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tor of the Curia, was looking for MASHPEE - Permanent Dea- him. con Frank D. Fantasia, who serves "I called immediately and was at Christ the King Parish here, has advised that Bishop George W. been named the Fall River Coleman wanted me as the Diocese's delegate to the Interna- diocese's representative to the Eutional Eucharistic Congress in charistic Congress which will be Quebec City, Canada in June held June 15 through 22 in 2008. /--] ~ Quebec City. I couldn't say Thousands from / r - ..~ no," he added. across the world are ex- / I \ "One of the wild pected to attend and L_____ L_---.J cards in the mix is that witness Christ's ever'. . there is talk that Pope lasting presence in the ....~ Benedict XVI will be at~.,.. tending," he said. "The Eucharist.

"It's quite an honor," said pope has told Cardinal Marc Deacon Fantasia, a resident of Ouellet, archbishop of the ArchMashpee and who has served at diocese of Quebec - who will Christ the King for seven years. serve as president of the Congress A business consultant and re- - that he hopes to come, but thus tired banker, Deacon Fantasia, who far there is no final decision." was ordained by then-Fall River In 1964, Pope Paul VI initiated Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM, the custom that the pope would Cap., in 1997, said he was nervous come to conclude the international when his wife contacted him on his Congress with a solemn Mass. cell phone to say Msgr. John A. Pope John Paul n continued the Tum to page 18 - Congress Perry, vicar general and modera-

TEACHING THE TEACHERS - Michael Giaquinto, left, curator at the Cape Cod Museum of Art and art instructor at Cape Cod's Pope John Paull! High $chool, gives the faculty of the new school a tour of the museum during a break in staff meetings held at the Dennis facility. From left: Giaquinto, Principal Chris Keavy, and staff members Shannon Farley, James Remillard, Ashley Seidel, Joseph Gaudet, Joselle Della Morte, and Beth Astone. The first day of classes is next week for many diocesan schools.

Pope John Paul II's first day is September 4. (Photo:icourtesy of AI Catelli)

Diocesan scho'ols are set to welcome students for 2007-08 By

MATT McDoNAlD ANCHOR STAFF

FALL RIVER - A new high school in Hyannis and an upcoming renovation project at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro are among the major changes for Catholic schools in the diocese as the new school year approaches.

Some Catholic schools start as

early as next week, ,while others not until after Labor Day. But some studentS are already seeing the benefits of a new consortium of Catholic elementary schools in the New Bedford area.

A two-week music theater arts camp for students in grades five-eight will culminate in a production at 7 p.m. tonight at Bishop Stang High

School in North Dartmouth.

It's among the first fruits of the Greater New Bedford Catholic Schools, an alliance of six kindergarten-through-eighth-grade schools formed last spring.

George Milot, the superintendent of diocesan schools, said the new affiliation will enable the schools to share Tum to page 14 - Schools

Gov. Patrick seeks taxpayer dollars to fund ~mbryo 'farm'

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most a lending library," the Boston Globe reported.

Worcester Bishop Robert J. McManus issued a BOSTON - Ignoring profound ethical objections ,statement calling the destructive research method to lethal experiments on human embryos, Gov. Deval "reprehensible." All four Massachusetts Catholic bishPatrick wants taxpayers to fund what he envisions as ops in April had urged Patrick not to go this route but the nation's largest embryonic stem-cell research "rather to encourage ethical stem-cell research. bank.

"Destroying human life is never humanitarian," On July 19 he filed a bill asking the Legislature to "they warned. approve spending $1 billion over the next 10 years However, in press reports the governor brushed on his Massachusetts Life Sciences Initiative. Part of off objections as "ideological politics." He did not the plan would give scientists in the private sector 'I respond to the bishops' concerns, according to Maspublic financing to create and then destroy embryos sachusetts Catholic Conference spokesman Edward for "humanitarian" purposes.

F. Saunders Jr. The bill would authorize borrow~I!g $500 million 'I At the July State House presentation, Patrick - half the total amount - by issuing bonds for capi- I' pitched his proposal as an economic boon. In addital investments, including a gene research center and: tion to borrowing the first $500 million, the plan stem cell bank at the University of Massachusetts would commit the state to spend the other $500 milMedical School in Worcester. ! lion over the next decade from yearly budgets by UMass President Jack Wilson lauded the plan in awarding research grants and tax credits to biotech May when Patrick unveiled it at a biotech conference. companies.

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AN ACT OF CONGRESS - Deacon Frank Fantasia, right, describes to The Anchor his role as diocesan delegate to the 2008 International Eucharistic Congress to be held in Quebec City in June 2008. (Photo by Dave Jolivet)

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Don.t rush Pope-Patriarch summit, cardinal says MOSCOW (CWNews.com)Speaking to reporters in Moscow, a senior Vatican official has urged reporters not to place undue stress on the prospects for a "summit meeting" between Pope Benedict XVI and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexei II. Cardinal Roger Etchegaray said that careful preparations should be made before a summit meeting takes place. He explained that "all the circumstances should be favorable," to ensure that the meeting is not merely a matter of "posing for the camera."

"Only God knows when it will happen," the cardinal told Vesti24 television in Moscow. When the world's two most influential Christian leaders do meet, he said,

the event will be a powerful testimony to the unity of the faith.

Cardinal Etchegaray, the vicedean of the College of Cardinals, conceded that it is only natural to focus attention on the prospect of a meeting between the Pope and the Patriarch. But the French-born cardinal, who met with Patriarch Alexei during his trip to Moscow this week, explained that other contacts between Moscow and Rome are helping to prepare the way for the summit.

The Catholic and Orthodox churches, he said, are finding many different ways to collaborate in promoting the Christian culture of Europe, and that collaboration strengthens ecumenical ties.

Pope says top Vatican official to deliver check for Peru quake relief Bv CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy - Offering prayers for the victims of the recent earthquake in Peru and calling again for international assistance for survivors, Pope Benedict XVI announced that his secretary of state personally would deliver a papal donation to relief efforts.

"Our thoughts and prayers constantly have been turned to the people of Peru, struck by a devastating earthquake," the pope told visitors gathered at his summer villa August 19 for the midday recitation of the Ange. Ius. "For the numerous dead, I invoke the peace of the Lord; for the injured, a speedy recovery; and I assure those living in extreme conditions that the Church is with you with all its spiritual and material solidarity," the pope said.

He said Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of state, who had a visit to Peru scheduled before the earthquake struck, would expand his lateAugust trip to show the pope's concern for the victims.

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check for $200,000 "for the urgent needs of the people" suffering the consequences of the disaster.

The Vatican did not provide the precise dates or itinerary of the cardinal's trip.

In his main Angelus address, the pope commented on the day's Gospel reading in which Jesus tells his disciples he did not come to bring peace to the earth, but division.

"Anyone who knows anything about the Gospel of Christ knows that it is the message of peace par excellence," the pope said.

In the Sunday Gospel passage, he said, Christ is explaining to his followers that "the peace he came to bring is not synonymous with the simple absence of conflict.

On the contrary, the peace of Jesus is the fruit of. a constant struggle against evil."

Remaining faithful to God and resisting evil, Christians will encounter opposition and may even become points of division, Pope Benedict said.

But when the truth is followed with persistence and courage, evil will be defeated and true peace can reign, he said. iV

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SU!VIMER .GREETINGS - Pope Benedict XVI greets people from the balcony of his summer reSidence In Castel Gandolfo, Italy, August 19. The pope announced that a top Vatican official would personally deliver a papal donation to relief efforts for victims of the major earthquake that struck southern Peru August 15. (CNS photofTony Gentile, Reuters)

.Holy'Se~·'hails 'r~newed' pledge to fight poverty VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org) - The Vatican is hopeful after the international community expressed a renewed pledge to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and affirmed a greater spirit of international solidarity.

A statement from the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace expressed the Vatican's welcome of the news that U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon backed the late July proposal of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to hold a summit on the Millennium Development Goals next year.

With regard to the proposal, according to the U.N. press office, Ban signaled the need to "construct a greater synergy between the group of the eight most industrialized countries and the Economic and Social Council" of the United Nations.

"The millennium goals belong to all," he said. "We need to feel ourselves a part of this project.

During the next seven and a half years, each day will be a new day in :which we can help millions of people in the world."

The goals, adopted by all U.N. member states in 2000, seek to . reduce the level of poverty and achieve sustainable development . by 2015.

"The eighth objective, fre- goals, its efforts "are measurquently underestimated or disre- able," and that there have been garded," said the August 1 state- improvements in "education and ment of the Pontifical Council for health, and in the elimination of Justice and Peace, "solicits a glo- poverty in the world." In any bal commitment for the sustain- case, continued the statement, "a able development of all nations." more effective push continues to In 2007, halfway between 2000 . be urgent."

For the Pontifical Council for and 2015, the status of the millennium goals was being debated Justice and Peace, "the call for a on various levels, the dicastery renewed commitment to achieve said. .the Millennium Development And it indicated that in 2000, Goals cannot be considered as a 15 years was considered an ad- simple .occasion to repeat declaequate amount of time to elimi- rations of intent, which are not nate .poverty in the world, to followed by specific actions and guarantee universal primary edu- various policies."

"On the contrary," it said, "in cation, to favor equal dignity and rights to men and women, to re- accordance with the wishes exduce infant mortality, to promote pressed by Benedict XVI, develbetter conditi,ons for mother- oped countries, above all, are hood, to combat disease and epi- called to put at the center of their demics like AIDS and malaria, to own laws the elimination of the protect the environment and to extreme poverty found in many ,improve international solidarity countries, and the achievement" of these millennium goals. and cooperation. . "The commitment to a new "In reality the governments assumed the commitment to . phase of international' coexistachieve the cited objectives b'e- ence, based on a renewed politifore 2000," said the note, "for cal will, and the mobilization of example on the occasion of the human resources and materials World Summit for Social Devel- for the realization of a real soliopment celebrated in darity, and for the development of all nations, should be shared Copenhagen in 1995."

The dlc!lstery stated that even by all," the dicastery affirmed. though the international commu- "The Holy See desires and shares nity hasn't achieved all of its this determination."

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Timor Church leaders dismayed at rape of girls, burning of buildings DILl, East Timor (CNS) - Officials of the Diocese of Baucau have expressed dismay over the rape ofgirls at a convent and the buQ1ing ofChurch property following the announcement of the appointment of East TImor's new prime minister. , Father Francisco Pihheiro da Silva, vicar general of the Baucau Diocese, told. the Asian church news agency DCA News that unidentified men raped about nine girls"- one of them only eight years old and the others 1517 - at around 2 a.m. August lOin the Canossian conve~t in Baucau.

"Indications show that the brutality and immoral actions were done by Fretilin supporters;'i said Father da Silva. Fretilin is a leftist political party that holds consultative status with Socialists International.

MASSIVE DESTRUCTION - Peruvians remove debris from a destroyed church in Pisco, Peru, The British news" agency Reuters August 16, after an earthquake the previous evening. The quake killed hundreds of people, mainly . reportedAugust 13 that police arrested south of Lima, the Peruvian capital. (eNS photo/Reuters) a 16-year-old male on suspicion that

- b-ISh op says quak e VIC - t-Ims P eruvlan need food, water immediately .

By BARBARA J. FRASER CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

LIMA, Peru - People left homeless by the magnitude 8 earthquake that struck Peru August 15 face an immediate shortage of food and water, . said Bishop Guido BrenaLopezofIca, one of the cities hardest hit.

'The situation is dramatic, because many houses have collapsed and many people have died. It's very difficult;' Bishop Brena told Catholic News Service by telephone August 16. .More than 500 people are known to hav~ been killed and 1,500 injured in the earthquake, which caused houses, shops and churches made of adobe to collapse. Rubble blocked streets in Chincha, Pisco and lea, coastal towns along the Panamerican Highway between about 125 and 185 miles south of Lima, the Peruvian capital.

'The only good thing was that it occurred a little after 6 p,m., and many people were in the streets, or were indoors but were able to get out;' Bishop Brenasaid 'The immediate needs are food and water. The water supply depends on electricity, so if we have no electricity there will be no water;' he said. ''We need water, food, blankets and tents, because unfortunately not even the civil defense agency was prepared.

People are ~leeping in the streets and plazas."

Although me climate on Peru's south coast is warm during the day, temPeratures can dip into the 50s at night.

Constant aftershocks路made people jittery. Bishop Brena said residents of lca had felt more than 140 smaller tremors, and a magnitude 5.9 jolt rattled windows in Lima around 8:20 am. August 17.

When he went out to inspect the

damage August 16, Bishop Brena learned ofa woman who had gathered with five friends in her home to pray the rosary on the feast ofthe Assumption.

'The house collapsed and all six were killed;' he said.

People who were injured by falling walls or ceilings flooded into the few hospitals and clinics in the area, some of which were also damaged in the quake.

"Hospital service collapsed," Bishop Brena told CNS. '1n the case of people who are ill or injured, it's disastrous. There are very few doctors, there is no electricity, and people keep arriving (at hospitals). It has been impossible to assist all of them."

Some ofthe most seriously injured patients were evacuated. to Lima, where blood-donation stations were set up at public hospitals and private laboratories.

In Pisco, "80 percent of the adobe houses have fallen," Bishop Brena said. The city's largest church, the Church of St. Clement, collapsed while Mass was being celebrated, "crushing many people," he said.

'They think 20 or 30 people died there."

Three people were killed in the Church of St. Francis of Assisi in a beach area of Pisco, and six reportedly died in the sanctuary of the Lord of Luren in lea, the site of a popular religious devotion.

Traffic on the Panamerican Highway was snarled by huge fissures in the road and a collapsed bridge. Government ministers flew to the area to survey the damage, and workers labored to restore power.

Most of the attention was on the towns, however, and information about the extent of damage in rural villages - where virtually all houses

are made of adobe - was only beginning to trickle in. ''We are trying to reach the people in greatest need through the parishes;' the bishop said '1n many areas, there is still no transportation."

Gasoline was scarce because there was no electricity to operate pumps.

Medicine, nurses and doctors are needed "especially in areas that are farther away;' he said. 'The hospitals have opened their doors, but the poorest people have no way to get there."

He said the long-term effects ofthe quake will only become apparent over time. Families will need help rebuilding their homes and businesses, and even burying the dead, and "many young people have been traumatized;' Bishop Brena told CNS; 'This is a difficult moment for us;' he said, "but we hope that with the help ofGod and with solidarity we can get on our feet again."

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vent there had been attacks on church and public buildings. Over three days, August 7-9, the offices ofthe diocese, the Caritas aid agepcy and the U.S. bishops' Catholic ReliefServices, and a Catholic-run kindergarten were burned down, he s~d in a telephone interview from Baucau.

He said more tOOfl600 houses were burned down and Irnore than 6,000 people have fled i4to the jungle. He cited reports that "three villages in Viqueque district were burned to the groimd.

Baucau district is calm now, he said, but many stilllive in fear and are traumatized because thousands of people have lost ~ homes and proJr erty.

After PresidentJose Ramos-Horta announced August 5 that he would appoint former president and independence hero Xan~ Gusmao as prime minister, Fretilin party supporters demonstriued on the streets in Baucau

and Dili. Baucau is considered a Fretilin stronghold.

Fretilin won the most votes in the June national election, but its 21 seats in the 65-member parliament are short ofthe majority. Gusmao's party picked up 18 seats, but it later formed an alliance with three other parties to form a parliamentary majority.

Fretilin's leaders still are demanding the right to form the government and claim they will take the matter to . court.

The sacking of600 soldiers in 2006 by former Fretilin Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri led to clashes that resulted in more than 20 dead and 100,000homeless in this country of one million.

About 3,000 international police and troops are in East TImor to keep order.

The August violence shattered the relative peace that had prevailed up to and through the presidential election May 9 and the parliamentary elections June 30.

Bishop Basilio do Nascimento of Baucau condemned the brutality of "irresponsible people" who have burned, raped and destroyed public facilities.

'1'm really sad about the immoral actions ofirresponsible people:' he told local media The bishop said he regretted the actions of"stupid people" who do not accept the political reality.

'1 do not accuse anybody, but anyone who is behind those violations must bear responsibility;' he said.

The Fretilin government under Alkatiri was at odds with the Catholic leadership on several occasions, including the matter ofreligious education in schools; the government backed down from a proposal to make this optional.

After breaking away from decades of Indonesian rule in 1999 and formally declaring statehood in 2002, East Twor faced major security, humanitarian and economic challenges.

Although it has significant offshore oil and gas reserves, its unemployment rate is about 50 percent,

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Church program aims to help children recover from Katrina-related trauma

By NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL - Sisters Maureen Kehoe, Marie Paula Hardy and Marie deLourdes Falk, all Sisters of Charity, are seen in the Bronco room at Exempla St. Joseph Hospital in Denver. The nuns were selected by the Denver football team to be featured in a series of commercials promoting the NFL team to be shown on television and broadcast at games. (CNS photo/courtesy St. Joseph Hospital)

At Denver Catholic hospital, NFL stands for 'Nu'ns From Leavenworth'

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television and will be broadcast at the games.

DENVER - "Quiet please. Let's The nuns were a little amused at go again." all the fuss over them but, being dieIn the chapel at Exempla St. Joseph. hard fans, they were also excited to be Hospital in Denver, amid the lights and part of ''their team." camero and cable and sound eql.ii.p"TItis is a lot of fun," Sister Falk ment, a director asks for another take. told the Denver Catlwlic Register, the The crew is shooting part of a series archdiocesan newspaper. "I'm enjoyof television commercials promoting ing every minute ofit. I started to cheer the Denver Broncos football team that for the Broncos in 1977 and I just got will air this fall. hooked."

The director cues his performers.

