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on the list in public housing on hold since about the beFALL RIVER - Even as the Fall River diocese's ginning of this year:' Hernandez said. . As recent as this Sunday, Fall River Mayor Edward Catholic Social Services struggles to find homes for hundreds temporarily housed in area motels, a municipal pro- M. Lambert Jr. asserted that the city has been bearing an unfair and unequal share of housing of the region's poor, po~ to slice low-income public housing appears devasand said it is time other commutabng. nities meet the comtment to "The.most recent announcecare for their own low-income me~t by Fall River City officials '~t any given time there are 20 residents. that they want to scale-back iowfamilies sleeping overnight in cars Lambert was quoted by the income housing units will most certainly cause a greater problem in Fall River and New Bedford; and Providence Journal on Sunday as as we try to find housing for those another 50 sleeping in cars on the saying: ''We should not be asked to be the housing authority for the who can't afford to pay existing Cape," rents, even get a first month's rent - Arlene McNamee, LCSW, state," after people were priced out of Boston and other real estogether and who are paying so Director, Catholic Social tate markets. much they CaD't afford to eat:' Services, Diocese of Fall River State law demands communisaid Carol Hernandez, coordinaties to provide at least 10 percent tor ofclient applicants for the Fall . of its housing stock to low income River Area for Catholic Social residents. Fall River reportedly has 17.3 percent of its Services. . Morethan 50 homeless families are being temporarily housing as low income. In essence, Lambert and the city have been mul,ling housed at the state's expense in the Capri Motel in the razing of 100 public housing units at Watuppa Heights ~artmou~and the Hillside Motel in Mattapoisett, accord109 to estimates from the state Department of Transitional as well as downsize similar units at Pleasant View. Both were build in the 1950s. Lambert is also reported as sayAssistance. . "The reason the numbers are so high is that Fall River's ing he would like to hand back a $12.8 million Departcity administration. has put the matter of placing families Tum to page 13 - Housing
Massachusetts Appeals Dominican non tolling bells Court limits abortion in effort to end death penalty protesters' 'spe'ech ~
BY JAMES N. DuNBAR BOSTON - Members of the Massachusetts-based Pro-Life I.egal Defense Fund are molling whether to appeal last week's decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Boston that creates speech RSIIiction zones around abortion facilities in the state. The decision by a tIHee judge panel of the Appeals Court in the FllSt Circuit reportedly means dial legislators in Massachusetts and other states within the court's jurisdiction would be free to target ProLifers With special laws aimed at squelching their right to speak while accommodating the ~ of proabortion advocates. The decision, in die case ofAnne McGuire and others v. Thomas F. Reilly and others. was authoR:d by Judge Bruce M. Selya and joiDcd by Senior Cin:uitCourtludgeFmnt. M. Coffin and Judge Sandra L.· Lynch. They sent the case blIck. 110
the trial court. In essence, the decision reversed U.S. District Court Iudge Edward F. Hmingtoo's decision in enjoining the implementation of the so caDed"Buffe£Zone"billenactedby the [.qisla.nfe and signed by former Gov. Paul Cellucci in August 2000. According to Attorney Daniel Avila, associate ~r of Policy and ~ the Massachusetts Catholic Conference, the most contmwlSial portion. of the unanimous ruling contended that state legislalive hearings in Massachusetts "yieIdedsolidevidencethatabortion protesters are particularly aggressive." thus wammting the unequal imposition ofgovernmental restrictioos and penalties. "I1Io6e restrictions and penalties, in the court's own judgment, "dearly affect anti-abortion protestas more dian other groups." D"Avoliosaysasargued.bythe Tum 10 page 13 - Court
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FALL RIVER - Keeping the eyes of the . tal punishinent in our state," she added. "I agree with Bishop O'Malley that getting Catholic community focused on the ongoing campaign to see the death penalty abolished in out the word of the 'For Whom the Bells Toll' their respective states and hopefully across program might cause churches and groups there America has been a priority of most American to get involved;' Sister Briggs said. "Because'this whole effort has taken on a life bishops. . . But Dominican Sister Dorothy Briggs of of its own I'm not sure whether groups or churches in the Diocese of Fall River are actuMedford has decided to add another faculty the ear - in her "For Whom the Bells Toll" ally yet participating." /" "' In essence, participating parprogram. ~. ishes and groups ring bells for The innovative nationwide initia" two minutes .at 6 p.m., on the tive has cooperating religious orga') night of any and every execunizations and .churches throughout ) tion in the United States, the the country tolling their 'I tradition time that the Angelus is bells whenever there is rung. . an execution. "I never intended this to be just Siste"r Briggs has " a Catholics effort," Sister Briggs directed the program . . ( noted. ''My intention was and is since last September to ~ave people of all faiths infrom her home, sending out nearly volved and we do have mariy 1,000 letters to church-related organizanon-Catholic groups." tions and groups. More than 100 churches in 38 states across "Your Bishop O'Malley, (Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap.) was very supportive and the nation are currently participating, although endorsed our efforts;' Sister Briggs said in a the greatest number of supporters are in Kentucky, llIinois and Michigan, Sister Briggs rerecent interview with The Anchor. . "I am aware that Bishop O'Malley has writ- ported. Endorsements and supporters also ·include ten a wonderful pastoral against the death penalty as well as having written to every legisla- Sister Briggs' order; the American Friends Sertor in the Fall River diocese urging them to con- vice Committee's criminal justice program in Tum to page 13 - Bells tinue the current de facto ban on the use'of capi-
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Saint' Anne's announces .mammography van visits
New director named for Boston' Catholic Television , BOSTON (CNS) - Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston has appointed Msgr. Paul B. Mcinerny as the new director of Boston Catholic Television. Msgr. McInerny, the cardinal's
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band, because of the large crowd "never expressed anger 'or disappointment at God for her canexpected. SACRAMENTO, Calif. Maureen Reagan "had a great , A private burial at Calvary cer," Father Twomey said. "She ZENITH • .sONY love of ,God and she knew be- Catholic Cemetery in Citrus so looked forward to receiving the Body of Christ." yond doubt that God loved her," Heights followed the services. 1196 BEDFORD ST. At the two services, a said the Catholic. priest 508-673-4262 FALL RIVER parade of politicians, and who celebrated her recent 936 So. Main St."Fall River 508-67~9721 entertainment figures funeral Mass at the Ca"She had an all...encompassing praised Reagan for her thedral of the -Blessed Sacrament in. Sacra- way about her,"he said. "She had an work against Alzheimer's mento. infectious'smile, a twin!cle in her eye. disease and melanom~, as Father Simon Twomey, and what a laugh! She gave great well as the passion that prompted her to speak out who met Reagan 10 years 1600 Bay Street ago when he was serving , hVgs." on a wide range of public - Father Simon Twomey policy issues. Fall River, MA 02724 in a parish she attended, . St. P,~trick Parish President ,Reagan, who '.' gave the opening remarks .. '·508-673-2322 .. at a memorial service at Grass Valley, California has Alzheimer's and has not . made a public appearance . the cathedral which was Free Health Care for incurable'cancer.:p-atientSivtu)-,·:;·: '~~followt?d by the funeral I . since'1996, did not ,attend cannot afford to pay for nursing care elsewhere. Reagan, 60, died August 8 af- the services. . Mass. Individualized care and attention in an atmosphere of ' About 1,000 people attended tel' a five-year battle with ma-. Maureen Reagan's steppeace and wannth, where love, understanding and the two services, which were lignant melanoma. She was the . mother, Nancy Reagan, placed compassion prevail. moved'to the cathedral from Sf. eldest daughter of President a Book of the Gospels on her Francis of Assisi Church, the' Reagan and his first wife, ac- casket, while Wyman laid a cruBeautiful setting overlooking Mt. Hope Bay. cifix on top. parish of Reagan and her hus- tress Jane Wyman. 'WThe Irish-born Father She was also survived by her Twomey, who is stationed at St. husband of 20 years, public rePatrick Parish in Grass Valley, lations executive Dennis Revell, D~ilyReadings said Maureen Reagan "was very and their 16-year-old daughter, Rita Marembe, whom theyIrish in her w.ays." Aug 27 1 Thes 1:1-5,8b• Prompt 24 Hour Service • Automatic Deliveries "She had an all-encompass- adopted from Uganda at age 10; Ps 149:1-6,9; • Call In Deliveries • BUdgetT~rms Available Mt 23:13-22 ' ing,way about her," he said. "She seven. • Free Estimates Aug 28 1 Thes 2: 1-8; Ps had an infectious smile, a Other survivors include her 139:1-3,4-6; Mt twinkle in her eye and what a brother, Michael, and half-sibYou Never Had Service 23:23-26 lings Patti Davis and Ron laugh! She gave great hugs." Until You Tried Charlie's Aug 291 Thes 2:9-13; During her illness, Reagan 'Reagan.
