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Pope calls on young Catholics to live faith as signs of hope By CINDY WOODEN PARIS (CNS) - Baptism and confirmation lead to intimacy with God and solidarity with all people, Pope John Paul II told young people after baptizi ng 10 of their peers.
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make the proclamation about St. Therese, who died at the age of 24, because of her teachings on spirituality. The Oct. 19 proclamation will mark the first time in 27 years that the Catholic Church has had a new doctor of the church. St. Therese will become the 33rd saint honored with the title and the third woman. St. Teresa of Avila and St. Catherine of Siena were proclaimed doctors in 1970 by Pope Paul VI. The pope told the young people St. Therese "calls you to an infinite generosity; she invites you to remain in the heart of the church as disciples and ardent witnesses of Christ's charity." Police closed entrances to the racetrack well before the Aug. 24 Mass began because, they said, it had already reached its capacity of 900,000 people. Police estimated that at least 100,000 more stood outside along the fences, bunched as close as possible to large television
screens in order to watch the event. During the Mass, the pope gave first Communion to the 10 young people who were baptized just 15 hours earlier. Megan Costello, a 15-year-old from Ogden, Utah, represented North America in a group that included a French soldier, a Cuban and a Bolivian, a Cambodian and a Chinese now living in Taiwan, a Tahitian, a Russian, a Kenyan and a young man from Burkina Faso. The young people barely inclined their heads during the Aug. 23 baptisms as the pope poured a large measure of water over them, soaking hair, glasses and the front of their shirts. Costello looked as if she was holding her breath during the rite, taking a big gulp of air after the pope proclaimed her baptized in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Dressed in big white capes by their godparents, the young people also were confirmed during the candlelight vigil service. "Live from now on as children of the light who know that they are reconciled by the cross of the savior," Pope John Paul told the young people at the vigil. Baptism and confirmation do not remove Christians from the world, "for we share the joys and hopes of people today," he said. "The Lord calls us to undertake our mission right where we are." Part of the mission, he said, is to build unity not just among people of di fferent countries and races, but also among divided Christians and with people of other faiths. The vigil took place on the eve of the 425th anniversary of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, when thousands of minority Protestants were killed by the majority Catholics on the streets of Paris amid strong reli-
gious tensions. "We cannot forget" the massacre, the pope said at the beginning of his speech. "Christians did things which the Gospel condemns." Acknowledging the sins of the past, he said, "is an act of honesty and courage" that helps people learn and commit themselves to avoiding the temptation to similar acts in the future. "Belonging to different religious traditions must not constitute today a source of opposition and tension. Quite the contrary, our common love for Christ impels us to seek tirelessly the path of full unity:' he said. At the closing Mass, the pope said the Christian life is part of a natural human quest, the search for meaning and ultimately the search for God. "This world is wonderful and rich. It sets before us countless treasures. It enchants us. It attracts both our reason and our will," he said. "But in the end, it does not satisfy our spirit. ''The longer we live," the 77-year-old pope said, "the more we realize how precarious life is and the more we wonder about immortality. What exists beyond the frontiers of death?" The answer lies in the cross and resurrection of Christ, he said. Death will not have the last word when God's gift of his son is accepted. Just as he told 350 representatives to the Youth Forum from 130 countries during a more intimate Mass Aug. 23, the pope told the World Youth Day participants they were not to keep their experience of faith to themselves, but were to share it with the world. "The Spirit of God sends you with your brothers and sisters of the whole world to be Turn to page 8
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During his Aug. 21-24 stay in Paris for the celebration of World Youth Day, the pope repeatedly called young Catholics to live their faith as signs of hope and unity in an often . troubled and divided world. "The Word of God transforms the lives of those who accept it because it is the rule of faith and action," the pope said Aug. 23 at the vigil service, which included the initiation oHive young men and five young women into the church. At every appointment with the young people, Pope John Paul expressed his confidence that they would take their rightful place in the church and would put the values of their faith to work in the world. During the days, which the pope described as "dense and hot" because of the packed program and the unusually high temperatures, he highlighted two examples of faith and action for the young people to follow: Blessed Frederic Ozanam, whom he beatified Aug. 22, and St. Therese of Lisieux, whom he announc(:d would soon be proclaimed a doctor of the church. After the closing Mass at the Longchamp racetrack, the POP(: announced he would
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Religions sisters gather for celebratiol1L Over 100 religious ofJesus and Mary gathered on Saturday, Aug. 9, at Notre Dame Church in Fall River to celebrate jubilees and missioning. Joined by family, friends, and. parishioners, they celebrated the Eucharist and some of those gathered renewed their vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. They also celebrated more than 1075 years of service to the Lord as Religious of Jesus and Mary. 17 of this year's 19 jubilarians were present to renew their vows. Celebrating 50 years in religious life were Sister Gertrude Brault, RJM, the current organist for Notre Dame Parish; and Sister Helene Dussault, former principal of Notre Dame School. Also during the ceremonies Sister Rosemary Mangan RJM, Provincial Superior, publicly missioned three sisters to a new mission for their community in Hait}. As a symbol of their response to the cry of' the poor in
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Holy :Name School,'Fall River, announces new principal Returning students to the Holy Name School in Fall River will have a new principal to meet next week when classes resume on Wednesday. Richard N. Moreau, 40, of Providence, has been appointed principal of the elementary school. In announcing the appointment, Rev. William T. Garland, D.S.A., director of education for the Fall River diocese, said that Moreau is already in place, working with Holy Name pastor, Rev. Francis Mahoney, to meet the faculty and learn as much about the school as possible in these waning days of summer recess. Moreau comes to Holy Name School after serving as principal since 1994 at St. Joseph School in West Warwick, R.I. Before that, he was a special education teacher at the Eleanor Briggs School in Warwick, R.I., and the St. Aloysius School in Greenville, R.I. He has worked part-time as a resident assistant at a hO,me for
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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of F:all River - Fri.,.Aug. 29, 1997
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The recent union battle with United Parcel Service was reminiscent of the labor battles of the good old days. As with all such encounters, the action took place on many levels and the Teamsters planned its campaign very well. Yet, with all the claims of victory, one wonders who was the true victor. So changing is today's workplace that unions can expect greater difficulties in mobilizing their forces. All indications are that the workplace is not what it used to be. To be sure, some subhuman sweatshops still exist, but work itself has a more upscale look, as if switching from overalls to designer jeans. Our current prosperity has much to do with this, as have new hiring tactics. Look around 'and you will see more and more retirees back at work. Our extended life span has made a joke of the idea of retiring at age 65. More and more "senior citizens" are taking jobs to supplement their Social Security and retirement benefits, while many middle managers who have received so-called "golden handshakes" from corporate America are seeking new jobs, filling many positions generated by the present economy. Another change in the marketplace has been brought about by the many new jobs generated by the computer. More and more people, especially mothers, are working at home, some fulltime but many more parttime, the latter a situation targeted by unions. Many businesses are working closely with colleges, both in developing computer programs and in recruiting promising students. Other company tactics range from bonuses to benefits, especially in the area of medical insurance. It's not just a matter of hiring people in a tight labor market but of keeping them from switching to other job opportunities. Companies have also learned to recognize workers, not by a wristwatch at retirement, but by more meaningful rewards and peer acknowledgment. Bosses are learning that everyone likes a nod. Also fast disappearing are immutable hours of work; flexible hours and day ca~e services mean a great deal to a working mother. Additionally, in many areas union actions have been. obviated by employers who offer such entitlements as profit sharing, stock options and bonuses, which make workers think twice before striking. Such new initiatives have undoubtedly affected unionism.. A current area of concern is' the threat posed by overs¢"as workers. Ry~.ruit ing via the Internet is worldwide and more and more companies are opening plants outside the United States. As the.world itself becomes more of an economic union, a lot of the old ideas that dominated labor unions have become obsolete. The success of the UPS strike lay In the fact that the Teamsters took many of these facts into consideration. They did their homework, they mobilized well, they used the Internet and they woit the support of the White House. On the negative side, however, union leaders did not project themselves well in the media, resembling the old bosses as they yelled their demands A bit of spit and polish would have gone a long way to give unionism the new look it deserves. As the dust settles on the UPS-Teamsters encounter, we should be reminded that both the development of economic activity and growth in production are meant to provide for human needs. We must not forget that work is for man, not man for work. It is also important for both labor and business to remember that eyeryone has the right to economic initiative and that this right should be observed. The history of the labor movement'in this country has made clear the absolute need of union organization in the marketplace. From their very outset the Church has taught that among basic human rights is that of founding labor unions. True, some unions have gone in the wrong direction and have become more demanding than any capitalists due to their inability to truly represent their members. 'too many leaders of such unions live very fat lives off union dues. . The next few years will present many challenges to botti labor imd capital. May each side treat the other with respect.
