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Dearly Beloved in Christ, Thank you for your outstanding response to the Project Life Postcard Campaign in June.

Our faith cannot be divorced from life since true faith informs and affects every dimension of human existence and activity. When President Clinton ceremoniously vetoed the Partial Birth-Abortion Act, men anA women offaith needed to act. Across the nation, we have flooded Congress with millions of postcards urging Senators and Members of Congress to override what the Vatican called the "shameful" veto of our President. Not even a presidential veto can turn a "wrong" into a "right."

Partial-birth abortion is a procedure more akin to infanticide than abortion. It is the killing of a tiny infant just seconds from taking his or her first breath outside the womb. Unless Congress overturns the veto, this inhumane procedure will continue. The claimed medical basis for the veto has been definitively refuted. Moreover, no less than 71 % of Americans are in favor of the legislation which sought to ban it, a majority acknowledged by Congress but spurned by the President.

The vote to override may occur in the House at the end of the month. Because we are resolutely committed to protecting human life from conception to natural death, the Catholic Bishops have planned a public Service of Prayer identifying the sacredness of human life as God's gift and invoking His aid in its protection. The Prayer Service will take place on the steps of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, September 12th, at 2:00 p.m. I will join the convener, Cardinal Law, as will thousands of other religious leaders and supporters.

I know it is not possible for most of you to be with us that afternoon, but I am confident that you want to be a part of this prayerful action. So, together with bishops across the country, I designate the following day, Friday, the 13th of September, as a day of prayer, acts of charity" fast and abstention from meat. While this sacrifice is not binding, I trust most of you will acknowledge the serious cause which prompts it and will voluntarily accept it as another means whereby our faith affects our daily existence.

CARDINAL JOSEPH L. Bernardin, shown here at a press conference last month, has announced the recurrence of cancer.

"My life expectancy is one year or less."

In these crucial weeks that are to come, let us pray together for a thorough restoration of respect for human life both 'in the hearts of our political leaders and in the hearts of all Americans.

Devotedly yours in Christ,

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St. John the Baptist, NB, completes jubilee year St. John the Baptist parish, New Bedford, the first Portuguese parish established in North America, will close its 1251,h anniversary year with a Mass at4 p.m. Sunday.

Bishop Sean O'Malley will be principal celebrant and other concelebrants will include retired Bishop Aurelio Granada Escudeiro of the Diocese of Angra, Azores; Msgr. George W: Coleman, Vicar General of the Fall River Diocese; Msgr. John J. Oliveira, PA, VE, , Episcopal Vicar for the New Bedford Deanery; Msgr. Henry T. MunrOe, PA, VE, FaJl River

At a banquet at White's RestauDeanery Episcopal Vicar and many rant, Westport, following the liturpriests of the Diocese. gy, Father Oliveira will be master A total of 40 priests and perof ceremonies and speakers will manent deacons will be present, include New Bedford Mayor Roserepresenting the Dioceses of Fall mary Tierney and Attache Rui River, Providence, RI, and Manchester, NH, and the Archdiocese Felix-Alves, representing the Washof Boston. ington-based Ambassador of Portugal to the United States. FelixRev. John J. Oliveira, pastor of Alves will present St. John the St. John the Baptist, said priests Baptist parish with the Gold Medal and deacons will vest for the liturgy of Merit of the Portuguese Comat the Kennedy Center, two-tenths munities, awarded by the nation of of a mile from the church, to which Portugal in recognition ofthe parthey will process, led by the parish ish's service to area Portuguese for banner and Our Lady of Angels . the past 125 years.

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CHICAGO (CNS) - Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago announced Aug. 30 that the pancreatic cancer for which he underwent surgery in June 1995 has recurred in his liver.

"I have been told that it is terminal and m'y life expectancy is one year or less," he said at an afternoon press conference at the archdiocesan Pastoral Center The cardinal, who turned 68 in April, said he would begin a different form of chemotherapy called Gemzar, or gemcitabine, and "if successful, this therapy may increase my time somewhat but it will not effect a cure."

"I have been assured that I still have some quality time left," he said in his prepared statement.

"My prayer is that I will use whatever time is left in a positive way, that is, a way that will be of benefit to the priests and people I have been called to serve, as well as to my oWn spiritual well~being."

Since his cancer diagnosis last year, the cardinal also has experienced other health problems.

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

Later, the Chicago Archdiocese announced Aug. 5 that he tentatively was scheduled to undergo surgery Sept. 16 to relieve severe leg and lower back pain caused by spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal column that can pinch the' nerves.

The cardinal, who turned 68 in April, said blood tests done only three weeks earlier had indicated he was cancer-free. But the spread of pancreatic cancer to his liver was discovered during tests done Aug. 28 in preparation for the September back surgery.

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By Christine Vieira Mills . Anchor Staff Montfort Father Francis Allen greets the morning at 6 a.m. to begin a new day of parish life at St. Peter's Church in Dighton. He explained why the church doors open shortly after for those parishioners arriving early for the 8:15 Mass.

"There's one woman who comes at 6:30," he chuckled, his Irish eyes smiling, "and, my God, if I don't do that, she's knocking at my door."

His typical day continues with visits to homebound parishioners who await his comfort and his wit but most importantly the Holy Eucharist.

Always on the go, Father Allen is the only priest in the parish.

That doesn't leave much time to visit his four sisters living in Florida, Alabama, New Jersey and New York. "I never sleep in the morning," he laughed, "there's always somewhere to be."

Father Francis is a member of the Montfort Missionaries (Missionaries of the Company of Mary).

The order was founded in 1715 by St. Louis Marie Grignon de Montfort in France, and brought to the United States in 1948. Unfortunately, it is a dying breed in the United States with only 30 priests nationwide, but Father Allen is optimistic about its international complexion.

"Worldwide we're exploding," he said excitedly, moving to the edge of the easy chair in his modestly decorated and homey living room. "We're exploding in India, Philippines, Africa, and five countries in South America with 1200 to 1300 priests and brothers."

The 68-year-old, five-bedroom home on Route 138 in Dighton housed several M ontforts in the late 1960s, but the shortage of priests to staff the order's many mission sites caused the community's dispersion by 1967, leaving St. Peter's "a one man parish."

Father Allen, who assumed the pastorate in February, 1993, fears he will be the last of his order to staff the parish due to lack of available Montfort priests.

"Once I go, if we can't staff it," he said, lifting up his hands, "the diocese will have to staff it. So, if I die today, I'll be the last."

The 400 families that make up the parish would hope that 'that doesn't happen for a very long time. The priest is popular among his parishioners because of his generosity and willingness to serve them. One of the major changes in parish life since his pastorate began has been the purchase of the St. Peter's Religious Education Center and Parish Hall in October, 1993. A structurally sound centuryold edifice with a large seating capacity, the hall has become home to all the parish activities formerly held in the rectory baseme.nt. ".The church basement is a lake," he explained, "and I had to do something about CCD." The religious education program, 200 strong, had been holding two classes a day seven days a week in the rectory basement. The hall is also home to meetings of the Women's Guild, St. Vincent de Paul Society and Parish Council.

Father Allen calls his parish a "laid back" community, but with the addition of the hall it has become more active. "Everybody comes out to our clambakes, spaghetti dinners and malassada breakfasts," he said, smacking his lips. "They're great. I stay the~e all morning."

The makeup of the parish in its quiet farming community, according to the pastor, has not changed much despite the great population increase in the surrounding communities of Somerset, Swansea and Taunton. "There are 400 families registered and it's been like that since God knows when," he said. There are some new housing developments going up, he mentioned, but he sees the lack of city a hindrance to sewerage Dighton's growth.

"But then you get into.politics," he said. "I don't worry about it because I don't know much about it and I don't want to get involved."

But staying involved and busy has been a trait Father Francis Allen has carried with him throughout his priesthood. After seminary days in Canada where he learned, and has retained, his fluent French, he was sent to missions in many places throughout the world. He' learned to speak Turkish and, though he has no favorite, has

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many wonderful stories to tell about each of his assignments.

"Good afternoon, Saaaaint Peter's," the priest sang into the telephone, which interrupted a stream of fascinating stories, momentarily leaving the wide-eyed listener in suspense. The call was from a woman reauesting helD for her family from the parish's St. Vincent de Paul Society.

"I'll tell my people," he told her.

"When anyone gets into financial trouble," the pastor said, reclaiming his spot on the chair, "the parish helps."

The society, he says, is not very active due to the sparse population in the Dighton area. "It's funny," he said, "all your poor end at the Dighton' line, north and south."

Because of the limited need, those who request help call the rectory and the pastor gets in touch with the appropriate individuals.

Without skipping a beat, the priest continued the story of his travels with his nine years in Noblesville, Indiana, a growing Catholic community, 'where he founded several large parishes.

An avid reader, as evidenced by his extensive library with bookcases in every room of St. Peter's rectory, he collected mostly reference books, including books on every religion and the lives of the saints. The scholar then received the chance of a lifetime.

"In 1984, I was called to Rome and worked as a guide at the Vatican," he said. He gave up his midwestern parishes and spent the next four years walking tourists through five miles of corridors, all the while devouring books on church history and Vatican art to make himself a knowledgeable resource. "It took six months before I knew it," he said, "and then I'd find out I was wrong. It was constant learning. I loved Rome."

He particularly liked to meet the tourists who all seemed to be equally interested in his own birthplace.

"I'd tell them that I was from the center of culture in the whole United States," he said with a hearty laugh, "Brooklyn, New York.

They'd all laugh."

In 1988, he joined his brother priests as a temporary curate in New.York at a 4000 family parish

ST. PETER'S Church in picturesque Dighton st:rves about 400 families. (Anchor/ Mills photo) in Queens. After several years in that assignment, he was to take a well deserved break: a sabbatical in Washington, DC, where he would study at a nearby Catholic University and live at the Montfort community house "that was right on the subway line."

"But, man proposes and God disposes," he said of his canceled plans as he was called to lead a small parish in Dighton, Massachusetts, and to succeed Rev. Raymond W. Graham, SMM. On October 2, Father Allen will turn 72 years old and has no plans of retiring. He recently suffered a stroke that "knocked the living daylights" out of him and slowed

him up a bit, but, still serve!i as a role model for those who lo(!k up to him.

"I quit smoking after that," he laughed, "and gained 25 pounds. I don't worry about much, though.

It's just me, myself and I and we get along fine. The people around here are very, very nice."

The soft-spoken man sat back in his easy chair, surrounded by volumes of knowledge in bookcases and one or two divided by bookmarks on the TV tray bl:side him. His peaceful smile echoed his previous sentence as the words lingered in the air.

"I figure .I'll retire when the Good Lord calls 'me," he :;aid.

Until then, he's happy here.

THE ST. PETER'S Religious Education Center and Parish Hall is the hub of parish community activity. At right, Father Francis Allen, SMM, sits amid . . , only a portion of his library of mostly reference books at the rectory. (Anchor/ Mills photos) ............

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(CNS) - The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur have selected five of their members, including the first from Africa, to serve as the congregation's General Government Group, the Boston province announced on behalf of all U.S. provinces. The congregation is represented in the Fall River diocese at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, where Sister Teresa Trayers, SND, is a guidance counselor.

During a four-week chapter held recently in England, 59 delegates from 14 countries voted Sister Honorine Yamba of Zaire to be among those who will lead the order's 2,000 worldwidf: members for the next Six years.

Sister Ellen Gielty of Scotland, who in 1990 was the firs,t from her country chosen general moderator, was reelected to another sixyear term. Also elected were Sister Mary McClure, a lecturer in theology at St. Andrew's College in Bearsden, Scotland; Sister Marie Kelly, current head of the Maryland province; and Sister Terry Davis, a graphic artist from California.

Chapter delegates committed the congregation to remaining in dialogue with the institutional church.

They professed a loyalty that is both "creative and critical," according to the Boston announcement.

