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St. Joseph's marks 125th anniversaryers, later embraced other ethnic groups andif you ask me, I'd say that right now it is anAmerican parish," Father Perry said.

"This is actually our 126th year," FatherPerry explained. "But planning for the anni­versary had been put off after the pastor, Fa­ther Paul F. McCarrick became ill." FatherMcCarrick died on Dec. 12, 1996 after serv­ing the parish for 12 years.

At White's, parishioners and friends willviewan exhibit that recalls the parish's longhistory.

It was in the spring of 1873 when St.Joseph's was set off from old St. Mary's, themother church and now the cathedral of thediocese, by order of Bishop Thomas F.Hendricken, bishop of the Diocese of Provi­dence, R.I. The area that eventually wasknown as Fall River was missionary territoryunder the Boston diocese until 1872 when itwas put under the jurisdiction of Providence.

The tide of immigration from Ireland andCanada towards the last third of the 19thcentury stimulated great growth in BristolCounty and required an increase inchurches.

The first pastor and founder of theparish was Father William H. Bric, whocame from a pastorate in Harrisville,

'I',.'~'.\ ..... R.I. Father Bric took up residence in" Leland House, located on North Main• Street just north of what is now Presi-t. .. dent Avenue. The first parish Mass was

, .... said there on Sunday, April 20, 1873.. : A temporary church was erected near- i what is now Vestal Street and here is

where Catholics in the north end ofthe city worshipped for nearly fouryears.

Father Bric purchased a tract oflandat the corner of North Main andWeetarnoe Streets. The small building

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retreat and a tree planting, said Eileen Garant,parish secretary since 1984. There is also anupcoming Lenten parish mission. But theyare more than moneymakers, said FatherPerry. 'They aim at building and strengthen­ing the parish community."

Attendance slumped after 1992 as fami­lies moved away from the inner city, only torevive dramatically as new families foundnew housing in the city's North End. Cur­rently approximately 1,200 people, repre­senting 610 families attend weekend Masses.Focus on a family Mass, rebuilding of the

religious education programand parish events have

played a major role ininvigorating the

parish, Garantsaid.

"This parishstarted with the

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the church's brickwork. The last major over­haul of the church was in the late 1970s, whenthe interior of the church was repainted.anda new altar installed to meet the liturgicalstandards of Vatican Council II.

The current fundfraisers have includedselling attractive "sun catchers" thatdecorate win- dows; and a year

of dinners,cookouts,

a parish

By JAMES N. DUNBAR

~ One of the oldest churchcommunities in Fall Riverlooks back, then to the future.

FALL RIVER - When hundreds of pa­rishioners gather Sunday at St. Joseph'sChurch on North Main Street, they will ob­serve a belated 125th anniversary of oneof the city's oldest parishes, dating backto 1873.

They will join for Mass at 10 a.m.and afterwards gather at White's Restau­rant for a noon banquet. NormandMenard and Rosemary Gasperini are co- ~.,

chairs ~or the celebr~tio.ns. rt"1 ;.,.Whlle today's panshlOners under the fI~·. :~l'i

gUidance of Pastor Father John 1. Perry (';'*,,:, "are in a $225,000 capital campaign to :.... "~" ~ I,.

address repairs and improvements over " :~~~~~ L."~\a two-y~ar pe:io?, they fit a parish t,,;~l~: ,;mold. Like panshlOners of yesteryear, ",. , ,: J 'hi,nc~

they are ready to make the loving sac- ~ ).... f: ,:-t,:I,!Jri fice to ensure the bright future of their i:' , i...,·C;,1rparish communi~y and remain debt- !~,. I:,. oj i ....;.)'.L~'. :free the pastor said. . . , ~~.;

"We had to l~ok at the old facility ~'ri"l;):,and say what did we need to do," -,' :-1 . 'Father Perry said. "What we really -: c_; '. ,~-~ ..

needed to do was create a parish j'; ";"'~' i. 'j ~: .

with a sense of identity. People j ';1 {;came to Mass every Sunday but . Jithey didn't know the people who. ";. I

sat next to them."The pastor pointed out the re­

furbished lead and exterior glassof the chur'ch's magnificent stainedglass windows, which, along with . , .other repairs and installation of a ~'.,..bathroom in the vintaged church, ....__":"":"~~"':::__.,...,....:.. .-:are among future projects. Aheadlies costly pointing of the exterior mortar of

Bishop names Father Tostidirector of Pastoral Planning

St. Patrick revisited;his legend is ongoing

Father Ronald A. Tosti

FALL RIVER -BishopO'Malley announced to­day that he has ap­pointed Father Ronald A.Tosti as director of Pasto­ral Planning. His state­ment reads:

Dearly beloved In

Christ:As we prepare for the

new millennium, theDiocese of Fall Riverneeds to plan for the chal­lenge of Evangelizationin the 21st century. Forthis reason, last year I es­tablished the Pastoral

Sean P. Planning Office to begin the process. Mr.Douglas M. Rodrigueswas hired as AssistantDirector and a series ofmeetings and discus­sions have taken place inthe Priests' Council, Di­ocesan Pastoral Council,Deaneries, etc. Peoplehave been asked to re­flect on the mission ofthe Church in our spe­cific circumstances. Wehave also asked pastorsto prepare their parishcouncils so that our laitywill have an active roleTurn to page three - Tosti

By JAMES N. DUNBAR

FALL RIVER - Heralding March 17 asthe "feast day of the Irish and those who longto be" is usually received with mixed feel­ings. But whatever the greeting offered to­day, the tale of St. Patrick, told wherever theIrish gather to celebrate the feast day, is an

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extraordinary one.For most people, the legend that St.

Patrick rid Ireland of snakes is better knownthan his being a devoted missionary whoestablished the Catholic Church there. ThatPatrick used the three-leafed shamrock to

teach the doctrine of the Holy Trinity is partof the best tradition.

According to historians, Patrick, allegedlythe son of a well-to-do lower official, wasborn along the seacoast of what was RomanBritain about the year 389. Kidnapped byraiding Irish bands, he was taken as a slaveand bound over to an Irish king in a northerndistrict. Pressed into service as a herder andmuch like the Prodigal Son treated no differ­ent from the animals, he later wrote: ''I' waschastened exceedingly and humbled everyday in hunger and nakedness."

The hard life changedthe young man whoformerly had taken his Christian faith forgranted. His days were frequently laced with

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helped the homeless."This marks the third year that a

confirmation class fro.m SacredHeart has helped out in such a way.Teachers for the class are JosephSilvia, Roger Denault and SharonVieira, and Sister Rose said she'sgrateful for the young people and'those who help to inspire them. "It'sa wonderful thing and they have awonderful pastor. What they didwas great," she asserted.

with special needs.Lynch said he and his wife chose

to make their donation to the educa­tion school because "there is a seriousproblem in some ofAmerica's primaryand secondary schools."

"While our colleges and universi­ties are the envy of the world, theschools in many ofour inner cities arein trouble, with dropout rates that reach50 percent," he said. 'This country'sfuture depends on finding ways tostrengthen pre-college educationalprograms. Boston College is clearlyworking to do that."

In Your PrayersPlease pray for the following

priests dtfring the coming week, \~ECROLOGY

\ \ March 161957, Rev. Francis J. Maloney, S.T.L., Pastor, St. Mary, North

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1989, Rev. Robert D. Foran'd, C.P.-WestrIartford, Conn.

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Marc~\20 .1951, Rev. Francis A. Mrozinski, \Pastor, St. Hedwig, New Bed-

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PRIESTS CURREN~LY SERVING. . \\March 15 Rev. John J. OliveiraMarch 16 Rev. Joseph\OliveiraMarch 17 Rev. Robert AI Oliveira\ . .March 18 Most Rev. Sea,mP. O'Malley, OFM Cap.Mar.ch 19 Rev. John C. Ozug·March 20 Rev. Jean-Domirique Pare, OPMarch 21 Rev. William Penderghest, SSCC

churches, including Sacred Heart,also work to provide more than 200meals a day to the hungry andhomeless at the Pilgrim UnitedChurch Hall through Market Min­istry.

"I think it's a wonderful idea forthese young people to take on thisproject and that they're concernedabout the less fortunate," said Fa­ther Dufour. "Rather than make afuss about a football game, they

ognize a more than $10 million giftto the Jesuit-run school from the fin­ancier and his wife.

PeterLynch, a 1%5 graduateofBos­ton College and a memberofits board of .trustees, is vice chairman of FidelityManagement and Research Company.

Carolyn Lynch is president of theLynch Foundation, which funds in­novative programs in education andsocial services. She is on the board ofthe Boston College School ofEducation's Campus School, whichprovides teacher training, research andeducation for Boston-area children

MEMBERS OF the Sacred Heart Parish, New Bedford,·confirmation class present a check for $500 to Sister Roseof Market Ministry following their "Souper Bowl" Sunday col­lection. Standing from left are Chad Smith, DevanLamontagne, Kathering Leite, Lauren Gomes, Hillary Worster,Brandon Gagnon, Sister Rose and Father Clement E. Dufour,pastor. Kneeling are Derrick Gagnon, Brenden Allain andJacob Gongola.

Daily ReadingsMar. 15 1565:17-21;

Ps 30:2,4-6,11-12a,13b;In 4:43-54EZ47:1-9,12;Ps 46:2-3,5-6,8-9; In 5:1­16Is 49:8-15; Ps145:8-9,13c-14,17-18; In5:17-30Ex 32:7-14;Ps 106:19-23;In 5:31-472Sm7:4-5a,12-14a,16;Ps 89:2-5,27,29; Rom4:13,16-18,22;Mk1:16,18­21 ,24a or Lk2:41-51aJer 11 :18-20;Ps 7:2-3,9b­12; In 7:40-53Ez 37:12-14;Ps 130:1-8;Rom 8:8-11;In 11 :1-45 or11 :3-7,20­27,33b-45

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Boston College to rename education school for benefactorsBOSTON (CNS) - Boston

College's School of Education willbe renamed the Peter S. and CarolynA. Lynch School of Education to rec-

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ing the Superbowl game betweenthe Denver Broncos and AtlantaFalcons back in January, becausethey've learned from their pastor,Father Clement Dufour, and conflf­mation teachers that there are thingsmuch more important thana foot­ball game.

Members of the confirmationclass were too busy collectingmoney for the hungry and home­less of New Bedford to be worriedabout touchdowns, but in the pro­cess of their "Soup-er" Bowl Sun­day (:ollection, they scored a fewthemselves.

The young adults used big soupbowls to collect money after theweekend Masses for New Bedford'sMarket.Ministry Meals and Shel­ter and recently presented a checkfor $500 to its director, Sister Rose,SM.

"What these young people didis wonderful," declared Sister Rose."It's always inspiring to see the giftsof youth in supporting those who

. are less fortunate than them."FatherDufour agreed. "The kids

were excited to help out. Theywanted. to do something for thecommunity and they're proud oftheir efforts. We're proud of themtoo."

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Carver Thursday March 18 8 p.m. Our Lady of LourdesFairhaven Friday March 19 8 p.m. St. Mary'sHarwich Saturday March 20 8 p.m. Holy TrinityBuzzards Bay Sunday March 21 4 p.m. St. Margaret'sPlymouth Thursday March ,,/ 25 8 p.m.St. Mary'sScituate Friday March 26 8 p.m. First Baptist ChurchSwansea Saturday March ,27 8 p.m. Our Lady of Fatima

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Counties are cited often instudies concerning expandingdemographics. Parishes inthese areas are called upon toprovide pastoral care for in­creasing numbers of parishio­ners.

