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Hundreds hail Our Lady. of Fatima as Queen ofPeace

By DEACON JAMES N. DUNBAR ' FALL RIVER - Parishioners and 'clergy from' across the Fall River diocese prayed the rosary and sang hymns as they implored our Lady to spread her mantle of peace across the world, country, parishes, among family members,and in their own lives, during Monday night's annual, candlelight peace procession. , , After forming a pr~ssion at St Mary's Cathedral on Spring Street at dusk,the' marchers accompanied Bishop George W. Coleman and clergy and religious over city streets to St Anne's Church at Kennedy Park where the traditional Mass for Peace was celebrated at 7 p.m.

Bishop Coleman, th,e principal celebrant of the Mass, told the packed church with many standing, "As we gather to pray for peace, we cannot help but be aware of the ongoing conflicts that surround us ... in Iraq and Mghanistan ... Lebanon, Sudan ... and even this morning in North Korea ... where there is a potential threat of world peace," the latter referring the detonation of a nuclear device there.

"We pray that through the intercession of Our Lady of Fatima, that peace will reign in the hearts of men and women, that weapons be cast aside, that the indescribable suffering of millions of victims of war and conflict be brought to an end," he said.

"If peace is to reign in our world, then it must reign first in our hearts," the bishop said. 'There is no one who can,beUer guide us than our Blessed Mother Mary. There is no one who can better serve as our model than Mary, the Queen of Peace."

Quoting from the late Pope John Paul IT's letter declaring the rosary as the prayer for peace, Bishop Coleman said, "The rosary is by nature a prayer for peace, since it consists in the Turn to page seven-Peace

MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE - Several area religiousilicelebrated jubilee years at a recent Day of Recollection for Religious at St. Julie Billiart Church in North DartmOl!Jth. Front, from left: Holy Union Sister Ruth Curry, 60years; Holy Union Sister Rita Laprade, 70 years; Mercy Sister Marie Andre Guay, 60 years; and Sister of St. Dorothy Marie Isabel Franco, 70 years. Back row: Holy Union Sister M.ilElizabeth Murphy, 60 years; Bishop George W. Coleman, principal celebrant of the jubilee Mass; La SaletteFather Giles Ginest; Mercy Sister Rose Angela McLellan, 50 years; La Salette Father John P. Sullivan, guest speaker; and Mercy Sister Lourdette Harold, 60 years.

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CMA conference to ai~ how moral principles apply in medical practice Theme is "The Natural Moral Law: God's Gift to Humanity."

By DEACON JAMES N. DUNBAR

QUEEN OF PEACE - Altar-servers lead a statue of Our Lady of Fatima into St. Anne's Church, Fall River, as part of the annual diocesan march for peace on Monday. (Photo by Eric Rodrigues)

dration in the terminally ill, when to resuscitate, organ transBOSTON - When the Catholic Medical Association plants, and issues of daily living.

But they w;ilI all agree on one point - that God has given holds it 75th annual Educational Conference here October 26 through 29, dozens of speakers from different locales, all humanity,'created in his image and likeness, - a natural medical climates - and faiths - will explore some of the moral law; and while they have may have different oaths, including those of Islamic physicians, those oaths have their basic concepts in the ethics of medicine.

They will critically review :;;;tii• •11 common prigin in that law.

The three-day conference complex dissimilar issues ! at the Park Plaza Hotel and such as domestic violence, Towers mixes the pragmatic stem-cell research and and the spiritual. therapy, business and mediIt will include perpetual cine, contraception and the adoration, Masses - includmarital contract, the crisis in ing the annual White Mass the Church and adolescent males, physician-assisted Turn to page 18suicide, nutrition and dehy1i'f::J k~:'~J cJ Il::.:i;:}rd Etijitc!.l?i"iDciples to 1~1edki!1 Proc!lC() Conference

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Tide goes out on old Anchor masthead; Fresh, new look greets reamers this week FALL RIVER - A new-look Anchor arrives in subscribers' mailboxes this week. In an ongoing effort to keep the publication fresh, current, informative and appealing, the Anchor staff continually monitors what works best for Catholic newspapers across the country, and when advantageous, institutes changes in the Fall River diocesan paper.

"This is ollf 50th year of publication and we thought it was a time fOf a new masthead that would incorporate our paper's histor)r at the same time as we freshened the look," said Executive Editor Father Roger J. Landry.

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Vatican official: Deaths of refugees prompts more aid

By JOHN THAVIS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE VATICAN CITY - A Vatican official said the deaths of hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers in recent months should set off a "red light of alarm" and prompt more aid by the international commu°nity.

Archbishop Silvano Tomasi said funding should be increased for such humanitarian programs, particularly at a time when the global budget for weapons expenditures has grown to well over $1 trillion a year.

Archbishop Tomasi, the Vatican's representative to Geneva-based U.N. agencies, addressed a meeting of the executive committee ofthe U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees recently in Geneva. Archbishop Tomasi's office released a text of his statement.

"The hundreds of victims whose lives have been lost in recent weeks and months in their desperate search for a more secure and decent existence is a red light of alarm that in our globalized world the international community is failing to uphold its goals of solidarity and protect~on," he said.

"Around the world, through seas and deserts, people struggle to escape from war, from violation of their human rights, from famine," he said.

Across southern Europe's Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines, especially in Spain and Italy, several hundred people have drowned during the summer months as they tried to cross from African countries.

Last year, more than 400 migrants died crossing the southern border of the United States.

Archbishop Tomasi urged better protection, for asylum seekers, particularly those who have left Iraq. Today they are scattered throughout the Middle East, living on virtually no income and in a political limbo, he said.

Such migrants are particularly vulnerable, he said.

"Conflicts prevent them from returning and in the country of temporary residence their status is not well recognized; it is almost that of stateless persons," he said.

The archbishop said approximately 5.7 million of the world's nine million refugees are in protracted refugee situations. There are also 24 million internally displaced people today, he said.

"It has become obvious in the current discussions that more resources are called for," he said.

He cited a recent report of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, which said that from 1996 to 2005 military expenditures increased by 34 percent to more than $1.1 trillion per year.

The United States accounts for about 48 percent of total military spending, according to the institute.

"If international solidarity would add to its budget on aid to refugees a small proportion of the increase in arms expenses ... then a major step forward would be taken toward an adequate response to the pains of uprooted humanity," Archbishop Tomasi said.

He said funding was not sufficient in itself to solve the problems, however. Political will is required to prevent forced displacement tragedies, he said.

In the meantime, the archbishop encouraged steps to dismantle existing refugee camps through strategies of voluntary repatriation, local integration and resettlement.

He said resettlement should be reconsidered as an option in some locations where countries can "welcome a larger number of refugees anxious to start a new life in freedom and self-reliance." Resettlement can offer practical advantages for receiving countries where there is a scarcity of manpower for local economies, he said.

NO PLACE ELSE TO GO - Women and children sit on mattresses inside a school gym where hundreds of African immigrants camp after being evicted from squatter dwellings in Cachan, south of Paris.

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HAVING A BALL - Children play soccer in St. Peter's Square at the Vati,can before the weekly audience of Pope Benedict XVI in this file photo. The Catholic Church is seeking to promote Christian values in the world of sports. (CNS photo/Alessia Giuliani, Catholic Press Photo)

B'uilding winners: Vatican putting values back in sports VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The square in front of St. Peter's Basilica is vast, flat and wide-open. In fact, the nearest breakable window is farther than most people could lob a ball, so perhaps that's why it made the perfect venue for a basketball game played in the presence of Pope Pius xn in 1955.

The Vatican also ~rved as prime turf for a marathon bout of "ealcio storieo fiorentino;' the Florentine version of nearly ruleless soccer that looks more like rugby and wrestling combined. During the Renaissance, Pope Sixtus IV peeked out his studio window every now and then to see how the grueling match, which lasted from midmoming to dusk, was pro-

ceeding.

Though it's no longer likely pilgrims will see hoopsters shooting baskets or cleats digging into turf, that doesn't mean the Vatican has called a.timeout on sports.

•.•J Rather, the universal Church is even more dedicated to being a presence in the world's sports stadiums, on the tracks, and in the hearts and souls of today's athletes, supporting them and an ethical sporting ethos.

In an effort to help parents, coaches, athletes, schools, parishes and sports associations, the Vatican has published a book aimed at "rehumanizing" a sports world that tends to glorify winning at all costs to the detriment of players and spectators.

Titled ''The World ofSport Today: A Field of Christian Mission," the book was released in September by the Vatican's own new sports desk at the Pontifical Council for the Laity.

The special section was established in 2004 by Pope John Paul II as a way to help get the Church off the sidelines and onto the playing field, helping promote Christian values in today's sports.

The slim, 146-page paperback compiles speeches and proceedings from the Vatican's first international

seminar on sports held last November.

The seminar brought professional players, experts, sports fans and chaplains to talk about how the Church could better promote authentic human values and the Gospel message in the world of athletics.

The book starts off with a historical perspective, beginning with ancient Greece, whose pan-Hellenic games helped imbue sports with the values of equality, fratemity and fair play.

Other chapters look at how those values gradually eroded, giving way to lucrative economic interests that, according to the head ofthe Vatican's laity council, have robbed sports of its true nature.

In the book's preface, Archbishop Stanislaw Rylko wrote that sports today are in the hands of a powerful industry "which produces dreams of power and success in millions of individuals."

Sports has become a fast-growing business, now valued at $213 billion, wrote another seminar participant, Clark Power, associate director ofthe Center for Ethical Education at Indiana's University of Notre Dame.

The book points to a wide range of ills plaguing today's sports world, but it also dedicates several chapters to what the Church, Catholics and people of good will can do to tum

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sports back into what Archbishop Rylko called "a school of humanity, virtue and life."

Because ethical values are already at risk in many modem societies, healthy, human-centered sports can make a world of difference in steering kids away from an empty or marginalized future, wrote another contributor.

Sports, taught well and played right, have enormous potential in changing today's world by promoting peace and fraternity, many of the writers said.

They often quoted Pope John Paul - the skier, canoeist, hiker and goalkeeper- who said sports can answer today's needs.

The late pope said sports can free young people "from the snares of apathy and indifference," help free disadvantaged peoples and nations from poverty and help "eradicate intolerance" as people unite behind a common goal.

Sports, he said in his homily for the jubilee of sports in 2000, can enhance "love of life, teach sacrifice, respect and responsibility, leading to the full development of every human being."

The Vatican book on sports can be ordereddirectlyfrom the Pontifical Council for the Laity Publications Service, 00120 Vatican City.

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Fall River seminarian Jay Mello ordained a transitional deacon By

DEACON JAMES

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ROME - Jay Mello, a seminarian of the Fall River diocese completing his third year of theology at the Pontifical North Amer~can College here, was ordained a transitional deacon on October 5 in the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican.

Rev. Mr. Mello, who hails from SS. Peter and Paul Parish jn Fall River, was among 27 American and Australian seminarians o~dained by' Archbishop Edwin O'Brien, Archbishop of the Military Services for the U.S., and who is chairman of the board of governors for the North American College, the U.S. seminary in Rome.

An 18-member delegation that included clergy from the Fall River diocese as well as members of Rev. Mr. Mello's family, attended the ordination ceremonies, at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's.

During his homily, Archbishop O'Brien reminded the candidates "from your very beginnings, even before he formed you in the womb, God has taken great. interest in each of you. He had been gracing your heart, your soul and your whole self, toward the path of service. From this day forward, your whole identity and existence will be in service of others, in imitation of Christ."

The Rite of Ordination of Deacons exhorts the candidates to "receive the Gospel of Christ whose herald you now are. Believe what you read, teach what you believe and practice what you teach."

Deacon Mello completed his college years at the Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio.

Last summer he performed his field ministry at Christ the King Parish in Mashpee. In 2005 he ministered at Our Lady of Mt.

Carmel Parish in New Bedford.

When a local delegation went to Rome last March to witness former Fall River Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM, Cap., made a cardinal, Rev. Mr. Mello escorted its members on tours of St. Peter's including the lower levels that including the tombs of St. Peter and newly of former Pope John Paul H. Deacon Mello is slated to be ordained a priest in the Fall River diocese on July 7, 2007 at ceremonies in St. Mary's Cathedral in Fall River.

IN TRANSITION - Jay Mello, a seminarian of the Fall River diocese, shown here with then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, was recently ordained a transitional deacon in ~ome.

Restitution to begin of missing funds from two Cape parishes WOODS HOLE - Parishioners of St. Joseph Parish in Woods Hole and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Wellfleet were informed at Masses last weekend that the terms of the Fall River diocese's 2005 settlement with Father Bernard Kelly have been satisfied and that restitution of missing funds from both parishes would now be made.

On October 3, legal documentation were entered in the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds to finalize the sale of property owned by Father Kelly on which the Fall River diocese held a mortgage.

The mortgage was obtained in May 2005 to secure payment of Father Kelly's settlement with the diocese of its civil case against him to recover funds misappropriated from the two Cape parishes during his pastoral administration. .

Payment of the $1.3 million mortgage and subsequent interest provides for the restitution of sums taken from the parishes of St. Joseph and Our Lady .of Lourdes.

That interest has continued to accrue at a rate of eight percent as the property was marketed and a sale finalized.

The final total of principal and interest in the settlement is $1,445,884. In addition, Father Kelly also reimbursed the diocese an additional $72,991 to cover a significant portion of the legal and accounting expenses related to the case. The balance of those charges will be assumed by the diocese. No expenses from the investigation or legal disposition of this matter will

be incurred by either parish.

Detailed audits of the financial records of Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Joseph parishes were conducted by an independent accounting firm at the direction of Bishop George W. Coleman. The settlement reached with Father Kelly included restitution of all questionable disbursements at both parishes along with interest. Now that the diocese has received payment from Father Kelly, disbursements will be made to the parishes.

The satisfaction of the terms of the settlement closes the diocese's civil case against Father Kelly. It does not affect the state's criminal case against him.

"This day has been a long time coming," said Bishop Coleman in a statement from the diocese that was read to parishioners last weekend at both parishes. .

"I promised both parishes that the diocese would do whatever was necessary to recover the missing funds and I am very pleased that we are now able to do that," Bishop Coleman said.

"Of course, as important'as the resolution of our legal case is, I know it won't alleviate the hurt and disappointment which linger in the wake of this case. I continue to experience those same feelings," he noted.

"I want to assure St. Joseph and Our Lady of Lourdes parish communities of my continued prayers for healing and extend to them my heartfelt gratitude for their patience and abiding faithfulness through this difficult time," Bishop Coleman . stated.

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Proposal on chaplains' prayers could hurt military, archbishop asserts

By NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN CATHOLIC NEWS ,SERVICE

WASHINGTON - A congressional proposal that would have guaranteed the right of military chaplains to pray according to their conscience could also have had an "adverse effect on unit cohesion" and even result in a ban on all public prayer in the military, according to the head of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services.

Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien said in a letter to U.S. Catholic chaplains that a proposed amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act 0(2007 "would seek to impose a legislative mandate for military chaplains without considering the religious needs ofall military members."

"We believe this legislation may well result in less public prayer and marginalization of military chaplains," he added.