To enable the sisters to be more effective in their ministries, especially with poor women and children, the announcement said delegates also cl'targed the congrega-, tion to find ways to share resources J more radically.

There are over 1,400 Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in the United States.

Anniversary Mass at Cathedral The 95th anniversary of the dedication of St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, will be observed on Saturday, September 7, during the celebration of Mass at 9 a.m.

The cornerstone of the Cathedral was laid on August 8, 1852.

The Most Reverend John B. Fitzpatrick, third Bishop of Boston, presided at the ceremonies. Father Edward Murphy was pastor of Saint Mary's at that time.

The Cathedral was solemnly consecrated on September 7, 1901

by His Excellency, thl: Most Reverend Matthew Harkins, second Bishop of Providence.

Everyone is cordially invited to attend the 9 o'clock Saturday morning Mass to celebrate this special anniversary.

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VIVIAN CLEARY (left) Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Women District I president and Carol Simons, vice president, bring the gifts to Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye, V.E., diocesan moderator, during a Mass at Bishop Stang High School, No. Dartmouth. The Mass opened the 1996-97 season.

Katherine Lancisi, diocesan president, announced that the Executive Board wi,ll hold its first meeting of the season on Sept. 15 at 2:00 p.m. at St. John the Evangelist Church, Attleboro.

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For the past II years, Cote was a teacher and music director for the Cardinal Cushing School and Training Center in Hanover. He resides in Taunton with his wife Linda and hi.s daughter Kristen.

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He followed several years of full(Lucien) Landry, O.P., 87, who For your home or business. time preaching by service as prior died Aug. 31 at th!: Catholic of the Dominican community in Memorial Home, also in Fall Fall River and in 1977 moved to River, after a long illness, during New Bedford to serve in St. Therewhich he suffered seve'ral strokes. sa's parish. Through the years he Father Landry, a New Bedford Plumbing & Heating was noted as a leader and promonative, was the son of Herman and ul. 1920 Lie. 10786 ter of the cultural heritage of Alexina (Labonte) Landry and was Franco-Americans in New Engthe eldest of ninc children. He land, and also as a gifted speaker attended Assumption College in "The Experienced and administrator.

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25th anniversary WILLITS, Calif. (CNS) - A Mass of thanksgiving was celebrated Aug. 10 to mark the 25th anniversary of ordination of Allan Bohner, one of the first three deacons ordained in the United States after Pope Paul VI restored the permanent diaconate in 1967. The Mass was at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Willits, where Bohner has been pl;lstoral associate for five years. Bishop G. Patrick Ziemann of Santa Rosa was principal celebrant, with Father Louis J. Nichols, administrator of the parish, concelebratin~.

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A Glaring Disappointment Where was President Carter? For all its hype and hijinks, the absence of the only living ex-president from the convention shenanigans in Chicago was more than glaring. The San Diego show, however, spent a great deal of time acknowledging former Republican presidents. Even Nancy Reagan was given a prime time spot, due to President Reagan's illness. Ford and . Bush and even Barbara and her pearls were summoned to share the spotlight despite their former differences with Dole and Kemp. The convention managers wanted to project the image of a united Republican family and for the most part succeeded in their quest for unanimity.

The same cannot be said for the Clinton circus. Despite all their pleas for support of family values, the Democrats were more than divisive in not giving p'rime time to Jimmy Carter, who ~as unwelcomed by his own party.

Over the years, Clinton has shown his distaste for Carter.

When he was first seeking the White House, he did not want anything to do with Carter, "the loser." Some of this bad blood, of course, goes back to the days when President Carter ordered Cuban refugees to be housed in Arkansas in quite squalid conditions. The aftermath was an action that cost an election to then-Governor Clinton.

There is also a political sense that the Kennedy lot did much to separate Carter from Clinton, who sees himself walking in the limelight of JFK. It then should be no wonder that the Kennedy clan had a special spotlight in Chicago with the approval and blessing of Clinton and the Democratic National Committee. Every movement was micromanaged to the last detail. But to allow the Kennedys air time and totally to ignore Carter was. rude and crude; in fact, it should be seen as an insult to the presidency itself.

This becomes even more egregious when one reflects on the reputation Carter has earned since his White House days. In the time following his residency on Pennsylvania Avenue, which for the most part was quite glum, Carter has become recognized worldwide as a humanitarian. The errors made during his administration did not send him home to Georgia to weep and wail and grind his teeth. He has become a roving ambassador for peace and diplomacy, so respected that he has been called to monitor elections in other countries. And few are unaware of his work with Habitat for Humanity. Without demanding political notice, he has m~nifested his sense of justice and of concern for his least brothers and sisters.

Because of all this, it becomes even more puzzling that the current Democratic leadership completely distanced Carter from their Chicago deliberations. Clinton has announced that he wants to build a bridge into the next century but it is obvious that at the same time he is trying to burn all the bridges to the past. His administration style has occasioned many doubts as to his integrity, values and honesty with regard to both his private and public life. In his efforts to ign9re the past, Clinton has rejected Carter who, despite his errors while in office, has many virtues that the incumbent president l~cks.

You can be assured that Clinton will-not discuss his action during his train rides or bus tours. But it does speak-volumes to those who truly care about the presidency. National leadership , should not be petty or small. When it reduces itself to such a level it affects the nation similarly. ' May President Clinton realize this as he seeks four more . years in Washington.

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A YOUNG BOSNIAN BOY FINDS COMFORT IN HIS FATHER'S HANDS DURING MASS ATA D.ESTROYED CH,URCH IN A:~ARAJEVO SUBURB.

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President snubbed for abortion ban, NEW YORK (CNS) ~ Cardi- room ofthe Waldorf-Astoria Hotel nal John J. O'Connor of New in New York, and raises funds for York has decided President Clin- medical charities. It was begun by ton will not get the traditional Cardinal Francis J. Spellman iminvitation of major presidential mediately after the Second World candidates to address theAI Smith War, and he established a tradidinner this year, according to an ,tion of seeking to entice ticket Aug. 22 story in the New York ,buYers by presenting major naPost. tional figures as speakers.

Citing unnamed sources, the So the event, held in the last paper said that "the presidential weeks before elections, has tended snub is the latest shot fired in the to be a highly political occasion, archdiocesan crusade against Clin- but in a bipartisan way, and speakton's veto of legislation outlawing ers are expected to avoid any dipartial-birth abortions." rectly partisan oratory.

After Clinton was ruled out, it In presidential election years, was decided that Republican can- 'the, major presidential candidates didate Bob Dole would \lot be have norm'ally been the invited invited either, but that inVItations speakers.' However, in 1992 Presiwould go to the two vice-presi- dent George Bush and his Demodential candidate's, Albert Gore cratic opponent, Clinton, did not and Jack Kemp, according to the speak- because one of the debates article., . '. was scheduled for the same night Joseph Zwilling, spokesman for 'as the dinner. So former Pennsylthe cardinal, told Catholic News vania Gov. Robert P.Casey was Service he did not dispute the brought in as a substitute. accuracy of the story, but said he In 1984 President Ronald Reacould not confirm it either. He gan, running for reelection, spoke, said Cardinal O'Connor was on a but his Democratic challenger, personal retreat at the archdioce- Walter Mondale, withdrew after san seminary, and had made no an initial acceptance, saying he comment regarding who would be needed the time to prepare for an invited to speak. upcoming debate.

However, Zwilling said that deZwilling said he was told by cisions on invitations were made Alfred E. Smith IV that Clinton by the board of the Alfred E. and Dole could not give firm comSmith Memorial Foundation, mitments for the night of this chaired by Alfred E. Smith IV, year's dinner, Oct. 17, and the and not by anyone in<;lividual.

Cardinal O'Connor is a member of Please the board, and presides at the patronize our dinners.

The AI Smith dinner is held advertisers each October in the grand ball-

board consequently deci,ded to look elsewhere. But Zwilling said he could not confirm or de:ny that the vice-presidential candidates were being invited.

The Post said that according to its sources "Clinton would:n't have been invited - scheduling problems or not."

On J une,25, Cardinal O'Connor had a meeting athis resider.,ce with Dole and spoke positively about Dole's pro-life record. Zwilling said the meeting was held at: Dole's request, and that the cardinal would be open to a similar meeting with Cli'nton if he received a request. ., , , 'Dole has already addresl:ed one Smith dinner. I ri 1993, with the debate over health care reform in the background, he delivered an address:' tying together concerns for physical and moral hea;lth.

Intr'oducing him, Cardinal O'Connor said jokingly that Dole would probably prefer tob~: introduced simply with the traditional words, "Ladies and gentlemen: the president of the United Sta::es."

The reporter who wrote'the Post story, Ray Kerrison, also wrote an opinion piece that the Post printed alongside his story. In it, be said that in "banishing Presiden't Clinton from the dais of the AI Smith dinner" Cardinal O'Connor had shown "the kind of moral l~ader­ ship millions in this nation will applaud."

"This cardinal is movl~d by morality," he said. "If ,Clinton were a Republican, he'd be ~:etting the same treatment."

THE ANCHOR"WASHINGTON (CNS) - As students across the United States go to their science classes this fall, they may g~t some mixed messages about dinosaurs and fossils.

That's because a growing number of school board members and lawmakers who call themselves "creationists" have bel~n hard at work attempting to discredit evolution as a scientific theory.

This school year, for example, all biology textbooks in Alabama will include II pasted-in disclaimer warning that evolution is a controversial theory and shouldn't be considered fact.

And earlier this year, bills downplaying evolution reached the state legislatures in Georgia, Tennessee and Ohio. Although none of the bills passed, they each added a little more fuel to the controversial fire.

The Georgia Legislature defeated an amendment that would have allowed teachers to present alternative theories to evolution in their classrooms. In Tennessee, the Senate voted down a bill that would have allowed schools to fire any teacher who teaches evolution as fact. And Ohio's Legislature defeated a proposed bill requiring teachers to present evidence challenging evolution whenever origins of life were discussed.

Since 1994, one Louisiana school district' has required teachers to read a disclaimer before presenting evolution lessons and another district allows student,·led discussions concerning alternatives of life origins.

Even national politicians are getting into the discussion. In an interview with Sam Donaldson on ABC's "This Week," one-time Republican presidential candidate Pat Buchanan said parents "have the right to insist that godless evolution not be taught to their children or their children not be indoctrinated in it."

Just how to teach life's origins is both an old and new debate. The 1925 "Monkey Trial" illl Tennessee convicted John Scopes of the crime of teaching evolution. But in 1968, the U.S. Supreme Court in Epperson vs. Arkansas ruled that states could not ban evolution teaching on religious grounds.

And in a 1987 case, Edwards vs.

Aguillard, the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a 1981 Louisiana law requiring public schools teaching evolution to grant equal time to creationism.

But a dissent written in that case

by Justice Antonin Scalia said Christian fundamentalists in Louisiana were "entitled, ~s a secular matter, to have whatever scientific evidence there may be against evolution presented in their schools." !'lis opinion gave many the openIIlg they're still using to discredit evolution and introduce alternative theories, such a creationism in class. ' Such intense resurgence of a debate that's older than Darwin himself is "a real crisis for education," according to J¢suit Father James Skehan, a professor and d'irector emeritus of geology at Boston College.

The priest - who said he believes in the Bible as a religious document, but not as a scientific textbook - is afraid that today's students will come out of school "not knowing the basics of science or how to distinguish science from religion." That disturbs him "as a scientist and also as a Catholic."

But those who, like Frank Sherwin, profess unswerving belief in the biblical accounts. of creation and the flood are even more disturbed that today's students might not be given the full picture, and therefore will never be able to think critically.

Sherwin, an assistant to the president of the Institute for Creation Research in Santee, Calif., says "today's studentS have to tolerate everything. But, oil the volatile issue of human rights, a steel door comes down. Students are indoctrinated that they came from hydrogen gas." , Sherwin, who taught biology at a Christian college, told Catholic News Service he has no problem with what he sees in the living world "and what the Bible teaches about where everything came from."

