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Despite dangers, pope plans Sarajevo visit

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EAGER TO BEGIN altar service at St. Joseph's parish, Fairhaven,are, from left, Jessica Oliveira, Neal Bizarro and Karen Whitehead, among youngsters attending a recent training program at the parish. :

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CHA officials meet with Clintons WASHINGTON (CNS) - President Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton met with eight top officials of the Catholic Health Association last week to discuss health policy reform.

Issues they discussed included their shared goal of universal health coverage and the CHA's opposition to the administration goal of mandated abortion coverage.

In a letter to association members, CH A president John E. Curley J r. said the 50-minute private meeting at the White House came at the Clintons' request.

Curley said the Clintons told association officials that they are using a recent CHA-sponsored study and CHA charts in meetings with members of Congress to show that a package of partial reforms which stops short of universal coverage will significantly increase costs for alreadyinsured middle-class Americans instead of decreasing them.

The study, conducted for CHA by health care pollsters Lewin-VHllnc., was released in mid-July. It showed universal coverage would lower health costs for nearly all currently insured Americans, while a package \vith about 90 percent coverage would increase costs for most.

"The president told us that the 'best thing that has happened on health care reform in the last two months' is the CHALewin-VHI study," Curley wrote.

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He said the meeting also included "a frank discussion about CHA's strong moral objection to including abortion in health care reform and our concern that including abortion in the benefit package of any health care reform bill would doom it to certain failure."

"Consistent with our position throughout the reform debate, CHA would be forced to oppose health care reform legislation if this objection is not addressed satisfactorily," Curley added.

Apart from the abortion issue, CHA has been among the strongest backers of health care reform goals of the Clinton administration. Many of the CHA's own reform proposals were mirrored in the package recommended by the task force headed by Mrs. Clinton.

Curley said the Clintons "are well aware of CHA's activities and were very complimentary to the association," which represents some 700 Catholic health care instituti¢ns, the largest group of private health providers in the country.

The White House meeting came as the Senate was in its first stages of floor debate on a health care reform bill sponsored by Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine. In the House of Representatives, a bill sponsored by House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, DMo., had not yet reached the floor and was not expected to do so until after Labor Oay.

COGNE, Italy (CNS) - Pope John Paul II is firm in his desire to visit the Serb-b.esieged Bosnian capital of Sarajevo despite warnings from Bosnian Serb and Serbian Orthodox leaders that his life would be in danger.

"The desire of the pope to visit Sarajevo is irrevocable," said papal spokesman, Joaquin Navarro-Valls.

The Vatican is weighing the situation and is awaiting a decision by U. N. military commanders whether a plane carrying the pope on Sept. 8 will be able to safely land and take off several hours later, he said.

The pope will visit Zagreb, Croatia, Sept.

11-12.

Navarro-Valls spoke on Sunday in the northern Italian alpine city of Cogne while the pope was celebrating an outdoor Mass during a brief vacation. The spokesman's reiteration of the pope's strong wish to make the trip came after Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan Jovan said the pope risks death if he goes to Sarajevo.

Karadzic said Serbs oppose the trip because the pope's safety cannot be guaranteed. The main threat would come from the Muslim-led Bosnian troops who would try to blame the Serbs for the attack, he said.

"The Muslims can shoot him down and abuse the Serbs. That would be terrible for the Catholic world," added Karadzic.

Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan Jovan told Italian television that "the risk is great" to the pope.

"An accident could represent a nightmare," he said, mentioning several recent bombings of public places that caused numerous deaths. A tentative Vatican schedule of papal events lists a Mass at a sports stadium.

"The Serbian Orthodox Church is not opposed to his trip," said Metropolitan Jovan, head of Serbian Orthodox in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy.

But if the pope's visit is to be "a mission of peace," the pope must "condemn all those responsible for crimes committed during this war," he said.

Serbian political and religious leaders often have said that the Vatican supports the mostly Catholic Croats in the fighting in the former Yugoslavia. In Bosnia, Croats are in a loose alliance with the Muslim-led government.

"It will not be the pope's leg that prevents him from visiting the Bosnian capital," Navarro-Valls said, referring to the pope's recent operation to repair a broken thigh bone.

While the pope was on vacation, the Vatican listed a preliminary schedule for the pope's Sarajevo trip.

Plans call for the pope to celebrate Mass in a sports stadium and meet the Catholic bishops and other religious leaders.

The Aug. 19 Vatican schedule also lists a meeting with President Alija Izetbegovic, head of the Muslim-led government of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

According to the schedule, the pope would arrive by airplane from Rome at 10:30 a.m. and leave for Rome at 7 p.m.

Vatican trip organizers said that the basic decision to open or close the Sarajevo . airport to the papal flight will be made by U.N. commanders, since the airport is in a U.N.-controlled zone.

A decision may not be made until the night before the trip, said papal organizers.

Once the pope leaves the airport, security would be the joint responsibility of V.N. troops and the Bosnian government, they said.

Security for the pope, the people accompanying him and the people attending his public events is also a key worry of local organizers, said Auxiliary Bishop Pero Sudar of Sarajevo.

The bishops said the Serbs would be the main threat.

The pope's safety hinges on a security agreement between U. N. commanders and Bosnian Serb leaders, he said.

Bosnian Serb leaders "can say 'no' and it would be a decisive 'no,'" he said in an interview in the Italian Catholic newspaper, Avvenire.

Without Serb approval "not even a plane with humanitarian aid can land in our airport," he said.

Bishop Sudar said that V.N. commanders "are not in a position to guarantee anything" and are trying to set up talks with Serb leaders. who fear their enemies "want to attribute a partisan political significance" to the papal trip.

The pope's intentions are "spiritual and ecumenical" and Serbs living in Sarajevo "are not against the visit," he said.

The papal trip is supported by Muslim leaders, and the city's two Serbian Orthodox priests are "surely in agreement on the important spiritual significance of the . visit," Bishop Sudar said.

"There is joy and enthusiasm among Catholics," and "the majority of the population prays so that the miracle will happen," he said.

If the pope comes, he will see a city "which looks like a concentration camp," he said.

Planning for the papal trip involves finding a church or another place where several thousand people can gather and "are not exposed to the danger of an attacker," he said.

A plaza or an open field would be "too risky," he said.

"We must avoid any temptation for sniper fanatics," he added.

The bishop said that a maximum of 6,000 people could attend a papal event given security problems.

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Physician Decries Complicity With Abortion Page 2

Religious Education Is Working Page 4

Improving Status of India's Women Page 9

Prayer Saved Priest From Kidnapper Page 12

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Physician laments forced complicity with abortions WILMINGTON, DeL (CNS)An internist who once practiced in Wilmington charges that pro-life doctors and other medical professionals are forced indirectly to collaborate in abortions because they are required to refer patients to colleagues for an abortion.

Dr. Ronald Connolly said his refusal on religious and moral grounds to participate in abortion resulted in the destruction of his practice in Delaware. He now practices near Oakland, Calif.

In a telephone interview with The Dialog, Wilmington's diocesan newspaper, Connolly said that physicians in today's medical culture have no choice but to abet indirectly the termination of human life.

"My experience, fully documented by court records, represents a common problem for prolife physicians throughout the United States. Physicians no longer have a 'pro-life' or 'pro-choice' option," said Connolly.

In a 1993 book, "I'll Bet My Life On It: One Doctor's Experience in American Medicine," he recounts his lengthy dispute with local physicians, medical societies and in the courts over the right to dedine to provide abortion referrals and clearances.

The American College of Physicians' 1989 manual of medical ethics says, "A physician who objects to abortion on moral, religious or ethical grounds need not become involved, either by proffering advice ... or in the sur!lical proced ure."

It adds that "the physician does have the duty to assure that the patient is provided the option of receiving competent medical care from a qualified colleague who does not impose his or her personal convictions upon the pa-' tient. " If they refuse, the physicians' organization says, they can be declared "unethicaL" Connolly said that when he had his Delaware practice, his performance was maligned by doctors incensed by his refusal on religious and moral grounds to clear a woman for an abortion.

At one point, he was reprimanded by the New Castle County Medical Society for "patient abandonment" for refusing to clear a patient for an abortion. Later on, he was characterized as "psychiatrically ill" by his medical peers and his hospital privileges were revoked.

Connolly's viewpoint on prolife doctors and abortion is echoed

by Dr. John Malooly, editor of the Linacre Quarterly, the journal of the National Federation of Catholic Physicians.

The American College of Physicians itself is "unethical," Malooly said, in stating that doctors must assure that a patient seeking an abortion be sent to someone whose views will not preclude that abortion.

The Catholic physicians' group has consistently opposed that position, has issued resolutions condemning it, and called on the American College or Physicians to change its stance. ";,11 to no avail," Malooly said.

Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino, head of the Georgetown University Center for the Advanced Study of

Ethics, was a 'member of the American College of Physicians ethics committee that developed the manuaL He told the Dialog he was "outvoted" on the abortion-referral language when he opposed it. He agreed that it still requires a "form of cooperation" in abortion by doctors who oppose the procedure.

"Any code of professional ethics that requires a physician who in conscience opposes abortion to . arrange referral of his or her patient to another physician who does abortions is, itself, a morally defective code," Pellegrino said.

"Abortion is an intrinsically evil act," he added. "Any form of cooperation 'with abortion is an act of moral complicity since it facilitates performance of something intrinsically wrong. The patient's autonomy or even her assessment of what is best for her cannot jus~ popp FAMILY: Father Kenneth Popp congratulates his father, Arthur Popp, and the tify even indirect cooperation with elder Popp's bride Mary after the couple exchanged vows at Immaculate Conception Church in abortion."

Pellegrino said a physician canRice, Minn. (CNS photo) not impose "his or her moral values on a patient," nor can patients impose theirs on the physician.

A physician who opposes aborsaid she was attracted to Arthur's tion must inform the patient of The marriage not only has Father ST. CLOUD, Minn. (CNS) that, advise her to find another Popp's blessing, but it also has the It's not every son who .has an honesty. "When he said he'd call at doctor and transfer her care to approval of the other family memopportunity to perform the sac- 6, he'd call at 6. And he is a very that doctor, he said. However, bers. "Rest assured, each of your rament of matrimony for his par- kind and gentle man for how big until the transfer is complete, he children is happy for you, as are ent. But Father Kenneth Popp got he is."

As for Arthur, he liked Mary added, the physician must care for that chance. your grandchildren and" all the the patient "since not to do so "Now it is my proud honor to "right from the start," he said. people gathered here this evenwould constitute abandonment."

He popped the question to Mary ing," he said in his homily. introduce to you Mr. and Mrs. Scientifically speaking, Connolly Father Popp was impress,:d by Arthur and Mary Popp," said last Thanksgiving, and she acceptsaid, "there are no facts to refute Father Popp, provoking post-nup- ed. "I had to find out if I should. how sensitive both Arthur and or diminish the unborn child's stabuy her a ring for Christmas," he Mary were to the feelings of their tial Mass applause from friends tus as a distinct human being," and relatives and the II children quipped. children and grandchildren. "They even at conception.

For the wedding ceremony, Faand 22 grandchildren the two newdid not want any of us to be hurt or He posed it this way: "Does a troubled about their marriagt:," he lyweds have between them. It is ther Popp said he put more time woman have a right to her own and effort than usual into the homthe second marriage for both. said. body? Of course. Does a woman, ily. He also admitted to feeling a "Never in my wildest dreams did In his homily, Father Popp !,poke or man, or anybody, have a right few butterflies in his stomach before about prayer, forgiveness and the I think I would be marrying my to another person's body? Of father," he said, "and I think he it began. commandments. "These themes, course not."

"I was a little nervous but it was picked a pretty neat· partner." Arfrom the readings Dad and Mary a joyful nervousness," he said. thur's grandchildren agree. picked, are most appropriatl: and "My mother's funeral was much "Mary is really sweet," J ill Karls beautiful for this wonderful't)ccaharder than this, however." told the Saint Cloud Visitor, diosion," he said. cesan paper. "Sheis always giving The priest's brother Steve re"Knowing Mary the way I do, called that day. "When Ken had compliments and will do anything and with those three theffio~s in mother's funeral, you could tell it mind," Father Popp said, "ll:now to make you feel comfortable."

The Diocesan Apostolate for was difficult for him but he got at least that she will keep my dad Matt Euteneuer said that his Persons with Disabilities has com- grandfather's new wife would not, through it. Getting an opportunity in line in the years ahead and we pleted its first parish advocacy cer- of course, replace his grandmother, to marry Dad, though, can make kids won't have to worry about tification program, with 16 perRegina Popp, who died seven years up for that. This is ajoyful time for him." sons receiving' certification last ago. both families. Dad is a 'person month as being qualified to aid man' and he was lonely after Mom "It seems more natural for me to disabled persons to take part in call her Mary, not Grandma," he died." parish life and activities. said. "But they seem like a good Father Popp said he "felt'a real Those certified and their par- couple and she seems so much like joy and peacefulness" during the ishes follow: Grandma - except that maybe wedding ceremony. "I fel~ my Grace and Bob Benjamin. SI. John she's a little more talkative and I mother's real presence there, too.