Although the House approved the mandate, the Senate did not. HouseSenate conferees agreed September 29 to replace the House language with a section overturning current Air Force and Navy regulations that restricted prayers specific to one faith at public military ceremonies.

Rep. ToddAkin, R-Mo., and sponsor ofthe proposed amendment, said that if he is re-elected he would introduce legislation that explicitly protects chaplains' rights to pray according to their conscience.

"While I would have liked stronger language protecting the religious freedom ofchaplains, this legislation is a first step forward in protecting the First Amendment rights of chaplains and all the men and women serving our country in the military," he said in a statement.

But Archbishop O'Brien said the legislation would have elevated "the so-called 'rights' of a military chaplain above those of the military and

its people." . "Our military is a pluralistic society that relies heavily on unit cohesion," he wrote. "When military chaplains, who are assigned as ~haplains for the entire unit, are called upon to deliver public prayer to mandatory attended gatherings, they are speaking with some form ofcommand sanction.

"This legislation would appear to give the 'right' to a chaplain to de. cide independently to use denomina- . .tional-specific prayer in any setting," Archbishop O'Brien路added. "To avoid the obvious adverse effect on unit cohesion that such activity would cause, it is entirely possible that commanders, who are ultimately responsible to protect the free exercise of religion 'for all their people, would decide to dispense with public prayer entirely. Our military would not be SAINTLY PROCESSION - Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., carrying a coffin well served by this.turn of events." with the remains of Blessed Mother Theodore Guerin j their order's foundress, lead a procession Archb~shop 0 'Brien said military through the Church of the Immaculate Conception October 3, Mother Theodore's feast day. In anticichaplains will continue to have the pation of her upcoming canonization October 15, her remains were transferred to a coffin built by right to pray as they see fit at volunSisters of Providence staff carpenters and placed adjacent to the altar to allow for better visitation and tarily attended worship services. prayer. Her remains had been entombed in the floor of the church. (CNS photo/Karen Callaway) The. military archdiocese "has long been an advocate for the constitutional rights of military chaplains to preach in accor~ce with their ~ligious convictions when preaching

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40 days traveling overland to open believed his prayer had been anCATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE The archdiocese."vigorously supa school for girls in Indiana, as well swered. But he didn't yet know how ported the efforts of Air Force chapCmCAGO - Providence Sis- as a bit about how saints are made. well. lains Father Vincent Rigdon and ter Marie Kevin Tighe took over in The next day, he noticed the From McCord, they learned a bit Rabbi David Kay in their litigation 1996 as promoter of the sainthood about humility and gratitude.. heaviness around his eye was gone, against the then-secretary of defense cause of Mother Theodore Guerin, McCord, a plain-spoken man, but he still could not see. Days later, (W"illiam 1. Perry) when these dedi- foundress of the Sisters of Provi- talked about the day he heard the he kept his appointment with an eye cated military chaplains were ordered dence of St: Mary-of-the-Wdods, organ in the church. He had lost the surgeon, and told the doctor he felt not to preach to their congregations Ind. ability to see more than light and better. The doctor looked, and then about legislation banning partial-birth It was 87 years after the cause shadows with his right eye, and it asked, "What did you do?" abortion," Archbishop O'Brien noted. was open~d and the Vatican had not and the area around it felt swollen "Nothing," McCord said. "I said ''We were most gratified when the yet accepted the first miracle attriba prayer." federal judge held impermissible the uted to Mother Theodore's interces"Well, you're better," the doctor military attempts to restrict or limit sion, the healing of Providence Sissaid. military chaplains who were perform- ter Mary Theodosia Mug in 1908.

The surgeon explained that some ing their duties as clergy conducting scar tissue from the cataract surgery Phil McCord, the director of favoluntarily attended. worship ser- cilities for the religious community was interfering with his vision, but vices," he added. said it was a minor matter that could in Indiana, didn't start working for be taken 路care of in his regular eye the sisters until 1997. He never doctor's office. thought he would need a miracle, "I am not special," McCord Two major events were in the but in 2000 he needed a corneal said.

"But something special hapWashington area: a youth and family transplant after suffering complicapened to me. As it was explained conference with the theme "To Build tions from cataract surgery. . 路to me, how I was chosen was that a Culture of Life" in the Diocese of The healing of McCord's eye.

I asked."

Ar~gton,Va, and an all-day prayer was accepted by the Vatican as the Providence Sister Marie Kevin vigil at the Basilica of the National second miracle attributed to Mother suggested the students also should Shrine ofthe Immaculate Conception Theodore's intercession, and the follow Mother Theodore's example in Washington. . foundress will be canonized in .

BLESSED MqTHER THEODORE GUERIN of holiness, citing that as the reaAnothermajorPro-Lifeeventtak- Rome on Sunday. In general, the son the Church formally recognizes ing place in Washington and around Church must confirm two miracles saints. and heavy. His doctors told him the the country was the American Life before sainthood is declared.

"The Church does this to remind League's second annual Pro-Life Sister Marie Kevin and McCord only cure was a corneal transplant.

Memorial Day opening day of the shared their stories in mid-Septem- an operation that is not always suc- all of us that we are called to holinew U.S. Supreme Court session. ber with the nearly 700 students at cessful and can have a recovery ness of life," she said. "That's why God created you ... to be holy, to By participating in the observance, Guerin College Preparatory High period of up to two years.

"I just said to God, 'I can't do be a saint is not to be strange or Pro-Lifers were paying "their re- School in RiverlGrove, in the Chispects to the estimated 47 million cago Archdiocese. It is the only this,''' recalled McCord, who was peculiar or odd. It is to-be who God babies lost through surgical abortion," high school operated by the congre- seeking the strength to have the made you to be."

The canonization of Mother said Erik Whittington, the league's gation. transplant surgery. "Then I thought director of youth outreach.

Led by teachers and staff wear- that I was in Mother Theodore's Theodore has led the students at "The innocent children who have ing T-shirts proclaiming "I'm fol- house, so I said, 'Mother Theodore, Guerin Prep to pay a little more atif you have any pull with God, tention to her life, according to the fallen victim to this American trag- lowing in the footsteps of a saint," four student representatives who edy have no voice of their own. It is the students learned路 a bit about the . please use it for me.'"

Ashe left the church, his spirits . will travel to Rome for the canoniour job to speak up for the babies," life of Mother Theodore, the French .

Whittington said in a statement. nun who endured 40 days at sea and rose and his heart felt lighter; he zation ceremony.

Prayer, fasting part ofRespect Life Month WASHINGTON (CNS)-Acoalition ofCatholic and other Christian organizations have mobilized a grassroots effort worldwide to pray and fast for life in October, which is Respect Life Month.

Respect Life Sunday October I was the first day of the 14th annual International Week of Prayer and Fasting to promote a culture of life.

The week's observance included prayer rallies and life chains, which ask people to line up by an abortion clinic to pray for an end to abortion.

During this month, the coalition asked people to participate as individuals, families and parishes by fasting, attending daily Mass and taking part in Holy Hours, going to confes. sion and reciting the rosary and the Divine Mercy chaplet.

'The goals are: the conversion of nations, an end to abortion and to build a culture of life," said the announcement. ,

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British cardinal condemns BBC for accusing pope of covering up abuse LONDON (CNS) - The presi- Church authorities have sought to seded by the 1983 Code of Canon dent ofthe Bishops' Conference of . discredit claims that the .1962 docu- Law and 2001 norms for dealing England and Wales condemned the ment was part of a scheme to cover with serious crimes involving the sacraments.

British Broadcasting Corp. fOf a up clergy sex abuse.

Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor documentary which accused Pope In 2003, the U.S. Conference of Benedict XVI of covering up priest Catholic Bishops' communications criticized the journalistic standards sex abuse against children. office said that the 1962 document of the BBC, saying he could not Cardinal Cormac Murphy- "has !to bearing on civil law. It does understand why the BBC did pot O'Connor of Westminster made a not forbid the civil reporting of civil contact the Church for "assistance formal complaint to the director- crimes." It added that the document in seeking accurate information."

"I must ask if within the BBC general of the BBC about the Oc- dealt with "eccle~iastical crimes tober 1 documentary. The docu- and punishments found in Church there is a persistent bias against the Catholic Church," he said. mentary claimed to reveal how the law."

"There will be many, not only pope issued a "secret Vatican edict" The 1962 document was superinstructing bishops to put the intereSts of the Church before the safety of children.

In an October 2 letter to Mark Thompson, the director-general and a Catholic, CardinaL MurphyO'Connor expressed the "enormous distress and alarm of the Catholic community" at the decision made by the publicly funded Nutritious food, a good e~ucation, clothes and medical"care, broadcaster to show the documentary called "Sex Crimes and the children need these essential things to grow \1Od reach their Vatican." potential. They also need love, encouragement and hope, gifts of The documentary said that in / the heart.

2001 Pope Benedict, who was then When you sponsor through Christian Foundation for Children Cardinal Josep'h Ratzinger and the and Aging, you give your support and your heart to a child, youth head of the doctrinal congregation, issued an updated version of a 1962 or aging person in a developing country. Your sponsored friend Vatican document, titled "Crimen will benefit from the chance to overcome the obstacles of poverty . Sol/icitationis" ("The Crime of and from the knowledge that someone cares.

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Make a difference in the life of a child, youth or aging person by However, he said, the BBC documentary "sets out to inflict bec~ming a sponsor today. Simply complete the form helow and grave damage on Pope Benedict." mail it to CFCA, call us toll-free at (800) 875-6564 or sponsor . "The main focus of the program onune at www.cfcausa.org. is to seek to connect Pope Benedict with (the) cover-up of child abuse in the Catholic Church," the cardinal said. "This is malicious and untrue and bas.edon a false presentation of Church documents."

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Catholics, who will wonder if the documents and "uses them quite BBC is any longer w\1ling to be misleadingly in order to connect the truly objective in som~ of its pre- horrors of child abuse to the persentations," thecarqinal said. son of the pope."

"What a ·pity if the respect in which "The first document, issued in the BBC is held worldwide ·were to 1962, is not directly concerned be seriously undermined by the bias with child abuse at all but with the and lack of integrity shown in the misuse of the confessional," he decision to broadcast,:a program said. "The second document clarisuch as this."

'I fied the law of the Church, ensurThe cardinal's remarks came a ing that the Vatican is informed of day after Archbishdp Vincent every case of child abuse and that Nichols of Birmingharh, England, each case is dealt with properly ... criticized the documentary as an .it is a measure of the seriousness "unwarranted" and "d~eply preju- with which the Vatican views these diced attack on a revered world re- offenses." ligious leader."

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Cyberspatial evangelization When Cardinal Sean O'Malley went to.Rome a couple of weeks ago to take possession of his titular church, the munificent ISO-seat Santa Maria della Vittoria, little did he realize that he would be preaching to a congregation of three million people.

He had decided, prior to going to Italy, to try his hand at this relatively' new phenomenon of a Web log, which is an on-line journal full of fIrsthand impressions and photographs. During his March trip to Rome to receive his red hat, the blog of the religion reporter for the Boston Globe was so popular, and allowed so many people in Massachusetts to follow the events as if they were there, that the Cardinal decided to give this format a try on his return trip to take possession of the church of which Benedict had given him custody.

The response overwhelmed even the highest initial expectations; News of its creation was covered by Katie Couric on the CBS Evening News and was mentioned in thousands of newspapers arid tens of thousands of Websites across the globe. In its first week of existence, three million people visited the site to read the cardinal's impressions about Padre Pio, St. Peter's Basilica, his visits to the tombs of various saints, Roman restaurants, to read his homilies, and to view stunning photographs of each shrine and event. .

Because .of the mammoth interest, the cardinal aecided upon his return to Boston to continue cardinalseansblog.org with an entry every Friday. In his first domestic posting, he gave a sense of his new cyberspace style. He answered some ofthe many questions - some curious, some pastorat - made to him in the first week of the blog, and did so in a tone and with a wisdom that is sure to attract many others to the site.

The whole experience ofthe enormous success of Cardinal O'Malley's blog should leave the leaders of the ChurSh - bishops, priests, religious and laity - with Pentecost-like enthusiasm. Blogs and Web pages are the new virtual pulpitS from which one can "teach all nations" almost at once.

The Internet is the new Areopagus, where the evangelization of modem man needs to occur.

Seventy-three' percent of adults in the United States now use the internet each day, and .the Church has the mission to meet them where they are at. For young adults, like the 88 percent of 18-29 year-olds who daily use the Web, and many of whom are still waiting to be effectively' evangelized, there is perhaps no more efficient means of reachirig them.

There is already a substantial presence of C~tholics and the Catholic Church on the Web. From the official Vatican site, to thousands of apologetic pages giving answers tocommonly asked questions about the faith, to resource sites where Catholics can read for free spiritual classics or Church documents, to homily sites, to blogs where priests, religious and lay people can assist aiJ.d inspire each other on their pilgrimages of faith, to the Web pages that more than 50-percent of parishes in the United States now have, there is much nourishment fo~ Catholics· and for those whom God might be calling to become Catholics.

But to a large degree one thing notably has been missing, which may partially explain the astounding reception given to Cardinal O'Malley's blog: the direct, interactive presence of the Church's leaders. Ih aD age in which authority is·suspected more than respected, when trust needs to be earned rather than presumed, when people believe sOIQething only after scrutinizing the credibility of the one giving the testimony, there has been an enormous and unsatisfied hunger of Catholics of strong and weak faith both to get to know their shepherds. They want to hear from the shepherd's mouth the reason for the hope that is within him. They want to be able to evaluate whether he is a lJ.lan of God.or a politician or businessman. They want to be inspired by him and through him to begin to believe in the holiness ofthe Church again after some very difficult years. They want to get to know him personally, without Mass vestments, to see him up close, to have the possibility to ask him some questions that have been bugging them for years. They want to see how he looks upon and responds to the ordinary things of daily life.

Of course, these desires~e impossible to fulfIll one-on-one with every· Catholic, but instruments like a blog can bring millions close to that experience and knowledge, all at the same time.

In his 2001 message for the 35th World Communications Day, Pope John Paul II, no stranger to putting out into the deep, said that the Internet "offers unique opportunities for proclaiming the saving truth of Christ to the whole .human family. Consider ... the positive capacities of the Internet to carry religious information an9 teaching beyond all barriers and frontiers. Such a wide audience would have been beyond the wildest imaginings of those who preached the Gospel before us ... Catholics should not be afraid to throw open the doors of social communications to Christ, so that his Good News may _be heard from the housetops of the world."

Cardinal O'Malley has· courageously climbed' up on the roof. Let's join him.

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A weekend of grace Last weekend was one of the most joyful times in my life as a priest. On Saturday, I celebrated Mass with a couple who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, at which they renewed their marriage vows. On the following day, I celebrated a wedding Mass, and witnessed a ,faithful young man and woman take the same vows, and enter into the holy mystery of their marriage.

Both celebrations . were inspirational moments for m¥, primarily because of the faithfulness of each of the couples - their faithfulness to each other, and their faiihfulness to God. For 50 years, the. first couple has honored and remained faithful to their vows, as a result of remaining faithful to Christ. They have lived their married life as part of their commitment to Christ. .With confidence, I could trust that the same will be true for the, second couple, who approached' the sacrament of marriage properly, respectful of God's moral laws, and with deep faith and reverence for the life-long commitment to which they were pledgmg themselves. They understand and believe that their faith in Christ is not part of their marriage, but rather, their marriage is part of their faith in Christ.

