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INITIAnON CANDIDATES listen carefully as BishopO'Malley offers his blessing upon them. (Anchor/Jolivetphoto)

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IndexChurch & World 12

Daily Readings 6

Editorial 4

Necrology 7

Saluting Seniors .. 10

Steering Points 16

Youth News 14

A MOST WONDERFUL "FIAT"! 90 catechumens and candidates and their families and sponsors gathered Feb. 16 at St.Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, to say "Yes" and declare their intent to become full members of the Catholic Church. Here, onecandidate adds her name to the list as her sponsor and Father Richard E. Degagne look on. (Anchor/Jolivet photo)

90 catechumens gather at Cathedralto express desire to join Catholic Church

By Dave Jolivet baptized into the Catholic Church, the bishop asked if the catechu- With that completed. the bishopAnchor staff but have not been fully initiated, mens and candidates wished to declared the catechumens and can-

B'shop Sean O'Malley OFM persons who have, for some rea- enter fully into the life of the didates to be members of the Elect,Capl" was the presiding c~lebran~ son, fall~n away from the practice chur~h throug~ the s~craments of to be ,initiated into the Sa~r~dfor the Rite of Election and the of th,e f~lth and are, thus called t? baptls~, confirmatIOn and the Mystenes at the next Easter V!gll.Call to Continuing Conversion contlnumg c,onverslOn. 3.) Candl- Eu~hans,t.Theprese~tees~nswered ,As part of,the Call t~ Contlnu-held at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall dates prepanng .for reception int,o afflfmatlvely, at which time they mg Convers1o,n, the bishop toldRiver last,Sunday afternoon. The the full communion ofthe Catholic were asked to come forward and the elect, candidates and sponsorsevent: held on the first Sunday of Chu~ch -: persons who have, b~en write the!r names in the Book of that the Christian life and demandsLent in the context of a Liturgy of baptl~ed Into a~other Chnstlan the Elect m the front of the church. Turn to Page 13the Word, is a celebration for can- eccleslal commu!ll~~ who now seekdidates preparing for confirmation to become fUI.ly Initiated membersand the Eucharist and for non- of the Catholic Church.Catholic candidates preparing for During the ceremony, Fatherreception into the full communion Richard Degagne, director of theof the Catholic Church. diocesan RCIA, read the names of

90 catechumens and candidates the catechumens and candidatesfrom throughout the diocese gath- to the bishop, who in turn askedered with their sponsors, families that they and their sponsors pre­and friends before the bishop to sent themselves to the filled church,express their desire to be fully Bishop O'Malley asked the spon-initiated members of the Church. sors if the catechumens and candi-The rites are part of the Rite of dates were sufficiently prepared toChristian Iniliation of Adults be enrolled among the elect forthe(RCIA), There are three catego- coming celebration of Easter; ifries for whom the rite is designed: they have faithfully listened toI.) Catechumens ~ persons who God's Word proclaimed by lhehave never been baptized into any Church; if they have responded tofaith and who come to the Church the Word and begun to walk inseeking the sacraments of initia- God's presence; and if they havetion: baptism, confirmation and shared the company oftheir Chris­Eucharist. 2.) Candidates prepar- tian brohters and sisters and haveing for confirmation and/or Eu- joined them in prayer. The spon­charist - persons who have been sors answered affirmatively, and

DCCW to hold conferenceon Domestic Violence

Preaching and story telling,hot topic~ at convention

The Virtual Patch Program ispart of Plymouth Bay's initiativeto promote the use of tect..nologyto school-age girls. The councilalso offers a traveling InternetIlluminations program, whichbrings vjsiting equipment and ex­perts to troops where they meet,and an 'e-ma"il newsletter arid 'webpages to which young uSI~rs cancontribute.

For more information aboutGirl Scouts on the internet, e-mailstafrgirlscouts-pb.org or tele­phone Plymouth Bay Girl ScoutCouncil at 508-824-4034.

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use of the medium as a learningtool and promoting the mediumitself to others. Girls have taughtgrandparents, parents, siblings andfriends about the internet.

Among,the first Girl Scouts toearn the.Virtual Patch are membersfro'm' Corona, Calif.; Rodiesterari'd Levittown, NY; Barne'gat;NJand Caribou, Maine, as well asPlymouth Bay Girl Scouts fromFalmouth, Rochester, Sandwichand Middleboro. Local girls receivean embroidered patch from thecouncil, and all are listed on theweb site's Wall of Fame.

Room of the Vatican palace, Pope renew their commitment to liveJohn Paul prayed that the pi1- their faith more fully "~lDd togrimage "will indeed confirm you communicate it whole and entirein the one, holy, catholic and apos- to the young generation."tolic faith." He prayed for God's bles!iing on

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Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFMCap., has announced the appoint­ment of Rev. Richard G. Andradeas pastor of St. Jean Baptiste par­ish, Fall River, effective March 5.Father Andrade is presently cha­plain at St. Anne's Hospital, FallRiver.

Earlier he was a parochial vicarat St. Anthony parish, East Fal­mouth, St. Mary's Cathedral, FallRiver, and St. Pius X parish, SouthYarmouth.

A native of St. Jacques parish,Taunton, Father Andrade is theson of Frederick P. and Jeannine(Simard) Andrade. After gradua­tion from St. Jacques grammarschool and Coyle and Cassidy HighSchool, both in Taunton, he enteredSt. John's Seminary, Brighton, toprepare for the priesthood.

After serving as a transitionaldeacon at St. John the Evangelistparish, Attleboro, Father Andrade'was ordained June II, 1983, at St.Mary's Cathedral by former FallRiver Bishop Daniel A. Cronin.

While he served at St. Mary'sCathedral, Father Andrade wasalso chaplain for Girl Scouts andCampfire Girls in the Fall Riverarea.

The Plymouth Bay Girl ScoutCouncil offers an Internet VirtualPatch Program through its webpage, at http://www.girlscouts­ph.org. When it was instituted in1996, it was the first formal internetGirl Scout program in tQecountry.

The web site has been visitedneilrly 3,000 times and th'e patch'program is one of its most popularpages. The requirements includean online safety pledge, learning touse e-mail and web searches, usingthe internet as an information re­source and sharing these skillswith others. The program promotes

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fastor named for Fall River parish

Pope marks 125th anniversary of Providence dioce:seVATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope

John Paul II marked the 125thanniversary of the Diocese ofProvidence, RI, with an audiencefor pilgrims from the diocese.

"You have wished to come toRome, to the city of the ApostlesPeter and Paul, in order to streng­then the bonds of faith and lovebetween your local church and theSee ,of Peter," the pope told thepilgrims.

The Feb. 15 audience was partof a pilgrimage Jed by ProvidenceBishop Robert E. Mulvee to markthe anniversary of the establish­ment of the diocese Feb. 16, 1872.

In the 500-year-old Clementine

• Parishes to hold respect life seriesFour neighboring parishes have scheduled for Sunday, February

joined together to promote a 23 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Williamgreater respect for life by hosting a Church located on Chicago St.series of nine Holy Hours. near Maplewood Park.

Each month from February The liturgical celebration willthrough October the Holy Hour consist ofa candlelight pro-life Iiv­will be held by one ofthe following ing rosary, liturgical readings andhosting parishes: St. Jean Bap- Benediction of the Most Blessedtiste, Our Lady of Health, Sts. Sacrament. Members of all fourPeter and Paul and St. William, all parishes will take part in the Liv­in Fall River. ing Rosary with meditations on

The first interparish Holy Hour the Sorrowful Mysteries. Musicforlife to pray for a greater respect will be provided by Mrs. Yvettefor humari life and to show our Caron. All are welcpme. For add i­strong common bond to the pres- tional information, please contactervation and sanctity of all life is Bea Martins, tel. 678-3351.

Bedford, is scheduled to addressthe legal aspects of abuse.

In addition, Rev. Mark R. Hes­sion, director of Continuing For­mation of Clergy and Laity, willspeak on the Church's policytoward violence. The presentationwill also include two testimoniesgiven by abuse survivors.

Registration will begin at 8:30a.m. and the conference is slatedfrom 9 a.m. to I p.m. The Dioce­san Council of Catholic Women issponsoring this morning of variedspeakers and the public from'throughout the diocese is invitedto attend.

priestly formation and educationwas among the 185 participants atthis year's convention.

The theme was explored in lightof the pastoral challenge of gettingour sacred story up from the Scrip­tures and out into the lives of apeople increasingly shaped by,electronic sensibilities. Featuredspeakers included Sister JoanDl;laplane, OP, professor of homi­letics at Aquinas Institute in St.Louis, MO; Dr. Thomas Boomer­shine, professor of New Testamentat United Theological SeminaryinQayton, OH, and Rev. Walter J.Burghardt, SJ, senior fellow at theWoodstock Theological Center inWashington, D.C.

NOCERCC President Rev. Fran-.cis S. Tebbe, OFM, presented twoawards: the 1997 President s'Dis­tinguished Service A ward was givento Rev. Walter J. Burghardt, SJ,for his exceptional commitment toservice to the Gospel and theChurch exemplifying NOCERCC'smission, and goals as well as hislong-stallding contribution to thelife and ministry' of priests; the1997 Pope John XIll Award waspresented to Rev. Thomas R.Bevan, Executive Director of theNCCB Secretariat for Priestly Lifeand Ministry. The award recog­nizes Father Bevan's commitmentto the ministry of continuing for­mation of priests.

NOCERCC, founded in 1973, isthe only national organizationsolely concerned with and involvedin the continuing education/ for­mation of the presbyterate of theCatholic Church in the UnitedStates. Members include 152 dio­ceses, 66 religious provinces, manyinstitutions and organizations in­volved in ministerial education,and several sponsoring members.

For additional information con­tact the NOCERCC NationalOffice, 1337 West Ohio Street,Chicago, IL 60622-6490; 312-226­1890;,FAX 312-829-8915.

"Opening Our Eyes to Domestic'Violence" is the theme of a mostimportant conference to be heldMarch 9 at Bishop Connolly HighSchool, Fall River.

This conference ends a year ofevents sponsored by local DCCWgroups in several of the deaneriesbased on creating a heightenedawareness of violence in'the home.

The keynote add ress will be givenby Marie Kenny, executive direc­tor of the Governor's Council onDomestic Violence. Representa­tives from the Fall River PoliceAction Group will speak on elder,parent and child abuse and TomCarroll, an investigator in New

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One fond memory since hisappointment was when FatherFoIster's sister, Anne-Marie FoIs­ter, gave Father Racine a set of thebeloved priest's vestments and hisfirefighter jacket. "It's a great wayfor me to remember him, althoughwhen I'm at a fire, his name isalways brought up," said FatherRacine.

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Father Gerard Hebert, chaplain ofthe Somerset Fire Department andFather Thomas O'pea, chaplainof the New Bedford Fire Depart­ment, have been a great source ofstrength and encouragement fortheir colleague.

Father Racine feels it is alsoimportant to remember retired fire­fighters. "These men risked theirlives every day they went to work,"he said. The Fall River Firefight­ers Union has donated a pall forthe caskets of retired firefighterswho die. "It's a simple white pall,with the firefighters' emblem onit," said Father Racine. "I pur­chased a chasuble to go with it."Father Racine said he's alreadyhad funerals with the new pall andchasuble, and the families werevery touched by it. He said ifanyone is interested in obtaining apall, they can call him at the Notre

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hour span, Fall River experiencedtwo fatal fires. In the first, a 14­year-old boy perished. FatherRacine gave the boy final blessingsat the scene, and along with a FallRiver police officer, gave the boy'smother the terrible news that shehad lost her only son. "That was avery difficult time for me. 1 willnever forget any of it," said thepriest.

Not only was he there for thefamily at the scene, but he attendedthe boy's wake and read the Gos­pel at the funeral as well. "I couldit tell it mean a lot to the boy's

- mother to see me at the wake andfuneral," he said. This is what thepresence of the Church is about.

Less than a day later, anotheryoung man lost his life in anapartment fire in Fall River. A 25­year-old man was the victim thistime, and again Father Racinedealt with family at the scene.The family was Cambodian anddid not speak English, so FatherRacine had to deliver the bad newsthrough an interpreter.

Father Racine said these twofir.es deeply affected the firefight­ers. "They were down, it's nevereasy to experience a loss of life," hesaid. Since the fires he hasn't talkedto any of the firefighters abouttheir feelings, but says he is therefor them if they need him. FireChief Dawson told Father Racinethat in his nearly 30 years on thejob, he's never seen a 24-hourstretch like that one.

Despite the recent tragedies, Fa­ther Racine loves being fire cha­plain. Recently he's involved agroup ofyouth in his ministry. Theyouths,' all' from Fa'lI River, arepart of a Boy Sc;:outgroup calledFire Explorers. They aid FatherRacine in distributing coffee to thefirefighters and helping in othercapacities, while staying out ofharm's way. "Most of these youngmen will end up being firefighterssome day, and it's good experiencefor them, and a help to me," hesaid.

So far, in just a few monthstime. Father Racine has developeda keen appreciation for firefightersand also the victims of fires. "Y oucan never know what these peoplego through until you go through ityourself," he said.

Father Racine not only givessupport as fire chaplain, but healso receives it. Two other area firechaplains have been a help to him.

"They can see the physical pres­ence of the Church when a cha­plain is there," he said.

The chaplain is usually called inby the fire department when thereare individ uals or families involved,or if a second alarm goes out.Since last October, Father Racineis doing his best to get to know thedepartment he serves. ""ve beentrying to pop in on the guys in allthe stations, b'ut with the differentshift, it's pretty difficult to get tomeet them all," he said. "If my tim­ing is right. 1 get invited to havelunch with them," he added.

It didn't take very long for Fa­ther Racine to gain hands-onexperience. Shortly after Christmas,a restaurant/ apartment complexjust a block from his rectory homewas destroyed in an early morningfire. Father Racine and NotreDame pastor Richard Beaulieuoffered the church hall,as a shelterfor the displaced families on whatwas a bitter cold day: Father Racinewent to a nearby donut shop andobtained gallons of donated hotcoffee for those working on thescene, and from the back of hispickup truck, he served the fire­fighters. Hours later, a canteentruck from the Providence, RI,fire depa'rtment showed up on thescene.

"That night showed me that weneeded something more," said Fa­ther Racine. Since then, he hasbeen working with Fall River FireChief Edward Dawson on trans­forming one of Father Foister'stwo trucks given to the city into acanteen truck for the Fall RiverFire Oepartment. '.

