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MSGR. GEORGE W. Coleman, center, congratulates two of the couples recognized at the annual Wedding Anniversary Mass at the Cathedral last Sunday. From left, Daniel and Michelle Ducharme of St. Francis Xavier Parish, Acushnet, 25 years; and Eileen and Raymond Corrigan of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Seekonk, 50 years. (John Kearns Jr. photo)
CARL TABER, right, chairman of the St. Mary's Education Fund Fall Dinner, presents a check for $601 ,323 to Msgr. George W. Coleman to help need-based families in the diocese send their children to Catholic schools. Also pictured is Suzann,e Downing, chairman of the Summer Scholarship Dinner on Cape Cod. The check represents combined donations from both events.
St. Mary's Fund events raise more than $600,000 IN INVESTITURE ceremonies last Sunday at St. Anthony of the Desert Church, Fall River, the former Msgr. Norman J. Ferris became a chorbishop according to Canon Law of the Maronite Eastern Rite.
BISHOP SEAN O'Malley, 'OFM Cap., is greeted by some members of the Filipino community of the Diocese of Palm .Beach, Fla., following the bishop's recent installation there. (Photo courtesy of Irene HeYl The Florida Catholic) ',.
WESTPORT - The St. Mary Education Fund generosity;' he told supporters. Keynote speaker was political analyst Mark received a boost at its recent, annual Fall Dinner, when a $601,323.25 check was presented represent- Shields, who moderates CNN's 'The Capital Gang." ing combined proceeds from the evening as well as He too noted that the important role of Catholic schools is in educating immigrant communities, both a summer benefit held in July on Cape Cod. The Fund provides need-based financial scholar- those who carne decades ago and those who are reships to Catholic students in the Fall River diocese. cent newcomers. "A Catholic education provides optimism, an The Fall Dinner, chaired by Carl W. Taber of Mattapoisett, attracted its largest crowd in its eight- optimism sustained by the Good News of the Gospel;' Shields said. "Optimism is part of the Ameriyear history as 440 people attended. In one of his first public duties as administrator can Catholic character," Along with optimism, Shields credited Catholic of the diocese, Msgr. George W. Coleman thanked participants for their support ofthe Fund and recalled schools with offering values which "define a Cathothe desire offormer Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Turn to page 13 - Dinner Cap., that financial need not stop any students from attending a Catholic School. "Your support here," Msgr. Coleman said, "is proof that Bishop O'Malley's vision is becoming a reality." In the current academic year, 651 elementary and middle school students - the largest number ever - are receiving aid from the St. Mary's Education Fund and that.money was also provided to support high school scholarship programs, Msgr:Coleman pointed out. "An education' of high quality, SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS were honored at the St. Mary's an understanding of faith, respect Education Fund Fall Dinner. They were, from left: Joseph . for life, a moral framework arid a Feitelberg, the Timothy J. Cotter "Friend of Catholic Edusense ·of sociaI. ju~ti~ have~n cation Award"; Patricia Benoit, Distinguished Teacher!Ad.offered by CatholIc. sc~ools SInce ministrator Award; Msgr. George W. Coleman; Mercy Sisth~y w~re first ~U1lt. In the Fall ter Donald Marie Kerr, Distinguished Teacher!AdministraRiv~~diocese by Imnu~ts years tor Award; Therese Ledoux, the Timothy' J. Cotter "Friend ago Msgr. Coleman SaId. Chi' Ed . A d" d W'II' W 'j h D' r . . 'They will· continue to be of- of. at 0 IC ucatlon war ; an I lam ~ S, IS Infe·red tomOIl'OW with your help and gUlshed AI~mnus Ayvard. (John Kearns Jr. photos) .
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Sister Laura Fortier SUSC NORTH ATTLEBORO - Sistl:r Laura FOItier, a Holy Union Sister also known as Sister Benigna Malia. 96, died October 31 at Madonna Manor here. Born in Warwick, R.I., the dalHrhter of the late Alfred and the late ~Elmire (Beaupre) FOItier, she entered the Holy Union Novitiate in Fall River in 1923. Educated at the Sacred Hemt School of Education in Fall River. she also studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her long teaching career that in-
cluded giving art lessons, included assignments to St. Jacques School in Taunton; St. Cecilia's in Pawtucket, R.I.; and 35 years in the Boston Archdiocese. Following retirement in 1976 she resided in Lunenburg and St. Mary's Convent in NOIth Attleboro. She has been at Madonna Manor since 1997. She leaves nieces and nephews and her Holy Union Sisters. ,Her funeral Mass was celebrated Wednesday in Sl. Mm)"s Church, NOIth Attleboro. Intetment was in Sl. Mm)"s Cemetel)' there.
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VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II urged Marian academic experts to develop a deeper theological and spiritual understanding of Mary's role as the Church's "sure guide" in the third millennium. The pope made the remarks last week at an annual joint meeting of pontifical academies; this year's meeting wa~ dedicated to the theme of Marian studies. The pope also awarded the 2002 Pontifical Academy Prize to a Marian scholar, Rosa Cali, who wrote a doctoral" thesis on the "anti-Mariological texts" of the Church fathers. The prize carries a research grant worth about $30,000. The pope encouraged Marian scholars to consider new sources as well as traditional ones in their study of Mary and her impact on the Church. For example, he said, experts could examine the lives
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St. Tholllas More Aw~rds to be presented.November 17 FALL RIVER - Four area members of the justice system will be presented the prestigious St. Thomas MoreAward For'distinguished service in the. legal field, at a Red Mass at St. Mary's Cathe. dral November 17 at 3 p.m.
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The Mass; to be ceh::brated by Msgr. George W. Coleman, diocesan administrator, ¥icar general and moderator of the cUI;a, offers the diocese achance to recognize ajudge, a member of the COUIt system, a lawyer, and an ecumenical recipient.
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This year's recipients are: Attorney Irene B. Schall of New Bedford, Judge Joseph 1. Reardon ofCenterville, Clerk Magistrate and Attorney Peter B. AndraCle of ~aunton, and retired SupeIiorCourt JiJstice ChIis Byron of Rochester. The Red Mass is so named because of the Red Vestments WOI11 duIing the Mass of the Holy SpiIit, whose blessing will be invoked upon the honorees. The awards are named for St. Thomas More, a 16th-century English layman who was a lawyer and maltyred for opposition to the di- . . vorce of England's King Henry VIII and for refusiog to renounce papal authoIity.