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his wife. At the wedding, I held. back my own tears, as the young groom became choked with emotion as he stated his vows, so moved was he by his love for his , bride and by the solemnity and significance of the mOQ1ent.

Watching these faithful men love and respect their wives inspired and motivated me to love my . spouse, the Church, with the same intensity and devotion.

Both of these marriage celebrations also caused me to reflect on how God uses faithful marriages in his plan of salvation. Faithful marriages teach others about integrity, sacrifice . and persevenuice. The fidelity of a husband and wife to their' marriage vows often reminds . and inspires others to honor . their own sacred, life-long vows and promises. And, ultimately, God uses faithful marriages to remind the world of his own fidelity and his pledge',gf support to those who are faithful to him.

As the. Church teaches, when Christ encounters Christian spouses in the sacrament of matrit:Jlony, he "dwells with them, gives them the strength to take up their crosses and to follow him, to

rise again after they have fallen,~ to forgive one another, to bear one another's burdens, to 'be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ,' and to love one another with supernatural, tender, and fruitful love" ("Catechism of the Catholic Church," No. 1642).

When a man and a woman pledge themselves to each other in marriage and then honor their vows, the world becomes a better place, because God has a . new instrument in his plan of salvation. With a faithful marriage, God can remind others about what is decent and honorable, and what can happen when souls accept and cooperate with the power of his grace.

Witnessing this wedding and the renewal of marriage vows made 50 years ago stirred in my tteart deep gratitude to God for my ordination and my share in the priesthood of Christ. During each celebration, I was reminded that it was for moments such as these that I was ordained. It was a wee\cend with powerful reminders of how God motivates and inspires us, and of the great things that can happen when people remain faithful to God and to each other. For me, and for all who attended each of these events, it was truly a weekend of grace.

Father Pignato is chaplain at Bishop Stang High School in North Dartmouth and is secretary to Bishop George W. Coleman.

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A raw egg, a spittoon, and soapies soap operas, they come looking As a lad I never really got into for me - and they know right the soap opera scene. Even \yhen where I live: on the baseball field, "Dark Shadows" was all the rage, the gridiron, a fresh sheet of ice, I would much rather have been the hardwood and any other playing or watching just about sports venue you can imagine. any sport.

Yep, the soapies have infiltrated But, that's not to say that those my world. who enjoy the soapies are weird, My wife, like my pepere Ernie, in fact I suspect more folks watch them than don't.

I recall my pepere Ernie, a great Boston sports fan, was also a soapie fan. I would pop into his house to read the sports page of the Boston Record American when he was finished with it.

Often times he'd be in his only watches a couple of them, rocking chair, beside his spittoon, but I can't count the times that nursing a bottle of Boh beer, I've told her, "Didn't you see that sometimes with a raw egg deposited inside. (Don't try this at scene two weeks ago?"

Well, now she legitimately home ... although he lived well. asks me the same question when into his 80s.) And what was he watching on the big old black and I'm watching sports, evidenced by the following plot lines: white set? Soapies.

Is Manny coming back next My lack of interest in soapies carried into my adult life. Frankly, season?

Manny being Manny.

I can't tell the difference from one Will A-Rod ever find happito the next. But again, it's only ness in the Big Apple? because I'm not interested.

Will A-Rod play for the Yet, there's an ironic twist to .Yankees next season? all of this. Try as I may to avoid

Did T.O. try to kill himself?

How long will Drew Bledsoe put up with T.O.'s ranting and raving on the sidelines?

How long will Bill Parcells put up with T.O.'s ranting and raving on the sidelines?

How long will Cowboy offensive linemen put up with T.O.'s ranting and raving on the sidelines before blowing a fuse?

Who will be the next Cincinnati Bengal to be arrested? And for what?

Did Roger Clemens take steroids?

Will Joe Torre be fired?

How can a player step on a foe's face and get suspended for only five games?

Hmmm. You know something? My wife's right. She could sit with me and watch any game, in any sport, on any day, and the same story lines crop up.

Wow, I. do like soapies after all.

Pepere Ernie, the only thing missing is a spittoon, a bottle of Boh, and a raw egg.

Comments are welcome at davejolivet@anchornews.org.

Our Lady of Fatima to Sister Lucia, Blessed Jacinta and Blessed Francisco July 13, 1917 "I shall come to ask fbr the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart, and the Communion of Reparation on the First Saturdays. If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace. If not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecution~ of the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will hav~ much to suffer, various nations will be annihilated. In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, and she will be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world. In Portugal, the dogma of the Faith1will always be preserved, etc."

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contemplation of Christ, the Prince 'of Peace, the one who is 'our peace,'" (Eph 2:14).

Bishop Coleman, who spoke in English and Portuguese, also urged Catholics to "encounter Jesus in the Blessed Eucharist, go to adore him in the churches, kneeling before the tabernacle: Jesus will fill you with his love and will reveal to you the thoughts of his heart." .

Hundreds who gathered along the procession's route blessed themselves as the statue of Our Lady of Fatima, carried by men from Espirito Santo Parish, passed by.

When the statue entered St. Anne's it was greeted with thunderous applause. It was enshrined before the altar in St. Anne's and the rosary was recited in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Polish prior to the Mass.

A choir from Espirito Santo Parish sang the Mass, most of which was

in Portuguese. Deacon Thomas J. Souza of that parish led the singing.

One of those in the procession was 80-year-old Thelma Gouveia of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in New Bedford.

"I have been in this proce~sion for many years now, but this is the first time I came in the parish bus," she said. "I usually park my car at St. Anne's and walk here to the cathedral and march back to St. Anne's," she added. "lowe this to God and Out Lady of Fatima and I am paying her back for her help and all the graces her Son haS bestowed on me. TheVrrgin Mary will save our world, I'm sure ofthat," Gouveia told The Anchor.

Deacon Albertino Tires of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parish in New Bedford, one of several deacons who took part, and whQ was one of the two deacons of the Mass, said "We need to pray for

peace more now than ever, with so little peace in the world right now.

Without peace there is no happiness . .. either in the world or in our lives and families. At the same time we all have to try to bring peace into everything we do as well."

Joanne Nolette, a member of the Holy Rosary Sodality at St. Anthony's Parish in Taunton, said she and her colleagues came "To honor our Lady and to ask for peace: With so much war and trouble across the world we really need to beg for her help ... her peace in all the phases of our lives too."

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The power of the Word of God "I prayed, and prudence was given me; I pleaded, and the spirit of wisdom came to me" (Wis. 7:7).

This is how our Scriptures begin this week. Attributed to Solomon, the author is explaining his prayer for divine wisdom a.'1d its result. If we were to do a study involving all of Scripture, Old and New Testament, we would find out that etemal wisdom, personified in feminine form in this Book of the Bible, is not an idea or concept or even a virtue. It is in .fact a person - specifically, the second person of the Trinity, our Lord Jesus Christ.

So the first thing we must notice is that wisdom is both the result of an encounter with Jesus Christ who is the Eternal Word of God -living and effective (cf.

Heb 4:12 ~ first verse of our second Reading) and his very person.

The second thing we must notice is that this prayer was answered - wisdom was given.

The third thing we must notice by the experience of encountering is that: our Lord And if we truly want to (1) Our Lord greatly desires to follow after him, we must be grant this prayer; "Jesus, looking at willing to let go of anything that him, loved him..." (Mk: 10:21); will weigh or slow us down. He desires our single-mindedness. He and, (2) We are free to choose. We will give more than everything that do not have to seek, ask, or accept we could possibly need. But, if we this gift. " ... and said to him, 'You are lacking in one thing. Go, sell what mily of the ee you have, and give to the 28th Sunday in poor and you will have "---Ordinary Time treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.' At that

By Fattier statement his face fell, Michael Fitzpatrick and he went away sad, for he had many possessions" (Mk: 10:21, 22). want to follow him more proBut why, how could this foundly, more deeply, we cannot remain as we are - no matter how obviously good young man "go away sad"? It was because even good and holy we may in fact though we are free to choose, the already be. . gift is not free. More properly, it is How do we encounter our Lord free, we do not, and cannot in this way? He is the Word. Come purchase it, but there are conseto him there. His power flows forth right into our souls every time we quences to the choice. We cannot listen to the Readings at Mass; expect that we will not be changed

every time we truly engage in the prayers and songs of all our forms of liturgical worship; even every time we open a Bible. This is why the Prophet Isaiah says: "So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; It shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it (Is 55:11).

This is why the author of the Letter to the Hebrews says in today's second Reading: 'The word of God is living and effective, sharper than any twoedged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart" (Reb 4:12). This is why the Fathers ofVatican IT'said in their document on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum literally, the Word of God): "In the sacred books, the Father who is in heaven meets his children with great love and speaks with them;

and the force and power in the Word of God is so great that it stands as the support and energy of the Church, the strength of faith for her sons, the food of the soul, the pure and everlasting source of spiritual life" (DV 2'1 ).

So, do you desire the power of the Word of God in your life? Do you desire to know wisdom? The Lord desires to give this more than any of us can know. What are you willing to give up to be able to receive it? We do not know what happened to the "rich young man." .Just because he went away sad does not mean he went to hell, but he did refuse a great gift that Jesus wanted to give him - the calling that our Lord issued to him. Maybe he would have been numbered among the Apostles, maybe one of the greatest saints who ever lived.

Who is the Lord calling you to be?

What are you willing to give?

Father Fitrpatrkk is a parochial vicar at 51. Mary's Parish in Mansfield.

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Mon, Oct 16, Gal 4:22-24,26-27,31-5:1; Ps 113:1-7; Lk 11:29-32. Tues, OcU7, GaI5:1-6; Ps 119:41,43-45,47-48; Lk 11:37-41. Wed, OcUS, Luke, Evangelist, 2 Tm 4:1O-17b; Ps 145:1O-13ab,1718; Lk 1O:1~9. Thurs, Oct 19, Eph 1:1-10; Ps 98:1-6; Lk 11:47-54. Fri, Oct 20, Eph 1:1-10; Ps 98:1-6; Lk 11:47-54

John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Islam Throughout the recent controversy over Pope Benedict XVI's remarks on faith and reason at Regensburg University, attempts have been made to drive a wedge between Benedict and his papal predecessor.

The Arabic satellite TV network, Al-Jazeera, for example, ran a series of cartoons featuring a John Paul-figure releasing peaceful doves; the doves are then shot down by Benedict from the roof of the Bernini colonnades surrounding St. Peter's. The last images in the series have John

Paul weeping, head in hands, while Benedict, holding a smoking shotgun, ~mirks. All of which is silly and vulgar, of course. But it isn't that far from the views expressed by some Catholics, lamenting what they allege to be the drastic difference between Wojtyla's and Ratzinger's views of Islam.

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the same plane" as Catholicism? ogy of Islam is very distant from Hardly. Here, again, is the Christianity." , In other words, there isn't a authentic voice of John Paul IT, from "Crossing the Threshold of millimeter of difference between Hope": John Paul IT's substantive "Whoever knows the evaluation of Islam and Benedict Old and New TestaXVI's. John Paul II was a master ments, and then reads of the public gesture; but to read the Koran, clearly sees from his public gestures of the process by which it respect for Islamic piety an completely reduces agreement with Islam's underdivine Revelation. It is standing of God, man, and moral impossible not to note obligation is to make a grave the movement away mistake. John Paul II would have from what God said about completely agreed with Benedict and the human future. As such, it himself, first in the Old Testament XVI's critique, at Regensburg, of has a special claim on our ' through the prophets, and then a theology that reduces God to attention as an expression of , finally in the New Testament pure will, a remote dictator who Karol Wojtyla's views, which through his Son. In Islam, all the can command the irrational, like were honed by an acute intellirichness of God's self-revelation, the murder of innocents, if he gence and a long experience of which constitutes the heritage of ,chooses. And, like Benedict XVI, the world. One section of the Old and New Testaments, has John Paul II knew that such "Threshold" is devoted to Islam; misconceptions can have'lethal definitely been set aside. in it, John Paql expressed his "Some of the most beautiful public consequences, because all respect for "the religiosity of names in the human language are the great questions of the human Muslims" and his admiration for to the God of the Koran, but given condition, including political their "fidelity to prayer." As the He is ultimately a God outside of questions, are ultimately theolate pope put it, "The image of the world, a God who is only logical. believers in Allah who, without Majesty, never Emmanuel, God Benedict XVI bears the burden caring about time or place, fall to with us. Islam is not a religion of of the papacy at a historical their knees and immerse themredemption. There is no room for moment in which religiouslyselves in prayer remains a model warranted irrationality is a lethal for all those who invoke the true , the Cross and the Resurrection.

Jesus is mentioned, but only as a threat to the future of civilization.

God, in particular for those prophet who prepares for the last He and his predecessor have the Christians who, having deserted prophet, Muhammad.

There is view of the sources of that same their magnificent cathedrals, pray .also mention of Mary, His Virgin irrationality. only a little or not at all."

Mother, but the tragedy of George Weigel is a senior But do these expressions of redemption is completely absent. fellow ofthe Ethics and Public respect suggest, as NPR's Sylvia Policy Center in Washington, Poggioli did, that, unlike Benedict For this reason not only the theology but also the anthropolD.C. XVI, John Paul IT put Islam "on

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The harvest of souls Saturday 7 October 2006 Sukkoth (Jewish observance), the nine-day celebration ofthe harvest and the end of40 years of desert wandering The feasts and seasons of the Church year coincide with the natural year. Who knew? In the fall, everyone looks to the harvest - so does the Church. While people are celebrating the harvest of the earth, Catholics are also celebrating the harvest of heaven. We begin on the solemnity of the Assumption. The Blessed Mother is the first to be gathered-in to God. On St. Bartholomew Day, August 23, comes the first chill. "St. Bartholomew brings the cold dew," our ancestors once said. On August 26, Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist, the epochs of the Old Testament are brought to fulfillment. On September 14, feast of

the Holy Cross, we lift high the cross against the encroaching darkness. Traditionally, the farmer's harvest is completed by

September 29, feast of the Archangels. The season of spiritual harvest reaches a crescendo in the first days of November, All Saints and All Souls. On Martinmas, November 11, the herds are brought down from high pasture.

After St. Martin's feast, the wheel turns towards the dark half of the year and towards the longest night - Christmas.

We held our parish harvest

festival at the a.utumnal equinox, the day of perfect balance between hours of light and darkness. It began on a Friday night with an outdoor dance. The middle school kids came from miles around.

All day Saturday, delicious aromas came from our food pavilion.

The menu was extensive.

Like any army, this is a church that runs on its stomach.

All entertainment was free: a clown, a magician, a reptile show, featuring an alligator and a boa constrictor, a dance school perfonnance, a karate demonstration, and the local high school chorus. They're better than any college group I know. The Really Big Show, as Ed Sullivan used to say, was Assonet Idol. There were 13 contestants. Everyone applauded each other's talents. The

Show-don't-tell Catholic parenting I am a strong believer In the principle that children learn more from their parents' actions than from their parents' words.

It's a principle that I call "Showdon't-tell Catholic parenting."

