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Christ the .King Parish hosts Jubilee Year Mass Editor's Note: This is the ninth in a to-part series on the pilgrimage churches in the Fall River diocese. This series runs once a month in The Anchor to assist diocesan Catholics in making their pilgrimages to these sites. According to guidelines published by the diocese, those who travel to St. Mary's Cathedral or any of the designated pilgrim churches and fulfill the simple conditions of the indulgences, will receive for themselves, or for a soul in Purgatory, the same indulgence as if they have traveled to Rome or the Holy Land for the Jubilee Year.

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Although the roots of Christ the King Parish were nourished by all the early parishes on Cape Cod, they trace most directly to St. Peter's erected in 1830 in Sandwich (later to become Corpus Christi there), which cared for the spiritual needs of Irish laborers who came down from Boston to work in the Sandwich Glass Works.

During the remainder of the century, parishes were successively established as the migrant tide rolled in, in Provincetown, Hyannis, West Harwich, Woods Hole and Yarmouthport.

Christ the King can also trace its beginning to St. Joseph's ~ The Mashpee parish will host pilgrims at a in Woods Hole. As the tree grew and blossomed, St. Francis Mass Nov. 5 at 11 :30 a.m., celebrated by Xavier Church was dedicated in Hyannis as the new DioBishop Sean R O'Malley, OFM Cap. cese of Fall River was established by Rome in 1904. ,,)' The following year saw Our Lady of the AsMASHPEE - Christ the King Parish was founded on Nov. '~~: sumption Parish established as a mission of 25, 1984 by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin and he appointed FaFrancis Xavier. In 1928 Assumption Parish bether Ronald A. Tosti, now a monsignor - and currently back came a parish all its own and Mashpee became again as pastor, as its first shepherd. a mission of Corpus Christi in 1953 and then of Located on a knoll overlooking the center of Mashpee Assumption in 1960.

Commons, the nearly eight-acre tract has a graceful Greek St. Jude's Chapel had already been conRevival styJe church as its .centerpiece. structed in Santldit in the fall of 1939, and The accompanying buildings include a day chapel, forOur Lady, Queen of All Saints, became the merly St. Jude's Chapel located on Route 28 in Cotuit; a parfinal ornament on the tree in 1968. ish hall, a religious education center, a parish office and parThe star of Christ the King was now alish residence. most ready to be placed on top of the tree.

The entire complex is 38,000 square feet of buildings toAll of this had tested the mettle and the tally interconnected and set in a beautifully landscaped park stamina of two generations of men and with private and public .'> "~" ~ women, one history of the parish said; gardens and parking fa. ..:~"'? . ''<', still, as ~e Cunard Lines slogan goes: cilities for 275 cars. .,.,J.,:'.;P':7L!!' . . ')': ~>.

"Gettmg there \was) half the fun."

The entire .';/ . :/ :. ",~, Msgr. TostI arrIved on the Cape project is situ" ~':"".~.:: .. , " =.~_.".~ .. ~_ .., "', Cod scene from Taunton in ated on the Common of . •., . at Mashpee . ·;M! . i .

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FALL RIVER - A memorial service to mark the horrific, World War II genocide unleashed by Nazis against Jews in the Nov. 9, 1938 kristalltiacht or "Night of Broken Glass," will draw Catholics and Jews to S1. Stanislaus Church on Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. . .

The service, to include prayers, Scriptural readings, songs, awre~th lay~ ing, the Jewish Kaddish or prayer Of, mourning, and blowing 6f the 'shOfar or ram's horn,was written jointly bya Christian and a J e w . . . . .

It will find Bishop SeariP. O'Malley, '.

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Bishop O'Malley issues pastoral on life issues

cal officer for the Fall River diocese, joining with Rabbi William' Kaufman and Cantor Richard Wolberg of Temple Beth El in this city.

Others from both faith communities will also participate. . The service commemorates the evening when the German government' initiated a pogr~m against the Jews of :Germany, burning down synagogues :and ~ri1ashing the glass fronts of Jewish' shops in Berlin. '.'

The pogrom was allegedly in retali-· ation for the assassination of a German diplomat: at the German Embassy in Paris.

The Nazis coined the phrase

Reichskristallnacht or Night of Broken Glass, during which 91 Jews were killed, and 30,000 sent to Dachau, Buchenwald and SachsenhausenOranienburg concentration camps.

More than 5,000 Jewish shops were looted, 191 synagogues attacked and bonfires made of Torah scrolls, prayer books and volumes of Jewish history, philosophy and poetry. . .from kristallnacht on, the momentum of the Holocaust gathered force and led to the wholesale persecution and the killing of six million Jews including 1.5 million children.

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FALL RIVER - "For the Love of Life," a pastoral by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., that keys on birth and death issues was issued today and is printed in its entirety by The Anchor.

"It is an attempt on my part to help our Catholics have a deeper understanding of the Church's teaching on the life issues and the centrality of these issues for believers," Bishop O'Malley said in a recent interview.

"The pastoral will address particularly abortion and euthanasia - physician-assisted suicide - because life is most threatened in our society during these vulnerable periods surrounding birth and death," the bishop added.

He said that just as he has addressed racism and is preparing to address antiSemitism, he wanted to take advantage of the Pro-Life month and the gathering of teachers and Pro-Life coordinators gathering tomorrow at Bishop Stang High School and St. Julie Billiart Parish in North Dartmouth "to reflect on this very important aspect of our ministry."

The gathering is the diocese's Pro-Life Convention and Bishop O'Malley said he will speak about the issues in the pastoral when he addresses the participants.

Copies of the pastoral will be available to those at the convention and copies will also be sent to Catholic high schools and Turn to page 13 - Life

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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., October 27, 2000

速bUunry Sister Adrian Hickey SP INDIANA - Sisters of Providence Sister Adrian (Francis Marie) Hickey, 80, of Karcher Hall, St. Mary-of-theWoods, died there Oct. 16.

Born in Malden, Mass., the daughter of the late John Joseph Hickey and the late Margaret (Hardiman) Hickey, she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence on July 21, 1938 and professed final vows on Jan. 23,1947.

Sister Hickey taught in schools in Maryland, Indiana, Illinois, New Hampshire, the

District of Columbia, Rhode Island, and in Massachusetts, and was assigned to the St. Raphael Province in Fall River, Mass., from 1969 to 1971.

She leaves a sister, Sarah Moore of Malden, Mass.; and 14 nieces and nephews. She was also the sister of the late John S. and Frederick J. Hickey.

Her funeral Mass was celebrated Oct. 20 in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in St. Mary-of-the-Woods. Burial was in the Cemetery of the Sisters of Providence there.

MEMBERS OF the Class of 1950 of the former Msgr. Prevost High School, Fall River, recently celebrated their 50th reunion at White's of Westport. Seated from left are Ernest Brisson, Robert Landry, Robert Levesque, Normand Valiquette and Bernard Forcier.

Standing: Roger Guerette, Robert Cabral, Philip Roderick, Armand Boudria, George Maurice Petit, Robert Morrissette, Rene Banville, Robert Cyr and Daniel Seymour.

Congregation of Holy Cross ordains transitional deacon SACO, MAINE - The Congregation of Holy Cross, Eastern Province of Priests and Brothers, sponsors of Stonehill College, announces the recent ordination of Rev. Mr. Vincent J. Coppola C.S.C., to the order of deacon. Auxiliary Bishop -Michael Richard Cote of Portland, Maine, performed the ordination at Most Holy Trinity Parish.

Rev. Mr. Coppola is a native of Queens, New York. He completed his master of divinity degree at the Univers.ity of

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Notre Dame, also sponsored by the Congregation of Holy Cross, this spring. After receiving a degree inaccounting at Queens College, Deacon Coppola worked for Marriott Corp. before joining the Holy Cross Candidate Program in 1994. He .professed his final vows this September at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at Notre Dame.

Deacon Coppola will serve his deaconate year at Most Holy Trinity Parish before be-

ing ordained a priest this June in South Easton. For Deacon Coppola, the image of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples is a litmus test for how he views his life as a religious.

Witnessing the commitment and dedication by those in the Congregation of Holy Cross to serve God's people assured Deacon Coppola of his vocation in the community.

His interests lie in parish and missionary work. He enjoys biking and exercising.

In Your Prayers Please pray for the following priests during the coming week Oct. 30 1992, Msgr. Robert L. Stanton, Retired Pastor, S1. Paul, Taunton Nov.!

1924, Rev. William H. McNamara, Pastor, 51. Mary, Mansfield 1927, Rev. Louis N. Blanchet, Assistant, S1. Jean Baptiste, Fall River 1944, R1. Rev. Msgr. John F. Ferraz, Pastor, S1. Michael, Fall River 1953, R1. Rev. Msgr. George\F.\Cain, Pastor, S1. Mathieu, Fall River 1987, Rev. William E. Farland, Pastor, S1. Joseph, Taunton 1.988, Rev. William F. Gartland, CSC, Stol)ehill College, North Easton 1994, Rev. John F. Sullivan, SSrCC,; R~tired Chaplain, Sacred Heart Home, New Bedford . ,/-~, . / 1999, Rev. Manllel T.Faria;'Retired, Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River ,--~ / /" '\ \.....-., -~

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A memento for the repose of the souls of our bishops, priests and permanent deacons not on this list 1 \ 1923, Rev. Joseph S. Fortin, Founder, S1. Jean Baptiste, Fall River 1933, Rev. Michael V. McDonough, Chaplain, S1. Mary's Home, New Bedford \ \, Nov. 3 \.

1988, Rev. Jose M. Bettencourt e Avila, 'Retired Pastor, Our Lady of M1. Carmel, New Bedford \ . . \ Nov. 4 \ 1990, Permanent Deacon J~mes M. O'Gara Nov.S 1998, Rev. Daniel A. Gamache, Retired, Cardinal Medeiros Residence, Fall River

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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., October 27, 2000 vice Bureau have been helpful.

We've got so much raw material from our brainstorming with her about it all, we'll be charting some new territories."