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'Submission to husband' irks wives By FATHER
KEVIN HARRINGTON
Without doubt, thc~ most provocative reading of the Church's liturgical year came last Sunday when the passage from Paul's epistle to the Ephesians was proclaimed as the second reading from the B cycle of the twentyfirst Sunday of the year (Eph. 5:21-23). Whenever the lector proclaims that "wives should be: submissive to their husbands" (Eph. 5:22), I see the congregation coming alive with glances, raised eyebrows and even giggles from some of the younger couples. This liturgical reading has provoked so much discussion, confusion and consternation that the bishops of the United States have petitioned the Vatican for a shorter reading of only Eph. 5:25-33. The present missalette has the controversial section in parentheses, allowing the pastoral option of omitting verses 21-25. Ironically, in my present parish I had two lectors named Paul, 30 years apart in age. The younger Paul insisted on omitting the passage at the 10:30 Mass while the older Paul included it at 7 0' clock Mass and told me that he was upset that, of all the weeks, his wife was not present for the reading. While the reading from Ephesians occurs once every three years, a comparable reading from the epistle to the Colossians (Col. 3:]2-21) is proclaimed to the congregation on the solemnity of the Holy Family every year. This feast occurs on the Sunday between Christmas and New Year's. However, the second edition of the "Order of Readings" provides a different reading from the apostolic writings when the
solemnity of the Holy Family is celebrated in years Band C. Nonetheless, the bishops of the United States also petitioned for a shorter reading (Col. 3: 12-17) to omit the phrase, "wives should be submissive to their husbands." On a lighter note, I have often threatened an engaged couple with one of these readings if they did not take the timlf to personalize their preparation of the sacrament of Matrimony by choosing their own Mass readings. I have never chosen either reading for a nuptial Mass but I believe my "threat" has motivated many brides to become more involved in that aspect of marriage preparation. I agree with Scripture scholar Father Raymond F. Collins that exercising the pastoral option of substituting the shorter reading of Colossians and Ephesians for the longer may be a matter of winning the battle but losing the war. Omitting the passages neither erases them from Scripture nor· does it remove them from people's consciousness. I believe that the readings db not need to be "cleaned up" so much as understood in their proper context. Back in the 13th century, when Stephen Langton divided the New Testament into out present-day chapters, people were unaware of the importance of the Bible's literary forms. Langton concluded the fifth chapter of Ephesians at verse 33 and the third chapter of Colossians at verse 25. The consensus oftoday's Scripture scholars is that the proper scriptural division should be Ephesians 5:2]6:9 and Colossians 3:] 8-4:]. These two passages focus on order in the first century Helle-
Weekly General Audience Message Pope John Paul n Dear brothers and sisters, The great joy of the 12th World Youth Day in Paris is still very fresh in my mind (Ind heart. I thank the president of the French Republic and the civil authorities for their welcome. In a special way, I am grateful to Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, the archbishop of Paris, and Bishop Michel Dubost, the president of the organizing committee, as well as to all the French bishops and the many volunteers who made this event so successful. In great numbers, young people from all parts of the world came to Paris to be together as members of the one church of Christ. The theme of their reflection was the passage from the Gospel of St. John in which the disciples ask Jesus: "Teacher, where are you staying?" emd Jesus responds "Come and see" (cf. In 1:3839J. We must move ever closer to Christ - "Comel" -in order to discover in ever greater depth his true identity -"See!" The 12th World Youth Day in Paris was an edrqordinary event of faith and hope. Let us pray that the commitment of so many young people from every part of the world will bear much fruit in the church, herself ever young, as we approach the' new millennium. I am pleased to edend a special greeting to the Koyasan Shingon Buddhist delegation from Japan on their way to' Rimini for the "Meeting for Friendship Among People": I eICpress the hope that your visit will serve to increase understanding and respect among the followers of different religious tradrtions. Upon all the Englishspeaking pilgrims, especially those from England, Cyprus, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, Canada and the United States, I invoke the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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nistic (Greek) household. Those considered socially inferior in the various household relationships, that is wives, children, and slaves, were exhorted to obey their husbands, parents, and masters. Those considered socially superior were exhorted to treat their "inferior" partners appropriately. Thus husbands were urged to love their wives, fathers not to provoke their children, and masters to treat their slaves fairly. This household code was not a creation of St. Paul but a traditional exhortation whose origins go back to Aristotle and were accepted into Hellenistic Judaism. Not surprisingly, St. Paul would appropriate this code into Hellenistic Christianity. It was all the more urgent to do so because on the domestic scene women, young people, and slaves had become Christian. However, Christians were disturbing domestic harmony. Hence, St. Paul urged them to affirm that they accepted the family values then in vogue. God still has an interest in family life as it is actually lived. The New Testament's household code indicates that there is no such things as an ideal or an abstract family. In a day in which some bemoan the demise of domestic values and idealize the values of the nuclear family, this code reminds us that God does not idea]ize family life but has an interest in real families who suffer life's vicissitudes. Most past societies and many in the present, consider the extended family to be the basic social structure and the fundamental unit of society. But the recent American version of a nuclear family system lacks many of the strengths of the extended family. The household code of Paul's day was practical and real and reminds us that our human family has a history and a story. It may also remind us that our God is the Lord of history and the God of the living.
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."ews Briefs Miami wants Cuba cruise MIAMI (eNS) -The Archdioces!3 of Miami has asked the U.S. government for permission to sail a cruise ship filled with pilgrims to Cuba when Pope John Paul II visits i'n January. An archdiocesan official said he believes government approval is likely, especially after a White House spokesman indicated Aug. 19 that travel restrictions to Cuba would likely be suspended for the papal visit. The Miami Archdiocese submitted its request for a travel waiver July 9. It wants permission to take 1,250 pilgrims on a Jan. 23-26 trip to Cuba, with its centerpiece being the Jan. 25 papal Mass in Havana.
food for the body and soul CHICAGO (CNS) - In the heart of one of Chicago's most gentrified neighborhoods, new $500,000 condominiums stand next to rundown two- and three-room flats, and land developers and gangs each fight for territory. In the midst of this urban drama stands the Franciscan Outreach Association's Marquard Center. It serves dinner every night of the year to more than 150 homeless men, women and families from throughout Chicago. Founded in 1990 by a small group of Franciscans, the Marquard has served tens of thousands of Chicago's hungry. Many Chicago area shelters do not serve meals in the summer, only in the fall, winter and spring, but the Marquard Center never closes. Not even for Christmas.
Self-sufficiency in South African Church PRETORIA, South Africa (CNS) - The church in post-apartheid South Africa needs to become more selfsufficient and to help other countries in greater need, the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference has said. The conference also reported it was working with Rwandans to investigate ways the South African church could help with legal procedures for priests and religious implicated or accused in the civil war that started there in 1994.
Too many litles are confusing ROME (CNS) -While the Blessed Virgin Mary could be called Mediator, Co-redeemer and Advocate in very narrow contexts, an official proclamation of the titles would create only problems and confusion, a prominent Mariologist said. The Mariologist, Father Salvatore Perrella, a professor of dogmatics and Marian studies at the Marianum Theological Faculty in Rome, also referred to U.S. petitions requesting such a proclamation as ''theologically inadequate:' The priest said one of the main problems with such a proclamation would be its potential to cloud the Catholic Church's faith that Christ is the unique savior and redeemer of the world.
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CALCUTTA, India (CNS) -The Missionarie~of Charity say they "strongly objecf' to an "unauthorized" movie on their founder, Mother Teresa, by a U.S. entertainment company. The Missionaries ,of Charity superior general, Sister Nirmala Joshi, said the movie Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor "is not authorized by Mother Teresa and does not carry her endorsement nor that of the Missionaries of Charity." But a spokeswoman for Hallmark Entertainment, which produced the film, said that prior to 'filming, the script writer, Dominique Lapierre, had produced documents to Hallmark that he said were signed by Mother Teresa, indicating that she had read the script and approved it.