The establishment of ourPastoral Planning Office tookplace under the able directionof the Reverend Joseph M.Costa. I am now appointing theReverend Ronald A. Tosti asDirector of Pastoral Planning.Father Tosti brings proven or­ganizational skills, pastoralsensitivity, and enthusiasm tothe office. I ask everyone inthe Diocese to cooperate fullywith this office. I also ask yourprayers that the Holy Spiritguide us during the :process,that the unity of the Churchwill be strengthened, and thatwe might be more effectivewitnesses to the Go~pe1.

Continued from page oneTostiin the discussion of the futurepastoral needs of the Diocese.

A fast-growing populationin the non-urban areas of theDiocese and the concentrationof parishes and personnel inthe cities oblige us to re-evalu­ate our present structures. Ourtask is to decide how best toput our human and material re­sources at the service of God'sKingdom. We must strive tohelp parishes move beyondtheir boundaries and cooper­ate with one another in orderto further God's Kingdom.

Many of our existing par­ishes were created at a timewhen families did not havecars and when logistics andcultural differences dictatedthe need for many ethnic par­ishes. There are some 70Catholic parishes within a half­hour radius of the Cathedral.The clergy is aging, and themaintenance of all the exist­ing parish structures will beimpossible. Two of the mostrapidly developing areas in thestate are located within theDiocese of Fall River;'Barnstable and upper Bristol

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FALL RIVER - The site of thepr~sentation' of the 1999multicultural scholarships to beawarded by Saint Anne's Hospitalon May 2, will be at Mayor EdwardLambert's Cultural Diversity Cel­ebration at Durfee High School, ahospital spokesperson said. An ear­lier announcement indicated theywould be presented at HeritagePark.

diocesan family ministry programsand in 1979 also coordinated ayearlong celebration of the 75thanniversary of the diocese.

In 1984 he was appointed ad­ministrator of St. Jude the ApostleChapel, Cotuit and Our LadyQueen of All Saints Chapel,Mashpee. Later that year he wasnamed founding pastor ofChrist theKing Parish, Mashpee, formed byjoining the two missions -whichwere previously part of Our 1,adyof Assumption Parish, Osterville.

Father Tosti has also served as aco-director of the Cape Cod Catho­lic Confraternity of~Doctrine andlater was the Diocesan Director ofthe CCD; served as a member ofthe Diocesan Tribunal and thePriests' Personnel Board.

On May 18, 1987, Father Tosticelebrated the 25th anniversary of 'his ordination as a priest. In 1994he was inducted as a Knight of theEquestrian Order of the Holy Sep­ulcher of Jerusalem.

OFFICIAL

His Excellency, the Most Reverend Sean O'Malley, O.P.M.Cap., Bishop of Fall River, has announced the following appoint-ment: .

Rev. Ronald A.'Tosti, Director of Pastoral Planning, while re­maining Pastor of Christ the King Parish, Mashpee.

Father Tosti is wellknown in diocese

FALL RIVER - Father RonaldA. Tosti, newly appointed as direc­tor of Pastoral Planning is a Taun­ton nati ve. He was educated inTaunton Public Schools and pre­pared for the priesthood at St. Tho­mas Seminary, Bloomfield, Conn.,and St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore,Md. He was ordained a priest byBishop James L. Connolly on May11, 1962 at St. Mary's Cathedral,Fall River.

He was assigned as a parochialvicar at Our Lady of the Assump­tion Church in Osterville until Sept.9,1968 when he was appointed pa­rochial vicar at Sacred HeartChurch, Fall River. In L971 he wasassigned to SS. Peter and Paul Par"ish, Fall River.

From 1970 to 1973, Father Tosti,who holds a master's degree in reli­gious education, was diocesan di­rector of religious education and in1977 was named pastor ofSt. FrancisofAssisi Parish, New Bedford.

Since 1979 he had directed the

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tion of that which evangelizing pio­neers call the 'adaptation' problem.Like St. Paul, he became 'all thingsto all men for the sake of Christ.'Everything in the native culture thatcould lawfully be preserved, he pre­served.... He was entirely sympa­thetic toward everything in nativeletters and institutions which didnot positively conflict with Chris­tianity."

As St. Patrick's spiritual heirs,Boston Catholics were called uponto communicate to a civilized na­tion the hope and the justice and,above all, the charity which are theessence of the Christian message.They were not called upqn to judgetheir own nation and .culture, but

,to help save it from within, not bysterile argumentation .or snarlingpolemics, much less by. force ofnumbers or political tactics, but bythe sheer force of Christi~n charityand their own disintere'sted in­volvement.in the world's everydaywork. -

It's.no-secret, of course; that weCathollc~sometimes are accused ofshirking this commitmeIjt or .dis­daining this involvement: Thatcould never be said of O'Connor'sBoston Catholics.

Against almost insuperable oddsthey adapted quickly to their newAmerican culture - so radicallydifferent from the one left behindin Ireland and other European na­tions - anQ became outstandingleaders of the culture of their owntime and place.

.. St. Patrick's example forB'oston's -pioneer Catholics

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YOUNG NICARAGUANS WAIT TO PARTICIPATE IN PLAY ACTIVITIES AT LA VIRGENREFUGEE CAMP IN POSOLTEGA, NICARAGUA. . THE SURVIVORS OF A VOLCANICMUD SLIDE ARE STILL LIVING IN TEMPORARY- SHELTERS FOUR MONTHS AFfER

·HURRICANE MITCH. U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON WAS EXpECTED TO VISITPOSOLTEGA THIS MONTH.

"GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND OURSTRENGTH, AN EVER-PRESENT HELPIN DISTRESS, lHUSWE DO'NOT FEAR, THOUGH EARTH BE SHAKEN!', " 'PSALl\tJ 46:2-3. ,,' .

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lics were of Irish descent, I was·in­trigued to discover that St. Patrick,

Thomas H. O'Connor, professor 1.,500 years ago, set the exampleemeritus of history at Boston Col- for them in dealing with some of.lege, recently published an excel- their most bitter experiences in alent book, "Boston Catholics: A new, largely hostile environment.History of the Church and Its .O~Connor's retelling of the reli­People" (Northeastern Universitygious prejudice and hatred directedPress, Boston). It is fascinating and at Boston's pioneer Catholics byinspiring. eminent Puritan divines and rabid

I use the word "inspiring" ad- rank-and-file nativists makes forvisedly, for a bonus ofChurch-his- . chilling reading. But like St.tory books of this type is that they Patrick; Boston's early bishops ­make good spiritual reading. That Cheverus, of French descent;is to say, they recall the heroic zeal Fenwick, a descendent of the origi­of our long-forgotten forbears. nal Maryland Catholic settlement;

The struggles and sacrifices of ."and Fitzpatrick, a native-bornmany of our New England' fore- . Bostonian'- showed heroic for­bears were almost beyond imagin- "beaiahce in helping their embattleding. I found it humbling to rt1fresh parishioners face this challengemy vag'ue mem'ory:;of their.rugged ~.with charity and patience;'iifestyl~ and'to.,'cQntrast tha~ .with ·~:y.·We are told. that whe~ 'peopleour own':inore' -Comf6rtable eXIst- mocked St. Patrick, he instinctivelyence..'., . ':''- '.,:;;'.; \f~: ..\ ~. turned the other cheek;·~·lt'was not

I have had tliiirs'ame ~xperi.~nce : ~,ecause of malice on their part," hemanY~Uime~_'·iii~·'sami>liitg,·, the . was wont to say, "but on account of

, 'p'l~t!tora of schol:iriy work}; Jon the ~ my want of education."fcijn'tiet:history of the Church in'the ') In citing St. PatJ:ick~s example

·;United States - north,;south; east offorbearance, I do not suggest thatiind'west. The best avmhiblesum- :.- Boston:s early Catholics, in deal­

: mary:'qi these booksi~'tpe~'Ency- : jng with religious enemies, com­clopedia ofAmerican.Catholic His-'promised or watered down their

'_tory,'': edited by Michael Glazier: faith's content. They steadfastlyand Thomas Shelley,' and pub- .,held to the truth at any cost. But inlished last year by the Liturgical . t~e words of St. Paul's terse injunc­Press, Collegeville, Minn. tion to. the Ephesians, they prac-

By coincidence, just as I fin- ticed'tiie truth in charity. 'ished reading O'Connor's :'Boston A contemporary Irish historianCatholics," I had to pull together points out that another secret ofsome notes on St. Patrick's life, Patrick's "outstanding success as aBecause so many Boston Catho- missionary was his masterly solu-

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Parishes welcoming the strangerIn his message for World Immigration Day, the Holy Father

stressed the importance of the parish in welcoming the' stranger.It is perhaps one of the best reflections on the fundamental roleof the' parish in the community of the Church.

In acountry where imqligration is the lifeblood of the na­tion, it is necessary to view the 'parish as a catalyst in buildingChurch, Ideally, the pope reflects that: "The parish, which ety­mologiCally means a house where the guest fe~ls at home,welcomes all and discriminates ,against no one, for no one thereis an outsider. Wherever there is a living sense of parish, differ­ences between locals and strangers fade or disappear in the'awareness that all belong to God, the one Father." ,

In reflecting on immigrants we often fail to realize that theLord himself had to flee to Egypt. Little is known about the tirpehe spent there until his return to his native land. But he and hisfamily were immigrants and strangers in a new land. If we view

.loday's immigrants with this in m~nd perhaps we can cievelop an

.appreciation and sensitivity to their plight. Parishes are a placewhere the gap bet,ween rich and ,poor can be bridged. Th~re

should be visible signs of hope and community amid the glaringdivisions and tensions of our materialistIc society. Listening to'the sameWord of God, celebrating the same liturgies and shar­. ing the same religious feasts and traditions help Catholics oldand new to feel they are the same, people of.God. In this way theparish becomes a place of trust where many can overcome fearsabout the new faces ,and people in the congt:egation.

Sad to say, many in our midst caught up with soCial statusdo not reflect a welcoming parish spirit. What is called thewhite flight to .affluent suburbs has been a divisive factor inmany areas. Color, race and ethnic origins blend poorly inmany parishes. The have's and the have-not's rarely cometogether. In the early days of the Church in America, nation­alism divided many dioceses. National parishes were indeedhelpful to the immigrant especially in the area of Catholiceducation. But overUhe years a separation'emerged· that be­came divisive. The only time peopl~ joined and prayed inother than their own church was in following the tradition ofvisiting seven churches on Holy Thursday. In the aftermathof World War II, a wave of new country parishes sprang up.These new parishes became an essential factor in integratingpeople from many and varied backgrounds. Meanwhile, citychurches became empty shells. This has qecome a major prob­lem for most urban dioceses.

Although parishes continue to face many changes and dif­ficulties it is most important for each of them to heed thewords of the Holy Father. The pope states: "The importanceof the parish in the process of welcoming the stranger and inintegrating baptized persons from different cultures is not anoptional supplementing role .for the parish community but aduty inherent in its faith as an institution." He goes even ftir~

ther to remind us that: "Catholicity is not only expressed inthe fraternal communion of the baptized but also in the hos­pitality extended to the stranger whatever his or her religiousbeliefs, in rejection of all racial inclusion or. discdmination

,and in the recognition' of the personal dignity of every manand woman." . ':. '

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, ~ who travels with you, you shall love as yourself.'~,., '." . .'The Editor

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The Diocesan Catholic Commit­tee on Scouting presented TheBronze Pelican Emblem to RogerRioux, St. Mary's, New Bedford, andBrian Dunning from the Moby DickCouncil for their work and commit­ment to Catholic Boy Scout Pro­grams.