The nuns and others in their reli"We are from the Sisters of Char- gious community live on the 11thfloor ity of Leavenworth," the trio says in of the Catholic hospital, which is part unison. "And we are Bronco fans." ofthe nonprofit Exemplaorganization, Sisters Marie deLourdes Falk, co-sponsored by the Sisters of CharMary Rosenda Arkfeld and Marie ity ofLeavenworth, Kail., Health SysPaula Hardy were selected by the tem.

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some of the most emotional and excitable fans the team has. ''We support them with prayers and yelling," Sister Arkfeld said with a laugh. "And I don't mind telling you that we get great satisfaction when the Broncos beat San Diego."

Sister Hardy said she is a latecomer to Bronco fandom. When she arrived in Denver, the first thing she had to do was get rid of her Kansas City (Mo.) Chiefs shirt - it just didn't belong.

"My fanrily sort of disowned me when they heard," she said. ''But if you live in Denver, you have to be a Bronco fan, especially if you live on the 11th floor."

On game day the nuns gather in the television room, aptly named the Bronco room, which is awash in the team's colors of blue and orange. Inside, 10 recliner chairs are set up so that everyone has a first-class view of the television. The chairs are covered with every piece of Bronco paraphernalia available.

All the nuns who live on the 11th floor support the team, but SisterFalk said some are more vocal than others.

"Some of us are ardent fans who stay until the very end," she said "OthStart your day with our hearty breakfast. ers will just drop in now and then to check the score. But we all have a Stroll to the beach in Kennebunkport wonderful time." village or relax in our saltwater pool.

Several promos featuring the nuns Aunique, yet affordable experience were recorded, including one that encourages the fans to have respect for the game and for each other.

Denver opened its prese<lSon August 13 with a 17-13 win over the San . Francisco 4gers, and the religious sisters were ready for it to begin.

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WASHINGTON - Schoolchildren in the New Orleans area suffering emotionally from the effects of Hurricane Katrina are benefiting from a new faith-centered mental'health program aimed at helping children exposed to trauma from natural and manmade disasters.

Project Fleur-de-Lis helped more than a quarter of the 22,000 children eligible for services in its first 21 months and has compiled the largest ,database on Katrina's effects on children, according to Douglas W. Walker, a clinical psychologist on the staff at Mercy Family Center in Mandeville, La. "Operated primarily through New Orleans-area Catholic schools, Project Fleur-de-Lis is a joint program of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Mercy Family Center, the Daughters of Charity's Seton Resource Center for Child Development, the archdiocesan Office of Catholic Schools, the Algiers Charter Schools Association and St. George's Episcopal School in New Orleans.

Walker and others involved with Project Fleur-de-Lis described the program for participants in the Catholic Health Association's annual assembly in Chicago in June.

An estimated 1,800 people died in Louisiana and'Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina made landfall on Aug. 29, 2005. About 80 percent of the city of New Orleans was flooded and about 90 percent of the city's population was evacuated.

"Katrina brought to the forefront an issue that was never talked about before - mental health, especially for children," said Stephen J. Engro, director of development for Project Fleur-de-Lis. "It presented a unique opportunity to redesign how we do things."

Begun with a $100,000 challenge grant from Mercy Care Fund , and $300,000 in start-up funds from Catholic Charities of New Orleans, the program also has received $1.2 million from Catholic Charities USA and has requested $2 million in funding over four years from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network of the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Project Fleur-de-Lis, with 45 participating schools, provides three levels of care and is designed to be proactive - to reach children before traumatic events "interfere with their educational, social or emotional functioning," said Susan Fendlason, program administrator.

At the first level, students ages

five-12 receive classroom-based intervention designed to "rebuild their sense of safety and control," said Fendlason. The nine one-hour sessions were found to "significantly reduce traumatic stress reaction" among the children who participated, she added.

Children between the ages of 10 and 15 participate in another classroom-based program called Cognitive Behavior Intervention for Trauma in Schools. In addition to.

10 sessions in gro~ps of six to eight students, the program includes one to three individual sessions with a counselor, two parent education sessions and ~ teacher training session, Fendlason said.

Among the. essential co~po­ nents of the program are education about reactions to trauma, relaxation training, cognitive therapy and social problem-solving, she added.

At the third tier, students of any age who "need more than we can provide in the schools" receive psychotherapy, psychoeducational testing, psychiatry or case management services in the community, she said.

Walker noted that the program was not developed in isolation.

"We were all going home every night and gutting our own houses," he said, recalling a period when he was "switching between a chain saw and my laptop."

"But through our own personal traumas we came together ... and managed to persevere," he said.

Walker outlined other aspects of Project Fleur-de-Lis suchas the Primary Project for children in kindergarten through third grade, which trains paraprofessionals such as janitors and "classroom moms" to look for mental health problems in the classroom, and Journey of Hope, which offers "care to the caregivers" with workshops for teachers and parents.

"It's like they say on the airplanes, 'Put your own oxygen mask on first,'" Walker said, noting that parents and teachers who have not resolved their trauma-related problems cannot help the children in their care.

Fendlasonsaid that on June 1, 2006, the opening of the first hurricane season after Katrina, "everyone's anxiety leyels rose a few notches" - a reaction that is expected to continue each year to some degree.

But "in New Orleans you make a celebration out of anything," said Engro, noting that some have designated June 1 as the local holiday of "Uno de Juno."

"It's a day to get together and count our blessings and get ready for the upcoming season," he said.

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ST. LOUIS (CNS) - The Midwest tian Brothers by tradition have worked province ofthe Christian;Brothers has in inner cities or with immigrants. begun a program to com~at the grow- Their work was so successful that their ing shortage of male teaChers. students escaped the cycle ofpoverty, . The province offers the Lasallian moved out of the inner cities into the Teacher Immersion Program at uni- middle class and wanted their own versities run by the r:eligious commu- children to have the Lasallian educanity to provide male college students tion they had. As a result, many Chriswith classroom teaching experience tian Brothers schools no longer served and opportunities to s¢rve those in a poor student body. need while earning college credit.

"So we became removed from our "(The program) is, iIl many ways, original purpose. We are now returna return to our original mission," said ing to our mission. We have been tryChristian Brother Patrick Conway, the ing to become more attuned to the province's director of formation and plight of the poor," Brother Patrick director ofthe teacheriIDmersion pro- said, adding that Christian Brothers I' gram. have been involved in a number of St. John Baptist de La Salle began schools which educate middle-school his educational mission in the late students from low-income families.

16008 with a teacher-training program, In January, the Lasallian Teacher preparing laymen to seive the Church Immersion Program began with six as teachers, explained Brother Patrick, university freshmen from two a longtime educator ~d former uni- Christian Brothers universities versity vice president. ., Lewis University near Chicago and 'This is my 35th year in education. St. Mary's University in Winona, One thing I've noticed is the shrink- Minn. ing pool ofmale teach~rs, particularly Participants not only took classes, as related to theology and religion but worked in shelters, soup kitchens teachers," he told the St. Louis Review, and day-care facilities. In Chicago, SAD REMINDER - A family member reacts while viewing the permanent memorial during an August the archdiocesan newspaper. ''In the they volunteered at San Miguel 19 dedication ceremony for victims of a shooting rampage on the campus of the university in Blacksburg, United States today, 1,9 percent of all School, an inner-city middle school for Va. Thirty-two people were killed April 16 by student gunman Seung-Hui Cho, who turned his gun on Catholic school teachers are men. at-risk students. himself as police closed in on the scene of the tragedy. (CNS photo/Chris Keane, Reuters) ''In public schools it's 21 percent The next semester for these stu... and 40 percent ofchildren are grow- dents will be a five-week program in ing up without a biological father in Guatemala between the summer of .• the house. Couple tpose things to- their sophomore and junior year. The gether and there is areal need," he said. students will live with Guatemalan "Our goal is to create a pool ofmale families part of the time and particiBy JULIE CARROLL teachers to fill the gap, primarily in our pate in a guided educational tour with Father Art Baranowski, course of action before beginning CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Lasallian schools," he added.

Christian Brothers who have served founder of the National Alliance to form groups, he said.

Brother Patrick ~oted that Chrisfor many years in Guatemala.

When the core team is ready ST. PAUL, Minn. - In an age of Parishes Restructuring into of cavernous megachurches, Communities, told a packed to implement its plan, there are Travel with your Catholic Chaplain: Fr. George Almeida where parishioners sometimes room that he believes the Church several ways to encourage paroutnumber pastors 2,000 to one, today is failing to transform ticipation. "But by and large the most important way of getting it can be easy to get lost in the people's lives. masses, so to speak.

"By and large, I could say that people to try a small community Mounting evidence suggests, people in parishes do not have a is by personal invitation," Father however, that ~ worldwidt;: move- communal way to be transformed Baranowski said. ment to reclaim the sense of com- by the mind of -Christ," he said.

Barb Howard, the founding munity upon which the Church U.S. parishes often focus on national coordinator of Small was founded is taking shape. This implementing more and more Christian Community Connecmovement has spawned a new programs rather than creating au- tion and coordinator of small parish model, in which parishio- thentic community, the priest Christian communities at Spirit ners regularly gather in more in- said, adding that small Christian of Christ Catholic Community in timate groups for prayer and communities provide an alterna- Arvada, Colo., offered several faith-sharing. tive to the activity-driven parish tips for parishes interested in Approximately 50 percent of modeL starting small Christian commuU.S. parishes report having small "Small communities, in addi- nities.

Christian communities, accord- tion to the Eucharist on Sunday, They include' introducing ing to a recent National Pastoral ....get people to realize what it people to small groups during Life Center study.

Lent; creating a newsletter or an means to live the faith every day," Attendance at a recent convo- Father Baranowski said after his event;· setting aside a special area cation on small Christian com- talk. "Ordinary people help each for their use; and keeping those munities in St. Paul attested to other do that by speaking from interested active. how widespread this grass-roots their life experience. That can't The history of small Christian phenomenon, which began happen at Mass on Sunday," he communities dates back to the about three decades ago, has added.

Apostles, according to Howard. grown.

Father Baranowski suggested In fact., St. Paul's letters in the Catholics from 23 U.S. states that parishes Interested in start- New Testament were addressed and at least nine other countries, ing small Christian communities to the small Christian communi-I'" including South Korea, Mexico appoint a core .team, including ties of his time, she said. and Tanzania, gathered at the the pastor or his representative, . "Small communities are the University of St. Thomas in St. to lead the effort. most effective vehicle of adult Paul in early August to share their The core team should spend formation that we have in the ideas for organizing and sustain- up to a year researching the vari- Church," said Howard. "This is ing parish-based small Christian ous programs and resources who we are. This is our history. communities. available. It is vital to plan a This is where we belong."

As antidote to megachurches, many seek small Christian communities

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Women in the transformation of culture Last week, we focused on how the action or inaction of Catholic adults in our country over the next couple of years will likely greatly detennine the path ofAmerican society for decades to come.

As we have discovered with abortion nationally and same-sex pseudomatrimony locally, once an evil genie is let out of a bottle it is very hard to get the genie back in. In the very near future, monumental decisions will be made nationally and locally about the meaning and dignity of marriage as well as the ethics of the creation and destruction of human life through human cloning and the destruction of human embryos to obtain stem cells. If Catholics live up to their vocation to be salt, light and leaven within American culture, great harm can be avoided. If Catholics in large part, however, pennit their salt to become insipid, their light eclipsed, and their leaven corrupted, possibly irreversible damage is on the way.

In the fulfillment of Christ's commission to evangelize and transform our culture, all Catholics - clergy, religious and laity, young and' old - have an important role to play. But in this battle for the future of our culture, the front lines have been, and will continue to be, occupied by women.

In the beginning of time, as we read in the poetic language of the Book of Genesis, the devil brought down the human race by getting woman to distrust God, to believe a lie, and act on it together with man. God responded by getting another woman to have faith in God, to let his word take her flesh, and to keep that word together with the new Adam.

We can look at much of the cultural transformation of the past 40 years according to that ancient paradigm. At the time of the sexual revolution, the serpent tempted women to distrust in God's revelation, accept a lie about the meaning, purpose and beauty of their feminine sexuality, and offer their own forbidden fruit to man, who readily went along even faster than in Eden. The evil one got women to distrust in the fundamental goodness of their femininity - especially the maternal meaning of their existence - bestowed upon them by God. What distinguished woman from man was not seen as路a blessing and source of innate dignity, but as a curse. Radical feminists saw women's liberation coming not from universal respect for their feminine distinctiveness but from its suppression.

And they promoted new values - such as sex without marriage, contraception, and abortion - that degraded rather than respected their feminine and maternal dignity.

In response to this modem fall, <;Jod wishes to raise up other women, women of faith, who can help to renew society according to an authentic femininity.

Last week, a group of such women got started on this urgent task in a new and timely way. They launched a Website, dignityofwomen.com, in the hope to lead the Catholic Church in America on a year-long reflection to celebrate the 20th anniversary of John Paul II's ground-breaking apostolic letter Mulieris Dignitatem ("On the Dignity of Women"), published Aug. 15,1988.

These women state clearly on the homepage of their Website that "the timeliness of this observance cannot be overestimated. With debates raging over the nature ofmarriage, the sanctity of human life, the needs of children, and how the gifts of women are best promoted, what better way to form ourselves than by returning to the foundational questions of who women are and why the divine plan hinges on their cooperation." They also assert that John Paul II in his apostolic letter laid out compelling answers to those foundational questions.

John Paul does so by a profound theological analysis of the creation of Eve and of the life of Mary, the "new Eve.;' He shows that woman and man are equally made in the image and likeness of God, and called always to be a gift "for" the other in a loving communion of persons.

He then turns to how the effects of original sin drive man to seek to "rule over woman" (Gen 3:16). He describes for women today the right way and the wrong way to overcome this sinful desire for domination: "In the name of liberation from male domination," he states, "women must not appropriate to themselves male characteristics contrary to their own feminine 'originality.'

There is a well-founded fear that if they take this path, women will not 'reach fulfillment,' but instead will deform and lose what constitutes their essential richness."

John Paul II then gives an extended treatment of how Jesus emphasized that essential feminine richness. "It is universally admitted - even by people with a critical attitude towards the Christian message - that in the eyes of his contemporaries Christ became a promoter of women's true dignity and of the vocation corresponding to this dignity." With numerous examples, the pope shows how Christ exalted women far above cultural mores. John Paul likewise praises women for their courageous fidelity to the Lord and essential role in his mission.

He concludes by stressing that "our time in particular awaits the manifestation of that 'genius' that belongs to woman." That genius is the capacity to love, a spousal and maternal gift of self to others through feminine receptivity, ''which can ensure sensitivity for human beings in every circumstance."

The dignity and moral and spiritual strength of woman is "measured by the order of love," he says, and is '~oined to her awareness that God entrusts to the human being to her in a special way."

It is from the genius of interior culture of love, expressed in marriage as well as in virginity for the kingdom, that the interior culture of man and of children will be transformed. That is the path toward the transformation of culture as a whole.

That transformation can begin with a visit to dignityofwomen.com and a re-reading and deeper assimilation of John Paul II's own inspired genius.

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the living word PERUVIAN WORKERS CARRY STATUES FROM AN EARTHQUAKE-DESTROYED CHURCH

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500 PEOPLE

IN PISCO, PERU AUGUST MORE THAN

ARE KNOWN TO BE DEAD AND

1,500 INJURED. ''BUT AS A WARNING, FOR A SHORT TIME THEY WERE TERRORIZED, THOUGH THEY HAD A SIGN OF SALVATION, TO REMIND THEM OF THE PRECEPT OF YOUR LAW. FOR HE WHO TURNED TOWARD IT WAS SAVED, NOT

BY WHAT HE SAW, BUT BY YOU, THE SAVIOR OF ALL"

(WIs:6,7).

The tears that made two saints Even though God created marriage and family to be an earthly image of the loving communion of persops who is the Blessed Trinity, many families do not bear even the slightest resemblance to this divine template.

Last Sunday, Jesus even went so far as to say that because of him, families would be divided straight down the middle, three against two, fathers against sons, daughters against mothers and in-laws against everyone (Lk 12:50-53). This is not because Jesus is divisive but because sm divides; once someone in a family puts Jesus first, others who wish to be first get jealous and angry.

This sad truth is one of Jesus' most often fulfilled prophecies - but the fact that Jesus told us in advance that it would happen is scant consolation to those whose families are tom apart. Moreover, faithful in such divided houses often are tormented by a concern that goes beyond their daily lack of harmony: what may become of their wayward family members who reject the faith altogether or who choose not to live by it. Few are the parents and grandparents whose hearts are not eventually pierced by the prodigals in their own direct line.

To all those in these circwpstances, the saint we celebrate on Monday is perhaps the greatest example of hagiographical hope.

St. Monica was born in Tagaste (modem day Algeria) in 332. She was baptized as a young woman shortly before her parents gave her in marriage to a violent and dissolute pagan named Patricius. Though he was rich, he could not take Monica's generosity to the poor. Though she . was as faithful and loving to him as she sought to be toward God, he constantly chastised her piety. If all of that was not hard enough to bear, her cantankerous mother-in-law lived with them and daily multiplied

the insults.

All of this could have driven Monica to divorce and despair, but instead it propell~ her to even greater devotion to God and them.

For 17 years, she joined her sufferings to prayers for their conversion. Eventually, the power of God's grace and the example of her Christian virtues penetrated their hardened hearts and they both received baptism. For her husband it was just in time - he died a holy death less than a year later.

But all of that suffering was just a

warmup.

The oldest of her three children, Augustine, was then a brilliant teen~ age rhetoric student living away from home in Carthage. She hoped that he would follow the example of his father's conversion, but, instead, he went full-steam in the opposite direction. He joined the Manichean heretics. He invited a woman to cohabitate with him and fathered a child out-of-wedlock. When he would come home, he would intentionally blaspheme so much that Monica had to eat or sleep at home until the budding rhetorician learned to discipline his tongue.