More recently, the new chaplliirilearned fir.st-hand about the tough­est part of the job. Within a 24-

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ALWAYS QUICK with a smile and a kind word, FatherMichael Racine has been recently appointed by Bishop O'Mal­ley to be the new Fall River Fire Chaplain. Fall River has nothad a fire chaplain since Father John Foister died in Sep­tember, 1995. (Anchor/ Jo1ivet photo)

New Fall River fire c:hapla'in·hasalready left a mark on the city

By Dave JolivetAnchor Staff

During an interview with theAnchor the very first thing FatherMichael Racine said was, "I amnoUohn Foister, norcan 1be." Hewas of course referring to the lateFather John F. FoIster who servedas fire chaplain for Fall River,Somerset and Swansea for over 30years. Father Racine was namedfire chaplain for Fall River byBishop Sean O'Malley this pastOctober, making him the first firechaplain in that city since FatherFoIster passed away Sept. 12,1995.

Although the shoes of FatherFoister are impossible to fill, Fa­ther Racine enjoys his job andgoes about his busine~;s withouttrying to be a carbon copy of hispredecessor. "Father Foister was avery unique man, and the firedepartment loved him," said Fa­ther Racine.

Each day is a learning expe­rience for Father Racine, whoserves as parochial vicar for NotreDame parish in Fall River. He ison call 24 hours a day, ready to bethere for firefighters or fire vic­tims. "When I'm at a fin: scene, themen will tell me that Father FoIs­ter used to do this for us and we'dlike you to do that too," said Fa­ther Racine. "I have a lot to learn,but 1do love the job."

Father Racine told the Anchorthat the simple job of pouring cof­fee or cold drinks for the firefight­ers is extremely important. "Youcan never know what a hot cup ofcoffee means to a firefighter whenhe comes out of a hot, smokybuilding. They really appreciateit," he said,. He also rer~tes 'thatJUS! being at a fire scene is acom-~fort to the men and the victims.'

His Excellency, the Most Reverend Sean O'Malley, O.IP.M., Cap.,Bishop of Fall River, has announced the following appointment:

Reverend Richard G. Andrade to Pastor, St. Jean Baptiste parish,Fall River.

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. ined the coin of the realm, notedCaesar's image, and simply rep-'lied, "Give to the emperor thethings that are the emperor's andto God the ..things that are God's"

..cf\1ark.,12:-'7; Matt., 22:21; Luke2Q-25).' Clearly, ~hristil!nS arecalled to place duty to God beforeduty to civil authority.

St. Thomas wrote in his Summacontra Gentiles that God is offendedby us not when we viol.ate His ;;commandments but when we actagainst our own good. We did not'create the commandments. Theyare God's gift to us (0 keep us fromacting against our own gO!Jd.

Given our twentieth-c:enturyexperiences of Nazism, fascism andcommunism, we are understanda­bly more cautious about a!,sumingthat civil authorities have: divineapproval of all that they d,:cree ordo. Moreover, those who live indemocratic societies believe that ifcivil authority does receiv,: divine.approbation, it is through the con­sent of the governed, rather thandirectly from God's throne. Thedivine right of kings has beenreplaced by trust that God worksthrough the will of the people bymeans of open debate, fn:e elec­tions and constitutional forms ofgovernance.

It is hard to believe that ourFounding Fathers could eyer haveenvisioned a judge agreeing withthe ACLU in a county and a statethat overwhelmingly agrees withJudge Moore who stated: "Theincrease in crime stems from a lossof morality that is directly linkedto a loss of willingness to ac:knowl­edge God in our lives."

likely to occu~ soon because Ala­bama Attorney General Bill Bryorwill appeal Judge Price's ruling tothe state Supreme Court, tempor­arily blocking any action on it.

Judge Moore is perplexed as towhy his courtroom has suddc~nly

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,tion;-.,He. notes that ,prayer is- offered and references to .God are

made in Congress and the UnitedStates Supreme Court as well as atpresidential inaugurations, whilethe nation's currency unashamedlydeclares "In God we trust."

The judge is devoutly:re,ligious,and no doubt:.knows the biblicalquote: "JJy' me kings rule: andlawmakers decree just laws" (Pro-verbs 8: 15). . .

It is not a coincidence that ourhuman laws reflect the Decalogue.Murder, theft and perjury arealmost universally condemned bysociety. As St. Thomas Aquinaswrote in the Summa Theologia:"Laws enacted by men are eitherjust or unjust.'Ifthey are just, theyhave the power to oblige in con­science from the eternal law fromwhich they are derived."

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By Rev. Kevin J. HarringtonA tempest may be brewing in a

teapot or a real storm may bebrewing in a small courtroom inAlabama. Behind Judge RoyMoore's bench in the EtowahCounty q~cuit ~ourt are two hand­.i;arved \v~oden. ~abl~ts~ containi~g

. the Ten-Commaiidments, the bib­licallaws that Moses carrIed downfrom Sinai. The' 50-year-old judge,a Vietnam veteran, is not one to

,pull punches. He sees his role asdefending the federal and stateconstitution's wtilch both explic­itly acknowledge that the basicmorality of mah's laws IS foundediIi God's laws. . .

Not surprisingly, Judge Moorebecame the target of' a lawsuitbrought by the American CivilLiberties Union of Alabama. JudgeCharles Price of MontgomeryCounty Circuit Court or,deredJudge Moore to stop inviting local.preachers to begin court sessionswith prayer:' .'

Judge Price allowed JudgeMoore to continue displaying theTen Commandments, but uponappeal reversed himselfand orderedthe wooden tablets removed onthe ground that they violated stateand federal prohibitions ofgovern­ment-sponsored religion.

However, Judge Moore has apolitical ally in the statehouse,Governor Fob James, Jr., whopromises to use all legal meanspossible to prevent the plaquesfrom being removed, includingcalling out the National Guardand state troopers. He comparedhis refusal to accept Judge Price'sruling with Abraham Lincoln'srefusal to 'observe laws protectingslavery. This confrontation is not

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Taking the cue from her boss, Madeleine Albright, oursecretary of state, declared last week that America must makefamily planning and all that it implies a foreign policy priority.The Clinton/ Gore forces have from the outset of their secondterm endorsed planned parenthood, abortion rights and fam­ily planning as a matter of national public policy. This havingbeen achieved with but a modicum of op'position, they,havemade this political platform an integral part ofthe internationalagenda of the United States. Thus Ms. Albright has b~come

spokespersonto the world on behalf of this new overseas deathpush.

This week the House voted to release $123,000,000 of. taxrevenues to implement this family planning effort. As a resultof very strong lobbying by the White House, the' resolutionreversed previous efforts to contain pro-abortion pressures.During the Clinton presidency, about a billion dollars havebeen earmarked for family planning measures ranging fromcontraception to abortion. Now Clinton's anti-life policies willcontrol foreign aid, as nations who want help from the UnitedStates will be forced to accept and implement pro-abortionpractices. Indeed, the House vote has given the administrationhope of immediate implementation of its agenda of death.

Since taking office, CliQton has promised tax cuts and aninstant upgrading of American education. He wants a bal­anced budget and health services for all Americans. Ifhe reallymeans all this, why is he spending tax revenues to promoteabortion and contraception overseas when those moneyscould be used for life-enhancing programs in this country.Those who view abortion as murder willy-nilly have their taxesallotted to programs they believe to be morally and ethicallyevil.

The Clintons and Gores of this world refuse to believe thatGod is the author of life and that he has .entrusted to us themission of safeguarding that life. This responsib.ility.l1)1,1st becarried out. Infanticide is an abominable crime;and, to make ita goal of international policy is horrendous. ..;...

It would be well for all in this country who prize the rightsgiven. them by the Constitution and Bill of Rights to realizethat life itself is an inalienable right which must be respected byboth civil society and political authority. Our, rights are not aconcession made to us by society or the state!

Our code of church law clearly tells it as it is, stating that "themoment a positive law deprives a category of human beings ofthe protection which civil legislation ought to accord them, thestate is denying the equality of all before the laW." When thestate does not place its power at the service of the rights of eachci~izen, and in particular of the more vulnerable; tlW veryfoundations of a state based on law are undermined.

The Clinton/ Gore regime .pas failed in this regard and theapproval it has received as the result of political pressurelessens our integrity as a nation.

It is imperative that those who regard life as a divine gift befearless in voicing opposition to the policy of exporting death.The White House must be reminded that, far from being apolitical option, the protection and promotion of individualrights rank among the essential duties of government. Anadministration does an injustice and a wrong to its citizenswhen it violates the sacred trust given it by them. Americashould not be an international merchant of death.

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Catholic community, for those withwhom we might disagree and for anew civility among all of us."

- Study and reflect on theBible, especially passages on Jesus'patience and forgiveness in theGospels of Matthew and Luke.

- Prayerfully study the sectionsof the "Catechism of the CatholicChurch" on the characteristic marksofthe church as one, holy, catholicand apostolic.

- Reach out in charity not onlyto the poor and homeless, but also"to those who may differ with usso that our dialogue and conversa­tion will reflect Jesus' call in ourlives."

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he said. "The harm to relation­ships within the church itself wasgrowing and the real public scan­dal exhibited to people outside thechurch was becoming embarrass­ing."

He cited Jesus' warning in Scrip­ture not to judge or condemnothers.

"Too many people continue todiscover a small splinter in some­one else's eye without recognizingthe wooden beam in their own," hesaid. "Joined to this excessive zealto condemn others is a pridefulself-righteousness by which certainpeople offer themselves as the para­digms of orthodoxy - thus justi­fying their lack of charity, under­standing and forgiveness."

He suggested that for Lent, Cath­olics should:

-Not Qnly fast from food anddrink, but abstain from "judgingand condemning others."

- Pray "for the unity of our

In the inaugural economic Wayof the Cross last Good Friday,about 100 missionaries and Chris­tian peace and justice advocatesprocessed for four hours in prayerand song through the streets ofWashington. Their prayer stationswere the headquarters of majornational or international institu­tions involved in establishing orcarrying out economic policies.

In the resources for local adap­tation, suggested station sites in­clude local voting places, soup kit­chens, banks, credit unions, com­munity centers, municipal build­ings, shopping malls and day-carecenters.

Marie Dennis, associate direc­tor of the Maryknoll Justice andPeace Office in Washington, saidthe group built on last year's ex­perience in revising the materials.

She said the Maryknoll office,which handles distribution of theresource materials, distributedabout 400 to 500 copies last year.This year, she said, they did anoriginal printing of 1,000 and dis­tributed half of those in the firstthree weeks following publication.

The economic Way ofthe Crossresource packet is available for $6(postage included) from: The Re­ligious Working Group on theWorld Bank and IMF, P.O. Box29132, Washington, DC 20017.Phone (202) 832-1780, fax (202)832-5195, or e-mail mknolldc(at)igc.apc.org.

Quit judging othersLOS ANGELES (CNS) - For

Lent, Los Angeles Cardinal RogerM. Mahony has asked Catholicsto stop "judging and condemingothers."

Citing the Catholic CommonGround Initiative inaugurated lastsummer by Cardinal Joseph L.Bernardin of Chicago, CardinalMahony urged "that a high prior­ity be given to adopting a far moregenerous spirit of charity and civil­ity towards one another."

Before his death from cancerlast November, Cardinal Bernar­din inaugurated the Catholic Com­mon Ground Initiative to uniteand revitalize mainstream U.S.Catholics around their shared faith,values and mission.

In his 1997 message for Lent,Cardinal Mahony said he joinedthe initiative because "I felt that aspirit of harsh judgment, bitter­ness and disunity were beginningto take hold at many levels in thechurch here in our country."

"This strident spirit was beingexpressed in various columns andletters to the editor in official andunofficial Catholic periodicals andnewspapers, on radio talk showsand even in public demonstrationspitting one group in the churchagainst another," he wrote.

"I was becoming ever more sadto see this meanness replace theideal to which Jesus has called us,"

him in a confessional or penanceroom. And if you've botched thejob, he'll gladly allow you ananonymous consultation - alsofree of charge.

If you follow this program, youshould be considerably happierwith your inmost dwelling placewhen Lent is over. And please,take good care of it. It's the onlyone you'll ever have.

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Theinterfaith coalition that" held thefirst "economic Way of the Cross"in Washington last year has re­leased a new, more biblical versionfor use this year.

In addition to Scripture read­ings and prayers for each station,the 44-page publication includesbackground materials on the moraland human dimensions of eco­nomic structures and policies. Anaccompanying resource suggestsvarious ways the economic sta­tions can be adapted to celebratethem in any community.

"The biblical understanding ofeconomics is really a profoundanalysis of what's taking place,"said John Mateyko, an architectfrom Lewes, Del., who is coordi­nator of the project.

"In Scripture, economic prob­lems are understood as brokenand neglected relationships ­relationships with other people,with God's creation and with God,"he said.

The Religious Working Groupon the World Bank and Interna­tional Monetary Fund created theeconomic Way of the Cross lastyear. The group is, a coalition ofabout 40 Catholic, Protestant andinterfaith institutions and organi­zations with shared concerns aboutthe human impact of World Bankand 1M F debt policies, especiallyin the most heavily indebted poorcountries of the world."

you have the right tools. If therepairs are minor, a handy $69.95tool box may do the job. But forreally significant repairs and reno­vations, various power tools arenecessary, such as power saws,electric drills and the like. Homeimprovement experts also pointout the need to have an adequatepower source. It's pretty disheart­ening when the circuit breakersstart tripping.

Again, this advice is sound forall of you intent on "soul improve­ment." After you've identifiednecessary improvements and pre­pared your blueprint, you need tochoose your tools. The traditionalLenten "tools" are almsgiving, fast­ing and prayer. They are the triedand true ways of widening thedoorway of our hearts so thatJesus Christ can enter and trans­form our inner self. By servingJesus in the poor, imitating hisfasting in the desert and encoun­tering him in daily heartfelt pray­er, you'll start chipping away at allthat disfigures your originalbeauty.

Of course, these Lenten toolswon't work if they are disconnectedfrom their power source. To cutwood, an electric saw needs to beplugged in. To accomplish Lentengoals, you need to be connected to

, the Lord Jesus, especially throughthe sacraments of the church. Thatis why it is so good to attend Massdaily during Lent and to find extratime for prayer. After all, "soulimprovement" isn't a merely hu­man project: It's the Lord workingin us~ .

Like,all'wise home improvers;Iknow you'll want to check theblueprint periodically to measureyour progress. And before Lent isover, I'd recommend a second orthird consultation with the MasterArchitect. Once again you can find

So~innprovennentThe following commentary was

published in the Feb. 6 issue oftheCatholic Standard, newspaper ofthe Archdiocese of Washington.The column was written by Cardi­nal James A. Hickey of Wash­Ington.

When I was much younger, thedo-it-yourself craze was catchingon. Mild-mannered accountants,emboldened by illustrated roofingmanuals, scaled the heights oftheir houses in search of elusiveleaks. Absent-minded professors,armed with monkey wrenches andthe latest issues of Mechanix Illus­trated, tried to fix leaky faucets.

