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St. Stan's pilgrims seek spiritual roots in Europe •

Journey takes them to Poland and Italy for more than they bargained for.

By JAMES N. DUNBAR

FALL RIVER - When 42 members and friends ofSt. Stanislaus Parish decided to join pastor Father Robert S. Kaszynski on a pilgrimage to search the original roots of the parish in Europe they had no idea of the rich spiritual journey on which they were embarking.

The I5-day adventure took them to the village of Szczepanow outside Krakow, Poland, wherf: parish patron St. Stanislaus was born in 1030; to the International Headquarters of the Divine Mercy where Blessed Faustina served as portress and where she died in 1938; to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz; to the shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa and to the crypt chapel at Assisi in Italy where St. Stanislaus was canonized.

There was also an inspirational trip to Pietrelcina in Southern Italy where they heard about ·famed stigmatist, Capuchin Father Padre Pio and his marvelous and often miraculous ministry of reconcilia-

tion and healing.

"All in all, it was the mos~ enriching and spiritually moving pilgrimage I have taken in all of the 38 years our parish has been making these annual pilgrimages" Father Kaszynski, who is widely known as "Father K," said.

The idea originated two years ago during the parish's centennial anniversary. "We felt we woul~ like to touch base with the original roots of St. Stan's that brought abou~ the parish that was 100 percent Polish in 1898 and part of the Polish ghetto in this city's south end," Father K reported. ' Although the parish membership currently includes 13 or 14 nationalities, the pastor, who has been at St. Stan's for more than 36 years, said he realized "That part of the richness of an ethnic parish is not that others would buy into Polishness. Rather, it is that Polish, Slavic culture brings its richness as a way of augmenting what is American culture."

He added that: "Slavic spirituality brings its own depth of richness to liturgy and devotional life in general."

Since the trip usually involves a second country, the group this year Turn to page nine - St. Stan's

Maronite parishes prepare for Jubilee Year 2000 •

Icon of Christ will be hosted by local Maronite churches in Fall River and New Bedford.

ish is putting together a pamphlet about the Maronites. "There's a strong movement to let people know, especially young people, who the Maronites are and what our history is," said Ferris. He added that the parish has been sayBy MIKE GORDON ing Pope John Paul II's Jubilee ANCHOR STAFF prayer after every Mass as part of the preparations and celebration.

FALL RIVER-Maronite At the 35th convention of the churches throughout thf: region have been making plans and National Apostolate of Maronites, preparations to celebrate the Jubi- held recently in Pittsburgh, Msgr. lee Year 2000 and two local Ronald Beshara gave a review of churches of the Eparchy, St. An- millennium preparations and ofthony of the Desert in Fall River fered some thoughts.

"We must be centered on buildand Our Lady of Purgatory In New ing wisdom and knowledge and Bedford, will take part in some EMBROIDERY ON an old chasuble depicts the bodily assumption of the Blessed Virgin opening minds, to make space special events as part of that celdaily to the catechists of the Gos- Mary into heaven. (eNS photo by John Pole) ebration.

Msgr. Nonnan J. Ferris, pastor pel," said Msgr. Beshara.

The Eparchy of St. Maron, of S1.. Anthony's, said he is lookbased in Brooklyn, N.Y., covers ing forward to the jubilel~ and his Because.ithe·feast celebrating M~r¥·s~~sumptio~ heaven falls on Satursome 16 eastern states. parish has been working on sevday, Aug.lp, it 'will still be a holy day f()~ ~~tin-rite Ca., ' but not a holy day of Msgr. Beshara spoke of people eral projects. "We're putting toobligation..ln1991, the U.S. bishops lifted ~he oblig~ ... . t feast falls on a wanting more spirituality in their gether a shortened book of the brelives.

"I suggest that what is unSaturday Mohday. Th'b' liturgical celebration of t ',"".' "i~. ..I·. ins the same. viary for parishioners and hope ., they will pray those prayers regu- folding in the hearts and minds of The only diffe'rence is that the obligation to attend~s is lifte,~~holics are still larly. We're also planning a pil- the human family is an age of invited and encouraged to celebrate the feast by attending Mass. qur Lady of the grimage to S1.. Anthony of Padua awareness," he said, adding that _ many people today are experiencAssumption is the patroness of the Diocese of Fall River. in Lawrence, with other parishes."

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BOSTON - The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts is hailing the demise of the so-called buffer zone bill, which would have criminalized peaceful protests and sidewalk counseling within 25-feet of Massachusetts abortion clinics, calling it "a victory for the First Amendment and a defeat for the politics of extremism."

The measure, which had been passed by the Massachusetts Senate, expired at the end of the summer's legislative session.

Catholic Action League Executive Director C.J. Doyle said that the bill "Would have done nothing to ensure the physical security of abortion clinics, and everything to penalize law-abiding citizens practicing non-violent opposition to aborSaint Anne's Hospital gratefully acknowledges contributions to the Tribute Fund during July" Through your generosity, our mission of ·Caring for Our Community" is profoundly enhanced. ~.

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tion, including those engaged in prayer on public sidewalks. It would have effectively choked off sidewalk counseling, whereby women entering the clinics are offered assistance in finding alternatives to abortion."

Doyle said that "The precise but invisible boundaries of the proposed buffer-zone, coupled with the provision for civil action without the precedent of a crimimil conviction, were clearly tactics intended to bankrupt pro-life organizations through continuous litigation."

Alzheimer's unit to

open this fall NORTH ATTLEBORO -:- Madonna Manor care facility will open a special care unit in November for individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's diseas'e and related memory impairing illnesses to help meet the growing need of such care in the Greater Attleboro area.

Alzheimer's disease destroys memory, judgmeJit and reason and more than fouf million Americans suffer from it. It strikes one in '10 people aged 65 and older and nearly half over age 85. An estimated 2000 individuals in the Greater Attleboro area will be diagnosed with the disease by the year 2001.

The new 22-bed care unit will offer a therapeutic living environment and transdisciplinary care programs which recognize the individual needs and abilities of each resident.

It will be designed and decorated to r~duce confusion and distractions through colors, lighting and acoustics. '.' TheAlzheimer'Unit's most innoo' 'yative feature will be the Eden AI'ternative philosoptiy that integrates . p'!ants, ~9,u~e pe~ and.chiJdr~n into the nursing' home. If will combine . state of the art medicai'carewith the prove!"! anxiety-reducing' philosophy to create a unique care unit. .

"We hope it wiII provide a safe home for those afflicted with Alzheimer's 'and peace of mind for their families. Our functional best philqsophy therapeutic activity pro'gram and trained staff will focus on strengths rather than losses and encourage residents to maintain as much independence as possible," said Susan Caldwell, Madonna Manor administrator.

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Archbishop McDonough, 86; longest serving U.S. bishop

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DARBY, Pa. - Retired Archbishop Thomas J. McDonough of Louisville, Ky., a. bishop for more than 50 years, died Aug. 4 at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby.

At the time of his death, the 86-year-old Philadelphia native had been a bishop longer than any other living U.S. bishop.

ARCHBISHOP Before MCDONOUGH serving as head of the Louisville Archdiocese from 1967 to 1981, Archbishop McDonough was bishop of the dioceses of St. Augustine, Fla., and Savannah, Ga. A funeral' Mass for Archbishop McDonough was celebrated Aug. 7

by Cardinal Anthony 1. Bevilacqua of Philadelphia at St. Francis Country Bouse in Darby, where the archbishop had lived in recent years.

Born Dec. 5, 1911, in Philadelphia, he was ordained in the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia on May 26, 1938. He earned a doctorate in canon law in June 1941 at The Catholic University ofAmerica in Washington, after which he went to the Diocese of St. Augustine, where he held various offices including officialis, chancellor and vicar general.

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iary bishop of St. Augustine and at the time of his ordination as a bishop on April 30, 1947, he was - at age 35 - the youngest member of the American hierarchy. He was transferred to the Diocese of Savannah as an auxiliary bishop on Jan. 2, 1957, and was made head of the diocese on March 9, 1960.

On May 2, 1967, hl~ was installed as archbishop of Louisville and retired on Sept. 29, 1981.

Everett R. Goldrick NEW BEDFORD - The funeral ber of the United Auto Workers of Everett R. "Tim" Goldrick, 81, fa- Union. He was an avid gardener and ther of Father Timothy J. Goldrick, enjoyed leisure time with his nine pastor of St. Bernard Parish, Assonet, grandchildren and three great-grandwas held August 8. A funeral Mass children. was celebrated by Father Goldrick in Besides his priest lion, he leaves St. Mary Church. Interment was in St. another son, Gerald E Goldrick of Mary Cemetery, Dartmouth.

Cape Coral, Fla.; two daughters, Mr. Goldrick, husband of the late Mary Pelletier and Catherine Richard Catherine M. (Correia) Goldrick, died of New Bedford; two brothers, James E Goldrick of Magnolia, and William August 5 after a long illness.

Born in New Bedford, the son of Goldrick of Acushnet; two sisters, the late James E and Ethel (Borden) Ann Porter of Mattapo:isett and Ethel Goidnck, he was a lifelong resident Chase of East Providenl:e, R.I.; grandof that city. He was a member of St. _ children and gre~t-grand~hildren; and Mary Parish. Prior to re.tirement in nieces and nephews. He was the fa1979 .he had been employed by the ther of the late Everett A. Goldrick Continental Screw Company for 38 and brother of the late Robert years as a millwright and was a mem- Goldrick and Edna Goldrick.

Father Brown, 70, Scripture scholar

By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE REDWOOD CITY, Calif. Sulpician Father Raymond E. Brown, one of the most not~d Catholic Scripture scholars in U.S. history, died Aug. 8 of a heart attack

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Redwood City. He was 70 years old. . He was buried Aug. 17 at the Sulpician cemetery in Catonsville, Md., following a funeral 'Mass celebrated there by Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore.

Just the day before his death, Father Brown's latest book - 'A Retreat )Y.~th John the Eva!1gelist: That youJvlay I:IaveLife'>-~ '1Vas p~b~ Ii shed by .st. Anthony Messenger Press' in Cincinnati. .. ' . '..

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HANOVER - Funeral services for Dr. Larry D. Hybertson, a psychologist who did the psychological screening for the permanent diaconate program in the Fall River Diocese: were held Aug. 9 in the First Congregational, United Church of Christ. interment was in Hanover Center Cemetery.

Dr. Hybertson, 60, who resided in Hanover, died Aug. 5 in Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, after being stricken while on vacation.