Neumann, East Freetown; Beverly De- don't know yet if she'll make us It was touching at the end of the Founded by the late Carc:inal Mar, Notre Dame, Fall River; Lynne cookies like Grandma did."

Mass to see all the grandchildren Humberto Medeiros, the AssociaGuilmette, SI. (jeorge, Westport; The couple met three years ago bring up flowers" to the newlyweds, tion for the Development of the Thomas Jackivicz. SI. Anthony, Mathe added.

Catholic University of Portugal tapoisett; Pauline Macedo, SI. John through a mutual friend. Mary sponsors yearly events in support Baptist, New Bedford; Ann Medeiros.

Our Lady of Fatima, New Bedford; of the university, in particula.r in Val Monteiro, Our Lady of Angels, its efforts to offer tuition aid to Fall River; Christine Oliveira. SI. StaPROVIDENCE, R.I. (CNS)The pastor of St. Mark's parish needy students. nislaus, Fall River; Stanley Oliver, SI. The diocesan Respect Life Office in Cranston, Father Richard DonIt announces a Mass and banJulie Billiart, North Dartmouth; Debra in Providence urged Catholics to nelly, said that his parish withdrew quet to be held Saturday, Oct. 8 Polselli and Jorgie Rezendes, Anthony close their accounts at a local bank its funds from the bank to express with a 5:30 p.m. Mass at St. John of Padua, Fall River; Pauline Reitano after a Planned Parenthood offi- "outrage at the appointment." The the Baptist Church, New Bedford, and Theresa Sylvia, St. John Baptist.

Cranston-Johnston Catholic Region- to be followed by the banquet in Westport; Karmen Simons, Nuestra cial was named to the bank's board of directors. al School is also planning to trans- the church hall. In attendance will Senora de Guadalupe 8i SI. Hedwig.

To date, one parish and one New Bedford; Carol Spoor, 51. Berfer its funds, according to Ronald be the Cardinal Patriarch of LisCatholic school have responded. nard, Assonet.

Wrigley, chairman of the school bon, Cardinal Antonio Ribeiro; The program took place at St. 11111111I1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I111111111111111111 board.

Boston Cardinal Bernard Law, eurVincent's Center, Fall River, where and Tom Erhard, who presented Dr. Pablo Rodriguez, the medirent president of the association; special presentations were made the perspective of parents. cal director for Rhode Island's and Bishop Sean O'Malley.

by Jackie Racine"Catholic AIDS The Apostolate for Persons with Planned Parenthood agency, not Association members include Ministry; Darcey Perry, Jeanne' Disabilities, which will provide only serves on the bank's board of members of Portuguese parishes Vincent and Suzanne Santa of support to advocates on an ongo- directors, but was recently apin the archdiocese of Boston and ADSU M, an agency assisting dis- ing basis, announces that its next pointed by the governor to the the dioceses of Fall River and abled persons and their families; . certification program will take state judicial selection committee.

Providence. Further information Kathy Wrobel, who discussed reli- place in late falL Further informaRodriguez performs abortions one about the event is available from gious studies; and Susan Brady tion is available at 679-8373. morning a week.

Lidia M. Pina, (508) 823-8831.

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Banquet will aid Catholic University of Portugal

Pro-lifers urged to close accounts

Washington's Spanish Catholic Center h()riors Bish()p' O'MaIIe'y Bishop Sean O'Malley was honored earlier this year on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Spanish Catholic Center of the archdiocese of Washington, DC. The bishop served the center as its executive director from 1973 to 1984, longer than any other director to date.

At a dinner held May 7, a presentation was made to him by the present director, Father Mark J. Poletunow, OFM Cap. A tribute to him appeared in the souvenir program distributed to those in attendance. It follows: During his 12-year tenure as executive director of the Spanish Catholic Center, Bishop O'Malley cemented the center's service to the immigrant Latino community.

During those years, thl: center grew from a two-person operation to

one with 25 employees and 200 volunteers. In addition, Bishop O'Malley forged the expansion of services to include two medical clinics, a dental clinic, a branch office in Langley Park, Maryland, and programs in the areas of education, social service, employment, immigration, youth and pastoral care.

Padre Sean, as still he is affectionately called, opened several temporary shelters to Serve recently immigrated men and women and domestic workers in precarious situations who were alone and needed a special safe environment.

The "Asociaci6n Domestica" became the organized body which focused on the needs of this latter group.

The bishop initiated efforts in the field of Spanish speaking communications. The weekly radio

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FATHER MARK J. Poletunow, left, like Bishop Sean

program "Encrucijada" carried a religious message as well as general news and information for the Hispanic community. Under the inspiration of Padre Sean, the Pregonero newspaper was founded in 1977. Seventeen years later, this weekly is recognized as one of the outstanding Spanish papers not only in the metropolitan area but in the entire country. The religious bookstore "Libreria San Francisco" was another project of Padre Se{lI1.

He has always demonstrated a deep concern for the rights of the immigrant community. His advocacy for immigrants supported and encouraged the development of the Office of Latino Affairs of the Executive Office of the Mayor, as well as other community-based organizations. He also did much to mobilize support for legislation in favor of immigrants.

Bishop O'Malley's work with Portuguese immigrants was honored in 1984 when he was decorated by the President of Portugal as a Knight Commander of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator.

for his outstanding courage, maturity and faith. His remarkable zeal and love for people, especially those in need, have made him a friend, pastor and guide to countless thousands.

In 1984, he was appointed by Pope John Paul II as Coadjutor Bishop with the right of succession of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. He was ordained a bishop on August 2, 1984, and took on the full responsibility of Ordinary of St. Thomasin October of that year. He served there until he was installed as the sixth Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, on August II, 1992.

As we take time to recognize the accomplishments and contributions of this unique servant of God, it is important to note that Padre Sean is most remembered

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CANBERRA, Australia (CNS) - The Australian government said it will halt a trial of the abortion drug RU-486 if participants are not fully warned about the risks of taking the drug, Health Minister Carmen Lawrence said.

"The head of [the health] department has a legal and statutory responsibility to cease trials if he believes that they are not being conducted according to proper procedure," Ms. Lawrence told reporters.

Critics, including the Catholic .Church, say women enrolling in the critical trial of the drug are not being adequately informed of the risks, which they .say can include vomiting, fainting and bleeding heavy enough to warrant a transfusion or even cause a cardiac arrest.

Ms. Lawrence said there should be no public doubt, whether it was RU-486 or any other substance,

that everything would be done to ensure informed consent.

The trial, conducted by Melbourne-based Family Planning Victoria, is one of several being conducted in various countries under the a uspices of the World Health Organization.

Refugees a strain PROVIDENCE, R.1. (CNS)The tide of Haitian refugees fleeing to the Dominican Republic is puttinga strain on resources of the Catholic Church there. Dominican Bishop J. Tomas Abreu Herrera of Mao- Monte Cristi .said ina recent visit to Rhode Island that the limited number of Creole speakers has limited the pastoral care the church can provide to Haitians. Bishop Abreu was in Providence visiting St. Michael Church, which has a large number of Dominican parishioners.

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The Population Fiasco What some people thought might be a sensible qiscussion on population concerns at a United Nations-sponsored international meeting in Cairo next month has become a bashing fiasco. In other words, this world meeting has become a war zone between the liberal forces of extreme feminism and the moderates who seek to place a value on human life. In fact, those who espouse personal freedom are ridiculing positions that dare to consider the moral and ethical ramifications of population control.

Sad to say, but not unexpectedly, the Church and Pope John Paul II in particular have become the focus of unjust attacks. Providing fuel for such diatribes, of course, are the' liberal-dominated media of the Western world. CNN, under the influence of Jane Fonda, a very special delegate to the Cairo conference, has aln:ady sentenced and crucified all opinions and suggestions emanating from Vatican sources. Such critics are the same people who condemn the lack offreedom in China while at the same time supporting Chinese policies of birth control.

Additionally, these self-appointed dictators of population control are linking the Catholic Church and Islam as conspirators in an attempt to suppress the UN draft document on population and development to be discussed Sept. 5 to 13 in Cairo. When the Islamic Studies Center in that city criticized Western liberals for their attempts to dominate the conference, those liberals immediately added the Muslim world to their list of villainous opponents.

In this difficult situation, it is imperative that the Church continue to defend life as God's special gift. It has always been admitted that there is a limit to family resources; but the real difficulty is th;lt nn matter what Catholics or Muslims say about population policies, their statements are wrongly interpreted by the advocates of planned parenthood. We can expect this attitude to continue during the Cairo meeting. The American media, environmental groups and population control agencies seem to have formed a coalition determined to reduce the stance of two great world religions into the babblings of an idiot.

Sad to say, the present Washington administration is supporting these groups and their activities. Government agencies are being influenced by population control activists to spend tax dollars for family limitation programs. President Clinton backs their efforts. What is actually being worked towards is the type of mandated program now existing in China..

We can also expect that liberal radicals will continue to ridicule church teaching and do their best to smother the pro-life message. All this is wrong. Our elected officials and our President should wash their hands of both anti-Catholic and anti- Muslim initiatives.

For our own part, as the time of the UN meeting draws near and emotions continue to rise, let us as Catholics refuse to stand by as silent witnesses of the maneuvers of the forces of anti-life.

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"Behold how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity." Ps. 133:1

Religious education: it's working WASHINGTON(CNS)- Parishbased religious education is doing an effective job of forming young Catholics, according to a national study by the Washington office of Educational Testing Service. . "Students in Catholic schools and students in parish programs were generally similar in their perceptions of God, their perceptions of themselves as followers of Christ, their participation in the Eucharist and their identity as Catholics," said the recently released study.

"In religious knowledge, Catholic school students tended to hold a slight edge," it said, .but"both school and parish programs seem to be effectively communicating a basic understanding of Catholic doctrine ...• It concluded that the out-ofschool catechetical programs despite inadequate funding and material resources and their overwhelmingly volunteer corps of teachers are basically sound, effective programs doing what they :were meant to do.

More than 4.1 million U.S. Catholic school-age children are enrolled in parish religious.education programs. Catholic elementary and high schools have an enrollment of nearly 2.7 million.

Comparisons of the religious' knowledge, perceptions and commitment of those in parish programs and those in Catholic schools was drawn from a nationwide survey conducted in. 1992.

Data for the study came from the education programs of 1,822 Catholic parishes - nearly one- . tenth of all U.S. parishes - and from surveys of some 4,000 Catholics ofjunior high and high school age in those parishes.

Other major elements in the study incJuded: - A survey of the nation's

bishops and diocesan religious education leaders to determine what adult Catholic characteristics they considered the most important among possible outcomes of religious formation programs.

- A national survey of 530 randomly selected registered Catholic parishioners and a comparable survey of 333 parishioners named by pastors as exemplary Catholics.

The adult survey segment was designed to compare the religious formation background of the two groups, their religious knowledge and attitudes, and their involvement as adults in parish activities and adult formation programs.

The top priorities expressed by church leaders - a sense of personal worth, a clear faith identity, an active eucharistic life, a sense of being a disciple of Jesus, participation in church life, personal spirituality, witness to charity and the Gospel- were the qualities exemplified by adult Catholics who were involved in adult formation programs.

"Something is working! It could be that everything is working," the report concluded.

Educational Testing Service is the largest education research and testing organization in the United States, known mainly for its national pre-college tests of student achievement.

It conducted the catechetical study under a grant from Lilly Endowment, with the cooperation of the U.S. Catholic Conference Department of Ed ucation, the National Catholic Educational Association, the National Conference of Catechetical Leadership and the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry.

A 21-page summary report, "Toward Shaping the Agenda: A

Study .of Catholic Religious Education/ Catechesis," was published in late May. A 78-page supplementary final report, providing more detailed data and anal'lsis to back up the conclusions (If the. summary report, was completed the following month.

Father John Pollard, usce representative for catechesis' and leadership development an.d an adviser on the study, said'the study highlights the importance of providing more resources, tra.ining and support to volunteer catec:hists.

"These are priority challenges," he told Catholic News Service.

"The church is relying on a:tmost 450,000 volunteer catechists to teach and proclaim the Gospel to millions of children.

"These are mostly lay people and mostly women. They fed isolated and without institutional support, that appropriate resources are not available to assist thf:m."

One underused training res,)urce for catechists highlighted by the study is videotape; he said. The study reported that 95 percent of catechists could benefit from more videotape use - both as a home training resource and as a resource for classroom use. .

Father Pollard said the study's positive findings on parish-based religious education programs are "a remarkable indicator" oJ the importance of those programs.

But he said that does not undermine the value of Catholic schools, "which are more necessary now than ever in the Catholic ed ucational mission of the church."

The two forms of religious formation of youth "are not adve:rsaries. They're partners in the same enterprise.... It would be a serious mistake to pit these two major components of religious education one against the other," he said.

A co'i1siste'iit ethic of life Q. I have read and heard much about the seamless I~arment, but no one explains it, even the priests who refer to it.

Can you tell me what it is?

(Florida) A. The seamless garment is another name for what is more frequently called a "consistent ethic of life."