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Difficult choices From the Maryland-Virginia sniper episodes to the Arizona' campus murders it should be now quite clear that ,no one ip this country can be guaranteed absolute safety from harm's way. It'is also,obvious tbat the nation as a whole has no complete safe protection assurance from a terrorist attack, The events should be a clarion call that we as a people are entering into a new Am~rican 'lifestyle, one that will demand many choices from all the citizenry. On'the governmental level it should be 'obvious that even with' all the safety efforts now underway the public is 'vulner-' able t'? public violence. Washington might be able to enrich United State's intelligence agencies but it cannot reverse the ,times in whichywe live. Since 9/11 we face new arid di:m~er颅 ous realities that will permeate every aspect of our living. , Indeed, the government will be a catalyst to ensure that the various agencies such as the CIA and FB'I willirriprbve their coordination and cooperatioh. Other agencies will, be formed to reach out in the sharing ofinforma'tion especially with state and local resources. However the mind-set seems to be one on a reaction leveL Truly preventive policies that will permeate all levels of living have yet to be finalized: So muc,h seems to be done piecemeal. The very fact that the, new Homeland Security Department is not in full,swing clearly indicates the precariousness of the situation. Trying to have governrrient 'agencies working together seems to be an exercise in futility. It must be admitted by all that inte!1igence work is often' a very frustrating job. The complexities of our times hinder this \ very special and needed, work. Also, the effortto balance the picture by respecting citizens' rights adds a legal dimension that should always be safeguarded. We do not want to be forced' 'i Olo a total itarian state because of fear and hurt., In times that are stressful and threatening, history shows us that what is right and good is often,suppressed. It is imperative that in this process to safegiJard the homeland we do 'not destroy the very foundations of our democracy bysuppressing the constitutional right of eachand every citizen. ' Another danger that we face is the determination of war that is so evident in the ,administration;s stance 'concerning " Iraq, We must remember that the common good requires peace: the stability and sequity of a just order. Itis imperative that w~ always remember even in difficult days that in the name of the'common good public authorities are bou'nd to respect the By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK fundamental and inalienable'rights of. the' human, person. In a) '.. CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE, wish for revenge and retaliation we must not develop a dei wonder how different, the structive ,mentar inc Ii natio,n that would destroy, the unity of Church,woulp look.if priests and the human family by acts of irresponsible warfare~Deceitand' deacons were givenpositl<;lns that othcrsubterfuges by which people and nations evade'the con- 'better matched their talents. I also straints of the law arid the demands of?ocietal obligations ,wonder if many of its present should be firmly condemned because they are incompatible problems would be fewer. ' with the requirements of justice., " , ' I raise these concerns because As a people, we have some very difficu'lt choices to make of a comment bishop rece'ntly in our own self-defense. In the mfdst of ou-r own anger and ,made to, me: "Gene, we have priests who have studied for years frustration let us recall the words quoted in Matthew: "But I , . to 'obtain degrees but who never . say to, yoiJ, love, your enemies and pray for those who perse- utilize thein once they obtain cutes you so that you may be sons of your Father who'is in' them. Minds filled 'with valuable heaven." A difficult choice indeed in difficult times. knowledge are left to die on the vine'." The Executive Editor , If we \Xere"to add up 'ailthe studies ,undertaken by priests and' deacons, we would find that a' 'high percentage of our priests arc' extremely well-educated. Why doesn't the, Church make better use of all this education? Necessity is the firstreason OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Of THE DIOCESE OF FAll RIVER that comes to mind. Theshortage . Published weekly by the C'atholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River. of priests compels the Church to 887 Highland Avenue ' P.O. sqx 7 ut路ilize every warm body it has to Fall River, MA 02720 ~ Fall River, MA 02722-0007 fill parish slots. The principlC folTelephone 508-675-7151 FAX 508-675-7048 lowed here is"thatthe pastoral .E-mail: TheAnctior@Anchornews.org needs or parishioners take preceSend address changes to' P.O. Box, -call or use E-mail ad?~eSS dence over.the need to accommodate allY one priest's personal tal" , EXECUTIVE ED!TOR ents, ' Rev. ~sgr. John F. Moore " Need over accommodation is EDITOR , NEWS EDITOR OFFICE MANAGER a principle that posses'ses validDavid B. Jolivet James N. Dunbar ,Barbata M. Reis ity in that priests and deacons,
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Whe're 'does the time go? As unbelievable as this sounds, the NFL season is already half over. What does that mean? It means that shOttly, those beautiful colors adorning this region's many maple, elm and oak trees, will give way to long, crooked, ashen arms reaching. up to a dull cold, gray sky in those few hours ofdaylight we're blessed with
memories began to stir. Then there. . aT-shirt emblaioned with "New Enwere losses to Miami' and Green gland Patriots - the team ofthe new Bay. It's then when the PROMISE millennium." OthelWise, we'll have reared its ugly head. During the loss to count on the 2003 Red Sox,'and to Denver, the fourth in a row by the world champs, I began the logic game with God. "God, I know what I .said last February. I must confess I was un- .
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By Mid-October the New "watch for sign" ahead. Obvi- me "fro'm eternity. I think I YorJ<-Connecticut region where Qusly I was going to hit some needed that jolt to remind me I live wears an incredible r9be construction. I paid attention to how God permeates our world of color, the changing hues of ther~ad~ but then I saw some- and wants us never to ignore his , the leaves on,so many' presence in every crevarieties of trees here. ated thing. I used to be better But while ~e northerners expect this at recognizing those Publicity Cha,irmen are Holy Name of the Sacred Heart array of beauty lind 'bulletins from eternity. I could marvel at asked to submit news items for ,of Jesus Parish. Courage is a sup- look f.orward to it,' we , . this column to The Allc~lOr, poi"t group for Catholic men and can never take this gift the different' colors P.O. Box 7, Fall River, 02722. wonien who, are confronting of nature - which I and varieties of birds and flowers, at the inName of city or town sho~ld same sex 'attraction issu'es and have often called By Antoinette Bosco credible designs of be induded, as 'well as full who are striving to lead chasie "God's photo album" sn'owflakes. If I go on, dates' of all activities. DEAD- lives. For more information call - for granted. - . Thi's hit me as I was you'll thi n,k I'm losi ng LINE IS NOON ON F~I· Msgr. Thomas HalTington at 508-' . driving on the Taconic 992-3184. it, as so many put it DAYS. Parkway after a trip to my,home thing that clearly took my these days. ' Events published must be , NEW BEDFORD---,- Calix, town of Albany, N.Y., to visit breath away. A huge evergreen ,- But maybe not. Maybe I'm of interest and open to our general readership. We do not a group which enlists Catholic 'my ,mother and other members tree in the center divider was finqing again what we were carry notices of fund-raising' men and women who are grate- of my family. My mom, in a .no(~stan(Ung alone.' ,Bursting never meant to ignore. r someactivities, which may' be ad- fully celebrating recovery from nursing home, is 94 and suffers' from its top was a huge, 10fW times wonder if we're all wrong vertised at our regular rates, . alcoholism, drug addiction and' from severe dementia. She crown of magnificent golden about what our. judgment will obtainable from our business other dependencies Will meet doesn't know u's anymore, but leaves. And at either side of it, be when we get to face God. office at 508-675-7151. Sunday at 6:30'p.m. anhe parish " ,she smiles radiantly at us, con- the gold leaves, appeared like Wouldn't it be something if center of Holy'Name of the Sa- vincingus that sl}e is so very slender arms at shoulder height God asked us first and foremost not about sins but about how ATTLEBORO - The, an- cred He31"tofJesusChurch.New- happy to 'have us' there. We pointing upward.', thank God constantly that she I think I gasped in awe at this we responded to the. bulletins " nual Christmas Festival of Lights cbmersalways we'lcome. is in no pain as she regresses, -unexpected beauty that was in- we were given from eternity: at La Salelte Shrine begins, at 5 , NEW BEDFORD""':" The Le- without reversal, to a,stage of deed a sign for me: I believe' "Did you relish the breeze in p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, No- ' , ,'Gol was telling me to lighten your face,. tne sight of the sun vember 28. The illuminations gion of Mary from St. Joseph-St. infantilism., But as Idrove along, I kept up. All was well. Heaven was setting, the taste of good food, , will continue daily through Janu- Ther~se Parish invites parishes ary I from 5-9 p.m. This year's throughout the Fall River diocese' thinking of her,' and was hav- ,taking good c'are of my mother. the songs of the birds, the rac'I