He leaves his wife, Beverly B. (Blaisdell) Hybertson of Hanover; a son, Geoffrey D. Hybertson of Kingston; a daughter, Linda L. Hybertson of Pembroke; his mother, Lorene (Risling) Hybertson of Nampa, Idaho; two brothers, Duane Hybertson ofWest Virginia and David, Hybertson of Washington; and two sisters, Joann Harland of Minnesota and Marilyn Shinn of Georgia.

Father Brown was Auburn Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Union Theological Seminary in New York, where he taught for 20 years before his retirement in 1990. . Author of 25 major bo.oks on the.

Bible a~d. !TI0re ~~an a dqzen smqller; ones, he was co-editor - with Jesuit Father Joseph A. Fitzmyer and Carmelite Father Roland P. Murphy - of two widely acclaimed comprehensive commentaries on Scripture, "The Jerome Biblical Commentary" in 1968 and "The New Jerome Biblical Commentary" in 1990.

One of his most notable works was his landmark two-volume study, ''The Gospel According to John," which broke new ground in the field of Johannine studies for all Scripture scholars. A part of the Anchor Bible series,the first volume appeared in 1966 lUId the second in 1970.

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PREVOST REUNION - Alumni of Msgr. Prevost High School in Fall River and Brothers 0f Christian Instruction who taught there shared memories recently at a reunion at White's of Westport. From left, seated, are Brother Francis Blouin, provincial for the United States who taught at the school from 1949 to 1954, and Brother Patrick Menard, provincial secretary, who taught from 1931 to 1946 and was also principal. Standing, from left, are Alumni President Robert Chouinard of the golden jubilee class of 1948; Armand Dallaire, formerly Brother Eugene anq a former teacher at Prevost; and Dr. Roland Chabot, president of the first class of graduates in 1938. Prevost was destroyed by fire in 1968 and graduated its last class in 1972 from the campus of Bishop Connolly High School.

Sacred Hearts Sisters to mark 90th anniversary

Maronite Continued from page one

ing a deep hunger for the spiritual, a heightened awareness of the inner self."

The eparchy commissioned the WAREHAM - The Sisters of the Sacred Hearts will celebrate the designing of an icon-based on the 90th anniversary of the arriva,l of their community in 1908 to serve ancient title ofChrist asthe "Lover the Diocese of Fall River with a Mass 'and dinner Sunday in the com- of Humankind," as part of the milmunity house here. lennium celebration. It was unSisters, veiled at the convention and will Brothers and . make a yearlong pilgrimage secular through each of the eparchy's 33 branch memparishes. bers will be Each parish will host the icon joined by for a week and it will be at St. Anprovincial thony of the Desert beginning Dec. superiors as 4 and then at Our Lady of Purgawell as repretory Parish Dec. 11. Both parishes sentativ'es plan to host evening prayer and obfro m servances during the week. The Canada, Ha- . community is encouraged to come waii, Rome and view the icon and pray for and Japan,. church healing and unity. for the litFather Charbel T. Semaan of urgy.

Our Lady of Purgatory said the Other celicon will begin traveling in a few ebrations weeks and he is looking forward hosted by the to having it at his parish. "It's community very important to be celebrating in Fall River the jubilee and to witness the presand New ence of Christ. He's here yesterBedford, inday, today and tomorrow," said cluding an Father Semaan.

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alumni, reunion dinner of St. Joseph.'s School, Fairhaven, will be held into the fall.

SISTER PAULINE FREZAL SS.CC As part of the celebrations, Sister Pauline Frezal, 97, the eldest member of the religious community, will return to France on Aug. 20 to visit with her sister and brother. Her home visit will recall that it was Sacred Hearts Sisters from France who came to begin the foundation of the group in this diocese.This will be the third time since her arrival in Fairhaven in 1920 that Sister Pauline has had an oppOltunity to return to her homeland. Well known in the Fairhaven area as a teacher and principal for many years at St. Joseph School, she has also taught religion classes for many years at Sacred Hearts Parish.

Daily Readings Aug. 17 Ez 24:15-24; (Ps) Dt 32:18-21; Mt 19:16-22 Aug. 18 Ez 28:1-10; (Ps) Dt 32:26-28,30,35-36; Mt 19:23-30 Aug. 19 Ez 34:1-11; Ps 23: 1-6; MI20:1-16a Aug. 20 Ez 36:23-28; 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 43:1-7a; Ps 85: 9-14; Mt 23:1-12 Aug. 23 Is 66:18-21; Ps 117: 1-2; Heb 12:5-7, 11-13; Lk 13:22-30

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Lambeth reflections For Anglicans and the various branches of Episcopalians, the Lambeth Conference is considered one of the most important of church gatherings. Every 10 years the Congregation of Anglican Bishops meets in London to discuss the state of the church. Convened at Lambeth Place, the residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury who symbolizes their unity, more than 750 bishops gath. ered last month to discuss matters of faith and doctrine.

For years, the more liberal faction has controlled the direction of the conference; however, this meeting was a shock to those who espouse recent trends in the Episcopal church. No group was more stunned than the American delegates. In the past 10 years, the Episcopal church nas undergone many changes. The new voices from Asia and Africa were no longer submissive to their cQlleagues from the West. The Anglican tradition is growing rapidly among those we refer to as third world peoples. In this country, membership in the Episcopal church is on the decline or fractionalized.

This year, more than 225 African bishops attended the conference. this phenomenal growth has been a boon to all churches, yet most people in America and Europe have failed to recognize the shift of influence. One report indicated that there were close to 28 million Anglical1s in Africa and approximately nine to 10 million Episcopalians in America. These churches are more conservative in theological reflections.

Christian denominations in Africa face great persecution from fundamental Islamic dictators daily. Many are caught up in tribal cultural conflicts and as a result, Christian communities are forced to fight for survivaL The basics are what help them stick together a.mid persecution. It is from such a background that new voices are being heard in London.

It is important to note that in such a survival state the're is little attention given to cultural innovatioqs. The preaching of these churches is biblical with firm adherence to doctrine and morals, so one should not be surprised if the African Anglican bfshops would be opposed to lifestyles they feel are out ofcontext with Christian beliefs.

The Lambeth Conference clearly indicated that there is a grow-· ing number of Anglicans that view diverse theological positions as divisive and destructive. The concept .that any church can accept unlimited variances and remain unified is intellectually repugnant and practically impossible.

It has been the constant teaching of the Catholic Church that Christ bestowed unity on his Church. It is Christ who gives the gift of unity. However, in the mystery of salvation it is the Church that must always work and pray to perfect that unity. Cultural diversity in its anthropological sense is not a stumbling block to this Spirit inspired unity. This oneness goes beyond such variances to bind people into unity of faith and belief.

As the Anglican-Episcopalian tradition sorts out its world image it should be evident from the recent conference that there is a growing trend to spirituality rather than social services. The voice of the African delegates is one which all Christians should listen to in our world of fragmented ideals and ethics. A return to sound doctrine and moral teaching will, in the long run, help all churches to reflect the basic and fundamental teaching of Christ. Perhaps we can learn that a mere accommodation to this concept is truly outside the scope of profes·sed faith. There should be no disagreement with revealed truth. This can be achieved in Christ and through his Church. It will never become a reality when people go their own way, doing their own thing.

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attends Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis.

The planning team broke everything down by the proposed events, Leitner explained, which included a Mass at the Trans World Dome, a youth rally at the Kiel Center and management of crowds alongside streets where the pope will pass.

As for the weather, Leitner said he has faith that it's going to work out.

"January is so variable here. I remember shirt-sleeve weather and, of

course, ice storms in the past. But I'm generally an optimist in these circumstances. . The best thing about most of the key events, Leitner noted, is that they will be held indoors. Neve:rtheless, the planning team at Contemporary Group "will become great friends with the National Weathl~r Service," he predicted.

"I think it's going to te a remarkable gathering of people," Leitner said.

ST. LOUIS - Meet Craig Leitner; that is, if you can catch up with him.

He's the man with the Contemporary Group who's got the day-to-day job of assisting Msgr. Richard Stika, chancellor for the St. Louis Archdiocese, and the core planning team with· events for Pope John Paul II's visit.

The Contemporary Group, a St. Louis firm that is most widely known for producing major stadium events around the country, including shows for some of the biggest names in the rock-and-roll, country-and-western, pop and Christian music fields.

As vice president/creative director for the firm, Leitner will help orchesas quicker access to text. trate the events of the pope's stay in

By LYNNE WElL More powerful computers also St. Louis in January.

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE are to be added to the s,ystem, the "It's going to take an enormous VATICAN CITY - The voice archbishop said, so that text searches team effort for the entire community of St. Louis," he told the St. Louis and video image of Pope John Paul and the downloading of documents Review, the archdiocesan newspaper. II are available on a computer screen will take less time.

Development of the Web site has "It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, near you. and I'm totally thrilled to be a part of The Vatican announced that real- been sustained by "the great interest the event." time audio and visual signals from demonstrated on the part of millions It recently took six people eight papal general audiences, Sunday of persons who connect every day hours just to develop a list of elements blessings, the pope's pastoral visits with this 'open window' on the Apthat need to be addressed in prepar- abroad and solemn celebrations in St. ostolic See," the Vatican. said. "But ing for the' pope's visit, according to Peter's Basilica are now available at above all, this is the latest sign of the .efforts of the Holy See 10 promote Leitner. its Web site.

After several years in preparation, its presence in the world through "It does boggle the mind to the extent of just how complex this the Web site went online. on March , modem means of social communiproject is. It is incredibly challeng- 30, 1997, Easter Sunday. It offers cations."

Users in 50 countrie:; have acing and exciting as well," he added. copies of important Vatican docuThe pope's visit is believed to be ments, papal speeches and other cessed the site a'reported average of "the largest event that will have oc- files. Initial reports from the Vatican .7 million times per month in the year curred in St. Louis since the World's indicated that users were most inter- since it went on line. Services are Fair," Leitner said.. "We will be pre- .~sted in infOl'm,ation about Pope John available in Latin, English, French, Spanish, Italian,German: Portuguese senting ourselves to His Holiness and Paul. to the world.'~, ..

Archbishop daudioCelli, secre- and Polish; the English, Spanish and Both as a spiritual opportunity and tary of the Administration of the Pat- Italian services are the most popuas a media event, the pope's visit "will rimony of the Holy See,announced lar.

The Vatican Web site is at http:// help bring St. Louis in focus for our- in April that the Web site would soon selves," said Leitner, a Catholic who have audIO and video options, as well www.vatican.va.

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Pope, Kenyan bishops condemn explosions at two embassies

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Aug. 14, 1998 Father Ruwa, the Kenyan bishops' official, said that Father John Kiongo, 47, a diocesan priest in Nairobi, was visiting his brother who works in the U.S. Embassy when the bomb went off.

