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"Veritatis Splend,or" a wake-up call VATICAN CITY (CNS) - At the heart of Pope John Paul II's new encyclical, "Veritatis Splendor" ("The Splendor of Truth"), lies a lesson on human freedom and its limits, addressed to audiences inside and outside the church. To bishops, priests and theologians, the document warns that the foundations of moral theology are being under- .opens a very difficult dialogue ... is faithfulIy taught," particularly mined by error, ambiguity and and may mark a turning point for in seminaries, theological faculties the pope," said one Vatican officiaL and Catholic schools, he states. neglect. The difficult dialogue involves, It's a point he has been making all To the world's 950 million year long to U.S. bishops during
RESPECT LIFE RALLY: Cardinal Law and Bishop O'Malley mee': between speeches at the rally kicking off the Respect Life Walk in Boston Sunday. More photos pages 3, 13, 16. (Hickey photo)
Cardinal, bishop launch Respect Life Walk By Marcie Hickey Diminished reipect for human life is eroding the very ideals upon which America was founded, speakers told the ,;rowd !lssembled on Boston Common for the Oct. 3 Respect Life Walk. Churches and pro-life groups f:'om all over the state sent contingents to the event, one of many such demonstrations nationwide marking Respect Life Sunday. "We profess to be a nation that enshrines life,.1iberty and the,pursuit of happiness, and to alter that is to pervert the ideals America stands for: Life...l.fe... lifer' Bishop Sean O'Malley dt:clared. Bishop O'Malley became the first bishop to job annual participant Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston in speaking at the rally which precedes the annual fivekilometer walk sp onsored by Massachusetts Citizens for Life. Walkers raised funds for 50 pro-life
organizations in the state, including the Fall River diocesan ProLife Apostolate. , Fall River diocesan participants numbered well over 1,000, many of them arriving on buses chartered by parish pro-life councils, said Father Stephen A. Fernandes, apostolate director. The number included "more priests and young people than ever before," he added. MCFL past president and Respect Life Walk founder Theresa Hanley, RN, who moderated the speaking program, noted that each year a new challenge faces the prolife movement. This year, she said, it comes in the form of the national health care reform plan, which includes coverage of abortions. "Since when is death or killing a health benefit?" Mrs. Hanley argued. She called the Senate's vote the previous week to retain the Hyde Amendment, banning fedTurn to Page 13 '
Speci=ll collection to aid quak.~ victims, in India With Catholic News Service reports
Bishop Sean O'Malley has authorized a special collection at all diocesan parishes this weekend to aid victims of the major earthquake thaI: struck west central India Sept. 30. The quake. whi:h measured 6.4 on the Richter scale. hit the western st,ate of Maharashtra at 3:56 a.m. Sept. 30 and was followed by several tremors. Days after the quake. officials said the death toll was still rising. The official death toll was 11.420 Oct. I. but state officials and doctors said the final count could he at least double that. ',vith many more bodies still buried under flattened houses.
Doctors with resclle teams estimated at least 20.000 had died and 30.000 were injured, Mother Teresa has offered permanent shelter and all possible other aid to children orphaned by the quake: while in Baltimore Catholic Relief Services has responded with 350 tons offood and stocks of tarpaulins. blankets and cooking equipment. CRS Executive Director KenTurn to Page II
Catholics, the encyclical lays down basic principles of the church's moral teaching and draws the clearest linl: yet against dissent from them -- including those concerned with the difficult area of sexual morality. To modern society, "Veritatis Splendor" is written as a moral wake-up call, reminding people that freedom cannot be detached from truth and challenging them to make God's commandments the foundation of their daily actions. . All this is framed in a heartfelt appeal for men and women to remember that life is a spiritual journey, and that the quest for moral good is linked to the promise of eternal salvation. In all these connections, the pope said the encyclical deserves a complete reading by people interested in its message on morality. He said it was aimed at reaffirming human dignity and "the genuine concept of human freedom" and its relationship with truth. He also indicated that he expected the docu'ment to be received with "prompt and willing support" by the world's faithful. It would not be right for anyone to try to "silence or manipulate" the church or its message, he added. He noted that it was decided that release ofthe encyclical should follow publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and explained that t.he catechism offers a systematic presentation of Christian morality, while the encyclical focuses on the prinCiples underlying moral theology. Published Oct. 5, "Veri tat is Splendor" was six years in the making. It responds to trends the pontiff has followed with alarm for many years: the "systematic" questioning of church teaching among theologians and the faithful, the idea that individuals can design their own sense of right and wrong, and the widespread view that the church is showing "intransigence" when it insists that some acts are intrinsically evil. "Veritatis Splendor" does not reveal new truths 'so much as illuminate and insist upon old ones. It may not preach a popular lesson, but that is part of its significance, papal .!ides believe. "The pope is trying to call a secularized SOCil:ty - and a church influenced by a secularized society - back to the essentials of moral theology. I think this document
first and foremost, theologians. The encyclical repeatedly cites schools ·of theological thought to illustrate how skepticism and relativism have seeped into Catholic theology, even into the church's own seminaries. In it, the pope expounds on theological errors such as "socalled pastoral solutions contrary to the teaching of the magisterium" and promulgation of a false dichotomy between morality and faith. The pope is himself a moral theologian, and his language is at times a highly specialized.one that borrows from S,;ripture, Thomistic writings and the documents of the Second Vatican Council. As he points out, the encyclical marks the first time such arguments have been assembled so authoritatively. Because of this, theologians may well comprise thl~ main readership of the encyclicaL But "Veritatis Splendor" is actually addressed specifically to bishops, and t.he pope is no less concerned about their role in stemming what he calls "a genuine crisis" with grave pastoral irpplications. "We have the duty, as bishops, to be vigilant that. the word of God
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- Pope JohnPaulIl's new encyclical mo.-Ie public Oct. Sis: • Titled "Veritatis Splendor" - "The Splendor of Truth." • The first papal encyclical ever on the fou-"dations of moral. theology. • The 10th encyclical by Pope John Paul in his IS-year papacy. • Focused on Scripture - the commandments lind discipleshipof Christ - as the centralframeworkfor understtrnding Christian morality. • A repudiation of modern moral theories that would relativize truth or universal norms or absolutize freedom. • A ddressed to the world's bishops us the church's chief teachers and guardians of doctrine.
their "ad limina" visits. But Pope John Paul's message is not just naysaying. As he tells the bishops, it is not enough just to warn the faithful about the errors and dangers of ethical theories people must first of all be shown the "splendor of that truth which is Jesus Christ himself." The average reader, in fact, will find in "Veritatis Splendor" a passionately argued invitation to embark on "a moral and spjritual journey toward perfection." The pope confidently appeals to the "yearning for absolute truth" in every human heart. Yet he insists upon the church's guiding role, and here Catholics will find a concentrated version of what the pope has been saying for years about doubt and dissent: that morality is not determined by consensus; that the conscience is not autonomous; and that the church's moral teaching requires obedience. "Opposition to the teaching of the church's pastors cannot be seen as a legitimate expression either of Christian freedom or of the diversity of the spirit's gifts," he says. The pope extends this argument in discussing the church's relationship with the larger culture. The Turn to Page II
Peace Mass slated for Monday Bishop Scan O'Malley will lead the annual diocesan procession and celebrate Mass, both for the intention of world peace, on Monday, Oct. II. Parish groups participating in the procession should meet at St. Mary's Cathedral schoolyard in Fall River :>y 5:45 p.m. Oct. II. Carrying of banners and flags is encouraged and participants should bring their own candles. Those in wheelchairs or otherwise'disabled should proceed directly to St. Anne's Church at South Main and Middle Streets in Fall River, where a special area will be reserved for them at the Mass for Peace, scheduled for 7 p.m. ' All priests are invited to concelebrate the Mass, providing their own vestments. Deacons are also encouraged to participate in the liturgy.
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Obituaries Father Taraska Father George Taraska, OFM Conv., 77, since 1991 parochial vicar at Holy Rosary Church, Taunton, died Sept. 30. The Mass of Christian Burial was offered for him Oct. 4 at Holy Rosary by Very Rev. Mark Curesky, OFM Conv., superior of St. Anthony of Padua province of the Conventual Franciscans. Priests of the diocese and Conventual Friars were concelebrants. A Taunton native, Father Taraska was the son of the late John and Josephine (Tarnaka) Taraska. He graduated from the former Msgr. Coyle High School in Taunton in 1934 and shortly thereafter entered the Conventual Franciscan community. He professed solemn vows in 1938 and was ordained to the priesthood at St. Stanislaus Church, Chicopee, in 1941. Sub-
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sequently he was associate pastor at parishes in Haverhill, in Ellicott City and ~altimore, both in Maryland, and at Holy Cross parish in Fall River. From 1949 to 1991 he was at various times a preaching friar working from his community's house in Ellicott City, a high school teacher in Baltimore and an associate pastor in Baltimore, Montreal, Elmhurst, NY"and Mt. Carmel, PA. Father Taraska is survived by two brothers, Walter P. Taraska of Taunton and Brother Christopher Taraska, Bronx, NY; a sister, Mrs. Helen T. Donnelly of Kew Gardens, NY; nieces and cousins.
Sister Days The Mass of Christian Burial was offered Oct. 2 for Sister M. Leander Days. 80. who died Sept. 29 at Mt. St. Rita Health Centre, Cumberland. Rl. A native of Provincetown and the daughter of the late Frank and Annie (Swett) Days. she entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1934. During her active ministry'. she taught at Holy Name and Holy Family schools. New Bedford, and at St. Mary's Cathedral School in Fall River. She was principal of St. Jean Baptiste School. also in Fall River. from 1941 to-1958. and was coordinator of the former Mt. St. Mary Convent. Fall River. Subsequently. Sister Days was vice principal of St. Mary Academy-Bay View. East Providence. RI, and taught in schools of her community in Honduras and Belize. From 1976to 1981.shewasan associate chaplain at Rhode Island Medical Center and thereafter ministered to Hispanics in Providence and was a pastoral minister in the Providence diocese. She is survived by a brother. Lawrence Days of Belmont; and a sister. Mary Hartman of Chula Vista. C A.
James Morrissey The Mass of Christian Burial was offered Tuesday at Notre Dame Church, Fall River. for James E. Morrissey. 86. by his son. Father Thomas E. Morrissey, pastor of St. Jacques parish. Taunton. Many priests were concelebrants and in attendance at the Mass. M r. Morrissey, who died Oct. 2. was the husband of the late Exina (Champoux) Morrissey and the son of the late Thomas and Hannah (Nugent) Morrissey. A longtime resident of Fall River. he moved to New Bedford five years ago. He was a shipper before retirement and a member of the Textile Workers Union of America and the I nternational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. As well as by his son. he is survived by nieces and nephews. 111111111111111111111111111111111111I11111111111111111111111111111111111 THE ANCHOR (USPS-545-020). Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River. Mass. Published weekly except the week of July 4 and the week after Christmas at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River. Mass. 02720 by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River. Subscription price by mail. postpaid $11.00 per year. Postmasters send address changes to The Anchor. P.O. Box 7, Fall River, MA 02722.