Father Bouchard said one of the helpful aids to the PPC's will be

parish." into new areas "that we do not FALL RIVER - Members of He added that "Our biggest . know what to do about, like soParish Pastoral Councils serving in thrust right now is the In Support cial justice, and that is where churches across the diocese will be of Life issues, which is intimately people like Sister Catherine formally installed at a Mass of connected with social justice, Francis from our own Social SerNEED A GOOD PLUMBER? Commissioning Sunday at 3 p.m., which is a real untapped mission in St. Anne's Church. of the Church, that only now we I For your home or business.

Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM are coming to understand. So you Cap., will be the principal cel- can see the PPC really beginning CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORE I ebrant and will install the various to blossom."

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Given the size and needs of St. - Cards -Bibles ~ I -Music Father Jose M. Sousa, coordi- Stan's Parish the council meets I Plumbing & Heating -Rosaries nator of the council program, and normally four times a year," FaI Est.1920 Lie. 10786 -Gifts ... . parochial vicar at St. Patrick Par- ther Kaszynski reported, adding I ish, told The Anchor that the mis- that more meetings are held as Tel. (508) 997·1165 sion of the Parish Pastoral Coun- needs arise.

"The Experienced Mon.• Sat 9:30 am • 5:00 pm I "We do this not to put an uncil differs from that of the parish Plumbing People" 88-A STATE HIGHWAY I Providing a Full Line of Finance Council which advises the due burden on members in a (Rt.G) - NO. DARTMOUTH Plumbing & Heating Services I I pastor on administration, and workaholic age, but we are blessed Acro." FJmI Skmg us. NoJ Dmr" iJlIttRrMxd I1e.tkIIurnnt L ~L~V';: ~w~s~ ~~s~ ... ~uildings and grounds. in that we have a 95 percent atten"The PPC is concerned with dance by our 16 members at each something more important than meeting," the pastor noted. administration; the pastoral mis"It is an advisory group, strictly sion of the Church, the fulfillment a consultative body to me as pasof the parish's mission which is the tor. Bishop Sean mentioned how mission of Jesus Christ," said Fa- blessed we are during our parish visitation last March 16 in that we ther Sousa.

The function of the PPC is two- have three teen-agers, two young fold, Father Sousa explained. It is women and a young man on our pastoral visioning in discerning the council."

Calling the input from the teens parish mission in light of the mission of Christ and of the Catholic "beautiful," Father Kaszynski said Church. that their place on the council "is "It is the role of the PPC to dis- first of all to stress the importance cern the unique, the particular way of youth - not as the Church of as to how their particular commu- tomorrow, but as the Church of tonity is being called by Christ to day, being informed." complete his mission," he said.

The other council members repSophisticated medical technology provides us with He said that through such things resent other ministries of the paras parish surveys and assemblies, ish including schools, social justhe tools to deliver exceptional care. But it is compasthe PPC is to assist the pastor and tice, liturgy and music, health, our sion that gives us the ability to truly touch lives. With the entire parish discern and ful- elderly, to name a few "but the fill its mission as a Catholic com- members really cover the whole one of the most comprehensive approaches to health munity and how better to serve gamut of the parish."

The agenda for meetings is set those with varying spiritual and care in the area, we do it in many ways. In Pediatrics pastoral needs and respond. "But up by the council president and the it is also to the community at large pastor. "We find limiting our meetand Cancer Care, our reputation for excellence is in the Spirit and love of Christ," ings to one hour makes for excellent production," Father Kaszynski he added. well-known. For Surgery, Emergency Services, Cardiac Father Sousa said that once the reported. " He said the meetings are effecmission is discerned, the PPCs are Diagnostics, Rehabilitation and Pain Management called to write a mission statement tive "in that they give me a sense based on the needs of the near fu- of where the people are, so I have our commitment to keeping up with the latest a good cross section of things and ture.

The second role of the PPC is it give me an excellent insight. advances. makes us state-of-the-art as well as "statepastoral planning. Along with the They realize their position and we . pastor and pastoral staff - mem- find there is no tension as 'us verof-the-heart". And because we're part of the Caritas bers of the PPC - they develop a sus him or them or whatever' and it is truly consultative.

On the other several-year plan containing the Christi Health Care System - one of the region's leadpastoral goals and tap talented old hand, things we decide by consenand new parishioners as a task sus I rarely have to change." ing health care resources - our capabilities are truly At Corpus Christi Parish in force to fulfill the goals.

"By fulfilling the goals, the par- East Sandwich, pastor Father impressive. But above all, it's the way we put the tools Marcel H. Bouchard said he has ish community fulfills its mission," a large council because it has a Father Sousa said. of technology in compassionate hands that has made One of the many parishes with nine ex-officio members, includan active PPC is St. Stanislaus in ing the clergy and parish staff, and Saint Anne's Hospital the choice of so many.

Fall River. A council has been in '" 12 others, half elected and half existence there for 38 years, and appointed."

For acomplete list of our services, and acalendar "It is good to have a large numsubsequently followed guidelines from former Bishop Daniel A. ber because we can never have evof free education and screening events and monthly Cronin some 20 years ago, reports eryone together at once; and I think pastor Father Robert S. Kaszynski. the effectiveness has been their support groups, call us at (508) 235-5269.

"But Bishop O'Malley's guide- willingness to study the situation lines have put a more pastoral ac- and analyze rather than just accent on the council whereas before complish tasks," he said.

"When PPC's first began they it tended sometimes to be just running events and planning things, were task-oriented because there and that is no more," Father was a lot to do. Now I think it is more important to brainstorm and CARITAS CHRISTI HEALTH CARE SYSTEM Kaszynski said.

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themoorin~ A negative atmosphere ., There are some realities of our election mind-set that are quite app~lling. First and foremost is the general indifference · in the election that has permeated the nation. Neither candidate has set the country on fire. In fact, both have managed to quench any spark of enthusiasm that voters might have had at the beginning of the campaign. For the past year the public has simply been bored to death by platitudes and old party lines. It has been a most lackluster effort on the part of the candidates that will have some serious consequences.

There is a distinct possibility that the next president will represent only a minority of the American people. Our track record for voter turnout in contrast to other nations is indifferent at best and tragic at worst. All polls clearly show that many citizens will simply not got to the polls to cast their vote. In many ways this is unconscionable in a democratic society. HoweYer,the dullness of effort on the part of the candidates stifles any hope of people rushing to the polls with conviction and purpose save for the party faithful. For the mos.t part, this later group of voters will cast their ballots without thoughtful reflection 011 any of the serious issues of the times. ·Yet, the fact is they will be casting ballots while reasonable and thinking people wHl.sit at home. In this frame of reference we get the government that we deserve. ..' r .

A recent survey has also indicated anoth'er sad side of this campaign. Our young voters, 18-24 years old,'are'turhed·off. by the politicians ~ndotl~~ir an~ics. Only. 33 perc.ept·of tn~s 'lge · group describe themselves as certain to vote in November. Of those wh.o will vote, 43 percent have said they h~ven't yet decided who will win their vote. On a given basis young adults have been 20-32 percent less likely to say they are shirking, talking or paying attention to the campaign. Of course few issues that concern this age group have been effectively rai.sed by the candidates. Social Security;Medicare and Medicai(fare not subjects that relate well to college st.ud:ePts.. \y'he~.equc~­ tion issues do surface they are far removed from the ordinary young people putting themselves through college.

Naturally, the lack of ideals in politics has left many youths completely turned off. From the scandal of Watergate to that of the Clinton White House many have become quite cynical about the positive side of politics. This does not bode well for this election and indeed the future of this country.

Yet, in spite of all the drawbacks and hesitancies of this campaign we must endorse the voting right that this democracy offers to all its citizens. We should not let this nation be governed by a numerical minority vote. In such a circumstance only those who have axes to grind and profits to bank govern the majority. Let us remember as November hurls itself upon us that all citizens have a right and duty to vote freely. Only in this way can we advance the common good of the nation. If we vote, all of us have the chance to govern the state, determine the scope and purpose of various institutions and elect leaders. If we fail to exercise this right, we fail not only our democracy but ultimately ourselves. In a matter of life and death; war and peace; social justice and civil rights we should not be reduced to the level of a satirical late night show approach to the governing of America.

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The Hispanic presence

By FATHER

EUGENE HEMRICK CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Once a major study is published, it may attract attention for a year or two and then be consigned to the bookshelves. But recently I reread one study that I feel should be taken off the bookshelves frequently.

In 1993, the U.S. Catholic bishops published "Strangers and Aliens No Longer: The Hispanic Presence in the United States." Having just reread it for a course I am giving, I find it as The Editor timely now as when it was first produced because of its inspiring success stories and the valuable principles it expresses.

Take for example the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in San Jose, Calif. - a story that told of PACT (People Acting in Community Together), a regional OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER organization representing the Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River community by demanding ser.887 Highland Avenue . P.O. BOX 7 vices people deserve from the Fall River. MA 02720 Fall River. MA 02722-0007 city government.

Telephone 508-675-7151 Programs such as this one reFAX (508) 675-7048 flect the age-old principle that Send address changes 10 P.O. Box 7 or call telephone number above city officials will sit up and listen more carefully to the people EDITOR GENERAL MANAGER NEWS EDITOR when the people organize, enter Rev. Msgr. John F. Moore Rosemary Dussault . James N. Dunbar the political scene and face them . in pers0':l'

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Another success story was about a project known as BEST, designed to protect youth against drug abuse and to provide rehabilitation programs for them.

BEST is a reminder that youth are the future of every culture and that the better we defend them against whatever lowers their values, the better off our culture will be.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish also created Encuentro Conjugal to help married couples enrich their lives and deal with troubling needs, pressures and tensions. This program is a reminder that family life today experiences pressures as no generation before it has. The program points us to one of life's most essential lessons: As family life . goes, so goes a culture, a neighborhood and, for that matter, a country.

In Dolores Mission Parish in Los Angeles, t~e idea of ~ cooperative went beyond housing or creating a grocery store and translat~d into mothers pooling their time to take care of each other's children so that destitute mothers can find employment.