"He said he heard what sounded like a gunshot, and then he felt the force of the blast and was thrown out the building through a window,"

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Father Ruwa said Aug. 10.

At Kenyatta national hospital, Father Kiongo was recognized by a priest visiting injured victims and was transferred to Mater Misericordiae Catholic hospital, Father Ruwa said. Father Kiongo has facial injuries and has had surgery on his right arm and hand, the secretary-general added.

of peace and justice for all." ery, the bishops' conference said the A statement from the Kenyan Church had mobilized its 50 parish NAIROBI, Kenya - Pope John bishops said the Church "joins the centers in the Nairobi area and all Paul II and Kenyan bishops con- . Kenyan and entire intetnational its chaplains and volunteers to ofdemned the bombings near U.S. community in mourning the deaths fer spiritual care and' counseling to embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, of innocent victims" in "this hei- those affected by the blast. describing the crimes as "heinous" and offering so- r-...,....~-..lace to victims.

Condolence messages sent in the pope's name offered prayers for the vicSpiritual Director Father Bill Campbell tims and denounced the St. Rita Parish • Marion attacks as an "incomprehensible assault on life."

The Kenyan bishops linked the blasts "to inter9 days from Boston national terrorism, fanaticism and fundamentalism." Kenyan police said the bomb was aimed at the Spiritual Director: Rev. Joseph Viveiros U.S. Embassy, but Ufundi House next door, which 5 days - 4 nights houses offices 'and a sec3 nights in Montreal • 1 night in Quebec City retarial college, took the Also St. Joseph's Oratory • Basilica ofSt. Anne de Beaupre brunt of the explosion.

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ISRAELI RESCUE workers arrive at the scene of the bomb blast In a message to Kenyan in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 8. The explosion near the U.S. embassy took Archbishop Raphael S. the lives of more than 200 people and injured thousands. (eNS/ Ndingi Mwana'aNzeki of ,....---------------------_--------, Nairobi, Pope John Paul Reuters photo) was said to be deeply sad· dened at the acts of violence. The nous act against humanity." two nearly simultaneous explosions It praised the swift rescue operaAug. 7 left more than 200 dead and tion led by Kenyan President Daniel more than 5,000 injured, mostly in arap Moi, police, military, medical Kenya. Twelve A91t;ric~M wert~ .• t~afl1s.,hospi.t.alstaff'~ijnc1the bJilve.; among those killed.:, :\. , e . . ,aJ;l¢cijurage~us c()mbin~d.et'fqtt~l' i;1 .

"Once more (the pope) strongly of everyone who rescued the viccondemn~ all deeds of wanton agtims. gression and violence, and he calls It said the' bishops: also comon the international community to mended "the highly humanitarian work together and redouble efforts .response and presence of t~e interaimed at building a world of peace .national rescue team from tile and justice, in which such offenses United States, Israel, South Africa to human life and dignity will have and France." . , no place," said the message.

The Church "calls for an intenA similar papal message to Car- sive global mobilization to bring dinal Polycarp Pengo of Dar-es-Sa- terrorists to book, curtail further laam, Tanzania, called the bombing acts of terrorism and bring justice there a "heinous crime" and called to the world," the statement said, on all men and women to "reject Sending "prayerful condothe ways of violence and be ever lences" to the bereaved and wishThere are days when the simOur multi-disciplinary tearn of more committed to building a world ing all the injured a quick recov, ple act ofsitting down is simply pain management specialists

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Speaking at a blessing given the crowds this week the pope turned his thoughts to the "millions of families on mainland China who have remained victims ofdevastating floods, as well as those in Bangladesh and South Korea."

The flooding has left at least 2,500 Chinese dead and has indirectly affected 240 million people, one-fourth of the Chinese population. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese were homeless and much farmland destroyed.

The pope said he wanted to reach out to the Chinese and others around the globe who continul:d to endure hardship:

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On being well-dressedfor Mass

By FATHER

EUGENE HEMRICK

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An interesting incident last Easter left me pondering the relationship of dress to our liturgies. Allow me to share it.

I was the celebrant for our parish's 10 a.m. Mass Easter morning. My mother, who was visiting, had gone to the Easter Vigil Mass with me the evening before. So I suggested she go to a nearby African-American service in the morning to compare its spirit to ours.

After our parish Mass, the temperature outside was torrid. I then went off to join my mother at the other service, dressed in a sport shirt. To my surprise, the service wasn't over but just warming up..

As I ,entered the tent where the service was being celebrated, I felt embarrassed. ,Everyone, from the oldestto the youngest, was dressed up despite the weather. I felt totally out of place. ,.

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Instead of exiting quickly, however, I lingered to take in the atmosphere. Everyone was very joyful, and the music was definitely moving. Most striking, however, was the sense of reverence.

A courteous, well-dressed young man asked if I needed help.

When I,told himl was looking for my mother, he did his best to find her.. I noticed people respectfully gesturing to each other during the service. What impressed me most was the attentiveness of the young people, who seemed to be fully engrossed in the service..

This experience started me w'ondering what our liturgies migilt be like if people who don't normally dress up did so on Sunday. I am not· talking about wearing fancy or expensiv,e c1otbes, but rather being,

decently dressed for the occasion.

Would this add dignity to the celebration?

Our dress does condition us. If we are dressed well, don't we tend to be more respectful? If we are dressed casually, won't we tend to feel casual?

I also wonder how this might affect our youth. Today there is concern that y.outh are not developing a sound values system. I wonder what message a well-dressed congregation could communicate to them in terms of respecting church ,and respecting each other.

I know that getting a family together for Mass is a chore for parents; But I can't help wondering what message,is communicated to children when their parents make it a point to dress well for Mass.

In Washington, D.C., the Marines have a summer show at'the Old Marine Barracks that is awesome. Before it begins, Marines in dress uniform escort the women to their seats. Before the band even strikes its first note, a reverential aura' is present. It makes you feel you are attending something very special. , What if we tried to create a similar aura on Sunday mornings?"

'Interestingly"most parishes pur- . chase expensive vestments for their priests in order to enhance the liturgical ceiebration~ If it m*es sense to enhance the liturgy from the altar, doesn't it also make sense to enhance it from the congregation?

One last note. The black clothes priests wear often end up gray-Ioo\<,ing after several washes. Maybe' we priests also ought to think about wearing well-pressed blacks on Sunday. It might add justone more touch of respect to the atmosphere. .

Wireless America B. Blake Levitt and I first crossed paths some 15 years ago when I was ~xecutive'editor of The Litchfield County TImes, a weekly paper in Connecticut, and always on the lookout for well-written, strong pieces that deserved attention. Her article fit my criteria.

Levitt, a journalist who specializes in medical and science writing, investigated the emerging presence of cellular towers throughout America. Her concern made sense to me. I was aware that cellular towers involve high-frequency microwave radiation. Her research exposed the scary truth that these structures were bringing with them a Pandora's box of potential health problems - cancers, headaches, brain damage and immune system abnormalities - an'd no one was paying attention.

I published her story. But Levitt's concern didn't stop there. Her research went on, and the more she . learned, the more she feared that the truth about the health and environmental effects of electromagnetic fields was the best kept secret around. "I. found it was like having an elephant in the room and trying to ignore it," she said.

Levitt took on the job of putting what she had learned into words. Three years ago, Harcourt Brace published her book, "Electromagnetic Eieids ~ A Consumer's Guide'to the Issues and How to Protect Ourseives." The publisher added that this book would be "as significantfor Americans in the I990s as Rachel.

Carson's 'Silent Spring' was in the I960s." And Dr. . Robert Becker, perhaps the most respected researcher in the area of electromagnetic fields in the United States, called it an "eye-opening book - the most comprehensive resource available to consumers today."

I met with Levitt this month to congratulate her on becoming a pioneer in alerting people to the potential hazards of the proliferation of wireless technology.

I saw immediately that she was a woman with a

Dear Dr. Kenny: What do most parents expect of their children? My children tell me I'm weird, that other parents don~t m.ake their children w~sh dishes or come home at a certain time. Am I alo'ite in all this, or are my childre,n telling me a,story?

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The other day I had an attack of loneliness, and I couldn'(seem to shake it. It reminded me that emotional pain can be one Of the worst kinds of suffering. . ' How do you cope with loneliness? . The well-known spiritual writer, Father Henri Nouwen of happy memory, gave me some good ad'VIce a few years ago, and it helped me a lot.

Fa~ from .being c.ool, ~alm. and collected, he. told me that he was basically an anxious person. During IntervIew I ~hd w.lth hIm when I. was dIrector 'of Ute Christophers, he explained that when he a dec,~ded tq.lea~e hIS na~lve Holla~d·and teach at Yale University, he became lonely and depresse9. . I left .famlly and fflends behInd and felt so alienated from everyone," heisaid. At first he tried to dIstract hImself and seek some escape from the pain, "but this always resulted in disappointment and even more anguish."'" ". " " , ' ,,' What he.discov~red wa~ t~at !f you just stay with it ~nd I,ive it to the full, accepting it, in his words even cheWIng on It, and tastIng It, then yo~ find you have much more strength than you might think."

Indeed he found that the strength was not coming from him, "but from someone who holds me who loved me long before I was born and who will love me long after I die." '" •' I asked him how Jesus fit into this, and he replied: "Jesus for me is the center of it. Jesus is the one who hel~s me discover that God has I.oved me all ,my life. The mystery of knowing Jesus is the mystery of kn0:-VIng a God ~ho embraces me. In a m~ch WIder and deeper way than any human being can. I have only dIscovered thIS very .gradua~ly In my ~Ife, and only after a lot of running away to other places." , Father Nouwen ~sed hiS lonehness to discover the Lord residing within his soul. Loneliness taught tum more about God's presence than anything he had learned in the seminary. ' , .He began grappling with the question of death after he was hit by a car and almost killed'. He was gOIng to say Mass ~or some children, and rather than call ahead to say his car wouldn't start he had set out on a long walk In the cold. Suddenly the side-view mirror of a passing van hit him in;the shoulder " ' and knocked him out. ' Fortunat~ly, the driver took him to 'the hospital, but he was bleeding internally' and close to" death' ." , when he amved.

Father Nouwen said, "I realized that I might not live much longer, and I had this very deep sense of peace. ~Iso a deep ~~nse that Jesus'app!tared to me and said: 'Do not be afraid, you can always come home. I ve been waitIng for you, and you've been waiting for me."" ; .This experience ,brou~ht him 'peace, ~ut there was still something nagging at him. "My problem i~ d~Ing was tha~ Iha~ some contl!c~s which we~~ not resolved. I was angry with some people,and they With me. In case I died I wanted thiS settled, so when a friend came to visit me I asked him to tell these people that I have forgiven them and to ask them to forgive me. Once that was done I felt totally ready to move on."