had been advised there'd be ing of the rabbits, the body that ,theme is "Precious Gift," and the' to add their recitedrosaries to the ' ing"a hard time controlling my display includes more than year-long rosary drive: For mor~ sadness that this was how her a sign ahead. I did i,ndeed get could move, feel joy, love and . pleasure?" and on 'and on. 250,000 lights. Bus groups can information call .. Therese life was slo,\Vly going to fade one! away. lfeltso low that I w,\sn't. As I drove along~ I remem-' I don't have any answers to make a reservation by 'calling Beaulieu at 50a-995-2354. ' even noticing the reds and' bered some lines attributed to the ~eavy questions, like why 508-236-9068. For general inforNORTH ATTLEBORO,'- golds of the c:;hanging leaves poe~ Emily Dickinson: "All the God allows evil and pain and mation call 508~222-541 O. Madonna Manol~ will hold its bordering both sides of the road- news' I get, Is Bulletins every suffering. But I see the bulletins from eternity, signed: FALL RIVER - Dominican . Christmas bazaar,November 15, ' - until something unexpected day, From Eternity." _ ' Those entwined trees were, "Love, God," and I can sayFather Pierre Lachance invites from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. an'd Novem- ' happened. A posted ,notice sa~'d to without a doubt, a bulletin for "Amen." you to join him for the Novena to bel' ,16 from 9 a.m.,to 2 p.m. The Saint Anne every Tuesday from home is located at 85 North 2-2:30 p.m. at the Shrine, 818 Washington Street. Foi' more in, Middle Street. It includes hymns, formation call 508-699-2740: .prayer; a spiritu~1 talk, veneration NORTH DARTMOUTH of the relic and the oppol1unity for' A Diocesan Divorced-Separated reconciliation. ' Support Group will meet NovemMISCELLANEOUS ' bel' II from 7-9 p.m. at the FamArchbis,hop Curley-Notre Dame' ily Life Center; 500 Slocum After a recent jaunt in a car Nopetheless, I think this 'teen ,ticula'r teen-populated vehicle High School in Miami, Fla., is Road. It will include a video pre- driven by a dear friend's newly driver blessing ceremony idea· , is being flown by a specially search i ng for former facu lty, sentation entitled "What Does the licensed teen-age driver; I have could spread like wildfire. This blessed· driver. That way one staff a,nd alumni as they prepare Bible Say About Divorce." decided Father Patrick has-the potential for being as big might feel les~ anxious when to celebrate 50 years of CathoO'Doherty of Queen of Peace as Marriage Encounter or little red cars shaped like door lic education. To contact them , POCASSET'- Recitation Parish in Ocala, Fla., is a man' 'Cursillo or even the group form- stops come. up on you so fast call Beth Love at 305-751.-8367, of the rosary will be held No- after my heart. This insightful iilg to protest hand-holding dur" you think they are going to leap ext. 22 or via E-mail at, vemberl2 from 6:30-7 p.m. at Irish priest has initiinto your'trunk .. blove@cllrley.pvt.kI2.ft.us. ' St. John the Evangelist Church, ' .ated a blessing cerIf you' detect a "Blessed Catholic 841 Shore Road, for the de- emony at the parish' MISCELLANEOUS - A , ceased ni~mbers of theJrater- for new teen drivers. ' Teen Auto ~i lot" 0 sticker in the window, pilgrimage to our nation,~s capital nity and loved ones. World mis."· According to the for the annual'March for Life is sian rosaries ~ill be available,' story I saw, he reyou will be less'fearbeing ol:ganized by tfte Pro-Life For IT)ore inforniation call 508- cently ran 14 rookie ful as the car jerks . Apostolate for January 21-23.' It 563-5887. teen auto jockeys back and forth in your will include Mass at the Basilica through the special rear-view mirror in anTAUNTON ---,- 'Theology on blessing rite to'th'e of the National Shrine of the ImBy Dan Morris ticipation of passing maculate Conception and a group Tap," a monthly social andedu-, smiles ,of the and then slices in front Mass for diocesan pilgrims. A cational gathering ~pons(jred by fresh-out~of~the-oven of you so close your special "youth bus," departs a d'ay theYoung Adult Ministry Office, ' drivers,and the joy of fender flinches. early and will accommodate will be held November 14 at 6:30 their parents and families. It ing the Our Father. I can see I c~rtainly would have felt youth at a reduced fa~e. For more p.m. at Muldoo[l's Saloon Res-. was' not reported whether auto Catholic teen driver weekend mor~ secure with a BCTAP detau rant, Route 140. It will inClude insuranceagents formed aspe-' retreats, and maybe even na- cal in the window as my information call 508-997-2290. a presentation by Rick Varieur. cial choir for the day or:if a tional conventions featuring friend's teen took advantage of MISCELLANEOUS'- A For more informati,on call 508- "blessed driver discount" was Vatican officials and NASCAR stop signs to prove th,e efficacy missionary church in India is cur- 675-3847'. mentioned. celebrities. of the car's braking system. rently see~ing used Christmas Th~teen-age drivers were Surely. these could be under- , Father 0' Doherty told the cards, rosaries, ·small statues, ' WEST HARWICH - The' presented an ornamental silver written by manufacturers of (eens that everyone is on ajour, 'church articles and stationary. Perpetual Adoration Chapel at key with ,at least.four holy fig c tinted windows and those funky ney that leads to Jesus, but now They can be sent to Father Paul' Holy Trinity Church, Route 28, ures embos'sed 'on it: St. An- chrome ,mufflers that make a they will be moving around a Kocheekaran, Mount Carmel, Ca- ,invites people to spend an hour thony, St. Christopher, Mary tiny Japanese four-banger sound "little faster.' thedral, Alleppey - 68800 J, or two in prayer. This regional holding the baby Jesus, and the like a 1965 Chevy Super Sport 'And, he seemed to hint, the Kerala, India. chapel of the mid-Cape areil de~ Infant ofPrague. It might have with a 327 and, straight pipes'. r.oads to heaven are not meant pends on the support of people. been good to include St. An_ It'would b"e terrific if a spe- to be asphalt ones.' , NEW BEDFORD - The , All ages welcome. For more in-, ' .thony for th'e times they will cial window decal was created Comments are welcome. ECourage Group will meet Satur- formation call Jane Jannell at :lose the'car keys an'd call home :"""'Iike the Marriage Encounter mail Uncle Dan at day at 7 p.m. in the rectory of .508-430-0014.. in a panic from the mall. one - to 'let us know. if a :par- cnsuncle@yahoo.com.
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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., November 8, 2002 active in the world. . As the preface of the feast of the Kingship of Christ puts it, the kingdom he proclaims is one of jostice, love and peace. These are ongoing realities that, at least in this life, are never perfect, always moving toward fuller realization. It is important to note that the New Testament often declares that this reigning presence of God is not something we merit or "build." It is his work, a pure gift to his people when they try to live as a community of charity and fidelity. When we 100)< at it this way, as
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Second edition of 'New'Catholic Encyclopedia" released By CAROL ZIMMERMANN
cal studies, philosophy and Church history. Father Marthaler, who contributed to the 1967 edi~ WASHINGTON - The Catholic world is not the tion, noted that the revised edition was "not merely an same as it was in 1967 when the first edition of the encyclopedia of Catholicism and social movements af"New Catholic Encyclopedia" was published. fecting the Church," but it also includes the tradition of Since then, liturgical changes instituted by the Sec- the Eastern churches and other religions. ond Vatican Council have swept through Catholic Along with the challenge of making room for new churches, scriptural scholarship has expanded and canon information in a short period of time - a three-year law has been revised. project - the editors also faced a challenge their preSo when editors considered revising the "New Onho- decessors did not. The new canon law of 1983 stipulic Encyclopedia," published this September by The lated that Catholic encyclopedias and reference materiCatholiC U niversi ty of "r--"":7'"-----:2------::.~-'T""-""'""l:r--_=_-__:":"""'1 a1s were no longer required America Press and the Gale to receive an imprimatur, or Group, they had to consider bishop's approval, before not only basic changes in publication. the Church but also new biTherefore the editors of , ographies of deceased the current edition knew it Catholics, newly canonized was "up to them to present Saints; changes in women's official Church teaching," Father Marthaler said. roles, Pope John Paul IT's extensive travels and devd"We avoided the use of. opments in other religions. words liberal and conservative and reactionary or pro.They looked at the 15 previous volumes ofthe engressive" and reported cyclopedia, its four suppleevents while "trying to keep KENNY HOWARD of Grand Island, Neb., offers the fa- mental volumes and a jua balanced perspective mous milk-mustache smile for the "got milk?" campaign. (CNS , bilee edition and wondered throughout," he said. how they would make it all The revised version, photo courtesy Dairy Management Inc.) fit. with bigger type and whiter Franciscan Father pages than the first'edition, will most likely come out Berard M<!rthaler, executive editor of "The New with additional suppleCatholic Encyclopedia," ments which may be in likens the work to the scriP"' electroriic format, accordGRAND ISLAND, Neb. (CNS) of the Grand Island diocese. ing to associate editor Gretural passage of putting Off the court, Howard can be , - What do Pete Sampras, Martha new wine into old winegory