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Diocese welcomes Poli:sh seminarians

By Marcie Hickey For their families in Poland, Marek Chmurski and Krzysztof Stanibula's vocations to the priesthood did not come as a surprise.

But their de(.isions to pursue those vocations :.n America did.

Their names Americanized as Mark and Christopher, the two are among many seminarians from poland who have left their native country to study at SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Orchard Uike, MI, for ordination in U.S. dioceses. Mark and Christopher are serving pastoral years in the Fall River diocese, as is Pawel Swiercz, also fom Poland, who' completed semi:1ary studies this year at St. John's in Brighton.

They and other Polish seminarians come to the United States because of the shortage of vocations to the priesthood and the challenge of evangelization in this country, said Mark.

With 95 percent of Poles professing Catholicism, Poland has a very homogeneous culture, with most people "very religious. They come to church no matter what," said Christopher.

Poland's Catholic tradition dates back a thousand years, Mark noted, but the United States, with its multiple religions and lesser concentration of Catholics (only 24 percent of the population), is a different story.

Here, "the prie:;t has to approach people to bring them to church.

He has to make it attractive" and

extend outreach to all kinds of people, said Christopher.

SS. Cyril and Methodius specializes in recruiting seminarians from Poland and offering them language and cultural training for service in America as "a form of evangelization," said Father Robert S. Kaszynski, the PolishAmerican pastor of S1. Stanislaus parish, Fall River. Having himself studied at SS. Cyril and Methodius as a seminarian, he is now a liaison for Polish seminarians seeking affiliation with the Fall River diocese. He and vocations director Msgr. John J. Smith have visited SS. Cyril and Methodius, where two other Fall River seminarians are currently studying. Seven potential candidates for the diocese will visit Fall River sometime during the holiday season, and Bishop O'Malley plans to offer a retreat at the Michigan seminary later this month.

Mark is serving at S1. Thomas More parish, Somerset; Christopher at Our Lady of the Angels, Fall River; and Pawel at Corpus Christi, Sandwich.

The pastoral year gives them the opportunity to experience parish life and take on some ofthe responsibilities they will have as future priests: for example, visiting and bringing communion to the sick, teaching CCD and working with parish youth groups, training altar boys and leading RCIA programs.

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BISHOP SEAN O'MALLEY celebrates multicultural Mass with Father Paul E. Canuel, left, diocesan coordinator of Apostolate to HispanicS, and Father John J. Oliveira, diocesan coordinator of Apostolate to Portuguese. At the back, Msgr. JohnJ. Oliveira. (Kearns photo)

"From Many, One"

Multicultural·1VIass celebrates diversity of .dio~ese

By Pat McGowan The multicultural, multilingual Mass celebrated last Saturday at Fall River's Bishop Connolly High School was billed as the first annual such Mass.

That will be a self-fulfilling prophecy, to jUdge from the enthusiasm of the hundreds who filled' Connolly's auditorium for the Mass and following folkloric dances and its cafeteria for samples of ethnic breads and pastries from the many lands that have contributed to the

rich racial mix in the Fall River diocese.

The opening song for the Mass, "We Are One Body," was made famous by Dan~dts composer, at this summer's World Youth Day in Denver. .

It and Bishop Sean O"Malley's Mass homily in English lind Portuguese set the tone for the event.

In a request reminiscent of Jesus asking to be shown the coin of the tribute, the bishop asked congregation member:~ to take a coin

from their pockets and look at tiie Latin inscription, "E Pluribus Unum," "From Many, One." "That applies to our church as well," he said. "Out of many people we form one family of God." He cited the parable of the Good Samaritan as giving the message that love of neighbor knows no . frontiers, as exemplified by the Samaritan who cared for a man left half dead by robbers.

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EDICTAL CITATION DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FAll RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS Since the actual place of residence of JAMES FRANCIS KENNEY is unknown.

We cite JAMES FRANCIS KENNEY to appear personally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River on Monday, November 22,1993 at 10:30 a.m. at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Massachusetts, to give testimony to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage exists in the CODERRE-KENNEY case?

Ordinaries of the place or other pastors having the knowledge of the residence of the above person, James Francis Kenney, must see to it that he is properly advised in regard to this edictal citation.

Jay T. Maddock Judicial Vicar Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts, on this 4th day of November, 1993.

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ROME (CNS) - U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Raymond Flynn has left open the possibility that he would leave his post to run for governor of Massachusetts.

Flynn's response was "stay tuned" when asked whether he would seek the top state office. . The ambassador talked about how speculation he would enter the gubernatori'al race started and how much he likes his life and work in Rome when he met with reporters Oct. 28.

The former mayor of Boston arrived in Rome in mid-July to take up the ambassadorial post.

After it became public knowledge he was being considered for the ambassadorial post, thenMayor Flynn had expressed doubts about leaving Boston to become envoy to the vatican because the job seemed to be more limited than he envisioned .

"But as you can see. I have been able to do the things I said I wanted to do." he said. He had said he hoped he would be able to act as an envoy for humanitarian assistance and economic justice in various parts of the world.

In October, FlYlJn flew to India with a shipment of U.S. relief supplies for victims of a devastatingearthquake. He represented the United States at a Polish conference on the economic and social development of new democracies in Eastern Europe, and most recently he made a fact-finding mission to refugee camps and AIDS clinics in Africa.

"As the president said, he wanted me to be the ambassador for issues of conscience, issues of social and economic justice." Flynn said. "This is the kind of commitment I've had as mayor and throughout my politicallife."

The ambassador said speculation about the governorship being

the next stop in his political life started in early October when a poll showed Massachusetts voters thought the top two candidates for the job were Flynn and former U.S. Sen. Paul Tsongas, in that order.

"That fueled some speculation." he said. "But, you know, my job here is one that I am enjoying tremendously. I'm learning a lot [and] I'm able to serve my country - I think very effectively."

CYO basketball season begins The 1993-94 Fall River Area CYO Basketball Season began yesterday with a full slate of games in the Junior Girls' Division. Today the Annual CYO Jamboree will begin at 4:00 p.m. at the CYO Hall on Anawan Street in Fall River.

This traditional opening of the CYO features exhibition games in the Junior Boys' Division as well as recreational games, refreshments and dancing to the music of Spectrum Sound. The Junior Girls continue play on Saturday and on Sunday the Prep arid Senior Divisions begin their seasons. : Over 900 young people betWeen the ages of 10 and 21, representing 21 parishes, have registered to take part in this year's program. Father Jay Maddock is director of the Fall River Area CYO, assisted by long-time associate director Albert Vaillancourt and assistant directors John Medeiros, Charlie Medeiros. Rick 'Lepage, Tom Coute, Adam Burns and Pat Burke.

The CYO is open seven days a week and serves as a special center for young people to gather on Saturday nights during the winter months.

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Sister Annette Roach. OP and Sister Claire Sinotte, OP: of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, Fall River, were among 140 members of the Dominican Leadership Conference who were recently in Adrian, Mich,. for their annual meeting. Represented were 35 congregations of Dominican women and four provinces of Dominican men. Guests included the Most Reverend Timothy Radcliffe, Master General of the Dominican order.

In an address to the conference.

Father Radcliffe called for Dominicans worldwide "to drop out of the consumerist society" and stand with those whose poverty often makes them "invisible to society at large.

Dominicans are officially called the Order of Preachers and at the meeting plans were announced for a series of 1994 regional meetings with the theme of Preaching for Justice.

Sister Ann Willits. a Sinsinawa, Wisc,. Dominican, gave the keynote address inviting the Dominican leaders to design new structures within the order that allowing for concentration on the_mission of preaching.

Considerable discussion centered on Dominicans gaining the status of a non-governmental organization within the United Nations as has the Franciscan Order. The conference also passed ar,resolution calling on Dominicans to work to eliminate violence in TV programming, and seek signatures for a Council on Peacemaking petition drive for gun control.