REGISTERED NURSE Linda Duncan, right, discusses breast self-examination with Sister Mary Clementine in "The Breast Care Test," an upcoming PBS special. (CNS/WQED photo)
Nun's breast cancer moves others to· get mammograms WASHINGTON (CNS) - Being told four years ago that she had breast cancer "was a big surprise to me," Benedictine Sister Bridget Reilly said. "No one in my family ever had cancer." It wasn't her heredity that may have been at issue, but her vocation. Nuns are stricken with breast cancer at a higher proportion than U.S. women in general, in part because of their chastity. "It's. because we never had children," Sister Reilly said. That, combined with her slight build, made her more susceptible, she said her doctor told her. Sister Reilly will be featured in an upcoming PBS special, "The Breast Care Test," to air Friday, Oct. 15, 10-11 p.m. EDT (New York time; check local listings). One segment of the show will focus on the Benedictine sisters in their Pittsburgh convent. Sister Reilly, 50, told Catholic News Service in a Sept. 29 telephone interview from her convent that she knew of other sisters in her community who have suffered breast cancer. One sister's cancer was discovered at roughly the same time as her own, but because it was detected at an earlier stage, she needed only radiation therapy to eradicate it.Sister Reilly needed a mastectom.y, plus six months of chemotherapy to rem.ove her breast cancer. She said she wasn't associating loss of femininity with the mastectomy. "I guess I didn't think in terms of that," Sister Reilly said. "I wanted to think in terms of j,ust
being healthy. I wanted what I felt would get rid of it completely.... I wanted to be healthy. So it didn't matter." With her cancer episode four years behind her, "my prognosis at this point is very good." A guidance counselor at Quigley Catholic High School in Baden, Pa., outside Pittsburgh, and a counseling intern at the Pittsburgh Pastoral Institute, Sister Reilly said she is happy to speak of her experience with breast cancer. Her experience, she added, prompted other sisters to take mammograms. When the "Mammobile" from Allegheny General Hospita! came around next, she said, "it was almost an incentive for them to get a mammogram: 'You saw what happened to Sister Bridget.''' Sister .Reilly coordinates the spirituality team at the convent, and noted how prayer helped her through her recovery. "Community prayer was very important to me at the time," she said. Meditation "as a form of relaxation" was also important, Sister Reilly added, "to put myself in God's hands and let him take care of me." "The Breast Care Test" stresses the importance of early detection of breast cancer and features a step-by-step demonstration of selfexamination. Others appearing on the special include columnist Erma Bombeck and author Betty Rollin, both of whom have written books about their experience with breast cancer.
Molly Kelly to address youth convention Molly Kelly, nationally known author a'nd lecturer on the topic of chastity, will be the keynote speaker at this year's Diocesan Youth Convention, to be held 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 14 at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River. A member of the federal Grant Review Board of the Department of Health and Human Services, Mrs. Kelly speaks to more than 50,000 teenagers annually in the United States and Canada, encouraging them to choose chastity. Widowed in 1975, she has raised eight children and has also housed
a number of pregnant teens over the years. - Teen and adult workshop topics include relationships, self-awareness and prayer, keeping your youth ministry alive and well, spirituality for ministry, the Church and you, dealing with stress, parenting, cult and occult, and dealing with terminal illness. Also scheduled are Sunday Mass, discussion of diocesan pilgrims' experience at World Youth Day in Denver, dinner and a dance. Registration deadline is Nov. 5. For information contact the Office for Youth Ministry, 763-3137.
LAFAYETTE. La. (CNS) - A Lafayette parish priest who had undergone a bone marrow transplant to treat his leukemia has weathered the procedure "like a champ," according to his sister, who donated the marrow. Father Tom Montelaro was "doing very well" following the transplant at a Seattle cancer research hospital'according to his sister, Frances Fruge. "He's in good spirits." Mrs. Fruge said in an interview with the Acadiana Catholic. newspaper of the Lafayette diocese. She reported that her brother was able-to sit in a cnair to watch the Ne\v Orleans Saints play the San Francisco '4gers - and he lost a wager with her about the outcome. "He owes me 10 Hail Marys." she laughed. Father Montelaro. pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish in Leroy. has received an average of 20 pieces of mail a day. The mail includes cards. letters. packages with Louisiana co(fee, religious medals and relaxation tapes. Lafayette Bishop Harry J. Flynn has called Father Montelaro at least once a week, and Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy of Seattle has called to offer encouragement and prayers. Mrs. Fruge reported that Father Montelaro was walking and receiving mild physical therapy daily. The priest was not put in isolation. so family members have been able to visit him daily at the Hutchinson Cancer Research Hospital. The priest's medical condition is classified as critical and will continue to be so for 100 days following the date of the transplant. Doctors expect new blood cells to begin appearing anywhere from Oct. I to Oct. 8. Meanwhile, because all of Father M ontelaro's own bone marrow was destroyed by chemotherapy prior to the transplant, the priest is also receiving platelets from his sister to keep up his strength. While doctors have said the transplant procedure has an 85 percent success rate. complications . could easily arise..The donor marrow might not take. and the priest. left with none of his own marrow, could die. Or there could be host rejection: whereby the donated white cells identify his body as foreign and attack and destory his organs. which also results in death.
Catholic nurses plan seminar Medical technology and care of the dying patient will be topics at a Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses seminar 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 23 at St. John the Baptist Church, Westport. The program includes presentations by Father James O'Donohoe, STD, on "Humanization of Death in a Technological World" and by Father Mark Hession, JCL, who will offer" A Case Presentation and Ethics-Grand Rounds." A question and answer period will also be included. Lunch will be provided. The program is open to nonmembers as well as DCCN members. To register contact Alice LeBlanc. 64 Waldo St.. New Bed" ford 02745, tel. 995-0158, by Oct. 16.
Bishop's Ball plans made The annual planning meeting for the Bishop's Charity Ball ofthe Fall River diocese was held last Sunday at St. John of God parish center in Somerset. Rev. Daniel L. Freitas, diocesan director of the event, announced that the 1994 ball will be held Friday, Jan. 14, at a new location, the Venus de Milo restaurant in Swansea. The 39th annual such festivity, it will have Bishop Sean P. O'Malley as its honored guest. Meeting last Sunday with the ball's coordinating committee were members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. The organizations are honorary cosponsors of the annual charitable and social event. Father Freitas announced that committee assignments made at the Somerset meeting will implement all. aspects of ball prepara-
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AT RESPI:CT LIFE RALLY, Cardinal Law listens with crowd (top) anc: two little girls advertise respect life messages on their sweatshirts as Bishop O'Malley speaks; joining the walk are group,. from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish, Seekonk; St. John Evangelist, Pocasset; Corpus Christi, Sandwich (Our Lady of Guadalupe banner); and St. Mary's, New Bedford. (Hickey photos)
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the moorina.-, The Peace of Jerusalem A great deal of euphoria has been generated by the recent agreement between the PLO and the state of Israel to begin peace talks. Much of this hope is generated by the courage of two men, Arafat and Rabin, to take steps toward establishing friendship between sworn enemies. Admittedly, few would deny that路 tremendous obstacles must be surmounted before a detailed agenda is put in place. Both Arabs and 'Jews have in-hous~ extremists who believe in the principle of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Because this mind-set has been ingrained over centuries, there are skeptics who believe that the two groups will never live together in harmony. This negative attitude was not and will not be dissipated by the Washington agreement; but only by meaningful acts of intelligent and merciful diplomacy on the part of the belligerents. In this regard it is wonderful to see that so many are trying to promote peace among the various factions of the Arab states. This process must be continued if the fanatic right is to be contained and peace maintained. There is no place whatsoever for so-called "holy wars," be they between Jews and Arabs or any other combination of peoples. It is precisely in this area that outreach is needed. The Middle East cannot find its way to lasting peace without serious negotiations with the whole Christian world. An encouraging example of this can be found in the efforts of Israel and the Vatican to establish diplomatic ties. Many see such ties as a natural fruit of the PLO-Israel accord. The Vatican has always supported a Palestinian homeland. Now that a real solution is on the table, one obstacle is removed, although other serious questions remain. The legal status of the Church in Israel, religious tourism and above all the Jerusalem question are but a few of the stumbling blocks that will push diplomatic skills to the limit. But if real peace is to be achieved, the Vatican and Israel must agree on such points. Speculation has it that such agreement is near at hand. It can't come soon enough. Once it is reached, tension will be greatly reduced and we might be on the road to a real peace of Jerusalem. Such an event would open the possibility of a papal visit to the Holy City. We recall that Pope John Paul II made a serious effort to reconcile Catholic and Jewish concerns with his momentous 1986 visit to Rome's historic synagogue and that Pope Paul VI visited Israel in 1964. But the 1967 Six-Day War brought about annexation of lands where many Catholic shrines are located, increasing Vatican-Israel stress. At present much of that seems to be behind us. It is, now terribly important that what has been begun between the Vatican and Israel be brought to a fruitful conclusion. This action could usher in a new age of peace between Christian' and Jew which in turn would confirm and cement the accord now in place with the PLO. At this time it is important to recall the Vatican II Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy. As we prepare for peace, let Catholics remember that "in our earthly liturgy we take part in a foretaste of that heavenly liturgy which is celebrated in the Holy City of Jerusalem toward which we journey as pilgrims."
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The following column is from the Catholic Bulletin, newspaper of the archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. It is by Mike Tighe, managing editor. It seems as if all the wrongquestions were asked in the aftermath of the recent brutal assassinations of up to 25 street children in Rio de Janeiro. Head-shaking and tongue-clucking accompanied queries about how a country could allow its children to be treated this way, especially how seven children could be killed while sleeping near the most famous Catholic church in the Brazilian city. But the bigger questions that have been head-banging me are: - Why in the devil do these impove'rished street children and orphans have to sleep outside a church in the first place? - If their plight is so desperate that they have no place to go, then why doesn't the church let them in for a good night's sleep, a warm meal and clean clothes? - Where is the Christian influence in a country that professes to , be 89 percent Catholic but where children are hunted down like animals and slain because they are considered tourist detractions? Granted, it's easy to sit in judgThe Editor ment half a world away. But the ( questions are haunting because many children don't fare so well in our country either. They're also homeless and hungry here, although church agencies work hard to fill those temporal needs, But in another way, in the spiritual realm, the U.S. church could OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER be accused of pushing children Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River away. Just as children in Rio are locked 887 Highland Avenue P.O. BOX 7 out on the streets because they are Fall River, MA 02720 Fall River, MA 02722-0007 considered nuisances, we in the Telephone 508-675-7151 United States at times inadverFAX (508) 675-7048 tently lock our youths out of Send address changes to P.O. Box 7 or call telephone number above church because it would be a hassle to accommodate them. Or too expensive. Or because we have GENERAL MANAGER EDITOR other priorities. Rev. John F. Moore Rosemary Dussault In all fairness, maybe the Brazil~, Leary Press-Fall River ian church is trying to help street
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children. But one wonders why it can't raise enough riIckus to force police to find the killers In similar fairness, there are shining examples of the church's concern for youths in the United States, including an extensive network of Catholic schools, some stellar parish youth ministry and social justice efforts. . However, as a whole, the church in the United States does not do enough to minister spiritually to our youths. Budget shortcuts often hit youth
praye~BOX Prayer for Life Heavenly Father, as the author of life, touch with compassion the .l1earts of those women and men who, with your help, have conceiv.ed human life and now thi'nk of abortion, not parenthood. Help'them understand that their child and all children are made in your image and likeness, for eternal life. Dispel their fears and give them generous hearts to love their babies and to give them birth and all the care that they need from their parents. Call those who turn away from you through abortion to' seek your loving forgiveness and healing power. Soften the hearts ofabortionists and enlighten elected officials to recognize and protect the inviolability and sanctity of all human life from conception to natural death. Amen.
