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BEHIND THE PAGANTRY: At a rehearsal Monday evening, Father Mark Hession. left. directs installation participants Sister Mary Noel Blute, RSM, and Deacon John Murray as WLNE 6 cameramen set up equipment. Meanwhile, Father John F. Moore, director of the diocesan Office of Communications, speaks with Father Peter N. Graziano, who Tuesday offered live commentary on the ceremony with WLNE's Dave Layman, right. (Hickey photos)

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A POLICE OFFICER directs traffic away as roads around St. Mary's Cathedral are-blocked off Tuesday for the soon-to-follow procession of priests. (Larabee photos)

AT PRE-INSTALLATION luncheon, Bishop O'Malley greets Cardinal Law; listens to blessing offered by apostolic pro-nuncio Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan; is seated with (clockwise from Bishop O'Malley's left) Cardinals

Law and. William Baum; Archbishop Cacciavillan, Archbishop Cronin, Msgr.

Henry T. Munroe and Cardinal James Hickey. (Hickey photos)

ttWhata gentle shepherd"

Bishop Sean's memorable day

By Pat McGowan Tuesday was a day for cardinals, archbishops, bishops,hundreds of priests and thousands oflaity, who shared in its events either in person or via television or radio.

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"Bishop O'Malley, welcome to - It was also a day for 3-year-old Lauren Chelsea Galego of St. Fall River," she said in her tiny Anne's parish, Fall River. voice. She was the first to welcome Tuesday morning her mother, the new bishop of nearly a thouMarie Galego, told her they.were sand people gathered at the high going to see the new bishop of Fall '.school.

Many had come from the cathe~ River.

"Can I bring him it flower?" she dral ceremony, others had watched Bishop O'Malley's installation on asked.

So when Bishop Sean Patrick television. For all it was an emoO'Malley arrived at Bishop Con- tional experience, a high point in nolly High School for a' public diocesan history. reception after his formal installa* *weeks * *of preparaCulminating tion Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, Lauren edged up to his 'tion, the installation liturgy was car, a white rose clutched in her' preceded by an evening-before :hand.

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"It's like a wedding rehearsal," commented one participant. "You think everything's chaos, but on the day Of the wedding everything's perfect."

It was like that at the rehearsals as priests, representatives of diocesan agencies and organiiations, seminarians and readers practiced their roles for the following day. -.'

It seemed mass confusion but on Tuesday it all fell into place, with the majestic procession into the cathedral even starting 10 minutes early. . It was led by plumed Knights of :Columbusan(J'acc6mpanied" 'by"

the sound of trumpets as the knights were followed- by-members of the hierarchy, including prelates from as far away as Guam and Jamaica, by members of the diocesan priesthood, by Cardinals Bernard F. Law of Boston, James A. Hickey of Washington, and William W. Baum, serving at t!le Vatican as Major Confessor of the Holy Roman Church, and by Archbishop Agostino Cacciavilla ii, ' pro-nuncio to the United States.

As Bishop O'Malley entered the cathedral to the strains of "Go up to the Altar of God," all in the 'procession turned and applaude:"~~

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Joyfully Optimistic Change usually means a new style, a new approach to challenges and a new way of management. Few of us adapt readily to change. We become so oriented to one way of doing things that when we must take a new road~ we do so with a bit of trepidation and anxiety.

Once we begin a new journey we should not look back to what has been but really should travel with hopeful anticipation; yet so often, when we are placed in a changing situation we adapt a "it has never been done this way" frame of reference. From the school of hard knocks, we know this is simply not the way to go.

Young people say "let it flow" or "go with it."This is not a bad message. Age does lessen adaptability, but as we welcome our new bishop to our diocesan family, we must expect change.

There is no doubt that as the days of Bishop O'Malley's shepherding run hopefully and happily into months and years, he will bring his own style to his responsibilities and make his own imprint on church affairs. If anyone thinks differently, he or she did not listen carefully to his homily at his installation Mass. His mode of expression, his choice of words and his liturgical style combined to set a tone that will be his hallmark.

Of course, the basic tenets of faith remain forever unchanged but their manner of presentation may vary.

Our new ,bishop comes to us from his own background, with his own agendas and priorities. An important factor with which some may have to deal is that he has been formed in the school of Capuchin Franciscan spirituality.

Diocesan priests have not experienced such a formation.

Their imprint on their ministries is in many ways uniquely their own. Yet one should not consider this difference as a cause for concern. The basic fact is that no matter what the formation background, bishop, priest, deacon and religious have the same mission: to'renew the face of the earth. :::. 路'Toaay'a路iJ.d,especiallyiit路 d'i<icesan church, such unity of vision should be shared by all who have been ordained or professed. Our times demand a religious family united in a broad vision of faith rather than one with a specialized preference. In the work of the Lord we cannot be at cross-purposes.

We must listen to His prayer that we all might be one as He is with His heavenly Father.

In this frame of reference then we begin anew the work that is our challenge in the vineyard. All in our diocese should do so in a: spirit ofjoy. Bishop Sean has clearly indicated that he can smile and laugh even at himself. His first official words to his new family were replete with happiness and delight.

A direction has been set. We should pray that we continue to follow it, no matter what difficult situations we as a family may encounter. Let us hold fast to the tone of hope that our new bishop set on his first day among us as he continues his ministry to all in this diocese. And let us pray that Bishop Sean will not merely shepherd well himself but that his optimism and goodwill will touch the hearts and souls of all of us in his new family.

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"I am here among you as your servant." Luke 22:27

A vision for bishops The following reflections drawn from the Rite of Episcopal Ordination constitute an awesome reminder of the ministry of the bishop. .

Words to the People

.Consider carefully the position in the Church to which our brother is about to be raised. Our Lord Jesus Christ, who was sent by the Father to redeem the human race, in turn sent twelve apostles into the world. These men were filled with the power of the Holy Spirit to preach the Gospel and gather every race and people into a single flock to be guided and governed in the way of holiness.

Because this service was to con~ tinue to the end of time, the apos~ tles selected others to help them.

BYthe-l!!ying on of hands which confers the sacrament of orders in its fullness, the apostles passed on the gift of the Holy Spirit which they themselves had received from Christ. In that way, by a succession of bishops unbroken ftom one generation to the next, the powers conferred in the beginning were handed down, and the work of the Savior lives and grows in our time.

In the person of the bishop, with his priests around him, Jesus Christ, the Lord, who became High Priest forever, is present among you.

Through the ministry ofthe bishop, Christ himself continues to proclaim the Gospel and to confer the mysteries of faith on those who believe. Through the fatherly action of the bishop, Christ adds new members to his body. Through the bishop's wisdom and prudence, Christ guides you in your earthly pilgrimage toward eternal happi~ ness.

Gladly, and gratefully, therefore, receive our brother whom we are about to accept into the college of bishops by laying on of hands.

Respect him as a minister of Christ and a steward of the mysteries of God. He has been entrusted with

the task of witnessing to the truth of the Gospel and fostering a spirit of justice and holiness. Remember the words of Christ spoken to the apostles: "Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me, and those 'who reject me reject the one who sent me."

Words to the Bishop

You, dear brother, have been chosen by the Lord. Remember that you are chosen from among men and appointed to act for men and women in relation to God. The title of bishop is one not of honor but of function, and therefore a

prayer~BOX For Perseverance What you hold, may you hold, What you do, may you do and never abandon But with swift pace, light step, unswerving feet, So that even your steps stir up no dust, Go forward securely,' joyfully and swiftly On the path of prudent happiness, Believing in nothing, agreeing with nothing Which would dissuade you From this resolution, or which would place a stumbling block for you on the way, So that you may offer your vows to the Most High In the pursuit of that perfection To which the spirit of the Lord has called you.

-St. Clare of Assisi

bishop should strive to serve rather than to rule. Such is the counsel of the Master: the greater should behave as if he were the least, and the leader as ifhe were the one who serves.