By,acc~ptil1gand even e~bracing b~th his loneli~ess and his fear o~ death, his life became more peaceful and moreJoyful. I found thIS to be true In my own hfe as well. I hope It helps you on your faith journey.

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to the population for the first time in our evolutionary history, often with characteristics - su(:h as digital signaling and unusual wave forms - that are simply not found in nature. ' ,"We are irrevocably altering the elecl:romagnetic signature of the world. And we are doing this with no clear understanding of the implications to hUmans or other species," she emphasized. ' Levitt s!1Ys communities often protest towers "because they're ugly, not because they:re a health hazard." She worries about the movement ill the industry'to approach churche~ with offers to pay if the towers can be put up, hidden in their t2.11 steeples.

This may hide, but it doesn't eliminate, the health hazards: ,..

Levitt urges everyone to lobby legislators for a comprehensive government research program on the radio frequencies. "It is imperative that we have the answers to the medical issues in the face of wireless Americil," she emphasized.

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You are 'not alone either.

Most parents have similar concerns, some of them for their children's well-being and others fo'cused on parentsurvival.

Over my -35 years as a psychologist, here are the most common areas in which'parents worry and wonder if they're doing a good job: - Th~ "good". baby.

When you ask parentS of small ones ,what they mean by. ~'good," they will ,usu'lllly ,tell yoiJ it mea~s he sleeps'through the night., Or he. plays contentedly by'himself, without demanding too much parental attention.

-When will my child ,stay ~'dry" all night?

Bedwetting 'can becqme a big issue, unfortunately even a battle of wills, as parerits wonder ,if their child will ever learn to use the toilet: -;-Bedtime can. pe~ come ail hour-Iong'debate. Parents dream of a child,~h,o goes off to bed promptly, and allows, them time to themselves.

-"My daughter is a perpetual motion machine. She is never still, not for a second." Some parents have trouble

keeping up with the unlimited energy of childhood.

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-'-Attitude is a big concern" the one I most often hear about from parents. Almost everyone I wants respectful 'children. Today'g child is often bra:;sy, sometimes even defiant. Teens in particular can ruin a parent's day with adisgusted look or a sigh or a smirk. , ..:....completing chores responsibly is a. mainline parental requisite. Some parents lecture; Gthers put up lists. Many simply give up, complaining that kids today are.lazy. "c:-:-Homework is a constant concern. M2lking sure the child brings his assignments home, :following through to see that they are done and finally making sure they are turned in make most parent~; feel like constant nags.

-Lying is one of the top two worries on most part::nts' lis~s. "Tell me the truth. I won't even punish you if you do." For most parents, a lie is a betrayal, with parent-child trust hopelessly and forever damaged. ." '.:.-curfew is a cr'itical worry, especially for parents of teens. Most bad things, drugs, alcohol, sex and auto accii:lents, happen later in the everiing.J)h, to get your child home on time so you don't have' to worry!

At least not until tomorrow night.

The above list of parental worries "is a <:hallenge for most of us. That's what parents are for. You are not alone.

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What good is singing at Mass?

Q. Most people I see at Mass appear to be in the habit of not singing. They do not open the hymnals and make no visible attempt to sing.

During the closing hymn we need to get out of the way while people exit. ,. ' What is the purpose of the hymns at Mass?

Are they optional? Is the whole congregation expected to sing, or just those inspired at the time?

(Louisiana)

A. A fuller response to your questions would require many times more space than I have. A few points may help to clarify, however, that more is involved here than simply the idiosyncrasies 'of a priest or music director.

From the beginning of Christianity, the voices of the faithful singing their praise and worship of G,od were normally considered an essential part of the Sunday Eucharistic celebration.

Partly because of their inheritance from Jewish worship, which included psalms and other chants, first-generation Christians were told they should join in "psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing" to the Lord in their hearts (Eph 5: 19).

In your gatherings, said Paul, sing "psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts", (Col 4:16).

If anything, this attitude grew stronger as time went on. By the fifth century, St. Augustine declares, often and in many ways, that if you pray during the liturgy with genuine love for God, that prayer will express itself in song.

"Singing arises from joy ... and from love," he told his congregation. Lover~ need to sing and make music. "We wish to sing about the one we love" (Sermons 33 and 34).

In our own century, Pope Pius XI wrote of the power music has in Christian tradition. It was in the churches, "where practically the whole city formed a great joint choir, that the workers, builders, artists, sculptors and writers gained from the liturgy that deep knowledge of theology which is now so appar-' ent in the monuments of the Middle Ages" (Constitution on Liturgical Music.. 1928). .', . ." " ,,'The t)iSho'ps'at'Vatican 'Council II said' the same, devoting a whole chapter of the Constitution on the Liturgy to sacred music.

The musical tradition of the Church is a treasure

of immeasurable value, they taught. Liturgies are "given a more noble form when sacred rites are solemnized 'in song, with the assistance of the sacred ministers and the active participation of the people" (No. 112).

Obviously, singing at Mass is not an innovation or, as some complain, an idea we Catholics picked •

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Ob\riously, pastoral and other human realities also need to be addressed.

Augustine notwithstanding, not every lover wants to "say it with music," whether it's love for God or anyone else. The idiom of music or some types of music are unfamiliar and uncomfortable for them as an expression of praise, worship, joy or sorrow. .

Most parishes, it seems, attempt to address that reality with varying kinds of choirs, musical groups, cantors and even some Masses with no music at all.

It is good, nevertheless, to keep in mind the ancient Christian saying, also from Augustine, I beIieve, "He who sings well prays twice." If music isn't already part of our prayer language, we might profit spiritually from a sincere effort to make it so.

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"Hang in there,"1 said to my son-in-law, picking his face out of the plate of cold spaghetti where he'd dozed off. "It'll get better. At least until they're old enough to reach the countertops and open doors on their own."

I was impressed. It's not easy to doze in spaghetti when your 2-year-old is bouncing just behind you on the open oven door like it's a diving board while singing the Barney theme song.

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Vermont campers remember Titanic's Lithuanian hero priest Conn. It offers children of Lithuanian heritage a place to CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE learn about their history, culture MARLBORO, VT. - He has and traditions along with their been compared tp St. Maximilian Catholic faith.

Kolbe and called a martyr of the The camp served 110 campers ages 7 to 16 from the United Titanic.

Father Juozas Montvila was a States, Canada and Lithuania dur27-year-old priest from Lithuania ing the July session, when the Tiwho boarded the ill-fated liner as tanic skit was performed. a 'second-class passenger headed The campers dressed in period for the United States, where he clothes and crammed into a makeplanned to minister to the grow- . shift lifeboat while others lay ing Lithuanian immigrant com- "drowned" on a blue tarp in front of one of the camp's buildings. munity.

After the Titanic hit an iceberg Most on the "boat" were dressed on April 15,1912, the priest gave as first-class passengers, while up his seat in 'a"lifeboat so that he most who drowned were from could remain on the sinking ship steerage. to console those facing death and Sister Igne Marijosius, a Neringa board member and a hear their confessions.

This summer the self-sacrifice former camp director, said it was of the young priest was com- "incredible" for the children to memorated by children at Camp learn that there was a Lithuanian Neringa, a Lithuanian camp in priest on the Titanic who gave up southern Vermont. The children his life for another. performed a play all in Lithuanian Wearing a white alb and green about the sinking of the ship and stole, Ginta Adomkaitis, a 14the priest's actions. year-old from Milton, Mass., porThe camp is operated by the trayed Father Montvila. When Lithuanian Sisters of the Immacu- the priest was offered a seat in the late Conception based in Putnam, lifeboat, he declined, offering it

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instead to the camper portraying the young woman who later credited the priest with saving her life.

FatherMontvila never stopped being a priest, Sister Marijosius said, and "was a missionary to the end," helping to ensure eternal life for those facing death in the North Atlantic. .

Father Montvila was born in 1885, the youngest of to children.

He studied in Marijampole, Lithuania, and at the seminary of Seinai and was ordained in 1908.

After ordination Father Montvila worked in Lipskas as a book and Catholic newspaper illustrator and ministered to the spiritual needs of Eastern-rite Catholics, who were persecuted by the czarist regime and had been forced to worship in secret.

Later, he was forbidden to work as a priest in Lithuania. He decided to emigrate so he could work with Lithuanians in the United ,States.

Some reports indicate he was headed to Brooklyn, oUlers that he was going to Worcester, Mass.

Father Montvila's body was never recovered. He is considered a hero in Lithuania.

NEWARK, N.J. - This summer, seminarian Robert Higgins has been able to live out his interest in mission work by serving in a ministry to seamen. . Higgins, who is studying for the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Vrrgin Islands, is the only Catholic in a CiilE~~~""!"!"~"""'-------.iiiiil group of five chaplain interns at the International Seafarers' Center. The three~story facility offers a broad range of religious and social services to seamen on the freighter ships coming into the port at Newark.

The center is operated by the Seamen's Church Institute, a long-established Episcopal agency with headquarters in Manhattan.

Higgins, a native of Liberty, N.Y., said he had a special interest in a ministry with a mission outreach. He began the journey toward his vocation at 17, advances in the areas of housing, attended the meeti~g inhis ~ole as but got delayed, he • The challenge"is to episcopal liaison to the migrant health care and legal aid. said, first by "girls But there is still much work to farmworker apostolate and spoke meet the needs, evanand sports and cars" be done, and that work goes be- about the need for greater emphaand later on by gelize and retain money. approximately 30,000 . yond caring for the physical needs sis on sharing the faith .

"We Catholics generally are of the migrants, according to But in 1993, at Hispanic laborers. age 33, he renewed Anton M. Torres, an outreach so- very weak in evang,~lization, his journey toward cial worker for Hispanics in the which is the primary and essential CATHOLIC SEMINARIAN Robert

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CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE spending a year Higgins prepares to leave for the New York "Our people are primarily not "We don't like to go out and withelping at St. Mary harbor to minister to workers on large LOUISVILLE, Ky. - As the evangelized," he said. "We're not ness about the faith and to talk to Church in freight~r ships. He is one of five chaplain influx of migrant farm workers in used to evangelizing like our Prot- others about our beautiful faith."