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Northern Ireland bishops support police force reforms By ClAN MOLLOY CATliOUC NEWS SERVICE
DUBLIN, Ireland - Northern Irehind's Catholic bishops .have given their support to the latest proposals to reform the Royal Ulster Constabulary. . The bishops appealed to Catholics to accept Britain's latest proposed reform package for Northern Ireland's predominantly Protestant police force. "We believe that the time is now right for all those who sincerely want a police service that is fair, impartial and representa-
tive to grasp the opportunity that is presented and to exercise their influence to achi~ve_such a ser- . vice," the bishops said in it recent statement. The bishops appealed to young Catholics to join the constabulary, which is 88 percent Protestant. "Policing is a noble vocation in the service of the common good. We as Catholic Church leaders wish to underline that once again. We would hope that such service for the common. good would be a significant factor in all choices made by young
people," said the bishops, led by Archbishop Sean B. Brady of Armagh. Thebishops also said that "young Catholics must feel totally free to choose whether or not to participate in the new policing service." "Failure to respect that right
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Hope, di~pelling the darkness Our Church reflects that the virtue of hope responds to the aspiration of happiness which God has placed in the heart of every person. It keeps us from discouragement and sustains us during times when we feel all have abandoned us. Buoyed by hope, a person becomes less selfish" and is led to that happiness that flows " . ' from charity. The recent Respect Life pack~t from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops contained a wonderful insert centered on meaningful support for the terminally ill, entitled, ·"Hope for the Journey." One of the most important reflecti9ns it made concerned the need to foster hope amid the most difficult days of one's personal life experiences. On'the surface, "hope" and "terminal illness" seem to be exact opposites. However, hope is' precisely what is needed to stay" engaged in living while someone is carrying the burden of an uncertain tomorrow. It is so easy for a person in this situation to give ~ay to despair. In our culture of deat,h there is the ever-present ~Qncept that suicide is the painless way out. For those who support ,such a position, a person is sentenced to a, death row mindset. Despair brings only an increasing darkness that eventually flicks out the least light of hope. ' On the other hand, hope is a wondrous gift of life. First and foremost it is a spiritual gift providing one with the ability to face each new hour and day. It should be obvious that it is necessary for all believers that we must continuously foster an environment where hope can grow and become a source of innurnerable gifts. , It is the light that dispels darkness. Thus, the question at hand is how we can put our faith belief of hope intop~actice, especially when we face illnesses that are life threatening. Too often our nod to those in such situations is mere tokenism. So many are so scared to face the truth of life and living , that they flee from those who are often carrying the heaviest crosses. The most well intentioned, including health workers, and spiritual leaders, can conjure up reasonable excuses to' avoid the company of the terminally ill. The truth of the matter is that many CWlIlot" "face their own mortality. They feel that th~.will live forever. So often personal fears si!TIPly paralyzes us into neglect. . What can we do as a Church in such complex difficulties? Well, first and foremost, we have to believe that we are indeed the Body of Christ. Our role~in the journey of the terminally m may be as priest, lay minister or family friend. Carrying out those roles is most important. The gift 'of our own talents, small as they might seem, "are more than appreciated by one who cannot fend for himself or herself. We must not let pain of body or mind become an obstacle to our involvement in the hopeful journey of the terminally ill. Hospice and care professionals know how to manage pain. Personal comfort takes top priority and in today's world ,of medicine. We should settle for nothing else. Living in the shadow of a fin;;u illness, and knowing it, can be a terribly lonely experience. Even if one's offer of help and concern are rejected; the detemiination and ability to stay connected is in itself a healing gift. So often we forget that every human being is capable of teaching, learning and growing to the very end of life. When such fearful moments enter one's life, the .p~esence and' prayers of caregivers is perhaps on'e of the most comforting gifts that really reaches beyond death. Such gifts become the hopeful , sign that life, is not ended but merely changed. If we personally believe this, then we light .candle that will dispel the darkness.
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The power·of"".. ,...-.. · church architec.ture By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE
The controversy over the renovation of the Catholic cathedral in Milwaukee, Wis., not only made ' all the newspapers, it also became a topic of discussion in many homes - especially in rectories. Although this controversy revolves around a number of sticky questions, it seems to me that they all boil down to one particular questipn: Will the proposed reno- vations destroy or promote the atmosphere a church should engender? . As disturbing as the controversy is, however, it has a redeeming characteristic: It makes us ask how much church architecture influences our spirituality. When I wrote my book "One. ,Nation Under God: Religious Symbols, Quotes and Images in Our Nation's Capital" (Our Sunday Visitor),I walked'around Capic tol Hill numerous times to get the feel of the religious symbolism it embodies. _ One day I was struck with a certain sense 'of majesty at the whole setting. Surveying the surroundings,my eyes caught sight of the colonnades thiit grace the buildings, especially the Corinthian columns of the Su-preme ~ourt and at the front of,
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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., August 24,2001
The heat is on the Boston Red inner fire of their own. But what outNew England amassed and asked Sox. Unfortunately, the heat is not about the other20 "team" members? to finish offthe season? These amaIN the Boston Red Sox. All signs Perhaps it was Derek Lowe who teurs would have to be Red Sox point to a "wait until next year" put the exclamation point on Sum- fans. No evil transplanted NewYorl<chorus by Sox fans come Octo- mer 200 I with his post game com- ers in the bunch. Take these 25 playber. ments about his brand new ers, fans who know that fire ofwantBoston is fading quickly into the manager's very first game. Lowe ing to win a World Series, and let late summer sunset, and theirprob- spewed forth comments about Joe 'them go after it. lems appear to be Biblical in nature. Kerrigan that one would find on the Face it, why would an ex-CaliThree instances from the New Tes~ subway system walls in New York fornian, or New Jersyite, or Aoridtament easily come to mind when City. And nothing was as sickening ian care about the Red Sox winning contemplating the Boston ' their first title in 80 years woes this season: Luke _ - - - - - - - - - -....-~~....;,-... so much that it hurts? 24:32 - "Were not our They don't. They haven't hearts burning within us felt the heartaches and fruswhi Ie He was speaking to trations Sox fans have enus on the road:" Matthew dured for eight decades. J: II - "He will baptize They have no idea what you with the Holy Spirit men women and children, and fire;" and Revelation from eight to 80 years old By Dave Joli.vet - 3:16- "So because you have felt. They don't have are lukewarm, and neither the FIRE inside to get the hot nor cold, I will spit job done. ' you out of My mouth." a sight as Lowe's next performance Look at the two teams the Sox What does this have to do with on the mound. In front of 30,000- are chasing: The New York Yankees the OldeTowne Team? Plenty. There plus ftns at Fenway Park, and tens - a team that takes pride in winare countless references in the Bible, of thousands of others watching on ning, much like our old Boston Old and New Testament, to having television, Lowe's body language on Celtics; and the Oakland Athletics "fire" in your heart, soul or being. the mound was as disgusting as his - a team that has fire inside. Watch The 200 I edition of the Boston Red tirade a night earlier. them. They emerge from their dugSox, by and large, does not have . Lowe's performance is the per- out each day and night with an urthat fire in their collective gut. The fect example to teach a kid how gency - to win. Aside from a few fans do, and always will, but the Nor to act. So much for the better- players on the Red Sox, the fire is players? Not so much. ment of the team. The only way not there. And the one player who There are a few players on the Lowe and fire should be used in the knows what it's like to live and die Sox who play with reckless aban- same sentence is.ifLowe were fired. with the Sox, and who plays with -Firing Jimy Williams wasn't the that fire spends his time in Pawtucket don: Trot Nixon, Carl Everett and Mike Lansing. Each plays the game whole answer to tum around the - New Englander, Lou Merloni. as if it were his last ... the way it Red Sox. Fire the entire team. should be played. Then there's Wouldn't it be grand to see the Nomar Garciaparra and Pedro 12 very best pi~hers and 13 very Martinez, whose talents create an best position players from through-
No, the Red Sox are not going to reverse the Curse this season. Their problems are of Biblical proportions: Daniel 7:11 - "I kept looking until the beast was slain, and its body was' destroyed and
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given to the burning fire." Dave Jolivet is a former sports editor/writer and current staff member of The Anchor. Comments are welcome at DaveJolivet@Anchornews.org.
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The Church's posit,ion on Iteering pQintl .when human life begins THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River ~ Fri., August24, 2001
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The Mormon baptism forbe included, as went as full the conference room at St. and out of the womb mula - "I baptize you in dates of all activities. DEAD- , Anne's Shrine.,Attendees are when it does not rethe naine of the Father, the , LINE IS NOON ON' FRI- invited to join them for Mass at quire a baptism, fuSon and the Holy Spirit" 7:30 p.m. in the rectory chapel. neral or Christian DAYS. Questions and - only appears to be, Events published must be For more information c,all Youth burial after a miscar'. Trinitarian. of interest and. open to our Apostles at 508-672-2755. ,Answers Mormons, said the riage? (Louisiana) general readership. We do not Vatican article, believe the A. 'I don't know MASHPEE - A Catholic where you received your carry notic~s of fund-raising By Father Father is "an ~xalted man, activities, which may be ad- College Fair will by held Sep- information, but it is misJohn J. Dietzen originating from another vertised at our regular rates, tember.25 from 6-8 p.m. at . taken. According to djplanet, who acql;lired his obtainable from our business Christ the King Parish. College rectives followed in divine status through a, brochures and information will Catholic (and many other) hospioffice at 508-675-7151. Q. We are'gniteful for your de,ath similar to human death," the be available in the parish, hall tals, deceased fetuses normally are enlightening column on Mor-, necessary ~way to becoming divine: ATTLEBORO - The Im- and all college .bound students given proper burial as is "conso- mon beliefs in relation to Chris"God the Father has a wife, the maculate Conception Life Teen and parents are welcome. nant with the dignity of the hu- tian faith. Shortly after we read Heavenly Mother, with' who,m he Musical Ministry Group will man body." .' that, our daily paper rep'orted shares responsibility for creation," 'NEW BEDFORD --C~tho . I say normally because in some that Mormon baptisms (for the the' article continued, and Jesus stage a concert S'aturday at 6:30 p.m. at the La, Salette Shrine lic Social Services will hold an instances baptism and burial may living) are not considered valid and the Holy Spirit are their chil'information session August 28, not be possible. For example, by the Catholic Church. Is that .dren. Mormons teach baptism is Church, The 21 sl annual Polish Pil- from 7-9 p.m. at the New since the fetus is less than an inch true? (Ohio) not' a sacrament established by grimage Day will be held Sun- Bedford office, 59 Rockland long until many weeks after cOQA. Your local newspaper was Jesus Christ, it said, but was beday at the Shrine. It will begin Street, for persons interested in, ception; it is possible for a mis- correct. In July the Congregation gun by God, and the first to be 'with a living rosary at 1:30 p.m. adopting a special needs child. carriage to occur several days be- for the Doctrine of the Faith ruled baptized was Adam. followed by a procession' and For more information call 508- fore either the mother or' physi- ,that baptism conferred by ,the In that context, Mormon bapMass at 3:30 p.m. All prayers 997 c 7337. cian is aware of it.' Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- tism could not be what Christians and music will be' in Polish. , ' Furthermore, full Catholic fu:..' day Saints is not a valid Christian· believe this'sacra1'i"fentlto'be.!