Proclaim the message whether it is welcome or unwelcome; correct error with unfailing patience and teaching. Pray and offer sacrifice for the people committed to your care and so draw every kind of grace for them from the overflowing holiness of Christ.

As a steward of the mysteries of Christ in the church entrusted to you, be a faithful overseer and guardian. Since you are chosen by the Father to rule over his family, always be mindful of the Good Shepherd, who knows his sheep and is known by them and who did not hesitate to lay down his life for them.

As a father and a brother, love all those whom God places in your care. Love the priests and deacons who share with you the ministry of Christ. Love the poor and infirm, strangers and the homeless. Encourage the faithful to work with you in your apostolic task; listen willingly to what they have to say.

Never relax your concern for those who do not yet belong to the one fold of Christ; they too are com~ mended to you in the Lord.

Never forget that in the Catholic Church, made one by the bond of Christian love, you are incorpo~ rated into the college of bishops.

You should therefore have a con~ stant concern for all the churches and gladly come to the aid and support of churches in need.

Attend to the whole flock in which the Holy Spirit appoints you an overseer of the Church of God-in the name of the Father, whose image you personify in the Church-and in the name of his Son, J~sus Christ, whose role of Teacher, Priest, and Shepherd you . undertake-and in the name of the Holy Spirit, who gives life to the Church ofChrist and supports our weakness with his strength.

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PROCESSION of bishops and cardinals approaches cathedral; ecumenical participants await start of ceremonies (Breen photos); Archbishop Cacciavillan chats with Father Jon-Paul Gallant, one of the installation masters of ceremonies. (Hickey photo)

joined· by the congregation, also on its feet and clapping.

At the beginning of the 'rite of installation, Cardinal Law greeted the congregation and welcomed Bishop O'Malley to the ecclesiastical province of Boston, of which the Fall River diocese is a part.

"It's not easy to leave one diocese for another," he told the bishop, "and you may feel it even more keenly when ice and snow come and you remember the warmth of the Virgin Islands."

The cardinal noted that Fall River's new Qrdinary was blessed in his predecessor, now Archbishop Daniel A. Cronin of Hartford, and in diocesan administrator Msgr. Henry T. Munroe and chancellor Msgr. John J. Oliveira, who have cared for the diocese during the period of the "vacant see," before Bishop O'Malley was appointed.

Archbishop Cacciavillan then read the Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II appointing the new bishop of Fall River. In brief comments, he noted the pope's "sense of affection and of responsibility to both the local church and to a bishop when he makes appointments," Cardinal Law and the archbishop then escorted Bishop O'Malley to his cathedra or bishop's chair, where he was presented with a simple wooden crozier, a gift of the people of the Virgin Islands.

Prolonged applause followed the presentation of the crozier, which

is symbolic of the bishop's role asa shepherd. As it continued, Bishop O'Malley lifted his hand as if to say "enough," but it continued unabated for several minutes.

Next came official greetings to the new bishop by representatives of all segment~ of the diocesan community. Representingreligious was Sister Gertrude Gaudette, OP, whose contribution to the occaSion hung above the bishop's head: his coat of arms which she handcarved from mahogany and painted in heraldic colors as the gift of her community of the Dominicans of St. Catherine of Siena. (Names of other greeters and participants in the installation liturgy appear at the end of this story.)

In informal comments at the beginning of his homily, Bishop O'Malley expressed gratitude for his warm reception, evoking chuckles from the congregation, most of whom were using their programs. as fans in humid weather with temperatures in the high 80s.

Speaking in Portuguese at the end of his homily, the bishop said he had just returned from Fatima, where he was wished well by many who were aware of his appointment to Fall River and where he asked the intercession of Mary on his behalf as he entered his new responsibilities.

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Congratulations .on this festive occasion of your appointment as the new Bishop of theDiocese of Fall River May God continue. to bless you 'W"ith His choicest graces and blessings.

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BISHOP O'MALLEY sprinkles holy water as he enters the cathedral of his new see. (Breen photo)

Memorable day community in Washington, including founding a Portuguese publication to address their concerns.

"The Lord was getting me ready to come here," he said.

At the communion of the Mass, the bishop first distributed the host to family members, including his father, Atty. Theodore O'Malley, his stepmother, Claire O'Malley, his brother Theodore, a sister, Mary Ellen Alexsovich, and a cousin.

At the end of the majestic celebration, he turned once more to the congregation to thank all who 1)ad contributed to the occasion.

Connolly Reception Then it was off to Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, where the bishop met briefly with the press, fielding questions for the most part dealing with the case of James Porter, a former priest of the diocese accused of sexually, abusing children on many occasIOns. The bishop said he plans to meet with diocesan personnel to discuss the situation in depth and reach decisions on action to be taken. He called the matter a "top priority."

"The church may seem distorted by sin and scandal, but it is the body of Christ," he emphasized.

Asked if 'Porter should be brought to justice, he replied that "he should get a fair trial." He also declared that the diocese would pay for therapy considered necessary for the former priest's victims.

The bishop had commented in his homily that he thought newspaper people needed a special ministry and one asked him if he considered the media his enemy.

"No," he replied, "I try to make myself available." It was noted that he had spoken to all who contacted him while he was still in the Virgin Islands.

The press conference was followed by a gathering in the Bishop Connolly auditorium, where hundreds waited to greet the bishop.

The final words on the bishop's memorable day belong to Grace Heinz, secretary to the principal of Bishop Connolly and a member of St. Anthony parish, Mattapoisett.

"What a gentle shepherd," she said.

LITURGY PARTICIPANTS Greeters representing presbyterate: Consultors: Fathers Richard L. Chretien, Edmund J. Fitzgerald; Monsignori Luiz G. Mendonca, Henry T. Munroe, John J. Oliveira, John J. Smith; Father John J. Steakem.

Vicar / Deans: Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye, Very Rev. Francis L. Mahoney, VF, Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, VF, Very Rev. Armando A. Annunziato, VF, Very Rev. George W. Coleman, VF, Very Rev. James F. Lyons, VF. Representing Diaconate, Religious and Seminarians: Permanent Deacon John Murray; Episcopal Representative for Religious Sister Mary Noel Blute, RSM; Representatives for Religious Sister Gertrude Gaudette, OP, Rev. James Duane, CSC; Seminarian Andre Faria.

Representing Laity: Mrs. Mary Mi-

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Representing Parishes: John E. Saulino, Esq., Italian; Paul Dumais, French; Mrs. Antonio Ramos, Cape Verdean; Mrs. Debora Brum, Portuguese; Boleslaw Arabasz, Polish; Angel Reyes, Spanish; Mrs. Charles Hoye, territorial; James Quirk, territorial and summer visitors.

Representing Youth: Jamie Purcell and Ryan Mooney, youth ministry; Vanessa Cesarz, Bishop Feehan High School; Michael Leonard, Coyle & Cassidy High School; Rebecca Lussier, Espirito Santo parish, Fall River; Errica Souza, Holy FamilyHoly Name School, New Bedford.

Representing Diocesan Apostolates/ Offices: Mrs. Joseph Desrosiers, Pro-Life Committee; Ms. Clara Weeks Boutilier, Catholic Social Services.

Ecumenical Representatives: Rev. Constantine S. Bebis, St. George Greek Orthodox Church, New Bedford; Rev. Diane C. Kessler, Executive Director, Massachusetts Council of Churches; Rabbi Norbert Weinberg, Congregation Adas Israel, Fall River.

Readers at Prayer of the Faithful: Mrs. John Consonni, Italian; Mrs. Edith Arruda, English; Sister Teresa Pacheco, MGSpS, Spanish; Donald J.B. Dufour,. French; Vasco Cordeiro, Portuguese; Sabina Strojny, Polish; Mrs. John Monterio, Cape Verdean.