Last year I had an experience that drove home the truth of this principle. On the way to a high school football game, I had to drive through an unfamiliar region of Southern Massachusetts. With directions in hand, I approached a busy, five-way intersection and took a guess as to in which lane I should be in order to go straight. I guessed incorrectly and ended up in a left-tum-only lane. I stayed in the wrong lane with my blinker on and readied myself to jump the green light and get in the correct lane. I accomplished this feat successfully and endured only a few outraged honks.

Truthfully, it was such a minor happening in the big picture of my life that I forgot about it as soon as it was over.

Then one day, about six months later, I was driving a carpool when one of the teens in the car mentioned seeing me at that football game.

"Oh," I said to this teen-aged friend, "I don't remember seeing you there."

"No," this friend answered, "I drove with a different friend, but we got lost because of you.'.: "What?" I quipped back, not sure how this could be true.

"Well," this friend began, "the friend who gave me a ride

did not have very good directions, but on the way there I saw' your car and told her to follow you because you would know the way. But, when we got to that big intersection, you remember, the one with the five different streets? Well, we had to turn left when you cut off those cars and went ~traight. It was

pretty dark by the time we found our way back to the gaDle." "We remember that," my own' children chimed in as bells started ringing in my head, and Ii humbly said, "Ab, yes. That intersection. Now I remember."

I hadn't meant to mislead these teens. I was more than 50 miles from home and not even aware that they were following~, me. But they were, and they got lost because of me.

After apologizing to this friend, three principles of showdon't-tell-Catholic-parenting were embossed on my mind: First, even when we don't know it, our children - and perhaps their friends -"'" are watching us,,.

Second, even if we are miles away from home, alone, or unseen, there is no suchtliing as taking a vacation from being Catholic. Third and most importantly ~ and so much more significant than showing

them the way to a football game chilcl:ten are depending on uS to show, not just to tell, them the way to our Father in heaven.

In John 14:6-9 Jesus tells his disciples about the way to the Father, "1 am'the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

If you"'really knew me, you wotlld know my Fathe~as well. Anyone whoiras seen me has seen the Father." Like Jesu~. with his disciples, it is tbtough us that our chilcl:ten first come to know what God is like.

Without a doubt, show-don't-tell-Catholicparenting is an enormous undertaking. We need God's help to do it. With God's help we can beginto see that how we talk to one another, what we watch on TV or at the movies, how.we usetl;1y IntetI'iet, and who we associate with when we are not at home: all of these things affect who we are and how clearly or how faintly God's face is seen through our own. With Goofs help, we must strive to be people of integnty. We must strive to behave in the,same way when we are'{~Way from our fantilies as we do when we are wit.l1,them. And, yes, even when we drivip.g,. we must show outselvesto:be truly Catholic.

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She and her husband raise theirjive, children in Falmouth.

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last perfonnance waited until dark.

Two dancers gracefully leapt about, deftly spinning flaming pots in an aboriginal New Zealand art fonn. Although it was well past bedtime for our little on~s, they watched with eyes wide-open.

There were other home-spun contests: the hot dog eating contest, a teen-age boy won, not surprisingly; he was proclaimed "Top Dog" and received $100, if he agreed to wear a giant wiener hat, and the pie eating contest for the wee ones. No hands allowed, the kids were covered in whipped cream from head to toe. Everyone one who entered was a winner, of course. There was also an apple pie baking contest. At the last minute, the festival organizers were looking for me to serve as judge. They couldn't find me. I Was emptying the garbkge cans. I would much rather have been scoffing pies.

There were crafters I'tables, horse-drawn hay rides, face painting, games, home,baked goods, and a farmer's market.

There was an Arabic-speaking Palestinian with olivewood religious carvings mad~ by the Christian families of B,ethlehem.

Our invited Jewish friends I' couldn't make it. They were at Temple celebrating Rosh Hashanah. Our Wamplploag friends somehow got lost in the woods. Go figure.

Sunday Noon brought our first-ever "Discover Assonet Road Race," with 72 official runners and walkers of all ages. There was one illegal entry (I was No. 73), who just sat there in a rocking chair, accompanied by three retired champions. The greyhounds thoroughly enjoyed watching the humans run instead of the other way around. The dogs I

thought it was a howl.

The banquet followed the race.

It was served under the big tent.

The meal itself was called "Chicken, Steak and Chocolate Cake." That was also the menu.

Meanwhile, on stage, an oldies rock and roll band perfonned.

I spent most of the festival days on the fairground, observing.

I saw volunteers everywhere, working enthusiastically in the service of this faith community.

There were many new faces in their ranks. I saw lots of tiny tots in strollers. I saw young families.

I saw middle school kids knocking themselves out on the inflatable jumpy rides. I saw teenagers in droves. "Be there or be square." I saw middle-agers and I saw old timers and several people in wheelchairs, one of whom, nursing home patient Bob Riley, was my houseguest for the weekend. People were enjoying themselves and each other. The church steeple loomed over it all.

I've been out working in the Lord's Vrneyard for 34 years. The task isn't always easy, but there are .moments when you just know the work is bearing fruit. The Harvest Festival was for me one of those graced moments. This, thought I, is what it means to be called "Church." This is what happens when there is no favoritism, no cliques, and no pretensions only ordinary people of faith and good-will worshipping and working together until the Kingdomcomes.

God's harvest is a harvest of souls.

Father Goldrick is pastor of St. Bernard Parish, Assonet.

Comments are welcome at StBernardAssonet@aol.com.

Previous columns are at www.StBernardAssonet.org.

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Barbara Dunn enjoys promoting vocations

By MIKE GORDON, ANCHOR STAFF

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·SOMERSEf - Msgr. Edmund 1. Fitzgerald has been pastor at St Thomas More Parish for a few months, but he is already seeing the impact that long time parishioner BarlJara Dunn continues to make and why she was named The Anclwr's Person of the Week.

"I'm thankful for the work of BarlJara Dunn," said Msgr. Fitzgerald. ~'She is making a difference at our parish with the work she does raising awareness about vocations. She brings to mind that we must - -~'- .., .;. -<':J?~,-/.;.~;~~~.~. all pray for vocations and that's wonderful."

When she first heard that she had been nominated, Dunn said she was "surprised," but honored to be thought of in such a way.

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she was staying was 40 miles away. '''That's when I first really started praying for vocations:' she said "I didn't want people to go without Mass."

She attends daily Mass most days.

Another project she helped initiate at the parish is the 31 Oub. For each of the 31 days in October people sign up for a day on which they will pray for priestly vocations. The response was overwhelming and they had more than 100 people sign up.

"I love my parc1.~;~: ish:¥ said Dunn. "We have such wonderful people there."

Dunn worked for New England Telephone, now Verizon, from 1945-1985 where she eventually became a manager.

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ago and I've been how to live a Chrishelping to promote and pray for vocations ever since," tian life as a lay person and bring Christ into all aspects said Dunn. of life. "We strive to make Christ more prominent in It wasn't something that she was planning on do- our lives," she said ing, but it worked out that way. A visiting nun gave a She meets weekly with several other women who preSentation and later asked for people who were inter- are membt;rs of the group and they share stories and ested in starting a vocation awareness team to stay. ~. . read the Bible. "We study and share stories and ask one she looked arolJ11.d at the end of the meeting, she was anotlier:How did you bring people closer to Christ this the oniy oneleft. . ,. . week? It's had ivery positive impact on my life and "I enjoy encouraging others to pray for vocations '. has been a source of challenge and support" and it's ~ a wonderfulleaming experience for me:" ,. Dunn als() taught Religious Education for many she said "I'm very happy with what I do. When·you years and has served as a lector and extraordinary .follow the will of God, that's what happens." .. minister of holy Communion. She was also diocFor many years, the program at St Th()mas More esan .se'cr~tary for the Cursillo movement for a Parish was the only one of its kind ~the diocese, .but ntimber of years. now there are more thanks to Dunn's efforts. She's ' ,. She currently trains and is coordinator oflectors traveled throughout the diocese to address parish gro-SJs and extraordinary ministers ofCommunion at the parand.spread the word about how to start up a vociiflon ish arid has been doing so for 22 years. teani:and to give ideas to those who are interested .. But that's not all. Dunn also keeps up on current . "I've enjoyed it," declared Dunn. "I'm good ,at or- events that involve the Catholic Church like abortion ianizing peOple arid we're lucky that in our &roUP we and gay niarriage, writing to her-congressmen and rephave many talented peOple working together." resentatives frequently.

Each third ThurSday of the month at 7 p.m., the "I enjoy that. Ilove being involved in current events. . parish holds a hoi), bPUI for vocations consisting of I always think thai if good people don't do anything, prayer and music. The team also writes notes of en- then bad things happen."

Dunn traveled a great deal when she was younger couragemeilt to seminarians and diocesan priests. , "We get a lot ofenjoyment out ofthat and hear a lot and some of her favorite places included Italy and the of positive things back-from the seminarians." ~Rockies: "We felt the presence of God in all Dunn believes that one ofthe reasons why there is a that beauty." shortage ofpriests is not enough people are being asked When she's not working to promote vocations she to say yes to the priesthood. ''No one is asking young enjoys doing aerobics·atthe YMCA and reading at the people to answer the call. They need encouragement," beach during the summer.

SubmiJ nominations for Person of the Week to said Dunn.

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POWERFUL POSSESSION - Pope John Paul II holds up a rosary during a procession at the Marian shrine in Lourdes, France, in 2004. (eNS file photo from Reuters)

Monthly rosary devotions planned by Cape parish

By MIKE GORDON,

ANCHOR STAFF

Jesus and make a difference."

EAST FALMOUTH - First John Paul II suggested that one Saturday devotions, sponsored by can contemplate with a questioning the Knights of Columbus Council look when things do not make No. 813, will be held for the next ·sense, with a penetrating gaze as eight months at St. Anthony Parish. one strives for a deeper understandThey will follow the 8 a.m. celebra- ing of Christ, with a look of sorrow tion of Mass. The Knights ex- when sufferings touch our lives, pressed hope the devotions would with joy or with a gaze afire as the attract people from surrounding Holy Spirit fills one's heart.

Chaplain of the council, Father parishes.

"I used to attend First Saturday Pawel A. Swiercz, said, "It is nice devotions and enjoyed them so to see such an initiative from the much I wanted to share that with knights. One of their central hallothers," said Charlie Manning, marks is prayer, protection of life chancellor of Council 813 and past and assistance to priests."

Those attending the devotions grand knight. "The Knights are all will be able to view a painting of getting involved in it."

The rosary will be the focuS of Our Lady of Fatima that rests near the devotions and the Joyful Mys~ the main altar. "Pope Paul II had a Jeries will be recited. It will differ particular devotion to Our Lady of from a traditional rosary, foilowing Fatima and in our church we have Pope John Paul II's method pro- an impressive painting of her which posed in 2002, according to Man- stands more than 10 feet tall," said Father Swiercz. "It's always there ning.

"When using that method, it and it's a central piece of the main keeps one focused on prayer," he .altar;" It was painted by Henrique said. There will be Scripture read- Medina of Portugal in the 194Os. Father Swiercz will be available ings during the rosary and pauses for confession during the devotion. for personal reflection.

Another past grand knight from , The Knights' devotions· began October 7 on the feast of Our Lady the Council, William Fleck, is looking forward to the program and of the Rosary. ,The late pope wrote in his apos- said, "The rosary should be prayed tolic letter "Rosarium Virginis all the time. It is the frnest way to Mariae:' "The rosary is my favor- pray." , ite prayer. A marvelous prayer!

Fleck is a lector at St. Patrick's Marvelous in its simplicity and Parish in Falmouth and will be helpdepth.... Against the background of ing with the readings. 'the words "Ave Maria" the princi-· "The rosary is a way for us to 1>al events of the life of Jesus Christ tell God that we love him, and the pass before the eyes of the soul. more we do that, the more it beThey take shape in the complete comes part of our make up," said series of the mysteries, and they put Fleck. "We're in deep trouble in us in living communion with Jesus this country and the world right . through we might say the heart of now, and if we could come. tohis Mother. At the same time our gether to put our energies into the heart can embrace in the decades rosary the world would be a better of the rosary all the events that make place. I hope we can get a lot of up the lives of individuals, families, people interested in attending each nations, the Church and all man- month." kind. Thus the simple prayer of the Manning agreed and stated that rosary marks the rhythm of human faith has always been an important life."--- _ .. _._- ---aspect offiislife even from a young He also stressed the idea thafthe age. "I was born on August 15, the rosary is a contemplative prayer. Assumption of the Blessed Vrrgin, "To contemplate is to look upon the and I grew up with a close relationface of Jesus. Just as Mary did," the ship with her. I hope the first Saturpope wrote, "we can look on Jesus' day rosary is an endeavor that continues to grow." face in many different ways."

Coffee, refreshments and fel"What the pope did was he called us to focus on Christ as well lowship will follow Mass.

St. Anthony's Church is located as Mary with the rosary," said Manning. "I hope this will enlighten at 167 East Falmouth Highway in people and draw them closer to East Falmouth.

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MIKE GORDON ANCHOR STAFF

ATTLEBORO - Bishop Feehan's new principal Bill Runey knows the benefit of a Catholic education and is enjoying the opportunity to bring that gift to students at the high, school in Attleboro.

It's a long way from his former job as assistant principal of Bishop England High School in Charleston, S.c., but he and his family are adjust-¡ ing just fme to life in New England.

"I love it here and it's been wonderful so far," said Runey. "Bishop Feehan has a strong and dedicated staff and faculty and they are willing to go the extra mile to educate the whole person. I felt welcomed right away."

Born and raised in Charleston, Runey attended Catholic schools and has worked in Catholic schools his entire professional career. A graduate of Clemson University, he holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics [. and a master's in g~~ secondary educa- ~ tion from the Cita- = ' / .'J> IT'S IN THE BAG - The Ministry of Mothers Sharing at St. John del. the Evangelist Church in Attleboro organized the collection of 23 He was at can be." backpacks and supplies needed to throw a child's birthday party.

Bishop England Runey said he Items included the backpack, candles, plates, plasticware, cake High School for learned from his mixes, frosting, cups, napkins, invitations, party favors and a small 18 years starting father what an im- birthday gift. The Happy Birthday Backpack Project is an ongoing out as a math pact a tl~a~her or program by the GreatefAttleboro Area Council for Children. Front row, from left: Zachary Castro, Isabella Simoneau, Maeve Cryan teacher and coach~eoachcan have on ing the basketball a student and that Sutula, and Seamus Cryan Sutula; at rear, Alexander Simoneau, and football inspired him to be- Matthew Castro, Ther~sa Castro. teams. After nine come involved in years of service he education. "Now became assistant as principal I can principal. do that but on a Runey came on much grander board at Feehan ofscale;-he added. ficially on July 1 The school reand said it was the A NEW NEW ENGLANDER - Bill Run~y, the new principal at cently opened a "family atmo- Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, is adjusting nicely in new $250,000 sphere" of the New England after arriving here from Charleston, S.C. (An- state-of-the-art school that im- chotfGordon photo) foreign language pressed him most. lab and Runey and "They talk about the Feehan family and it's a real the teachers are excited about that. It was opened thing. From the first time.I was hired I felt a part with the help of the school's annual dinner auction of a family and that's important for our students." held earlier this year. Runey said such events and "I did a lot of initial work. via E-mail and by phone projects that have set Bishop Feehan apart. before coming up here," said Ru'ney. "I also came up "The foreign language lab will be great for our for a weekto get acclimated. It was a lot of work during students and 'the teachers are already fighting to long afternoons and ev~nings this summer for ~yself get their classes in there," Runey said jokingly. He and the two new .vice principals, but we got everything a<fded that other events such as the school's andone that we needed to." nual Christmas pageant and an upcoming art shoyv Runey assumes a post vacated when former prin- also have excited him. cipal Chris Servant became the school's president.

