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Christians, Jews revisit kristallnacht ~

Interfaith service recalls horrors of the Holocaust; urges unity in faith and justice.

Bishop O'Malley: Holocaust must not happen again

By JAMES N. DUNBAR

FALL RIVER - In prayer, song, reflections - and the sounds of breaking glass that gave the 1938 Nazi pogrom against German Jews Its kristallnachtname - representatives of Catholic, Jewish and other Christian communities of faith gathered Sunday night in St. Stanislaus Church to remember the Holocaust, heed its warnings, and shape the future.

Bathed in the glow from menorahs, the candelabrum used in Jewish worship, set at each side of the crucifix in the sanctuary, nearly 400 people, including clergy, prayed and sang in English and Hebrew.

They were led by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., Rabbi William Kaufman and Cantor Richard Wolberg of Temple Beth El in this city, and Father Marc H. Bergeron, ecumenical officer for the Fall River diocese, during the emotional and memorable service.

St. Stanislaus' Choir also sang in Hebrew and English.

And at the service's end, the shofar, a ram's horn trumpet used in Jewish religious observances and in synagogues, was solemnly sounded by William Chebot of Temple Beth El. Turn to page J3 - Kristallnacht

FALL RIVER - Calling for vigilance and courage, Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., told Christians and Jews at Sunday's memorial service that they must be in solidarity to ensure the Shoah won't ever reoccur.

His talk follows:

RETURN OF the dead of the House of Israel, prophesied in the Book of Ezekiel, is read by Cantor Richard Wolberg of Temple Beth EI, Fall River, at last Sunday's interfaith memorial prayer service. (Anchor photo)

Sheriff's Office honors Father Matthew Sullivan ~

FATHER MATTHEW Sullivan, SS.CC, acknOWledges the ovation he received at a testimonial in his honor.

Prison chaplain cited for his years of selfless work and accomplishments.

WESTPORT - More than 300 friends and family of Sacred Hearts Father Matthew J. Sullivan hosted a testimonial dinner recently at White's of Westport, honoring his 12 years of compassionate and dedicated service in prison ministry at the House of Correction and Jail in New Bedford and in Dartmouth.

"Father Sullivan was more than a chaplain to the inmates," said Sheriff Thomas Hodgson. "He was a friend and confident to everyone at the sheriff's office. Staff members at every level love this man of God who was comfortable being a man of the people."

Describing Father Sullivan's ministry, Hodgson said that "who among us has watched this humble priest whisper forgiveness to a criminal through the bars of a cell at Ash Street and not felt the presence of Christ the Priest? Who has heard Father Sullivan's compassionate message

at a thousand Masses and not felt inspired and closer to God? Who has watched this tiny man hug a hulking and sobbing inmate and not felt that they were at a sneak preview of the last judgment?"

Hodgson, who deputized Father Sullivan, making him an official deputy sheriff, also announced that the chapel at the Dartmouth Jail would be named after him and be known thereon as "The Father Matthew J. Sullivan Chapel."

Father Sullivan, moved by the whole evening and plaque honoring his service, gave a heartwarming talk at the end of the evening.

"I never expected anything like this," the 76-year-old priest said. "You are truly my friends and I love each and every one of you."

Among those attending besides the sheriff were Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., who gave the benediction; Retired Judge John J. Markey, Sacred Hearts Father David Reid, provincial, who gave the invocation; and County Commissioner Turn to page 12 - Honor

"Pope John Paul II called the 20 th century, 'the century of the Shoah.' He sees the Holocaust as something more than yet another atrocity. The Holy Father has stated that Catholics are called to stand with the Jewish people in preserving the memory of the Holocaust.

Speaking to Jewish leaders in Warsaw, the Pope said: 'Today the people of Israel, perhaps more than ever before, find themselves at the center of the attention of the nations of the world, above all because of this terrible experience, through which you have become a warning voice for all humanity, for all nations, all the powers of the world, all systems, and every person. More than anyone else, it is precisely you who have become this saving warning.' Tonight we gather here, Christians Turn to page eight - Bishop

Diocesan deacons attend conference NEWPORT, R.I. - A group of permanent deacons and their wives from the Fall River diocese heard what the future has in store for them at the Regional Assembly of the National Association of Diaconate Directors from Region One held last weekend at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

"Those of us already ordained as deacons can consider ourselves 'experiments' according to what the Vatican has been saying," said Deacon William Ditewig of the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, the presenter at talks during the morning and afternoon.

"The needed, new directory on deacons has a lot to say about the formation of deacons and it is surely going Turn to page J3 - Deacons

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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., November 10, 2000

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FALL RIVER - Mrs. Mary (Lopes) Furtado, 76, wife of the late Jesse R. Furtado, and mother of Father Steven R. Furtado, pastor of Holy Ghost Church, Attleboro, died Nov. 2 at the Catholic Memorial Home after an extended illness.

Born in Fall River, the daughter of the late Francisco S. Lopes and the late Maria (Costa) Lopes, she was a lifelong resident and formerly resided on Alden Street.

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Anthony Lopes of Fall River; four grandchildren; several godchildren; and nieces and nephews. She was also the mother of the late Peter R. Furtado and the sister of the late Joseph and Manuel Lopes.

Her funeral Mass was celebrated Monday in Espirito Santo Church. Interment was in St. Patrick's Cemetery.

The Silva-Faria Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

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Prior to retirement in 1987 she was employed for 46 years at the Howard Manufacturing Company, formerly Avon Curtain. She was a member of the International Ladies' Garment Wotkers' Union, and Espirito Santo Parish and its Holy Rosary Sodality.

Besides her priest son, she leaves two sisters, Marion Costa of Westport and Deolinda Miranda of Fall River; a brother,

Mary Ann Glendon, the Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard University and recent keynote speaker at the recent Pro-Life Convention held by the Fall River diocese, is a member of the commission.

Glendon urges Catholic

women to attend the meeting to offset the disproportionate attendance by Planned Parenthood and other anti-CatholicOgroups.

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Assisted suicide, voucher measures defeated at polls WASHINGTON - A move to permit assisted suicide in Maine was defeated Tuesday with the support of the state's Catholic leaders. Also defeated were hallotquestions that would have given vouchers to private school students in Michigan and California.

Measures against same-sex marriages passed by 2-to-l margins in Nevada. and Nebraska, while a proposal to ban discrimination against gays and lesbians in Maine appeared likely to fail, despite support from the state's

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In Colorado, voters decisively defeated a measure that would have required informed consent and a waiting period before an abortion.

On the defeat of the assisted suicide proposal in Maine by a 52 percent to 48 percent margin, Marc R. Mutty, director of public affairs for the Diocese of Portland, said Church leaders were "tremendously relieved and pleased."

He said it was "a very hardfought battle" but that through "a tremendous educational effort," support for assisted suicide in the state had dwindled from 72 percent this summer to 48 percent on Election Day.

The lesson for other states that might face such initiatives in the future, Mutty said, is that "it's going to take a very aggressive effort to stop this."

"We committed all of our efforts, all of our resources, to the campaign," he said, "and any less of any effort could have led to defeat."

The ballot question read: "Should a terminally ill adult who is of sound mind be allowed to ask for and receive a doctor's help to die?"

Noting that 20 medical groups in the state had joined the Catholic Church in opposing the measure, Mutty said the next step will be· efforts to improve end-of-life care for the dying in the state.

In Your Prayers Please pray for the following priests during the coming week Nov.13 1924, Rev. Louis J. Deady, Founder, S1. Louis, Fall River 1992, Rev. William H. O'Reilly, Retired Pastor, Immaculate Conception,

Taunton 1998, Rev. Clarence 1. d'Entremont

Nov.14 1940, Rev. Francis J. Duffy, Founder, S1. Mary, South Dartmouth 1977, Rev. William A. Galvin, Retired Pastor, Sacred Heart, Taunton

Nov. IS 1939, Rev. Thomas F. LaRoche, AssistaJ1t, Sacred Heart, Taunton 1943, Rev. Daniel E. Doran, Pastor, ImrmlcUlate Conception, North Easton . , ";

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Nantucket 1990, Rev. Philodore H. Lemay, M.S., LaSaiette Provincial House, Attleboro

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sionalize the CNA position and increase earning potential. It's an important project according to Nancy DeSouza, director of nurses for the home.

"We're excited about it," said DeSouza. "It's a great program for the home and it will increase people's knowledge base."

Catholic Memorial is one of 10 facilities across the state to implement the certified nursing assistant career ladder model and 10 CNA's are currently enrolled in the program. It was developed by the Massachusetts Extended Care Federation (MECF) and the Edgar P. Benjamin Healthcare Center.

DHF promotions and appointments announced FALL RIVER - The Dioc- North Attleboro. She has been esan Health Facilities Office is employed there since 1998 and pleased to announce the recent held the positions of personnel director, acting promotions and appointments of administrator its employees. and assistant Richard A. Quetta was named administrator. project manager for the Diocesan She holds a Health Facilities. His responsibilibachelor of ties include science decoordinating gree in health engineering policy and and construcmanagement tion projects, from Provimaintenance, SUSAN L. dence College. grounds and CALDWB.L She also environmental earned a masservices at the five diocesan ters of business administration with nursing a health care concentration from RICHARD A. homes as well Suffolk University in Boston.

Claudia Levesque was apQUETTA as the Cardinal Medeiros pointed director of social services Residence for retired priests and ' at Madonna the priest hostel. Quetta holds a Manor, North bachelor of science in business Attleboro. administration from Providence She holds a College and was previously em- degree in sowork ployed as the ,..----, cial from Rhode director of Island ColFacility Oplege. erations at Susan L. Our Lady's Caldwell was Haven, CLAUDINE named direcFairhaven. tor of human LEVESQUE Erin E. resources and Kanuse was support services for the Diocesan named adminHealth Facilities System. She has istrator ofMaserved as the administrator of donna Manor, ERIN E. KANUSE

Madonna Manor for the past six years and has worked in the diocesan system for more than 12. She holds a bachelor's degree in business administration with a concentration in management from UMass Amherst and a master's degree in business administration from Bryant College.

Joanne Roque was named to the new position of director of clinical administration at Madonna Manor. She is a graduate of St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing and holds a bachelor of, science in nursing from Salve Regina University.

She has been employed by Diocesan Health Facilities for 11 years.

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Correction Last week, The Anchor announced that $630,986 was realized from the ongoing St. Mary's Education fund-raising dinner. Two major events, one on Cape Cod and one in Fall River are the main sources of these efforts.

It is important to note that it was not the Fall River dinner alone that achieved this remarkable sum. The Cape Cod dinner was a major factor in this most successful accomplishment.

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Let in the light The campaign is ended and we have a new president. There is no doubt that the process is flawed. The real winners were those of the media that benefited from outrageous campaign monies.

The lackluster road to the White House was devoid of substance.

There were no real discussions and debates, over the real concerns that face the nation as we continue into- the new millennium. Politics is about more than our Social Security and economic interests.