Basically. both phrases simply mean that in our moral teachings and positions about issues relating to human life we should be consistent and not deny on one issue what we defend on a.nother.

In other words, if one human life is sacred, all human life is sacred, and our political and moral positions should reflect that "consistency. " Though the idea is far from new, the specific consistent ethic of life, or seamless garment, approach was proposed by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago in 1983.

Since then it has bl~come a major element in every serious moral discussion, from abuse of the aged and sexual exploitation to war and the death penalty; from economic oppression of the poor and helpless to reform of health care and the massive violence committed today against unborn children.

The "consistent ethic" approach has profoundly afft:cted Catholic thinking in all these areas, perhaps most especially on the subjects of just war' and, as I described in another column recently, capital punishment.

Cardinal Bernardin points to three themes that underlie a consistent ethic of life: the theological assertion that the human person is made in the image and likeness of God, the philosophical affirmation of the dignity of the person, and the political principle that society and the state exist to serve the person.

Within this framework, the Catholic bishops of New York contended in their February 1994 statement against the death penalty that whether one speaks of violent crimes or unplanned pregnancies, "death is never the answer."

Interestingly. thc~ "seamless garment" argument has led other groups to embrace our position on the evil of abortion.

Sojourners is Ii Washingtonbased group and is the name of their influential magazine, devoted

Daily Readings Aug. 29: Jer 1:17-19; Ps 71:1-6,15,17; Mk 6:17-29 Aug. 30: 1 Cor 2:10-16; Ps 145:8-14; lk 4:31-37 Aug. 31: 1 Cor 3:1-9; Ps 33:12-15,20-21;: Lk 4:38-44 Sept. 1: 1 Cor 3:18-23; Ps 24:1-6; lk 5:1-11 Sept. 2: 1 Cor 4:1-5; Ps 37:3-6,27-28,3J-40; Lk 5:3339 Sept. 3: 1 Cor 4:9-15; Ps 145:17-21; Lk 6:1-5 Sept. 4: Is 35:4-7; Ps 146:7-10; Jas 2: 1-5; Mk 7:3137

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Several years ago the community abandoned its neutrality on the morality of abortion.

The editor explained: "Our deepest convictions about poverty, racism, violence and the equality of men and women are finally rooted in a radical concern for life - its absolute value and the need to protect it.

"It was only a matter of time before the spiritual logic of these other commitments would lead us to a 'pro-life' response to abortion as wel1."

The seamless garment, or consistent ethic of life, idea has immeasurably enriched the discussion of issues relating to respect for the sacredness <;>f human life.

It surely will continue to do so, as its challenges are increasingly accepted, we hope, both by those who presently claim a pro-life position and by those who do not.

A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about Mary, the mother of Jesus, is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this col~mn should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.

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ST AFFORD, Va. (CNS) - The American Life League has appealed a federal court ruling that the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act is constitutional.

The appeal in the case of American Life League et al. vs: Janet Reno was filed Aug. 16 in the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Richmond.

Two months earlier. U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema had sustained the constitutionality of the law. saying that it was sufficiently clear as to which conduct it penalizes and that it was viewpointneutral.

The clinic access law, known as F ACE. makes it a federal crime to block access to abortion clinics. It sets fines up to $100,000 and jan terms of up to one year for first offenders and fines up to $250,000 with three-year jail terms for subsequent convictions.

In its suit, the Stafford-based American Life League said FACE violates the First Amendment guarantees of free speech and free association and its clause on the establishment of religion; the Fifth Amendment's due process clause; the Reli-

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gious Freedom Restoration Act; and exceeds the powers of Congress. . But Judie Brown,路president of the league, stressed that the lawsuit did not mean her organization supports any acts of violence at abortion clinics.

"American Life League does not support, has not supported, nor will it ever support any form or act of violence." Mrs. Brown said.

"Our lawsuit challenging the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act has nothing to do with violence; it has everything to do with freedom of speech. freedom of assembly and freedom to practice religion."

In its brief filed with the 4th Circuit. the league said the law's "most direct and important effects" will not be on violent people or trespassers, "but upon the constitutional rights of the non-newsworthy. peaceful people whose actions up to now have been clearly and unambiguously within the law."

"Whether FACE proves to be effective in deterring the tiny minority of violent abortion protesters, it certainly will deter the vast

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majority of law-abiding pro-life citizens who gather on public property outside abortion clinics whethe'r they only pray ... or whether they peacefully protest," the brief added.

"In enacting FACE, Congress has (I) violated the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment, by regulating political expression upon the basis of viewpoint and content; (2) violated the Free Exercise Clause, as well as the recently enacted Religious (Freedom Restoration) Act, by enacting a law which targets religious beliefs and practices; and (3) exceeded the federalism limits on the power of Congress to enact criminal laws and to create new torts," the brief said.

Ms. Brinkema, whose court is in Alexandria. Va., rejected all those arguments in her June 16 decision.

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Seeking revitalization

By Father Eugene Hemrick while at the same time St. Benedict was founding Monte Cassino and If we hope to see the revitalization of religious life, the healthy beginning an era in which we saw faith and reason working together growth of the lay movement and effective evangelization in the mil- at their best.

I believe our Catholic universilennium to come, we need to have ties working hand in hand with the an Age of New Enthusiasm.

Presently the church is in a church should be the ones to usher in the Age of New Enthusiasm.

"Catch 22" situation. Its energies What will make this a success or and morale are being drained by not will depend on the degree to scandals and controversies. And which both sides let differences die yet, its daily life witnesses to and let an exciting epoch of episdynamic models of service and copal-university collaborati-on be innovative programs never seen born. Historically, when this has before in its history. happened, it has radically changed If it focuses too much on eradicating its problems, it risks losing the culture.

Inwardly, the church and unisight of its achievements. If it focuses too heavily on its achieve- versity must search their ranks to locate colleagues who, regardless ments, its risks accusations of being of their religious denominations, out of focus.

An enthusiasm based in reality appreciate history, philosophy, is one of our best hopes for break- theology, the social sciences, and ing out of this "Catch 22." We an episcopal-university working relationship. need to see creative things happen - creativity that speaks to real The energies of these colleagues issues and offers real solutions should be focused outward on sevcreativity which will lift our spirit eral worlds in need of the wisdom and inspire us to create unique and knowledge they represent science in search of values needed ways for handling our problems and capitalizing on our blessings. to balance its technical advances, a To what might we compare this marketplace groping for ethics, Age of New Enthusiasm? Who immigrants looking for welcome, should initiate it? On what should dysfunctional families and youth its energies be spent, and will it , in need of centering, the marginalwork? ized pleading for social acceptance, We have a good example of an American culture in need of what is envisioned in, the Age of principles that made it great, and a New Enthusiasm by looking at the church desirous of unending renewal.

Age of Scholasticism some centuries ago. , This age can and will happen when both sides stop using the It was a period of history in lack of money and time as excuses, which philosophy was shaken to and address the demands of the its foundation, cultures other than hour. a Roman one enriched the church, It will happen when there is an and there was a tremendous assimilation of existing knowledge. urgent sense that time is precious, It was also a time in which a many golden opportunities have dying age touched hands with an already been squandered, and too emerging one. In 529 A.D., the many talented persons are being Christian emperor Justinian closed lost who would otherwise devote themselves to needs of the moment. the Platonic A~~_demy in At.hens,

A rabbi in Connecticut drives a car with the license plate CCJ U. The letters stand for the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding, a year-old program based at Sacred Heart'University in Fairfield, CT. This center, says Rabbi Joseph Ehrenkranz, is going to be the nation's leading resource for getting healing and dialogue going between Catholics and Jews.

"This will be the address where you want to go to study ChristianJewish understanding," said Rabbi Ehrenkranz, who is directing the center with Rabbi Jack Bemporad.

Their most enterprising plan, to begin next February, is the creation of a master's degree in religious studies with a concentration in Christian-Jewish understanding.

The seeds for a new relationship between Israel and the Vatican were sown almost 30 years ago, when Vatican Council II opened a new level of dialogue between Christians and Jews with its "Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions."

That document rejected the depiction of the Jews as collectively responsible for the death of Jesus, and it initiated the historic transformation of the attitude of the

Catholic Church toward Judaism.

This beginning action to heal old wounds came to fruition in December 1993 when the agreement that paved the way for full diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Israel was signed.

Credit for this development is given Pope John Paul II by- the two rabbis who, with Sacred Heart president Anthony Cernera, had an audience with the pope in April.

Rabbi Ehrenkranz tells the story of a priest in Poland during the Nazi years who was trying to find a home for a 5-year-old boy whose Jewish parents were gass'ed.

A Catholic family had saved the child, but rather than finding another Catholic home the priest said, "I'll get him safe passage to Israel so he can be with his people."

"That priest," Rabbi ,Ehrenkranz noted, "was Pope John Paul II." And the rabbi asked, "How did it happen that a Polish priest came to have this openness?

He said that many of his teachers were Jewish, and that the Nazis took teachers and shot them in front of students. He was visibly shaken by this, and he pledged that if he ever were in a position of influence, -he would do something to rectify this."

Making a move Dear Mary: Since all of our four children are grown, my husband and I are planning to move from a five-bedroom house to a smaller home.

We must get rid of a lot of furniture and things we have collected over the years. I want to offer things to my children in a way that will not cause arguments or hard feelings. Any suggestions? - New York By anticipating 'problems in advance you have taken a good first step. Planning should alleviate many hard feelings.

First, allow your children to decide what they do and do not want. Do not judge them or try to overrule them.

Some young savers want many treasures to remind them of grandparents, growing up, home and family. ' Others are not savers. Their memories are precious, but they do not want lots of objects.

Make a game out of distributing your belongings. List every item'

you plan to get rid of. Send the list to each of your children with the following instruction: You have $1,000 in Monopoly money. Bid on the items you want using your $1,000 and return the list to me with your bids.

You will get a good idea of what each really prefers, and with a game atmosphere, hard feelings should be minimized.

Plan for the things that do not get chosen. Auctions or a garage sale are popular ways to dispose of possessions.

Another option is to carefully plan to give' a way your treasures where they' will be needed and appreciated. Homeless people need not only houses but furnishings for those houses.

Find out what the needs are in your area. Habitat for Humannity, which helps low-income families take part in securing their own homes, might accept furnishings or tell you where you might donate items.

Finally, prepare yourself to

Giving spouse space, Secret to a Lasting Marriage, No. 34: Know when to pay attention to your wife and when to give her space.

Also know when to pay attention to her even though she says she wants to be.left alone.

Likewise, know when to pay' attention to the fact she might prefer to be spending some time with a best friend who at the moment is not you.

Key to mastery of No. 34 is, of course, sensitivity (a word men have come to despise and mistrust).

The power of No. 34 drains rapidly if you say, "Honey, is this one of those times where I should go work on the trailer lights for a couple hours and let you cool down, or is this one of those times you want me to pick you a handful of daffodils and tell you I love you?"

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Rabbi Ehrenkranz told me he left the Rome audience with a mission, and founding the cenl(:r is the first action. "The pope teac'hes not tolerance, but love," the rabbi said, and the center's goal is to get Catholics and Jews to see this and know "there is a whole new world out there, and we don't have to continue with the world of hatred."

Beginning this fall, the center will sponsor a series of confe:rences with selected Catholic dioceses to initiate dialogue on Jews, Judaism and the new Catechism of the Catholic Church.

The fact that two rabtlis are running a center like this on a Catholic campus is an important sign that understanding and reconciliation between the two re:ligions has entered a new phase. As the rabbis say, "Let us be brave enough to put aside the mistrust of the past."

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By you to "just know." Giving you a DAN hint wrecks it for them.

I suggest noting little indicators MORRIS that will enhance your"sensitivity."

For example, if veins in her forehead are throbbing and she is gripping any of several heavy kit- women'tend to prefer verbal verchenware items, it's wise to move ification. to the "space" option.

Determining when to i.tick On the o'ther hand, listen closely around and provide support, as if she uses the word "nobod'y" or opposed to giving space - even "cares" in the conversation. "N 0- though she insists she wants time body" frequently means you. - alo.ne, can be the really tricky one.

"Cares'.' frequently means you, too.

Try guessing and hoping like Such as: "Nobody cares about crazy you are right. Also listen for the hours I spend trying to put sentence,s that begin with "Why together nutritious meals for this .don't you ..." She might say; "Why pack of ..." Of course you care. don't youjust go watch your game Pick flowers. Tellher you love her. and leave me alone."

Underscore the word "tell." We Oooh, don't. men tend to want women to "just He who replies, "Thanks. Any know" we love them by what we more beer in the fridge?" shou:ld be do for them: fix the sink, paint,the referred to Secret No. 13: "Don't bedroom, wash between our toes. think of groveling as necessarily However, experience indicates demeaning."

Letters are welcome but the editor reserves the right to condense or edit, If deemed necessary. All letters must be typed, signed and Inchllde a home or business address (only the c:lty name Is used In print). Letters do not necessarily renect the editorial views of the Anchor.

Hazards in health care reform Dear Editor: On the front page of the Anchor a headline read "A time when a line must be drawn in the sand" (July 22). I found myself bemoaning the fact that it should have happened much sooner. Also, will that line hold? ...