The Diocesan Committee on Girl'Scouts a!1d Campfire presented TheSt. Elizabeth Anne Seaton Emblemto JoAnn Cabral, St. Anthony's, EastFalmouth; and Susan Rogers; Im­maculate Conception, Taunton fortheir work and commitment to Catho­lic Girl Scouts and Campfire Pro­grams.

The Committee also presentedThe St. George Emblem, the highestaward given by the Church to volun­teers serving Catholic youth in theBoy Scout Program, to three people.They are: Manuel Bagaco, Our Ladyof Mount Carmel, New Bedford;Lawrence Bizarro, St. Joseph's,Fairhaven; and Ellen Boselli, St.Anthony's, Falmouth.

GIRL SCOUTS Kimberly D. Boselli, Melissa A. Cabral andMeghan G. Holcum were all smiles following the Religious Em­blem ceremonies last Sunday at the Cathedral. Each were re­cipients of the Marian Emblem and are members ofTroop 758 atSt. Anthony's Pari~h, East Falmouth. (Anchor/Gordon photo)

Parent, St. Michael's, Swansea; RheaCabral, Violet Morrel, St. Joseph's,Fall River.

Mariah Emblem - Taunton area- Justine Hill, St Mary's; KathleenMonahan, Holy Family; RebeccaTrucchi,StAnn's,Raynham.CapeCodarea - Kimberly D. Bosseli, MelissaA. Cabral, Meghan G. Holcomb, St.Anthony's, East Falmouth.

Boy Scout awards and recipientswere: Ad Altare Dei Emblem ­Moby Dick Council - KevinBriand, Alexander Cass, St. Mary's,New Bedford; Robert Boutin, NotreDame de Lourdes, Fall River; BrianQuintin, Michael Quintin, St. Mary's,South Dartmouth; James, Roberts,Sacred Heart, Fall River. Cape Cod~d Islands Council-Justin T. Pires,Nicholas P. Poppe, Matthew J.Rabesa, St. Anthony's, EastFalmouth; Shawn P. Johnson, Christthe King, Mashpee; Kurt Riley, PaulRiley, Jonathan Wolstenholme, Jus­tin Wolstenholme, St. John the Evan­gelist, Pocasset.

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Diocesan scouts and leadershonored at Cathedral

BISHOP SEAN O'Malley stands with brothers Paul andKurt Riley, Boy Scouts from Troop 4.4 at St. John the Evan­gelist Parish, Pocasset, following the Religious Emblem Cer­emony at St. Mary's Cathedral. The Scouts each receivedAd Altare Dei Emblems and were among many honored forreligious service in the diocese. (Anchor/Gordon photo)

By MIKE GORDON

ANCHOR STAFF

FALL RIVER - Members ofdi:ocesan Boy Scout and Girl Scouttroops and adults involved in Scout­ing were honored at -the ReligiousEmblem ceremonies in St. Mary'sCathedral last Sunday.

Bishop Sean P. O'Malley presidedat the special event which includedBenediction of the Blessed Sacra­ment, song, prayer, recitation of theBoy and Girl Scout promises and thedistribution of awards. The bishopblessed the awards and congratulatedindividual recipients as they were rec­ognized.

Many families and friends gath­ered to support the award winners.Father Stephen B. Salvador, chaplainof the Scouting Program and pastorof Holy Ghost Church, Attleboro,read the names of emblem winnersand afterwards said that "the Scoutshave worked very hard and we're veryproud of their efforts." The event wassponsored by the Catholic Commit­tee on Scouting.

Bishop O'Malley thanked allthose involved with Scouting andspoke about its importance to theChurch. "Scouting provides a won­derful experience of human forma­tion that allows them to grow up tobe mature and responsible people.Service, love, cooperation and a loveof nature are all things important tous as believers. Love the woods,search the stars and see the beauty ofthe Father there. We are blessed withthe relationship between Scoutingand the Church;' the bishop said.

The Girl Scout awards and recipi­ents were: I Live My Faith Emblem- Taunton area - Alyssa Clark,Jennilee Burden, Immaculate Con­ception; Sara Mattson, SineadO'Brien and Brittney Castello, St.Mary's, Norton; Cassaundra Camara,St. Anthony; Ashley Ramey, HolyFamily. Cape Cod area - Leanne M.Cabral, Katherine E. DeGregorio,Kerry Hogan and Ashley Lopes, St.Anthony's, East Falmouth; Ashley D.Hagen-Farland, Kerri'A. Moynihan,St. Patrick's; Falmouth. F~ll Riverarea - Megan McCaughey, Danielle

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Saint Anne's l;Iospitallaunches $5M campaign

KICKOFF OF a $5 million capital campaign that will help finance a seriesof new construction and renovation projects was announced by officials atSaint Anne's Hospital. Looking over plans for the new enhancements are,_from left, Michael W. Metzler, president of the hospital; Robert Stoico, cam­paign co-chairman, vice-chairman of the hospital's board of directors and'president of First Federal Savings Bank; Dominican Sister Joanna Fernandes,campaign co-chairman and chairman of Saint Anne's board of directors andDebra Curless, the hospital's director of development.

~. Chairmen for drive to helpfinance proposed $14.5million master faqilityinitiative are annQunced.

FALL RIVER - Noting their strongcommitment to community roots andenthusiastic vision for the future,Michael W. Metzler, president of SaintAnne's Hospital, has announced thechairpersons for a $5 million capitalcampaign that will assist in the financ­ing ofthe hospital's $14.5 million mas­ter facility initiative.

The campaign, entitled "HealthcareLeadership for Our Community: TheCampaign for Saint Anne's Hospital,"will be chaired by Dominican SisterJoanna Fernandes and Robert Stoico.

Sister Joanna is superior provincialof the Dominican Sisters of the Presen­tation and chairperson of the board ofdirectors of Saint Anne's Hospital.Stoico is president of First Federal Sav­ings Bank and co-chairman of thehospital's board of directors. Togetherthey will lead a campaign committeeconsisting of community leaders andhospital supporters in raising $5 millionthat will help construct and furnish anew building and other expansionprojects.

Building plans include new construc­tion of a wing that will house a compre­hensive breast care center, an expandedmedical-surgical unit with privaterooms and a new main lobby and en­trance. Projects also include significantexpansion of the emergency depart­ment, surgical dfiY care unit, Hudner

Oncology Center and renovation of theDiagnostic Imaging Services Depart-ment. .

Metzler noted that the campaign's co­chairmen have long served in the com-

munity and been instrumental in SaintAnne's growth. "Sister Joanna and.Stoico bring a true .human commitmentto the area's residents," said Metzler."During their tenure, they have stead-

fastly supported Saint Anne's'as a hos­pital that can deliver top-notch carewithin the framework of Catholic val­ues and have worked tirelessly on be­half of our efforts. As we look to thisexciting phase in our history, we knowthat they will also inspire the commu­nity to recognize the value of philan­thropy and support our hospital's mis­sion ."

As co-chairmen, Stoico and Sister.Joanna underscored Saint Anne's two­fold history of philanthropy: providingcare to those who need it most and rely­ing on the community to support thatgoal.

"For 93 years, Saint Anne's has pro­vided care to all who have sought it,"Sister Joanna and Stoico said in a jointstatement. "We are grateful to the com­munity for its ongoing and generoussupport on our behalf. For this particu­lar'campaign, we look forward to work­.ing with the community, especially the

· business community, foundations andothers whose leadership gifts will helpmake our vision a reality."

Debra Curless, director of developmentat the hospital, said that the campaign willprovide donors with unique opportuni­ties. "With the addition of a new buildingand facilities, donors will be able to es­tablish memorials to loved ones or takeadvantage of special naming opportuni­ties. They will also have the choice to beincluded on a prominent 'honor wall' fOfgifts of $1,000 or more," said Curless.

For more information about thecampaign and associated events call theSaint Anne's Hospital Office of Devel­

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Art fO'r God's sake

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said, because Easter is "the timeless evept thatgOes beyond time."

After that meeting we stayed in touch. We

women awakened an awareness in him of God'spresence, through Christ and the Holy Spirit.

This awareness led him to believe thatthrough art, he could share this gift with others.

· ''My ministry is to help folks learn to see withother eyes - the eyes of the soul," he says sobeautifully.

Brother McGrath also credits the late SisterThea Bowman, a teacher, lecturer and glorioussinger who died in 1990, with getting him tofocus on sacred art, and not ''the bad landscapes"he had once painted. Though he never met thissaintly woman, seeing a video ofher and heanngher recorded singing of hymns "touched deepchords in me," he revealed, and changed his life.

Now he also conducts retreats and parish·missions, showing how art can release "the spe­cial healing power of the spirit."

From what I've seen, Brother Mickey's workin the service of the Lord is spectacular. He istruly an original.

God, is, as Brother McGrath expressed it, "a holyexperience." Even if he is only doodling, hesees this as "praying with colored pencils."

And while this fine artist is thus praying, heis "paying attention to the voice and image ofGod as I encounter it in myself. We have to ex­perience the God-image that's inside us - andthen go out and give it to others," he reflected. Itruly could relate to that.

When I looked at the small catalogue of his"Sacred Art," put out by Bee Still Studio inFlourtown, Pa., I was struck by his dramatic use .ofcolor. 'M is about seeing, and so the color isprimary. The visual stiI1].ulus is what first grabsyour attention:'After that the viewer is ready forthe story, he explained.

His catalog also made me think how devore9he must be to the Bible and the saints to come up

'with such strikirig images. He explained that thesmnts have been a main focus for him since hischildhood. This multitude of saintly men '!Ild

discovered 'we were of one. mind about howdeeply entwined with our faith is our art - hiswith a brush, mine with apen.

Brother McGrath thinks of his studio as "sa­cred space" and his creative work as a contem­

. plativejourney. Tocomplete a drawing or a writ­ten work and actually make it an offering to

Seated next to .me at a "meet the author"event was a nice young man with an exuberantpersonality. He turned out to be an artist and abrotl}er with the Oblates of St. Francisde Sales.

Brother Michael O'Neill McGrath- who quickly told me everyone callshim "Brother Mickey" - had some ofhis brilliantly colorful work on display.A poster named "A. Celebration ofSaints" held my attention. He said hehad created it for World Library Publi­cations on about a week's notice. Inever would have guessed. It had a ....---------......--t.,....;;:_-"_-:......depth I thought would have taken a long time toimage and bring to life. .

The poster shows 74 saints, from the dawn ofhistory to the present, at an Easter Vigil. Theyare there to witness and share in the joy that isabout to change the world. AU these people ofGod belong in the painting, Brother McGrath

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The offbeatworld of

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ognizing That Life Is Full of Prayer All the Time,Even at PTA Meetirigs."

So far here are some of the preliminary chap­ter titles:

page to create the wonderful effect that the wordsare, therefore, more meaningful. That alone isgood for selling lotS of books, I'm sure.

The title would be ''Fire Engine Prayer: Rec;

-"Call-the-Emergency-Room Prayer: It's 1a.m., and That Kid Still Isn't Home."

-"Panic Prayer: God, I Have Jamrried on theBrakes, Please Don't Let Me Slam Into That

Pickup."IJ"""'...._--""""-",.;,,-=-_.......,---::;:;::;:::---,""i! -"Silent Prayer: Can You Believe

How Beautiful My (Grand)Child Is?"-"Prayers of Thanksgiving: Thank

You God for Letting the Homeowners'Insurance Cover the Exploded WaterHeater."

Granted, I am going to have to fleshthese out a little and throw in a littleLatin here and there. But with a goodillustrator and the right typeface, I'm

•half-way_ there.Comments are welcome. Write Uncle

. Dan at 6363 Christie Ave. No. 222,Emeryville, Calif. 94608; or e-mail:[cnsuncle@yahoo.com].