Seemingly the only fact that was highlighted for the electorate. was the so-called good times. Encouraging fear and concern for our material well-being was a deceptive J;\lse. It was eventually a political smoke screen to hide real is~ues from the public.

Where were the candidates who had real concern for the innocent unborn children? A vague passing reference is all the party bosses encouraged amid the mass hysteria of balloons and confetti. Families were not a major priority amid campaign rhetoric.

Few reflected on how our nation can help parents raise their children with respect for life, sound moral values and an ethic of stewardship and responsibility. Concerns for young college students were really ignored. Their sense of hope for a meaningful future, the issue of quality education opportunities and the pursuit of peace and justice in a world where injustice is rampant were areas that were never allowed to surface along the campaign trail.

Other concerns such as truly affordable health care for all in the nation, the cOlpbatting of bias and hostility to immigrants and the healing of racism, religious bigotry and other forms of discrimina- BISHOP STANG .f{IGH SCHOOL STUDENTS JENNIFER MEHRTERS AND COLLEEN CROFFORD TAKE tion were sidetracked 01' ignored in the mad dash for votes.

A BREAK FROM THEIR TOUR GUIDE DUTIES AT THE RECENT DIOCESAN PRo-LIFE CONVENTION To be elected to the presidency means one shoulq, be a moral IN NORTH DARTMOUTH. THEY AGREED TO HELP BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE STRONGLY IN THE and ethical beacon for the entire nation. We have had too much PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT. (ANCHOR/GORDON PHOTO) darkness and cover-up in government. It's now time to let the light in, dispel the darkness and really face the serious issues that face America. ''HE WHO PURSUES JUSTICE AND KINDNESS WILL FIND LIFE AND HONOR" (PROVERBS 21:21).

Old friends

This will be the last issue of The Anchor from Leary Press.

For over two generations, The Anchor and Leary's have had a warm and friendly relationship. Their press wilLno longer be able to print The Anchor. As a result, we have had'to search for a new company that will not only print but also have the capability to mail our weekly paper. Fortunately, we have found such a company that has the capability to print, mail and also provide color. The first issue of the new face of The Anchor will appear next week. ,. .

As the weeks progress, it is our hope that the new and exciting print opportunities will be developed to enhance our publication. Like all new adventures there will be the usual wrinkles to iron out. We assure our some 30,000 weekly readers that we shall do our very best to make this changeover run as smoothly as possible.

As the process develops, we cannot forget our many years at Leary's. It was more than a mere business arrangement. In fact, it was a friendship with a cast of people and characters that will not be forgotten. . I have been with The Anchor for 35 years, first as an op-ed write~ and then as editor. Speaking for all of us at The Anchor, especially our General Manager Rosemary Dussault, I wish to t~ank all the Mc.Ginns, past and present, for their many .kmdnesses to our paper, our staff and our diocesan Church.

They have played a vital role in this communication apostolate of the diocese. For this, a grateful local Church says Thank You. Your contribution to our work in the ministry of print will not be buried in some hidden byline. Indeed we are old friends.

Entering the true spirit of Christmas

By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

The advertising for Christmas already is inundating us. Let me be frank: I'm writing this in October, and I deplore seeing the commercialization of this great holiday before Halloween!

Each year this happens, I feel I have to do something to counter the commercialism by finding some new way to capture the true spirit of Christmas.

This year I found myself already entering deeply into that spirit as head "Seeing Salvation: Images of Christ in Art," by Neil Macgregor and Erika Langmuir (Yale University Press, 2000).

The Editor The book combines Church art and Church history ~n ways that give us an amazingly fuller picture of Christ.

This book reminded me of the power art has to help us explore divine mysteries that ultimately are beyond our full comprehenOFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER sion.

Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River "Seeing Salvation" focuses on .887 Highland Avenue P.O. BOX 7 Christ as he is portrayed by faFall River, MA 02720 Fall River, MA 02722-0007 mous artists. Numerous works of Telephone 508-675-7151 art in the book focus on Christ's FAX (508) 675-7048 birth.

Send address changes to P.O. Box 7 or call telephone number above Taking us through various ages of art, the book helps us to see EDITOR GENERAL MANAGER NEWS EDITOR how each aimed for new, more Rev. Msgr.John F. Moore Rosemary Dussault James N. Dunbar profound understandings of PRODUCTION MANAGER Christ.

Dave Jolivet The first masterpiece in this ~ book is "The Adoration of the

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Kings," by 16th-century artist Jan Gossaert of East Flanders. To the ordinary person, this painting doesn't seem very representative of the birth of Christ. Mary is seated, wearing a blue dress of the artist's time and holding the baby Jesus, and she is flanked by two of the three kings, Balthazar and Melchior.

Gaspar kneels, offering the Christ child a ciborium. In the distance behind a pillar is an aged, confused man leaning on a cane.

He represents Joseph. The setting is not a humble stable, but the ruins of an old home.

Wherever we turn within the painting, we find improbabilities - elements that appear to conflict with what we conceive to have been the real Christmas scene: a royal blue dress of a later era, a ciborium, a confused Joseph and ruins.

"What is going on here?"

Macgregor and Langmuir ask.

But when we learn what is going on,we are drawn into a fuller understanding of Christmas.

Why did Gossaert clothe Mary in precious blue clothing? Because the medieval poet Dante had called her "the beautiful sapphire by which the brightest sky is ensapphired." By picturing her in royal blue, he centers our attention on Mary's exalted place on earth.

To further emphasize Mary's

importance, Gossaert portrays Balthazar holding a monstrance in a long white cloth embroidered with the words "Salve Regina" (Hail Holy Queen).

The ruins represent the fading of an age and foretell the birth of a new age: the age of the Church.

St. Joseph is old and looks confused because "Jesus Christ is the son of the carpenter's wife, but he is not her humble husband's child," rather he belongs to the Trinity.

And the ciborium represents the Eucharist, which Christ instituted.

What the authors do here, and what they do with other paintings in their book, is to act like the best of tour guides, pointing our attention toward aspects of artworks that we might not other. wise notice or reflect upon and thus helping us to reflect - upon Mary's role in redemption, the Three Kings as models of humility and service for the world's other kings, the impact of Christ on the entire world.

Moving from one image of Christ to the other, one picture in particular emerges: Christmas is a colossal event savored best through rich and refreshing images of its true meaning.

Anyway, we have to do what we can to counter the commercialism and discover the coming holiday season's true meaning.

And a Bishop shall lead us Take a ride up Route 1 in Michael Bishop is cut from the Foxboro, and you see the new home same mold, but right now he's getof the New England Patriots reach- ting moldy sitting on the bench. ing skyward - a sharp contrast to the direction the team is heading this first football season of the new millennium.

Playoff hopes are dead.

And anyone who has ever suffered a thumb injury wi II tell you that Drew

By Dave Jolivet Bledsoe's right hand will not completely heal for the rest of this season.

As of now, this season should be devoted to the loyal and Patriot fans, who, with their suprabid New England fan base. Now port, pump big bucks into the team, is the time for the Patriots to learn deserve to be entertained for the rest a lesson from the Catholic church of the year, and that entertainment - and that is, let a Bishop shep- will come from the spark Bishop herd the flock! can provide.

There's no need for Bledsoe to The young man in his second risk further injury for the rest of year from Kansas State University, this pathetic season, and backup has a shotgun for an arm, has the quarterback John Friesz thawed speed of a cheetah and the moves quickly in Sunday's overtime loss of a gazelle. to Doug Flutie and the Buffalo At six-foot-two, 210 pounds, Bills. he's a larger version of Flutie.

Consequently, it's Michael It's time now to see Bishop Bishop who should lead the way scambling in the Patriots' for the rest of the season. backfield looking for an open reHaving Flutie visit Foxboro last ceiver, and if there's none, tuckweekend, only whetted the appe- ing the ball in and making sometite of fans of the gridiron. Flutie, thing happen. since his days running the show at Not only has this season been a Boston College to his stellar play wash, but it's been down right borin the Canadian Football League ing. to his two stints in the National What have the Patriots got to Football League, including a hitch lose at this point? Unless of course with the Patriots, has consistently they're hoping for a high draft pick proven he's a winner. next season.

My View From the Stands

At this stage of the season, with a 2-7 record, Patriot fans don't care if the team wins another game as long as the product on the field is worth watching.

Maybe Michael Bishop is a winner. He at least deserves a shot to find out. And the fans, who have continually called for Bishop all season, deserve to be catered to for a change.

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

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Editor: I am urging parishioners everywhere to support my efforts to petition MediaOne to put EWTN, the Global Catholic Network on its own channel with 24 hour availability to viewers.

EWTN features many good programs for families, children and the elderly, including recitation of the rosary from Jerusalem, Mass for the homebound elderly, stories about lives of the saints, Benediction, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, bulletin boards for upcoming events, talks by theologians and many other' interesting topics.

EWTN is a learning tool about our faith.

If you feel the same way that I do, give thought and prayer to sending a petition to MediaOne, telling them why EWTN is important to you.

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RETREAT CENTER ADMINISTRATOR Sacred Hearts Retreat Center in Wareham, MA plans to hire ,fln administrator (religious or layperson). The ideal candidate will be a Catholic having experience in not-for-profit strategic and budgetary planning, programming~ public relations, personnel supervision, financial management, administration and retreats.

The Cent,er hosts a variety of Adult (Charismatic, AA, Marriage Preparation/ Enrichment, etc.) and Youth (College Students, Confinnation Candidates, Parish Youth Groups, etc.) retreats as well as private/directed/guided for priests/religiouslIaypersons.

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Letters to the e'ditor

Editor: , When making a deliberation regarding a canqid~te for election, in addition to concern with their position on issues of importance I am also concerned with his or her view of the nature of authority held by our government.

For example, the recent Stenberg v. Carhart Supreme Court decision permitting partial-birth abortion made it painfully clear that our government believes it has the authority to declare some human beings to be outside the protection of the Constitution. The issue is not a question about when life begins. In such a case, a baby who is already mostly delivered obviously has life. The question is whether the government has authority over that life. Does it mean that if the government has the authority to dispose of that life, has it already claimed the authority to dispose of other obviously human lives?

Voting on a single issue is not a popular theme, but for a candidate to proudly support an issue as basic and significant at abortion-on-demand and the more savage procedure of partial-birth abortion, is tantamount to approving a level of authority to our government that it is never entitled to have. I trust this leaves no confusion as to who received my vote on Nov. 7.

Joseph M. Clemente Fall River

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Ninety-four chosen to The Apocryphal books of the Bible receive Marian Medals NORTH DARTMOUTH _ Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., will award Marian Medals to 94 lay persons from areas ofthe diocese during a ceremony of solemn Evening Prayer and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament on Sunday Nov. 19 at 3 p.m., in StJulie Billiart Church.

The annual award recognizes members ofdiocesan parishes nominated by their pastors as outstanding for devotion and service. It was first presented in 1968 by then Fall River Bishop James L. Connolly.