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ministry first, and both volunteer and paid youth ministers are asked to do so much with so little that they often burn out. The unfortunate message to youths is that the church doesn't care about them. Then church officials wonder why some young people respond to the attractions of other denominations, many of which invest major blocks of time, substantial amounts of money and a ,high degree of energy in their youth programs. The simple answer is make the message of Jesus so magnetic that youths don't feel pulled in another direction to find their own relationship with Jesus. In other words, we need to convey to our youths that we value them as individuals and collectively. We rpust acknowledge that they are going through a challenging stage of life and then listen to their joys and pains instead of dismissing them for an "attitude." We must listen to them and meet them where they are, even if that means bringing rock and/ or rap music into a Mass to let them worship in their own language. I will restate to avoid a public pillorying: A lot of parishes and dioceses are doing a lot for young people. Bpt others are sitting on their hands instead of extending them. Let's ask the Spirit to open our hearts to their value and potential. Let's not take our young people for granted as a "future church" but as a present church that needs ministry now. Let's provide the resources to minister to youths. It's all well and good to come up with $4 million when the pope is visiting Denver, but where is that kind of money when we need support for parish youth events, diocesan rallies or regional meetings? Youth ministry is a day-in, dayout, labor-intensive task, not just a once-in-a-lifetime rally. Let's answer Jesus' call to let the children come unto him, and make our youths feel more welcome.
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Being as alive as Jesus Isaia:!t 25:6-10 Phil. 4::l2-14, 19-20 Matthew 22:1-14
Matthew's Jewish-Christian community found it hard to understand why most Jews had rejected the salvation Jesus offered. Taking advantage of something which the majority ignored made a lasting impression on this small church. It influenced their entire faith experience and is the background against which we must read today's Gosp~l pericope. (By the way, please ignore the last part of this reading - about throwing out the person who comes in "not properly dressed for a wedding feast." Matthew seems to have combined two independent stories here. The second has no connection with the first. He probably joined them together because they both revolve around weddings.) An invitatlO:1 to such a wedding banquet would be the highlight of a lifetime in the culture in which this parable was originally developed. That's why a refusal to come to the festivit.es is so amaz.ing. How could anyone ignore the invitation and continue on "their way" to farms and businesses? All who heard the stor} would have said, "That's unbelievable!" Yet the members of Matthew's community cc·uld turn to their Jewish brothel's and sisters, parents and friends and say, "That's exactly what you're doing!" As Jews they believed Isaiah's words that .....the Lord of hosts will provide for all peoples a feast of rich food and choice wines..." It was their hope ':hat before Yahweh would "destroy death forever," he would also .....destroy the veil that veils all peoples, the web that is woven over allllations..." The Gentiles would eventually be saved. But no one could have envisioned the way this would actually happen. Jesus' origiml disciples thought their first obligation was to evangelize their fellow Jews. Only after they had converted all the Chosen People to this "new way" would they then proclaim the Gospel to non-Jews. Though it was the most orderly and logical path to pursue, they quickly discov~red that the Lord was directing them onto a different road. Matthew's cnurch saw Gentiles
By FATHER ROGER KARBAN coming into Christian communities everywhere. Yet they realized that they weren't being admitted into fellowship because all the Jews had finally been converted. They were coming in place of th~ Jews! Gentiles were being called from the "byroads" to fill up the spaces which the invited Jewish guests had left vacant. Considering this completely unexpected development, the most important words in our passage from Paul's letter to the Philippians must be, "I have learned how to cope with every circumstance.. .In him who is the source of my strength I have strength for everything." The Lord continually calls us to go down roads which aren't on our map - sometimes even down roads which aren't on anyone's map. Though we're naturally inclined to find strength for the future in the plans we develop and carry out, we who follow the Lord must always realize that we're following a real person, not some dream we've created in our own minds. The earliest Christians not only realized that they had responded to a call which most who shared their ancestral faith ignored, they also had to deal with the fact that those who should have been saved last were actually being saved first. This unique experience eventually determined the way they related to Jesus and others around them. Slowly the Lord's followers started to understand that their invitation to the banquet was not just a once-in-a-lifetime call. They began to hear similar calls every day. Their lives were filled with the Lord inviting them to see situations and people differently from others around them; to go down roads which most never even noticed. Quickly becoming a very "hang loose" group of people, they valued discovery more than memory, breakthroughs more than traditions. Jesus' actions in their daily lives proved he was no longer just a significant historical figure. He was truly a living person, calling them to be just as alive as he, and showing them how to bring that new life to everything they touched.
DAILY READINGS Oct. 11: Rom 1:1-7; Ps 98:1-4; Lk ll:29-32 Oct. 12: ~:om 1:16-25; Ps 19:2-5; Lk ll:37-41 Oct. 13: Rom 2: 1-11; Ps 62:2-3,6-7,9; Lk 11:42-46 Oct. 14: ~:om 3:21-29; Ps 130:1-6; lk 11:47-54 Oct. 15: Rom 4:1-8; Ps 32:1-2,5,11; Lk 12:1-7 Oct. 16: ~:om 4:13,16-18; Ps 105:6-9,42-43; Lk 12: 8-12 Oct. 17: Is 45:1,4-6; Ps 96:1,3-5,7-10; 1 Thes 1:1-5; Mt 22:15-21
Not the answer PARIS (CNS) - Widespread unemployment cannot be solved by expanded welfare programs, said the French bishops. New thinking is needed so that the jobless are also given useful activities· enabling participation in society, said a document written by the social commission of the French bishops' conference. The document ,criticiz.ed the loss of jobs through technology and the use of money for speculation rather than production. France has an unemployment rate of 11 percent overall and 23 percent among youths ages 16-24.
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MARY KENNY Dear Dr. Kenny: We asked our priest to have a home Mass to celebrate our wedding anniversary. He said n,!},· that we should have our own family celebration and that he would be glad to come.
Surprise: Family celebrations can be holy! He offered to celebrate an anniversary Mass, but he wanted it in the church. What do you think about this? (Indiana) I think you have a wise priest. Perhaps he did not encourage a home Mass because he did not want to minimize the importance of this other family celebration in the home which could likewise undeJscore the significance of the occasion. Remember that Jesus came first into a family. When he spoke of God, he suggested that we best address God as "our father." Jesus, in Qur referring to God, chose a family term as best describing our relationship.
Also when Jesus described the "God-life" he used the terms "father" and "son." Many times, he refers to God as a compassionate and caring parent. . The family, as an institution, is older than the church. Before the church was founded, families were already thriving.. The family is founded by God, and in and of itself holy. Within the family God shares his act of creation. Through lovemaking, God invites us humans to take a vital part with him in generating life. What a marvelous privilege! Because of its role in creating
and nurturing life, the essential family, as most define it, involves at least two generations, one caring for the other. There are other types of relationships, but family is that &P.ecial place where the young are born and nurtured and reared, and where personal relationships blossom. Today, in an otherwise alienated and superficial society, family may be the last place where personal relationships are celebrated. This is why I believe that your priest was correct. The family is a holy place in itself. Your family
traditions and customs and ways of celebrating are themselves holy and special. Your priest is reminding you of this. Some people may think that family celebrations could not be holy or religious because they are fun. Nothing could be more wrong. God certainly intended us to e'njoy and celebrate his most elemental idea: the family. Have a happy anniversary! Questions on fam·i1y living and child care to be answered in print are invited by The Kennys, 219 West Harrison, Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.
The challenge of forgiving By ANTOINETTE BOSCO As I get older I find myself acknowledging often that life is a . mystery, and I pray daily to the Lord to help me accept the unanswered questions that accompany mystery. Certainly these past weeks, with the tragic news that my son John and his wife Nancy Renee were brutally murdered in their Montana home, I was again plunged into the realm of mystery. That very week in August, I also received first copies of a booklet
on faith I wrote for Resurrection Press. When I was asked to write it I decided, after some reflection, to look inside myself And explore my faith. What is my faith? Is it strong? Would it hold up under a new attack on my heart and spirit? When the work was completed, what I had written at times almost surprised me. I had been forced to be brutally honest with myself and I learned that, yes, I walk with God - thanks to the grace that has been generously given to me. I thought of titling the booklet "Faith Means If You Pray for Rain, Bring an Umbrella," words of a strong woman my sister knew. But never did I feel so challenged as in August, with the booklet in hand, in that moment of
I lost Peter two-and-a-half years loss and sorrow, facing a real confrontation with my soul. How ago when he was 27. could I forgive the killer of my son I thanl<ed God for the "temporand daughter-in-law? ary" gifts of Peter and John. Then If I lived by faith, 1 would have I was jolted, and in my heart I to say as Jesus said, "Father for- heard God telling me, "It was a give them for they know not what permanent gift." And so through they do." I would have to believe, my tears, I could say, "Thanks be as he said, that evil is overcom~ by . to God." With those words, I had been good. given the grace to know that I Now that the question of for- could forgive. I had the power not giveness would never again be to let an assassin erode who I am, academic or simple for me, could or put a wedge between me and my I say with gut-level honesty, God. "Father, forgive the murderer"? This does not mean that my At a Sunday Mass - two days anger is gone or that I don't want after I had gotten the news the murderer or murderers found and begun to wrestle with forgive- and brought to justice. It would ness - I could at least thank not be human if I retreated from God for having given me my two the need to confront evil. And sons. never shall I stop working until
justice is the final chapter in this tragedy. But I also believe in my heart that love is the best way to even a score with an assassin - or any other evil. That isn't easy. I get help from the Lord, like being at Mass at the beautiful Benedictine Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Conn., buoyed by the prayers and love of my many sisters there. The Gospel was Luke 6:27, and the words were just what I needed to hear: "Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you." Somehow I felt I would be given the continued grace to accept that different message, and so remain where I belong, safe in the inner circle of G.od's arms.
Is home-schooling for you? By DOLORES CURRAN
Several readers have written asking my opinion on the home schooling method of education. It is a major decision in families, and before it a family should reflect seriously on six issues: Advantages and disadvantages: I perceive as advantages control of curriculum, one-on-one teaching, parenti child interaction, ability to pass on personal values and faith, meeting special needs, emphasis on basics, alleviating boredom, and close monitoring of a child's study habits and progress. Disadvantages include possible
parental lack of skill and content, lack of child interaction with peers, lack of extra-curricular enrichment like gym, music and school activities, abrasive parenti child interaction, narrowness in values and attitudes which may limit children's ability to deal with these later, children's lack of ex~ perience in competing and so<;ializing with others, and consumption of vast amounts of parent time. Motivation: Why do you want to consider this? Many parents enter home schooling because their children are handicapped Or gifted and they don't feel their needs are being met. Others get involved because they don't want their children going to school with blacks, Catholics, those of the· opposite sex, etc.. Whatever the reasons, parents should state them honestly
and openly or their effort isn't likely to succeed.. A vailable alternative education plays a big role in the decision. If available schools are simply awful, I don't believe parents have much choice but to teach their children. If, however, the schools are fairly good and parents want to control .the children's attitudes toward others, politics, religion, and the world,the choice is different. The first is compensation, the second control. Parents who opt for control have to face possible resentment and anger of grownup children in later years for denying them classroom education. State laws vary, so before you embark on the project seriously, check them out. You may not be considered qualified to teach your children in all subjects.