Reflecting deeply, this leads one to a cleartheological, sociological and even logical con­clusion: There are a lot of people out there writ­ing books about prayer.

This, in tum, makes you realize it is a greattime to jump on the bandwagon and write onewhile the market is hot - unless, of course, oneis gainfully employed and has responsibilities.

As we all know, Catholics ate a great marketbecause-we like to name, categorize, subdivide,methodologize and in general plant the flowersin a very straight row. Of Jesus and the apostlesshowed up at a parish liturgy, we'd probablypepper them with questions about Vatican Coun­cil II.)

Yes, I admit it. I do have an idea for a book onprayer.

Admittedly it would need illustrations to filla lot of the pages. And it would be good to usehuge print and put only a few words on each

I believe it might have been St..Augustine, orpossibly Oprah, Bill Gates or Sears, who first ob­served that prayer is like a gift from God - andyou not only don't have to have a receipt to re­turn it, you can use it your whole life and still getyour original investment back even if you areentirely satisfied. And it was a gift to begin with.

All warranties - implied or written - aswell as coupons accepted.

The same is not entirely true for books onprayer which are selling like hotcakes, someactually being better digested if you'pour maplesyrup and butter on them.

There are so many brands of prayer out therenow it boggles the imagination: centering prayer,Taize prayer, .meditation, labyrinth walks~ Scrip­ture-based prayer, "/ectio divina," contemplation,devotional prayer, movement prayer, chantingprayer, musical prayer, charismatic prayer, blue­plate special prayer (OK, OK, I made that one up).

When must confession come before Communion?

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He recently told The Beacon,Paterson's diocesan newspaper,that his donation puts his moneywhere his mouth is. He hopes itwill be seen as one of the gooddeeds Jesus said should not be hid­den under a bushel basket and willinspire others to aid the fund drive.

The veteran Catholic columnist,who led The Christophers from1978 to 1995, said welfare reformand cuts in rent subsidies haveadded 500 people, including manywomen and children, to PassaicCounty's homeless population.

"What 1'm hoping is thatpeople will be moved to give toany charity they like, even if it'snot Eva's," the 68-year-old priestadded.

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It's a $25,000 candle, his an­nual salary as executive directorof Eva's Village, a comprehensive,nationally recognized anti-pov­erty program in the Diocese ofPaterson.

His contribution will go towardthe $1.2 million needed by Eva'sVillage to redesign, equip and fur­nish the donated warehouse thatwill become the Msgr. Vincent E.Puma Shelter for Women and Chil­dren.

Shortly after he took the job atEva's in 1997, Father Catoir called ,

You need an "angel."You must reinvent yourself. Now

that you have some extra time, whatwould you like to do? The possibili­ties are almost endless. Give it lots ofthought before choosing.

What to do? Daily aerobic exer­cise? Why not become a hiker or abird-watcher? Woodworking? Re­

pairing smalI,appliances? Artclasses? Returning to school tolearn a new skill? Spendingmore time with your children?

Have you ever wanted tolearn to play the guitar? Whatabout a hobby? Join a localsports team. Start a pitch-insupper group. Join a bridge orbowling league. Develop yourspiritual life by reading theGospels and meditating daily.

Starting a new habit requires thesame process as stopping one. Bespecific about how much time youwill spend each day. Again, you mightschedule a minimum of one hour.Keep track ofyour successes and fail­ures on the chart.

You are in a TV rut. The chart withspecific time limits and consequencesis your oncoming semi. The new ad­diction or habit is your angel. Go forit! Be somebody!

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gets. No one, it was said, should receive Communionwithout perfect contrition, which a confessor wouldguarantee by delaying Communion at least a week.

The abbot of one popular monastery encouragedabstinence from Communion for the whole of Lent in1635. It was not unusual, even for contemplative nunsand monks, to receive this sacrament once a year orless, and then only after sacramental confession. St.Therese of Lisieux tells of her joy at age 11 when herconfessor allowed her to receive the Eucharist on majorfeasts.

Only the urgent appeal of Pope Pius X in 1905 forfrequent, daily Communion gave a death blow to thisattitude. Unfortunately, by this time the Catholic peopleof Mexico were suffering a ruthless persecution whichcontinued well into the 1900s. Many were martyred.

For this and other reasons, education in matters offaith was all but impossible, and Mexican people wereisolated from these kinds of developments that wereenriching other areas of the Catholic world. Inevitably,this affected the Catholic culture of the country and theway of viewing eucharistic Communion.

When the opportunity arises, some gentle explana­tion of these facts might help the people you are with tobroaden their understanding and use of the sacraments.

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tianity.Centuries earlier, a strong movement toward frequent,

even daily, Communion had begun to expand in theChurch. By 1562, the Council ofTrent was urging peopleto receive Communion at every Mass they attended.

During the 1600s, however, Jansenism, which af­fected France in particular, took a puritanical, extremelyrigoristic attitude toward Catholic spirituality and thesacraments. Frequent Communion was one of its tar-

tive habit, you need to start small andbe specific. Limit your daily TV timeto one hour. Or two if you must.

Have your spouse or daughterkeep daily track on a calendar or chart.Promise to donate 10 cents for eachminute overtime. Send the money toan unworthy cause. If the money wereto benefit humankind, you might beconversely motivated to watch tele­vision for the well-being of the pooror the homeless.

You need to list a second item onyour chart. What do you plan to doto fill in for your TV addiction? AsJesus said in a parable, if you don'treplace the devil you have cast out,you are a sitting duck for its return.

semi came al01g, and I had to."You need Q semi, something that

totally moves you to immediate ac­tion. You can hope for some interven­ing event, like your television break­ing down or your spouse threateningdivorce. Better to create your ownsemi, your own incident of urgency.

To change a longtime and addic-

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Dear Dr. Kenny: I think I'm ad­dicted to television. Yes, I am a con­fessed couch potato, no longer indenial. I am tired, bored to death,but my major form of exercise isstill reaching for the channel­changer. Help! (Ohio)

You are right. Television is, or canbe, an addiction. The passive life, sit­ting around to be enter-tained without any per-sonal effort, can becomea way of life.

Passivity leads to lossof confidence, to leth-argy, and ultimately toboredom and depression.Leading a secondhandlife eventually robs youof your identity. You arewhat you do. If you donothing on your own, that's what youare.

You don't need me to give you apep talk. You already know whereyou want to be. Your problem is get­ting there. Let me help with somefirst steps.

In a lesser-known fable, a frog be­comes stuck in a rut in the road. Rab­bit comes along, tries to help, but af­ter an hour or so with no success, rab­bit gives up and returns to themeadow.

Later rabbit sees frog hoppingalong. Rabbit hops over and says:"Froggie. I thought you were stuckin a rut and couldn't get out."

Frog answers: "I couldn't. But a

Television addiction

Q. Thank you for continuing to educate us aboutour Catholic faith. My question deals with confessionbefore Communion.

During the summer I drive Mexican migrant work­ers to Mass on Sundays. I noticed that only very fewwent to Communion. A fellow volunteer said it is partof their culture. If they haven't gone to confession,they don't feel "worthy" of the Eucharist.

Another volunt.~ersaid it's in the "Catechism ofthe Catholic Church" not to take Communion unlessrecently going to confession.

I could find no reference in the "Catechism" tothis kind of link between reconciliation (penance) andthe Eucharist. Are many American Catholics bend­ing Church rules when they receive Communion with­out "suitably frequent" confession? (North Carolina)

A. Let's look first at some church regulations aboutthese two sacraments as we find them in canon la'w andthe "Catechism of the Catholic Church." It's importantto consider these very carefully.

While Catholics are formally obliged to receive theEucharist only once a year, during the Eastertime ifpossible, we are strongly urged to receive this sacra­ment each time we participate in the Mass (Catechism,1388; Canons 919-920). This simply recognizes thesignificant place that holy Communion by all the faith­ful holds in the liturgy of the Eucharist at Mass.

Confession of grave (serious) sins in the sacramentof reconciliation is required at least once a year. Thiswould follow, of course, from the obligation of annualCommunion, since anyone conscious of grave sin mustreceive the sacrament of reconciliation before receiv­ing the Eucharist (Catechism 1457; Canon 989).

Thus, confession of nonserious (venial) sins is notstrictly required in Church law at all. I say "in Churchlaw" deliberately because reception of this sacramentwith some frequency is clearly essential for our spiri­tual life and growth as Catholics.

It is not possible to discuss this at length here. The"Catechism" spells it out thoroughly in its long treat­ment of "The Sacrament of Penance and Reconcilia­tion."

Then what explains the frequent, though certainlynot universal, belief you describe in Mexico, which

, can be duplicated in other Latin American countriesand other parts of the world?

Many reasons contribute. A major one, however,seems to be that much of the colonization and evange­lization of these mission countries took place duringthe time when a heresy (or set of heresies) calledJansenism had enormous influence on European Chris-

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University's law school."In the Catholic tradition," the cardi­

nal added, "God is sovereign. We arestewards of the great gift of life .... To fo­cus on the question of quality of life,therefore, is off the mark from a Catholicperspective. Life for us is always the in­estimable gift of God."

He said the centrality of compassionin Catholic teaching - highlighted inthe conviction that whatever one doesfor anyone in need, one does for Jesus

- should leadthose in Catholichealth care toplace emphasis on"competence inpain manage­ment."

"All too often,the availability ofpain control is notsufficiently knownor utilized," hesaid. "Appeal forcompassion for thepain-ridden patientis often the mostcompelling reasonwhy some mis­guided but well-in­tentioned peoplesupport euthanasiaand physician-as­sisted suicide. Pro­life efforts shouldcertainiy include amedically soundand morally ac­ceptable treatmentof pain."

He said Catho­lics need to hold upcompassion as a

value" in policy debates as cost-contain­ment and care-management efforts strikeat the most vulnerable in society - thepoor, the very young and the old and tlledying.

He urged particular attention to pro­moting and expanding "parish-basedhealth care" to the point that it becomespart of "the ordinary scope of parish life."

Cardinal Bernard Law

By JERRY FILTEAU

CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - In the Christian vi­sion "death is not see"n as the ultimateevil," Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Bostonsaid March 4 at a national convocationon life issues.

"What is essentially new about Chris­tian death," he said, "is this: Throughbaptism the Christian has already diedwith Christ sacramentally in order to livea new life. And if we die in Christ's grace,physical deathcompletes this dy­ing with Christ."

He added, "Be­cause Christiandeath has beengiven a positivemeaning throughthe saving deathand resurrection ofJesus Christ, weare able to face thereality of deathwith a serenity thatgrace affords."

Cardinal Law, aco-convener of theMarch 3-5 meet­ing at The Catho­lic University ofAmerica, deliv­ered an address on"The Catholic Vi­.sion of Death andDying" to. intro­duce a half-day ofdiscussion on thedangers of eutha­nasia and assistedsuicide, the role ofdoctors as patientsnear death, and theneed to expand hospice care and effec­tive palliative care in end-of-life situa­tions.

The meeting drew about 350 Catho­lic diocesan pro-life directors and otherleaders and experts in life issues fromacross the country. Its proceedings werealso carried live on the Internet onwww.law.edu, the Web site of Catholic

But the feminist movement, ignoring thoserisks, made abortion "the cornerstone ofwomen's liberation and equality," she said.

Fox-Genovese cited an American Civil Lib­erties Union claim that any limits on "the rightto choose" would erode the rights to privacy,bodily integrity and religious freedom. "That'sa very large burden to put on one thing," shesaid.