Offertory Procession Participants: Michael Arruda, St. Vincent de Paul; Dnrothy Curry, Diocesan Council of Catholic Women; Sister Simone Decelles, Franciscan Missionaries of Mary; Sister Claire Sinotte, Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena; Swede Magnett, Sherrie Lyonnais, Youth Ministry.

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Concelebrating Presbyters: Priests of the diocese of Fall River and visiting priests from other dioceses.

Deacons: Antonio daCruz, Robert Faria, Francis Camacho.

Masters of Ceremony: Msgr. John J. Oliveira, Fathers Jon-Paul Gallant, Richard G. Andrade, Mark R. Hession, Michael K. McManus, John C. Ozug.

Ministers at the Altar and Ministers to the Bishop: Seminarians of the diocese of Fall River.

Lectors: Sister M. Noel BIJ.lte, R.S.M.,'Mrs. Manuela Maciel.

Installation Choir, composed of voices from: Fall River Diocesan Choir, Saint Mary's Cathedral Choir, Santo Christo Parish Choir.

Directors: Rev. David A. Costa, Mrs. Madeleine Grace, Osvaldo Pacheco.

Cantors: Raymond Delisle, Mrs. Elaine Nadeau.

Organists: Laurence Poulin, Madeleine Grace, Irene Monte.

INSTALLATION COMMITTEE Advisor: Msgr. Henry T. Munroe.

Invitations: Msgr. John J. Oliveira.

Liturgy: Msgr. John J. Oliveira, Rev. Jon-Paul Gallant, Rev. David A. Costa, Rev. Richard G. Andrade, Mrs. Madeleine Grace.

Accommodations: Rev. Michael K. McManus.

Transportation and Hospitality: Rev. Jay T. Maddock.

Receptions: Rev. Richard W. Beaulieu, Rev. Edmund J.' Fitzgerald, Rev. Peter N. Graziano.

Publicity, Radio & TV: Rev. John F. Moore, Rev. Stephen J. Avila, John E. Kearns, Jr. Flowers and Decorations: Rev. Horace J. Travassos.

Traffic and Security: Rev. Edward J. Byington.

Ushers: Cathedral Parish, Bishop Connolly High School, Bishop Stang High School.

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BEMVINDO May the Lord Shower him with His Choicest blessings. :\ Recc)gnizecl Schex)! ()F Excellence

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On behalf of those we serve we offer a-- hearty and heartfelt welcome to our:new bishop and we ask that God grant him peace in his heart joy in his new home. . and success in his ministry.

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CARDINALS Hickey, Baum and Law at installation Mass (Breen photo); the new bishop greets William and Kathleen Sylvia and their children, representing families of diocese, and gives homily as family members listen in the front pew. They are, from left, the bishop's sister, Mary Alexovich, brother Theodore, stepmother Claire and father Theodore. (Hickey photos)

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"We offer our prayers, love, and support to our new Bishop Sean O'Malley.

May your tenure be filled with happiness."

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AFTER THE OFFICIAL moment of installation, Bishop O'Malley assumed the role of principal celebrant of the Mass. (Breen photo)

Bishop O'Malley's Hotnily I welcome our distinguished guests, Cardinal Baum, Cardinal Hickey, my former metropolitans; Cardinal Law, my new metropolitan. I greet His Grace, the Nuncio MonsignorCacciavillan who makes present to us our Holy Father.

Archbishop, please tell the Pope that the Bishop and the people of Fall River love him and pray for him.

I greet the Archbishops and Bishops who have come from as far away as Guam and from Jamaica in the West Indies and so many from New England. I am overwhelmed by your numbers.

I acknowledge the presence of so many dear friends from the Virgin Islands - the Vicar General, Chancellor, Vice-Chancellors, priests, sisters, deacons, faithful as well as my former parishioners from the Capella Latina in Washington. .

I greet the ecumenical representatives, distinguished diplomats and civil dignitaries.

And finally, I greet the members' of the O'Mal1ey clan and my brother Capuchins. I am still an O'Malley and stil1 a Capuchin and I shall always be proud to be a part of these two wonderful families.

I want to say a special word of gratitude to Archbishop Cronin and the staff ofthe Fal1 River Diocese for all you have done to bring about a smooth transition. I especially want to thank Monsignor Henry Munroe and Monsignor John Oliveira for the fabulous job they have done in these last months.

In the be-atitudes, Jesus talks to us about true happiness, the happiness of the Kingdom. I will never' forget a lesson my father gave me about the beatitudes and it was at that moment that I felt the grace of a vocation. We were going to take my older brother to a youth retreat at the Capuchin Monastery. I was too little to attend and was only going along for the ride to keep Dad company. He is very gregarious and always likes company.

After depositing Ted with the Fathers, my Dad and I visited with

an old German friar with a straggly be heard. Lay people. sometimes white beard and faded and tat- have a different perspective and therefore something to tell us. The tered habit. His hands and feet Grammar of Assent took on new were brown and gnarled like the meaning. branches on a tree. After, he gave From my people in their sufferus a blessing and as we drove away Dad said, "There is the happiest ings, humiliations, and alienation I learned much more of that than man in the whole world."

As a child that impressed me so in the seminary. But my priestly much. I knew immediately that ministry in Washington was filled what Dad said was so obviously with so many blessings and happiness. There I saw the beatitudes true. The friar was not rich, he did lived in the lives of so many liftle not have a beautiful wife, he did not have nice clothes, he had no people, who were giants in their car, yet he was so transparently faith. Sometimes I created probhappy and peace-filled I knew in lems such as when hundreds of people went scurrying out of St. my heart - that's for me. . . And so I joined the Capuchins Matthew's Cathedral during a serand I became a priest. And I was a mon on human rights. Cardinal very happy priest. I had joined the Baum even had to give an edict Order thinking I would go to New that when Father Sean was preachGuinea as a missionary. I went to ing, the collection should be taken Washington and stayed there for up before the Gospel.

What a beautiful vocation to be almost twenty years working with the new immigrants in the city - a priest of Jesus Christ, to share His words with the people, to feed Central Americans, Haitian, and the multitude with the manna of Portuguese. Even while I was a simplex priest, Cardinal O'Boyle His Body and Blood, to forgive gave me faculties because there sins in His name, t~ be adeep well was such a great need; later he where people rich and poor, young named me director of the Centro and old come to deposit their Catolico where I had a staff of one . tears, their secrets, their shame, Spanish nun who did the work of and their hurts. But I grew very ten. We had many problems. The proud and believed myself to be Sunday collection was quite heavy, the happiest priest in the whole eighty dollars in coins weighs a lot, . world. And I, think God must have and sometimes we went months said one day - that priest is too without heat. Most of our pari- happy for his own good. Let's shioners were maids, busboys, and make him a bishop. I received a to a great extent they were without call from Archbishop Hickey to benefit of visa. There was never a come late at night, like Nicode'dull moment. We had many shoot- mus. If you work for Cardinal outs in the Centro Catolico build- Hickey you might be called at 12:00 at night or at 6:00 in the ing, so one day I called for a meetmorning. He told methat the Holy ing of all the tenants in the building.

Father was naming me to be a I had placed a table in the lobby and requested that everyone de- bishop in the Virgin Islands. In a posit their guns there so that I very fatherly tone of voice the could dispose of them. One lady Cardinal said he was sorry to see me leave Washington but if! stayed immediately opened her purse and pulled out the biggest revolver I in Washington I could be hit by a had seen in my life. She bran- car. I think he meant to tell me that no one is irreplaceable, but it dished it under my nose and said, sounded like a subtle threat. And "You're a priest. Noone is going to the Cardinal said I should report do anything to you. But me, I'm the next day to the Nuncio's office keepin' my gun." with a written reply. I did not sleep So even as a very young priest. I learned that sensus fidelium must that night. The next morning, there

Bishop O'Malley's, Homily was an eclipse of the sun. We Irish are a little superstitious, so I thought I better not fight this. To me the most important thing in my life was ~o be a Capuchin Friar, and then this vocation comes.