Sadly, many of our citizens do not know what thl: Clinton bill or other variations will do to our freedoms: the lack of choices, the restrictions, the pl~nalties even to jail sentences. ... The bottom line-the hidden agenda-is a grab for power in government hands--a grab for the money it will generate (especially since there is less and less of it around) and most scary is their grab to take away as many choices (freedoms) from the individual as possible. Once thf:ir foot is in the door, it will be simple to add more and more restrictions and dictates until we are totally without any say in any health care decisions.

The final affront is that if we have to go again:;t any of these dictates, there are:ail sentences. It would be interesting, and to our benefit. to know just how many times a freedom is taken from us in these voluminous bills. Who is fighting to protect us? Certainly not our elected representatives.

Our health care system is not bad. It only needs to address the. needs of the poor, and for that we don't need to destroy what 'is good, not at the price they are asking.

Janet Nerbonne Attleboro Dear Editor: Catholics shot.lld vigorously.protest V.S. Representative Richard A. Gephardt's attempt. with the help of V.S. Representative Gerry Studds, to ramrod the 100 percent socialist health care bill through the House for the anti-Catholic bigot William Clinton.

Aug. 27 1960, Rt. Rev. FranciscoC. Bettencourt, Pastor, Sa nto Christo, Fall River 1978, Rev. Msgr. Hugh A. Gallagher, Pastor Emeritus, St. James, New Bedford Aug" 29 1921, Rev. Joseph DeVillandre, D.O., Founder, Sacred Heart, North Attleboro 1975, Msgr. William H. Harrington, Retired Pastor, Holy Name, Fall River Aug" 31 1993, Msgr. Armando A. Annunziato, Pastor, St. Mary, Mansfield

Sept. I 1985, Rev. Jorge J. de Sousa, Pastor, St. Elizabeth, Fall River

The legislation has many antiCatholic features in it.

It also includes abortion and euthanasia which are death. not health.

Furthermore. I don't think Catholics want to entrust their health care to William Clinton who, on his third day in office. signed an atrocious executive order authorizing the Hitler-like act of drilling of holes in live babies' heads for the purpose of experimentation.

Catholics should rise up and protest William Clinton's attempt to deprive them of their right to practice their Catholic faith freely at the same time he is destroying decency in the V nited States.

Congressmen Gephardt and Studds will buy themselves a religious war if they go through with this despicable bill.

Catholics are playing an important role in this ,country as they have in the past. For example: They suffered battle casualties and fatalities in World War II in twice the percentage they bore to the total population the country at the time.

Furthermore, Catholic senior citizens who saw this country through the dark days of the Great Depression and World War II do not deserve to be facing the prospect of health rationing!

Catholics of the 10th Congressional District know full well that Congressman Studds by his votes and positions on i,ssues has proven that he is an anti..,Catholic bigot!

They feel that it is time for the Catholic bashing to stop!

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Clinton no friend to Catholics Dear Editor: .

A review of Bill Clinton identifies him as no friend to Catholics or Christians in general.

He continues to ignore China's persecuting the Church. He supports Vietnam, where ordination of priests is prohibited. He visits the Vatican and lectures the pope on abortion. He selects and supports an ignorant, anti-Catholic bigot as Surgeon General.

He promotes condoms to stop AIDS, which is like giving parachutes filled with holes to flyers.

He promotes research on human embryos and aQortion as if the Golden Rule does not apply to all human individuals.

As a coward, he dodged the Vietnam War Wherein a disproportionate number of Catholic youths died. As, president, he refuses to apply all his Vietnam excuses of sovereignty, self-determination and grandiose socialist scheming as reasons to avoid involvement in Bosnia, Korea, Haiti, Africa, and elsewhere. As cowardin-chief, he has the gall to appear at military cemeteries during 0Day memorial events thereby disgracing the dead men (a. disproportionate number of them Catholics) by his presence. He sends condolences about the death of Kim II-Sung, the Stalinist tyrant who killed thousands of Americans, disproportionate numbers of them Catholics, in the Korean War.

Deserving the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Medal for Traitorous Transfer of Information, he sends expensive esoteric weapon technology to untrustworthy potential adversaries. He panders to people's differences shamelessly feeding victimhood inferiority demands without any awareness of general ~uman commonality and objecttve transcendence.

He shows contempt for the common man by nepotism (his wife!), by inside profiteering in commodities and real estate, by accepting extraordinary gifts as a politician, and by satyrism impure and uncontrollable. He embraces the homosexual .cult for the politician that he is.

He promotes a health plan in cahoots with the robber barons of the insurance industry and legal profession, creating a lack of health dolla~s to the degree that not only abortIOns but euthanasia will be necessary and paid for.lnessence, he runs a government wherein the policies are: "Practicing Faithful Roman Catholics need not apply."

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R efreshin'g liturgy Dear Editor: Having recently returned from a vacation on the Cape, at West Yarmouth, the experience of liturgy is still fresh in my mind and I want to applaud those who are involved in ministry at Our Lady of the Highway in South Yarmouth. With a large crowd on two Saturday evenings. and a good sized one at St. Pius Tenth on the feast of the Assumption. the participation of the members of the congregation showed their appreciation, too.

Nothing was rushed. We sang everything we could directed by a gentleman with a marvelous feel for the music, a command of the organ and a beautiful voice, who was, it seemed, in sync with priests, the lectors and the Eucharistic ministers. all of whom gave the impression that it was a privilege for them to serve.

I'm sure many in the congregation were visitors like us, but the music director without any fanfare, had us worshipping all togetherasone. I undentandthathe is a summer parishioner and I think it's wonderful that the church recognizes his gifts. I look forward to my visit to Our Lady of the Highway next summer!

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Among the hierarchy JUST 32 DAYS after an eighthour operation to remove a brain tumor, Bishop S. Nicholas D'Antonio strode briskly up to the altar at Annunciation Church in New Orleans to celebrate the II a.m.

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"Good morning, everyone!" he said. "Can you all believe it? I don't believe it, but it's true. I'm here."

The previous month Bishop D'Antonio, a feisty 78-year-old Franciscan who once dreamed of becoming a professional boxer, had his clos'est brush with death since 1975, when. wealthy landowners in Honduras killed several of his church workers and put a $10,000 bounty on his head because of his work with the poor.

The death threat forced an end to his 30-year missionary career in Honduras. Since' 1977 he has lived and worked in New Orleans, chiefly as archdiocesan head of Hispanic BISHOP NICHOLAS D'ANTONIO, who thought he ministry and pastor of Annunciation parish. would never make it through delicate brain surgery, is greeted Bishop D'Antonio said he was by well-wishers ,after celebrating Mass 32 days following the prepared to die when he entered operation. (eNS photo) Mercy-Baptist Medical Center June 22 for surgery to remove a tumor pressing on the right side of his brain. Coming out of anesthesia, he experienced the most incredible pain of his life.

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Bishop Tanner, who also served in the National Conference of Catholic Bishops- U. S. Catholic Conference for 28 years, was 89.

Born in Peoria, Ill., Jan. 15, 1905, he was ordained to the priesthood for the archdiocese of Milwaukee in 1931.

In 1940, Bishop Tanner became assistant director of the U.S. bishops' youth department. In . 1945, he was named assistant general secretary, and, in 1958, general secretary. He was ordained a bishop in 1965. .

He was named to head the St.

Augustine diocese in 1968, a post he held until his retirement in 1979.

* * * * BISHOP DONALD W. Trautman decried the American "fixation on the O.J. Simpson case" while at the same time the crisis in Rwanda had attracted little interest or assistance.

"Is there a selfish streak in the American character that says Rwanda is a remote land and therefore we are not as concerned as with the O.J. Simpson case?" the Erie, Pa., prelate asked in his "The Shepherd Speaks" column in the Lake Shore Visitor, diocesan newspaper.

Most U.S. television networks provided live, gavel-to-gavel coverage of Simpson's preliminary hearing and arraignment.

But in Rwanda around the same time, "a bloodbath, a holocaust occurred that should sicken the world," Bishop Trautman said.

"And yet for weeks our own federal government's response to the Rwandan crisis was low-key." Only in late July did President Clinton declare an "immediate and massive increase" in U.S. aid efforts to Rwanda. the bishop noted.

"Why did our own government wait one whole week as the hellish horror of the refugee camps unfolded ·before lending our help?" he asked. "And why do Americans appear to be more concerned and preoccupied with the O.J. Simpson murder case?", ,.

* .* .* * MSGR. JOSEPH GREMI~ LION, a former VatiCan official, educator; author, researcher and leading socialjustice advocate, was found dead of natural causes in his apartment at the University of Notre Dame Aug. 9. He was 75.

His funeral was held at St. Joseph Church in Shreveport, La., a parish he founded in 1949.

When Pope Paul VI established the Pontifical Commission (now Council) for Justice and Peace in 1967, he appointed Msgr. Gremillion as its first secretary.

For seven years before that, as' director of socio-economic development for Catholic Relief Services, Msgr. Gremillion traveled around the world overseeing CRS development programs in more than 30 Third World countries.

Upon his return to the United States in 1974 he joined the theology faculty of the University of Notre Dame. He returned to his home diocese of Shreveport in 1978 as diocesan director of social and ecumenical ministry.

In 1983 he returned to Notre Dame to head its Institute of Pastoral and Social Ministry and codirect the Notre Dame Study of Catholic Parish Life, one of the most extensive sociological studies of U.S. Catholic life ever done.

He wrote nine books, starting with "The Journal of a Southern Pastor" in 1958, a widely hailed account of the struggles of civil rights workers in northern Louisiana in the 1950s. At the time of his death he had completed six chapters of his autobiography.

Joseph Gremillion was born March II, 1919, ,in Moreauville, La. In 1943 he was ordained a priest of the Alexandria diocese, . which then included the presentday diocese of Shreveport. . His civil rights activism, predat\

ing the major civil rights drives of the late 1950s and early 1960s in the South, led to a local newspaper accusing him in 1956 of com munist leanings.

In 1986 Msgr. Gremillion retired' as director of Notre Dame's Institute for Pastoral and Social Ministry, but he stayed on at the university as scholar in residence ,and professor emeritus. Working in church and society research at Notre Dame's Center for the study of Contemporary Society.

* * * * POPE JOHN PAUL II has' named Bishop Jerome G. Hanus, 54, ofSt. Cloud, Minn., as coadjutor archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa.

In his new post he will assist and eventually automatically succeed Archbishop Daniel W. Kucera of Dubuque, who is 71 years old.

Both prelates are Benedictine monks.

Archbishop Hanus is schedtlled to be installed as coadjutor Oct. 27.

* * * * LEBANESE CARDINAL Antoine Pierre Khoraiche, a strong voice for peace during Lebanon's many years of war, died at ag(: 86 of an apparent heart attack.

Pope John Paul II, ina message of condolences, described Cardinal Khoraiche as a "faithful~ier­ vant" for all Lebanese durin:g a very difficult period. As Maronite patriarch of Antioch, he was the spiritual head of the world's l\:1aronite Catholics. The pope had named him a cardinal in 1983.

Lebanese church leaders described Cardinal Khoraiche a,) a wise and tenacious pastor who quickly'saw the international dimension of Lebanon's civil strife.

He urged that the Lebanese t;risis be dealt with directly and no't as part of the larger problem of the Middle East. A Syrian-broke::ed peace plan eventually went into effect several years after the cardinal's retirement in 1986.

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BISHOP FRANCIS R. Shea, bishop of Evansville, Ind., from 1970 to 1989, died of a heart attack Aug. 18. He was 80 years old.

The retired bishop, who recer:.tly had reconstructive surgery fo r a broken hip, was found lying across his bed at his home in Evansville.

He was taken to St. Mary's Medical Center, where he died in the emergency room at 10 a.m. after receiving last rites.

Born .and raised in Tennessee, Bishop Shea spent 30 years in parish and Catholic high school posts there before he was named thi.rd bishop of Evansville.

In addition to running a diocese of more than 80,000 Catholics, he served on the board of the Indiana Catholic Conference. was vice president of the Indiana Interreligi'ous Commission on Human Equality and served on various ed ucationaland health care boards.

He served on the priestly life and ministry committee and the vocations committee of the National Co'nference of Catho:lic Bishops and was a member of the NCCB Administrative Committt:e.

A striking figure at six-foot-six, Bishop Shea in 1988 and 1989 was named "Sagamore of the Wabash" by successive governors. The award, the highest an Indiana governor can bestow, draws its name from a Native American term for a wise counselor.

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AN INDIAN woman works in her home. The diocese of Hyderabad is working to improve the status of women with Mahila Sangams (women's groups).

Indian priest seeks to improve status of women, provide shelter for children "I also hope to be able to hire Every morning when Father men living on the streets to collect Francis Thumma goes to celebrate Mass for a group of sisters in the garbage," FatherT~umma said.