The only dUng Runey is not looking forward to Hired at the same tiIile were Kate Brandley as vice this year is snow and makingc.decisions about principal of student life, and Fran Zilonis as vice whether or not school is closed. "We only~snow principal of academic affairs. about once every seven years in Charlestown, so if A BIG HELPING HAND - Bishop George W. Coleman, right, ____When-asked about the benefits-of a_Catholic edu,. I see a few flakes I'm thinking-the whole town will cepts a $25,OOOdon~tion from Thomas M. Hodgson, sheriff of Bristol County, to be' used to assist the residents. of St. Francis cation, Runey was quick to point out there are be shut down." His students might vote him the Residence in Fall River. The residence provides transitional housmany, but the primary is "students' exposure to the best principal ever if he manages that, but he's got ing for women who have been incarcerated at the Bristol and.

Gospel on a day-to-day basis." He went on to say a few more weeks before he needs to worry about Barnstable House of Corrections. Women can remain in the prothat "the ability to manifest one's faith through snow days. gram for six months. ,:Bishop Coleman thanked Hodgson, saying school prayer, with the help of the school's chapWhen he's not helping the school, Runey en- the diocese "was verY grateful for such a generous donation." lain, is so important because that helps us all as joys sports, especially football. "We live right down Hodgson later visited the residents and some graduates to conhuman beings." the street from several New England Patriots, in- gratulate them on chposing to make a commitment to building a better life for themselves and their families. On hand to welcome The move to come north was not an easy one cluding Rodney Harrison," said Runey. "My wife the sheriff were Cindy Waters, coordinator of St. Francis Residence, for Runey and his wife, Mim, but the couple prayed and I thought that was something." and Patricia McGann, 'coordinator of Residence Services for Cathoabout it often. was a leap of faith and we prayed Sounds like he's fitting right in. lic Social Services.

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'Theology of the Body' series by Anchor executive editor on EWTN

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paring for marriage. ''The whole purpose of human NEW BEDFORD - The Eternal Word Television Network will be- life is to leam how to love as Christ gin a series on Pope John Paul II's loves, and the theology of the body ''Theology of the Body" presented is the deepest and clearest articulaby Father Roger Landry, executive tion in the history of the Church editor of The Anchor and pastor of about how to grow in this love, St. Anthony ofPadua Parish in New whether one is single, married, or lives celibately for the sake of the Bedford. kingdom of heaven;' he explained.

The series, to be broadcast on Since his ordination in 1999, Fachannel 56 in most local cable systher Landry has regularly given pretems, will run October 16-21 and 23sentations on the theology of the 26 from 6:30-7 p.m. The eight halfbody at conferences, colleges, parhour programs will be re-run for ishes and diocesan priest assemblies. night owls at three o'clock each With Bishop David Ricken of morning for the duration of the seCheyenne, Wyo., Father Landry is ries.

The ''Theology of the Body" re- spiritual advisor to the Theology fers to 129 famous Wednesday of the Body International Alliance. catechetical addresses given by John His 32-page "Theology of the Paul II between 1979-1984 on hu- Body: A Cliff Notes' Version," man love in the divine plan. As a available for free as a download at whole they have revolutionized the catholicpreaching.com, has been a approach of the Catholic Church to popular introduction for new stuthe meaning of the differentiation dents to John Paul II's thought.

He first encountered the theology between the sexes, to human sexuof the body as a student ality, and to the at Harvard College. sacramentality of mar''In trying to carry out riage. an apostolate with my Father Landry's sefriends and fellow sturies features half-hour dents, I found that many programs entitled, "Huhad questions about the man Love in the Divine sexual teachings of the Plan: An Overview of Church that the tradiJohn Paul II's Theology tional expositions of of the Body"; "The Church moral teaching FATHER ROGER Original Unity of Man did not satisfy;' Father J. LANDRY and Woman as found in Landry stated. the Book of Genesis"; "There was a need for a new "Purity of Heart Versus apologetic.

I found what I needed Concupiscence: Catechesis on the both personally and for others - in Sermon on the Mount"; "St. Paul's the teachings ofKarol Wojtyla, both Teaching on the Human Body: Life his 1960 philosophical work 'Love According to the Spirit; Marriage and Celibacy in Light of the Res- and Responsibility' and later, after urrection of the Body"; "Vrrginity his election to the papacy, in his theor Celibacy for the Sake of the ology of the body. Both effectively Kingdom of Heaven"; "The helped me to explain how one goes Sacramentality of Marriage Based about reflecting Christ's self-giving on Ephesians 5:22-33"; and "Reflec- love in the experience of human tions on 'Humanae Vitae' Based on love;' he added.

Later, during his studies for the the Redemption ofthe Body and the priesthood in Rome, he spent two Sacramentality of Marriage." years at the John Paul II Institute for The series was taped at the stateof-the-art studios ofthe NorthAmeri- the Study ofMarriage and Family at can Catholic Educational Program- the Lateran University, where he ming Foundation (NACEPF) in examined these teachings more forJohnston, R.I. An on-line audio ver- mally and thoroughly.

Father Landry said he had some sion of the eight-part series is availtrepidation about his television seable at nacepf.net.

When asked his thoughts about ries debut. "I have a face for radio making his television series debut, and a voice for the print meWa," he Father Landry said he hopes that the joked. "No one will confuse me for programs will expose Catholics at Fulton 1. Sheen."

He added, however, that despite home to the ''revolution in the Catholic understanding of the human per- these "personal obstacles," he son" that John Paul II inaugurated thought that the series still had a with his theology ofthe body. ''When chance. "My experience in teaching Catholic married and engaged the theology of the body to live couples begin to apply the principles crowds of various ages and backJohn Paul enunciates to their love and grounds has shown me that the life together, everything begins to beauty of Pope John Paul II's ideas still shines through defective instruchange," Father Landry noted.

He added that the usefulness of ments. People can still receive and the theology of the body is not lim- recognize the gift despite its wrapited to those who are married or pre- ping paper."

MOVIE FIT FOR A QUEEN - Helen Mirren stars in a scene from the movie liThe Queen." For a brief review of this film, see CNS Movie Capsules below. (CNS photo/Miramax) . mulaic film is kept afloat by appealing performances, exciting rescue sequences and an admirable theme about sacrificing one's life for others. Intense scenes of peril, including a harrowing helicopter (c~, crash, implied sexual encounters and a tacit approval of casual sex, (CallJ)~Ulllle~ a brief bar fight, as well as some .NEW YORK (CNS) - The fol- crude language and profanity. lowmg arecapsule reviews of mov- The USCCB Office for Film & ies recently reviewed by the Office Broadcasting classification is Afor Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. lII'- adults. The Motion Picture Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Association of America rating is "Facing the Giants" PG-13 - parents strongly cau(Samuel Goldwyn) tioned. Some material may be inEvangelical sports drama about appropriate for children under a losing football coach (Alex 13.

Kendrick, who also directs) at a "Jet Li's Fearless" (Focus) Christian high school in Georgia, Action drama loosely based on who, experiencing personal and the life of Chinese cultural hero professional adversity, revives his Huo Yuanjia (Jet Li), an arrogant team's season by turning to his martial artist whose pursuit of faith. The earnest performances street-fighting fame ends in tragfrom the nonprofessional cast are edy, prompting a spiritual awakensurprisingly competent and the ing that leads him to found a school movie's look is reasonably pol- to promote self-improvement and ished, but while the film's heart is national pride during the foreign in the right place, its positive mes- occupation of China at the tum of . sage about putting one's trust in the 20th century. Director 'Ronny God is undermined by a prosaic Yu's artful film delivers balletic script that tends toward the preachy. fight choreography, elegant visuSome mature thematic elements, als and a solid story buttressed by including discussions about infer- Li's poignant performance and a tility. The USCCB Office for Film redemptive theme about the futil& Broadcasting classification is A- ity of violence and revenge. SubIl - adults and adolescents. The titles. Much stylized action vioMotion Picture Association of lence and an instance of mildly America rating is PG - parental crude language. The USCCB Ofguidance suggested. Some material fice for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-III - adults. The may not be suitable for children.

"The Guardian" (Touchstone) Motion Picture Association of Action drama about a veteran America rating is PG-13 - parCoast Guard rescue swimmer ents strongly cautioned. Some (Kevin Costner) who, after losing material may be inappropriate for a colleague, temporarily hangs up children under 13. his fins to teach at a Coast Guard "The Queen" (Miramax) Absorbing British drama about academy, where he locks horns· with a cocky recruit (Ashton the days following the death of Kutcher). Despite treading water Princess Diana, as new Prime Minfor most of its first hour that plays ister Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) like a commercial for the Coast tries to convince Queen Elizabeth Guard, director Andrew Davis' for- (Helen Mirren) to express public

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"School for S£oundrels" (Weinstein) Dreary and contrived comedy about an all-around loser parkingmeter cop (Jon Heder) who, to win the heart of his pretty neighbor (Jacinda Barrett), takes a confidence-boosting course with an unconventional teacher (Billy Bob Thornton) who then pursues her as well. Director and co-writer Todd Phillips' film is almost completely devoid of laughs, indifferently paced, and inconsistent in its character delineation, while its oneupmanship rivalry between student and mentor never ignites. Much profanity, rough and crude language and humor, a brief implication of premarital sex, sexist banter and innuendo, adultery and some violence. The USCCB Office..., for Film & Broadcasting classification is L - limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG13 - parents strongly cautioned.

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the ancho.(S) news briefs Band of 'angels' leaves food, water for people crossing U.S. border WASHINGTON - Rafael Hernandez knows the hardships of trekking across desert and mountains to sneak into the United States from Mexico.

He did it with his wife and daughter 21 years ago. Now, as a legal U.S. resi~ent, Hernandez and his band of volunteers patrol both sides of the Mexican-California border near San Diego looking for lost migrants and leaving water, clothing and food at strategic desert locations to help people on their journey. "I know how people suffer. I've lived it in the flesh," Hernandez told Catholic News Service in a telephone interview.

Hernandez, a construction equipment mechanic, is the director of Angeles del Desierto, Spanish for "desert angels," which he founded eight years ago. The angels are 60 volunteers, many from San Diego Catholic parishes, who take turns with the 52-year-old Hernandez patrolling the borderland two to three times a week. In groups of 10 to 15 people, they patrol a swatch of desert covering a radius of 60 miles and extending into both countries.

Pro-Life prayers issued to build a 'culture of life' LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Your family has adopted a child, and you want to celebrate the occasion with a special prayer service. Or perhaps prayers are needed for a family member who is ill and nearing death or to mark the anniversary of the death of a loved one. These are among 10 "ProLife Prayer Services for Times ofTransition" developed by the Catholic Conference of Kentucky, the policy arm of the state's Catholic bishops, and made available for use in parishes, schools, homes and other gatherings. The services, designed for a variety of settings, are "meant to be prayers for real sitUations to celebrate life" across the spectrum, said Ed Monahan, executive director of the state Catholic conference. The services emphasize the "essential place for prayer and worship in living the Gospel of life," the state's four bishops said in a letter to Catholics. "It is our hope that these prayer services will truly enhance and enrich the practice of intercessory prayer among our people, an indispensable component for building a new culture of life."

Spokane diocese sells headquarters to help pay for sexual abuse SPOKANE, Wash. - The Diocese of Spokane has sold its Catholic Pastoral Center to help raise funds to payoff claims for clergy sexual abuse of minors. The $2.05 million sale of the center, which houses diocesan central offices, was conducted by a telephone auction. It must still be cleared by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Eastern District of Washington, where diocesan creditors and claimants have 15 days to file objections. The diocese has been in bankruptcy protection proceedings since November 2004 in an effort to reach 'a financial settlement with more than 100 people who claim they were sexually abused by priests when they were children. The pastoral center is a three-story office building with 29,000 square feet of space. It was built in 1924 and housed a succession of insurance companies until the diocese bought it in 1966. A news release on the sale said the diocese will enter a dialogue with the new owner, Centennial Properties, about the possible lease of the property, but it is also considering several relocation options.

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WELLESLEY,Mass.-Forty-slx Catholics from dioceses throughout New England will be invested as Knights or Ladies of the Equestrian Order ofthe Holy SepulchreofJerusalem dunng the Order's Annual Investiture Weekend to take place this year in Boston from 9ctober 20-22.

The new members include one bishop, Bishop Salvatore R. Matano of Burlington, V1., and several priests and laypersons.

Admission to the order recognizes outstanding service to the Church.

Candidates are invited to membership with the approval of their bishop and pastor, and, upon their investiture as Knights and Ladies, may use the titles of Sir and Lady. ' Those to be invested will belong to the Order's Northeastern Lieutenancy, which encompasses the Boston Archdiocese and the dioceses of Burlington, Fall River, Manchester, Portland, Providence, Springfield, and Worcester.

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Its name derives from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, which was built over the site of the crucifixion and burial place ofJesus and where members of the Order were knighted during its early years. !i Today, the mission Of the order is II religious and charitab~e. Members 'must commit to work to maintain a Christian presence in the Holy Land through prayer and financial support of its churches, schools and other Catholic institutions. In their daily lives, they must strive Ii to exemplify Catholic ethical principals and offer daily prayer for peac6 in the Holy .

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Since the Northeastern Lieutenancy was established 25 years ago, its members have donated more than

$2.9 million to the Order's mission in the Holy Land, according to Lieutenant Dennis 1. Looney Jr. He adds that membership in the Lieutenancy, one of nine in the U.S., numbers 722. Worldwide, the Order has approximately 20,000 members.

The Investiture Weekend in Boston begins Friday evening with a Memorial Mass and Vigil Service at Holy Cross Cathedral. In the context of the liturgy 10 members of the Order will receive promotions in rank based on service. On Saturday morning the Lieutenancy will hold its annual meeting and a fonnal banquet is planned to follow !he afternoon's Investiture Mass.

To be invested from the Fall River diocese are Deacon Patrick 1. and Lorraine A. Mahoney of East Falmouth,; James M. Jr. and Patricia G. McGoldrick ofFalmouth; Andrew J. and Mary M. Raczka of Mansfield; and Father Roger 1. Landry pastor of S1. Anthony of Padua Parish, New Bedford. .

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Data shows New Zealand Catholics to overtake Anglicans by 2011 AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Catholics will overtake Anglicans as the largest group of religious adherents in New Zealand by 2011, according to an expert in religious history. Peter Lineham, head of social and cultural studies at Massey University's Albany campus and author of "New Zealand Religious History: A Bibliography," made the prediction based on recent trends collected from census data. New Zealand censuses are held every five years. Every five years for the past 20 years, the number ofAnglicans in the country has dropped by an average of 66,000, while the number of Presbyterians has dropped 011 average by almost 30,000. Catholics have had minimal gains of about 1,500 per census. Lineham said that based on this information Catholics outnumbered Presbyterians in 1996 and will outnumber Anglicans in 2011.