He does have a problem with scientific theories of evolution, though, because "science means what we know to be true and evo-

Saint Anne's Hospital establ~shes new I)rogram for seniors Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall River, announces opening of The Center for Behavioral Medicine, a psychiatric partial hospitalization program which offers specialized physical and psychological medical care to adults over the age of 65.

Services offered through the program include: outreach; comprehensive evaluation and assessment; individual, group, and family therapy; health, dietary, and medication education; informational group sessions; occupational therapy; discharge planning and after care planning.

All of the program components take place in a newly renovated section of Saint Anne's Hospital and transportation is available to and from the program.

"We have designed a comprehensive program to re~spond to an unmet need in the greater Fall River community for specialized psychological and physical care for geriatric psychiatric patients and their families," said George Dion, pro~ram director.

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Patients eligible for services offered through the program must be 65 years or older. The Center for Behavioral Medicine is Medicaid and Medicare approved and accepts most major health insurance plans.

For more information on the Center for Behavioral Medicine at Saint Anne's lJIospitll1, please call George Dian, program director, at 674-7000.

lution occurred in the past but no one actually saw it occur."

He is encouraged by the current use of textbook disclaimers because they show "a large amount of society doesn't believe that people share common ancestry with worms." But he hardly sees the slips of paper as closing in on the debate. "!t's a big battle, and neither side will give up," he said.

Father Skehan, who has written and spoken extl:nsively on the subject, vows never to use scientific arguments with creation proponents, saying their interpretations are "nonsense." Instead, he relies on religion and biblical theology.

"You have to go back to how Genesis was put together. It's easier to say, 'Acc(:pt the Bible as it is without worrying about subtleties,'" he told CNS in a telephone interview from Weston, Mass.

Instead of looking at the Book of Genesis as a text dictated by God to one man, he said he follows modern biblical scholarship which maintains that human writers assembled the first book of the Bible as a religious message of God's dealings with people.

As for the claim that evolution is just a theory, Dr. James Calcagno, an associate professor of anthropology at Loyola University of Chicago, said that's true on one level, because "evolution is something that will always be tested; however it is scientific fact on a different level."

"Science and religion are two very different ways of understanding the world and origins," he told CNS. "Science involves hypotheses that must be tested and doesn't involve religious beliefs that can't be tested."

He said the whole idea of disputing evolution theories each time they are mentioned in science classes would be like "me as an anthropologist coming into church every time you're discussing creation and bringing up my ideas. It's just inappropriate."

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1 had dinner with my friend Agnes Brien recently.

It was a celebration meal, really - a time to share with a friend what I call the "next step in the journey" of life.

Agnes is 56 and like me raised seven children as a single parent. But now she has retired from her job to work for a year as a volunteer with the Mercy Corps, run by the Mercy Sisters in Pennsylvania. She will work in a family care home in North Carolina, caring for people with AIDS. Agnes and I met about 12 years ago. I had moved , to Connecticut to help start a new newspaper. To promote the paper, we sent a free subscription to the mayors of all nearby towns and cities.

It happened that Agnes was the assistant city clerk of Norwalk and worked directly with the mayor.

When she noticed my name in The Litchfield County Times. she wrote to me. ,Agnes began by writing that back in the late '70s I had saved her life.

She explained that·she had been left with a broken marriage and seven children to raise, one of them hardly more than a baby. She had been feeling defeated, sorry for herself and almost despairing.

Somehow she came across a book I had just written, "A Parent Alone" (Twenty-Third Publications), in which I shared my story of being a single mother left to raise a large family alone.

My book inspired her, she said. She felt if I could make a life for my seven children, so could she.

I was deeply touched, and I called Agnes right away. It was as though we were sisters. We arranged to meet at a restaurant for dinner half way between our two locations. We became friends forever.

Still, it surprised me when Agnes called to tell me she had decided to retire.

"I've been thinking about this for years," she said, "but when you're raising children you don't think there will ever be an opportunity to volunteer. Now

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Ohio priests compete for best spaghetti'iauce CLEVELAND (CNS) - No one knows if there is Italian food in the afterlife. but in Cleveland's Little Italy section folks got to sample two of the most heavenly spaghetti sauces during the annual Assumption weekend festival at Holy Rosary Church.

In the end. Father Angelo Caserta's Italian Supreme Spaghetti Sauce edged out Father Wally Hyclak's Secret Recipe Spaghetti Sauce, 878-867.

Voters got each sauce in a paper cup and a bread stick to dip into the sauces, plus a ballot to indicate their favorite.

The Aug. 16-18 contest was one way to bring people out to celebrate the reason for the festival: the Assumption of Mary. After sampling sauces, people were able to walk over to the shrine at Holy Rosary, light a candle, pray, and perhaps buy rosaries or medals.

Father Hyclak. director of the St. Joseph Christian Life Center in Cleveland. said the event 'brings a dimension of faith to everyday life and gives people offaith an opportunity to share their beliefs.

Father Caserta, a retired priest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, said his winning sauce is an old family recipe he's modified over the years.

While he uses olive oil, Romano cheese, mellow wine~ and herbs and spices, "the secret is the quantity that's used. Not just a smidgen," he told the Catholic Universe Bulletin, Cleveland diocesan newspaper. ''I'm really confident the sauce I make is unique. It's a genuine, first-class gourmet sauce," When he was an active priest. he made his sauce at parish spaghetti dinners. People would ask ifther~

. was leftover sauce they could buy.

He started making extra, and in 1992 decided to hire a canning company to make and distribute both his mild- and zesty-recipe sauces.

They are sold in southern Ohio, with profits going to various charitable organizations.

"I suppose every chef enjoys seeing .people enjoy the sauce and hearing them say how good it is."

Father Caserta said. "Especially when you hear them say. 'It's the best sauce I've ever had ...• .

Father Hyclak was not at all discouraged by his second-place showing.

He said that when he was growing up, the whole family would cook together. His mother would often start a meal and he and his father would finish preparing it.

Eventually, his sister also got in on the act.

It was during those years he learned the secrets of making a good spaghetti sauce: tomato sauce and paste, basil, oregano, onion, beef neck bones, and patience cook it at least six hours.

Each year Father Hyclak holds a spaghetti dinner the Sunday after Easter as a benefit for the St. Joseph Christian Life Center. With help, he starts making about 60 gallons of sauce Easter Monday, then makes a couple thousand meatballs on "Meatball Friday."

He said he always looks forward to being able to share his cooking.

"I love to cook," Father Hyclak said. "I have to credit my mother, who always said, 'If you can cook, you'lI never starve,''' The contest was sponsored by WMIH-AM, a privately owned radio station aimed at a Catholic audience.

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that they're grown and I don't have to .earn the money to buy the food and pay the bills, I c:an make this decision and follow through on it."

It's a time "for me to begin 'again: not 'over,' I don't want to wash away the life I've had.ljust want

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By Antoinette Bosco an opportunity to be myself, to be suppo::tive and helpful to others." said my friend, who studied theology at Fordham University, has been a part of the Cursillo movement and credits the charismatic renewal for helping in her faith journey.

I praised her for taking this giant step, knowing how hard it is for her to be several states removed from her children, even though they are grown. She chided me good-naturedly and said, "I'm not being holy, holy." But then she added a line I iihall not forget, "Don't praise me for doing what bas to be done."

I don't think it was by coincidence that Agnes read my book and remembered it, that she wrote to me and we met. I think it was just another of the graces God gives to us, to bring people into our lLves who have a nobility that can be shared with us.

I wanted to give Agnes a little gift to take with her.

I gave her a note tablet with a line by K. Sherman, a Sister of St. Joseph. It read: "In the circle of life all is one, child. Celebrate and sing for joy. You've been invited to the dance."

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De;r'n?'Kenny: Our 7-year-old wants to play However, at age 7 you don't need to encourage with girls rather than-boys,. Could he be too interactivities that lean too heavily in one direction or ested in girls at this age? (New Jers,ey) another. There is plenty of time for gender cliscrimiMy first reaction is that girls and boys'are,bothjust nation and specifically sexual attraction when he people at '7, Children play with children, anihhat's reaches adolescence, better than a: child who stays by himself or herself.· -----.-,,;,'.-_ _- - - - - - - - - What kind of games are they playing? If the games are unisex, relax. Games of ball, bike-riding, swimming, video games, table games are enjoyed by both genders.

Perhaps the girls are simply more available than boys. In any case, if your son likes children's games With Dr. James & and plays them with girls, don't be overconcerned.

Wait and see.

Mary Kenny Are you worried that your son wants to be a girl, \ that he is copying feminine behavior? Again, I would • . ',J look at the games.

Remember, too; it is far better to beauti"Girl games" are play activities that model adult ful story of sex and love from parents than to learn female behavior. That's a bit difficult today because misinformation on the street or by mishap in play. a woman's role is changing radically. However, Meanwhile, look to the games that are being games thatinvolve nurture of babies, dolls, "house," played.

If he is playing games with girls that are dress-up, etc., are still more typically feminine. heavily directed in favor of nurture, yOIl might "Boy games" are more apt to be roughhouse and encourage and support games that involve more involve strong competition. Boys seem more intercompetition and physical horseplay. ested in dominance and winning.

Good luck with an interesting problem!

If your son is playing"girl games" with his friends, Reader questions on family living and chilil care to here are a few suggestions: be answered in print are invited. Address questions: - Have dad take more time with him, playing The Kennys; St. Joseph's College; 219 W. Hllrrison; catch, going to ballgames, being physically active Rensselaer, Ind. 47978. \ together. Ask if he is interested in Cub Scouts.

- Find a "big brother" to do the same.

Driv.~" - Encourage slumber parties and other "boys only" activities.

Is your son playing "boy-girl" games, dating games? Does he tell you who his girlfriend is this The "Million Rosary Drive" sponsored by St. week, whom he will marry?

Joseph's parish, New Bedford is well on its way If you are worried about some sexual curiosity or to reaching the goal of having 1 million rosaries sex play, keep the play under loose supervision. Stop any overt sex talk or activity and be sure that your recited for peace by year 2000. son has an accurate understanding of what sex is Since the drive started last August, 324,613 about. rosaries have been pledged thus far. Many parI would discourage romantic games by ignoring ishes throughout the diocese have respon.ded to such talk and not responding. Sexual playacting is not cute. It is precocious and not age-appropriate. a letter campaign begun by St. Joseph's ;parish.

He may be modeling some of the behavior he sees or Another source from which rosaries are offered hears on soap operas. is the various women's and men's religious comIgnoring, however, is not sufficient. Find other munities in the area. more boyish activities to encourage. Make such The campaign has reached beyond the boundactivities available and attractive. Fishing and swimming and playing ball and having roughhouse aries of Massachusetts. So far 16 states are inparties with other boys are good alternatives. volved in the drive.

Female hormones promote nurturance. Male To pledge to the drive, or if you klliow of hormones promote aggression. Both drives are persons in other states who would be willing important in both genders. We need to care for our to join, contact Maurice, tel. 995.5981; Doris, young and for one another. And we need to be assertive in pursuing our goals. tel. 995·6410; Alice or Therese, tel. 995·2354.

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LitE!ralist Bible "interpretations Q. This is a follow··up question to your column of several weeks ago on literal interpretation of Scripture.

You say the chure:h documents have a problem with fundamentalist literal ways of understanding the Bible. But isn't it rather selective in applying literal and non-literal solutions?

A Protestant friend agrees that God often speaks symbolically or metaphorically in the Bible, as in the story of Jonah and title large fish.

But he is puzzled then by our insistence on a literal interpretation of the words of transubstantiation spoken by Jesus at the Last Supper.