Hyderabad, India, he passes a man "The city picks up the garbage living undera bridge. '~he man is once a week, but there is so much dressed in rags with hair extending refuse piling up every day that the like sticks, usually holdling abowl roads are very unhygienic." with a few crumbs in it. The priest Christian Foundation for Chilspeaks to him, but he ne:ver replies. dren and Aging has been assisting "It is painful to sec: this man the diocese of Hyderabad through every day," Father Thumma said its child sponsorship program for on a recent visit to Christian the past five years. Nearly 1,000 Foundation for Children and Agchildren are able to go to school ing, a Catholic mission assistance because of the mont~ly contribuorganization based in Kansas City, tions of their sponsors. CFCA has KS. "I also see about 300 people, also been able to assist with estabmany of them children as young as lishing Mahila Sangams(Women's seven, sleeping on the streets in the Groups) to improve the status of one mile radius I walk t:very mornwomen. ing. They made me want to do "In Indian society women are something to help people like still treated as second class citizens them." in many places," Father Thumma The priest says there are thou- explained. "Most of them are not sands of people sleeping in railway educated, have no earning capacstations, public parks and street ity, and are confined to household gutters in the cities of Andhra tasks. The Church and other nonPradesh in southern ,I ndia. They government organizations are orcome to the cities looking for jobs ganizing women in gfoups to help because of the poverty in the vil- them understand the causes of lages. Some collect trash, paper, poverty and how they can change glass, pieces of m~tal to sell for their situations." recycling, others beg. Sometimes In the past two ye~rs 83 Mahila there are whole families living in Sangams have been formed in the the open, but many are children villages surrounding Hyderabad. who are runaways or orphans.

The women in the groups contribFather Thumma, who is general ute 50 cents to a dollar per month secretary of the Hydl:rabad archto a central fund which is used to diocesan social servicl: office, has a give loans to the neediest to start dream of building a night shelter an income-generating project such where children could have some as a tea stall, a food vending cart, kind of protection and bathing or a small dairy. The women are and recreational facilities. Evengiven two years or more to repay tually he would like to add a rehathe loan so others Can benefit. In bilitation program to develop such some areas the women provide a skills as driving, electrical work, day care center so others can run mechanics, plumbing, welding and small businesses. . masonry. He hopes that some could "One woman bought two water be reunited with their families in buffaloes for about $400 with a their own villages. loan from her group," the priest The priest estimates that the said. "She makes about $75 a shelter would cost about $50,000 month selling the milk and ought to build and would accommodate to be able to repay the loan in 25 to about 150 people at a time. This would include sleeping, bathing 30 months. Some women bUy saris in large numbers ·and then sell and recreation facilities as well as them door to door, making about the space for the rehabilitation $2 or $3 apiece. Others run breakprogram. In the beginning he plans fast canteens on the roadside (like to operate it himself with the help hot dog stands in the U.S.) selling of retired people and volunteer coffee, pancakes, and juice." counselors. Later teachers will be Although the additional income paid from money generated benefits the entire family, many through the rehabilitation classes.

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"Hindu villages are especially reluctant to let women's groups be formed," Father Thumma said.

"We have to overcome their suspicions that the Catholic Church wants to convert Hindus instead of trying to improve the status of women."

FatherThumma visited the United States in July making mission appeals for his diocese. He is hopeful that he will gather enough support to build the shelter for street children that is so desperately needed and to expand the Mahila Sangams to other villages. Contributions may be sent to Father Thumma, cj 0 Christian Foundation for Children and Aging, One Elmwood Ave., Kansas City, KS. 66103.

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The study shows that 1,975,032 Massachusetts residents under age 65 were either denied coverage or forced to pay higher insurance premiums because of certain medical conditions, including everyday chronic conditions such as pack pain, allergies, and migraine headaches.

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (CNS) On D-Day, June 6, 1944, a young Father Aloysius J. Wycislo was in Cairo, Egypt, helping thousands of European refugees escape the horrors of World War II. In November 1943, as a founder and field director of what was then called War Relief Services-National Catholic Welfare Conference, he began a l6-year international adventure. The agency was the precursor路of Catholic Relief Services.

When he boarded a ship bound from New York for Scotland, he hoped to go on immediately to Egypt, where War Relief Services based its Middle East efforts to assist refugees from war-torn Europe. But his plans went awry when German aircraft activity delayed him for two weeks in Morocco.

Even when he got into the air, he was hardly safe. On the way to Cairo, his plane lost its undercarriage to a路 Nazi attack and he was forced to land in Libya.

Finally, he arrived in Cairo and took up his work.

At a July 31, 1944, news conference in New York, during a return .1 trip to the United States, thenOVER NINETIES TEA: Father Wycislodiscussed the exEnjoying recent nursing home tent of War Relief Services' assissocials for residents 90 and tance, with the agency helping older were (top center) Anne establish 134 centers for refugees in Palestine, Iran, Egypt, RhodeGuevrement, 97, at Madonna ' sia, Italy, Great Britain, and elseManor, North Attleboro, and where. In the Middle East alone (below right) Catherine Md- there were nearly 150,000 Polish len, 90, at Catholic Memorial refugees, he said.

He told the press that his agency Home, Fall River. Mrs. Mellen tried to offer services not provided is joined by daughter Louise by government aid or other forms Rezendes and Mrs. Guevre- of relief.

"Governme'nt agencies provide ment by daughters Mary Jane Farquhar (left) and Lee In- the necessities of food, clothing, galls, a Manor volunteer who shelter, hospitalization and schooling for children," he added. "War operates a bookmobile for res- Relief Services has been attemptidents. ing to provide all else that makes life livable for these long-suffering MADONNA MANOR'S first people." ever golf tournament is planned The rest of the war found him in for I p.m .. Sept. 19 at the Norton the Middle East, India and Africa.

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At Isfahan, on the shores of the Tournament organizers hope it Caspian Sea, "I found almost 3,000 ,will become an annual event for emaciated and half-orphaned refuthe North Attleboro nursing home. gee children," he told The ComBoth singles and foursomes are pass. "I had to do something to welcome to register for the toursave their lives." On such occanament, which will have a "Florsions, he would call his office in ida style" scramble format for play.

New York for money, sometimes Included is a steak dinner at the for as much as half a million dolCountry Club' after the tournalars, to buy supplies. ment, refreshments, contests and He said that God was always on prizes: his side, as long as he was helping For more information or an someone. "He's brought me along application form, ca'lI the Golf this far and I'm not going to Committee Madonna Manor, 699tamper with that design.

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With the Allied victory in 1945 came the unenviable task of cleaning up the ruin.

"In July of 1945, we discovered The Coyle and Cassidy High millions of people in displaced School athletic department is persons' camps in Germany," he offering a special deal for area said. senior citizens.

One day "I went to the officers' Free passes are available at mess in Munich, and they said the school that will allow senior they discovered Auschwitz," he citizens in the greater Taunton recalled. "I went with them. I went area to attend home varsity into the camp and we saw bodies football games and all of the and the scientific way the Germans boys' and girls' basketball games were exterminating people. It was for the 1994-95 school year free a terrible thing to see. Imagine 'of charge. naked bodies piled one on top of The only exception to this is the other 50 feet high and a block the 1994 Thanksgiving mornlong." ing football game against Bishop After the war he spent more Feehan. than another decade involved in To obtain a senior citizens' relief and refugee resettlement pass, contact Coyle and Caswork. In 1958, Cardinal Albert sidy athletic director Bill TranMeyer of Cbicago called him back ter at 823-6164. home to be pastor of an urban par-

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BISHOP Aloysius Wycislo ish. In 1960 he was nam,~d a Chicago auxiliary.

In 1968 he was namec. to head the diocese of Green Bay and it was no easy task, he s,aid. The Second Vatican Council was over, and he had to implement its directives.

"We've had some rocky times," he said. "A good part ofth;: churc~, including priests and the laity, have not interpreted the council as carefully as they might have and some things went wrong because some things were misapplied."

For example, he said, the concept of shared responsibility was abused. "In America, we are too quick to make the church a democratic institution and putting responsibility in the hands of people incapable of understanding the church." Although those ill charge were well-intentioned, t,e said, "they were without sufficient theological knowledge."

Thus, when he set foot in Green Bay, "the church was in turmoil, I was the third bishop from Chicago and I knew I wasn't welcome and I had to surmount that."

Moreover, as an adminiHtrator, "you're different," he said. "You have to make decisions that are tough, difficult and unpopular."

Now, he enjoys a quieter life of retirement, but still gives retreats to priests, confirms teer.:agers, golfs, and urges elderly people not to give up just because they have retired.

At age,86, he has just completed a 40-page booklet, "The Vo,~ation of Aging." He also writes books, and his latest, "Those Who Knew Jesus," has been used by catechists to teach the Bible to childre:l.

Nursing hom芦~ ombudsmen needed Swansea resident George Short was recognized for "Best. Advqcacy on Behalf of Residents" atthe recent Eleventh Annual Ombudsman Recognition Luncheon hosted

by Holy Cross College, Worcester.

Short also received,a pin for five years of service as a nursing home ombudsman.

The Executive Office of Elder Affairs trains volunteer ombudsmen to investigate complaints of nursing home residents.

The Bristol Elder Services Nursing Home Ombudsman Program, one of 27 such programs in the state, serves 36 homes in the area with four ombudsmen.

More volunteers are needed. Information is available weekdays from Margaret Pilkington, 575': 2101.

Approved group for homosexuals grows slowly NEW YORK (CNS) - Courage, an organization for Catholic homosexuals who aCI;ept church teaching on homost:xuality, is growing although its chapters generally remain small and some bishops withhold support, according to the organization's national director.

Father John F. Harvey, an Oblate of St. Francis de Sales based in Center Valley, Pa., spoke at the opening session of an Aug. 18-21 national gathering of Courage in New York.

About 150 people, including some who are not homosexual but who work with the movement, atte'nded the sixth annual such Courage conference.

Some told of difficulties they experienced in getting church support for their work.

"There are some bishops who don't believe in Courage," Father Harvey commented. He said Arch~ bishop Rembert G. Weakland of Milwaukee responded to an inquiry about starting a chapter there by saying bishops and priests he consulted thought Courage "didn't work." The archbishop also expressed the view that 'homosexuals committed to living chaste lives would not want to join a group, Father Harvey said.

But he added that after he got 20 Courage members to write Archbishop Weakland about the value they found in group support "he changed his mind."

A Courage group has now been¡ established in Milwaukee, he said.

"It's small, but it's there," he said.

"Sometimes a bishop will listen."

Father Harvey also said that Washington Cardinal James A. Hickey at first said a Courage group was not needed, but later admitted, "I made a mistake."

The Courage director said group member's helped each other live in accordance with church moral teachings, and "you don't need the permission of the bishop to practice virtue." However, groups such as Courage will not likely succeed unless the bishops are willing to endorse them, he noted.

Father Harvey is scheduled to visit the archdiocese of Chicago next week to conduct a priests' workshop.

He said the trip was arranged by a Protestant organization called Overcomers, which has Catholic members. Courage also works with an Episcopalian-run group.

He said some prie:sts of the New York archdiocese, where Cardinal John J. O'Connor has strongly supported Courage., have objected that its groups are small, and cannot reach thousands of Catholic homosexuals attending Protestant churches as well as ;a local denomination oriented to serving homosexuals.

He said efforts to reach homosexuals should remain faithful to church teaching. "If they don't want Catholic teaching, there is not much you can do except keep them in your prayers," he com. mented.

Catholics need to hear more explicit teaching from the pulpit about both the church's stance against homosexual activity and its absence of negative judgment on people born with homosexual tendencies, Father Harvey said.

He urged members to become more open about approaching their priests.

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IMPECCABLE CONDUCT: Father Ronald A. Tosti wields the baton as a surpriseconductor of the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra during the third annual Mashpee Night at the Pops in July. 8,000 attended the concert ~n? fir~w()rks display at Mashpee Commons. Directed by Royston Nash, the orchestra was JOlOed 10 performing by the Cranberry Shores Chorus and mezzo-soprano Lynn Torgrove.

The mus.ically-inclined Father Tosti, pastor of Christ the King parish in Mashpee, plays the harp and plano. He called the evening of music "the best thing that happens in our town. Once a year everybody gets together and celebrates life." (Photo from The Enterprise)

Bishop cites costs of war in Bosnia NEW YORK (CNS)- The war in Bosnia-Herzegovina has cost the church members and buildings, but also brought a deepening of religious commiqnent, a bishop of the area said during a visit to New York.

Bishop Ratko Pe'ric of MostarDuvno said many people in the Catholic community were "rather cool" to the church before the war.

A sign of warmer devotion, he said, was the decision of many previously uninterested parents to bring their children for baptism.

Bishop Peric said four or five priests of his diocese and 7,0008,000 lay Catholics had been killed in what he called an aggressive attempt by Serbs to take all"Croatia and Bosnia and "cleanse" them of Catholics and Muslims.

He said that about 45 churches, monasteries and other church-related buildings in the Mostar-Duvno diocese had been destroyed or damaged in the wat.

Virtually every family has had a member killed or injured, and the economy has been shattered, he said.

Generals acquitted WARSAW, Poland (CNS) A Warsaw court acquitted two former communist generals of masterminding the murder of a popular Solidarity pridt 10 years ago.

The court said it was impossible to determine the guilt of Gens.