Children's needs also vary: One Iiave you ever tried to teach your mother of an extremely shy boy own child the piano or anything _ took him mit of the classroom to else? Did either of you get angry? protect him from pain. Children Can you be cool and objective, as 'who find it difficult to get along teachers must, if your child doesn't with others most need the class- . respond as you would like? room and playground experience. If not, don't choose home If, on the other hand, children are schooling. Five hours together bored and need more stimulation, these needs may be better met by daily can be too much and a good education isn't worth a ruined parents. parenti child relationship. Parent qualifications; How much Personally, I hope parent~ will do you know about geography, consider a third' alternative math, language arts, history and classroom plus home schooling. the myriad other subjects future Parents can fill in the voids by setteachers must study in college? ting aside a couple of evenings or a Are there voids in your education? afternoon to teach that weekend How will you fill these? What do which they feel is missing, to excite you know about teaching skills the bored student with new expeand methodology? If your child becomes bored or fights you, what riences, to teach Christian principles, and to read good literature. It will you do? gives the child the advantages of Parent staying power is a factor. both methods.
Returning to sacraments after non-Catholic wedding
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FATHER JOHN J. DIETZEN Q. When I was 181 had an abortion. About two years later my fiance and I were married by a pastor of a different denomination outside the Catholic Church. We have been married 13 years and have two children, one of whom has already received her first communion. I have always wanted to attend Mass but was told I could not receive communion. Now I would like to know how to go about getting back to the sacraments. Is this possible? (New York) .'
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A. It is very possible. If this is the first marriage for both you and your husband, it is quite simple. Go to your parish priest, explain that you were married in another denomination and that you wish to have your marriage validated in the church and receive the sacraments. You will also ne~d to receive the sacrament of reconciliation. If you don't wish to reveal your abortion to the priest inyour parish, there is no need to do so for the validation of your marriage. You can receive reconciliation. and at the same time resolve any possible abortion-related problems. by going to confession at one of the other parishes in your area. Q. I know a Jewish person who was godfather for a Catholic bap-
tism, and I don't understand how that could be. The man only had to say that if anything happens to the parents he would bring up the child Cath-. olic. He was married to a Catholic, by a priest and a rabbi, last year. But he knows nothing ofthe Cath· olic faith. Could you explain how this might happen? (New Jersey) A. No, 1 cannot. First of all, the role of godparent for a child consists Of much more thim merely promising to raise the child Catholic if, for example, the parents die. The General Introduction to the Rite of Christian Initiation affirms that a godparent is addedspiritually to the baptized child's immediate family and actually represents the church in that ceremony and in the child's life. As occasion offers.· it says. the
godparent "will be ready to help tion and other funeral regulations and customs is available J,y sendthe parents bring up their child to ing a stamped self-addressed enveprofess the faith and to show this lope to Father John Dietzen, Holy by living it." Trinity Church, 704 N. Main St., At the very beginning of the Bloomington, IIi. 6170 I. Questions baptism rite, sponsors are asked for this column should be sent the explicitly if they are "ready and same address. willing to help these parents in their duties as Christian mother Hospitable Homeland and father." "Christ's followers should feel The rite implies at several other obliged to dedicate themselves times that godparents personally without pause to the demanding share the Christian faith of the . and urgent task of renewing society, parents and of the child. working with trust and in harFor these and other reasons, the mony, to imprint on history's prochurch has clear regulations that a gress the ·enlightening guidelines non-Catholic who acts as a "wit- of the Gospel, which are indispenness" to the baptism along with a sable for making this world. our Catholic sponsor must be a bap- world, on the eve of the third tized Christian. Christian millennium, the hospitA free brochure answering ques- able homeland of every human tions Catholics ask about erema- being." - Pope John Paul II
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Dear Editor: All the sisters join me in thanking you for the splendid coverage you gave in the Anchor to our celebration in "Louisville (Anchor, Sept. 17). W t: are just thrilled, especially the contemplative [sisters) in Harwichport, for the front page feature a::td we certainly appreciate the anount of space you WORCESTER, Mass. (CNS) gave us to tell our story. We feel it - Jesuit Father John Brooks, is a tribute, not only to St. Mary president of the College of Holy Euphrasia and our American foun- . Cross 'since 1970, has announced dresses, but to the Good Shepherd his plans to retire, effective June himself, who made it all possible. 30, 1994. We [proudly b;ought] the Anchor In a memo to faculty and adto Kentucky to share with everyministrators, he said he planned to body! remain at the college as president Sr. Mary Eileen Farley emeritus to assist in fund raising Marlboro and alumni affairs. John P. Brogan, chair of the school's board of trustees, in a statement said Father Brooks' achievements include transition of the college to coeducation, growth Oct. 10 in the endowment from $4 million 1918, Rev. James c.J. Ryan, to $140 million, a balanced budget Assistant, Immaculate Conception, for 23 consecutive years, and an North Easton $80 million building and renovation 1987, Rev. Boniface Jones, program. SS.Cc., Chaplain, ~acred Heart Father Brooks, who graduated Home, New Bedford from Holy Cross in 1949, has been 1990, Rev. Joseph A. Martineau, known for a statement of the Retired Pastor, St. Theresa, New school's position on abortion formBedford ulated during his tenure. Oct. 11 The policy states that the college 1952, Rev . .lames A. Downey, would not "grant official recognition Pastor, Holy Ghost, Attleboro to any organization that seeks to Oct, 14 or is perceived to advance a right 1918, Rev. Dennis M. Lowney, to abortion, nor will it allow college Assistant, Sacred Heart, Taunton funds to be used to such purpose." 1972, Rev. Msgr. 'Edward B. A search committee has been Booth, Pastor Emeritus, St. Mary, formed to find a successor to Father North Attlebo'o Brooks.
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Jesus as a woman Dear Editor: In response to Archbishop Weakland, (Anchor, Sept. 24), I agree that there should be a stop to "bickering over nonessentials" in the Church. But, with all due respect, portraying Jesus is a woman in the presentation of the Way of the Cross, is most ~ertainly not a nonessential. The! efore, I agree with Mother Angelica's criticism of the using of a woman to portray Jesus! Using a woman to portray the Crucified Lord is as absurd as portraying St. Joseph as the mother of Jesus. Furthermore, as we pray the Apostles' Creed, do we not say, "I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ His only Son, our Lord "? Then, what was the purpose of this "spectacle"? Alice Beaulieu New Bedford
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ings of several Jesuits heavily influenced his decision to become a priest and an advocate for the poor. As president and chief executive officer of Catholic Charities USA, which held its national convention in New Orleans last month, Father Kammer, 46, uses those moral underpinnings to prod the consciences of those who consider human services programs a waste of money. ."When a rocket blows up it costs millions of dollars, but no one scuttles t'he space program," Father Kammer said in an interview with the Clarion Herald, New Orleans archdiocesan newspaper. "We're not willing to make the same commitment to human beings that we are willing to make to armaments and the space race." Calling Catholic Charities a "frayed safety net" for the poor, he said the number of persons served by its agencies jumped from 3 million in 1981 to 12 million in 1991 and that new figures will show "another astronomical jump." As part of Vision 2000 - Catholic Charities' long-range plan of action - Father Kammer says welfare reform is a priority that must be addressed by the federal government. . "We see so many people dependent on welfare or Social Security or SSI (a supplemental income program for the disabled and others) for mere survival, and we end up helping them make ends meet," he said. "Weare supportive of the general concept of moving people from welfare to work, but we've got to create a floor from which people can get job training," he added. Not many Washington executives have a better entree to the White House than does Father Kammer. He was a classmate of Hillary Clinton at Yale Law School and a delegate to Boys Nation .in the summer of 1963, where he first met now President Bill Clinton. While he has not fully analyzed the president's health care reform
package, Father Kammer said it must meet two basic criteria to satisfy him - the poor must be in the same system as everyone else and it must offer comprehensive services. "We are at the breaking point in American health care," he said. "The sense in both parties is that something has to be done'. It cannot continue when there are 40 million Americans not covered and there are 60 million - over a yearand-a-half period - who are uncovered." During a tour of several facilities operated by Associated Catholic Charities of the archdiocese of New Orleans, Father Kammer expressed gratitude to the volunteers and paid staff who daily face the problems from which society turns its face. At Padua Community Services in Belle Chasse; Father Kammer spoke to staff members who care for 32 children with severe disabilities. Administrator Larry Pate said the children's parents rarely visit. "A lot of our staff and volunteers find it stre~sful because almost everyone you work with is going to die," Father Kammer said. Every day, there is a new story about someone's inhumanity. "There was a 9-year-old boy I saw at one of our programs and a staff member told me, 'He just celebrated his first Halloween,'" Father Kammer said. "I said, 'What do you mean?' It turns out he had been- locked in his basement for the first eight years of his life." With poverty, homeless ness, fa!!1ily violence and drug addiction so pervasive in American society, Father Kammer says he often is asked how individuals can make a difference. "I tell them to get involved with one person in need so that poverty has a face and a name," he said. "If you get involved with one issue and connect the two, that's all the better. That will open up people's minds and eyes to what's really going on around them."
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Detcommercialization of medicine must be part of health care reform WASHINGTON (CNS) - The commercialization of medicine must be reversed if health care reform is to succeed, says the president of the Catholic Health Association. "Health care has been transformed from an essential community service to a commodity exchanged for profit," said John E. Curley Jr., CHA president and CEO. He and Richard J. Davidson, president of the American Hospital Assn., spoke on the television series "Washington Perspective" on CTNA HealthNet. Curley said the medical community has been "conned by an element that insist~ on trivializing everything we do" -- for example, by calling patient~ "consumers." "Consumers of what?" he asked. "We've also been conned into looking at people through the eyes of high technology," Curley added. "We need to see the whole person, with psychological and spiritual needs as well as physical and emotional ones.'" Davidson said the time is ripe for a "true reformation" of the health care system. "Washington can only do so much," he said. "Things are going to have to happen community by community."
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Saturday, Oct. 16 .. 10:00 -4:00 "The middle class wants to see It's up to the people to hold their INTRODUCTION TO CENTERING PRAYER representatives accountable for , changes, and is driving changes in Theater - $25 Donation representing their interests," he the marketplace," he said. added. "With all the changes in "Not only is there no resistance Saturday, Oct. 23 - 7:00 PM Washington, the thing that hasn't to the notion of systemic reform," OKTOBERFES'f-Cafeteria changed is that members of Con- said CHA's Curley, "but there has $10 Donation - Call for ticket info. gress are still influenced by the been a kind of sigh of relief, a people back home." commitment to make it be the way The two leaders touched on some' it ought to be." aspects they would like to see in the Clinton health care reform package, but agreed tnat many changes in the health care system will come from local communities and the hospitals that serve them. Curley said one of the worst aspects of the current health care system is the discrepancy between 'health services available in rich and poor neighborhoods. DECEMBER 10· 12 Both leaders supported health •...More than all else, watch over your heart, since here care reform that would include are the wellsprings of life. • Proverbs 4:23. Advent universal access to services, a comRetreat - Men and Women. Center Staff prehensive benefits package and delivery of health services to a WEEKEND RETREATS DECEMBER 17-19 given community on a per-person Centering Prayer Intensive - For men and women. 1993 OCTOBER 15-17 basis, not the current per-service A weekend of silence and Conte:nplative Imagery and Spirituality basis. Prayer , "There are a whole lot of things Sr. Jose Hobday, OSF, A Weekend Retreat for Staff: Contemplative Outreach of New England that don't add value to patient ' men and women. Sr. Jose is a popular retreat director care," such as insurance forms, who shares Ollt of her life experience as a Native DAY RETREATS FOR WOMEN said Davidson. American and a Franciscan. 9:00 a.m.• 2:00 p.m. The AHA president predicted "CALLED AND GIFTED" that the next few years will be an OCTOBER 29 - 31 The Giver and the Gifts exciting time in the health care October 13 Ellneagram I field. Let Us See Ourselves Through Your Sr. Barbara Metz, SND. Anintroduction'to the November 10 Eyes, Lord Enneagram as a tool for spiritual growth for men and December 8 women. Enkindle In Us The Fire.OfYour Love NOVEMBER 5·7 parish, Seekonk. Citizens" Union Women's Retreat: Inner Journey to Freedom January 12 The Wounded Healer Savings Bank of Fall River, SomSr. Miriam Patrice McKeon, SCH Joy Is Not An Option February 9 erset and Swansea is the title Jerri Buffo. John 8:32...·You will know the :'vfarch 9 The Gift of Forgiveness sponsor. truth, the truth will set you free." Our problems...His April 13 Listening With The Heart Agencies to benefit from the solutions - Jesus, companion for the journey. ;'vfay 11 Transformation event include Hope House of St. NOVEMBER 12-13-14 !Bring a Lunch OlTering $5.00 Anne's Hospital, the Salvation DeMello retreat - For men and women ][n case of snow storm, day will be held the following Army, Our Sisters' Place, Greater Exploring Creative Roads to Spirituality Fall River Community Food PanWednesday. Fr. Frank Stroud, S.J., Executive Director of try, Inc., First Baptist Church, the DeMello Spirituality Center at Fordham University, Fall River Community Soup KitNY. ' SATURDAY PROGRAMS chen, the Family Resource Center, DECEMBER 3· 5 1993 The Branch and Habitat for HuHealing the Broken Hearted - For men and women manity International. October 23 Clare of Assisi: A Day of Celebration Charismatic Inner Healing Retreat Walkers are urged to obtain as Presenters: Margaret Carney, OSF Dorothea DeGrandis Sudol many sponsors as possible. Further Andre Cirino, OFM information is available from Curt Wilkins, director of Community Recognizing God's Invitations December 11 and Social Work Services at St. Presenters: Wm. J. Connolly, S.J. Anne's Hospital, tel. 674-5600, ext. Madeline Birmingham, RC. 2270. Advance registration is not required.