The feminist movement also has hurtwomen by 'its view of marriage as "the cradleof women's oppression," Fox-Genovese said.Feminists' only goals in relation to marriage,she added, have been to assure that it can beeasily dissolved and to work for it to be opento gay and lesbian couples.

"Abortion begets and"anchors the cultureof death that threatens us all, but especially

. women," she added.The three-day Washington conference had

as its theme, "In God's Image: Called to Builda Culture of Life." Other sessions covered newreproductive technologies, assisted suicide, in­ternational family planning, infertility, and theimpact of culture on the family.

Some 350 people, mostly representativesof diocesan pro-life offices or national Catho­lic organizations, attended the conference.

Washington conference 'defends lifeCardinal ·Law says faith sets

the Catholic view of death

RABBI MARC Gelll'T1an and Msgr. Thomas Hartman, who make up the "GodSquad," address a gathering of life ministry leaders in Washington March 4. Theteam from New York urged collaboration, not competition, in the pro-life cause.(eNS photo by Nancy Wiechec)

Abortion has degraded women'sstatus,historian says

By NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN

CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - Despite the feministmovement's claims that easy access to abor­tion would liberate American women, it has"degraded the status of women more than ithas elevated it," according to a leading histo­rian on women's issues.

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, a professor ofhu­manities and history at Emory University inAtlanta, spoke on the first day of a March 3-5leadership convocation on life issues.

The conference at the law school of TheCatholic University of America in Washing­ton was convened by Cardinals John J.O'Connor of New York and Bernard F. Law ofBoston in collaboration with the PontificalCouncil for the Family, the U.S. bishops' Com­mittee for Pro-Life Activities and the law school.

Fox-Genovese, founding director of the In­stitute for Women's Studies at Emory, beganher talk by recounting a conversation with acolleague who was "haunted" by a decisionmore than 20 years earlier to have an abortion."Women rarely take the experience of abor­tion lightly," she said, adding that abortionbrings "a slew of physical risks" and "a varietyof psychological risks" for women.

Retired Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun dies

Harry Blackmun

By CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

ARLINGTON, Va. - Retired Supreme CourtJustice Harry Blackmun, 90, author of the 1973Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion,died March 4 at Arlington Hospital in the Wash­ington suburb of Arlington.

Blackmun, who had retired from the highcourt in 1994, _died following complicationsfrom the hip replacement surgery he had under­gone nine days earlier. He fell at his home andbroke his hip a day before the operation. "

Appoi!!ted by President Nixon in .1970,Blackmun wrote a number of significant opin­ions during his 24 years on the court, coveringtax law, advertising by attorneys, parental rightsand even baseball, but it is the abortion deci­sion that will be his legacy.

"History will remember Harry Blackmun asthe architect of the tragic U.S Supreme Courtdecision, Roe v. Wade," said a statement fromDavid O'Steen, executive director of the Na­tional Right to Life Committee. "It is a tragedyfor someone to go to his grave best remembered

for denying unborn children the most basiccivil liberty - the right to life."

The Roe v. Wade opinion threw out moststate restrictions on abortion, and its compan­ion case, Doe v. Bolton, permitted abortionsthrough all nine months of pregnancy..

Roe, which said women had a constitutionalright to end their pregn~ncies, generated morethan 20 years of judicial and legislative adap­tation, in addition to vehement and sometimesviolent debates and protests.

The Administrative Committee of the Na­tional Conference of Catholic Bishops later thatyear described the court's decision as "errone­ous, unjust and immoral."

"This opinion of the court fails to protectthe most basic human right - the right to life,"the bishops said. "Therefore, we reject this de­cision of the court."

They quoted Pope John XXIII's 1963 en­cyclical, "Pacem in Terris," which said that "ifany government does not acknowledge therights of man or violates them ... its orders com-

pletely lack judicial force."The bishops also criticized the court for fail­

ing to understand "scientific evidence" clearlyshowing the fetus to be of "compelling value"as a person.

Each year on Jan. 22, the anniversary of Roedecision, tens of thousands of pro-lifers rally atthe Ellipse near the White House to protest abor­tion and then march to the Supreme Court.

And in the years since 1973, Blackmun saidhe. had received more than 60,000 pieces ofhate mail on the subject.

In 1983, on the 10th anniversary of the deci­sion, Blackmun emphasized in an AssociatedPress interview that the decision to legalizeabortion "was a decision of the court, not mydecision. There were seven votes."

In 1994, when Blackmun announced his de­cision to retire, he reiterated his belief that theopinion was correct.

"I think it's a step that had to be taken as wego down the road toward the full emancipationof women," he said.

By JOANN S. KEANE

CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

Charlotte bishop to give sainthoodtestimony about Mother Teresa

"The fIrst process is to gather in- everything she said."formation on her, her life, her com- Bishop Curlin received his tes-

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - While mitment; to give 'an overall view of timonial request.in mid-January,many are talking about Mother Mother's life," said the bishop, who and now planned to compose hisTeresa's possible elevation to saint- struck up a friendship with Mother answers, "being careful to be ashood, Bishop William G . ..-__...... ~ objective as possible."Curlin of Charlotte is doing In 1995, Mother Teresasomething about it. Bishop Curlin received his visited Charlotte, where she

An outpouring of requests testimonial request in mid- was keynote speaker for anfrom all over the world January, and now planned to ecumenical prayer service atprompted Pope John Paul II compose his answers, "being the Charlotte Coliseum.to waive the usual waiting While there, she establishedperiod of fIve years after death careful to be as objective as a convent and left four of herbefore investigation of new possible." sisters to continue in minis-sainthood causes can begin. try to the poor.

"There's worldwide accla- "She practiced heroic vir-mation of her holiness and the de- Teresa nearly three decades ago in tue," said Bishop Curlin, who hadsire for her sainthood," said Bishop Washington, where he was then pas- traveled to India to give retreats toCurlin, a longtime friend of Mother tor of an inner-city parish. Mother Teresa and her sisters. "SheTeresa's who has been asked to par- At their first meeting, the bishop was extremely humble with a driv­ticipate in the investigation by pro- recalled, "I knew I was in the pres- ing spirit."viding testimony that will help ence of a truly holy person. There "I do believe she is a saint insubstantiate sainthood. was a serenity that just permeated heaven," he added.

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stress in trying to follow in and sur­pass their father's footsteps. It's impor­tant to the plot that Vitti's father was agangster who was shot down beforehis son's eyes, but there was no needto establish, and then go nowhere with,a subplot in which Sobel jealously

"resents the success of his author-psy­chiatrist father (Bill Macy).

Nor is Lisa Kudrow much morethan window dressing as Sobel's anx­'ious bride-to-be, who is stunned tofmd her family therapist/fiance is treat­ing a different kind of family.

The movie, however, shuns an ex­cess of nasty violence and heads insentimental, even positive directionsas Sobel impresses on Vitti that hisfather wouldn't want him to end up ashe did, nor should Vitti allow his ownson to grow up to be a criminal.

Viewers are sure to recognize sev­eral scenes that spooffamous sectionsof 'The Godfather." And Crystal hasthe funniest scene when pressed intoservice as Vitti's bogus consigliere atthe mob summit.

Although the movie then con­cludes on a silly, sappy note, De Niroand Crystal have the kind of comicchemistry together that in the finalanalysis may make this a minor hit.

Due to intermittent stylized vio­lence, a brief sexual encounter, somesex references, occasional profanityand much rough language, the U.S.Catholic Conference classification isA-IV-adults, with reservations. TheMotion Picture Association ofAmerica rating is R - restricted.

which is visually unnecessary sincehe could have just mentioned his per­formance problems to Sobel intherapy. But instead the scene is usedfor cheap laughs.

The script also needlessly pads thestory by suggesting that both men aresuffering the same psychological

ocCasion, but the bad guys' relianceon four-letter words is deplorable.Such language is realistic for mob­sters, but a fraction of the arnountwould make the point just as readily.

The adult nature of the comedy isalso apparent when married Vitti isbriefly seen in bed with his girlfriend,

ROBERT DE NIRO, left, as mob boss Paul Vitti, and Billy Crystal, Vitti's reluctant analyst,star in the comedy "Analyze This." The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV ­adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted.(CNS photo from Warner Bros.)

Harold Ramis, who gets the mostcomic mileage when the two leads are

. in each other's faces. All the gangstersare seen as intellectual idiots; onethinks thatclosure must be a new kindofweapon.

Crystal's wry comebacks to toughguy De Niro can be very funny on

Unnecessary rough language taints 'Analyz~This', . I

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CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

NEW YORK - Robert De Niroand Billy Crystal mock mob mental­ity in the crime comedy, "AnalyzeThis" (Warner Bros.).

Rear-ending the car of New Yorkgangster Jelly (Joe Viterelli, whoserubbery face is aconstant wonder) hasunexpected resul~. for. .cerebral p~y­

chiatrist Dr. Ben Sobel (Crystal).Instead of being threatened, Sobel

is forced to accept a new patient,Jelly'smob boss, Paul Vitti (De Niro),who has been having panic attacks- hardly acceptable behavior for awiseguy about to convene a summitof the various mob families.

With Vitti more likely to weep over. than whack anyone who tries to crosshim, Sobel seeks to surface Vitti's in­ner child, a concept that horrifies thefoul-mouthed gangster, justas he findsSobel's explanation of the oedipalcomplex disgusting beyond words."After what you told me, I'm afraid tocall my motheron the phone!" he roars.

Yet the mobster won't let go of re­luctant Sobel, to the point of inter­rupting the doctor's wedding not oncebut twice to demand his services.

Matters are further complicatedwhen a mob rival (Chazz Palminteri)orders a hit on Vitti, the FBI questionsSobel about his association with gang­sters, and Vitti suspects Sobel will raton him to the feds if he doesn't si­lence him - permanently.

All this is played for laughs withsome degree of success by director

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cable channels are preparing a generous sam- silica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate 8 a.m. noon and 7 p.m. Good Friday-Holy Sat-. crucified alongside Jesus, 9 a.m. April 3, re-pIing of special programming for Holy Week Conception in Washington, noon March 28; urday, April 2-3; peated 5:30 p.m. April 4;and Easter. - "St. John's Passion by Johann Sebastian - 'The Father's Gift;' a documentary on - "Giotto: The Easter Mystery;' a narra-

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SOUTH YARMOUTH ­A Separated - Divorced Catho­lics Support Group meets onthe third Sunday of eachmonth at the St. Pius X ParishLife Center. Its next meetingwill be held on March 21.Welcome is at 6:30 p.m. andthe meeting begins at 7 p.m.All welcome. For more infor­mation call Father Richard M.Roy at 255-0170.

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PORTSMouTH, R.I. ­Single Catholic men ages 18-50are invited to share a day ofpeace, work and prayer with theBenedictine monastic commu­nity at Portsmouth Abbey onMarch 20. For more informationcall Father Ambrose at (401)683-2000 ext. 215 or via E-mail:[fatherambrose@portsmouthabbey.org].

WESTPORT - St. Anne'sHospital School of NursingAlumni Association is spon­soring a program entitled "Par­ents With Aging Parents, Plan­ning for the Future," on March31 at 6:30 p.m. at White's Res­taurant. Atty. George Phelanwill provide information onguardianships, trusts, estatesand differentiate betweenMedicare and Medicaid. Reg­istration deadline is March 24.For more information call 763­2609.

WAREHAM - A Charis­matic Mass will be held onMarch 15 at 7:30 p.m. at St.Patrick's Church. Take advan­tage of an opportunity to thankthe Lord and give him praise.All welcome. For more infor­mation call 291-2924.