Wlad yslaw Ciaston and Zenon Platek, who headed secret security forces when Father Jerzy Popieluszko was killed ,by their subordinates. .

"Instigation to kill the priest is probable, but the court in such cases must always apply the rule of presumed innocence," said Judge Jaroslaw Goral.

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Vatican embassy open fo'r business in Israel JERUSALEM (CNS) - The first Vatican ambassador to Israel presented his credentials to Israeli President Ezer Weizman Aug. 16 and officially began representing the Holy See in the Jewish state.

Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza Di Montezemolo officially took up the post two months after Israel and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations.

"I think that the pope, the Vatican have realized that it's high time to talk 'to the state of Israel, to talk to the-Jews," Weizman said.

"A little bit late, but better late than never, they've done it."

Yossi Beilin, Israel's deputy foreign minister amI a key player in the talks leading up to full diplo-

FIRST TOAST: Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza Di Montezemolo, the first V~tican ambassador to Israel and Israeli President Ezer Weizman toast each other after the archbishop presented his creden;ials to the president and officially began representing the Holy See in the Jewish state. (CNS/ Reuters photo)

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GLEN BURNIE, Md.(CNS)FatherG. Eugene Nickol said prayer was his only defense when an armed man abducted him and receptionist Aileen Pelesky from Holy Trinity parish in Glen Burnie Aug. 13 just before the priest was to preside at a wedding.

The man took money and a parish car, in which the priest. and receptionist were forced to drive around for about two hours before they escaped their captor. At one point the priest was stuffed in the trunk.

"I am here to tell you the power of prayer works," the Holy Trinity pastor told parishioners at the 10 a.m. Sunday Mass the next day.

Police arrested 25-year-old Derrick L. Sellman 10 miles south in . Annapolis two days later after Sellman allegedly abducted his estranged girlfriend and their baby daughter for nine hours, choked and raped the woman and told her he had kidnapped the priest and receptionist two days earlier.

For the abduction of the priest and receptionist Sellman has been charged with two counts of kid!"lapping and one count of robbery with a deadly weapon. For the attack on his former girlfriend he has been charged with kidnapping, battery, assault with intent to murder and first degree rape.

While Father Nickol, 47, and Mrs. Pelesky, 66, were being held in the car, a side drama developed back at Holy Trinity.

As 335 wedding guests fidgeted inside the church and bride Melissa Dauby sat fretting in a limousine out front, groom Mark Hughes

Influx of Cubans strainls church aid offices

manner as other refugees. That WASHINGTON(CNS)- Buses were unloading hundreds of should mean all would-be refugees who can show a sufficient basis for would-be refugees around the clock at the U.S. Catholic Conference's seeking asylum should be allowed Migration and Refugee Services to enter the country and bl: given safe haven in the meantime, she processing center in Miami as a unfamiliar with the area, grew said. wave of Cubans swept into Florida. increasingly agitated as they drove "Legitimate refugees should not So many fleeing Cubans were into one dead end after another. be detained," she said. being referred to MRS for resetHe forced the priest into the trunk John Swenson, associate executlement that the agency had to and made Mrs..Pelesky drive. move out of its regular offices into _ tive director of MRS, said (:'Ie new Father 'Nickol said he kept on policy toward Cubans is no-t a viaa vacant theater, said Raul Herpraying, suddenly remembering ble, long-term solution. nandez, assistant director of spethere was an interior release latch Meanwhile, the resour:es of cial programs for MRS in Miami. in the trunk. When the car stopped MRS and other service agencies President Clinton announced at a light, he popped itand tumbled were already stretched with the Aug. 19 that Cubans would no out into the street.' demands of processing tl:ns of longer be unquestioningly welMrs. Pelesky, seeing what had thousands of Haitians who are comed into the United States, happened, opened her door and 'tightening up a 30-year policy of seeking asylum in the United States. jumped out.

Even before the Cubans began admitting all Cubans whether or The abductor sped off in the car. not they had permission to enter arriving, resettlement offic:es in It later was recovered, its seats Miami were busy helping Ha.itians the country. The new policy will slashed. require Cubans to obtain asylum who have been cleared for asylum.

'Father Nickol found a phone An MRS office in Cap Haitien, approval in order to be freed from and called 911. His calm, matterHaiti, stopped accepting new asydetention. of-fact explanation of events to -Cubans who reach U.S. shores lum applications in mid-August police on the phone was later on their own or who are picked up because about 1,000 Haitians who replayed ,on TV newscasts. had been cleared to enter th,: Uniat sea willjoin 15,000 Haitians in a And the nervous wedding party safe-haven camp at Guantanamo ted States were unable to leave. waiting back at Holy Trinity? PerUnder a presidential order meant Naval Base while they are promanent Deacon LeRoy W. Beimel to discourage Haitians from takcessed. happened to stop by the church a ing to the seas in unsafe hoats, Dictator Fidel Castro apparently little after noon, and the groom only those who have been cleared lifted restrictions on leaving the and. best man quickly pressed him through offices in Haiti are being country and thousands have fled into service. . granted asylum in the United this month, the greatest exodus The wedding started an hour States. from Cuba since the 1980 Mariel late, but Melissa Dauby and Mark Haitians intercepted at sea are boatlift. Many attempt the 90-mile Hughes. exchanged vows. being taken to a tent camp at crossing to Florida on rafts made They emerged from the church Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba. of inner tubes and planks. as Mr. and Mrs. Hughes to find Shep Lowman, director ofi.nterAt MRS, Hernandez said he police cars outside the rectory and national affairs and immigration hadjust hired II temporary workfinally learned why Father Nickol ers and the agency was operating for MRS, said the decision to stop had missed the wedding. taking new applications was a mat24 hours a day to keep up with the The newlyweds came back to ter of avoiding adding to a hackhundreds of Cubans who have the church Sunday to see if Father log. Work is continuing on hunarrived in the last few weeks.

Nickol was all right. dreds of applications already in In an Aug. 19 press conference, The priest lamented that his Clinton called Cuba's shift in polthe works, he said. abductor"wouldn't let me go to do The United States has been icy "a cold blooded attempt to your wedding," but, he added, negotiating arrangements to get maintain the Castro grip on Cuba" "You're happily married. That's and said he would not allow a the people approved for asylum all that matters." out of Haiti. Requests to remove repeat of the Mariel exodus, in them by chartered aircraft or boats which 125,000 Cubans entered the have been rejected by th~ de facto United States.

Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles government ruling Haiti.

WA RSA W, Poland (CNS)-A Lowman said without a Wc',y of Aug. 18 declared an immigration Polish and a Lithuanian bishop getting them out of the country, emergency and demanded federal have agreed to exchange priests in there was too much risk to people help in coping with the onslaught. an effort to help ease tensions who identify themselves as opp,Jsed That same day, Attorney General between their neighboring coun- JanctRenoannouncedthechange to Haiti's military regime -by aptries and to ease pastoral problems plying for asylum. in policy, saying anyone entering created by Lithuania's failure to The U.S. Coast Guard reported without approval would be dereturn ch urch properties confis- tained. that interceptions of Haitians at cated under the former communist sea had all but stopped, apparThe Lawyers Committee for H ugovernments. The agreement was man Rights was among organiza- ently the result of a campaign by reached during a meeting between the Haitian military to destroy tions questioning the administraBishop Juozas Zemaitis of Vilkaboats before they can be used and tion's plans to detain Cubans. Its viskis, Lithuania, and Bishop Wojwidening understanding that anyasylum project coordinator, Stepciech Ziemba of the border Dioone picked up by the United States hanie Marks, said Cubans should cese of Elk, Poland. would be sent to Guantanamc. be treated in the same evenhanded

says prayer saved him

and his best man began making frantic phone calls to neighboring parishes. It was well past the II :30 a.m. starting time for their wed~ ding and no priest could be found.

No one in the wedding party had a clue that Father Nickol, who was supposed to preside over the exchange of vows, was at that time lying locked up in the trunk of the car, praying and trying to figure out a way to escape.

The abduction began that morning when a man entered the rectory next to the church asking to see a priest. He took a knife from the kitchen and forced Mrs. Pelesky, a volunteer receptionist at the parish a few hours a week, into the basement.

Father Nickol returned to the rectory after saying the 9 a.m .

Mass. When he did not find Mrs. Pelesky in the reception area, he went looking for. her and founa her in the basement with a knife at her throat.

He gave the man about $60 and keys to a parish car. Instead ofjust leaving, the man .ordered Mrs. Pelesky into the back seat and told Father Nickol to drive.

Father Nickol described the kidnapper as "a rather distraught, confused man." He said he tried talking with him as they drove around aimlessly under his direction for the next 45 minutes or so.

"He didn't have much faith .... I feel sorry for him. We prayed for him when we were driving around," the priest told the Catholic Review, Baltimore archdiocesan newspaper.

The man, who apparently was

matic relations with the Vatican, said at the ceremony that when the peace process reaches the stage of discussing the holy sites in Jerusa~ lem, Israel will consult the 'Vatican.

Archbishop MontezemoLoadded that the Holy See would make its voice heard in the talks.

The archbishop said his presentation of credentials marked the end of a long process and the beginning of a new phase of dialogue between Israel and the Vatican.

A "fundamental agreement" signed by the two parties last December was the breakthrough to full diplomatic relations. The agreement capped months of negotiations and years of sometimes troubled relations.

Priest exchange-

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Aug. 26, 1994

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New device could be used to predict human fertility

McGRANE SISTERS: Cara McCrane (center) with her sisters, Gillian (left) and Molly in October 1992, a month before she was killed during a robbery. (CNS photo)

Tragedy convinces Des Moines family of need for handgun control DES MOINES, Iowa (CNS)Thomas and Jo Ellen McGrane of Des Moines have family picnics to attend, marriages and births to celebrate, summer baseball games to watch and all the other joys and sorrows of life to experience.

But every so often, little things bring back the painful memories of Nov. 29,1992, whf:n one of their four children, 25-Yf:ar-old Cara, was killed during a robbery at the Drake Diner in Des Moines.

"Something I never thought of before Cara's death was what we would say when people asked us how many children we have," said Mrs. McGrane in an interview with The Catholic Mirror, Des Moines diocesan paper.

"There are times when we want to say that we have three children, because we don't want to have to explain Cara's death every time the question is asked," she added.

"But there's this tl~rrible feeling that you're betraying that child if you don't acknowledge her."

The McGranes, members of Holy Trinity parish in Des Moines, believe the unexpected death of their daughter, their second-born child, has changed them unalterably..

"I remember when my first child was born, there was this realization that in becoming a mother, I'd been changed forever," Mrs. McGrane said. "The same is true when you lose a child, because the change is so profound and lifelong, and yet thf:re's really no name for it."

Nearly two years into the grief process, the McGranes are certain of two things: The death penalty brings no peace of mind to the loved ones of murder victims, and society's refusal to strictly limit the sale of handguns only brings about more violent crimf:s.

Commenting on repeated calls in Iowa for reinstatement of the death penalty, Mrs. McGrane said capital punishment will not help family members or friends of those who are killed in violent crimes.

"All this stuff about families needing the death penalty for closure is a myth," sa.id her husband.

"There is no such thing as closure in a situation like this. It's something that will always be with us."

In July 1993, Joseph White Jr. was convicted of killing Cara, who worked as a manager at the diner, and her fellow employee Tim Bur-

nett. White was 17 at the time of the murders.

The McGranes said they have not felt a great deal of anger toward White. "We've never had the kind of anger that I suppose we should feel toward him," Mrs. McGrane said. "Revenge has never, ever been much of an element for us."

If there is anger, it is toward a society that they contend does not understand or care about the deadly impact that the availability of handguns has had in this country.

Both McGranes were advocates of handgun control before Cara's death, but the entire family's resolve on the issue has been hardened by the tragedy.

Immediately after Cara's death, her older sister, Molly, read a statement to the media, saying that the family hoped the tragedy would serve as "a qatalyst to control and limit the availability of handguns in this society."

And in a Febru~ry 1993 speech to the Iowa Legislature expressing opposition to the 'death penalty, the third McGrane daughter, Gillian, told lawmakers, "If this Legislature truly. intends to be tough on crime, it should legislate, and require that its legislation be enforced, to control the proliferation of handguns."

The McGranes $upport the ban on assault weapons approved by

both houses of Congress earlier this year, but in their view it does not go far enough.

"The ban is little more than window-dressing," said McGrane.

"We don't ha.ve a lot of people in Iowa who are killed by assault weapons. They're being killed by handguns, and the position of a lot of our politicians on handgun control is immoral and anachronistic."

The McGranes say the Catholic Church should take a stronger stance on the issue. "Catholics should be a lot more adamant about gun control," McGrane said.

The U.S. bishops last April supported the ban on assault weapons and have called for handgun control.

In March 1993 the U.S. Catholic Conference expressed support for the Brady bill, requiring a waiting period and background checks before individuals buy guns. In a 1990 statement on drug abuse, the bishops urged handgun control, linking the proliferation of guns to illegal drug commerce. In 1975, they issued a pastoral letter against handguns.

The McGranes cherish happy memories of Cara, calling their second daughter "a great joy, an immense wit, bubbly and generous to a fault, careless with her money."