LaNave. ' Stewart, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin found each Wednesday night helpskins. He also said an abridged and now Grand Island's own Kenny ing his mom with her seventh-grade If they were to just add version of the second edireligious education class at the Howard all have in common? new material to the prevition will be translated into They have all sported milk mus- family's parish church, Blessed SacFROM "A CAPPELLA" to "zwinglianism," Spanish. , taches for the well-known "got rament. It is part of his community ~us editi,on, he .said, it LaNave and Father service hours at Central Catholic. , woul~n t be ~lse"and the 14 volumes of the "New Catholic Encymilk?" ad campaign. ''Talking about making an im- wo~: ~~ ~~~e.rlreSh ~Iopedia: S~cond Edition" c?ver the key top- ~::~~~ ~~t~~2k~~~~ , ' Howard, a sophomore at Grand Island's Central Catholic High pact. It's wonderful and he~s just a and do something differ- ICS of the faith and Church history. The books Catholic Encyclopedia" is School, was picked as the Home- really nice kid;' said Deb Wetzel, ent," he said during a recent were published by The Catholic University of already setting itself up for town Rookie oftheYear for the cam-, director of religious education at reception for the newly Amenca Press and the Gale Group and re- a sequel. . , paign after family friend Janie Hoch Blessed Sacrament. "Vr;ry polite, published encyclopedia., leased in September. (CNS photo) In his remarks at the resent in his nomination. He was cho- very dependable ... really responMaking way for someception, Father Marthaler sen by the ad agency that runs the sible. We're lucky to have him dothing new meant, in technical terms, cutting 3.5 million noted that two weeks after the revision went to press, ing this." campaign for the milk industry. words from the previous edition. Reflecting on that pro- Msgr. George Higgins, an outspoken labor advocate, She added, "He's an excellent A full-page color ad of the sixcess with Catholic News Service, Father Marthaler said died. foot-1O-inch Howard in his Crusader role model for young people." it "had to be done with a meat cleaver, not a scalpel." In "He deserved an article;' the priest said, The former altar boy who served basketball uniform,appeared in the other words, the editors did not make deletions line by He also noted that the revised edition has a good October 28 issue of ESPN the as class president in both seventh and line, but instead took out complete sections to make entry on the rosary, but of course did not contain the eighth grades is also considering Magazine. room for additions. ' five new mysteries suggested by Pope John Paul n this Boasting a 3.8 grade point aver- joining the Squires, 'a youth branch Sections that did not make it into the second edition October. age for the quarter, the humble of the Knights of Columbus. included entries on literature of different countries or "Just when you think you have the last word, Pope Howard, who maintained a 3.65 Howard said the media attention has scientific information, unless it had an impact on the Jo1).n Paul n trumps your ace," he said. GPA last year, has a full load of ,been somewhat fun. Church. There also have been newly canonized saints and "I like it," he said, shrugging his courses this semester: English, theThe 1967 edition, a revision of the "Catholic Ency- proposed new papal trips since the second edition was shoulders. "It's just kind of weird." ology, algebra IT, advanced chemis.' clopedia" published in the years 1907-14, provided a printed. For winning the contest, Howard try,American government and Spanbroad range of information. But as Father Marthaler "It never ends," the priest smd of Catholic news. was flown to the Milk House at ish IT. , pointed 9ut, people were not turning to the "New Catho- But as he sees it, the editors and contributors to the Howard likes going to Catholic Disney's Wide World of Sports lic Encyclopedia" for information on "agriculture or new edition have set a "solid foundation for those who school because "it's smaller. You Complex in Orlando, Fla , thermodynamics;' sO the 2002 edition narrowed its fo- come after us and do the third, fourth and fifth ediHis parents, John and Cathy, and know everybody. You can talk about . cus to solely religious and moral issues, theology, bibli- ' tions." 12-year-old brother, Tommy, ac- God and stuff." Howard said'he consumes about conipanied him for the four-day tour. The milk mustache photo shoot four gallons a week, and he doesn't took four hours alone, and Howard like the chocolate variety - only revealed that it's not just milk that white. VATICAN CITY (CNS) The encounters were expected knee forced the pope to cancel Howard, who grew an inch over After 301 papal visits to Rome to take place in the Paul VI-Audi- several planned visits. makes the mustache, but a , the past summer, also said he only parishes in 24 years, Pope John ence Hall, a maSsive auditorium The first parish expected at the rnilkshake blend. , His highlight was playing one- drinks out of a glass. ''I really don't Paul II's ailments are forcing him capable of holding 8,000 people, Vatican December I was that of the church of S1. Pudentiana, on-one against Shane Battier, a like to drink out ofthe carton. Mostly to tum the tables - from now on, the sources said. guard-forward with the Memphis because I see other people do it;' he the city's parishioners will come Pope John Paul, the first non- which functions as a pastoral cenGriizlies, who averaged 14 points a said. to him. Italian pope in more than 450 ter for several thousand Filipino game last year in his NBA rookie And although the list of celebriVatican sources report' that in years, is also bishop of Rome, and immigrants in Rome. season. ties who have been featured in the December the pope would begin he has mad~ it a special point to The pope's last parish visit "That was real fun," said Howard, milk ads goes on and on, Howard a round of encounters at the know his flock. His unprec- was February 17 to the Church who got to converse with Battier the just sees himself as an ordinary guy. Vatican with members of unvis- edented string of visits to parishes of Sant'Enrico in the city's "I don't know if I'm with that ited parishes. The Sunday morn- in every Rome neighborhood pro- northern suburbs. It was his morning before the two played. "I didn't get scar¢ until I saw him in group;' Howard said "I just won a ing events will include Mass and vided moments of local celebra- 301st parish visited since his election in 1978; Rome has 334 his basketball uniform," he told the contest." greetings to various Church tion and excitement. West Nebraska Register, newspaper But earlier this year, an ailing parishes. groups, including youths. CAniOUC NEWS SERVICE
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in Italy has new, more traditional habit By JOHN NORTON CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE ROME - A community of Franciscan friars in Assisi, Italy, has begun wearing a new simplified habit that harkens back to an earlier style, a move they hope their . confreres worldwide eventually will follow. .The community, the 50memberAssisi province of the . Third Order Regulars, commissioned the new habit from a Milan designer of religious and liturgical garments, Elisabetta Bianchetti, and began wearing it in October. Modeled on a habit style from 1448, it is made of a lightweight, dark-gray wool and is tied at the DEACON FRANK Ryan hands David Beighley a cooler to load in his car as he prepares waist with a cord knotto deliver meals from the St. Anthony Kitchen in North Adams. The meal program run by ted three times to symbolize the vows of povparishioners provides weekend meals to more than 100 senior citizens in the town. The路 erty, chastity and obediprogram supplements the weekday county Meals on Wheels effort. (CNS photo by Gillian ence. Jones, Catholic Observet) . "It is very beautifuL For all practical purposes, it is the original one from the early times of the Franciscans," said Father Lino Temperini, the order's provincial. "Over timethe Baroque peBy PEGGY WEBER of too much liturgy and not to a frozen dinner to hold them riod, the 1800s CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE - (our) habit over," said Deacon Ryan. enough service." SPRINGFIELD - Deacon Armed with some recipes off had accumuDeacon Ryan was originally Frank Ryan and his wife, just on loan to St. Anthony's after the Internet and a willingness to lated a lot of Kathleen, have combined their its pastor, Father Daniel O'Heir, cook for a crowd, the Ryans served pleats and adornments, which tolove of food, people and service broke his right arm. And yes, the. their first 100 meals on Easter Sun- day don't give very good witness," to help organize a monthly parish deacon said, he did become the day, funded in part by a Lenten he told Catholic News Service in a meal program for senior citizens priest's right-hand man. Now his collection in the parish. Children late-October telephone interview. One difference from the origiin a Massachusetts community. from the parish prepared Easter assignment is permanent. Deacon Ryan, assigned to St. Impressed with the wonderful baskets. They served ham, raisin nal is the somewhat controverAnthony of Padua Parish in North kitchen at the parish, Deacon Ryan gravy, mixed vegetables, mashed sial addition of two breast pockets that are hidden under the Adams, in the Springfield diocese, approached Father O'Heir about potatoes and dessert. and his wife began the "meal deal" preparing meals for the needy. Volunteer response was over- habit's triangularly shaped shortly after his ordination in the He agreed and also suggested whelming, according to Deacon mantle. Some