Wilmington, N.C., interns working this summer at the Interna- Kentucky has continued to grow estant brothers and sisters. We are Accompanying Bishop Yanta and then studying tional Seafarers' Center. (CNS photo by with each tobacco harvest, the losing our Hispanic people in this on his visit to the Louisville Archphilosophy at St. Martin Lueders) Catholic Church has found itself state and in many other states." diocese was Sister Charlotte Vincent de Paul The key to solving that prob- Hobelman, a Sister of Notre Dame caught off guard in dealing with Se:minary in Boynton Beach, Fla. the needs of the Hispanic commu- lem is getting more "bilingual, bi- who is coordinator of migrant He thought about becoming a for Seafarers' Rights. cultural people who work from farm worker ministry for the U.S. Higgins said a high percentage of nity. missioner in the South, but found he Now, according to those who their hearts," Torres said, adding Catholic Conference. was dealing largely with trans- seamen are Filipinos or come from "Another area that I think is replanted Northerners. So he offered other areas that are predominantly work in migrant ministry through- that the whole Church must work together to evangelize and retain ally key is developing leaders Catholic.

He finds many of them out the state, is the time to catch himself to the Diocese of St. ThoHispanic members. among the Hispanic Catholic comup. mas, and the bishop sent him to "very prayerful."

Bishop John W. Yanta of Ama- munity to form and lead the com"My biggest thrill comes when I Representatives of the state's Christ the King Seminary in the Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y. He expects to am able to do a Communion service four Catholic dioceses met July 24 rillo, Texas, a member of the U.S. munity within their own parishes," on a ship," he said. in Louisville to discuss ways of bishops' Committee on .Migration, she said. be ordained after one more year. .A small Stella Maris (Star of the reaching out to Kentucky's miHiggins' fellow interns this summer include a seminarian from the Sea) center, part of the Catholic grant and resident Hispanics, adUnited Church of Canada, an Epis- Apostleship of the Sea, is located dressing their problems and concopal Filipino priest, a Southern near the facility where Higgins is cerns, and welcoming them as acBapti,st, and a British man not asso- based. And he said he is able to get tive participants in the Church.' ciated with any denomination. The consecrated Communion hosts there With an estimated 20,000 to institute also offers a nine-month in- for distribution at services he con- 30,000 migrant workers in Kenternship the rest of the· year, and it ducts. Higgins and his associates tucky during the peak of harvest At the institute, Bishop Edward

By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE draws participants from various re- sometimes work with a small Stella season, the challenges to the U. Kmiec of Nashville, 1enn., and ligious communities all over the Maris center located in Brooklyn.

Church are many.

John Pistone briefed participants on BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. Interns extend invitations to visit world, Higgins said. Assisting perRepresentatives of the Louis- The 1999 session of the National developments involving the manent staff, interns work together the center, and offer to send a van. ville Archdiocese and the Diaconate Institute for Continuing diaconate in the past year and deecumenically as a team, he said, and The center has a cafeteria, a bar, an Education has been scheduled for tailed progress on the new norms also extend an interreligious minis- areaforreading,aworkoutareawith Covington, Lexington and July 25-28 at the University of for the U.S. diaconate. try, offering Korans to Muslims or weights and exercise mac~ines, and Owensboro dioceses identified Notre Dame. . Bishop Kmiec is to end a threecomparable literature to seamen of .a shop handling clothing, food and several ways that the Church is al- . Theme of next year's session year term as chairman of the U,S. personal supplies. ready using to reach the Hispanic other religions. w,ill be "Proclaiming and Living the bishops' Committee on the Although the focus is on seamen, community.', After morning prayers, lead by . 'Diaconate this November, and Word."

Each diocese offers Masses in the interns in the chapel or the Inter- others working at the port are welThe dates and theme were an- Pistone is a deacon who serves as national'Seafarers' Center, they start come the c~nter, Higgins said, in- Spanish; tries to assist with·the mi- nouncedat the ·.dose of the 1998 executive director of the bishops' ' , cluding the crane operators arid the' grants' food, clothing and medical institute, held July 26-29'at Notre Secretariat for the Diaconate. out visiting the new arrivals.

Actually, the'men:.:.... and a hand- truck-drivers and train crews' who· needs, pmvides instruction in the -Dame' and attended by more than .1 Theme of the 1998 institute was EngHsbJanguage,· and- ~s :making 270'deacons and wives:' ful of women - who work en ships. 'haul cargo to.and from ·the port. ''Collaboration in Ministry." . -

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St. Stan's chose Italy.

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radio broadcast on a station operated by the monks.

"We were there for two days and some in our pilgrimage said the spiritual experiences there would take months to digest," the pastor reported.

After nine days in Poland, the group traveled to Italy, attended Mass celebrated by Father Kasznyski at the tomb in Giovanni Rotondo of Venerable Padre Pio, whose sainthood cause is expected to advance to "blessed" next spring.

The tomb is situated about four-anda-half hours southeast of Rome near the Albanian border.

Capuchin Father Alessio Parente, who had been Padre Pio's constant companion in his final six years, shared his memories with the pilgrims for nearly two hours. "He told of the mystical experiences he had experienced with Padre Pio - of tile latter's bilocation and he stressed the spiritual legacy offered."

After that they traveled to Padre Pio's favorite hermitage at Monte Sl. Angelo, a town that also includes the major basilica named in honor of Sl. Michael the archangel, where the angel appeared three times. "It was a most spiritual experience and beyond that, there is a marvelous view of the Adriatic. Although we later

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WAR YOUTHS - Jordan Feijo, a 4th grader at St. Stanislaus School, stands next to a World War II monument showing two four-year-old boys in helmets, commemorating Poland's youth who fought heroically as part of the underground resistance force against the Nazis before being slaughtered. The monument is adjacent to the Church of St. Stanislaus Kostka in Warsaw. ible, and everyone gelled," Father K said with a smile. Nine of the pilgrims were young people, ranging in age from eight to 16, "Who were nothing but a constant joy to everyone." One IO-year-old was chaperoned by her parochial school teacher.

The pilgrimage focused on touching base with Poljsh roots; the influence of three individuals on parish life: the Blessed Virgin, under her title of Our Lady of Czestochowa; the Blessed Faustina Kowalski and the Divine Mercy renewal for the Church; and the influence of Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, who died in 1968.

During the Poland trip, the group also attended Mass at the tomb of Polish martyr Father Jerzy Popieluszko, killed by Communists 10 years ago and who is about to be beatified.

The main focus was attending Mass said by Father K in the town church where Sl. Stanislaus was born. Although female altar servers are not permitted in Poland, with special permission those on the trip were allowed to join male altar servers for the Mass. The pilgrims also visited the holy well where St. Stanislaus was bathed after he was born.

"This was in the Diocese of Tarnow, one of the richest in vocations," said Father K." This year it ordained 65 priest". And we made it a point to pray for our Fall River Diocese and our parish too for vocations to the priesthood," he said.

"So our patron is considered special for fostering vocations. We will develop that here in our own parish, where young people monthly sponsor a Mass for vocations."

Kracow is closely associated with St. Stanislaus because he was bishop there for seven years, being murdered by his cousin, Polish King Boleslav II in 1079 at the altar in the Church of St. Michael on the Rock.

The group had the privilege of attending Mass there and visited the saint's tomb. .

In a suburb of Kracow is the In-. ternational Headquarters of th~ Divine Mercy,-the heart of the Divine Mercy Chaplet a~d the grQup made

people is being built and it will hopefully be consecrated in the year 2000.

"We went through a marvelous spiritual experience there," Father Kaszynki reported. "It was there that parishioner Thomas Pasternak and I became the first bonafide affiliate members of a worldwide group known as the Faustinum. It's an institute of lay and religious, who, under the influence of Blessed Faustina, have decid~ that they will live out their baptismal commitment according to the Gospel of mercy."

The program will be initiated in St. Stan's on October 5, the pastor announced.

While in the Kracow region, some of the travelers went to visit the famed Nazi d~ath camp at Auschwitz. "We w~re profoundly influenced by that," he commented.

"Kracow is perhaps everyone's favorite city in Poland because it was virtually untouched 'by World War II's devastation," said Father K. 'There was a time in Polish history - the 13th century - when, in the annual Corpus Christi procession there, there were among the marchers 232 people now recognized by the Church as saints or blessed. So it is a city very close to the heart of this parish because of its association with Sl. Stan."

Then it was on to the little known city of Plock where Jesus for the first time revealed himself to Blessed Faustina on Feb. 22, 1931. "It is regarded as the foundation for the Divine Mercy message. We worshipped there and it was there that one of our group, a 15-year-old girl, asked for and was given the baptism of the Spirit, tht; deepening of her spiritual life. She immediately received the charism of being able to speak in tongues. It was the first time that I had ever witnessed it. It was a powerful experience," said Father K. , But the highlight of the trip 路was probably in the monastery of the Pauline Hermit monks before the Icon of the Blessed Mother, Our Lady of Czesto~howa, which has been there since 13.82. There, the group ~ere interviewed for. national

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went on to Rome and Assisi, everyone in our group has said they want to go back to Giovanni Rotondo."

But Padre Pio had another treat in store for the Fall River pilgrims.

Making their way to Rome, through the City of Lanciano, they came across and followed the signs to the Church of the Eucharistic Miracle.

'There was a Basilian monk in the 8th century, who in the midst of consecrating tile host at Mass in this church, had severe doubts as to whether it was the Body and Blood of Christ," Father K related. "In his hands the host began pulsating. Subsequent and modern testing has shown it is heart muscle and real blood. The host is preserved in the monstrance for all to see," Because Pope John Paul II was on vacation in the Dolomite Mountains at the time the pilgrims arrived in Rome and the Vatican, a hoped for Mass in the pope's private chapel was not realized. Instead, Father K was permitted to say Mass in the Hungarian chapel and in the Lithuanian Chapel ofSt. Peter's, and in the catacombs at Sl. Sebastian's.

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churches, chapels and museums.

After the ride to Assisi, Mass was said in the crypt church where St. Francis is buried. " It had a real significance for our parish because that is where St. Stanislaus was canonized on Sept. 8, 1253, the first saint of the Latin church to be canonized under the present procedure. A fresco over the main pulpit shows St. Stanislaus raising a man from the dead. It was the miracle needed for his canonization," Father K explained.

It was at Assisi that Father Kaszynski was able to procure a unique monstrance that will be a tangible reminder to the local parish of the recent pilgrimage. "It is called the monstrance of Sl. Clare and it is modeled after one she carried as the Saracens were trying to invade."

The only disappointment to the pilgrims was that in Italy, most of the major basilicas were encased in scaffolding to allow for a needed facelifting for the upcoming Jubilee Year 2000, when 26 million people are expected, the pastor reported.

"Rome's streets are being dug up for repaving and new cobblestones.

While it meant a lot of detours, it was all very well worth it."