While they will never be past her death, they know that the living must embrace life, and haltingly, they are finding their way.

Addict counseling program gets grant PRINCETON, N.J. (CNS) "One Church-One Addict," a program founded by' Father George Clements of Chicago to red uce the relapse ofaddiction through churchbased support networks, has received a two-year $300,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton.

The program for addicts has spread to five states. Father Clements is best known for adopting two boys and starting"One ChurchOne Child," a project that encourages individual churches to take a needy child under their wing.

A minimum of 900 recovering addicts are expected to be enrolled by the end of the two-year grant.

Using a team approach, church members will be shown how to identify problems leading to relapse, and support and counsel the recovering addicts.

"Substance abuse victims are ill.

The cure for their illness is the power of love. "One Church-One Addict' says love the addict and hate the addiction," Father Clements said.

Women run funerals VIENNA, Austria (CNS) Specially-trained women have been authorized to conduct funeral services that do not involve a Mass in the Vienna archdiocese. Their pastoral activities also include providing counseling to relatives of the deceased. The first five women to enter the program were commissioned in early July by Cardinal Hans Hermann Groer of Vienna.

They joined a 17-year-old program in which laymen have been conducting funeral services.

MANCHESTER, England (CNS) - Scientists are on the verge of developing a hand-held computer that could tell from a woman's breath whether she is liable to conceive.

The device could be a major boost for natural family planning methods.

The technology' behind it was devised to check the freshness of food and drinks, but scientists are now confident that it will have a range of medical uses - including checking diabetes, other metabolic diseases and fertility.

Allan Syms, managing director of AromaScan, the company pioneering the technology, said it will also be useful in environmental monitoring.

"The simplest analogy is to look at the way in which we have managed to capture two other senses: sight and sound," he told the Catholic weekly newspaper Th~ Universe.

"We have photography, TV and video recorders, and we have tape recorders, recording what we see and what we hear.

"This is the breakthrough of the third main sense. We now have the ability to take an 'electronic fingerprint' of a particular smell."

Aromascan is looking at a system for ca ttle farmers that would detect estrus in the breath of cows - thus indicating the most favorable times for breeding.

But he predicted that it would be 18 months to two years before the technology is developed sufficiently to manufacture "fertility Breathalyzers" - a further year or two before it is likely to be on the market.

Mary Corbett, chief executive of the Catholic Marriage Advisory Council, said, "We would welcome anything that would encourage people to consider natural methods of family planning."

Her group provides counseling courses for couples using natural family planning, and she noted the scientific advances in the field in the last 10 years.

Ms. Corbett said that with proper instruction and committed use, natural family planning could be 98 percent effective.

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THE ANCHOR--'-:Diocese- of Fall River'""'"'-Fri.;·A.ug: 2'6'; f~94"

Coyle-Cassidy High School TAUNTON - Coyle and Cassidy High SchooL will begin' its 83rd year with a school-record enrollment of 720 students, the largest number since the school opened as St. Mary's School in 1912.

"This is a tribute to' all those who make sacrifices for our young people to provide them with a solid Catholic education," said Coyle and Cassidy headmaster Michael J. Donly.

Coyle and Cassidy will welcome 201 freshmen in the Class of 1998.

'In addition, the school will have seven new faculty members, bringing the number of instructional staff to 60.

Despite the "record number of students, Donly added that the average number of students in a given classroom will be less than 20.

"Our low student-teacher ratio," Donly said, "will give each teacher more opportunity and flexibility in which to instruct and each stu":

dent to receive individualized instruction in the classroom."

School will open Aug. 29 with a Mass and meeting for the faculty at 8 a.m. From II a.m. - I p.m., members of the senior class will pick up their schedules and textbooks. Juniors will get schedules and books from I p.m. - 3 p.m.

On Aug. 30, freshmen will have a full day of school (in full uniform) from 7:4S a.l)1. to 1:50 p.m.

Freshmen are to report to the auditorium. Members of the sophpmore class will pick up schedules and books from I p.m.-3 p.m.

All students will report for a full day of school, in uniform, Aug. 31 and Sept. I. There is no school Sept. 2 or Sept. 5, with classes resuming Sept. 6.

Bus transportation for students from Easton, Brockton, Bridgewater, Norton:Plymouth, Carver, Middleboro, Lakeville and Berkley will be available starting Aug. 30. Buses for the city of Taunton ~ill,begin operating Sept. 7.

Bishop Connoily High Sc'hool FALL RIVER - The 1994-95 school year opens Sept. 7 at Bi~hop Connolly High School. Incoming freshmen report that day to: t~e auditorium for orientation, book purchases, school photos and an abbreviated run-through of a typical school day schedule. Lunch will be served. Dismissal will be at, 1:30,p.m.

Upperclassmen report for orientation, book purchases and school photos according to the following schedule: Seni,or.s, I to 3 p,m, Sept.

7; juniors, 8 to II a.m. Sept. 8; , sophomores, II a.m. to I p.m., Sept. 8.

Sept. 9 will be the first full day' of classes.

THE EYES HAVE IT: Attempting to capture that unique angle, Jerome Henderson sets up a shot for the ",Eyes of Gary" photography project. (CNS photo) .

Kids see new side of Gary,Iit'dianathrough a camera lens ' '

Karen Callaway, photojournal,GARY, Irid.(CNS) - A Catholic newspaper photographer's desire ist at the Northwest Indiana Cathto teach skills to children and the olic, newspaper of the diocese of youngsters' eye for their home- ' Gary, 'set up a summer phototown's qUliIities teamed up this graphy workshop called the "Eyes summer to prov'ide new perspec- of, Gary" for young shutterbugs.

Ms. Callaway, who is also a stutives on urban'life. dent at Columbia College in Chicago, got the idea from one of her instructors, photojournalist John H. White of the Chicago SunSAN DIEGO (CNS) .:- Sevenfor Blind Athletes. 'He invited her "She certainly loves music;" says Times daily newspaper. to tryout for a spot on his team, Randy Pile, who has taught guitar teen7year-old Juliana Raiche keeps "John taught us to be servants busy with her studies, guitar play- . which is cO'mpeting' at an interna- . to Juliana for four years. "She of humankind," said Ms. Callational swim meet in Barcelona, loves to experience it herself, and ing, swimming, church youth group way. "He said we should share our Spain, this summer. ' she loves to share it. She's enthusi- gifts, be grateful for what God has activities and Girl Scout outings.

Her full scheduie, which included astic about it and that comes ac- given us, and be thankful for what' "I ~as 'like, •Are you ~uts?;" says ross." raising 'nearly $2:000 to attend a. Juliana, chuckling. But, she tO,ok we are able to do with our eyes." late June swim meet in Spain, Mrs. Raiche said her most imthe plungt;, trav~led to Boston in Noting that photography has would tax many teens. But for her March and made the team. portant role is "helping Juliana to been "very good to me," Ms. Calit is made more difficult because keep a positive attitude." she ad- laway, recipient of 37 photojourSh,e had tried judo last year, but she is blind. mitted that it isn't always easy, nalism awards over the last five decided that with swimming she However, "When Juliana's not didn't get hurt as often, though she with her husband away at work in years, decided that "I wanted kids busy and not productive, the self- does get bruises on her hands and Washington and her oldest daugh- to experience all that photojourdoubt comes in," says her mother, thumbs from brushing against the ter, Renee, four years older than nalism has to offer. It is a wonderDiana Raiche, director of cate- lane mar~ers.

Juliana, preparing to leave home. ful way for the'm to express their chetical ministry at St. James parShe knows the future will be full feelings." , Her other major interest is playish in San Diego. "She wonders, ing the guitar. A bout with tendiniof even more chaJlengeswhen J uliThe 30 participants in the pro'Will I be able to accomplish any-, tis that forced her to quit playing ana graduates from high school gram, held on four Saturday mornthing?" She asks. 'Mother, !:low for three months earlier this year next year, but her wish for Renee, ings in July, were chosen from will I live?'''

Juliana and A'licia, two years among fourth-graders through confirmed- her desire to ,become a Juliana, n9w a member of St. younger than Juliana,is the same. eighth-graders who applied. Each professional musician.

James and an honors student at "I was having secondthoughts" "I want them to be wh,o they are had to submit a letter explaining San Dieguito High School, first, about a musical career, she said, in the world;" Mrs. Raiche said. why he or she wanted to participate. began losing her sight while: a "but then I couldn't imagine not "They each have unique contribuThe young students came from first-grader at a Catholic school in doing it. The three months I tions to make,. They have to dis- , both public and Catholic schools Alabama. Everyone assumed !I,he couldn't play was a good turning cover who they are and give that as and a variety of Gary neighbQrsimply needed glasses. point in my life." a gift." hoods. Ms. Callaway said that she . "It turned duno be a little more' wanted "the kids to see and show than glasses." " , , Gary t,hrough their e'yes."

After visits to a number o'f speEastman Kodak donated the cialists, Juliana eventually was diag- ~ . cameras used throughout the pronosed with r~tinitis pigmentosa, a gram and the students got to keep degenerative, hereditarY,condition them at the end. Other businesses that claimed the rest of her eye" provided gifts for each participant sight over the next three years. as well. , ' . ' : Juliana was understandably ang",' : were filled with how-to Classes ry, so Mrs. Raicp,e took her to visit .1', advice al;>o~t loading cameras, comtheir pastor. "He anointed her", t' posing pictures, using the _9ark-. ,and afterward, the a'nger 'arid frus~' room and being observant. In notetration ... she just really calrile~' , books students wrote down weekly down," she said. "There wa's a" assignments to be photographed sens~ o( patien,ce [evert though] . between classes. They also wrote her eYesigh't was changi'Ug daily." , ' words of inspiration 'for the week, The loss Of'hervision Move the including "courage" and "attitude." frustr.ated youngster'f~omt~~,swim" " Ashley Powell, who will be a ming pool,where.she had excellt:d as a Junior Olympian.· JULIANA RAICHE quit swimming when she first lost sixth-grader at Sister Thea Bowman School this fall and plans to Recently, however, she returned her sight, but returned tothe sport recently and represented the be a nurse, enjoyed shoQting picto swimming after a four-year hiatures of "happy people'" beca'use tus, at 'the' invitation of a swim U.S. Association for Blind Athletes at an international swim "nobody wants to see pictures of coach with the U.S. Association meet this summer. (CNS photo)

Blindness no obstacle fo;.; ,teen s,wimmer

people fighting." She told the Northwest Indiana Catholi<: that , she also hopes people see her photos of abandoned buildings "and do something' about it." , Another student, Byran Ta vron, . a fifth-grader at Chase Elementary, said he wantea to show Gary ,to others. "I want people t D see that it's a nice place," he said.

"There are different things to do in it." He likes 'photographing ,)ther children playing soccer.

Renate Schneider, a parishioner at Sts. Monica-Luke parish, who helped organize the program under the auspices of the Sister Thea Bowman House, said that one of the values is participants hav(: discovered 'something they like, and something with which they can work.

"What they are ,learning is to look at things and notice them differently. Through photogra phy, they are becoming attentivl~ to where they I.ive."

Prints from the "Eyes of Gary" project will be part of a travding exhibit, which will eventually have a permanent home at the S::ster Thea Bowman House, a Catholic Worker-style house in the inner city that seeks to reach out to the community through the arts.

Ms. Callaway said that when there is a print in the exhibit from 'each participant, people will understand why the' "Eyes' of Gary" project was il1lportant. . "Powerful pictures CliO make people react to things, inspire people to help other people," she said. "Through the eyes of these children, ~hey'll see a different !:ide . of Gary." ,

In defense of life VATICAN CITY(CNS)- The bishops of Argentina have urged their people to provide constitutional protection to the unborn _and the ill. In a statement' titled "The Defense of Life," the bishops said the ongoing national debate on constitutional reform should not give in to "voices favoring l:he legalization of abortion in the name of the misguided freedom and defense of women."

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of FalI River-Fri., Aug. 26, 1994 Written by Lisa Loeb. Sung

by Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories, (c) 1993 by Universal Studios Inc.

By Charlie Martin

ST AY (l MISSED YOU) You S~lY I only hear what I want to And you say I talk :'0 all the time - so And I thought What I felt was simple And I thought That I don't belong And now that I am leaving Now I know That I did something wrong 'CaUSI~ I missed you Yeah, I missed you And you say I only hear what I want to I don't listen hard I don't pay attention To thl~ distance That :rou are running Or to anyone, anywhere I don"t understand If you really care I'm only hearing negative No, no no - bad So I turned the radio on I turned the radio up And this woman Was singing my song The lover's in love And the other's run away The lover is crying Because the other won't stay And iillme of us hover When we weep for the other Who was dying Since the day they were born Well, well This is not that I think I'm throwing But I'm thrown And I thought I'd live forever But now I'm not for sure You try to tell me That I'm clever But that won't take me anyhow Or all1ywhere with you And you said that I was naive And I thought I was strong I thought, hey I can leave, I can leave But now I know that I was wrong Because I missed you Yeah, I missed you You said you caught me Beca use you want me And one day 111 let you go You try to give away a keeper Or keep me because you know You're just so scared to lose And you say Stay You say I only hear what I want to

THE SOUNDTRACK to the film "Reality Bites" is a hitmaking bonanza! The latest chartclimber off this disc is Lisa Loeb's and Nine Stories' "Stay (I Missed You). ' The song resembles a streamof-consciousness conversation between two lovers. They are unclear about the future of their relationship.