In addition to success stories, "Strangers and Aliens" directs us

to sound principles we need to preserve, such as the one the bishops formulated in their pastoral letter for the 1992 observances of the fifth centenary of evangelization in the Americas: "New immigrants are not summed up by their needs, their deprivations. They are gifted, talented people with contributions. to make to the communities they enter."

When that principle is taken to heart, it gives us an entirely new set of eyes with which to view immigrants from other cultures. Rather than seeing them as people who come to America to drain it of resources, it pictures them injecting new life into the nation. Instead of looking upon someone of another. culture as a potential criminal or as someone who will bring the neighborhood down, it. implores us to look closer at him or her, and to realize that this person has gifts we don't have, but which we could use.

In the case of Hispanicfamilies, this translates into their great reverence for traditions that keep family life together - traditions from which American family life could learn much.

We can make a difference I'd love to devote this week's column to moaning and groaning about the Subway Series, but in 11 days, the fate of approximately 5,000,000 lives will be determined. Not enough can be said about the importance of the need for U.S. Catholics to vote for life in the presidential elections to take place on Nov. 7.

To vote against life, means another four-year administration that not only approves of abor-

My View From the Stands

By Dave Jolivet

tion, but seeks legislation to perpetuate the silent holocaust. Each year, over 1.25 million abortions are performed in the United States alone. By the time the next president we elect comes up for reelection, approximately 5,000,000 babies will have been exterminated - having been deemed a choice and not a child.

The abortion issue is not the only one in this election, but it is the most important. No matter who is elected, the country's finances and world position will remain largely the way it is now.

But a pro-choice vote will virtually guarantee a continued slaughter of the unborn.

Nov. 7 is when we Catholics can make a difference. This year's election day also has special meaning to my wife and me. Four years ago on Nov. 7, our fourth child, David Joseph was born.

Davey was only able to hang around with us for three days, . before being called back to heaven, but he made such a large impact on us nonetheless.

Davey died on Nov. 9, 1996, but for his brief time on earth, and ·despite his frail condition,he showed many people just how much the unborn and the newborn want to live. He fought until he could fight no longer.

Davey was born one month early, and in this country, he could have legally been aborted without a second thought. Instead, my wife and I got to hold him and feel him wiggle and hear him cry for a short time. . After Davey died, I wrote a tribute to him for The Anchor a few months later. The feedback we received was tremendous.

Then I created a website in his memory, dedicated to the unborn (http://members.aol.com/djoliv/ dajos.html), and four years later, we "still receive letters from people who have been touched by his story.

I felt then and still do, that Davey was born for a reason, and part of that reason was to help his little comrades have the chance to see the light of day some day. In my story, I mentioned that people could ask Davey to intercede for an end to abortion. Some might think that a little three-day-old couldn't have an impact, but where he is now, he can do anything. Just think of the power an infant has in the eyes of God! Davey died with dignity.

His little coffin, not much bigger than a large shoe box, was placed in the front of a church where he received a Mass ofChristian Burial, concelebrated by three priest friends. His tombstone bears the likeness of the Madonna of the Streets by Ferruzzi, and is frequently visited by his parents and grandparents.

Not so with nearly 1.5 million of his cohorts each year. Instead of a coffin, those children are tossed in medical waste bags. Instead of a funeral and a grave stone for remembrance, they're virtually swept under the rug, in the name of choice.

Well, there's one thing that the pro-choice people can't or refuse to understand. Each of those aborted babies ends up in the same place that little Davey is right now - with the Father. Just because pro-choice advocates have the law on their side and view extermination as a right, those little lives go on for eternity in heaven. Some of them will meet up with grandparents who didn't even know they existed.

Some will meet their parents who saw the errors of their ways. And all will know the love of God, a love denied them on earth.

In 11 days we have a say in what will happen for the next four years. If enough of us have the courage to vote for life, instead of for comfort, millions of God's creatures will get the chance to make a difference on earth before heading to the Father.

On Nov. 7, think of little Davey. Think of your own children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and neighbors. Make your vote a vote of compassion.

Make a difference. Meanwhile, ask Davey to intercede on behalf of the unborn until his birthday rolls around - on election day.

Dave Jolivet is a former sports writer/editor, and current staff member of The Anchor.

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The event is for all involved in of Pastoral Care to the Sick of the Fall River diocese, the day begins ministering to the sick, euchariswith a 9:30 a.m., gathering, cof- . tic ministers to the sick, and pasfee and opening prayer. There will toral visitors to hospitals, nursing be a lunch and the program will homes and the homebound.

The presenter will be Holy conclude at 3 p.m.

Union Sister Joan Guertin, director of the Holy Union Spiritual Life Center in Groton.

Serra Club holds nteeting, plans Mass ATTLEBORO - The Attleboro Area Serra Club held its opening meeting recently followed by dinner at Noah's Dock.

Mass was held at Madonna Manor in North Attleboro and Father Francis Crowley was principal celebrant.

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Evening of Recollection: Thanksgiving-An Essential Element of Prayer - Fr. Cassista Women at the Well: A Retreat for Women in Recovery & Their ATTLEBORO - The St. Families - Carla Priest John's Council Knights of CoDay of Recollection: Celebrating lumbus #404 recently announced Advent & Christmas . its new officers for the 2000-200 I

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NUPTIAL JUBILEE - Robert and Rose Alma Pelletier, celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary, flank Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., in St. Mary's Cathedral last Sunday.

More than 180 couples from 70 parishes in the Fall River diocese observed jubilees ranging from 25 years to 62 years at the 21st annual Anniversary Mass hosted by the Office of Family Ministry. Among those marking 50th anniversaries were lectors Maddy Lavoie, wife of Raymond Lavoie, of Our Lady of Grace Parish, Westport; Gerard Duqu~tte, husband of Lucille Duquette, of Notre Dame Parish, Fall River; and gift bearers Thomas and Dorothy Travers of Holy Trinity Parish, West Harwich. Observing their 25th jubilee were gift bearers Carlos and Deborah Lima of St. Margaret's Parish, Buzzards Bay. Of those attending, 105 couples were celebrating their 50th jubilee. (Photo by John E. Kearns Jr.)

cellor; Glenn Pyne, recorder; David Petrie, financial secretary; Leo Dumas, treasurer; Anthony Martins, lecturer; William Dundulis, advocate; Richard Boucher, warden; Philip Luthi, inside guard; Bernie Provencal and Francis Scheaff, outside guards. The board of trustees will include Willie Michel, Kenneth Batista and Brother Robert Nichols.

HOLY DAY Wednesday, November 1 is the feast of All Saints Day. It is a holy day on which all Catholics are obliged to attend Mass.

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For the Love of Life.

A Pastoral Letter front Bishop Sean R O'Malley, OFM Cap. Dearly beloved in Christ,

the floodgates were opened and a tidal wave of abortions Our Holy Father in his Gospel of Life has reiterated covered the land. Now no child is safe until that the enduring teaching of the Church: "Abortion and eu- child is born. The pro-abortion forces even object thanasia are crimes which no human law can claim to le- to intervention in the cases of drug-using mothers gitimize." From the times of the Apostles, the Church has or mothers who are HIV positive. Suddenly, the taught us to obey legitimate governments; but at the same unborn child has no rights whatsoever. Groups time the Church boldly proclaimed: "We must obey God arise to prevent the cruel treatment of animals; rather than men" (Acts 5:29). yet the law of the land permits human beings to In the Old Testament when the Pharaoh ordered the be tortured to death in the womb up until the momidwives to kill the newborn male children, they refused ment of birth. to do so, "because the midwives feared God" (Ex. 1: 17).

Chicago Attorney Paul Esposito recounts how It is precisely in a reverential obedience to God's law that a professor in a medical school asked his class if those women found the courage to resist unjust human they would recommend an abortion in the case of laws. Abortion and euthanasia are Pharaoh's laws and must a family where the father had syphilis, the pregbe resisted. Every Catholic should stand up and be counted. nant wife was infected with tuberculosis, and of We are called by our Baptism and Confirmation to be the four children, one was blind, another deaf apostles ofthe Gospel ofLife. We believe in a God who is and mute, another had tuberculosis, and the last a lover of life. was physically deformed. The vast majority In defending the cause of life, we are not only fulfill- voted in favor of an abortion. The professor ing our vocation as Catholics, but we are also defending congratulated the class for having aborted the vision of democracy that is embodied in the Declara- Beethoven. tion of Independence that states "We hold these truths to What has brought us to this point, this low \. be self-evident," namely, that we are all created equal and ebb in respect for human life? The incessant vioare endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights, lence of the 20th century, with millions of victhe first of which is the right to life. Today, this most fun- tims of wars, holocaust, apartheid, racial, and damental human right is threatened. As the Bishops ofthe tribal conflict, have all contributed to a certain United States have said in our document Living the Gos- disconnect that takes place in our hearts so as to pel of Life: shield ourselves from the sheer horror that has ''As we tinker with the beginning, the end, and even taken place. We have grown desensitized to the the intimate cell structure of life, we tinker with our own violence around us and to the violence of abortion.

Another cultural factor that helps explain the proidentity as a free nation dedicated to the dignity of the human person." liferation of abortion is the consumer society. What If we ask ourselves what is the leading cause of death in the past we considered luxuries now are seen as in the United States? Heart disease, cancer, smoking, AIDS necessities. We are on a constant quest for "creature are answers that come to mind. Actually, the leading cause comforts," for time-saving and effort-saving devices. Our personal convenience and comfort is of utmost imporof death in the United States is abortion.

When the abortion debate began in our country, much tance. We have "instant everything'! but still are intent on was made of the supposed lack of certainty as to when how to acquire more things and surround ourselves with human life might begin. The large number of fetuses that appliances and gadgets to lighten our workload. In our have survived abortions and now partial-birth abortion world, things and money are often seen as more valushow that we have moved far beyond those philosophical able than people.