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Sleazy .'JJ.aseketball'strikes ,ou( with gross humor, inane script

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, NEW YORK - The commercialization of professional' sports is an easy target for satire, but the attempt completely misfires in the feeble antics of "Baseketball" (Universal). .

The story has dumb Coop (Trey Parker) and dumber Remer (Matt .

Stone) making up a game combining baseball and basketball. , Though the rules of the game seem highly unlikely to hold anyone's interest for more than a minute, it catches the fancy of an idle millionaire (Ernest Borgnine) who proceeds to turn it into a professional sport.

The lame-brained creators of the game now become its stars, beloved by their equally mindless fans.

Directed by David Zucker from a script he co-authored with three' other hapless writers, the plot complications are as obvious as they are mechanical.

The love interest is the dim but shapely executive (Yasmine Bleeth) of a foundation for seriously ill children whose hero, of course, is Coop.

The villain (Robert Vaughn) is a club owner intent on getting control of the II~ague and maximizing its profit potential. .

All of this is so inane that it only emphasizes the gross humor displayed in the antics of Parker and Stone/ creators of the animated cable series, "South Park." .

Their adolescent attempts at being outrageous turn the movie into little more than a tiresome exercise in bad taste.

The result is a tossup between a strikeout and an air ball. Because of crude sexual humor, brief rear nudity, much sophomoric vulgarity, frequent rough language and some profanity, ,the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV - adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted.

and Iwo!Jld dq it all over again." M-. Alfred"Hitc'hcock, whd, sb~ noted, wl!-s,"half Irish and ve,ry pr~lUd of it." . teT ~lair"died"O'Ii\lra b~gant<i.en, teitain the notion of acting once again. She h~4.her:fi~tmo,:iyjo~ ullder him, . HOiLy·wdOD-'.....:Cath6iic· ac~ In an in. t~ess t-iaureen' o'::?ara has done very.. ·terview,with",.~ well fo'r herself in the 1990s. , . 'c'a't h.o I i c . self-immsed'abs«;<nce" .,News - s.~i-.

After long, • \1 ~ .... r , ~ '.. -, ' from the screen, O'Hara played John" vice about Candy;s !l!o~hef. iii the poignimt 1991 .;, her Catholic coinedy "Only,the'L()nely." She made upbringing, a television breakthrough jn 1995 in O'Hara s,aid the CBS made~for-rv: movie "The she rejected Christmas 'Box," which has finished the idea of first in its-time slot both as an origi~ becoming a nal presentation and in two reruns. n'un as a' CBS hopes O'Hara can capture the youth beratings again this fall when she stars cause "I was in another TV movie, "Cab to too strong, Canada," which is likely to air around too hardThanksgiving. . headed." But 'l...

The story is based on the real-life one of her tlI.IiIii~,--:''':'::~ ~~. tale of a Pasadena, Calif., matron who sisters, Peg, TRESS M D'H wanted a little spontaneity from life, joined the CATHOLIC AC aureen arCl stars hailed a taxi and ran up a $7,000 fare Irish Sisters with Jason Beghe in the CBS made~for-TV movie by the time she got to the Canadian of Charity, "Cab to Canada;' which is likely to air around border. t urn i n g Thanksgiving. (CNS photo from CBS) Now that she's back in the swing down a of things, the 77-year-old O'Hara scholarship to study opera at La Scala when she starred with Charles born Maureen Fitzsimons in Ireland in Milan, Italy, to follow her vocation. Laughton in "Jamaica Inn" in 1939.

"Hitchcock was a wonderful direcAnother sister, Flory, survived a - said the trouble with staying active on screen is that too few charac- cancer scare 33 years ago and had tor. He taught me how to breathe, inters are written for people her age. been a' ballerina until that point. A stead of using dialogue, to act," she, "And I wouldn't take a small part third sister, Margo, is a horse breeder said. because I wouldn't be happy being in Virginia.

She didn't care for the ta,;tics of numbertwo," O'Hara told a standingOne brother, Charlie, bested the director John Ford, with whDm she room-only gathering ofTV writers in record held by William Penn to be the worked on such films as ''The Quiet Hollywood. youngest man in Ireland to get a law Man,~' (1952), ''The Long Gray Line" Not just journalists are enamored degree. He.subsequently became a (1955) and ~~Wings ofEagles~' (1957). of O'Hara. Later the same day CBS Hollywood prodlicer with "Batman," She described him as "the meanpresident Leslie Moonves strode up "Nanny and the Professor" and est old devil you ever met in your life. to O'Hara ata lunch and offered ef- "Love, American Style" to his credit. ' He was a.fibber;.he'd rather ten you a fusive praise for her continuing body He now serves as O'Hara's attorney lie than tell you'the truth." of work. and 'manager. , But .the results 'he got,' O'Hara She, had. retired from.tbe cinema'. _The':other,broth'er,Jitnmy, ~ad'~ added; was lwhat made. her,andipeers' after marrying Charlie Blair, a mili-> acting, career, playing a priest in· one : like John Wayne) Ward Bond a:nd Vic-! tary test pilot whohelpedtrain the first', of O'Hara's starring vehicles, ''The, tor McLaglen work. with Ford time generation of U.S. astronauts. Blair' 0 Quiet Man." He's' the only sibling to and again. ran a small airline, and O'Hara a. have died; he succumbed to cancer She also thought fondly of Candy, magazine, from their home. in St; two years ,ago.. , who died inJ 994. "He was the sweetCroix, Virgin Islands. . "We 'r~ a. proud Irish family," est, kindest man you could meet," , Quitting movies to be with her O:H~a told the TV writers. "I'm O'Hara said. "He hadn't quite realhusband was "the most intelligent, most tha~fur tbat I've had such a ized how good he was. If God .had let s!TIartest and most wonderful thing wonderful life and that I'm still alive. John Candy live, you might have seen anybody could ever have done,'.'· I'd like to live to be 100." him in a lot of the remakes of Charles O'Hara said. "It was a wonderful life, 0' Hara recalled working under Laughton films." , By MARK PAmsoriJ'f' , . 'CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE' '...

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-Angela Lansbllry: The Emm:r 'is, most elusive "

By MARKPArilSON . ,.CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

HOLLYWOOD ~ Actress Angela Lansbury has an enviable track record, including 13 years as popular sleuth Jessica Fletcher 0:1 "Murder, .

She Wrote.'"

Despite,.the popular acclaim, though, Lansbury never won an Emmy for the portrayal. ,At an interview session with television reporters, Lan~bury seemed mildly disappointed at not winning, but said, ''To be nominated is terrific."

Many see Lansbury as a symbol of wholesome TV fare.

In the waning days of "Murder, She Wrote," Lansbury starred in the TV movie "Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris."

The character has endured, she said, so she will make "Mrs. 'Arris goes to New York."

Lansbury has already made one TV movie reprising her Jessica Fletcher role; three more are in the works for filming over the next 18 months.

And "Mrs. Santa Claus," starring Lansbury in the title role, proved that original musicals can still be made for television.

This fall, Lansbury will star as a new kind of detective, based on Dorothy Gilman's "Mrs'. Pollifax" series. ''The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax" will air on CBS, which has been Lansbury's TV home since she started solving murders in Cabot Cove, Maine. , In the TV movie, Mrs. Pollifax (Lansbury) becomes a CIA agent by virtue of mistaken identity and becomes embroiled in a series of intrigues from Marrakesh to Europe's playgrounds for the rich.

The TV film was shot in Ireland, where it was "excruciatingly cold," Lansbury said. The 55-degree location was substituting for Marrakesh on a 100-degree day. "That," she added, "was acting."

Ireland is not unfamiliar to Lansbury. She summers in Cork City and Middleton. "Spiritually, I feel so rejuvenated when I spend my time there," she said.

"It is so untrammeled by all the modem stuff, although I do have my fax machine - but I can't ever get it to work."

Lansbury offered her assessment on the current state of television.

"It's divided up into categories.

I'm talking about age groups, unfortunately - demographics. We are' who we are," she said. "Not everybody is 18 to 34 years old."

Lansbury gave her seal of approval to cable's Family Channel and the soon-to-be Pax TV network fOf ~:how­ ing family fare.

As for herself, "everything J: ever have done or ever will do," she said. "is going to be for ,the family audience."

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He said that within the next three decades, the over-65 population will increase from 12 percent to 20 percent of the population, or from 32 million to 70 million people.

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During the 1997-98 academic The Personal Prelature of Opus year, the school had 1'49 faculty Dei ("The Work of God") an- members from 19 countries and more than '1,300 students from 65 coun.' 'tries enrolled in its courses of theology, canon law, philosophy and institutional social communica, tions. The students included lay men and women,members of religious orders and seminarians.

The five other pontifical universities in Rome, which were designated universities by, a pope and continue to operate under a Vatican charter, ar~ Jesuitrun Gregorian University; Lateran UniOPUS DEI BUILDING - This is an artist's versity, operrendering of the new national headquarters for ated by' the Opus Dei. The 17-story, $42 million building is Diocese of being constructt~d in Manhattan and is to be Rome; Urban completed in late 1999. Opus Dei is a personal University, diprelature that sponsors spiritual and, educa- rected by the Congregation tional activities worldwide. (eNS photo from for the Evan-

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St. Peter's Square columns receive ,a needed cleaning •

The upcoming Jubilee ,Year 2000 and free advertising for the generous cleaners reportedly stimulated the effort. '

VATICAN CITY - They stood impassively through more than three centuries of vandalism, pollution aqd pigeons. Now the majestic Baroque columns surrounding St. Peter's Square are getting a, thorough, , though slightly undignified, bath. .

The four-month undertaking is a gift to the Vatican from Alfred

Karcher GmbH & Co., a German firm known widely as Karcher and recognized mostly for its cleaning equipment, from car washes to domestic appliances.

At a news conference to publicize the project, a Vatican spokesman, Father Ciro Benedettini, said with a smile that the jubilee year commemoration "i's stimulating the generosity of many private companies," .including Karcher.

Eugenio ~agna; managing director for Karcher's.ltalian operations,. w.as more to the point: .1'Thisis·w,hat we c.all :one of our 'im;:lge projects,' w.h'ichwe undertake.iri order to spre.'~d tne word about,whylt we do, .and to demonstrate the te'chnology, we· place at

said Pier Car I 0 Cuscianna, Vatican City's head of technical services.

"The Vatican Museums did exacting sciBy LYNNE WElL entific tests to CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE determine the proper water temperature, pressure and, so on. So the chance of mistakes this time: is con'siderably Ie-; duced." , .. Some, of the columns humanity'sdisposaI.'~ are 'so', en, "K~rcher's past image-lifters crusted wi th have included scrubbi~g down grime f~om' the Statue of Liberty, the tow- n e, arb y , ~ring statue of Jesus overlookheavily trafing Rio de Janeiro and the ficked streets Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. t~at they ~p­ At the cen,ter of it all is "pear black.