Church team takes Indonesian execution cases to international court JAKARTA, Indonesia - Lawyers and priests from a Church~based group have decided to take the case of the executions of three Indonesian Catholics to the International Criminal Court, claimingtbe executions were illegal and unconstitutional. "The executions ofFabianus Tibo, Marinus Riwu and Dominggus da Silva in September in Palu were a legal and human tragedy. They were illegal and unconstitutional because the three citizens did not perpetrate the crime during (the) Poso riots in May 2000," said a statement from Advocacy Service for Justice and Peace in Indonesia, known by its Indonesian acronym as Padrna Indonesia. The three men were convicted of killing 224 people, burning about 5,000 houses and office buildings and torturing people. The statement was signed by Divine Word Father Nobert Bethan, director of Padrna Indonesia; Stefanus Roy ReDing, coordinator of the legal team; Ignatius Ignas Jryanto, coordinator of the paralegal team; and Father Jimmy Tumbelaka, spiritual counsel. The four, accompanied by Robert Tibo, son of Fabianus Tibo, presented the statement at a press conference in Jakarta.

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Border fence bill passes amid strong opposition from religious leaders WASHINGTON (CNS) - Leg- ists and the Tohono 0' odham Indian islation calling for construction of a tribe, whose reservation traverses the 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexi- border in Arizona. can border passed both houses of In the days before the late night Congress before they adjourned un- vote September 29, religious leaders til after the November elections. joined senators from both parties in a The fence was widely criticized final push to prevent the passage of by advocates for comprehensive im- several immigration bills that House migration reform, who said the bill leaders threatened to add to lastwas little more than an election-year minute legislation. stunt aimed at voters who want a Auxiliary Bishop Jaime Soto of crackdown on illegal immigration.

Orange, Calif., said at a press conferIn a late September teleconfer- ence in Washington that "this is not ence, Kevin Appleby, director of mi- the time to make political points." He gration and refugee policy for the said Congress was faced with "a stark U.S. bishops' Migration and Refugee moral challenge:' as well as a com-" Services, said the bishops opposed a plicated economic, political and culfence for a variety ofreasons. For one tural issue. thing, half of those who are in the "We cannot accept ineffective procountry illegally come in legally and posals which masquerade as solustay beyond their permitted period, tions," Bishop Soto said. He was he said. Also, a fence will not pre- among religious leaders and politivent people from attempting to cross cians who insisted that any broad iminto the U.S. over even more difficult migration legislation must include terrain, he added. measures to enable foreign workers But it's also a moral issue, said in the country to meet labor demands Appleby, citing a Govemment Ac- legally and to provide a path for illecountability Office report that showed gal immigrants to "come out of the the number of deaths in the south- shadows" and regularize their status. western deserts doubled after the Jewish, Baptist and evangelical United States began to blockade less Protestant leaders also put immigrahazardous crossing points in the tion proposals emphasizing enforce1990s. ment into a moral context.

"It's going to lead to more deaths "Thirty-six times the Bible tells us because people will become desper- to treat strangers as we treat ourate:' saidAppleby. "It's an embarrass- selves:' said Rabbi David Saperstein, . ment It sends the wrong signal to our director ofthe Religious Action Cenneighbors. Instead of meeting the ter ofReform Judaism. "It is its most problem head-on, we're hiding from common command." it" The Rev. Richard Land, president, Frank Sharry, director of the Na- of the Ethics and Religious Liberty tional Immigration Forum, said in the Commission of the Southern Baptist same teleconference that the fence Convention, said immigration legislalegislation was pushed by the House tion that only deals with enforcement Republican leadership "obviously is "a political issue with profound playing to a minority ofits own party moral and ethical implications."

In a letter to the Senate, Bishop . in hopes of turning out voters."

Also before ,the recess, Congress Gerald R. Bames of San Bernardino, included $1.2 billion in appropriations Calif., chairman of the bishops' mito go toward various border enforce- gration committee, had urged senament measures including the fence, the tors to oppose the Secure Fence Act. cost of whi,:h is estimated conservaThe fence law "would create more' tively at more than $2 billion. problems than it would solve:' Bishop Despite th"at, Sharry said he , Bames wrote. "We fear it would lead doubted that the fence would ever be to increased exploitation and deaths built, in part because of the harsh of migrants attempting to enter the mountainous terrain of some areas United States and an increase in smugand because of objections such as gling-related violence directed at Borthose expected from environmental- der Patrol agents and others.

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THE FIRST OF MANY - Bishop Robert H. Brom of San Diego prepares the altar in early September during the first Mass celebrated in John Paul the Great Catholic University's campus chapel. The San Diego university welcomed its inaugural class of about 30. (CNS photo/Denis , Grasska, The Southern Cross)

,University wants students to merge Catholic values, entrepreneurship SAN DIEGO (CNS) - In early gree program in technology will be Catholic University will give its students the necessary tools to create November 2000, Derry Connolly, added at a later time.

While the media have the power- their own media and technology was sitting in the adoration chapel at FranCiscan Univ'ersity or'- to. sprea<;l; the light of Christ, , businesses'. ' As a graduation requirement, all Steubenville, Ohio, praying before Connolly said, they have more often been used to sow the seeds of students will be required to piuticithe Eucharist.

It was about 11 p.m. on a Friday destructive behaviors in society. pate, as teams, in the creation of a night, but there were still almost 20 Previous generations of Christians viable business plan. The hope is students in the chapel, deep in have "allowed the media to feed that stude~ts will take their plans them garbage and done nothing with them, developing them into prayer. thriving, ethical businesses after At that moment, Connolly had about it," he said.

But recent trends toward person- graduation. an epiphany: What if a university Connolly predicts that, if succescould combine the spirituality of alized and mobile entertainmentFranciscan University with the top- Connolly cited the MySpace and sive classes of graduates each YouTube online sites, cell phones launch several student-run notch business and technolbusinesses, the university will ogy programs of the Univereventually shift popular culsity of California at San Di'The media industry is changing ture, transforming the media ego? radically because of the Internet and from "the major tool for Today; almost six years the cell phone, both as open distribu- spreading the darkness of Salater, Connolly is closer to answering that question as tion channels and display devices. tan" into a means of Christian co-founder and president of Now is the time for the Catholic evangelization.

"We are taking a long-term John Paul the Great Catho- Church to get a foothold in the 'new view," he said, admitting that licUniversity in San Diego. media, , as the 'old media' dies." the media landscape will not In effect, Connolly said, change overnight. "The imthe small San Diego university willpouse one of the country's and portable media players - have pact of JP Catholic is long-term, all first "on-eampus business incuba- paved the way for the -emergence in God's time."

John Paul the Great Catholic tors" and graduate not only stu- of new Catholic-friendly companies, he said.

University was founded in 2003 by dents, but business men and women "The media industry is changfive lay Catholics from northern who will produce forms of enterof the Internet ing radically because San Diego County - Connolly, tainment that affirm, rather than opand the cell phone, both as open Philippe Dardaine, Wes Fach, Scott pose, Christ's teachings.

The university welcomed its in- distribution channels and display McKenna and Ed Snow.

For its first 18 months, the augural clliss of about 30 students devices," Connolly told The Southin late September. For its first few ern Cross, newspaper of the San school operated under temporary years, it is being housed on a tem- Diego diocese. "Now is the time for name, New Catholic University. the Catholic Church to get a footAfter the death ofPope John Paul porary campus in Scripps Ranch.

Its curriculum was designed to hold in the 'new media,' as the 'old n last year, the university's board of trustees voted unanimously to name encourage entrepreneurship and media'dies."

He added, "This university will the university after him. innovation, while. providing each University officials hope stustudent with a solid grounding in lead that charge."

Unlike other universities, which dents "will not be afraid to take the the moral teachings of Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church. It will of- prepare their students for entry- good news of Jesus Christ to the fer degrees in communications me- level work in existing companies, comers of the earth" the way the dia and business. An additional de- Connolly said, John Paul the Great late pope did, Connolly said.

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By NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN' CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

as an altar boy at Sacred Heart Par- gressman "absolutely never had,inish in Lake Worth and attended appropriate sexual contact with a Cardinal Newman High School in minor."

West Palm Beach until 1971, when Calling child sex abuse "a comhe transferred to Lake Worth Com· plex problem that's been going on munity High School, from which he forever," Msgr. Rossetti also said graduated in 1973. society at large can learn from the , In interviews with Catholic Church's experiences of confrontNews Service, Catholic experts on ing the problem in, the past few child sex ~buse agreed that if Foley year~. "The fIrst step is complete were abused it did not necessarily disclosure; rather than the' slow,' mean he would become a cliild painful leaking of information," he abuser himself. said. "You have to make a clean "Being a victim is a risk factor slate of it." for becoming an abuser, but the vast Some questioned Foley's deci-, majority of victims don't become ' sion not to name his alleged abuser. abusers," said Msgr. Stephen J. . "To throw it out there like that, I Rossetti, director of St. Luke Insti- think it's despicable," William J. tute; a treatment facility in Silver Brooks, a former priest who was a Spring, Md., for priests with sex guidance counselor at Cardinal abuse offenses and other psycho- Newman High School when Foley logical problems. was 'a student there, told the Palm "None of us knows whether he Beach Post.. "If there's somebody was abused or not, but even if he ' out there, name him." was, it doesn't obviate his culpaBrooks, now 72 and a member bility" for any inappropriate be- of the Palm Beach Town Council, havior with rpinors, the priest said. said most of the priests who were·

WASHINGTON - Much remains unclear about former Rep. Mark Foley's allegation through an attorney that he was abused by a member of the clergy when he was a young teen.

Foley, a Republican who had represented Florida's 16th district in the House since 1994, resigned his seat September 29 following reports that he had sent sexually explicit E-mails and text messages to House pages),who were minors.

David Roth, Foley's attorney, said at a West Palm Beach, Fla., news conference October 3 that Foley wanted to -name the person HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU - Providence Brittany is among the who had molested him when he was alpacas at White Violet Farm at St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. The alpaca is named fo( shQres of Brittany, France, where Blessed 13 to 15 years old, but was advised Mother Theodore G4erin played as a child. The farm is a ministry not to until he completed a 30-day of the Sisters of Proyidence, who raise the alpacas· for breeding treatment plan for alcoholism and and for their fleece. Mother Theodore. foundress of the Sisters of mental health issues.

Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, will be canonized October "I cannot comment on whether 15 in Rome.'(CNS photo/Karen Callaway) the clergyman was a priest, a min.. _ ister; an imam or a rabbi," Roth said.

I Alexis Walkenstein, director of "It may have been a precipitating at Cardinal Newman when Foley CHRISTIAN PRO-LIFER co'mmunications for the Palm cause, but you can't use it as a ra- was there are dead.

HELPER Beach Diocese, also declined to tionale."

Throughout his 12 years in ConAPOSTOLIC comment on the allegation.

Msgr. Rossetti noted that Foley's gress, Foley identified himself as a AbvISOR' "It would be really inappropri- attorney said in his statement that Catholic. He was one of three conTRUE RksTORER ate for me to comment on specula- Foley "does not blame the trauma gressmen who traveled to the HOLY. MEDICATOR tion at this point: especially not he sustained as a young adolescent 'Vatican in 2003 to present Pope knowing what these alleg;ltions a,rt< 'for his totally inappropriate e, John Paul,n with the text of a reso: ANn-ABORfIONIST ONE or who they're being made against," mails." lution honoring him on the 25th THOMAS PASTERNAK she said. "We don't even know if it "He continues to offer no excuse anniversary of his pontificate, and LOVING Pharmacllt 'NkRUCTOR involved the Catholic Church or the whatsoever for his conduct," Roth he was part of the official U.S. del- I INFAlLIBLE diocese."

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Catholic-Muslim dialogue looks at faithful living in today's world WASHINGTON (CNS) - At their recent Midwest dialogue, OOolic and Muslim leaders and scholars discussed what it means to live one's faith in a complex SO" ciety that is secular and multicultural.

The Midwest Regional Dialogue of Catholics and' Muslims was held September 12-13 at the Retreat Center at St John's in Plymouth, Mich. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic co-sponsor of the dialogue, issued a new~ release on il at the end of September.

Amid a debate over the role of religion in American life, Catholic and Muslim dialogue participants noted that their respective convictions, based on revelation, make them bearers of faith traditions that offer human-, ity guidance on peace, reconciliation and virtuous living.

Anas Malik, a Muslim who teaches sociology and political science at Xavier University in Cincinnati, analyzed the dynamics ofChristian-Muslim collaboration on justice and other shared social concerns. He said cooperation involves a cost on each side, so agreement to take the risk of collaborating cannot be presumed His paper set a framework for discussing the interaction oftrust and power in human group relations.

Donald W. Mitchell; a professor of philosophy and religion at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind, presented a paper on the role of the laity in the life of the ,CatholicChurch.Hediscussedlayspiritualitiesandmove'!1ents and the challenges of living as a Catholic in a secu-

lar culnire.

Discussion of his paper led to clarification by Catholic participants that when the Church speaks ofevangelization it is not talking about proselytizing, but bringing values of the Gospel to all aspects of life, ' The discussion alsoturned to questions ofauthority in Catholicism arid Islam. Participants noted that, while IS- I lam is basically egaJitarian, in practieeholy people ~d legal Scholars may exercise a certain authority. Partlcipants also discussed the authority oftheir respectiv~1toly books in'their communities - the Bible for Catholics, the Quran for Muslims. / The next meeting is to be held in 2007, at the islamic Center ofAmerica in Deart:x:>m. Mich. ," Its topic will be '''The Mission of Muslim-Catholic Dialogue in the USA." Among issueS tel be discussed are best practiCes in local dialogues, the sCope and s~etures of regional dialogues, interreligi<?us cooperation on social issues, the principles and etpics ofdialogue and how to approach questions of interfaith prayer.

The Midwest dialogue, 0lle of three regional dialogues between Catholics and Muslims in the United States, was started in 19%. Last year it issued a report, ''Revelation: Catholic and Muslim Perspectives."

Co-chairing the Plymouth meeting were Auxiliary Bishop Francis R. Reiss ofDetroit and Sayyid M. Syeed, secretary of tht< Islamic Society of North America, the Muslim co-sponsor of the dialogue.

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Acushnet parish/school dedicate playground in honor of toddler ACUSHNET The St. Francis Xavier Parish and School Family recently gathered to rededicate their new playground and celebrate the joys of childhood and the brief life of Adam Paul Stanley, a parishioner of St. Francis Xavier Parish, who lost his life in an accident shortly before his third birthday. The event was part of a Parent-Teacher Or-

ganization Harvest Fest.

For more than two years the playground committe~ raised the funds necessary to purchase new equipment. Moms, dads and sometimes whole families began buildingAdam's Playground. It was hard work but it was a labor of love love of God and of God's children - and commitment to Catholic education.

A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY PARTY - The students at St. Margaret's Regional School, Buzzards Bay, joined pastor Franciscan Father Francis de Sales Paolo in celebrating the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary recently. The children sang "Happy Birthday" to Mary as part of the celebration.

