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NEW YORK (CNS) - Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York has asked Catholics to wage a spiritual struggle against partialbirth abortions by committing themselves to abstain from meat on Fridays for the next year.

He also urged Catholics and others to write to President Clinton and to their members of Congress urging that partial-birth abortions be outlawed.

He made the requests in his weekly column, "From My Viewpoint," in the Aug. 8 issue of Catholic New York, his archdiocesan newspaper.

Cardinal O'Connor described the "barbaric procedure" of partialbirth abortion as "infanticide."

"Partial-birth abortion is the direct killing of an innocent human person. No subtleties here. No room for maneuver," he wrote.

"A baby can be all but delivered from its mother's womb, its feet, legs and entire body out of the womb, with only the head inside," he said. "I n some cases the doctor has to hold the baby by the neck so that the head doesn't slip out before he can puncture it with a knife and suck the brain out.

"If the baby should slip to the floor before he can do this, and he then kills it, he is charged with murder. If he kills it with the head in the womb, he is within the law."

This spring Congress passed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, prohibiting the procedure unless the mother's life was at stake. President Clinton vetoed the legislation April 8.

A veto override effort is expected shortly after Congress reconvenes from its August recess.

"Why a year (of abstinence) if the partial-birth abortion vote is taken in early September?" Cardinal O'Connor asked. "One, if the presidential veto is not overridden we will continue to abstain while continuing our efforts to change BISHOP O'MALLEY greeted many Cape residents August 13 at the Tara Cape Codder in minds and hearts.

Hyannis at "Bishop's Evening on Cape Cod" sponsored by the Diocesan Council of Catholic "Even more we will abstain as Women. Among them were (top photo) Patrick, 8, and Chris, 12, Ahern from Our Lady of compensation for the sins of a Victory parish, Centerville. Also there, celebrating her 97th birthday, was Emma Todesca ofSt. nation that has permitted this horJohn the Evangelist parish in Pocasset. With her are the bishop and Father Robert C. ror. If the veto is overridden, we will abstain in gratitude to God." Donovan. (Kea~ns photos) He said he first suggested a restoration of regular Friday abstinence to overcome partial-birth abortion at the noon Mass at St. I president, Kitsy Lancisi, and Betty women who have been recently Patrick's Cathedral on July II, Despite a rainy evening in HyanMazzucchelli. chairperson of the released from prison. The house when Catholics nationwide were nis last Tuesday night, "An Evening on Cape Co~ With Bishop event. He also expressed his appre- will be an agency of the diocesan fasting and praying for that purciation to Monsignor Henry Mun- Catholic Social Services, and will' pose. "Many people have since O·Malley." took place at the Tara roe, pastor of Our Lady of Victory work in consort with the deacons encouraged the idea," he said.

Cape Codder Hotel, raising funds parish. Centerville. and modera- and Cursillistas who are ministerBishop Anthony M. Pilla of to support the charities of the diotor for the Cape & Islands district ing in the Barnstable House of Cleveland, president of the National The annual event. sponsored cese.

Conference of Catholic Bishops, by the Diocesan Council of Catho- of the DCCW, who helped organ- Correction. ize and promote the event. declared the July II fast and prayer lic Women (DCCW), provides resiAlso among those in attendance with unanimous backing of his feldents of Cape Cod with the opLast year t he proceeds were used with the bishop were the Vicar low bishops during their national portunity to greet and meet Bishop Sean O'Malley in a relaxed at- to help the new Catholic schools General, Monsignor George Cole- meeting in June.

Abstinence from meat. a tradimosphere and enjoy refreshments, on the Cape. This year the bishop man, Monsignor Thomas Harringannounced that the funds will con- ton. director of the Catholic Char- tional form of penance for Cathohors d'oeuvres and dancing.

Bishop O'Malley thanked the tribute toward the opening of St. ities Appeal. and secretary to the lics on Fridays throughout the year, Turn to Page 13 organizers, particularly DCCW Clare's House, a residence for bishop, Father Stephen Avila.

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THE TEAMS of Our Lady held their National conference in Maryland recently. More than 150 couples from all over the world gathered in June for inspiration and spiritual growth. Shown here is a group from the diocese.

Diocesan couples participate in Our Lady conventio,n The teams of Our Lady held a national conference at Mount Saint Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, this June. The conference, which takes place every four years, gathered more than 150 couples from all over the world.

From the New England sector, the Diocese was represented by Jorge and Aida Terra, Octavio and Rosa Maria Canhoto, Jose and Amelia Almeida, Antonio and AIda Botelho, Jose and Helena Senra, and Abilio and Sao Duarte, The movement of the Teams of Our Lady started in France almost 60 years ago and has since been recognized as a movement of the lay people in the church. Its main purpose is the enrichment of a

couple's spiritual life together and continues to expand worldwide through the witness of its couples.

The conference, "Learning from Cana," included inspiring religious sessions, talks, team meetings, social activities, and litu,rgies important for the spiritual growth of the couple and the family.

The couple's children also participated, from infants to young adults, supervised by volunteers and members of the ,conference committee. They prepared and presented musical and talent shows during conference breaks.

For more information about the Teams of Our Lady, please contact Octavio and Rosa Maria at

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Salve Regina University lists two new directors Salve Regina president Sister M. Therese, Antone has announced the appointment of two new directors at the university, Christopher Jachimowicl has been named the Director of Campus Life. He will be responsible for managing the recently renovated Wakehurst Student Center and supervising the University's revamped student activities program.

Previously the AS,sistant Deal'\ of Student Life and Director for Student Activities at Worcester Polytechnical Institute, the Pennsylvania nation holds a bachelor of science degree in communications from Millersville University and a master of science degree in counseling from Shippensburg University.

John Pantalone has been appointed Director of Communications. His duties include overseeing the Offices of Public Information and Publications and serving as the university's representative to the media.

Pantalone was the founding editor of Newport This Week. a news and arts weekly for Newport County, holding that position from 1974-96, He also served as the Rhode Island regional editor for Art New England magazine and is a founding board member of the • :.:'":.

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Healing priest visits diocese Father Edward McDonough, CSSR, will visit diocesan churches this month to conduct a series of healing services.

The Redemptorist priest is nationally known and physical healings have been documented and approved by the Church.

Father McDonough will be at St. Rita parish in Marion August 17; St. Julie Billiart in North Dartmouth August 18; HolyTrinity in West Harwich August 29; St. Augustine in Vineyard Haven August 27; and St. Anthony in East Falmouth during October.'

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The Fall River diocesa'~ Office of AIDS Ministry is establishing a Provincetown satellite office to facilitate the provision of services to residents of Provincetown and adjacent Cape Cod communities.

In making the announcement, Dr. Krysten Winter-Green, AIDS Ministry director, said that the expansion follows a five-year plan, created in 1993 by Bishop Sean O'Malley.

"At that time," Dr. Winter-Green noted, "the bishop saw the need for the diocese to be progressive in its compassionate response to persons living with and affected by HIV and AIDS, and we realized that this kind of outreach might require some additional locations for services for those living some distance from our central office in Fall River."

Previously, persons and families from all over the diocese including Provincetown had to visit the Fall River office for pastoralclinical counseling, referral guidance and support group meetings. The director received requests from Provincetown residents, who for various reasons were not able to travel all the way to Fall River, to offer similar help there. Clergy serving the area have also contacted' her, relaying calls for help that they have received.

In light of this and Massachusetts Department of Public Health statistics which show a significant number of reported HIV and AIDS cases in the region, diocesan AI DS

Ministry will now offer services from designated space in the rectory of St. Peter's Church at II Prince Street, Provincetown, two or three days each month, depending on demand. .

Current plans call for Dr. WinterGreen to staff the site for at least the first year, offering assistance similar to that which is provided in Fall River: psychotherapy to individuals and groups; spiritual counseling; education and awareness programs; and referrals on obtaining medical and material help. She will facilitate a support group for persons living with HIV and AIDS and one for their families and friends. Also offered will be opportunities for prayer and reflection, such as "Embracing the Mystery," a paraliturgical service of healing and remembrance, already schedule for October 6 at St. Peter's Church.

Dr. Winter-Green is eager to "get the Provincetown program going" and is thankful to St. Peter's pastor, Rev. John A. Raposo, for his support and complete cooperation .. She has already begun to assess resources and services already available in the lower Cape Cod area and the possibility of

networking with area inter-faith groups, government agenc:ies and individuals who share the same concern for the well-being of those living with and affected hy HIV and-AIDS. "The example that Jesus gave us in his earthly ministry clearly points to our responsibility as Christians, as Catholics, as members of the human family," she said in reflecting on the work of the Office of AIDS Ministry. "We mWlt open our eyes to suffering, W~ must 'open our arms and embrace those who suffer."

Dr. Winter-Green, a native of New Zealand, has a Ph.D. in pastoral psychology. Her re:ceritly published book" HIVjAIDSConfrontation with Being" is available through Wyndham Hall Press.

Dr. Winter-Green has directed the diocesan Office of AIDS Ministry since its inception three years ago.

Appointments and schedules for Provincetown AIDS Ministry services will be handled at the central AIDS Ministry office in Fall River where staff is available to ~Irovide administrative help. Anyone wishing to contact the office should call 508-674-5600, ext. 2295.

Sisters of Hope celebrate birthday The Dominican' Sisters of Hope celebrated the first birthday of their new congregation at a gathering at St. James on the Sakonnet in Nanaquaket, Rhode Island. Sisters from New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts attended the celebration. Also present at the gathering were sisters from congregations of religious women who minister with them here in the diocese: Sisters of the Holy Union, Cross and Passion, St. Joseph, Mercy, Daughters of the Holy Spirit, Trinitarians and Religious of Jesus and Mary.

The new congregation was founded a year ago from three' congregations of Dominican women from Fall River, Ossining and Newburgh, New York.

Their members are spread throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, and in this diocese minister at Dominican Academy, St. Anne School, Espirito Santo in Fall River, Holy Family j Holy Name School in New Bedford, the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth, Cathedral Camp in East Freetown, St. Francis Xavier in Acushnet, Holy Ghost in Attleboro, and Christ the King in Mashpee.

Dominican Sisters embrace the values of prayer, study, and communal life, serving the people of God and giving themselves wholeheartedly to the issues of the day.

Sister Catherine Walsh, the first Prioress of tile Dominican Sisters of Hope, in reflecting on the past year observes, "As a new congregation which is built on a strong past of service to God's people, we have'the opportunity to bring God to people in new ways. God called' us HOPE for a reason and each day we are challenged to find new ways of bringing hope."

MARY C. MCNEIL of Carver, newly elected High Chief Ranger of the Catholic Association of Foresters, presents a goif putter to retiring Chief Ronald R. Michaud of New Bedford. The Foresters organization, founded in 1879, has its headquarters in Boston. McNeil will preside over the charitable and religious activities as well as the fraternal life insurance program available to its members.

. Sister St. Paul Collard Sister St. Paul Collard of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield, living at 7 Bradford Street, Taunton, died on August 3 at the Morton Hospital in that city.

Sister St. Paul, formerly known as Pearl Collard, was 48 years old and in the 31 st year of her religious life.

Born in Fall River, on October 4, 1947, the daughter of L. Paul and Pearl (Cooper) Collard, she entered the Sisters ofSt. Joseph of Fall River from Blessed Sacrament parish on September 8, 1965.