The craze continues. In fact,Americans are spending more timeand money than" eVI:r on homeimprovement. Weekend carpen­ters, plumbers and electriciansroam the aisles of stores likeHechingers and Home Depot.There's even a sit-com called"Home Improvement."

Possessing the dexterity of Stanand Ollie combined, I am in noposition to tell you how to improveyour house. But I do have a wordor two to say about improvingyour soul. And with Lent upon us,I can think of no better time tooffer you some tips on "soul­improvement." Mind you, I'vetested the advice I'm about to offerand can assure you that it willwork. So here are a few pointers,offered with apologies to homeimprovement experts everywhere.

The tirst thing you do whenyou're serious about home im-'provement is to figure Out what isneeded. Is the foundation crum­bling? What is in disrepair? Is thehouse too small to accommodatefamily members and guests?

"Soul improvement" works thesame way. We begin by taking anhonest look at ourselves. Howsolid are our spiritual foundations?Are Christ and his love truly thefoundation of our lives? What areour major flaws? We need to checkfor cracks in our integrity, energy­wasting anger and uncontrolledappetites. Is there enough room inour hearts for everyone - espe­cially the poor, the immigrant, theunbor-n, the frail elderly or eventhat irritating co-worker or nag­ging relative?

The next thing needed, as anyhome improvement specialist willtell you, is a plan!You don't juststart knocking down walls or tear­ing into your electrical system witha screwdriver. Instead, you need todesign what you're going to do andhow you're going to do it. Usuallyat this point, most people need toconsult an expert.

I'm happy to say that "soulimprovement" works the sameway. Be clear about your spiritualgoals for these 40 days. But beequally clear about your plan forattaining those goals. At this stage,I earnestly recommend a consulta­tion with the "Master Architect"- the Lord who made us andredeemed us. His services are freeand can be readily obtained in themany confessionals and penancerooms around the archdiocese.Yes, I am recommending that weall make a good confession, notjust at the end of Lent, but at itsbeginning.

What other advice do home­improvement aficionados offer? Ifasked, they'd tell you to make sure

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I wonder how strongly imagination shapes theseso-called images of holy faces. .

I asked Mother Benedict Duss, a woman I greatlyadmire, how she viewed these reports of holy im­ages in bizarre places. Mother Benedict is the foun-

dress and abbess of the Benedictine Abbey or ReginaLaudis in Bethlehem, Conn., a medical doct,,>r and awise woman.

She responded that people drawn to this kind ofphenomenon perhaps are those "who don't want tosee the face of Christ in the one place Chris,t said itwould be - in another person."

Then Mother Benedict said something else worththinking about, specifically referring to the supposedface of Christ in the tortilla. She said th~lt if thewoman making the tortilla was reaching out forChrist, uttering an instinctive cry for the nourish­ment of Christ,. then perhaps the face was real- forher. The tortilla may have become a symbol of whatwe already have - the nourishment of Christ in theEucharist.

I think that was a wiser and kinder approach thanI had taken.

Perhaps the best way to approach the bandwagonof holy sightings is to know that all things are possi­ble to God, but the way to God is not via oddlyplaced images.

Rather than running to see a so-called religiousphenomenon, Christ-seekers should be learning ofhim in Scripture, the church and the sacraments, andlooking for his image in other people.

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Provide a brief but immediate penalty ifth,~dishesare not done on time. For example, no televi.sion orphone.

Here are some other ways to avoid nagging andlectures.

Charting behavior often obtains good results.Industry and sports both keep statistics as a way toobtain what they want; a higher work rate or morerebounds and points scored. Why shouldn't parentsdo the same?

A chart for room pickup might break the overalljob into seven or eight smaller parts: bed made, floorpicked up, dirty clothes in hamper, etc. Theil give apoint or a smile face for each smaller job completedby a certain time.

Modeling is the best way to teach or discipline.Whether you are concerned about a small child com­ing when called or teenage drinking, parental exam­ple is. a powerful tool. The parent who shows upwhen he or she has promised and the parent whodrinks in moderation have far greater disciplinaryimpact than the parent who tells the child one thingand does another.

Parents can exert physical control without punish­ing. If a young child does not come when ca:l1ed, goget him, and bring him home nicely. If a t.eenagedaughter stays out late at a party, do the same. Theywill quickly learn that parents follow through.

If the children are shoving and fighting, s'~parate

them. Send one outside. If little ones are runningthrough the house, grab the slowest and hoM ontohim for 30 seconds. You do not have to UHe yourmouth, and you can even be pleasant.

Perhaps the biggest mistake we parents make indiscipline is giving too much attention to mi!,behav­ior. The attention makes matters worse. Thili is whyparental nagging and lecturing are so often in­effective.

Reports of miracles and wonders abound thesedays.

There was the report of an image of the VirginMary on a glass office building in Clearwater, Fla.The image was two stories high and appeared inshades of the rainbow. More than a half millionpeople came to see the image. Many ofthem called ita miracle. Nonbelievers called it a chemical residueor discoloration.

Reports said that people turned the building'sparking lot into a kind of shrine, leaving money,which was distributed to local charities.

And a recent TV program reviewed a whole seriesof incidents where people have reported seeing holyfaces in strange places. A couple of people dis­covered the face of Christ on knots of trees.

. I remember a Phil Donahue show on which awoman and daughter brought a tortilla with animage on it. They, and thousands of people who hadcome to stare, claimed it to be the face of Christ.

And the very latest was a big photo in the NationalCatholic Reporter labeled "Doughy portrait." Pic­tured was a cinnamon bun, which had been en­shrined and could be seen at a coffee shop in Nash­ville, Tenn. The pastry was said to resemble the faceof Mother Teresa. The photo caption said that th~

discovery of the cinnamon bun had "grown intosomething of a phenomenon with the store sellingT-shirts, prayer cards and book marks promotingthe shaped sweet."

Now, I have a problem with all this. I think thatthe phenomenon of seeing holy faces - which reallydraws out the curious and the seekers of miracles -isa serious distraction from real sanctity. The crowdswho come really want magic, and I don't think that'sGod's way.

A priest I know told me recently that some peoplein his parish had come to him exclaiming that theface of Christ was on the wall of a basement room.He 'went down to look and, indeed, one couldimagine the shadows on the wall of this dimly litroom to be an image of Christ. So he changed to abrighter bulb - and the image disappeared!

Daily ReadingsFeb. 24: Dn9:4b-l0; Ps79:8-9,11-13; lk

6:36-38

Feb. 25: Is 1:10,16-20; Ps 50:8-9,16­17,21,23; Mt23:1-12

Feb. 26: Jer 18:18-20; Ps 31:5-6,14-16;Mt 20:17-28

Feb. 27: Jer 17:5-10; Ps 1:1-4,6; lk16:19-31

Feb. 28: Gn 37:3-4,12-13a,17b-28; Ps105:16-21; Mt 21:33-43,45-46

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Getting your children to behave

Where can we see the face of Chrls~t?

Dear Dr.K~nnY:·How does a parent get' kids to.mind today? I tell'my children to do something, andnothing happens. They either argue with me orforget. Sometimes they even defy me. Am I doingsomething wrong or is it simply modern. times?(Ohio)

You are obviously doing something "wrong"because it's not working. To go further and labelyour children as "bad" because they don't do whatthey're told is irrelevant. The important objective isnot to blame, but to get your children to do what yourequire.

Saying something does not necessarily make ithappen. Don't confuse your parental goal (gettingthem to do the dishes) with your strategy (tellingthem to do the dishes.) Your verbal request ordemand, even when backed up by a threat of pun­ishment, may not be the best way to get the dishesdone. .

One way to avoid nagging and lectures that degen­erate into threats is to have a preplan. Be specificabout when and where and what happens if yourchild does the dishes and what happens if he doesn't.

Be specific about what you want. Write it out onyour bulletin board. Dishes, for example, are to bedone by Johnny on Monday, Wednesday and Fridayevenings by 7 p.m.

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stewardship. When students landon this space, they must 100k upthe specific Scripture passage listed'and see how it relates to stew~rd­

ship.The first time Perron introduced

the game to the religious educa­tion students and students at St.Matthew School, he used a life­size board with people as gamepieces.. The game, which took up an

entire gymnasium floor, was arousing success for the entire classto play. When he printed up enough"boards.~' so kids could play insmall groups of five or less, theresponse was even more phe­nomenal.

"It was a test marketer's dream- 500 kids playing the game andhaving a good time," he said.

"They didn't want to stop play­.ing. In fact, they approached mefor a game to play during indoorrecess, which for me was a signthat the game was good,"

Perron talked with several pub­lishers about producing a com­mercial game, and in late Januarysigned with Sheed and Ward Pub­lishers, based in Kansas City, Mo.The official "Stewardship Game"should be available in early sum­mer.

"This is a game where (kids) arelearning good lessons,"Perron said."The game is at a level they under­stand, but it isn't talking down tothem. This brings stewardship tothem so that it isn't this grown-upthing coming from the pulpit, butchoices they make in their ownlives."

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wardship is often equated withresponsibility, dollars and duty.

It is something most kids do notlearn until they are at least teenag­ers, and it is something few people'of any age would describe as fun.

But Bob Perron is out to changeall that. He has come up with "TheStewardship Game" to bringa grown-up concept down to achild's level.

It relates the three basic con­cepts of stewardship - time, talentand treasure - to how childrenmake choices and can fulfill theirown stewardship responsibility.

"We need to teach kids whilethey are kids that stewardship ismore than just giving money," saidPerron, director of religious edu­cation at St. Matthew parish inTopeka. "And we need to teachkids that tithing is an importantpart offinancial plans. We need toshow kids how to spend responsi­bly - whether it is for tithing, sav­ings or something material that weneed or want."

Perron came up with the ideawhile researching resources onstewardship for his youth group.He wanted to teach students aboutstewardship three times a year,instead of once, which is the norm.

"I was fooling around on thecomputer and came up with theidea for the game," he told TheLeaven, newspaper of the Archdi­ocese of Kansas City. "There wasnothing special to it - it was justan idea."

The game is played on a boardwith pieces you move by rollingdice. Instead of buying property orpaying up, you land on time, trea­sure or talent squares and pick upcards, moving forward or back­ward according to what your cardsays.

For example, if you landed on a"talent" space, the card might read:"You are a great athlete and youget involved at sports in school.Go forward two spaces." If youlanded on a "time" card, you mightget "You didn't mow the lawnwhen your parents asked. Go backtwo spaces." A "treasure" cardmight be: "You found $50 fromlast winter in your coat pocket andblew it all on CDs at the mall. Goback two spaces."

Other spaces on the board fea­ture Bibles, where students mustlook up Scripture passages on

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mal English translation of that sentence, and thecorrect one according to L'Osservatore Romano, is"(N)ew knowledge leads to the recognition of thetheory of evolution as more than a hypothesis."

The pope goes on to say that the convergence ofresults in scientific work, conducted independently,"is in itself a significant argument in favor of thistheory."

No one familiar with our pope and his respect andlove for science and scholarship will be surprised byhis words.

At very least it proves, if proof were any longerneeded, that the pope is not a fundamentalist when itcoines to interpreting the Scriptures.

He is open to every help qualified scholars can giveus to delve more deeply into the truth. As he remindsus elsewhere in this message, "We know, in fact, thattruth cannot contradict truth."

The mistaken version of the text, which L'Osser­vatore Romano editors acknowledged and corrected,again proves how difficult, complicated and precar­ious is the task of translating documents from onelanguage to another.

Very few papal messages originate in English.They need to be translated, a process which, what­ever the language, is regularly open to misinterpreta­tions and mistakes that need correction.

I'm happy you wish to read the whole document.It's always ml,lch safer to learn firsthand what wassaid than to hear others tell what they think was said.

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Q. We hope you can clear up some confusionabout what our Holy Father said recently aboutevolution.

We have read that, according to the pope, manyrecent scientific discoveries lead us to realize that"the theory of evolution is more than a hypothesis."

However, two recent newspaper columns claimthat this is a mistranslation, composed by certain"secularists" and promoted by some AmericanCatholics. The real translation, they claim, is the onein the Vatican newspaper. .

To be honest, the translation they say is rightdoesn't make much sense. Can you help? Wherecould we obtain a copy of the pope's talk? (Indiana)

A. On Oct. 22 of last year, Pope John Paul IIpresented a message to the Pontifical Academy ofSciences concerning new scientific information onthe theory of evolution and explained the church'sposition about that theory.

As you are aware, the theory of evolution pro­poses that, through many eons, our human bodiesevolved from pre-existing living beings into theirpresent form.

I, too, have seen a number of writers who saymuch the same as the ones you read. They generallyreflect a strong fundamentalist interpretation of theBible, especially the Genesis stories of creation.

At any rate, the information they present is grosslyincomplete, often false; they obviously feel it isimportant for some reason to minimize what PopeJohn Paul said.

Shortly after the pope delivered his message, theEnglish language edition of the Vatican newspaperL'Osservatore Romano quoted the Holy Father assaying that "new knowledge has led to the recogni­tion of more than one hypothesis in the theory ofevolution."

A few days later the same newspaper's editoracknowledged its wrong translation and affirmed thecorrect translation, which you cite.

Forgive my quoting French for a moment, but itwill help answer your question properly. In his mes­sage the pope said the following: ..... de nouvellesconnaissances conduisent a reconnaitre dans la the­orie de l'evolution plus qu'une hypothese." The nor-

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Claim rejectedWARSAW, Poland (CNS) ­

A Polish bishops' conference offi­cial has rejected newspaper claimsthat donations raised from par­ishes at Christmas for a specialpro-life fund were left unaccountedfor. He said local bishops woulddecide whether to give informa­tion about the sums raised in thenationwide Midnight Mass collec­tion. "Many other pro-life fund­raising initiatives have been organ­ized by local parishes, and infor­mation about how much was raisedin this case, and how it will beused, is an autonomous decisionfor each bishop," said BishopTadeusz Pieronek, bishops' con­ference secretary-g(:neral. "Butthere have been no cases of moneybeing used for purposes other than

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to 2000the Catholic Church and thebishop of Rome.

The pope, he said, is the "in­terpreter of a hope for justi,ce andcharity which on a moral levelinvolves everyone, includingnonbelievers and those who pro­fess different religious convic­tions in the Eternal City, whomust receive an equal welcomeand respect."

The mayor told the pope themajor traffic flow, parking, sub­way and construction projectsplanned with the year 2000 inmind are making headway.

Pope encouraged towrite more booksROME (CNS) - Cardinal

Alfonso Lopez Truji110 said hehas asked Pope John P'!ul II towrite more books.