WESTPORT - The FallRiver Diocesan Council ofCatholic Nurses is sponsor­ing an educational seminarentitled "Effective Pain Man­agement: Interventions ThatWork," on March 27 from8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at White'sRestaurant. Guest speakerswill include Pamela Bennetand Carol Curtis. All health­care workers are invited andmay earn. continuing educa­tion credits. For more infor­mation call 678-2373 after 6p.m.

SOUTH YARMOUTH ­The next meeting of the CapeCod Catholic Nurses will beheld on March 17 at 7 p.m. atSt. Pius X Parish. For more in­formation call JackiMcGorty at 428-6741. AllCatholic Health Care Profes­sionals, members and non­members are welcome.

NEW BEDFORD - A Eu­charistic day of prayer andadoration for vocations topriestly and religious life willbe celebrated'on March 18 atOur Lady of Perpetual HelpChurch, 235 North Front St.The Blessed Sacrament will beexposed following the 7:30a.m. Mass for adoration and asecond Mass will be celebratedat 4 p.m. All welcome.

FALL RIVER - TheHudner Oncology Center ofSaint Anne's Hospital invitesmen who have been diag­nosed with prostate cancer andtheir families to participate inCommon Ground, a supportand education group for thosecoping with the disease. It willmeet on March 15, 22 and 29from 9-10:30 a.m. at the hos­pital. For more informationand regi"stration call MarkTheodore at 674-5600 ext.2270.

March 29 from 9-11 a.m. at thehospital for parents andcaregivers of children withspecial healthcare needs. Morethan 20 representatives fromarea camps will be on hand toanswer questions and offerguidance in making camp apositive and productive expe­rience. All welcome.

NEW BEDFORD - Thenext meeting of Calix will beheld March 14 at 6:30 p.m. inthe Holy Name Parish. Center.Calix enlists Catholics who aregratefully celebrating recoveryfrom alcoholism, drug addic­tion and other dependencies.Mass will follow and newfriends are always welcome.

NEW BEDFORD - Cour­age, a' support group forCatholic men and women whoare struggling to confrontsame sex attraction issues andwho strive to live chaste liveswill meet at Holy Name Rec­tory on March 13 at 7 p.m. Formore information call Msgr.Thomas Harrington at 992­3184. .

NORTH EASTON - Theeighth annual assembly of PaxChristi Massachusetts will beheld on March 20 at StonehillCollege. Father DanielBerrigan will be keynote

NEW BEDFORD - TheHyacinth Circle Daughters ofIsabella will hold a businessmeeting on March 16 at 7 p.m.in the CCD center of HolyName Church. An evening ofLenten recollection will fol­·low. For more information callCecelia Weaver at 993-2388.

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CENTERVILLE - Thenext meeting of Pax Christi -'Cape Cod meeting, themed"Solidarity With the Poor,"will be held on March 15from 7:30-9:15 p.m. in the re­ligious education center ofOur Lady of Victory Parish.All weJcome.

FALL RIVER -'- The Cen­ter for Children and Familiesat Saint Anne's Hospital.willsponsor a Summer Camp Edu­cati.on and Resource Fair on

Can't remember how a recentfilm was classified by the USCC?Want to know whether to let thekids go see it? Now you can lookfilm reviews up on AmericaOnline. Once you're connected toAOL, just use the keyword eNSto go to Catholic News Service'sonline site, then look for moviereviews.

FAIRHAVEN - "The Vic­tor," an Easter concert by theSaints and Singers musicalgroup will be presented onMarch 19 at 8 p.m. at St.Mary's Church. Refreshmentswill be served in the churchhall following the concert. Allwelcome.

Publicity Chairmen are askedto submit news items for this col­umn to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7,Fall River, 02722. Name of cityor town should be included, as wellas full dates of all activities.DEADLINE IS NOON ON MON­DAYS.

Events published must be of in­terest and open to our generalreadership. We do not normallycarry notices of fundraising ac­tivities, which may be advertisedat our regular rates, obtainablefrom our business office at (508)675-7151.

ATTLEBORO - The mQ­sical group Prayz will performat the La Salette Shrine CoffeeHouse on March 13 at 6:30p.m. All welcome.

A healing service will beheld at the Shrine on March 14at 2 p.m. It will include Mass,musical ministry by JohnPolce and the opportunity forpeople to be prayed over andanointed individually. It willbe led by Father RichardDelisle. All welcome.

Milton Young will lead aworkshop entitled "Discoverthe Magic in Your Life" onMarch 20 from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. at the Shrine. Participantswill learn about the opportu­nities and gifts that each stageof life offers and how to enjoylife to the fullest. Registrationis required. Call the Shrine at222-5410 for more informa-

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Pope urges U.S. Christians towork against attacks on life

Germany's Catholic-run breweriesfeatu·ring strong beer during Lent

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. By JOHN THAVIS

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Vatican reit~rates opposition toBeijing Plan ofAction

Today, the good reputation ofmonastery beer is no longer onlypassed on by word of mouth. ManyCatholic breweries can be found onslick new Web pages.

Jim Robertson, author of the"Beer-Taster's Log" and sampler ofI00 new beer varieties each month,says the strong Doppelbock Dunkelfrom Germany's famous KlosterAndechs, a monastery south ofMunich, is "the best beer in theworld." He also praises the MSarzenbeer brewed at a monastery north ofAugsburg.

At Etta!, monks brew the award­winning double bockyear round, saidFather Johannes Bauer. The smallmonastery brewery produces morethan 264,000 gallons of differentkinds ofbeer a year, some ofwhich isexported to Finland and France.

The Gennan bishops' conferencehas no guidelines on what the Catho­lic faitHful should eat or drink, orwhat they should abstain from dur­ing fasting, said spokeswoman HeikeRurnbach-Thome at the secretariat inBonn.

"Eachperson mustdecide(for)him­selfor herselfwhat is best," she said.

.At the conference, Lukas said, theVatican was disturbed that so muchattention went to "reproductive"health when other health problemswere "decimating the female popu­lations of developing countries."

Four years after Beijing, there is, still the need for giving greater at­tention to tuberculosis, tropical dis­eases and AIDS, 'she said.

"When the Women 2000 specialsession meets next year, the HolySee is hopeful that the session willgive due consideration to these goalsfor improving women's health, es­pecially in the developing world,"Lukas told the commission.

serious organizational effort, but it's. the way to make sure that the mes­sages we produce and send canreach their destination'" - the mo­bile,population of pilgrims, FatherBorgomeosaid: in a Vatican Radiointerview. Father Borgomeo said theradi9's reports would include ex­planations and spiritual reflectionsori the jubilee, cultural and touris­tic suggestions, and even repoI1s

.on logistical problems during ma­jor events.

During the'biggestjubilee litur­gies and celebrations, Vatican Ra~

dio will broadcast programming in10 languages on five channels, ineffect offering a "radio Pentecost,"he said.

Vatican officials estimate that asmany as 30 million pilgrims willvisit Rome during the Holy Year,

. which begins Dec. 24, 1999, andcloses on Jan. 6, 2001.

meeting was to tie followed by aweek of preparations for a specialsession of the U.N. General Assem­bly in June 2000 to review the im­pact of Beijing after five years.

The Church operates a world­wide network of agencies servingthe health needs of women and men,and many of these agencies are lo­cated in poor areas "where no otherhealth care institutions' are avail-able," sh~ said. .

And jus(before the Beijing cono

ference opened; Pope John Paul IIcommitted the Church "to make fur­ther efforts to assist the advancementofwomen and girls," she added. '

by the St Stephan Clerical SeminaryFoundation. Profits from the sale ofbeer are used to train clergy in thePassau Diocese.

Catholics are also in the ~rewery

business in otherareas ofBavaria TheRegensburg Diocese owns the localBischofshofbrewery, which supportsboys' educational foundations andthe world-renowned RegensburgerDomspatzen boys' choir.

Beer tradition runs deep in Ba­varia, and the locals take their beervery seriously. German Catholicshave been brewing beer in monaster­ies since the Middle Ages.

According to a legend that datesto the l70Ds, the pope was asked to

. grant Gennan monks permission tobrew anddrinkbock beerduring timesof fasting.

A keg was sent over the Alps tothe Vatican. But on the way, the beerwas shaken up, warmed and cooleddue to temperature chaI1ges. By thetime it reached the pope weeks later,it was spoiled and tasted terrible, thelegend says. Thepontiffthen agreed iftheGermanmonkscoulddrinkthebeer,as bad as it was, they could go aheadand brew it for the time offasting.

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VATIcAN CITY 2 To reachHoly Year pilgrifus with spiritualmessages; coiTIlIlentary and pracc

tic~ladvice, Vatican Radio plansto increase programming in fivelanguages during the year 2000.. Church officials plan to encour­age pilgrims to arrive in Rome car­rying a portable radio - even acheapie -' so they can tune intoone of two special channels fornews and other programs in En­glish, Italian, French, Spanish andPortuguese, said Jesuit FatherPasquale Borgomeo, VaticanRadio's general director.

"~aturally, this entails a very

By RICHARD NYBERG

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

BONN, Gennany - Lent bringsout about200 ofsouthern Gennany'sdarkest and strongest: Triurnphator,Operator, Maximator, Salvator andHurnorator.

Not to worry, though: These areheavyweight, Church-made Bavar­ian bock beers.

From Ash Wednesday until PalmSunday, Gennans who choose to fastand do without the country's legend­ary sausage, bread and chocolate canlook to, the national drink to keepthem warmduringcold winternights.

The Humorator - the strongestbeer brewed at the Catholic-runHacklberg Brewery in the Bavariancity ofPassau - is no joking matter:It is 7 percent alcohol; nonnal "la­ge£': beer has about 4.8 percent alco­holic content.

BraumeisterHeinzjoachim Kinitztold Catholic News Service that upto 18,500 gallons of Hurnorator arebrewed annually and are sold outduring Lent and Advent. The brew­ery produces about six million gal­lons ofmostly lighter beer each year.

TheHacklberg Brewery is owned

~ The controversial planfor reproductive healthbadly impacted otherhealth problems ofwomen.

ByTRACY EARLY

CATHOliC NEWS SERVICE'

.UNITED NATIONS "'7'" The'vati­can served notice at the Ullited Na­tions March 1 that it would continueto oppose the appr9ach to "repro­ductive health': ,endorsed at the 1995Beijing Wo~ld Conference onWomen.

In astatement delivered at theU.N. heactquiu"ters il1Ne~ York; ~llenLukas of the Vatican's U.N. missionsaid the Beijing PlanofAcrion "em­phasized ryproductive health to the

. detrimr';1t 9f9ther.yery pres,~inghealth proQl~Q1s suffered bY~o,ri1en

, and, girls." :--, . ' .She. said th~ VatiCan was ",happy

to assoCiate itself withal! authenticinitiatives. to inip"rove ~6men'shealth.". . . ',', ,,'., "At. the Beijing ;Conference,

however, unhappily, the Holy Seewas forced to ,expres~ a general res­ervation to the health section of thePlan ofActio,n, in greatpart becauseof the section's ambiguous languagein treating matters relating to sexual

, health," she said.In the U.N. context, 'it is widely

assumed that "repro'ductive" or"sexual" health requires access tocontraceptives, sterilization and"safe" abortion.

Lukas delivered her statement onthe opening day of the March 1-12meeting of the U.N. Commission onthe Status of Women..

This body has been charged withreviewing and assessing follow-upto the Beijing actions. Its regular

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

mensity ofYour Light, that Your eternal goodness may open tome the doors and make me enter into It to form my life all inYou, Divine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate beforeYour Light, I, the least of all creatures, put 1fly~elf.into the little.group of the sons and daughters ofYour Supreme FIAT. Pros-.trate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg that itclothe me and eclipse all that does not pertain to Ypu, DivineWill, It will be my Life, the center of my intelligence, the,enr~pturerof 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: Jshall'have asingular. strength and.a holiness that sanctifies air things andconducts them to God. -.. . . "".'