Sister St. Paul received her early education in St. Joseph's Prep SchOOl in Fall River, and she earned her bachelor's degree from Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. She received her Master of Education from Bridgewater State College in 1982.

Among her teaching assignments were those at ~t. Louis and St.

Michael Schools in Swanse,:l, St. Jean Baptiste School in Fall HiveI', St. Joseph's School in New Bedford, and Coyle-Cassidy High , School in Taunton, where she has taught mathematics and COffi'outer science since 1984. In 1995': she was awarded a Tandy Technology Scholars citation as an outstanding teacher.

She is survived by her parents, L. Paul and ,Pearl Collard of Tiverton, RI, a brother Paul of Fairhaven, two nieces, a nephew, and five grand-nieces and nephews.

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By Dave Jolh'et Anchor Staff There are thousands of members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society throughout the world, yet very few of them, particularly those from the United States, hav(: the opportunity to visit the International Headquarters located in Paris, France. Yet, Roland and Linda Marcoux of St. Thomas More parish, Somerset, recently had the pleasure of visiting the five-story home of the Society.

Roland Marcoux is the president of the St. Thomas More chapter and Linda, was the first female Society member in the Somerset parish. The Marcoux's have two sons living in Europe, one in Germany and the other in France, and while on a trip to visit them, they took the opportunity to visit Paris.

"The people at the hc:adquarters were very happy to see us," said Mr. Marcoux. "We let them know ahead of time, that w(: were com-

ing to visit, and they made all the accommodation arrangements for us." Among those whQ greeted the Marcoux's was the International vice president, Amin A. de Tarrazi, who has been in the Society for nearly 40 years.

The building itself is only the second headquarters in the Society's history, the first being the building Frederic Ozanam worked from. "Our hosts di4 take us to Ozanam's original headquarters, and even to his tomb," said Mr. Marcoux. The tomb is located in a crypt at St. Joseph des Carmes Church and very few visitors can enter, unless they're invited by a Society officer.. They also visited the Chapel ofthe Lazarist Fathers, where the body of St. Vincent de Paul lies in a silver shrine above the main alter. , "Mr. de Tarrazi told us that the International Chapter located in Paris is thrilled with the work done by Society chapters in the United States," said Mr. Marcoux.

The Fall River diocese and the Archdiocese of Paris are similar in that both have very good parish participation in the St. Vincent de Paul Society. The Fall River diocese has 98 of 112 parishes involved and Paris has 92 of 115.

The Society has grown tremendously since its inception in 1835.

Throughout th(: world, 134 nations are active in the Society, adding 10 new nations since the fall of Communism in Russia and Eastern Europe.

Locally, the Society provides support to needy individuals throughout the diocese. Mr. Marcoux notes that many more women and young people are becoming involved, providing fresh and exciting ideas. Marcoux said that each chapter does things a bit differently, whether it be diocesan wide, regionally, or internationally, but the bottom line and common goal is, "to help anyone in need, regardless of race or religion."

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Scrapping the Convention System Whatever happened to the Convention nominating system that was such a part of our political history?

Since the Reagan days, conventions for all parties have become a quasi-democratic coronation ceremony. Gone are the days when nominations from the floor became decisive political factors. Now all decisions are made and packaged before the first gavel sounds at the podium on opening night.

The political ideal of an open convention where delegates can exercise their individual franchises has, for all practical purposes, been eliminated. Now the main concern .is the media.

It's the projected image that counts, not the integrity of the process. This year· both the Republican and Democratic conventions will be television commercials selling their candidates. They will not be meetings where the real concerns ofthe American people will be allowed to surface. All issues have been dictated to the so-called platform committees whose method of compromise is used to save political face.

So delegates come together not to infuse the convention process with life and vigor but rather to use it as an excuse for a party. If everything is all cut and dried before the opening bell, they attempt to fill the emptiness of the meeting with a good time.

Also gone are the days when every delegate's vote was important; when balloting became an exciting process and decision making took place in smoked-filled back rooms.

There are no more cliff hangers; no surprise candidates and no upsetting of the party establishment. All have disappeared to make room for prime time parades and balloons.

Conventions are becoming nothing more than marketing tools that are extremely expensive to produce and boring to watch. The true winners are not the electorate but the host cities, the travel industry and the vendors.

There can be little doubt that most of the present convention flaws are media related. Radio and television have forever . changed how the face of the nation is perceived. As high-tech media continues its ever expansive outreach, it effects the very lifestyle of the nation. Perhaps the convention system as it was designed needs to be scrapped and an entire new nominating process should be adopted relevant to the times.

However, the loser in all of this is the individual. Everything now centers around the party and the organization. The political parties have simply ignored the individual rights of their own members for the benefit of political harmony. This goes against all our national ideals.

The will to playa role in common endeavors should be encouraged not discouraged. Support is due those institutions which allow the largest possible number of citizens to partici,; pate in public affairs with genuine freedom. We have become so conglomerate in our thinking and social behavior patterns that we are losing a sense of the dignity of the human person.

In a very real way this control behavorism limits individual freedom and suffocates individual motivation. The power of government and political parties should never encroach on the rightful freedom of the person.

Sad to say that today political structures have abandoned individual rights and curtailed even constitutional guarantees by their determination to control and limit all opposition in return for party harmony. A terrible·price to pay for the sake of political power.

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tained long enough to allow the emergence of intelligent life.

As awe-inspiring as creation may be, Christians acknowledge that the greatest work of (:reation remains the conversion of the human heart. People have immortal souls, animals do not. People can sin, repent, be forgiv:n, discover immortal life. St. Thomas Aquinas reminded us: "11: is not our body 'which feels, Ii.ot our minds which think, but we, as single human beings, who both feel and think."

St. Augustine once wrott:: "Men go abroad to wonder at tht: height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering."

The greatest miracle is thl~ ongoing conversion of the human heart from the self-centered is,:>lation that is sin to the common-goodcentered communion that is the church forgiven. No scientific equivalent can be given to the adage: "God writes straight with crooked lines!" Aquinas put it best .when he described all his written works as straw in comparison to what was revealed to him!

It may just be a passing summer story, however, after decades of Intelligent life was a possibility speculation, a team of scientists latent in the Big Bang origin of our has found "compelling" evidence universe. However, it was far from of ancient life on Mars. The proof inevitable. was microscopic, and circumstanI recognize that many scientists tial and occurred when scientists believe in the theory of "covergent examined a 16 million-year-old evolution." They contend that meteorite from Mars. They discovthrough the simple laws of nature, ered residues of organic chemicals time and opportunities offered by indicative of primitive life as well . chance, consciousness was bound as structures similar to fossils of to emerge one day and exist ancient bacteria that may have abundantly elsewhere in the uniexisted billions of years ago. verse. The latest discovery is a far The meteorite under study is a cry from confirming this specula4.2 pound potato-sized object. It is tion. some 4.5 billion years old, dating I do not believe that biochemifrom the time when Mars and cal evolution. can spin out orEarth were believed to have been ganisms who can make value formed. Scientists speculate that 16 million years ago an asteroid judgements and act with justice. knocked the rock out of its loca- The chimpanzee may share 99.5 percent of our DNA but the inner tion beneath the Martian surface. structure of a 3 pound brain fasciIt then traveled through space until nates me more than a 4.2 pound falling in Antarctica 13,000 years meteorite. Spiritual inwardness ago, and was then discovered in 1984. This news provided food for transcends the material form of skeptics and fodder for specula- man. It is a mystery for which tors! But it should be noted that science has no language and can conclusions at this time are at best only be approached obliquely through myth, metapho~, poetry premature.

Hollywood has never lacked for and symbol. scripts concerning extraterrestrial beings from Star Trek to Star Wars and from E.T. to this year's Independence Day. All these fantasies are base~ upon the assumption that ext,raterrestrial beings will evolve to the point where they too will possess something akin to human intelligence. , The psalmist wondered: "What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the Son of man, that thou visitest him?" Without doubt the mystery of mind emerging from matter is one of the greatest wonders of the world!

While it is fun to speculate and there are profound theological implications to the intriguing possibility of intelligent life on other planets, it behooves us to be cautious in our assumptions. A cautious approach limits the possibilSCIENTISTS SAY they have discovered evidence of a ity of intelligent life to planets primitive microscopic life form on this meteorite that fdl to orbiting sun-like stars with hospitable environments. These en- Earth and was found in Antarctica in 1984. (eNS/NASA vironments would have to be sus- photo) .

NOTICE Society for the Propagation of the Faith Diocese of Fall River announces the relocation ofits offices as ofAugust 16, 1996, to:

106 lliinois Street New Bedford, MA 02745 Tel. (508) 995-6168 Fax (508) 995-2453 Memorial chalices and ciboria will be available at the office and at St. Anne's Rectory, 818 Middle Street, Fall River, MA

ORGANIST/MUSIC LEADER ARCHBISHOP DANIEL A. Cronin (right) of Hartford, CT, formerly bishop ofthe Fall River diocese, and Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick of Newark, NJ, concelebrate a Mass at the annual Knights of Columbus convention held recently in Chicago. The Mass marked the inauguration of the sainthood cause of Father Michael J. McGivney, founde:r of the Catholic fraternal organization. (CNS/Callaway photo)

Priests'federation publishes resources for priests CHICAGO (CNS) - The National Federation of Priests' Councils has published four new resources for priests, covering topics from psychological and spiritual support for pastoral ministry to guid.ance on income tax questions.

One new resource is a study of ministry in a pluralistic world.

Another discusses common bonds, differences and mutual relations between diocesan priests and those in religious orders.

The federation is a membership organization of 109 diocesan and religious priests' councils, which together represent some 25,000 U.S. Catholic clergy.

One of the new publications, "The Laborer is Worthy of His Hire," is an updated diocese by diocese survey, using 1995-96 data, of minimum and maximum salaries, car and housing allowances and other forms of compensation priests receive.

It includes diocesalll policies on how priests handle Mass stipends and stole fees and the value of benefits they receive such as health insurance,. pension plans and life insurance.

Father Stephen V. De Leers of Milwaukee, author of the new survey, said a comparison of the 1995-96 data with results of the federation's 1992-93 survey indicated several significant trends in priests' compensation policies.

Among these, he sllid, were: - An increased use of determined compensation structures in which each priest receives similar pay rather than open-ended ones in which diocesan policy determines only minimum compensation, not maximums.

- Increased use of incremental salaries based on fac:tors such as seniority, position or difficulty of job, rather than a flat salary structure.

- A trend toward more comprehensive plans in which diocesan policies cover all major components of compensation.

- A substantial increase in the number of dioceses with explicit

policies ;'providing t,he option of living outside the rectory."

- A growing tendehcy to include provisions for cost-of-living increases in compensation policies.

Father DeLeers reported that there "unhappily" appears to be a growing tendency to underreport the value of housing for priests. In 1993, he said, only 26 dioceses assessed the valueofrectory lodging - which includes room, utilities and parking and may include cleaning and laundry - at less than $300 a month. In 1996 the number of dioceses making that claim rose to 36, he said.

The 74-page study devotes a chapter at the end to distinctive income tax and Social Security issues priests face, including advice on some of the most common' errors priests make in tax planning and in preparing their tax returns.