With part ofthe royalties fromthe pope's 1994 book, "Cmssingthe Threshold of Hope," the Vati­can is helping construct a homefor Rwandan orphans modded onBoys Town, said the cardinal,president of the Pontifical Coun­cil for the Family.

"I told him, 'Holy Fath~:r, youmust keep writing,'" CardinalLopez Trujillo said Feb. 11 at aRome meeting on preparing forthe year 2000.

The cardinal's report focusedon plans for the World Meetingofthe Hol'y' F'ather with Families;.scheduled for early October inRio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Cardinal Lopez Trujilk> saidthe primary goal of the interna­tional meeting will be to iJ1o~rease

the enthusiasm of Catholiccouples for family life and ex­plore ways they can be a witnessand support for families in theirown communities.

In addition, he said he hopedthe gathering would result in con­crete support for the constl'lJctionof a Catholic family retreat andconvention center in Nazareth.

The cardinal described his vi­sion for the facility as "a ,::enterfor the new evangelization of thefamily" and said he had alreadylooked at two appropriate piecesofproperty overlooking the: townwhere Jesus grew up.

Priests do not own the Wordof God, nor the sacraments, northe parish churches, he said.

"The priest receives fromChrist the goods of salvation onbehalfofeach (ofthe) faithful andof the entire people of God," hesaid. -

Priests must preach the Gos­pel in fidelity with church teach­ing "without ever confusing it orsubstituting it with our own wordsor views," he added.

The sacraments must be ad-

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Public safety. mustimprove in Rome

VATICAN CITY(CNS)- Inaddition to resolving traffic, park­ing and lodging problems inpreparation for the year 2000, thecity of Rome must improve pub­lic safety, Pope John Paul II said.

The pope held his annualmeeting with the mayor and citycouncil late last month; the popeand Mayor Francesco Rutelli fo­cused their remarks on getting the

city ready for an on~

slaught of Holy Yearpilgrims.

"Serious and sur­prising episodes ofviolence," which haveincluded at least twoserious attacks on Ro­man priests in the pastthree months, "aresymptoms not only ofthe lack of security inwhich numerous citi­zens live, but also alack of values whichmakes civilized livingproblematic," thepope said,

Every neighbor­hood in the city, he

" told the mayor, must'-J be made safer. How-

,'" ever, he added, efforts

2 0 '-' to improve publicsafety wi11 not have a

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, I '.. ~,. ·unlessthey-areac-ministered Jith care, according to companied by efforts to improvethe niles of the church, and with people's morality and ethical be­generosity, ~ven if it requires a havior.priest to sacitifice some ofhis per- The city government and thesonal time, the pope said. church must work together to

I support the values and the insti-Pope Johr Paul II also told the tutions that give society a healthy

priests to accrept the contributions foundation, especially in the fam­of lay people and learn from i1y, he said.them. "It is necessary to resist those

"Throug~ them our pastoral tendencies which, hiding behindaction can be multiplied, over- a false concept offreedom, try tocoming barJiers and penetrating introduce into legislative and ad­spheres whith would be difficult ministrative regulations an· un­to reach in dther ways," he said. due enlargement of the concept

Holy pri~sts, men who truly of the family or inappropriatelyare aware of acting in the person make it equal to other living situ-

, ations which are not only mor-of Christ and who place their re- ally, but also socially precarious,"lationship with Christ at the cen- the pope said.tel' of every activity, will ensure Rutelli told the pope the spiri­that the Rome qiocesan mission tual strength ofthe city was basedsucceeds, th~ pope said. on its deep and intrinsic links with

are found to be unprepared and ­not open to living the values ofthe Gospel proposed by the Jubi­lee, then no underpass, parkinglot or traffic system .:. will be ableto give real meaning to the open­ing ofthe third millennium oftheChristian era," he said.

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Pope John Paul IIasked the clergy ofRome to keep theirchurches open asmuch as possible in or­der to meet the busyschedules of theirfaithful.

Priests, he said re­cently, must make agreater effort "to meetthe needs, schedulesand desires of ourpeople, who oftenwork very tiring hoursand who need to findpriests ready to listenand able to give aword of faith, encour­agement and consola­tion."

At his annual meet­ing with the pastorsand leading clergy ofthe Diocese'of Rome, ­which he heads, the .pope focused his attention on ef­forts to strengthen the Catholicidentity of Rome and its citizensin preparation for the year 2000.

The program, which includesthe training and commissioning ofsome 12,000 lay missionariescommitted to home visits and dis­tributing copies of the Gospel,will not succeed without the guid­ance ofholy priests, the pope said.

"We are ministers ofreconcili­ation and, therefore, we carry outan essential part of our missionthrough ministry in the confes­sional," he said.

"But we cannot do so with sin­cerity and effectiveness ifwe our­selves do not first turn constantlyto the mercy ofGod, assiduouslyconfessing our sins and implor­ing the grace of conversion," thepope told the priests.

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preparationROME (CNS) - The success

of Jubilee Year 2000 wi11 not bemeasured by public worksprojects, but by the spiritualpreparation of the participants,said the Vatican's main pilgrim­age organizer.

Msgr. Liberio Andreatta, ad­ministrator of the pilgrimage of­fices of the Vatican and the Dio­cese of Rome, said, "Few peoplelook at this event for what it re­ally is and wi11 be: a spiritual, cul­tural and pastoral event."

The Roman pilgrimage of­fices, which organize tours forItalians to Catholic shrines aroundthe world and visits to Rome andthe Vatican for foreigners, held athree-day meeting in early Feb­ruary to discuss the theological.and pastoral implications of theHoly Year.

But with tens of millions ofvisitors expected in Italy duringthe year 2000, the logistical prob­lems of housing, feeding and

- transporting them could not beignored.

Italian Prime Minister RomanoProdi, who arrived at the meet­ing 20 minutes late because his,car and police escort were stuckin a traffic jam, said the jubileewould be "an occasion for na­tional reconciliation and full col­laboration" amoflg political par­ties and between the church andstate.

Msgr. Andreatta said too muchmedia attention has been given tonational and local governmentsquabbles over allocating moneyfor hotels and hostels, improvingsubway and railway access to theVatican and building a new tun­nel to ease surface traffic aroundthe Vatican.

The logistical and practicalpreparations must all be placed atthe service of the spiritual aimsof the jubilee, he said.

"If Rome in the year 2000should find itselfunprepared fromthe logistical point ofview, it willrequire patience," Msgr.Andreatta said.

"But if the hearts ofChristians

A baby S•-tterIs refresher coursei - a) She does not start jumping up and down on your lap in a fair imitation of Dennis Rodman.- I b) He does not slyly place his head under your chin feigning a moment ofquiet, then thrusting

By Dan Morris - I upward and severing the end of your tongue between your teeth.Catholic New Service . i c) She does not grab your lower lip, jerk herself at you and head-butt your nose.

Yeah, baby-sitting a9-month-old is kind of like riding a bicycle. It all comes back to you after Answer: Of course, all of the above. Note: If you wear glasses I recommend tempered lenses/ you start. Also, make a mistake and you end up in a body cast. with soft rubber rims - or switching to contacts with replacement insurance.

For those of you about to become occasional baby sitters of 9-month-olds, I do offer a couple Feeding time. Do you: 'of refresher questions. ' : a) Sn27 open the baby-food jar his parents left with you, then play open-field fling-and-spit?

For example, to entertain the tyke (notice, this rhymes with bike) you place three items in b) Attempt to hold the child's arms and hands down with one hand while you wipe a spoonfulfront of him or her on the floor. To which one will creature crawl? of the baby food around his or her face, occasionally sneaking a little into her or his mouth or

a) The apple. nostrils?b) The fluorescent green, germ-fighting $40 glorified hunk of high-tech rubber in the shape of c) Eat the baby food yourself, then feed the baby mint ice cream or left-over mashed pota-

a toad? I toes and gravy?c) The traditional, magic set of house-and-car keys? Answer: Parents always leave you with the baby food they cannot get the rug rocket to eatAnswer: None of the above. He will spin in place like a Lazy Susan and head for the nearest themselves. Counterattack accordingly.

lamp cord and electrical socket. I What is the average crawling time for a 9-month-old from your phone in the kitchen, throughYou are holding this precious child. He or she gently leans his or her forehead against yotirs. the dining room, across the front room and to the antique lamp with the electrical cord which is

It is because: I telepathically screaming at the child: "Yank me! Yank me! Yank me!"?a) He wants you to know in a child's nonverbal way how much he loves you; 'a)One telephone rings.b) She is tired and signaling for a nap. b) Two telephone rings.c) He wants a closer look at your nose hairs and a chance to rip out a handful. c) The time it takes to say, "Hello. Yikes..."Answer: Do not underestimate for a second the gripping and ripping power of a 9-month-o~d. Hint: ytke rhymes with bike. And as a fast, all-terrain vehicle, a 9-month-old beats a bii<e, noHere's an easy one: You are exhausted from chasing Master Teething or Miss Turbo Crawl ~ontest. .

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U.S. magazine circulation wentup 11 percent from 1996 levels,from 14,01 1,477 to 15,491,747, saidthe CPA, a trade association forCatholic publications that is basedin Ronkonkoma, a Long Islandsuburb of New York.

Canadian magazine circulationdropped slightly from 863,637 to861,611, but the U.S. increasebrought the total magazine circu­lation up to 16,353,358 from lastyear's 14,875,114, or about 9.9percent.

Total circulation for 644 Catho­lic newspapers, magazines andnewsletters in the United Statesand Canada stands at 26,790,289,according to the CPA's tally, upnearly 6 percent from last year'sfigure of 25.343,743.

Thejump in U.S. magazine cir­culation in 1997 more than makesup for the 6.7 percent drop suf­fered between 1996 and 1995, whenit totaled 15.1 million. This year'sincrease came despite a slight de­crease in the number of U.S.Catholic magazines, from 254 to250.

Circulation for 167 U.S. dioce­san newspapers rose just 0.2 per­cent, from 5,572,838 to 5,585,511,while the 13 Eastern-rite publica­tions saw a drop of .0,1 percent,from 72,472 to 72,361. The fiveU.S. national newspapers dropped1percent, from 214,000 to 211,637.

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they can be a witness and supportfor families in their own com­munities.

In addition, he said he hopedthe gathering would result in con­crete support for the constructionof a Catholic family retreat andconvention center in Nazareth.

The cardinal described his visionfor the facility as "a center for thenew evangelization of the family"and said he had already looked attwo appropriate pieces of propertyoverlooking the town where Jesusgrew up.

University of California in Davis.Marian senior Luis Nieves, a

varsity player, describes Siegfriedas a "great coach and a great per­son. He never gives up." Whatimpresses Luis the most. he said, isthat "some others in a wheelchairmight be sad all their lives, but(Ziggy) does more things than mostpeople (without a disability),"

Varsity player Jorge Chavez, aMarianjunior, describes Siegfriedas a "great coach" who is "verymotivational," Chavez is impressedwith his ability to make the playerswork up to their potential, butwhat he feels will be most lasting inhis life is the fact that "he's in awheelchair, and tan do all thesethings." ,

"We see what a gift we have,"said Chavez, in simply being ableto walk.Marian principal Estelle Kas­sebaum describes Siegfried as aterrific role model and an exem­plary coach. "He is always up, nomatter what," she said. "He hasalways got a goal in front of him."

By Cindy WoodenROME(CNS)-CardinaIAlfon­

so Lopez Trujillo said he has askedPope John Paul II to write morebooks.

With part of the royalties fromthe pope's 1994 book, "Crossingthe Threshold of Hope," the Vati­can is helping construct a home forRwandan orphans modeled onBoys Town, said the cardinal,president ofthe Pontifical Councilfor the Family.

"I told him. 'Holy Father, youmust keep writing,'" CardinalLopez Trujillo said Feb. II at aRome meeting on preparing forthe year 2000.

The cardinal's report focused onplans for the World Meeting oftheHoly Father with Families, sche­duled for early October in Rio deJaneiro. Brazil.

Cardinal Lopez Trujillo said theprimary goal of the internationalmeeting will be to increase theenthusiasm of Catholic couplesfor family life and explore-ways

Cardinal asks pope towrite more books

He credits his success as a coachto the family atmosphere and tight­knit community at Marian, say­ing, "We have a great group ofkids here." He also is thankful fordedicated volunteers like Al de laRosa, father of one of the players.who "looks out for me like a bigbrother."

De la Rosa keeps the golf cartthat Siegfried uses to get up anddown the field during games ingood repair.

Siegfried is humble when it comesto describing himself as a rolemodel. '

"All coaches are role models,"he said. He does remember oneboy. from years ago at the Univer­sity of San Diego High School,who was encouraged by Siegfried'sdetermination to overcome physi­cal odds.

"He was the smallest kid on theteam, but he gave his all." remem­bered Siegfried. "One day he toldme, 'I appreciate you being here.Whatever I do in life. I'm going todedicate it to you,''' The youngman now plays football at the

COACH JIM Siegfried oversees the Marian High School Crusaders on their practice fieldin Imperial Beach, Calif. Siegfried, who was paralyzed from the waist down in an auto accident,has been coaching football for nearly 20 years. (CNS/Camplisson photo)

By Kim CamplissonIMPERIAL BEACH, Calif.

(CNS) - "Good! Keep your headup. Run out there. Watch yourhands. Great!" shouted Jim Sieg­fried.

It's typical feedback from a highschool football coach. But whatisn't so typical is that this coach isparalyzed from the waist downand is directing plays from hiswheelchair.

Coach Siegfried, or Coach "Zig­gy" as he is affectit;>nat(:\y,.called, isassistant football coach for theMarian High School Crusaders.Before coming to Marian CatholicHigh School in Imperial Beach, hecoached football for many years atUniversity of San Diego HighSchool in San Diego.

Mike David, head foot ball coachfor Marian. recruited Siegfried afterworking with him at the San Diegohigh school.

"I've never seen anybody getalong better with the players."David told The Southern Cross.newspaper of the San Diego Dio­cese. "He gets the most out ofthem."

Siegfried, David and the rest ofthe coaching staff do seem to getthe most out of their players, as theCrusaders were tied for first placein their league and ranked sixth inthe state of California. This schoolof 350 regularly wins against SanDiego schools like Madison with1,700 students, and Mar Vista with1,800.

Siegfried's first coaching posi­tion was at Los Altos High Schoolin Los Altos. In 1977. shortly intohis first season, he was paralyzedin an automobile accident. Hethought he'd never be able to coachagain, but the other coaches encour­aged him.

"They told me. 'We'll do any­thing you need to give you the abil­ity to coach.... Siegfried recalled.

After relocating to the San Diegoarea, Siegfried was hired by theUniversity of San Diego HighSchool to coach junior varsityfootball with David.