Monica prayed unceasingly for her son's conversion. She fasted. She got friends to pray. She arranged for priests to argue with him. She flooded her bed and various churches with her tears. When Augustine decided he was going to Rome, Monica, fearing lest he never convert, decided to go with him.

While waiting in port before their departure across the Mediterranean, however, Augustine lied to his

mother about the departure time and left without her, caring so little about her as to leave his own mother helpless in a busy metropolis, without any word as to his whereabouts.

But she didn't give up. A bishop, seeing her weeping, assured her on behalf of God, ''It is not possible that the son of so many tears should perish."

So she boarded a ship to Rome to look for Augustine there. She eventually received word that he was among the rhetoricians in Milan, and that's where she and the Good Shepherd at last found their lost sheep.

Thanks to the help of the bishop of Milan, St. Ambrose, who captivated Augustine first by his oratory and then by his faith and charity; Augustine renounced Manicheanism, accepted the Christian faith, made a promise of celibacy and received the gift of baptism at the ageof32.

Mother and son decided to return home to Africa, but Monica would not make it. She took ill in Ostia and was soon on her deathbed. Augustine was now.the one full of tears, but Monica replied, "Son, my hopes in this world are now fulfilled. All I wished to live for was that I might . see you a Catholic and a child of heaven. God has granted me more than this in making you despise earthly felicity and consecrate yourself to his service."

It was because of Monica's ceaseless prayers and tears that not only did her son "not perish" but became the great Saint Augustine about whom we will hear more next week.

But it was also because of her persevering prayers and tears for both her son and her husband that she became the great St. Monica Father Landry is pastor ofSt. Anthony ofPadua Parish in New Bedford.

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Hinduism teaches that the soul is given as many chances (incarnations) as needed to achieve awareness of its divinity, that tat tvam asi, "you are That [Brahman]," as the Upanishads say. Karma, the cumulative effect of our good and bad deeds, determines how we will be reincarnated after death.

Belief in reincarnation is incompatible with revealed truth:' "It is appointed for men to die once, and after that comes judgment" (Heb 9:27). This statement needs to be considered within the broader context of the scriptural view of man as a totality of body, soul, and spirit destined to rise in glory (Job 19:26; 1 Cor 15:4244; etc.). We get one temporal life, followed by eternal blessedness or damnation even before (so Catholics and most other Christians believe) bodily resurrection at the Last Day. That being noted, the law of karma

and its attendant theory of reincarnation do contain seeds of the truth fully revealed in Christ and his Church.

Although most Hindus do not speak of sin in the biblical sense of the word, they, like us, believe

that every human action has an effect on the soul for good or for ill. We are constantly determining our orientation toward God and others. Each time we consciously accept, or else reject, the attractions and repulsions that sway us, we build up our moral personality (or, as a Hindu might say, we work on our karma). We become what we do.

And since our moral personality

is not just a matter of bodily habits but of affections and habits of the soul as well, it will continue to exist after death in whatever state it was at the last momept of earthly life. In a very real sense, then, judgment goes on during this life and need not be repeated, but only manifested, after death (cf. Jn 3:18). God's judgment on us is simply a bringing to light of our moral personality, of what we have made of ourselves for eternity.

Hindus and Christians both profess union with God as requiring self-renunciation. For the Hindu this means divesting the "unreal" personal self so to become one with the universal self or Atman, known as Brahman. For the Christian it means putting off the old self (Eph 4:22) and "putting on Christ" (Gal 3:27), which demands death to sin and life in conformity with God's will (Rom 6:11). Scripture calls this the life

Hoping the boat stays afloat I got my very first car when I was 17. The chariot was a 1967 Chevy Camaro - convertible. At the time, I was a stock boy and cashier at Almacs Supermarket in Fall River, and most of my income was devoted to feeding my machine.

Now, I'll bet there are a few auto aficionados out there who may ponder how a young buck got his hands on such a sleek machine. Let me finish the story and things should make more sense.

First of all, I didn't pay for the car. It was a high school graduation gift from my parents.

Secondly, it cost $100.

Thirdly, it was a Camaro in name only.

Cradled beneath the hood of many a Camaro of that genre was a 350 engine. My muscle car was equipped with something less "muscular," although I'm not quite exactly sure the size.

Perhaps a Corvair engine.

Dual exhausts, you may ask?

Not quite. To be more precise, my car was twice as exhausted as its peers.

Four on the floor? Well, it had a floor.

It wasn't unheard of for a Camaro to achieve a 12-second quarter mile. Mine? With a running start I could get that puppy to make it in 30. in short, my Camaro was the Frankenstein monster of wheels.

The body looked like a Camaro, but everything else was a concoc-

tion of parts and equipment from the auto graveyard.

But it did have a rear spoiler that looked really neat. And I think that without that fiberglass wing, my quarter-mile time would have been in the 40s.

Even the convertible roof had its shortcomings. The dome retracted just fine for those days when we would cruise the avenue,

just barely keeping up with the bicyclists on the side of the road.

But when we donned our cap again, the seals weren't so tight. ~en it rained, the inside of my chariot was a mobile water fountain. In fact, my friends nicknamed my beast "The Boat."

I loved my boat though. It got me to work, ~d to my girlfriend's house, and to college. In fact, my boat allowed me to become a ground-breaker of sorts.

One morning, on the way to SMU (now UMass-Dartmouth), I was traveling on 1-195. Just past White's on the Watuppa, the boat ran aground. Shortly before my shipwreck, the Commonwealth installed motorist aid call boxes along certain highways. I was one of the first to use one in this area.

And on that cold winter morning,

I got to sit in a state police cruiser to stay warm while waiting for a rescue boat to pick me up.

Here comes the segue. My beloved Boston Red Sox team stirred up those distant memories of The Boat.

At first glance, the 2007 version of the Sox is a sleek racing machine. Beneath the hood is power, speed, pitching, depth and the potential for a 12second quarter mile.

But, as with The Boat, looks can be deceiving.

For some reason, the parts are not meshing. Like The Boat, there are occasional bursts of energy. Also like The Boat, they're shortlived.

I loved my boat and I love my Red Sox, but both drove or drive me crazy.

What was once a 14.5-game lead now hovers at four or five.

There's a slick Corvette in the rearview mirror, and its gaining ground.

It's pedal to the metal time for the 2007 boat. Hopefully there's enough gas in the tank and revs in the engine to hold off the Vette for another month.

The Boat wasn't the fastest car on the road, or the most powerful.

But it sure looked good with its rear spoiler - especially with the-,. top down.

Well Sox fans, let's put the top down, get a running start and hope it doesn't rain. And most importantly, let's pray we don't have to use a motorist aid call box come October.

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of holiness or sanctification.

But whereas Hinduism consigns the unenlightened soul to another embodiment, Catholicism teaches the existence of I' purgatory for those who did not in this life achieve spiritual perfection or complete transformation in Christ. Those who die in a state of grace but are still burdened by residu~l sinfulness (such as selfishness' or greed or vanity) must be thoroughly sanctified, fully purified.of sin and its effects, before they can enjoy a heaven of ~erfect love and communion with God (cf.

Rev 21:27). The most pervasive and deadly sins, those of the spirit, are not cured merely by shedding our old bbdies and receiving new ones. And while most of our separated Protestant brethren repudiate ,the notion of purgatory (for reasons to be explained' later in this series), all Christians agree that it is God's grace that elicits and enables our life in Christ every step of the way. Our moral efforts alone cannot save us; only God can unite us to God. Perhaps it was this intuition that gave rise to Hinduism's identification of Brahman with the Vedic gods ----' Vishnu, for I

example, who appeared in human form as Krishna. Might we see in this the innate human desire for a god who shares our lives and saves us from our misery? Was it not providential that such a development should take place in Hinduism at roughly the same time as Hebrew prophets and pagan sibyls were foretelling the coming of a godlike savior who would be born of the Jews? In any event, Hinduism's savior figures only appear to be human. Vishnu's "embodiment" is a far cry from the incarnation of the divine Son. No Hindu would say of Krishna what St. Paul said of Jesus: "in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself' (2 Cor 5:19).

We have found seeds of the Word very far from home. More often, however, we have found decisive obstacles to communion with the living God. Many elements of Hinduism are corrected, and not only fulfilled, by the light of Revelation, like \Vater changed into wine at Christ's command. Starting next time, we will explore Hinduism's offshoot, Buddhism.

Father Kocik is a parochial . vicar at Santo Christo Parish in Fall River.

Annual Portuguese Charismatic Con(erence is September 7-9 NEW BEDFORD - The 2007 Portuguese ChaF,ismatic Conference is planned fbI' September 7, 8, and 9 at the Kertnedy Center on County Street.

Sponsored by the Diocesan Portuguese RenewalService Committee, the theme of the three-day-conference is "Pou~ Out Your Spirit Anew."

Sessions will be held September 7, from 7 to 10 p.m.; September 8, from 8 a.m., to 10 p.m., and on September 9, beginning at 8 a.m., and ending with a Mass at 11 a.m., celebrated by Bishop George W. Cole~an.

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The presenters will include Father Jose da Silva Lima of Portugal's CatJlOlic University,

Braga Campus; Sister Nancy Keller, S.C., an NSC member who has served in various leadership positions in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal on the local, diocesan, national and international level; as well as local leaders in the Diocesan Portuguese Renewal.

The entire program will be offered in Portuguese.

Pre-registration is required and may be made by contacting a local prayer group or by calling Celia Pires at Immaculate Conception Rectory in New Bedford at 508992-9892.

Tickets for the lunch or dinner on September 8 may be purchased that day.

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Who will be saved?

The Gospel for this Sunday deals with one of the great mysteries and truths of our faith: personal salvation. Who will be saved? Who will live a life of blessedness for all eternity with God and his angels and saints?

And of course, above and beyond any mere philosophical or theological questions on the topic, there are the personal ones: Will I be saved? Will those I love be saved?

In a day and age when personal sin is downplayed to the point of non-existence and everyone, it seems, gets called a saint, this question still arises unbidden in the consciousness of the age: What will become of me after death? The Scriptures and the unchanging witness of our theological tradition are clear: there will be a personal judgment for me after I die and a general one when Christ establishes his kingdom. So again: What will become of me?

Do I have a chance? Are they few who are to be saved and, if so, do these few include me?

These are, to put it mildly, important questions to us and,

as we see, to the disciples around Jesus. They share our curiosity: Lord, are they few who are to be saved? Notice that the question is asked on the way to Jerusalem - always a sign in the Gospels that there's an important issue at stake. So what happens here? They ask a simple question but, as so often happens, they don't get a direct answer from Jesus, and surely not the one they were hoping for: Jesus says strive to enter by the narrow gate.

Meaning: Do your best at all times to live according to divine teachings.

Why does he give such an odd answer? Think a moment to see what a good response this is. If he had answered, "Yes, they are few," we would be tempted to say, "Then it's too hard for me.

What's the use of trying?" If he had said, "No, they are many," we'd think, "Wonderful! Then I can live it up and still get to heaven." No! Jesus doesn't give us an easy answer; he never does. He tells us the hard truth

because he is truth itself. And he engages us in finding the truth because that is the life of a Christian. He says, in effect, "You are looking for an answer that will make things easier, but no. The gate is narrow." Then it gets worse. He adds that many will try to enter and will not

succeed. This sounds as if the bar is going to be set pretty high! And finally, worst of all, the saddest words in all the Gospel: I tell you, I do not know you. Away from me, all you wicked! May none of us ever hear these words from the Lord.

Then, incredibly, there is hope and more than hope: Many will come from east and west. This is the New Covenant illuminating the words of Isaiah

which we heard in the first reading: I come to gather the nations of every language and they shall come to witness my glory. It's the great theme of the tension between the Chosen People and the Gentiles, but in Jesus' teaching it's always a personal message for us.

So what is that message,.really? We could put it this way: the Christian life, the mystery into which we were baptized, is a continuing, humbling, repentant knocking on the door of God's mercy, above all through the sacrament of penance or reconciliation. We try, again and again, with faltering steps, to follow Jesus' steps. We fail, we fall, we get up, and we try again. Notice that he doesn't say, "You must enter through the narrow gate," but "strive to enter through the narrow gate."

The gate into heaven may be narrow, but it's not nailed shut.

So this is what we're asked to do: not pretend we're hopeless and not pretend we're holy. The

truth is, we're sinners loved by an unbelievably merciful God. Our Catholic faith is the original win-win proposition: if we are strong and do the right thing, loving God and neighbor and turning from sin, we build up the Body of Christ. If we fail and sin, then we humble ourselves, confess our sins, and start over again. Don't forget that lost sheep that caused more joy among the angels in heaven than the other 99.

We need to come before God every day and ask forgiveness in our hearts and go frequently to him in confession, which is one of the great treasures of our Catholic faith. We must knock on the door of that "narrow gate" with all our might and, above all, count on God's mercy, which makes everything smooth and easy. And remember, if we strive all our lives to enter through the narrow gate, we'll probably find it miles wide and wide open when we finally reach it.

Father Johnson is a parochial vicar at Our Lady ofthe Assumption Parish in Osterville.

Upcoming Daily Readings: Sat,Aug 25, Ru 2:1-3,8-11;4:13-17; Ps 128:1-5; Mt 23:1-12. Sun, Aug 26, 1\venty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, Is 66:18-21; Ps 117:1-2; Heb 12:5-7,11-13; Lk 13:22-30. Mon, Aug 27, I Thes I :1-5,8b-1O; Ps 149:1-6,9; Mt 23:13-22. 1'ues,Aug 28, I Thes 2:1-8; Ps 139:1-3,4-6; Mt 23:23-26. Wed,Aug 29, I Thes 2:9-13; Ps 139:7-12; Mk 6,:17-29. Thurs,Aug 30,1 Thes 3:7-13; Ps 90:3-4,12-14,17; Mt 24:42-51. Fri,Aug 31,1 Thes 4:1-8; Ps 97:1-2,5-6,10-12; Ps 25:1-13.

The Ripkin effect In "Men at Work," George F. Will began his celebration of baseball defense with a tale of Cal and Bill Ripken turning a rally-killing double-play while their father watched from the visitors' dugout in Torontoand concluded with an appropriately blue-collar ending: .

"After the third out the two Ripkens ran off the field, same pace, arms held in the same position, forearms cocked slightly above parallel to the ground, eyes straight ahead, looking into the dugout. They ran past their father, the third~ base coach. It was just another night on the factory floor for the Ripken men...."

Cal Ripken's induction into the Hall of Fame last month along with Tony Gwynn, the San

Diego Padres' hitting machine - was a cleansing moment in baseball's ongoing season of shame. Yes, the steroid use is way down (as is the musculature of players I won't mention). But the memory of decadelong cheating lingers and festers, the wound made worse by denial On the part of some and scurrying-for-thehigh-grass on the part of others. Seeing Ripken and Gwynn, two regular guys, enter the Cooperstown aristocracy on the merits, period, was happy reminder of better days.

Or at least the pious memory of better days. For cheating has been part of baseball from the

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git-go: corked bats, scuffed balls, spitters. Still, there was something different about the steroid scandal, no matter how hard it may be to define that difference. Traditional baseball

skullduggery was both clandestine and out-in-the-open: the corked bat broke and the batter was ejected; the thumb-tack or Vaseline on the brim of the pitcher's hat was spotted, and . he, too, got the heave-ho from the men in blue. Crime, trial, verdict, and punishment were . there for all to see. The steroid scandal was about furtive injections in the dark recesses of the clubhouse, and then getting caught by urinalysis. The yuck factor was higher, reflecting a sound moral intuition about the higher.g~avity of the offense.

Anyway, this is supposed to be a column about Cal Ripken, not about steroids. Cal, as

recent years? Or a hit-and-run everyone in the State of Marysmoothly executed? How often land calls him, was the son of a have you watched a multilifelong baseball man whom Dr. million-dollar-per-year player' Will once described thus: "Cal forget how many outs there were Ripken, Sr., smokes Lucky in the inning? Or fail to run out Strike~ and drinks Schlitz beer. a ground ball? Money - lots of The Luckies are not it, showered on people too filtered and the Schlitz young to know how to handle it is not light. He is a has something to do with former minor league this.

But so does a decline in catcher who looks like respect for what Will called, something whittled aptly, the "craft of baseball." from an old fungo Cal Ripken Jr., could be bat...." The Luckies mulishly stubborn: had he finally killed him, a listened to batting coaches, his few years ago; but long lifetime average might have before, Cal Ripken, Sr., been 20 points higher. But no had given both of his baseball. matter how mired in a someplaying sons something even times-self-perpetuated slump he greater than instruction and was, you always sensed his support: a respect for the game. respect for the game, his It's the same respect the brothdetermination to live the work ers Ripken now try to teach ethic his father had taught him, youngsters at their baseball and the intensity of his competiacademy in Aberdeen, Marytive spirit. A power-hitting land, a respect built on hard fielder of genius, he redefined work, sound fundamentals, and the position of shortstop; but he the slow development of that was essentially a throwback who sixth sense called "baseball exemplified the cardinal virtue smarts." of fortitude.

A lot of which is, alas, in In other words - a good short supply in today's pastime. man, in moral as well as spo~足 The corruptions of baseball in ing terms.

2007 are not just (or perhaps George Weigel is a senior even primarily) chemical. How feUow ofthe Ethics and Public many times have you seen a Policy Center in Washington, D.C. bunt properly laid down in

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Father Yewdew. I already stood earth with synchronized prayer.