~ 1f1: Singer-musician John Polce NORTH ATTL~BORO : - ' neral rites,' including Mass, are baptis'm. A free brochure answering will host an evening of song and ~adonna Manor WIll hold Its celebrated for children whose parThe Vatican newspaper an- questions Catholics ask about prayer August 31 beginning at eIghth annual golf tournament ents intended them to be baptized, nouncing the ruling noted that the the sacrament of penance is 7:30 p.m. atthe Shrine Churc,*, September 20 at Nort?n Coun- but who died. bef!Jre b~ptism, Catholic Church teaches the va- available by sending a stamped, For more information call 508- try Club. The day 1Il~~udes (Canons l'176"and'ir83): Sin(£' liOi'Wof oaptisirhn'other Chris~" self,:ad~eS'sed.envelope"fo"Fa.:l , 222-5410. lunch, greens fees and dmn.er. it is not reqUired that the body of tian communities when the sac- ther John Dietzen, Box 325, PeaFormer New ~ngland Patnot the'C1~ce~sMbe'ptesent';a.fuAeral" rameAt,.isJadministered ,.with ..an ria, IL 61651. ATTLEBORO - Catholic J?~n Hannah WIll be.among ~ar- or 'memorial Mass is appropriate invocation of the Holy Trinity. Questions may be sent to FaSocial Services needs volunteers tlclpants. For mo~e mformatlOn and common after a iniscarriage. When baptized members of these ther Dietzen at the same address, 'to tutor and te.ach English as a call Barbara Belyea at 508-699Other ceremonies with communities are received into the .or e-mail: iidietzen@aol.com. second language and civics in 2740. ' the cities of Attleboro and Taunton beginning in 'SeptemRAYNHAM Catholic ber. For more information call Social Services will hold an'{nAreli Hodkinson at 508-226- formation session for persons' ,4780. interested in adopting a child With all the emphasis in the newspapers these 911 and decided to go back themselves to check on from a foreign country or a days on school crime and bullying, along with drugs, her. They noticed that their fuel was low,but took a FAIRHAVEN -A program domestic newborn Septembe~ 9 crazy dressing and disrespect for peers and teachers chance anyway. When they got close to her, seeing entitled "Safety in the Commu- from 2-4 p.m. at St. Anne's alike, people are judging youngsters to be a genera- she was in'trouble, some of the boys swam to the nity," will be presented by El- Parish: Refreshments will be tion out of control. . rock'to hold her, while the others lashed a water-s~i . ·der Protection Officer Pamela served. For more information I,think that judgment is skewed. And I think the tow rope from the boat to a tree to hold her. Bourgault September 5 from call the Fall River office at 508- media are to blame. If there's a choice between runThey stayed with her, keeping her safe until 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Our Lady's ,674-4681. ning a story on trouble o r ' firefighters arrived. Haven. It will be held in the dinon youth,S doing good, ''Later, the woman, 67, ing room. For more information WEST HARWICH - The guess which one wins told police she had been call Linda'Laverdure at 508- Celebrate Life Committee of out? The bad news, of e· ottorn walking by the river and 999-4561. Holy Trinity Parish will hold its course. fell in. Without the brave \ monthly holy hour Sunday at I would like to s u g g e s t ' l n e and caring action of these FALL RIVER ~ TheYouth 1:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity that everyone take a teen-agers, she might not Apostles Institute will hold a pro- Church. " month to focus on what By Antoinette Bosco have survived the ordeal. the majority of young. I had a firsthand expepeople' are really like, ....- - - - - - - - - -......_!./_,.;..__J-I rience with some 'great looking into the activities that so many of them youths this summer when we had a family reunion take on. I am convinced that we would find y.oung - with more than 100 of us showing up. To ,our, people remarkably good, especially when called surprise, some of the nieces and nephews put a news. upon deliberately or unexpectedly to achieve some- paper together in honor.of the occasion.They called thing important for themselves or others. . it The Family Buzz, and the tone was one of joyful . As one example, a daily newspaper in my area celebration. carried astory recently headlined "Teens Save Life Most. of us just thanked the good Lord for our of Elderly Woman." The story was about six teen- young ones, realizing how blessed we are in them. , agers who were boating on a ri~er, planning a leiA summer issue of "Modem Maturity" looked .. surely day in the sun. Unexpectedly, they spotted a into the truth about young people and reported: "Surwoman's head bobbing in the water. They got closer prise! Today's teens are the most optimistic, hard. to ,ask her if she was all right; and she said, yes, she working generation since World War II, You hear a was just swimmipg. A little while later, they no- lot on the news about bad kids. But when you look ticed she was struggling to get hold of a slippery at this group as a whole, what you see is an overNEWLY ORDAINED Auxiliary Bishop Timothy M. Dolan, boulder - and that she was fully clothed. Again whelming majority of great kids." left, leaves the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis with Archbishop they called out to her, and she said she didn't need, In new book called "Millennials," authors Neil ,Justin F. Rigali. Dolan had served as rector' of the North h e l p . , Howe and William Strauss:write, "This can-do youth The youths were unconvinced. They found an- revolution will overwhelm the cynics and the pessiAmerican College in Rome since 1994. (CNS photo by Mark other boat witli a group who had a cell phon~, called mists." I thil}k the authors have it right. Kempf, St. Louis 'Review)
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Conference looks at 'Familiaris Consortio' 20 years later By PATRICIA ZAPOR CATliOLIC NEWS SERVICE
her office at the U.S. bishops' conference that implemented its ARLINGTON, Va. - Twenty ideas. years after the publication of She recalled the synod for the "Familiaris Consortio," the apos- audience by describing a series of tolic exhortation on the family mental portraits and snapshots of may best be described as a "love the people and events in Rome in letter to the Church," says one of 1980. the lay advisers to the synod that Then-Bishop Thomas C. Kelly, now archbishop of Louisville, shaped it. At the opening session of a Ky., was general secretary of the symposium for Church leaders on bishops' conference. In Leckey's the document's anniversary, "portrait" of her boss, known as Dolores Leckey, now a senior fel- "Kelly" to the staff, she sees him low at Woodstock Theological surrounded by items that help Center, looked back on what wenl define him: opera glasses, a copy , into shaping "Familiaris of The New Yorker, the white habit Consortio" and how it has stood of a Dominican, she said. It was Bishop Kelly who enup since publication. The August 15-18 symposium sured that Leckey's place in the brought together about 400 synod was as egalitarian as pospeople from around the country sible, As far as she knows, she was who are involved in some aspect the first woman to be an official of family ministry, from instruct- adviser to the American delegaing pre-Cana and natural family tion to a synod, she said. "He decided that I should stay planning courses to annulment and post-abortion counseling. They during the synod 'at the Villa represented dioceses, parishes and Stritch, the American hierarchy's independent groups from 44 residence in Rome," she said. "This was not as simple as you states. In 1980 Leckey was director might think, since the villa was of the U.S. bishops' three-year- also home to the priests who old Secretariat for the Laity when staffed various curial offices. Not she attended the Synod of Bish- a woman among them." ops on the "Role of the Christian But Bishop Kelly knew that the Family in the Modem World" as American bishops would be speakan adviser to U.S. participants. ing at the synod on the changing She not only was involved in roles of women and men, she rethe presentations made by' U.S. called. "He thought that my being bishops to the synod, but when at the villa might' illustrate, in a "Familiaris Consortio" was pu.b- : small.waY...tl!e..cooference.'s com~ lished a year later based on the mitment to women's public role proposals from the synod, it was in the Church."
Sitting around the table during conferences at the villa, Leckey said, were many of the priests who are now leaders of the American Church. Among them: William J. Levada, now archbishop of San Francisco; Justin, E Rigali, now archbishop of S1. Louis; Edward M. Egan, now cardinal-archbishop of New York; and William F. Murphy, -now bishop-designate of Rockville Centre, N.Y. Also in the U.S. delegation were Archbishop Robert F. Sanchez of Santa Fe, N.M., now retired, and then-Baltimore Aux.i1iary Bishop J. Francis Stafford, now a cardinal and president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity. Other participants were the late Cardinal Terence J. Cooke of New York, then-Cincinnati Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin, and then-Msgr. James T. McHugh, who later became a bishop, but at the time headed the bishops' ProLife office. The men made her feel welcome and her opinions appreciated, she said. In other recollections, Leckey talked about the impact of Cardinal Cooke's remarks to the synod in addresses about the impact of abortion on marriage and family life' and another about preventing war; of then-San Francisco Archbishop John R. Quinn's suggestions for helping the public understand the.teachings ofthe 1968 encyclical "Humanae Vitae." Other "snapshots" Leckey de-
THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., August 24, 200 I scribed included the lay al,lditors from around the world, whose comments to the synod were treated as significant, and of the prominent role of laity in the synod's closing Mass. All those events and people are evident in the final product of the synod, the apostolic exhortation published in 1981, she said. And, they're why the docqment lives on.. "The importance of this document is that it has not gathered dust on the shelf," she said. "Rather it demonstrates, to this day, an organic life." Leckey said the principles of the four tasks of the family articulated in the document are as reievant to today's issues ofAIDS, stem-cell research and human
A lot of parents and grandpar- have full command of the "con- tions. I did notice, though, that the ents have been slow on the up- fusion gambit" when my children "because I am your father" sortie take to adopt a marvelous tech- were little. They would ask things began losing its effectiveness as the nique used for centuries by such as:'''How come it's not OK children matured. I recall detectChurch officials that has marvel- for me to tell a lie, but it's OK ing eye-rolling by my daughter as ous applications for keeping for you to call in sick when we early as age eight or nine: ~__::::::;;~-""'h I would huff, "Were uppity kids in their place. You might call it the you rolling your eyes at "confusion gambit" or ' me, young lady?" And she would say maybe the "pew brain drain phenomenon." something like, "Uh, no, You see, when a bishop daddy, I think it was my or a theologian or a allergies." "But you don't have Vatican ofticial or someBy Dan Morris any allergies." one like that doesn't like "Then I think I was something, he or she will say, "We should not do . making sure my eyes this because it will cause confu- are really going to the zoo? Is that worked in all directions." sion among the people in the'pew," a lie?" "This is your father you are "Uh, because, well, uh, ask talking to, Lass." I was thinking about this while I was reading a report on a Ger- your mother," was about as good "I know. I am confused. Have man theologian who is dead-set as I could come up with. If I had you called in sick yet so we can . against restoring women deacons. been sharp as a theologian, I could go to the zoo?'" Yup. "Catholics in the pew would have said, "I would explain it, I hope I am wiser now and can be confused," he said. honey, but it is an adult thing, and use the modified "confusion gamI have heard this sort of state- it would only confuse you." bit" on my grandchildren. And when ment for many, many years. I . ' If they responded, "Why?" I I talk to their mother, I can hardly think it might be part of the rea- could have said, "Because I am wait to tell her she has little chance son so many Catholics rush for your father and I said so." . of becoming a woman deacon. the pews in the back of the church . OK, I did use that last one a Probably she will ask, "Why?" _ because maybe they aren't so few times - roughly twice a day Comments are welcome. E· hard on our brains. " for about 20 years, which comes mail Uncle Dan at At any rate, I regret I did not to approximately 14,600 applica- cnsuncle@yahoo.com•
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cmning as they were to the concerns of two decades ago. In addition to reaffirming traditional doctrine, the document cited four fundamental duties of the family: to form a " community of persons; to serve life; to participate in the development of society; and to share in the life and mission of the Church. Describing "Familiaris Consortio" as a love letter to the Church, she noted that it raises problems - referred to as shadows - but shows a deep understanding of the nature of love and the need for mercy, forgiveness and reconciliation. "The Church, the whole Church, is urged to show the family special love," she said.