Siegfried said one of the onlychallenges he faces coaching fromhis wheelchair is "not being able toshow (the players) what I wantthem to do." He has to find a wayto describe it, helping them visual­i?-e his directions.

Church groups aid So. Africa's' elderly

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION I Residents and staff of Our Lady's Haven nursinghome in Fairhaven gathered Feb. 4 for Mass on Mission Day. The home's 52nd anniversarywas cause for celebration as a d'ay of activities followed.

ject's nursing home. which has 10,1;l,~<;I§. "Q~ :..... ";'" .... ~' .• : •

• ~'''This' is' il 'h'ighly·adil'pt2.ble' sys-tem which works well and is notvery expensive to run," Mrs. Dob­son said. "These homes could berun by any interested gr~lIp."

Most of the project's homes arein Woodstock, a multiraC'ial sub­urb of Cape Town, while five arein the black township of Khayelit­sha and one is in Parow,.a whitearea.

A community spirit is fosteredin the project's homes, and familymembers of residents are encour­aged to visit and to help with,taskssuch as changing light bulbs, Mrs.Dobson said.

"Our homes are very wellknown," she said. "If neighbors-:even Woodstock's notorious drugpeddlers - see one of the n~sidents

wandering around looking lost,they return him or her."

Father Wilkinson is also ,a strongadvocate of community spirit.

"I don't like the idea of an insti­tution. Many elderly people haveserved the parish for years, andthey must be made to feel wantedin the community," he said.

Sister Irene Mher, supl~rior ofthe Sisters of Nazareth in CapeTown, said Nazareth HousI~ homesfor the aged around the I;ountrytake in poor people whose familiesare unable to look after them.

"Most residents are unable topay, but we do have some (rental)cottages, and the income fromthose helps to subsidize ourhomes," she said.

A Catholic men's organization,the Knights of Da Gama, runs aretirement village for 200 peopleand a center for the ailing i n Boks­burg, near Johannesburg. Thegroup is developing another retire­ment complex in the Johannes­burg area and has bought a sitewith the intention to build in themining town of Welkom.

JOHN SHARP, possibly the nation's oldest altar server,walks down the aisle of St. Ignatius Church in Baltimore withJesuit Father William Watters. Sharp celebrated hi!. WIstbirthday Feb. 5 and was honored by the parish. "It's a greathonor to be a Catholic!" he told the Baltimore archdiocesanpaper, The Catholic Review. (eNS/ Walker photo)

that provides homes for poor el­derly pe9pl.e who are fi\ en()ug~ tolooK·,Utel'tnemselves:'- '.>1' ,'"

The project was started in 1981,when apartheid laws decreed thathomes for the aged separate racegroups. Catholic Welfare and De­velopment chose not to registerthe homes, forfeiting a state sub­sidy, to enable them to be multi­racial.. In post-apartheid South Africa,

many homes for the aged that relyon state subsidies are still run onracial lines, and the governmenthas warned them to admit peopleof all races or face closure.

A committee, including repre­sentatives of interest groups suchas churches and welfare organiza­tions, has been appointed by Na­tional Welfare Minister Abe Wil­liams to decide how to spend thewelfare budget and to look forshort- and long-term solutions toproblems. It was set up amid com­plaints about the lack of progresson the part of the welfare depart­ment in moving toward ll:W wel­fare goals.

Margaret Dobson, who headsup the Neighborhood Old AgesHome project. has been involvedin talks with government represen­tatives about a new approach tocare for the elderly. She said theresponsibility for providing safe,cheap accommodation for fit, butpoor, elderly people would falllargely to churches and servi.ceorganizations..

Catholic Welfare and Develop­ment's project houses 92 elderly

. people in homes in and aroundCape Town. Most of the homeswere donated by individuals, andall residents have either a smallpension or disability grant, from

. which they pay rent and a share ofthe household bills.

When residents of these housesget too frail to take care of them­selves, they are moved to the'pro~

"When we live in a missionsense, then we live with words likecompassion, concern, care andsupport...all the words that makethis a home where hope abounds,"Father Fitzgerald said. "That's whatwe're all about."

building starts for the proposed 7­million-rand (U.S. $2 million) re­tirement village, he said.

The government has said it iscutting back on subsidies for insti­tutions that have taken in peoplewho do not need constant nursingcare and can afford to supportthemselves. Only the very frail andthose from destitute families willbe allowed to use government­subsidized institutions.

Catholic Welfare and Develop­ment in Cape Town has a Neigh­borhood Old Age H!?mes project

Yurco, SS.CC., chaplain at OurLady's Haven. A special MissionDay banner created by Haven staffmembers was presented during theMass and a newly formed MissionChoir performed.

A buffet luncheon followed byan afternoon prayer service andslide show were also offered. Allevents were coordinated by SisterMaria Cravedi, MPV, director ofpastoral care and the MissionEffectiveness Committee at OurLady's Haven.

DuringJ~S:mass:Fa\her Fitzge-

Catholic Welfare and Develop­ment.

The cut in government subsidiesfor institutions, which has led tomany shutting down, was a "strongmotivation" in Rosebank Parish'sdecision to build its own home for80-100 people, Father Harry Wil­kinson said in a telephone inter­view from Johannesburg.

"We realize that :if we wantsomething done, we must do itourselves," Father Wilkinson said.

But raising funds is difficult,and it may take two years before

Our Lady's Haven celebrates Mission Dayraid praised staff members for tak­ing what could simply be ajob andcreating personal ministries ofcare.He also urged staff to rememberthat residents call them to mission,and that service to residents is themost important work they can do.

On Februiuy4, 1945, Our Lady'sHaven, Fairhaven, opened its doorsto the community and quicklyestablished a reputation for com­passionate care. On the anniver­sary 'of that date each year, staffmembers and volunteers gather tocelebrate Mission Day and reflectupon and recommit themselves tothe home's mission of caring.

Mission Day 'began this yearwith a special Mass concelebratedby Rev. Edmund J. Fitzgerald,executive director of" DiocesanHealth Facilities and Rev. Roy

CAPE TOWN, South Africa(CNS) - As the South Africangovernment prepares to make fur­ther cuts in, its subsidies for old­age homes, some church groupsare trying to fill the gap in provid­ing care for the elderly..

Catholic care for the elderly isprovided by individual organiza­tions and parishes.

One parish in Johannesburg hasinitiated a project to open its ownretirement village for elderly pa­rishioners, while in Cape Town 17homes for the aged are run by

BON APPETITI John Connors, a fifth-grader at St. Mary's Primary School in Taunton,serves lunch to his friend Alfred Mailloux, who lives at Marian Manor, also in Taunton. APartner Program pot-luck luncheon, prepared by the students and their families, broughtseveral of the nursing home's residents to St. Marfs for an afternoon of sharing with theiryounger friends. The students have visited the residents throughout the year and spent theafternoon creating arts and crafts.

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John Paul II wiII also mark the600th anniversary of the theologydepartment at Krakow's Jagiello­nian University, where he receivedthe last "Habilitation" (associateprofessorship) degree awarded be­fore its forced closure by Poland'scommunist regime in 1954.

He wiII celebrate Mass June 9 inthe city's Wawel Cathedral, in thechapel where he celebrated his firstliturgy after his ordination in 1946,and will visit his parents' graves inKrakow's Rakowicka Cemetery.

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WARSAW, Poland (CNS) ­Pope John Paul II is to make ato-day tour of his native Polandbeginning May 31, taking in 12cities and a major internationalreligious congress, according to anofficial schedule published in Po­lish newspapers.

A key feature of the trip, whichwill be the pope's longest ever tohis homeland, will be a June IMass in the western city of Wro­claw to close the 46th Interna­tional Eucharistic Congress.

The pope will also stay threedays at a bishops' conference re­treat house in the resort of Zako­pane in Poland's southern TatraMountains. The visit to the moun­tains, long requested by local in­habitants, will feature a full day ofhiking.

Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza dailyreported that officials hoped ameeting with representatives of"sister churches," to be held dur­ing ecumenical discussions withminority denominations in Wro­claw, would include talks with thehead of Russia's Orthodox Church.

Russian Orthodox PatriarchAlexei II, who turned down ameeting with the pope at Hun­gary's Pannonhalma monastery inJune 1996, has provisionally ac­cepted an invitation to the eucha­ristic congress from co-organizerCardinal Henryk Roman Gulbino­wicz of Wroclaw.

Pope John Paul will meet Po­land's head of state, PresidentAleksander KwasniewSki, a formercommunist, at arrival and depar­ture ceremonies, as well as at aprivate meeting in Wroclaw's CityHall.

The pope is also expected to dis­cuss current church-governmentdisputes during talks with premierWlodzimierz Cimoszewicz in Kra­kow.

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Pope sets fifth pilgrimageto Polish homeland

National Coriference of CatholicBishops. But he said courts hadruled these contracts could not beused to control what physiciansdid at other locations. So a physi­cian affiliated with a Catholic hos­pital may at times be performingabortions elsewhere, and conse­quently creating concern in theCatholic community, he said.

While most people .agreeing tofollow the directives doubtlessknow that they rule out contracep­tion and abortion in Catholic hos­pitals, many probably do not realizethey have agreed to much morethan that, Father Brodeur said.

He pointed out that the latestversion of the directives, issued in1994, affirms "the right of eachperson to basic health care" anddeclares that the mission ofCatho­lic health care includes special con­cern to serve the poor and others"whose social condition puts themat the margins of our society andmakes them particularly vulnera­ble to discrimination."

"Ifyou tell your physicians, here'swhat you agreed to, wiII they allapplaud?" he asked. "Probablynot."

Father Brodeur said additionalethical problems were created whenprofit-making companies enteredthe field of health care. That meansinvestors have to be assured of acompetitive return on their capi­tal, and consequently less is spenton care, he said.

"Do we want Wall Street com­panies dealing with managed care?"he asked. "My answer is no. Butothers would turn over all healthcare to the market, and that meansthe profit is measured by the sen'i­ces they don't provide."

Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu

Optimism wanesNEW YORK (CNS) - The

optimistic mood that prevailedamong Palestinians a year ago hasbeen shattered, according to thegeneral secretary of the CatholicNear East Welfare Association."The religious celebration was joy­ful, but the feel of the populacewas not optimistic at all," saidMsgr. Robert L. Stern. who re­cently returned from his annualChristmas visit to the Holy Land.A year earlier, he recalled, Israelhad just begun turning over theOccupied Territories to thc Pales­tinian Authority, and Palestiniansexpressed "growing optimism."But the mood has changed becauseof the words and actions of thenew Israeli prime minister, Ben­jamin Netanyahu. and because"the timetable for withdrawalagreed on in Oslo is not being fol­lowed," he said. Palestinians arenow discouraged about their fu­ture. he said.

that current developments werecreating new pressures. In the past,he said, Catholic hospitals havebeen able to provide services to thepoor partly by shifting costs topatients who could payor carriedinsurance. But companies nego­tiating to get the lowest cost ofmanaged care now often say theywant all their payments used fortheir own employees, with no costshifting, he said.

The argument tqat there is nocommunity responsibility (or thepoor is "myopic," he said. "It can­not be allowed to stand."

Father Brodeur discussed govern­ment Medicaid contracts as a spe­cial problem for Catholic hospi­tals because they involve care ofthe poor. Hospitals who enter intothese contracts must agree to pro­vide contraceptive services and incertain cases abortions, he said.

Since Catholic hospitals do notperform these procedures, they com­monly make arrangements for pay­ing some other facility to providethem, he said. Then, he said, ad­ministrators of the Catholic facili­ties must think through the waythis will be handled to minimizecooperation with immoral actions.

FOr purists, any arrangementmay be viewed as "cause for scan­dal" and present a problem for thelocal bishop, Father Brodeur add­ed.

But he said Catholic health caretoday, not only in treatment but incommunity programs of preventa­tive medicine, has to be carried outin networks that include peoplewith diverse values.

Father Brodeur said physiciansand others working in Catholichospitals sign contracts agreeingto abide by the "Ethical and Relig­ious Directives" issued by the

Teresa while she is ailing was prov­ing to be a major hurdle.

The motherhouse is closed tooutsiders during the chapter. Theelectors and nuns closely involvedsaid they are sworn to secrecy con­cerning chapter proceedings andadded that Mother Teresa is well.

The Missionaries o( Charity con­stitution stipulates that the super­ior general, called "mother" bycongregation members, be electedby secret ballot with an absolutemajority of votes.

If three scrutinies fail to pro­duce an absolute majority, a fourthwill take place, with only the lead­ing two members from the pre­vious ballot eligible for votes.

Should a tie happen in the fourthballot, the elder of the two sisters isconsidered elected and cannot re­fuse her election unless the chapterallows it.

Six councilors general are alsoelected through secret ballot tohelp manage the affairs of thecongregation.

According to the constitution,the superior general must be atleast 40 years old and have been infinal vows for at least 10 years. Shemay be re-elected for a second butnot a third term.

The successive elections of Mo­ther Teresa as superior generalwere exceptions to the constitu­tion and wee made with permis­sion from the Vatican.

CALCUTTA, India (CNS) ­Missionaries of Charity sources inCalcutta say a superior general forthe religious order will be selected"definitely on or before Feb. 25."

They told UCA News, an Asianchurch news agency based in Thai­land, that the elections will be heldwhen the 123 electors at the order'songoing chapter are ready.

The congregation's constitutionallows for up to four scrutinies, orballots, and there are no set timelimits, so an election date cannotbe set exactly.

Mother Teresa, who founded>the order in 1950 and has led itsince, is now 86 years old and ail­ing, and she is not expected to bere-elected. She was elected unani­mously in all seven previous chap­ter elections since 1961.

The current chapter, being heldat the Missionaries of Charitymotherhouse in Calcutta, was post­poned from October due to MotherTeresa's recurrent heart problems,which required her to undergo herthird angioplasty in five years inNovember.

The chapter convened followinga mandatory eight-day retreat heldJan. 16-23, but the election pro­cess scheduled to begin Feb. 2 waspostponed.

Missionaries of Charity sourcesearlier said the sisters' reluctanceto elect a successor to Mother

NEW YORK (CNS) - Catho­lics who want the church to con­tinue its hospital ministries mustconfront the ethical problems as­sociated with managed care, ac­cording to a priest who specializesin medical ethics.

Father Denms A. Brodeur, ste­wardship vice president for theSisters of St Mary Health Cart'System in 81. Louis, said theseproblems included not only suchissues as abortion and contracep­tion but such broader concerns ascare of the poor.

People responsible for Catholichospital ministries must find waysof working with partners who donot share their values, and ways ofsecuring the understanding ofbishops who are soml:times "short­sighted" and "not sophisticated"in their judgml:nts, he said.