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The prison industry is booming One of the saddest stories of the 1990s will be how the United States dealt with the nation's fear of crime. We simply incarcerated more and more people, built more prisons and never bothered to publicize the fact that more than half of these prisoners are doing time for crimes that involve no violence toward another. . More than half of those currently in prisons are there because they were convicted of a drug-abuse crime. Less than 1 percent of inmates are there for murder. And here's one more statistiC that needs reflection: An African-American man is seven times more likely to go to prison than a w~ite man. Does this say something about race or about our criminal justice -injustice - system? . The boom in prison building is great for politicians. They can give speeches on how hard they are . on criminals. I know this subject is touchy for most people. Some will conclude that I am "soft" on crime. Not true. .I am a student of the criminal-justice system, having done much research on jails and prisons. I have been to many of these places, and I have met many prisoners. I correspond with some serving time. I have seen that prisoners have sensitivities, feelings, and I believe many can learn from their mistakes and be redeemed. I have also been the victim of the worst crime that can hit a family - the murder of loved ones. I be'lieve that murderers should serve a life sentence, depending on the circumstances of the crime. I am not "soft" on violent criminals. I want them punished. But we've seemed to gloss over the fact that the majority of convicts are not violent. Now, sadly, they are in a place where they can be subjected to brutality and learn how to become violent themselves. As Ann Landers wrote in one column: "Many prisons not only do nothing to discourage crime; they are 'graduate schools' where neophytes learn the real
tricks of the trade. I welcome suggestions on what can be done to cure this sick and costly problem." The National Crime Survey compiled data showing that there has been no significant increase in crime in the past 20 years, yet the incarceration rate has tripled! The escalation in prison building is the fast-
est growing industry in the country and I think we have to ask "Why?" There's big money involved here, as la:;t year's convention of the American Correctional Association showed. The New York Times reported that this was the world's largest prison trade show, with "more than 600 booths touting the very latest in prison innovation and technology." So many are prol1ting! We also have to ask what gets shut out when big money is allocated by a state for more prisons. Last year New York Gov. George Pataki requested $650 million to build more prisons. Yet the state made cuts in needed human services that might prevent young people from turning to crime: education, dmg treatment, family support, child care, mental health and job training. Doesn't anybody care? Building more prisons does nothing to discourage crime. What we urgently need is more concern and help for non-violent people who get in trouble for using drugs and petty crime. Our humanity demands that we stop thinking of prisoners as "human garbage," a terrible terrn I have heard many times. For they, too, are children of God. We cannot simply discard them.
Dear Mary: I am the 65-year-old mother offive grown children: I would like to write my life story and give it to them as a Christmas present. Except for some club work, I haven't written much since school days. Any suggestions for getting started? - Ohio
hand on legal tablets. Some published writ,~rs still write this way. You can pay a friend or rel.ative to type the manuscript, then have it photocopied. With access to a computer, you can fonnat your manuscript into book form, change type and layout, even include photographs or drawings. A copying
The Bottom Line By'Antoitiette Bosco
---------------------------------How to write down your life story
What a wonderful idea for a Christmas gift that only you can give. What lucky children to be recipients of such a precious gift. Here are some ideas for organizing your project. 1. Make a broad outline, perhaps setting up a file folder for each topic. Your outline might be: a) My grandparents. b) My parents. c) Childhood. d) Teen-age years. e) Young-adult years. f) Courtship and marriage. . g) Marriage, the early years. f) Marriage, the later years. Begin to gather stories and information, and file them under these headings. 2. Use help in your research. You might want to talk to your brothers, sisters and other relatives to verify information. Gathering information on your parents and your grandparents wi1llead to many questions you can direct to other relatives. Seek their input, but decide for yourself what to include or exclude. It is your story. 3. Look for information on how to write. Ask a librarian to help you find books or videos on this subject. Commercial services will, for a fee, assist you with interviewing, writing and publishing. Elderhostel offers frequent courses on writin'g your life story. Their catalogues are in every library. If you would rather talk than write, consider telling your story on audio tape. Then you or another person can transcribe it. Telling your story before a video camera is another possibility. You can show pictures and objects to enhance your story. However you tell your story, plan to do one section at a time, using the information in your file folders. Considering your life one section at a time is less daunting than tackling your entire life. 4. Use help in production. Most people who use a word processor would never write any other way. .However, if word processing is unavailable or too daunting, there is nothing wrong with writing long. . - . -. ~
family Talk With Dr. James & Mary Kenny service can duplicate your work, making an attractive booklet. 5. Persevere. Procrastination is the bane of most writers. Arrange a fixed place where you always go to write. You might impose deadlines on yourself, a date by which each section should be completed. Or you might resolve to devote certain fixed hours each week to your writing. If you plan to write in your "spare time," you will almost certainly not finish by Christmas - or ever. Your project can be fairly simple or very elaborate. It will certainly demand your time and effort. It is one of the finest gifts you can give your children. Do it.
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space between the two persons. These elements of the rite give us an idea of the type of space most proper for this sacrament (Introduction, Rite of Penance, 15- 20). Thus, according to theAmerican bishops' commentary on the Rite of Penance, the most desirable loca-
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Seeing the wisdom of blessing cars There has been an entertaining letters-to-editor exchange in a California Catholic newspaper about a local parish's "blessing of the cars" ceremony. Some people clearly thought it was, let me think of a word, uh - stupid. I might have. But, you see, I am visiting the Golden Bear state. I have come to see the car blessing wisdom. As a matter of fact, I am currently in the market for a plastic Jesus for my dashboard, rear window, and hood ornament. One of the first things you notice while driving California freeways around population knots like the San Francisco/Oakland Humanity Glob is how few older cars there are. On the freeway, that is. That's because anything that cannot zip from 35 mph to 75 mph in four seconds tends to be eaten by machines higher on the freeway food chain. If you are passed by a 120-foot-long Peterbilt with a smile on its grille, you know it just ate a 1987 Buick Skylark. And it is sizing you up out of the corner of its right-front fender. You quickly realize other drivers are choosing you as a primary cut-off target. Two big reasons: First, you have out-of-state plates. This is equivalent to a pulsing, neon bullseye. Second, being a non-California freeway competitor, you tend to leave more than a tricycle length between you and the car in front of you, especially when going 70. This is a clear sign of weakness, an open invitation to test your braking reflexes while someone jerks in front of you. Thus, the origin of the word - jerk. Which brings up signaling. Locals don't. It only warns other locals who immediately close any tricyclelength gap. Also, these folks have perfected a driving technique in which their autos whip sideways into teensy openings. They do not dare signal as this would require taking one hand off the steering wheel. The G-forces created by this violent sideways wrenching would throw any loose arms and hands wildly around the auto, potentially whacking an innocent passenger or making it appear the driver is actually riding a Brahman bull. Correction: Most local passengers here are not in: nocent. They ride shotgun. Sometimes they even roll down their windows, point to the itsy-bitsy space between you and the car you are following, and grin. This is especially disconcerting when the car is a
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World Youth Day in Paris, France Continued from page J builders of a reconciled civilization founded on fraternal love," he told the delegates. The pope took an hour out from public appearances Aug. 22 to visit the grave of his friend, Dr. Jerome Lejeune, a geneticist and a strong pro-life voice in France. Although groups supporting legalized abortion and the ruling French Socialist Party criticized the papal stop as a gesture of support for "anti-abortion commandos," the visit to the grave took place without incident. In a message to the youths gathered for the Aug. 21 welcoming ceremony at Champs de Mars, a park stretching to the base of the Eiffel Tower, the pope said the key to living the Christian life is loving service of one's brothers and sisters. "Whoever does not accept this cannot be a disciple," he wrote in the message that he did not read because the ceremony was running much longer than scheduled. Even without reading the text, the pope left the park 45 minutes later than planned. "Accepting to follow Christ, you proclaim that the way of perfect love passes through the total and constant gift of oneself," he said. "Wherever people are suffering, wherever they are humiliated by poverty or injustice, and wherever a mockery is made of their rights, make it your task to serve them." Pope John Paul said the beatification of Frederic Ozanam, founder of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, was taking place during the youth gathering as a particular call to young people to imitate Ozanam's example of putting faith into action. The Frenchman was 20 years old in 1833 when he and his friends formed the first St. Vincent de Paul conference.
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The pope prayed that their eyes would be open to the needs of others; "may they see these needs as challenges."
But like Blessed Frederic Ozanam, he said, their service to the poor must go beyond offering material assistance to help them develop and to combat injustice.
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FATHER PETER Fremont-Smith plays a bit of frisbee in front of the EiHel Tower on the Champs de Mars in Paris. Father Fremont-Smith, a natiVE! of Boston, is a member of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity now working in Italy. (CNSlWeichec photo) ..