Thanksgiving meal ,for needy planned A community Thanksgiving Day dinner for the homeless and needy will be offered at Coyle-Cassidy High School, Hamilton Street, Taunton. Meals will also be delivered to elderly and shut-ins on that day.

Donations of canned goods, fruit, beverages, paper goods and turkeys may be delivered to the Veterans Service Office at the Taunton City Hall or, during Thanksgiving week, to CoyleCassidy. Warm clothing in good condition will also be collected for distribution to those attending the dinner.

Use ora cellular phone and a televisio.n set for the day are requested by organizers, and drivers are needed to make food deliveries. Volunteers are needed to serve in other capacities I to 7 p.m. Nov:' 24 and 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. Thanksgiving Day. Potential volunteers may call Sister Corlien Cronan, SFO, at 821-8399. Requests for delivered meals may be directed to Sister Cronan or to Phil Farley or Michael House at 821-1038; Melisa Smith at 824-6577 or Doherty's Market at 823-3351.

Since the Thanksgiving meal was established 10 years ago, House has picked up the food and prepared the first turkey of the day, and Father Cornelius O'Neill, pastor of Sacred Heart parish, Taunton, has worked in the kitchen.

Good Investment "There is never an instant's truce between virtue and vice. Goodness is the only investment that never fails."-Henry David Thoreau

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NOV. 12TH • NOV. 20TH MAKING PREPARAnONS for the annual Bishop's Charity Ball, for which Rev. Daniel L. Freitas, cemer, is diocesan director, are, front, from left, Mrs. Joseph Belanger, president of Fall River District, Diocesan Council of Catholic Women; Mrs. Manuel T. Nogueira, ball cochair and DCCW president; rear, Mrs. Aubrey M. Armstrong, decorating committee chair; Miss Rosemary Ferreira and Mrs. Roger Dube, hospitality committee members. The ball will take place from 8 p.m. to midnight Jan. 14 at Venus de Milo restaurant, Swansea, and will feature the Al Rainone orchestra. (Gaudette photo)

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WASHINGTON (CNS) - During Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, an estimated 300,000 U.S. women become aware of domestic vioknce in a painful

way. They were battered themselves.

Some 3 million to 4 million American 'women are battered each year by their husbands or partners.

Statistics show that in the United States, a woman is more likely to be assaulted, injured, raped or killed by a male partner than by any other assailant. An estimated RESTON, Va. (CNS) - A Vir2,000 to 4,000 women are beaten ginia-based chilc.ren's protection to death each year. organization is ~ oping to deliver The response in the Catholic boxes of gifts to children in Bosnia Church to the problem of domesfor Christmas. tic violence has ,been full of good Protect the Children is joining will, but the specific assistance with a Pennsylvania group. MirPeace, to provide shoebox~size that battered women need has sometimes been lacking. gifts with small toys, candy and a "A buse is a topic no one likes to greeting card. The presents will go to children in hospitals, orphan- think about, but because it exists in our parishes, dioceses and ages and refugee camps in and neighborhoods, we write out of around Mostar. our desire to offer the church's The project began when Mike Maskeny, a Virginia computer resources to both the women who consultant, visitf'd the former Yu- are battered and to the men who goslavia soon after it was split into abuse," said a September 1992 separate countries three years ago. statement by two committees of He and severa I friends distrib- U.S. bishops.

A video companion to that uted gifts to every child in the statement was to be made public refugee centers the first year, but . last year the effort fell short be- by the bishops during their Nov. cause there werl: so many more 15-18 meeting in Washington. . A recent survey of pastors in the refugees, said a',elease from Proof St. Paul and MinArchdiocese tect the Children.

"Today Bosni~. has got to be one' neapoiis by the archdiocesan Task ofthe worst plact:s on earth to live, Force on Domestic Violence showespecially for thf kids," said Mas- ed that most of the priests had keny. "For less than the price of never preached about the evil of two movie tickets, we can give a abuse in the home, and that only little joy and peaee. These kids will one in four parish religious educaprobably be lucky to get just food tion programs had treated the sub. and clothing all winter, so these ject.

"About half the priests who gifts are extra special."

Protect the Children is a grass- responded to our task force's quesroots group of v:>lunteers, mostly tionnaire said they hadn't expe-.

Catholics, who aid children rienced the problem of domestic through prayer and good works. violence in their parishes, and we There are chap':ers in Northern know that's not the case from statistics about the prevalence of abuse Virginia, Denver and New York.

Boxes may in< lude gifts as sim- in the general population," said ple as a pencil and crayons. They Phyllis Willerscheidt, executive should be marked on the outside coordinator of the archdiocesan with whether the gift is for a boy or Commission on Women.

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Packages should be shipped from the eyes of parish priests prior to Nov. 25 to Protect the include the following: -Some women don't acknowChildren, 11427 Hook Road, Reston. Va .. 22090. For further in- ledge that they are being abused.

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-And some do not see their parish as a place to turn for help in an abusive situation.

Why do women stay in abusive situations?

"Often you'll hear them say, 'I love him,''' said Richard J. levoli, senior psychologist for Intake and Family Counseling Services in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

"There is often a very strong, emotional connection and a feeling of responsibility for the behavior of the abuser," he added. "Often an abuser will blame the victim for provoking the violence. If you're cast in that role and if your selfesteem is low, you tend to believe that over the years.

"We take the opposite tack that the abuser, no matter what the provocation, no matter what he thinks is justification - nothing justifies that violent act," levoli said.

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-----Tha"k You----' Saint Vincent's would like to thank all the sponsors and donors who so generously supported our 3rd Annual Children's Festival.

Special thanks to the participants in the "Walk for Kids' Sake," Rep. Edward M. Lambert, who served as the. Grand Marshal for the Walk, the schools that participated in the: Walk (SS. Peter and Paul and St. Michael Schools), JoyceStrom, from MSPCC, who was the featured speaker at the Children's Rally, the Fall . River Police Department and the American Red Cross for their assistance with the Walk.

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themoorin~ Reassuring Guidelines Last month, after completing his catechesis on the priesthood, the Holy Father began discussing the restored order of

deacon.

His reflections on this subject are indeed welcome, especially in the United States where over 10,000 permanent deacons serve the church. .

This year our country celebrated the 25th year of the permanent diaconate. It has been an exciting and meaningful adventure offaith. At first, many in the church had a hard time dealing with so-called "lay" deacons. Both priests and laity felt that somehow they were not real deacons; in fact, many were treated as glorified altar boys, possibly because their status had not been made sufficiently clear on either the diocesan or parish level.

'Nevertheless, the restored order of deacons swept across the country with amazing speed, despite the fact that at the Second Vatican Council most U.S. bishops were not very supportive of the restoration. However, once the Holy Father, then Pope Paul VI, issued his directives concerning the diaconate, they fell in line and formation programs flourished.

In the ensuing years, the diaconate has matured and deacons have for the most part proved their worth; although some' dioceses have put their programs on hold until evaluations are completed. Others have changed and adapted their programs as they went along to remedy some of the faults of hurried formation programs. in general, however, from coast to coast, the permanent diaconate has fared very well during its short existence.

Pope John Paul II's present discussions ofthe diaconate are reassuring and affirming. He emphasizes that diaconal formation programs are essential and that a minimum ofthree years is absolutely necessary. This period, he says, should be a time of testing during which candidates are introduced to a "lively evangelica} life and prepared to carry out effectively their own specific functions."

His statements reflect the importance the church attaches to the diaconate and her desire that diacbnal ordination should occur only after due consideration and evaluation.

The pope- also stresses the right attitude towards diaconal ministry. He says it should be directed towards helping the bishop and the priest in liturgical worship and in apostolic ministry. He cautions that anyone who challenges or opposes authority would have difficulty in carrying out diaconal functions. In other words, no solo agents! The diaconate can only be conferred on those who believe in the value of the pastoral mission of the bishop and priest.