We bombard heaven with a in awe of the amazing Father Yewdew and his superhuman never-ending volley of psalms. powers. Then it hit me like the The Church has done this for millennia. But then came the proverbial ton of bricks. My Yewdew, Wonder Priest, is a parishioners were not saying Dark Ages. People were no superhero that makes all other "Father Yewdew," they were longer able to read. They could superheroes look like wimps. saying "Father, you do." not read the Liturgy of the As I begin to find my There is, dear readers, a Hours. The monks (most of way around this new standard operating procedure in whom could read or at least parish assignment, I want memorize) soaked up the task. the Catholic Church. 'It was to learn as quickly as definitely pronounce~ in 1931 'by The Liturgy of the Hours became possible who does what. , Pope Pius XI. It is called the the function of monks, not of I soon find out. Noticing everyone in the Church. It was principle of subsidiarity. It the altar linens needed sounds fancy, but it's brilliantly and is a sacred duty of all priests laundering, I ask, "Who and monks - but not to the simple. Basically, it ~tates "Do does the parish laundry?" what only you can do but don't exclusion of everyone else. Many The answer is "Oh, parishes in the diocese have take from somebody else what Father Yewdew." To the question, reclaimed the Liturgy of the they can do." It applies to "Who unlocks the hall on Bingo Hours, and lay people lead it. relationships, betweeh governnight?" comes the answer, ments and their citizens. It We live in a different age, as I "FatherYewdew!" The response applies to the relationship need not point out to you. It's to the query, "Who trains the between a country pastor and his time to wring out the sponge. We sanctuary ministers?" - rightparishioners. It even' applies to are together the Church. We all have our part to play in the life of those who proclaim;:the Scripthe Church and of the parish. It's tures at Mass. Only a bishop, priest or deacon can proclaim the not enough to say "we are the Church" without acting like the Gospel, but if there is somebody functional relationships or Church and doing with and for the present in the assembly who is trapped in addictions; or if we Church what we can do - and willing and able to publicly read persist in any obsessive habits the other Scripture passages, then letting everyone else do his or her or hobbies, we are going to he or she does so and the bishop, job as well. It's the principle of have a hard time giving our subsidiarity. This is how we will priest or deacon sits and listens kids the age-appropriate not only survive but thrive. It's the like everyone else. You do what parenting they need. movement of the Holy Spirit only you can do and you let When we find ourselves everyone else do they can do. It's among us in this day and age. having been tempted away from And as to my haunted rectory, the principle of subsidiarity. engaged parenting, and it I have a big icon of St. Timothy Over the centuri~s, the certainly doesn't have to be in priesthood, it seems to me, has someone painted just for me. St. ways as extreme as those I become a kind of sponge soaking Timothy is my patron saint. I've witnessed at MGH, one small, been moving St. Timothy every up functions that were never yet powerful step toward reintended to be part of priesthood. week to peek out of a different engaging is to begin a window (there are many winThe Liturgy of the Hours is an no-fuss version of the dows in this old house). He was example. Along with the Liturgy virtue of hospitality I in the attic last week. Today he is of the Eucharist, it is the official call "the ministry of in the garage. He gets around. liturgy of the Church. Like the presence." To engage in I'm waiting for some observant Eucharist, it is co~munal prayer. the ministry of presence The Liturgy of the Hours is wee-one to spot the "ghost." He is possible in almost all timed to the passing of the day. or she will get a prize. relationships, but it At certain times, when the sun Allow me to paraphrase Jimmy really works wonders in Durante, "Good night, Father appears in a certain place in the a parent-child relationYewdew, wherever you are." sky, certain psalm~ are sung or ship. The ministry of Father Goldrick is pastor of prayed worldwide. You might say presence includes d,oing very St. Joseph's Parish in North that like some satellite spinning simple things like taking our in space, we constantly circle the Dighton. , kids to the park and playing with them instead of chatting BARBOUR COUNSELING Montie Plumbing with friends ot reading a SERVICES magazine. It can be as straight& Heating Co. Jacques-Paul T. 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Father Yewdew, Wonder Priest 24 August 2007 - at home on place. He slips in and out like a phantom. They call him "Father Three-Mile River - Anniversary of the eruption ofMount Vesuvius Yewdew." I can't tell his (AD 79) I've discovered a paranormal phenomenon here on Three-Mile Reflections of a River. The kids tell me my rectory is haunted. ';",.l;r-l- ~;'c~1!f:I~4" ~ ··~';l<.B'\.l;'~~(~· The house does look a 1--'~;8¥iEittff bit spooky, I suppose, Goldrick~, but the kids have . 3::-;;; definitely been watching ethnicity by the surname but I too many horror movies. We are figure he must be Cambodian or indeed haunted, but not by a maybe Ukrainian or Gambian. ghost. We have our very own At any rate, Batman, parish superhero. I haven't yet Spiderman, and Green Lantern come face-to-face with him, but haven't anything on him. Father he must be living here some-

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What kids need most Parents must be present to their kids. Despite a multitude of temptations to do otherwise, we parents need to stay engaged with our families and put our children's good above our own. About two years ago, during a l4-day stay with my seven-year-old son at Massa~ chusetts General Hospital, I was given some extreme examples of where giving in to the temptation not to be present to our children can lead. Three of the most troubling pitfalls I witnessed were: 1) using our children inappropriately, 2) spoiling them materially, but neglecting them emotionally, and 3) failing to deal with our own issues so that they spill over into our children's lives, forcing them to take on too much responsibility at too young of an age.

Our first roommate was a young boy with a mother who kept insisting that the doctors prescribe a specific medication for her son. Calling the doctors names I won't repeat, she warned me not to trust any of them. As her son was discharged (without any medication), it became embarrassingly apparent that she had been using her son to try to get drugs for herself. This is a dramatic manifestation of a parent using a child, but it invites us to ask if we are using our children in any way. Are we making them playa sport because we played it as a kid and want to relive the glory through them? Or, perhaps, do we use them like Cinderella to do the things we'd rather not do like cleaning, yard work, or communicating with difficult relatives? .

Another roommate, a teenage boy, arrived with a migraine. Shortly after he got settled in, his accompanying adults disappeared and several 'of his good buddies appeared simultaneously yelling, eating junk food, playing Nintendo, watching police sitcoms, and talking on their cell phones. If I were a betting woman, I'd have bet a million bucks that the teen's migraine was environmentally caused! What this

child need~d was parents who would tell his friends to go home. Parents are supposed to be the "bad guys" sometimes, and in the long run it actually makes us the good guys to say "no" when it is needed.

Our most distressing roommate was a mentally challenged teen. On the first night of his stay, his mother flew into a rage and stomped out of the hospital room screaming at her "ex"-fiance, "We're through!" They left behind not only her mentally challenged teen, but also three younger kids who promptly trashed the floor's game room.

She and the ex-fiance returned, completely drunk, around 6 a.m. and passed out together in the small bedside cot. Again, this was a severe situation, but if we allow fear, low selfesteem, or anger to corrode our parenting abilities; if we are perpetually engaged in dys-

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master's degree from Calvin Coolidge College in FALL RIVER - "I hope you're not going to Fall River in later years. I taught at the Wiley School make this a circus," Julia Harrington said looking ... but for 30 years at the Davol School in the East perceptively into my eyes - as only a school End. I retired from teaching in the public schools teacher could - before agreeing to give an inter- in 1973, and I loved every minute of it," she asview to The Anchor. serted.

Introducing me to Dot Nicolau of Fall River, one It was a week before she would try to make August 18's 4:30 p.m. Saturday vigil Mass at St. of her many friends and regular visitors, Julia Joseph's Church in the North End, where, with fam- proudly noted, "I taught her in the first grade." ily members she would be hailed at the parish's oldAlso on hand for the interview were Helen est living resident and member for 98 years.

Sullivan of Somerset, a second cousin to That was a prelude to August 21 when she would Harrington; and Jane Botelho, a visiting home celebrate her 98th birthhealth aide of Premier day.

Health Care, who is "I was baptized on Harrington's caregiver.

Sept. 2, 1909 by Father "Growing up in Fall Thomas Kelly in St. River was fun, and I had Joseph's and I have been four brothers, Francis, a parishioner there all my .........'---~~===c...:=..J..---'-'-_'"'--""-'-"- ..........~"""--~"-' Joe, John and Jim and I life," said Harrington, got to know about the city," Julia Harrington whose outstanding said. "Screarmng Lizzie" memory, intriguing stories, warm cordiality and was the name we gave the quick perception belie Fire Department steam pumper in the station on her age.

Brownell Street. When "But I don't get the fire alarm sounded, around as much as I used to," she said, rapping the we'd go out to watch the plastic handle of her engine, pulled by one walker. "I never married horse, go roaring by." and I've lived in this "I remember my fahouse all my life and ther taking me to the train never any place else," the depot on North Main President Avenue resident Street when the soldiers said proudly, adding, "my were leaving for World father built it."

War I to man the forts in For the next hour I lisBoston before going tened to witty, colorful overseas. And I rememstories about St. Joe's, the berthe signing oftheArHarrington Family, and mistice that ended the growing up in yesteryear war. Bells across the city announced it at 3 a.m."

Fall River from the t=-...;:;i;i;~1L. former teacher and prinBecause Fall River is cipal of the Davol School. ANCHOR PERSON OF THE WEEK - Julia a mill city, most families had someone working in But it was more than Harrington of Fall River. them. Julia recalls lunch just opening archives as the former educator and Religious Education in- pails being delivered to family members laboring long days in the cloth room of the Narragansett Mill. structor talked. It was more like being there.

"My father once told me how St. Joseph's first "Julia is amazing," said Father Hugh J. McCullough, pastor of St. Joseph's, who nominated pastor, Father William H. Brie, had to be rowed Julia for The Anchor~s Person of the Week. "While across the Taunton River to say Mass for Catholics her weakened legs and difficulty in hearing prevent in Swansea because the Brightman Street Bridge her from attending Mass regularly anymore, she has was being built around 1880," Julia recounted. actively participated in the planning for our parish's "Later on the parish was split and other parishes 75th and 100th anniversary and was an advisor for were built 'up on the hill' because so many people its 125th celebrations." had joined."

He added, "Her memory and experience here has Teaching '~catechism" at St. Joseph, Julia recalled for the most part made her the 'historian of St. Jo- using famous international paintings of the Maseph Parish.'" donna in the school for students to learn Marian Harrington taught "Sunday School" at the parish theology. She also found time to teach immigrants for many years, sang in its choir, was a founding about baseball. "I taught them how to score games member and treasurer of the Women's Guild, and too; and in math classes I taught them how to comwas appointed a member of the first Parish Council pile a player's batting average."

by St. Joseph's sixth pastor, Father George Sullivan.

As for city politics she remembered mayors In 2000, Julia was awarded the Diocese's Mar- Harry Monks and John Kane and Bill Grant. "But I ian Medal in acknowledgment of all she had done liked Mayor Mitchell the best," she opined. for the Church and her parish.

As I snapped her photo, Julia Harrington leaned The daughter of Cornelius Harrington, an assis- forward, smiled, and strongly advised me, "Make tant postmaster, and Katherine "Kitty" (O'Brien) it good."

Harrington, Julia attended the Spencer Borden The Anchor encourages readers to nominate othSchool, and graduated from B.M.C. Durfee High ers for the Person ofthe Week - who and why? SubSchool in 1926. mit nominations to: theanchor@anchomews.org, or "I went off to college ... graduated from write to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, MA Fitchberg Normal School in 1928, and received a 02722.

Nun sees interest in Our Lady of America gaining momentum ST. LOUIS (CNS) - As the sense of humor." last surviving member of the For years before she enContemplative Sisters of the tered the cloister, Sister Mary Indwelling Trinity, Sister Mary Ephrem had worked as a kinJoseph Therese Fuller said dergarten teacher and as a she is happy to see that the domestic for several prelates, devotion to Our Lady of the woman religious recalled.

America is gaining momen"She was used to being with tum. the bishops," Sister Mary JoToday, Sister Mary Joseph seph Therese said.

Therese serves as director of "Every time we would have the Our Lady of America a profession or a new postu~ lant, Sister would always Center in Fostoria, Ohio, which promotes the devo- â&#x20AC;˘ put her at the table with the tion. . .' archbishop and the bishA new official image Ofl\~"':\ops," she said.

Our Lady of ~ .. l.\ "Everyone always felt America is on at home with Millie we always called her display at the { . .' ..' '\ Millie," she said.

Basilica of St. Louis , King o f ' f:4,;i;, "Whenever you â&#x20AC;˘ ,'-.'J/ \ France (Old -L,' -' were around her, Cat h e d r a I ) you always felt through Sepsuch a peace. She tember 8. The was a very happy statue is then person. No matter expected to what would hapvisit other U.S. pen ... she'd say cities through I the Blessed the rest of the Mother will take year. ( care of it."

Sis t e r Sister Mary J 0 s e p h Mary Joseph Therese ~; Therese sa~d had known she, too, is Sister Mary - ,-~, happy that the E p h rem _; ~ statue of Our ( Mil d red) 4'\ Lady of Neuzil, to ;.

America was whom Mary brought to St. revealed herLouis and self as Our Lady of hopes it will inAmerica. The two crease an awarenuns met in 1964 ness of the devoand lived side by tion. side for about a The nine-foot quarter-censtatue of Our tury until SisLady of ter Mary , America, which includes its E p h rem's death in 2000. base, was first Sister Mary Ephrem had publicly displayed last Novembeen in the contemplative ber at the U.S. bishops' meetorder's cloister for about a ing in Baltimore, where St. week when the foundress of Louis Archbishop Raymond L. the order showed Sister Mary Burke blessed it.

Joseph Therese the black "I am so grateful that the book that contained the mes- new statue of Our Lady of sages from Mary to Sister America can be seen in St. Mary Ephrem.

Louis," the nun said. "We are "She let me read that, so I so grateful for the interest knew right from the beginning shown in the devotion to Our about Sister," she told the St. Lady of America by Archbishop Louis Review, newspaper of Burke, a truly great American the St. Louis Archdiocese. At Catholic churchman." the time, "I knew nothing about Our Lady of America's mesher, but I can still see her sage about purity, chastity and standing there with the other growing in one's faith through sisters that were behind the devotion to Mary and the body grille. There was just some- and blood'of Christ especially thing about her eyes that stood resonated with young people, out - it was very exceptional." he added.

In 1847, Pope Pius IX apSister Mary Joseph Therese said that Sister Mary Ephrem proved a request by the U.S. also "was very humble. She bishops that Mary as the Imwas a very happy, peaceful maculate Conception be named person. She had a real good patroness of the United States.

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Pro-Life director supports Arkansas' new umbilical-cord-blood bank LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (CNS) - The Respect Life director for the Diocese of Little Rock is hopeful the creation of a newborn umbilical-cord-blood bank in Arkansas will spur on more ethical research and treatments using adult stem cells.

At the invitation of state Rep. Jon Woods, Marianne Linane and her secretary, Kathleen McNespey, toured the labs at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock where stem cells are already being used to treat people with cancer and other diseases.

Woods, a member of St. Raphael Church in Springdale, was the main sponsor in the House of Representatives for legislation to create the Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Initiative, one of the first in the country.

Woods' bill was overwhelmingly supported by other senators and representatives and by Dr. Michele Fox, director of cell therapy and transfusion medicine at the university.

Linane said the initiative is supported by the Diocese of Little Rock as well because it promotes using nonembryonic stem cells for medical cures. The Catholic Church opposes embryonic stem-cell research because living human embryos are destroyed in the process of extracting the stem cells.

The extraction of stem cells from umbilical-cord blood "is not morally or ethically controversial," Fox said. ''This is the child's first gift to the rest of the world."

While there is a national cord-blood bank, the Arkansas cord-blood bank is still in its early stages, Fox and Woods said. An 11member commission, to be named by June 2008, will put together a budget and promote the creation of the cord-blood bank.

Beginning as early as 2009, pregnant women in the state will be asked by their obstetrician if they wish to voluntarily donate the blood from their newborns' umbilical cords to the blood bank. After being properly extracted, the stem cells would be sent to the main bank to be frozen and stored.

Participating hospitals could then use the stem cells in their treatment of patients with various cancers such as leukemia, Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injuries, autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid ar-

thritis, and several other blood, liver and bladder diseases.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is world renowned for its stem-cell treatment of patients with multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer.

Currently, cord blood is not collected on a routine basis in Arkansas because hospitals and doctors are not trained in the proper collecting methods and there is no public cord-blood bank, Fox said. Private businesses will store cord blood for a fee of $1,800 to $2,000.

The new Arkansas law notes that more than 100 million Americans "suffer from diseases that may eventually be treated more effectively or even cured with stem cells."

Linane, a registered nurse who is currently earning her master's degree in bioethics, said she would like to see more treatments developed because of the state's new blood bank.

She praised Woods' bill because "it takes the focus off of embryonic stem cells." Most national news stories highlight the push for state or federal funding for stem-cell research using embryos, but more advancements are being made every day with adult stem cells, Linane said.

A nurse for 44 years before joining the Diocese of Little Rock in 2006, Linane said she believes most hospitals and new parents would be supportive of donating newborns' cord blood.

"Donating cord blood so it can be used by someone else is a much better idea than doing nothing with it," she said. "You aren't going to be taking it home and saving it."

Woods said he would introduce legislation in 2009 to fund the cord路blood program.

Starting in 2008 Arkansans will be able to donate money to the initiative through their state income tax form.

Woods, who is in his first term and is the youngest representative at the Capitol, said he was inspired to introduce the bill after hearing stories of celebrities and family members who needed stem cells in their treatment of diseases or injuries. Woods' father was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis two years ago.

TURNING 10 - A woman prays at the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord in Novosibirsk, Russia, earlier this month. A festival followed a Mass celebrating the 10th anniversary of the creation of the diocese, which covers western Siberia. (CNS photo/Janez Sever, SJ)

Respect Life materials focus on children as 'cause for rejoicing' WASHINGTON (CNS) - The U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities has published materials for the 2007-08 Respect Life program, using the phrase "The Infant in My Womb Leaped for Joy" as its theme.