Father Brodeur spoke in NewYork recently to the Catholic Hos­pital Administrative Personnel Pro­gram, an annual weeklong courseoffered at S1. John's Universitywith joint sponsorship by the Catho­lic Medical Center of Brooklynand Queens.

Managed care - a contractwith private companies or govern­ment to provide health services ata specified per capita cost - is notin itself unethical, Father Brodeursaid.

Although some people try toavoid facing the issues, resourcesare always limited and always re­quire hospitals to make some cho­ices about levels of care they wiIIoffer, he said.

"We don't like making thosechoices," he said. But he said theywere being made one way or anoth­er even before the "managed care"concept came along.

Father Brodeur said, however,

12 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River~Fri.;Feb. 21, 1997

Satanic ritual suspected in incidentat New York Marian shrine

Spread the 'WordROME (CNS) - Pope John

Paul II has dispatche:d a smallarmy of Catholic activil;ts to take amillion copies of the Gospel to thehomes of Roman families. Alongwith "The Gospel According to St.Mark," the families are receiving aletter from the pope a.king themto open the book and read it. It'spart of his plan to revitalize thefaith of Romans in preparation forthe GreatJubilee of the Year 2000.The pontiff, visiting a Rome par­ish Jan. 1.9, said he'wanted everyfamily in the city to 'receive theslim volume. 'J: .'.

compassion," he said. "True: com­passion is the willingness to sharethe pain of others, to be pre!,ent tothem, to learn from them and to .recognize that human life i!, a giftfrom God. We cannot allow acourt, a legislature or anotherhuman being the right to say thatone human being, though fragile,sick or aging, has less value thananother."

Decisions about hum2,n life"from the moment of conceptionto the moment of natural death,"he said, "are not a matter of holyprivacy or only the autonomy ofthe individual."

Instead, "such decision. mustrecognize the value of faith, familyand friends who offer their sup­port, love and care," he added."Just as quality experiences ofIiv­ing call for the presence of others,the quality experience 0:[ dyingrequires the same."

He said that as someonl: with alife-threatening illness, he can"appreciate the possibility ofdeath." .

"However," he added, "I appre­ciate even more the care, love,faith and hope that family, friendsand health care personnel haveshared 'with me. Facing the realityof death, I know I must be a ste­ward of the gift of life."

He said he plans to cho'(Ise "onlythose treatments that offl:r a rea­sonable hope of benefit" and not:;Jl~Q~~i~hW~:wduiCi ii)\'pJs'e "e'x~es-sive burdens" on himself (lr others.

At a press conference before theliturgy Dr. David White, the hema­tologist in charge of ,the.archbi­shop's treatment, said Ar.:hbishopMurphy has responded "remarka­bly well" to chemotherapy but stillhas slight blood irregularities and.is receiving weekly transfusions.

The archbishop said he wasIdciking forwa1'd to returning tolimited public ministry. He said hewas not aware of any.·plans toname a coadjutor archbishop toassist him.

Facing a life-threateni.ng illnesshas given him a new appreciationof life, he said. He now Bavors the

. splendor of a sunset and pauses tostudy intricate wood carvings inthe cathedral.

"\t's like a Polaroid c2.mera," hesaid. "You look at things and youwant to take hold and develop itslowly.

"You do it with pl:ople," headded. "You. don't say. 'Hi, howare youT and not wait for ananswer, as we often do. Youappreciate and savor the momentswe take for granted."

Seattle prelate returns t()ministry after treatment:

ARCHBISHOP MURPHY

SEATTLE (CNS) - ArchbishopThomas J. Murphy of Seattleresumed his public ministry Feb.10 with a Mass and anointing ofthe sick at St. James Cathedral.

He took the occasion to speakof his own struggle with leukemiaand to challenge the idea ofassistedsuicide.

veteran producers Norman Learand Aaron Spelling backs a sys­tem that would assign ratings for--------------------------

Group' ad'ds' ~ew' 'T'V' 'r'ating: 'F' for failureeach show under gradations of"S"for sex, "V" for violence" and "L"for language.

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Lessthan two months after its debut,the television ratings system hasbeen deemed a failure by one ofthe organizations touted as aresource by the organizations respon­sible for creating the TV parentalguidelines.

The Parents Television Councilissued a "report card" giving theratings an F at a Feb. I I pressconferece in Washington. Thecouncil is a Los Angeles-basedproject of the Media ResearchCenter. '. The age-based ratings system is

"hopelessly confusing, inconsistent,contradictory and meaningless,"said a statement by L. Brent Bozell111, chairman of both organiza­tions. He said it should be scrappedin fa VOl' of a content-based system.

The conclusions were reachedduring a prime-time survey of all150 hours ofprogramming shownon the six commercial broadcastnetworks in the first two weeks ofJanuary, with the ratings were first ­instituted. They were announcedDec. 19.

Inconsistencies were a big rea­son why the council wants to scrapthe current system, which ismodeled after the movie ratingssystem. .

Under the new system for TV,content determines what rating ashow is given but no explination ismade to viewers as to what thatcontent 'is except to say a show The 64-year-old archbishop was"may contain" unsuitable material. hospitalized Dec. I with .reduced

There are six broad categories, kidney function and acute leuke-two for children's programs, TVY

. and TVY7, and four for all others, mia. He was hospitalized for 39TVG, TVPG, TVI4, and TVM. A days and has bee.n recovering at

home since then.tiny icon with the rating appears Th . M t th the evenmg ass a e ca e-on the screen at the beginning of dral marked the World Day of theeach show..

, .' . I' ,Sick, anannualobservance i,nitiated:'In itS'aJi'alysis, 'ih~'Pa~~nts I~le,- 'by Pope john'PilULt'I'in"1993' for

vision Council found that shows Feb. II, the Feast of Our Lady ofgiven a TVPG rating. which sug- Lourdes.gests parental guidance and account- In his homily Archbishoped for more than three-fifths of all Murphy said that in the past heprogramming, had more sexual celebrated such observances as onereferences per hour than did'shows bringing the gifts of God's word,rated TV 14, which suggests pro- the Eucharist and anointing tograms may be unsuitable for child- others who were sick.ren under age 14. "Tonight, however, I come as

The survey also found that 52 one wh'o also shares the humanpercent of a II TVPG shows con- condition of fragility and illness,"tained vulgar language, compared he said. "I join all of you whoto 68 percent of the TV 14 shows. suffer from cancer or leukemia,

NBC led all networks with 67 HIV or aging, broken bones orvulgarities, nearly twice as many broken spirits, emotional or phys-as ABC, CBS and Fox, all of ical disabilities."whom had vulgarities numbering "I still have leukemia," he toldin the mid-30s.

TVG-rated shows came in third them. "lam still in need of prayers."in terms of number of hours aired The !lrchbishop administereq thein prime time, with 27 hours out of anonting of the sick to about 20the 150 surveyed. TVPG shows people andwas himself among thetook up 92 hours of prime time, hundreds who received it fromwhile TV 14 shows accounted for assisting priests.the remaining 31 hours. CBS led He called it ironic that the lastwith 10 hours of TVG program- time he met with his people for anming, followed by the three-nights- evening Mass iii the cathedral wasa-week WB network with 6.5 hours in November when CardinalJosephand ABC with 5.5 hours. L. Bernardin of Chicago died.

The Parents Television Council "That gathering provided mewants Hollywood to voluntarily with the opportunity to reflect onreston; the spirit of the "family the realities of life and death," hehour," in which the first hour of said. "I did not realize then that Iprime time is set aside for shows. would have the opportunity toanyone in the family can see. speak about these same realities

In calling for a change in the from personal experience.ratings system, Bozell warned that "Our society'today finds it farit too should be voluntary. "It bet- too ealiY to dismiss the value of thetel' get done if Hollywood doesn't Weak and fragile among us," hewant the feds to take the system continued. "The great temptationover," he said. today is to remove the aging and

Content-based ratings "wouldn't dying from our midst in the namenecessarily reduce raunchiness," of compassion or a false sense ofsaid a statement by Media Research autonomy. There is the great cryCouncil analyst Thomas.J ohnson, 'to legalize assisted suicide to pro­who compiled the analysis, "but teet the dying from what they fearthey would more effectively let most: intractable pain, loss of con-parents know what to expect." trol (~nd) human' dignity, arid

Johnson said a TV industry finan<':I~I. stress. ,caucuswh6se' metnbersr'include -- ~~But.'~assiated,suicide.is. nat

Father Crager said the incidentoccurred in a heavily wooded areain the southwest section of the 200­acre shrine. "It was a good dis­tance from any of our major build­ings. The area is not easily access-ible," he said. .

A similiar incident occurred atthe shrine about seven years ago,Father Crager said. "It's one of·those things that's impossible tocontrol," he said. "There's no wayto block access to the property."

Haverstraw Police Chief PaulAllison declined to comment onthe incident, saying the case wasunder joint investigation with thestate Department of Environmen­tal Conservation'.

The shrine, operated by the Sale­sians of Don Bosco, holds retreatsand other religious activities' foryouths and adults. '

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Consecration to the Divine WillOh adorable and Divine Will, behold me here before the

immensity of Your Ught, that Your eternal goodness may opento me the doors and make me enter into It to form my life all inYou, Divine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate beforeYour Ught, I, the least of all creatures, put myself into the littlegroup of the sons and daughters of Your Supreme RAT. Pros­trate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Ught and beg that Itclothe me and eclipse all that does not pertain to You, DivineWill. It will be my Ufe, the center of my intelligence, theenrapturer of my heart and of my whole being. I do not wantthe human will to have life in this heart any longer. I will cast itaway from me and thus form the new Eden of Peace, of happi­ness and of love. With It I shall be always happy. I shall have asingular strength a,nd a holiness that sanctifies all things andconducts them to God.

Here prostrate, I invoke the help of the Most Holy Trinity,that They permit me to live in the cloister of the Divine Willand thus return in me the first order of creation, just as thecreature was created.

Heavenly Mother, Sovereign and Queen of the Divine Rat,take my hand and introduce me into the Ught of the DivineWill. You will be my guide, my most tender Mother, and willteach me to live'in and to maintain myself in the order and thebounds of the Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate mywhole being to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me thedoctrine of the Divine Will and I will listen most attentively toYour lessons. You will cover me with Your mantle so that theinfernal serpent dare not penetrate into this sacred Eden toentice me and make me fall into the maze of the human will.

Heart of my greatest Good, Jesus, You will give me Your,flames that they may burn me, consume me, and feed me toform in me the Ufe of the Divine Will.

Saint Joseph, you will be my protector, the guardian of myheart, and will keep the keys of my will in your hands, You willkeep my heart jealously and shall never give it to me again,that I may be sure of never leaving the Will of God.

My guardian Angel, guard me; defend me; help me in every­thing so that'my Eden may flourish and be the instrument thatdraws all men into the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Amen.

(1~ Honor of Luisa Piccarreta 186&1947 Child of the Divine Will)

WEST HAVERSTRAW, NY(CNS) - Rotting animal carcassesdiscovered on the grounds of theMarian Shrine in West HaverstrawFeb. 3 may be related to a satanicritual, the shrine's administratorsaid.

"No one knows for sure who'sresponsible, but it appears this hassome satanic overtones." said Sale­sian Father Richard Crager. "Isuspect it was a group of kids, butI'd be guessing at this point."

The mutilated carcasses havebeen found on the shrine's groundsseveral times in the past fewmonths, but the incident disco­vered Feb. 3 was the largest,according to police.

At the latest discovery, policeuncovered carcasses of mallards,deers and a freshly killed raccoon.Also found at the scene were twodeer skulls, several animal bonesand as silver skull ring.

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alarm went off, he would be killed.In the sacristy, one of the robbers

folded collection bags into thepriest's briefcase. The priest saidthe robbers took the Sunday col­lection and foreign currency hehad received as gifts for a pro­posed visit to Rome. When one ofthe men dragged out the briefcaseand locked the priest inside thesacristy, he called the police.

When three more foreign semi­narians and two priests arrived.they walked straight into two ofthe robbers, who told them theplace was being burglarized.

"When Father Ben (Mahlungu)·questioned him, he was given aswipe across his back with ahammer," Father Hattingh said.

"My five guests were pistol-ledto the spare bedroom, whereThomas., overcome by fumes, wascoming around. One of them man­aged to press the panic alarm but­ton and, with the siren going, therobbers fled," he said.

Father Hattingh said althoughthe experience was over, the night­mares continue.

"I relive the episode constantly,"he said.

"I believe God protected us in adecisive way." he added.

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Johannesburg desperation seespriests as latest prey

Tl1E ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri.,' Feb.'21, 1997 13

By Winnie Graham

JOHANNESBURG, South Af­rica (CNS) - A Catholic priestand a young seminarian were as­saulted, doused with gasoline andthreatened with death when bur­glars broke into a Johannesburgrectory.

Father Gerhard Hattingh, pas­tor of Holy Angels parish and thediocesan newspaper editor, andMulushewa Thomas, a young sem­inarian from Ethiopia, said theybelieved they were going to diewhen thieves attacked them insidethe rectory as they returned homeseparately.

"It's a miracle we are alive,"Father Hattingh said. "When Isaw Thomas twitching on the floorof his room. I started to pray forhim. I thought he was dying."

The two were among the latestvictims in a spate of attacks onCatholic priests, who have beenassaulted, robbed and hijacked onnumerous occasions in recentmonths.

Priests working in the giant in­formal settlement at Orange Farm,south of Johannesburg, have beenrobbed. In the township ofSoweto.Father Peter Holiday had his carstolen - three times. About twoyears ago, Father Noel Stantonwas murdered in Cape provincefor his Sunday collection.

Father Hattingh. editor of Jo­hannesburg's Diocesan News, saidwhen he returned home at 8:40p.m. he noticed that the securitygate was open. He said he pre­sumed that a guest, Thomas, hadreturned ahead of him and left thegate ajar.

When the priest. entered thehouse, he said he could smellgasoline:

When he entered the kitchen, aman swung around and pointed a.pistol at him.

'''Don't move,''' he quoted theman as saying. '''We want yourmoney...•

Before the priest could answer,a second man demanded money.The two rushed at Father Hat­tingh, twisted his arms behind hisbackand pushed him upstairs. Hesaid his bedroom was a mess:drawers had been ransacked andthe bedroom door kicked in.

One man warned him not tomove and poured gasoline downhis back and over his clothes.

"I was drenched in it," FatherHattingh said.

They threw him to the floor andtied his hands behind his back.

"Across the floor, I noticedThomas lying, handcuffed. He wastwitching. I prayed for him becausehe appeared to be dying. He hadthe same movements as a man Ihad seen die several months earlierafter he had been shot.

"I looked for blood, but at theangle at which I was lying I couldnot see any. I thought they hadshot Thomas as they would surelyshoot me. I prepared myself fordeath."