But God is merciful, and the Virgin Islands were magnificent, not just the climate or the spectacular views, white beaches or blue water, but the most beautiful thing about the Virgin Islands is the people. Cardinal Law is himself a Virgin Islander. (Your Eminence,

the people in'the Virgin Islands want you to go there as Bishop, I have been instructed to tell you.) I have never seen a community where all the ethnic groups and every color in the rainbow come together .in such harmony and friendship Black, White, Hispanic, French, Down Islander, U.S. Continentals, Filipinos, Europeans, Arabs, Indians. When they were having riots in Los Angeles, we were having a carnival in St. Thomas. ' And the biggest bonus for a

bishop in the Virgin Islands - people love to sing and they want long' sermons. The farewell Mass on St. Croix lasted over three hours. I promise I will try to keep my preaching within reason here in Massachusetts.

Now I am -in Fall River. People have been so kind. I am deeply touched. I have been made to feel so welcome. But I never knew there were 'so many newspaper reporters in the world. I think we need to start a special ministry to

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But I must confess that never in my life have I said so much ~bout that of which I know so little.

Once in the Chancer:y in New York someone buzzed Cardinal Spellman's office and said: "Your Eminence, a man who claims to be

Jesus Christ has just entered your Chancery. What should' we doT' The Cardinal replied: "Tell everyone to look busy."

Many people ask me what are you going to do as Bishop of Fall River? Sunday, one lovely ,West Indian lady with a hat that was even bigger and spiffier than mine,

planted a kiss on me and said: "Bishop, I hope God will bless you in your new work in Deep River."

She knew I was getting in over my head. I ask myself the same question. What will you do? How shall I look busy?

It is the very ordination cerem- . ony that teaches a bishop what God expects of him: lex orandi; lex credendi (the way that we pray is a reflection of the way that we believe).

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Bishop O'Malley's Homily terrible responsibility. Often on retreat 1 take out the ritual and nervously read those promises 1 made eight years ago this month at my ordination in St. Thomas.

Sean O'Malley, are you resolved to be faithful and constant - in proclaiming the Gospel of Christ?

- to maintain the deposit of faith as handed down by the Apostles?

- to remain united with and obedient to the successor of St. Peter?

- are you resolved to be a devoted father to sustain the People of God and to guide them in the way of salvation in cooperation with' the priests and deacons?

- are you resolved to show kindness and compassion in the name of the Lord to the poor and to strangers and to all who are in need?

- are you resolved as a good shepherd to seek out the sheep who stray and gather them into the fold of the Lord?

- are you resolved to pray for the people without ceasing?

This is the program which every Bishop, each in his own imperfect way, strives to fulfill.

vows of my ordination and to serve you in this spiritual mission that is entrusted to me.

And 1am painfully a ware of my own inadequacies and that all of these promises must not only be kept but kept through love. Only love will make them real.

To faithfully teach what the Church teaches is often an exercise in tough love. Some people applaud the Church's teaching on racism, social justice and human rights,

then balk at the magisterium's teaching on abortion, sexual ethics and family life, or vice versa.

A Catholic Bishop must proclaim all these teachings as a single vision of life, an expression of the law of love. This can sometimes make the Bishop unpopular, but then ministry is not the path to popularity.

1 have always liked the story of the Cure of Ars. Some old ladies in his parish asked that a Mass be

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lov'in'g "one's frie'nds. There are things that the pagans do not do, things that, if Christians do them, Congregation of the mark them out from the rest of , mankind: namely, they go beyond Sacr~dH~arts.ofJe8u~.Mai'y . the limits that human love, friendship sets for itself. Christians find congratulate Bishop O'Mplley'on, .' strength to love their neighbor, the 'person who is nearest to them, be his appointment as Bishop of Fall River. he a stranger, a boring nuisance, or a determined enemy.

May God bless you and your ministry.

Christ points out that' this neighbor, whoever he may be, is a brother, since all have one Father J , in heaven. When 'that rieighbor, that brother or sister falls in among robbers and lie~ half-dead ·in the street and likewise when that neighbl?r suddenly applfars tQ ~ake We~welco:meand -offer " demands of us and hale uS before the courts or greets us with insults warm best wishes to or accusation, in such cases we are called upon to love with Christ's lo~e. At times lik~ this we. realize ,~ that our hearts fend to close in on ourselves and seize on all possible excuses for avoiding the demands ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY'" of Christian love. Faced with love's ST. THERESA PARISH • NEW BEDFORD clear challenge, we become aware of the heart's inertia and lack of power. Human love, what Greeks called natural love, often sinks to the level of a superficial social game of politeness. Our so-called PRAYERFUL CONGRATULATIONS natural love is continually being unmasked'to reveal a fallen heart that takes no real delight in love.

AND As Hans U rs Von Balthasar points out, the heart's lameness cannot be BEST WISH,E,S overcome by anything other than love. The example of St. Clare, a cloistered nun, reminds us all of the contemplative aspect of the DIOCESAN DEPARTMENT OF PASTORAL Christian life. It is by going into MINISTRY TO THE SICK the cave alone with God that allows REV. GEORGE C. BELLENOIT • SA. SHIRLEY AGNEW, RSM us to f{)cus our life on His love and Director Ass't. Director gives us a strength that will sustain us in that love.

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The Church's iconography usu-' ',One hundred and two years ago ally depicts Clare holding aloft the ,on'this date, the feast of St. Clare, monstrance. Once when the Sara- , John flenry Newman died. He left cens were invading Assisi, Clare .. us. this"beautiful prayer which I took the Blessed Sacrament,atop... make.ininetoday:, the walls of the c'onvent of San' ,,' Damiano and the Saracens fled. . Lead 'kindly light amid the Like the destruction of ,Sennaencircling gloo~, cherib: . ' L e a d thou me on!

"And the power of the Genti}e "The night is dark and I am far unsmote by the sword hath melted,' from home like snow in the glance of the .

Lord," L~ad thou me on!

When I think of Clare I think of Keep thou my feet, I do not ask to one of our hymns in the Virgin see lsla~ds, "LiftJesus higher, higher."

The distant scene - .one step The Mass, the Eucharist, these enough for me. . are. the sources of the Church's ,I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou should lead me on. strength, the center <?f our lives. I n prayer and in the love of Christ I loved to choose and see my path: who has given Himself pro nobis, but now lead thou me on! on our behalf and in our place, we will find the strength to really love, I loved the garish day and spite of fears not just with a human love, but with Christ's love. With His love Pride ruled my will: remember not the Church can be about the task past years of healing and reconciliation, can So long thy power hath blessed reach out to the victims of child me, sure it still will lead me on abuse and say: "We love you with O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and Christ's love. We will not turn a torrent till deaf ear to your cry. We ask forgiveness and we want to help you The night is gone-

ton, Va., his nephew Father Jerry Pilon from the diocese of Peoria, Ill. The uncle recalled that When then-Father O'Malley was working with Hispanics in Washington and living in a Hispanic center that regularly lost heat and hot water, he would come to Father Mark's rectory for a shower-usually at midnight, said Father Mark ruefully, noting the bishop's incredible energy. "We could never keep up with him," he said.

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Mary's Cathedral School announced the greetings of the cathedral CCD staff; and at Bishop Connolly High School, the signboard at the entrance to the driveway also greeted him. Joining the welcome was the Salvation Army thrift shop a block from St. Mary's, which had a large paper sign in its window.

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Noone at the cathedral on Tuesday could miss Bishop O'Malley's beautiful coat of arms hanging above his seat at the center of the altar. Few knew that it was only completed at 5 p.m. the eve of the installation and that when hung the paint was still wet in parts. Incidentally, coat of arms aficionados may be interested in an up-close view of then-Bishop Cronin's coat of arms, which now hangs at the beginning of the lefthand staircase to the cathedral choirloft:

Here and there at installation Signs in honor ofthe new bishop blossomed everywhere: at the Hampton Inn, where many visitors stayed, the marquee 'read "Welcome Bishop Sean O'Malley"; a cloth sign hanging from St.