The federation's other new publications are: - "Unity Amid Piversity: Pas-

toral Ministry in an Age of Pluralism," a study including major presentations from the federation's 1996 convention and study and reflection guides. . - "The Charism of the Priesthood: Diocesan and Religious Priests Together in Ministry," a text of proceedings from a March 1996 colloquilLlm, with leadership and design tools to help conduct local workshops on the topic.

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Pope says Swiss Guards might be called for vocations VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pre- years old this year. The swearparing to swear in 28 new recruits in ceremony takes place each year for a two-yearstintas'Swiss Guards, on May 6 in commemoration of Pope John Paul II said some ofthe the 147 Swiss Guards who lost young men might be called to a their lives defending Pope Clement more permanent service in the VII during the Sack of Rome in 1527. church.

"The fact that young men choose Some of them, he said May 6, may best be dressed in a Roman to consecrate a few years of their collar or religious haQit once they've lives in total availability to the finished wearing the,colorful Ren- successor of Peter and the ecclesial aissance uniform believed to have community is a reason for great appreciation," the pope said. been designed by Michelangelo.

"The Lord sometimes calls some "Everyone knowsthat the function of the Swiss Guards, while of you to follow him in an even having a military character, is one more demanding way, that of the of direct service to the supreme priesthood or consecrated life," he pontiff and to the Apostolic See said. "Others happily will crown for the benefit of th~ whole Body their vocation in marriage."

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BROTHER ANTHONY Sweere works with a torture victim doing word processing at the Franciscan Brothers of Peace Friary in St. Paul, MN. The friary is hosting several victims of torture for up to nine months each. (tNSj Hrbacek photo)

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) Brother O'Donnell's office, Brother The stark, white-washed walls and Anthony Sweere and one of the bare tile floors of the Franciscan guests were preparing a typical Brothers of Peace Friary have pro- African dinner of spiced beans on vided a safe, warm place of respite a piece of round brown bread during the past year for victims of resembling pita or a tortilla. torture.

"They bring a spirit of joy into The Franciscan brothers first our lives," said Brother O'Donopened their doors to a man from nell. "They are so grateful." , Liberia last MilY and have since He told of one gUl;st who asked hosted three Ethiopians and an to be alone aftetbeing s~own his American who was' tortured in room - a small, tiled' space furSaudi Arabia, explained Brother nished with a bed and dresser.

Paul O'Donnell, guardian of the "He began crying" out of gratiSt. Paul friary. Two more Ethio- tude, ,Brother O'Donnell said.

Many ofthe torture victims who pians were expected to arrive this summer: come to the friary are well-educated The friary began offering shelter people who were.government emat the request of a social worker ployees. Typically, as new regimes from the Center for Victims of or tribes took over ruling their Torture in Minneapolis who asked homelands, peop'le in political whether the brothers could house positions were not only tossed out, some of the center's clients, said but also imprisoned and tortured, Brother O'Donnell.

Brother O'Donnell explained.

The clients were in a tough spot Yoseph, a former government because immigration rules prohibit worker in Ethiopia, suffered damnew arrivals in the United States 'age to his ear drums when he was from working for six months. . imprisoned and tortured during a "They have no family, they have take-over by a new ethnic group.

"The people are willing to have no support structure, they have no resources available to them," said a common life, but the politicians Brother O'Donnell. And no other keep it a mess," said Yoseph, who organization in the state was will- .still has family members in Ethioing to host them. pia.

"They literally come here with "Before I come here, my future the shirts on their backs," he told was so dark," he said. "I was under The Catholic Spirit, newspaper of a lot of stress. When I come here, I the St. Paul-Minneapolis Arch- felt this was my home." lamo, an Ethiopian doctor, diocese.

Following the Franciscan tradi- showed scars on his legs from tion of hospitality to strangers, the being tortured. He also told of brothers felt they could not turn being subjected to a high-pressure down the center's request. stream of water that left no marks on the skin, but caused pain and "We tend to respond to the hearing loss. needs as the Holy Spirit presents Jamo said he was taken into custody because he treated all them," Brother O'Donnell said.

The friars agreed to house four or five clients for six to nine months patients, regardless of their political bent. at a time. The program will be "They accused me of treating ' fighters," he said. "They all have evaluated after two years.

So far, however, it would get the same card. I'm just interested high marks from the religious com- in their illness." munity, he said.

Jamo said he also witnessed "It's been a wonderful experience more subtle forms of torture while for us," said Brother O'Donnell. in prison, such as starving people Besides teaching the brothers or denying them antibiotics that about other cultures, the guests would cure ailments.

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My daughter Mary has a master's degree from the Harvard Business School, worked on Wall Street for an impressive salary and then left it all 12 years ago to "find her soul." She became an opera singer, got married, had a baby and accepted the radically lower financial position she was put into because of her choice.

Many were curious why she had chosen songs instead of stocks. In truth, she had found it difficult on Wall Street because of her sensitivity.

Three months ago Mary called to tell me she had gone to a seminar led by Elaine Aron, a psychotherapist. It hit the mark in describing how Mary always has related to the world, society and people. She got positive new information about an inborn trait she possesses - heightened sensitivity - and learned this is shared by 15 percent to 20 percent of the population.

Just out is a book by Aron called "The Highly Sensitive Person, How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You" (Birch Lane Press). Based on her own personal experience and impressive research, Aron has made an important contribution in bringing to light the specific problems encountered by people born with heightened sensitivity - among them many of history's great artists and thinkers.

She shows that once understood, this trait is not a flaw but an asset. Highly sensitive people - she refers to them as HSPs - don't fit well into our culture, which values aggressiveness, business savvy, determination, decisiveness, confidence and such.

HSPs, who get more sensory cues from every situation they face, are easily overstimulated and thus respond differently to their world.

When overstimulated, HSPs tend to become frazzled, causing them to withdraw. They ~re often' perceived as being shy, aloof, moody and, not surprisingly, many suffer from low self-esteem.

The situation for HSPs might be described this way. Imagine a meeting attended by a number of people. During the meeting, most participants reach their optimum level of stimulation - the point at which everyone functions best.

The HSPs present, however, will pick up on subtleties that others miss. They'll be pulled into the relationships, moods, tone, color of the: words they're hearing, maybe even wondering ahout the personality of the one who arranged the flowers.

By Antoinette Bosco While everybody else is feeling good, whipped up with ideas, HSPs, overstimulated, are on total overload, a place where one's brain becomes jangled.

Cloudy thinking and poor functioning resu:lt.

SoCiety, of course, is geared to the functi,)ning of the 80 percent, the majority.

"It doesn't work in our society to have this trait, where you are extremely affected by all that's going on around you, knowing that others are not having these reactions. You can wonder 'What's wrong with me?''' my da\lghter commented.

Aron is helping HSPs understand their trait -and love it. She tells them that if they can recognize the trait and know that they share this with one out of five other people, then they can begin to think of themselves as normal, learn to cherish their :.ensitivity and work with it. They can learn to balance their dual needs: self-protection and connection to the world at large.

Aron's message is that HSPs should recognize that they don't fit society's valued-person proJile, but they should stop going through life as if there's some- , thing wrong with them. They should see their height, ened sensitivity as a positive trait and reframe this as normal.

.Teaching young children chores Dear Mary: Could' you write a' column about chores a 7-year-oId boy could do and ho'w to get him to enjoy them? Also how do I get him to do chores inst.ead of playing? How long should he have to do chores? - Massac~usetts You have asked about chores at a particularly timely period in your son's life. Developmentally, children 4 to 7 are able to do certain chores, but the children require supervision and their abilities are limited.

As they approach age 8, children grow in the ability to act independently and follow through with a task. Indeed children 8 to II make some of the best junior workers.

Since your child is approaching this age, you need a gradual approach. On the other hand, you have chosen an ideal time to start.

Childr~n between 8 and 11 ca~ do or help with dishes, laundry, housecleaning and yard work, in short, most of the simple tasks around a household.

You might choose one or two.

Taking out trash, doing dishes and picking up a room are all possible tasks within his ability. You 'may find others which appeal to you or him.

Once you have selected one or two tasks, decide how you will teach your child the job. Teaching children how to work is probably the most overlooked step in getting children to do chores.

When our children had to clean a room, in addition to learning the job, they had a checklist for each step. I forgot to list "dust windowsills" as a step in the cleaning. Believe me, not one was dusted until I added that step.

To teach your child, first figure out how you do the job; then break it down into steps he can understand and remember.

I cannot provide ways that he will enjoy his chores, but here are some ways to assure the tasks are completed.

I. Set a specific time for the chore. When times are vague, children always promise to do it later.

2. Make completing the task a condition tor other more pleasant activities. No playing outside after dinner until the trash has been taken out.

3. Allow natural consequences for failure to complete chores. If his job is setting the table for dinner and he forgets, then no dinner is served until he sets the table. If you jump in and set the table for him, you give him the message, "It's all right to slip up; Mom'lI do it." Waiting dinner lets him know his contribution is importan!.

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With Dr. James & Mary Kenny ior, leaa him to the trash and to the place of disposal, then dismiss him to have a good time. .

You need not nag, yell or punish. Just see that the job is finished.

In deciding how many jobs your child should do, consider how many he can handle and alw how many you can properly teach and follow through on consistently.

Chores should be a real contribution to the family, but should not be a terrible burden. Chores can help a child develop competence ("I can do it") and selfesteem ("I am worthwhile").

Reader questions on family living and child care to be answered in print are invited. Address qUI~stions: The Kennys, St. Joseph's College, 219 W. Harrison St., Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

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As a Catholic I go to Mass to worship Jesus, to hear the word of God, and offer and receive the Eucharist. But don't we owe it to our fallen heroes and the millions who have fought for our freedoms to place the nag someplace where it can be seen by all? (Texas) A. First of all the c:ustom of hanging the national flag in churches is not as old and universal as you imply.

When I was growing up during the 1930s, few churches displayed the flag. The practice blossomed only during World War II. It continues to some degree, but is not nea.rly as common as it used to be.

There are good reasons for this. While one may not agree with them, they are worth considering seriously and thoughtfully.

Even during that Will', the custom held only in the United States. Catholics of other nations generally considered display of their national flags in church, at least in the sanctuary, wholly inappropriate and foreign to the spirit of the Eucharist, which knows no national or other political boundaries.

The General Instruction on the Roman Missal gives primary guidelines for everything relating to the Mass. It does not list flags or other national symbols among appointments to be located in the sanctuary area during the celebration of the Eucharist.

In 1982, the U.S. bishops' comm,ittee on the liturgy responded this way to the same question. "When Catholics assemble for worship, they bring with them their cultural, f:thnic and national identities.

"These traits should not be devalued or denied unless, of course, there is something in them which is truly inimical to the Gospel of Christ. Still, the liturgy of the church which is expressed in the various cultures of the people must always reflect a church which is truly Catholic."

They then quote the bishops' 1982 document, "Environment and Art in Catholic Worship" (No.

Bishops agree to fund Office for the Millennieum

10 I). "Identifying symbols of particular cultures, groups or nations are not appropriate as permanent parts of the liturgical environment."

Displaying the flag or other symbol of our country on major national holidays like July 4 or Thanksgiv-

WASHINGTON (CNS) - The U.S. bishops have agreed to fund an Office for the Millennium to coordinate activities to mark the year 2000 for the church in the United States, and Paul K. Henderson has been named its director.