Our response has been that this literal interpreta·· tion is the core of oUlr faith and is not a matter about which we're inclined to speculate or seek a rational explanation.

Can you help him, and us, over this seemingly uneven application of literal and non-literal under. standings of the Bible? (Indiana) A. The whole matter comes down to what one means by literal.

You m!ly recall that, in the column to which you refer, I distinguished between what are often called literal and literalist understandings of Scripture.

Literalist interprc:tation means translating and understanding a passage simply word for word, generally seeing in it the meaning those words would have if they were written today. Historical context, changes in language and so on are considered irrelevant.

It is this "fundamentalist" approach to the Bible that contrasts with the major thrust of Catholic and most other exegesis today.

The literal sense of a Bible passage, on the other hand, is the meaning expressed directly by the inspired human authors. the meaning that the author of each passage intended when he wrote it.

As a major Catholic document p.uts it, this literal sense is the fruit of inspiration, the meaning intended

by God as principal author ("Interpretation of the Bible in the Church," Pontifical Biblical Commission 1993; section I1[-B)..

Thus, a predominant purpose of biblical scholarship today is to discover that literal meaning with every available scientific and historical method.

If you think about what I've said, it is clear that the genuine literal sense of a passage may very well be the plain, self-evident meaning. It is not necessarily one that changes signifi,:antly under scholarly scrutiny.

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Story appreciated Dear Editor: Thank you for the nice job you did publishing our celebration story in the August 9 issue of the Anchor. It was a big occasion for us as we marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of our Foundress, St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier.

It added much to our joy at this time to Sl:e our event commemorated in the Anchor. Our sisters who are missioned to the Cape came up to Marlborough to celebrate with us on that day.

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In the same way, our tradition has accepted the words of the Lord at the Last Supper "literally" because massive evidence supports that interpretation.

The earliest Christians, including St. Paul himself, obviously took these words at face value. For them, the bread and cup shared in the celebration of the Lord's Supper were, with no ambiguity or shaded meaning, truly the body and blood of Jesus.

Christians will forget that fact, says Paul, only at great spiritual peril (I Corinthians II :23-34).

This belief of the first Christian generations is highly significant for us Catholics and many other Christians. The final interpreter of the Bible, especially the Christian Scriptures, is the living church, the assembly of believers in Jesus who produced those Scriptures in the first place under the inspiration of the Spirit.

As the above-mentioned document reminds us, it is the believing community that provides the truly adequate context for interpreting the words of Scripture.

Faith and the Holy Spirit enrich this study. And "church authority, exercised as a service of the community, must see to it that this interpretation remains faithful to the great tradition which has produced the texts" (I-C-I).

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Smile, you're on Candid Catholic Mother Angelica, the moving force behind the Eternal Word Television Network, probably doesn't need any free-lance: advice on how to run the network, but I'm su ...~ curious if she saw the recent anniversary special on the old "Candid Camera" program.

I loved that program. My favorite segment was the one where they hid a microphone in a parki.ng meter.

When an unsuspecting patron deposited a coin, the meter would begin by saying "thank you."

The shocked d river would be pulled into a conversation with the meter. That was funny enough. But tears would roll when he or she stopped a passerby to show that the meter could talk. The meter would

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This could be featured in an inaugural "Candid Catholic" - a program that would really put a network on the broadcasting map. It's hard to say if Mother Angelica should host: the program a la Alan Funt, but she does have a good sense of humor.

"Candid Camera" caught priceless expressions of restaurant diners as they tried to ignore a nearby Buster Keaton as his toupee kept falling into his soup. He would extract it, wring it out and then try to put it· back on.

Couldn't "Candid Catholic" have fun with an actor priest with an out-of-control collar?

The sight-gag ideas are endless: spring-loaded kneelers; exploding pew pencils; votive candles that won't light; pews with wet-paint signs.

How about an usher who won't seat you without a bribe? Or a youngster in altar boy attire selling indulgences as a fundraiser for his parish soccer team?

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Black bishop urges hearers to live their faith· daily. because of what we say, but because LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CNS). The "strongest magnet" that African- of what we do," the bishop said.

American Catholics have to draw He added that an effective leader people to the church is not spirit- needs to prioritize time and utilize filled music or colorful ethnic cloth- . resources. In the case of evan~eli­ ing, said Chicago Auxiliary Bishop zation, those resources include George V. Murry, SJ, in a talk at people in parishes. the recent National Black Catholic Noting that sometimes people Congress' parish evangelization delay evangelization efforts by conference in LouivilIe. He is one waiting for other things to get put of 14 black U.S. bishops. in place, such as a parish council, "The best way we can evangelize reorganization of a diocesan pasand welcome people into our toral care center or the coming of a community is our faith," he said. new bishop, Bishop Murry said, "It is how you and I live on a daily "Leaders are men and women who basis." take responsibility. They do not sit The bishop spoke to about 300 and wait for responsibility to come African-American Catholics on the to them. We are not going to bring theme, "Refounding Parishes: Mo- people into our church by simply putting a sign outside of our parish dels for Evangelization."

He 'suggested applying proven that says 'welcome,'" methods of leadership to evangeliThe most important thing to zation, saying that leaders must accomplish in evangelizing, he first work on themselves, becom- stressed, was preaching the Gosing men and women of love and pel. "If we believe in the Gospel, acceptance, forgiveness and jus- we need to preach it," he said. "We tice who courageously chalIenge need to share the light, which has what is wrong. brought so much into our lives, "People wilI not join our church with others."

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Father Benedict J. Groeschel, a well-known speaker and author of books on spirituality, was arrested Aug. 24 with retired Bishop Ceorge E. Lynch and Brother Fidelis Moscinski.

Father Groeschel, director of the Office of Spiritual Development of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in Larchm.ont, said his action was prompted by debate over ,the legality of partial-birth ~bortion: " , "Partial-birth abortion has made. it absolutely c1ear'that nobodycan say that a fetus is not a child," Father Groeschel told Catholic New York, newspaper of the New York Archdiocese.

The three blocked the entrance to the clinic parking lot from7:30 to 8 a.m., when they were ordered to disperse and placed under arrest.

They pleaded not guilty to disorderly conduct and were released on their own recognizance.

Father Groeschel was arrested in a similar protest in 1988 in Manhattan. Bishop Lynch, a retired auxiliary bishop of-Raleigh, NC, who lives in his native Bronx, and Brother Moscinski, who is studying for the priesthood in the ..Franciscan Friars of Renewal, have been arrested at the Dobbs Ferry clinic and others numerous times in the, past few years.

In February, Bishop Lynch and Brother Moscinski were convicted

in federal court of violating the to the hypocrisy of the Roe vs.

Freedom of Access'to,Clinic En- Wade decision and similar invalid trances Act. They have appealed and inhuman statutes," Father part of that ruling to the U.S. Groeschel added.

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In addition to the three arn:sted, All three said they blocked the about 30 people participated ::n the entrance on Aug. 24 to save the Aug. 24 demonstration, praying lives of unborn children. Several the rosary on the sidewalks. They cars attempting to enter the park- included four Sisters of Life; ing lot had to be diverted while the Father Martin P. Keegan, a Marymen were sitting there. knoll missionary to Mexico now Father Groeschel, who is also on sabbatical; and about 10 Frandiocesan postulator for the cause ciscan Friars of the Renewal, a for canonization of Cardinal Ter- congregation co-founded by F.~ther ence 'Cooke, said he chose to en- Groeschel in 1987. gage in th,e protest because of President Clinton's veto of the PartialBirth Abortion Ban Act., .

WASHINGTON (CNS) .- A . The legislation vetoed by Clin- team 'of researchers headed by ton would have' banned a proce- sociologist Dean R. Hoge is dure used in'late-term abortions in launching a major study of young which the unborn child is partially adult U.S. Catholics wil:h a delivered before surgjcal scissors $494,905 grant from the :Lilly'" are stabbed into the base of the Endowment. They will research infant's head. The child's brain is the spiritual needs and values, the then removed by suction, alIowing religious training and the sense for easier delivery ofthe rest ofthe and character of Catholic ide:rttity body. among Anglo and Latino 'CathoIn a statement to the press after lics in the 20-29 and 30-39 age his arrest, Father Groeschel said, groups, The researchers are start"The whole moral fabric of our ing from an assumption that "a American society is unraveling be- strong Catholic identity probably fore our eyes. Evidence of this will be harder tQ achieve in the decline can be observed by any future," Hoge said. "This ::s a person of reflection.... The most gradually growing problem for appalIing symptom of this decline American Catholics," he said. is the killing of unborn children "There is strong debate in Catholic with the connivance and even spe- circles about religious education, cial protection of civil law.

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Cathollcism, Native American beliefs share many traditions ALBUQUERQUE, N.M:. (CNS) - Catholicism and Native American religious practices share many traditions because of thei r basis in faith in the same creator God, said Santa Fe Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan in a homily during the -, annual Tekakwitha Conference.

More than 1,500 people from throughout North America recently attended the conference of Native American Catholics at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, which is in the Santa Fe Archdiocese.

"It is the same creator God who has breathed into all our ancestors, mine and yours, a love for the . Great Spirit and for religious beliefs and for the desire to express this in ritual and symbol," said Archbishop Sheehan. "God revealed many things in natural ways years before he sent his son. But then God sent his son Jesus to reveal many more teachings which we could never know otherwise."

That's why Native Americans should resist the temptation to turn away from Christi.an teachings out of the belief that doing so makes them more truly Native American, he said.

"This is not neces:mry. The church affirms your culture, your language and your religious traditions," the archbishop said. "For the most patt, these are all compatible with Christian teaching, which simply builds upon them."

Archbishop Sheehan spoke of his admiration for Native Americans' love for the Great Spirit and their reverence for the mystery and holiness of God. The use of smoke, cornmeal, and eagle feathers in ritual and the significance of the four winds and other features of Native American beliefs are also worthy of respect from nonIndians, he said.

"In the church, we love symbols too," he said. "They speak to our hearts. Bread, wine, water and oil are simple elements that have major importance to us.. The sacred images of the cross and statues of

Jesus, Mary, Blessed Kateri (Tekakwitha) and the other saints are important. Incense finds ,a place in Catholic ritual."

The Native Americart love and respect for ancestors also has a commonality with the' Christian tradition of honoring saints, Archbishop Sheehan noted.

Pope John Paul II has often spoken of the church's respect for Native American traditions, he told the congregation. "You can be dedicated to them and at the same time be a strong and happy member of the Catholic Church," the Santa Fe prelate said. "There is no contradiction between being an Indian and being a Catholic.

"There is room in God's family for all of us," Archbishop Sheehan concluded. "We are not a melting pot. We keep our individuality....

The Catholic Church is not a white man's religion, it is a religion for everyone."

Also participating in the liturgy at the 57th annual Tekakwitha Conference were Bishops Gerald R. Barnes of San Bernardino,

Daily Readings Sept. 9: 1 Cor 5:1-8; Ps 5:5-6,7,12; Lk 6:6-11 Sept. 10: 1 Cor 6:1-11; Ps 149:1-6,9; Lk 6:12-19 Sept. 11: 1 Cor7:25-31; Ps 45:11-12,14-17; Lk 6:20-26 Sept. 12: 1 Cor 8:1b-7,1113; Ps 139:1-3,13-14,23-24; Lk 6:27-38 Sept. 13: 1Cor9:16-19,22b27; Ps 84:3-6,8,12; Lk 6:3942 Sept. 14: Nm 21:4b-9; Ps 78:1-2,34-38; Phil 2:6-11; In 3:13-17 Sept. 15: Sir 27:30-28:9; Ps 103:1-4,9-12; Rom 14:79; Mt 18:21-35

Calif., Thomas J. O'Brien of Phoenix, AZ, and Auxiliary Bishop Michael R. Cote of Portland. Ore. . They were joined at the liturgy by two recently ordained Native American permanent deacons, Albert Arquero of Cochiti Pueblo and Patrick Toya of Jemez Pueblo. the first two Pueblo Indians of New Mexico to be ordained permanent deacons for the Santa Fe Archdiocese. Arquero read the Gospel in his native Keres language.