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Fri., August 24, 2001
Speakers' urge ,countering anti-marriage ment~lity By CAROL ZIMMERMANN CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE
or postponing marriage until , much later in life. ' ARLINGTON, Va.- MarScott Stanley, co-director of . riage is g~tting an unwarranted the Center for -Marital and Fambad rap In'today's society, and the ily Studies at the University ,of Church needs ·to do something , Denver, likewise pointed to what about it, said speakers at a mar- he described as a "huge sea riage and family life symposium. change" in the way people view "Marriage (today) ain't what it qiarriage today, particularly when used to be for our parents and ,people who marry now may have grandparer:tts. It's' gone through: . a 45 percent chance of divorcing. profound changes," said Barbara But those who look at the high Dafoe Whitehesd, co-dir'ector of divorce rate and say the solution the National Marriage Project at is to not get married at all fail to Rutgers University. ' solve the problem, he said. I During the recent symposium Stanley said that,in his studies in Arlington sponsored by the he has found that, for couples who U.S. Conference of Catholic live tpgether instead of getting Bishops, Whitehead told a group married, men are less apt to be as of about 400 people involved in committed to the relationship befamily life ministries throughout' cau~e they do not view it as long the United States that society's term. shift in the Importan,ce .of marThe increase iIi unmarried co- . riage was having a profound im- habiting couples has increased by 1,000 percent in the last 40 years, .pact on today's children., There are "mountains of data" . he pointed out, from 439,000 showing how children benefit couples in '1960 to 4,236,000 in most from two-parent families, 1998. said WhiteheacI, author ofthe 1997 Stanley said people might be ... SOCCER· CAMP book ''The Divorce Culture." , able to see the value of marriage She said children living in on an economic level" but its Korey Blythe and Holly single-parent households today' value on a spiritual level i& "some- Santos cheer on their friends are generally more incllined to ex- thing the Church can speak to." during running drills at the perience poverty, academic and Michael Lawler, a theology 'Bishop Connolly High School emotional problems and experi- professor and,9irector of the Cen- summer soccer camp proqlellt wit;h.~J!:, c9mp~ to,tpt?u, ter. (or M~l!ge ,¥1q,;.I;~.b::~l~ gram-in,Fall. ~iver: It offers,the peers in two-parent homes. Creighton University in Omaha, opportunitytb improve one's ...:.. ParentS'l1eedto learn to's~e~ Neb.,.said CathqijcSr!,!~.n2Um: a balance, she said, so they teal- mune to currentdivorce statistics soccer 'skills"afld was led,by ize that- the needs of children are . and are roughly at the .national , coaches Anthony Presto and _' Maurice Levesque. not always equal to the needs of norm. adult happiness. He said the Church needs to ~ Participants in the anWhitehead, who became a look at how it treats divorced Catholic this year, said marriage Catholics, particularly since 50 nual summer soccer camp . is "losing its central place in so-percent ofthem remarry but only battle for possession of the ciety" through a number of fac- five percent seek annulments. ball in the Bishop. Connolly tors, including high divorce rate, Couples who' have been married High School· gymnasium. increased number of births out of for years, he said, have "no de- More than 40 boys and girls. wedlock and couples choosing to ~sire to say, 'Our marriage never participated in the annual p~ live together instead of marrying existed.'''
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Pope protests Lebanese ~r~y's ·wave· of. arrests ('of Christians CASTEL GANDOLFO,' Italy (CNS) ..:...- Pope John Paul Il protested a recent wave of arrests ofChristians in Lebanon, saying the move illustrated the risks· facing democracy in the Middle East country. " r>uring a noon blessing at his summer residence outside Rome;- the pOpe recalled , Lebanon's long hIstory of iri~ tema! divisions and said he, wanted to remind the country's leaders that "the val- . ues of ~emocracyand national . sovereignty must not be sacrificed to the political interests of the moment." He said· the recent arrests of anti-Syrian Christians weresymptomatic of the serious political tensionS that ''block national dialogue" in Lehanon. , , "A pluralistic and free Lebanon constitutes a richness for the entire Middle East region. Ev-' eryone should help the Leba-
nese preserve it and make it flourish," he said; According to' news· reports from the region, since earlfAugust the Lebanese army has arrested about 200 Christian actiVists opposed to Syria, which maintains about 25,000 troops, in the country. Those arrested wereaccuSedofsupportinganti-' Syrian militias or engaging in· anti-Lebanese actions. A Vatican Radio report said the arrests, apparently carried out without the' Lebanese Cabinet's approval, have pro-. voked internal political divisions in Lebanon as well as protests by church leaders. At a Mass, Cardinal Nasi-a'Bah P. Sfeir of Beirut called the situation."extremely worrying." Cardin~ Sfeir long has been a critic of Syria's continued armed presence in Leba~ . non, which dates to tbe country's civil war in 1975-90.
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faith and proclaims - for them and with them - that Jesus is son of the living God, the one savior of every single human being," Cardinal Ambrozic wrote. Cardinal J. Francis Stafford, the Vati~an official in charge of the youth-day preparations, said the jubilee-year celebration in Rome made it clear that "young people discover a source of life in the pppe's spiritual paternity." Cardinal Stafford said he saw this paternal affection in Denver in 1993, when the pope cried at the enthusiasm shown by more . than one million young people. He said he witnessed it again in 2000, when a young man eluded security and embraced the pope on stage in front of some two million people. , 'The other young people, too, saw in the pope an authentic father and would have liked to be close to him and embrace him," the cardinal said. The pope revealed how impor- _ tant he considers these gatherings in a recent letter to youths assembled in an annual pilgrimage at the Polish Marian shrine of Jasna Gora. He recalled how he led World Youth Day celebrations at ~~J;ll! R.~(l;l.,iq ,.99J..-Wld ~~. the event had left a lasting impression on all. " The pope said he was convinced that the World Youth Day "gatherings will continue to help form young people's lives and bring about a world that is "more human, serene and full of peace."
. VATICAN CITY -, As the one-year countdown to World Youth Day in Toronto began, Church officials and young people said they were looking ahead to Pope John Paul II's presence as a sign of his. "paternal love." 'The Holy Father will give to "". (young people) and to us a deeper and more humble faith in Jesus Christ," said Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic of Toronto. 'The meeting with the Hoiy Father will be an intense witness for our city and our secularized country, which would like their Christians to remain politely off to KAROL HAGENHUBER, 81, looks at the commemorative coin he received during his one side and be as nbnassertive as last visit with Pope John Paul II. Hagenh!Jber, who lives in Lakes of the Four Seasons, Ind., possible," he said. - Cardinal Ambrozic made his attended high school in Poland with Karol Wojtyla, the future pope. (CNS photo by Karen comments in an article published Callaway, Northwest Indiana Catholic) last week by the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, .which ran an insert reflecting on last year's youth-day celebrations in Rome and anticipating next year's event in Toronto. .Despite the pope~s physical frailty, caused in part by a neurological disease, he is determined By STEVE EUVINO . sometimes the pontiff includes congratulatory card, he included to personally preside over the 2002 I._ CATHOUC NEWS 5aMcE a gift, such as oplai'Jli;<thinetead .a poem he had路 written in Polish. celebrations. At the end of the enCROWN POINT, Ind. wafers traditionally broken arid "He responded," Hagenhuber counter in Rome in 2000, he told Nearly 70 years ago, two boys s-!!areg at Chris,ttnas iQ~ $3i.<l...,~'That's "when路owe ''Started yourig"poopfeemled Lolek met while attendToe pope writes personal exchanging cards and letters." them in Toroilto - showing a coning high school in Wadowice, notes on the cards, usually openHagenhuber said his father fidence that surprised many obing with "Drogi Lqlku" (Dear operated a pastry shop in - servers. Poland. They parted company after Lolek).路 Karol is '''Charles'' in Wadowice that Wojtyla liked, 'The presence of the Holy Fagraduation, in part because of Polish; Lolek is the equivalent to visit. On a return to his theris fundamentally important for education plans, and also be- of the English nickname home town as pope in June the young people. He is someone cause of the German invasion of "Chuck." 1999, the pontiff publicly re- who, like ~eter, speaks of their Poland and the onset of World =~~-.:-; ..~--:--~~~---., While Hagenhuber was the called his favorite pastries . ,--. . there, cream cakes known, "', War II. as kremowki. '~':t' "~.' ... Karol' Hagenhuber, now 81, became a steelWhile the young : '~;\:~ "I was at work in the mill and worker in northwest Indiana. His friend and class- somebody came by and said, 'Your .\' mate, Karol Wojtyla, be- bUddy has been elected pope.' I during the war and was came a priest, bishop, car- couldn't believe it. I almost cried," ordained shortly after it dinal, and pope. Hagenhuber said. "It was impossible 'ended, Hagenhuber escaped Poland through RusThe two have reunited several times, even after to think that - the first ever polish sia and the former Czechoslovakia and eventually Hagenhuber's friend be- pope." - K~rol Hagenhuber reached America. came Pope John Paul n. , The former schoolmates The pope's physical statdid not reunite until 1964, ure has changed over the years, but his mind is still top athlete in high school, he the year Karol Wojtyla was said Wojtyla was the top stu- made archbishop of Krakow. strong, Hagenhuber noted. "I'm just the opposite," he dent. The latter also had a love Hagenhuber and his wife, Vera, said if) an interview with the for the stage and often had the took a vacation in Poland and THE YOUTH of the world have always embraced Pope Northwest Indiana Catholic, . lead role in school plays, while visited him. John Paul II, shown here clapping to music at World Youth Hagenhuber said he felt' , newspaper of the Gary diOCese. Hagenhuber's father was in Day events in 2000. (CNS file photo) tongue-tied when they met. "I "My mind is in bad shape, but charge of makeup. . my body is OK." "We thought he'd make a did not know how to talk to him. The last time' the two saw good actor. He loved'the theater; I called him 'Your Excellency: ,";1 each other, in 1997, was at a it's in his blood," Hagenhuber but he said, 'What's wrong with school reunion in Zakopane, a said. "Now he's performing not you? -Have you forgotten my In order to ensure uninterrupted delivery of mountain resort area in Poland to thousands, but to millions. He name?' He was so down-toThe Anchor, please advise us of any address earth." has that charisma." . known for its skiing. Recalling the VISit, He recalled his shock the day change at least two weeks prio.r to ~'(The pope's) secretary was Hagenhuber said, "He always trying to limit his time to 15 his friend was elected pope. the change. "I was at work in the mill and wore a worn-out cassock and his minutes, but the pope dragged You may contact us by mail it out to a half-hour," somebody came by and said, shoes were re-soled. He did not at The. Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall Hagenhuber" said. "He told us, . 'Your buddy has been elected look like an archbishop. An orRiver, MA 02722; by phone at 'They bother us here. You come pope.' I couldn't believe it. I al- dinary priest looked better. I to Rome; we'll have more most cried," Hagenhuber said. thought I'd give him some 508-675-7151; by FAX at 508"It was impossible to think that money, but he wouldn't take it. time.''' 675-7048; or bye-mail at路 He said to put it in the box in He said he and the pope ex- - the first ever Polish pope." TheAnchor@Anchornews.org. When he' sent the new pope a church. He wasn't taki'ng it." change Christmas cards and
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SCOTT CAAN, Colin Farrell and Gabriel Macht star in a scene from the film "American Outlaws." (CNS photo from Warner Bros.)