"The millennium is an extraBy Father ordinary opportunity for the church to emphasize the meaning of John J. Dietzen Christianity as a force for reconciliation and peace," said Msgr. ing is obviously permitted and appropriate. And we Dennis M. Schnurr, general secrerave opportunities to express local customs and tary of the National Conference of prayers during the liturgy in many other ways.

Catholic Bishops and U.S. Catholic Permanent features of our places for worship, Conference, announcing the Aug. however, are expected to move beyond the everyday 5 appointment. boundaries which separate us from one another and "I am grateful that Paul Hento reflect the unlimited, universal saving actions of derson will bring his energies and Jesus Christ, which we proclaim in every celebration creativity to this effort," he added. of the Eucharist.

Henderson has been the bishops' Use of flags or any other liturgical decoration adviser on youth and young adult \TIust be recognized and evaluated within that activities as a staff member of the perspective.

NCCB Secretariat for Family, Again, while their reasons are usually not so Laity, Women and Youth since explicit, this basic sense of Catholic faith explains 1988. He also was program and why, with the possible exception of France, one events director for World Youth rarely sees national flags in Catholic churches of Day '93 in Denver. other nations.

Paulist Father Bruce Nieli, diA free brochure answering questions Catholics rector of the NCCB Office for ask about cremation and other funeral regulations Evangelization, will work closely and customs is available by sending a stamped selfwith the new office and serve as a addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy consultant to the bishops' SubcomTrinity Church, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, 111. mittee on the Millennium.

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The bishops agreed by a. unQuestions should be sent to Father Dietzen at the animous voice vote to establish the same address. office June 21 at their spring meeting in Portland, Ore. They approved funding in a mail vote concluded Aug. 2.

Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza of On my spouse's part, we were in stop-and-go, mostly stop traffic one summer afternoon when a . Galveston-Houston, Texas, chairman of the bishops' Subcommittee bumblebee decided to nimble through the window on.the Millennium, said he hopes 'and rest its buzzers 'on our dashboard. the office goes into full-scale operation quickly.

"The celebration of the millennium offers the church the opportunity to reflect on the meaning of Christianity," Bishop Fiorenza

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When a honey of a bee isn't so sweet "Listen to this," I read to my wife from the newspaper, "this new research says Y0I;I should pull a honey bee stinger out as fast as you can and not worry about being careful to find something to scrape it out with sideways."

"You do that to get me riled up, don't you?" she accused from across the table. "I don't want to hear any more."

You see, my wife becomes agitated around beesin the same sense that water becomes agitated around depth charges.

Besides, my timing was bad. Yellow jacket season has begun in our lln:a. That's the time of year all the yellow jackets' fast-food places lock up for annual repairs, and the peeved little. visitors go around knocking on people's eyelids and demanding a McNick Bite or Quarter Pounder of Thigh.

At least that's my wife's perception.

Oh, and daughter's as well. In an attempt to simultaneously' show a bee the way out of the house and relocate her own body in a foreign country, I've seen Marie rip through a screen door and leave it spinning in place like a quarter on edge.

August 17 1882, Rev.' Cornelius O'Connor, Pastor, Holy Trinity, West Harwich August 18 1977, Rev. Msgr. William H. Dolan, Pastor Emeritus, Holy Family, East Taunton August 20 1982, Rev. Bernard H. Unsworth, Retired Pastor, St. Mary, New Bedford 1983, Rev. Thomas Cantwell, SSJ, Retired, St. Joseph's Seminary, Washington August 22 1962, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Manuel J. Teixeira, Pastor, St. Anthony, Taunton 1972, Rev. William R. Jordan, Pastor, St. Louis, Fall River 1980, Rev. Msgr. Joseph C. Canty, Retired Pastor, St. Paul, Taunton August 23 1895, Rev. Thomas Clinton, Pastor, St. Peter, Sandwich 1992, Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, PA, Retired Pastor, Our Lady of Angels, Fall River

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said. "It is also a time of worldwide reconciliation and celebration, which will be noted locally, nationwide and internationally."

The office, which will be operational through the celebrations of the Great Jubilee Year 2000, will provide staffsupport for the subcommittee, coordinate national celebration of the millennium, and assist dioceses and Catholic organizations in their plans fort he Jubilee Year 2000.

In his apostolic letter "Tertio Millennio Adveniente" ("On the Threshold of the Third Millennium"), Pope John Paul II called on the church to see 1997-99 as a period of reflection and reconciliation.

He called for special emphasis on Jesus, with reflection on baptism and faith during 1997, on the Holy Spirit and the virtue of hope in 1998, and on God the Father and the virtue of charity during 1999.

Pope John Paul also outlined plans for regional synods, ecumenical and interreligious meetings and possible papal trips for the year 2000 - including a hoped-for trip to the Holy Land.

The bishops' subcommittee has said preparations for the millennium are an opportunity to: - Assist individuals and families to reflect on the meaning of the new millennium in their lives and the significance of Jesus Christ in history.

- Develop efforts of outreach to the unchurched and to those who need re-evangelization.

- Continue the renewal of church and civic life begun with the Second Vatican Council, uncovering what it means to be a community of faith in the third millennium.

By Dan Morris It was unsettling. For me mostly. How would you feel if your mate leapt into the back seat, tore open the back door and began jumping up and down on the freeway while pointing into the car and screaming, "Kill it, kill it, kill it!"?

Luckily the burly beer-truck driver began to believe the truth of the incident before he had entirely pulled me through the: car window.

Personally, I have a kind of a take-'em-or-Ieave'em attitude toward bees, hornets and yellow jackets.

I figure God made them deliberately, and flowers seem to appreciate them.

Wasps, however, are another matter.

Settling back into the seat of my 1971 Super Beetle many summers ago, an evil wasp stung me in the left shoulder blade. Its stinger was nearly 14 inches long and almost came through the front of me, like one of those grizzly spear scenes in "Braveheart."

Bravely I staggered from the vehicle, only to see my arm fall off. Luckily I was able to cauterize it back on with a blow torch I kept in the glove box.

I was about to recall the valorous event for my wife when she said,." And I do not want to hear your 'whopper-wasp-dagger-in-the-back tale either."

For the fun of it, I stepped around her and ticked behind her ear at the same time I went, "buzzzz."

Given her reflexes and native marshall arts skills, I cannot for the life of me figure out why bees bother her at all.

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Strengthening Medicare: the critical next steps

By Ron Pollack Medicare has protected the lives and health of more than 30 million older Americans for more than 30 years. For many of our parents, medicare has been their only protection from the soaring costs of health care, and their only hope of affording the care they need.

But, even with Medicare's help, older Americans are spending more and more of their income to buy overpriced drugs and foot the bill for long term care.

EVERYONE LOVES ICE CREAM and Madonna Manor, North Attleb()ro, resident George Buckley is no exception! Dot O'Connor, a therapeutic activities assistant, serves Mr. Buckley a sundae made just the way he li~es it - coffee ice cream with butterscotch sauce and whipped cream!

Jesuit, at 88, won'f'retire AMBIKAPUR;India(CNS)- new designs are needed, Father Even at 88, Jesuit Father Jules van van Oostayen said. He said he has Oostayen has no plans to stop made changes to prevent thieves working. from entering the buildings.

Since he arrived in India in Since district officials banned 1934, the Belgian-born missioner new churches to avoid interrelihas helped build the Raigarh and gious rivalry, the diocese has been Ambikapur dioceses, brick by building more community halls in brick. villages, the priest-architect said.

"Retirement?" he responded in He delights in relating his advensurprise when asked about it by tures building Raigarh cathedral UCA News, an Asian church Kunkuri, about 1,000 miles southnews agency based in Thailand. east of New Delhi. Materials were "Oh, there's still plenty to do," brought from distant cities; tribal said the frail figure as he walked Catholics carted the stores for free. around his workshop directing tri"Three bishops are buried there," bal co-workers. said Father van Oostayen.

The priest said he does not plan He has designed architectural plans, made construction materials to return to his native country, and built churches, convents, although he has already underschools, boarding houses and health gone 16 operations. He now reads centers, mostly for dioceses in cenwith a magnifying glass, and his tral India. hearing is impaired.

"I don't know how many build"We came from Belgium with ings I have built," he said, pointing no idea of returning," he said, to a heap of files. Strewn about his adding that he has not visited Belroom in the Ambikapur bishqp's gium since he left. house are the construction mateOne of his two brothers became a Jesuit priest and worked in India rials and files from 53 years' work.

Father van Oostayen spends the for years before he was killed in day prOducing various materials World War II. His only sister, who at his workshop on the bishop's became a nun, died two years ago. house grounds. He has no degree After priestly studies in India, in architecture, but says he learned Father van Oostayen taught mathematics at Kunkuri's Jesuit high the trade from his parents as they built their, home. , school for six years. He organized Father Xavier Ekka; former vicar Raigarh diocesan accounts and a general of Ambikapur Diocese, people's savings bank at Ranchi, said priests and nuns come to Fain neighboring Bihar state. ther van Oostayen for plans and One of four surviving Belgian Jesuits in Ambikapur Diocese, he advice. In the workshop he makes roofs, ironwork and furniture for. has spent most:of his life among the buildings. indigenous people in Madhya Business leaders have requested Pradesh state. He obtained Indian items after. seeing their superior citizenship "the day it was declared" an independent country. quality, but the priest does not Only once was he asked to proaccept orders from them because he lacks time, Father Ekka said. duce his citizenship papers, which he did not have with him at the Since a uniform construction plan is followed in the diocese, few~.~,time... He. managed.,the situation

The High Price of Medicines Look at what's happening to two older Americans: Mary Johnston and Celia Mahoney.

Mary Johnston;s husband died eight years ago. Today, at 73, she's struggling to get along on $726 a month from Social Security. Mrs. Johnston began working six decades ago, when she was twelve years old. After a lifetime of hard work, Mrs. Johnston still isn't on Easy Street. It would be tough enough making ends meet if all she had to worry about were rent and groceries. It's all her medications that makes it near impossible to g~t by on $726.l! \Tl.onth: . .... " \'

Mrs. Johnston doesn't complain about her health, but she lives with diabetes, a heart condition, and arthritis, so her medicines are expensive. Each month she has to come up with $128 for prescription drugs she needs to survive.

That's a big chunk of her income.

Sometimes she skips meals. Sometimes, she skips pills. So, what happens? Well, one time, she wound up in the hospital for skipping pills.

The Crushing Burden of Long Term Care If Medicare fails Mary Johnston on the cost of drugs, it fails Celia Mahoney on the cost of long term care. She's been in a nursing home for seven years - at the staggering cost of $36,000 a year.

That's twice what she .gets in pension and Social Security, so she's going through her savings.

Even though she saved and saved throughout a life of hard work, there's not much left.

Some days, she stares out the window, weeping that everything she worked for is disappearing:. her savings and her dignity. : Rather than being able to help her children, she may soon have to turn to her children for help.

Her daughter, Dorothy, has two children in college. Dorothy worries about her mom, bllt she's also worrying about what the cost of long term care is going to do to the family budget, already :;training to cover tuition for two kids in college.

It's Time to Strengthen Medicare Unfortunately, the stories of Mary Johnston and Celia Mahoney are not even unusual these days. For all the good that Medicare has done for older Americans, more needs to bl: done. It's time for America to take the next step.

Medicare should be strengthened, and it should COVI:r prescription drugs and long term care.

That's a priority for American families, and it should come ahead of new tax loopholt:s for the wealthy.