Other bishops attending the conference included Bishops Ricardo Ramirez of Las Cruces, N.M., Charles J. Chaput of Rapid City, S.D., and Roger L. Schwietz of Duluth, Minn. Also,attending was Msgr. Paul Lenz, of the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions in Washington.

The Tekakwitha Conference was established as an organization in 1939 by the late Cardinal Aloysius Muench when he was the bishop of Fargo, N.D. He started it as an advisory group to him and as a' support group for missionary priests working among Plains Indians in the Dakotas and on reservations in Montana, Wyoming and Nebraska.

It is named for Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, also known as "Lily of the Mohawks." She was born in 1656 in New York, was baptized in 1676 near Montreal and died in 1680. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1980.

In the early 1970s, the conference reviewed its purpose and redefined its direction as helping unify the Native American Catholic voice and identity, and instilling deeper faith and pride in culture, spirituality and traditions.

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'Courage' helps Catholics live chaste lives PHILADELPHIA (eNS) "Studies show boys with poor Nurture or nature? Are men and hand-eye coordination are reguwomen attracted to members of larly rejected by their peers," Fitztheir own sex because of genetic gibbons said. "They experience isolation and nongender conformpredisposition or because of the traumas of life, especially early inity, they don't accept their masculife? linity and very often develop homosexual attraction very early This was' one of the issues discussed at Chestnut Hill College il] ·J.in life," Philadelphia Aug. 8-11 during the .• Fitzgibbons contends the sports wound, loneliness and the father national conference for members relationship are major factors in of Courage. It is a support group for persons with a homosexual the development of homosexual orientation who wish to live chaste behavior.

The decision to treat it as a lives in accordance wIth the teachings of the church, genetic disorder is "purely a politiMany of the men and women cal position," he said, talked about el'periences of heartFitzgibbons contended"that homobreaking family rejection in their sexuality "cannot only be treated, it can be prevented." own lives. The organization asked that the identity of all conference Courage has a chapter in the participants be kept confidential. , Fall River diocese that meets at "I teach tennis," said one young Holy Name rectory, 121 Mt. Pleaman, who said he became active in. sant St., New Bedford. The next sports in a vain attempt to gain the meeting is at 7 p, m. Sept. 7. Further approval of his father, now de- information is availlible at tel. ceased.

(508) 992-3184.· "After my father's funeral, he About.iJ50 attended the Courappeared to me in a dream. I was age conference from all over the on the tennis court. Without say~ country, according to J., a Phiiaing words, he said he knew why I delphia Courage leader who like played tennis, I think 'he was say- many participants preferred anonying he knew who I am and he mity. approved of me," Most were persons with homo"I never saw my father express sexual tendencies and a few were affection to my mother," a woman members of EnCourage, the sister said. "The only time my dad said support group" for family and he loved me, he was drunk. He had friends of persons who are homosexbeen orphaned himself and he ual. didn't know how to show affecThe organization forms local tion. God is my daddy." chapters, J, explained, each led by "I was in the (homosexual) lifestyle for nine years," another man a priest or lay person. "There are testified. "I left 13 years ago, priests who serve as chapiains for because God told me he had been sacramental purposes," he said.

"We have four chaplains in Philadelpatient with me long enough." . phia."

The same man said he eventuCourage has about 1,000 memally got married, but conceded "as we know, marriage does not cure bers "with chapters in the United homosexuality, I had to work States, Canada, Great Britain, the Philippines, and will be in other through all the issues."

"My father," he added, "never areas in the not too distant future," learned to love me and I never said Oblate of St. Francis de Sales Father Harvey. "I n this country it learned to love him. It wasn't that he didn't love me; he didn't know is in 26 different dioceses," hi)w to express it. The day he died, He founded Courage in 1982 at I called and mY,mother told me, the request of the late Cardinal 'Your father wants to talk to you.' Terence Cooke, beginning with The 26 years of ignoring me were five men in New York City. healed, "It is mainly male but we are Now, he said, "I have a son increasing the numQer of women. myself and I can give my love to More than 10 percent of the peohim, The generational sin is broken ple are women," Father Harvey forever." said, There are no easy, solutions, The primary goal of the group is conference participants agreed, not to change people's sexual "U nless you have been in my orientation, according to Father body, in my mind every second, Harvey, _ how can you say you know how I· "It there are individuals who feel?" one man asked. ~'We try, we want to work to get out of the fail, we get up again." homosexual condition, all well and The session that generated such good, but that's not the purpose," impassioned comment had been . he said. led by Dr. Richard Fitzgibbons, a "Courage is a spiritual support Philadelphia-area psychiatrist who group. The only obligation is to be . sees a number of homosexuals in chaste and learn how to be chaste." his own pract!ce.

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Philadelphia twins married sisters~~ shared home for 50 years PHILADELPHIA (CNS) One thing you have to say for those Gallaghers, they believe in family togetherness. Take Pat and Fran, who both turned 75 last November.

Because they were identical twin brothers, it was only natural they would do things together when they were young.

They both went to work for their dad, Patric" Sr., at the taxi service he started with a horse' and buggy in 1910. Now it's the Patrick Gallagher Sons Taxi and limousine Service - still going strong.

Both boys joined the local volunteer fire company, and 53 years and about 8,000 fires later, they still go out when the siren sounds.

And when Fran began dating Anne McKee, it seemed logical to introduce her sister: Marg, to Pat. Soon it was a steady foursome.

World War II was the one time the Gallaghers went in' separate directions.

"I went in the Army - the coast artillery and the field artillery," Fran said. "I tried for the Air ·Corps, but didn't make it," said Pat. In 1946, Fran and Anneand Pat and Marg decided to. marry, It would be a double wedding, naturally. .

There were eight kids in the Gallagher clan and 10 on the McKee side, so with extended families and friends invited, St. Colman's Church in Ardmore had a packed house for the Sept. 14, 1946, wedding. Father James McKee, Marg 'and Anne's big brother, officiated.

When you have a double wedding, a double honeymoon makes , perfect s~nse.

But before the Gallaghers left for a Poco nos honeymoon, they stopped for a'night at the Adelphia Hotel in Philadelphia. The maid didn't give it a thought wh'en she saw Mr. Gallagher with his fairhaired bride.

But lilter in the next room, there was Mr. Gallagher again, with a brunette. "He's got two women up there," she told the management.

"When it was all straightened out, they sent up a bottle of champagne," Pat said.

In the postwar years housing was tight, but luckily Patrick Gallagher Sr. owned a three-story rental house in St. Margaret Parish; Narberth. Marg and Pat and Anne and Fran all moved in, Eventually Dad signed it over to them.

It was a big house - six bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths but it didn't take long before the Gallaghers filled it. "We had six kids," said Marg. "We have Ann, Patrick, Kit, Meg, Liz and Anthony. Anne and Fran have eight: Terry, Francis, Joe, Mary, Geraldine, Bernadette, Paul and Ann. "We didn't plan on living together but it worked out really well," Marg said. "We never felt trapped because if we ~anted to go somewhere, the other family could baby-sit."

"Everything just fell in line," Anne agreed. "When my sister had' a baby, I would take care of the children. When I had a baby, she would take care of them."

The sisters found their husbands startlingly alike in habits, in the kind of clothes they preferred and even in little whims.

"One would come home with 'a lemon meringue pie and 10 minutes later the other would walk in with the same thing," Marg said,

"We would say they did it on purpose and they would swear they didn't."

Pat and Fran often worked different shifts in their taxi business, but when everyone got together, "there were 18 people sitting at the table," Pat said. "It wasn't so hard because we bought everything in bulk." , "It was nice, all of us growing up together," said Kit Malatack, who was child No.3 for Marg and Pat. Neither couple had twins but Marg and Anne tended to have children the same year.

"We all had a partner when we went to school, at least the first 12," Kit said. "My partner was Joe, and if I had trouble with someone he would defend me."

While casual acquaintances can't tell Pat an{\ Fran apart, it wasn't a problem in the family, Kit said.

For one thing, "my father parts his hair on the left; my uncle on the right."

Even though they had subtly different personalities, "all of our parents have a wonderfu1 sense of humor," she said. "That's what made living together possible."

Each family had different strengths, too. For instance, "If anyone needed something sewn, my mother was the seamstress. If we had a school project, my aunt

was the artistic one," Kit said, adding the two mothers "took turns cooking."

The togetherness of the brothers, sisters and cousins continued as they grew older.

When it came time for the parents to celebrate their' :;ilver anniversary, the children ~,ecretly decided to raise $1,000 to send them on a vacation. Some I)f the girls even pumped gas, not a feminine occupation 25 years ago.

"But our mothers couldn't understand why we sti.ll needed spending money even though all of us were working so much," Kit said. "They were so su'rp rised when we gave them the check."

Now the Gallagher marriages are hitting the 50-year mark. All the children are grown and have moved on.

At latest count there are 34 grandchildren, who do at times get their grandfathers confused.

But Marg and Pat and Anne and Fran still live in th.at big old house they moved into after their wedding.

Speaking of that 1946 wedding, it wasn't the first Gallagher-McKee umon.

Anne and Marg's brother, John, had already married Fran and Pat's sister, Theresa. But that's another story.

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One of the doctors treating Mother Teresa, Dr. SUdipta Sen, said the Nobel laureate's release from the hospital "depends on how long we take to make her a little bit stronger."

MotHER TI~RESA entered a Calcutta hospital on Aug. 20 suffering from heart trouble and malaria. Her condition has improved and she hopes to be released soon. (CNS file photo)

Lait3' conduct services in priest-poor Spain MADRID, Spain (CNS) - As part of a growing trend in Spain, lay people <lond ucted liturgical services in the Diocese of Orense at Easter time to compensate for the shortage of priests.

The 38 lay people -- two-thirds of whom are women - have been training for a year and a half to distribute the Eucharist and carry out other functions not requiring an ordained minister" said Father Ramiro Gonzale?- Coujil, director of liturgy for the Orense Diocese.

Lay people already have been trained to substitute for the nonordained functions of priests in at least 20 other dioceses in the regions of Andalucia, the Ba,sque country and Catalonia, Father Gonzalez said.

The Orense Diocese, in Galicia, has the greatest number of lay people trained for such duties, he said.

"The parishes here in Galicia are very spread out, very separated from one another by poor infrastructure, and at the same time very small, especially in the rural areas," Father Gonl.alez said.

"There are many small parishes, one priest would have to celebrate five Masses on a Su.nday. Three Masses is a lot for one priest," he said.

Beginning in Holy Weeks, groups of three or four lay people per par-

ish began officiating at non-Mass liturgies to allow priests to visit a less-taxing number of parishes, he said.

The participation ofwomen has the approval of Vatican and the Spanish hierarchy, although it caused' some surprise and concern among the Orense faithful at first, Father Gonzalez said.

"There will always be people who see something dangerous in this, who can interpret something bad in it, but it's a very small minority," he said.

Liturgical training of the laity is growing throughout Spain, but on a smaller scale than in Orense, said Father Antonio Ca'rtagena Ruiz, director of the Spanish bishops' Commission for the Lay Apostolate.

"The reason for training the laity is not only the lack of priests," Father Cartagena Ruiz said. "Rather, according to Vatican II, the reason is that the being and mission of the layperson himself is important and not just an extension of the hierarchy."

Most of the lay ~raining in the rest of Spain is of a more general nature, designed to create responsible church members, he said.

Father Gonzalez said the priesthood shortage has caused the laity to feel "co-responsible" in the church.

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Mother Teresa remained in intensive care after a two-week struggle with an irregular heartbeat and malaria, as well as a lung infection caused by a respirator that helped her to breathe during her hospitalization.