"Outlaws' are dead in the saddle .NEW YORK (CNS) - Famed bandit Jesse James James becomes the hero outlaw (a troublesome conand his band of robbers retull} to the screen to take on cept), a polite bandit who doesn't raise his voice, is a corrupt railroad baron in the awful. western "Ameri- courte.ous to women and wins over the popuiace decan Outlaws': (Wamer Bros.). spite his criminal activ.ity. Some of the comedy is deThis pathetic attempt at a seriocomic western, which rived from.the infighting among the robbers who bicker director Les Mayfield vainly hopes will be likened to about whether they should be called the James-Younger 1969's "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," is at or the Younger-James band, but even this falls flat. . first so bad, the audienceniight enjoy it for this very Veteran actress Kathy Bates plays the.brothersJames' reason. But once the'laughable dialogue· turns pain- devout Christian mamma, adding some weight to the fully annoying, the unintentionally' funny parts be- young cast. But her part in the film makes one wonder come irritating. . if she took the ridiculous role just to pay the heating Mayfield gives James' fabled story a weak come- bill. . dic spin that procures a few honest chuckles. But the A snarling Dalton, with his strange Scottish burr, is aimless film is ~imply a series of poorly executed also a puzzle. It's never quite clearifhischaracter should scenes cobbled together with.some overdone; stylized be taken seriously or not. And failing to make much of western mayh~!1l. Buildings. explode and. guns are ~ impression is ~li Larter ,as Jesse's home-towri love .whipped out of their holsters faster than you can say, lOterest. . , "Ladies and genll~1T1e.n, this i,s'a holdup." Some of the stunts are impressive, such as when Irish actor Colin Farrell plays the legeridaiYJames""F~ll'alternately leans over either side of,his .horse, who, together with his brother Frank (Gabriel Macht), picking offYankee soldiers as they charge toward him,' has just returned from the losing side of the Civil War or when muscled cowboys jump onto horses as the . to their h.ome town of Liberty, Mo. These land-loving animals speed by. But the action sequences begin to farmers don't want any trouble, they just want to live look the same after a while, and they do little to build in peace. But their home town is occupied by Union suspense, especially when the viewer knows that a victroops. . torimis outcome is guaranteed for the desperados. And, with the Rock Island Railroad, led by the Just a notch above a made-for-TV movie (mainly ,powerful and mean Thaddeus Rains- (Harris Yulin), due to the film's technical credits), "American Outlaws" taking over honest folks' homes, it seems that trouble sometimes takes a preposterous tum into the melodrahas found them. Rains' railroad is working its way matico But it still can't muster up much interest. west and forcing farmers to sell their land at outraSave for its how-not-to-do-a-western entertainment geously low prices. And Allen Pinkerton (Timothy value, ''American Outlaws" isn;t likely to knock audi. Dalton), Rains' brawn behind the brains, has-the power ences off their saddles. to ram the railroad tycoon's agenda down the Idndly Due to fleeting sexual innuendo, intermittent stylhomesteaders' throats. '. ized western violence and some crass language, the . Risin~ u~ like~ Old West Robin Hood, Jesse'and U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is hiS buddies, mcludmg brothers Cole and Bob Younger A-Ill - adults. The Motion Picture Association of (Scott Caan and Will McCormack) and good friend America rating is Pd-!3 - parentS are strongly cauTom (Nathaniel Arcand),. decide to derail'Rains by tioned. Some material may be inappropriate for chilrobbing the banks where he keeps his fortune. dren under 13. Violent sci-fi tale set in 2176 on Enjoyable 1940s romantic comedy in which an ace insurance in- Mars where human workers have vestigator (Woody Allen) a,nd the become possessed by a malevolent agency's newly hired efficiency life force and tum against a group expert (Helen Hunt) are used by a of Earth police (led by Natasha hypnotist in a jewel heist. Writer- Henstridge) and their prisoner (Ice director Allen's often funny film Cube). Director Carpenter's pacapitalizes on the era's fascination thetic survival story soon collapses with hypnotism, though it runs into under the weight of constant trouble wrapping up its otherwise 'shootouts, beheadings and exploentertaining narrative. Several . sions as a deafening soundtrack fails sexual references and an extramari- to distract from on-screen schlock.. tal affair. The U.S. Conference of Excessive gore, glorification of vioCatholic Bishops classification is A- lence and mayhem, some sexual. . III - adults. The Motion Picture innuendo and drug use, occasional Association of America rating is profanity and continuous rough lanPG-13 - parents are strongly cau- guage. The U.S. Conference of tioned. Some material may be in- Catholic Bishops c:lassification is 0 appropriate for children under 13. - morally offensive. The Motion "John Carpenter's Ghosts of Picture Association ofAmerica rat'ingis R - restricted. Mars" (Screen Gems)
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The Pro-Life programs are part of the Knights Crusade for Life. Local and state organizations raised and contributed more than $3.6 million to Pro-Life programs in 2000, according to Anderson. Among the programs they fund are education ll!1d information efforts of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities. ' Also at their convention, the Knights passed a resolution urging'researchers and doctors to reject experiments and treatments that destroy human embryos. The resolution asked the U.S. government to end all funding for ~uch research. Another resolution declared that "abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and assisted suicide are contrary to God's law and the common good of every nation." It also reaffirmed the organization's policy against providing a public forum for ll!1yone who does not support "legal pro-
THE ANCHOR -:- Diocese of Fall River - Fri., August 24,2001 tection of unborn children," or who advocates for legal euthanasia, assisted suicide or partial-birth abor: tion. It would apply to public officials or candidates for public office and would include prohibitions 'on bestowing honors or privileges on such people. Other resolutions adopted dur-
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Facts, loving deDleanor called key to conveying Pro-Life lDessage By NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE
with making yourself attractive to they are probably seeking the good your listeners, Alvare said. too," she said. ''Then you tell them ARLINGTON, Va. - The Pro"If the audience rejects the per- why (their ideas) can't work," Life message must be delivered with son who is selling it, the message is ,On natur,al family. planning in solid facts, a smile and "the de- lost," she said. "You will not corri~ - 'particular;Alvare'said,-"peoplethink meanor of a lover of humanity," the mand attention if you are viewed they know all there is to know" and ,U.S..bjshops' .former. Pro-Li·fc..• primarilY'aslsomecme who is against most of what they "kflov;;'1s spokeswoman told a gathering ofdi- something." tive. But she encouraged her audiocesan coordinators of natural famShe urged the NFP coordinators ence to persevere, saying "people are ily planning. to "be as prepared as humanly pos- desperate for good information on ''The demeanor most this subject." likely to get the truth To help them better 'The demeanor most analyze and discuss sci~ across is the demeanor of a loverofhumanity," said entific studies on NFP, HelenAlvare, who served likely to get the truth the diocesan coordinaacross is the demeanor of tors got a, crash course for 10 years as the direc'a lover of humanity. ... be in statistical research by tor of planning and inforas prepared as humanly Dennis Johnston andRimation in the bishops' possible... don't go out chard Fehring of the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities. She is aboutto until vou're read''.'' College of Nursing at begin her second year as J' J' Marquette University in a law professor at The - Helen Alvare Milwaukee. Titling their talk "UsCatholic University of America in Washington. ing,ButNotBeingUsed She also stressed the importance sible" before speaking out on Pro- By, Scientific Studies," the two also of spiritual preparation for the Pro- Life issues. "Don't go out until shared their opinions about which Life fight, urging her audience of you're ready," she said. ''And some studies of'natural family planning about 100 people to ask God to help must acknowledge that they are not in the past five years constituted the them "to love as Jesus loved'~ even best suited to speak in the public most valid research on that subject. those who oppose them. square." , "One needs to know what to look Alvare spoke on "How to Speak To prepare, Alvare advised, "go for, what I call the sniff test," said the Truth So That Others Will Hear to the experts and listen humbly." Johnston. "You need to know what You" during a meeting of diocesan She also recommended thinking of you are sniffing for. There's a lot of NFP directors at the Hyatt Regency the hardest ques,tions that might be garbage out there, folks." Crystal City in Arlington that pre- asked and practicing the answers out He cited as an example of a bad ceded an Aug. 15-18 symposium on loud. , study one that might conclude that marriage and family life at the same But to thosewho might think they the more firefighters who coine to, hotel. would never be "expert" enough to the scene of a fire, the more damage She said she found the title of speak out, Alvare had another rec- a fire does. But a study with such a her talk particularly amusing after a ommendation. ''Tum on 'Oprah' or conclusion would fail to take into summer spent at home with her three 'The Jerry Springer Show' ... and account that the worse a fire is, more young children, experiencing times calculate on a scale of 0 to 2 how firefighters are called in, and the , when "no one seemed to hear me." prepared those people are to speak worse a fire is more damage is a Her law students, on the other hand, . as 'experts,'" she said. ''Then feel likely result. "tend to listen to me out of fear good about yourselves." Fehring said the best research not really of me, but of my exams," In addressing those with different appears in good-quality scientific she added. . views on life issues, Alvare said, the journals and is peer-reviewed by But those working in natural fam- approach should be ''to assume that experts in the same field. He said ily planning and on other Pro-Life you and they tQgether are in pursuit only a small percentage of the studissues must learn to "make your of what is best for humanity." ies submitted arejudged worthy by message attractive," which begins "You need to acknowledge that their peers to appear in journals.