The Marian Medal is made of sterling silver and is embossed with a Miraculous Medal on one side and the Fall RiverDiocesan coat路{)f-arms on the others.

The Marian Medal recipients for 2000 and their parishes are: Acushnet, St. Francis Xavier Parish, Ronald Pimental; Assonet, St. Bernard Parish, Joseph Santos;' Attleboro, Holy Ghost Parish, Frederick D. Proulx Sr.; S1. John the Evangelist Parish, James Vergow; St. Joseph Parish, Evelyn (Robert) Boucher; St. Stephen Parish, Vivian (Russell) Dugas; S1. Theresa Child of Jesus Parish, Theresa Paquette; Attleboro Falls, St. Mark Parish, Rita Budjinski; Brewster, Our Lady of the Cape Parish, Claire (Tierney) Costello; Buzzards Bay, St. Margaret/St. Mary Parish, Gerard V Hannon; Centerville, Our Lady of Victory Parish, Lewis Shannon; Chatham, Holy Redeemer Parish, Philip S. Ripa; Dighton, S1. Peter Parish, Hilda (Louis) Rezendes; EastFalmouth; St. Anthony Parish, William Harrington; East Freetown, St John Neumann Parish, Joseph Armand Dupont; East Sandwich, Corpus Christi Parish, Paul 1. O'Connell; East Taunton, Holy Family Parish, Christiano Victoria; Edgartown, St. Elizabeth Parish, Michael D. Bettencourt; Fairhaven, S1. Joseph Parish, George Sirois; Fall River, Blessed Sacrament . Parish, Doris (Ernest) LaRue; Cathedral of S1. Mary, Frank DePaola; Espirito Santo Parish, Edmond J. Antaya; Holy Name Parish, Donna (Robert) M. Masterson; Holy Rosary Parish, Anthony Imbriglio; Immaculate Conception Parish, Joan (Albert) Larrivee; Our Lady of Health Parish, David Botelho; Our Lady of the Angels Parish, Marion (Kenneth) Carrier; Saints Peter and Paul Parish, William H. Hyland; Santo Christo Parish, Manuel Alves; St. Anne Parish, Ulric R. Desrosiers; St Anthony of Padua Parish, Jose Teixeira; S1. Joseph Parish, Julia Harrington; St. Michael Parish, Evelyn Almeida; St. Patrick Parish, Mary Grace Correia; St. Stanislaus Parish, JanE. Torres; Falmouth, S1. Patrick Parish, John Joseph Moylan; Hyannis, St. Francis Xavier Parish, Ann Janney; Mansfield, S1. Mary Parish, Mary (Thomas) Hughes; Marion, S1. Rita Parish, Eleanor Brown; Mashpee, Christ the King Parish, Martin F. Henry; _

Q. Could you answer a question from our Scrip- New World, in 1783, also omits the Apocrypha.

Interestingly, the Geneva Bible also accepted these ture study group? When were the Apocryphal books (those in Catholic Bibles but not in Protes- nine books, even though the thoroughgoing Protestants who published it added marginal notes identifytant Bibles) removed from the Scriptures?

It is our understanding that they were omitted ing the bishop of Rome with the scarlet woman in in some of the very early English translations, like Revelation.

KingJames abhorred such comments, which was the King James Version. Can you help? (Oklahoma) A. For those who may not be as familiar with the one reason he commissioned a new translation by some subject as you are, we should explain that the Apocry- of the leading Scripture scholars of his day. This new phal books, in the sense you speak of, are all or part of translation is what we know as the King James Bible.

Q. You have written in the past about the reaa number of books in the Old Testament which have sons for using incense at Mass and other ceremonot traditionally been included in Protestant Bibles.

These include Tobit, Judith, Baruch, First and Sec- nies. Is it possible to do away with incense since it bothers so many people? ond Maccabees, Ben --I myself have asthSirach (Ecclesiastics), matic bronchitis. I start Wisdom, and parts of coughing, my throat Daniel and Esther. gets dry and sometimes For reasons we cannot I have to leave church explore here, Bible scholbecause ofit Others tell ars refer to these as me their reactions are deutero-canonical ("secBy Father worse than mine. ond canon") books, beJ. Dietzen John (Texas)' cause of differing beliefs A. I guessed that inancient Jewish scholars cense manufacturers had about their authenticwould have tried to address that problem with some ity or canonicity.

As you note, following the Reformation, the cus- sort of nonallergic incense. After checking with them, tom developed of placing these parts of Scripture in a however, I leamed that, though one or two have tried, separate section or sometimes omitting them entirely. there is no such product that works decently.

They all use natural resins (frankincense, myrrh While they were honored as sacred writings, they were not considered equal to the rest of the Bible as the and others) which, according to their experts, cannot be synthesized or modified without ending up with word of God. Catholic faith, of course, is that the Apocryphal some not very happy odors.

One manufacturing official told me the only anbooks are a genuine part of Scripture, on equal footswer is to use good incense, but use less of it. The less ing with the rest of the Bible.

To answer your question, all early English Bible smoke, the less harmful effects for people like yourtranslations, including the King James Version, con- self. Maybe your priest would be helped by knowing tained the Apocrypha. The Coverdale Bible (1535), the severity of the problem you have.

A free brochure in English or Spanish outlinthe Great Bible (1539) and the Geneva Bible (1560) all included the Apocrypha in a separate section be- ing marriage regulations in the Catholic Church and explaining the promises in an interfaith martween the Old and New Testaments.

The same was true of the King James Version in riage is available by sending a stamped, self-ad1611. Only in 1644, under Puritan influence, were dressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Box 325, these books excluded. The first Bible printed in the Peoria, II.. 61651.

Maltapoisett,St.AnthonyParish, George C. Avila; Nantucket, St. Mary's/Our Lady of the Isle Parish, Richard Sylvia; New Bedford, Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Viola Severino; Immaculate Conception Parish, Elsie (Victor) Rebello; Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Laurette (Marcel) Hudon; Our Lady ofMount Carmel Parish, Tony C. Teixeira; Our Lady of theAssumption Parish, Elizabeth Burgo; St. Anne Parish, Rita Abreau; St. Casimir Parish, Evelyn Domagala; St. Francis of Assisi Parish, David Cabral; St. James Parish, Loretta Bourque; S1. John the Baptist Parish, Leonora (Richard) Carreiro; S1.

Kilian Parish, Maria (William Santos) Pinhancoes; St. Lawrence Parish, Elsie (Joseph) Felix; S1. Mary' Parish, Richard DeBalsi; NorthAttleboro, Sacred Heart Parish, Edmond 1. Goulet; St. Mary Parish, June (Edward) Mann; North Dartmouth, St. Julie Billiart Parish, Beverly Morrisseau; North Dighton, S1. Joseph Parish, Vincent Olympio Furtado; North Easton, Immaculate Conception Parish, Carol (Benjamin) Pugatch; North Falmouth, St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, Florence G. (c. James) Cleary; Norton, St. Mary Parish, Lucile (John) Drane; Oak Bluffs, Sacred Heart Parish, Wentworth Tripp; Orleans, S1. Joan of Arc Parish, Charles Wolff; Pocasset, St. John the Evangelist Parish, Agnes 1. (Daniel P.) Reagan; Raynham, St. Ann Parish, Anna (Joseph) E. Keough; If you have asked people; as I have, what is the who is there to help us. In the stillness of our homes, Seekonk, Our Lady of Mount toughest month of the year, the answer you're likely we can take a great spiritual journey.

Carmel Parish, James McDonald; St. to get is "November." I have searched to find some Perhaps November is dark so that we can stop Mary Parish, Rita A. Leduc; good stuff about November, and have to admit that long enough to recognize our own responsibility in Somerset, St. John ofGod Parish, it's definitely skimpy. bringing forth light.

Rose Medeiros; St. Patrick's Parish, The ancient Saxons called November "windI think it was brilliant that some great ancestors Lucille (Charles) Raposa; St. Thomonth," because of the heavy gales that were preva- decided to underscore a day in late November to be mas More Parish, Jacqueline called Thanksgiving. It lent at that time of year.

(Norman) Almeida; Even poets have comwas a brilliant idea to get South Dartmouth, St. Mary Parplained about this 11 th , - - - - - - - - - - us to stop for a day so that ish, Mary Melo; South Easton, Holy Cross Parish, month, calling it, in the we could consider our words of Thomas Hood, lives and all that we have.

Frances LOng; "No sun, no morn, no been given - in a sense South Yarmouth, St. Pius X Parshine, no butterflies, no gambling that this would ish, Thomas Madden; no birds, generate in most of us a bees, no leaves, Swansea, Our Lady ofFatima ParNovember!" total and honest thank ish, EdwardAmaral; St. Dominic ParBy Antoinette Bosco In past centuries, the you to God. ish, Rita (James) Pavao; St. Louis de France Parish, Vivian Belanger; S1. belief was prevalent that L----------.....,L...L~~_.Jf.J Years ago a man November was such a named Wilferd Petersen Michael Parish,Anita (John) Lafrance; monotonous month that it actually had an evil influ- thought about all the things that inspired gratitude in Taunton, Immaculate Conception ence on the minds of people. One churchman was his life, and he wrote an essay for This Week magaParish, Mary Powers; Our Lady of said to write in the late l700s: zine that he called "The Art of Thanksgiving." ConLourdes Parish, Lillian Antunes; Our "November, the dreadful month, when the little sider some of his thoughts about this "art": Lady ofthe Holy Rosary Parish, Anita . witches drown themselves and the great ones sell It is thanking God for the gift of life by living it Maciejowski; Sacred Heart Parish, themselves to the devil." I haven't the foggiest no- triumphantly.

Corline L. Cronan; S1. Anthony Partion what he meant by all of that.

It is thanking God for your talents and abilities ish,MariaIsabeIB.Pereira;StJacques This poor month is even misnamed. November by accepting them as obligations to be invested for IJarish,.Leo Morin; St. Joseph Parish, actually means "nine," coming from the Latin, and the coriunon good.

Dorothy (Alfred) Cormier; St. Mary It is thanking God for happiness by striving to it was the ninth month until January and February Parish, JosephA. Lane; St.Paul Parish, were added. Some of the Romans tried to change the make otherS happy.

W. Walter Sowyrda; name, but then some others filibustered and won out It is thanking God for beauty by helping to make Vmeyard Haven, St. Augustine with no name change. Politics is, as we know, an old the world more beautiful.

Parish, Beatrice N. Silvia; game.

It is thanking God for inspiration by trying to be Wareham, St. Patrick Parish, Mary Yet, all the news about November isn't gloomy. an inspiration to others.

(John) Iacobucci; It is thanking God for each new day by living it In fact, there's much about this month to give us joy.

WeUfleet, Our Lady of Lourdes For one thing, November becomes the perfect month to the fullest.

Parish, Dorothy A. Delaney; to pause, using the excuse, if one wants, of the early It is adding acts of thanksgiving to your prayers Westport, Our Lady ofGrace Pardark days and cold nights to justify a change of pace of thanksgiving. ish, Teresa A. (Daniel) Alexander; St. and routine.