America has Social Sl:curity and Medicare only becausl~ our parents created them for their parents. It's our turn to do what needs to be done for our pa.rents, our children and ourselves.

Ron Pollack is executil'e director of Families USA, thl! national health care consumer gl路OUp.

Every member plays a role in the family

By Monica and Bill Dodds is to offer the opportunity to questions and explain; concerns.

Children ofte'n dislike being everyone.

Assignments can be made: staying compared to their sisters and Perhaps your parent already in touch with the doctor, handling brothers. These childhood comneeds help but family members finances, seeing that home care is parisons sometimes fuel rivalries can't be in the same room without provided and all the rest. And and resentments that can persist in arguments erupting. There can be schedules can be set u.p: Who's adulthood and make caring for an 'a lot of family dynamics going on driving dad to the docl:Or when? aging parent even more challenging. here: anger, resentment, disagree- Who's going to be witt, mom on It can help to remember that ments over money, a history of .what days? (Or, for Ol:.t-of-town you and your siblings each have a . abuse, alcoholism and so on. A siblings, who's going to call her unique relationship with your pargeriatric social worker can help when?) ent. You've each played particular you sort it all out. This may be a Out-of-towners (long-distance roles in the family. Those roles time to set aside differences to deal caregivers) and those who live have been shaped, in part, by your with caring for the parent. nearby are going to havl: different personality and, at the same time, When you meet or talk, make perspectives. A visit home can give have helped to shape your personalsure everyone has a chance to ask a long-distance sibling a chance to ity. offer the primary caregivl:r a break.

You each -have unique abilities, And the local sibling shc,uld make life experiences and training. You sure the long-distance ~rother or each have your own way of hansister has some time alone with dling things, your own strengths mom or dad. and weaknesses. It's small wonder then that there' may at times be Catholic Golden Age (CGA), It's possible for your parent to some differences of opinion, some the largest national non-profit give durable power of attorney in friction when it comes time to help organization for Catholicjl age 50 different areas to different childyour aging mother or father. "and better" with its national ren. For example, you may have it Here are some points to con- headquarters in Scranton, Penn., for medical issues, your sibling for sider in dealing with or, better still, observed its annual "Million Can- finances. avoiding that kind of conflict. dies for Peace" at the Basilica of If you are the primary ,:aregiver, The best way to handle this the National Shrine of the Imdon't be shy about asking your situation is fo sit down with your maculate Conception in Washingbrothers and sisters and talk about ton, D.C. on August 15, the Feast siblings for help. They may not know what to do, or they may be these things before there's a medi- of the Assumption of Mary. intimidated because yOll seem to cal crisis or personality clash. List His. Eminence Cardinal James be doing everything so well. the "what ifs" and come up with Hickey, Archbishop of Washworkable solutions.

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Catholic brothers from suburban Chicago. Last January the brothers launched a line of the collectibles with about 18 dolls in different styles of traditional habits, all done in meticulous detail.

They decided nun dolls in traditional habits would be cherished because while those habits are largely a thing of the past, the dolls would represent the sisters who have made an impression on millions of Catholics as educators and nurses and in other" roles. Five years went into developing the idea, and the brothers now have patterns for 300 different habits worn by nuns the world over.

Said Cholewa, "As a sign of our respect for the nuns, we will contribute a percentage from the sale of a sweatshirt in our catalog to the Retirement Fund for Religious."

Sister Clarke: said she hopes the attention focused on the latest collectible nun doll to be issued will remind people to pray to the Oblate Sisters' foundress, Mother Lange.

"Anyone who wishes to report a miraculous event attributable to the intercession of Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange should write to us," she said, in care of Sister Virginie Fish, Our Lady of Mount Providence Convent, 701 Gun Road, Baltimore, MD21227-3899.

BLESSINGS CO." of St. Joseph, Michigan,1 has introduced its first Afro··American doll to a collection representing women religious in traditional habits. The new doll is dressed in the habit of the Oblate Sisters of Providence. (CNS/ Bless. ings Co. photo)

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JOLIET, Ill. (CNS) - At Holy Name of Mary School on Chicago's South Side, the Oblate Sisters of Providence are anticipating more than the happy faces of eagerto-learn children when the new school year starts.

Recently their congregation received word that a St. Joseph, Mich., manufacturer would be including in its new line a museumquality, collectible nUll doll dressed in the traditional habit of the Oblate Sisters of Providence.

Founded in Baltimore in 1829, this congregation of Oblate Sisters has the distinction of being the first religious congregation for black women in the United States.

Their foundress, Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, is currently the subject of investigation to support the cause for her beatification.

Though the Oblate Sisters of Providence have had to close missions in Detroit and St. Louis because of dwindling numbers, they are still working in schools from Buffalo, N.Y., to Montgomery, Ala., and outside the United States in Costa Rica. Today, 137 sisters remain in the Baltimorebased congregation, according to their archivist, Sister Reparata Clarke.

At Holy Name of Mary Parish, which is located in a predominantly black neighborhood of Chicago, school principal Sister Augustine Greene s.ays that while they no longer wear the long habit and elaborate headpiece, the sisters are still easily recognizable because they wear a modified habit and short veil.

"People come up to me when we are out and about in: Chicago and say, 'I didn't know we had any African-American sisters in the city!'" she said in all. interview.

Sister Greene said she and the other three sisters assigned to Holy Name of Mary Parish hope they are role models for the black children. "And we pray every day for vocations, especially, from the children at our schooL" The Oblate Sisters of Providence are no longer an exclusively black order. They welcome applicants of any race, according to Sister Greene. .

As far as school lis concerned, Sister Greene said Holy Name of Mary will open its doors for the 55th year to over 180 children in late August.

"We don't requite the families to be Catholic, but we do ask that the parents attend a class so that they understand about our faith and what the children will be learning in religion class," she added.

The nun doll, one of a collection of over two dozen priced from $139 to $199, will be available close to Christmas time, according to Dave Cholewa, spokesman for the Blessings Company.

"We've had an. incredible response to our nun dolls," said Cholewa. "Besides lots of media attention, we hav~ received hundreds of letters and phone calls from people telling us that we have given them a remeQ1brance of their growing-up year$, when every classroom in a Catholic school had a nun."

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For a free catalog illustrating the Oblate Sisters of Providence nun doll and others in the Blessings collection, write to the Blessings Company, 2907 Division, Unit 106, St. Joseph, MI 49085-0606 or call (616) 983-:'004.

Aid still needed by Chernobyl victims VATICAN CITY (CNS) Continued international assistance is needed to deal with the longterm health and environmental effects of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident, two Vaticanbased offices said.

The Pontifical Council "Cor Unum," which coordinates Catholic charitable activities, and Caritas Internationalis, an umbrella organization for Catholic aid agencies, also asked all people to red uce their energy consumption in order to reduce relialilce on nuclear power plants.

The agencies appealed for continued aid on the 10th anniversary of the Ukrainian nuclear reactor's explosion.

The accid(:nt, near Ukraine's border with Belarus, released into the atmosphere 90 times more radioactive substances than did the Hiroshima nuclear bomb, said the Vatican statement.

The United Nations estimates that 9 million people were affected in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.

More than 20 percent of Belarussian agricultural land was exposed to radiation.

The lesson of Chernobyl, the Vatican agencies said, is "that we human beings have invented powerful technologies that are as capable of bringing vast destruction - over which we have little control - as they are of accomplishing a breakthrough in the name of progress and security."

"All of us must reduce our energy use and invest in finding reliable, nonpolluting and safe energy sources, and not rely blindly on man's progn:ss and human means, but safeguard the integrity of creation which must lead us to praise and worship God," the statement said. .

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Knights reject abortion, assisted suicide, indecency CHICAGO(CNS) - Delegates abortion drug RU-486 or similar to the Knights of Columbus interpills; providing abortion couseli!1g national convention in Chicago at federally funded family planurged the rejection of assisted suining clinics; and funding abortions, cide, abortion and indecency in in foreign assistance programs. media, including on the Internet.

The resolution reaffirmed the In a series of resolutions ap- Knights' "longstanding policy of proved Aug. 8, the 464 voting not inviting to any Knights of delegates also called on public Columbus event persons, especially officials to "adopt laws and poli- public officials or candidates for cies that address the conditions of pubiic office, who do not support poverty and deprivation that cause the legal protection of unborn some pers'ons to tOrn to abortion children against abortion or who in desperation, and to seek viable advocate the legalization of assisted alternatives to abortion, for ex- suicide, euthanasia, and other vioample, through the appropriate lations of the right to life." updating and streamlining of adopIn the resolution on decency in tion laws." media, the Knights urged various Some 2,000 people attended the media "to exercise responsible Aug. 6-8 convention, which had as self-regulation and voluntarily to its theme, "Protecting Families for eschew morally offensive and soGenerations." cially and psychologically injurIn a resolution called "Crusade )ous forms of communication, for Life," the Knights warned of particularly those offensive to "grave violations ofthe right to life family values and religious faith." ' ... through such intrinsically evil But when such self-regulation practices ... as abortion, partial- does not take place, they asked legbirth abortion, infanticide, assisted islators, members of the executive suicide, euthanasia, and unneces- branch,judges and others "to take the necessary steps to' restrict and' sary resort to the death penalty."

On assisted suicide, the Knights prevent harmful media presentaasked the U.S. Supreme Court to tions" either by law enforcement review and reject "horrendous" or new laws.

When the Supreme Court looks decisions by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco at decency standards for the Interand the 2nd circuit court in New net, they added, "we ~rged the York, which would allow assisted court not to extend to indecent suicide in Washington state and" communication via thIs new meNew York state, respectively. dium constitutional via other The decisions, the Knights said, media." "shocked the world by bestowing The Knights also approved a approval upon the hideous prac- . 'resolution on' education, which called educational choice programs tice of assisted suicide."

The high court must "respect that include religious schools "a the American legal tradition, the reasonable and desirable way of traditional norms of medical ethics, increasing diversity in education, and the central tenets of Judeo- upgrading the quality of public Christian morality with respect to and non public schools, and servhuman life, and find that assisted ing the interests and needs of parsuicide and euthanasia have no ents and children alike." place in the polity of a civilized The resolution deplored "the nation," the resolution said. grossly offensive and destructive On other life issues, the Knights programs of sex education now said they opposed spending public offered in many schools, as well as funds "for abortion and other nox- those in-school programs that ious practices that violate life;" involve contraception and abortion using aborted fetal tissue for re- counseling" and called for them to search; testing or selling the French be stopped.

Bishops ask Catholics to pray for papal visit to Sarajevo ROME (CNS) - The bishops of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, asked Catholics to pray for a papal visit and called upon pastors to start preparing their parishes for the event.

An Aug. 7 message, signed by Cardinal Vinko Puljic and Auxiliary Bishop Pero Sudar of Sarajevo, recommended that families pray every day for the visit and attend Sunday Mass to renew their spirits.

In September 1994, Pope John Paul II wanted to make a trip to Sarajevo; Zagreb, Croatia; and Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

Plans for a stop in Belgrade were thwarted by Serbian Orthodox Church objections, and, U.N. warnings about the security risk involved in a trip to the Bosnian capital forced a cancellation ofthe Sarajevo visit two days before it was to take place.

Since then, the pope and his ~ spokesmen have stressed repeatedly , his wish to visit Sarajevo, but no , date has be'en set, or even suggested, 'by,the Vatican.