Fall River walk to aid local agencies Preparations fo:: a Walk for Food and Shelter on Sunday, Oct. 17, are well underway and all are welcome to join th(: effort to raise money for nonprofit agencies aiding Fall River area homeless persons. The 10-kilometer walk will begin at noon Oct. 17, following II :30 a.m. registration at St. Vincent's Home, 2425 Highland Ave., Fall River, its start.ng point. Volunteers will be statiJned along the walk route in case ofproblems and a map will be given to each walker indicating location'; of rest stops, rest rooms and sna:k stations. This year's honorary chairperson for the walk is Channel 6 weatherman John C,hiorse, a member of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
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Teaching children values
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Oct. 8, 1993
By Father Eugene Hemrick When it comes to communicating values to children, parents today are looking for help. Some reviewers of a new bestseller on the topic say parents want help because they themselves are confused about values. The bestseller is titled "Teaching Your Children Values" (Simon and Schuster), by Linda and Richard Eyre. The book zeroes'in on 12 values a family can practice together. The Eyres suggest games, stories, discussion topics and techniques for teaching values. For example, they suggest a simple game for teaching a preschooler about the value of truth. Their book is selling well because it is simple and answers the questions: Why teach values? To ensure BLUE FLAME lead guitarist Jill Lange. (eNS photo) happiness. When do you start? Preschool through high school. Where? In the home. What should be taught? Values like honesty. But critics point out that a book like this won't solve all the problems parents encounter because cal Mass during World Youth Day ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) - As children pick up many values from in Denver. peers, the streets, television and J ill Lange belted out vocals and Although neither Blue Flame literature - over which parents strummed her guitar. she could n't nor A Change of Heart plays heavy help but notice four fans in the have little control. metal-type music, their styles are No doubt these are difficult times front row moving with the beat. still far removed from traditional for parents to communicate values These rock 'n' roll aficionados, to children. Parents must feel at however, were not teenagers or church music. But Mullner is quick times that so much works against even college students. They were to point out that, while the means their efforts! four nuns at the July Cenacle of evangelization are different, the As parents seek out means of Rosary Retreat at the University end result is the same. communicating values, however, I of St. Thomas in Minnesota. "I "M usic is a natural expression hope they won't overlook the role remember thinking. 'Wow. this is that touches the heart," he said. of religion - as a recent article I really great,''' said Ms. Lange. lead "Like traditional music. we're tryread on this tended to do, all the singer and guitarist for the band ing to touch the heart with Scripwhile bringing in the voices of a . Blue Flame. ture through the use of music." number of experts. Jim Frazier, music director for It was not an isolated incident. Religion is a foundation for Maura Bracken, bassist for Blue the St. Paul-M inneapolis archdiovalues and a communicator of Flame, recalled that an elderly cese's worship center. acknowvalues. man approached her after the band ledged that youths would be interIt is one thing to teach a child at performed at Christ the King par- ested in rock 'n' roll music in an early age about the value of ish in Browerville, Minn. church, but warned that it also truth. But religion adds a dimen"He said, 'It's nice to see young may alienate other segments of a sion, speaking of God who' made people doing positive things for parish community. us and who desires our harmony. However, Frazier noted that the the church,''' she told the Catholic Drawing upon religion as a Bulletin, newspaper of the archdi- Second Vatican Council made it values source is more than a mat- ocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis. clear that forms of music not traditer of getting children to religious Blue Flame is one of an increas- tionally used in liturgy are accepeducation class or even offering a ing number of rock-oriented Cath- table forms of worship. Catholic school education, impor- olic bands. Th'eir members com"Rock mllsic is a valid thing for tant as they are. It is a matter of bine their love for God with their people and parishes to expe~iment being alert for the teachable mo- love for music to produce a sound with," he said. Frazier added he ments when a parent senses that 'that's pure evangelization. also harbors concerns about the the time is right to communicate Timothy Mullner, a member of viability of rock as a means of values drawn from faith. the trio A Change of Heart. said evangelization: "To what extent¡ is I'm not talking about parental the Gospels direct his band's music. it just entertainment? Is God being monologues or lectures. I'm talk- "The call to conversion is ongoing glorified? Are people being ediing about allowing the values in Scripture," said Mullner. reli- fied? These are the things we should rooted in religion to be expressed gious formation director at St. be looking at." in a moment of heartfelt prayer by Nationally known musician Stephen parish in Anoka, Minn. a mom or dad at the beginning of a "There's a sense of baptism that is Marty Haugen said all well-crafted meal - prayer that is not just a music is capable of evangelizing as calling us to ministry." routine gesture. long as it focuses on the spoken He said his band employs terse word and the active rite. I'm talking about the willingthree-part harmonies and synthesness to discuss someone's death in the light of faith - in terms of ized music to get a contemporary pop-rock sound. entering into a new companionThe group has performed at the ship with God. CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy national Teens Encounter Christ (CNS) - Pope John Paul II and I'm talking about having a good convention and various St. Paul- Japanese Emperor Akihito shared family argument, calling a truce Minneapolis archdiocesan func- their hopes for world peace at a and forgiving each other - and, at tions. It also played at a cate.cheti- recent meeting in the papal summer an appropriate moment, noting 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 'that forgiveness is Godlike. residence at Castel Gandolfo. Their For parents of teenagers, comseriousness about the inner life aspirations were symbolized by municating values means being and personal holiness at just the the emperor's gift to the pope:, a alert for those moments when a bronze sculpture of a dove with right moment. teen's concern about life's meanIf you're concerned about teach- the inscription "Peace." At the end ing comes to the surface or when ing values to children, I think you of his hour-long meeting with Emthe teen expresses iriterest in God need more than a book. I recom- peror Akihito and Empress Michor the church - and then being mend spending some time quietly iko, Pope John Paul said, "We thinking about the kinds of oppor- must work together for friendship willing to listen and to dialogue. I'm talking about a readiness to tunities that arise in family life for and peace among peoples." the catch things on the fly - a parent's expressing your faith briefly and emperor answered, "It is absolutely necessary." willingness to introduce a certain warmly.
Bumper sticker gospel By Dan Morris Why should I live a more moral life because I read a clever bumper sticker? Why should a gag line of wisdom affect me more than the average Sunday homily, weekend retreat or Bible study class? Yet it has. Maybe that's an overstatement. Maybe the "moral training" in which we submerge ourselves provides the context, the fuel which can be inflamed when struck by the match-stick wisdom of a clever bumper sticker. But it makes me wonder wonder about' me, about God's sense of humor, about our modes of religious training, about lots of stuff. It was a rather profound bumper sticker as bumper stickers go. It read (approximately): "Commit random acts of kindness. Practice anonymous gobdness." Now I find out it's part of a movement sweeping the country. It began, according to my source, with a fellow in San Francisco who was spotted stuffing anonymous quarters in parking meters that had expired. The woman who observed and exposed him was moved by his undeserved, unsolicited, unheralded generosity. He was reaching out to others jn a simple, effective, caring way to make their days just a little better.
A "little" better? Being saved the aggravation of a $15 ticket for going two minutes overtime because you were stuck at an appointment you didn't want to keep in the first place ranks pretty high on my scale. But I am befuddled, bemused and be-darned by how much this bumper sticker born of a guy slipping two-bit pieces into parking meters makes me want to be a better person. Not only because it does, but because it does when other stuff (I am somewhat embarrassed to admit) does not. At least not energetically and with delightful resolve. Example: Someone parks so close to us in the parish parking lot that I have to use a shoe horn to slip gasping into the car. Thinking of the "holy" thing to do, I make myself hold my temper and tell myself to pray for the knucklehead, as he or she clearly needs it. Thinking of the bumper sticker, however, I feel an affection for the dude for the times I've been late for Mass and probably jam-parked a fellow churchgoer. I consider sticking around and exchanging parking-lot jokes with him (or her). It kind of makes being good and kind fun. Again. Like it should be. Not for praise or perks. Isn't that something Jesus talked to us about? And he still does, even in bumper sticker language.
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CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL were assembled M ond'ay at SS. Peter and Paul parish, Fall River, for a blessing of the animals in celebration of the feast ofSt. Francis. Father James Fitzpatrick, school chaplain, conducted the outdoor ceremony, at which teachers Douglas Medeiros and Patricia Benoit led music. Teresa Rosseter's fifth grade class presented a praise ceremony in imitation of St. Francis. ~
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Mystery writer says church provides clues to living :~ood life
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Oct. 8, 1993
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) ~ Best-selling mystery writer Mary Higgins Clark sees no mystery about the role Catholicism has played in her life. "I think the vdues we get are part of the whole linchpin of our lives," she told The Catholic Standard and Times, Philadelphia archdiocesan newspaper. "I think we are taught there is a reason for everything. I think we are taught to accept the inevitable when it happens, I think we are taught a sense of joy.... A lot of that comes from Catholic education. And of cou:'se, the Catholic home," she said. The author of II best sellers, including "Where Are the Children?" and "A Stranger Is Watching," both of whi'ch became feature films, publ.shed her latest novel, ''I'll Be SI:eing You," last May. The author said she has "always found comfort and joy in religion. No matter where I am, come Sunday I'll find the Catholic church. It's always been the very heart of my existence." Her father, a bar and grill owner, died when Ms. Clark was II years old. "When you come home and see a police car in ':he driveway and someone says, ') think Daddy's dead,' you recog'lize the fragility of life." "And I've never in my life gotten upset about curtains that don't match, flat tires or unimportant things," she added. "I was always aware that you just cannot take anything for granted, that things can change in a moment. And I think I've brought that into my books - because something happens in a minute that changes everything." Her mother raised Ms. Clark and her two brothers. The aspiring. author helped the family by babysitting and working asa switchboard operator while in high school. After graduating. she went to secretarial school and later worked in an advertising agency and was a stewardess. She said he was "joking until about five minutes before he died. That's the kind of legacy he left. The kids all' have a great sense of humor." Ms. Clark ag3.in faced death when Warren Clark, her husband of 15 years. died in 1964, leaving her to raise their five children. The bot,tom line in her books is: "Don't preach. because preaching is a disaster. I always have values. My girls leave their boyfriends at the door without talking about it.. The conflict comes from the outside. My people aren't screeching at each other across the breakfast table.... [They're] very nice people whose lives are invaded." What scares the author most, the fear that something will happen to one of her children, formed the basis of "Where Are the Children?" One of her children' was briefly missing when the family had just moved into a house by a lake. The child was discovered after 15 minutes of agonized searching, asleep on a couch facing a wall. It's not fair to ask Ms. Clark which of her books she favors. "That's like asking. 'Who's your favorite child?'" ;he said. "By the time I turn the story in, I have told the story I wanted to tell and I've told it as well a; I'm capable of telling it."