Italian and French spring of 2001. that Ryan become certified in food Ryan. They had plenty of drivers media reported that they were As a new deacon, he said, he management and preparation. to deliver the meals and many wanted to be involved with social "I found out that many seniors more people offered to help packjustice and not get caught up in saved part of Friday's meal f9r age the food. And because the "the liturgical dance," or "the lure Saturday or Sunday orjust resorted meals for the program are prepared on a volunteer basis, the cost is less than $2, instead of the normal $6 cost associated with similar meal programs. The Easter meal and planning By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE went so well Deacon Ryan decided ST. PAUL, Minn. - Archto make the meals every month. Then the group went one step fur- bishop Harry J. Flynn of St. Paul and Minneapolis praised the late ther. "We decided to make them on Democratic Sen. Paul Wellstone the three-day weekends and pro- of Minnesota, who died in a plane vide two meals, one for Sunday crash, for his "unceasing advoand one for the Monday," he re- cacy on behalf of the poor and ported. "So now we are making disenfranchised." The archbishop also ap200 meals a month." Deacon Ryan said he also plauded the senator's "passion spoke with the Episcopal and for environmental stewardship Congregational churchesin town, and his championing of alternawho are looking to pick up some tive resolutions to military interof the other Sunday meals each vention." In a statement, he offered conmonth. Kathleen Ryan said that going dolences and "heartfelt prayers" in the project "looked like an over- to surviving family members of Wellstone and his wife of 39 whelming task." TWO STUDENTS, dressed up as St. Philomena and St. "But now I see it as preparing a years, Sheila, and their daughter, Juan Diego, were chosen as the favorites in the annual Pa- meal for one big extended family," Marcia Markuson, 33, and five rade of Saints at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Thibodaux, she said. "What we are doing is others killed when the senator's La. The event was put on by the parish youth ministry pro- not rocket science. But our mis- twin-engine plane crashed prior gram in observance of All Saints Day. (CNS. photo by sion was to fill a void. We defined to landing at an airport in northeastern Minnesota on October 25. it and are helping." Lawrence Chatagnier, Bayou Catholic)
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designed to路hold cellular phones. Father Temperini denied the reports, saying the pockets were a practical feature copied from the previous habit to be used for small items like keys, rosaries and eyeglasses. Besides, he added with a laugh, it's not even prudent for health reasons to carry a cellular phone on the chest so close to the heart. Father Temperini Said other Third Order Regulars around the world had expressed interest in the new habits. Communities in the United States and Sweden have already started wearing them on an experimental basis, he said. "They can see it is a good thing because it is simple and characteristic. We have started, and gradu- ' ally others will probably follow," he said. Father Michael Higgins, vicar general of the Third Order Regulars, said the CNS PHOTO 900-member order had been discussing for many years the idea ofstandardizing its habit, which now varies from province to province. "That discussion will continue," he said, and may eventually lead to the adoption of the new Assisi habit. , But he said order's leadership did not view the question of unifying the habit as a priority because it is not "essential to our mission."
Minnesota archbishop praises late senator for advocacy for poor The others killed in the crash were Wellstone campaign aides Will McLaughlin, Tom Lapic and Mary McEvoy and pilots Richard Conry and Michael Guess. The group was headed to the funeral of Martin Rukavina, the father of a Minnesota state representative. ''This is a great loss for our local community, state and nation," Archbishop Aynn said. "Our continued prayers remain with the farnilil<s of all those lost, and for all political and civic leaders who have answered the call to serve." He said Wellstone was "respected by many in Minnesota and throughout the nation. His contributions to Minnesota and our country were many:' Wellstone, 58, a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, was up for re-election this year. He had served in the Senate since he was first elected in 1990.
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commercial sponsors here, although if you saw the same commercials I WASHINGTON - Writing an did, you could hazard a guess as to essay about TV commercials is like which advertisers I'm talking about. shooting fish in a barrel. Still, I cannot identify a single There m'e too many commercials. instance in which I bought the They're too loud. advettiser's product or service. The They insult our intelligence. They loa often appeal to our less- closest I came was almost buying some sale-priced fried chicken from noble sclves. They tempt us into spending a fast-food outlet for the monthly money we either don't have or could office potluck birthday lunch. But I got desselts instead, and a colleague better usc for something else. (Insclt your own complaint here.) purchased oven-roasted chicken There are, no doubt, clever and from a supermarket. While buying the desserts, witty commercials that are far more enjoyable to watch than others. But though, I picked up a laundry prodthey're still trying to do the same uct that's been around a long, long thing as the mundane commercials: time. I statted singing its jingle from separate us from our money. And decades ago while trying to find it . , even a blight commercial soon gets on the shelves. It's an indication that dragged down in the morass of the commercials, like most elements of popular culture, can erode quickly merely brassy. When my wife and I watch TV, . from public consciousness .- but, we'll sometimes look at each other like nuclear waste, never decay comafter a commercial has mn. There pletely. I remember when I was 路are two looks. One is a sideways about nine years old that my kid glance, in which I'm trying to say brother and I were speaking in noth- wordlessly - "Can this be be- ing but commercial slogans at the lieved?" or "Is this worth checking dinner table. One harsh "That's out more?" The other look is the full- enough!" from our father shut us up fledged roll of the eyes, done after for the rest of the meal. One advertiser, in hawking a the more ludicrous commercials.. This conveys more of ari "oh, steak taco, threw in the sound effect brother" attitude. . of a cat screeching after the ad's proWe've been getting a lot of eye tagonist tossed a bowl of marinade into an off-screen bush. It got to exercise lately. Since commercials are intended where I smiled with every screech to get us to buy goods and services, when the ad was repeated, then I thought I would peti'Olm an experi- giggled, then jabbed my wife's forement on myself during the month arm when the commercial came on, of October to see how often I was whereupon I'd try to suppress guffaws. Did I buy their steak taco? influenced by commercials. October included the baseball Nope; I haven't been inside one of playoffs and World Series. And as a their eateries in six or seven years. man between the ages of 18 and 49, But I did order a steak sandwich at a I am t~e plime target audience for neighborhood restaurant, and my advettisers on baseball and other wife bought a steak路 at a supermarSpOtts telecasts. ket. One thing I've done, though, is Without a rigorous testing protocol in front of me - I usually read watch more of the Fox network a book between pitches, between shows promoted during the baseball batters and between innings - it playoffs. This means I get to watch was awfully, awfully tough to pay even more commercials. attention to the glut of ads to deterWhen you keep your eye on TV, mine whether any of them were in- what do you see? What are your fluencing me. and, if so, in which likes or dislikes? What are your conway. cems and criticisms? Be as general I didn't jot down which ads or as specific as you wish. Send your prompted sideways glances. Nor did comments to: Mark Pattison, Media I record which ones got me to roll Editor, Catholic News Service, 3211 my eyes. Fourth Sl. NE, Washington, DC And I'm not going to name any 20017. CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Familyland network working with parents' group to assure quality TV BLOOMINGDALE, Ohio (CNS) - Familyland Television Network, a family-values-oriented network available through satellite television, is working with the more than 700,OOO-member Parents Television Council to see that television educates, inspires and entertains instead of undelmining family values, a network s~atement said. Familyland Television Network is a ministry of the Bloomingdalebased Apostolate for Family Consecration. The council monitors the content of television programs, provides guidelines for appropliate programming for families and motivates the
public to voice its support of family-friendly programming to the entertainment industry. "Along with the PTC, we want to help parents in their responsibility of monitoring the viewing habits of their children," said Jerry Coniker, president and founder of the network and the 950-acre Familyland park in southeastem Ohio. . "FarnilylandTV makes it easy for them to fulfill this responsibility, and understands the vital role family-values entertainment plays in shaping America's culture," he added. Farnilyland Television Network is available through Sky Angel satellite with a Dish brand receiving system.