The pope further tells deacons they are called to share the mystery of the Cross in the suffering church and to endure the hostility she encounters. It is this powerful aspect of the deacon's service that makes it fruitful. It must be remembered that a' bed of roses comes with thorns.

The teachings of John Paul on the diaconate must be taken seriously. They should be viewed as guidelines to be incorporated into every diaconal program in the nation. Only in this way will the deacons themselves share in the redemptive work of Christ: The Editor

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"Speak, Lord, your servant is listening." 1 Sm. 3:10

Vocation means an opening of the heart

By Father Kevin J. Harrington Fifteen years ago Pope .John Paulll inaugurated his pontificate with these words: "Be not afraid!

Open the doors to Christ." A vocation is by its very nature an opening of one's heart day by day to Christ.

Fifteen years later the Holy Father completed his encycyclical letter: "The Splendor of Truth:' with these words: "N 0 absolution offered by beguiling doctrines. even in the areas of philosophy and theology, can make man truly happy: only the Cross and the glory of the Risen Christ can grant peace to his conscience and salvation to his life."

Every vocation is a search for happiness. In our tradition the vocation of Christian marriage is the primary source of all vocations. In a day when people bemoan the lack of priestly and religious vocations they are often blind to the failure of married people to accept the challenge of living the vocation inherent in Christian marriage.

One of the oldest blessings for a Christian marriage. still preserved as an option. includes these hopeful words: ".Father. by your plan Illan and woman are united. and married life has been established as the one blessing that \\'as not forfeited by original sin or washed away in the flood."

This blessing that was neither forfeited by original sin nor by the flood is often forfeited by baptized Catholics who choose a civil marriage, while others frequently ignore the benefits that are readily available to them in the sacrament.

Presently 60 percent of all babies born within the geographical boundaries orthe Diocese of Fall River

receive the sacrament of baptism. while only 30 percent oLIII couples married within thi)se same boundaries receive the sacrament of marriage. This is one of the more distressing signs of our times and it accounts for a great deal of the moral disorder we encounter in our day and age.

I.amentations are not in order.

Now is not the time to long for the way we were but to look ahead to the way we can be. Too often. when people make dire forecasts about the future shortage of priests they can only think in two rather counterproductive ways. The first way usually involves anticipating a period of retrenchment.

Many dioceses throughout North America and Western Europe are planning to elose or merge more and more parishes. Many of these plans project a worst-case scenario that leaves no room for the Holy Spirit to revitaliz.e the life of the Church. Many of these projections are reminiscent of the gloom and doom forecasts that predicted in

Prayer for Vocations Heavenly Father, your divine Son taught us to pray to the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into his vineyard. We beg you to bless our diocese and world with many priests and religious who will love you fervently, and gladly and courageously spend their lives in service to your Son's Church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

an exaggerated manner the overpopulation of our planet.

The second counterproductive way of thinking is to attribute the decline in priestly and religious vocations to the natural outgrowth of the full empowerment of the laity and as a blessing in disguise.

This form of reasoning seems to imply that unless priestly and religious vocations decline no real authority will be entrusted to the laity. Priests and religious are expected to meet all the ministerial needs of the parish or a particular apostolate until their numbers are sufficiently diminished to the point where they are forced to empower the laity.

But there has been too much needless jousting between the clergy and the laity. weakening the morale of both and too often preventing them from working together to evangelize the world at large.

Occasionally I am asked if I think there will ever be a day when the Church will npt have a vocation shortage. I usually respond by saying that it is always a matter of perspective. . People need to hear about the success of the Church in promoting vocations in certain areas of the world. A friend of mine, Bishop Chris Abba from the priest-rich diocese of Minna, Nigeria. put it best: "There is never a vocation shortage when people truly hunger for holiness."

The New English Bible translates the familiar "poor- in spirit" of the first beatitude as "those who know their need for God." Happiness is hard to find in the First World because too few willingly acknowledge that need! Acknowledging it is the first and most important step.

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Of course, love is the presupposition for everything Jesus does and teaches. It's the only force which can overcome fear, the only power we need develop in order to actively give ourselves to others.

Without love. we're simply not alive.

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By FATHER ROGER Christian comm unity remembered KARBAN and passed on t'Jday's Gospel parable. They. lik~ us. had to deal comes when the last servant tries with an all too human problem: to defend burying his master's 1,000 inaction. silver pieces. " ... Out (d/ear I went Even though we sincerely try to off... ," he says. follow the Lord, we're frequently The other two deal with the tempted to c1m,e in on ourselves, same master. But they don't let just sit back and "do nothing bad." fear stop them from taking his We could easil:, spend our entire money and doubling it. Their exlivesjust "hangi'lg on," never doing ample prompts Jesus to proclaim. anything whid could jeopardize "Those who have, will get more our eternal futt: reo until they grow rich. while those Most of us ,;ame into contact who have not, will lose even the with the faith .is children _. the little they have." In other words. period in our life in which the easi- "Those who actively use their faith est way for those in authority to will receive more faith, while those get us to do ,;omething wa.s to who spend their lives just 'defendmake us death:y afraid to do the ing' and 'guarding' their faith will opposite. Unfo :tunately for many eventually lose even that little bit of us, fear also became an essential of faith they're trying to protect." part of our religious formation.

It's significant that in the earliBecause we w~re too young to est Christian writing we have. I understand and be shaped by love, Thessalonians. Paul must also deal fear was often the main motivating with inaction. As in the parable. force behind our actions of faith. the problem is fear - fear of the Perhaps 'an over zealous parent end of the world. The community or teacher instilled such a dread of seems to be so anxious about the hell in us that as adults the most date of the Parousia that they're religious thing we do is "resist forgetting to do the things Jesus temptation." Or maybe they taught expects. us some simple non-biblical formPaul reminds them that no one ula for salvation. We dutifully can pinpoint the specific time and memorized it a nd stopped growmoment of the Lord's arrival: it'll ing and evolving. We've been treadbe like "a thief in the night." Then ing water for years. defending our he encourages them to live as Jesus system against all attacks, because commands, completely ignoring it's the ony sur: way 'we know to the Parousia and truly becoming get into heaven "children of light and of the day."

Such a way of living the faith is completely foreign to the mind of They should be"awake and sober," certain that if they're actively doing Jesus. From what we know about the things which bring life to othhis words and a';tions. he wants his ers that the Lord's coming will also followers to constantly grow and be a life-giving event for them. evolve and to be in as much conJesus and Paul could just as ea.strol of their de>tinies as possible. ily have used parts of the account Today's parable is just one small of the "worthy wife" from Propart of his teat;hing on this very verbs to convey their point. Unlike important topic. many women in the ancient world.

The key phrase in the story she takes active control of her daily life. She " ... brings ... obtains ... makes ... puts.:.reaches extends ..." Her husband finds " an unfailing prize" in her. Yet the Sacred Author is careful to menNov. 13 . tion the source of her emancipa1924, Rev. Louis ~. Deady, tion: her husband has entrusted Founder, St. L-:>uis, Fall River.

1992, Rev. William H. O'Reilly.

Retired Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Taunton Nov. 15: 1 Me 1:10-15.41Nov. 14 43,54-57.62-63; Ps 119:53.

1940, Rev. Francis.J. Duffy.

Founder. St. 1\1ary, South Dart61.134.150.155.158; Lk 18: mouth 35-43 1977. Rev. William A. Galvin, Nov. 16: 2 Me 6:18-31; Ps Retired Pastor, Sacred Heart, Taunton 3:2-8; Lk 19:1-10 Nov. IS Nov. 17: 2 Me 7:1.20-31: 1939, Rev. Thomas F. LaRoche.