Sen said that the lung infection , was "nothing to worry about" and was being treated with antibiotics.

An X-ray taken Sept. I revealed no new lung infections.

Doctors were debating the use of electric shock treatment to stabilize Mother Teresa's heart rhythm. However, Sen said an irregular heartbeat would not prevent her from returning to the Calcutta headquarters of her order, the Missionaries of Charity.

"There are many heart patients who move around with irregular rhythm," he said.

"She is pressing us every day to release her," said Sen, director of Woodlands Nursing Home, where Mother Teresa has been hospitalized since Aug. 20. "It is virtually a tug-of-war every day, and every day we are telling her that we are going to releasl~ her tomorrow."

An altar and small statue of Jesus were provided for Mother Teresa inside the intensive care unit.

"She gets tremendous power from the prayers," Sen said.

Plans to move Mother Teresa out of the intensive care unit were postponed because of cardiac irregularity, her doctors had said Aug. 30 "Her heart is stilI fragile and cardiac irregularity is stilI persisting," Dr. Asim Kumar Bardham told Reuters, the British news agency.

"The chances of her being discharged within a week are very high," Sen said Aug. 30.

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·······u ~S ~. Dish'op"s' Pro~L'ife' 'C'ommltfee to lead vigil before override votes WASHINGTON (CNS) --..-: The U.S. bishops' Committee for ProLife Activities will lead an ecumenical prayer vigil at the U. S. Capitol Sept. 12 as part of a relentless "struggle for life," according to the head of the committee.

"It is imperative that we do all within our power to ensure a congressional override of the presidential veto of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act," said Boston Cardinal Bernard F. Law, chairman of the pro-life committee, in an Aug. 23 letter to bishops nationwide. He invited them to join the committee for the hourlong service beginning at 2 p.m. Bishop Sean O'Malley will be among those present.

President Clinton vetoed the bill April 10. Override votes in the House and Senate are expected.

On behalf of the committee, Cardinal Law also urged that dio-. ceses mark Sept. 13 "as a day of prayer, fast, abstinence and other penance" for the intention of overcoming "the culture of death; particularly with regard to partialbirth abortion and physician-assisted suicide.

"It would be helpful if you could announce this initiative to your priests and people," the cardinal wrote.

THIS GEM-ENCRUSTED gold crown dedicated to Mary was rediscovered in a Baltimore safe deposit box after 25 years. (eNS/ Walker photo)

.Gem-encrusted crown found after years in bank box" TOWSON, Md. (CNS) - After being forgotten in a safe' deposit box for more than 25 years, a 14karat gold, gem-encrusted crown took its rightful place on a statue of Our Lady of Fatima Aug. 22 in a service held at Immaculate Conception Church in the Baltimore suburb of Towson.

The IO-inch crown - appraised in excess of$140,000 - was placed on the 4-foot statue of Our Lady of Fatima to mark the memorial of the Queenship ofthe Virgin Mary.

Both the crown and statue belong to the Reparation Society of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a Baltimore-based international organization focused on devotion to Mary.

"It's going to go further than this," said Ellis Taylor, a Reparation Society board member. "Our Lady is going to get her crown back in here," he said, gently tapping his heart with his right hand.

During his homily, Father Casimir Peterson, Reparation Society president and discoverer of the crown, said, "I am glad you turned out so that Our Lady's queenship could be recognized in our lives."

He also said finding the crown was an urgent message from Mary that she wanted her crown back.

Father Peterson added that the crown, which sat for more than a quarter century in the obscurity of . . a safe deposit box in a notorious Baltimore area of strip joints and peep shows known as the Block, is not only symbolic of Mary's queenship, but also of the recent history of Marian devotion.

"Over the decades since the 1960s, Our Lady has been pushed out of the hearts and minds of the faithful. The crown is symbolic of that darkness," said Father Peter-

son. "But we can't ignore her anymore, much less deny or reject her.

How are you going to forget a $140,000 outfit?"

The recoronation service began with praying the rosary. After Father Peterson placed the crown on the statue, the congregation recited the Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. A Mass and Benediction, offered in Latin, followed.

Father Peterson discovered the crown after he stumbled upon a safe deposit key while trying to settle the estate offormer Reparation Society leader Anna C. Pertsch, who died May 31.

The key led Father Peterson, the executor of Ms. Pertsch's estate; through a labyrinth of red tape and phone calls to find out what happened to the box, the original securer of which was the now defunct Maryland National Bank.

The chase led 75-year-old Father Peterson to a bank on the Block, an area known for its seediness.

Since rent on the box was past due, it was about to be drillel;! open.

After finding the crown, Father Peterson replaced it in its bluevelvet-lined wooden case and placed the case in a blue plastic grocery bag for the trip home.

The hand-fashioned crown was made specially for the statue from donated gold and precious gems from around the world. The name of the artist who created the crown remains a mystery.

The crown went back into storage after the Aug. 22 event for safekeeping, but will be displayed on special occasions. Insurance costs for the crown are about $1,500 per year.

National Day of Prayer .and Fasting for Life for July II. Because the vigil is !:cheduled between the conclusion of the bishops' Administrative Committee meeting in Washington and a 5 p.m. Mass to mark the 50th anniversary of ordination of Cardinal James A. Hickey of Washington, staffat the bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities said many bishops ate expected to jo:.n in the vigil.

Cardinals Law and Hickey, Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles, and William H. Keeler of Baltimore, as well as Bishop James T. McHugh of Camden, N.J., already have confirmed their participation, staff members told Catholic News Service Aug. 28.

Gail Quinn, executive' director ofthe secretariat, told The Catholic Transcript, newspaper of1.he Archdiocese of Hartford, that the idea . for the vigil came from di!:cussions at a recent committee meeting.

Members indicated "they wanted to do something a little more public and a little more dramatic" to demonstrate opposition to partialDuring June, Catholics began birth abortions, she said. to flood Congress and the White Those planning to attend are House with postcards as part of a asked to assemble on the west ternationwide campaign to override race level of the Capitol at 1:30 the veto, and bishops called a p.m., Quinn said.

The committee enclosed with the letter recent comments by former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop "that partial-birth abortions are not medically necessary," along with the results of two polls indicating that support is growing among Americans for a ban on the procedure.

"The struggle for life, in which we are engaged, is relentless," Cardinal Law said. The committee will report more fully to the bishops at their November meeting, he added, but for now, "we beg your wholehearted cooperation as we seek to bring focus to our pro-life efforts."

The Sept. 12 prayer service, which is open to everyone, is the latest in a series of actions by the bishops to fight partial-birth abortions. In April, the eight active U.S. cardinals, all members of the pro-life committee, and Cleveland Bishop Anthony M. Pilla, pres i- . dent of the bishops' twin conferences, took the unprecedented action of sending Clinton a letter protesting the veto.

Bishops approve Sacramentary portions by mail ballot WASHINGTON (CNS) - The clusive, requiring completion of U.S. Catholic bishops have moved . the balloting by mail. another step toward revising the Msgr. Dennis M. Schnurr, genSacramentary by approving sev- eral secretary ofthe National Coneral portions by mail-in votes this ference of Catholic Bishops, comsummer. municated the results of the mail ballots to the bishops Aug. 9.

Among portions they approved were U.S. adaptations in the ruIn each case approval required brics and pastoral notes for Holy at least 177 yes votes - two-thirds Week. of all active Latin-rite bishops in These included an instruction the NCCB. In each case the voting clarifying that in the United States at the meeting fell short of that those chosen for the Holy Thurs- total by only three to five votes, day foot~washingceremony should but the mail balloting added well "represent various people who con- over 30 yes votes. stitute the parish or community: In the final tallies, the yes votes the young and old, men and ranged from 207 to 212 and the no women." votes ranged from 25 to 36. the Sacramentary is the book Approved were: of prayers of the Mass used by the - A group of Mass texts for priest at the altar and at the pre- opening prayers, prayers over gifts sider's chair. and prayers after Communion, by For several years the bishops a vote of 209-36. have been working on the first - Liturgical texts for Holy thorough revision of the English Week, 207-36. text in more than a quarter-century.

- Antiphons for Volume I of When they met June 20-22 in the Sacramentary, 209-34.

Portland, Ore., they took II separ- Pastoral notes on Holy Week ate vot'es on a total of some 600 and other portions of Volume I, pages of material dealing with the 211-31. new Sacramentary.

- Rubrics for Holy Week and In six ofthose votes they reached other portions of Volume 1,212-25.

In November the bishops are the two-thirds majority of all eligible voters that is needed for approv- expected to tackle the seventh and al. But five other ballots were incon- possibly the- eighth - and final

-segment of the revised Sacramentary.proposed by the International Commission on English in the Liturgy, plus American adaptations to the fifth segment. . After that they still mWit revisit - possibly next June - a small number of texts that th,:y have sent back to the commis:;ion for reconsideration because of objections to some aspect of tra:l1slation or phrasing.

The Holy See must confirm the bishops' votes before the new Sacramentary is made available for use in U.S. Catholic churches.

'Three nations' WASHINGTON (CNS) - Taking many of its cues from a statement marking the 10th a.nniversary of the U.S. bishops' 1986 pastoral letter on the ~conomy, the bishops' 1996 Labor Da~1 statement notes that in the United States, there are "three nations living side by side." In one nation, said Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., chairman of the bishops' Domestic Policy C ommittee, people are "growing more powerful and productive.... People are creating businesses, surfing the Web, and managing their investment portfolios." A second nation, he said, "is being squeezed by declining real incomes, frightened by corporate downsizing and fearful about ·keeping their jobs and health care. In this economy, people wonder whether they can afford a good education for the:.r kids and a decent retirement for themselves." A third community, said Bishop Skylstad, "lives on the margins of our economy. Families, often without fathers,jobs or a living income, are the signs of an economy that leaves millions behind. In this economy, peopk wonder whether they can pay the rent 0.1' afford food at the end of the month." The statement 'was released Aug.Z3, i,n. Wl\shiQgtl)n..

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BISHOP JAMES S. Sullivan (center) of Fargo, NO, leads a prayer service in front ofthe Fargo Women's He:alth Organization last month. About 1,000 people joined in a Eucharistic procession to the clinic, the only one in the state with abortion services. (CNS/Srouji photo)

Cardinal announces recurrence of cancer ", Continued from Page One inches in diameter, were found on the cardinal's liver. According to doctors, this stage of the disease is advanced and inoperable. The planned back surgery was canceled.

Flanked by his auxiliary bishops, Cardinal Bernardin told a crammed gallery of journalists and' photographers that "We can look at death as an enemy or a friend. As a person of faith, I see death as a friend, as the transition from earthly life to life eternal."

Bishop Anthony M. Pilla of Cleveland, president of the U.S. bishops' tWin conferences, said it was "with great sorrow that I have heard from Cardinal Bernardin about the recurrence of his cancer."

In an Aug. 30 statf:ment issued in Washington, Bishop Pilla called the cardinal "a great human being and a great Christian."

He said Cardinal B(:rnardin "has endured tbis suffering with great faith, hope and love; and - true pastor that he is - he: has used his time of sickness to TI~ach out and comfort other victims of cancer."

"He will be constantly in our prayers," Bishop Pilla said.

In Los Angeles, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony said Aug. 30 that Cardinal Bernardin's I'spiritual fortitude will be an inner strength to so many people across the country who, possibly even today themselves, received similar news from their doctors."

It is providential. he said in a statement, that Cardinal Bernardin, "so well known for his healing, mediating and reconciling efforts," recently announced "the Common Ground initiative to bring about greater unity within the Catholic community across the country."

Cardinal Mahony expressed con-

fidence that "this latest initiative路 will serve as a clear testament to (Cardinal Bernardiri's) lifelong work to bring about harmony and peace among all peoples, especially within the church."