IN ADAM'S MEMORY - Father Daniel W. Lacroix, pastor of St. , Francis Xavier Parish in Acushnet, second from right, and Donald Pelletier, left, principal of St. Francis Xavier School, stand with the family of Adam P. Stanley, follo,!"ing a ceremony dedicating a new playground in Adam's honor. The toddler lost his life in an accident) shortly before his third birthday. "

Students invited to write about life as a missionary for contest

REACHING OUT TO THE FATHER - Father David A. Costa leads the student body in the Lord's Prayer with help, from, left, Danielle Houle, Kara Howard, Stephen Dion, Kathryn , Reynolds, and Mary Kate Petterson. The Mass was in celebration of a new school year and World Peace Day.

MARYKNOLL, N.Y. (eNS) sionaries, explaining where they - To mark the 100th anniversary would go and what they would do of Maryknoll magazine, to share God's love with other Maryknoll is inviting students in people. grades six to 12 to write about ' "Words have power to harm or their baptismal call to mission. heal," said Maryknoll Father JoThe deadline for the 2006 seph R. Veneroso, publisher of Maryknoll student essay contest Maryknoll magazine. "We look is December 1. Scholarship forward to reading the words money totaling nearly $3,000 will young people choose to commube awarded. nicate their truth and their faith."

Instructions and a cover sheet The contest calls for 500- to 750-word essays in which the stu- . for the contest are available online dents write as if they were mis- at: www.maryknoll.org/essay.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE DIGNITARIES - Blshop Con'nolly High School, Fall River, recently announced the election of officers of their respective national Language Honor Society groups for 2006-2007.

From left, front: Seniors May-Ling Chong, Sociedade Hon.oraria Portuguesa; and Samantha D'Amico, BACK TO NATURE - Nine Boy Scouts from Troop 37, St. Joseph's Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica. Back row: Juniors Melanie Pavao and Holly Marchand, Societe Parish, Attleboro, recently spent a week at Camp Yawgoog Reser- Honoraire de Francais; and Senior Courtney Ponte, Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica. Missing from the vation in Rockville; R.I. The/Scouts worked on merit badges, cooked . photo is Senior Shannon Cordeiro, Sociedade Honoraria Portuguesa. These students will serve as out, sang, and exchanged severa,l Red SoxNankee chants with liaisons between the student membership and the two World Language teachers, Susan Silvia and Scouts from New York. .

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Bishop says Catholics praying for Amish community.after shooting HARRISBURG, Pa. (CNS) Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Harrisburg said the parishes and schools in his diocese were united in prayer with a Pennsylvania Amish community reeling from a gunman's shooting spree in a one-room school that left five girls dead and five others injured..

The Catholic community is "with you in prayer in the aftermath of the terrible tragedy," he said in a statement. "I extend deep sympathy and prayerful remembrance to all our brothers and sisters in the Amish community of Lancaster County. Our hearts go out to you during this time of sorrow."

On the morning of October 2, according to the Pennsylvania state police, a 32-year-old man identified as Charles Carl Roberts IV stormed into a one-roomAmish schoolhouse in Lancaster County with a rifle, a shotgun and other weapons. After making the boys and adults leave, police said, he barricaded the door, chained the girls together in a row at the blackboard and shot them "execution style." By the time police broke into the school, he had killed himself.

Three of the girls died at the scene and two more died after being hospitalized. The Associated Press said that as of midday October 6, six other children remained hospitalized, with three of them in critical condition.

State Police Commissioner Jeffrey B. Miller identified the girls who died as Naomi Rose Ebersole, seven; Anna Mae Stoltzfus, 12; Miriam Fisher, 13; and Mary Liz

Miller, eight and her sister, Lina, seven.

Roberts, who was not Amish, lived in the area and drove a milk tank truck. He and his wife, Marie, had three children. A fourth cliild, a daughter, died shortly after birth in 1997.

According to Miller, Roberts left his wife and children each a note, and in the note to his wife he described his anguish over the death of their daughter.

"Some sort of an issue in his past" apparently prompted him "to exact revenge against female victims," the police commissioner said He added that Roberts talked to his wife on his cell phone from inside the school and told her he had molested two minor relatives 20 years ago. But his claim could not be confirmed by police. There was some speculation he had planned to molest the girls the school.

"We pray for the victims who have died and we ask the Lord to grant strength and consolation to their grieving families," Bishop Rhoades said in his statement. "We also remember in our prayers the young girls who are still recovering from their serious injuries, that the Lord will grant them his healing grace."

"We pray for an,end to all violence in our society, especially in our schools," he said. "May the Lord, the prince of peace, protect us, particularly our children, from all harm and help us to build a culture of life and peace in our community, in our nation and in our world."

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"SO LONG SELF" Well ifI come across a little bit distant It's just because I am Things just seem to feel a little bit different You understand Believe it or not, but life is not apparently About me always But I have met the one who really is worthy So let me say Refrain: So long self Well it's been fun But I have found someone else So long self There's just no room for two So you are gonna have to move So long self Don't take this wrong But you are wrong for me,jarewell Oh well, goodbye, don't cry So long self Stop right there because I know what you're thinking But no we can't befriends And even though I know our heart is breaking This has to end And come to think ofit, the blame for all ofthis Simply falls on me For wanting something more in life than all ofthis Oh, can't you see (Repeat refrain.)

Don'tfeel so bad (don'tfeel so bad) There'll be better days (there'll be better days) Don't go away mad (but by all means just go away) Go away

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Farewell, goodbye Oh so long self Sung by Mercy Me ' Copyright 2006 by Sony

Occasionally, I chefk out what is happening on charts other than popl rock. Recently I notiC¢ that Mercy Me had the No. 1 spot' on the Christian/Gospel rankings.

I'm not a fan of what is. called "worship" music, but Mercy Me's 2005 megabit "I Can Only Imagine" rose high on the pop/r6ckcharts and illtroduced all of us to:!their sound. I discovered that the gr6up has a new disc out, "Coming Up to Breathe," and the single "So Long Self' is getting airplay.

Mercy Me's message in the new release is interesting. The song's character has decided he no longer needs his "self." He has discovered that "life is not apparently abo~~ me always."

So he goes on to use many of the familiar breaking-up lines to inform this "self' that he's "found someone else," that is, "the one who really is worthy." Presumably, this phrase refers to an awareness of God's presence.

It's helpful to reaUz¢ that one's life is not just about "me.'j: Part ofthe purpose for your soul's journey on this planet is to serve others. God wants your life, your gifts and abilities to make everyone better. Consequently, to. be solely focused on your own needs and desires leads to dissatisfaction and loneliness.

However, choosing:ito live according to God's plan doe~n't mean giving up one's "self." God also filled your soul with personat interests, curiosities and passions. To be your "self' is a rich blessing!

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Catholics, especially youth, the Yankees. Are you such a hardcore fan of your favorite TV struggle with Catholicshow that you record it on your Christian identity.

Adolescents face a daily DVR while you watch it? struggle of trying to As hardcore fans of any sport, musical group, movie, TV show, assimilate their Catholic etc., we long to surround ourselves beliefs and traditions into a hardcore secular society with friends who are "on the same that is softcore when it page" an~ share our same interests. comes to faith and Chatting online with complete strangers about our favorite teams religion. Adolescence is a and venting our "how could theys" time of great angst and "did you see whats" or posting accompanied by personal and "what's gonna happen on the next" social turmoil, but it's also a time of theories have become the norm; all great discovery, of peeling back the this, in an effort to feed that layers and uncovering the core of insatiable need for acceptance our very souls. And for many, like amongst peers. myself, we continue to peel back But too often some part of us those layers well into adulthood. gets lost in the hardcore debates of So what is at the core of a the ref's penalty call during the Pats Catliolic? First and foremost, Jesus Christ is the center of our faith. His game or speculating if Jack Bauer works and teachings epitomize will escape from terrorist clutches

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Jesus wasn't afraid to be different, wasn't afraid to embrace his faith and love not only for God, but also ·for those who were not on the same page. He surrounded himself with disciples whom he knew would

question him and not fully understand him until his death and resurrection. Jesus knew his core: faith, hope, and love. Through his great love, he helped the Apostles and his followers peel back the layers, daring them to start their own page.

By definition, our Catholic faith automatically sets us apart from the rest of the world. We are different,

What is needed is to learn how to balance one's own interests with efforts to reach out to others. There are times when it is important to put aside one's own agendas and respond completely to what others need. Doing so is actually one way to sustain joy and meaning in your life.

Yet, if you do so all the time, you will soon lose energy and feel empty.

There are times you need to say to others, "No, I can't help today.!'

Perhaps you have faced heavy de~ mands in many areas of your life and just need to be alone to exercise, for example, listen to your favorite music or enjoy God's beautiful world. Doing so will replenish your energy and enable you to serve others in a fresh way.

Other times, you will need to invest yourself wholeheartedly in an emerging talent or aspiration and thlis not be as available to others. This too is important. Developing your own g~ and talents often leads to new ways of serving others.

Ofcourse, this does not imply that you should isolate yourself totally from others' needs, but you will need to be more careful in how you respond. During such times in my life, I discovered that I could take on "oneshot" activities but could not make a commitment that involved frequent times away from my primary focus.

Clearly, you don't have to say "so long self." You need your "self," for who else could you be? It is the vehicle for a life of discovery, caring, courage and adventure. The "one who is worthy" loves you. Strive to. do the same! four comments are welcome at: chmartin@swindiana.net or at 7125W 200S, Rockport, IN 47635.

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"Catholic I:to the Core" is the theme bf this year's • Annual Youth Convention. On Sunday, October 29, at Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River, post-confirmation students and .this year's confirmation: candidates will come to~ether and discover theft core.

For the first time, teen-agers, who wish to write their own page, have organized the convention. This year's CLI (Christian Leadership Institute) graduates came together and peeled back their layers. These remarkable young me,n and women modeled themselves llfier Jesus Christ, and it is their faith in God, hope for their peers, and love of their Catholic Church that unite

them in their mission. These teens understand we are all one body in Christ and long to share their love and faith with their peers, families, and youth ministers. Our friends, families, and parishes should be proud and honored by these teens' commitment to share their faith and create a community where we can all lift each other up as we continue our faith journey.

Our Catholic faith is who we are and should become the best part of us as we go forth in our families, schools, sports, communities, and the work place. Let's write our own book and show that we are hardcore Catholics in a softcore world. Let's dare to be different and live our faith. Let's embrace our core and live like Jesus.

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and that they should be able to recognize and identify the very simifor medical personnel and the beginning and end of life issues lar ethical issues involved in aborhealthcare workers at the Cathedral with regards to the natural moral tion and end-of-life care as shown in the natural moral law. of the Holy Cross celebrated by law."

Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, a Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, OFM, Father Kopaczynski said that Cap., and a gala dinner at the Worcester Bishop Robert J. priest of the Fall River ordination Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel with McManus, STD,. a moral theolo- class of 1999, and Anchor col~m足 the keynote address by Father Ri- gian, who will open the conference, nist, is the current director of Educhard John Neuhaus, founder of will talk on the crucial importance cation at the National Catholic BioFirst Things magazine, entitled of the natu- ethical Center in Pennsylvania. A !'""""-----.,,.,..,., ral moral neuroscientist and ethicist, he will "Quo Vadis Catholic Physicians?"

Two of the many presenters inlaw in the speak on "Stems Cells: The Diclude two priests from the Fall River life of every lemma" on October 27 from 3:15 diocese. human be- t04 p.m.

In a telephone interview given Father Germain Kopaczynski, ing. . Bisho'P from a commercial jetliner, Father OFM. Conv., Ph.D., STL, a philosopher and theologian, is currently McManus Pacholczyk told The Anchor he will assigned to Our Lady of Perpetual will provide present an overview on stem-cell Help Parish in New Bedford. A an overview research and cloning at the conferformer director of Education at the of what the ence. "We will examine some ofthe National Center and a member of FATHER GERMAIN nat u r a 1 common media misconceptions that the Conference Planning CommitKOPACZYNSKI moral law often govern the discussion," he said.

A conference like this one is altee, he will speak on "The Natural is, and he Moral Law: Issues ofDaily Living," and Father Smith will expand on it, ways pertinent to the medical profession "because we are dealing on,October 26, from 10:30to 11:15 Father Kopaczynski explained. a.m.

"As a former director of educa- with so many kinds of questions in "I will be speaking about begin- tion, I've spoken and written exten- the healthcare profession that have ning-of-life issues and Msgr. sively about this important concept many roots in the natural moral Russell E. Smith, a moral theolo- for Catholic ethical reflection. It's law." He noted, "It helps ground gian from Richmond, Va., will very important that we remind people in the realization that all we cover end-of-life issues," Father Catholics about our treasures." stand for in terms of Catholic health care is rooted not only in revelation Kopaczynski told The Anchor.

He added that while the prime "That way, we're hoping to cover target audience of the conference but in reaincludes physicians, nurses, den- son and the tists, chaplains and other health care natural. providers, educated. laypersons law."

The goal ,~~ '.\) would certainly benefit from attendof the coning the conference.

Sales and Service Planners agree that the confer- vention for Domestic and Industrial Oil Burners ence holds an appeal to the ordinary called by its person who is called to make many . planners an 508-995-1631 difficult daily decisions on their "educa2283 ACUSHNET AVENUE NEW BEDFORD own behalf or for family members, tional activity" - is to FATHER TADEUSZ help particiPACHOLCZVK pants identify the common origins of many bioethical principles, adapt them Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish at St. James Church and present them to their patients seeks a music director for its 3 weekend English Masses. in such a way that ethical choices Vocal and organ/piano ability required. Openness to ocwill be made in the selection of casional bilingual liturgies sought. Pay is on a per Mass treatments. basis.

The hoped-for result is for the patient to enjoy better emotional, Please contact Fr. Wilson or Deacon Larry at 508mental and physical health and for 992-9408. the provider to have peace of mind and satisfaction at having done the right thing in their mandate to be P.O. Box 2791 healers, not just scientists.

Worcester, MA 01613-2791 In addition to Fathers Neuhaus, 508-799-2903 FAX 508-829-9975 Pacholczyk and Kopaczynski, other.

CHURCH RESTORATION SPECIAUSTS presenters include Dr. Jerome Kassirer, emeritus editor of the New "Keepers ofGod's House" England Journal of Medicine. He will address ethical dilemmas when medicine becomes commercialized; Dr. George Annas, chairman of the Health Law Department of the Boston University School of Public Health. He'll tackle the implications and effects of physicianFUND RAISING - LIGHTING - STAINED GLASS REPLACEMENT assisted suicide on patients, famiWINDOWS - WOODWORKING -LITURGICAL APPOINTMENTS lies and the medical profession; Dr. CALL FOR PROMPT PERSONAL SERVICE Sarah Buel of the University of Texas School of Law, who will adYOUR SUPPLIER OF FINE dress domestic violence; Professor ECCLESIASTICAL Hadley Arkes of the Amherst ColINTERIORS lege will speak on abortion and partial-birth abortion. www.churchgoods.net Continued from page one

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Other speakers at the three-day gathering are Dr. Eugene Diamonci, Nobel Price Winner Dr. Joseph E. Murray, and Dr. John M. Haas, STL. Conference attendees will have the option of social and cultural activities, including a welcome reception at the Park Plaza, and a private reception and tour of the

.Masthead history. Gone is the familiar logo with an ocean backdrop. "We're no longer making waves," quipped Father Landry.