The vertiginous changes in our lives are dictated scruples. Suddenly, it does not matter when life begins, as long as abortion is available to snuff out human life in the by advances in technology and a tyranny of fads and womb at any stage of development. Proponents of abor- fashions. The impression created by the constant movetion used to go to great lengths to describe the most pa- ment from the obsolete to the experimental is that nothing thetic cases imaginable: "A 13-year-old Down's Syndrome is permanent; everything is in flux. What was valued and child, with German measles, raped by her HIV-positive revered yesterday will probably have little utility in the future. Incessant change, like excessive speed, blurs one's father who already has six children on welfare."

The tactic was to make abortion sound reasonable, ex- vision. It becomes more difficult to distinguish between pedient. Actually, what we have done is we have devalued what is accidental and what is essential.

Another cultural trait that is proving to be so destruclife. Once it was deemed that human life was expendable, tive is the exaggerated individualism that has produced many isolated self-absorbed individu<.ls. The sense of sacrifice for the common good, for the sake of others, has been replaced by the ideal of looking out for "Number One." The availability ofthe pill has caused a disconnect between sexuality and procreation. The resultant promiscuity brings with it many unwanted pregnancies, and when contraception fails, abortion becomes the safety net. In fact, these same factors that have made abortion so amenable to our modern American culture have contributed mightily to the de-' terioration of the family.

Taking into account the influence of the media and the cultural trends mentioned before, we can understand the PARISHIONERS OF Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, New Bed- change in mentality that has come to unford, deliver a Pro-Life message at a past Walk for Life in Boston.

dermine our very respect for life itself.

PACKAGING ABORTION: WORD

GAMES

In the United States, where marketing and propaganda make fortunes, sometimes the packaging is more important than the product. Those who coined the phrase "prochoice" to avoid the sleazy "pro-abortion" title have done a great service to the culture of death. They have covered the shame of abortion with the banner of freedom. They talk about the woman's body, but say nothing about the tiny body growing within her body. Their ploy has helped soften their image and disguise the violence of abortion under the mantle of freedom, woman's rights, and privacy. It puts one in mind of the story of the "Emperor's New Clothes" where all the subjects are too intimidated to tell the emperor the truth, i.e. that he has been duped by an unscrupulous tailor. The Catholic Church is like that little child who dared tell the truth, amazed that no one else seemed to see what is so obvious.

Some people accuse us of being a one-issue Church.

Those people are unaware, or pretend to be, ofthe Church's rich social Gospel, in the Encyclicals of the Popes, and the many topics taken up regularly by the Bishops' Conference: Racism, Economic Justice, Peace issues, etc. Ask the $500-million abortion industry and Planned Parenthood how many issues they are interested in. Look at the Tum to page eight

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NARAL (National Abortion Rights Action League) web page and see how they target Pro:-:Ufe politicians.

The Church's issue is Life ~{l all jts many dimensions; but make no mistake about it, defense of innocent human life is the centerpiece of the Church's social Gospel. The sad fact is that many voters are too concerned about partisan politics to truly examine the issues; others vote exclusively with their pocketbook. As a young priest involved in work with immigrants, I attended a heated neighborhood meeting. A local politician jumped to his feet and announced that his two great issues were housing and youth. Somebody Shouted, ~'Yeah, your house and your kids!" We all need to look: beyond our immediate ·personal advantage and ask what is best for America; namely, protecting the most basic human right, the right to live.

Catholics should realize that if you vote for a politician who supports abortion, you are responsible for promoting abortion in our country. That is a terrible responsi-, bility! Remember that the phrase, "personally opposed, but" means: "I don't have the courage of my convictions;" or "I am not so opposed that I would vote against it;" or "I'm really in favor, but I don't want to offend voters."

Some say: "I am opposed to abortion, but I cannot impose my religion on the whole population." Defending human rights is not imposing Catholicism on the country.

An appeal to respect for pluralism in this case is spurious.

How about people who would say: "I am opposed to slavery or cannibalism, but I don't want to impose myreligion on others."

WOMAN'S CHOICE, MALE COERCION

Studies have shown that women are more Pro-Life than men. Certainly the maternal instincts and closeness to the source of life dispose women to be more protective ofchildren. So, despite the talk about "the woman's body" and the "woman's choice;" oftentimes the big supporter of abortion is the man who is quite happy to vest all . reproductive responsibility in the woman. This creates a situation in which men can easily rationalize their irresponsibility towards women who opt not to have an abortion.

According to the Allan Guttmacher Institute, 80 percent of all abortions are sought by single women. With abortion as an option, a man can compel awoman to have an abortion by denying his responsibility or threatening to abandon her if she "chooses" to give birth. For the unwilling father, an abortion is a bargain compared to monthly child support payments.

Studies show that coercion by the male partner is a major factor in many a woman's "choice" to have an abortion. A survey conducted by the Medical College of Ohio surveyed 150 women who "identified themselves as having poorly assimilated the abortion experience." Of the 81 respondents, more than one-third had an abor-' tion under duress. Fewer than one-third initially considered the abortion themselves. In cases , where women initially chose to bear the child, their male partners were opposed by a margin of 8-to-1.

In all these cases, the logic that was operative was: since the male partner was willing to pay for the abortion and since the woman had a "constitutional right" to have an abortion even over the objections ofthe man, by her failure to seek an abortion, she took sole responsibility for the child. The other corollary of this premise is that the man should not be liable for any child support.

Permissive abortion policies have created a climate where men can enjoy sexual relations with little concern for their consequences.

Whose freedom is guaranteed by abortion, if not the man's? Even back in 1869, Susan B. Anthony (the American feminist whose image

issue is Life

graces the silver dollar) wrote in the feminist newspaper,

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were we talking about when abortion was illegal? In

'The Revo[ution:-"Gu*y?Yes, p.o.'matterWhat the ~otive, NARAL we generally emph'asized the drama of the indilove of ease, or'a:desfre to'save from suffering die unlioril'>~ viduaI case, not the mass s.ta,ti~tics, but when we spoke of

innocent, the woman is awfully guilty who commits 'the ': the'hltlei-;"it was always "5,000 to-IO,OOO de~ths a year. I deed. It will burden her conscience in life, it will burden confess thatT Iaiew the figures were totally false, a,nd I her soul in death; but, oh, thrice guilty is he who, for self- suppose the others did too, if they stopped to think ~bout ish gratification, heedless of her prayers, indifferent to her it. But in the 'morality' of the revolution, it was a useful fate, drove her to the desperation which impels her to the figure, widely accepted, so why go out of our way to corcrime." rect it with honest statistics. The overri9ing concern was to get the laws eliminated, and anything within reason which had to be done was permissible."

ILLEGAL ABORTIONS AS JUSTIF1CATIONS According to the U. S. Bureau of Statistics, there were FOR LEGAL ONES Pro-abortion advocates have latched on to the coat 39 deaths as a result of illegal abortions in 1972, the year hanger as a symbol of their movement. It is supposed to before Roe vs,. Wade. Dr. Hilger's study estimates that represent the many woman harmed or killed by illegal there were approximately 98,000 illegal abortions a year abortions performed by "back-alley butchers." The muti- in the years prior to Roe vs. Wade. A far cry from the 1.5, lation or death of any woman during an abortion is tragic. million annual abortions now. ' It is also misleading to assert that all abortions before It is one more indication that every abortion is a dangerous assault on a woman. However, the push to legalize the Roe vs. Wade were performed by "back-alley butchers." highly risky RU-486 casts some doubt on the sincerity of In a 1960 article "illegalAbortions as a Public Health Probthe concern ofpro-abortion advocates for woman's safety. lem" in the "American Journal of Health," Dr. Mary We do not want to see women suffer, but neither can we Calderone, president of Planned Parenthood, stated that: tum a blind eye on the innocent child whose life is snuffed "90 percent of all illegal abortions are presently done by out by abortion. physicians." We can only conclude that Roe vs, Wade trigThe pro-abortion movement has tried to exaggerate the gered a metamorphosis of "back-alley butchers" into the number oftragic deaths ofwomen undergoing illegal abor- "reproductive health providers" of our own days. tion as a strategy to convince the public that it was imThe false statistics, the dramatization of the most paperative to legalize abortion. thetic cases, and the denial that unborn babies have rights Before the days of Roe vs. Wade, Dr. Bernard have been the strategies adopted by the abortion moveNathanson, one of the co-founders of NARAL and his ment in the United States. Too many people have been confederates routinely fabricated statistics about women duped by their strategies. who allegedly died as a result of illegal abortions. In Roe vs. Wade was supposed to make abortions safe.

"AbortingAmerica" Nathanson states: "How many deaths The truth is that women are still dying as a result of legal abortions. The huge volume of abortions has put many more women at risk. Abortion is a $500-million-a-year industry. There is a great monetary incentive to do them as quickly as possible, placing women at greater danger. In addition, the abortion rights advocates in their determination to keep abortion legal have succeeded in making it difficult to prosecute incompetent abortionists.

THE TESTIMONY OF A SURVIVOR

Even today, licensed abortionists performing legal abortions kill their share of women.

Then too, sometimes legal abortions fail by not succeeding in killing the baby. On April 22, 1996, GiannaJessen gave testimony before the Constitutional Subcommittee ofthe House Judiciary Committee. Gianna was 19 years old at the time of the hearings: She recounted how her biological mother had decided to have an abortion. The saline abortion did not kill the fetus.

A two-pound baby was born. A staffnurse called Emergency Services, and the baby was taken to the hospital. The abortion left the baby severely damaged; but years of braces, operations, and therapy have allowed Gianna to walk.

Gianna ended her testimony by witnessing to her faith in God and her love for life. She said: "I am happy to be alive. I almost died.

Every day I thank God for life. I do not consider myself a by-product of conception, a clump of tissue, or any of the titles given to a child in the womb.. .1 have met other survivors of abortion. They are all thankful for life. Only a few weeks ago I met another saline abortion survivor. Her name is Sarah. She is two years old. Sarah also has cerebral palsy, but her diagnosis is not good. She is blind and has severe seizures. The abortionist, besides injecting the mother with saline, also injects the baby victims. Sarah was injected in the head. I saw the place on her head where it was done. ''Today, a baby is a baby when it is convenient. It is a tissue or otherwise when the time Turn to page nine

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cal supporters of ad.option as the humane alternative to modem St. Paul. Remember to pray for abortionists as St. is not right. The best things I can sho:", you to defend life abortion for "unwantecf ·children." Those children are Stephen did for Saul. .'" ., is my life. It has been a great gift. Killing i~ not the answer .~ wantc:xi!