When Bishop O'Malley went to the Virgin Islands, the total yearly budget of the diocese for all pur-' poses was $30,000. Several parishes in the Fall River diocese have annual budgets oUI million plus, and there are two whose monthly mortage payments if added together are well above the $30,000 mark.

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do with heat. For two years before transferring to the Peoria diocese, he studied for the Virgin Islands and during a seminary break was on the islands. He went to the beach, where he fell asleep. The bishop came looking for him but unfortunately didn't find him until he had turned lobster red.

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There, he said, he had ~!-of one Spanish nun who did the work often." She was Presentation Dominican Sister Margarita Cecilia, now serving in Texas. It was also recalled that some years ago the bishop gave a retreat for Spanishspeaking nuns at the Dighton provincial house of the community.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Aug. 14, 1992

Two priests seen eating lunch on the sidewalk near St. Mary's Cathe- , dral in Tuesday's scorching heat. were invited to a shady spot by Ronald Evans, president of Leary Press, where the Anchor is printed.

Leary's is also near the cathedral.

They turned out to be friends of Bishop O'Malley, Father Mark Pilon from the diocese of Arling-

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SOll1e quiet reflections ona whirlwind eight years

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The following article is reprinted from the August issue ofthe Catholic Islander, the newspaper of the diocese of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, through the courtesy of Mary Conway, editor.

The editor of the Catholic newspaper in St. Lucia (one of the Windward Islands in the Eastern Carribean) had a query. "I got your fax about Bishop O'Malley," he said, "but I must have misunderstood. It says he's done all these things in the Virgin Islands and he's been there eight years.

Shouldn't it have said 18 yearsT' The list Of accomplishments the priests and deacons ordained, a new religious community founded with his help, the soup kitchens and shelters for the homeless, and TV stations and the diocesan newspaper, the offices for religious education and schools and evangelization, the special programs and devotions to foster Catholic identity, services for pregnant teenagers, for the physically disabled and the mentally ill, now a hospice for the dying and housing for low income families - certainly makes one question the time frame. All this in eight years?

When asked about his accomplishments, Bishop O'Malley is quick to say, "I have good people working with me." . Then,. too, he has had a lot of practice in juggling a number of projects at the same time. In Washington, where he directed the Centro Catolico for Hispanics, one thing tended to lead to another: A

parishioner would need help in getting a relative out of a country where his life was endangered and then, of course, the relative would need a place to stay, food to eat, help with learning English, ajobto support his family, schooling for the children, and so the services of the Centro Catolico grew to meet the needs.

"I guess I've always had assignments that demanded a lot of different actiyities and I got used to that," the bishop said in an interview with the Catholic Islander.

"Y ou learn how to cope, how to go from concentrating on one set of issues to another set."

Such flexibility will be useful in his new assignment as Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, a diocese with a Catholic population of 350,459 - more than ten times the Catholic population of the Virgin Islands - with 113 parishes and II missions, 345 priests and nearly 500 religious.

Being a bishop of a diocese that size can be a daunting responsibility and Bishop O'Malley, with typical modesty, told reporters in Fall River, "I come as a novice to listen and learn."

The Capuchin friar is not one to lose any opportunity to learn what it takes to be a bishop. Consecrated coadjutor bishop of' the Virgin Islands in 1984, he lived with and worked with Bishop Edward J. Harper. whom he succeeded the following year.

"I think Bishop Harper had a great fidelity to the teaching of the Church and a sense of responsibility to communicate that teaching," Bishop O'Malley said. "The prayerfulness of his life and his love of the people were very edifyi.ng to me."

There have been other models and mentors, too, he said.

"I was very privileged to work for three very great prelates of the Church in Washington -:- all three of them great in different ways with varied charisms and gifts. It was a very formative experience," he said. ."In Cardinal (Patrick A.) O'Boyle I admired his great firmness in fighting racism and segregation; in Cardinal (William W.) Baum, I appreciate his theological insights and his sense of reconciliation; in Cardinal (James A.) Hickey, I see an excellent churchman who has faced so many different crises in the history of the Church/' Bishop O'Malley said.

"I was very privileged to work with all three men and to see their unique contributions not just to the archdiocese of Washington, but to the universal Church in their role as cardinals."

It is said that a person is known by the company he keeps and Bishop O'Malley has been photographed with many such renowned prelates, not to mention presidents and prime ministers.

However, some of the people with whom he is in daily contact are ones not likely to look for their pictures in the newspapers - people living on the street, not yet ready to accept the drug-free policy at Bethlehem House Shelters, but recognizing the brown-robed man as the softest touch in the Territory.

It is not just his habit of emptying his pocket to anyone who needs a handout, it is even more the look of compassion in his eyes and the willingness to listen with his full attention that assure people in need that they can come to

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Some quiet reflections him with their sadnesses - a sick child, a lost job, a hurri'cane~ ravished home.

Such is the bishop Pope John Paul II has chosen to head the Diocese of Fall River, where allegations recently have been made concerning a former priest said to have sexually abused more than 100 children in the 1960s.

At the June 16 press conference, the day his appointment to Fall River was announced, Bishop O'Malley was confronted at once with questions about how he will handle the painful situation in a diocese which has not had an ordinary since Bishop Daniel A. Cronin was named archbishop of Hartford last December.

Although Bishop O'Malley will not be installed in Fall River until August II, he told the Catholic Islander: "I've already scheduled a meeting with the top advisors of the diocese to try to formulate a plan as to how we can reach out to the victims, educate our people about child abuse, and articulate very clearly what the policy of the Church is so that there is no doubt in people's minds.

"I'm certainly concerned about the victims and their families whose lives have been so shattered by the experience, about their relationship with the Church and with their faith. I'm also concerned about the morale of the priests and the prospects of recruiting young men into the priesthood in the light of the present situation."

Bishop O'Malley seems to have a special gift for recruiting men to the ministry; in the Virgin Islands he has ordained seven priests and nine permanent deacons to serve the local Church.

"As a bishop, I think my greatest joy is to ordain ministers for the Church to the priesthood and diaconate," he said. "One of the most privileged functions of a bishop is to pass on the apostolic tradition,this great gift Christ gave us at the Last Supper. I believe the

ministerial priesthood builds up the priesthood of the faithful through baptism, the eucharist, the graces of confession and the other sacraments of the Church."

Bishop O'Malley said, "I believe it's God who calls people and you just have to invite them and offer them opportunities to serve. I don't believe we have a vocations crisis.

God gives his Church all the gifts we need, but so often the gifts go unused. Our task is to help people to discern their gifts and to put them at the service of God and His people."

Providing a diocesan clergy to serve the local Church has been

one of his principal goals and biggest joys as bishop of the Virgin Islands, he said.

Despite the impressive list of, accomplishments, there have been. still other goal~tba.t have oO,t been met, Bishop O'Malley· said..He. would have like to have done a door-to-door census ofthe Catholics in the Territory, to work for a referendum on abortion, to build a new school on St. Thomas, to start more parishes, but the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Hugo in 1989 forced a change in focus, he said.

"The hurricane was the greatest challenge we had to face. We had

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Some quiet reflections to encourage the priests, the sis- Salvador, Nicaragua, Cuba and ters, the lay people to raise money Trinidad.

"Perhaps the fact that 1 have to rebuild and we had to try to keep people's morale up. A lot of been called to participate in differpeople were stressed out and burned ent Church activities in Central America and throughout the Caribout," the bishop said.

"I think we've come a long way bean has helped make people here in recovering from the hurricane," more conscious of the solidarity he added, "But we're not entirely which must exist among Catholics recovered because the effects on throughout the world," the bishop the economy are far-reaching and said.