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Killing fields survivor urges American volunteerism By
ERIKA W. MARTINEZ
Pot's Khmer Rouge army, Taing, with her But help came from many sources. The suffered during the war. I had many nightSALT LAKE CITY (CNS) - Hoang sister and brother, fled Cambodia. They foreign doctors and nurses in camp treated mares." Taing's physical stature is small. She is traveled on foot until they reached relatives them kindly and helped them learn a little In her relative youth, Taing has accomsoft-spoken, but the force of strongly di- in Vietnam. English. At last, they heard they had spon- plished much. All of the family's documenrected purpose fills her every word. Taing She said her motivation to serve human- sors. tation having been lost, Taing does not is running across America to encourage I ity by working for international peace, unA Catholic couple, Ken and Kitty know when she was born. She approximillion young mates her age as Americans to volunsomewhere in her teer for service in mid-20s. their communities. The former stuTaing was in Salt dent of San Antonio's Lake City this sumBlessed Sacrament mer to tell Utah Gov. Academy is thankful Michael Leavitt to the many Ameriabout her "Run for a cans who have helped Million" effort. her achieve her goals. The project is not Among her mentors, about raising she said, is San Antomoney, Taing said. nio Archbishop The aim is to "reinPatrick F. Flores. vigorate civil society With a master's by raising the volundegree in diplomacy, teer spirit." Taing has worked at Taing began her the United Nations in run April 29 at the New York and in close of the Paris and has served President's Summit as a presidential inon Volunteerism in tern for the Clinton Philadelphia. She atadministration. She is tended as a delegate currently studying inof the national ternational law, with United Way of hopes of one day beAmerica. "President _ coming a U.S. amClinton told me if bassador. his leg had not been CAMBODIAN REFUGEE Hoang Taing is greeted at a United Way program in Harrisburg, Pa. She stopped-a'-o-ng.... Taing is active in injured, he would her running trip across the country to raise awareness about volunteering. (eNS photo from United Way) ~~;; Catholic ~~~~ have run with us," she said. lectoring, and volunAmericans who see Taing in their city derstanding, and justice began "from that Bronec from San Antonio told U.S. Catho- teering at St. Vincent de Paul soup kitchas she covers the route she will complete time, when ~e were starving, running from lic Conference officials they wanted路'to ens, to visiting the elderly. "Everyone of over 120 days, will see a young woman the war - when we didn't know if there adopt a child. However, when the Bronecs us has 24 hours each day. It's up to us. We for whom running holds good memories, would be a next day for us." were told the three children should not be all need to make time to serve," she said. as well as devastating ones. Taing said that throughout her family's separated, they agreed to take all three. She was scheduled to complete her Taing's profound desire to bring to- plight, she remained firm in her belief that They waited to greet the children at the "Run for a Million" with a closing cergether Americans to give something back "God is always with us, no matter what airport, accompanied by interpreters who' emony at the United Nations Plaza in San to their communities sterns from her grate- our circumstances." spoke Chinese, Cambodian, Vietnamese Francisco on Labor Day. By that time, she fulness for all those who helped her as a A harrowing boat ride from Vietnam and French - only to hear Taing's sister hopes to have mobilized 1 million young young Cambodian refugee. Taing told the took them to a refugee camp in Malaysia, greet them with the English words "We are Americans to give at least one hour of volIntermountain Catholic, Salt Lake City di- where they spent a very difficult year wait- very glad to be here." unteer service to their community and their ocesan newspaper, the story of her jour- ing to go to the United States. "We were "We had difficult times," recalled Taing. nation. Volunteers between the age of 16 and ney from the "killing fields" of Cambodia malnourished and sick. There was much "It was not just having to learn the language to a new life in America. disease in camp because of poor sanitation and adapting to a new culture. There were 24 are asked to call (800) 552-5710 to After their parents were killed by Pol and lack of food," said Taing. the continuing effects of the trauma we had pledge their volunteer hours.
United States joins Ottawa process on land ntines By JERRY
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WASHINGTON (CNS) - The Clinton administration announced Aug. 18 that it will participate in the Ottawa process, a Canadian initiative seeking a binding treaty by this December banning antipersonnel land mines throughout the world. The White House announcement drew cautious praise from ban advocates. John Carr, U.S conference secretary for social development and world peace, welcomed U.S. engagement in the process but said that decision "must lead to full U.S. commitment to a comprehensive and early ban," The Clinton administration's current policy calls for some major exceptions to a total ban. Sen. Patrick J. Leahy declared that the United States should go for "nothing less than the complete prohibition of the production, use, transfer and stockpiling of antipersonnel land mines." The Vermont Democrat, who
has led every U.S. legislative initiative against land mines, said he will hold off action on his pending Senate bill to outlaw U.S. use of land mines by 2000, "so long as the United States is actively and constructively engaged in the Ottawa process." Mary Wareham, coordinator of the U.S. Campaign to Ban Land Mines, warned that "without changing its own policy domestically" the United States will be out of tune with the rest of the Ottawa process participants. The White House announcement indicated no changes in stated U.S. policy, which includes plans to continue using land mines in the Korean demilitarized zone and an insistence on being able to use certain high-tech "smart mines" - mines with built-in devices designed to disarm them automatically after a certain amount of time. It said the United States would join in the final treaty drafting sessions starting Sept. 1 in Oslo, Nor-
way, "to secure an agreement that achieves our humanitarian goals while protecting our national security interests." The Washington Post, citing unnamed administration officials, reported Aug. 17 that an administration delegation being sent to confer with key Ottawa participants before the Oslo conference was under instructions to explore possibilities of incorporating treaty exceptions to reflect U.S. policy. Wareham, reached by telephone in Oslo Aug. 18, said any U.S. efforts to write exceptions into the treaty would go against the total ban' being sought by the 100plus other nations involved in the Ottawa process. "We're very worried here" that the United States will use its influence to modify the ban, she said. "All the other countries coming here want a treaty with no exceptions and no reservations." In a statement Aug. 19 Carr also warned against any effort to pencil in last-minute exceptions and
said a total ban is a "moral priority." "The purpose of the Ottawa process is to secure a comprehensive ban on land mines, not to seek exceptions for some mines nor to delay the day when these indiscriminate weapons are banned.," he said. He noted that U.S. bishops have been lobbying Congress and the administration for a complete ban and that Bishop Anthony M. Pilla of Cleveland, president of the bishops' conference, recently wrote Clinton urging him to join the Ottawa process. He also cited grassroots efforts for a ban under way in the church. "The Catholic Campaign to Ban Land Mines will intensify our efforts to urge strong and clear U.S. leadership in the pursuit of an early and effective ban," he said. "The campaign will shortly be distributing kits to the 19,000 U.S. Catholic parishes urging prayer, education and advocacy" on behalf ofland-mine victims and for a glo-
bal ban. The USCC Department of Social Development and World Peace is one of more than a dozen national Catholic organizations sponsoring the Catholic campaign, which was formally launched in June. In 1995 the U.S. bishops unanimously declared their commitment to a comprehensive ban on antipersonnel land mines and asked the United States to lead the world in that effort. From a moral standpoint they criticized such mines for their inability to discriminate between combatants and innocent civilians and for their continuing infliction of death, injury and economic devastation after hostilities are ended. Most of the 25,000 people around the world killed or injured by land mines each year are civilians, and most deaths occur in areas where hostilities are over. More than 100 million unexploded land mines are strewn in more than 60 countries.
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Vatican has denied renewed speculation that Pope John Paul II is gravely ill, saying his recent fatigue in France was caused by excessive summer heat. The 77-year-old pontiff appeared tired during some of his appearances at World Youth Day festivities in Paris Aug. 21-24. He walked slowly, coughed and occasionally spoke with a tremulous voice. To veteran Vatican-watchers, who have seen the pope's mobility and energy level decline in recent years, none of that was particularly surprising. But some European newspapers sounded the alarm. "The Suffering of the Pope. The Anguish of the World," read a banner headline in one Italian daily. It followed a report in the French Catholic newspaper La Croix, which had described the pontiff as "rigid, at times frozen, walking with difficulty and speaking in a choppy voice" during his Paris stay. La Croix dusted off old rumors of malignant tumors, which rebounded into the Italian media as the pope's "struggle against cancer." The pontiff's offhand remark to youths about the year 2000 celebrations in Rome - "Those alive will see it" - was interpreted as an intimation of his own mortality. Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls and a papal doctor denied the cancer story. The spokesman said the pope's health was "normal," and that the pontiff, like many of the young people in Paris, had been slowed down by the 90degree temperatures and high humidity. "You're suffering from the heat, and so am I," the pope remarked at one point to the youths. Close observers of Pope John Paul have noticed a further decline in his physical strength over the last year, but many attribute it to the debilitating effects of Parkinson's dis-
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EDITH BESSETTE was all smiles recently at the Madonna Manor annual family cookout. Residents and guests enjoyed traditional cookout fixin's and entertainment by accordionist Victor Narciso.