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Congolese bishop'asks help in withdrawal of foreign armies By DECLANWALSH GAlltOUC NEWS SERVICE
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CHOLUTECA, Honduras (CNS) - Juana Rodriguez looked down at her pregnant stomach, then over at three of her children, standing barefoot and hungry beside her at the door of their adobe shack. She sighed. Just weeks away from the new baby's birth, she was close to desperation. "I don't know what we're going to do. Last year we got a good harvest; but this year we got nothing, nothing at all. It's all dried up," she said. With obvious embarrassment, she added that since the drought ravaged the family's yearly crop of com, beans and squash, her children have often missed school because she has nothing to give them for lunch. "When I can get something to give them, they go to school, but if there's no food, they stay home," she said. It has been the same desperate story from one village to the next across the southern province of Choluteca, one of the poorest regions of Honduras, where a twomonth drought has devastated more than 66,700 acres of basic grain crops, affecting more than 12,000 peasant families - most totally dependent on their yearly harvest. "The severity of the problem now is that people have lost their food reserves as well as the grain that they would have used for the next harvest in late August," Danilo Puerto, a development worker with the Catholic Church's Caritas aid agency, told Catholic News Service in an interview in early August. "Even if it rains from now until Christmas, we are still facing a period of severe food shortages until the next crop comes in,"he said. "It's terribly worrying seeing the com fields like this. It's our daily bread, you know," said Mariano Gomez, 59, his trembling hands fingering the tiny cobs that by this time of year should be fat and healthy, ready for picking. The sporadic stonns since then have served only"topaint the coun-
fallow, and many people are hun"Houses, hospitals, vehicles, gry. wealth - we have lost everything. KALEMIE, Congo - A ConThe once-busy railway line has . The occupiers took it all," Bishop golese bishop 'has called on the stopped working, and rail cars are Kimpinde said. United Nations to widen the man- rusting. Nearly all industry has The rebellion was sparked by date of U.N. troops in his war-tom collapsed. Thousands of civilians the rebel group's' main ally, country to facilitate the withdrawal have streamed into the town from Rwanda. In 1998, Rwanda's leadof foreign occupying armies. the surrounding countryside, flee- ers feared that the Interahamwe"The foreigners - Rwandans, ing a vicious guerrilla war. the Hutu extremists that led the Ugandans and Burundians - must The. fight in the countryside is 1994 genocide then fled to ~ongo leave our country, - 'would try to reand we are asking "":'" tum to Rwanda for .,. ;/,." a fresh slaughter. MONUC to help us, resolve this prob-.. B i s h 0 p. ·lem," said Bishop Kimpi1'!de said 'the Do min i q.u e presence of the Kimpinde of Interahamwe was
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tryside a deceptive shade of green. But only weeds and undergrowth have sprouted from the bone~dry earth. The grain crops, the staple diet that would normally see a family through the rest of the year, are beyond salvation. . With no resources to fall back upon and no wo~k to be found, poor farmers like Gomez are beginning to sell their few farm animals to buy food, Puerto said. Those who do nothave achiclcen'ofpig'f6sell are simply going hungry. The U.N. World Food Program said it began distributing food rations in the area in mid-July through the municipal authorities, churchesand nongovernmental organizations, but many farmers..interviewed said that they had not . received any aid. An international appeal for sUP-, plies, first launched by the World Food Program July 15; was relaunched Aug. 2, when the initial estimates of the drought victims across the whole ofCentral America . jumped to more than 750,000. The World Food Program has said that its .stocks will barely cover half of those in need. - Choluteca was one of the areas hardest hit by droughts brought by the weather phenomenon "El Nino" in 1997, and,-a year later, by the By JUDITH SUDILOVSKY flooding caused by Hunicane Mitch, CAlltOLIC NEWS SERVICE in which more than 10,000 Central JERUSALEM - The Latin-rite Patriarchate of Americans lost their lives. Jerusalem has welcomed the recent election ofBut there are few signs in the Bishop Irinaios Skopelitis the Holy Land's new -disaster-prone province that the milGreek Orthodox patriarch. "The Greek Orthodox ' lions of dollars in reconstruction patriarch in Jerusalem is important for the coordifunds that poured into Honduras afnation and collaboration between the churches," said . ter Mitch have prepared the rural the Latin Patriarchate chancellor, Father Raed population any better for the curAbusahlia. "We hope this man will also be open to rent calamity. Aid workers say they ecumenical dialogue, as was his predecessor - not often are just plugging the gaps. only on social issues, but we also hope he will be Claudia Von Roehl; the World open to the local Arab community." . Food Program's representative in Father Abusahlia noted that-the name lrinaios Honduras, told CNS that developmeans "peace" in Greek and said he hoped it was ment agencies and emergency aid symbolic for the future. . programs are unprepared for gloThe 62-year-old fomier bishop, who was born bal climate changes. . on the Greek island of Samos, was elected in two "It's a global probleJ:l1 ofclimate rounds of voting from a list of 15 nominees. While change, deforestation and abuse of the first round included some local priests among natural resources. All we can do is the 50 who cast votes, the final roun~ of voting just try to avoid the worst," she said.
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.Bush bioethics appointee has expertise in other fields, too By NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN C~l1iOUC NEWS SERVICE
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Ann Arbor, Mich.; and the Citizens United for the Rehabilitation, of Errants, also a criminal justice reformation organization. "I never dreamed that the belltolling initiative against capital punishment would spread so far," Sister Briggs said. "I'm working hard at it every day and with more people assisting I could go much further and much faster too." She added that: "I am also finding that many areas of the country have heard of the program by word of mouth and there are areas participating that I don't even know about until I get a report." Sister Briggs said the 'concept came easily because many people are familiar with the phrase, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" as well as the answer: "It tolls for thee." In the cas~ of this campaign, s~e com-
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mented, "the bells do toll for thee began tolling in his diocese beginand for every person who is ex- ning Nov. 9, 1999. For those organizations that don't ecuted." Appealing to the ears of those have ac~ss to a bell, Sister Briggs who hear the tolling bells will hope- suggests that they hang a black drape fully be a reminder that all of us outside their doors, or on poles near are diminished by continuing acts their buildings on the day of the exof state-sponsored murder, and Sis- ecution to spread awareness locally. Although secular press and ter Briggs hopes that the churches, monasteries, abbeys, temples and Catholic newspapers regularly insynagogues that join in the effort form their readers with stories of will go a long way towards ending upcoming executions, the dates for them can also be found on the folthe death penalty in this 'country. Sister Briggs said that it was lowingWebsite's: www.essential.oW Philippine Cardinal Jaime Sin of dpidexecutionalert.htmol as well as Manila who first founded the "For www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/ Whom the Bells Toll" movement. pendex.htmol and www.smu.edulHe had asked his Catholic churches deathpenlpending.html. For more infonnation, contact to ring their bells to mourn the exSister Briggs, O.P., PO Box 2736, ecution of a local citizen. Some time after that, Bishop . Kalamazoo, MI 490003-2736, or Walter F. Sullivan ofRichmond Va., e-mail: 'dotbop@juno.com or took up the program and the bells www.curenational.org/bells.
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court itself, the state could legitimately "combat the deleterious secondary ~ffects of anti-abortion protests" by penalizing Pro-Life speech at the same time it exempts employees and agents of abortion , facilities from the law's requirements. The Massachusetts Catholic Conference. the official public policy voice of the Roman Catholic Church in the four dioceses in
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The White House has announced no timeline for appointment of WASHINGTON - Leon R. other members of the council. Kass, the University of Chicago In one of'his most recent appearprofessor chosen by President Bush ances before Congress, Kass made to,head his bioethics council, might clear his opposition to any form of be best known for his opposition to human cloning. He told the Subcommittee on embryonic stem-cell res~arch and human cloning, but he's also Science, Tec\mology and Space of the Senate Comdeveloped other areas of exmerce, Science and Transporpertise. ,Kass and his wife of 40 Now, /:Ie said, he is convinced that tation Committee May 2 that years, Amy, have team- a total ban on human cloning is "a few years ago I was looktaught a seminar at the Uni- needed. Once laboratories begin to ing for a middle way" that versity ofChicago on the ethwould allow therapeutic huics of courtship and have ed- stock quantities of cloned embryos, man cloning - creating tisited a book together on CQurt- he said, the government has no sue to treat disease or damship, marriage and the fam- practical way to prevent their use for 'aged tissue in another human being - but ban reproducily. "an illicit clonal pregnancy. II tive cloning. When Leon and Amy . Now, he said, he is conKass were invited in 1999 to address a major Catholic vinced that a total ban on human cloning is needed. Once labogathering in Washington sponsored to expire in October. , And although the appointment ratories begin to stock quantities of by the Pontifical Council for the Family and the U.S. bishops' Com- was announced in connection with cloned embryos, he said, the govmiuee for Pro-Life Activities, it was Bush's decision to limit federal ernment has no practical way to in their role as editors of the re- funding of embryonic stem-cell prevent their use for "al1 illicit cently published "Wing to Wing, research to existing cell lines, the clonal pregnancy." "The only practically effective Oar to Oar: Readings on Courting council's charge goes far beyond stem-cell research. and legally sound approach is to and Marrying." A White House fact sheet dis- prevent it at the start," he said. Leon Kass also has explored the Born Feb. 12, 1939, in Chicago rituals, customs and taboos sur- tributed recenlty said the council will "study the human and moral to East European Jewish immigrant JPWlcli~g I th,~a\-;t,of eating in his 1994 hook: "The Hungry Soul: ral)1ifications of developments in parents, Kass earned a flledical deEating and the Perfecting of Our biomedical and behavioral science gree from the University of Chiand technology." cago and a doctorate in biochemisNature." "The council will study such is- try from Harvard. He has been a But clearly it was Kass' other .~ritings,-:- ins::lu.ding ":The-Ethics" sue!>. as Wbry.Q, anl:l stel:lH~H f"'-"., pr9feSSPf in the COI)li):tittee on Soof Human Cloning" (1998), writ- search, assisted reproduction, clon- cial Thought at the University of ten with James Q. Wilson, and "To- in~, genetic~~.~f!iJ;lg, ~nt?JJt$mp~ -" Chicago, since 1984. . He and his wife have two dimghward a More-Natural Science: Bi':- euthanasia, psychoactive drugs, and ters, Sarah and Miriam. ,910gy' and Human Affairs" (1985) brain implants," it added.