"I've tried to instill a sense of the housing shortage is very much welcome toward all different immiaggravated by this."

Hugo brought tremendous phys- grant groups here and 1 think that ical destruction, but also a deepen- people are more conscious of the need for the local Church to weling of faith, the bishop said.

"It gave us a complete sense of come newcomers, people from difhelplessness that makes one pray ferent ethnic and linguistic backwith greater faith and dependence grounds and to see in them our of God rather than on our own brothers and sisters in the faith." resources," he said. "Everything Bishop O'Malley said that the was flattened; everything we took diversity of the diocese "is one of for granted we found we couldn't its strengths, but certainly one of take for granted. We rediscovered its biggest challenges." It takes a that the material resources of the concerted effort and Christian Church are not the Church. As 1 ideals, he said, "to overcome peosaid then, our houses are on the ple's prejudice and the tendency to pit one group against another." ~ground, but we're on our feet and . God will help us!"

One of the reasons he was so Along with his work in the dio- anxious to establish a 'diocesan cese of the Virgin Islands, Bishop newspaper, he added, was to proO'Malley has been called' upon vide a bridge"for the islands "so over the past eight years to serve our people would have a sense that the wider Church through special the Church goes beyond the conassignments that have taken him fines of the parish." . to several countries, includingEI ... As he p~epares to depart for Fall

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WELCOMES BISHOP SEAN O'MALLEY, OFM, CAP. We thank God for your presence among us.

Some quiet reflections River, Bishop O'Malley is leaving his forwarding address - PO Box 2577, Fall River, MA 02722 "just in case people want to update their Christmas card list," he said.

Although he is going on to new challenges and hundreds ofthousands of other Catholics who will claim his pastoral love and service, he promises to return to the Virgin Islands where he said he has spent some of the happiest years of his life.

"I'll be back for the installation of the new bishop and I'll come back to visit people and celebrate with them on special occasions," he said.

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these hopes and offers these prayers for the Church in the Virgin Islands: "I hope that the Chu"rch here will continue to grow stronger in witnessing to the love of Christ by a deep sense of unity among our people, no matter what their ethnic background is, no matter which island they live on. "

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Associate Director: Mr. Albert Vaillancourt

"I'd like to see, too, the Church's ministry to youth - both through the Catholic schools and outside the schools - to grow and deepen so that the Virgin Islands will continue to produce great Catholic laymen and laywomen as it has in the past."

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Revolution, not institution Jeremiah 38:4-6,8-10 Hebrews 12:1-4 Luke 12:49-53 When I hear today's gospel pericope" I recall an old "Critic" cartoon which depicted a portly, 'grizzled monk reading the community's before-meal Scripture.

His text was from the Song of Songs: "Come, my lover, let us go forth to the fields and spend the night among the villages... There I will give you my love!" The humor sprang from the contrast between the reader and the reading. There was little chance he would ever carry out the words he was proclaiming.

I trust no cartoonist will be present this weekend to hear us priests and deacons proclaim Jesus' , revolutionary wor<ls, "I have come to light a fire on the earth. How I wish the blaze were ignited!. .. Do you think I have come to establish peace on the earth? I assure you, the contrary is true; I have come for division." The possibility ofthe monk experiencing his reading is probably much greater than we experiencing ours.

Jesus created a revolution, not an institution. His reform of Judaism - his emphasis on people rather than laws - ran counter to popular belief. But we must always, remember, when we start squeezing revolutions into neat, compact structures, they become ,somber, secure, harmless religions.

The Lord's first followers worked hard to keep his revolution going.

They believed the difficulties they faced were actually a sign that he was still living among them. Within his community the risen Jesus encountered the same problems as the historical Jesus. These Christians - these "other Christs" were experiencing the identical turmoil as the person they emulated. The demands of their reform often separated people normally linked together: households, father and sons, mothers and daughters.

The earliest disciples understood Jesus' prophetic ministry much better than we who think of him primarily as a God to be worshiped. They thought of him primarily as a prophet to be imitated.

We expect peace and unity from our worship. They expected antagonism and division from their imitation. Steeped in the Hebrew Scriptures, they knew what kind of reaction prophets generated.

King Zedekiah's response is typical. Prophesying during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, Jeremiah is a prime target for the princes. "Jeremiah ought to be put to death," they plead. "He demoralizes the soldiers...and all the people... heis not interested in the welfare of our people, but in their ruin." Zedekiah gives in to their protest and permits Jeremiah to be thrown into the cistern of Prince Malchiah, to die of starvation.

Though Ebed-melech inten;edes to save him, everyone knows it is only a matter of time before the , prophet's life will again be in danger.

Prophets cause turmoil. Agitation goes hand in glove with their vocation to be the conscience of the people. Because God uses them as his "mouthpiece," ,they can

By FATHF;R ROGER KARBAN always expect opposition. If the Lord's people were already doing what he wished, there would be no need for prophets.

Because we Christians ignore our prophetic vocation, we turn a powerful, enthusiastic faith into a weak, boring religion. We wink at the exciting essentials of Jesus, and make accidentals the test for orthodoxy.

Our Hebrews author teaches the essentials, "Persevere in running the race which lies ahead," he writes; "let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, who inspires and perfects our faith ... Remember how he endured the opposition of sinners; hence do not grow despondent or abandon the struggle."

Most of us think true faith should never be a struggle. Of course, Jesus had to struggle. But we feel our lives should be "struggle-free."

When we face opposition or generate turmoil we suspect we must.be doing something wrong.

How easily we forget the essence of our faith. No wonder Luke included these harsh words of Jesus in his gospel. He was trying to halt his community's attempts to make Christianity "respectable."

Let's hope and pray that three years from now, when we next proclaim and hear these readings, we might be nodding in agreement with their message instead of laughing at the proclaimer.

Habitat to form Fall River affiliate Habitat for Humanity Internationalis forming a Greater Fall River affiliate and will hold a meeting for prospective volunteers at 7 p.m. Aug. 17 in the cafeteria of St. Vincent's Home, 2425 Highland Ave., Fall River.

Founded in 1976, Habitat is a non-profit, ecumenical organization that seeks to eliminate poverty housing by building and rehabilitating homes for families who do not qualify for conventional loans. . Homeowners participate in building their homes alongside volunteers. Construction is made possible by tax-deductible donations of money and materials from churches, organizations and individuals.

Owners repay the cost of their home with no-interest mortgages, usually over an average of20 years.

Payments support construction of 'more houses.

The new affiliate seeks volunteers to serve on building, site selection, fund raising, public relations and family selection committees. For further information call Clare Altmann, 674-4387.

Truth is Tough "Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day, like a football, and it will be round and full at evening."-Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Bloomer Girl was in league of her own PHILADELPHIA (CNS) Mary Gilroy Hockenbury remembers her days playing professional women's baseball - during the First World War - as if it were yesterday.

Meeting Babe Ruth and the Yankees once during spring trainingat Pelican Field in New Orleans is just one of her many career highlights. "They took us out to dinner twice and were very nice," the ·89year-old Mrs. Hockenbury said.

Mrs. Hockenbury, a member of St. Helena's Parish in Philadelphia, also played with and against another legendary "Babe": Babe Didrikson Zaharias, who many believe was the greatest female athlete of the 20th century.

Barbara Gregorich, author of a book on women's baseball from the 1930s and an adviser for the movie" A League of Their Own," spoke of Mrs. Hockenbury at a reception for the film and has interviewed her for an upcoming book on women's baseball from the turn of the century through the 1920s.

Mrs. Hockenbury played bigleague ball from 1918 through 1922 in the Philadelphia Industrial League, and nationally with the New York and Chicago Bloomer Girls.

Her destiny was decided early on the streets of South Philadelphia. "My brothers would go out after supper and have a catch on the pavement. I would join them," she explained.

"My father would get so mad, he'd get up and go in the house. He didn't like me playing at first. It was unusual for a girl to be playing ball. But I just kept doing it and eventually he got used to it. He became my best rooter."