'. Here prostrate, I invoke the help of the Mos.t Holy Trin.ity .·~hatThey permit me to live in t1;le cloister of the Divine Will and,,thus return inme the first order of creatioq, just as the creature

. was 'ere-ateel. ; " ,, ~Heavenly Mother, Sover~igi1and Queen of the Divine Fiat,' ",

take my'hand and introduce me into the:Light'ofthe Divine'Will. You will be my guide, my most tender,Mother; :and will,,'teach me to live in and to maintain myself in the order and the'bounds of th~ Divine Will. Heavenly Motlier, I consecrate mywhole being to Youdmmaculate Heart. You will teach me thedoctrine of the Divine ~ll and I will listen most att~n'tivelytoYour lessons. You will cover me with Your mantle so thaJ theinfern'al serpent dare not penetrate into this sacred Eden to en-'tice me and make me fall into the maze of the human wilL

Heart of my greatest Good, Jesus, You will give me Yourflames that they may bum me, consume me, anel feed me toform in me the Life 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, thatI 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 thatdra~s all men into the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Amen.

( In Honor ofLuisa Piccarreta J865-J947 Chifd of the Divine Will)

,'~Ay ~m C'omewilt Ae- done on~ a6 it' i$

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can remain indifferent.""At the end of the 20th cen­

VATICAN CITY - In a tury we are' witnessing a strangestrongly worded pro-life message, paradox: The sanctity of humanPope John Paul II urged U.S. life is being denied by an appealChristians to take educational and to freedom, democracy, pluralism,political action against increas- . even reason and compassion," theing attacks on human life. pope said. ., "The choice in favor of life is He said that, as. the U.S. bish-not a private option but a basic ops' recent statement on humandemand of a just and moral soci- life points out, in this culturalety," the pope said in a letter to context, arhetoric of life is some­Cardinal William H. Keeler of times used to promote a cultureBaltimore. of death.

Cardinal Keeler, chairman of "The language of human rightsthe U.S. bishops' Committee for - is constantly invoked while thePro-Life Activities, was presiding most basic of them - the right toover a two-day conference in life - is repeatedly disregarded,"Washington on emerging tech- he said.nologies involving life and death. . The Church's efforts in favorThe conference was co-sponsored of human life are not always easy,by the Pontifical Council for the ,the pope said, because at timesFamily. there is deliberate falsification of

The pope hailed the confer- the Church's teaching and scornence as "another sign that in ,the for those who promote it. 'United States ofAmerica the Gos- "The call to conversion mustpel of life has, round fertile ring out in your homes, in yourground in \Vhich to grow and bear parishes and in your schools, withfruit." , complete confidence that the

He said respect for human life, Church's teaching about the in­from the moment of conception violability of life is deeply in tuneto natural death, was a matter of with both right reason and the"critical importance" for today's deepest longings of the humansociety, an issue on which "no one heart," he said.

Father John J. Perry

which holds a position of honoron the church grounds.

Also to serve as pastors wereGeorge E. Sullivan and FatherPaul F. McCarrick. Father Perry wasnamed pastor in 1997.

There have been 35 associatepastors who served at St. Joseph'sin its long history. And the parishcommunity has seen 27 of its na­tive sons ordained priests. Fivepriests have been in residenceover the years, the most current.being Msgr. George W. Coleman,vi~ar general of the Fall Ri verDiocese.

50th anniversary, Fall River hadbeen a diocese since March 12,1904. The city's population hadgrown to 128,000 and more than80 percent of them were Catho­lics. There were 23 churches inthe diocese. Bishop Daniel F. Fee­han celebrated the golden jubi­lee Mass.

Father Bric's curate, Father JohnH. Gormley, ran the parish until1880 when FatherAndrew J. Bradywas named pastor. Father Bradydied on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18,1885 and was buried the 'first Fri­day in Lent. His body was also in­terred in a crypt beneath the mainaltar.

Father Bernard Boylan was thepastor when the church was dedi­cated by Bishop Hendricken onMemorial Day of 1885, Saturday,May 30. The homily was given inboth French and English. The brickedifice, which reportedly wouldseat "about a thousand," had mag­nificent stained glass windows do­nated by leading families of theparish and parish societies. Its or­gan was powered by a water tur­bine and gas lights adorned everycolumn. Erection of a new rectorywas next on Father Boylan's list.In the summer of 1889 the old resi­dence was sold and moved and thecurrent rectory constructed. St.Joseph's School was opened in1907. That facility closed in Sep­tember 1973.

Other pastors to serve at St.Joseph's included Father EdwardCarr and Father Joseph P. Lyons.Father Lyons led the parish's 75thanniversary in 1948 at the sametime marking his 50th anniversaryas a priest. He was presented witha statue of St. Joseph the Worker

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prophetic words that are the mostamazing. He concluded his hom­ily with: "I have the d~epest pos­sible interest in the progress of re­ligion here in this rapidly-grow­ing city. Eight or nine years ago I 'found it with but two Catholicchurches. Now we have not gotenough with five or six, and whatthe city is to become God onlyknows."

When St. Joseph's parishionersgathered in 1923 for the church's

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buried Aug. 11 in a crypt thatwould be topped by the altar ofthe church. The cornerstone cer­emony went on as planned.. In the copper box within thecornerstone were a photo of FatherBrie, copies of the Fall River Her­ald and other newspapers and U.S.

. coins. The stone carried the namesof President Rutherford B. Hayes,Gov. John D. Long, and MayorWilliam S. Greene.

But it was 13ishop Hendricken's

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was subsequently moved to therear portion and with two wingsand a choir loft added this was thefirst St. Joseph's. As his parish grewby leaps and bounds, Father Briehired architect Patrick H. Keeleyof Brooklyn, N.Y., and on April 5,1880 ground was broken for a newchurch at the front of the lot.

The cornerstone was slated tobe laid on Sunday, Aug. 15, 1880.But Father Brie died of a heart at­tack eight days before that. He was

Anniversary

TIMELESS -Inherent beauty of St. Joseph Church on North Main Street, Fall River, builtin 1885 and having undergone renewais, is seen in this view of the sanctuary.

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St. Joseph's feast day is March 1.9 .St. Patrick Continued from page one

St. Patric~

Armagh and ordaining as priests hun­dreds of men he had converted fromthe local communities. Like St.Francis Xavier, he is said to have bap­tized tens of thousands.

Patrick's tremendous devotionand love for a foreign people set him

as the patron saintofIreland. The les­son is that Patricksought and suc­ceeded in thepeaceful conver­sion of a peoplewho had op­pressed him,whose crimes andinjustices werethemselves leg­end. The tale cen­ters on Patrick'sputting aside thebitterness and an­ger that once were

. deeJrrooted in hishearh Official

. '. documents' datePatrick's death as the year461.

Patrick's great love 'might be seenin the following prayer, commonlycalled the Breastplate of St. Patrickand aScribed to him:

"Christ be with me,Christ before me,Christ behind me....Christ in the heart ofeveryone who

thinks of me,Christ in the mouth of everyone

who speaks of me,Christ in every eye that sees me,Christ in every ear that hears me."

prayer and contemplation of the suf­fering Christ - as well as thoughts ofescape.

After several years, Patrick foundan opportunity, hiding and trekkingseveral hundred miles, mostly bynight, to the Irish coast and a return bypacket to Britainwhere he was re- .....------------,united with his fam-ily who had longconsidered himdead.

ButPatrick, bear­ing the scars of hisenslavement, waszealous in his faithand love ofGod andsaw a divine plan inthe entire episode.He left 'for Gaul(France) to study forthe priesthood.

. The accounts ofthe dreams Patrickhad as he progressed '

, towafds the priest-, hood and was subsequently ordained,. are docum~nted. He said !le saw those

who had imprisoned hirnbegginghim.to return to them. His superi<?rs con­sidered .the idea ludicrous, pointingout that Patrick did not have the ex­perience or even knew the people suf­ficiently to accomplish such a feat.

Finally, after being ordained abishop in 434, Patrick returned to Ire­land where he had suffered so much.For more than 30 years he crisscrossedIreland, establishing churches andmonasteries, founding the See of

from the house of King David, Jo­seph remains a poor carpenter froma Galilean town so minuscule thatit serves as the butt of jokes. Oth­ers contend that because wood wasa scarce commodity in that regionand had to be imported, that Jo­seph must have been a business­man with some capital. WhileMary gives birth in a stable, someargue that it was not because Jo­seph couldn't pay, but that therewas no room in the inn. However,Joseph has at least twice had totemporarily give up the businessas he is advised by angels to movethe infant Jesus and his mother intoEgypt and the,n' home again.

Having returned the family tothe town of Nazareth, Joseph sud­denly disappears .from the G9spelstory. Josepp. remains in the textonly as a ~rrii!1d.erofJesus' humble

.. origin~. Sk,eptiCs would say' of

. Jesus: "Is riot', this the carpenter'sson?" or "Can anything goodcome from Nazareth?", , . But through lthe histor.y 'offaith,such mocking jests, rather thanaenigrating Jesus, have only re­bounded to the credit Of the faith~

ful Joseph.Today, the Church hon­ors Joseph as the patron ofa happydeath, holding to the tradition thatMary and Jesus were at his bed­side when he died.

Besides his feast day on March19, an additional feast, St. Josephthe Worker, was assigned by PopePius XII for May 1.St. Joseph

Lord commanded him...."Aside from his virtues as a fa­

ther or a man of faith, it is alsoworthwhile to note Joseph's statusas a poor working man - a detailnot without significance in theGospel. Although his lineage is

By JAMES N. DUNBAR

Sad to say, St. Joseph is knownto many only as a familiar featurein'every Christmas pageant. So ea­ger were Church fathers to empha-.size Jesus' divine paternity that Jo­seph, the surrogate father, was con­signed to the shadowlands. But inthe 16th century, the image of theHoly Family became more ad­vanced and official recognition ofthe cult to St. Joseph, the spouseof the Blessed Virgin and the fos­ter father of Jesus, was promul­gated. In 1870, Pope Pius IX de­clared him Patron of the UniversalChurch.

Evangelists Matthew and Luketalk about Joseph in the accountsof the nativity of Jesus, but some­what differently. Both agree thatJoseph .was betrothed to Marywhen the,angel announced" thatMary was tobecome the mother ofthe Messiah, .the. redeemer. InMatthew's :Gospel, JOSeph reactsto what the angel tells, him. ofMary's' conception and takes· onhis immense responsibility, will-ingly. , ' . .

A silentJigure in the Gospels,Joseph utters no words to corre­spond to Mary's heartfelt accep­tance of her role in the redemp­tion. His actions, however, reflectthe same pious consent to a planbeyond his understanding, saysRobert Ellsberg in his "All Saints."

For "When Joseph awoke fromsleep, he did as the angel of the

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Back in Time." Items like old, yearbooks, photographs, diplo­

mas, uniforms and report cardswill be shared with today's stu­dents and families. To help orparticipate call Molly Curren at699-4163~

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St. Mary· Sacred Heart seeks help from alumni

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MARTHA BISAILLON, center,Js recipient of the 1999 Dis­tinguished Graduate Award from St.Jm~eph's School; Fairhaven,for her exemplary service to the,Catholic Churgh and ,educa­tion: The' CCD teacher and eucharistic·minister, is' flanked by

.Sister Muriel Ann Lebeau; -principal, andFatherWilliam Heffron,pastor of St. Joseph's Parish, who presented the award.

