in some boring job that you hate. . These days a lot of kids are tel1ing me they want to be veterinarians. I think maybe it's because "Animal Planet" and "The
Crocodile Hunter" have done a terrific job of teaching us how interesting animals really are. Kids who want to be vets have high goals and want to be helpful. They're not quite as selfconfident as kids who say they want to be doctors. Maybe everybody knows that only the smartest kids get into medical school, and they imagine they have a slightly better chance to get into veterinary school. (By the way, it's just about as tough; if you want to be a vet, ~eep your grades up.) Some kids say they want to be teachers or nurses or lawyers. Others want to be firefighters or police officers. Since the disaster last. fal1, those have been much more common. Why does it matter? We organize our lives around our goals.
First Catholic college. in Georgia aiming for fall 2003 opening DAWSONVILLE, Ga. (CNS) - With $10 million already raised and an estimated $24 million still to go, construction has begun on the first Catholic col1ege in Georgia, scheduled to open in the fall of 2003. Some 400 benefactors, volunteers and other supporters attended the ground breaking this spring on the cleared site of the . 356-acre campus for Southern Catholic Col1ege in Dawsonvil1e, about 40 miles north of Atlanta. Southern Catholic will be an independent Catholic liberal arts college, dedicated to providing a technological1y advanced learning environment grounded in the teaching of Catholic values and the Catholic intel1ectual tradition. ''Things have happened in the last two-and-a-half years because God directed people to come forward and actual1y participate in this project," said Tom Clements, Southern Catholic chairman, at the groundbreaking. "I appreciate not only your efforts but your passion." Clements recalled that two years ago Jeremiah Ashcroft, then president of East Georgia Col1ege in Swainsboro; E-mailed him wanting to help in the school's development. After launching a nationwide search for a col1ege president, looking at over 200 candidates, Ashcroft was the committee's choice as first president of Southern Catholic. "If you want to deepen your faith, go back to the work of being o~edientto what you feel the Holy Spirit is telling you," Clements said. Ashcroft "is the individual who contacted us first - if I just would have paid attention." Ashcroft pledged that the
school wil1 provide a quality education, enabling graduates to make a good living but also to have the moral and ethical formation necessary for a good life. He plans to form partnerships with sister schools, especial1y North Georgia College and State University and Gainesvil1e Col1ege. Linda Williams, president of the Dawson County Chamber of Commerce, spoke of the benefits to the area, incll;lding increased social, cultural; recreational and educational venues, and the economic benefit through jobs, business opportunities and tourism. "On behalf of al1 your new neighbors here, we support you and look forward tothe many opportunities for partnerships that wil1 benefit both Southern Catholic Col1ege and the community," she said. Archbishop John F. Donoghue ofAtlanta gave the opening prayer of dedication, asking for blessings "on this center of seeking, of learning, and of teaching what is true." "The Catholic college is a place where this revelation of faith, and this enlightenment of the human spirit, can and wil1 take place," he said. "Too long, our home - this beautiful state of Georgia - has been without a temple for this synthesis of faith and reason." Southern Catholic has set a goal of $34 million to cover startup costs, the first phase of buildings and operating costs through the 2006-2007 academic year. The first phase includes construction of a residence hal1, academic/office/administration building, gymnasium and a facilities building. The expected completion date is next fall.
Much of what you do almost runs on autopi路Iot, once you've figured out what you want. You decide you want a sandwich. Al1 of a sudden you're in the kitchen, pulling out bread and putting on the peanut butter or bologna. Do you think about each step? No, you just know ~ you want lunch. It's almost as if the sandwich makes itself. It's that way with more complex goals. Once you have a little movie in your mind of what you want to be doing, you automati<;:al1y start taking the steps that will get you there. The clearer your mental picture becomes, the more effectively your internal autopilot will work, carrying you toward your objective. You fine-tune your autopilot by getting more information for the internal movie. Let's say you want to be an airplane pilot. Start by fil1ing your mind with as much in-
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formation as you can about flying. Get on the Internet and go to Websites about flying and pilots. Keep a folder ofthe most interesting Websites you find. Call the local civil aviation airport, and see if you can find a local amateur pilots club. You might be able to go to a meeting and talk to some pilots. Your local library has magazines about flying. Read 'the articles, and subscribe to one or two of the magazines yciu like. Check out videos about flying - anything you can find with an airplane ther.le. The best way to become a pilot - or veterinarian, nurse, banker or priest - is to fil1 your mind with information so you have a real1y clear mental movie of your goal. You do that part, and the rest will take care of itself.