Cardinal O'Connor was a lion in defense oflife and an to any question or sitiiatlon. All life is ·valuable. All life is implacable foe of abortion. It is fitting that the Cardinal a gift ftomour Creator. We must receive and ~herish the MERCY AND LoVE baptize a converted abortionist like Bernard Nathanson, gifts we are given. We must honor the right to life."

To proclaim the Gospel of Life, we must speak with and present for canonization to sainthood Dorothy Day, Somehow, I do not think that a coat hanger is going to love and compassion. Violence against abortionists does who herself had an abortion before she discovered Christ. discourage this child, who was the victim of a legal abor- not promote the cause oflife. People should have the right The ultimate goal of the Pro-Life movement is to change tion, from speaking out on behalf of the millions of chil- to demonstrate and pray in front of abortion clinics, but people's hearts and help them recognize how precious life dren whose abortionists were more efficient. their presence there should be one marked by a deep com- is. mitment to non-violenc'e and a desire to show the comAooPTION passionate face of a community that stands ready to help PROJEcr RACHEL The decision to entrust your child to someone else, to women in trouble without condemning them or looking Project Rachel is the post-abortion healing ministry of a stranger, is a frightening one; and yet, we know some- down on them. "There but for the grace of God go I," the Catholic Church. It was founded in 1984 by Vicki times that is the best decision, the right one. In the dispute must be ever our attitude.

Thorn, in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and is now in of the two mothers before Solomon, it is the true over 100 dioceses in the United States. mother who gives the child away rather than see This wonderful organization is composed of it killed. When a mother lovingly entrusts herchild network of specially trained clergy, spiritual dito an adoptive family, she has chosen life for her rectors, and therapists who provide compassionbaby and will always be that baby's true mother, ate one-on-one care to persons struggling with the even as she shares that vocation with the adoptive painful aftermath of abortion. parents. One of my own nephews is adopted. We In addition to the spiritual tragedy that befalls are all grateful to his mother for allowing him to those involved in abortion, many psychological live and to be part of our lives. manifestations can appear: guilt, depression, low Adoption is getting very difficult in the States. self-esteem, sense of alienation, shame, anger, Many fine couples are going to Korea, Russia, nightmares, drug and alcohol abuse, sleep disorRumania, and Guatemala in order to adopt achild. ders, phantom pregnancy, and difficulties in subI believe that we could be a country that gives a sequent pregnancies. Those involved in an aborhome to all our children. There is no need to retion: the mother, the father, and accomplices are sort to the horrors of abortion. all scarred by the event.

We are called upon to build a society where The Project Rachel workers help abortion vicpeople care about people. A society that would tims through a process of reconciliation and healmake it easier to be good because our laws proing that begins by telling the victim's story with tect human life and encourage people to seek soall its pain and anger. The support of the counselutions other than abortion. The fact that abortion lors helps the victim of abortion to forgive those exists as a legal and accessible procedure (so acinvolved and to come to seek forgiveness. Expericessible at times that children can have abortions encing God's forgiveness and forgiving oneself is without parental consent) has led many to seek the goal of Project Rachel. Every abortion leaves abortion rather than adoption. Birthright, and two victims: one dead and one wounded.

Catholic Charities, and many groups are trying to We can together mourn the loss of the baby reach out to women in trouble to offer real alterand work to heal the wounded survivor by the overnatives to abortion, and I personally pledge the whelming power of God's love and mercy. aid of the Diocese of Fall River to any woman Project Rachel takes its name from Matthew's seeking an alternative to abortion. account of the massacre of the Holy Innocents Abortion is touted as the solution for "unwhere the sacred writer quotes from the book of wanted babies" that would otherwise be doomed Jeremiah: "A voice was heard in Ramah, sobbing to a life of neglect and abuse. Still, it is hard to and loud lamentations; Rachel weeping for her imagine any abuse or neglect more violent than children since they were no more" (Jer. 31: 15). abortion itself. The alternative should be adopThe pain, guilt, and sense of loss of those who tion. In the United States about 50,000 adoptions have made this tragic mistake of aborting their take place annually; yet it is estimated that about child is like that of Rachel in her inconsolable sortwo miIlion couples are waiting. Many of these THE AFTERMATH of abortion can be filled with grief, loss, row. couples would like to adopt more than one child. regret, anger and depression. Project Rachel ministry brings Rachel is seen as reaching through history and, Many too are willing to take hard-to-place chil- healing and hope to those who suffer. (Ayers/Stone photo) weeping for her children as they are carried off dren with special needs. There are long waiting into bondage in Babylon. Her lament echoes in lists for Down's Syndrome and Spina Bifida bathe sorrow unleashed by the slaughter of the Holy bies and even for infants with AIDS. People with love and mercy in their hearts are best Innocents by Herod when he tries to destroy the Christ Each year, there are 1.5 million babies aborted. It is equipped to counsel women in difficult pregnancies who child. The Lord assures Rachel that her children will refeasible that all these aborted babies could have been are contemplating an abortion. Such counseling has saved turn from exile and that families will be united through the loving embrace of God's mercy. This is the vision of adopted by couples who are anxious to give a home to countless babies from being discarded. these "unwanted" children. Regulations and laws need to Even the abortionists are not beyond redemption. Had Project Rachel.

As a Church of sinners called to conversion, we want be changed to make adoptions more "user friendly." In I known Dr. Nathanson when he was the champion of addition, the welfare of the children must take precedence NARAL and making a fortune in the abortion industry, to reach out in love and mercy to those who have had over the financial interest of social service agencies that doubtlessly I would have felt animosity toward him. I abortions. We do not trivialize what they have done. We might want to keep a child in foster care rather than re- would certainly never have imagined that one day I would acknowledge the evil done to themselves and to their chillease them for adoption. Likewise, strictures against in- call upon him to defend the cause of life. As Bishop in the dren; but we do not judge or condemn them; rather we Virgin Islands, I received a distressing call from a young encourage them to have faith in God and His mercy. terracial adoption need to be revised where they exist.

In speaking on abortion, we must leam to always inAdoption should be promoted, and adoptive parents lawyer in Honduras informing me that the legislature in should be supported. In the Holy Family, Jesus is raised that nation had just legalized abortion. I called Dr. vite those who have been involved in abortions "to come

by Mary, His biological Mother, and St. Joseph, His adop- Nathanson who immediately consented to travel with me home," to free themsel ves of the burden by embracing the tive Father. Many wonderful couples who have no chil- to Honduras where he spoke at the National University, saving power ofthe Cross, to draw near the throne ofGod's dren of their own are being denied the opportunity to have on television, and to various groups. His film, "The Silent mercy where what is loosed on earth is also loosed in a family because abortion is destroying the children of Scream," had just been translated into Spanish and made heaven.

With humility and love we want to show the face of our country. According to Dr. J. C. Willke in his book on quite an impression on the Honduran people. The legislaadoption, "Planned Parenthood counselors and the rest of tion was reversed, in great part because of the moving the Good Shepherd who leaves all behind to pursue the the pro-abortion, anti-child activists have for three decades testimony of a man who knew more about abortion than one lost sheep; and when He finds the sheep, He puts it on been waging a quiet but successful war against adoption." anyone in Honduras. Years later, Cardinal John 1. O'Connor His shoulders and carries it home.

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"Physician-assisted suicide Continued from page nine PHYSICIAN-AssISTED SUICIDE

Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia find support because of strong cultural trends that influence people's attitude. The first of these trends is the absolutization of autonomy. We have gone from a paternalistic approach to medicine that left treatment decisions solely to the doctors, to the consensus that the individual patient's decision is paramount.

Little attention is given to the moral principles that need to inform and guide the patient's decision. The attitude is: "It's his life, let him decide." This same exaggerated autonomy is at play in much of the pro-abortion justifica~ tion. Just as people can choose to end the life of their unborn children, up until minutes before they are born, so they can opt to end their own life when it is burdensome.

Exaggerated autonomy translates into a total accommodation to the patient's wishes without reference to right and wrong.

A corollary of absolutized autonomy is an intolerance ofdependence on others. People abhor being helpless and dependent. Given the primacy of independence in our American culture, we tend to carry personal freedom to an extreme. Yet the truth is we are social creatures and dependent upon one another. Life consists in giving and receiving. At the beginning and at the end of life, it is receiving that predominates. Today, I care for a sick person, tomorrow some one else will care for me. This is part of our life cycle. A person's dignity and value is not contingent on health or capacity to produce. Each human being has a value that is not diminished by detenorating health or advancing age.

To be human is to live the constant tension ofdependence and independence. 5t. Francis wanted his friars to beg in order that they experience their dependence on others. It is humbling, but it is also liberating, especially when we come to understand interdependence as the human condition. Physician-assisted suicide is not an expression of compassion, it is a flight from compassion. It is a rejection of our interdependence on one another. Like many facile solutions, it is immoral. What passes for mercy is really an act of isolation and abandonment.

The transformation of "health care" into "the health industry" has brought about a divorce in the medical profession from the very values that make health care a human service. Issues that are totally foreign to holistic human care have taken center stage: competition, profits, government controls, liability.

The doctors themselves feel less satisfaction in their profession as the doctor-patient relationship fades into the background as anachronistic. The doctor has suddenly become "the provider." Managed care often sets up an economic rivalry between the doctor and the patient. The sense of trust has been sacrificed on the altar ofefficiency.

There is an impression that physicians are interchangeable. The culture ofcare and compassion is being replaced by a business ethos. As Joseph Califano said: "For many doctors and hospitals, the business of medicine is more business than medicine."

We are not in a position to blame the medical profession, or the lawyers or insurance companies or HMO,'s.