Taken from the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke, the words refer to the pregnancies of Mary and her elderly cousin, Elizabetli both "cause for rejoicing" despite their unusual circumstances, said a brochure published as part of the Respect Life package. ''The Old and New Testaments are filled with such passages extolling children as, gift and blessing," the brochure says. "It is,disheartening, therefore, to see how far ourculture has diverged from this view."

A series of articles, also published in brochure form, addresses some of the current threats to life and the programs aimed at restoring respect for life. Among the topi~s of the articles and their authors are: - assisted reproductive technology and the family, by Helen Alvare, an associat~ professor of law at The Catholic University of America in Washington; - "Peter's Story: Discovering Hop~ and Love After an Adverse Prenatal Diagnosis,"

by Mary Kellett, founder and director of Prenatal Partners for Life, which matches families who have received an adverse prenatal diagnosis, such as a chromosomal disorder, with families who have given birth to a'child with a similar condition; - ''The Person With Mental lllness: .Bearing God's Image," by Father Richard Gill, a member of the Legionaries of Christ who was founding president of the Institute for the Psy-

chological Sciences in Arlington, Va.-, and is now director of Our Lady of Mount Kisco Family and Retreat Center in Mount Kisco, N.Y.; - Abortion and Catholic social teaching,

by Father Thomas D. Williams, also of the Legionaries of Christ and dean of theology and professor of Catholic social doctrine at Regina Apostolorum University in Rome.

- "The Prevention Deception: How Not to Reduce Abortions," by Richard M. Doerflinger, deputy director of the pro-life secretariat; - Caring for aging loved ones, by Monica and Bill Dodds, founders of Friends of St. John the Caregiver, a Catholic organization based in Mountlake Terrace, Wash., addressing the needs of family caregivers; - "Project Rachel: In the Heart of the Church," about an international Catholic organization dedicated to post-abortion reconciliation and healing. The article was written by staff members of the Pro-Life secretariat.

In addition to the articles, the Respect Life package includes a liturgy guide for Respect Life Sunday, October 7; a day of prayer and penance for life, January 22; prayers for life throughout the year; a novena for life leading up the feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, May 31 in 2008; and a rosary for life focusing on the joyful mysteries.

A compact disc included with the Respect Life package includes all the articles, the brochure, the liturgy guide, a poster, clip-art quotes and a catalog, all in English and Spanish.

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Break-dancing priest's new project aims to unite families over food ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) said he wished he had a video camera What began as a joke in the kitchen to document a priest cooking. Recallwill become a published cookbook ing the events, FatherPatalinghug said, this fall and possibly aTV cooking se- "It's not a typical way a TV show ries next fall, said Father Leo comes about. We were just goofing Patalinghug, the break-dancing, mar- off." tial-arts guru who also happens to be But when Father Patalinghug was a skilled cook. transferred to St. John Church in The media project, "Grace Before Westminster, Md., he met Tim Meals;' aims to bring families together Watkins, a parishioner who was also around the table, said Father a television producer. Although he kept Patalinghug, a priest of the Archdio- insisting that it was just ajoke, Father cese of Baltimore who recently was Patalinghug realized after prayerful appointed to serve as director of pas- discernment that God was calling him toral field education at Mount St. to take on the project of "Grace BeMary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md fore Meals;' Although there is undeniable He teamed up with Renegade Pronovelty about watching a priest host a duction Company and took on the "opcooking show, FatherPatalinghug said portunity for families to come closer what is most important is the effort to together - that's what I do as a priest get families to come closer together. ... strengthen families."

The cookbook and The entire the show are simply project is under the the vehicle to make guidance of the that happen and to Holy Spirit, he said. "strengthen fami'1ÂŁ we take the Holy lies," because famiSpirit out of it, then lies are the "domeswe're talking about tic Church;' he said. fast food," he said.

The show, in Continuing the which the priest will analogy, he said, visit families and "God uses a cook with them, will crockpot. He takes air on PBS next year his time. This will if the production force us to become company is able to patient. It makes me find enough sponput my message sors, said Father into practice." ....u 1IIIiiiI1I1 Cooking and Patalinghug, who saidfamily meals are AMAZING GRACE - Father serving in the essential to the integ- Leo Patalinghug's, upcoming kitchen are not cookbook, "Grace Before something new to rity of the family.

'1t's a movement Meals," will come out this fall. Father Patalinghug. before a TV show," (CNS photo/courtesy of Ren- "I love food," he he said. '1t's God's egade Productions) said with a broad movement to bring smile. He recalled God's family to his table." his childhood days when he was "easThe cookbook, subtitled "Recipes ily bored" and would happily comply for Family Life;' will be published this with his mother's request to help her fall. Each recipe is linked to a feast in the kitchen cutting vegetables or stirday in the liturgical year, afamily mile- ring a pot over a hot stove. stone or even disappointments. CookCalling himself a "typical kid," he ing gives families a reason to come found his way to martial arts at an early together, said Father Patalinghug. age and is a third-degree instructor of .

Filled with Scripture passages and tae kwon do, a Korean self-defense essays about various feasts, the cook- system similar to karate, and a thirdbook includes 50 original home-style, degree black-sash instructor in a fullcomfort-food recipes created by the contact weapons defense system priest. known as amis, which originated in Father Patalinghug calls the book the Philippines. "bite-sized theology." Every meal has As a youngster he was also into a reason to celebrate, and the combi- breakdancing and was part ofa group, nation of faith and food "makes faith "Breakanics," which was named, bite-sizable for the entire family," he Baltimore's best break-dancing group said. in 1983. He said he was "fascinated While in the seminary at the Pon- by it because it requires skill." tifical NorthAmerican College in Although he cannot do some ofthe Rome, Father Patalinghug would cook moves from the past, he uses his breakfor his fellow seminarians on his days dancing skills during youth conferoff. He still enjoys cooking. ences "to get the crowd going."

"You could see what a good meal "We're supposed to be able to does. It makes people smile. It doesn't dance and have a good time," he said. have to be a big snobby meal. It has to '1 also challenge people to dance aphave a purpose," he said. propriately, and I'd rather see young The idea for the TV show surfaced people break dance than see thejunky while Father Patalinghug was cook- moves that young people today call ing for some priest mends when one dancing."

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LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION - Salt and Light Television went to the Holy Land in 2005 for series of documentaries on Catholic pilgrimages. The network's programming is carried by cable and satellite TV services across Canada. (CNS photo/courtesy of Salt and Light Television)

Young people put faith to work at Canada's Catholic TV network TORONTO (CNS) - Some staff members at Canada's Salt and Light.

TV find working for a Catholic television network is a way of putting their faith to work.

Producer Gillian Kantor began volunteering and later working for World Youth Day 2002 while working at the children's wildlife magazine Wild. After World Youth Day, she took a job as youth editor with Canada's national Catholic newspaper, The Catholic Register, in Toronto. She also kept in touch with the former World Youth Day director, Basilian Father Tom Rosica.

Eventually Father Rosica and Joseph Sinasac, the Register's publisher and editor, struck a deal for Kantor to split her time between the newspaper and the TV station.

Slowly, she shifted into a full-time position at Salt and Light.

"I was so attracted by what's happening here, by the growth and the opportunities - notjust for us working here but also for Catholic media in Canada," she said.

"Everyone's really young here," she acknowledged. "But we're getting older now, and as we grow, the station is maturing."

Kantor said she was reluctant at first to get involved in Catholic media.

"I was hesitant about mixing my faith and journalism," she said. "But once I got into it and the stories of people - individual Catholics expressing their faith - that's what drove me in my work for the Register and in the projects I choose to work on at Salt and Light. It's the people and their stories - that's what I love to tell."

As associate producer, Matthew Harrison assists in the production of programs and also is responsible for the Web log, or blog, on the Salt and Light Website.

Harrison studied radio and television at Toronto's Ryerson University, then worked in broadcast news with Canadian Press. After three years in the seminary, he began working for Salt and Light last October.

"I wanted to be a part of the new evangelization ... and get the Gospel out and win hearts to Christ," said Hamson, one of the few Salt and Light staffers without any connection to World Youth Day 2002.

Producer Mary Rose Bacani made her way to Salt and Light as a result of "one of the moments in my life when I felt a call."

Nearing completion of her undergraduate program at Thomas

Diocese of Fall River TV Mass on WLNE Channel 6 Sunday, August 26 at 11:00 a.m.

Scheduled celebrant is Father Thomas C. Lopes, pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in North Easton

Aquinas College in Santa Paula, Calif., Bacani was planning to attend law school. Yet she had always loved writing, and family and friends told her she had a perfect voice for radio and the "presence" for TV. So when she learned that the friend of a friend was working in the control room of a new Catholic television network in Toronto, she "just popped in" at the Salt and Light studios - dressed in jeans and a hooded sweatshirt - to have a look around. Her unusual approach got the attention of Salt and Light management, and she was soon offered a job.

The child of a "ritualistically Catholic" Filipino family, she previously had been a first-degree member of Regnum Christi, a predominantly lay ecclesial movement under the spiritual direction of the Legionaries of Christ. Bacani said she entered consecrated life in the order "not so much because I loved the Lord but because I wanted to love him." Noting that the order's members are "so in love with God," she said she found herself unable to "grasp the reality of consecrated life."

Although she finds working at Salt and Light "much more real," Bacani acknowledged that her experience in Regnum Christi "definitely got me on the road to prayer."

"I didn't have a faith life before Regnum Christi," she continued. "To survive at Salt and Light you have to have a strong faith life. As someone told me, you can't give what you don't have."

Bacani said she loves "bringing images and words together creatively to touch people. It's part of my joy to tell Catholics they're not alone.... It's the art and the satisfaction that I made a difference."

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Six young people from the Newman Center have decided to embark upon careers of service within the Church. 1\vo young women have entered religious orders this year,

and four men will begin studies fo~ the priesthood this fall at St. John's Seminary in Brighton.

"We've had a great response from the students and our vocations team at the Newman Center," reported Father Douglas McGonagle.

"I'm a 1987 alumnus and it was here that I found my religious vocation, and where I returned and received my doctorate in 1995."

He said he reinstituted the Center three years ago, and it has, be-

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cause of the students, become a world class symbol of Christ's love in the midst of a secular academic environment.

"Discerning a religious vocation is a long-term thing, and what we strive to do is to keep it on the front burner instead of the back burner," he told The Anchor. "At the same time we 'cover' all vocations, including marriage."

In creating an atmosphere where recent graduates are willing to consider devoting their lives to the Church, the fruits of the Center's efforts are beginning to show, Father McGonagle noted.

The first of the six to make this big step was Anne Gredjus, from Billerica. After graduating from the University in 2004, with a degree in English, she volunteered for a Catholic mission school for the poor in Belize.. During her two years there, she began to feel a call to religious life. When she returned to the States she visited a number of convents around the country. Struck by the joy she saw in the Carmelite nuns she met in Flemington, N.J. she knew she had found a home. Last fall she entered the order.

Shortly after Anne left for the

Stonehill College given new academic category EASTON - Demonstrating its Stonehill's class of2011 hail from top 50 percent for "Level of Acagrowing strength and maturity, 19 U.S. states, Canada and coun- demic <:hallenge" and for having Stonehill College lias moved from tries in Latin America, Europe, and a "Supportive Campus Environa regional classification to a more Asia," Father Cregan reported. ment." competitive, national one. The The "~merica's Best College" Among the developments supshift affects the way that the Col- survey utilizes a categorization porting the College's growing acalege is grouped with peer institu- system developed by The Carnegie demic reputation are: tions in various benchmarking re- Foundation for the Advancement :- the construction of key faports and studies. of Teaching. Stonehill's ranking is cilities such as a new library, sevFor example, in the just released just one measure of the College's eral student residences, and a modU.S. News & World Report growing academic reputation by ern, multi-purpose athletic sta"America's Best Colleges 2008," national research institutions such dium; v the magazine ranked Stonehill 106 as the National Survey of Student - in' September, the college of nearly 300 nationally-renowned Engagement (NSSE) and The will break ground for a $ 34 milbaccalaureate institutions included Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction , lion state of the art Science Cenin the liberal arts colleges category. Survey among others. ter; One of only eight Catholic colleges As compared by Noel-Levitz - increased the number of fullin the top 50 percent off that group, this year, Stonehill students ex- time faculty positions from 118 in Stonehill had held the top ranking pressed a significantly higher level 1996 to 135 today. in the "Comprehensive-Bachelor's of student satisfaction than did "This is all good news for the (North)" category from 2001-2007. other students attending four-year college. We are moving forward "Stonehill now competes with Eastern private institutions. This with an excellent faculty, robust reinstitutions more similar to us in survey focused on several key ar- sources and students who go on to academic profile," noted Congre- eas including: academic advising, lead lives of purpose. We look to gation of Holy Cross Father Mark course content, faculty knowledge- our future with confidence," said T. Cregan, president of the college able in their fields, and campus ser- Father Cregan. an a 1978 alumnus. vices. Stonehill also surfaced high Stonebill is a selective Catho'1n addition, ourreputation, which marks from students in support of lic college located near Boston on has had a mere 59 years to develop, the College's commitment to aca- a 375-acre campus in Easton, is now measured among liberal arts demic excellence on campus, the Mass. With a studentfaculty ratio colleges whose histories date back as accessibility of the faculty - both of 13: 1, 'the college engages 2,350 far as the 1790s. We have 'graduated,' after class and during office hours students in 72 rigorous academic if you will," he added. . - and the ability to experiente in- programs in the liberal arts, sci"The move from regional to na- tellectual growth. ences, and pre-professional fields. tional classification not oniy makes In addition, among institutions The Stonehill community helps sense from an academic point of using the NSSE Stonehill is listed students to develop the knowledge, view, but reflects the geographic in the top 10 percent of institutions skills, and character to meet their and cultural breadth of our student in providing "Enriching Educa- professional goals and to live lives population.

Members of tional Experiences," and within the of purpose and integrity.

Carmelites, Katie Langone of Townsend began her formation with the Missionaries of ~harity - Mother Theresa's religious order. Katie too found her vocation while serving the poor in Bolivia with the Salesian Sisters. An animal science major, Katie graduated from UMass in 2005. While there, she served in a v:viety. of leadership positions at ~ewman and helped the Center build its many service programs.•, Dave Aufiero, a native of Revere, was recently accepted as a seminarian of the Diocese of Springfield. As a busy civil engineering major it was some.times d!fficult for Dave to discern his call.

He was involved with Newman's "Confused Catholics Club," a weekly meeting of students striving to hear God:s call in !heir lives.Despite having been offered a number oflucrative engineenPgjobs, he deepened his discernment by applying to the seminary.

For Dave Bearse of Melrose the call to the priesthood had been a persistent whisper. since his childhood. Since graduating from UMass with a degree ,'in physics in 2005, that whisper got louder

and louder. Next year Dave will be studying at St. John's Seminary under the sponsorship of the Diocese of Springfield.

Tom Macdonald of Westford will also be at St. John's Seminary next year studying for the Archdiocese of Boston. He graduated from UMass in 2006, with a degree in history and philosophy.

During all four years of college, he struggled with the possibility of having a call the priesthood.

No one is more excited about pursuing his vocation at the seminary than Rob Miskell, from Norwood, who received his master's degree in 'history from the University in 2006. Through . the RCIA program at Newman, Rob converted to Catholicism. His zeal for the faith eventually led him to consider the priesthood.

Rob will be studying at St. John's Seminary in September.

The Newman community is enormously proud of all these young men and women, Father McGonagle said. "Their courage in the face of a society that largely looks at the priesthood and religious life with suspicion is an inspiration to us all."

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Madonna Manor Golf Classic is ~ugust 27 in Lakeville NORTH ATTLEBORO - Madonna Manor will hold its 14th annual Golf Classic at LeBaron Hills Country Club in Lakeville on August 27.

The event begins at 10:30 a.m., rain or shine, with registration and lunch. A shotgun start begins at noon, with a Flqrida Scramble format. There will also be raffles and great prizes for best drives and scores.

All the proc~eds will benefit the residents of Madonna Manor, a non-profit skilled nursing and rehabilitative care facility serving the greater North Attleboro area for m~re than 40 years. Madonna Manor is part of the Diocesan Health Facilities health system, and is sponsored by the Diocese of Fall River. . For more information about the tournament call'Mary-Ellen Murphy, Madbnna Manor administrator, at 508-699-2740.

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Diocese goes to g'reat lengths to ensure safety of children

By MAn McDoNALD ANCHOR REPORTER

FALL RIVER - September is often associated with school, fall sports, and Religious Education, but it's aiso a peak time for criminal background checks in the Diocese ofFall River.

All employees of the diocese and any volunteers who might have unmonitored contact with children must fill out an application allowing access to any criminal record they might have in Massachusetts.

The form, known as a Criminal Offender Record Information (CaRl), is part of the diocese's effort to prevent sexual abuse of children. The diocese has processed more than 25,000 of the forms since the mid-l990~, said Denise Porche, coordinator of education and compliance in the Office for Child Protection at Catholic Social Services in Fall River.

Porche trains directors of Religious Education in all 96 parishes in the diocese to comply with the diocese's policy. ''It's probably the biggest paperwork pr0gram we have, but it's also the most important, to keep the kids safe:' said CeciliaFelix, principal of Holy Family-Holy Name School at St. Lawrence Martyr Parish in New Bedford, who is also the parish's co-director ofReligious Education.

Felix's office has processed more than 275 criminal-background forms since May, and more are coming. With the new school year come new parents seeking to chaperone events and new volunteers offering to teach Religious Education, all of whom have to fill out a form authorizing a criminal background check.