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WYD vocations booths swamped by youths seeking information For him, the fact that it was tough City, worked as a physical therapist TORONTO (CNS) Benedictine Sister Rosann Ocken to find the booth through the crowds for five years before considering his call to a vocation. wondered how she would attract was encouraging. "I felt like there had to be someArchbishop Roger L. Schwietz young people to her order's booth during the vocations exhibit atWorld ofAnchorage, Alaska, said he felt a thing more. It couldn't all be about Youth Day. just paying your credit card," he said. similar thril1 with the crowd. "We've come through this diffiErwan Chavty, a 28-year-old JeFor starters, she brought along cult time in our country, and it suit novice from Paris working at the 6,000 medals to give away. But half of them were gone dur- doesn't seem to have left a pall on Jesuit booth, admitted that it was ing the first day, as a constant stream our young people, who are fil1ed difficult to explain the calling to a ofyoung people stopped at her booth with joy. It's great for us old folks religious life in this day and age. "It's so strange in our world to near the back of an exhibit hall filled who have been in the trenches for think of being a priest or nun," he with booths representing hundreds awhile," the archbishop said. It wasn't so bad for those new to said, adding that his own decision of different religious orders as well was not "something out of the sky." as lay ministries and missionary religious life, either. It has been a process of groups. coming to see that this is "I never dreamed we where "all my desires are bewould get such a response," said the nun in a full-length Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua ing fulfilled over time," he white habit wearing a pin that of Philadelphia, one of many U.S. said. Chavty did not put a lot of said, "Ask me what it's like cardinals and bishops working the stock in the huge crowd fil1to be a Benedictine." Sister 'Rosann, who peri- U. S. Conference of Catholic Bish- ing the hal1 or stopping at the odically has been a vocations ops' booth, said today's young Jesuit booth, which did not director for her order over the people are "going against the have any giveaways but did past 15 years, was surprised world and looking for better an- have computers displaying Jesuit Websites around the by the vocations interests of swers." world. World Youth Day delegates. "God is working; the numShe said she knows that bers don't necessarily matter," not everyone who took a Eric de la Pena, who was hand- was his overall take on a day when medal will consider religious life, but was encouraged by the fact that a ing out buttons and literature at the two or three men had talked to him fair number of youths signed up to Franciscan booth, planned to start his about the Jesuits. Many youths seemed to be internovitiate program with the receive more information. ested in the giveaways, particularly "It's a clear movement," she said. Franciscans. He said he thought the crowd, at the Oblates of Mary Immaculate "There is more interest in the eager to pick up one or more of the booth, which was giving away free Church, in God and prayer." Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua Franciscans' 60,000 buttons or grab T-shirts to people who sang. Among those clustered in line of Philadelphia, one of many U.S. a cookie, was part of an overall trend cardinals and bishops working the of curiosity about religious life that waiting for their chance to sing, at U.S. Conference of Catholic Bish- was unique to the World Youth Day least one said he was considering a ops' booth, said today's young experience, where "people are so vocation. Josh Davis, an 18-year-old people are "going against the world open" to thinking about their faith. "Everyone here is so bold. They from St. Luke's Parish in Dayton, and looking for better answers." The cardinal, who greeted long are not forced to be here. They're Ohio, said he has told people he lines of people and posed in dozens proud of their Catholic faith, and wants to "either be a priest or have of pictures, said he "never expected they are asking questions about re- 14 kids." And, a month before starting colto see not hundreds, but thousands" ligious life," he told Catholic News lege, he had his mind set on the Service. of people at an event promoting voDe la Pena, 30, of New York priesthood. cations.
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Catholic hospital's new center offers alternative medicine By ELLIE
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the Daughters of Charity - who . jog, nutritional counseling, and refounded St. Vincent as Los Ange- laxation and breathing techniques, les' first hospital- the center is a .among others. They are careful to continuation of the sisters' commit- select practices that have been ment to pioneering new areas of shown to have scientific validity and medicine, especially those practices have proven useful to patients. that heal body, mind and spirit. Center practitioners specialize in Two years ago the Catholic ancient Eastern philosophies that ;:r-.,..---:------......., . can work cooperatively with modem Western medicine. While Eastern practices .are thousands of years old, the idea of Western doctors worbng in tandem with Eastern practitioners is relatively new. . In the 1960s,. '70s, and early' '80s most people . viewed the use ofalternative medical treatments as being a rejection of conventional medicine, said Dr: David Boyd, the center's executive
LOS ANGELES - The painter couldn't paint. His depression was putting his livelihood at stake. Mark Venaglia's friends urged him to try the new Center for Health and Healing at St. Vmcent Medical Center in Los Angeles. Within a few weeks, Venaglia was once again able to paint, feel hopeful and accept ambitious art .commissions. The Pasadena-based artist recently installed two large-scale outdoor art pieces in his city. Venaglia's treatment was a combination of acupuncture and Chinese herbs, which "made me feel joyous in a very con路~tor. crete, practical way," he '~All extremes tend to told The Tidings, newspacome back to a more cenper of the Los Angeles trist approach," 路he said. In Archdiocese. "I can get . the late '80s physicians and through the business as. patients started wondering if pects of the art world." they couldn't combine the Acupuncture is based best of both worlds. . on the Eastern medical practice of rebalancing the "Instead of the focus being on antagonistic camps energy, or "chi;' that is circulating in a person's body. and philosophies of medi.Cine, now it's becoming (a Once a week, certified question of) what makes a acupuncturist Victoria patient healthy?" said Boyd Blake takes four thin sterThe East-West medical ile disposable needles and courtship is now being places them in each of '---.......