Linda Pieczynski, president of the Chicago-based Call to Action" praised Cardinal Bernardin's"openness and grace iri dealing with this very painful discovery.

"I hope people will take the time to reflect on how blessed we are to have him in Chicago as a great leader and to appreciate his deep love of the church and concern as a pastor for all people," she said in a statement Aug. 30.

Richard Weinburg, president of the Chicago chapter of the American Jewish Committee, called Cardinal Bernardin "a loyal friend of the Jewish community and an instrumental figure in the furthering of Catholic-JewiSh relations."

"To use an old Yiddish term," he said in a statement Aug. 30, "he is truly a 'mensch,' an entirely decent human being. We look forward to working' with the, cardinal and supporting him in ,any possible way we can."

At his press conf垄rence, Cardinal Bernardin said the future of the Catholic Common Ground Project, a call for dialogue within the church, "is not dependent on me." ,He sai,d the project, launched earlier in August; will go forward and he will continue to be a part of it for as long as he can.

All questions of a successor are premature, he said, adding that he had,informed Rom,e of his condition. He would not comment on whether he would (equest a coadjutor, a bish'op appointed as a special assistant who then would have automatic right of succession.

"I hoped throughout my ministry, my life, that I would leave a community that would be more gentle, more loving, more compassionate," he said.

As the disease progresses, the cardinal likely will lose his energy and appetite and eventually be bedridden. But he said he wants to stay active and productive.

"I would like to go to Rome again," he said, "And to my family's home in no.rthern Italy."

In closing, Ine asked for unity, community and prayer.

He asked the priests and people of Chicago to "pray that I may continue to serve you and the broader church with understanding, compassion and fidelity."

He also asked' members of the media - with whom he said he enjoyed "a good professional relationship" during his 14 years as archbishop of Chicago - to pray for him. "And, in return," he said, "I will pray for you and your loved ones."

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Our Catholic Schools â&#x20AC;˘ Our Catholic Yout The men are led directly into the Representing the Fall River Diocese in the North American chapel, "instantly placing the new College "New Men of 1996" is . seminarians into the heart of their Gerard O'Connor. O'Connor is experience here, which is prayer." originally from East Yorkshire, The new men, who range in age England, and was a student at from 21 to 42, have lots of quesHoly Apostles Seminary in Crom- tions about adjusting to a new well, CT. He approached Msgr. seminary, a new culture and a new John J. Smith, V.E., Diocesan academic system, he said.

Director of Vocations, and was "They also want to make sure accepted to attend the college. He their luggage has arrived." joins Tadeusz Pacholczyk and Although almost all of the new Richard Wilson, also from the men are transferring to NACfrom diocese. seminaries in the United States, VATICAN CITY (CNS):- Bells rang out on the hill overlooking the Vatican to welcome the new students; the peals were joined by boomi'ng notes from the organ and billowing clouds of incense smoke.

Preparation for the first day of school meant getting'over jet lag, . starting Italian-language studies, and learning the difference between "clerical" and "formal clerical" in the school dress code.

The two-week orientation session at North American College,' the U.S. seminary in Rome, began Aug. 24. ' It included a'Sunday morning renewal 'of baptismal vows and Mass in the I,550-year-old baptistery of the Basilica of St. John' Lateran, the pope's cathedral.

The men were sprinkled with holy water by Auxiliary Bishop Edward K. Braxton of St. Louis, who presided at the Mass.

But the real dousing ,came as they stood in the courtyard of the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, praying th'e Angelus and listening to a special greeting from Pope John Paul II. The thunder rumbled, the electricity to the pope's microphone went out twice and the rain pounded down on the new men in their formal clerical dress - cassocks or clerical suits, some with French cuffs.

Back on the bus, one of a million practical questions was asked: "What do you do about dry cleaning?"

The majority of the 40 "new men" arrived together on a flight from New York; as part of their introduction to life in the Eternal City, the flight was two hours late.

They all needed sleep and wa nted to be oriented toward their rooms.

But as they walked up the steps to the main entrance of the seminary and into the chapel, the bells and organ music and applause of the staff and second-year students brought smiles to their faces and a hint of a bounce to their step after being cramped on an overnight flight.

"It was absolutely overwhelming. I had tears in my eyes coming into the chapel," said William Rice, 21, from the Diocese of Erie, Pa. The new men's first experience of the college went exactly according to the plan of the 21 secondyear students who had volunteered to lead orientation.

Their initial entrance into the college is the most important part of a packed and varied program, said Bob McClory, a seminarian from the Archdiocese of Detroit and head of the orientation team.

"It's their first impression, so you want to make sure it's good,~' McClory said.

there still was trepidation and nailbiting on the flight over.

"I was terrified - literally," Rice said. "It was great we could all fly over together, but it was so awkward saying goodbye to my family."

"You're' literally following the Gospel, leaving mother and father' behind," said Matthew Carr, a second-year student studying for the Diocese of Arlington, Va. "It's a challenging time," h" said.

"You 'won't have the same family and frien~,s to turn to. Now, you ST. LOUIS Auxiliary Bishop Edward K. Braxton (left) and Msgr. Timothy Dolan, rector have your brothers in the seminary, the faculty an~your trust,in' of N. orth American COllege, stand with U.S. seminarians craning their necks for a look at Pope God.'" ' John Paul II at Castel Gandolfo. A two-week orientation for the students began Aug. 24. {CNS The North American College .-. " photo fro~ L'Osservatore Romano) has a tradition that seminarians do not go home until they've finished nanimously led their new brothers Food was a constant subtext in body, 142 men calling Romt: home their second year of studies.

-to their favorite gelato shops less the NAC orientation, just as it is for four odive years, was expected The new me'n are well aware than 36 hours after their arrival in for life in Italy. to gather for the first time Sept. 8 that means no Thanksgiving, no Rome.'

The entire seminary student ~ for a cookout.

Christmas" no summer holiday with family and friends.

"How can I stay away so long?

That's a common question we ask ourselves," McClory said.

By staying in Rome at Christmas and Easter, students have "the opportunity to experience the liturgy and church life in spectacuIn the summer issues of the Anchor, we will be introducing the seminarians who ar~ currently sEning lar settings," he said, "But the intimacy of a family celebration is , the Diocese of Fall River. This gives us the opportunity to know who they are, and what they are doing.

Please pray for them. always missed."

Msgr. Timothy M. Dolan, the NAC rector, welcomed the new men with a clear acknowledgment life. His pastoral maturity came diocese, Kalinowski has served at St. Dariusz Kalinowski was 'born in of all they have left behind: "famthrough his field work, which also Julie Billiart Parish, No. Dartmouth ily and friends, the comfort of the city of Tapy, Poland on January home - some of you have lost 18, 1972. One of three children born helped prepare him for theology stud- and St. Patrick's, Wareham. This jobs and professions." ies. His field work includes minis- summer he was a counselor at Cato Czestaw and Halina Kalinowski, "You've left a lot behind," he he has an older¡ sister and a thedral Camp in E. Freetown. told them, "but one thing remains younger brother. His home Together with other seminarconstant and sustains you: your ians, Kalinowski was part of parish is S1. Adolbert in love for Jesus Christ." the camp staff that pfCIvided Uhowo with Father Tadeusz He encouraged them to take an enjoyable summer experiadvantage of the advice and expe- Boluk as pastor. ence for many diocesan chilKalinowski finished high rience of the second-year students. dren.

"A year ago, they were as con- school in Tapy in 1991, and Kalinowski finds serving fused, tired and homesick-as you in 1993 h~ graduated from the are." major seminary in Biatystok the needs of the people the The experience intludes a year with a major in philosophy. most appealing aspect (If the of exploring the winding streets of He is a member of the Mispriesthood. He says he enjoys Rome and its special charms. "helping them to discover sion Society and also the The monuments, the famous Knights of the Blessed Virgin.

God's presence in their lives, churches, the variety of religious allowing them to get clo:;er to Presently, he is studying at garb, the street-corner Marian God and feel his endless love Sts. Cyril and Methodius shrines, all are tangible signs that revealed in Christ."

Seminary, Orchard Lake, MI. the men are preparing for the Each of us has been Kalinowski begins his third priesthood in a city that is the graced with gifts of the year of theology this fall. heart of the Catholic Church.

Spirit for service to the , His interest in the Fall An early morning Mass at St. Church. Consider the ,gifts Peter's tomb the day after meeting River Diocese was sparked by Pope John Paul sealed the connec- a visit to the seminary by Rev. you have been given and tion in their memories. where the' Lord may be Msgr. John Smith and Father But Rome offers the taste of Robert Kaszynski. calling you to share them. other experiences as ,well.

If the priesthood is one Kalinowski feels he is Because they walk to university DARIUSZ KALINOWSKI of the possibilities. let's talk drawn to the priesthood by a desire classes and trudge uphill at the end '. try to the sick, making communion about it! of the day, at first glance the stu- to serve the spiritual needs of people, Contact Father Craig Pregcrna, helping them to discover God's prescalls, visiting nursing homes, prison dents don't look like "gelato" gourmands, but their eyes light up ence in their lives. It was during his ministry, and ministry to retired Diocese of Fall Riv~r Vocation at the mention ofItalian ice cream. study of philosophy that he began to people.

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ALL ALONG Seems like yesterday But years have passed us by Precious memories are clear Before my eyes I can hear your voice Calling out my name But I don't know you now Nothing stays the same (Refrain) All along I have wanted you I pray tonight That you want me too All along there was no one else I've been waiting here All by myself If you were here with me We'd ride the ocean tide To that sp,eclal place I held for you deep Inside I've kept good company Since you've been away Lonely atllyed with me When pride began to fade (Repeat refrain) And I will follow you Till the end of time Till our love Is at The end of the line You rolled out of my life Just like the wind And left behind a broken heart (Repeat refrain) Written by'Ellot Sloan/Jeff Pence/Matt Senatore/C.~. Roth/ Andrea M. SarmlEmto, sung by Blessed Union of Souls, (c) 1995 by EMI Records WHAT IF you've been going same." The guy in the song says his girl "rolled out of my life with someone who decides to split? How long should you wait just like the wind and left behind a broken heart." for him or her to come back?

For the character in Blessed The song is correct in saying Union of Souls' "All Along," that relationships change. Somethe answer is: "I will follow you one who says "I love you" today may feel differently later. Contill the end of time, till our love is at the end of the line." sequently, romance always reThe cassingle is off their very mains a risk. successful CD, "Home," the The person in the song states that "all along I have wanted disc that previously produced "I Believe" and "Oh Virginia." you, ... all along there was no The song describes how in one else, I've been waiting here romance "nothing stays the all by myself." Of course, we

don't know how long "all along" is. Yet, he seems to have chosen to wait rather than to explore new relationships.

This can be a mistake, especially when a person is young and likely to benefit from a series ofdating relationships. Don't allow an extended period to pass in the hope that another will rediscover that he or she loves you.

However, there are occasions when some waiting is appropriate. If someone you have been dating for a long time splits, your waiting is a type of grieving. You will feel the loss of this person. It takes time for the feelings of sadness and emptiness to pass.

This is a time to wait before getting involved again with dating. It is a time to draw lots of support from your friends and family, people who do love you.

Another type of waiting. occurs when you and your dating partner agree on Ii separation.

Sometimes, there can be a need to date others while not totally ending a current relationship.

When this happens, be honest and talk about the need.

Mutually agree upon a set period of time for this separation, at the end of which a reevaluation will be discussed. Ope~-ended waiting is not helpful. However, this type of arrangement can help one or both individuals see what is genuinely sought in a dating partner.

It might seem romantic to tell another that you'll always be ther:e, waiting. Actually, it's usually not the truth and almost always it's not helpful.

God's gift of life is a marvelous opportunity to learn, grow and experience happiness. Don't waste this opportunity in endless waiting.

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Strivillg for the 'mountaintop Mass'

By Dan Luby Call it a "mountaintop Mass."