Female baseball players of that time were tagged "bloomer girls" in reference to their bloomerbottomed uniforms. Mrs. Hockenbury, who played first base, earned another nickname: "Scoop," for her ability to snag low throws out of the dirt.

The Philadelphia Industrial League pitted women against wo-

men. But the traveling women's teams played men, only substituting their pitcher and catcher with male players to even the odds.

According to Mrs. Hockenbury, the women won enough.

"Those Southern boys didn't like getting beat by girls," she said, laughing. "They'd do anything to stop you. I got spiked a couple of times. But I loved to win."

Mrs. Hockenbury met her husband, Bill, on the field when he played forthe Fleisher Yarn men's team, while she played for the women's team. After marriage, Mrs. Hockenbury didn't play baseball as often. "I had babies after that," she said.

Three sons were professional baseball players in the minor leagues. One son, Bill, sat on the Philadelphia A's bench but never got into a game.

Two other sons played college basketball. Both daughters played high school basketball. The grandchildren carryon the Hockenbury sports legacy.

Aside from her family and baseball, Hockenbury's favorite is her parish of 67 years - St. Helena in Philadelphia.

"The nuns come over and spend time with me. It's just like having another family. I used to· go to Mass two and three times a day.

But now I've slowed down," she said. "I'm involved in every way -Catholic War Veterans, Holy Name Society, Sodality."

At least one Philadelphia sports figure has tapped into Mrs. Hockenbury's strong faith.

LaSalle University men's basketball coach "Speedy Morris calls up and asks me to say Hail Marys for him. He'll say, ·Pray·, Mom, that we get some three-pointers or a 7'4" guy,' or something crazy like that," she said.

Mrs. Hockenbury, who keeps up with local sports and listens to any baseball game that's on the radio, said she's not sure if she is going to see" A League of Their Own." "Why?" she asked. "I lived it."

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Imperfect priests, people need each other In response to requests from many readers who enjoyed Father William W. Norton's summer 1991 series of articles, the pastor of St. Joseph's Church, Woods Hole, has agreed to write another series.

In the planning since the beginning of 1992, it considers the roles of priest and laity in the contemporary church.

The Editor In a decree of the Second Vatican Council entitled "Ministry and Life of Priests," we read: "While trying the spirits ifthey be of God, [priests] must discover with faith, recognize with joy and foster with diligence the many and varied cha" rismatic gifts of the laity, whether these be of a humble or more exacted kind .... Theirs is the task, then, of bringing about agreement among divergent outlooks in such a way that nobody may feel a stranger in the Christian community. [Priests] are to be defenders of the common good " I once attended a workshop in Hartford on how to deal with difficult people in a parish. The instructors listed personalities found in most parishes: Aggressive and Assertive: They take over the role of the pastor and refuse to let anyone else intrude. "I am number one and the rest can go pound tar!"

Chronic Complainers: Nothing is ever right. The new pastor has changed everything. He wants more, more music,. more money, more everything. "I cannot accept changes, so I complain to everyone but the pastor."

Lambs Turned Wolves: These are people, often very pious, who are always around the church to check on Father and his assistants, but who refuse to participate or assume any responsibility in the parish. Nevertheless, if priests step out of line according to their standards, they criticize them to the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker.

Bull-in-the-China-Shop: This type has the loudest lungs but is short on brilliance.

Last-to-be-Rained-on-and-First to-Drown: These individuals are lethal as they believe, like their mentor, Archie Bunker, that they have all the answers.

Controllers: They're "priestpleasers" but they seek to take control of both priests and parish.

Usually they are inside players until they are found out; then eve-

ryone discovers that the controller is out of control.

Conversely, parishioners may suffer difficult priests.

We have the Bleeder who comes to the pulpit each week and bleeds over the people with his own unresolved emotional issues. He inflicts his pain on the people, who wonder "What's going on with that poor priest?" He's prone to adolescent temper tantrums and when someone crosses him, the whole parish will know it.

Then there is the Charmer who smiles at everyone but avoids work and does little but take his days off.

Others include the Deep-as-aBirdbath priest who has not read a book since his seminary days and knows only what he reads in the newspaper or news magazine or sees on TV. Unsurprisingly, his homilies are awful.

The Dean of Discipline priest keeps telling people that they are breaking the rules and virtually keeps the parish and his assistants, if any, under house arrest.

Finally, there's the Mass Appeal priest who tells his flock what he thinks they want to hear, never confronting them with the Gospel.

Nevertheless, despite all these human frailties, we need each other and we cannot go it alone. We need constructive criticism which comes from concern for the good of the whole parish community.

We need forgiveness and compassion in an age that knows little of either.

The parish priest needs his people; the people need their parish priest.

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W ARSA W, Poland (CNS) Young people from countries of the former Soviet Union are for the first time joining Poles in mass pilgrimages to the Marian shrine in Czestochowa, Poland.

The walking Pilgrimages, which last up to three weeks, have been organized in Warsaw and other cities since 1711 and currently attract about 350,000 people, mostly young Catholics, annually.

Church sources say participati~n has grown since the 1989 collapse of communist rule, with increasing numbers of young Christians from abroad joining the pilgrimage.

The hilltop monastery of Jasna Gora in Czestochowa has attracted pilgrims for more than six centuries, since its famous Black Madonna icon was entrusted to an

order of Pauline monks from Hungary. About 4.5 million Christians from around the world visit the site each year in a cycle of festivities culminating in an Assumption Day pilgrimage on Aug. 15.

Last year, at least 230,000 East Europeans of all denominations attended the pope's World Youth Day gathering at Jasna Gora.

Scholarships awarded The Ladies Guild of S1. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, has awarded $500 college scholarships to two graduates of Barnstable High School.

Brigett M. Bisbee will study elementary education at Bridgewater State College, and Michael T."McGovern will study accounting at Cape Cod Community College.

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Eat wisely. Stress complex carabout money. Yet I have known people with lots of money who bohydrates, fresh fruits and vegetbecame unhappy after they retired. ables. Avoid fats and refined sugEveryone assumes that you will ars. Be moderate with alcohol. know what to do when you stop .

Plan an aerobic exercise daily. working. I don't. How can I get An aerobic exercise is one that some ideas for myself and my makes you breathe a little more heavily. These include walking, spouse? (Iowa) What a pertinent question. Re- jogging, bicycling, exercycling, tirement should be treated not as climbing stairs, aerobic dancing, the stoppage of work but as a etc. Try 15 minutes a day and go slowly enough that you can still second career.

Plan now. Talk with your spouse. talk with your partner.

Volunteer work can give satisHere are some topics to consider.

A necessary prerequisite to enjoy- -faction. Check with your local ing your senior years is good health. schools, social agencies, churches,

hospitals and nursing homes for possibilities.

Home industry offers other possibilities. Do you enjoy arts and crafts? Ceramics, painting, sewing, crocheting, woodworking, quilting, gardening, etc. Hobbies can be expanded to make gifts and even earn a small profit.

Parttime work at home allows persons to continue their skills after retirement and supplement their income u'p to_ a certain amount. Jobs like bookkeeping, auto mechanics, typing and research can often be done at home.

Consider studying. You are never cal interest, resorts, etc. Look into too old to learn something new. . day touts to places and events.

Consider taking classes, either to Entertainment. Find. out about develop a new skill or simply' to plays, dinner theaters, sports events explore a topic you've -always (including high school) and good wanted to learn 'more about. restaurants.

Read. Visit your local library Get together with others to enjoy and take inventory of all the books life. Travel together in an" Advenand magazines and newspapers ture of the Month" club. Form a and videos that are available. If video club and share your favorite they don't have what you want, . movies. Start a potluck supper they will likely get it,for you. group.