Father Ernest E. Blais, pastor of Notre Dame parish, Fall River, reports in his wel~kly bulletin that he recently attended an event in Springfield. "At my table," he wrote, "a man from Tampa, Florida, started the conversation by saying 'Father, do you have a school?' I answered 'Yes.' He said "Your parish is blessed! I went to Catholic school and I thank the si,ters and teachers ",""'fV dav for who I am. The foun-
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MOTHER TERESA, who has offered permanent shelter ~o children orphaned by India's recent disastrous earthquake, IS shown as she prayed following her release Sept. 19 from a Calcutta hospital after heart surgery. (CNS/Reuters photo)
Collection to aid victims Continued from Page One neth F. Hackett said, his agency would continue to monitor the area and increase aid as 'needed. CRS said that although the bulk of its aid would come from its office in Bombay, India. the agency has offices in the) ndian cities of Calcutta. New Delhi and Madras. Speaking of the orphaned children, Mother Teresa said, "We have decided to take them in." In Calcutta. where her Missionaries of Charity have their head-
Wake-up call Continued from Page One church has a right, he says, to make its teaching known and to influence social. policies in every age, in every society. Far from demeaning human nature, he says, the church's firmness on universal moral norms is a service to human freedom. It contrasts with' the worrisome "decline or obscuring of the moral sense" in modern society, he says. Although the encyclical is deliberately general in theme, the pope does cite some examples of what he means by "intrinsically evil" acts, ranging from murder and abortion to prostitution and contraception in marriage. There are "no privileges or exceptions" for the moral norms prohibiting such acts, he states. "Veritatis Splendor" is a comprehensive defense of the church's teaching authority; but the pope recognizes that authority alone will not carry the day. Thus, toward the end of the document, he emphasizes that the "life of holiness" is the best way to teach the church's evangelizing message. To lead peo~ . pIe toward morally good behavior, the pope says, the church needs to offer not only the "word proclaimed" but the "word lived." The text of"Veritatis Splendor'" is available from Origins, Catholic News Service, 3211 Fourth St., NE, Washington DC 20017-1100, at a cost of $5, including postage and handling.
Insisting Innocence "Each man insists on being innocent, even if it means accusing the whole human race a,nd hea~ ven."-Albert Camus
quarters, Sister Priscilla, a senior aide, said Mother Teresa had told her nuns in the western state of Maharashtra. where the earthquake struck. to begin relief work. "They went with food. medicines. clothing and essential supplies but were not allowed to enter the affected areas," she said. Indian soldiers. conducting the army's biggest peacetime operation. and police sealed off the flat-' , tened village:; to keep out looters. sightseers and others described by one army officer as "well-meaning. but untrained helpers." Sister Priscilla said Mother Teresa had no plans to visit the quake areas: '~N o. she is not well," she said. "She has no major problem but she needs rest." Mother Tt:resa. a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. was' recovering from heart surgery she underwent in a Calcutta hospital in September. She expects to visit China late this month.
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Why all the fuss about Mary?
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By Father Pierre E. Lachance, OP Mary is important to Catholics. After all, without her we have no Jesus, no Savior. God himself chose her to give the Savior to the world. He sent the Angel Gabriel to' greet her with these words, "Hail, full of grace." When we honor Mary, we imitate God himself who honored her more than we can ever do. We might think she would be a rallying point for all Christians who believe in Jesus as their Savior. Unfortunately, she has often been "a sign of contradiction," fostering both unity and division among Christians. "Catholics do not understand how hard it is for 'Protestants to comprehend Marian devotion and Marian doctrine. It is by far the most incomprehensible and offensive and patently unbiblical superstition until God's grace opens your eyes and suddenly you fall head over heels in love with the one you discovered as your mom." (Scott Hahn) An uneasy, if not hostile attitude toward Marian devotion is widely shared by Protestants who think Catholics worship Mary as if she were God, or almost. Of course, this is not true. We honor Mary, we worship God alone. This negative attitude toward Mary is surprising when we realize that the Protestant reformers of the 16th century, like Luther and Calvin, had high praise and a tender devotion for the Virgin Mary. Why then did so many Protestants turn away from Mary? Some of the radical leaders who followed the original reformers began to decry everything Catholic. More recently, some Protestants have been turned off because the devotion of certain Catholics to Mary tended to overshadow their devotion to Jesus, something the Catholic Church never approved. Nevertheless, today the Blessed Mother is not only accepted but also venerated by many Christian churches and even seen as a sign of unity among Christians. . The Vatican Council did much to allay the fears of p'rotestants regarding our understanding of Mary. The Council affirmed emphatically: "We have but one Mediator. The maternal duty of Mary toward men in no way obscures or diminishes this unique mediati~n of Christ, but rather shows its路power." Three prerogatives of Mary raise questions in the minds of Protestants: her perpetual virginity, her Immaculate Conception and her Assumption. By perpetual virginity, we mean not only that Mary was a virgin when she conceived Jesus by the
power of the Holy Spirit, but that she remained a virgin the rest of her .life. But do not the Gospels mention the brothers and sisters of Jesus? Is not that proofthat Mary had other children? Protestants think so. On the other hand, a long tradition in the Catholic Church holds that Mary was always a virgin. This belief is expressed in the earliest liturgical prayers that speak of Mary as "the Virgin" and later the "ever-Virgin Mary." The contradiction is easily reFRANCISCAN SISTERS of the Immaculate, four of whom have begun ministry in the solved by the fact that the Hebrew and Aramaic languages spoken by diocese, meet with Bishop O'Malley. Next to the bishop are Filipina Mother Maria Anna Pia, the Biblical writers had no word mother general (left), and Italian Sister Maria Frimcesca, vicar general. Working in the diocese for cousin and other distant rela- and residing at the former Sacred Hearts rectory, Fairhaven, are, from left, Sisters Maria tive. They are all called brothers and sisters. Therefore, you can't Rosario; Mary Immaculata; Maria Francisca, local superior; and Maria Catalina. A contemprove that Jesus had blood broth- plative order, the sisters will minister at Our Lady's Chapel in New Bedford in conjunction with ers and sisters, all children of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate who staff the chapel. (Hickey photo) . Mary. The tradition ofthe Church stands. Why all this fuss about Mary's perpetual virginity? Because it is an important statement of her unique vocation to be the mother of the Messiah and of him alone. BOSTON (CNS) - The nation. by the U.S. bishops when they are "Instead, the handful of selfWhat about Mary's Immaculate not the Catholic faith. can be des- supportive of their own views, styled dissidents simply vanished," Conception? Fundamentalists such as on the death penalty or he said. "We saw them'replaced by claim the doctrine was "invented" troyed by anti-Catholicism, the president of the Massachusetts state hundreds of thousands of devout nuclear weapons, Bulger said. in 1854, when Pope Pius IX defined Senate recently warned Catholic "Only when our bishops critic- Catholics. most of whom were it as a dogma of the Church. The ize secular humanism, only when . teenagers .who ahd driven, flown lawyers. Church never defines a "new" Mighty empires that have sought they dare trespass into sacrosanct and even hitchhiked to see. and dogma; she only proclaims more precincts such as abortion or hear their pope - to express their solemnly, more clearly, that which to crush faith in God through torture and coercion have failed and socially engineered education, are love for him and their fealty to his was believed from the beginning. disappeared, but the faith remains. they told to stop trying to impose message. As for the objection: "It's not in their views on society." he said. said William M. Bulger in a speech "The Denver Post." he conthe Bible," we agree. It's not in the to the Catholic Lawyers Guild, Reporting also distorts the true tinued, which had joined in the Bible explicitly, in so many words. "It is not our faith that can be state of the church's internal con- "Days of Dissent" forecast, estiBut the Church, reflecting long destroyed by the anti-Catholicism flicts by overplaying the impormated, in an apparent state of and prayerfully on Bible passages, of secular humanists." Bulger said. tance of the few people who pro- shock, that the faithful outnumcan see it as "implied" in the words "It is our nation. as it was contested church doctrine when Pope bered dissidents 4000 to one. of the angel to Mary: "Hail, full of ceived and dedicated by our foreJohn Paul II visited Denver in "[And) when it assigned a reporgrace." ./ fathers. that is at risk." August for World Youth Day, The Church, guided by the Holy ter to collect critical quotes from Bulger said Catholics are not according to Bulger. Spirit, was able to see in these the young people in attendance, he treated equally or fairly by the Efforts to define World Youth words that Mary was full of grace, reported he had been unable to news media or by a.society he desDay events under the title "Days therefore sinless, all her life, from find even that one. .. cribed as dominated by secular of Dissent" faded quickly as reporthe moment of her conception Bulger was profiled recently by humanists. ters on the scene realized that few until she died. We believe in the He. attacked news coverage of among the hundreds of thousands the CBS show "60 Minutes" as Immaculate Conception because anti-Catholic activities in recent of people participating agreed with "one of the most powerful state the Church teaches it. Mary was legislators in America." years. such as a protest at Boston's Ciltholic dissenters, Bulger said. preserved evenfrom original sin in ,Holy Cross Cathedral during ordinview of the future merits of the ations and the disruption of a Savior. Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in What about the Assumption? New York by ACT-U P. a confronPius XII, in defining the Assumptational gay rights group. tion or Mary as a dogma in 1950, The Boston Globe's reporting FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. for people who were advanced in made the significant point that on the ordination protest did not (CNS) - The world will only be holiness, such as the mystics and "the Assumption of Mary is really mention a parody of the Communtruly transformed when the power the saints, Father Montague said . .a consequence of the Immaculate ion rite in which condoms were of the Holy Spirit is experienced in Yet in the early church it was the Conception. Free from all stainlof substituted for the host, he said. every parish and by every member norm for new Christians to "get sin], she shared in Christ's triumph . And the St. Patrick's Cathedral of the church, said speakers at a the charisms at the very beginning _ over sin and its consequences." We incident was the subject of a film national charismatic conference and then they would be challenged too shall experience something broadcast by many public televiSept. 24-26. to grow to maturity," he said. quite similar in the resurrection of sion stations. Nearly 3,000 people attended Charismatic worship is "not our own bodies. "What would have been the the last of three National Catholic something new. it's not something Like many other doctrines of reaction of the media if such acts Charismatic Renewal Conferences on the fringes," said Father Emile our faith, such as the Trinity, the and abuse had been directed against held at various sites since June. Lafranz of New Orleans, a member Assumption of Mary is not in the the religious leaders and places of While today's charismatic reneof the National Service CommitBible. The Church, enlightened by worship of Baptists or Episcopal- wal is regarded as a movement tee of the Catholic Charismatic the Holy Spirit, has long believed ians or Jews or Muslims or the within the church, its emphasis on and taught路 it, and that is why Renewal. Greek Orthodox Church'?" Bulger the presence of the Holy Spirit and Catholics believe it. Emphasis on manifestations such asked. . manifestations such as spiritual as speaking in tongues can pose a "There would -- and quite pro- healing and speaking in tongues danger to widespread acceptance perly - have been a storm of pro- were 路once very much the mainof spirituality, however, he said. test." he continued. "But where stream of Christianity, said Marist "What is essential is that eveCatholics are concerned. the reac- Father George Montague. He is rybody experienced God as prestion is. in substance. that we arc co-author of "Christian Initiation ent and active and real in their getting what we deserve ... because and Baptism in the Holy Spirit," lives," Father Lafranz said. Othour clergy persist in commenting and a theology professor at St. erwise, we have simply cultural on morality." Mary's University in San Antonio. religion. Citing a"ther examples, Bulger "It wasn't private spirituality," said attacks on the church are not Bishop Sam Jacobs of Alexanhe said in an interview with The new, but run "like an ugly stain Florida Catholic. newspaper o'f dria, La., agreed that the spiritual through the fabric of our history." the Miami archdiocese. "It was renewal of the chariSmatic move. everybody's spirituality. It was the ment is open to all. But while previously such attacks "The spiritual renewal is for were aimed at closing religious spirituality of the whole church." institutions. "the purpose now is What had been the mainstream everyone who's baptized," said Bishop Jacobs. a member of the to force the church to abandon philosophy of the church for its U.S. bishops' ad hoc Committee Catholicism," he said. first eight centuries eventually came on Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Media outlets welcome actions to be seen as spiritual gifts reserved