What we can all be sure of is that the situation will not change if we do not recapture the idealism and fidelity to principles that has been the driving force in health care since Hippocrates formulated his oath. As followers of Jesus Christ, we look to the example ofJesus' loving ministry to the sick and suffering. He called people. by name; He touched them in love; He healed them in body and spirit.

It is important that we provide the loving care our dying brothers and sisters need. Mother Teresa began her special vocation to God's poor by aiding the dying people in the gutters of Calcutta. She took them on her back or in a wheelbarrow to an old abandoned Hindu temple where she cleaned them and fed them and did whatever possible so that they could die surrounded by love. She called this, "doing something beautiful for God." How do we in the richest: nation in the history of the

world take care of our dying? Do we do something beautiful for God py doing something beautiful,for Hi~ sick and suffering? As a country, we need to care for our dying and not see them as a burden on society. We must recognize our interdependence. We need each other. The Golden Rule expresses it well: "Love your neighbor as you love yourself." We can take it a step further, "Take care of your neighbor, and a neighbor will take care of you."

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In the past, society has not permitted doctors to act as

public executioners, something seen as incompatible with their profession, as contrary to common sense, and as a violation of the Hippocratic Oath, not .to kill. Intentionaily killing a patient does not fit. within the aims. of the medical profession, viz. to promote healing and wholeness, to relieve pain, to allay anxiety and uncertainty, and to be a comforting presence. It is not the competence of the physician to determine the value oflife and what kind of lives are worth living.

AUTONOMY VS. THE COMMON GOOD The Netherlands is the first country to legalize the pracIn today's world the individual's autonomy is seen as cultivating self-realization apart from any concern about tice ofeuthanasia. At first it was limited to a few cases, but how our personal desires and ambitions contribute to the has quickly grown to alarming proportions. Each year apgood of society as a whole. According to this philosophy proximately 130,000 persons die in that country. Routinely, 20,000 are killed by doctors. As many as half of these never requested to be killed. It is now permissible to kill infants when it is ascertained they do not have the pros'~s followers ofJesus Christ, we look pect of an adequate quality of life. to the example of Jesus' loving minisIn Holland, reports have been published documenting try to the sick and suffering. He c[fllled the sad fact that elderly patients, out offear ofeuthanasia, people by name, He touched them in refuse hospitalization and even avoid consulting doctors.

R. Fenigsen in the September 30, 1987, Wall Street Jourlove, He healed them in body and nal, "Involuntary Euthanasia in Holland" reports: spirit."

"An inquiry among hospital patients showed that many fear their own families may ask for euthanasia without consulting them. The Dutch Patients' Association placed of individualism, no one can tell me what is good for me. a warning in the press that, in many hospitals, patients are The social nature of the human condition, however, being killed without their will or knowledge, or the knowlchallenges the premises of individual autonomy. We are edge of their families and advised the patients and their born into a society, a family, a community. These rela- families to carefully inquire on every step in the treattionships are crucial for a full human life. The moral vi- ment, and when in doubt, to consult a reliable expert outsion ofthe Church insists that the communal aspect of life side the hospital." . must be structured to support the dignity of every human In 1995, the Northern Territory ofAustralia also legalbeing. Accordingly, all expressions of personal freedom ized euthanasia; and 'in our own country, the State of Ormust bejudged with their social implications. It has often egon has approved physician-assisted suicide. As with been stated that freedom of speech does not entitle.one to ab~rti<?n, we might presume that th~ practice of ~uthana~, shout, "Fire!" in a crowded theater where there is no fire. sia will be introduced slowly, beginning with physicianThe same is true for the way we die. The way we die is Tum to page JJ affected by and effects our relationship with others. Therefore, physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia must be scrutinized in light of our communal commitments and values. To allow physician-assisted suicide legalizes killing and is an assault on human dignity. Euthanasia is not a private act of "self determination," or a matter of managing one's personal affairs. It is a social decision. A decision that involves the person to be killed, the doctor doing the killing, and the complicity of a society that condones the killing.

The principle of the common good demands that we examine the impact ofphysician-assisted suicide on our general attitude toward life and the taking of life, on our attitude towards caring for the terminally ill or for the people who are permanently disabled. We must ask what impact does this barbarian practice have on doctor-patient relationships already strained by the incubus of "the bottom line." Euthanasia would save millions of dollars for the insurance industry which would almost certainly become a major proponent of a liberal use of this cost-saving device that would fill their coffers.

HOLLAND: PIONEER IN ElITHANASIA

A policy of euthanasia will inevitably lead to establishing social standards of acceptable life.

When "quality life" is more important than life it~elf, the mentally ill, the disabled, the depressed, and those who cannot defend themselves will be at risk of being ~liminated. What is happening in the Netherlands is a Clear indication of the natural evolution of social policies like physician-assisted suicide. There, euthanasia has come to replace physician-assisted suicide, and the high percentage of "botched physician-assisted killing" has led to a discussion about training physicians better in the art of killing people so that they will be more proficient.

THE ASSISTED-SUICIDE campaign is based on the erroneous view that some human lives have less value, are less worth. protecting, .than others. (Morgan/Stone photo)

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assisted suicide; but if physician-assisted suicide is legalized, it will expand rapidly. Abortioh was introduced for' the most rare and tragic cases; 'and now' 1.5 abortions are performed each year, and 99 percent are for social and economic reasons, not rape, incest, or danger to the mother.

Once the state usurps the power to decide that some people are not worthy to live and authorizes their elimination, all human life is in danger. A 1994 report on assisted suicide prepared by the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law made the following prediction: "Assisted suicide and euthanasia will be practiced through the prism of social inequality and prejudice that characterizes the delivery of services in all segments of society, including health care. Those who will be most vulnerable to abuse, error, or indifference are the poor, minorities, and those who are least educated and least empowered."

more pervasive and portentous avoidance of the distinctly human expenence' of sUffering: AmidcultQratuncertainty about good and evil, suffering has come to be viewed as the secular equivalent of sin, from which we need to be' saved."

As believers, we seek meaning for suffering in the Cross of Jesus Christ: "Human suffering has reached its culmination in the passion of Christ; and, at the same time, it has entered into a completely new dimension and a new order: it has been linked to love of which Christ spoke to Nicodemus: 'God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish

route to a better life that Christ won for us on the Cross.

"Christ does not explain in the abstract the reasons for suffering, but before all else He says: "Follow me! Come!

Take part through your suffering in this work of saving the world, a salvation achieved through my suffering!

Through my cross!" Gradually, as the individual takes up his cross, spiritually uniting himself to the Cross ofChrist, the salvific meaning of suffering is revealed to him" (Salvifid Doloris #26).

IN SUPPORT OF LIFE

Seeing the growing trend to devalue the human life of the sick and dying, the Bishops of Massachusetts have began a process to educate the Catholics of Massachusetts on physician-assisted suicide and end-of-life issues. We already have coordinators from all the parishes in the Commonwealth.

Please cooperate with the important educational efforts that are A CRUCIAL DISTINcnON taking place. People are often It is important to distinguish prone to accept the concept of between directly taking a person's physician-assisted suicide until l '. "<;:~;,::,; life and allowing a terminally ill they take a closer look and underperson to die and not keep him or stand all the implications.

BIRTHRIGHT ,:'" /it/ DlbtESAN H'&\LTH FACIUTIES •• 679-8154 her alive artificially, unnecessarPhysician-assisted suicide is ATTLEBORO "c~ 2?~;~~.~~ r:""', 'l':; ily prolonging life when there is already a reality in Oregon, and FALL RIVER .t'•••~n.-S1~!:t.§~1 HOSPICE FEiiERATION no chance of recovery or improveMaine will have a referendum FALMOUTH •• r:•••••• ~~;;:::~:-~.~.~.:o~~iQ~ OF MAss.~-.~.~:::.~~~~~ ...... 1-781-255-1848 ment. This does not mean that we next month. We are calling on all MARTHA'S ViNEyARD ••••• 6$;14137"\ / : can starve someone to death or kill our Catholics to tum to God in NEW BEDFORD •••••••••••• 996~744 IN SUPPORT OF LuiE them by withdrawing hydration; fervent prayer that the people of TAUNTON •••••••••• ~ ••••••••• 822-2921 SISTER/ELAINlLHEFFERNAN ••• 992-9921 Maine will reject this assault on but it does mean that other more \ ,...>~';., .,.." \, 'I" ",-\" , '\ v. •..-';".. // .::,~/.·~".••''-:,,'.~i' / extraordinary means can be withhuman life. We hope that the is~ :~;,l ~ " '';;''/.'

'---j" PFiOJEC.l.;AACHEL ••••••••••••••• 997-3300 held to allow someone to die in sue will not surface in the ComCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES' .'J.( 'I' ,I ~'~~.\::;' / peace, because their time has monwealth. If it does, we pray that come. The Church's opposition to our people will have a firm grasp ATTLEBORO ••••••••••••••••• 22&-4780~ Ii ; PRO-~IFE ApOSTOLATE ••••••••• 997-2290 of the serious immoral nature of euthanasia and physician-assisted CAPE COD •••.••••••••••••••• 771.:s77,1- 1 :1 J ,-- " " this practice and that they will give suicide does not imply that a dyFALL RIVER .~ ••••••••••••••• 674-4681 ROSE HAWTHORNE ing person should be kept alive at an eloquent witness to the NEW BEDFORD •••••••••••• 99j-7~~7, ;L~THRO~,HoME ••••••••••••••••••• 673-2322 Church's Gospel of Life. all costs and for as long as posTAUNTON ••••••••••••••••••• ~'824-326~· \':. ': 'I \"./ We must make every effort to sible. "'--.,/ SAINT ANNE'S HOSPITAL ••••••• 674-5741 The Holy Father describes the teach our young people about the important distinction between eusacredness of human life. They thanasia and withdrawing treatwill live to see assaults on human ment in "The Gospel of Life": life that we cannot begin to imagine. but have eternal life'" (Salvifid Doloris, John Paul 11).