I have joyfully passed on these thoughts as a way George Parish, Joseph V Rodrigues; Now we have the perfect opportunity to stop the of leading to the greeting I so very much want to St. John the Baptist Parish, Jean Marie rush of activities and take the time to meditate on share with my readers: Thank you for your wonder(L. Michael) Prior; what our life is all about, where we're going and fulletters, and happy Thanksgiving!

Woods Hole, S1. Joseph Parish, Ruth.E. Matell .

Questions and Answers

November: Bleak for a reason?

The Bottom Line

A milestone in interfaith dialogue An interfaith milestone was reached in September when 170 Jewish scholars and religious leaders issued "DOOru Emet: A Jewish Statement on Christians and Christianity."

"DOOru Emef' (Hebrew for "speak the truth") makes eight major points: I. "Jews and Christians worship the same God." Moreover, the signers "rejoice that, through Christianity, millions of people have entered into relationship with the God of Israel."

2. "Jews and Christians seek authority from the same book" - the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament. While we interpret the Bible differently on many points, the Jewish leaders remind us that "we [also] take away similar lessons: God created and sustains the universe; God established a covenant with the people Israel; God's revealed word guides Israel to a life of righteousness; and God will ultimately redeem Israel and the world."

3. "Christians respect the claim of the Jewish people upon the land of Israel."

4. "Jews and Christians accept the moral principles of Torah. Central to the moral principles of Torah is the inalienable sanctity and dignity of every human being." Jews and Christians are especially well-fitted to be partners in the renewal of society and to resist "the immoralities and idolatries that harm and degrade us."

5. "Nazism was not a Christian phenomenon." Christian anti-Judaism, the "teaching of contempt," helped prepare the grollnd for Nazi anti- Semitism; too many Christians were involved in Nazi atrocities against Jews, and other protested insufficiently. "But Nazism was not an inevitable outcome of Christian-

ity," the Jewish leaders insist.

Moreover, they write, "we applaud those Christians who reject [the] teaching of contempt, and we do not blame them for the sins committed by their ancestors."

6. The differences between Christians and Jews "will not be

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settled until God redeems the entire world as promised in Scripture Jews can respect Christians' faithfulness to their revelation just as we expect Christians to respect our faithfulness to our revelation. Neither Jew nor Christian should be pressed into affirming the teaching of the other community."

7. Challenging widespread fears in the American Jewish community, the signers of "Dabru Emef' argue that "a new relationship between Jews and Christians will not weaken Jewish practice." Neither, they propose, will it accelerate Jewish assimilation, change traditional Jewish forms of worship, increase intermarriage, lead to mass conv~rsions to Christianity, nor result in some sort of hybrid or "false blending of Judaism and Christianity."

8. Finally, "Jews and Christians must work together for justice and peace," inspired by the prophetic vision in which the nations stream to the mountaintop of the Lord.

What prompted "Dabru Emei'?

According to Rabbi David Novak, one of the statement's drafters, it was

the recognition that Christian communities had undergone a genuine theological change in their thinking about Jews and Judaism. Christians today oppose anti-Semitism, Rabbi Novak argues, "notonly ...[because] of the criteria of democratic tolerance of religious diversity," but because Christians understand that anti-Semitism and anti-Judaism are "wrong by the criteria of Christian faith itself." A theological development of this magnitude required a theological response. That is what "DOOru Emei' and a companion volume of essays, "Christianity in Jewish Terms" (Westview Press), seeks to provide.

Not everyone was happy with "Dabru Emet." Some prominent American Jewish leaders refused to sign, among them Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, vice president emeritus of the World Jewish Congress. In recent years, Rabbi Hertzberg has made a minor career out of the calumnious charge that Karol Wojtyla, later Paul John Paul II, was complicit in the Holocaust - a charge that received its widest circulation through public broadcasting's film, 'The Millennial Pope." Rabbi Hertzberg evidently disagrees with the fifth point above.

Which suggests that his polemic against the pope involves, at bottom, a deep anti-Christian bias.

But in a very important sense, that is yesterday's news. Rabbi Hertzberg and those of his persuasion are a distinct minority (however their waning influence is magnified by support from anti-Catholic Catholics like Boston Globe columnistJames Carroll) .Today's news is that the Jewish-Christian dialogue, invigorated by the generosity, intel-

Chicken Little theology Today's theological and sociologi- wishing for thanks." cal question comes straight from the George Weigel: "Unless the Internet which recently carried an au- chicken was going to be visiting with thoritative report from one "Chicken my friend Father Richard Neuhaus, Little" who shared a wide range of or any of several of my bosom budresponses to: "Why did the chicken cross the road?"

For example, Aristotle's response was reported to be: "It is the nature of chickens W0 0 to cross the road." Ernest Hemingway: "To die. In the rain."

Captain James E. Kirk of

By Dan Morris the Starship Enterprise: "To boldly go where no chicken has gone before." dies at the Vatican, or perhaps even I E-mailed Chicken Little to pro- the Holy Father, I don't think I would test that no Catholic luminaries had consider the issue significant. Who been quoted. Since she or he has failed does the chicken know on the other to respond, I feel obligated to project side?" some potential Catholic responses so The Leadership Conference of we will be properly represented.

Women Religious: "We calion the FatherAndrew Greeley: 'The ques- bishops and the Vatican to affirm the tion makes no sense without estab- chicken in its journey and to issue a lishing a base line ofdata, not the least pastoral letter ofgreat length and many of which would be the age and genus words using inclusive language to of chicken, and what type of road make this clear." might be crossed. However, look for Bishops Committee on the Liturgy: clues in my upcoming book."

'The chicken will be crossing the road Dorothy Day: "Chickens will al- in the same way chickens have been ways be with us. We should seek to crossing the road since shortly after cross the road with them. Without the Second Vatican Council. It would

be premature to speculate on the way and the why of the chicken crossing the road until the General Instruction of the Roman Missal has been fully and completely designated for implementation, keeping in mind local bishops ultimately have the keenest awareness and insight into the pastoral needs of their chickens and their roads."

National Federal of Priests Councils: ''To attend a meeting."

William F. Buckley: ''There is no need for us to interfere in the life of this chicken, nor should we be so arrogant as to think government meddling in its exercise of free enterprise will somehow benefit anyone."

Catholic Theological Society of America: "It is clear the chicken has been crossing and will continue to cross the road with no need for a 'mandata' from his or her local bishop. If the chicken reaches the wrong side of the road, its peers will certainly correctit,orelseitrunstheriskofbecoming roadkill."

National Conference of Diocesan Vocations Directors: ''To go on a retreat."

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ligence, and nobility of spirit manifest in "DOOru Emet," is going forward, on a firmer foundation than at any moment in the past I,900 years: And that is reason to give thanks

to the God ofAbraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jesus.

George Weigel is a senior fellow ofthe Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

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coined, to trivialize the event. was refused permission to dock Most people think that the name as it sailed from port to port on has taken on a life of its own and our Atlantic coast. It returned to needs to be retained to describe Europe and eventually the refuContinuedJrom page one the hellish events associated with gees were caught up in the Holo'" that program. caust in Holland. Years later, the Fro"ma Zeitlin, a witness to the Holocaust Memorial Organization and Jews, to remember and to see risked their lives to help hide large events, had tfiis to say: 'What dis- in Israel named the German capin this terrible history a warning. numbers of Jews from the Nazis. turbed the Germiufpopulace was tain of the ship a righteous GenOur memory must play a crucial Likewise, in Rome at the church less the signofSynagogues burn- tile for his heroic efforts to save role in 'shaping a future in which where'I was invited to preach to a ing than that of the sa\;age' 'and' 'hisJewishpassengers. the unspeakable iniquity of the contingent'of youth, the priest told wasteful vandalism that cOl1" ' Th~, polls that year in the Shoah will never again be pos- me that many Jew's had been hidfronted bystanders everywhere United States indicated that 80 sible' (John Paul 11'- Letter on den in the monastery adjacent to disrupting the clean and orderly percent ofAmericans were against Shoah). the church. In fact, on one occastreets (to 'say nothing of con- helping the refugees by raising the To me it is very significant that sion the Nazis came and searched sumerconvenience). What was in- 'quotas. Even sadder is the fact we are gathered here in a Polish the building. The priests were deed memorable was the sheer that 67 percent of Americans parish. The Polish nation was the horrified when one soldier kept quantity of broken glass. A third wanted to keep all refugees out. target of Nazi barbarism that suf- getting close to where the Jews point was the economic outcome fered the most. Millions of Poles were hidden. Finally, he discov• THE AFTERMATH OF of this massive breakage. Gerperished in the death camps. The ered their hiding place and called KRISTAUNACHT: HOLOCAUST many did not produce enough 'Church was often an object of out to the other German soldiers The first method employed by plate glass to repair the massive Nazi hatred. At that time, Poland that they need not enter that part breakage (synagogues did not have the Nazis to kill Jews was to have had 11,300 priests. Almost one- of the building because he had to be replaced - quite the con- young soldiers shoot the Jews in third of the priests perished in the found nothing. The soldiers withtrary). The result was twofold: the back of the neck and then death camps. drew and the Jews and their resThe need to import glass from Bel- dump their bodies into ditches Before the Holocaust, Poland cuers were spared because one gium (for sorely needed cash), and that the victims themselves had had enjoyed the largest Jewish German soldier had a conscience. the outrage of indemnifying the dug. This created a serious probpopulation in¡Europe. Eighty-five Jewish community to pay for the lem for the Germans. Although percent of Poland's 3,300,000 REACTION' TO KRISTALLNACHT damages. So the they would tell the soldiers that Jewish residents perished. GerThe German broken glass the Jews were communists, partimany had a relatively small Jew- Bishops comcame to assume sans, 'enemies of the Reich,' killish population of 210,000, 80 mented on yet another out- ing unarmed civilians took a devpercent of whom disappeared in Kristallnacht in rageous dimen- astating psychological toll on the death machines. The country a letter on the sion in the many young German soldiers and that sustained the second largest Shoah: "Today wake of the the outlay for ammunition was losses was Russia where 71 per- the fact is considerable so a new method of event.' cent of its Jewish population of weighing extermination was devised. The 2, I00,000 was murdered. heavily on our Germans instituted the death ANTIThe Church can approach the minds that camps where Jews could be elimiSEMmSM IN Shoah only in a spirit of repen- there were but THE UNITED nated by poisonous gases. Carbon tance for the evil that so many of individual inimonoxide was used first, later its baptized members perpetuated tiatives to help STATES and so many failed to stop. Those persecuted Jews After the Zyclon B, originally to kill roKristallnacht dents, was used.