The new masthead was designed by editor and production manager, Dave Jolivet, who created several variations of what now adorns page one. The Anchor staff, Mike Gordon, Mary Chase, Deacon JimDunbar, and the two editors provided their input and opinions resulting in the new look.

"I wanted to bring back a bit of the original masthead," said Jolivet.

"The anchor overlaid with the diocesan shield is the.original anchor that appeared on page one of the very first edition on Aprilll, 1957."

The new font lends a more professional appearance, with an encyclical demeanor: The Diocese of Fall River coat of arms appears in full color to call attention to its meaning and significance for all diocesan faithful. According to the diocese's Website, the diocesan coat of arms is "composed of a shield ... surmounted by a bishop's mitre. The shield is a silver field on which is displayed a blue diagonal line ... the heraldic equivalent of water. The falling bend, going from upper left to lower right, conveys the conception of 'Fall River.' [The mill city's river, the Quequechan, was a native American name meaning "falling waters," because of the falls that existed on South Main Street. The falls were replaced by 1-195 in the 1960s.] A red cross, symbolizing redemption and the graces which flow from the cathedral as the spiritual center of the diocese, is placed over the wavy bend. At the center is a

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For more information call the Catholic Medical Association at 781-455-0259. Reservations may be made via regular mail by contacting the Catholic Medical Association, 1241 Highland Avenue, P.O. Box 920480, Needham, MA 02492; or on their Website www.cathmed.org.

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six-pointed silver star to honor the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 'the Morning Star,' in the Litany of Loreto." The diocese's mother church or cathedral is named in honor of the Assumption of Mary into heaven: The backdrop for the masthead can change colors according to the liturgical calendar or season.

The original masthead consisted of an anchor, then-Bishop James L. Connolly's coat of arms, "The Anchor," and a quote from St. Paul, "An anchor of the soul, sure and firm."

The first masthead remained in place until Jan. 13, 1977, when it was slightly changed, to span the entire top of the page instead of the customary box.

Very soon afterward, in recognition of The Anchor's 20th anniversary, the masthead received a whole new look. Assonet residents Susan and David Wygant designed the logo most Anchor readers are now familiar with. The sans serif font gave the paper Ii modem look.

When the advent of color on Anchor pages in the Nov. 17,2000 edition, Jolivet added the aquatic backdrop to the Wygants' logo design.

That masthead rode the ebb and flow until this week's introduction of a brand new look.

The change in masthead continues a gradual series of small changes to the look of the paper over the course of the last year, including the font for the articles, cutline boxes for photographs, backdrops for columnist boxes, the expanded use of shading, and redesigns for various weekly departments and features.

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BACK TO THE FUTURE - The Anchor masthead as it appeared in the first edition on April 11, 1957. The Anchor unveiled a new masthead today, using the original Anchor logo in its design.

Seminar keys on heart disease ATTLEBORO - An hour-long Bible Study of Mark's Gospel will be presented by La Salette Father Donald Paradis tomorrow at 11 a.m. in the Reconciliation Chapel at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette. It will continue Saturday mornings until November 15. For more information call 508-2369068.

, Catholic men to become members. It meets on the first Tuesday of each month in the basement of St. Mary's Church, 783 Dartmouth Street. For more information calliBrock Cordeiro at 508-979-8930. '

ATTLEBORO - St. John the Evangelist Parish will host a Concert of Praise tonight at 7 p.m. at the church on North Main Street. It will be an FALL RIVER - Sacred Heart evening ofcontemporary inspirational Church, 160 Seabury Street, hosts music and dance featuring Phil and exposition and adoration of the Sue Fortin and friends; guest perforBlessed Sacrament every Monday mances by the St. John the Evangefollowing the 8 a.m. Mass, until 2:30 ': list Choir directed by Sheryl Walsh; and Daughter's of God Dancers from p.m.

St. John the Evangelist School: directed by Kathy Haium. There is a suggested donation ~t the door. For BRIGHTON -Alumni ofSt. John's information call 508~222-5062.

Seminary are invited to its 2nd annual Alumni Dinner October 27 beginning FALL RIVER -.l Holy Name with informal tours of the seminary Church and School will hold a Harat 4 p.m. A holy hour will follow and vest Festival Saturday from 10 ~.m. reception and dinner will begin at6 to 5 p.m. on the school grounds. Mup.m. For more information call 617- sical entertainment iIleludes Toe Jam 746-5448 or via E-mail at Puppet Band, The Vagabonds and John Scotti. Pony rides, games and marv.brown@sjs.edu. face painting will be available for chilFAIRHAVEN - Our Lady's Haven i dren. There will als~ be a pie. baking seeks volunteers to assist at the nurs- contest, craft tables, a yard sale and ing facility in transporting residents raffle. For more infotmation call 508. to and from their rooms to meals, ac- 674-9191. tivities and daily Mass. People are needed during the week and on week- FALL RIVER- The Catholic Meends. For more information call . morial Home will hold its annual HarManuel Benevides at 508-999-4561. vest 5K Road Race and FunWalk October 21 beginning at 10 a.m. RegisFALL RIVER - A soup kitchen is tration for the race is at 8:30 a.m. and open'for dinner on Mondays from-5- an awards ceremony· will follow the 6 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church Hall,: ,race. For more inforlnation call 508160 Seabury Street. Volu!lteers are' 679-0011. welcome.

FALL RIVER St. Mary's FALL RIVER - Bishop George W. Cathedral's annual ::Harvest Bazaar Coleman will celebrate a Mass of will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to Thanksgiving for couples observing 6 p.m. in the parish~all. Padre's Pies significant wedding anniversaries, in- ' will be available. There will be fun eluding the first year, October 22 at 3 for all at various tables and raffles. p.m. at the Cathedral of St. Mary of The kitchen will be open all day feathe Assumption. For more informa- turing a large menu.] .

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NEW BEDFORD..LA spaghetti and FALL RIVER - Catholic Social' meatball dinner will' be held October Services seeks Portuguese-speaking 25 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Sacred volunteers to work with elders in a . Heart Home, 359 SuInmer Street. For group setting once a week from 11 more information call 508-996-6751. a.m. to 2 p.m. at a local parish. For more information call Juraci Capataz NEW BEDFORD :...- A bazaar will at 508-674-4681. be held October 21 from 10 a.m: to 5 p.m. at HolY'Nam~ of the Sacred FALL RIVER - In honor of Pulaski ,Heart of Jesus Church. For more inDay, a wreath laying ceremony will formation calI508-992-3184. beheld Sunday at the General Casimir Pulaski monument at Pulaski Park, NEW BEDFORD, - St. Josephfollowing the 8:30 a.m. Mass at SS. St. Therese Pari~h is holding a Peter and Paul Parish. A social will craft fair on December 2. Crafters follow in the parish center. For more, are needed. For ihformation call 508-995-5235. " information call 508-676-8463.

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FREETOWN - Mother of the Sor- , rowful Heart Rosary craftei's ",re making,and sending handmade cord: rosaries to missions all over the world. They are available for teach-' ing and demonstrations. For more in- , formation call Carol Spoor at 508-,: 644-2645. " NEW BEDFORD - There will be a Day of Recollection for Priests on October 17, from 11:15-12:45 at St. Anthony of Padua Church. Lunch will be provided afterward. Interested priests may RSVP at 508-993-1691..

SOUTH DARTMOUTH - The: Knights of Columbus Bishop Stang Council No. 4532 is se,eking good

SANDWICH - A \'Healers and Doers" cursillista r'eunion for all cursillistas and friends will take place Saturday at Corpus 9hristi Parish beginning with an 11:30 a.m Mass celebrated by La Salette Father Roger Plante. Witness and lunch will follow.

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I' will co-sponsor an October 28 semiHINGHAM - Father Roger P. IIHe was also the director of lay nar, "A Woman's Heart: An EducaN. Nolette, 70, died10ctober 8 at obJates for many years. More retional Cardiovascular Seminar for Glastonbury Abbey Jrter a brief ill- cefttly he assi~ted at Our Lady of the Caregivers" at Wbite's ofWestport.

The seminar, from 8:30 am., to 3 ness. Father Nolette tvas raised and A~~umptionParish in Osteryille and p.m., will provide information to educated in Fitbhburg and wasapart-timechaplainatCapeCod health care workers and the general Winchendon. He seJed in the U.S. H6spital.

I! Survivors include a brother, Robert public to assist them and their patients Air Force and afterJards attended .Mount Angel Semin~ in Oregon.

N6lette of Thmer Falls; four sisters, discover the differences of symptoms He completed his th!ological studLop-aineRichard, Lucille Moriarty and of heart disease in women, compared ies at St. Basil's liseminary in Rita Amenta, all ofWmchendon, and to those in men.

Pauline C. Philie, RN, MSN, direc- Toronto, Canada and later received Ddris LaFond of Sweet Home, Ore.; II i; tor of Cardiovascular Quality and a master's degree in Religious Edu- aruimanynieces,nephews,great-nieces II . " Outcomes at Cape Cod Hospital, will cation from Andover Newton School and great-nephews. His funeral Mass be the presenter. of Theology.

II w~ held October 11 atthe Glastonbury The seminar is being co-pro~ided He made his profession of mo- Abbey church. Burial was at the church II ' by the Fall River Diocesan Council of nastic vows in 1964 and was or- cemetery.

II " Catholic Nurses and the Department dained a priest in 1969. In the early memorial Mass will be held ofProfessional Practice, Research and years of his minis.~ he worked in S~turday at 11 :30 a.m. at Our Lady Development at Saint Anne's Hospi- Religious Educatioh and directed of, the Assumption Church in ,II ' tal in Fall River. retreats at Glastonbnrv Abbey.

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SOMERSET,:- The St. Jo~ of God Women's Guild will hOst a Somerset Triad seminar on October 18. The town~s police and fire departments and the Bristol County Sheriff's Office are partnered in the local chapter of this national pro-

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The focus of this seminar is the safety of the seniors the Somerset area All parishioners of churches in Somerset are welcome. Topics to be discussed include identity theft, medications, phone safety, and driving ability after age 55.

The seminar will begin at 7 p.m. in the church hall, at 1036 Brayton Avenue. For information call Gina Desmarais at 508-673-3795.

ATTLEBORO - ~ Grief Education Program is held Mondays from 10:30 a.m. to noon and IThursdays from 6:30-8 p.m. at the La Salette Retreat House, 947 Park Stt-eet. For more information call 508~222-8530.

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October 19 Rev. Manuel A. Silvia, Pastor, Santo Christo, Fall River, 1928

October 21 RI. Rev. Msgr. Edward J. CarriP.R., Pastor, Sacred Heart, Fall River; Chancellor 1907-21, 1937 Rev. Francis E. Gagne, Pastor, SI. Stephen, Attleboro, 1942 Rev. Walter J. Buckley, Retired Pastor, SI. Kilian, New Bedford, 1979

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A photo posted on Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley's Web log, or blog, 'shows the Boston cardinal che.cking his'cell phone in his room at the Capuchin monastery at San Giovanni Rotondo in southern Italy.lfhe cardinal doctlmented his trip to Rome in late September using the blog. (eNS photo/courtesy The IT'i1o~ '. , .

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By ANTONIO M. ENRIQUE CATHOLIC N'EWS SERVICE

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are casual, reminiscent of postcards' h6me. Entries include his personal , II" .

European trave I, a p~~lerences on di'scussion "of airplane food and a recounting of conversations with th~ Lufthansa flight crew on their pride at having a German pope. i While keeping its casual formth~ entries are peppered with anecd~tes that frequently end with "101,"

Catholic News Service in Rome that his blog had drawn more than three BOSTON - From advice on million hits. how to live a life of prayer to deAs might be expected Catholic bloggers are weighing in on the iniscriptions of casual encounters with tiative and the reaction has largely American tourists, Cardinal Sean P. been positive.

O'Malley's latest effort t~ commuIn his Splendoroftruth.com blog, nicate with his flock is making a Jeff Miller analyzes one of the splash both in Boston and in cardinal's latest posts. cyberspace.

"Sean Cardinal O'Malley The cardinal is documentmoves beyond photoing his most recent trip to ThOfJgh it may not quite be a re- blogging with a great post of Rome with a Web log, or blog, launched for the occa- ality t~/evision show, the cardinal spiritual catechesis and comsion: cardinalseansblog.org. seems to have attracted an audi- mentary on the saints - es"It was suggested I use a ence iJo his. online postings. A pecially St. Padre Pio. With blog to communicate with Googlf3 News search indicated its all of the media attention (on) everyone but primarily with launcfl has been reported in places his blog, I was hoping he would expand it· beyond just young people, to speak to as faraway a~ India an'd Australia. photos with travel commenthem in their own media," the He told Catholic News Service in. tary. This post does that in cardinal told The Pilot, Boston's archdiocesan news- Romeiithat his blog had drawn more droves," Miller wrote. . In an entry posted October paper, in a recent telephone than three million hits.

2, the last of his trip, CardiI interview. &~~~am~to \ nalO'Malley wrote: I am learn earlier this year how many Internet shorthand for' "laughing happy to announce to you that I will people had followed events of the .out loud" ,-- as the days have pro~ continue to communicate directly . gressed theblog has taken a more with -you through my blog each March consist~ry via the.Internet.

"It has riot been my practice to peaagogical tone. References to the . week when I return to Boston. It's bring people to Rome, but I thought lives of the' saints, Church history my hope to make a post once a I could share some of the experiRoman: architecture have in- week, on Friday ofeach week, startences of this trip with Boston cr~asingiy found their way inio the iflg this coming Friday. So, I invite you back to my blog and look for. Catholics over the Internet," he said.. catdinal's posts.

The cardinal's ll-day trip to . In an entry posted four days into ward to sharing and communicatRome featured two main events. On the new endeavor" Cardinal ing with you well into the future."

II ' But speaking of the media atSeptember 23 he was the homilist O'Malley admitted that the blog and main celebrant at the anniver- . "takes a bit of time," although he tention generated by this initiative, sary Mass of St. Padre Pio. The called the experience "amusing." .. the cardinal stressed the imporevent brought together more than '''I feel like I'm on some reality tance of complementing traditional 10,000 people at the Capuchin tel~vision show on MTV ... 101," he Catholic media presence such as The Pilot or Boston Catholic Telemonastery at San Giovanni wrote.

Rotondo in southern Italy. Cardinal Though it may not quite be a vision with the new media tools O'Malley is a Capuchin Franciscan, re~lity television show, the cardirial that are rapidly becoming mainas was the saint. seems to have attracted an audience stream for new generations of On October I, the cardinal took to "his online postings. A Google Catholics.

HOME AWAY FROM HOME - Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Bos"This experience. clearly indipossession of his titular church in News search indicated its launch ton celebrates Mass in the Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria as ha~ been reported in places as far cates that, as a Church, we need to he takes symbolic possession of the church in Rome October 1. Rome, Santa Maria della Vittoria.

The cardinal's first blog entries aJky as India and Australia. He told use the Internet more," he said.

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