The burglars wanted money.They cocked their pistols and re­peated their demand to know wherethe collection was hidden.

"One produced a cigarette light­er, which confirmed my expecta­tion of being killed," Father Hat­tingh said. "I had the grace toremain calm and persuaded themto escort me downstairs to fetchkeys to the safe."

He said he was warned that if an

harsh and often violent prisonconditions in the country.

Built 35 years ago to housearound 750 inmates, the prison atone time held more than 4,700prisoners.

Many prisoners died each monthas inmates fought for control ofthe trafficking of drugs and armsinside the jail, according to humanrights groups.

Turpin; Our Lady of Lourdes. Taunton- Shannon Suzanne Whitman.

New Bedford: St. Joseph's, NB - LoisAguiar, Herminia Colon, John Duarte.Jonathan Gurney. Brenda Vazquez; OurLady of the Assumption, NB- ManuelaAlmeida Cabral. Iris Carrion, MichaelCromwell, Nathalia Dacruz, Peter Du­arte, Linda Gomes. Rori Souto; St. Johnthe Baptist. NB - Rance Gillespie; St.Julie Billiart. N. Dartmouth - KristineGorman, Cristy Lynn Frates. Pamela

.Lel!~Y. ,C,l!rl, g~!tqn; ;.~t.. .J,oseph·s., Fair­haven - Terri Jacobsen. Richard Ramos,Jeana Sargent. Norman Sargent. JohnTyson Jr.; St. Patrick's, Wareham ­Vanessa Johnson, Ann Sheehan, Law­rence Wright; St. George, Westport ­Gregory MacNeil; ,Our Lady of Mt.Carmel, NB - Martha Puga.

Fall River: St. Anne·s. FR - JenniferBazinet. Michelle Bettencourt. DavidLavally. Courtney Salva. Dawn Tessier;St. John the Baptist, Westport - LoriBeth Dellecese. Robert Joseph MichaelPorawski. David Sheridan, George Sine;Notre Dame. FR - Jennifer Lessard;Our Lady of Angels, FR - AngelaChapman; SS Peter & Paul, FR ­Rachel Medeiros. Lisa Wright.

Prayer BoxDear Lord,

Please help us during this season ofpenance to sacrifice with a joyous heartremelnbering your vast sacrifice for all

of us, your son Jesus.Add a fire to our lives fueled by your love

and a passion to follow your word.Thank you for our many blessings,

too numerous to count.

not go into the facility, known as"hell" because of its degradingconditions: rodents, open sewersand the prevalence of weaponsand drugs among inmates.

About 100 prisoners were alsopardoned in honor of the pope'svisit.

SIGNING THE BOOK OF LIFE: This man, with theblessing of his sponsor, adds his name to those intending tobecome full members of the Catholic Church at a ceremony atSt. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, Feb. 16. Father Richard E.Degagne looks on. (Anchor/ J olivet photo)

dridge, Michael Rosemond; CorpusChristi, E. Sandwich - Dana Black.Kasey Black. Ashley Bartlett. John Can­ida. Ann Cook. William Fenton. AllysonJones, Deborah LaCroix. Marshall Mey­ers; St. Pius X. So. Yarmouth - Kathe­rine Burt. Melissa O'Rourke, Sheri Per­kins, Scott Smith, Ronald Standish.Richard Trott; Our Lady of the Cape.Brewster - Autumn Collette, DonnieHosick; Christ the King. Mashpee ­Allison Daigle, Jennifer Doherty. JuneMlIntbtr: [;)artyn Remillard;.Tnacey, LeeVacn6ti; 'Angera I Willoughby; St. Peterthe Apostle. Provincetown - Reid Holt.

Attleboro: St. John the Evangelist,Attleboro - Richard Angevine. LisaDelfino. Karen Richards; Our Lady ofMt. Carmel, Seekonk - Molly Chris­tiensen, Craig Finizia, Marilyn Sheldon;Sacred Heart, N. Attleboro -'Alan Fol­lett. David Dey; St. Mary·s. Mansfield-Jennifer Coughlin, Susan Trombetta.

Taunton: Holy Cross. Easton - Tra­cey Alferi. James Condon, Ralph Di­Primo, Peter Spaulding, Jennifer Turell.Lorrie Whitkins; St. Paul·s. Taunton ­Cheryl Nye; Immaculate Conception, N.Easton - Chris O·Reilly. Kelly Rich.Kenneth Robbins. David Sheehan,Jamie

Vene~uelanauthorities close 'notorious' prisonCARACAS, Venezuela (CNS)

- Venezuelan authorities closedone of Latin America's most no­toriously violent prisons Jan. 25,less than a year after it was blessedby Pope John Paul II.

Amid tight security a convoy of27 buses transferred the last 609inmates out of Reten di Catia pris-on. where 412 prisoners died in The pope's gesture was widelyviolent circumstances last year. seen as an acknowledgment of the

Inmates' family members watch­ed and cried.

Prison staff placc~d a banneracross the entrance reading"Closed."

Venezuelan Justice MinisterHenrique Meier hung a heavy lockand chain across the prison doorsin a symbolic action. He said thatprior to its demolition Feb. 9. theprison would be open to the public"so that people realize what thishell was like."

Authorities plan to build a newplaza on the spot and dedicate it tothe pope.

During his visit to Venezuela inFebruary 1996, Pope John Paulblessed the prison from a highwayoverpass across the street. He did

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Continued from Page Onethat flow from the sacraments arenot to be taken lightly. The spon­sors were again asked if the candi­dates were properly trained andrealized the commitment involved.Bishop O'Malley then spoke to theelect and candidates and told themthe Church recognized their desireto be sealed with the Holy Spiritand have a place at Christ's Eu­charistic table.

In his homily. Bishop O'Malleytold the congregation that on thisday we celebrate this rite not onlyin the diocese of Fall River. but wejoin with every diocese throughoutthe world. The bishop welcomedthe elect and candidates and toldthem, "You are entering the larg­est and the oldest Christianchurch." He continued by saying."The church is not a club or a mul­tinational corporation, it is theBody of Christ." He told them tobe a disciple means to take up thecross, but to take it up with faithand joy.

The Rite of Election and theCall to Continuing Conversion isthe second of three stages a ca­techumen or candidate experienceson the way to becoming a Catholicin the RCIA. The first stage is. theRite of Entrance to the Catechu­menate. during which the candi­date receives instruction in theCatholic faith. Through variousministries of the Church. individ­ual come to know the: living pres­ence of God in their lives. Follow­ing the Rite of Enrollment. usuallyduring the liturgical season ofLent. the entire parish c0n:tmunityrenews its commitment to theChriS1ianV.fe.bY joil1iQg withJl\eelect in reflecting on Scriptu're.and joining in fasting. prayer andworks of charity. The third stage,the Sacraments of Initiation. ,isusually celebrated during theEaster Vigil. Within this context.the faithful renew their own bap­tismal promises and the elect them­selves are baptized. confirmed, andreceive the Eucharist.

Following are those who werewelcomed to the Church duringlast Sunday's celebration:

Cape Cod & Islands: St. Francis Xav­ier. Hyannis - Joan Adam, Peter El-

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and Kathleen Rose; grade seven-Corey Byers, Sean Cantwell, AlainaDriscoll and Seanna McRae; gradeeight -·Jamie Patel, Diana Pica­riello, and Erin Robens.

Outstanding Achievements inScience Awards were given to:grade five - Tracy Correia andJessica Scott; grade six - AdamBagni, John Stahl and Lynn«: Vas­concellos; grade seven - NicholasChmura and Timothy Juss~lume;

grade eight - Adam Guaralcli andKevin Reilly.

The Principal's Award, in recog­nition ofefforts to advance science,was given to Brigitte Sullivan.

graphic entitled Mr. Chicken. andSara Dembro for her drawing en­titled Jayne.

Stang Blood drive setThe National Honor Society at

Bishop Stang is hosting a blooddrive in collaboration with, St.Luke's Hospital, New Bedford,Blood Bank. The drive will be' heldat the Stang John C. O'Brien Gym­nasium on March 13 from 8:30a.m. to 2 p.m.

Alumni, family and friends areinvited to be donors. Appoint­ments should be scheduled b ad­vance by calling the Stang De­velopment Office at 993-8959.

cates of appreciation. Severalmembers were acknowledged fortheir substantial contributions:Marie Cirelli, Jeanne Crombie,Annalee Nystrom, Robert andConnie Sullivan, Maureen lan­noni, Bernadette Cabral, ElizabethTerrill and Ann Lubold.

The annual Science Fair washeld Feb. 4. Students in all gradelevels participated. In the categoryof Excellence in Science, the win­ners were: Grade five - BradFisher, Michelle Morrison, Vanes­sa Patenaude and Ryan Trudeau;grade six - Alison Elias, SusanGiovanoni, Patrick McNamara

Bishop Stang High Scho()lThree students of Bishop Stang

High School, No. Dartmouth, wererecently named as award winnersin the Boston Globe Scholastic'Art Awards Program..Freshman

.Rachel Stopka was named a SilverKey Award winner and received acertificate for her achievement.Rachel's entry, The Boot. done inthe pointillist style went on dis­play at the State TransportationBuilding, Park Square, Boston, onJan. 27 and will be there until Feb.27.

Stang students receiving Honor­able Mention in the competitionare seniors Michael Carney for his

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MARDI GRAS St. Jean the Baptist School, Fall River, style. Students celebrat~d thecertification of the school by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. with aMardi Gras party on' Feb. II. The students and faculty were given. a dress down day Clnd aspaghetti and meatball lunch complete with beverages and garlic bread.

'Taunton Catholic Middle SchoolParent volunteers at Taunton

Catholic Middle School have or­ganized themselves into a groupcalled VI PS. Since October of1996, this group has provided morethan 200 hours of service and sup­port to the school. Parents havedone mass mailings, database man­agement, assembled monthly news­letters, videotaped special events,painted scenery for plays, madecostumes and planned a float forthe Taunton Christmas Parade.

Currently, the group is workingon a bus trip to New York City, afather-daughter dance and a golftournament.

The VI PS meet three times eachyear fof. planning and operatethrough a series of communiques'sent home I weekly through theTaunton Catholic Middle SchoolDevelopment Office. In addition,VIPS members can be foundworking in many areas of'theschool, including the library andcafeteria.

Recently, the VI PS were invitedto a reception in their honor at thenewly established volunteer officeon the second floor of the school,across from the library.

The room was filled to capacityas school principal, Kathleen A.Simpson welcomed the VI PS andthanked them for their invaluableservice to the school. Each of the68 volunteers were given .certifi-

tation by the New England As­sociation of Schools and Col­leges, and an award from the U.S.Department of Education recog­nizing it as a "School of Ex­cellence:"

"Dr. Boyle, an educational vis­ionary, realizes that excellence ineducation is an ongoing process,"said Coyle & Cassidy HeadmasterMichael Donly. "She thereforecontinues to promote an atmos­phere where needs are recognizedand addressed."'. Students set for competition

After a school-wide competitionin .which members of the: -Social'Studies department judged pro­ject~, sevenil students were selectedto participate in the 1997 NationalHistory Day District Competitionat Bridgewater State College onMarch I.'

In the individual performancecategory, sophomores DanielleOliari and Rebecca Pye will repre­sent the school, as will freshmanLaura Pye.

In the group ·project compe­tition will be juniors DavidMackiewicz, Michael Draper,Danielle Desrochers aJ:\d TimothyDraper.

Sophomores !"att Chmura, Pe~ter Cohenno, Georgia Karage9r­gos, Victoria Souza, Kerri Pow­ers, Karen Donoghue, AndreaPerry, Lisa Fortin, Heather Den­nis and Jessica Smith will com­pete. Freshmen Jennifer Brown,Nadia Melim, Daniel Covell andMark Mc,(;Qy.ern willalso;.presentprojects..

member-in-charge of the school'sbingo for six years. He is alsoactively involved in school spon­sored events and moderates a groupof confirmation candidates.

The Distinguished GraduateAward highlights individuals "whoas ad ults put into practice thevalues and ideals they learned intheir Catholic elementary school."

Aiello believes that children needJesus in their lives on a regulardaily basis and ·that a Catholicschool education reinforces strongmoral and Christian beliefs thatwill last a lifetime. He credits St.Joseph's School for preparing himin a unique way to meet the re­sponsibilities of adult life.

THOMAS AIELLO re­ceives an award from FatherWilliam Heffron, SSCc. .

Coyle & Cassidy H.S.Dr. Donna F. Boyle, academic

principal at Coyle & Cassidy High'School, Taunton, for the past nineyears, will be receiving one of sixprestigious awards given by thesecondary department" of the Na­tional Catholic Education Associ­ation at its convention in Minne­apolis MN in April.

Dr. Donna F. Boyle

Her award recognizes the 40years of service she has given toCatholic education. While aca­demic principal, Dr. Boyle hasmade significant contributions tothe Coyle and Cassidy cQmmunityand she has put into motion a planto restructure the school's curricu­lum with the support of depart­ment chairpersons.

Under her leadership, Coyle &Cassidy has received both accredi-

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Sister Lillian Marie Cookson,SSCC:ofSt. Joseph School, Fair­haven, received the OutstandingReligious Educator Ovation(OR EO) Awa~d during a celebra­tion held Catholic Schools Week.

Sr. Lillian Marie Cookson

St. Joseph's, Fairhaven

Sister Lillian Marie is retired,but works "full time" tutoring chil­dren in reading and preparessecond-graders for the Sacramentsof penance and Eucharist. .

Distinguished graduate awardThomas Aiello, a 1970 grad uate

ofSt. Joseph's School, was namedthe 1997 National Catholic Educa­tion Association Catholic Elemen­tary School Distinguished Gradu­ate Award.

Aiello, currently a letter carrierand a student at Cape Cod Com­munity College, has been an activeSt. Joseph's school board memberfor four years, and has been

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ter, the Junior Boys All-Star tour­nament will begin on the 23rd at1:00 p.m. with New Bedford tak­ing on Taunton. The winner ofthat game will then play Fall Riverfor the championship beginning at2:00 p.m.

Finally, at the Taunton areaCya center (located at the Taun­ton Catholic Middle School), actionat the Prep Boys All-Star tourna­ment on the 23rd begins at 1:00p.m. with Fall River playing NewBedford and the winner of thatgame taking on host Taunton at2:00 p.m.

At all three tournaments, anAll-Tourney team and a tourneyMVP will be selected and pres­ented with awards.

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Diocesan CYO All-Startournament this weekend

KRISTIN DISSINGER (right) and Amanda Poholekhave been selected to participate in the Southeastern Massa­chusetts Band Association Orchestra for the 1997 season. Kris­tin, daughter of Anne and Bill Dissinger of Mansfield, wasselected as principal cellist and Amanda, daughter of Bob andFlorence Poholek of Mansfield, as second violin.