Catholics who risked their lives and that even It is hard to conceive that to help Jews escape from Nazi. the pogrom of attack against terror are some consolation, We ' November Jewish people, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party our President were in power only for 12 years. only regret that they were not 1938 were not '---' F ran k lin The destruction and mayhem that greater in number. Many of them followed by Roosevelt ex- was the Nazi legacy left 30 mil'were martyrs themselves, many public and exANCIENT SOUNDS of the shofar echoes after being in- pressed his out- lion victims in Europe. Among, will remain ilnknown. The fad press protestVashem, the Holocaust Museum i.e. when hun- toned by William Chebot of Temple Beth EI. It ended the ser- rage, but when the dead were over 6,000,000 Jews in Jerusalem, has honored more dreds of syna- vice in St. Stanislaus Church that found Christians and Jews asked if the - all civilians - men, women than 11,000 rescuers and more gogues were'set recalling the Shoah and praying together. (Anchor photo) United States and children. They were brutally cases await their consideration. intended to al- murdered for no other reason than on fire and The Polish organization legota vandalized, cemeteries were des- tinued through the night of No- low more European Jews into the that they were Jews. was heroic in its efforts and is fea- ecrated, thousands of Jewish- vember 10. country, the President answered: The motivation for the slaughtured in the Holocaust Memorial owned stores were demolished, Goebbels characterized the at- 'That is not in contemplation. We ter of the Jews was entirely racial.

Museum in Washington, D.C. innumerable dwellings of Jewish tack on the diplomat by the Jew- have a quota system.'

There was no economic or politiThis organization provided false families were damaged and ish teenager as a conspiracy of After Kristallnacht, an esti- cal gain to the German people; nor identification papers to 50,000 looted, people were ridiculed, ill- 'International Jewry' against Ger- mated 20,000 children had been did the Jewish Community offer Jews, hid 2,500 Jewish children, treated, and even killed. many and its leader. Gangs of left homeless and fatherless be- any threat to national security. The and provided regular financial The rector of the Cathedral in Nazi youths roamed through the cause of the destruction of their slaughter was carried out with insupport to approximately 4,000 Berlin, Monsignor Bernhard streets burning and looting. homes and the mass imprisonment credible focus and efficiency.

Jews. We are happy that several Lichtenberg, offered public Nearly 200 synagogues were of Jewish men. Senator Wagner busloads of our Catholic' high prayers for the Jews in the wake burned, as well as 7,500 Jewish- and Representative Rogers sponTHE HOLOCAUST OF CHILDREN school students will be visiting the of Kristallnacht and preached owned businesses, and a count- sored legislation that would have The intensity of the slaughter Museum in January. We hope that against Nazi racism. He was ar- less number of homes. As many allowed these children to come to was unparalleled. During seven the horrors of the Holocaust and rested and died at Dachau. But if as 26,000 Jews were arrested and our country outside of existing years (1938 - 1945) over the heroism of. the rescuers will anything, Hitler was emboldened interred in concentration camps. quota rl(strictions. It was proposed 6,000,000 Jews died. It is ,estihelp to shape their own convic- in his plans to exterminate the Many Jews were physically beaten as a one-time concession. Gallup mated that 1.5 million victims tions about the dignity of human Jews by the relative passivity that and tortured, and 91 died. , conducted a poll that indicated were children. , After , life and our obligation to defend followed Kristallnacht. That Three day's later, on Novem- that two-thirds of the American Kristallnacht, Germa'n Jewish it courageously. would have been the moment for ber 12, Goering convoked a hlgh- people oPPQsed theWagner- children were prohibited from atThese realities were brought the German people and their in- level meeting of Nazi lea<;lership 'Rogers Bill. In the end, the bill tending German schools. The home to me this summer duiing stitutions to stage massive pro- to figure out how to bla~e the did not reach Congress. It died in Gypsy children suffered the same World Youth Day in Rome w,here tests. It did not happen, and the Jewish population for the, happen- committee. fate, as the Jewish children. Jew100 of us from Fall River joined, Holocaust ensued. ings and to use Kristallnacht as a Twoyears la~erwhen Germany ish children were marginali~ed in over two million youth from rationale for promulgati9g a se- began to bomb England, great an atmosphere of perse~ution'and around the world for a Jubilee ANTECEDENTS OF ries of draconian anti 7 Semitic numbers of Americans offered to isolation and increasing poverty.

Celebration with John Paul II. We laws. Accordingly, Jews' were re- give refuge to British children. Schools, clubs, teams, playKRISTALLNACHT visited the Basilica of St. Francis As soon as he became Chan- quired to tum over all precious . This was in stark contrast with grounds, all suddenly became off where the saint's tomb is located. cellor of Germany, Hitler began metals to the government, they their reaction to the proposal to limits to them. With the onset of The guide explained to us that promulgating laws against the were segregated into ghettos, their accept the Jewish children. the War, Jewish children were ofthere is a huge hidden vault be- Jewish people. In 1933, he orga- pensions were reduced, they lost , In May of 1939, just a month ten confined with their farhilies tween the floors of the Basilica nized a boycott of Jewish busi- their driver's licenses, and their before the outbreak ofWorld War in overcrowded ghettos, and where the friars hid many Jews nesses and passed laws forbidding radios were confiscated. A cur- II, another tragic situation devel- camps, exposed to disease,' malduring the War. In fact, the patio kosher butchering. With the few kept Jews off the streets from oped. The ocean liner St. Louis nutrition, cold, and early death. outside the Basilica was donated Nuremberg Laws of 1935, Hitler 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. sailed from Hamburg Germany Gypsy and handicapped' chilby the State of Israel in recogni- stripped the Jews of German citiSome people today question bound for the United States car- dren were similarly categorized tion of the many religious and zenship. This was followed by whether the term Kristallnacht is rying :several hundred undocu- by race and biology. The Nazis laity of the Town of Assisi who laws restricting Je~ish~<:~.n~mic of Nazi origin~ per~aps, a t~rJ!l ,mented Jewish refugees. The ship Turn to page nine and professional opportunities.

In 1938, 17,000 Jews of Polish' extraction were arrested and deported. The Polish government refused to acceptthem and they were placed in 'relocation'camps" on the Polish border. One of the deportees was Zindel Grynszpan who hacfii small store in-Hanover for almost thirty years. His store and all his family's possessions were confiscated and they were sent to Poland. Grynszpan had a teenage son living with relatives in Paris. When the boy learned of his family's fate, he got a gun and went to the German Embassy to kill the Ambassador. The feckless boy shot some minor official who died two days later on November 9. This act of violence on the part of a distraught teenager in France gave Goebbels, Hitler's Chief of Propaganda, the excuse he needed to unleash a fierce persecution of the Jews in Germany and German territory. He lost no time. That very night of November 9, the program began and con-

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who came to speak to me about Anti-Semitism in the Hispanic Community. I felt completely broadsided. I said to the gentlemen, 'most of our people are from very remote, rural areas of El .

Salvador and other CeJ:ltral American countries. Most of them have never meta Jew and pro~.­ ably do not ~npw who you are.

The only exceptions would be those whom we placed in Jewish homes and businesses through our employment agency, and they were unanimous in their praise and affection for their Jewish employers who were universally generous and treated them with respect.' I assured the m~n that they were barking up the wrong tree and sent them off with the, 'Don't call me, I'll call you,' complimentary close.

A couple of days later at a meeting with my parishioners to plan Holy Week, one of my people said, 'This year, on Sabado de Gloria, let's have a burning of the Jew (La quema del judio).'

Although Spanish is almost my first language, I had him repeat the phrase two orthree times, such was my disbelief and horror. Little did I realize that in some villages Holy Saturday was like a Catholic Guy Fawkes Day. As the English say: 'Remember, remember the 5th of November,' as they bum the Pope in effigy on the anniversary of the plot by the Catholic, Guy Fawkes, to blow up Parliament.

The Scripture describes the suicide of Judas who sold Christ for 30 pieces of silver. It says he hanged himself and his body burst THE JEWS ARE OUR 'ELDER open. Accordingly, the folkloric BROTHERS AND SISTERS' Looking to our future with an custom arose of hanging Judas in ardent desire to achieve a sense effigy and filling the dummy with of solidarity between Jews and fireworks. The atrocious practice Catholics, I would certainly urge was dubbed, 'La quema del jud{o' Catholics to have a deepened (the burning of the Jew). I ran awareness of the Hebrew roots of back to my office and rifled our Catholic faith. Jesus Christ through my desk looking for the was a Jew, a descendant of King business card of the gentlemen David. Mary and the apostles were from the Anti-Defamation Jews. Jesus Christ made the God League. Luckily, I throw nothing away! I was very embarrassed of Israel the God of nations.

We claim Abraham as our spiri- but I explained what happened and tual father. We venerate. the Jew- asked for their help to educate my ish scriptures, our theology and parishioners. They came up with liturgy, indeed our history, our the idea of a Seder meal and proweekly Sabbath observance of the duced a wonderful Argentine Lord's Day, are all inexorably Rabbi, Leon Klenicki, to conduct linked to the Jewish religion. The it in Spanish. We had the Seder deeper our awareness of this real- meal on Holy Thursday, after our . ity, the more we will contribute to Mass of the Lord's Supper, and the shalom we all long for. I ask the whole community was fascimy people to heed the words of nated to see the connection beSt. Paul addressed to the Romans: tween the Seder meal and the 'If the root is holy, so are the Eucharistic celebration of the branches. But if some of the Mass.

It was Pope John XXIII who branches were broken off and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in wanted the Second Vatican Countheir place and have come to share cil to make a statement on the the rich root of the olive tree, do Jews. The document set forth by not boast against the branches. If the Council is 'Nostra Aetate' you do boast, consider that you do which states: 'Since the spiritual patnot support the root, the root sup- rimony common to Christians and Jews is thus so great, this Sacred ports you' (Rom. 11 16-18).

Too many Catholics do not Synod wishes to foster and recomavert to our Jewish roots, to our mend that mutual understanding connectedness with the history of and respect which is the fruit above the Hebrew people. Let me share all of biblical and theological studwith you an experience I had ies and of fraternal dialogues.'

I was very pleased to read the many years ago working with immigrants in Washington, D.C. Jewish statement issued in SepOne day, I was visited in my rather tember of this year on the Even dingy offices on Mt. Pleasant of Yom Kippur. The Statement is Street by two gentlemen from the entitled 'Dabru Emet' which Jewish Anti-Defamation League means Speak the Truth. It appears Continuedfrom page eight

imposed the 'Law to Prevent Offspring with Hereditary Defects' in 1933, and mentally and physically handicapped children were liable to sterilization lj.nd after 1939 to death by euthanasia.

The methods of children's euthanasia were developed between February and May of 1939. With typical Teutonic efficiency, doc-,·· tors and midwives were called upon to register potential victims, Gentiles as well as Jews, were gathered in special wards and given lethal injections. Since most of their fathers were off in the war effort, it was their mothers who made pathetic attempts to rescue their children, but they were rarely able to succeed. The Nazis saw the elimination of these German and Austrian llandicapped children as essential to their aim of racial purification. It . is chilling to think that voters in Maine will vote on legislation opening the way to euthanasia.

The madness that fueled the quest for a pure race of Germanic peoples took a terrible toll on handicapped children and on Gypsy children; but it was the Jewish children that suffered the full brunt of Nazi persecution.