Ps 17:1.5-6,8.15; Lk 19:11-28 Assistant, Sacred Heart, Taunton 1943, Rev. Daniel E. Doran, Nov. 18: 1 Me 2:15-29;Ps Pastor, Immaculate Conception, 50:1-2,5-6.14-15; Lk 19:41-44 North Easton Nov. 17 Nov. 19: 1 Me 4:36-37,521980, Rev. Henry R. Canuel, 59; 1 Chr 29:10-12; Lk Former Pastor, Sacred Heart, New' 19:45-48 Bedford Nov. 20: 1 Me 6:1-13; Ps Nov. 19 9:2-4.6.16.19; Lk 20:27-40 1982, Rev. Msgr. Lester L. Hull.

Pastor Emeritus, Our Lady of the Nov. 21: Ez 34:11-12.15Isle. Nantucket 17; Ps 23:1-3.5-6; 1. Cor 1990, Rev. Philodore H. Lem<lY. 15:20-26.28; Mt 25:31-46 M.S .. LaSalette Provincial House.

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CRS offers essay contest for high school students BALTIMORE (CNS) - Catholic Relief Services. the U.S. bishops' overseas development and relief agency. is sponsoring a national essay contest for high school students.

The winners - three students and their sponsoring teachers _. will travel next year to Gambia in West Africa to observe CRS' development program in that country.

Deadline for the' contest. known as the Development Leadership Program, is Dec. 3. Winners will be announced Feb. 7 and the trip to Gambia will be scheduled for spring brea.k.

Essays should be a maximum of 1,500 words on the topic of relief and development efforts in different cultures. Students must compare efforts to red uce poverty in the United States with efforts taking place in Gambia.

According to CRS, each essay must also include a focus on a service project recently completed by the student. For example, a student who tutors immigrants in English could in the essay compare his or her experience with literacy training in Gambia.

CRS will provide students with background on Gambia and its projects there.

The agency held its first essay contest last year as a pilot project involving Maryland high school students. Winner Michael Watts. then a seniorat Loyola High School in Baltimore, spent nearly two. weeks in June in Gambia accompanied by his English teacher.'

While there, Watts presented a check from CRS to women sesame growers for a literacy center, and the women named the building after him .

For entry forms or additional information on the Development Leadership Program, contact your school principal or call CRS at 1-800-647-4788.

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AT CATHEDRAL Mass closing observance of a diocesanwide Eucharistic Vigil for Life during October, Respect Life Month, Bishop Sean O'Malley stands with, from left, Father Stephen A. Fernandes, Pro-Life Apostolate director, Permanent Deacons Thomas J. Souza and Bruce J. Bonneau and Mrs. Marian Desrosiers, assistant to Father Fernandes. (Studio D photo)

Bishops offer Family Year message WASHINGTON (CNS) Married couples must reject "an unhealthy competitive spirit" in their relationship, and parents should put their children's needs first, according to a document that will come before the full body of bishops Nov. 15.

The 27-page document, called "Follow the Way of Love: A Pastoral Message ofthe U.S. Catholic Bishops to Families," must be approved by two-thirds of the active bishops attending the Nov. 15-18 meeting in Washington.

The message is designed asa U.S. Catholic contribution to the International Year of the Family, declared by the United Nations for 1994.

"What you do in your family to create a community of love, to help each other to grow and to serve those in need is critical, not only for your own sanctification, but for the strength of society and our church," the message says. "It is a participation in the work of the Lord, a sharing in the mission of the church. It is holy."

The bishops noted that they too are family members. "We are sons and brothers and uncles. We have known the commitment and sacrifices of a mother and father, the warmth of a family's care, the happiness and pain that are part of loving."

The document discusses openly . many of the problems facing families today - economic demands, changing role expectations, interpersonal difficulties and outside pressures such as neighborhood violence and the intrusion of"com-. munications media [that] bring images and messages into your

home that may contradict your values and exert a negative influence on your children."

But the bishops told married couples facing problems that divorce "is not inevitable and is certainly not your only option."

lies and persons who are widowed or divorced."

The bishops closed their document with special messages for various groups.

"Not only do your children need discipline and love, they need the example of adults whose behavior demonstrates their caring," they told parents. "Put your children first in making decisions about family life."

To children, they said, "You have the right to expect love, guidance, discipline and respect from your parents and elders. And, in turn, you should share with them ,Your love, your experience of God, your fears and hope."

"An enduring marriage is more than simply endurance," they added. "It is a process of growth into an intimate friendship and a deepening peace. So we urge all couples: renew your commitment regularly, seek enrichment often, and ask for pastoral and professional help when needed."

The document called marriage a "partnership of a man and woman equal in dignity and value" and said it should "never become a Holy Union Sisters name struggle for control."

"True equality, understood as director of development mutuality, is not measuring out Sister Patricia Heath, provinjustice (who prepares the meals, . cial of the Fall River province of who supervises homework, etc.) or the Sisters of the Holy Union of maintaining an orderly schedule," the Sacred Hearts. has announced the bishops said. "How household appointment of Sister Margaret duties are distributed should folLouise Ouellette as development low from understanding what it director. takes to build a life together, as A Fall River native. she is the well as the individual skills and daughter of the late Eugene L. and interests you bring to your comMargaret (Casey) Ollellette. For mon life." the past 35 years she has chaired The document urged men to the business education department "interpret their traditional role as at Coyle and Cassidy High School. 'provider' for a family in more Taunton, where she was also school than an economic sense." newsletter editor. a member of the "Physical care of children, dis- academic and discipline boards cipline, training in religious values and chair of social and friendship and practices, helping with school- fund committees. work and other activities: all these She is a past president and presand more can be provided by ent treasurer of the Taunton Quota fathers as well as mothers," it said. Club and has also held office on its The bishops commented on "the district level. In the Taunton comincredible busyness of family life" munity, she is a member of the today and said that it is "hard to corporation of the Visiting Nurse imagine how a family can live Assn. of Southeastern Massachufaithfully, be life giving and grow setts and Hospice of Grea'ter Taunin mutuality without deliberately ton. She is also publisher of the choosing to spend time together." newsletter of the Raynham Council on Aging. As a membe'r of St. Whenever possible, "hours on Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, pastor Ann's parish, Raynham. she is a of St. Thomas More parish, Somer- the job need to be weighed against chorister and coordinator of the set, will observe his 40th anniver- their impact 'on family life," the annual parish A-Fair. sary of ordination Nov. 28 with an bishops said. They urged all family In her new post. Sister Ouellette II :30 a.m. Mass of Thanksgiving members to "see what individual will oversee provincial fundraising. celebrated at the parish in the pursuits could be given up or re- activities designed' to aid retired placed with family activities." sisters, support new social minispresence of Bishop Sean O'MalThe document included a seven-' tries and maintain community resley. A reception will follow in the. part pledge by the bishops to work idences and retirement facilities. parish center.

A banquet for the jubilarian will to strengthen families. Among The Holy Union development be held at 2:30 p.m. that day at the other things, they said they would office was established four years Venus de Milo, Swansea. Tickets "include more deliberately within ago under the direction of Sister are available after parish Masses the scope of our pastoral care an Eleanor McNally. who is now assoor by calling the rectory at 673- attentiveness to single-parent fam- ciated with Collier United for 7831 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. ilies, minority families, families in Rights and Equality. Inc.. in a second marriage, interfaith fami- Golden Gate. Fla. Reservation deadline is Nov. 18.

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By Father Eugene Hemrick What do bishops mean when they tell us that the diverse peoples and cultures making up the Catholic Church in the United States are special gifts?

Although the students from other cultural backgrounds still represent a small portion of the total seminarian population, studies reveal that the numbers are growing steadily. It would be safe to predict that a good number of parishes that have been served mainly by white Anglo priests born in the United States increasingly will see them replaced by priests from other cultures.

What are the gifts seminary professors see Hispanic, Asian and

The rich spirituality they bring also was valued - a spirituality different both from Asian and Western spirituality.

black cultures bringing to the priesthood? Many see Hispanic culture adding a stronger sense of piety, warmth, energy, liveliness, strong family bonding, openness, joy and generosity to the church.