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How does the Archdiocese of New Orleans explain its 22 Vietnamese priests, 40 professed Vietnamese nuns, numerous Vietnamese seminarians and a large Catholic Vietnamese population? .. The simple answer is that when people are allowed to respond to God's inspiration and to be themselves, wonders never cease. The story of New Orleans begins with Msgr.Dominic Luong, a seminary teacher in oiology. As much as he enjoyed teaching, he felt called to help those of his people fleeing Vietnam after Saigon's collapse. He asked for and received permission to go to Guam to help them in their transition to the ,United States. When they were taken to Fort Chaffee, Ark., he accompanied them because he had learned that Archbishop Philip Hannan was very open to helping to welcome and settle displaced refugees - a welcome continued by his successor, Archbishop Francis Schulte. Ordinarily, a diocese would settle five or six refugees in one place. This tended to break up families. But thanks to the concerted efforts of the archbishop, Catholic
Charities and the U.S. Catholic Conference Office of Migration and Refugee Services, large families were able to remain together. As Vietnamese began to cluster in various areas, the archbishop and Msgr. Luong encouraged them to design programs that would fit their particular cultural needs. Msgr. Luong also was blessed in having among the refugees five Vietnamese. priests, who were warmly welcomed and encouraged to be creative in their ministry. That encouragement, coupled with the refugees' own industriousness, is a major reason the Archdiocese of New Orleans is blessed with vocations and a thriving Catholic Vietnamese population. When we look closer at this success story, many more "good things" are wrapped up in it. ' Archbishops Hannan and Schulte, who opened the archdiocese's doors and kept refugee families together, demonstrated compassion, foresight and the virtue of kindness - a virtue that allows us to step back and promote the best in others. And Msgr. Luong displayed a missionary spirit which, in responding to God's inspiration, leaves comfort behind in order to give
comfort to others. Leaving a teaching position to serve your own people who are fleeing their homes may sound exciting - until one experiences the culture shock that inevitably is met. This, then, is a story involving leaders who connect the: work of social justice with the driving force of caring and with Vatican Council II's spirit of shared responsibility. It is the story of the missionary spirit of a priest willing to be uprooted so that others could find a permanent home. And, I believe, there i~: a deeper story here that needs teUing. It is one thing to welcome pe:ople and give them a h6me. It is ye:t another to let them care for that home as they see fit. " We have shelters for the homeless which can never be called homes for the homeless. Why? Because the homeless are not allowed to care for them. When people are allowl~ to care for their churches as their own, they take ownership of them and make them home. Homes like these often give birth to vocations to the religious life and priesthood. When people consider their church a home, it become~; a strong community.
Iteering pOintl PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN are asked to submit news items for this column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, 02722. Name of city or town shouldbt! included, as well as full dates of all activities. Please send news of future rather than past events. Due to limited space and also because notices of strictly parish affairs normally appear in a parish's own bulletin, we are forced to limit items to events of general interest. Also, we do not normally carry notices of fundraising activities, which may be advertised at our regular rates, obtainable from The Anchor business office, tel. (508) 675-7151. On Steering Points items, FR indicates Fall River, NB indicates New Bedford. All telephone numbers without area codes are (508). ST. MARGARET, BUZZARDS BAY There will be a special presentation Sept 6 by Lynn Kenn from the World Apostolate of Fatima. "Why the first FridaylFirst Saturday devotions" will be held after the 8 a.m. Mass and the rosary in reparation to Mary's Immaculate Heart and for World Peace. Refreshments to follow. PRO-LIFE "Life Chain" Sept. 28 from 34 p.m. Join us for a peaceful, prayerful, reverent hour to promote life: Held at St. Patrick Church in Falmouth. Participants needed. For information call Mike Aiello, tel. 539-3851. Respect life walk Sun. Oct. 5 at Boston Common. Call 771-2255 to walk with us or btl a sponsor. ADULT EDUCATION Fundamentals of Faith fall session I begins the week of Sept. 30. "Respect life" will be held at St. Mark's in Attleboro Falls for four Thursdays from 7-8:30 p.m. For information call Lisa Gulino, tel. 678-2828.
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OL VICTORY, CENTERVILLE OL HOPE, W. BARNSTABLE Gleaner's Second Harvest needs volunteer van drivers & workers to pick up ~nd distribute surplus food. For information on how you can help call Pat Shannon: 771-4356 (evenings). PASTORAL CARE EDUCATION PROGRAM A five-week course to prepare participants for mjnistry to the sick will be offered at St. Paul's parish, Taunton, Sept. 10-Oct. 8; and at St. Pius X parish, S. Yarmouth, Sept. t7-0ct 15. Call 339-2981 for more information. CALL FOR VOCATIONS Each month high school students gather to discuss Goq's call to Christian service. Join them for evenings of prayer, faith sharing, and a cookout and strengthen YQur relationship with God. For details contact FatherCraig PJ'egana tel: 675-131101' via E-mail:FRVQcationOffice @Juno.com. OL HAVEN, FAIRHAVEN Do you or a loved one suffer from pain? Come to a free pain management seminar Sept. 11,67:30 p.m. Refreshments served. Reserve your seat by Sept. 4. Tel: 999-4561. ST. MARY, MANSFIELD Natural Family Planning, a series of monthly classes offered by the Couple to Couple League, begins Sept. 14 and runs from 2-4 p.m. To preregister, call 3394730. ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Mass and a healjng service, led by FatherWilliam Babbitt, will be offered at 2:30 p.f\1. Sept. 7. Prayer meetings 7 p.m. each third Thursday Of the montJt begining Sept. 18: All are welcome. ' CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUPS, FR The Dioce.san Service Committee is sponsoring a gathering for prayer group leaders and ministry members on Sept. 6, from 9:30 a.m. to noon at St. Stanislaus Church. The 'topic is "Plans for the Coming Millennium Year," and the speaker will be Father Robert Kaszynski. LASALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO An evening of music, witness, and prayer with John Polce, singer and compo'ser of songs of faith will be held at 7:30 p.m. tonight. All are welcome. LaSalette and Divine Mercy holy hour will be held at 7: 15 p.m. each Wednesday.
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STONEHILL COLLEGE Dr. Brandon Krupp and panelists will speak about "End of Life Medical Ethics" at the Martin InstituteAuditorium. Sept. 14, from 4-6 p.m. All are welcome to this free presentation. ST. MARY'S, SEEKONK AA Meeting on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. in church basement. Prayer group every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in parish center.
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COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC NURSES Thirteenth annual membership day Sept. 7, at 10 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Seton Church, N. Falmouth. Information: 420-1387. WALK FOR HOMELESS Sept. 28, sponsored by Housing Assistance Corp. Information: Margaret Smith, tel. 7715400 ext. 272. SACRED HEART, N. ATTLE. First Friday celebration: "We Can Make a Difference," 6:30 p.m. Sept. 5, with special guest Father Bob Bowers, project director of Chernobyl Children Project, USA. HILLSIDE ADULT HEALTH CENTER, MANSFIELD Volunteers needed to help with activities and lunch time for eIders and functionally impaired adults. Information: Joan Keiper, tel. 226-8874.
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ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR Natural Family Planning classes will meet each first Thesday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. as follows: Sept. 2, Oct. 7, Nov. 4, and Dec. 2. Information: Diane Santos, Director of Education, tel. 674-5741 ext. 2480 Mon-Thurs. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. or Rita Quinn, instructor, 676-1440. ST. ANTHONY OF THE DESERT, FR Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Sept. 7, noon-6 p.m. ST. JOAN OFARC, ORLEANS As part of the 50th anniversary celebration this year, Vince Ambrosetti will conduct a Ministry Appreciation Day on Aug. 30. Ambrosetti will also offer a concert Aug. 31 at 7:30 p.m.
Letters, calls a scam WASHINGTON (eNS) - Letters and phone caIls asking for money to finance operations for a priest claiming to be from the Masaka Diocese in Uganda are not valid, according to Masaka Bishop Adrian K. Ddungu. Letters on a facsimile of the Masaka Diocese's stationery and signed by "Bishop Johnmary Musoke," who claims to be the Masaka bishop, have been sent to the Miami Archdiocese asking for funds to finance an operation run by "Father Paul Lwanga." Bishop Ddungu has confirmed that a number of these solicitations have recently been sent, but said they did not come from his diocese. He also said he has no knowledge of Johnmary Musoke. The letters did not use the diocese's actual post office box number which is "70 Masaka" but rather direct response to post office box 5859 in Kampala, Uganda.
