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VOL. 45, NO. 13 • Friday, March 30, 2001 , , ',. ,FALL RIVER, MASS. Southeastef~ Mas;achusetts' Largest Weekly • $14 Per Year, .

The Anchor moUrnsloss of general Dlanager

~ Rosemary Dussault had beenwith the Fall River diocese'snewspaper for more than 40years.

By JAMES N. DUNBAR

FALL RIVER - Rosemary Dussault,who helped launch The Anclwr in 1957 andas general manager guided the diocesannewspaper's growth across the expanse of theFall River diocese, died March 22 in St.Anne's HospitaL .

Dussault, who had battled cancer since lastsummer and had gone into retirement earlierthis year, was 71.

A Somerset resident for 20 years and amember of S1. Thomas More Parish, she hadmoved to 'TIverton, R.I. a month ago.

Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., re­flected on Dussault's dedication.

"I was ple~ to be able to present Rose-, mary Dussault with the Pro Ecclesia etPontifice Medal, a sign of the Church's rec­ognition of decades of selfless service to theDiocese ofFall River in our media apostolate.She was a woman of faith, a competent pro-

fessional, an outstanding Catholic." circulation and style as she added feature writ-Born in Fall River, she was a daughter of ers, veteran editors and skilled production tech­

the late William H. Dussault Sr., and the late nicians. Having assisted in the years whenHelen (McGough) Dussault. Her mother died cumbersome paste-up of newspaper pageswhen she was two- was the style, she wasyears-old. She was quick to bring sophis-raised by her father an~ ticated computer tech-by Joseph and Celia nology to all facets ofWatson. She resided in the newspaper's op-

, Fall River during her erations and just thisyouth. year realized a long

As one of the first ambition to bringemployeesofthefledg- color to the pages ofling newspaper, she The Anclwr.~~-~ ~~~~ing long hours in circu- was the only femalelation, production, ad- ~, advertising executivevertising and bookkeep- . at national Catholicing to get The Anclwr PressAssociation con-known and read by ventions..Catholics in the region. A 1948 graduate of

Under Dussault's 44 the fo~er Academyyears of professional ~~'. "_.' of the Sacred Hearts,leadership and as gen- r----::c--,;T"'" Dussault was a com-eral manager and ad- '_ municant of Immacu-vertising executive, the 1L...._-R....;..;O'-S-EM-A-R-y...:.-O-U...:.SJlSA·U:....L:=:r=--_.. lateConception Parishnewspaper advanced in I ,in her youth and was

one of the founders of its credit union.In 1970 she was honored by the diocese

with its Marian Medal for her dedication andservice.

Last November, Bishop Sean P. O'Malley,OFM Cap., presented her with the prestigious

. papal medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice for out­standing service to the Church. The medal wasinstituted by Pope Leo XIII in 1888 in memory,of his golden sacerdotal jubilee. Made a per­manent award in 1898, it is awarded to those,who, in a general way, have served the Church

,and the papacy.Dussault leaves a brother, William H.

Dussault Jr., of Swansea; three sisters: RitaLaPointe of Fairhaven, Helen Souza ofTiverton, R:I., and Cecilia Mahoney ofTiverton and Somerset; and nieces andnephews., Msgr. John E..Moore, editor of The An­clwr, wll$:pruid~ celebrant and h8milist ather funeiil Mass on Monday in S1. ThomasMore ChUrch. Bishop O'Malley presided.Burial was in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Fall 'River. The Jeffrey E. Sullivan Funeral'Home,550 Lo¢~sr Street, Fall River, was in chargeof artangtiments, . '

Youth· make impact atdiocesan Pro-Life Mass··

ESSAY CONTEST winners meet with Bishop O'Malley after the Pro­Life Mass. The essays were .based on a poem by Madele[ne Lavoie,left. With Lavoie and the bishop are, from left: Myles Derbyshire, CaitlinM~ueen, sarah Smith and Alissa Mari Rebello. (AnchodJolivet photo)

FATHER JOSEPH

BLYSKOSZ

Locl!lpri~st• • ••

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iii Honduras: WEST HARWICH -.:... When Polish­

born Father Joseph' Blyskosz heads toGuaimaca, Honduras April' 25 to jointhe Fall River diocese's mission there,

h"e'll be realizingan ambition hehad as a youngseminarian:

"Isn't it funnythat I had to

. learn J;':ngli,sh in:order to come tothis country in:order to. stu'dy'

.and become apriest and whenI get here, haveto go to Mexico' :to learn Spanish

to work in a mission in CentralAmerica," the 32-year-old parochialvicar at Holy Trinity Parish s.aid with awide grin and an infectious laugh.

Father Blyskosz, who was ordained

Tum, to page 13- Mission

The Mass is tradi­tionally held on thefeast of the Annuncia­tion. "Mary'sjiat, Mary'ssaying 'yes' to God, wasMary saying ~yes' to life,"said the bishop. "WhenJesus was conceived, hewas not a lump of tissue.He was the Word madeflesh."