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Cardinal, bishop launch walk Continued f::om Page One eral funding of abortions, "a tremendous victory for us" which forecasts "troubkd waters ahead for a health plan including abortion." Mrs. Hanley encouraged participation in a postc.lfd campaign to urge legislators to devise a health plan that does not involve abortion. Such campaigns, she said, have been effective in thwarting Massachusetts G.:>vernor WiJliam Weld's pro-abOItion legislation two years ago and in sidelining the proposed federal Freedom of Choice Act, which would mandate abortion on demand nationwide. Introducing Bishop O'Malley, Mrs. Hanley praised his "day in and day out cor.lmitment to the pro-life movement" and said he has been a "source of encouragement and support for MCFL." Fueling that support is the bishop's directive that all must "stand up and be counted" in witnessing to the value of human life. "Weare here because we are Americans [who] want our country to be a place where human life is respected, the weak and defense-
less are protected - not just owls and baby whales, but baby human beings," said Bishop O'Malley. "We are here," he .continued, "because we are Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Muslims," all believers in God's commandment that "thou shalt not kilL" "We can never be indifferent to this commandment and stiJI walk with God," he said. Don Feder, a Boston Herald columnist and author of A Jewish Conservative Looks At Pagan America. said actions by the nation's "first anti-life administration" have been "mobilizing and energizing for the pro-life movement, a wake-up call to the real America." "I am absolutely convinced of the rightness of our cause, that abortion is an unspeakable, evU that is destroying the soul of this great nation and that must be opposed with every fiber of our being," Feder declared. He proposed that lack of respect for unborn life is directly tied to lack of respect for human sexuality. "Denigration of the sex act permeates our culture" from suggestiveness in the entertainment industry to handing of condoms to
What's in a name? The following is a~ unsigned sacrifice. And well we should editorial from the Catholic be. Universe Bulletin, newspaper, Yet pro-life doesn't only mean pro-innocence. of the diocese of Cleveland. To put on the pro-life mantle is to take on the guardianship Pro-life. Anti-abortion. Pro- of all life. That includes homochoice. Anti-life. sexuals facing physical abuse, The labels fly in the media job discrimination or AIDS. and in the various camps that Criminals on death row. Women rally around abortion issues. struggling with whether to keep They have names for themselves a child. Drug addicts, prostiand names for tQeir enemies, tutes, homeless people, children and the agenc.as attached are a in poverty, war- victims. There mile long. It's tough to find suc- is no room here to play favorites. After all, we follow the excinct, objective words to desample of someone who walked cribe one grou p or another without getting in'to long, rambling among lepers who were deemed un-clean; who treated women descriptions cf their beliefs. as equals when they were conTake the !erm pro-life, the sidered unworthy; who made preferred label of those who time for children when they want to see all end to legal, elec- were viewed as insignificant. tive abortion:;. It's also a term That's what it means to be the church uses for its entire pro-life. If it does not make us philosophy oflife, from birth to struggle with our consciences, death. question our motives, and love It's tempting to limit the word people who challenge our sento the abortion issue. Children sibilities, it is something else. are among th ~ easiest people to So what are we to call ourhave compas:;ion for. They are selves in this age of neat labels innocent and are embedded in for complex issues? Something our deepest senses of family simple that captures a universal and nurture. I t is not difficult to love of life. How about Chrisbe morally outraged. at their tians?
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schoolchildren to promotion of the agendas of "sexual minorities," he said. "It is not surprising that those so blase about sex are equally unconcerned with its consequences." Feder noted that he was not pro-life until a Catholic friend once challenged him with the question, "If the unborn child isn't human, what is it?" Today Feder poses the same question to those who promote abortion. "I say to the opposition, if you can convince me the unborn child isn't human, I will drop my pro-life stance... None of them have taken me up on this offer." .That is be(:ause, said Feder, men and women don't have "kumquats or koala bears or lumps of protoplasm. [They] have children." Also speaking at the rally were representatives of Teens for Life and Friends of the Unborn, an organization which helps pregnant women. At the end of the latter presentation, two agency clients emerged on stage with their babies to much applause. "CaJling up those mothers and children said it all," Cardinal Law commented. "That's what we're all about: Helping the beautiful choice of life." The pro-life stance, said the cardinal, means that we must be concerned not only about abortion but about the whole spectrum of human need: "shelter for the homeless...a place to live for people with AIDS ... that in Bosnia old people and children are suffering ravages of a senseless war...that there is too much violence on our own streets... that those who call themselves educators promote a curricul urn which denies that young people can say yes to what is right and no to what is wrong." The "culture of life" means "service to the underprivileged, poor and oppressed" as well as "respect for nature and for God's work of creation," the cardinal added. "Scripture: puts before us a fundamental choice: Do you choose life? Or death?" Cardinal Law concluded... We choose life!" Earlier rain had cleared for the rally, and after the speaking program walkers set off, 30,000 strong, under sunny ,skies for a circuit around the Boston Common and down part of Commonwealth Avenue. Banners, signs and Tshirts proclaimed pro-life sentiments; absent were groups of counterdemonstrators who have turned up in previous years. . Just over an hour later, their point made" pro-lifers headed for their buses as rain once again began to fall.
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By Christopher Carstens that may have been limiting your You're pretty sure you've found experiences. 2. "He's a nerd." This is a lot like it: love at last. You aren't sure what it is about this guy, but when the first message. "Nerd" is a word you're with him, you feel happy that often gets slapped on kids who are unusually bright, artistic and excited about life. When you're not with him, you or ambitfous because they aren't think about him all day long and o b s e sse d wit h be i n g "i n wonder what he's doing. It seems style." For example,路 a guy who was like everything he does is so perfect, so cute, sO - him. You're in really good in physics, or active in his church youth group, or an love, and life is great. There's just this one little prob- Eagle Scout might well be labeled a nerd and still be just the sort of lem. Your friends hate him. This is a fairly common prob- guy you want around. The fact that your friends are lem. After all, one of the important things people do in high school more interested in guys with cool is meet new people and tryout new heavy-metal T-shirts is no reason to dump your boyfriend. kinds of relationships. There's a catch, though. Some3. "He's not good for you." If times, when you're really "in love," this is what your friends are telling you can miss things about a person you, it's time to listen and listen that your friends can see clearly. . carefully. It's really easy to get defensive When you're in love, sometimes and just tell your friends, "You you close your eyes to real probdon't really know him." But if lems - problems your good friends those friendships have been im- can see. portant, be careful about cutting It may be that your new boythem. off. Let your friends share friend is into drugs and other their concerns. behaviors that spell trouble. You Objections to your new boyfriend keep thinking you can help him usually are in one of three basic control it or that he'll stop for you. forms. That might happen, but it isjust 1. "He's not like us." Teens usuas likely - maybe even more ally hang with a certain crowd. likely - that he'll pull you into it Those groups tend to be especially along with him. This can be a dantight in junior high, and the boungerous situation for your future. daries soften in high school. And it may be that your boyIf your new boyfriend is not a member of the crowd you've been friend is needlessly mean or cruel with, your old friends may see him .in ways that you are trying to get as an outsider. Quite honestlY,this used to "because he's worth it." may be good for your growth and Staying with that sort of boyfriend destroys your self-esteem, and your development. Sometimes you get stuck in a friends will see it happening before certain group, whose members you do. . If the message you're getting is . expect you to aCt like them, dress like them, even think like them. A "He's bad for you," listen well. new friend - or boyfriend - may Sometimes the advice of a good . be just what you need to expand friend can save you from real grief 'your horizons and get out of a rut in the future.
Call you up In the middle of the night Like a firefly Without a light You were there Like a blowtorch burning I was'a key That could use a little turning So tired That I couldn't even sleep So many secrets I couldn't keep Promise myself That I wouldn't weep One more promise I couldn't keep It seems no one Can help me now I'm in too deep There's no way out This time I have Really led myself astray Runaway train Never going back Wrong way On a one-way track Seems like I should Be getting somewhere Somehow I'm neither Here nor there Can you help me remember How to smile Make it somehow Seem worthwhile How on earth Did I get so jaded Life's mystery Seems so faded I can go Where no one else can go I know what no one else knows Here I am Just drowning in the rain With a ticket For a runaway train Everything is cut and dry Day and night Earth and sky Somehow I just don't believe it Bought a ticket For a runaway train Like a madman Laughing at the rain A little out of touch A little insane . It's just easier Than dealing with the pain Runaway train Never coming back Runaway train Tearing up the track Runaway train Burriing in my veins Runaway But it always seems the same. Written by D. Pirner. (c) 1992, 1993 by Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.
HA VE YOU ever thought about running away? Soul Asylum's current . hit "Runway Train" addresses this concern. Through its accompanying video the song attempts to publicize a nationwide tragedy -missing children. Many of these individuals are teens. Some have been abducted. Others have ruil away, trying to avoid the suffering found in their homes. The song tells how ea~y it can be to get lost in life's pain. The person in the song looks for help just to "remember how to smile" and to make life "seem worthwhile." He wonders how on earth he got "so jaded." He fantasizes that he can escape his pain by buying a "ticket for a runaway train." He hopes to stay "a little out of touch, a little insane" because this way "it's just easier than dealing with the pain." We are not told what is causing all his hurt. Yet most of us can identify with the song's message. At times, we feel overwhelmed by loss and pain. We wish we could run away where the hurt couldn't follow. As I work with young people in my counseling practice, I meet individuals who experience this kind of despair. Their efforts to overcome hurt have taught me more about facing life's difficult times. I want to pass on their wisdom to you. Consider these ideas when you feel like you are "in too deep" with "no way out": 1. As much as you might want to, running away from pain will not help. Resist the temptation to escape life's hurts through alcohol, drugs or by running away. What is in your soul stays there until you face it. 2. However, you don't have to deal with hurt alone. One of the most important concepts Jesus taught us is that we need each other. Go to trusted friends or adults, and tell them what has happened. Many times I have seen teens helping their peers find new strength, while together they find a way through life's hurts. 3. Focus on one day at a time, and sometimes one hour at a time. You do not need to have everything figured out in order to begin improving your life. Instead, consider what small steps you can make today for moving beyond the pain. 4. Try to remember that no matter what has been lost or how big a mistake has been made, that is the past. What God gives you is this day to start building a different future. 5. Pray. God wants to be on your side. 1 have known many teens who used life's hurts as a pathway to a new and more genuine relationship with God. So can you. Ask God to guide you in discovering renewed happiness and getting a grasp on life's purpose. Perhaps you know someone who is thinking about running away. Share with that person some of the ideas in this column. Offer to be a friend as he or she works with those adults who can help. Your gift of caring builds and gives hopes. Your comments are welcomed by Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box 182, Rockport, IN 47635.