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"Creative Environments For The Visually Impaired" • Saturday, September 13 ·9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. • Nannery Conference Room This program is designed to offer participants a basic understanding of how to best assist a visually impaired person to be more independent and maximize their remaining vision. The cost for the program is $30 per person and continuing education credits are available. Pre-registration is required by contacting the Education Department at (508) 674-5600, ext. 2480. NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING
The Sympto-Thermal Method of Natural Family Planning is afour session course held at Saint Anne's Hospital. The first session is free and the materials will cost $50. Classes are offered on Sunday afternoons and Tuesday evenings. Contact the Education Department at (508) 674-5600, ext. 2480 for additional information. REFLECTIONS: WOMEN FOR WOMEN" Breast Cancer Support Group
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Jews to honor nuns who protected them during holocallst By JONATHAN
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WARSAW, Poland (CNS) When Jewish survivors of the Nazi Holocaust gather in Warsaw in September, the occasion will have special poignancy. The Sept. 8 assembly, organized by former Warsaw ghetto inmate Benjamin Aniolik, will be the first to bring together "Children of the Cloisters" - Jews saved by Catholic nuns during the Nazi Holocaust. The gathering highlights the role of the nuns who sheltered children during World War II. A 1962 survey by Poland's Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski concluded that virtually every convent in the country had at some time sheltered fugitive Jews, mostly women and children. Particular help was given by sisters from the Ursuline, Franciscan, Discalced Carmelite and Resurrection orders.
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Some historians believe more Latin-rite Catholic male orders also sheltered Jewish fugitives, but Catholic priests could be honored, the role played by nuns has always too, if their wartime efforts were been best remembered. Some his- better documented, but several torians attribute this to circum- prominent cases have been recognized. stances of the time. In Poland, up to a dozen CathoMale communities were generally smaller than women's commu- lic priests have been considered for nities and were watched more the medals. They include Father closely by the Gestapo, the Nazi Marceli Godlewski, who hid Jews secret police. It was easier to hide at his parish house close to the emin convents, which often had battled Warsaw ghetto, and Father Julian Chroscicki, who died helpschools and orphanages attached. Seventeen Polish nuns have been ing Jews obtain non-Jewish identihonored by Israel's Yad Vashem fication cards. Virtually all recommendations National Memorial Institute with "Righteous Among Nations" med- for the medal have been rejected, als for saving Jews during the Ho- however, because no living witlocaust. The cases of at least 189 nesses were found, a Yad Vashem Jews who were helped by nuns have stipulation for those honored. been documented. But in 1990, the award was given In 1995, when Immaculate to two priests: Father Adam Heart of Mary Sisters Bronislawa Stalmark, now living in Austria, and Hryniewicz and Stanislawa Father Aleksander Osiecki, who Jozwikowska were posthumously was honored posthumously for savawarded "Righteous Among Na- ing Jews in his Debica parish. tions" medals, Pope John Paul II In 1994, the list was extended to issued a special message for the include the first Catholic bishop, occasion. retired Polish Auxiliary Bishop The pope recalled the unique .Albin Malysiak: wartime fate of the Jewish people, In 1943, while serving as chap6 million of whom died at Nazi lain at a home for the disabled run hands, and praised those who had by Ursuline nuns in Nazi-occupied had the courage to stand alongside Krakow, Poland, the then-Father them.
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Conse拢ration to the Divine Will Oh adorable and Divine Will, behold me here before the immensity ofYour Light, that Your etemal goodness may open to me the doors and make me enter into It to form my life all in You, Divine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate before Your Light, I, the least of all creatures, put myself into the little group of the sons and daughters of Your Supreme FIAT. Prostrate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg that it clothe me and eclipse all that does not pertain to You, Divine Will. It will be my Life, the center of my intelligence, the enrapturer of my heart and of my whole being. I do not want the human will to have life in this heart any longer. I will cast it away from me and thus form the new Eden of Peace, of happiness and of love. With It I shall be always happy. I shall have a singular strength and a holiness that sanctifies all things and conducts them to God. Here prostrate, I invoke the help of the Most Holy Trinity that They permit me to live in the cloister of the Divine Will and thus return in me the first: order of creation, just as the creature was created. Heavenly Mother, Sovereign and Queen of the Divine Fiat, take my hand and introduce me into the Light of the Divine Will. You will be my guide, my most tender Mother, and will teach me to live in and to maintain myself in the order and the bounds of the Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate my whole being to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me the doctrine of the Divine Will and I will listen most attentively to Your lessons. You will cover me with Your mantle so that the infernal serpent dare not penetrate into this sacred Eden to entice me and make me fall into the maze of the human will. Heart of my greatest Good, Jesus, You will give me Your flames that they may bum me, consume me, and feed me to form in me the Life of the Divine Will. Saint Joseph, you will be my protector, the guardian of my heart, and will keep the keys of my will in your hands. You will keep my heart jealously and shall never give it to me again, that I may be sure of never leaving the Will of God. My guardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in everything so that my Eden may flourish and be the instrument that draws all men into the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Amen.
"But every medal is anOl:her step toward knowing the full truth. It reminds us that even under the greatest pressure, in conditions of captivity and pain, people are still able to maintain their humanity." Konstanty Gebert, a Polish Jewish writer, notes that soml: Jewish parents were reluctant to place their children in church hands, fearing they would be baptized m; Catholics and "lost to the nation." There were also cases, Gebert says, in which church institutions refused to give the children back and later denied knowll~dge of them. "Whatever the motives, from Christian charity to soul- grabbing, such complications don't impinge on the heroism of those who risked their lives saving Jewish children," the writer said. "Jews were both rescued and denounced by Catholics, so if this congress tries to glorify some Catholic achievement, it could reopen old wounds. "But if it proves somethi ng more important - that decent people can be found anywhere - it cOLlld help our mutual relations," he said.
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Malysiak obtained fake birth certificates that enabled five fugitive Jews to be admitted. Their identities were known to staff and patients. But all five survived the war, thanks to the priest and Sister Bronislawa Wilemska, the home's Ursuline director. "Neither of us believed we were doing anything heroic or courageous. Our only concern was to be efficient about it," Bishop Malysiak said. "In hiding Jews, we were simply following the voice of our consciences. All we wanted was to fulfill Christ's evangelical command to love your neighbor." That attitude was shared by Sister Wilemska, who was given the "Righteous Among Nations" medal posthumously with 15 other Polish citizens in January 1996. Auxiliary Bishop Stanislaw Gadecki of Gniezno, who chairs the Polish bishops' conference's Commission for Dialogue with Judaism, thinks examples of heroism have something to teach today's disillusioned generation. "Of course, no Christian can expect a reward for merely doing what was right and natural," the bishop said.
By JERRY FILTEAU WASHINGTON (CNS) - In a joint synodal decree the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church have announced a series of concrete initiatives aimed at full restoration of unity. The decree, issued jointly by the synods of bishops of the two . churches, was signed by their patriarchs Aug. 15 at a joint altar dedication ceremony in Roselle,
III. It commits the Assyrian and Chaldean Catholic churches to such specific actions as: - Collaboration in thepreparation and printing of liturgical books. - Collaboration in developing catechetical materials and other educational and pastoral programs to enrich mutual understanding. - Establishment of a joint ecc1esial education institute in the United States "and possibly wherever members of both communities exist" to train future priests, deacons and catechists of both churches. The decree expresses pride in the "common liturgical and theological heritage" and "shared ancestry and culture" of both churches and pledges them to work together to promote appreciation of that heritage. .It also acknowledges "differences between our churches that have been formed during the period of separation." It says they will work together to evaluate the differences in practice that have arisen, within a framework of regarding "diverSity, within agreed and recognized limits, as an enrich-
ment benefiting all the children of this church." The Mixed Committee for Theological Dialogue Between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East, which was formed in 1995, will continue to have primary responsibility for dialogue on doctrinal and theological questions. That committee will remain under the auspices, on the Catholic side, of the Vatican Council for Promoting Christian Unity. Catholic participants include both Chaldean and non-Chaldean theologians. But the joint synodal decree establishes a Joint Commission for Unity which will consist of six representatives ofthe Assyrian Church of the East and si x from the Chaldean Catholic Church, operating under "a special statute approved by both patriarchs." Assyrians and Chaldean Catholics share the same ancient liturgy, Mesopotamian culture and the Syriac orAramaic language as their mother tongue. The Chaldean Catholic Church was formed in the middle ofthe 16th century by a group of bishops who separated from the Assyrian Church of the Eastto enter into union with Rome. Its head, currently Patriarch Raphael I Bidawid, holds the title of patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans. His headquarters are in . Baghdad, Iraq. There are more than 600,000 Chaldean Catholics, mainly in the Middle East Tradition places the origins of the Assyrian Church of the East in the missionary travels of St. Thomas the Apostle among the Assyrians of upper Mesopotamia only a few years after the death of Christ.