Jewish children were often homeless, often orphaned. Many witnessed the murder of their parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters. They faced starvation, brutal labor, and other indignities, such as being used for medical experi mentation, until they were consigned to the gas chambers.

in this month's issue of First Things. This very helpful statement is authored and signed by 170 Jewish scholars. It offers eight brief statements.about how Jews and Christians may relate to one another. It begins by acknowledging that Jews and Christians worship the .same God, seek authority from the same Scriptures and accept the moral principles of the Torah.

But the statement most germane. to what we are doing here

Rabbi William Kaufman leads the Kaddish, the Jewish prayer of mourning which calls for God to establish his kingdom of peace in the world. (Anchor photo)

lHEANCHOR- Diocese ofFall River- Fri., November 10, 2<XXl~.· tonight is that one on Nazism and Christianity which I will read in its entirety: 'Nazism was not a Christian phenomenon. Without the long history of Christian anti-Judaism and Christian violence against Jews, Nazi ideology could not have' taken hold nor could it have been carried out. Too many Christians participated in; or were sympathetic to, Nazi atrocities against Jews. Other Christians did not protest sufficiently against these atrocities. But Nazism itself was not an inevitable outcome of Christianity. If the Nazi extermination of the Jews and been fully successful, it would have turned its murderous rage more directly to Christians. We recognize with gratitude those Christians who risked or sacrificed their lives to save Jews during the Nazi regime. With that in mind, we encourage the continuation of recent efforts in Christian theology to repudiate unequivocally contempt of Judaism and the Jewish people. We applaud those Christians who reject this teaching of contempt, and we do not blame them for the sins committed by their ancestors.'

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I certainly appreciate the sentiments expressed by the Jewish authors of this document and I hope that it will win wide support by Jews and Christians alike.

Iii'conclusion, I wish to say the history of the relationship between Israel and Christendom has been a history of mistrust, hostility and recrimination. But after the Shoah, the holocaust, the mission of reconciliation and mutual acceptance cannot be deferred.

We are united in our faith in one God and we are committed to carry out His will.

After the Holocaust, we cannot and must not keep silent or indifferent when we come face to face with violence, be it open or occult, against persons, groups, races, religions or nationalities. We must never forget where prejudice, bigotry, fanaticism can lead. We must be vigilant and courageous. We must be resolute in working to establish a civilization of love and solidarity. And we must always remember the Kristallnacht, an indictment against our humanity, so that it will never, never, never happen again."

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Steve Allen remembered -. for decency efforts WASHINGTON (CNS) - The dominant in the popular arts. Not entertainment world mourned the only in TV, but in radio, recordings death Oct. 30 of Steve Allen, whose and films."

A year ago; Allen was one of a sprawling career in television, movies, radio, books and music spanned bevy ofhigh-profile signatories asking in a statement that the entertainmore than 50 years.

Allen, who died at age 78 of an ment industry practice "self-reapparent heart attack at the Encino, straint" in its artistic endeavors.

"We are not advocating censorCalif., home ofhis youngest son, Bill, was known in his early career for ship or wholesale strictures on artisbeing the first host of "The Tonight tic creativity. We are not demandShow," and later for hosting a num- ing that all entertainment be geared berofcomedy-variety and talk shows. to young children," the statement . In recent years, he had taken up said. ''We are not asking government the role as honorary chairman of the to police the media. Rather, we are WILL SMITH and Matt Damon star in the film "The Legend of Bagger Vance." (eNS photo Parents Television Council, which urging the entertainment industry to urged people to join with full-page assume a decent minimum ofrespon- from DreamWorks) ads in daily newspapers which were sibility and take modest steps of selfrestraint." headlined, "TV Is Allen, born Dec. Leading Our Chil26,1921, got his dren Down a Moral start in radio but Sewer."

By GERRI PARE evening mist emerges an uncom- edge of or appreciation for the seemed to be a natu"Rarely have I CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE mon black man, caddie game of golf to enjoy this film. ral for the young ever known a man extraordinaire Bagger Vance (Will The pace is leisurely, the characNEW YORK With its medium of televimore humble and sion. He was already dreamy quality and classy visu- Smith), who offers to be his faith- ters are good people, and Junuh, more decent," said hosting his first va- als, director Robert Redford turns ful assistant for a measly five dol- when tested, rediscovers more Parents Television riety show on CBS in a soothing cinema experience, lars, win or lose. Intrigued, Junuh than just his lost swing.

Council chairman It's a classic underdog film, a

by Christmas 1950. "The Legend of Bagger Vance" agrees and the match is on.

Brent Bozell ill in Junuh's fortunes wax and wane formula, but one which Redford Raised Catholic (DreamWorks). a recent statement.

Viewers who shy away from on the links as he heeds or ignores presents masterfully, balancing a "What made and born into a vaudeville family, many contemporary films because Vance's soft-spoken advice. Play- mysterious figure with a tragic Steve truly heroic Allen won a Gabriel of the violence, harsh language ing golf becqmes a metaphor for one while a spunky woman waits was what he did in his final years, so Award for Lifetime and sexual explicitness can breathe life, although Junuh resists fac- in the wings to see how it will courageously chamAchievement in a sigh of relief with this mysti- ing up to his buried survivcr's all play out. The supporting playSTEVE ALLEN pioning a national 1986 from Unda- cally inclined tale of a golfer who guilt that Vance is really address- ers add texture to the story, McGill as the closest thing to a cause to restore a USA, an association needs to rediscover "his authen- ing when he urges him onward. villain in this film and Gretsch tic swing."

Adele, as well advances and sense of decency to the industry he of Catholic broadcast media profesThe story is intermittently nar- distances herself from her old as the slightly devious other opso dearly loved and which has so sionals. He was also the subject of a tribute on the syndicated TV pro- rated by Jack Lemmon, who opens flame as the match heats up, and ponent. clearly lost its way," Bozell added.

Redford gets nicely modulated .Allen appeared on the council's gram "Christopher Closeup" in the film as an elderly golfer re- Junuh becomes a viable contender performances from his cast and much to his competitors' calling in flashback his childhood behalf at the Capitol for a March 30 1992. hero, Rannulph Junuh (Matt if the outcome is seldom in doubt amazement. press conference decrying the curIn 1998, Allen narrated "The Observing all this is Lemmon's the trip there is a magical mysrent state of television with Sen. Jo- Field Afar," a series on mission Damon), the young golfing dyseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn., a long- activity produced by the namo of Savannah, Ga.- until character as a young boy (1. tery tour that most audience memtime critic of the entertainment in- Maryknoll Mission Society with he went off and served in World Michael Moncrief in an endear- bers are likely to find worthwhile.

While it may not have the comdustry and the Democratic vice new installments still showing on War I, returning home the sole ing performance) who continues survivor of his squadron and a to believe in Junuh when all looks pelling angst of "Ordinary presidential candidate. cable's Odyssey Channel.

People" or the dramatic intellilost.

At that time, Allen said, "Every"Humor is not trivial," Allen broken man.

When the Great Depression Redford delivers a memorable gence of "Quiz Show," Redford body wants freedom. Everybody said in 1990 at a convention of wants law and order." But the two religious communications profes- hits, Junuh's ex-girlfriend, Adele movie awash in golden rosy hues. expands his reputation for qualsionals. The life of a comedian (Charlize Theron), is left with The heavenly lighting fits Smith's ity films with this lovely, lyrical cannot be harmonized, he added.

"Every law, including the 10 wis- begins at a young age, he said, debts and an unused golf course guardian angel-like character and film.

Due to brief sexual situations, est laws that were ever passed" "when we learn that if we cannot she decides to promote by hold- also serves to elevate gorgeous' the Ten Commandments - "were control the circumstances of our ing a championship game with the Theron and golden-boy Damon a suicide and minimal profanity, placing limits on freedom," Allen life, we can at least influence country's two leading pros, ear- to mythical status. And, to be the U.S. Catholic Confere.nce classaid. them" by getting people to laugh nest Bobby Jones (Joel Gretsch) sure, the film is very much in sification is A-II - adults and In an interview earlier this sum- at a situation and changing their and smug Walter Hagen (Bruce fantasyland with never a whisper adolescents. The Motion Picture McGill). of racism in the Deep South and Association of America rating is mer with the Catholic New World, attitude toward it.

But she also desperately needs the Depression looking not in the PG-13 - parents are strongly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Often called a modem-day reChicago, Allen said, ''The problem naissance man, Allen published 53 Junuh to sign on as the local un- least depressing for its genteel cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under is the incredible tidal wave ofsleaze, books and is credited with writing derdog the crowds will cheer on. characters.

No dice, he says, until out of the Nor does it require a knowl- 13. vulgarity and violence that is now more than' 7,900 songs.

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High-energy blend of comedy and action fuels this TV series-based tale of three brainy, brawny and beautiful investigators (Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu) whose cagey clients (Sam Rockwell and Kelly Lynch) pose a threat to their elusive boss Charlie (voice of John Forsyth). Video director McG's glossy feature-length debut is a fast-paced escapist fantasy . about girls who just want to have fun while kick-boxing their way out of assorted out-

landish dangers. Frequent stylized violence, an implied _sexual encounter, a few coarse expressions arid minimal profanity. The U.S. Catholic Conference dassification 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.

"The Little Vampire" (New Line) Juvenile comedy-adventure in which an nine-year-old American (Jonathan Lipnicki) living in Scotland befriends a

family of kindly vampires searching for an amulet that will make them' human once more.

Director Uli Edel's silly but sweet fantasy overdoses on cuteness and plot contrivances but may appeal to older children. Fleeting violence and children in perilous situations.

The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II - adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG - parental guidance suggested.

"MVP: Most Valuable Primate" (Keystone) Plodding family film has an

escaped chimpanzee befriending a deaf girl (Jamie Renee Smith) and helping her brother's (Kevin Zegers) high school hockey team win a championship match by joining the team. Directed by Robert Vince, the film alternates between the chimp's amusing antics and ice hockey action as it skates on sentimentality to a foregone conclusion. Some rough hockey play. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II - adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association ofAmerica rating is PG - parental guidance suggested.

ATILEBORO-The Counseling Center at the La Salette Shrine offers Grief Education Programs for those dealing with the death of a loved one as follows: Nov. 13, "Spirituality and Grief," 10:30 a.m. to noon; Nov. 16, ''Unexpected Reminders," 6:30-8 p.m.; Nov. 27, "Connecting with What Does Not Die," 10:30 a.m. to noon; and Nov. 30, "Holidays: Preserving Memolies," 6:30-8 p.m. For more information call the Counseling Center at 226-8220.

ATTLEBORO - The last of the La Salettc Shrine's "Can We Talk" series on reconciliation will be held Nov. 16 at 7:15 p.m. in the former chapel. The topic will be "Guilt."

Singer musician John Polce will lead the final Bethany Nights Program of the year Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. It will include the opportunity for people to be prayed over individually.

The Shrine will hold a healing service on Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. For more information call 222-5410.