They see Asians bringing a deeper sense of discipline, perseverance, dedication, docility, industriousness and a sense of spirituality that is different from but complementary to Western spirituality. Here the picture that came through was one of a drive to learn tempered by humility.

Students from Africa are seen bringing a rich tradition that is helpful for better understanding the values underlying strong family life.

African-Americans are seen giving the church a healthy zeal for, evangelization, expanding our sense of worship and' liturgical music by making it more expressive, and creating a deeper sense of social justice.

Two words seem to sum up the impact all these gifts have on the church: "energy" and "creativity."

The gifts cited by seminary professors may just be the strength the church in the United States needs at a time when we have fewer priests and greater needs.

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Nun says power of prayer is felt in Guatemala

Runnin' Revs score points for priestly vocations CHICAGO (CNS) - It's one thing to make the All-Star team.

It's another to make the all-priest team.

Yet that's what the Runnin' Revs are - an all-priest basketball team in the Chicago archdiocese that is trying to score points for vocations.

"People can :;ee there are young priests playing basketball, having fun," said Father Terry Ke~:han, 36, who started the team five years ago. "We do what we can to alter the myths or stereotypes about priests."

Or about basketball players. At half tjme, instead of withdrawing to the locker room, the Runnin' Revs go up into the crowd to speak about vocation>.

In the pregame huddle, the team prays the Canticle of Zechariah, and before th~ second half they recite the Magnificat.

The Runnin' Revs were featured last December on NBC's "Inside Stuff," a show geared to basketball fans.

"They asked us questions like 'Do you makf; miracle shots?'"

Father Keehan said.

Father Keehan, associate director of the archdiocesan vocations office, was all..conference at St. Viator High Sf;hool in suburban Arlington Heig':tts, Ill. , and played four years of Division II basketball at the Univt:rsity of Nebra.skaOmaha.

But Father Keehan is hardly the only athlete on the team. Father Mike Nacius, who is 6-foot-8" and Fathers Pat He::try and Mike lrmitel', both 6-foot-5, are other standouts.

The Runnin' Revs, 11-9 in their career despite the absence of several priests eac':t game due to parish commitments, don't play just for fun. Proce(:ds from gam(~s go to the local parish, the vocations office or Catholic Charities.

Father Keehan also takes on all comers in gam~s of one-on-one up to II points for $25, with the money going to the Alliance for the Mentally Ill. He's unbeat'~n in eight games thus far. But that doesn't stop people from tr~'ing.

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A cloistered Maryknoll nun, the Wisconsin native has lived since 1986 in the Quiche diocese of Guatemala, known (or the repressive violence it has '~uffered, particularly in the blood';' 1980s. "The ground is literally red with the blood of martyrs," she said.

But the Maryknoll prayer presence "brings a sense of peace and tranquility" in the region, Sister Jene said. "When people come to our house, they say to us this is a very'peaceful place...They feel the power of prayer."

"Wherever you look in the world, violence is escalating," Sister Jene added. "Maybe the church is called to be a minister of reconciliation.

Granted the church itself has a lot of reconciling to do internally, but we must be that minister of reconciliation to the world."

The Maryknoll cloister in Guatemala combines action and contemplation. While Sister Jene and the two other nuns in the cloister mix with ~he local community and regularly attend Maryknoll meetings with other sisters, their primary focus is prayer.

"For me, many times I'm up at 3:30 a.m., doing some yoga or centering things," Sister Jene said.

"Then I spend an hour reflecting on the Scripture readings for the day."

The sis~ers gather as community at 6 a.m. in their chapel for quiet prayer, followed by a communion service and shared reflection.

House chores follow, until prayer in the chapel again at 11:45 a.m., followed by dinner.

Afternoons are free for personal prayer, study or other activity. At 4:45 p. m. the sisters pray the rosary, "a very significant prayer form for the people in Guatemala." Supper follows, then community prayer once more before retiring to bed around 9 p. m.

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Fri., Nov. 12, 1993

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By Marcie Hickey

Nga Le and Chan Nguyen remember life in their native Vietnam in two distinct phases: before 1975 and after. .

Now candidates for the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary studying in Fall River, both were teenagers in 1975 when the communist regime came to power, and they began to contemplate entering religious life at the very time freedom of religion was being sup-' pressed in their country. Foreign missionaries were forced out, and severe restrictions were placed on¡ the activities of priests and religious, but native vocations have nevertheless flourished.

Now Nga, 33, and Chan, 31, are starting over. After completing a year in the Franciscan Missionaries' Vietnam novitiate, each had to leave when her family emigrated to California. But as they adjusted to life in a very different country, one thing remained constant: neither had given up on pursuing her vocation. .

The two women reside at St. Anthony's Convent in Fall River, studying English at Bristol Community College so that they can eventually enter the Franciscan missionaries' U.S. novitiate in Waukegan, Ill. Because of the language difference, they will have to repeat the year they completed in Vietnam, but the future missionaries are taking the disruption in their vocation in stride.

"We don't mind," said Nga. "We receive a lot of love from our sisters [in the convent] and they are very helpful. We are happy to [be able to] continue our vocation."

Both said they were "very sad" to have to h.;ave the novitiate, Nga in 1989 and Chan in 1990, but "I feel much better!" now that things are back on track, said Chan.

Both women come from large families, Nga's from Dialat and Chan's from Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).

The youngest of seven, Nga came to the United States with her parents and four siblings, while two married sisters remain in Vietnam.

Chan moved to California with her parents and sister, who were later joined by a brother. Another

brother and sister live in Australia and one sister remains in Vietnam.

Neither Nga nor Chan had heard of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary when she began to consider religious life. The order, founded in 1877, was the first women's congregation established exclusively for worldwide mission, with focus on non-Christian and deChristianized countries. Currently there are 903 missions around the gjobe, with the order's apostolate centered on daily adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and active mission work, including evangelization, catechetics, social work, nursing, and community development, education and public health programs.

For Nga, a desire to alleviate suffering caused by the war fortified a childhood desire to be like the nuns who taught her in Catholic school.

"I loved them - they were gentle, patient, kind," said Nga. "I had four friends, and we talked about" wanting to be nuns. "But after a time I forgot it."

Her idealized view of religious life changed during the war, when life became "miserable," she said.

"Our country was very poor, many people died. At that time I wanted to be a nun again" to help the suffering.

A priest eventually directed her to the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary and she was soon attracted to the congregation's focus on adoration plus missionary work, she said. After six months in the convent, "I came to love it," she said.

For Chan, the choice of entering religious life was an exercise in personal freedom in a country where little of it exists.

She was inspired after hearing the Gospel in which Jesus tells the rich young man to "Sell all you have and give to the poor. ..Then come and follow me."

"The young man said no, because he loved money more than Jesus, and Jesus was very sad," said' Chan. "After hearing that Gospel, I wanted to enter the convent," she said. That choice "made me feel happy and peaceful, because no one forces me; Jesus gives .

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Four Steps "It is something very near to you, already in your mouths and in your hearts; you have only to carry it out'" That quotation from Deuteronomy can be taken as speaking of a vocation. According to the School Sisters of Notre Dame, then: are four steps to disH. cerning one's vocation: Knowing oneself; listening to God through regular prayer; writing down all the pros and cons involved in a vocation; confirming your decision in extended prayer.

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Jennings Cavam/ugh, director of . communications for the Sisters of Mercy'regional comniunity' of Providence. It appeared in the community's m'wsletter, NO W NEWS, which Mrs. Cavanaugh edits. Editor My little boy (age five) is trying to get a handle all who the Sisters of Mercy are. (Maybe I'm not doing a very good job communicating!) So he ar.d I went over it once again. .. Are the Sisters of Mercy a church?" he asked me first. I explained that no, the Sisters were not a church, alt:lough they were part of the Church. Andrew thir.ks the Sisters are a church, because as he sees it there are two churches (or chapels) on the property and that in itself is evidence, as far as he is concerned, that church plays a large part here. "So," says Andrew, "if the :;isters are not a church, what do they do?" So I explain the corpc ral and spiritual works of mercy to him.