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CREATURE FEATURE: Sydney Silva, Justin Wilkie, Ryan LaChapelle and Matthew Price warm up to a spotted yellow sna-ke that visited St. Stanislaus School, Fall River, preschool and kindergarten children on the feast of St. Francis. Robert Schenck, owner of Animall nstincts aquarium and pet center, also introduced the students to tropical birds, iguanas, a turtle, a rabbit and a guinea pig.
Bishop Stang High School senior Selena Bates and science department faculty member Mrs. Rose Grant have been nominated as 1993-94 Tandy Technology Scholars. Tandy recognizes students and teachers for achievement in math, science and computer science. Miss Bates, a South Dartmouth resident. ranks fourth in her class with a 3.99 gq!de point average. Mrs. Grant. a Fall River resident.
teaches advanced placement biology and biochemistry and is senior class Advisor. In late September seniors participated in the College Awareness Program for Stang Seniors. The four-day program covered topics such as high school transcripts: college applications. recommendations and visits: and SATs. Also part of the program was a Senior Nuts and Bolts Night for the students' parents.
Administrators will launch a series of meetings with parents from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Oct. 19. "Coffee With ..... sessions will give parents the opportunity to discuss their concerns with principal Theresa Dougall and assistant principals Bob Zukowski and Sister Judith Dolloff. RSM.
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Bishop Connolly. Jonathan Bibeau of Somerset, a freshman at Bishop Connolly High School. Fall River, has been named a Massachusetts delegate to next summer's People to People Student Ambassador Program to Northern Europe: The 28-day program will begin with briefings at the George Washington University and tl'e U.S. State Department in Washington, DC, and will include visiti"g parliament at the House of Commons in London, the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Checkpoint Charlie and remnants of the Berlin Wall, the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw and Red Square and the Kremlin in Moscow. Two Connolly students were named commended students in the 1994 National Merit Scholarship Program. Sarah Thiboutot of Tiverton, RI, and Matth,.ew Tracy of Fall River will receive letters of commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for placing among the top five percent of the one million students who took the 1992 PSAT / National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
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Through a $10,000 city grant, Connolly has obtained an IBM compatible computer for student use in the library. The computer, complete with CD-ROM, modem and H P Desk Jet color printer is connected to the K-12 Ne:work, an international network of schools. Connolly also received 10 XT personal computers donated by Reed Exhibition Company of Newton. The school now seeks 8 compatible printer as well as an IBM compatible computer for the social studies department. Faculty, staff and administration have completed a self-study of the school in preparation'for this month's visit of the New E:lgland Association of Schools and Colleges accreditation team.
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Senior Joshua Campos of Portsmouth, RI, recently completed a six-week field ecology cot:rse at the Teton Science School in the Grand Teton Mountains ofWyoming. In three two-week sessions, he assisted in researching cottonwood regeneration for the national conservation group Nature Conservancy, backpacked to 13,000 feet in the Avsorka Mountains, and studied bald eagles, beavers and moose in research of the local ecology in Jackson, Wy. Campos counts among highlights of the experience the rare opportunity of encountering a mother moose teaching her young how to swim. "There's only a two or three week period during the year that they do this in the Snake River, when the water slows down," he said. "We were rafting down the river, and we were only five feet away from them, which is very dangerous. But they didn't attack us." The senior said the course "fortified my desire to be involved in the sciences," and he plans to major in biology in college. At Connolly, Campos is senior class treasurer and member of the spring track team.
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Coyle-Cassidy High School The Coyle and Cassidy community celebrated its opening of school liturgy at St. Ma.ry's Church, Taunton, where school liturgies will be held throughout the year. During the Mass, the school welcomed new chaplain Rev. Gerald P. Barnwell, who taught at Coyle and Cassidy :n the early '70s, and members of the new Leadership Assembly were commissioned. Michael Cote is coordinator of the Liturgy Committee, assisted by Carol Sypko, Sist4~r Mary EIi-· zabeth Murphy, Billllreen, Sister Ellen McCarthy, and iLucille Marchetti, director of music ministry at Coyle-Cassidy. Students in the junior class and selected members of the sophomore class will take the PSAT exam Oct. 12. All fn:shmen and the rest of the sophomores will be administered' the PACT exams, which monitor their progress at CC. Seniors will not attend school that day. The boys' and girls' cross coun-
try teams opened the season with a win over Bishop Stang. Senior Sean Flaherty won the boys' race, while sophomore Patricia Murphy took the girls' race. Both runners broke their own existing school records on the Raynham course. The Lady Warrior soccer team remains undefeated at 4 wins and 0 losses. Senior Karyn Bracken continues her scoring streak with II goals in the first four games. The boys' soccer team enjoyed a 2-1 come-from-behind triumph over league rival Somerset. Joe Falconeiri scored the tying goal, while sophomore Tom McGarry kicked in the game-winner with five minutes left. The football team, backed by the two touchdown, I 26-yard rushing performance of senior tailback Rich Lennon, knocked off Apponequet, 40-27, to boost their record to 2-0. Junior Josh Dion also went over the I DO-yard mark with 107 yards rushing. The team rushed for 395 yards and had 448 yards in total offense.
St. Mary's School Channel 12 meterologist Tony Petrarca visited grades 5 and 6 at St. Mary's School, Nt:w Bedford, Sept. 17. He' discussed weather prediction and hurricane tracking and answered students' questions. The classes presented him with a school sweatshirt and Catholic schools baseball cap which he displayed on his early weather report the following week. The school's year-opening Mass honored the parish's patroness Mary on her birthday Sept. 8. Pastor Father John Moore led students, faculty and pafl~nts in singing"Happy Birthday" and praying for Mary's blessings and guidance for the year. The pre-nursery program for three-year-olds is underway, directed by Mrs. Kathleen Desrosiers; parents and senior volunteers assist her. The morning sessions include religion, whole language activities, crafts and creations, music and movement, and motor skills. Students in grades 6 through 8 have begun French lessons in an expanded foreign language program directed by eighth grade teacher Jeanne MendE's. A newly-formed Parents' Advisory Committee comprised of par-
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Oct. 8,1993
ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO October devotions' 7 p.m. Tuesdays. CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN Bishop Feehan High School faculty day Oct. 8. WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Oct. 22-24 in Burlington and Nov. 19-21 in Burlington and in Newport, RI.lnformation: Dougand Michelle Houde, 672-0408, or Father John Foister, 674-5651.
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ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET Leo Canuel will conduct an evening of reflection for St. Patrick's Fellowship 7 p.m. Sunday; all welcome. CATHEDRAL, FR Exposition of Blessed Sacrament for Respect Lifc Month after 11:30 a.m. Mass each Sunday in October with prayers at 2 and 3 p. m.. Benediction at 4 p.m. CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE Persons wishing to join the Catholic Church through RCIA program should register with one of the parish priests by Oct. 18. CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, 'FR Meeting and reception for new members 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12, Holy Name School Hall, FR. Singer and comedienne Judy Borne will entertain. Reservations for Nov. 9 Bishop's Night dinner will be taken. SEPARATED/DIVORCED,NB Support group meeting 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 13, Family Life Center, N. Dartmouth; open discussion. D. of I., SOMERSET St. Patrick's Circle installation dinner 6 p.m. Oct. 13, Somerset Lodge. Reservations may be made with Lillian Lima. ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS RCIA program will begin this month; information: rectory. 2550170. St. Joan of-Arc and Visitation Guilds. in conjunction with SI. Vincent de Paul conference. have begun a "freeze a meal" program offering frozen meals to parishioners on an emergency basis. Information: Elizabeth Rewcastle. 255-8646; Alice Wolff. 255-7075.
SACRED HEART, FR Rosary and Benediction 7 p.m. Tuesdays in October. STAND, SOMERSET Somerset Teens Against Needless Death will collect baby food for Birthright at Masses this weekend at St. Thomas More and St. Patrick's churches, Somerst. O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Family retreat 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 23. parish center. conducted by Father Dick Landry,of LaSalette Center for Christian Living. Registration deadline Oct. II; applications at church doors. parish office and religious education center. CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, NB First meeting of season 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13. WamsuttaClub.NB. Magician Dennis Pimenta will entertain. CATHEDRAL SCHOOL REUNION, FR St. Mary's Cathedral School Class of 1943 reunion Oct. 17 with 5 p.m. Mass at Cathedral, 6:30 p.m. social hour and 7:30 p.m. dinner at McGovern's Restaurant. Committee members are Maureen O'Rourke, Veronica(Thomas) McConneel, Kathleen (Lawlor) Brooks, Edith (Del Donno) Arruda. LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Healing service with Brother Armand Binette, MS, 2 p.m., Sunday. Introduction to Centering. Prayer by Ethel Fraga and Karen Moran, members qf New England Faculty of Contemplative Outreach, 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Oct. 16; registration deadline Oct. II. Information: 222-5420. ST. PATRICK, FR Vincentians food collection this weekend. ST. STANISLAUS, FR Freedom from Chemical Depen.dency Foundation, Inc. of Needham will present a workshop for parents on keeping kids drug and alcohol free 7 p.m. Oct. 20.
ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Project Bread has presented parish Vincentians with a $2,000 gran~ ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FR Junior volunteer program is open to students ages 14-18 in grades 9-12.. Volunteers will work 3-5: 15 p.m. one day a week or 8-11 :45 a.m. Saturday. Information: 674-5741 ext. 2080; application deadline Oct. 22. Safe Sitter program for girls and boys ages 11-13 Oct. 19,21 and 23; information: 674-5600 ext. 2480. D. of I., ATTLEBORO Alcazaba Circle 65 Daughters of Isabella Mass II a.m., installation of officers 12:30 p.m. Oct. 17, Holy Ghost Church, Attleboro. Luncheon in church hall I: 15 p. m. O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER Signups for Loaves and Fishes ministry to feed the needy 10 to II a.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. Oct. 14. parish center. EMMAUS/GALILEE Monthly Galilee meetings will begin an hour earlier than previously. 6 to 9 p.m .. beginning Oct. 10.
Nun honored WASHINGTON (CNS) - A Puerto Rican nun was honored with the Hispanic Heritage Award along with recording star Gloria Estefan, professional golfer Juan "Chi Chi" Rodriguez, playwright Luis Santeiro and civil rights leader Raul Yzaguirre. Sister M. Isolina Ferre of Ponce, Puerto Rico, received the excellence in education honor at the recent Hispanic Heritage Awards in Washington. Sister Ferre, a Missionary Servant of the Most Blessed Trinity, is the founder of community service centers in Puerto Rico and the former director of a Brooklyn community center. The Centros Sister Isolina Ferre, named for her, offer youth services including' training, advocacy and rehabilitation programs.
KIDS ON shoulders were a large constituency at Sunday's Respect Life Walk. (Hickey photos)