SALMA HAYEK stars as Mexican folk artist Frida Kahlo in the movie "Frida." For a brief review of this film, see CNS Movie Capsules below. (CNS photo from Miramax)
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champ (Eddie Murphy) in Budapest to recover a stolen U.S. superaircraft about to fall into enemy hands. As directed by Betty Thomas, motormouth Murphy and wimpy Wilson exemplify the tired odd-couple buddy formula movie routinely punctuated by a blur of crazed chases and stale shootouts. Frequent stylized violence, a sexually suggestive scene, some crude expressions and an instance of profanity. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 - parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. "Jackass The Movie" (Paramount) Sophomoric, repulsive series of vignettes in which a group of failed frat-boy wannabes videorecords pranks and various acts of immorality, humiliation and violence. As directed by Jeff Tremaine, the plotless movie revels in people getting hurt with their pain considered hilarious to their friends. Vulgar humor, language, violent acts of mutilation and torture, some nudity and recurring rough language. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is 0 - morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted. "The Santa Clause 2" (Disney) Superficial, but moderately enjoyable, live-action fantasy in which Santa (Tim Allen) must tend to his misbehaving l6-year-old son (Eric Lloyd) and satisfy a contract to marry by Christmas Eve. A sequel to 1994's "The Santa Clause," it presumes a familiarity whh the
original movie and features five of the same major characters. Minor menace. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-I general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is G - general audiences. "The Weight of Water" (Lions Gate) Moody drama in which a contemporary photojournalist (Catherine McCormack) investigating a bru~al 1873 double murder begins to suspect a sexual relationship between her poet husband (Sean Penn) and a seductive fan (Elizabeth Hurley) as they share a weekend boat near the century-old murder site. Kathryn Bigelow directs a murky tale of troubled romantic and familial relationships which constantly crosscuts from the present to the dark doings in the 19th-century bludgeoning but fails to gather emotional momentum. Recurring shadowy violence, a discreet sexual encounter and other sexual situations, brief nudity, minor profanity and an instance of rough language. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is AIV - adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R restricted.
Movies Online Can't remember how a recent film was classified by the USCC? Want to know whether to let the kids go sec it? Full-length reviews of new movies by the staff of the U.S. bishops' Office for Film and Broadcasting now appear on the bishops' Website, www.usccb.org/movies.
Washington state priest regrets missing·callfrom alleged sniper By ARMANDO MACHADO CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Federal authorities have determined, through phone records, BELLINGHAM, Wash. that it was Muhammad who' Father Jay DeFolco wishes he had called Assumption Parish at 5 been at his parish in Bellingham p.m. October 18, asked for the when. accused serial sniper John parish priest and became angry. Allen Muhammad telephoned when told Father DeFolco was him in mid-October from across not there: the nation while still at large and The parish office coordinator,' not yet identified as a suspect in JaneneJensen-riotknowingthe the killings. caller was the man later sought in "We as a community had been the sniper case - explained to the praying at our Masses not only for caller that Father DeFolco was · the victims of the violence but away but would be back soon. also for the perpetrators of the Jensen offered to take a message, violence - for a softening of the but the man became agitated and heart, for conversion, to be able hung up. to end this path of destruction,''' . Now Muhammad is in custody he said in an recent interview with and accused in connection with the Catholic Northwest Progress, the Washington, D.C.-area sniper newspaper of the Seattle Archdio- . case, and Father DeFolco does cese. not know what Muhammad If Muhammad's intention had would have told '01' asked him on been' to admit to the fatal that late Friday afternoon. shootings, Father DeFolco said, "I would ask the question, "I wish I would have had the op- 'What can I do for you at this .portunity to listen Lo him - to point - now that you're here in talk with him, to invite him to get· jail, facing an uncertain future?'" the he·lp to turn himself in. I wish Father DeFolco said in the inter~ I could have done that for him. view at the parish office. "If he · As a 'Church, we are here to pro- said, 'I don't know,' I'd say, "Do vide assistance for a change of you want me to pray with you? Is heart." there someone I can contact for Fathel; DeFolco, pastor of As- you?'" sumption Parish in Bellingham, Some news reports speculated said he remembers seeing that Muhammad may have Muhammad standing in line and wanted to confess his sins. Jensen sitting to eat one Sunday last fall said, however, that the caller gave at the parish's soup kitchen. her no indication that he wanted
to confess anything - only that he wanted to talk with the priest. In Virginia, a man police believewas the sniper called Msgr. William V. Sullivan, St. Ann's pastor, the night before a. shooting at an area steakhouse Octobel' 19. ''I'm told that he told Fathe I' Sullivan that 'I am God,'" Bishop Walter F. Sullivan of· Richmond told the Richmond Times-Dispatch daily newspaper. "It_was all kind of strange ... and very muffled." According to Father Apuzzo, the caller made a reference to a shooting in Alabama, information that might have spurred officials to find out about a September 2\ shooting in Montgomery, Ala., that could be linked to the sniper. Father DeFolco said that had he been at the parish office to take the call arid the man confessed to being the Washington, D.C.-area sniper, he would have reported it to the police. He said the situation of a priest hearing a person admit to wrongdoing by telephone does not carry "the seal of confession. Because how can you give absolution?" Muhammad (formerly Wille iams) is reportediy a Muslim convert. But Father DeFolco said it is not uncommon for people of different religion~ or no religion to seek counsel from Catholic .priests.