"Oh," he says, "the Sisters hdp people with broken legs and arms."

"Well, yes," I tell him, "some Sisters work in hosp tals and the Sisters of Mercy sponsor many hospitals."

"And," he says, "the Sisters give food and clothes tJ people who are hungry and who don't have any clothes to wear. And they give them houses if they don't have a place to live." So I told him yes, they do this, and that they also talk to those people and help them to understand their lives, and that sometimes they enable people to live better lives.

"So," says Andrew, "they fix broken hearts too," "Yes, they do, ql,.lite often," I tell him. (You try getting involved ill a conversation like this with a fiv~-year old. They are so logical, it's not easy going.)

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He also knows that sometimes the Sisters of Mount St. Rita's make special crafts and that at Easter he received a nicely crafted duck and bunny and so he thinks they're probably fun women.)

And so after repeating what I had said, and digesting it, and saying he understood, Andrew categorically stated, "It still sounds like church to me." Which leaves me feeling as I always do when I get in these kinds of discussions with my children: he was right in the first place.

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Why] became a priest The following article is excerpted from reflections on the priestly vocation offered by Very Rev. Pierre E. Lachance, OP, superior of the Dominican community at St. Anne's parish, Fall River, on the occasion of his golden jubilee Mass in June, 1992. Editor [Today] I want to share with you my understanding of the priesthood and how I have experienced it in my life.

At an age when I did not really think that some day I might become a priest, I made myself a little altar.

In those childhood ways of playing the priest, I can see in hindsight the seeds of a vocation God had already planted in my soul. My parents took notice. After my graduation from 8th grade, they decided to send me to "College de Montreal" in September of 1929.

On the 29th of October that year came the crash of the New York stock market that marked the beginning of the Great Depression.

After completing my first year of college, there was no way my father could afford to send me back, with a family of 12 children. So I stayed home and helped my dad at the grocery store.

Meantime, a Dominican Father who had been pastor at St. Anne's contacted my dad and told him he would try to help. I was able to return to school, completed college, then entered the novitiate of the Dominicans. I later saw clearly the hand of God in my life and knew God was calling me to become a priest and a Dominican.

FATHER LACHANCE What attracted me to the priesthood? Surely not any kind of human prestige: simply a great desire to do the work of Jesus. I heard the call, "Follow me," and all I desired was to follow him.

A priest is often called "alter Christ us," another Christ. That is the greatest privilege: to let Jesus use me to bring his love to people; to celebrate the Mass, to give communion and the other sacraments.

To be another Christ also meant

to me a call to serve. As St. John Vianney, the saintly cure of Ars, said, "The priest is not a priest for himself; he does not administer the sacraments to himself; he is a priest for you."

To be a man for others means to me that a priest does not belong to himself. He belongs to everyone who needs his help, like Jesus.

I like to think of Jesus as the Good Shepherd who gives his life for his sheep. What greater ambition can a priest have than to incarnate Jesus, the Good Shepherd.

Like Jesus, a priest after his heart is a man of compassion, especially for the afflicted and the suffering. It is this concern, I believe, that led me into a ministry of healing, charismatic style. It has been a profound satisfaction for me to see over the years how Jesus continues, through our ministry, to heal people physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Let me conclude by proclaiming to all: I have been a happy priest! I find it sad that so few today appreciate the beauty of this kind of life and the joy it brings.

I can think of nothing more satisfying, more fulfilling, more enriching than to serve others.

Whatever good we do to others is returned to usa hundredfold. What joy to be the channel of God's love, the instrument of his grace and salvation! We are life-givers, we are reconcilers.

A priest is called to serve, to be Christ to others. To me that is the bottom line and the secret of hap piness in the priesthood.

TEN OF THE Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne pictured below recently took first or final . vows in the community which has as its apostolate the care of patients with incurable cancer.

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"They were young and fun, liked THE ANCHOIR-Diocese of Fall River~j::ri., Nov. i2, 1993 music - it was quite a discovery for me that they were norma!!" he recalled. "It was a nice surprise, large Polish population in the Mid- the Fall River diocese hist Decemnot a disappointment." west. A lot of them are actually ber. He began servi~g weekend As he and his friends remained second and third generation Amer- assignments at Corpus Christi until altar boys throughout high school, icans [who have developed] a dif- he completed his seminary studies "the vocation was growing in me, ferent tradition" than in Poland. in May and was assigned to the ' maybe unconsciously."

When seeking a u.s. diocese for parish fulltime.

It started to surface, he said, affiliation, Pawel decided he liked Mark and Christopher, meanwhen a parish priest took him and the Northeast, because it is "more while, wiil have another year of his classmates to visit the order's diverse ethnically" than, the Mid- studies at SS. Cyril and Methoseminary, which was so full the west. He transferred to St. John's dius when they complete their pasvisitors had to camp out in the Seminary in Brighton, where one toral year. library. of his classmates wali Father .The two first visited the diocese He found the seminarians to be Charles Jodin, ordained in June last Thanksgiving, when Father "so full oflife, with a great sense of . and now parochial vicar at St. Kaszynski hosted five Polish semhumor." One was a black belt in Patrick's Church, Fall River. Fa- inarians for a traditional holiday karate who went on to become a ther Jodoin arranged a meeting dinner with his family. missionary in Brazil; another was between Pawel and Msgr. Smith The same hospitality awaits this a swimming champ who "would and then, after meeting with Bishop year's visitors from Poland via Michigan. swim in an outdoor pool until O'Malley, Pawd was accepted for November," Pawel recalled. "We would nev(:r have expected these guys to be priests. We expected quiet men walking around with rosaries. They did that too, but afterward they would play soccer and basketball!"

During his high school years Pawel also attended two-week vocations camps for young people which "reinforced what was going on in my heart.".

At that time, 1981 to 1983, Poland was under communist martiallaw, and many people were trying to leave the country, he said. "I got the idea of becoming a pastor for the Polonia," Polish people outside Poland, of whom the largest concentration is in'America.

He and two classmates eventually entered the Pallottine semi)l nary. But five years ago Pawel decided to pursue his goal of coming to the United States and entered SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary.

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Polish seminarians Continued flom Page One ing English, is c.lso learning some Portuguese uncer the tutelage of pastor Father J Jhn Gomes.

The three seminarians find themselves far from where their journey to the priesthoo:l began - in more than miles.

"There are differences in the way of worship" of Americans and Poles, Mark no':ed, but "by taking ideas from each other we can make ourselves rich."

There are differences as wdl in what is expected of priests, he added.

"In Poland, everything [in the parish] is on th(, priest's shoulders - administratiJn, even maintenance. Here then is a different mentality; work is dl:legated," with different priests h,lVing different responsibilities and laypersons having a greater rO.e.

Besides learning English, there have been other adjustments for the seminarians - things like "eating sweet food fJr breakfast!" said Christopher. "It took time to adapt to the food hen'."

Mark and Ch cistopher said their families were initially dismayed at their decisions to leave Poland.

"They couldn't understand my decision," said Mark. "I had to explain why I wanted to go there."

Christopher made his decision after reading an article his mother gave him about the state of vocations in Americ:a. Later her reaction was "Why :lid I ever give you that paper!" Christopher recounted.

But once their families understood their reasons, they were supportive.

"My major points," said Mark, were "the sitt.ation regarding priests - the vocations crisis; that this is a multi-religion country" in which Catholic> are a minority; and the fact that there are many people of Polish descent in Am(:rica whom he could serve.

"Now they have no problem with my choice," said Mark.

Mark's Route Mark comes from Domaniewice, near Warsaw in central Poland, where his parents still live. His younger brother lives in Vienna.

He began considering the priesthood in high school, he said.

"In my country, religion is very important and parishes have excellent programs for young people...Several priests became my friends and began interesting me as a teen to do nore in my church community." He was a lector and eucharistic minister and a member of the youth mcvement Oaza.