It's the celebration of the Eucharist when everything works.

It's when music, preaching, sacred gestures and communal dialogue inspire us, and we become acutely aware that the whole assembly is "doing" Eucharist.

Then there's the "automatic pilot Mass." We feel ourselves going through the motions. Present in body, our minds and hearts are elsewhere.

What makes the difference? How can we enhance our capacity to approach the liturgy as an action in which we take part rather than as a performance to view?

- Vatican Council II teaches that everyone's "full, conscious and active participation in liturgical celebrations" is called for "by the very nature of the liturgy" (No. 14).

- The Catechism of the Catholic .Church says that at Mass "it is the whole community... that celebrates" (No. 1140).

So we don't just attend Mass or "hear" it. But how do we consciously remind ourselves that the whole assembly has an active role that is central to the litUrgy?

It means preparing ourselves for Mass as we would for any other important action we are to perform. For example, going over the Scripture readings before Mass disposes us to be mOre readily engaged by them when they're proclaimed during Mass. .

Getting to Mass early is another way to cultivate active participation. As hard as it may be to arrive with 10 or 15 minutes to spare, it gives us a chance to fo,cus on why we are there. We have time to ask God for openness to the movement of the Spirit.

Another factor enriches our participation: a sense of belonging, of community bonds. It is hard to celebrate anything with people we don't know, with whom we have no sense of connection.

But when we feel connected to the people with whom we do this

holy work of Eucharist, we can give ourselves over more fully to praying together.

Music is another powerful tool that fosters our active participation in the liturgy. The most polished and professional performance may move our spirits and feed our hunger for beauty, but if it doesn't involve us actively at all, it remains a concert.

The power of shared singing to move us as a community is hard to overestimate. Liturgical music that is simple enough for all to sing and rich enough to engage us emotionally and spiritually can transform us from a passive¡"audience" into a celebrating "community" faster thiw perhaps anything else.

But no matter how good the preaching, how l:ngaging the music and how well-intentioned the participants, many of us remain easily distracted. Remember, however, that our tradition of prayer holds that even distractions - replaying in our minds the grinding sound the car made on the way to Mass

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By Amy Welborn As a parish director of religious education for four years, I found volunteers to be my favorite people. And there was one kind of volunteer that warmed my heart more than any other: Teenagers.

Every year, amid the mothers, dads and occasional grandparents who came to teach religious education, a few teens would appear and timidly ask: "Do you think I could help out this year?"

They 'always seemed surprised when I responded by embracing them and weeping for joy. I can't imagine why.

Some teen volunteers had practical motives. Even as students in public high schools, they had service-hour requirements to fulfill, and this was an easy way to do it.

But others simply enjoyed working with young children, and somewhere along the line they had absorbed a message about the value and joy of giving of one's time.

The less-confident teens were placed as helpers. They guided little ones whose scissors techniques were less than stellar. They listened to prayers that had to be recited. They led the restroom line.

Older teens were often ready to be catechists on their own. If they were comfortable with children, had a sense of how to discipline, and were knowledgeable enough about their faith to teach it, I had no qualms about putting them in the classroom. After all, I would tell them, the best way to grow in your own faith is to teach it to someone else.

I have particularly fond memories of Sara. She was a catechist in my program during her senior year in high school and her freshman year in college. Third grade was her specialty and she did a great job. She was always fully prepared - more so than some of my adult volunteers - and frequently went beyond the teacher's manual to create her own activities.

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or wondering whose baby is making all the noise - can somehow be folded back into prayer in the form of petitions or confession or thanks or praise.

One final point: The Mass is meant to unify us and then to send us forth on mission. When we leave this celebration having only watched it passively, we are less than ready for the challenge to be followers of Jesus in our daily environments.

On the other hand, giving ourselves over to "full, conscious and active participation" prepares us to love and serve the Lord, and to transform the world of daily living until it comes to resemble the kingdom of peace, harmony and love which Jesus proclaims.

from yarn. Four years later, it is still a part of my bulletin board.

Teens often complain that they don't feel a part of their parish.

They don't "get anything" out of Mass and don't feel well-served by the parish youth program.

I really believe that the best way to answer this complaint is not to drum up more programs to serve teens, but to give teens more opportunities to serve the parish.

Encourage, rather than just allow, teens to function as liturgical ministers at any Mass, not just the monthly "youth Mass" (a questionable segregation, in my mind).

With all due respect to the wisdom of age, there is nothing much more discouraging than walking into a liturgy at which the average age of the lay t:ninisters hovers around 60. It should prompt us all to worry about the future of the church.

Let teens know that the homebound of the parish would love visits from young people. The choir doesn't just want, it absolutely needs young voices to give life to liturgical song. There are countless other ways youth can help out, and have a great time doing so.

So when this year's Ministry Sunday rolls around, let's see our parishes encourage teens to sign up to serve, not"just be served.

You might be surprised at the response.

A need to belong LOS ANGELES (CNS) Young adult Catholics are "looking for a church where they really feel they belong and ... feel at home," a Los Angeles auxiliary bishop said at a conference for young adults. Auxiliary Bishop Stephen E. Blaire spoke to some 800 Catholics about "mature discipleship" at the Los Angeles Archdiocese's Young Adult Conference '96, held Aug. 24-25. This November, Bishop Blaire and the rest of the U.S. bishops will vote on a pastoral plan to reach out specifically to Catholic young adults, many of whom leave the church after high school or college but later find themselves wanting to come back.

Bomber sought MANAGUA, Nicaragua (CNS) - Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo of Managua called on authorities to detain those responsible for a series of bomb attacks on Catholic churches throughout the country.

Cardinal Obando Bravo told reporters Aug. 23 that he hopes police will investigate and punish those responsible for explosions aimed at different church targets, including schools. The bombing campaign, which began in May 1995, resumed in mid-August after several months of silence.

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fteering pOintl ST. PIUS X, SO. YARMOUTH Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity will speak at a "Habitation Ceremony" at 2:30 Sunday, Sept. 8. All welcome.

NEW LIFE CATHOLIC PRAYER GROUP The New Life Catholic Prayer Group, part of the Diocese of Fall River Charismatic Renewal is sponsoring a monthly music ministry with John Polce at Coyle & Cassidy High School, Taunton, beginning Sept. 12 at 7 p.m., and,will continue on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.

Information: tel. 824-8378.

CATHOLIC NURSES, CAPE & ISLANDS Annual Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. Sept. 15 at Our Lady of the Cape Church, West Brewster. Further information: Debbie, tel. 4201387.

ST. AUGUSTINE, VINEYARD HAVEN First Friday adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes place Sept.

6, at 8:30 a.m., concluding with Benediction at 4 p.m. First Saturday Mass is Sept. 7 at 8 a.m. All welcome.

HOLY NAME, NB The Courage group for homosexual Catholics will meet at 7 p.m.

Sept. 7 in the rectory. The Calix group for persons recovering from alcoholism or other addictive dis,eases will meet at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 8 in the parish center. Mass will follow the meeting. All welcome.

O.L. CAPE, WEST BREWSTER Those interested in an "Adopt-A. Student" program for students at Holy Trinity School, West Harwich, are asked to contact Sister Carol Clifford, RSM, at tel. 432-8216, or visit the school during the school day.

Upcoming meetings: AA 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 12; Ultreya 7:30 p.m. Sept. 13.

Hearing impaired units are available in the sacristy before Masses.

OFFICE OF FAMILY MINISTRY The office will sponsor a conference for separated, divorced and widowed persons Saturday, Oct. 5, at St. Mary's School, across from St. Mary's Cathedral at Second and Spring Streets, Fall River. Further information: Family Ministry Office, tel. 999-6420.

SACRED HEARTS ACADEMY ALUMNAE, FR All members are invited to a social at St. James Convent, 49 Nannaquaket Rd., Tiverton, RI, on Sept.

22 from 3 to 5 p.m. Reservations must be made by Sept. 10. Information and reservations: Sister Peggy Ouellette, tel. 674-1992.

HOSPICE OUTREACH A discussion' about grief for widows and widowers will be held Sept.

24 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Pre-registration is necessary. The facilitator is Rita Good, M.S., Hospice Outreach, Inc., Bereavement Coordinator. For details on the location call Hospice Office, tel. 673-1589.

. ' ..v.~.v~.vrV,\ ATTLEBORO. The Coffee House opens for the' Iall season on Sept. 7,6:30 p. m. with Brethren. 'It will be held in the cafeteria.

The 41 st annual Franco-American Pride Day will be held on Sept. 8 b.eginning with an outdoor Mass at 12: 10 p.m. Bishop Louis E. Gelineau will be the principal celebrant and homilist.The cafeteria will serve , food.in ke.teping with the day's theme of "Experience the Cajun Joie de Vivre." The Theater will offer frlms on Cajun country and Louisiana traditions and the Gift Shop will feature books and recordings by FrancoAmerican authors. The FrancoAmerican Genealogical Society will be present to provide assistance to people wishing to research their geneaolgy. In case of rain, all events BRETHREN will be moved indoors.

The Adult Education Series on "Spirituality and Mental Health" CATHEDRAL CAMI', ST. THERESA, SAGAMORE continues Sept. II from 7: 15 to 8: 15 All area women welcome to an EAST FREETOWN p.m. The topic will be "Toxic Faith: Events scheduled include a picnic afternoon ofrecollection from 3 to 5 Beliefs That Burden." p.m. Sept. 9. Confessions will be for Bishop Stang High School alumni The Jubilee Year Novena will begin and a Christian Leaden,hip Institute heard by a priest of Opus Dei. in the chapel on Sept. II and conparticipants' reunion, both Sept. 8; SEPARATED/DIVORCED tinue for nine days: On Sept. II, 12, and a picnic for Assonet Youth Separated/ Divorced persons are 13,16,17 and 18 it will begin at 7:15 Sport Assn., Sept. 14. invited to a support group meeting p.m., Sept. 14 and 19,5:30 p.m., and from 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. II at the BRISTOL ELDER SERVICES on Sept. 15, 11:40 a.m.

Diocesan Family Life Center, 500 FALL RIVER . " All events are handicapped access- Slocum Rd., No. Dartmouth. Atty.

Bristol Elder Services seeks caring ible. Information 222-5410. ForinforBetty Ussach will discuss legal ques- volunteers to contact homebound or mation about the Shrine's Counsel- tions concerning separation and otherwise isolated elder persons by ing Center call 226-8220. divorce. telephone to provide them with conST. MARY, MANSFIELD versation opportunities orthe chance ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, FR Natural Family Planning classes to share concerns. Calls may be The Cathedral Choir, under the will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22 made from the volunteer's home or' direction of Mrs. Madeleine Grace, at the parish center. Further infor- from the office of Bristol Elder Serwill begin to sing once again this mation: John and Maureen Howey, vices. Further information: Melanie Sunday, September 8, at the 10 a.m.

339-4730.

M. Ramos, 675-2105, ext. 306.

Mass, the principal Mass of the Cathedral. Each Sunday this Mass is su'ng in its entirety with great solemnity. All are welcome and cordially invited.

The Cathedral Choir is now welcoming new members. Anyone interested in becoming a ,member of the Cathedral Choir should speak to Madeleine Grace (678-1054) or Fa-, ther Horace Travassos, the Rector of the Cathedral (673-2833.)

HOLY TRINITY, W. HARWICH St. Francis of Peace Fraternity reception and profession ceremonies 2 p.m. Sept. 8, with Mass celebrated

by Franciscan Father Cornelius Kelly. ,

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CLAUDETTE ARMSTRONG (left) is in charge of table decorations for the Oct. 5 NCCW-CSR luncheon .at the General Assembly in Portland, ME. Bella Nogueira is on the publicity committee for the Genera·l Assembly for the FR DCCW. Serving on this committee 'but not pictured i~; Mary Mikita of District 5.