The requirement also typically covers coaches, extraordinary ministers of holy Communion, and lectors, among others.

The number of background checks in the diocese expanded dramatically in 2004 aft~r the U.S. Conference ofCatholic Bishops approved new guidelines expanding the scope of abuseprevention efforts in the wake of clergy sexabuse scandals in theArchdiocese ofBoston and

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The Diocese of Fall River processed about 9,000 fonns in 2005, the first full year the forms were required under the new national guidelines.

The diocese now processes about 4,000 a year, Porche said.

There is no cost, because the state waives the fee for the diocese. The usual fee is $15 for nongovernmental agencies that have been certified by the state, $25 for a personal iequest, and $30 for a public request.

Porche said that diocesan officials encountered some resistance in the early days from some volunteers who didn't see the need, but that complaints have decreased sharply since then.

Felix said she doesn't hear complaints. ''I have to say I find the parents and volunteers very cooperative:' Felix said 'They know it's part ofwho we are, in providing for the safety of the children."

The diocese also requires that employees and volunteers watch an approximately 33-minute video that spells out their legal obligation to report. signs of physical abuse or neglect of children. Reports go first to the supervisor and then ultimately to Catholic Social Services and the Massachusetts Department of Social Services.

The state agency investigates reports of abuse.

The video emphasizes that employees and volunteers should avoid situations where they are alone with individual children and should remain visible at all times. Religious Education teachers should greet kids in the hallway when possible, for instance, and the door should be closed only if ithas a window.

Tht? presentation notes that touching is a natu. ral and often necessary activity, but recommends keeping it to a minimum and maintaining boundaries to prevent misunderstandings. A small child demanding a hug in public isn't a problem, for instance, but patting a player on the butt to congratulate him for a good play during a game is unnecessary and could lead to trouble.

As for another practical situation, the video recommends that adults avoid going into a bath-

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resources, including part-time teachers, and also increase purchasing power by buying things together.

The six schools are Holy FamilyHoly Name, St. Mary's, St. JosephSt. Therese, and StJames-St.John in New Bedford; St. Francis in Acushnet; and St. Joseph's in Fairhaven.

Among the administrative changes in schools, Cristina Raposo is the new principal at S1. James-St. John School in New Bedford. She previously served as principal at St. Anthony of Padua School in New Bedford, which closed in June. She takes over at St. James-S1. John for Ed Borges, who retired in June.

The entire administration is brand new at Pope John Paul IT High School in Hyannis, which begins life as a school at 7:50 am. September4, when 40 ninth-graders and seven teachers start the first school day there ever. It's the first new Catholic high school in the Diocese ofFall River in more than 35 years.

Coyle & Cassidy High School in Taunton has a new president, but it's a familiar face.

Mary Pat Tranter, the school's

former principal, has moved up to the top spot. She takes over for Brother Harold Hathaway ofthe Congregation of the Holy Cross, who retired.

Tranter's ties to the school run deep. She graduated in 1980. Her mother and both her grandmothers went to the former Bishop Cassidy High School for girls and her father went to the former Monsignor Coyle High School for boys.

The separate boys' and girls' high schools merged in 1971 to form the present Coyle & Cassidy.

"I'm hoping to draw from all those traditions, and have the alumni realize that the tradition that was started at St. Mary's in the early 1900s continues here at Coyle & Cassidy," Tranter said." ... Our purpose is to be countercultural to what society is presenting to our youth today, so that we can partner with their parents to help them become good citizens."

Tranter, who has a doctorate in medical science from Harvard University, started as a science teacher at Coyle & Cassidy in 1991. She became director of guidance, then served as principal for the past five years.

room alone with a child, suggesting instead getting another adult to assist, to avoid a one-onone situation in private.

Felix said she finds the diocese's video helpful not only to protect kids but also to advise adults where reasonable boundaries are in their interactions with children.

"I think you have to know where the medium is. You need to know what's appropriate.

You need to have common sense ... and to remember that we're called to be compassionate and kind in the name of Jesus. We can't ~orget that," Felix said.

The Diocese ofFall River was the first in the country to implement policies and procedures dealing with sexual abuse, following the scandal sparked by revelations about former, late priest James Porter, who in 1993 pleaded guilty to molesting more than three dozen children in the diocese.

Every employee of the diocese is supposed to fill out a CaRl form once every three years, while every volunteer affected must fill a form out once a year, according to the diocese's policies.

Pastors can decide to require acriminal-background check for anyone who works or volunteers for the parish. , A CaRl inquiry often elicits sensitive information, since the report it generates includes not only all c~al convictions but also other brushes with the law, including charges that are dismissed or disproven.

Porche said only two people in the diocese have access to the reports, Catholic Social Services executive director Arlene McNamee and a person in the office who enters the data on a computer.

About one in 25 reports shows a criminal record. McNamee evaluates the records, and gives the people who have t:J1em a chance to explain what happened if needed, Porche said.

"She reviews all the CaRls and determines if someone is fit for volunteer work, and she takes every CaRl on a case-by-case basis. So

As president she plans to continue as part of a team teaching a bioethics class for seniors.

Taking herplace as principal is Paul Cartier, who served as principal at Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River for several years before leaving to teach at a Catholic school in Florida路 last year.

Cartier has an extensive background in curriculum and instruction, Tranter said, which will be a point of emphasis at Coyle and Cassidy.

As forthe physical plant, the school opened five-and-a-half acres of new practice fields for the football and soccer teams on the site of a former curtain factory the diocese purchased several years ago, Tranter said.

Among other physical plant improvements, officials at BishopFeehan High School in Attleboro plan to convert a convent into a new library and six classrooms.

The 42-bedroom convent housed Sisters ofMercy from the early 1960s when the school opened until June 2005, when the sisters left. Only one member of the order is still teaching at Bishop Feehan.

The school for several years has used undersized rooms for classes,

she's fair," Porche said.

A criminal record doesn't necessarily disqualify a prospective employee or volunteer.

"Having something on a CaRl is not going to say you can't work for us. It goes by what is on a CaRl. We look at crimes, we look at the nature of the crime, how long it's been, the frequency," Porche said.

She said McNamee will sometimes suggest treatment options for people whose criminal record suggests they could use one, such as those with histories of drunken driving or drug offenses. ''We're very pastoral in the process:' Porche said The background check covers people who apply to volunteerfor.Church-related functions, but diocesan officials are also trying to come up with ways to deal with a trickier situation: when a parent of a child in a Catholic school or Religious Education program is a sex offender and wants to attend events.

Porche said the diocese is developing new policies and procedures to deal with such cases.

The diocese's efforts to protect children have been recognized beyond the official Church.

Porche said privately run day-care businesses occasionally ask her to make a presentation.

"And that's proof that the Church has actually taken a leadership role in abuse prevention.

I think some of the models that we've created out of the scandal have been best practices in the abuse prevention arena," Porche said.

As devastating as the clergy-sex-abuse disaster has been for the Roman Catholic Church, some beneficial changes have come about because of it.

As Porche put it: "I always tell people I never looked at the scandals as just being a horror for the Church. . I really looked at it as a time for the Church to undergo a culture change and do some good in the abuse-prevention arena, and I think we have, both in this diocese and around the country."

including a former trunk room in the basement of the convent, two rooms in the basement of the chapel, and a room near the stage used for students to put on costumes, said Christopher Servant, president of Bishop Feehan.

"We basically are in need ofclassrOOm space. We presently are using a number of areas that were not originally intendedfor classrooms. And this project will be a tremendous asset to the school:' Servant said.

The project is estimated to cost . about $3.5 million.

The school is incorporating a new class into its curriculum this school year called 21st Century Technology, which seeks to use computer software to enhance learning in other subjects.

The class, which is required for freshmen and sophomores, will meet 45 to 55 minutes every school day.

The first two weeks will cover the basi~s of Microsoft programs like Word, Excel, and PowerPoittt, but then the class will quickly join forces with ' other subjects, as teachers come in to use computers to present information in new ways.

Bill Runey, principal at Bishop Feehan, said he expects the class to integrate computers with science, his-

tory, math, and English.

As an example, he said, a teacher covering World War IT will be able to use spreadsheets to analyze statistics from the war. An English teacher can present the works of authors or details about genres in PowerPoint form.

Runey said the skills are especially important to prepare students for college.

'They'll be able to integrate the technology in addition to learning the information:' Runey said.

The class is the brainchild of Brenda Loiselle, the school's technology integration coordinator.

The Diocese of Fall River has 22 prekindergarten-through-eighth-grade schools, two middle schools (Taunton Catholic Middle School and St. Francis Xavier Preparatory School in Hyannis), and five high schools.

Combined, the schools have approximately 8,200 students, 5,300 in kindergarten through eighth grade and 2,900 in grades nine through 12, said Milot.

Catholic schools in the diocese have been averaging small losses in enrollment in recent years, but lower than the national average of three to five percent, he said.

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VIA clergy respond to Quaker Fabric closing By

DEACON JAMES

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Pilgrim United Church of Christ in milk is not getting any cheaper. The list of closed opportunities and presFALL RIVER - Local clergy New Bedford.

The statement reads: sures the people of our and leaders of area congregations "We, the clergy of United Inter- communities face are almost endand churches affiliated with United Interfaith Action have spoken out faith Action, grieve with the unem- less. What was once a narrative of in solidarity as they pledge imme- ployed workers and families af- hope is now a narrative of pain and diate as well as long-term assistance fected by the recent and sudden loss, disappointment and frustration.

As clergy, we look around and to more than 900 former employ- closing of Quaker Fabric in Fall see the pain and pressures that our ees of Quaker Fabric which shut its River.

This closing has offended our families face. We find ourselves askdoors in early July.

United Interfaith Action is a core values, shaken our congrega- ing: Why did this happen? Where . community improvement organiza- tions and tom the fabric of our com- are the jobs? What can be done? tion founded approximately 10 munities. The people of Fall River Where do we go from here? We will years ago by clergy in the greater and the greater South Coast have not pretend to know the answers to always respected the value and dig- any of these questions, but we truly Fall River-New Bedford area.

In a statement released last week nity of work. The workers of our believe that this is not the world God by the VIA, the clergymen of ap- city have always understood that la- intended for his people.

We are calling for our national proximately 18 various religious bor is a part of our humanity. Condenominations and congregations 'sequently, the common struggle for and local leaders to listen to these said they "grieve with the unem- improved working conditions, bet- stories and evaluate certain business ployed workers and families af- ter wages, hours, and respect in the standards. We are calling on our workplace has a long history in Fall elected officials to make decisions fected ...."

But they promised not only their River. The contribution of labor to that put our families in front of the prayers, as those unemployed face local industries has benefited all dollar. We are calling for an investtheir struggles, but are "calling for . concerned - individuals, families ment in our human capital: into our youth, our schools, our colour national and local leadleges and universities; into the ers ... to evaluate certain The loss ofemployment, they said, rebuilding of our neighborbusiness standards; '" to reform (foreign) trade policy affects the young and the old, stabil- hoods; into health care for ... that levels the playing field ity in families, healthcare, retirement, both our young and elderly. for our workers." education, and home ownership - all We are calling for reform to The loss of employment, facets of the community. Saying our trade policy: we need fair they said, affects the young 'What was once a narrative of hope trade that levels the playing and the old, stability in famiis now a narrative of pain and loss, field for our workers. lies, healthcare, retirement, No worker in tht: world, disappointment and frustration, '~they' should have to work for education, and home ownerquestioned why the jobs were lost wages that do not support a ship - all facets of the comfamily. Our country has long munity. Saying "What was and what can be done. valued the safety and dignity once a narrative of hope is now a narrative of pain and loss, dis- and the greater community and of workers in our factories, so why appointment and frustration," they economy. do we allow our corporations to get questioned why the jobs were lost Our faith traditions have long away with it elsewhere? We call and what can be done. taught that all workers have the for an end to the double standard In citing the need for govern- right to a job that pays a livable where corporations are held to reament at all levels to honor the dig- wage and that treats each worker sonable standards of safety and nity of the individual worker, espe- with dignity and respect. We agree compensation in this country but cially in a region where mill clos- with our brothers in the U.S. Con- not abroad.

As faith leaders, we commit to ings are part of the history, the state- ference of Catholic Bishops that ment concluded with a quote from "the economy exists for the person, engaging in the struggle of our Pope John Paul II: "A society in not the person for the economy ("A families, listening to their stories, and calling for a more just world. which this right is systematically Framework for Economic Life," We will continue to pray for the denied, in which economic policies 1998). do not allow workers to reach satQuaker's closing falls in line blessings and healings of our citisfactory levels of employment, with a long succession of factories ies and w~ will act to bring cannot be justified from an ethical that have shut down or moved else- about fundamental changes in corpoint of view, nor can that society where. This is not the first time our porate and societal attitudes so a attain social peace." hard working community has felt business ethic of genuine benefit to The statement, issued by Paul the sting of the bottom line. What all can emerge. This includes holdGraham, UIA organizer, follows a our unions and working families ing our elected officials accountable caucus of clergy July 17 in St. fought so hard for has somehow so that public policy and law recAnne's Church in Fall River, hosted . been lost. There is no longer the ognizes and secures the value and by its pastor Father Marc Bergeron. 40-hour workweek. There is no dignity of every person. We comAt that meeting were Father longer a weekend or' time for lei- mit ourselves to working with all James Ferry, pastor of Espirito sure, time to go to our children's concerned so that together we Santo Parish in Fall River; Father activities during the day. Instead, can create and maintain a higher John 1. Oliveira, pastor of Our Lady families have no option but to work standard. In Pope John Paul II's of Mt. Carmel Parish in New Bed- multiple jobs to make ends meet. words, 'the obligation to earn one's ford; Father Hugh J. McCullough, Many of our senior citizens, who bread by the sweat of one's brow pastor of St. Joseph's Parish in Fall have paid their dues in the facto- presumes the right to do so. A soRiver; and Father Edward Correia, ries and worked to support their ciety in which this right is systempastor of St. Michael's Parish, illso families, are unable to pay for their atically denied, in which economic in Fall River. health care. We have seen our re- policies do not allow workers to Also attending were the Rev. tirement pensions evaporate, our reach satisfactory levels of employJames Blair of Union United Meth- Social Security is anything but, the ment, cannot be justified from an odist Church in Fall River, and the dream of homeownership is being ethical point of view, nor can that Rev. David M. Hammett, pastor of sold at a foreclosure auction, and society attain social peace.'''

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, The Atichor news briefs Warm welcome, warm weather greetArchbishop Kurtz in Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CNS) - With solemnity and celebration befitting the Archdiocese of Louisville's nearly 2oo-year history, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz was installed August 15 as its fourth archbishop during a Mass that drew about 5,000 people to a downtown Louisville arena.

Successor to ArchbishOp Thomas C. Kelly, the new archbishop was presented with a crosier that had been carried by another of Louisville's shepherds, Bishop William George McCloskey, who served at the tum of the 20th century. Archbishop Kurtz wore a pectoral cross that once graced the neck of BiShop Benedict Joseph Flaget, the first bishop of what was then the Diocese ofBardstown, established in April 1808. The diocese was transferred to Louisville in 1841, and in 1937 the diocese was made an archdiocese. Though the events at the Louisville Gardens arena were steeped in history, the day belonged to Archbishop Kurtz and the promise of the future. "You have certainly given me a warm welcome," he said at one point, adding that he meant it both literally and figuratively. The temperature topped 100 degrees.

Enrollment picking up at Catholic schools, universities in Gulf Coast WASHINGTON (CNS) -1\vo years after Hurricane Katrina, Catholic schools and colleges in the Gulf Coast region are recovering, but enrollment figures have still not been restored to what they were prior to the storm. At Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, which was severely damaged by floodwaters from the breached levees following Katrina, school officials anticipate for the 2007-08 school year an overall enrollment of 3,100 students, including students in the College of Pharmacy and graduate students. Enrollment is still about 75 percent of the pre-Katrina total of 4,100 students. Jesuit-run Loyola University in New Orleans, which was not physically damaged by the hurricane but was forced to close for the fall 2005 semester, did not have figures available for the 2007-08 school year, but has seen an overall loss in students since the hurricane.In theArchdiocese of New Orleans, the total Catholic school student population for the 2006-07 school year was 40,955.

Pre-Katrina enrollment was approximately 49,000. In the Diocese of Biloxi, Miss., school enrollment figures have fluctuated since Hurricane Katrina. Prior to the storm, there were 4,117 students in the five high schools and 14 elementary schools in the diocese. At the end of the 2005-06 school year, students numbered 3,862.

Chaplaincy groups join together to form collaborative care group SCHAUMBURG, TIl. (CNS) - Six pastoral care organizations have formed the Spiritual Care Collaborative, a new group that will recognize trained, qualified spiritual caregivers who serve as chaplains, pastoral educators and counselors. The chair of the collaborative effort, Art Schmidt, a chaplain at St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way, Wash., said in a statement that the group will expand public awareness about the work of chaplains. It represents, he said, "an unprecedented opportunity to work together to enhance recognition of common standards for our professions and to unite resources toward the accomplishment of common goals." The incorporated group is composed of the American ASsociation of Pastoral Counselors in Fairfax, Va.; the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education in Decatur, Ga.; the Association of Professional Chaplains in Schaumburg; the Canadian Association of Pastoral Practice and Education in Halifax, Nova Scotia; the National Association of Catholic Chaplains in Milwaukee; and the National Association of Jewish Chaplains in Whippany, N.J. Page by dusty page, Guatemala's violent past is uncovered GUATEMALA CITY (CNS) - Church leaders say 80 million pages of secret police records being reviewed by the government promise Guatemalans a rare chance to rewrite the history of their violent land.