It flourished under the Persian Empire and extended into India, Tibet, China and MongDlia. It adopted the creed of the Council of Nicea but broke communion with the church in the Roman Empire in the middle of the fi:fth century because of disputes over how to describe the divinity of Christ. Christians of the Assyrian Church throughout Asia were almost annihilated in the 14th and 15th centuries in the invas,ions of Tamerlane and persecutions that followed. By the 16th century they consisted mainly of ethnic Assyrians living in what is now eastern Turkey. The Assyrian Church of the East today has about 400,000 me:mbers, mainly in the Middle East, but also in Europe, the Americas and Australia. Its head is Patriarch Dinkha IV. In 1994 the Assyrian synod decided to move the church';;; patriarchate from Baghdad to Morton Grove, III. In a joint statement that same year Patriarch Dinkha and Pope John Paul II declared tha.t their churches hold the same faith in their teachings about Christ. Paulist Father Ronald G. Roberson, associate direclor for Orthodox relations of the U.S. Catholic bishops' national ecumenical office, said the: joint Assyrian-Chaldean decree establishes a promising new model for resolving pastoral and practical obstacles to unity between Orthodox churches and their Catholic Eastern-rite counterparts. "Others will be watching this closely to see what develops," he said.
Belief in an afterlife on the increase CHICAGO (CNS) - Belief in life after death is growing in the United States, even among people for whom it is not a strong element of religious beliefs. In a paper released in early August at the American Sociological Association annual meeting.in Toronto, Father Andrew Greeley said 81 percent of Americans believe in an afterlife, compared to 77 percent in the 1970s. The study of tile' views of 19,000 people between 1973 and 1994 showed significant changes in the number of Catholics and Jews who say they believe in life after death. For instance, in 1977,74 percent of Catholics and 19 percent of Jews professed such a belief. By 1994, 81 percent of Catholics and 48 percent of Jews accepted the belief. An earlier study found that in 191O,just 65 percent of Catholics believed in an afterlife. The study notes that belief in life after death is not nearly as strong a component of Jewish religious tradition as it is in Christianity. The number of Protestants who believe in an afterlife remained constant throughout the study, at 82 to 84 percent. Father Greeley, a priest of the Chicago Archdiocese who is known for his novels as well as his sociological work, said in the report that many of the most obvious explanations for such an incn~ase in belief in life after death do not, for various reasons, account for the change. Such discounted explanations include experiencing death in one's own family, increased distrust of other humans or changes in personal happiness and attitudes. .
Father Greeley attributed the change instead to the immigration of Catholics and Jews into "a more devout society than the one from which they came, one in which high levels of religious practice are generated by a fiercely competitive religious marketplace." "The immigrants ,were playing
'catch up' with the beliefs of Protestant Americans and the earlier arrivals from their own religious background," the report said. But the strong American emphasis on religious practice also may have had an effect as a sort of "marketplace" pressure to participate in religious practices, according to
Father Greeley. "One could say that what has happened to immigrants and their children in the United States in this century is that they have been offered by the religious firms in the marketplace a firmer and richer product than was available to them in the old countries where the ac-
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NEW YORK (CNS) - On his five-day visit to Arge:ntina, Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York toured the programs of a Catholic pro-family movement, received an honorary naval commission, addressed academics and international affairs experts, and met Argentine President Carlos Saul Menem. But on his first visit to the South American country -- where it's winter in August - the cardinal also got a rare chance to be a tourist. "It's obvious I don't even know anything about your weather, or I would have come in December," he joked in a lightheartl~d opening to his Aug. 13 speech to the Argentine Council for International Relations. Cardinal O'Connor made the Aug. 10,14 trip at the invitation of Dominican Father Anibal Fosbery, founder, and presiden.t of the Fraternidad de Agrupaciones Santo Tomas Aquino, a pro-family organization of laity andl priests dedicated to living in accordance with the teachings of St.. Thomas Aquinas and the spil!"ituality of St. Dominic. . Joining in the invitation was Cardinal Antonio' Quarracino of Buenos Aires, who had visited New York's Argentine community in 1993. Others with whom the cardinal met were Bishop Jose Maria Arancedo of Mar del Plata and Archbishop Ubaldo Calabresi, apostolic nuncio to Argentina.
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Cardinal O'Connor, a 27-year That leads to the idea of "survival U.S. Navy veteran who retired with of the fittest" in a society with no the rank of rear admiral, visited the room for the poor, the sick, the resubmarine base of the Argentine tarded, unwanted babies, persons navy Aug. 11 where he was given with AIDS and others who are weak an officer's welcome by Capt. and vulnerable, he said. In such a society, "might beEnrique Giaredoni, commander of the submarine force. On Aug. 14 he comes right. Only the powerful are met Vice Admiral Carlos Marron, worthy of survival and only the commander of the Argentine navy, most powerful are worthy of govwho made him an honorary vice ad- erning," he added. Addressing presidents of Cathomiral. In his talk to the International lic universities Aug. II, Cardinal Relations Council, the cardinal said O'Connor said their institutes must the most "meaningful question" ,be more than centers of research that they should ask in making de- and learning. Catholic universities cisions is "Is there room for the must find their ultimate meaning in mystery of God in foreign policy "Christ, in his message of salvation decision-making among any fam- ... and in the teaching of the church," he said. ily of nations?" The Catholic university, he said, He also addressed the church's often misunderstood stance on bio- "must form men and women who logical evolution""': the theories of are really outstanding for their which were first put forth in the knowledge, ready to exercise im1850s by Charles Darwin, based portant functions in society and to largely on research he conducted in bear witness to their faith before the the Galapagos Islands off the coast world." It must also be "an environment in which Christianity is alive of South America. The pope recently clarified that and, operating," he said. "Above all, a Catholic university the church has always taug~t the possibility of biological evolution, must teach that there are certain moral absolutes," Cardinal Cardinal O'Connor! said. It is not crucial "whether or not O'Connor said. "In this world of the human body has evolved from widespread relativism, this culture other living forms," he said. What of death, this horrifying contempt is crucial "is that the soul, which for human life: the Catholic univermakes a being a human person, sity must be countercultural. It must teach that not everything is a matcomes directly from God." Failure to recognize that and ter of personal choice, not everymisuse of Darwin's theories "have thing is relative." resulted in grave damage to society and the individual," he said.
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WE'RE NUMBER ONE! Cheerleaders from Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro celebrate their achievement at a recent cheeleading summer camp. The girls received several awards including the highest honor, the Leadership Award.
Taunton Catholic Middle School students pro~uce books for young children As a culminating activity in the by Melissa Carter, Alaina order them around. The book is Taunton Catholic Middle School Driscoll, Kaitlin Trucchi and accompanied by an audiotape and seventh grade Language Arts class, Jenna White, takes children game board. Mrs. PatriciaWilliams directed her through the bathtime rituals of Suzie's First Trip to the Zoo is students towards understanding Becka Bunny. The book is filled written and illustrated by what is necessary to produce a with textures showing how c;Iiffer- Gretchen Parry, Matt Woods, ent surfaces feel and it comes with and Seanna McRae. It tells about book for a five-year-old child. The result of her discussions a little Becka Bunny in her bed. a scary adventure that becomes a was an array of books on subjects The Adventures of Donny the wonderful field trip when Suzie as simple and everyday as taking Dinosaur, written by Josh learns about the zoo. a bath to what it might be like as a Furtado and Nicholas Chmura The books described here and child takes his first trip to the zoo. and illustrated by James Ander- many others are now on their way Mrs. Williams instructed her stu- son and Brendan Hart tells about to some lucky little five-year-olds dents to apply their learned skills, a selfish little dinosaur named in California and the students at be creative and work.. coopera- Donny who can't find a friend un- Taunton Catholic Middle School tively. She says each student had til his father, Rex, the king, tells are waiting for some photos showthe opportunity to let his or her him that to have friends he must ing the excitement when the books strengths shine through. Some stu- treat people kindly and not try to arrive in those classrooms. dents wrote the text while others worked on the illustrations and still others constructed educational aids such as videotapes, audiotapes, stuffed animals, and manipulatives. All the students who worked on this project did so with the goal in mind that these books would be shared and not kept by them. This September, as a new school year begins, five-year-olds in the Oakland, California, school district will receive from their Superintendent a package containing books wit/1 titles like Freddie's Fann which is dedicated to all children who hope to make a .difference in the world. This story of a little boy named Freddie who goes out looking for his Grandpa all over his farm is complemented by a small green lunch box with graphics that match the book. Inside the lunch box there are all the farm animals that Freddie talks to STUDENT AUTHORS from the Taunton Catholic Middle in the story. Freddie's Farm was produced by Michelle Poisson, School display Freddie's Farm, a book with accompanying Nicole Correia, and Alison Perry. toys and a game, that they wrote and produced as a project Another book, Becka Bunny for young children. Students shown are, from left, Alison Takes a Bath, written and produced
Perry, Nicole Correia, and Michelle Poisson.