- - - - -......- - Venaglia's feet and hands. called "complementary ACUPUNCTURIST VICTORIA Blake in- medicine" or "integrative These points are called the four gates, "the beginning serts a needle into the hand of patient Mark medicine." Already, one in three and end of the cycle of en- Venaglia at the Center for Health and Healing ergy throughout the body;' in Los Angeles. The newly launched alterna- Americans uses alternative tive healing center is part of the St. Vincent medicine to support consaid Blake. At the moment she Medical Center, founded and funded by the ventional treatment, accordmaintained among the general touches Venaglia's foot and Daughters of Charity. (CNS photo by Ellie ing to a study reported in secretary, the Ad Hoc Committee selects the point in which Hidalgo, The Tidings) The New England Journal on Sexual Abuse, the future ex- to place the needle, he feels ofMedicine. ecutive director of the Office for a tiny burst of energy. Health Association called on CathoBut most insurance plans still the Protection of Children and "I can feel the energy starting to lic hospitals to explore a greater use don't cover alternative medicine and Young 路People and the National move like a faucet," he said. ofalternatives to pharmaceuticals for patients have to payout of their Review Board." The tiny needles are left in place the management of pain, including pockets. The center provides clients At their June meeting in Dal- for 30 minutes, during which prayer, music, touch therapy, guided with a bill they can send to insurlas, the bishops established a na- Venaglia listens to music while the imagery, and acupuncture. ance companies for some possible tional policy to protect children flicker of a candle flame keeps him St. Vmcent is one of the first to reimbursements, and it has grant from sexual abuse by priests or company. expand alternative healing practices money to help cover costs for poor other Church workers. They deThroughout the center's six into a full-fledged department. families. cided to form a National Review rooms, soothing music, soft colors, The center treats stress-related At a time when the conventional Board and create a child protec- calming aromatherapy and beauti- disorders, smoking addictions, side health care system is facing a fundtion office at their national head- ful artwork create an oasis - a re- effects from cancer treatment, HIV, ing crisis, prescription drug prices quarters to help dioceses imple- spite from the bustling downtown chronic pain and illness, arthritis, continue to soar, and people are livment the policy and hold bishops urban activity in which the center sprains, and more. ing longer, many people want to take accountable for its implementa- resides. About a dozen practitioners active steps to maintain their health tion. The Center for Health and Heal- all licensed and certified - offer for the long term, said Boyd. The review board is headed by ing is a newly launched alternative services in acupuncture, "We see integrative medicine Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating. healing center on the St. Vincent acupreSsure, Chinese herbal therapy, being at the forefront" of preventaMsgr. Fay called Father Kiley Medical Center campus. Funded by massage therapy, yoga, fitness train- tive care, he added. "a very gifted man" and added: "He has been extraordinary in terms of the service he's offered to the bishops on this. I can't think HOUSTON (CNS) - The Catholic Daughters strength of our shared vulnerability, the wisdom of of anyone whom I could rely on of the Americas have honored Mary Jane Owen, the concrete-minded, the beauty to be glimpsed better for this particular area of executive director of the National Catholic Office beyond sight, the healing words not spoken aloud." coordinating the many different for Persons with Disabilities, as "outstanding CathoKent A. Peters of San Diego, chairman of the pieces" of the child sexual abuse lic woman of the year" at their biennial national board of directors of the National Catholic Office and child protection issues. convention in Houston. for Persons with Disabilities, said he was not surBefore he joined the USCCB, Owen, who has headed the Washington-based prised that Owen was being honored since "she h.as Father Kiley served in Chicago as office since 1991, is herself partially blind and deaf been prolific in her writing and speaking for those a pastor, rector of two seminarand uses a wheelchair. who are marginalized in the Church and society." ies, archdiocesan personnel direcAddressing a disabilities conference in Vatican "She advocates with passion and compassion, tor and acting vicar for religious. City in 2000, Owen said, "We, the disabled people understanding why things are the way they are and He also was noted as a leader of of the world, must illustrate and teach the people of striving to allow people of all ages to fulfill their . priests' retreats and parish misChrist's Church the power of the powerless, the God-given potential." sions.
Chicago priest named to new bishops' -post for child protection By JERRY FILTEAU CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON - Msgr. William P. Fay, general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has named Father L Cletus Kiley as deputy of the general secretary for assisting in the protection of children and young people. Father Kiley, a Chicago priest, will continue as executive director of the USCCB Secretariat for Priestly Life and Ministry, a post he has held since 1997. Msgr. Fay said Father Kiley's new title as his deputy on the sexual abuse issue is "a formalization, really, of things he's already been doing" in recent months as chief staff person for the bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Abuse and the conference's point. man on that issue. "This appointment underscores the priority that the bishops have given to this work at this time," Msgr. Fay told Catholic News Service. He said the title makes it clear that, when Father Kiley approaches people on that issue, "he's acting on behalf of the general secretary." In that position, he said, Father Kiley will "help me to coordinate successfully the relationships that wi 11 need to be developed and
Catholic Daughters cite woman of year.