EAST FREETOWN - The fifth annual "Bread of Life" retreat will be held Nov. 24-26 at Cathedral Camp in East Freetown. It is open to all single and married persons aged 20-40 and is sponsored by the Diocesan Office for Youth and Young Adult Ministry. For more information call Bud Miller at 6753847.

FALL RIVER - "Becoming Comfortable with Talking About Death and Dying," part of a fiveweek course exploring Church teaching on end of life issues, will be held Nov. 13 from 7-9 p.m. at the St. Stanislaus Parish hall. Guest speaker will be Jesuit Father Francis McManus. For more information call 678-2828.

FALL RIVER - Classes for Girl Scouts and Brownies wishing

to eam the "I Live My Faith," and "Family of God," medals will be held at St. Anne's School from 6-7 p.m. Tuesday nights beginning on Nov. 14. For more information call Pat Latinville at 678-8667.

HYANNIS - A support group for parents, families and friends of gays and lesbians will meet Nov. 13 from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Catholic Social Services building, 261 South Street. Newcomers welcome. For more information call 771-6771.

MASHPEE - The monthly meeting of St. John of the Cross Third Order Carmelites will be held Nov. 19 at Christ the King Church. Mass will be held at 5:30 p.m. and prayer and study will follow. For more information call 759-6354.

NEW BEDFORD - Devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help is celebrated every Tuesday and Devotion to Divine Mercy on thursday following the noon Mass at Our Lady ofPerpetual Help Church. For more information call 992-9378.

NEW BEDFORD - The Father Justin J. Quinn Memorial weekend will be held Nov. 24-26 at Holy Family-Holy Name School. A basketball night will be held on Nov. 24 with doors opening at 5 p.m. A spaghetti supper and dance will be held Nov. 25 from 5-9 p.m. A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. at St. Lawrence Martyr Church followed by a breakfast. For more information call 993-3547.

NEW BEDFORD - Calix, a group which enlists Catholic men and women who are gratefully celebrating recovery from alcoholism, drug addiction and other dependencies will meet on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at the parish center of Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church. New members always welcome.

NORTH DARTMOUTH Bishop Stang High School will hold its reunion weekend Nov. 25-26.

Special events are planned for the alumni of classes of '65, '70,'75,'80,'85,'90 and '95. For more information call Mary Jane Roy, alumni director, at 996-5602, ext. 433 or contact her via e-mail at alumni @bishopstang.com.

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In its statement, the Vatican said even cases in which the drug simply prevents fertilization from taking place - thus working as a contraceptive - the user's intention "is directly aimed at the interruption of potential pregnancy under way, exactly as in the case of abortion."

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WEST HARWICH - St. Francis of Peace Fraternity, Secular Franciscan Order will meet Sunday for noon Mass at Holy Trinity Church. Discussion will follow.

NORTH DARTMOUTH The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Catholic Student Organization is sponsoring a lecture by ShaukatAli entitled ''War and Peace in Islam," Nov. 13 at noon in the Campus Center. For more information call 999-8872.

NORTH DARTMOUTH-A Separated-Divorced Support Group will meet Nov. 13 from 7-9 p.m. at the Diocesan Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Road. Guest speaker Dottie Levesque will address the topic "Dealing with the Holidays as a Separated or Divorced Person."

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NEW BEDFORD - "I Am Who Am," a Youth 2000 weekend retreat for high school and college age youth and young adults, led by the Franciscan Friars of the Primitive Observance, New Bedford, will be held Nov. 17-19 at St. Joseph Church. For more information call (401) 624-7614 or (508) 942-9174.

NEW BEDFORD-TheCourage Group will meet on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the rectory of Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish.

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"Dabru Emet" similarly lists eight brief statements for Jews to reflect on in their thinking about Christians, such as "Jews and Christians worship the same God" and "Jews and Christians accept the moral principles of the Torah." '''Dabru Emet' will surely and quite rightly be the first item on the agenda of many a dialogue in the years ahead. It covers a range of issues from the theological to the practical that merit further exploration between us," the bishops said.

The Lutheran consultative panel said, "We appreciate the extensive work that went into the creation of this statement and cherish its scope and eloquence.

'Dabru Emet' moves JewishChristian dialogue to new levels," the Lutheran panel said.

Four Jewish scholars, with support from the Baltimorebased Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies, were the chief authors of the statement.

It said that "Christianity has WASHINGTON (CNS) Key U.S. Catholic and Lutheran changed dramatically" in its leaders have publicly thanked a views of Jews and Judaism, and group of Jewish scholars and re- it urged Jews to respond in kind ligious leaders for issuing with a new attitude toward "Dabru Emet: A Jewish State- Christians.

Cardinal William H, Keeler ment on Christians and Christian~ of Baltimore, the U.S. bishops' ity."

"We welcome this gesture of episcopal moderator for Cathoreconciliation" and "urge Catho- lic-Jewish relations, and Bishop lics throughout the United States Tod D. Brown of Orange, Cato read it with care and loving lif., chairman of the Committee respect," said 19 Catholic bish- for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, led off the list of ops who are on the bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and signatories on the Catholic stateInterreligious Affairs or are ac- ment, sent as a letter of appretive nationally in Catholic-Jew- ciation to those who wrote the statement. ish relations.

Titled "The Power of Words: "We thank you for taking this bold step," said the Consultative . A Catholic Response to 'Dabru Panel on Lutheran-Jewish Rela- Emet,''' the bishops' letter comtions of the Evangelical Lutheran pared "Dabru Emet" to the Church in America's Department "truly prophetic" 1947 statement by a group of Christian for Ecumenical Affairs.

"Dabru Emet," Hebrew for leaders, gathered in Seelisberg, "speak the truth," is an instruc- Switzerland, who said the hortion from the Lord in the Book rors of the Holocaust required Christian churches to rethink of Zechariah.

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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 form my life ~l in You, Divine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate before Your Light, I, the least of all creatures, put myself 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'wilibe my Life, the center QJ my. intelligenc~, 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 form the new Eden ofPeace, of happiness and oflove. With It I sh31i 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 t1;te help of the Most Holy TrjnitY. 9'tat They permit 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 c~.

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Heavenly Mother, Sovereign ai1d'QUeen ofthe Divine Fiat, take; , my hand and introduce me into the Light of the Divine Will. You will be my guide, my most tender Mother, and will teach me to live in and to maintain myself iIi the order and boUnds ofthe Pivine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate my whol~ being to Yqur Immaculate Heart. You will teach me the doctrine ofthe Divine Will and I will listen most attentively toYour lessons. You willcover me withYour mantle so that the infernal serpent dare not IJ.enetrate 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 meYourflames that they may bum me, consume me, and feed me to form in me the Life of the Divine Will SaintJoseph, you will be my protector, the guardian ofmy heart, and will keep the keys ofmy 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 WJ.11 of God. My guardian Angel, guard.me; defend me; help me in everything so that my Eden may flourisb and be the instrument that draws all men into the Kingdom ofthe Divine WJ.1l. Amen.

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WASHINGTON (CNS) The United Methodist-Roman Catholic dialogue met in W~sh­ ington last week to plan its sixth round of consultations, on the theme "The Church in Each Place and in All Places."

The participants' goal is to help move their churches closer to full communion by developing acommon statement on the Church, its unity, its structures, its local and global dimensions and It's mission in the world.

The U.S. Catholic-Methodist Dialogue began in 1966 and generally-meets twice yearly. , With the new round, the United Methodist side will.include represenfation from "abroad: While based in the United States, it is a transnational church with growing communities in Africa and many members in Europe and the Philippines. The Catholic cosponsor is the Committee on Ecumenical and.Interreligious Affairs of the U.S. National Conference

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Th~ group's five-year fifth round of dialogue focused on bringing dialogue between Catholics and Methodists to tbb gr~ss roots.

It ended in February 1999 with' completion of "Yearning to Be One" --..:. a 64-page guide of dialogue themes, common prayer, Bible study, and witness and action resources for use by local Catholic and Methodist congregations. That text was jointly published this September by the U.S. Catholic ~oqferen~e an~ p'iscipleship ResourCes, the publishing unit of the United Methodist Church.

Co-chaimien ofthe new round of dialogue are Cath9lic Bishop William S: Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., also a ~oi:hairman of the previous round"and United Metho9~st;Bishop ,Walter Klaiber qf Frankfort, Germany. In the ab.~ sence qfBishop'Klaiber, co~hair­ ing the planning sessIon was the Rev. Bruce Robbins, general sec-

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retary of the United Method~sts' General Commission for Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns.

A Nov. I USCC news release on the planning session cited differences in Catholic and Methodist views ofbaptism as an example of the contrasting understandings qf church in the two bodies.

"Catholics initiate new Christians into the universal Catholic Church in which they become full members," the release said. "It is impossiple for Catholics t9 think of incorporation into Christ without incorporation into a. piuticu- . lar church.... Methodists, on the other hand, baptize 'infants into the universal church, which transcends - for them - Methodism and Catholicism. It is only later in life that they are initiateq into (particular) churc\1 membership . through confirmation."

The first fuil meeting of the new round of dialogue is to take place in Washington next March. o

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Maria Lopes who presented Father Sullivan with a citation for service. James Flanagan was master of ceremonies.

Also attending were members of Father Sullivan's family, including two sisters and a brother-in-law.

Father Sullivan, a native of Jersey City, N.J., was educated there, served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in Europe and the Pacific, and later entered the novitiate for the Sacred Hearts Fathers. His seminary training at St. Mary's in Kentucky continued at The . Catholic University in Washington, D.C., and Queen of Peace Mission in Jaffrey, N.H., an~ he was ordained a. ]J*~t in the Sa~~,d, ,~eartP,rovince of the U.S. on

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He subsequently served as a pastor in various parishes including St. Francis in Acushnet and St. Mary's in Fairhaven; served as superior of the Sacred Heart House of Formation in Washington; superior of the Damien Residence in Fairhaven; moderator for the Separated and Divorced Catholics group at the Family Life Centerin Dartmouth and chaplain for the Bristol County Sheriff's Office.

In recent years, Father Sullivan was named "Man of the Year'" by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick for his outstanding achievements among the people of the Greater New Bedford Area

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In a moving ceremony, three O'Malley said. "'In so much you children, Eva Smith from Temple did this to these, the least ofmy brothBeth EI, and Matthew Beard and ers and sisters, I tell you, you did it Steven Rys from St. Stan's, to me.''' placed a memorial wreath at the And he concluded: "Let us rebase of a column topped by an member and never forget." illuminated red and amber alabasIn a reading from the Old Testater urn containing bones and ashes ment Book ofEzekiel 37: I-II, Canfrom Jews killed in the concen- tor Wolberg recalled Ezekiel's vitration camps at Dachau, sion of the dry bones: ''These bones Auschwitz and Sachenhausen. are the whole house ofIsrael. ...Thus Father Robert S. Kaszynski, pas- says the Lord God: '0 my people, I tor of St. Stanislaus, recounted how will open your graves and have you his predecessor, the late FatherHugo rise from them, and bring you back Dylla, on his hands and knees scraped to the land of Ismel.''' the ashes and remains together durDuring the silent reflection that ing a 1945 visit to the death camps followed, sounds of glass breaking "and the urn has had a special place could be heard. It symbolized the in this community for the past 55 night of Npv. 9, 1938, when mmyears," he said. paging Nazis burned down syna''Tonight would be the most sol- gogues and smashed the glass fronts emn exposition of it, a reminder of of Jewish shops in Berlin. . what we gather tonight to comOn that night, 91 Jews were memomte and it is a great honor to killed and 30,000 Jews were sent to welcome all of you here for this ser- Dachau, Buchenwald and vice," he said.

Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg conIn his opening prayer, Bishop centration camps.

O'Malley lamented the silence and Rabbi Kaufman gave the lack ofaction, "the washing of hands Kaddish, or Jewish prayer recited from blame" as the systematic geno- during the period of mourning and cide that would eventually result in on every anniversary of a deceased the extermination of more than six member of a Jewish family or commillions Jews, 1.5 million of them munity. children, began.

The responses to the prayer, said "We remember those who spoke by the congregation, named the variout ... We remember the mute, those ous concentration camps where the who stood aside mute and uncon- Jews were slaughtered. cerned ... forgetting the divine comLed by the choir, the congregamand: 'You shall not stand idle while tion then sang the "Hatikvah," the your neighbor bleeds,''' Bishop national anthem of Israel.

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to cause some adjustments in many programs," he added.

Addressing the assembly's theme "The Deacon in the New Millennium," Ditewig outlined the history of the diaconate, beginning with the late 1870 Caritas movement in Germany. It subsequently found strong endorsement by a group of priests in the death camp at Dachau and who after 1947 asked the Vatican to restore the needed service and ministry of the diaconate in the early Church to the hierarchy of holy orders. ''To understand who we are and why we are, we have to understand what those 2,600 bishops were tryfng to do for the whole Church in Vatican II, 35 years ago, not just the Church in the United States. We have not done a good job as Church to understand what that Council is all about and subsequently what the diaconate is all about ... the ministry of the Word, of the Eucharist and of charity ... and our relationship to our bishops and our priests."

In the afternoon session, Ditewig examined the two Vatican documents released in 1998 on the basic foundations - the theology, ministry and spirituality of the permanenrdeacon.

"Hopefully the new directory will bring to the fore what the diaconate truly is, who we are, and what our sacramentality involves," he said.

The director ofPastoral Services and Ministry for the Diocese of DavenpOlt, Ditewig played an important role as a member of the editorial board that drafted the new diaconate directory recently approved by the National Council of

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Catholic Bishops which is currently awaiting approval at the Vatican.

A former seminarian for the Peoria diocese, he is married, a retired U. S. Navy officer and cryptologist who served in Newport and as a Hebrew linguist on the Island of Cyprus. He holds a doctorate in religious studies from The Catholic University in Washington, D.C., and is the author of two books on the permanent diaconate.

Deacon Lawrence St. Onge, assistant director of the Permanent Diaconate Office for the Fall River diocese reported that 20 representatives of deacons and wives from that diocese were among the more than 310 from diaconal communities throughout New England and upstate New York attending.

St. Onge, who has attended presentations by Ditewig previously, said he was so impressed by his talks that he has booked Ditewig to give the retreat for Fall River deacons in 2002.

"We currently have 70 deacons functioning and 19 in formation, in their third academic year and it is easy for all of us to see that the diaconate is changing and we look to the new directory for much guidance. There is a great need in the area of social justice. Many of deacons are working in nursing homes, hospitals and in prison ministry, arid Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., has said that we need more deacons working in the diocese."

Bishop Robert E. Mulvee of Providence, R.I., was principal celebrant the Saturday Mass formally closing the conference.

In his main address, Bishop O'Malley said it was significant that the service was being held in a Polish parish, "because the Polish nation was the target of Nazi barbarism that suffered the most." .

He said that before the Holocaust, Poland had the largest Jewish population in Europe. "Eighty-five percent of Poland's 3.3 million Jewish residents perished." He noted that at the time, Poland had 11,300 priests and one-third of them died in the death camps.

"I wish to say that the history of the relationship between Israel and Christendom has been a history of mistrust, hostility and recrimination," he said.

"But after the Shoah, the holocaust, the mission of reconciliation and mutual acceptance cannot be deferred," he asserted. . Focusing on the commonality of Catholic and Jewish beliefs, Bishop O'Malley said Catholics acknowledge Abraham as a spiritual father, venemte the Jewish Scriptures and have common roots in liturgical rites. . "We remember that Jesus was a Jew and so were the apostles," he said. "We are united in our faith, in one God and we are committed to carry out his will."

"And we must always remember the kristallnacht, an indictment against our humanity, so that it will never, never, never happen again," he stated.

Sister Joan, of the Capuchin Sisters ofNazareth from New Bedford, led the hymn "The Prayer of St. Francis."

Teaming up to read ''The Ode" were Charlotte Fradkin of Temple Beth EI and Patricia Pasternak of St. Stan's.

In his closing prayer, Bishop O'Malley said: ''These we have recalled. How the arrogant have devoured us! Let us go now emboldened to ensure injustice and inhumanity has no place in our hearts and our lives."

Following the 7 p.m., service, a reception was held in the school hall.

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Students from Saint Joseph School, Fairhaven, collect non-perishable food items for the Shepherd's Food Pantry as part of a monthly school servic,~ project.

The pantry was started by the Church of the Good Shepherd and students help distribute food to people in need.

• SEVENTH-GRADERS Joshua Antunes and Leanne Byrne from Holy Trinity School, Fall River, show off trophies they won in the Boys' and Girls' Division of the Middle School City Cross Country Championships last month. Each captured fourth place in their respective division of the 1.5-mile race. ... CARA CIMINEL.LO, Jacob DesRoches and Sydney Lima of St. Mary's School, New Bedford, take a look at some pumpkin seeds before they are baked as part of a pumpkin carving project for kindergarten and nursery school students.

• HELPING HAND..-.. Students in Meg Santos' first-grade class at Notre Dame School, Fall River, folded and packed more than 250 donated coats given to Bristol Elder Services for a coat drive. It is just ohe of many community service· projects students are involved in.

FOURTH· AND EIGHTH-GRADERS from Espirito Santo School, Fall River, recently'worked together on ~ pumpkin math project measuring circumference, height, weight, seed count using various graphs. From left are, Amanda Silva, Kayla Desrosiers, Filomena Resendes and Savannah.

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• JUNIOR CLASS officers were recently elected at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth. They are, from left: Ned Hamilton, secretary; Caleb Morgan, vice president; Steven Oliveira, president; and Chris Cwynar, treasurer.

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BISHOP FllIIAN WCDSCDOOL ART STUDENTS Erin Clemmey, left, Kristen Ettensohn, bottom left, and Elizabeth Wiseman of Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, all received honorable mention awards in this year's Attleboro Museum High School Art Contest. All works are on display at the museum.

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By AMY WELBORN CATHOUC News SERVICE

As the holidays !lpproach, not all teens' lives are filled with warmth, cheer and joy. The reasons are as varied as young people themselves.

For some, divorce makes the holidays a painful time. There's likely to be tension and guilt hanging in the air no matter which parent's house you end up at, and especially if the divorce is recently minted. The holidays only serve to reinforce the sadness you feel.

But even if your parents are married to each other, you've no guarantee of a smooth Thanksgiving dinner or, a few weeks later, Christmas Eve. Intense preparations are a part of many families' holidays, and tension tends to go right along with the intensity.

Then there's the rest of the family - either descending on your house or welcoming you to theirs.

Everyone's together, and it's supposed to be great. But isn't it strange how often it isn't?

Simmering resentments come right up to the surface, unspoken questions about absent family members hang heavily in the air and perhaps even a recent loss puts a paIl on the day. At some point, unfortunately, someone might even end up loudly, unpleasantly drunk.

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live up to their reputation for family closeness and cheer.

If this has been the case with your family in the past, I've no

having to make time for the family. Don't cop an attitude. Be helpful without being asked.

Finally, try to be positive. Hey, remember what this season is about? Those little things called "thanksgiving," "grace" and "love"?

Believe it or not, God put you IIIIJ'IV.,'H'III in your family. He put you there for a reason, too. Instead of spending your holidays griping about how goofy your family is or what a pain it is to spend time with doubt that you're dreading the next them, focus on the good things six weeks just a little. about them.

What's a teen to do?

Take time each day to thank First, you have to realize that God for a particular gift that you you're not alone. Perfect families have because your family gave it only exist on television commer- to you: your granddad's sense of cials and in storybooks. Every' humor, your mom's patience, your family, and therefore every fam- father's creativity. I'm sure your ily gathering, is bound to have list could be endless if you just some tension. thought about it for a minute.

Your family's imperfections Thank God for all your family may sadden you, but you shouldn't members have taught you - even let them. Every family is imper- if it's a lesson that has been painfect, and every family member ful - like the harm that irresponcontributes to the imperfection. sible drinking can do to a family.

Including you. So try to be more There's no use in simply sitting around being disgusted at difficult accepting and less judgmental.

Second, don't add to the ten- relations. Try to learn and grow sion. If you know that your mom from your interaction from them.

And pray, finally, for a sense and your grandmother don't get along, and that having your of humility. Your family is not grandmother's critical eye roving perfect, and neither are you. You're her house for three hours solid on dreading spending the day with Thanksgiving Day is pure torture cousin AI. How do you know he's for your mom, don't make her life not dreading spending the day with any more difficult. Don't fight you too!

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THOREAU, NM "Lord, when did I see you hungry and I feed you?" ! "When you did it for one of the least of my people. you did it forme." Matt 25:40 I As Catholics around the globe prepare to celebrate the holy seasons of Advent and Christmas, the director, priest, sisters, lay missionaries and staff of a New MexicoMissionschoolareconcemed about urgently-needed help. They work daily to make quality Catholic education a reality for American Indian children in their care.

These children "dowithout" as a way of life ... will you help them?

For many ofour students, the school at 51. Bonaventure Mission is their I "last hope." .

Trusting in God, everyone at the Mission prays for help to pay our month to month bills.

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• McKinley County (where the They've experienced failure in Mission is Located) has the other schools or inability to get to highest poverty rate (43%) school from great distances. in the state; Will you help?

• The suicide rate among Gifts made to 51. Bonaventure Navajo teenagers is tentimes Indian Mission and School are taxhigher. than for their age deductible. The school also qualifies group in the U.S. popuLation for "MatchingQifts" at Large ~~~.:, -"'"-;;;------1 '~~--,<-c;~--r'- .. " '. . '

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Please check here ifyou wouLd like to receive a sterling silver cross, set with turquoise. made by our local Indian artisans. as a token ofappreciation for your gift of$35 or more. It is a unique piece ofjewelry you will wear-or give-with pride.

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