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FATHER JAY DeFolco, left, with office coordinator Janene Jensen, received a call October 18 from a man later identified as Washington-area sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad. (eNS photo by Armando Machado, Catholic Northwest Progress)
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Lamontville, joined Sinosizo as a ,manitarian consequence~, some~ U.S. members - Catholic Chari- ,'- Children caring for children is volunteer in 1996 and became a suthing he said has been virtually , ties and Catholic Relief Sel:vices becoming a common phenomenon pervisor two years ago. ignored in recent pulilic debate. ..:- about potential ways to am- iri South Africa, where the AIDS On an October 23 visit to He noted that the most conser- plify their message that war on epidemic hasIeft about 700,000,01'-' Lamontville with Catholic Relief vative independent' estimate of . Iraq 'must be a v o i d e d . p h a n s . ' . Services, one of Sinosizo's funders, Iraqi civilian casualties fi'om a Lamontville, a township ,near Ngonzwane, introduced Duduzile Fil.ochowski ,said the mood· potential U.S.-led military <lction among Iraqi civili,!ns is one of .Durban, has the highest number of Mp.isana, 39,' an HIV-positive predicts 10,000 deaths, but he said fear. He said people look, up ev- child-keaded households in ,the mother pI' three ~hose husband died indirect casualties would be even ery time a plane flies overhead to Durban Archdiocese and is one of of AIDS last year. ' , areater throu~lh make sure it is not a warplane, 10 communities served by Sinosizo, , Her parents are dead and her c e lack of clean ~a, ter, electricity and food. cou pies have postponed wed" an archdiocesan organization set up brother, who lives nearby, has 13 ,For example, he said, aoout 14 dings. and some pe.ople have sold in 1995 to respond to the growing children. million-16 million of Ir'aq's 23 their cars to raise emergency cash need for care of people infected with "She says that what is most immillion people are "absolutely, to use in the event of a war. HIV and their families. portant is that her children still love dependent" on monthly food dis. The essent'iai message Western "The idea is to build skills and her. She has told them that she is tributions for their minimum. nu- Catholics should be bringing to resilience in children," said Liz , sick," Ngozwane said. , ttition. Wijr and air strikes would their governments, Filocijowski Towell, project managerofSinosizo. Mpisana said that a Sinosizomost likely disrupt the distribu- ,said,.is that war can and must be The project categorizes those trained volunteer "~omes to see how tion and leave as many as two- 'avoided. ' , who 'se~k, help, with a priority for I am doing" every day. thirds of Iraqis without basic food Political leaders "have to not the "most n~edy ~hildren's survival Staff at Sinosizo helped Mpisana supplies, he said~ only explore all peac~ful avenues; needs." " to get a state pension and "she is in The seven-person Caritas del- they' mustre-explore all' peaceful Sinosizo, which means ."wellelp" , the process of getting a house from egation visited Iraq October 21- aven,ues, and ex'plore them inZulu focusesonhome-basedcare ,thegQvernment," Ngozwane said. ,27. In addition lO~eetings with , again," he said. anci, th'rough volunteers,' provides Holy Spirit Fath~r 6ernhard care and support to the sick, orphans, Wiederkehr, pastor of St. James widows and elderly: Church in Lamontville, said there It also trains community 'work- were seven AIDS-related funerals in ers, who teach primary caregivers the church one week in October. how to supervise medical treatment "Family life is being destroyed and basiC nutrition, as well as how by' AIDS," he said. to counsel traumatized and bereaved "The AIDS epidemic is reaching . children. AIDS prevention and· its peak in Kwazulu-Natal (provawareness education also is pro- ince), but I don't think 'its full imvided. pact has hit us yet," Towell said. 'There is ~ growing number of " South Africa, which has a popuchild-headed households in situa-' lationof about 43:5 million, has tions where the parents are dead, as , more people infected with HIV, the well as all the adults in the child's virus that causes AIDS, than any extGnded family," Towell said. other country in the world.. " "Our primary goal is to have every , According to .U.N. figures, 20 orphan back in school;' she said, not- percent Of the adult population is ing that if} some instances, this is ex- HIV-positive. tremely difficult, such as thecase of a Kwilzulu-Natal province, which 17~year-old girl who stays home to includes the DurbanArchdiocese, is take care ofher three-year-old brother. the province worst hit by AIDS in "We found that when we pro- South Africa, largely because "Zulu vided food for child-headed homes , culture does not shift, -which 'makes -like all children - they would it very difficult to bring about beeat all the nice things first and 'leave havior modification," Towell said. the vegetables to rot. Now we send Here, "children are not commua lady,to see that the vegetables' are nicated with and there areno rights also cooked, that the cooking facili- for women," she said. 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Coyle and Cassidy -Societ_y Awardp'resented. TAUNTON -. Coyle and husband Joseph B: McCarty.. Gay has established perCassidy High School, Taunton, · recently announced the establish- petual scholarship in the memory · ment of an award honoring bene- .of his son Pe~er A. Gay, a gradu~ factors' for outstandi ng friendshi p, ate.ofthe class of 1964 who was support and.commitment to the a victim of the September II ter~ school. It will honor ~Iso those rorist attacks. .. . Louise E. McCarty arid her late who believe in the school's mission and share in the vision of husband Joseph have been ongocontinued quality Catholic educa- ing dedicated supporters of the' school fqr many'years. . . tion ..' The inaugural recipients for The awards were presented-to. 2002 are Attorney Peter B. Gay, . Gay and McCarty at Benjamin's Louise E. McCai'ty and her late . Restaurant, Taunton..
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HEADMASTER DENNIS R. poyanf of Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, presented the school's Society Award to Peter B. Gay, right, and Louise E. McQarty. at a r~cent gathering. It was awarded for outstanding· support and dedi" ·cation to the school.
~ JOSEPH SULLIVAN of Our Lady of Mount Carmel· School, New Bedford, ·takes a moment to talk with students. He has 35 years of teaching and administrative, experience. With Sullivan are, Renee Brum, Amanda Pimentel and Ricardo Aguiar.
• EIGHTH-GRADER Nicole Garcia of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School raises .: her right hand as she is sworn 'in by. Principal Joseph ,Sullivan as class secretary. Class president Samantha Marques awaits her turn.
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Pope offers prayers for schoolchildren killed in Italian earthquake By
CINDY WOODEN
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VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II offered special praycrs for two dozen Italian chi Idren who died in an October 3 I earthquake as well as for the thousands of people whose lives were taken in violence over the past year. With a sparse crowd huddled under umbrellas in St. Peter's Square November I, the pope recited the midday Angelus prayer and spoke about that' day's 'feast of All Saints and the November 2 feaSt of All Souls. Under a heavy rain, the pope' offered prayers for the people of Sicily and of southcentral Italy suffering the effects of a new eruption of the Mount Etna volcano and a series of earthquakes. "I want to express my profound spiritual closeness to the people struc;k by these tragic events, thinking especially of the children involved in the collapse of a school building in San Giuliano di Puglia," the pope said. As the pope spoke, the death toll in the small town stood at 26, of whom 23 were chi Idren, one was a teacher at the school and two were women who lived nearby. All nine of the six-year-olds who belonged to the first-grade class died.
Three children were still missing and believed to be among the rubble. More than 30 children and teachers were rescued alive; they included one boy pulled from the wreckage 16 hours after the quake struck. In telegrams to two bishops in the region, Pope' John Paul offered his prayers for the victims, for the comfort of their fami lies and for strength for the rescue workers. Before reciting the Angelus, Pope John Paul said the feasts of All Saints and All Souls "invite us to turn our gaze toward heaven, the goal of our earthly pilgrimage. There the festive. community of saints awaits us. There we will find ourselves with our loved ones again." While November 2 is a day for remembering loved ones who have died, the pope asked people also to offer speciaL prayers for those who have no one to remember them. "I pray especially for the victims of the bloodshed, which in the past months and days has continued to afflict humanity," he said. Commemorating the souls of all who have died, he said, must lead to prayers for peace, "peace for those who lived, peace for tho_se stillliving, peace for those who will live."
.STUDENTS AT St. Dominic School in Bolingbrook, 111., take time from their studies recently'to join hands in a sign of solidarity to be drug free. They joined in the nationwide Red Ribbon Week campaign to make America's children turn away from illicit drug use. (CNS photo by Kathrynne Skonicki, Catholic Explorer)
STUDENTS AND teachers ~t Denver's J.K. Mullen High School load their champion collec.tion of more than 16,000 non-perishable food items for deliv~ry to Catholic Charities of Denver in October. The Christian Brothers School collected the greatest number of food items in a week's time in a competition sponsored by a local TV station. (CNS photo by James Baca, Denver Catholic Register)
The shattered illusion of the young By AMY WELBORN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVicE
support of an athletic department at a major university. If you told Lire is filled with good and bad him three years ago what he'd be doing, he'd have jumped for joy. stu ff. One of the worst things, emo- at his good fortune. His dream tionally spellking, has to be the life. But right now he hates it. He wanted to be part, even in experience of shattered illusions his own small way, of a winning and broken dreams. It's worse when you're young football team. Well, things because you don't have the expe- haven't turned out as he and thourience to fall back on. You're not sands of other fans had hoped. 50, and this hasn't happened to The season has been dreadful. That makes his job harder. you a million times before, so you' don't have the perspective to sit He's also being overworked, un-· ·back and take .it all iii as just one derpaid and underappreciated. more step on the ladde.r of life, He's having to do the jobs no one knowing that in the end things else wants to do, which was fine when 'he' first st'arted but is getwi II get better. All you know is that life isn't ting old. He's son of at a loss. He thinks what you thought it was going to a lot of his life stinks, and he be, and that really, really stinks. My son's going through this doesn't know what to do about it. right now. He's going to school' Sound familia;'? . parttime and working parttime in You thought getting to high
school would fix all the problems you experienced in· middle school, but things haven't happened that way. The Classes are harder, and those stupid girls who
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about finances and getting accepted, and the closer it gets the scarier moving away from home seems. What arc you going to do about it? Several things. First, you can decide what you can and can't change. Go ahead and change the things you have power over that make you unhappy. Then change your attitude toward the things you can't control.· . If you're stuck in ajob or a class that you find yourself hating, figure out a new reason to get some- . thing out of it. OK, so you're not going to work anymore because you don't love it. Are' there other reasons? Can.youlook forward to the car you're going to buy with the money? Can you focus <;>n the people you're helping?