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panel of judges acknowledged a crucial argument raised by the sidewalk counselors. .That is, the statutory exemption permitted employers and volunteers to approach withoutfear 6f penalty within six feet of .00.0consenting individuals, precisely for the purpose of education, protest and counseling"unfairly prohibited Pro-Lifers from doing the same.
CARMELITE SISTER Tanya Johnson packaged 500 pounds of honey last year as beekeeper at her order's monastery in Unity Township, Pa. The sisters are celebrating the community's 40th anniversary this year. (eNS photo by Ed Zelachoski, The Catholic Accent)
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ment of Housing and Urban DeCurrently there are 281 famivelopment grant earmarked to lies on the Housing Authority's renovate the two housing devel- waiting list. "They are a mixed group, some opments at issue. Reportedly his goal is to reduce elderly, some young, some with the city's low-income housing single parents, but all of them are from an estimated 7,150 units to Fall River residents," she said she was advised. within 4,950 to 6,200 units. The overall housing situation Arlene McNamee, director¡of will come up for public debate on the CSS, said in a telephone interAugust 28, at 11 :30 a.m., at Grace view that "what we worry about Episcopal Church at County and is that we don't institutionalize the motel as the most adequate place School streets in New Bedford. Hosted jo~ntly the Inter-Faith for families to be. What we are Council, Catholic Social Services, trying to do is cover the gaps: these the Jewish Federation Family Ser- families don't have enough food. vices and Tifereth Israel Congre- We go down there once and week gation, it will offer the opportu- and volunteers offer the kids an nity for invited state legislators, arts and crafts program to occupy agency heads and other govern- some of their time so they won't ment officials input time on what j~.sHttth~~~qr.j,u~r..~~U< tile. c,o.n, is being called by some a "hous- crete." She said that "all of us have to ing crisis." Hernandez said the people in realize that this is only temporary temporary housing "are not just housing at its best. Our drive to Catholics, but families of all faiths. continue to find affordable and They include not just those on respectable housing really must be â&#x20AC;˘ welfare, but various categories of the mode we need to put ourselves into." f~'Vilies including the poor, the McNamee also pointed to anabused, and single parent families. We want the area officials to see other important factor. "There has been a failure in the the number and offer strategies." Although that transitional hous- overall system here," she said. ing' at the motels is funded by the "The regulations by the Departstate, Catholic Social Services it- ment of Public Welfare - the Deself in the past year financially as- partment ofTransitional Assistance sisted,3l0 families and 170 indi-' - have become more punitive in :viduals in Fall River by way of terms of accepting people into :rent and subsidized utilities and emergency situations. This probvarious other support, as well as lem has been exacerbated." MCNamee said that "what we '244 families and 124 individuals in New Bedford, reported see in the motels is only a tip of the iceberg." Hernandez. "Mercy Sister Rose Galloghy "We do that with the money that comes. to us from the Catholic and her New Bedford Market Ministries, a mens' shelter within Charities Appeal," she noted. "We had a family of four, with Catholic Social Services, puts up a single parent mother, whose in- additional fainilies besides those come was $1,200 a month and was in the motels. So at every given paying $600 for rent and was be- time you can take the Capri and ing evicted for non-payment. In Hillside Manor (motel) numbers tears she came to us and related and add 10 more families on any her impossible situation and that given night." The Welfare Department is she feared that her children would aware that CSS is putting up many soon be living on the streets." Statistics show that many of the people and families nightly, â&#x20AC;˘ families in need are paying any- McNamee noted . "At any given time there'are 20 where from 34 percent to over 91 percent of income for rent with families sleeping overnight in cars few or no utilities includedin that; in Fall River and New Bedford; fail to make it and seek emergency and another 50 sleeping in cars on shelter from such agencies as CSS. the Cape," said McNamee. "What you see the system has "Many come to us for assistance because they don't have anything on its hands in no WflY reflects the left to live on or even to eat regu- real numbers, McNamee con-. tended. ' larly," said Hernandez.
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.. MEMBERS OF the youth aid staff at St. Anne's- Parish, Fall River, take a break from programming ·to'·· pose for a photo. ~ PARTICIPANTS IN the .parish's FUA,·in· the Sun:Program display rosaries they made for .residents·of· the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop home in Fall River. Members of· the program have also made get-well cards for children at Hasbro.Children's Hospital. .
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STUDENTS SARA Beers, Michael Falcon and Sarah Souza were recently named recipients of the 2001 Timothy J. Cotter Scholarship at Bishop Connolly High School in Fall Rivei'. With the students are Principal Anthony Nunes and Noree Cotter. Cotter was formerly the president of the Fall River Five Cent~ Savings Bank and a long-time supporter of Catholic education. Beers is the 2001 recipient, while Falcon and Souza renew their awards. _
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STUDENT AMBASSADORS for the 2001-02 school year were recently appointed at MEMBERS OF the Youth Group at St. Mary's Church, Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth. They will play an important role by participat.., . Seekonk, lend a hand at St. Joseph'sFood Pantry in Attleboro. ing in many- of the school's activities. Back row from left: Stang Admissions Director Glenn -The youths helped out in many ways'including bagging groForgue, Dan Shea, Alex Paiva and John Mateus. Front, from left: Kate Connolly, Paige Hogan, ceries. From left: Andrea Alaownis, Derek Moran and Daniel Racine Silva, Emanuel Vasconcelos and Jessica Grygiel. Oe$terle. -.
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WADSWORTH, Ohio (CNS) Sea for Moses. To help the children experience "I just get a little more nuts Jonah's plight of being swallowed - It all started six years ago when young John Bellinger built a bridge every year," Bellinger said with a and later spit out by the whale, volBy CHRISTOPHER CARSTENS in the same place as my body, and I laugh. "I always want to try some- unteers built stairs and a slide inover the River Jordan. CATliOUC NEWS SERVICE didn't notice my wallet in the side the whale. Children climbed The 14-year-old "engineer" was thing bigger." helping his mother, Karla True to his word, Bellinger, upstairs in the mouth and slid down I spent half an hour today look- pocket. Bellinger, who was worki~g on the now 20 and a sophomore mechani- a slide through the belly and out ing for my wallet and about eight Contrary to what people wish curriculum for a new vacation cal engineering major at Carnegie the tail. hours worried where it might be. was true, ordinary people really Bible school program at their par- Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Their experience was a little This morning I couldn't find it. can't do two things at the same ish, Sacred Heart Church in outdid himself this summer. more fun than Jonah's. . Irritated,lrushed r=~===~----., time. Computers Wadsworth. The theme for HeroesCamp was Bellinger said he got the idea around the house, c an do Karla Bellinger designed the Re~cue at Sea. So Bellinger cre- while brainstorming with fellow looking in all the multitasking, but vacation Bible Coming people cannot. Sacred Heart pa- places it should school called rishioner Roger have been. I of When you try to "HeroesCamp" Petry who has checked ali the accomplish two as a way to help helped him with places my wallet Age tasks at once, each children in the of which demany of his de- isn't supposed to .1~;"'FO~R=Y=O:&U11:I:¥::~.!J: ABOUTYOurn parish get excited signs over the be, but where I mands your atabout their faith years. often find it: next tention, 'you inby learning "We wanted to the computer, on the kitchen evitably leave some steps incomabout Church he. something inter- counter by the refrigerator. No luck. plete. roes such as active," Bellinger Hunting for something I should Sometimes the results can be Jesus, Mary, told the Catholic easily find makes me angry at my- tragic. Way too many people are Moses and Noah. Universe Bulle- self. I start the internal lecture go- having accidents these days as they A kid himself, tin, newspaper of ing: "You're such a slob. That's drive in freeway traffic, dialing their John Bellinger the Cleveland why you're always behind, because cell phones. They miss a step or figured what bet-.. diocese. you don't get organized. How will two -like checking the side mirter way to get "Our best _ you ev.er make any progress when ror or using the tum signal. children interLots ofkids do homework while ones are when the you keep going back, looking for ested in their faith they watch television. If the show kids have some· stuff you lost?" than to have thing to do that I know that lecture by heart. My is just noise in the background, the them actually makes their faith mom gave it, and so did my dad. interference may be minimal. But participate in doJOHN BELLINGER created a giant Jonah's whale for Bible come"alive ~or I've given it to myself at least a as soon as the show gets interesting ing the things the camp at Sacred Heart and Queen of Heaven churches in ~hem" he said. dozen times this year. - which it will - the concentraheroes of the Wadsworth, Ohio. (eNS photo by Nancy Erikson, Catholic .'Thfat s whhyl.1 dlO Late in the evening, when I fi-. tion on homework quickly goes Bible did, such as Universe Bulletin) It: or t e I.tt e nally calmed down, it came to me. downhill. crossing the Jorkids. They Just Perhaps I had left it in the pocket Finally, people like ~ solve a dan into the go nuts when of my pants when I hung them up problem.by rolling it around in their promised land. ated Jonah's infamous foe - a 45- they see this stuff." last night. Checking, there it was. minds while they do something else. . His idea worked. Not only was foot-long, 16-foot-high, 14-foot- . Designing structures that people There are several possible ex- Usually, that's just a way of avoidKarla, Bellinger's new vacation wide whale. can use to strengthen and spread, planations fOt.my lost wallet. ingthe problem for a while. -B.ible..school..a big .hit, but parish- .The whale-rnade"itFd~btit'at '"thej['-faitn has helped' Bellinger Maybe I resent !he rules, so I flaunt Most people do better when they ioners of all ages had never seen Sacred Heart in early July and later appreciate his own faith more them by leaving my stuff around. actually focus on solving the probanything like John Bellinger's 20- "swam" his way to nearby Queen deeply and how he can share his Perhaps unconsciously I don't want lem. There's nothing like a quiet foot-long bridge on their church of Heaven Church with the help of talents with others in the Church. to be successful, so I undercut my- table, pencil and paper to get the grounds before. several people and.a flatbed truck. "It's helped me see there is joy self,' or it might be some deep- mental juices flowing. Later on, you "Having a whale on the prop- in our faith," Bellinger said. "It's seated desire to irritate the people I might take a walk or get some exerDuring the next six years as his mom's HeroesCamp program ex- erty let everyone know we think helped me see howl can be active live with, getting €<ven somehow cise to sort through the solutions 'fOr a childhood disappointment. you've listed. However, the initial panded to two more parishes, her big at Queen of Heaven," Father in my own Church." As for next year, Bellinger said I really don't think so. The ex- process ofproblem solving takes all creative son orchestrated the con- David Durkee, the pastor, said with he hopes to build Elijah's chariot planation seems much simpler. the attention your mind can give. struction of a 22-foot-long Noah's a laugh. Bellinger designed. the whale in the form of a 24~foot-high, 16Leaving stuff around is a sign Doing two things at once looks Ark, complete with stuffed toy animals. and drew his plans on his com- foot-long roller coaster with 400 of a divided ~nd trying to do two like a great way to save time. More . or three things at once, but not con- often than not you'll wind up goHe also designed an eight-foot- puter. Then, more than 20 volun- feet of track. "I enjoy this because it's real. centrating on any of them. I wasn't ing back to fix something that went high den for Daniel and his lion teers from both parishes helped friend, a 14-foot-high castle for constructthe whale out of 1I4-inch It's a very tangible thing," he said. paying attention as I changed wrong - or hunting for the wallet Joan of-Arc and an eight-foot-high plywood. Colored fabric was.used "You can say, 'Tah dah. I built that. clothes. 1 was mentally rushing off that you lost - while you were try- . There it is.' It's very real to me." to the next project. My brain wasn't ing to multitask. . Mount Sinai and parting ofthe Red for the body, mouth and teeth.