Karcher's newly patented' Others be,ar A WO~KER CLEANS one of the 284 columns that sur~ound "univer~al blasting gun," so traces of A KARCHER WORKER uses the company's St. Peter s Square Aug. 5. The German company Karcher IS un- 'called because it can be 'ad- 'spray-painted "universal blasting ,gun". to wash away di rt from dert~king the task of removing centuries of grime on the COI-justed to employ varying coni.-, graffiti. The one of 284 columns that surround St. Peter's umns, promising to make them white again~ (CNS photo frombinationsof ~ir pressti.re, wa-," 10c~I ..pigeons. Square. (CNS 'photo courtesy of Karchm) Reuters)' , ~er and c1fa~m~. ";Iate~lals.. , ' .. hav~. shown ~, '.:, , . , ·"The c1eanmgmatenal bemg. 'no more re' • ~II' Q;I;_'-J',.:', ~ ,:.l used in, this cas~ is;a fine 'dust of " 'spect for :St: Pe"ter's Square than foot columns extendi'ng'in an oval " . ' . '~~ "'J~~m- 'Ole . . calcium carbonate. Info.rmational· . they have. for other monuments:' from St. Peter's Basilica.· ' :'.~ VAfl..; wilt, ~,rMJRe on eaUh a6 it :;j ,njateiials note:the;;ubstance i~:a . ,. The.workis'painstakirig. Eight :.. While some 'spe.nd'the hours 'r~, ' . ...... ,~,,;,...% ~'fertilizerbi-p'ro(hict''tro,maNor- . hours 'a"dl;lY;Aeight j'umpstiited building and teat~ng dowll planks ' _, ~, . tn,.'. ".' 'IN.UIM" ' _.' ". " wegian ferti,lizer'coqip'arly'-' ~r,: -Karch.e,r'employ·ees b"rav,el.he,ill,id- arid scaffolding the others are " . ~ ··,·..!'We' were' very'caFHlil'4:o .teSt·;', summer heat-radiating frorti the ;blasti.Y lwa}/'~'ith 'tI1~iJtJh'i~~t­ the technique.on patts'of the :col~'_ 'open square. Tliey ni:~.kl?jtheir {y'ay 's'al CI~ani'ng w'e~p'ohs' ~<~: ;rate of ".

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Your Light; I, the least of all creatures, put myself into the: litt'e group.of t~e.soJ1s ,';1!1d daughters ofYour Supreme FIAT.' Prostrate in JllY notl)ingness, I invoke Your. Light and beg that it ," clothe me and ecIip~e all that doesitot pertain)o You, Divin~

By CATHOLI~' NEWS SERvIcE 'ment tharthe"nunCiaturewas "tak- ' the prot~sters "'present themselves, "'ill. It will be my Life, the center of my in~elligence, the VATICAN CITY - The Vatican ing opportune steps toward govern- after leaving the (nunciature), to enrapturerof my heart and of my whole being. I:dp·Q.6t want urged an end tO,a prot~st inside the ment authorities so that (the protest- the office of the prefect of police, the human will to have life in this heart any longer.. I will cast it Paris apostolic nunciature, where ers') case can be re-examined." where their case will be re-examaway from me and t~us form the new Eden of feace,ot happidemonstrators' protested the treat.In a statement the French inte- ined.'l ness and of love: With It 1shall be ~ways happy. I shall have a .ment of.immigrants seeking asy- rior ministry.recommf;nded that singular strength arid a holiness that sanctifies all things and lum. i. conducts' them to God. .- " .'~ The Vatican said it "hoped that Here prostrate; '1 invoke the help of the Most Holy Trinity the occupants will spontaneously bring to an end their illegal action, that They permit me to live in the cloister ~f the r5ivine Will and which ,is also contrary to internathus. return in me the first order of creation, just'as'the cre.atu're tionallaw, and will,complywHh the was G~ated. , . . 1 • ' , ' laws of the French republic.~'· " Heavenly, Moth~r; Sovereign and Queen of the Di~ine Fjat, .The statement was issue9 when take my hand and introduce me into the Light of the Divine bu"t it is manageable." nine people remained at the , By CINDY WOODEN WilL .you wili pe my guide, my most tender Mother, and will, , Some 2 million U.S. visitors and nunciature. Five were French citi,CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE 'teach rile to live irhmd to maintain myself in the order and the almost as many French visitors are zens and four were immigrants ROME - Tra~elers from the exp~cted to enter the city in the year bOUllds ofth~ Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate niy waiting for residency permits. They whole being to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me the ,were among 12 people who forced United States are expected to form 2000, the government planning doctri~~ oftbeDivil)e Will and I ~~ll Jisten,mos~ a~tentively to their way into the diplomatic mi~­ the largest block, of foreign Holy committee said. ' Year pilgrims and visitors to Rome, According to the committee, sion to begin the protest Aug. 1.

Your lessons. You will cover me with Your mantle so that the the city's jubilee' planning more than 16 million Italians MembersQf the group were said infernat serpent'dare not penetrate i~to this sacred Ed~n'to en. " mostly from the southern parI: of the among about 200 people who pl;ll'- agency. tice me and make me fall into the maze of the human will.

The preparation cpmmittee, in country - will visit the capital city ticipated in the month~long occuHeart of my greatest Good, Jesus, You will give me Your pation of a Paris church in 1996,to conjunction with the Italian tourism for Holy Year commemorations, flames that-they may bum me, consume me, and feed me to protest the legal status of. p~ople rriinis_~ry,. issued provisional yeiu while the number of foreign visiform inme the Life of the Divine WilL referred to in France as those ~'with­ 2000 tourist estimates ~aying the tors is expected to be just under 10 Saint Joseph,.you will be my protector, the guardian of my . out papers." Residency permits are number of Italian and foreign visi- 'million. hemt, and will keep the keys of my will in your hands. You will The Holy Year 'is expected to refused anyone who 'enters France tors to the City of Rome is expected 26 million)n the jubilee bring more Polish, Russian and keep my heart jealously and shall never give it to me again, that illegally or whose application for to surpass . ~ '. ' .

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By JUDITH SUDILOVSKY CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE JERUSALEM - The Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem has joined international Jewish groups demanding the removal of crosses from the grounds of Auschwitz, a former Nazi concentration camp in Poland.

A Yad Vashem statement called the placing of crosses at Auschwitz a "provocative act."

The Aug. 2 statement said, "Over a million peopk were murdered in Auschwitz, and they did not receive a propel' burial.

Many Jews feel the crosses put up at one of the most notorious of the Nazi death camps are an affront to the Jewish lives lost there.

"The placing of the crosses, after special efforts have been made to reduce tensions, may aggravate the situation and may prevent further dialogue betwetln the sides about the future of the site."

The Polish authorities responsible for the site have not yet responded to the Jewish groups' demands, said the'spoktlswoman.

A 30-foot wooden' cross, which marks the place of execution of Polish prisoners, was used in a papal M\lss~tAuschwitz in 1979 and was installed at the site in 1988 during Catholic-Jewish disputes over a nearb)' Carmelite convent.

A spokeswoman for Yad Vashem said some 50 new crosses,

one almost 10 feet high, have recently been added. She said according to press reports, the crosses were erected by an extreme Catholic group.

International Jewish groups have demanded the removal of crosses since 1993, when the Carmelite convent was relocated by order of Pope John Paul II. Auschwitz was built primarily as a concentration camp.

Auschwitz II, or Birkenau, was the main extermination site. Ano,ther camp, near the village of Dwory, became known as Auschwitz III and was designed for slave labor, Man y Jews feel the crosses up at oneput of

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Church officials complain that longterm sit-ins by hundreds of people are disturbing church life.

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SEOUL, South Korea-Church officials have asked long-term protesters at Seoul's Myongdong Cathedral to leave the compound and limit the length of future protests.

Some 200 labor unionists and students from nine groups have been holding sit-ins there for various causes for the last three months.

It was only the second time that cathedral authorities have asked protesters to leave the compound; the first was in 1994 when labor unionists of the Seoul Subway Corporation were asked to leave.

Father Nicholas Chang Deok-pil told a press conference that the main reason for asking the protesters to leave was the disturbance their presence caused to church life such as Masses, reported UCA News, an Asian Church news agency based in Thailand.

When some 4,000 bank unionists held a sit-in in June, the church experienced many problems - in-

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eluding loud noise and plumbing inadequacy - and Mass attendance decreased, Father Chang explained.

He said the cathedral would continue the tradition of being a sanctuary for the voiceless, a growing role it has served especially since the 1980s.

A statement Father Chang pre.sented, "Our Position on LongTerm Protesters at Myongdong," proposed that protests at the cathedral compound not exceed two weeks and be limited to daytime hours only. It also asked the government to present concrete and acceptable measures to solve the country's unemployment problem.

At the p'ress conference, Church officials also expressed worries that during the past few years there have been several problematic incidents between the protester:s and Myongdong Cathedral people, including Father Chang. , Church people had complained about protesters drinking in the cathedral compound, using l5)udspeakers while Masses were being held and acting in other imippropriate ways, a Church source told UCANews.

"In considerati9n of consequential troubles and disorder caused by sit-in protesters, the cathedral begs

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you to stop rallies and to leave Myongdong," said the statement.

It asked "those for whom arrest warrants have been issued to present their cause before the government and people in a right and legal way."

As of July 31, however, most of the 200 protesters that had been asked to leave remained in the cathedral compound.

Archbishop Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk of Seoul told reporters in early July after his installation that to preserve the cathedral's sanctuary function, cooperation was needed'from various circles, especially from protesters.

During the 1980s, the cathedral grounds came to be considered a safe haven from security forces by anti-government protesters. Hundreds of students and citizens protested there during the 1987 June Democracy Movement.

Following that successful, peaceful protest, which saw Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan of Seoul warn that any crackdown on the compound would lead the whole Church to confront the government, Myongdong Cathedral become a common site for democracy and human rights demonstrations by various groups.

® II Our priests must be beacons of light in the dark," said Archbishop Gabriel Zubeir Wako, of Khartoum in Sudan.

"Their vocation, lived with tenacity, love and dedication is essential for the Church to become a sign of hope." t The priests of whom the archbishop speaks are those who serve the more than two million refugees displaced by a decade-long civil war in Sudan. lilt Hung.rand dls.as. plagu. many is a com'Jfort to see Sudan.....fug_ but, th.lr faith ' k..pslh.mslrong. that the refugees, although so poor, are calm, filled with the peace that comes from faith, said Archbishop Wako. "This gives me courage and confirms my belief that despite the cruelties of thii? war, Jesus Christ is truly among us. t Please pray for Archbishop Wako and the Sudanese refugees. And, please, offer your help ~hrough the Propagation of the Faith.