The moldy records were found by accident in 2005 in an abandoned section of a police compound in Guatemala City. Some of the records date back more than a century, their faded pages describing the daily bureaucracy of repression employed for decades by Guatemala's government. Of most interest to investigators are records from 1975 to 1985, the most violent period of Guatemala's civil war, during which 160,000 people were killed and 40,000 disappeared. Although workers from the government's human rights prosecutor have so far examined only abo\lt five million pages of the records, many are confident that what they are finding will shake up this traumatized land. "During the conflict there was a sense of fear. for you never knew who was behind things," said Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri of San Marcos, president of tile Guatemalan bishops' conference. ''The uncovering of the archives marks that we're entering a different era. There is an opportunity to know who was involved in this, to rewrite the history of violence in oirr country and identify who the killers were."

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Wareham pilgrims awed by journey to the Eternal City

SERVING THE SERVERS - St. John the Evangelist Parish, Attleboro, junior altar servers had their annual summer outing at Canobie Lake Park in N.H. The servers were i,:,vited to a day at the park in appreciation for their ministry.

THE STARS OF KNIGHTS - Earlier this summer, the Knights of Columbus Family. of Councils No. 12283, St. Bernard Parish, Assonet, awarded scholarships to four college-bound parishioners and one other parishioner pursuing a new career. Each year, all graduates are blessed at Sunday Mass and are honored at a free family breakfast. Front row, from left: Kristen Medeiros ($400, Temple University), Joanna Levesque ($400, St. Anselm).

Back row: Billy Morin ($500, Wentworth), Father Tim Goldrick, former pastor and Knights' chaplain. Missing from photo were: George Dufresne ($200, Diman Vocational Nursing Program); Emily Cochrane ($500, Bristol Community College). (Photo by Brian Correia)

WAREHAM - Eleven teen-agers and seven adults from St. Patrick's Parish in Wareham recently traveled for a week-long pilgrimage to Rome, Italy. Nearly two years of meetings and fund-raisers preceded the trip, leading up to what proved to be a series of great spiritual and historical experiences.

Led by Father Kevin Cook and Bud Miller, the group took a whirlwind tour of the major spiritual sights of the Eternal City, including each of the four Basilicas of Rome (St. Peter's, St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major, and St. PaulOutside-the-Walls). The group celebrated Mass each day, including Mass at St. Peter's, St. Mary Major, and in the Catacombs of St. Priscilla, as well as at the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi.

The pilgrims had the opportunity to go on a Scavi Tour, which took them on a guided journey under St. Peter's Basilica to an underground graveyard, ultimately leading to the tomb and bones of St. Peter, the first pope of Jesus' Church. Some of the teens and adults also went into the Hall of Popes, where they prayed at the grave of Pope John Paul IT and other popes.

Of course, no trip to Rome and the Vatican would be complete without a tour of the Vatican Museum and Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel, which the group did on the fifth day of their pilgrimage.

The group learned about the ancient history of Rome, spending a day exploring the Colosseum, the Circus Maximus, and the Roman Forum (which was the center of legal, political, religious, and juridical life during the time of the Caesars). Other days involved a lot of walking around Rome, visiting sights such as the Bridge of the Holy Angels (Ponte Sant' Angelo), the Piazza Navona, the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, and the Crypt of the Capuchin Monks.

"We spoke to the teens a lot about the difference between being a tourist and being a pilgrim," said Bud Miller. "We explained that a pilgrim is a traveler in search of something outside the familiar. To go on pilgrimage is to place oneself into the hands of God. Through this act of faith, a pilgrim goes in search of the holy away from the structures of everyday life. We chose Rome because it is a city of martyrs and saints. If you can imagine the sheer number of saints who visited this city as pilgrims themselves and walked these streets over the centuries, you can feel the air clarified with holiness."

Father Kevin Cook reflected, ''This pilgnmage was such a wonderful experience. In Rome

and Assisi, there is so much to witness with regards to the history ofthe Church which many of our young pilgrims never knew about before. It was very humbling to work with the youth of the parish and find in our discussions how deep some of their faith really is."

Dave and Marsha Murphy, two of the adult leaders, said of the pilgrimage, "To witness friends and acquaintances, teen-agers and adults, clergy and lay people, become one family, especially a family of God, was a beautiful, exhilarating experience. Walking on the same ground of the saints who spread Christianity throughout the Roman empire has re-energized our faith, and made us more aware of the sacrifice of our martyrs:' Likewise, Kathleen Small, one of the teens, said, "'Ibis pilgrimage was an amazing experience. It strengthened my faith in God." Rochelle Leslie, another teen, said ''This was my first experience being a pilgrim.

It changed my outlook on things definitely. I learned a lot and I'm glad I came."

One of the outcomes of the pilgrimage was a stronger sense of community and friendship among the individuals in the' group. Catherine Giannelli, one ofthe adult leaders who also went with two of her own teen-age children, said, "It was awesome the way we all came together. At the beginning of the trip, there were some who didn't know everyone in the group. In one short week, we were like old friends. It was nice seeing the relationships formed."

Shelbi Machado, reflecting on her experience, said ''This was the very first pilgrimage I had ever been on; if! could do it again, I would do it in a heartbeat. The people I was with for seven days became like family. This was an experience of a lifetime and I will never forget the trip or the wonderful people." Similarly, Angela Geloran said, "My most memorable experience would definitely be the friendships that were made and the conversations we had. I have never learned more about my fellow pilgrims and my faith than I learned in those seven days."

Mary Geloran concurred, ''The pilgrimage to Rome was the best experience I've ever had and I will never forget the friendships and the great times I had. It was a good way to learn and understand more about my religion."

At the conclusion of the pilgrimage, the unanimous response among the teens and adults was, "Where and when is our next pilgrimage."

A great question at the end of a great experience.

ALL FIRED UP - Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, recently hosted its second annual Waterfire Alumni Gathering on the College Street Bridge in Providence, R.1.

More than 100 faculty, alumni and family members enjoyed a beautiful evening getting reacquainted with old friends while viewing 100 sparkling bonfires in the Providence River and catching the sights and sounds of outdoor performers in Waterplace Park. From left: Sisters Sheila and Patricia Harrington catch up with former students Katie Rose '02 and Jennifer Hayden '02.

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ROAMING ABOUT ROME - A group of teens and chaperones from St. Patrick's Parish in Wareham recently enjoyed an awe-inspiring sojourn to Rome. Here some of the pilgrims relax on steps outside the Arch of Septimius Severus.

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College chaplains offer advice on how college students can keep faith PHILADELPHIA (CNS) Nordeman said.

Staying involved in Church activiHe also advised checking out ties and with campus Newman the campus Newman Center. centers is key to students keeping To help students find and keep the faith while in college, accord- their faith-based footing early on, orientation at Neumann College in ing to college chaplains.

"First and foremost, as in all Aston gets to the heart of the things Catholic, go to Mass," said college's roots by teaching the Father John Nordeman, chaplain charisms of St. Francis and St. of the Newman Center at Clare, said Franciscan Sister MarPennsylvania's West Chester Uni- guerite O'Beirne, the college's versity. "It is a staple. It is some- vice president for mission and thing that we can always count on ministry.

Students are encouraged to imas being the same, and it is where we go to meet our Lord." merse themselves in their CathoHe also stressed the impor- lic faith in a variety of ways, intance of prayer, saying that "even cluding stepping up to serve as a five minutes can change your lector, extraordinary minister of day." holy Communion or as a retreat Father Edward Windhaus, leader.

Serving the less fortunate outchaplain of the Tri-College Newman Cluster of Bryn Mawr, side their campus boundaries is Haverford and Swarthmore col- also encouraged through many service leges in Philadelphia, encourages campus-sponsored students to expand their prayer projects for those in need. lives through the Liturgy of the The Catholic faith can be a Hours and contemplative prayer. great comfort to those who are apPrayer without words - just prehensive or angst-ridden about putting oneself in the presence of being out on their own for the first God - can do wonders, he said, time.

"There's not going to be anysuggesting that students "find a quite space - a niche in a library, . one there reminding them to go an empty chair in a study room" to Mass," Father Nordeman said or even to pray while walking to about new college students. "It's campus. a watershed moment."

In an interview with The He also has advice for students Catholic Standard & Times, who may be tempted to skip Mass Philadelphia's archdiocesan once they are away from home for newspaper, he said college stu- the first time, adding that he often dents are transitioning to adult- hears the complaint that Mass is hood and "have to find, as all "the same thing, over and over adults do, their time and place to again." put God into their daily routine."

"I think they're going to find Another way to keep Catho- that they're going to be happy that lic on campus is to seek out other Mass is the same. They're going like-minded Catholics. "When to realize that it is something that they're at Mass, they'll see other has been consistent in their life," students there," Father the priest said.

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By CHARLIE (You Want to) Make a Memory Hello again, it's you and me Kinda always like it used to be Sippin' wine, killing time Trying to solve life's mysteries How's your life, it's been a while God it's good to see you smile I see you reaching for your keys Looking for a reason not to leave If you don't know if you should stay If you don't say what's on your mind Baby just breathe There's nowhere else tonight . we should be You wanna make a memory?

I dug up this old photograph Look at all the hair we had It's bittersweet to hear you laugh路 Your phone is ringing I don't wanna ask If you go now, I'll understand If you stay, hey, I've got a plan We're gonna make a memory You wanna steal a piece of time You can sing the melody to me And I can write a couple of lines You wanna make a memory?

If you don't know if you should stay And you don't say what's on your mind路 Baby just breathe There's nowhere else tonight we should be We Should be You wanna make a memory You wanna steal a piece of time You can sing the melody to me And I can write a couple of lines .

You wanna make a memory?

You wanna make a memory?

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country label was a mild shock. Perhaps I shouldn't have been surprised. Bon Jovi's country remake of'uyou Can't Go Home Again" with Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles won Bon Jovi his first Grammy in his 25-year career. , Bon Jovi says his change of approach is intentional. He wants to tell more stories, and the country style allowed him to do this. Whether or nbt his longtime fans (like me) or more traditional country" music lovers will take to his new musical sound remains"to be , seen.

Off the new CD is Bon Jovi's current release "(You Want to) Make a Memory."

Here former romantic partners meet again and begin t'o w.onder if they could find the old magic. They find themselves engaging in activities from their shared past, that is, "sippin' wine, killing time, trying to solve life's mysteries."

However, the guy mentions that he has "a plan." He asks the girl to "steal a piece of time" and "make a me,mory."

What is not clear is whether both are free of other commitments. If either one is:: in another relationship, spending time together and making a memory out of this ct'iance rendezvous is wrong. "Actions which compromise the integrity of current promises are to be avoided.

But what if they ar~ free of relationship ties? Shol:Jld they pursue making new memories? .Maybe so, maybe not!

Apparently the girl in,the song is not comfortable. with the guy's "plan." He notices that she is "reaching for your keys, looking for a reason ,to leave."

Perhaps common sense is behind her actions. Making a memory with someone you are unsure of could lead to suffering.

The guy attempts to influence her decision when he tells her: "Baby, just breathe, there's nowhere else tonight we should be."

The girl needs to listen to her instincts more than his will. Her feelings tell her to pull out her keys and prepare to leave. Perhaps she might tell him that she will think about what he has proposed and will contact him if she is interested. This will give her time to consult her store of memories of what it was like to be involved with him and why they parted.

If she does want to reexplore a relationship with him, she needs to go slow and ask herself: "What do I want to be different this time around?

What were the biggest problems between us?" Without serious consideration on how to change former patterns of behavior between them, her new "memories" are likely to resemble old nightmares.

Before resuming a past relationship and making new memories, ask God to help you listen to your true feelings and form choices that support the highest spiritual good for both of you. Then pause.

Listen to what is emerging from within and trust the message. Divine guidance is directing your life.

spoiled as anyone. I bought a new briefcase this summer even though I have two book bags sitting right in front 'of me as I write this. I just wanted something new to mark th~ new beginning of moving from being the campus minister to a full-time classroom teacher again. I w3;11ted it, I didn't need it. Is that a bad thing?: No. But the money I spent on myself for something I didn't need could have beep used to help a family in Texas or ,Peru rebuild their lives, or a family next door clothe their children who have outgrown their school clothes from last year.

I challenge each of us to go without one thing;:' one new

outfit or one new pair of shoes; or one new gadget, one thing we want; and donate to a cause that will help others have what they need. I'm going up to my closet right now and sorting out what I don't wear so that I can donate it and looking at what's left to see if there is anything that I really need. Perhaps you will do the .same. Then, when we're out shopping, and see something we would like but don't really need, w'e can make note of its cost and donate that amount. If just one person does it, it could impact one family. If we all do it, think of the difference we could make.

Your comments are always welcome. Please write to me at: chmartin@swindian.a.net or at 7125W 2005, Rockport, IN

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Here we go again. Summer is over, school begins ... new clothes, new supplies, new books, new classes, new teachers, and for some there are even new schools. The beginning of the school year is highlighted by "back to school" shopping sales. And the country goes shopping for the newest designs and the coolest "stuff."

As a nation, we are somewhat addicted to shopping. Some shop every week, some shop every day. Apparently many of us have what is referred to as "disposable income." What a concept.

A recent study of global wealth finds that a net worth of $2,161 is enough to belong to the wealthy half of the world's population. That gives us quite a picture of the poor half. For

many in the world, new things are a luxury so out of reach they aren't even dreamed about.

Survival, not fashion, is foremost on people's minds.

Thousands of people in Peru have recently lost everything to an earthquake that shook their adobe homes into dust piles. Residents of Texas have found their homes flooded and chances are flood damage was not part of their insurance plan. Our brothers and sisters have desperate needs while we rifle through the Sunday ads that urge us to buy somethi~g new.

Most of us look through those ads even when we don't need anything in particular. But by the time we are through we

have a list of things to buy and where to buy them. Why are we even looking if we don't have a legitimate need? How do we

put the brakes on our wants?

As we ready for the new school year, might I suggest that all of us, students and teachers alike, make a conscious effort to use what we have and not replace what we don't need to. Even as I write this, I realize that I'm as

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There will also be workshops and roundtable discussions, and assorted family and vocational activities.

"There will also be time for leisure, youth and family activities, artistic and cultural, and it's a wonderful opportunity," the deacon said. Linguistic groups will meet in various churches in the heart of the city.

The central site for activities will be the Fair Center at Expocite, the capacity of which is being increased this year.

The theme of the Eucharistic Congress is "The Eucharist, Gift of God for the Life of the World."

However, every day will have its own theme: Sunday June IS, will host the opening ceremonies. The theme for Monday, June 16 is, "The Eucharist, the greatest gift of God"; Tuesday: "The Eucharist, Memorial of the Pascal Mystery"; Wednesday: "The Eucharist Edifies the Church, Sacrament of Salvation"; Thursday: "the Eucharist, Christ's Life in Our Lives"; Friday: "The Eucharist and the Mission"; Saturday: "Witnesses of the Eucharist at the Center of the World"; and on Sunday, June 22, closing ceremony and eucharistic celebration on the Plains of Abraham."

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nations from communities, religious movements and institutions, as well as contributions from three levels of government and a public fun-raising campaign.

In addition, the Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus has donated $1 million.

Only one other International Congress has taken place in Canada. It occurred in Montreal in 1910. However, parochial, regional or national Eucharistic Congresses were held frequently until the early 1960s.

Article 20 in the Statutes of the pontifical committee for International Congresses (1986) states: "In preparing a congress, stress shall be laid on intense catechesis on the Eucharist as the Paschal Mystery of Christ ... an active and conscious participation in the liturgy ... a careful choice of initiatives and diligent carrying of social works in such a way that the eucharistic table may be a sign of solidarity and sharing with the poor."

The first Eucharistic Congress was held in France in 1881 and attracted 300 persons who were involved in directing eucharistic movements'in European countries.

Over the past 125 years congresses have grown to where they now at- . tract 12,000 to 15,000 people from around the globe.

Historically each congress has been preceded by a theological and pastoral symposium that is designed to deepen understanding of particular aspects of the Eucharistic Mystery. The symposium for the 49th Congress is being organized by the theology department at Laval University.

The logo of the event is formed by a cross, which divides the Body of Christ into fo~ parts, the notion of eucharistic sharing, of bread bro- . ken as well as a reference to the four cardinal points ofthe earth. Also represented are a stylized boat, symbol of the universal Church, and also a . symbol of Quebec City, because it was via the river that faith came to Quebec. The l~es refer to water, mixed with wine. .

The last International Eucharistic Congress was held in Mexico in 2004, and the one prior, in 2000, was in Rome.

The last such Congress held in the United States was in 1976 in Philadelphia.

To questions suggesting that this and other spending plans he proposed in August were exorbitant, the Boston Herald reported that Patrick replied, "If I walked on water, critics would say, 'You know, he can't swim. What's wrong with him?'''

Meanwhile, some investors have apparently realized that vague promi~es of embryonic stem-cell research are coming up short. . Missouri lawmakers recently stripped $150 million in public funding for it. In June, a Kansas City facility halted its $300 million project, according to The Washington Post.

In July, North Carolina lawmakers voted to legalize the destructive technique but voted down taxpayers' subsidizing it. Across the globe, another leading research firm based in Singapore - ES Cell International- announced that it, too; was closing.

"It's clear that some investors are exercising caution about stepping into the midst of what has certainly become an ethical minefield," a prominent bioethicist told Zenit news service.

Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, director of the U.S. Catholic Bioethics Center, also noted that Catholics have been falsely labeled as being against all stem-cell research.

In fact, the bishops had urged research from umbilical cord blood, placental tissue and adult stem cells.

But they said, "The use of public fun~g for unethical research that has not produced a single clinical benefit is a misuse ofpublic monies."