Travel. Visit your local travel Above all, don't wait for inactivagency. Pick a place you have ity and fatigue to rob you of initiaalways 'wanted to see. Check into tive. Plan now for some worthyour state parks, places of histori- while and golden years.

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MIRROR IMAGE: While visiting from Los Angeles, Fall River native Father Leo Melancon, a retired Maryknoll priest, finds himself the subject of a June 26 Anchor article on his 60th anniversary of ordination. (Hickey photo)

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER REV. RICHARD W. BEAULIEU DIRECTOR

SR. EUGENIA BRADY, SJC, MA Associate Director, Religious Education REV. ROBERT A. OLIVEIRA, MA, STL Director of Continuing Formation of Clergy and Laity

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HOLY GHOST, ATTLEBORO Mass with anointing of the sick 3 p.m. Sunday. Invited are elderly and handicapped persons, those with serious mental or physical chronic ailmentS, and persons who have undergone or will undergo major surgery.

O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Song and prayer with Father Andre Patenaude 7 p.m. Aug. 25, parish center. Parish celebration of LaSalette Fathers' 100th anniversary in U.S. Aug. 28; 5 p.m. Mass followed by barbecue.

CATHOLIC ALUMNI CLUB RI and Southeastern Mass. region of the international Catholic singles , club will hold monthly social gathering to discuss activities Aug. 23 at Brass Rail restaurant, 1125 Fall River Ave. (Rt. 6), Seekonk. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Meetings, held each third Sunday, are open to all interested ,in joining the club.

A singles dance will be held at 8,:30 p.m. Aug. 29, Demetri's ,--:-,: Red Snapper, Rt. I, Foxboro.

CURSILLO Lower Cape Ultreya meets 7:30 tonight, Our Lady of the Cape, Brewster, parish center.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK New or clean used baby clothing may be brought to church on weekends for donation to Birthright.

APOSTOLATE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES Summer Mass I p.m. Aug. 23, St. Bernard's Church, Assonet, followed by picnic at Crystal Springs School, Assonet. Those attending should bring lunch and beverages, lawn chairs, blankets, volleyball setups and other games.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Alan Bessette will be featured in outdoor summer concert series 6:30. p.m. tomorrow. Music will include original songs dedicated to the Blessed Mother along with folk and gospel tunes. Concertgoers may attend 4:30 p.m. Mass prior to the show. In case ofrain concert will be held in People's Chapel.

"Poland: Yesterday and Today" will be topic of a Religion in Our World evening at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 22, Shrine Theater. Presenters will be Father Joseph Gosselin, Shrine superior and director, and two Polish deacons who are spending the summer at the Shrine. There will be a 4:30 p.m. Mass before the program. For information' on either, event call 222-5410.

CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES, ATTLEBORO Programs offered: Hidden Mourning, 12-week therapeutic group for women and men dealing with abortionrelated experiences; confidentiality assured. Communicating for Life, four-week psychoeducational group for married couples to learn new ways to communicate, solve problems and resolve conflict. Information: 226-4780.

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ST. MARY, NORTON Friends and family of Anthony Ando, a four-year-old in need of a kidney transplant, are forming a "Gift of Life" committee to bring public awareness to the family's plight. Information: Jane O'Brien, 285-2290, or Marge McBride, 2854852.

SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS, CAPE Support group meeting 7 p.m.

Sunday, St. Pius X parish center, S. Yarmouth. Theresa Casteloni will speak on Financial Strategies for the 90s. New participants welcomed 6: 15 to 7 p.m. Information: 362-9873 or Father Richard Roy, 255-0170.

EMMAUS/GALILEE Bethany #2 retreat will take place Aug. 14 to 16 at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown. Closing Mass2 p.m.

Sunday, Neumann Hall; all community members invited.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Food pantry this weekend requests canned fruits and vegetables, tuna, pork and beans. Also needed are paper shopping bags. Items may be left in church at all Masses.

It's not for kids METUCHEN, N.J. (CNS) The church's new general catechism should help "revitalize the whole catechetical effort," says Bishop Edward T. Hughes of Metuchen.

But he noted it's meant mainly to help bishops get more involved in the catechetical process, not as a textbook to be handed out to children. The bishop is chairman of the U.S. bishops' Subcommittee on the Implementation of the Catechism oCthe Catholic Church, a group of bishops and experts working under the U.S. Catholic Conference Committee on Education to help dioceses and catechetical leaders prepare for the new document.

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Diabilities and worship topic of guidebook WASHINGTON (CNS) - "That All May Worship," an interfaith guidebook to welcome persons with disabilities, has been produced by the National' Organization on Disability.

The 56-page book covers issues that can change the way religious leaders and congregations worship with people with disabilities so that they can become fully active and accepted members of their congregations.

Topics include congregational hospitality, welcoming people with disabilities, care for caregivers and architectural and structural modifications.

The book also includes an affirmation offaith, an interfaith'litany for wholeness and a set of beatitudes for friends and family.

Further information is available from the National Organization on Disability, 910 16th St., N.W., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20006.

SISTER MARY Catherine Burns of Coyle-Cassidy High School, Taunton, was among 45 physics teachers from around the country participating in the Topics in Modern Physics National Institute (TMP) at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Ill.

of Energy, is one of several special research facilities part ofthe U.S. high energy physics program.

Through instruction by Fermilab physicists and tours of the Tevatron, the world's highest energy particle accelerator, participating teachers study high energy particle physics and astrophysics.

The TMP project began in 1987 and is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Research.

Fermilab, operated by Universities Research Association, Inc., for the U.S. Department

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Hospital employees earn recognition Two employees of St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, recently earned master's degrees and a third was valedictorian for the Class of 1992 at Bristol Community College, Fall River.

Patricia Selleck, administrative director of radiology services at St. Anne's, earned a master of science degree in health services administration from Salve Regina University, Newport, RI. A Fall River resident, she previously earned an associate of science degree in radiologic technology from Northeastern Univer-

DAILY READINGS Aug. 17: Ez 24:1524; Dt 32: 18-21; Mt 19: 16-22 Aug. 18: Ez 28:1-10; Dt 32:26-28,30,35-36; Mt 19:23-30 Aug. 19: Ez 34:1-11; Ps 23:1-6; Mt 20:1-16 Aug. 20: Ez 36:2328; Ps 51:12-15,18-19; Mt 22:1-14 Aug. 21: Ez 37:1-14; Ps 107:2-9; Mt 22:34-40 Aug. 22: Ez 43:1-7; Ps 85:9-14; Mt 23:1-12 Aug. 23: Is 66:1821; Ps 117:1-2; Heb 12:5-7,11-13; Lk 13:2230

sity, Boston; a bachelor of science in health services administration from Providence College; and a certificate in clinical pastoral education from Interfaith Health Care Ministries.

She is registered and certified as a radiologic technologist, nuclear medicine technologist and diagnostic medical sonographer.

Barbara F. Lewis, nurse manager of the emergency department, holds a master's degree in health education from Rhode Island College. She is a nursing and ambulatory care instructor at St. Anne's and in the community. An Attleboro resident, she holds a bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth.

Linda Rogers of Somerset, payroll manager in fiscal services, was valedictorian of her class at Bristol Community College, where she

earned an associate's degree in business administration.

Retirement Announced Claire T. Mullins, associate director of nursing, retired from St. Anne's Hospital in June after 38 years of service.

She was a graduate ofSt. Anne's Hospital School of Nursing and holds a bachelor of science degree in nursing from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth and a master of science degree from Salve Regina University. She isa member of Sigma Theta Tau, the national honor society of nursing.

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Refugee aid asked GENEVA (CNS) - A Vatican official has pleaded for European countries to open their doors to the swelling ranks of refugees from war-ravaged areas offormer Yugoslavia. Bishop Alois Wagner, addressing aU. N.-sponsored emergency conference on the topic in Geneva, said it was "incomprehensible" that some 2 million refugees were without homes, work and rights in one of the world's wealthiest continents.

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