After graduating from high school he worked for three y(:ars, but began "having more thoughts" about the priesthood, he said. In 1987, he entered the Lodz dioce-

san seminary, and during his studies he came across an advertisement for SS. Cyril and Methodius.

The idea of serving in the U.S. intrigued him, "but it wasn't a quick decision," he said. "It took two years of thinking about it" before he enrolled in the Michigan seminary in 1991. He became affiliated with the Fall River diocese last year and was assigned to St. Thomas More in May. During his pastoral year he hopes to become enrolled in a clinical pastoral education program as preparation for serving the sick.

Christopher's Route The youngest of five sons - one of whom was elected to Poland's parliament in September - Christopher says his future vocation was foreshadowed at his baptism.

When the baptizing priest in his southeastern Poland hometown of Tomszow Lubelski asked his godfather what the baby was to be named, his godfather replied, "Whatever your name is, Father."

With a priest as a namesake, young Christopher was encouraged by his parents to be a priest, but he had other plans: "I wanted to be a pilot!"

At age 14 he planned to begin training for that career, but "that dream was over" when he failed to meet physical requirements. He entered a technical school instead, where he met a young priest, Father Tymsz, whose "personality and lifestyle encouraged me to think about the priesthood and helped me understand my calling."

After five years in the seminary, he read the article about the priesthood in America, "and it moved me that there was such a need for priests." .While the priest per Catholic ratio is slightly higher in the United States than in Poland, the U.S. has only 6,000 seminarians, while Poland - a country roughly the size of New Mexico - has more than 8,000. It is not uncommon for larger Polish dioceses to have 40 or 50 ordinations a year, while smaller dioces'es have about 20, Christopher noted.

Like Mark, he spent many months weighing the decision and discussing it with his family. "It was a hard decision for them and for me," he said. But while "We always need priests in Poland, my goal was to go [someplace] with a shortage of priests."

PaweI's Route Pawel's family - his parents and married sister - live in Chelmno, near Gdansk, where Lech Walesa's famed Solidarity movement had its beginnings.

As a youth he became friendly with the Pallottine Fathers who staffed his home parish.

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IN SOUTH DARTMOUTH: Preparing for Palm Sunday procession; first communicants.

They are separated by the waters of Buzzards Bay and Nantucket Sound but St. Mary's parish, South Dartmouth, and Nantucket's St. Mary's/Our Lady of the Isle have in common their vibrant Catholic faith and their equally vibrant religious education programs that serve over 530 children in South Dartmouth and some 200 on Nantucket. The two parishes have a total of 61 catf'chists and aides, "generous beyond measure" in giving of themselves to instruct the young Chl'istians entrusted to their care.

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The mainland St. Mary's has a membership of about 2000 families. Its religious education program is directed by Sister Joan Blazevich, CJC, with the assistance of 40 catechists and aides plus volunteer office hdpers and a list of willing substitutes.

St. Mary'sf Our Lady of the Isle was established at the request of an Episcopalian woman concerned at the lack of religious services for the Catholics who had begun arriving on the island in the late 1890s. The parish became part of the Fall River diocese in 1905.

Today it numbers about 590 year-round families and its growing catechetical program is administered

by Director of Religious Education Elaine Boehm.

Her goals include creation of community among its 21 catechists (among them Father Thomas C. Lopes, St. Mary's pastor) by means of monthly meetings and potluck suppers; increasing parental awareness and involvement between home and parish; establishment of youth ministry for post-confirmation young adults; and continuing the existing adult education program.

This year, Ms. Boehm reports, seventh graders are using the approach of team teaching coupled with cooperative learning groups, while first graders, also using the team technique, have half an hour of instruction, followed by half an hour of activity. "When the session is over," she says, "23 happy first graders go home with a reinforced lesson and a completed project."

All children are made awan: of the larger Church through such undertakings as raising money for Somalia and for impoverished children.in the United States, yet another illustration of the theme "Generous Beyond Measure."

"Evangelization is a priority," says Sister Joan. "We need to be out E.mong the people and appeal to the parents to be imolved with thc:ir children."

St. Mary's catechetical program involves children and youth in helping meet local needs with such activities as Thanksgiving donations of food collected at a special student-designed liturgy then distributed by Market Ministril:s of New Bedford.

Each liturgica.l season is celebrated with special events: an Advent reconciliation service in preparation for Christmas; Stations of the Cross on Good Friday; and activities emphasizing awareness of the Communion of :;aints on feasts such as All Saints. A project for confirmation candidates is study of each person's patron saint and sharing of the knowledge gained.

The activities of each age group are coordinated through me(:tings between Sister Joan and the catechists, all sharing the aim of spreading the Good News.

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At the beginning of Mass, flags of the many nations represented in the Fall River diocese were brought to the front of the auditorium and -at the offertory, gifts of many ethnic breads and of wine were carried by young people and by whiteclad young girls from Holy Family!

Holy Name and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel schools in New Bedford.

The girls' liturgical dance down the aisle was choreographed by Bob Horta of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish. Petitions for the Prayer of the Faithful were in the many languages spoken by diocesans.

Dances in the auditorium after the Mass featured the Krakowiak Polish dancers from St. Stanislaus parish, Fall River, and the youth group dancers of Associacao Cultural Lusitania of Fall River. Informally, dancing also went on in the Connolly cafeteria to lively French-Canadian music by Roger Quintin of St. Joseph parish, New Bedford, and Crioule music with' singing by Franciscan Sisters from Cape Verde who attended from St. Patrick's parish, Roxbury, accompanied bytheirfounder, Padre Pio Gottin, OFM Cap. Acknowledged as architect of •the colorful event by a grateful Bishop O'Malley was Father John J. Oliveira, parochial vicar at St.

Anthony of Padua Church, Fall River, and coordinator of the Diocesan Portuguese Apostolate.

In the planning since last January, the event took place during the nationally observed Migration Week, which had as its theme "Many Pilgrims, One Family of God." A note on last Saturday's program explained that the theme "beautifully illustrates the common destiny of all those on a pilgrimage to salvation. Many immigrants, refugees and migrants have made rough and sometimes life-threatening journeys to faraway places, to different cultures and unfamiliar customs.

"Others, such as seafarers, migrant farm workers, entertainers, and tourists are constantly outside their neighborhoods and families. During National Migration Week, we reflect on our society as a community of brothers and sisters united on' a common pilgrimage to the Eternal Father.

"Today we highlight the Church of Fall River's year-round efforts to welcome the stranger in- our midst. We highlight the multicultural nature of our local church: many cultures and value systems of different groups who settle in our neighborhoods and join our parishes. The Church of Fall River is Catholic indeed!"

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When she had to leave Vietnam, she wrote to the provincial to explain that she wanted to continue in religious life. The provincial informed the U.S. provincial, who connected Chan with Sister Mary Beth Robinson, U.S. directress of pre-novices. Sister Robinson, who resid~s at St. Anthony's, responds to inquiries about the order and travels to visit potential candidates. She met with Nga and Chan in California and arranged for them to come to Fall Rive'r to study English until they are fluent enough to enter the novitiate.

"My first day in this communityI was very nervous," Nga said of entering the Franciscan Missionaries in the United States. "There

is different language, custom, habits, culture..."

"Arid food!" Chan interjected, adding that she has introduced the Fall River sisters to a few Vietnamese dishes.

Once the two women became settled in the community, they felt "very peaceful," Nga continued.

"Now we feel at home." Recently that feeling was reinforced when they had the opportunity to attend a Vietnamese Mass in Cambridge.

As for the future, the Vietnamese women, who spoke almost no English when they arrived in the United States a couple of years ago, have made much progress in their language studies and "are very anxious to go back to the novitiate," said convent superior Sister Simone- Decelles.

Once professed, the sisters could be sent anywhere in the world for mission work - even back to Vietnam.