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SUMMER FUN! The 1998 summer basketball program at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleborp, .attracted many'students entering grades 1-4 who learned new skills' and worked' to .become better ball players. The camp is run by Feehan's bOYS' coach Leo Charron' (top left) and former girls' coach Ed Gaghon(right) and ce!ebrated its 1'Oth anniversary this year.

. SCHOOL PLAY - Students from Angela Newell's fourth grade class at Espirito Santo .$ctiool, Fall River, are pictured here performing the play 'The Three Little Pigs' and the Fox" . for grades K-3. They are (from left) Stephanie Mauricio as Baby Hamlet; Kevin Ferreira, Oinky; Zachary Saber, Rooter; Stephal')ie Silva, Mama Pig; Cory Miranda, Fox; and Vanessa Rego (front) -as the narrator. "

TAUNTON CATHOLIC Middle School graduate Nicole Carol Dykas received the Roger J. Renaud Memorial Scholarship and will attend Coyle and Cassidy High School this fall. The $500 scholarship was established in honor of Taunton Police Chief Renaud. Dyk~s stands with Mrs. R0ger Renaud and Dr. Richard Renaud.

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On the way home from work I drive past a store that sells diving supplies. The other day there was a new sign in their parking lot: "We now have Beanie Babies."

Excuse me? Beanie Babies at a diving store?

I don't have anything against the little bean bags. Even from my middle-aged perspective I can tell FOR YOU11I â&#x20AC;˘ ABOUT YOUTH that they're cute. Cute is OK. But I've seen stuff with Beanie Babies that I think is really weird.

Ten-year-old girls swim through wear the right brand ofjeans, you'll the gift stores like sharks looking have more friends. If you could for prey. I've stood in the card shop only have the right shoes, and the on a Saturday afternoon while a perfect hair products and the right non-stop parade of pre-teens moved CDs in your collection, you'd fithrough. , nally be popular.

"Which Beanie Babies do you In magazines for a slightly older have? Is that all? Don't you have crowd, you'll see ads that scream any of the retired ones?" out, "Cool people smoke this kind "Oh, you've got the l'resident of c,igarette, drink this kind of Washington memorial edition? scotch and drive this kind of car."

How much? No, $150 is too high.

I've gotten used to teens and .I'd. never p,ay more than $80,' and adults ihin,k~ng their possessions anyway I already, have two of . grant social superiority. I'm accusthem." '. ' tomed to teen-age boys who spend a . I've talked to, girls ..,..- lots .of $200 on the hottest basketball ' . them - who havea hundred of shoes. It just makes me terribly sad these little bean-stuffed kittens and to see little girls, kids in elemen, dinosaurs, and can tell me their ex- tary school, caught lip in buying , act price on the market. It's like stuff so they can be cool.

Still, I'll finish with one Beanie talking with grown men about their Baby story that really makes me stock portfolios.

There's nothing wrong with smile. toys, and if some sixth-grader Ours is a small parish, and there thinks Beanie Babies are cool, that's are only eight girls of elementary fine. The problem starts when that school age. Nicci Webber, who is kid begins thinking that owning a in junior high, did a lot of bunch of them makes her cool, babysitting this spring. She's not when she believes that owning cute rich and doesn't walk around with but very expensive little toys makes extra money. Nicci saved every dime she made, until she had her a better person.

There's a real sickness here, and enough eo go to the store and buy it's one that a whole lot of Ameri- Beanie Babies.

She got eight - one for every cans have caught. We believe that if you have the right kind of stuff, it elementary school girl in the parish.

Those kids all love Nicci. But, makes you the right kind of person. take a look at any of the maga- the truth' is, they already did. Nicci zines you read. Find a wristwatch really is cool, and the Beanie Baad, for example. It won't say, "This bies had nothing to do with that. . Your cnmments are welcome. is a really great watch, and it keeps very,ac;cura~e time." .

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"Snow on the Sahara," her chart hit from the album ofthe same name, showcases Anggun's lyrical voice blended with words that hint of mystery. It's a combination found on several of the disc's cuts.

The song speaks of facing doubts. Doubt often has its

roots in fear. Sometimes doubts are a realistic assessment. Other times doubts are obstacles that self-belief and lots of hard work can overcome. Either way we are likely to need the type of support that the song describes.

The woman in the song sings, "If that's the only place where you c~n leave your doubts, I'll hold you up and b~ your way out." She say's this, because someone she loves is "lost out in the desert" of confusion and doubt. She 'will <;10 anything it takes to help the person even "pray the skies, above for snow to fallon the Sahara."

Now I'm not aware of any reported snowstorms in the Sahara. It is a metaphor to express the intensity of the woman's canng.

Doubts kept hidden within oneself grow larger. They tend to take control of our choices.

When we share our doubts with someone we trust, we can see them as an invitation to grow stronger even in the face of realistic fear.

For example let's say that YQu:want to make a sports team, at s~hool. Yet your doubts want you to believe you have little chance. This may eve!} be true~ but shol,lld that keep you from making.-yo~r bestattempt? , ,When you share doubts-with . a trusted friend, h~ or she can help you put' fear aside'.. After t~at, you a~ aga~n', in 'a posit~on to make a choice. And to make a choice, evell'in the face of long' odds, is to exercise your personal. power. Even if you do get cut from the team, haven't you grown personally stronger?

Rarely do any of us reach goals without facing doubt.

Share your doubts with God. Ask God to guide you in rediscovering your inner power.

Snow may not fall on the Sahara, but God can help you to grow by facing your doubts. ,

Your comments are always welcome. Please address: Charlie Martin, 7125 W 2008, Rockport, Ind. 47635.

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ATTLEBORO - The Christian. band "Brethren" will return to LaSaleUe Shrine for an outdoor concert on Aug: 15 at 6:30 p.m. The four-man group, each a 'music minister at his parish, plays a blend of contemporary and country inspired music.

Those attending are invited to bring

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folding chairs and blankets. All welcome.

A Portuguese Healing Service will be held at the shrine on Aug. 16 at 2 p.m. It will be led by Father Manuel Pereira and include Mass, music and the opportunity for people to be prayed over and anointed individually. For more information call 222-5410.

CENTERVILLE - A Marian hour of prayer including the rosary and chaplet of Divine Mercy is held every Tues. from 3-4 p.m. at Our Lady ofVictory Parish. All welcome.

FALL RIVER - Each month the Vocation Office hosts a gathering of high school students to discuss God's call to Christian service. Together the young people pray, share their faith and enjoy a cookout. All those'interested in strengthening their relationship with God are welcome.

For more information call Father Craig Pregana at 675-1311 or via email at FRVocationOffice@Juno. com.

FALL RIVER, - Catholic Social Services will hold an informa~ tiona1 session on Aug. 18 from 7-9 p.m. at its Fall River office for persons inter~sted in adopting an older/

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Clinton-Le·winski scand~ll's ethical issues are examitled •

Society's lowering of ethical standards for those in high office' seen as reason many people become tolerable.

FALL RIVER - A discussion about grief for widows and widowers will be held on Aug. 25 from 67:30 p.m. at the Hospice Family Room, 502 Bedford St. All welcome.

To register call 673-1589.

By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE A Bereavement Support Group meeting for adults grieving the death DAYTON, Ohio - Most Ameriof a loved one will be held on Sept. 8 . from 6-7:30 p.m. at the same loca- cans believe President Clinton had sexual relations with Monica tion.

Lewinsky, and more than half say NEW -BEDFORD - Holy he probably lied under oath, a new Name Church will holq a parish band national poll says.

But many Americans also have concert celebrating the end of summer Aug. 30 at 6::30 p.m. It will fea- indicated they don't care. Why? "The general reaction of the ture the Concordia Brass Quintet.

Refreshments will be available. and public shows how much we have· those attending are encouraged to lowered the ethical standards of bring folding chairs. All welcome. those we place in high office," said Marianist Father James L. Heft, NORTH DARTMOUTH - A chancellor and professor of faith Divorced and Separated Support and culture at the University of Group meets on the second Wednes- Dayton. days and fourth Mondays of .each "Even if people now make the month from 7-9 p.m. at the Family distinction·between likely sexually Life Center. All welcome. immoral and unfaithful marital behavior- on the part of President NORTH DARTMOUTH Redemptorist Father Edward' J. Clinton, on one hand, and possible McDonough will conduct a healing perjury and obstruction of justice service at St. Julie Billiart Parish on on the other, they tolerate the Sept. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Bring your former and: oppose the latter," he needs and unite with others in prayer said. for physical, emotional and' spiritual Father Heft believes that "if healing. All welcome. more of us had to explain the current situation to 10-year-old chilSOUTH YARMOUTH - The dren, more of us would be less acSeparated and! Divorced Catholics cepting 'of immoral behavior Support Group of St. Pius X Parish even if supposedly private." will not have a regular meeting this "We smile and gossip about inmonth. They will. have aMass and' fidelity unless we're .suffering becookout on Aug. 16. For more in: cause of it;"_ he added. formation call Father Richard M. In a USA Today/CNN/Gallup Roy at 255-0170. The next meeting Poll taken July 29,. two-thirds of wili be Sept. 20. those surveyed believe Clinton.had

a sexual reiationstiip with the former White House intl~rn, and more than half say he committed perjury. Three out of eVI~ry four Americans don't believe the charges are serious enough for impeachment.

"Even if Clinton had sexual relations with Lewinsky, and asked her to lie about it, does th,at mean he has acted to subvert the Consti~ tution or that his ability to govern as president has been diminished?" asked Marilyn Fischer, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Dayton who teaches ethics.

"I-think the reason·rna.ny Americans are impatient with the investigati.on is that they answer this question, 'No,'" she said.

Clinton's performance ill office complicates. the alleged se!x-andperjury scandal. Nearly 60 percent say Clinton's personal life doesn't matter as long as he does a good job running the country, according to the poll.

"I believe that most adults understand that a president, as ,quite a few presidents in the past have unfortunately demonstrated, can perform the duties of office rathl~r well even if in his private life, his performance is immoral in some respects," Father Heft said.

Shouldn't a president's moral character be important?

"Sure, it's important - even more important than the office, which will eventually end for him," Father Heft said. ''That's why I con. tinue to admire Jimmy Cmte:r. He wasn't the greatest president, but his moral stature, in my view, hal; continued to increase since hf: was president."

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