If your school life isn't prov.ing' to be the ecstasy of fun you thought it would be, take the focus off its social part. Find another reason to get up and go to school. You're going to learn. Novel idea. Put the focus of your social life elsewhere. You won't care about those dumb girls because you've got a slew of friends at play practice or soccer practice after school to look forward to hanging out with. Finally, take a few minutes this week - no - every day, morning and night: to makea list of things you're thankful for. Make a list. Say the list. Pray the list. Thank God for the good stuff, and' ask him to help you make sense of the ba9 stuff until it goes away. Trust me - it will. Better times arc ahead. They always are!
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Speaker compares Pro-Life' struggle to civil rights movement By MIKE MAsmoMATTEO CATHO!-JC NEWS SERVICE
TORONTO - The battle tosecure legal protection for unborn children is similar to the civil rights struggles of the 1960s, said an authority on the role of religious fairh in influencing political arid social discourse. ''This (right-to-life work) is the great civil and human rights issue of our time:' said Father Richard, John Neuhaus, editor of First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public life.'
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Father Neuhaus, keynote speaker at the recent Creating a Culture of Life conference in ' Toronto, added that instead of settling the abortion issue the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe vs. Wade decision ushered in 30 y~ of uncertainty and confusion about the sanctity and worthiness of all hu~ man life. The January. 1973; court decision struck down U.S. laws restricting abortion. :' , For many years, Father Neuhaus worked closely with the 1960s civil rights champion, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Father Neuhaus, a former Lutheran minister, spent the first several years of his ministry working at inner-city Lutheran parishes in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was received into the Catholic Church by the late Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York in 1991. Father Neuhaus brought a message of hope and inspiration to a weary band of Canadian and international Pro-Lifers. He emphasized Pro-Life work as a lifetime calling that imposes difficult expectations. He also described veteran Pro-Life
workers as being the avant-garde of a new humanity. "You have been enlisted to stand guard at the entry and exit points of life and at every step along the way for the weak and vulnerable," Father Neuhaus said. "It would have been so easy to give in to the view that some people are expendable, but your conscience simply wouldn't allow you to remain silent." , Father Neuhaus urged conference participants not to be discouraged by an apparent lack of ~uc . COLORFUL FALL leaves frame a statue of Christ at S1. Ann Church in Wilmington, Del., cess in promoting a greater respect for life in the years following, the ' in late October. (CNS photo by Don Blake, The Dialog) Roe vs. Wade detision'. " ' . " "Our challenge is, to continue ,trying and to remember that the rest of the struggle is God's business," he said. Father Neuhaus said hope comes from Pope John Paul II, who continually emphasizes the culture of WASHINGTON (CNS),for the years 2OQ3-2005 had been to address issues of specific conlife, despite his personal experience "funded from the $5 million GenThe U.S. bis~ops WIll be askedto cern to Catholic dioceses and reof living through some of most vioeral Reserve Fund." approve a$5;3.1 rriiilionbudget for ligious orders.' lent events in the history ofmankind. 2003 at their fall general meeting, The 2003 budget, as proposed, The handbook would be used "At the end of the bloodiest cenrepresenting a 0.4 percent dealso includes the return of in conjunction with a general actury in human history, Pope John $363,783 to the General Reserve crease in spending over the previcounting manual, the Practitioners Paul emerged as a voice calling us ous year despite the high cost of Fund to begin to replenish some Publishing Co.'s "Guide to Preto a culture oflife," Father Neuhaus implementing the "Charter fqr the paring Nonprofit Financial Stateof funds spent. said. "If he can speak of hope, then Protection ofChildren and Young "While the use of the General ments," as a replacement to "Acso can we." People." Reserve Fund will provide for the counting Principles and ReportThe priest said that winning over Also before the bishops at their conference through the next three ing Practices for Churches and the hearts and minds of abortion November 11-14 meeting in years, a potential future problem Church-Related Organizations:' supporters is made easier if ProWashington will be a 3.5 percent exists as these costs, estimated at approved by the bishops in 1981. Lifers demonstrate that they have a increase in the U.S. Conference $500,000 per annum, will need to Bishop Mansell said the 1981 higher societal good in mind. of Catholic Bishops' assessment be worked into the normal conmanual "has become completely The Canadian Pro-Life conferon dioceses in 2004 and a more ference General Fund budget beout-of-date and provides little, if ence was organized by Campaign than 200-page updated handbook ginning in 2006," Bishop Mansell any, guidance to those it is inLife Coalition, Canada's national on financial issues unique to reported. "Accordingly, the dioctended to serve." Pro-Life political lobbying organiCatholic dioceses. esan assessment could certainly The diocesan handbook looks zation, and Life Canada, an educaApproval ofthe budget, the asface pressure in the future." at a variety of issues affecting tion and research association. At their meeting in Novemsessment and the handbook reChurch finances, from the dual tax quires a two-thirds vote by those ber 2001, the bishops approved status of priests (employees for who head Catholic dioceses or a zero percent increase in the diincome tax purpqses, self-emeparchies in the United States. ocesan assessment for 2003, due ployed for Social Security tax In a report to the bishops on in part to a "substantial increase purposes) to the "bingo excepthe proposed budget, Bishop in investment income" in 200'1, tion" to the rules for unrelated Henry 1. Mansell ofBuffalo, N.Y., Bishop Mansell said in his 2002 , business income tax: , USCCB treasurer and chairman report. It also gives dioceses detailed of the Committee on Budget and Therefore, "the two-year averguidance on how to decide Finance, said that because of "the age assessment increase" for 2003 whether a Catholic nonprofit oruniqueness of the situation," and 2004 is 1.75 percent, he said. ganization could be eligible for the nearly $1.6 million in costs assoThe third financial matter begroup tax exemption granted' to ciated with the National Child and fore the bishops is approval of , the USCCB by the Internal RevYouth Protection Office, the Na"Diocesan Financial Issues," a ' enue Service for organizations tional Review Board and two listed in the Official Catholic DihandbookdraftedbytheUSCCB studies mandated by the charter Accounting Practices Committee rectory.
Bishops, mull· $53.1M budget; ,'new handbook for dioceses
Bishops face several decisions on liturgy WASHINGTON(CNS)-Severalliturgy-related mission for English in the Liturgy and the Vatican decisions face the U.S. bishops when they meet in Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments .Washington November 11-14. in the 1990s, especially since 1996 when now-retired These include: Cardinal Jorge Medina Estevez became head of the - approval of an English translation, for use in , congregation. . the United States, ofJhe Vatican's 1989 Latin liturgiICEL, formed during the Second Vatican Council cal book, Rites of Ordination of a Bishop, of Priests ' by English-speaking bishops' conferences and comand of Deacons; , ," posed ofbishops from each of the 11 fulI-member , -approval.of English translation, including conferences, develops and proposes common English adaptations for the United S~tes, of il)e new General, translations of all Latin liturgical texts. Once a bishInstruction of the. Roman Missal issued by the Holy" ops' conference adopts such a proposed text by a twoSee in 2000; " , thirds vote, the V'!-tican congregatiqn must give a fi~ approval of new statutes for the, International' nal approval, called a "rrxognitio," before ,it can be Commission on English in the Liturgy; , used in that country. , ICEL sent bishops' conferences a proposed En- a proposal to review the Lectionary for Mass adopted by (he bishops for U.S. use in '1997. ' glish text for the ordination rites in 1993, but in '1997 The English translation of the,revised ordination Cardinal Medina cut' short the approval process for rite suffered IOJlg ddays that stemmed from and high- that text, telljng the bishops' conferences that it wa'i lightcd a grmying rift bctwccn thc Intern~tion~lCom- unacceptable.
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