World Youth Day retreat offers youths glimpse into local culture WEST PALM BEACH, Aa. (CNS) - Pilgrims attending World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto will be able to stay in a local parish or with a host family in the days leading up to the biannual festivities, said a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops official. Participants are being encouraged to take advantage of the July 18-21 Days in the Dioceses program, which allows youth groups to stay in homes or parishes throughout Canada World Youth Day in Toronto is scheduled for July 23-28. "Every time we talk to groups who have done it they say it was the be~t' part of their experience. They live with a family, they are taken to see all the culture and history in the area and they live the faith with the family," saidAna Villamil, associate director of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women and Youth. The program will allow more personal contact among youths and include small-scale events, whereas the Toronto portion of World Youth Day will feature the traditionally larger gatherings, organizers said. "It's an incredible deal because everything is paid for by the families who host the young people:' Villamil said, adding that ,pilgrims need only pay for the transportation to
their designated host city. Canadian host parishes and dioceses are responsible for visitor lodging, meals and outings. Villamil said that at two previous World Youth Days - in Paris in 1997 and Rome.in 2000 (held a year later to coincide with the HolyYear) -less than 10 percent ofAmerican youths participated in the Days in the Dioceses program. One reason for the small turnout might be the fact many youth groups arrive early to take their own mini-pilgrimages or to go sightseeing, she said. Another reason is there is a lack of financial incentive for travel agents to promote the diocesan programs, she said. "Some groups will book with a travel agent, and there is no advantage for a travel agent to book it," Villamil told The Florida Catholic diocesan newspaper. . She added that there also could be a fear or hesitation on the part of parish or diocesan groups to try something different often in a foreign-language setting. But host families and parishes "go all out to prepare a year ahead of time" to be ready for when the pilgrim groups arrive, she said. It's that kind of "family experience in a place you have
never been before" that makes World Youth Day participants realize how much they have in common, Villamil said. ''There are so many companies today that do adventure travel, and this is an' opportunity to do that with people the same age and with people your age; it only costs you the transportation to get there and the family hosts everything," she said. . The Canadians are planning spiritual, social service, culturaVtourism and friendship-building events as part of the Days in the Dioceses activities. "In those dioceses in the northern part of Canada, where there are no roads, the youth who go there will.be out in beautiful country and have the time of their life," Villamil said. Foreign groups interested in the Days in the Dioceses can pre-register and on the group registration form can indicate preferences for visiting a certain region ofCanada The WYD 2002 National Office is matching Canadian host dioceses with foreign groups. Infonnation on the Days in the Dioceses program may be obtained on the Internet at www.wyd2002.0rg or by phoning 416-971-5353.
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A one and a two and ••• Music and lDusicians, ,~art~ 2 tion on the underlying significance of b'iblical, texts) ailudes to the fact 'that the Egyptian wife of King Solomon had 1,000 musical instru~ , ments in her dowry. , Most or all are without historical fact orarchaeological attestation: but it can be assumed that the musicians were very professional and proficient, but still the primary weight of , music remained to be one of functionality and not amusement 'or entertainment in the biblical world 1,000 years before Christ. Some -facts' have been established by historians Amelee Gastoue and Abraham Idelshon: Whereas all music is i.n a sense rhythmic, the ancient Jewish concept could almost be thought of as lacking regular , recurring meters. The music was basically not harmonized and sometimes, although tied to a diatonic scale value, was monotonous with its beauty depen'ding on the ability of the performer to be someharp. . what elaborate in execution. If music w~s used in the By JOSEPH YOllNG meeting. It was only the third time Scholars have traced the earliest sanctuary or temple, at the CATHOUC News SERVICE oblates had attended an associaGregorian chant· tradition to its harvest event or as a march- , '? ,ST. JOSEPH, Minn. - Ob- ,tion meeting during his years: as ' ing nilly fQr battle, it was all connected by the' beginning in earlier temple music style. lates ~ or assoCiates - of the a director. . Another important fact to remember is that ,same intention: that God (Yahweh), was a part "People livi~g in~e world'toBenedictine order are in a sense of all life' and existence. Music was llIfexpres- even though we have ample Bible words, both "monastics outside the walls of ,day find themselves looking for Hebrew and Greek, to describe musical instrusion of this basic philosophy. the monastery," apply.ing the Rule spiritual direction in theii lives," It was an integral, and yet not expressly set- ments, it IS best to employ caution when asof St. Benedictto their daily lives. he told the St. Cloud Yisitor, apart, function of being community. Look signing our modem concepts of instruments But they often return "within newspaper of the St. Cloud dio, through Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Kings, to these references because we do not, have , those walls" for spiritl,Jal refresh- cese. Chronicles and I and II Samuel for'the many much, if any, archaeological artifacts to 'supIilent and to share in the life of . "Many times, people who bevaried uses for musical accompaniment: from port many conjectures. the monastic community. come spiritually affiliated with a Next time, music in the New Testament. military engagements to feasting. , 'In mid-summer about 100 ob- particular monastery, as.oblates However, it was more than ju~t everyone Happy Digging! . lates and about 60 oblate direc- do, find they've been living this singing on every street corner. There· was in ' tors from across the country gath- life already in some respects," he ASK DR. DIG fact a prevalent occurrence of professional ered in St. Joseph in the St. Cloud .added. _ musicians in' Israel, especially in the period diocese to share concerns, discuss o'ne need not be a Roman . of David and Solomon and the Temple. This What are the main tools an archaeologist Catholic to be aur,acted to - parallel to th~ professional guilds of ancient takes on a dig? programs, pray and socialize. It was the biennial meeting of Benedictine spirituality. R.W.M. Egypt and the early Semitic cultures is obvithe Association of Benedictine The Rev. Brad Lutz 'has been Dear R.W.M.:: ous. ' , Directors ofOblates hosted by St. a United Church of Christ minisAs much as we'd like to employ a front-end The Midrash (a JeWIsh commentary collec- . Benedict's >Monastery in St. Jo- ter for 27 years and an obiate for 'loader, dynamite and the biggest sephand St. John's Abbey in three at St. B,enedict Center in shovel made, archaeology is a Collegeville. Madison, Wis. tedious, time-consuming (yes, Oblates can be lay or ordained, Rev. Lutz regards the boring!) and patience-requiring single or married, male or female, Benedictine tradition as "a way of discipline-that details the tiniest and they are associates of a pat- life ,and a spiritual path," that is excavation of even teaspoonticular monastery. Oblate direc- entirely compatible with his Chrissized amounts of dirt and sand. tors are Benedictine sisters, broth- tian witness as pastor of the Fi{st The answer will vary,from perers or priests. Congregational United Church of son to person, but in my back-The meeting's theme was ''1'0- Christ in Waukegan, Ill. pack I carried tablet and pencil, gether into the New Millennium," . the tradition, which dates to a small shovel, a couple of small and its focus was on "Formation, the sixth centUry, "is older than trowels, a few fine camel's hair in ~enedictine Spirituality." - any of the divisions that came bruShes, and an assortment of Various sessions and panel dis~ later," he said, "and the Rule of de~tal picks. (Yes, dental picks, cussions focused on oblate pro- Benedict is rooted in the Scrip-' especially when}n' graduate grams and possibilities, and such tures.". ' school, and a seasoned profescommon concerns as findiQg time It is difficult to say exactly bow sor waS watching you.) to pray during hectic schedules. many- Benedictine oblates there Dr. John Heird is a Bible' Attendees also discussed whether are in America or worldwide, said historian and archaeologist. "oblation'; should be open to non- Benedictine Sister Mary Anthony He is a writer and lecturer on . Wagner, oblate director at St. Christians., bibl~al backgrounds and the Father Bede Classick of St. Benedict's Monastery in St. Jodevelopment director for the Paul's Abbey in Newton, N.J.; a, seph. But, she said, "there are THIS PSALTER and chelys are from the Old Testa- Dioces'e of LiUle.Rock. Write director of oblates for 26 years, thousands and thousands of them him at' drdir@lampcom.com. ment period. . said he enjoyed the presence of ,in the United. States alone. ,We oblates at the recent summer have 700 alone." In our last article (The Anchor, July 20), I be-, gan to explore the subject of music in the biblical world. I stated that music expressed the most differences in thought between the Ancient Near East the biblical world and our western concept. Bec~use of that I divided this subject into 'three consecutive articles because it is, a pivotal element in understanding culture, theology., and religion. , After looking at BENEDICTINE OBLATES Pat Deering of St.·Lo~is Park, Minn., and Janis Dopp of Bloomington, Ind.; talk about fitting. the ancient Egyptian and early prayer into their schedules during a meeting of oblates in ~t. Semitic cultures in Joseph, Minn., recently. Oblates are lay people or clencs ,who are associate members of monasteries and committed , regard to music, let's tum to the specific setto the Benedictine spirituality in their daily lives. <<?NS' photo ting of the Old Testament. , by Dianne Towalski, St. Cloud Visitor) The first mention we ,have in the Bible is in Genesis 4:21, where it introduces Jubal, a descendantofCain,.as the, father Of musicians. Josephus, th~ frrst-celltury historian, states ·that Jubal invented the psaltery' and the
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