Their biggest problem seems to be a lack of understanding about what each wants from the relationship. One accuses the other of hearing only what she wants to hear and never listening well.

When they do try to break up, the girl discovers that she misses the guy. He asks her to stay. Putting all of this together, the situation has become a communications mess.

The most helpful way to reduce this confusion would be for them to agree upon some time apart.

When communication becomes difficult, or when mixed messages seem to be making an uncertain situation even worse time away from the confusio~ can help each individual focus on what he or she wants.

During their time apart each person could consider these questions honestly: I. Do I really want to work at solving the problems between us, or am I just addicted to the ongoing drama?

2. If making communication . more effective is my goal, what must I do?

3. If a magic genie could suddenly pop out of a bottle and offer to do anything to make the relationship fun and loving again, what would I ask him to do?

4. How well am I listening to my partner? What does this situation look like from his or her point of view?

5. What is all of this teaching me about myself and how I interact in relationships?

Perhaps the most important question from my list concerns listening. This involves temporarily setting aside our own agendas in order to listen. (We can listen without surrendering our own values.)

All of us can practice listening with more attention and openness.

Your comments are welcomed

by Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box 182, Rockport, IN 47635.

Martial arts with a Christian twist BALTIMORE (eNS) - Mike Grugan teaches martial arts, but with a twist - Christianity. He doesn't stand on a soapbox and preach to his students, but the 41year-old Catholic instructor communicates the Christian message in more subtle ways.

"We feel that i.mmersion in ,Eastern religious practices, with all due respect to th(:ir proponents, is not a necessary or even productive pursuit for the Christian student of martial arts," he told The Catholic Review, Baltimore's archdiocesan newspaper.

Grugan, who has been studying martial arts for more than 25 years, first started his academy, Sword of Heaven Martial Arts, four years

ago at Our Lady of Victory parish in suburban Arbutus.

"God has given us the positive instinct to survive and protect ourselves. As we do 1101 have the right to hurt others, I tell my students that no one has a right ,to hurt them," he said.

Grugan sees some similarities between Eastern philosophy and Christianity. "There is emphasis on kindness, compassion and humility," he said.

Sword of Heaven is more than physical training. Students are also given study sheets with terminology, philosophy and other martialarts-related issues.

Grugan at first taught would-be

karate kids, and then started teaching adults two-and-a-half years ago.

Dave Sihrer used to drive his son to Grugan's classes. Now, the elder Sihrer will test for his black belt in December. He said he likes the camaraderie he feels at Sword of Heaven as opposed to other martial arts organizations. "It feels more like a club here," he said.

In "Ja'panese martial arts the emphasis'is on "ki," a Jap~nese term for inner strength, Grugan said.

"There is lots of meditation and emphasis on your life force. I like to refer to what St. Paul said: 'I can do all things through Jesus Christ.'"

By Christopher Carstens There was a sad story on the sports pages not too long ago. It was about Christy Henrich, a gymnast who competed in the 1989 World Championships while still in high school. Just this summer she died at 22 of starvation.

She starved herself to death.

There was never any lack of food.

Toward the end her world was filled with people begging her to eat. Although she sometimes weighed less than 60 pounds, she died thinking she was fat.

Ms. Henrich suffered from the eating disorder anorexia nervosa, a condition tragically common among teenage girls. It affects boys too, but much less often. Anorexia is sometimes deadly, but it can be treated. The sooner treatment is begun, the better the chances for full recovery.

Worrying about your weight is common for teenagers. Every model on TV is 5-foot-8 and a size 4.

Wherever the American ideal of "thin is beautiful" spreads, so does anorexia. This year separate articles by Israeli and Egyptian doctors have shown that as teens in their countries start identifying with this ideal, cases of anorexia show up - where it was rarely found before.

Having anorexia isn't the same as going on a diet. People on diets fight urges to eat. People with anorexia often dread food altogether. Ms. Henrich was quoted as saying, "In the back of my mind, food is still a poison."

How do you tell if you are developing anorexia?

The main clue is how you think about your weight. When you develop anorexia as a teen, you find yourself burdened with an intense fear of gaining weight. It isn't something you talk about, even with best friends, because it feels shameful, humiliating..

You feel like you've lost control of your eating. Dieting becomes a compulsion - something you must ~o, not something you want to do.

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People around you start noticing that you are getting "too thin."

They mention their worry, but instead of really eating more to regain some weight, you make a show of eating and then secretly throw your food away when nobody is looking.

Sometimes kids go on a binge, eating eight hamburgers or a whole loaf of bread, and then throw up or use laxatives to keep from gaining. That is really dangerous behavior.

Parents worry. Friends worry.

They tell you about their concerns.

"You are getting so skinny," they say. But when you look in the mirror, you see a pudgy girl looking back at you - no matter how thin your real face may be.

Girls with anorexia often miss their periods, sometimes going for months without menstruating. The body doesn't know anything about the emotional situation - it just knows that it is slowly starving to death, and the mechanisms of reproduction simply shut down .

If you recognize yourself in this picture, you need the help of a physician who treats eating disorders. Anorexia is a complicated problem, and a major component of that problem appears to be biological. There are new medications that can help control the fears and compulsions that drive you to selfstarvation.

Recently medical scientists developed a new class of antidepressant medications that affect how the brain uses a chemical called serotonin. These drugs have been particularly effective in treating anorexia. They don't make you gain weight - they just help you clear up your thinking about food so you can make healthier decisions.

Everybody wants to look good.

But there's no figure worth dying for.

Your comments are welcomed

by Dr. Christopher Carstens, c/o Catholic News Service, 321 I Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C.20017.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of F:all River-Fri., Aug: 26, 1994' ..

Iteering pOintl AIDS MINISTRY, FALL RIVER DIOCESE A representative is available each 3rd Monday at Clemence Hall, Room 225, 243 Forest St., Fall River.

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DIVORCED, SEPARATED, FR Separated Catholics and those divorced two years or less meet each 1st and 3rd Wednesday at 7 p.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral school hall, Fall River. All welcome.

WIDOWED SUPPORT, FR Widowed persons meet at 7 p.m. alternating Tuesdays at Sacred Hearts Convent, 47 Prospect Place, Fall River. Further information: Sister Ruth Curry,999-6420.

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NORTH DARTMOUTH Bereavement support group for those under age 40 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. each 2nd and 4th Wednesday, Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Rd., No. Dartmouth. Further information: 999-6420, weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM All welcome to reception in courtyard I to 4 p.m. Aug. 28 to greet priests and parishioners and bid farewell to seminarian Rich Wilson, who departs for Rome the following week. Those planning to attend are asked to notify the rectory.

SAINT ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR Volunteers needed to assist in oncology and other hospital departments. Information: Sister Cecilia Downing, 674-5741.

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WAR WEARY: A Bosnian girl cries as she walks alone in the old part of Sarajevo. The pope may visit the war-torn city Sept. 8. (eNS/ Reuters photo) ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, CAPE/ISLANDS CATHOLIC NURSES HYANNIS All welcome at healing Mass and Capel Islands Chapter of Catholic prayer service sponsored at 7:30 p. m.

Nurses will meet for potluck supper 6:30 p.m. Sept. 21 at St. Pius X parSept. I by Spirit of Jesus prayer ish hall, South Yarmouth. Those group with Father Freddie Babiczuk attending are asked to bring a salad, as celebrant. vegetable or dessert and a place setST. ANTHONY OF DESERT, FR ting. The 10th annual Catholic Exposition of Blessed Sacrament Nurses' Sunday will be celebrated at noon to 6 p.m. Sept. 4 with holy hour 5 to 6 p.m. in St. Sharbel 9:30 a.m. Mass Sept. 25 at Our Lady of Victory Church, Centerville, with Chapel. refreshments to follow. All nurses ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO welcome. Further information: Adoration of Blessed Sacrament Leonard Fisher, 362-8264. in chapel every First Friday followHOLY NAME, NB ing 7 a. m. Mass and continuing until Appreciation is expressed to the before 9 a.m. Mass Saturday. Evenfamily and friends of the late Mrs. ing prayer 9 p.m. on the Friday and Mary Flanagan for their donations special prayers 8 a.m. Saturday. All in her memory to the parish Catholic welcome; further information, Joan Education Fund. .

Provost, 699-2430.

CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE WIDER HORIZONS Potluck supper after 5:30 p.m.

An interfaith peace initiative for Mass Aug. 27 for Providence Colhigh school students from Ireland and Northern Ireland seeks host lege alumnae, friends and anyone families Sept. 9 through Dec. 4: connected with the college. Call par-Information: (617)878-7626 (even- ish office at 477-7700 to sign up. ings); (617)871-6604 (answering ST. MARY'S, FAIRHAVEN machine).

Lightweight and clean clothing and bedding will be collected for a LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Texas mission until the end of The final shrine summer concert August. will feature "Father Pat" (Rev. Andre SEPARATED/DIVORCED Patenaude) at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 27. All CAPE SUPPORT GROUP welcome.

August meeting canceled; next one The 14th annual Polish Pilgrim- set for Sept. 18, St. Pius X parish age Day will take place from 1:30 center, South Yarmouth. p.m. Aug. 28 and will include a rosary procession and Mass with Father Walter J. Ziemba as principal celebrant and homilist. Father Ziemba is president and moderator WASHINGTON (CNS)- This of the John Paul II Cultural Foun- fall 9,000 more students nationdation in Orchard Lake, M I. Music wide will be attending Catholic for the Mass will be led by the choir of Our Lady of Czestochowa parish, . schools during the second consecBoston. Confessions will be heard in utive year of increased enrollment.

Sister Catherine T. McNamee, Polish and English. All people of Polish heritage welcome. For further president of the National Catholic information on either event, call Educational Association and a Sis222-5410. ter of St. Joseph of Carondelet, credits the growing numbers in SACRED HEART, FR 'In the "From the Pastor's Desk" part to marketing. feature in the weekly parish bulletin, "Catholic schools have found Father Edward J. Byington com- success simply by broadcasting ments that he habitually asks vaca- their own success stories," she said. tioning parishioners to bring in bulThe NCEA president also said letins from churches they attend. In a bulletin from an Edmo'nton,' Al- that in the past six years Catholic berta, parish, he spotted a question schools have sustained their enasked by the pastor of married pa- rollment, which has steadied to 2.6 rishioners: "Have you considered million students.

In 1990, theNCEA and the U.S. the possibility of being the first married couple to be canonized?"

Catholic Conference's Department "Wow, what a challenge! It is a of Education began a national great question and I salute the pas- marketing. campaign for Catholic tor for asking it," wrote Father schools. A new campaign message, Byington. "Sainthood is not something for some sort of superhumans," "Catholic Schools: Schools You he added. "It is something for which Can Believe In," will be introduced all of us should be striving and it is in schools this fall and remain the also something which Almighty God theme for several years. gives all .of us the grace to o.btain."

The campaign sends "a power-

CATHOLIC MEMORIAL HOME, FR Support group for caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's or related memory-impairing illnesseH meets each 4th Tuesday from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Further information: 679-00 II. DIOCESAN COUNCIL or CATHOLIC WOMEN All welcome at a leadership training seminar I:30 to 4:30 p.r.•. Aug. 28 at St. John of God parish center, Somerset. Further information: Bella Nogueira, 673-6145.

ST. ANNE, FR In conjunction with the Portuguese festival to take place Aug. 27 and 28, a noon Mass with Bishop Sean O'Malley presiding will be celebrated on Sunday. Septembe'r plans include an installation Mass for new pastor Father ~arc Bergeron at 10 a.m. Sept. 4, also with Bishop O'Malley presiding; a testimonial for former pastor Father John Folsterfollowing 10a.m. MassSc:pt. II, and a 4 p.m. Mass Sept. 17. again with Bishop O'Malley presiding, to celebrate the parish's 125th anniversary.

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Parishioners at both the ,;hurch and Our Lady of Hope chapel are thanked for a contribution of some $6,000 to Birthright ofCapc: Cod, which offers help to women with problem pregnancies.

Catholic school enrollment increases ful message to parents at a time when values-added education, academic performance and safety issues are foremost in their minds," said Robert Kealey, executive director of the NCEA eleme:ltary schools department.

Sister Regina Haney, executive director of the National Association of Catholic Boards of Education and a School Sister of St. Francis, credits increased leadership of parents and other lay people for Catholic schools' success.

"Catholic schools are experiencing an influx of talent and sup port through the contributions of board members, business partnemhips and corporate backing," she :;aid.

Other reasons for the increased enrollment, according to Catholic school officials, include the 1988 Vatican document supporting Catholic schools, the 1990 U.S. bist.ops' plan to make Catholic educa.tion available to. al1 Catholic children and the National Congress on Catholic Schools for the 21 st Century sponsored by the NCEA in 1991.