"Euthanasia must be distinguished from the decision Hospice care has been an important development that to forego so-called 'aggressive medical treatment,' in other has 'gone far in preparing individuals and their families CONCLUSION words, medical procedures which no longer correspond for the passage from life to death. The first hospice opened The question we must ask ourselves as we begin this to the real situation of the patient, either because they are in 1974 in New Haven, Connecticut. Today, there are over new millennium is: "What kind of world do we want to by now disproportionate to any expected results or be- two thousand hospices serving hundreds of thousands of live in and to pass on to future generations? A society cause they impose an excessive burden on the patient and dying patients both in their homes and in residential cen- fueled by greed, individualism, and hedonism, governed his family. In such situations, when death is clearly immi- ters. The mission of the Hospice Movement has been de- by a precarious balance of power among various interest nent and inevitable, one can in conscience refuse forms of fined as "a celebration of life in the face of death offering groups? A society where financial consideration prevails. treatment that would only secure a precarious and bur- medical, emotional, and spiritual support for the termi- over the common good, where fads and fashions have more appeal than virtues and a spirit of altruism and service? densome prolongation of life, so long as the normal care nally ilL" We have just ended a century that was unequalled in due to the sick person in similar cases is not interrupted ....

In our own Catholic Community in Fall River, we are To forego extraordinary or disproportionate means is not blessed to have the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home which violence. It is time to take a long, hard look at the directhe equivalent of suicide or euthanasia; it rather expresses represents the Church's own "hospice" for the dying. For tion that we are taking as a people. Are we building a acceptance of the human condition in the face of death" over a century, the Hawthorne Dominican Sisters have society where it will be easier to be good, where people (#65). lovingly received patients who are dying ofcancer to care know the difference between right and wrong? Will we become a people who care about people, especially those The Holy Father goes on to say that palliative care and for them free of charge until God calls them home. who are most vulnerable at the beginning and the end of the use of various types of painkillers and sedatives for the life cycle? Will we make room for all at the table of relieving pain are legitimate even when this involves the ATIlTUDE TOWARDS DEATH "risk of shortening life." The intent is not to hasten death, Part ofthe problem that faces people dying in our coun- life?

I am convinced that we must build a civilization of but only to ease the pain of the dying patient. try today is our attitude toward death. Modem medicine Unfortunately, there has been inadequate control ofpain sees death as a medical defeat that must be resisted ag- love on God's Commandments, or we will have no civilifor those with terminal illnesses, and this urgently needs gressively with all the technology at our disposal; but at zation at all. What should be obvious to us all is that "busito be addressed. The medical profession must do more to some point the technology and "miracles of modem medi- ness as usual" will not do. And we need to begin with: prepare our medical personnel to care for the dying by cine" break down and we are confronted with our own "Thou shalt not kill." assessing people's pain in order to control it. Our dioc- mortality. In our modem culture, there is a cultural rejecesan nursing homes and St. Anne's Hospital have initi- tion ofdeath. The youth culture and quest for the fountain ated pain management programs. We trust, too, that the of youth in dieting, cosmetic surgery, and hair transplants spiritual attention directed toward our dying brothers and all eventually end up in failure. Yet, we continue to reject Bishop of Fall River death. Physician-assisted suicide is the flip side of that sisters will also be a source of strength.

October, 2000 In our contemporary culture, suffering is an unmiti- rejection. "If I have to die, it will be on my own terms."

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Consecration to the Divine Will Oh adorable and Divine Will, behold me here before the immensity ofYour Light, thatYour eternal goodness may open to me the doors and make me enter into It to fonn my life all in You, Divine Will. Therefore,oh adorable Will, prostrate before Your Light, I, the least ofall creatures, putmyself into the little group of the sons and daughters of Your Supreme FIAT. Prostrate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg that it clothe me and eclipse all that does not pertain to You, Divine Will. It will be my Life, the center of my intelligence, the enrapturer of my heart and ofmy whole being. I do not want the human will to have life in this heart any longer. I will cast it away from me and thus fonn the new . Eden of Peace, of happiness and of love. With It I shall be always happy. I shall have a singular strength and a holiness that sanctifies all things and conducts them to God. Here prostrate, I invoke the help of the Most Holy Trinity that They pennit me to live in the cloister of the Divine Will and thus return in me the first order of creation, just as the creature was created.

Heavenly Mother, Sovereign aI}d Queen ofthe Divine Fiat, take my hand and introduce me into the Light of the Divine Will. You will be my guid~, my most tender Mother, and will teach me to live in and to maintain myself in the order and the bounds ofthe Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, J consecrate my whole being to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me the doctrine of the Divine Will and I will listen most attentively toYour lessons. You will cover me withYour mantle SO that tlle infernal selpent dare not penetrate into this sacred Eden to entice me and make me fall into the maze ofthe human will. .

Heart ofmy greatest Good,Jesus,You will give meYourflarnes that they may bum me, consume me, and feed me to fonn in me the Life of the Divine Will.

Saint Joseph, you will be my protector, the guardian ofmy heart, and will keep the keys of my will in your hands. You will keep my heart jealously and shall never give it to me again, that I may be sure of never leaving the Will of God. My guardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in everything so that my Eden may flourish and be the instrument that draws all men into the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Amen. ( In Honor ofLuisa Piccarreta 1865-1947 Child ofthe Divine Will)

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Catholic school principals receive national honors

By CATHOLIC NEWS$ERVICE t t h I I d " is most proud of the "depth and • " . .' _ ._-. ~~'" compe en sc 00 ea ers, range of experiences" she has - ·WASHINGTON Tne :'-:Riley said..., . principals of three Catholic He said this: year's-~distin­ had in' her 31 years as teacher schools were among 66 educa- guished principals, who were and principal.

Sine said he tries to keep the tors named as 2000 National'" honored arceremonies in WashDistinguished Principals by ington'recently, have faced such staff and students at S1. Charles the U.S. Department of Edu- challenges head on, and he said Borromeo School focused on cation and the National Asso- their strategies and subsequent being lifetime learners. Ten years ago he launched an annual ciation of Elementary School success should be shared.

Principals.

In its 16th year, the National development drive that has They are Dominican Sister Distinguished Principals pro- raised more than $300,000 for Mary Menegatti from St. gram is designed to honor el- his school and wrote a grant creIgnatius of Loyola Elementary ementary and middle-school ating a consortium of five priSchool in Los Angeles; Joseph principals who set the standards, vate schools that allows St. E. Sine from St. Charles the character and the quality of Charles to start a band program Borromeo School in Oklahoma the education children receive through sharing a music teacher.

Sine also created a technolCity; and Carlota E. Morales during their early school years. from St. Agatha Catholic In the past six years that Sis- ogy program and oversaw the School in Miami. ter Menegatti has been principal integration of technology in his "Today's principals face an at St. Ignatius School, she has school's computer lab.

When Morales began her job endless list of challenges," said lifted the inner-city school out U.S. Education Secretary Rich- of having a deficit of $81 ,000 to as principal at St. Agatha, three grades were housed in the parard Riley in a statement. being debt free.

"Between the dual responsiShe founded a regional devel- ish hall and the rest of the school bilities ofleading teachers in in- opment program called Vision operated in a shopping center struction and managing the of Hope that enabled the school until their building was comschool building and staff - a to build an endowment provid- pleted. In her 10 years at the principal's work is trnly never ing $50,000 each year in tuition school, she has upgraded the done," he said, "Add to that assistance for low-income stu- school's technology and estabwork as a liaison to parents and dents and to upgrade the lished an instructional program the greater community, and it's school's technology-. for students with learning disno wonder districts are finding Of her long career in educa- abilities called the Padre Pio it harder to r~cruit and retain tion, Sister Menegatt~ said she program.

Ca'tholic school teachers' salaries too low, union leader says

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tion of Catholic·School Teachers maximum salary for Catholic PHILADELPHIA - The that listed the average starting school teachers who have obpresident of the National Asso- salary for Catholic school teach- tained master's degrees to be ciation ofCatholic School Teach- ers as $19,993 -compared to $ 4 0 , 5 7 1 . ' ers called on Church leaders to the national average starting salIt showed the tuition for close what she called the "faith ary for public schoo'-teachers of Catholic elementary schools to gap" between Catholic school $25,J35. range from as low as $200 to up teachers' salaries and the to $6,000 and averaging salaries of their public about $1,500 per year. For school counterparts.

Catholic high schools, tuSchwartz -said. Catholic itions ranged from $1,400 "Catholic schoolteachers have demonstrated a school' teachers "provide top- to $7,180 averaging close to high level of achievement per year. level work for bottom-rung sala- $4,000 for decades. It's ti'me that "The current salary situlevel ofachievement is rec- ries." ation cannot last much ognized and rewarded,"longer. We are rapidly apsaid Rita Schwartz on the proaching the system's eve of the association's 22nd anThe survey, conducted this breaking point," said Schwartz. nual convention earlier this March, polled teachers and ad"Low salaries already have month in Philadelphia. ministrators of diocesan schools led to a high turnover rate Schwartz said Catholic school in 24 states. The National Asso- among Catholic school teachteachers "provide top-level work ciation ofCatholic School Teach- ers," she added. "If salaries don't for bottom-rung salaries." ers has been conducting this an- improve, our children's educaShe cited a recent survey con- nual survey for the past 10 years. tion eventually will be adversely ducted by the National AssociaThe survey also revealed the affected."

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kristallnacht "as the real first

overture by the Hitler regime, an orchestrated attempt against the Jews in cities and towns all over Germany to humiliate and intimidate them."

He said that the upcoming service by Catholics and Jews "will be a jubilee c~lebration of recon-

ciliation and trying to deepen our mutual understanding and sense of solidarity."

Father Bergeron said that Bishop O'Malley had called for such an interfaith service during the Jubilee Year of. the new millennium because it is important to Christian beliefs and practices.

"The jubilee year and its theme of freedom and forgiveness is taken from the Old TeStament which is the first covenanrof God with man," stated Father Bergeron.

"Anti-Semitism is not acceptable for Catholics who are called to heed the Gospel message against hatred and oppression.",

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returned to the Cotuit-Mashpee Catho'lic community, this time

to take charge of the missions of S1. Jude the Apostle and Our

Lady Queen of all Saints. He was also to make recommendations for a new parish.