"We love our country and hope to go back and visit" sometime, said Nga. "But we will go anywhere - wherever they send us."

As he always has, she concluded, "God will guide us."

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St. Joseph's School In Oct. 13 c~remonies at St. Joseph's School, Fairhaven, students were installed as members of the National Junior Honor Society and the school Safety Patrol.

The NJHS members are eighthgraders Matthew Jarvis, Burry Dellecese, Thomas Osuch, Nil:ole

Coyle-Cassidy Coyle and Cas:iidy High School, Taunton, plans ~:everal events for prospective students and their parents.

Parents are invited to a Parents' Information Night 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 in the school library. CC school officials will offer a slide presentation and discus:; such topics as financial assista.nce, curriculum and extracurricular activities.

The annual open house will be 'held 6 to 9 p.rr. Nov. 22. Area eighth-graders and their pare:nts are welcome to 'lisit and tour the school aided by CC students.

Members of the faculty, the school's athletic staff and representatives of student organizations will be available for presentations and for questions. ,Refreshmtnts will be served.

The school's placement test will be administered 8 a.m. to noon Dec. 4. Applications for admissions to the 'Coyle and C(issidy Class of 1998 and other pertinent information wili be handed out at the end of the test.

For further information, COJ:!tact Coyle 'and Cassidy High School at 823-6164. '

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Fairhaven police chief Ted Silva accepted pledges from safety patrol members includingJilIian Bourque, Jason Korske, Nicole Beaulieu,

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MASSACHUSETTS CONGRESSMAN Peter Blute visits a social studies class at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River. Answering students' questions, he discussed the North American Free TradeAgreement, the Clinton health plan, the local economy and why he became a congressman.

His advice to students: "Read a lot, keep accumulating knowledge. Knowledge is power." (Hickey photo) ,

Bishop Connolly High School Elizabeth Sisson and Michael Cancilliere, Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, graduates, were named AP Scholars by the College Boarp, in recognition of their achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Examinations.

The exams are scored on a 5point scale; students,must earn a grade of 3 o'r above to earn A P Scholar recognition and college credit in the test subject.

Miss Sisson is attending Tufts University, Medford, and Cancilliere attends Grove City College in Pennsylvania.' Both are from Portsmouth, RI.

Vanessa Cesarz of Seekonk, a senior at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, is among semifinalists in the 1994 National Merit Scholarship Program.

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Bishop' Stang An op~~ house for prospective students and their parents will be held at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, 7p.m. Nov. 18.

Faculty; students, administrators and coaches will be on hand to answer questions. For information contact the development and recruiting office at Stang, 993-8959 or 996-5602.

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Frida}j Nov. 12· . PRAYER VIGIL FOR VOCATIONS FR. PAT & TEAM Sunday, ,Nov. 13 WORKSHOP 9:30-4:00/ MASS 4:30 HEALING OF'RELATIONSHIPS BARBARA SHLEMON RYAN CYNTHIA VILLARI $30.00 Donation - Cafeteria Sunday, Nov. 14 - 2:00 PM HEALING SERVICE BRO. ARMAND BINETIE, M.S. Wednesday, Nov. 17 - 10:00 -11:45 AM BIBLE STUDY CLASS REV. JOSEPH ROSS, M.S.

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fteering pOintf SS. PETER AND PAUL, FR Father Peter Graziano. new pastor of St. Mary's. Mansfield, will celebrate his final Masses at SS. Peter and Paul this weekend and greet parishioners afterward in parish hall.

ST. JAMES, NB Vincentians' Thanksgiving food drive this weekend.

D. of I., NB Daughters of Isabella memorial Mass 7 p.m. Nov. 16. Holy Name Church. NB; meeting will follow.

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Heali ng service wit h Brot her Armand Binette 2 p.m. Sunday.

ST. JULIE BILLIART, N. DARTMOUTH Msgr.HenryT. Munroe will install new pastor Father Brian J. Harrington at 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday.

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CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN Our Lady of Victory. Centerville. retreat Nov. 13 and 14.

CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE Father Stephen A. Fernandes. leaving the parish this week to become pastor ofSS. Peter and Paul Church. FR, will preach at all Masses this weekend with receptions following in parish hall.

SEPARATED/DIVORCED, UPPER CAPE Suppori group meeting 3 p.m'.

Sunday. Corpus Christi parish center. 324 Quaker Meetinghouse Rd ..

Sandwich; newcomers welcomed at 2:30 p.m. Robert Fournier, L1CSW. director of Cape Cod Catholic Social Services, will speak on "Counseling and the Divorced Person." Discussion and refreshments will follow.

CORPUS CHRISTI, SANDWICH Thanksgiving food collec~ion this weekend; food pantry will be open for donations and distribution Nov. 22 and 23.

0.1.. ASSUMPTION, OSTERVILLE Thanksgiving food collection this weekend.

CATHOLIC NURSES, CAPE Meeting 7 p.m. Nov. 17. St. Pius X parish hall. S. Yarmouth; topic: AIDS. Information: Dee Santos.

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Religious education open house 9 a. m, to noon. Sunday. parish center.

ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTH LaSalette Fathers Roger Chauvette and Ron Beauchemin will present the series "You Are Called" Nov. 15 to 18; information: rectory, 548-1065; Ellen and Jack Driscoll.

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ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA CCD "Catholic Challenge" team members are Shannon Da Cunha.

Andrea Lavoie, Stephanie Lucca.

Lauren Hoover and alternate Kevin Thibeault.

ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Children of the Light Prayer Group meeting for Nov. 18 is cancelled; next meeting 7 p.m. Dec. 7.

Salve Regina Among 47 students recently inducted into Sigma Phi Sigma, the National Mercy Honor Society, at Salve Regina University. Newport, RI, were diocesans Shannon Arehart of Falmouth, Paul Charette of Fall River, Christine Mel-

10 of Swansea and Christina Sq.uires of Brewster. Membership in the honor society is based on scholastic achievement, fidelity and service to the university. Members are involved in school as well as community endeavors. including the Newport Feed-A-Friend Weekend collecting food items for Aquidneck Island Food Banks. .

Stonehill College The Stone hill College. North Easton. communication and theater arts department, in conjunction with the Stonehill Theatre Company. will present Machinal by Sophia Treadwell, directed by PatriciaSankus,at8 p.m. Nov. 18, 19 and 20 in the Hemingwav Theatre.

The drama was sugg~sted by a 1920 murder case. For reservations call 230-1120.

The Martin Institute's CatholicJewish dialogue committee will sponsor a workshop for Catholic and Jewish religious school teachers and youth leaders 3:30 p.m. Sunday. For information call 230-1 120.

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WORKSHOP F ACILIT ATORS: Barbara Shlemon Ryan (left) and Cynthia Villari will present "The Healing of Relationships" 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow at LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro. The workshop will explore woundedness in all types of relationships and the healing love of Jesus.

Ms. Ryan, a lecturer and retreat leader from Brea, CA, is founder of Be-Loved Ministry, providing Christian teaching and prayer experiences. She is the author offive books, including "Healing the Wounds of Divorce" and "Living Each Day by the Power of Faith."

Ms. Villari, a body-centered psychotherapist and inner healer specializing in healing from abuse, anger management and the spirituality of recovery, is founder of Rolfe Square Counseling Center, Inc., and the Center for Advanced Healing and Recovery, Inc., in Cranston, RI. F or information on the workshop call LaSalette at 222-5410.

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The fact is, for nearly a century, Saint Anne's Hospital has been caring for our community. And as

Dr. Katz demonstrates, if there's a new angle on delivering better care, we1l find it.

DOMINICAN ACADEMY, Fall River, eighth-graders Alyshia Allaire, left: and Mary E. Noone accept a wards from Alumnae Association president (Jeraldine Saucier at an alumnae brunch followinga liturgy celebrated by Fat-her Robert A. Oliveira. The Alumnae Association also presented.a :plaque to the school recognizing Light of Christ award recipients over the years.