In their letter, excerpts of which were distributed internationally by the Catholic Press Agency of Zagreb, the bishops called the cancellation of the papal trip painful and attributed its cause to "the political intrigues ofthe powerful."

Acknowledging that "the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is far from normal," it nevertheless expressed the belief that the pope will visit the area soon.

"In spite of everything," the message said, "Catholics of these territories and people of good will have not been discouraged under the bargain of evil."

The bishops promised to address the faithful again with more precise instructions when the date for a papal visit is named.

"Until then," they said; "let us do all we can ourselves with prayer and active religious life to make the pope's visit possible and blessed."

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ANTlQUE-PAPAL coaches, like the one shown here, were used up until the lat,:: 1920s inside the Vatican territory. More than a dozen papal carriages are in the custody of the Vatican Museums. (CNS file photo)

Papal modes of travel- from horses to helicopters, an'd everything in betweeirl VATICAN CITY (CNS) - In days gone by, the Swiss Guards had a tennis court on the westernmost point of the Vatican. When they stand on the same spot today, they do so at attention and in f1;1ll uniform.

The court gave way in 1976 to a heliport for quick papal arrivals and departures.

The current pope's use of planes, trains and automobiles - and an ' Italian army helicopter to travel over Roman traffic - is a far cry from the practice of Pope Pius X. While the clip-clop of horse hooves and the rattle of buggy wheels was still the norm all over the world during Pope Pius' 190314 pontificate, hay-and-oat-fueled horsepower was not his only option.

In 1909 Cardinal John Farley of New York gave Pope Pius an Itala 20/30.

It was the first papal car in history. But Pope Pius never used it. . It's not that he did not like the gift or was afraid to ride in it; it's just that it was not very useful at the time.

Because of a dispute with the Italian government over the sovereignty of the pope and the independence of the Vatican, the popes did not leave Vatican ·territory between 1870 and 1929.

Cardinal Farley's gift was followed by motorized presents for Pope Pius XI in 1922 and 1926, but horses and carriages worked just fine within the Vatican walls.

The Vatican's use of horses continued until 1930, when two Fiat 521 s and two Fiat 525s were purchased to move goods and people between Vatican buildings.

By the time the Vatican and Italy ended their dispute and signed the Lateran Pacts in February 1929, Pope Pius XI had other cars to choose from as well: a Fiat 525 personally presented to him by Sen. Giovanni Agnelli, a member of the car-making family; an 'Is'olta ~fa'S~htni-8Ngiven; by

the Milan Touring Club; and an American Graham-Paige. .

More than a dozen papal carriages and three of the antique papal cars are in the custody of the Vatican Museu·ms. The Carriage Pavilion and a 1930 Citroen are undergoing restoration and may be ready for public viewing again in the fall.

Details about papal modes of transportation - from the white mules the popes of the Middle Ages rode to the Basilica of St. John Lateran after their election, to the construction of the heliport - are found in "Mondo Vaticano: Passato e Presente," a recently published encyclopedia of Vaticanrelated terms.

The Graham-Paige, one of the cars in the museum collection, was the vehicle chosen for the first papal outing after the Lateran Pacts were signed, the book said.

Pope Pius XI made sure the trip was memorable for him, as well as historic.

According to "Mondo Vaticano," which was published by the Vatican, "Pius XI made his first exit from the Vatican on Dec. 22, 1929, on the occasion of his priestly jubilee. He went to St. John Lateran, where he had been ordained Dec. 20, 1879."

The "mondo Vaticano" - the world of the Vatican - became smaller overnight and a movement . was sparked.

"From that time on, various automobile firms - Italian and foreign - have had the honor of offering cars they have produced in homage to the supreme pontiff," the book said.

Once the popes got on the road, the use of automobiles expanded rapidly. Two Cadillacs, a Chrysler and a Mercedes-Benz 300 were purchased 'over the course of two decades for the express purpose of carrying the popes to the papal summer residence at Castel Gan'dolfo, 15 miles southeast of Rome.

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trip by helicopter, not only for a quick and secure transfer, but also to avoid creating traffic jams with an escorted motorcade.

Another papal automoti ve chapter began in 1975 when the Japanese gave Pope Paul VI an open Toyota Land Cruiser as a gift.

Pope Paul, shortly after his election in 1963, ended the use of the ornate papal chair carried on the shoulders of aides through crowds of the faithful.

The Toyota became thf: prototype of the popemobile.

Fiat adapted one of its Campagnola models as an open popemobile for Pope John Paul II. It was while riding in that Fiat through St. Peter's Square in 1981 that he was shot by a wiluld-be assassin.

According to the Vaticun's car registry office, currently seven automobiles are based at the Vatican for the exclusive use e,f Pope John Paul.

A Mercedes 300 and a M,:rcedes 500, both convertibles, share the license plate "SCV I." (The: letters stand for "Stato della Citta del Vaticano" or Vatican City State.)

In addition, there are two normal Mercedes sedans.

The count is rounded ilut by three popemobiles: the infamous Fiat and two Land Rovers.

The papal transport inventory - and the 1,100 pages of "Mondo Vaticano" - still do not include an entry for helicopter or airplane.

Perhaps that's because no one has thought to follow Ca.rdinal Farley's lead and offer one as a gift.

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.A..·tilfciill contraception part of '(:ulture of death' DENVER (CNS) - Artificial contraception "is an intf:gral component· of the culture of death," while natural family planning "is an essential ingredient in building the civilization of life:," said a speaker at a meeting of the American Academy of Natural Family Planning. .

The speaker, William E. May, gave a presentation on "Natural Family Planning and the Moral Life" at the academy's 15th annual meeting, held in Denvl:r July 1720. It drew about 80 participants.

May teaches moral theology at The Catholic University in Washington and is the Michael J. McGivney professor of moral theology at the John Paul II Institute for the Study of Marriage.

I £I his 60-minute presentation, May compared the understanding of the human person CLnd human sexuality held by those who advocate artificial contraception and that held by those who advocate natural family planning.

According to may, the "contraceptive mentality" views the procreative dimension of sex as a subhuman aspect to be overcome by human reason.

But natural family planning, sexuality, in its unitive and procreative dimensions, is an integral aspect of the human person, he said.

Natural family planning is the only form of birth regulation approved by the Catholic Church.

The different methods all share two basic elements: monitoring of the woman's monthly fc:rtility cycle and abstinence during her fertile period except when the couple wants to have a baby.

The American Academy of Natural Family Planning, which has about 250 individual members and 13 organizational members, was founded in 1981 to"fosteradvance and promote quality natural family planning through service, education, leadership and research."

According to Dominican Sister Julianna Jervis, academy president, the conference was held to educate teachers of natural family planning and provide them with information on the latest research in the field.

Other topics discussed included

Call for penance Continued from Page One was once required under church law.

After Pope John Paul VI revised the laws on penitential practices in 1968 to make room for adaptations based on local culture and conditions, many bishops' conferences including the U.S. conference adopted policies permitting Catholics to substitute an alternative form of penance on Fridays.

Since then, church leaders have often expressed regrets tpat many Catholics who quit abstaining from meat did not replace it with any other form of penance as they were supposed to do.

Pope Paul's reform and subsequent church law have continued to emphasize the triple Christian duty of praye.r, penance and acts of charity, with the Fridays of the year and the season of Lent as special times of penance.

The 1983 Code of Canon Law says that "abstinence from eating meat or another food according to the prescriptions of the conference of bishops is to be observed on Fridays."

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Other speakers included Judie Brown, president of the American Life League in Stafford, Va., and Dr. Thomas W. Hilge'rs, a physician who is founder and director of the Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction, based in Omaha, Neb.

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K of C set record NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CNS) - The Knights of Columbus set' new records for itself, in 1995 by contributing more than $105 million to charitable causes and by members giving nearly 50 million volunteer hours in personal service to various programs.

The numbers are based on an annual survey of activities filled out by about three-fo.urths of the organization's councils, 'Fourth Degree assemblies, Columbian Squires circles and ot.her jurisdictional entities.

Over the past IQ years the Knights, at all levels, have contributed $906.99 million to charitable causes and members have given 369.86 million volunteer hours in personal service to church, community and, yout~ programs.

In addition to the record-setting volunteer service gi"en in 1995, Knights spent another 7.62 million hours in the internal activities of their order.

They also made 5.39 million visits to the sick and bereaved, and accounted for 335,829 blood donors.

The average per-member contribution for the Knights was $67.30. Topping the list for individual donations were the order's I 1,376 members in Saskatchewan with $213.35 per member.

The largest single state or province sums given were $7.69 million, Ontario; $4.94 million, lIIi£lois; $4.34 million, Quebec; $4.12 million, California; $4.09 million, Michigan; and $4.06 I million, New York.

Cardinal faces surgery CHICAGO (CNS) - Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago has been tentatively scheduled for surgery Sept. 16 tei relieve severe leg and lower back pain caused by spinal stenosis.

The Chicago archdiocesan communications office, which announced the planned surg~ry Aug.5, said the cardinal "continues to receive weekly maintenance chemotherapy treatments, and he rlimains cancerfree." .

He underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in June 1995.

Spinal stenosis is It narrowing of the spinal canal, which can pinch the nerves. According to the archdiocesan communique, the cardinal has suffered leg paifls from it since last summer.

Last winter Cardinal Bernardin also suffered several compression fractures in his spine, which doctors attributed to osteoporosis, possibly exacerbated by radiation therapy following his cancer surgery.

The communications office said those fractures hav~ healed. It said the spinal stenosis is ~nrelated.

A NUN with the Little Sisters of the Poor takes care of a boy outside a Havana hospital for children with handicaps. More than 500 religious men and women minister in Cuba in the areas of teaching, evangelization and health care. (eNS/ Leuders photo)

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listed on materials' offered to women entering the clinic: temporary / transitional homes, places to find material needs like food, furniture and clothing, and adoption alternatives.

"These people aren't bad," she continued, "they are jU:lt uninformed." The information offered also caters to the woman who has already had an abortion. "We are concerned,about the whol,~ person and want to offer'God's healing."

"It·s been a long struggle, but the presence of religious men and women really have made ,il difference." said Mrs. Hill referring to the Capuchin sisters and friars who have been there eve:ry week "even through the cold of winter."

"The sisters have a way of softening people ... · she explained.

"When people see them, they react differently."

The women agreed that they nev.er really know what they are going to say when they approach someone or how that pen.on will react. Some responses are hostile. but then there are the succ::esses.

"Women have had changes of heart" said Mrs. H ill with a smile, '''turn~d around here in thl: driveway and saved their babies. Two weeks ago, we had two babies saved.'.' .The women spoke of the perceived danger in' protesting abor' tion their voices and the dick of the 'camer~ b~rely breaking the quiet pea,ce. of the residential rieigh~oitiopd.,"We don't want to make any trouble," said Mrs. Ladino, "Ieasi of all for the girls who already have enought. You . don't win anything by being angry and breaking the rules."

"This is a holocaust," Mrs. Hill added. "We do our little bit that we can, it isn't much but we try."

If you would like to be involved in _his peaceful, prayerful presence, contact the Capuchin Recollect Sisters at 990-1751.