The Fall River Diocesan cyawill be sponsoring three All-Starbasketball tournaments Feb. 23,at three different sites. Teams fromthe Fall River, New Bedford andTaunton areas will compete inthese tournaments. Players wereselected from among the manyparish teams who take part inCya basketball throughout thediocese.

The Junior Girls All-Star tour­nament will take place at the NewBedford area Cya center (KennedyCenter) on Feb. 23rd with FallRiver playing Taunton at 1:00p.m. and the winner of that gametaking on host New Bedford at2:00 p.m.

At the Fall River area cya cen-

EVERY WEEK St. Joseph School, New Bedford, princi­pal Paulette Dansereau has lunch in her office with the stu­~ents oft~eweek from Grades One and Two. One ofthe perksIS a free Ice cream cone for all. Pictured are Kailey Poitras,Jeffrey Beaudry and Corey Gagne.

lor I see the inability to listen asa problem in many kinds ofrelationships.

If you are feeling like thewoman in the song, I suggestthat you try a different ap­proach.

First, ask the other personwhen would be a good time totalk about your concerns. Don'tjust start dumping out yourhurt feelings.

Setting a time (and ifneed be,a place) tells the other that hav­ing his or her attention is impor­tant and necessary.

Next, minimize distractions.Turn off the television and un­plug the phone. This time needsto be free of interruptions. Pri­vate rather than public placesare best for significant con­versations.

In initiating the dialogue, askthe other to hear your points ofview all the way through beforeresponding. Avoid any accusingor blaming.

Take full responsibility forwhatever you feel. However,describe the change that youseek.

Ask the other to work withyou in discovering solutions tothe problems being discussed.Offer to negotiate the differen­ces between the two of you.Focus your goal not just on get­ting what you want but on find­ing a consensus that supportsthe relationship you share withthe person.

Ifyou see that either of you isgetting defensive, suspend theconversation temporarily. Nolistening goes on when an indi­vidual feels threatened. It is morehelpful in attaining your goal totake a IS-minute break than tofurther damage the relationship.

These are beginning steps, soset modest goals.

Like any skill, listening re­quires effort and practice.Whether the relationship in­volved be a romance, a friend­ship or between a parent and ateen, listening enhances the feel­ing of being loved.

Set out to become a betterlistener!

Your comments are alwayswelcome. Please address:Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box182, Rockport, Ind. 47635•

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ALL I WANT

By Charlie MartinCatholic News ServIce

Can't Ignore or hIde awayCan't escape from the thIngsThat lIne our wayTake It, leave It, break ItAnyway, you can't get backTo yesterdayAll I want, all I want to doYou better listen from now onStop what's going onStop what's going wrongYou better listen from now onConfidence; coincidenceCall It sinIt's Just lIke people sayTomorrow's hereSo open up your eyesNever hesitateAll I wantAll I want to doIs make you lIsten from now onSleepIng In the darkDreaming of the starsKeep one to wish onFrom now onIt makes me wantTo give you everythingPick you upAnd take you home againHold you tightAnd think that now Is thenAll I want to doAll I want to doYou better listen from now onOpen arms or cryIng eyesSay hello or wave goodbyeWhIch one are you thInkIng ofAll I want, all I want to sayIs everythIng I feelFrom now on

Written by I. Broudle/P. Coyle. Sung by Susanna Hoffs.Copyright (c) 1996 by London Records USA

1990 by Chrysalis Music (ASCAP)/Westbury Music Ltd.SUSANNA HOFFS' vocal wants to say "everything I feel

style on "All I Want" caught from now on." Yet, will her guymy attention. be listening?

The song describes a romance It depends. If they continueat the crossroads of possible their current style of communi-separation. The woman in the eating, nothing will change.song tells her guy to "stop what's Frustration will grow, and mostgoing on, stop what's going likely their relationship will endwrong." She wants to know if in a flame of anger.it's going to be "open arms or Actually, listening is a skill,crying eyes." Ultimately, she not something that automati-says, "AliI want to do is make cally occurs.you listen from now on!" Just because two people are in

However, can you make an- love does not mean real listen-other person listen? The woman ing happens. In fact, as a counse-

ST. MARY'S School, New Bedford, recently held its Science Fair. Pictured are some ofthe winners: (back row, from left) Cathy LaCroix, seventh and eighth grade teacher; ErinLemieux; Ross Fortin, Lauren Girouard and Amy Desrosiers. (Front row, from left) MariannePhillips, Jeff Magalhaes, Sarah Roy, Kevin Spirlet and Casey Bandarra.

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0", RocK anti RoleListening Is Part of Loving

acteristically, Tai bounced back­when cousins chose soon after­ward to move to the budding re­public, he went along, Leavingparents and other relatives behind.

Now a father, Tai has e:ncour­aged his' 25-year-old daughter towiden her horizons, sending her tohigh school in the United Statesand to college in Britain.

Tai was Taiwan's representativeto the United Kingdom in 1990-93,when, like many of his col1e:agues,he perfected his skills at conduct­ing diplomacy through trade. Inseveral countries where Taiwanhas no formal diplomatic ties, cul­tural and trade centers fat;ilitatecontact in other ways.

"Diplomatic relations are not asimportant as they once were," hesaid. "That's a concept from the18th or 19th centuries, when traveland communication were moreinconvenient. Now trade is a moreimportant means of contact be­tween countries. And by the way, atrade representative can also speakwith people in the foreign office,with or without diplomatic rela­tions,"

Taiwan takes this stance withincreasing frequency, as othergovernments cease formal diplo­matic relations with it out of re­'spect for Beijing. South Africa wasthe most recent country to d.o so,much to the chagrin of PresidentNelson Mandela, who admittedthat he could not risk alienatingChina and damaging his country'sgrowing role in global affairs.

Such developments make a for­mal diplomatic outpost lik(: theone at the Holy See all the moresignificant for Taiwan.

"I feel honored to have thisresponsibility," Ambassador Taisaid. "And I feel grateful to thetaxpayers for this opportunity, be­cause it is really intere'sting forme,"

Asked how long he would beposted in Rome, Tai replied, "Iwill stay as long as my countryrequires me to,"

Watching the 62-year-old dip­lomat at work, it's clear he is notthe type to stand by in silence.

Recently a young Italian couplecame to his embassy by accident- they were planning a vacationin China and wanted information.Slightly embarrassed on being setstraight, they were about to leavewhen Tai personally met them inthe foyer, showered them withmaps and pamphlets from the racksnear the front door, and saw themoff with the cheery admonishmentthat they really ought to visit Tai­wan sometime.

Tai showed an interest in inter­national affairs early on, earning adegree from the Department ofForeign Languages and Literatureat National Taiwan University in1965.

A U.S. State Department sti­pend then brought him to schoolsin New York, Minnesota andHawaii, and he earned a master'sdegree in American Studies. Thisled to his first job in the ForeignMinistry back in Taipei, as a spe­cialist on North America.

Then came a string of distin­guished positions in education,diplomacy and politics - punctu­ated by stints as a spokesman forhis political party, his governmentand his president.

But no career consists only ofhigh points. Tai counts. as one ofthe lows the loss of Taiwan's seatin the United Nations in 1971,while he was a ranking member ofthe delegation. The change wasmade on the insistence of Beijing,which became a U.N. member theprevious year and has since blockedTaiwan's readmission. .

"That was very hard," he re­called. "They usurped our seat.Was that fair? Taiwan was a found­ing member of U.N. The U.N.talks about justice and peace, and,our government didn't do anythingwrong. I don't think that was fair,"

Tai's family lost its land hold­ings in a communist takeover in

.the.wake ofa brutal ""ar. But, char-

Ambassador's job is to make friendsBy Lynne Weil

ROME (CNS) - One mightthink that being his country's onlyambassador in all of Europe wouldbe a lonely task, but RaymondTai, Taiwan's envoy to the HolySee, does not see it that way.

"My job is to make friends," hetold Catholic News Service in arecent interview. "It is good for mycountry and good for the world if Imake as many friends as possible."

Since only 30 countries recog­nize Taiwan - the Republic ofChina - and the rest prefer not tocross the communist rulers of thePeople's Republic of China ­which calls Taiwan a rebel pro­vince - friends in places.high andlow matter very much to the islandcountry of 21 million people..

Tai's personal pursuit of alliespaid off in january when, fivemonths after arriving in Rome, hewas able to arrange a papal au­dience for Taiwanese Vice Presi­dent .Lien Chan, the country'shighest-ranking official to visit theVatican.

"Today I was at a receptionwhere I ran into (ArchbishopJean-Louis) Tauran," Tai said."He congratulated me and told meI'm dynamic. That's what he said:'You're really dynamic,'''

Archbishop Tauran is the third­highest\ official in the VaticanSecretariat of State.

Tai's inner dynamo is fueled bythe conviction that his. country isthe legitimate govemment of all of .China.

Hence his order to fix the busi­ness cards which he inherited ­they once said "Ambassador ofTaiwan to the Holy See," now it is"Republic of China," .

In conversation he mixes theterms "R.O.C," and "Taiwan" forthe listener's sake. But he some­times corrects the uninitiated ifthey stray.

"My name is Raymo_nd Tai," heexplained. "Why should I juststand by silently if someone callsme Bill Smith?"

SACRED HEART,NO. ATTLEBORO

A parish mission, to be held Mar.4-7 from 7-8 p.m., will focus on t.hefour gospels of Matthew, Mark,Luke and John.CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE

From Mar. 1-6, the parish willhold a mission entitled "Grace Hap­pens" led by Father John Powers.Two different programs will be giveneach day at 8:30 a.m. and at 7 p.m.All are welcome.DAY OF RECOLLECTION

The annual day of recollection forall religious of the diocese will beApr. 19 at Cathedral Camp in ·EastFreetown. Bishop Sean O'Malleywill preside and honor jubilarians .marking 25, 50, 60 or 70 years inreligious life.CATHEDRAL CAMP AND .RETREAT CENTER,E. FREETOWN

The following events are comingup at Cathedral Camp; Feb. 21-23,Emmaus Retreat; Feb. 22, St. An­thony, E. Falmouth, ConfirmationRetreat; Feb. 25, Lenten Day ofPrayer for priests with Bishop SeanO'Malley.

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. . tals of Faith begins the week of Feb. gram-Consultants, Inc., Saint Anne's "My name is Jesus" is a series of25. Courses run for four consecutive Hospital will sponsor a .JlO-hour Lenten programs being held in theweeks from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and are Emergency Medical Technician theater on Tuesdays at 7: 15 p.m. Theoffered throughout the diocese: (EMT) Basic Education Program Feb. 25 presenter will be FatherTuesdays, "Respect Life" is offered beginning Apr. 3. For information Richard Delisle.at St. Thomas More, Somerset, and or an application, call (800) 499- The Feb. 22 Coffee House evening"Sacraments" at Christ the King, 6428. will feature Ed DeMayo at 6:30 p.m.Mashpee; Wednesdays, "Christian ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Father Richard Delisle will lead aLiving I" at Sacred Heart, Taunton; An adoption infqrmation program mini-mission, "Jesus Today," fromThursdays, "Christian Living I" at on newborn and older special needs Feb. 22-26 at the following Masses:St. Mary's, Mansfield. To register, children will be offered at 7 p.m. Saturday at 4:30 p.m.; 5,unday atcall Lisa M. Gulino, teL 678-2828. Feb. 25 in the parish center. Infor- 12:10 p.m.; Monday, Tu(,sday andWIDOWED GROUP. mation: 674-4681. Wednesday at 12:1.0 and .6:30 p.m.

The Fall River Widowed Group ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, . Father Seraphim .Mlc'halenk~,will meet on Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. in the WESTPORT v!ce-rector ?f th~ Shn.ne (If t.he DI-St.Mary's School Hall on Second A Lenten adult series will be vine Mercym S~ockbnd~~,will leadSt. Peter Boomer from US Health- offered by Dr. Liz Bachtel, clinical a Day of Reflectlonon DIVine Mercycare will be the featured speaker and psychologist at UMASS Dartmouth, Mar. I at La~alett~fr~m IOa.m. t04all are' welcome. In the case of incle- Mar. 4 and II from 7:30 to 9 p.m. p.m. Pre-reg..~t~atlOn IS requ.ested.ment weather, cancellation will be The programs, entitled "Everyday The~e facIlities are ~andlcappedannounced on local radio stations. Sacred: Awakening to Soul in Or- acceSSIble. For more informatIOn,Information: Annette, teL 679-3278. dinary Life," are free and open to the call 222-5410.STATIONS OF THE CROSS public. For information, call 636- BLOOD DRIVE

.ON CABLE 2251 or 636-5506. .St. Mary's parish, ~o. Fairhaven,A video of .the Stations of the CURSILLO Will hold a blood dn~e on Mar. 9

Cross, produced by Church Views The Cursillo c~mmunity'of Som- from 8 a.m. to I p.m. In tt~e churchProductions and narrated by Father ersetf Swansea Will offer a .Palanca basement. Call Beck.y Allerse, teLRoland Bousquet, will air on .Fri- Mass for the team and candidates of 9.95:582~,for an appointment. Baby-'daysthroughout.lent on cable tele- C~rsillo #,158 on Mar. 6 at St. slttln.g WIll be available at tbe rectoryvision systems in the following areas: MIchael's Church, 270 Ocean Grove meeting room.Fall River. at 7:30 p.m. on cable Ave., Swansea, at 7:30 p.m. Father HOSPICE OUTREACH, :FRchannel 13' New Bedford at 11:00 Richard Gendreau will celebrate the A Volunteer Patient Care Train-a.m., cabl~ channel 47; Acushnet 'Mass and all are invited to attend. ing program will be offered by Hos-and Fairhaven at 11:00 a.m., cable DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA pice Outreach from 6:30 tl) 9 p.m.channel 2; Marion, Mattapoisett .Benedict Circle #61 will ,be con- each Monday and Thurs~ay fromand Wareham at' 6:00 p.m., cable ducting a drive to help "Newborns March 10 through May 8 In Clem-channel 8. In Need" until May 23. Boxes have ence Hall of Saint Anne's Hospital,HOLY NAME, FR been placed at St. Mary, Sacred Fall River. ~nformation: 673-1589.

A Women's Guild open meeting Heart and St. Mark in No. Attle- LEGION OF MARYat 7:30 p.m. March 4 in the parish boro; St. John, .Holy Ghost and St. The 45th annual Acies cc:remonyschool will offer a slide presentation Joseph in Attleboro. All items col- will take place on Mar. 9 at 2:30 p.m.by a member of the Fall River lected will be distributed to needy at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River.Camera Club. mothers in the area. Bishop Sean O'Malley will preside.