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NORTHATTLEBORO - St., , Mary - Sacred Heart School is cel­

ebrating its 75th anniversary thisyear and .the pl'al1ning commit- ,tee is calling on alumni, teachersand religious to sharl;l memora­bilia foran event called "A Step

SCIENCE FAIR WiNNERS"':" These students were allwinners of awards in the science fair at St. Joseph's School,Fairhaven. The annual event gives students in grades 4-8 anopportu'nity to explore the world of science and share their.discoveries with fellow classmat~s and the community.

HARD WORK PAID' OFF. for these seventh graders atOur lady of Mount Carniel School, New B~dford, who wereaward winners in its annual science fair. From left, are PhilipAlcaidinho, Marisa Pereir~, ,John Mateus, Heather Macedo

. and Anne.Marie Tavares... " . ',;, '.' .'1,' . ,

,gration ofclassroom curriculum andcomputer technology which is themain goal of its technology program .according to Ines Bates. PrincipalKathleen Burt said she is "veryproud .ofthe school's techn,ologyprogr.am.. Both students and facultywill spend time in the computer labbenefiting from this personal tour." ....Faculty members ar~ currently

gathering information to build anintegrated unit on China and, thjsopportunity gives them.. a primary~o.urce of krowledge in their study."Electronic learning has sparked theenthusiasm students to gathe't' moreknowledge by using this new learn­ing tool. -Teachers and students 'areusing it in every subject area," Burtadded.

lighted by food, artwork and music,but this year has brought a specialbonus to Medeiros' studentS. . .'

Paul Bates, husband of InesBates, computer technology coor­dinator at the school, who will betraveling for three weeks in China,has made special arrangements withthe school to. send digital photo­graphs of Hong K9ng, Fuzhou,Shuhaii and other cities in Chinaback ~o students., Fourth graders and(acuIty also made a l~st of questionsfor Bates to review and answer whileh~ travels and th'ey will. have theopportunity to communicate ~ithhim via E-mail' about the cultUre andhistory he experiences firsthand.

This opportunity is SS: Peter andPaul putting 'into practice the inte-

SSG Peter and Paul students visit.China via the Internet

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VOCATION 'CROSS -:-' Students in Suzanne Lefevre's third grade class at Holy NameSchool, Fall River, are hosting the vocation' c~oss fromSt. Michael's Church, Swansea.They will be praying for and writing to seminariar;ls anc;:!. religiqus of the diocese; Students

"'from left are: Kevin. Semple, ·Kyle·Marois, Alysha Frank'and Lindsay Darmody. . '. . " . '. '.... '.. ' . .

FALL RIVER - Through thetechnology of the Internet students

: in Douglas Medeiros' fourth gradeclass at SS. Peter and Paul Schoolare traveling to China and explor­ing how ancient China compares tolife there today.

Each year, Medeiros chooses acountry for his students to s~dy a!1dthrol,lgh various classroom activitiesand assignments the c1~ssroom ~e-

,comes a small community wherestudents develop an understanding.of the culture of a particular coun­

"try. . This .year, through education,garnes, crafts,.liter~t~re and history,

.students' have been.learning about

.China. At the conclusion or'theirstudies students and 'parents 'willenjoy a cultural .celebration high-

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.~ KIDS' I~ THE HAt....;. Kindergarte'n students from .Holy Name School, Fall River, re­centlY' celebrated the birthday of the late Dr.. Seuss as p~rt of the "Read Across America

:.. Program," -The day Was'filledwith':arts and crafts, storytellers 'and inclu~ed ..the pain.ting of::·~theirown "Cat in the Hat" hats. The day concluded witt.i,f;efr~shments·and cake." . .... .'

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CArHOLlC Newo SERVlt.i:

How someone's death makes us think

Illinois Catholic students arestars in Pluto campaign moon, extended atmosphere,

pronounced surface markingsand polar ice caps. '

"Your letters to the Interna­tional Astronomical Union andyour comments to newspapers,TV and radio helped show thedecision-makers that a lot morepeople than just astronomerscare about Pluto," Millis said."Your efforts were important inconvincing the IAU to leavePluto alone."

Weller 1s CongressionalRecord statement also creditedBrockman's class with raising"public outrage" over Pluto'spossible demotion.

"I wholeheartedly commendMs. Brockman and the St. An­thony students both for theirpride in the city of Streator andits ~istory'and also for their re­aliziltion that in America a smallgroup of citizens taking a strongstand for something in whichthey believe can make a differ­ence," he said.

At a school assembly, stu­dents greeted Weller with ban­ners reading "St. Anthony's ­the school that saved Pluto" andstickers proclaiming "PlutoPride."

The congressman broughtcongress,ional commendationsfor each student and distributedthem personally to the eighth- .graders. He also answered ques­tions from junior high studentsabout his background and workin Congress.

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The students eagerly em­braced the letter-writing cam­paign and encouraged otherclasses to participate. About 100of St. Anthony's 189 studentswrote letters, while the restsigned petitions.

The letters - asking the as­tronomy union to considerStreator's great pride inTombaugh - attracted attentionfrom TV and newspaper outletsin Streator, Peoria, and Chi­cago, as well as National PublicRadio.

Meanwhile, .other Streatorresidents and members of the sci­entific and astronomical com­munities joined what became an'international debate.

But, as St. Anthony's stillwas urging involvement by otherIllinois schools, the Interna­tional Astronomical Union is­sued a statement that safeguardsPluto's status., '

Calling earlier ne~s r~portsinaccurate, the Paris-basedunion said it was merely con­sidering giving Pluto a catalog

.number as a "Trans-NeptunianObject" and not changing itsplanetary status.

After getting this news, someSt. Anthony's students who hadnot yet joined the campaignwrote thank-you notes instead.

The school also received athank-you from the Lowell Ob­servatory. Signed by directorRobert L. Millis, the letter de­fended Pluto's status, citing its

tronomical Union was consid­ering demoting Pluto to "minorplanet" status, or even designat­inK it a "Trans-Neptunian Ob­ject."

That struck a nerve inStreator, the hometown of Plutodiscoverer Clyde Tombaugh.

, The astronomer discovered thesolar system's ninth and small­est planet in 1930 while work­ing at the Lowell Observatoryin Flagstaff, Ariz.

Tombaugh is the only Ameri­can and one of only four men inrecorded history to discover aplanet.

Sister Royston saidBrockman told students aboutthe astronomy 'union's plans 'andasked,them, "Do you want to sitback, or do you want to writeletters?"

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Record, and Weller presented St.Anthony's students with Certifi­cates of Special Congressional,Recognitjon.

The visit from their congress­man left students in a state ofawe and inspiration, accordingto Franciscan Sister CarolRoyston, the principal.

"His message to the studentswas 'Don't ever forget that oneperson, or a small group ofpeople like you, can make a dif­ference,''' she told The CatholicPost, newspaper of the PeoriaDiocese. "I hope that is some­thing the kids will rememberand apply to other aspects oftheir lives."

St. An~hony'sjumped into thePluto debate ,·after scie,nceteacher Brockman read news re­ports that the International As-

By AMY RIEDELL

CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

STREATOR, Ill. - The ef­forts of St. Anthony of PaduaSchool in Streator to "save"Pluto as a planet led to a con­gressional honor and a lesson incommunity action.

Rep. Jerry Weller, R-Ill., vis­ited St. Anthony's to commendstudents for their letter-writingcampaign protesting a proposalto demote Pluto to a "minorplanet" or asteroid.

Early in February, Weller in­troduced a proclamation in theHouse of Representatives prais­ing the school and SheilaBrockman's eighth-grade studentsfor their defense of Pluto and itshometown-hero discoverer.

The proclamation was en­tered into the Congressional

Thinking of YouTell me mama,

Is your life a better change?And tell me mama,

Would you live your lifeThe same or come back

And rearrange?Tell me mama, how is freedom?

Refrain:Oh I'm thinking of youAnd all the things thatYou wanted me to be. 'And I'm trying now.

Oh I'm thinking of youAnd all the things

That you wanted me to be.

Tell me mama,

Are the colors deeper shades?And tell me mama,

Are there great big brass parades?Does the sun shine night and day?Tell me mama, no more weeping.

Repeat refrain.

Tell me mama,Is it just the way they say?

And tell me mama,Are you missing me the way

That I am missing you today?Tell me mama, can you hear, me?

Repeat refrain.

.Written and sung by Lenny Kravitz,Copyright (c) 1998 by Miss Bessie MusiclVenus Rising Musi~

LOAVES & FISHES: LENTEN SHARINGFridays in Lent - 1:00 p.m. - Cafeteria

Fr. Richard Delisle &Fr. John Gabriel

CONTEMPORARYWAY OFTHE CROSSFriday, March 12 - 7:15 p.m. - Chapel

Fr. William Kaliyadan

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LENNY KRAVITZ'S new "s" disc contains a!rib- justed in how you live. Live in such ways that later inute to his recently deceased mother. 'Thinking of You" your life your memories of being a teen will bringasks questions many people have about deaUJ: It also . more smiles than regrets. . .speaks of missing someone who had been very im- 3. Am I living with passion? Life is a smorgasbordportant to his life. of opportunities. There is tiot just one right way to

Teens also wonder about death and the changes it live teen-age life. Rather, you must use your indi­brings. Sometimes, these questions come as a, shock viduality and, interests to create the kind of life thatwhen a friend or classmate dies suddenly in an acci- ' . makes you want to rejoice as the psalmist says.dent. Other teens face the death of a parent or grand- What motivates you to do what you do? Whenparent. " Kravitz sings "Oh I'm thinking of 'you and all the

Kravitz asks his mother: "Would you live your life, things that you wanted me to be," the emotion behindthe same or come back and rearrange?" This is actu- his statement is unclear. He could feel 'disappointedally a question to ask ourselves now as we consider thathe did not live up to what his mother hoped forhow we live and what we want our lives to be. his life. Or, just as likely, he could be inspired as. he

A sure benefit of death's reality is that it,encour- thinks about how his mother's love. helped him be­ages us to live focused on the present. Whether we come a success.live a long or short life, the most important time is Whatever Kravitz's intent maybe, all of us musttoday. ' separate our lives from others' expectations. Ulti-

As the writer of the Psalm 119 puts it, 'This is the mately, creating your life is one of the most importantday that the Lord has made; rejoice and be glad in it." things you ever will do. Certainly, our parents' and

Every teen needs to consider these questions: others' attitudes make a difference in what we do andI. What good did I do today? Who did I love, and how we 'live. However, the real choices are left to each

who did I help? What positive difference for others of us, and these choices are very much a part of livingoccurred because God gave me this day? life as a teen.

2. How much did I enjoy this day? Obviously, not I encourage you to ask your youth group or reli-every day brings happiness. Yet, if you are not living gious educ.ation class to consider these questions.in ways that bring you a sense of satisfaction and Reflecting on a death is likely to help us live withmeaning most days, then something needs to be ad- greater clarity of purpose.and deeper satisfaction now.

COFFEE HOUSE: PRAYZSat., March 13 - 6:30 p.m.

Cafeteria - Good-will donation

HEALING SERVICE WITH MASSSun., March 14 - 2:00 p.m.

Fr. Richard Delisle & Prayer CommunityMusic Ministry: John Polce

GRIEF EDUCATION PROGRAMThurs., March 18 - 1:00 p.m.

"ls This Death God.'s Will?"Counseling Center - $10/session

DISCOVER THE MAGIC IN YOUR, LIFE

A WORKSHOP WITH M,LTON YOUNG, PH.D.

Saturday, Mar. 20 - 10:00 - 4:00Theater-$25 Donation -Pre-registration

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