WASHINGTON (CNS)- Catholic educational and health services in the United States expanded significantly last year according to statistics in the 1996 Official Catholic Directory, while Catholic hospitals and health care centers assisted over 61.3 million patients, nearly 10 percent above the 55.9 million served in 1995.

Catholic elementary schools enrolled about 20,000 more children. Catholic high school enrollment dropped by about 4,500, but Catholic colleges en'rolled nearly 692,000 students, almost 35,000 more than in 1995.

The nearly 2,300-page directory reported a U.S. Catholic population Of 60,280,454, about 90,000 above las't year's total'. , , Following the tre'nd of recent years, numbers of priests, religious brothers, sisters and seminarians' were down and the nUJ1lber of permanent deacons rpse. .: The '1996 directory has nearly A LINE of peaceful protesters pray the rosar'y outside WomanCare clinic in New Bedford 2,300 page~ of i,nformation about ~ August 8. Their goals .are to keep peop~e informed of the mental, emotional and physical the U.S. Cath'olic Church, includ-' ing the names, addresses and phone haza'rds that go ~lo,ng w~th the. decision to have an abortion. (Anchor/ Mills photo) numbers of every priest and every parish, school, hospital, convent, chancery office or other official, Catholic institution i,n the country.

A new feature'this year is a 72"Many people just don't know dozen young women had come to

By Christine Viera Mills page unofficial "Catholic Internet what is really going on it:t there," the clinic. Some were with husAnchor Staff Directory" listing World W,jge Web Maria Hill stood ,outside th.e said Mrs. Hill, who has been the bands or boyfriends, some with or Internet sites ,and" e-mail addriving force (or the last two years parents,. some with nobody.

WomanCare clinic on Brigham S,t. dresses of thousands of diocesan behind the weekly, gatherings for in New Bedford'Aug. 8. S'he car"We try to bea peaceful, loving offices, schools, parish~s, publicaprayer. "When I t~1l them.that they presence reaching out to the heart," ried a variety of printed m!lterials tions, online communications ser- , about mental, emotional and physi'- carry,a beautiful life and ~hat their said Judy Ladino who has been a vices, and, other organizati,ons or caI"health; about life;about what child will feel terrible pain, some part' of the group for the last few resources. , , really happens when a woman has are surprised.'; , months as a counselor. "They are The directory is published by an abortion. hurting and sometimes have no P,J. Kenedy & Sons in association About 10 people 'came together one who can share this tremendShe has saved her spot there' on with R. R. Bowker, a Reed Referthe sidewalk where she, and those that day: Franciscan friars, high, ous burden of guilt." ence Publishi'ng Company based who wish to join her each Thurs- school youth, concerned men and "We aren't here to judge or in new Provid'ence, NJ. It is comday, try to be a prayerful presence women, quietly reciting the rosary accuse," she added, "we just want piled hom detailed reports from to those desperately seeking a solu- with hope that someday abortion to let them know that there are each diocese on the state of the tion to their unexpected or prob- would end. But as they prayed, a options," Some of the options are diocese at the start of the year. lem pregnancies, The directory also reported data on sacramental life: - There were 1,029,281 infant baptisms in 1995, about 400 fewer than in 1994.

- Adult baptisms numbered LONDON (CNS) - Getting69,894, 'down about 3,400 from married should be made more dif1994. ficult, the English and Welsh In the SUmmer issues of the Anchor, we will be'introducing the seminarians who are currently sel'Ving - Adults received into full bishops urged at a recent London the Diocese of Fall River. This gives us the opportunity to know,who they are, and what they are d,()ing. communion with the Catholic press conference.

Please pray for them.

Church numbered 92',155, up more Cardinal George Basil Hume, than 16,000. , head of the Bishops' Conference of - First Communions, at 824.092, England and Wales, said it had were up about 3,400, taken him four years to prepare to - Confirmations numbered He is a member of the Monsi- Paul's, Taunton. His contacl: with This spring, Timothy P. Driscoll take his final vows as a Benedic579,706, down 29,000, tine monk, but many young peo- completed his year of First Theol- gnor Coyle Council #82· of the the parish priests during those and - Marriages numbered 302,919, subsequent years helped him look ple today are allowed to breeze ogy at' St. John's Seminary, Knights of Columbus. down about 2,500, more seriously at the po~;sibil­ into marriage without any prepa- Brighton, following a year of - Deaths recorded were 464,425, Pre-Theology at the Seminary ity of a vocation. His current ration or time to reflect on the step of Our Lady of Providence, pastor at St. Paul's, Father up about 2,300. they are taking. in Providence, R.I. Bento Fraga, has been both a "It strikes me that there's a big Before entering the semirole model and a constant machinery in place ,to deal with nary, Driscoll was employed source of encouragemellt for ending marriages, but there's,very by Bristol County Savings him.

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Citlittle to deal with preparing people Bank and worked in various This summer, Driscoll is ing what they termed as egregious before they embark on it. What we aspects of the industry for serving Our Lady of Grace violations of human rights, and are saying is we think that the seven years. parish in Westport, under the economic treaties as well as national entrance into marriage should be A Taunton native, Driscoll tutelage of the pastor, Father security concerns, a coalition made , made more difficult," he said. is one of four children born Richard Chretien. This exThe cardinal said it was true up largely of business'and political to Paul and Evelyn Driscoll. perience is providing him with organizati'ons has urged that Chi- that if it were made more difficult He has two sisters. Karen and , a glimpse into the life and na's most favored nation trade sta- to get married. some p'eople would Catherine" and brother,. ministry of the parish priest.

William. tus be revoked. Religious repres- just live together.

To often we think He graduated ,from "But I'm not sure it's good logic God's call is to be a hero sion by China took a high profile Taunton High School in 1984, or heroine who "savell the to say' that because 'some people during a press conference held where he was a member of the world." We forget that May7 by the coalition in Washing- wouldn't like it, then you shouldn't National Honor Society, class small acts of kindne:is in ton'. Joseph Kung, head of the , do it," he said. salutatorian, and assisted with our families, neighborThe cardinal did not say preCardinal Kung Found~tion, dethe annual literary magazine. hoods, and parishes transrided the Chinese government's, cisely how long he thought engaged He did his undergraduate form lives. attempts to wipe out underground couples should prepare for marwork at StonehiIl College, N. Consider spending your Christian churches in China. "Free- riage. But he said there should be Easton, earning a B.A. degree life making a differem:e in more funding for pre-marriage dom of religion is not extended to in Humanities in 1992, graduthe lives of others. For the free choice of the individual in courses: A lot of money was being ating magna cum laude. more information, contact China," said !<ung, nephew ,of spent on marriage break-ups. he College courses in the religious TIMOTHY P. DI;USCOLL Father Craig Pregana at the VoChinese Cardinal Ignatius Kung said, so it was only fair that more His initial interest in the priest- cations Office, P.O. Box 2~i77, studies department were particularly Pi'n-mei, who was exiled from money should be put into preparainteresting to him and enlivened his hood was sparked when he was an Fall River, 02720, tel. 6;75China and now lives in Connecticut. tion. altar server at his home parish of St. 1311. interest in a possible vocation.

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LET IT FLOW First thing early In the morning I'm gonna sock my tears away Got no cause to look back I'm lookln' for me a better day You see the thing 'bout love Is thslt It's not enough If the only thing It brings you Is pain There comes a time When we could all make a change (Refrain) Just let It flow And let It flow Let It flow, let It flow Ev~rl,thlng's.gonna work out right, y'know Let go and let It flow, Let II flow, Let II flow Just let It go Oon"1 nobody want no broke heart And don't nobody want No tlNo-tlme losers Ain't nobody gonna love you LIke you are If you take whatever It brings your way You see the thing of It Is We deserve respect But lNe can't demand respect Without change Ther'e comes a time When we must go our own way (Repeat refrain) Sometimes love II can work out right Sometimes you'll never know But if It brings only pain In your life Don't be afraid to let It go Written by Babyface, Sung by Toni Braxton (c) 1996

by La Face Records ' RESPECT. HO\\7 would you the context of a relationship that isn't working w~ll. And the describe it?

Toni Braxton presents her song is a reminder to me that in a dating relationship, it takes ideas on respect in her new courage based on self-respectto chart hit "Let it Flow." The song is off the recently released move out of a relationship that "Secrets" CD. causes mostly pain. You know, The song mentions respect in a love relationship may require

Youth hunger awareness program goes nationwide BALTI MORE (CNS) - A pilot program of Catholic Relief Services to teach Catholic youths about world hunger and poverty is being expanded nationwide.

Food Fast, used in nine states last year, teaches youths about world hunger, its causes and the work of CRS, the U.S. bishops' overseas relief and development agency, as well as about moral responsibility and how to act on it.

"When young people gather together to discuss global issues relevant to their local communities, they learn that they can do something to live in solidarity with their brothers and sisters in other countries," said Louise Wilmot, deputy executive director of CRS, in a statement about the expansion.

"Food Fast is a tangible way for our young people to demonstrate Christian commitment to care for the dignity of each human being," she said.

The program designed for Catholic high schools, parish religious'

education and youth groups encourages youths to get involved in social action. [t revolves around a 24-hour fast, usually conducted at a school gym or parish center.

Students participllte in discussion groups and sessions on critical thinking, communication, and letter-writing on global issues. As follow-up, the teens are encouraged to participate in the CRS Lenten program, Operation Rice Bowl; a local hunger walk; or sales of handicrafts through Work of Human Hands, a nationwide catalogue available through CRS. People interested in the program can get more information by calling (800) 222-0025.

Four receive book awards Four Catholic high school juniors who reside in the Fall River diocese have received .the Regis

effort, but it should have a clear and positive influence on you.

Braxton says: "Sometimes love it can work out right... But if it brings' only pain in your life, don't be afraid to let it go."

Facing the truth is the first step toward regaining respect.

Ask yourself: Am I genuinely happier because of dating this person? Are the problems within the relationship starting to get resolv,ed or afl~ they getting worse?

One sure sign that a .relationship is not working is when the same problems keep surfacing.

This may.become more obvious when one person attempts to talk' about what is occurring, but nothing changes.

In such situations, the partner either does not know how to listen or does not care enough to work out solutions. Either scenario leaves the other person recycling lots of difficult feelings and wondering what to do next.

Sometimes fear keeps people stuck in unhealthy relationships.

You may be afraid to leave a relationship because you fear you won't find someone else to date. Yet the very act of leaving demonstrates courage and selfrespect, which is likely to be attractive to others.

God gave us life so that we might learn and grow. We are made in God's image and likeness, and we carry God's spirit within us. Consequently, each of us is worthy of respect.

When necessary, stand up for yourself. If your dating relationship mostly brings pain into. your life, it may be time to let go of it. In turn, the respect needed to build a more promising future will flow toward you.

Your comments are always welcome. Please address: Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box 182, Rockport, IN 47635.

College Book Award from Regis College, Weston.

They are Kel'ri Skurka, Seekonk, a student at St. Mary Academy, Bayview, East Providence, RI; Elizabeth Gallishaw, Seekonk, Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro; Catherine Hancock, Fall River, Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River; and Sarah Walde, Berkley, Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth.

Award winners must demonstrate exceptional leadership through school and community activities, and display outstanding academic promise. Over the past 10 years, participation in the program has increased from schools in Massachusetts only to include high schools in all other states and in Japan, Ecuador, Columbia, Panama, Venezuela, Mexico and Honduras.