On the feast of Christ the King, Nov. 24, 1984, the parish was formally established. Three JubileeYear guidelines state that prayers ending with the "Our Fayears later, groundbreaking took a person on pilgrimage to St. ther,"the Profession of Faith and place.路Mary's Cathedral or any of the a prayer to the J;3lessed Mother. , The complex. was completed pilgrim churches should do at Sacramental confession leading to in 1989.. and dedicatea on the least one of the following: attend a genuin~ conversion of heart is Feast of Christ the King that Mass br Vespers, make the Stations -also a condition for the indulyear. With- the 1,100 capacity ofthe Cross, say the rosary, or spend gences. This may be fulfilled sevStyle C~urch as its cenFederal time in eucharistic adoration and eral days before or after the church terpiece, the complex also inpious meditation, ending with the visitation. Other ways to gain the cludes the relocated Chapel of "Our Father," the Profession of Jubilee indulgence includes: the S1. Jude. ' , Faith and a prayer to the Blessed undertaking of charitable works, The Christopher Wren-style Vrrgin Mary. visits to the sick, imprisoned or steeple rising 105 feet into the Those seeking indulgences elderly, almsgiving and abstain-. .must receive holy_Communion,~: )QgfQr.a WP()le day fr~m..the, un.. \.-s~y i.s tOPP~d. ,by:a gqld~leafed ideally on the same day that the necessary consumption of ciga, _ C(oSS and crown and.1LOuses the Jubilee Church or shrine is vis- rettes, alcohol, or fasting and ab2,400 pound bell originally from ited. They must offer prayers for stinence according to the general 'S1. RQch's Parish in Fall River. the Holy Father along with other norms of the Church.

A carillon is housed in the steeple. ,Doors to the church from the ~hurches east narthex are surrounded by windows in etched or iced glass In addition to St. Mary's Cathedral, the following churches have tell the lineage of the parish. been designed by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., as pilgrimThe principal window of the age sites in the Diocese of Fall River for the Jubilee Year.

Bishop O'Malley will be the principal celebrant at Masses at the church is that of Christ the King churches on the following dates and times: in glory over the main entrance.

St. Mary Church, Mansfield, held in The 18 other windows tell the March; life of Christ, beginning with the - Saint Anne Church, Fall River, held in Annunciation and ending with April; the Resurrection, the Road to - St. Anthony Church, Taunton, held in May; - Concluding Mass for the Eucharistic ConEmmaus and the Ascension. gress, held in June; The Stations of the Cross are - Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, New original oil paintings on canvas.

Bedford, held in July; Besides Msgr. Tosti, those - St. John Neumann Church, East Freetown, serving the parish include Father held in August.; Gregory A. Mathias, who is in - St. Pius X Church, South Yarmouth, held in September; residence; Deacon Robert D. - Holy Trinity Church, West Harwich, held in October; Lemay as pastoral assistant; - Sunday, November 5, Christ the King Church, Mashpee, 11 :30 Deacons Bernard D. Tolassi and a.m.; Frank D. Fantasia; Dominican - Sunday, December 3, La Salette Shrine, Attleboro, 4 p.m.

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parishes throughout the diocese.

The message offered in "For the Love of Life" is also an important one as Catholics prepare to head to the polls for national elections, he noted.

"These are issues that have resonance in the political life of our country, not only in the national elections but also in the referendum that is being prepared in Maine," Bishop O'Malley said.

He was referring to Maine's Proposition One, which asks voters to approve a bill that would make physician-assisted suicide legal in that state. It could open up other New England states, including Massachusetts, to consider similar legislation.

Bishop O'Malley reported that bishops in the New England region have joined their voices to Bishop Joseph 1.

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Maine, in solidarity against the referendum and are jointly asking special prayers that the referendum will not pass.路 Sig,ning the memorandum for prayers besides Bishop O'Malley, are Cardinal Bernard Law of the Archdiocese of Boston, Bishop Kenneth A. Angell of Burlington, Vt.; Bishop John B. McCormack of Manchester, N.H.; Bishop Daniel P. Reilly of Worcester; and Bishop Gerry.

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Young Adult Conference set .for Nov. 4 ATTLEBORO - The Diocesan Office for Young Adult Ministry is sponsoring a conference for people in their 20s' and 30s who are single or married, Catholic or non-Catholic on Nov. 4 at the LaSalette Shrine's new church. Themed "Be Radical, Be Catholic," the conference will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and feature nationally recognized Catholic speakers and musicians.

Bud Miller, director of the Office for Youth and Young Adult Ministry is looking forward to the event and said it will· be a "celebration of2000 years of the Catholic faith and the Catholic . Church."

"It's important for young adults to come together to reflect upon Jesus Christ and his Church and to get excited about being Catholic," said Miller. "Those who attend should be inspired

and energized by the speakers and music and will be encouraged to spread the message of the Gospel into the new millennium."

The keynote speaker will be Jesse Romero, a nationally known evangelist and speaker.

He is from West Covina,California and has spent 16 years as a LA County Deputy Shedff.

Romero is also a three-time World Police boxing champion, a two-time Middleweight U.S. Kick Boxing champion and a black belt in Tang Soo Do. He has been a national Catholic speaker since 1992.

Another exciting aspect of the conference according to Miller will be its music. It will be provided by a group of professional Catholic musicians from Ohio called "Who Do You Say I Am." They play a full

spectrum of music ranging from Christian Contemporary to Christian Alternative to Praise and Worship. "They've played many Catholic conferences," said Miller, "and will surely please those attending the one at La Salette."

Michelle Fober, also from Ohio, will be another featured speaker. She's 24-years-old and has served on the National Evangelization Team over the last year. Bishop Sean P. O'Malley OFM Cap., will address participants in the afternoon and will invite and encourage young people to accept the project of the new evangelization and to carry the Catholic faith into the new mlIlennium.

For registration information call Bud Miller or Alexis Oliveira at 675-3847.

We can change, and that's great

By AMY WELBORN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

A few months ago, my children and I moved from Florida to parts much further north.

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Up here in our new home, warm breezes one afternoon can be followed up amazingly chilly nights. My youngest is looking forward to a big change she's never, ever seen in all of her nine years: snow.

But in the meantime, as we wait for the cold white stuff, we're surrounded by the fascinating change of the leaves on the trees, turning from green to brown, yellow, red and orange - and of course, changing their residence, too, from tree hranches to the yard, waiting to be raked.

It's something that you just don't see in Florida. Nature keeps a pretty steady pace down there without a lot of change.

Teens think about change a lot, because nature does it to you too.

You grow, you mature, you develop in ways that have nothing to do with your choices and everything to do with the ways of nature.

Did you ever think, though, about the one amazing difference between human beings and the rest of nature? There's not one element - whether it be animal, vegetable or mineral - of the natural world that can choose to change.

Not one.

But we can.

All the things that make human life so rich and interesting - we have control over everyone of those.

And to tell the truth, change is more possible for most of us than we like to admit.

We like to rely on what we think are our natural limitations and sigh, "Well, that's just the way I am. I can't help it." The vast majority of the time, that just isn't true.

Think for a moment about all the changes you have the power to make in your life right now, changes that would make you a better, happier person and that would open your life up to being more of what you really want it to be.

You can choose to change the way you spend your time: less television, less Internet, fewer video games. What would happen if you took those two or three hours and used part of it to study and part of it to (gasp!) do volunteer work?

You can choose to change your attitude tow'ard school. What would happen if you chose to take it seriously and actually engaged your brain in what's going on in the classroom instead of just enduring it?

You can choose to, be more physically active. What would happen, not only now but in the distant future, as you get older, if you got into the habit of regular exercise right now?

You can choose to put God and others first. What would happen if, instead of moaning about how distant God feels and how boring Mass is, you actually chose to change your spiritual habits - if you actually took time to pray every day, if you actually paid attention during Mass and prayed then? Do you think God would continue to feel so distant?

Change is all around us. It's a constant in nature. It's one of the

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The pope underlined that "the work of those who teach and study in ecclesiastical institutions is not separate or in contrast to those who work on the so-called front line."

While the Gospel must be announced, "its proclamation requires a solid and deep understanding of the message," he said at a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.

Archbishop Zenon Grocholewski, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, presided at the Mass, held annually to inaugurate the school year.

Among the 700 professors and students in attendance, the pope especially welcomed first-year students, saying he hoped each of them would recognize the "gift of the op-

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Iteering pOintl ATTLEBORO - A Mass and healing service will be held on. Sunday at 2 p.m. at the La Salette Shrine. It will be led by Father Andre "Pat" Patenaude. ' A Taize Prayer Night will be

held on Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Shrine. For more information call 222-541 O. ATTLEBORO' - Christ's Closet, a free clothing store will

be open on Nov. 3 from 9:3011 :30 a.m. at Bishop Feehan High School. For more information call 226-6223.

BREWSTER - A Mass and healing service will be held on Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of the ~ape Church, 468 Stony FALL, RIVER - A Vigil Brook Road. For more informa- Mass for. All Saints will be cel~ tion call 385-3252. ' , ebrated'on OCt. 31 at 7 p,m:' at . Holy Name Church.' Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament EAST FREETOWN Hearts and Hands will hold its and healing prayers will.follow.

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SANDWICH - A healing service will be held on Nov. 5 at 3 p.m. atCorpus Christi Parish. For more information call 2'55-8546.

St. Kilian's Church. They meet SEEKONK - Leonardo every first Friday of th~ month.

Attendees should bring'a picnic Defilippis will give a one-man ... lunch. For more information call· performance of "The Gospel According to John,:' on Nov. '7 I Brenda Peter at 991-6570. at 7 p.m. at Our Lady ofMount I" NORTH DARTMOUTH - Carmel Church. For more inforI A Separated-Divorced, Support mation call 336-5549.

Group will meet on Oct. 30 from I 7~9 WEST HARWICH - The p.m. at the Diocesan FamI. ily Life Center, 500' Slocum Celebrate Life holy hour will be I' Road. Guest speaker Sister,Jane held Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at I Hogan will address the topic Holy Trinity Church.

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