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Girls from the Bishop Feehan Varsity and Junior Varsity cheerleading squads won several awards this summer at a cheerleading camp, held at Southern Connecticut State University. The camp, which is designed to provide instruction and a good learning experience proved to do just that as the girls from Feehan excelled in many areas. As a team they received three camp championship trophies, two home dance awards, a first place Cheer trophy and the highest honor of the week, the Leadership Award, voted on by their peers who felt Feehan had the best leadership and spirit during the camp. Varsity All Stars: Rachelle Deschenes, Christina Hondromilhalis, Andrea daSilva, Peggy Taylor, Meghan McGinley, Kelly Collins, and Katherine Haskins will have the opportunity to perform in the London Parade this December. .Individual achievement was exemplified by Anna Troy, Junior Varsity All Star, who will have the opportunity to perform in the Disney Mainstreet Parade in Florida. Football cheerleading practices
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will begin for the students at the end of August and they will perlorm at games and competitions under the direction of their coach, Heidi Daniels, beginning in November. Doors opened again On August 27, principal George Milot opened the doors of Feehan High to 250 members of the dass of 2001. This year's incoming freshman class is the second largest in the school's history and 1997 is the fifth year in a row the Attleboro based school has had an increase in its enrollment, maximizing the population at 800 students. Freshmen were given a flJII day of orientation, which involved the distribution of their class schedules and student handbooks, the taking of yearbook ID pictures, and locker assignments. Sophomores anived at 11:00 a.m. Juniors and seniors had their orientation on Aug. 28 and all students will begin their clm:ses on Sept. 2. New to Bishop Feehan this year is a state-of-the-art computer lab, recently installed in the library, and two new multi-purpose science laboratories.
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RECIPIENTS of scholarships gathered recently at Government Center in Fall River will be receiving aid from the Citizens Scholarship Foundation of Fall River, founded by Dr. Irving Fradkin (far right). Also on hand was Representative Jim McGovern (shown at left), who praised Dr. Fradkin for a lifetime of service. In 1998 the Foundation hopes to award some $100 million to 100,000 students attending two and four year institutions. (Anchor/Gordon photo)
School year opens at Bishop Connolly The 1997-98 school year begins He also announced the appointment for Bishop Connolly on Sept. 4 with of new faculty members and exan orientation day for incoming tended them a warm welcome. They freshmen and classes for all students. are as follows: Religion Principal Anthony S. Nunes wel- Deptartment: Christopher comes students and faculty back "to Connelly and Catherine R'()gue; the myriad of opportunities for per- Music: Michael Dias; English: sonal growth and development that Joanne Mongeon (Dept. Chair) and the new school year brings." Nunes Ron Rebello; Science and Computexpressed his excitement regarding ers: C. Sue Erwin; Guidance: Tracy the continued upgrading of technol- .Crosby. A liturgy celebrating the ogy at Connolly and of the estab- opening of school wilI be held on lishment of a "solid music program." Sept. 8 at 10 a.m.
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School earns educational software St. Anne Elementary School, Fall River, recently announced that it received educational software including Kid Pix (animation and painting) and Bannermania fromA+ America, a company which provides schools with computer technology through corporate sponsorship. - St. Anne School thanks all who have participated in the effort
and encoumges others to join. A+ America has more than 80 corpomte sponsors that donate a percentage of their sales for each receipt or proof-oT-purchase collected by the school. For a complete list of sponsors or for information on how to include your school, call Janice Heinig, teI.678-2152.
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MASS AND DEVOTIONS
A Change
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good." There are times when change By CHARLIE MARTIN does us good. The key word in this sentence is "when." How do you know if this "when" is "now?" The most important clues come from your feelings. Feeling consisTen years living in a paper bag tently bored, uncomfortable, deFeedback baby, pressed or hurt tells us that someHe's a flipped out cat thing is wrong with our lives. He's a platinum canary Then we need to identify the Drinkin' Falstaff beer causes of these emotions. As we disMercedes rule and a rented lear cover their roots, we can think Bottom feeder insincere through what choices could create Prophet lo-fi pioneer change. Sell the house, and go to school Consider this situation: You date Get a young gitlfriend, someone whose behavior frequently bothers you. Perhaps you enjoy Daddy's jewel most of your times together, but the feeling of being uncomfortable alRefrain: ways returns. A change would do you good Ignoring this feeling is a mistake, A change would do you good for it informs us of something wrong in the relationship. If this situation God's little gift is on the rag cannot be talked out between the Poster girl posing in a fashion mag two of you, it's time for a change. Canine, feline, Jekyll and Hyde Here is another circumstance Wear your fake fur on the inside where change is warranted. Suppose Queen of South Beach aging blues you date someone who clearly does Dinner's at 6 not accept your values. Knowing your own values and acting accordWear your cennent shoes ing to them is the basis for your pe'rI thought you 'Were singing sonal integrity. If someone or some Your heart out to me situation keeps you from exercising Your lips were' syncing this integrity, immediate change is And now I see needed. This can also happen among (Repeat refrain) peers. For example, what ifthey ridicule the choice not to use alcohol? Chasing dragons Such lack of acceptance implies disWith plastic swords respect for your individual choices. Jack off Jimmy Once again, it's clearly time for a Everybody wants more change, a change to some new Scully and angel friends. I also want to offer this thought On the kitchen floor on the opposite situation - - a time And I'm calling Buddy when change may not be needed. Il On the Ouija board is not helpful to run away from probI've been thinking lems. About catching a train Problems often are disguised opleave my phone machine portunities for growth. Sometimes, By the radar range after facing a problem, you will deHello, it's me cide to make a change. But change I'm not at home that merely takes the form of avoidIf you'd like to reach me ing a problem means that the same leave me alone problem will reappear in the next situation you enter. Il is sometimes difficult to rec(Repeat refrain) ognize when "a change would do you good." We need God's help. Written by Sheryl Crow/Jeff Trott/Brian Macleod Invite God into your life. Pray Sung by Sheryl Crow for the type of guidance from God Copyright (c) 1996 by A&M Records Inc. that will enable you to make HOW DO you know when it's make much sense of some of the changes that will create a healthier time for a change? A change of lyrics, and I don't approve of some and happier you. what? Your comments are always of the language, even though I know welcome. Please address: Charlie After listening tQ Sheryl Crow's it is commonly used. new hit "A Change," probably a Still, her main idea deserves re- Martin, 7125 W 2008, Rockport, change of radio stations! I can't flection: "A change would do you Ind. 47635
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The 38th annual Fall River 'dioc~ of Fall River who finished with an 87 esan CYO golf tournament recently for the day. took place at the Segregansetl CounIII the Junior Division, Taunton's try Club in Taunton. Golfers from Joshua Rheaume, an outstanding throughout the diocese who had quali- golfer from Coyle-Cassidy High fied in local tournaments were eligible School took not only fitst place in his to play at Segreganseu. division but had the beSt ovemll score In the Senior Division, Patrick of the day. Rheaume finished with a Debortoli of New Bedford shot a 76 -one over par 73 while Attleboro's Nick to capture first place while James Cook Desmamis shot an 84 which was good of Fall River finished second with a for second place. In the youngest discore of 81. Taunton's Kyle Quigley vision, the Cadets, New Bedford's won the Intermediate Championship Kevin Silva shot a nine hole score of withascoreof8QbestingShawnSyde 42 besting Fall River's Samson
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