Winners receive a certificate and book at their high school award ceremonies. This year's books were "Members of the Club," co-written

by Regis College alumna DawnMarie Driscoll and "What Every American Should Know About Women's History," by Christine Lunardini, PhD.

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By Christopher Carstens The message of my cautionary tale is this. Drugs can make you nuts. Even known drugs chosen by 'your doctor can occasionally put you in the hospital emergency room.

But the risks are thousands of times greater, compared to using prescribed drugs, when you take a drug that "might be acid" from a friend who knows nothing about what he's giving you.

Nobody even knows for sure what a prescribed drug will do, not even the best doctor on earth.

There's always the cha,:\ce of something going wrong. Here's an example.

She was a married woman, in her 30s. Bright, capable, she had been every bit the model parent -until two days before we met in the hospital emergency room where I serve as a psychologist.

While at home, she became confused. When she couldn't remember her children's names, her husband brought her to the emergency room.

When I tested her she was unable to tell me what year it was and couldn't remember her address.

The cause was clear. A recent change in medication for a chronic condition had unbalanced her brain. We hoped that simply stopping the new medicine would clear up her problem in a day or two.

Sure enough, she was fine in about 36 hours.

This was a well-known medicine, carefully chosen for her by a caring and competent doctor and it had made her a mental basket case. Now just imagine what can happen when you experiment with unknown drugs.

There was the 16-year-old young man we saw the other night. Never a great student, he was hoping to make the soccer team and had pulled his grades way up. He had a girlfriend and lots offriends, good friends, nice kids.

ABOUT YOUTH He had gone to the park with some of those friends. Later he came home berserk, kicking down the backyard fence and screaming filth at the neighbors. Terrified, his little sister called the police.

It took three officers to subdue him. He spit in their faces as they put him in the cruiser. When they got him to the hospital, he was strapped to a gurney and given a shot of antipsychotic medicine. He didn't' calm down till he passed out.

On the way to the hospital, he told his mom he'd taken "three hits of acid," so she figured he was probably on LSD. Interesting thing is that LSD didn't show up, nor did any of the ordinary street drugs we tested for.

Who knew what he took? It might have been phencyclidine, a powerful animal tranquilizer known as wacko on the streets because it makes you nuts. Or it might have been Rohypnol, a new drug on the market that can cause psychosis and memory loss.

But then it might have been any of a number of "designer drugs," new synthetics being pumped out by illegal labs every week. Take a known drug of abuse, change a molecule here or there. Giving it to a bunch of kids and seeing if they like it - or if they live - seems to be the general testing procedure.

The young man in my story was fine in the morning. Except of course for the charges of assault and battery against a police officer, and the expense of repairing the fence he broke down.

Nobody knows what will happen when you take a drug for the first time, even legitimately under a doctor's care. So why take the chance of experimenting?

Your comments are welcome.

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

Bishop Stang High School announces award winners The Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, President's Achievement Awards were presented to eighth grade students based on overall excellence in academic achievement and performance on the Placement Exam.

Those students who received the award at the Academic Awards Ceremony were: Jared Duclos (Westport Middle School), Rachel Stopka (Dartmouth Middle School), Allyson Cook (St. Anne School, Fall River), Lauren Caravana (Dartmouth Middle Schoo!), Nathan Gelinas (King's Kids Christian Academy, NB), Diane Silva (Oak Ridge School, Sandwich), Seth Trahan (St. Francis Xavier School, Acushnet), Corey Maloney (Barn-

stable Middle Schoo!), Kyle Gibson (St. Philomena School, Portsmouth, RI), and Jonathan Helm (King's Kids Christian Academy, NB).

The President's Award of Excellence is presented each year to a graduating senior who best exemplifies the ideals of Bishop Stang High School. This student is nominated by the faculty at Bishop Stang and is viewed as a role model in the areas of Catholic religious values, academic excellence, leadership, involvement and dedication to Bishop Stang High School. The 1996 recipient of the President's A ward of Excellence is Derek Sousa of Tiverton, R l.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of-Fall River-Fri., Aug:·16,·1996 '.

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Iteering pOintl PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN are asked to submit news Items lor this column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, 02722. Name of city or town should be included, as well as full dates of all activities. Please send news 01 future rather than past events.

Due to limited space and also because notices of strictly parish affairs normally. appear in a parish's own bulletin, we are forced to limit items to' events of general interest. Also, we do not normally carry notices of lundraising activities, which may be advertised at our regular .rates, obtainable Irom The Anchor business office, telephone (508) 675-7151.

On Steering Points Items, FR indicates Fall River; NB'indlcates New Bedford.

DIVORCED/SEPARATED GROUP. T.he Divorced/ Separated Catholics of Cape Cod will meet Aug. 18 at 7 p.m. at the St. Pius X parish life center, South Yarmouth. All are welCome. Information: 477.8913.

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RETROUV AILLE Are you experiencing a struggling marital relationship? Are you having difficulty communicating? Has your marriage become. unloving~or uncaring? Has it grown cold or distant? Do you feel disappointed or disillusioned? Are you thinking of separation or divorce? Are you already divorced? Would you like to try again? If you'answered "yes" to any of these questions, then Retrouvaille, a diocesan sponsored program, can help. The next weekend "program will be held September 2022. For more information please call: Phil·& Diane Caruso, tel. 4296293. All inquiries will be held in strict confidence.

CATHEDRAL CAMP & RETREAT CENTER, E. FREETOWN The following events will' take place at Cathedral Camp in August: East Freetown Sports Association banquet, Aug. 17; St. Michael's parish picnic, Aug. 18; St. John Neumann parish spaghetti supper and softball game, Aug. 18; summer camp ends, Aug. 23; St. John Neumann parish youth group volleyball game, Aug. 24; Sacred Heart.parish, New Bedford, picnic, Aug. 25; St. John Neumann parish barbeque, Aug. 25; Cursillo men's retreat, Aug. 29 Sept. I. .

BRETHREN LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO .

The Summer Garden Concerts .continue on Aug. 17 at 6:30 p.m. with "Brethren" and Kevin Doyle.

On Aug. 23, John Polce will be at the shrine for.a Bethany Nights program at 7:30 p.m. in the Shrine chapel.

A Portuguese healing service with Mass will be held Aug. 24 at 2 p.m.

The service will be led by Father Manuel Pereira, MS. assistanCshrine director. who will also hear confessions on Aug. 23 from 2-4 p.m. All are invited. Call'222-541 0 for·information on any LaSalette happening.

RELAXATION WORKSHOP. Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River, will host a workshop called, "The Relaxation Response: from 68 p.m. Aug. 28 in the home's auditorium. All are welcome to attend. The fee includes refreshments and two contact hours will be awarded to participants. Call Anne Marie Kelly, tel. 679-00 I I. to pre-register.

BISHOP STANG FAMILY DAY Bring the family Sept. 8 to Cathedral Camp for complimentary hot dogs, hamburgers, chips and soda (or bring your own favorite items to cook). There will be music. swimming, dancing and sports. Reserve your spot by Aug. 30 to Mary Jane Roy, Alumni Director, tel. 993-8959.

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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Bishop Cassidy Council #3669 will host· their annual installation of officers on Aug. 24 at 7 p.m. A French meat pie dinner will be served along with mashed potatoes and' vegetables: Coffee, dessert and a cash bar will be offered. The installation ceremony and dancing will follow the dinner until 11:30 p. m.

Information:' Bob Derosier at 6749261 days or Grand Knight Bill Daponte at 675-4614 nights until 10 p.m. .

CATHOLIC ALUMNI· CLUB The Catholic Alumni Club, an international Catholic singles club, will hold a monthly meeting at Ruby Tuesday Restaurant in the Silver City Galleria, Taunton, on Aug. 18 at 6:30 p.m. Information: tel. 9960901 or (401) 944-5117.

Two American pastors who were traveling in Germany participated at Mass in the local village where they wen: visiting · and sat among the congregation. Knowing no German, they figured they'd play it safe by · sitting behind a dignifi,:d-Ioqking gentleman and do whatever :. he did.

During the service the pastor made a special announcement · and the man in front of them rose. The two past on: impul· sively stood with him, only to be met with roars of laughter.

When the Mass was over, they exited 'the church a nd were greeted' by the pastor at the door. Pleasantly surp::ised to discover that he understood and spoke a little English, they questioned him as to why the ;congregation laughed. "Oh", · said the pastor, "I had just announced a baptism and I asked the father of.the child to , please stand."

MEN OF THE SACRED HEART The Men of the Sacred Heart will conduct a day of reparation and recollection for men on Aug. 25 at Sacred Heart Seminary and Retreat House on Great Neck Rd.., Wareham. The theme for the day: "Eucharist, the Bread of Life." Information: Don St. Gelais, tel. 995-:5609 or Octave Pimentel, tel. 992-5402. .

Trust in God's providenlce bishop tells AIDS ministers CHIGAGO (CNS) - After and embrace the theology of the thanking HIV / AIDS ministers for cross. their spirit-filled work, Bishop Too many people in the 20th Howard J. Hubbard of Albany, century believe that pa.in and N. Y., challenged them to be gentle suffering need not exist, he conpeople of prayer who trust in God's tinued. "But, as we all know from providence and the theology of the experience, life just isn't like that. cross.

This is one of the great le!:sons of "You are truly beacons of light, our faith." anchors of hope, vessels of caring, The bishop challenged conferees agents of change, advocates for justice and institutions of healing to be institutions of mercy and in a church, world and society that gentleness. so desperately needs you," Bishop "So often the image the inHubbard told more than 300 people stitutional church projects is that from around the country who had of the stern disciplinarian instead gathered for the National Catholic of the caring parent," he said.

HIV / AIDS Ministry Conference "Y ou are an effective antidote to in Chicago. that severity."

The conference, held July 18-23· Most importantly, said Bishop at Loyola University's Lakeshore Hubbard, AIDS ministers must be Campus, was sponsored by the people of prayer.

San Francisco-based National Cath"We must not forget that we are olic AIDS Network. The meeting called to believe in someone or gave ministers who support and care for people with HIV diseases something bigger, namely Jesus an opportunity for networking, Christ and his good news,".he said. reflection and renewal.

Too often, people find e:xcuses Bishop Hubbard, who is mod- for not praying or argue that their erator of the AIDS network, ad- work is· their prayer, he said. "I'm dressed the group·in a homily at afraid such an attitude belies the Mass. He said God's forebearing fact that our relationship with the patience as illustrated in the Gospel Lord has become lukewarm." parables suggests several qualities that must be an integral part of ministry to people with HIV / AIDS. "First, we must'have a deep and WASHINGTON(CNS)-- Sociabiding trust in God's providence," ety does not allow women to grieve he said. the children the lose in abortions, causing them psychological harm Especially in the face of the pain that cannot be measured, a Boston ofthe AIDS pandemic, people can psychiatrist told a national conbecome impatient, the bishop said.

"But we need 'patience and endur- ference May 3. Dr. Joanne Angelo, ance to carry us through the many an assistant clinical profes.>or of winters. To avoid discouragement psychiatry at Tufts University and disillusionment, we need a School of Medicine, said hl:r privision of life that is rooted in God's' vate psychiatric practice in.E:oston over the past 25 years has involved . providence."

Bishop Hubbard said that, to helping many women "through avoid discouragement, AIDS mini- the personal tragedy that is aborsters also must be willing to accept tion."

Abortion: grief