"The reason there's such a fierce effort for public funding of embryonic stem-cell research is that private investors look at research results and say this is a very uncertain investment," said Richard Doerflinger, deputy director of the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Doerflinger explained, "Patenting is an important factor. In adult stem cell treatment, there is nothing to patent and sell if you use the patient's own cells. Some say embryonic stem cells would be easier to patent. There will be future efforts to change the laws to patent human embryos.

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"If you can make a tailored stem cell line you can patent that and make everyone else who does the research pay you to use them. For example, what if you created the Ronald Reagan embryo, cloned from his cells, to be used in Alzheimer's research?"

Patrick will need Massachusetts lawmakers to approve the bond bills to fund his plan. House Speaker Sal DiMasi has reportedly set up a Biotechnology Caucus to push this through.

In May, Rep. Elizabeth Poirier of North Attleboro led an effort to dissuade Patrick from dismantling restrictions that prohibit clone-andkill human embryo "farms" and safeguard women from being further exploited as "egg producers."

In many cases, embryos used for stem-cell research are donated by clinics.

"The suggestion that we use 'leftover' embryos from fertility clinics because 'they are going to be destroyed anyway' is discrimination against a class of human beings - the very young," said Micheline Mathews-Roth, associate medical professor at Harvard Medical School, during an NPR special report on stem-cell fund~ ing.

Dr. Mathews-Roth, also a physician at Brigham & Women's Hospital, was appointed by Gov. Mitt Romney to the Life Sciences Center Board. She could not be reached for comment, but the Glob.e reported that Patrick's bill would overhaul this panel with his appointees; she and another member would be ousted.

She told NPR that embryonic stem cell treatments have shown immunological rejection and produced tumors in patients. "People need to ask themselves," the doctor said, "if they want to obtain benefit at the price of taking another human life, and also incur these po-. tential risks."

Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley, in a 2001 pastoral letter as then Bishop of Fall River, warned about the ethical implications of in-vitro fertilization.

He explained that separating procreation from the sexual act leads down the slippery moral slope we now face. Eventually, he concluded, "Life will be valued and protected or manipulated and destroyed."

Diocesan-sponsored Scouting retreat is September 28-30

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tradition,. despite his health problems路 that prevented him from participating on two occasions.

The initial task is an administrative one, the deacon noted.

"My immediate job is to register those in our diocese who want to attend the Congress, keep track of the monies, and get all those materials to the diocese in plenty of time," he explained.

Those who want to register can do so easily on-line by going to the Diocese's Website, FalIRiverDiocese.org. Then go to "Diocese of Fall River Welcomes You!" Scroll down to the Interna. tional Eucharistic Congress and click on "find out more."

Deacon Fantasia says he thinks there will be a goodly number from the Fall River Diocese who would want to experience "such a gathering of the universal Church, celebrating Jesus alive and present in the Eucharist, the source and summit of evangelization and center of the life of the Church. The Congresses are held every four years.

"Some might want to go because they of French-Canadian heritage, as many in our diocese are," he noted. "And Quebec is only 450 miles from our diocese."

"Every day there will be Mass, morning prayer, catechetics, ongoing adoration, exhibits, testimonials, heritage and cultural activities, the opportunity for the sacrament

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EAST FREETOWN - The annual Scouting Retreat sponsored by the Diocese of Fall River Catholic Committee on Scouting will be held September 28-30 at Cathedral Camp, 157 Middleboro Road.

The retreat is open to Girl and Boy Scouts, ages 10 and older, of all religious faiths.

A Catholic Mass and a Protestant service will be provided.

Registration deadline is September 22. For more information call Father Stephen B. Salvador at 508-676-8463; Father David Frederici at 508-862-5286; Mary Powers at 508-824-4452; or Pat Latinville at 508-678-8667.

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[Eucharistic Adoration _~ , EDGARTOWN - St. Elizabeth's Church at 86 Main Street has eucharistic adoration every moming in August before the 9 o'clock Mass.

FALL RIVER - Exposition and adoration ofthe Blessed Sacramenttakes place at Sacred Heart Church at 160 Seabury Street from just after the 8 a.m. Mass to 2:30 p.m. every Monday.

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ATTLEBORO - The National Shrine of Our Lady Qf La Salette will host its 27th annual Polish pilgrimage at its outdoor chapel and grounds Sunday at 1:30 p.m.. The Shrine is at 947 Park Street.

ATTLEBORO - Father Andre Patenaude will celebrate a healing service with Mass at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The Shrine is at 947 Park Street.

REGIONAL - An organization that provides housing for the homeless and others who need help is seeking bicyclists and sponsors for a fund-raising bike race from Sandwich to Provincetown. The event, called the Last Gasp Bike Race, is scheduled for September 16. For more information, call Paul Hebert, director of CHAMP Homes, at 508-771-0885 or go online to www.thelastgasp.com.

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FALMOUTH - St. Patrick's Church at 511 Main Street is holding another session featuring recordings of sacred music masterpieces this summer. The session, which features short choral works by Allegri, Barber, and Schubert, among others, is scheduled for 7 to 8:15 p.m. August 28 in the large classroom in the basement of the church.

ORLEANS - Get to know Pope Benedict XVI. Dr. Louis Savary explores the pope's life, August 27 at 7 p.m. at St. Joan of Arc Church at 61 Canal Road.

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HARWICH - The Celebrate Life Committee of two parishes on the Lower Cape invite people to participate in a monthly Holy Hour to pray for an end to abortion, August 27 at 1 p.m. at Holy Trinity Church at 246 Main Street (Route 28) in West Harwich. The other sponsor is Holy Redeemer Church in Chatham.

SANDWICH - The Respect Ufe Committee at Corpus Christi Church has a moming group that meets at 10 o'clock and an evening group that meets at 7, - . both on' the third Tuesday tlf'the month. As an example'of'activities; the 'evening group held a parish baby shower to provide items for expecting mothers served

by AWoman's Concem, a pregnancy center in Hyannis. For more information, contact Heather Wesp by email at HeatherWesp@comcast.net or Pat Stebbins by calling 508-833-8432.

ISocial Eve-n-ts-_--------, BOURNE - St. Margarefs Church in Buzzards Bay is planning to hold its annual parish picnic September 9. Ifs also Grandparents Day. VINEYARD HAVEN - Good Shepherd Parish will hold an event called Avalanche Ranch, billed as "and exciting celebration of God's love filled with stampeding cattle, yapping cattle dogs, soaring eagles, and a whole herd of friends!"

Geared towards children ages five-10, the program includes Bible stories, crafts, games, snacks, and music. The event is scheduled for 9 to 11:45 a.m.

August 27 through August 30 at St. Augustine's Church at 56 Franklin Street in Vineyard Haven.

ATTLEBORO - St.,Mark's Parish is celebrating its 40th anniversary at the annual parish fair scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. September 8. Hot dogs, hamburgers, pizza, pastries, and ice cream are among the attractions, along with a raffle and music from the Colonial Bagpipe Pipers. The church is at 105 Stanley Street in Attleboro Falls.

ATTLEBORO - St. John the Evangelist will hold its annual parish picnic and social, "More than a Picnic, Less than a camival!" September 22 from 5 to 8 p.m. The parish is located at One Saint John Place.

FALL RIVER - St. Mary's Cathedral will host ASummer Evening of SOl')g Sunday at 7 p.m. featUring soprano Heidi Dion, Countertenor Nick Zammit, Soprano Elizabeth Grace, and Tenor Raymond Delisle, accompanied by Madeleine Grace. Featured works from Dowland, Purcell, Mozart, Schubert, Rossini, Faure, Brahms, Vaughan, Williams, and Ives are scheduled.

ISupport Groups BREWSTER - The Lazarus Ministry at Our Lady of the Cape Parish will hold a six-session program to help people grieving the death of a loved one. The first session is scheduled for 7 to 8:30 p.m., September 7, and the program continues every Friday night until October 12. The parish is at 468 Stony Brook Road.

For more information, call Happy Whitman in the parish office at 508-385-3252 or Eileen Miller at 508-896-4218.

DARTMOUTH - Asupport group for divorced and separated people will discuss forgiveness at its August 29 meeting. The group meets the second and last Wednesdays of the month at the Family Life Center at SOO Slocum Road in North Dartmouth.

NEW BEDFORD - Courage, a group that helps people who are attracted to members of the same sex live chastely, meets regularly at the rectory of St. James's Church at 233 County Street in New Bedford. For more information, call Father Richard Wilson at 508-992-9498.

MATIAPOISETI - Mrs. VITginia Mary (Cleary) Hoye', 91, wife of the late Dr. Charles E. Hoye, and mother of Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye, pastor of Christ the King Parish in Mashpee, diedAugust 13 at her home.

Mrs. Hoye was a registered nurse who worked with her late husband in his medical practice and was a former school nurse for the City ofTaunton.

Born in Claremont, N.H., the daughter of the late Thomas and Annie (Keating) Cleary, she was educated in Stevens HighSchool there and was a graduate of St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing in Lowell. It was there that she met her husband.

A parishioner of St. Mary's Par-

ish in Taunton, she was a founding member of its Women's Guild.

She was a recipient of the Marian Medal from the Diocese ofFall River, and waS a member of the Queen's Daughters, Coyle High School Mothers' Club, Morton Hospital Auxiliary, VIRGINIA M. HOVE Holy Union Associates, and the board of directors of the Taunton Visiting Nurses Association.

Besides her priest son she leaves six other sons, Dr. Charles E. Hoye,

Thomas C. Hoye Sr., and Dr. Stephen R. Hoye, all of Taunton; Dr. William ' 1. Hoye ofMattapoisett, Dr. David M. Hoye of Sutton, and Dr. James P. Hoye of Dighton; a daughter, Dr. Sara-Ann Hoye Mullan of Springfield; and a sister, Kathryn White of New London, N.H. Mrs. Hoye is the grandmother of 26, and the great grandmother of 25.

She was also the mother ofthe late Dr. Robert P. Hoye.

Her funeral Mass was celebrated August 17 in St. Mary's Church in Taunton. Interment was in St. Francis Cemetery in Taunton.

The Crapo-Hathaway Funeral Home in Taunton was in charge of arrangements.

Yankee legend Rizzuto known as big supporter ofschool for blind NEWARK, N.J. (CNS) - Yankee legend Phil Rizzuto, who diedAugust 14 at age 89, will be remembered for many things, not the least ofwhich will be the amount of money he raised for St. Joseph's School for the Blind in Jersey City, a private Catholic institution founded and sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace.

He raised more than $2 million through his work organizing celebrity golf tournaments as well as through his own family's donations.

As a result of Rizzuto's generous charity work, the school opened a new two-story, 75,OOO-square-foot'facility in Jersey City February 20. The school previously utilized facilities that had been in place since the 1920s.

A member of Major League Baseball's Hall ofFame, Rizzuto was a five-time All-Star - in 1942 and 1950-53. He later announced Yankee games for four decades.

Rizzuto lived in the Westminster section of Hillside in Union County, which is part of the Archdiocese of Newark. He and his family were parishioners at the Church of St. Catherine ofSienain Hillside. He died in his sleep at a nursing home in West Orange, N.J. His daughter, Patricia Rizzuto, told TheAssociated Press he had pneumonia and his health had been failing for several years.

Rizzuto's heartfelt connection with St. Joseph's School for the Blind be-

,_--=In Your Prayers__ Please pray for these priests during the coming weeks Aug. 27 Rt. Rev, Francisco C. Bettencourt, Pastor, Santo Christo. Fall River, 1960 Rev. Msgr. Hugh A. Gallagher, P. A. Retired Pastor. St. James, New Bedford, 1978 Aug. 29 Rev. Joseph OeVillandre, 0.0" Founder, Sacred Heart, North Attleboro, 1921 Msgr. William H. Harrington, Retired Pastor, Holy Name, Fall River, 1975 Aug. 31 Msgr. Annando A. Annunziato, Pastor, St. Mary, Mansfield, 1993 _.

Rev. Thomas M. Landry, a.p., Former Pastor, St. Anne, Fall River, 1996 Sept. 1 Rev, Jorge J. de Sousa, Pastor, St. Elizabeth, Fall River, 1985

gan in 1951 when he met a~112-year足 old boy named Ed Lucas. Lucas, a resident ofJersey City, was blinded in a freak incident when he was struck between the eyes with a ball while playing baseball.

An avid Yankee fan, young Lucas II met Rizzuto in November 1951.At the time the Yankee All-Star worked durI' ing the off-season at the American Shop - a clothing store on Broad Street in Newark. Lucas' trlother arranged the meeting as a way to boost the spirits of her disabled s6n.

Lucas - interviewed August 14 via cell phone by The Caih6Uc Advocate, Newark's archdiocesan newspaper, while he was on his way to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx section of New York - recalled that he and Rizzuto immediately formed a bond.

As the lifelong friendship between the lad and the ballplayer unfolded, Lucas became deeply involved at St. Joseph's School -- first as a student, then as an active alumnus arid eventu'I ally as a member ofthe school's board of directors in 1985. BecaUse of his friendship with Lucas, Rizzuto also developed an affection for the ~hool and

contributed funds to support the organization.

One day in the early 199Os, Lucas recalled that he and Rizzuto were talking about the school's future. "Scooter, we need to build a new school," Lucas said. Rizzuto suggested they launch a celebrity golf outing to help raise money - an idea that proved to be a huge success over the years and enabled the school to build its new facility.

Known as ''the Scooter" because of his blazing speed and slick fielding skills, Philip Francis Rizzuto grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. When he was 12 his family moved to the New York borough of Queens. After graduating from high school he broke in as a rookie shortstop with the Yankees in 1941. He served three years with the Navy in World War 11,1943-45, then returned to the Yankees.

In 1950, he was named MostValuable Player of the American League.

He played on Yankee teams that won 11 pennants and seven World Series between 1941 and 1956, which was his last season as a player with the Yankees.

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NORTH DARIMOUTH - The Matt T. Benoit Memorial Scholarship board ofdirectors recently announced the recipients of the first scholarship.

They are: from Bishop Stang High School - Trent Ainsworth, Adriano Almeida, Allison Arruda, Andrew daSilva, Jesse Tarlton, and Brooke Walsh. From Westport High School - Daniel Noonan, Jennifer Farias, and Krystal McComlell. From Bishop Connolly High School - Elicia Turcotte. From Dartmouth High School- Jillian Sine.

George and Robin Benoit established this scholarship in September 2006 after the sudden death of their son, Matt. Matt was a senior at Bishop Stang High School and a very well-liked, popular four-letter athlete. He passed

away from a rare medical condition called a dissection of the aortic arch.

The scholarship has grown to more than $90,000 in 10 months. The board voted to award $20,000 a year to graduating high school seniors pursuing a college degree.

This year the scholarship fund handed out more than $22,000 to 11 recipients. The board also voted to distribute four $1,000 scholarships to be given to incoming freshmen at Bishop Stang High School in Matt's name.

The recipients are zachary Couto, Samuel Ferreira, Leslie Monteiro, and Christopher Fernandes.

The Benoit Fanlily is very appreciative of the interest the scholarship has generated and will continue to keep Matt's name alive.

PERSONAL GIFTS - Jubilarians renew their vows at the offertory of a Mass celebrated in Stonehill College's Chapel of Mary. (Photos courtesy of Holy Union Sister Mary Lou Simcoe)

Holy Union Sisters hold annual assembly at Stonehill College

IN MATT'S MEMORY - Recipients of the first Matt T. Benoit Memorial Scholarship are, front, from left: Brooke Walsh, Jennifer Farias, Elicia Turcotte, Krystal McConnell, and Robin Benoit (Matt's mom). Back row: Adriano Almeida, Allison Arruda, Daniel Noonan, Trent Ainsworth, Andrew daSilva, and George Benoit (Matt's dad).

Not pictured were Jesse Tarlton and Jillian Sine.

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NORTH EASTON - Holy Union Sisters and associates from several East Coast States as well as Haiti and Rome gathered for their annual assembly August 8 to 11 at Stonehill College in North Easton.

"Gathering Around the Fire" was the theme, reported Holy Union Sister Mary Lou Simcoe, the congregation's communications director, who resides in Fall River.

The Province Mission Team, comprised of Sisters Beverly Furtado, Gretchen Marlatt and Bernadette Sullivan, opened the assembly and offered the Sisters and associates a review of activities during the past year. The finance staff updated the Sisters and presented a driving policy for review.

Sister Carol Regan, congrega-

tionalleader of the Holy Union Sisters was the principal presenter. Sister Carol, who along with an international leadership team of Sisters from Belgium, Ireland and Spain, resides in Rome, is a Fall River native and graduate ofthe former Sacred Hearts Academy.

Her presentation over two days keyed on the international reality of the Holy Union Sisters in light of their context and mission in the 21 st century; the current structures of the congregation and the values underlying them.

The assembly also studied current demographics and the challenges they present to the membership now and into the future. Attendees reflected on the question: How is God calling Holy Union

Sisters forward through our current changes, the needs of our time, and the challenges we face?

Currently the oldest Sister in the congregation is 96, and resides in northern France. The youngest Sister is 19 and lives in Cameroon in central Africa.

An open forum offered an opportunity to share personal reflections. Sister Carol encouraged the assembly to keep before themselves the experience of their days together as they returned to the busyness of their daily lives.

The assembly concllJded with a eucharistic liturgy in Stonehill's Chapel ofMary celebrating the lives of 19jubilarians who have served the Church as Holy Union Sisters for 75, 70, 65, 60 and 50 years respectively.

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LONG SERVICE - Holy Union Sisters with ties to the Fall River Diocese who are celebrating significantjubilees include, seated: Sister Rosemarie. Murphy, 60 years, and Sister Ruth Kindelan, 70 years; Standing: Sisters Claire Carmody, 65 years; Mary Catherine Burns, 50 years; Lorraine Sirois, 50 years; Fern Rioux, 60 years; and Therese Landry, 60 years.

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