Bishop O'Malley toldthe students that thos~

who advocate abortiondeceive people by callingthemselves pro-choice."In fact they are really prodeath," he said.

MarianDesrosiers,assis­tant director of the diocesanPro-Life Apostolate, was

Tum to page 13 ­Pro-Life

In front of a filled church, BishopO'Malley said, ''The future of our Churchis in our youth, as is the future of the Pro­Life movement."

Hyannis heard Bishop Sean P. O'Malley,OFM Cap. deliver an impassioned homilyon behalf of society's most vulnerablemembers, the unborn and the elderly.

By DAVE JOLIVET

ANCHOR STAFF

HYANNIS - Continuing to ride theyouthful momentum of the Pro-Life March.in Washington, D.C.this past January,scores of Catholicschool students fromthroughout the Dioceseof Fall River gatheredat St. Francis XavierChurch here on Mon­day to attend the annualdiocesan Pro-Life Mass,sponsored by the dioc­esan Pro-LifeApostolate.Students from BishopStang High School inNorth Dartmouth, St.Margaret'S in BuzzardsBay, Holy Trinity inWest Harwich, St.Anne's in Fall River,St. Mary-Sacred Heartin North Attleboro, andSt. Francis Xavier Pre­paratory School in

period of time."The board's statement is ad­

dressed especially to Christians andtheir churches. The 40-memberboard consists ofclergy and lay rep-·resentatives of 15 of the state's Prot­estant denominations and includesecumenIcal representatives from thestate's four Roman Catholic dioceses .as well as Orthodox traditions.

While the various Council mem­bers "varied considerably" in thepositions and the ethical approachesused the reach them, the statement,written from a Christian standpoint,said that" board members seriouslydoubt and some reject categoricallythat physician-assisted suicide is an .ethically responsible option. A rightand good answer is found in the cre­ation of measures that will effec­tively diminish suffering, so that theterminally ill patient can live anddie with a maximum of conscious­ness and a minimum of pain."

The MCC board's statelJlent canbe viewed on the Council's Websiteat www.masscouncilofchurches.org.

All sessions are held in thehospital's Clemence Hall, Room'135... Participan~need not be patientsat'Saint Anne's and may join atany time. There is no charge, butregistration is recommended.

To register and 'for informa-·tion about the program or anyspecialized oncology support oreducational programs for menand women, call Karyl Benoitat (50S) 674-5600, ext. 2515.

.FALL RIVER - As part ofits comprehensive approach totreating cancer, the Hudner On­cology 'Center at Saiilt Anne'sHospital will offer a IO-week, ,spring "Get Fit, Live Fit:' total.fitness program series for\vomenwith cancer.

The program, from. March 26through June 4,' meets on Mon­days from 4:30-5:30 p.m., and onWednesdays from 9:30-10:30p.m.

Spring fitness programfor women with cancer

AprilS1988,Rev. Alvin Matthews, OFM, Retired, Our Lady's Chapel,

New,Bedford .

. April61977, Rev. Msgr. John A. Chippendale, Retired Pastor, St.

Patrick, Wareham .1980, Rev. Lorenzo Morais, Retired Pastor, St. George, Westp9rt1987, Rev. Msgr. William D. Thomson, Retired Pastor, St.

'Francis Xavier, Hyannis '1994, Rev. Gerald E. Conmy, CSC, Associate Pastor, St. Ann,

DeBary, Fla.'. .1997, Rev. Msgr. Francis J. Gilligan

April 71976, Rev. James A. Dury, Chaplain, Madonna Manor, North

Attleboro

Please pray for the followingpriests during the coming week

April 21961, Rev. Adolph Banach, OFM Conv., Pastor, Our Lady of

Perpetual Help, New Bedford1976, Rev. Donald Belanger, Pastor; St. Stephen, Attleboro .1993, Rev. James B.'Coyle, Pastor Emeritus, St. Dorothea,

Eatontown, N.J. .

April 41972, Rev. Lionel Gamache, S.M.M.1985, Rev. JamesF. McCarthy, Retired Pastor, Sacred Heart, Fall

River '1991, Re~. Gaspar L. ~arente, Retired Pastor, St. Theresa,

Patagonia, Ariz.

In. Your Prayers

in the Commonwealth, in a state­ment from Atty. Daniel Avila, itsassociate director for Public Policy,said that the statelJlent "and the pro­cess by which ... conclusions were'reached exemplify what tremendousgood can happen when a difficult

, moral and legal.issue is addressedwith honesty and care:..."

Avila also said that the endeavor"should' serve as a national modelfor reaching consensus on meetingthe medical, social and most impor­tant, the' spiritual needs of. personsapproaching death."

He added that the MCC looksforward to working with the Mas­sachusetts Council ofChurches andall other in~restedgroups."in ~veryway nece~sary to make truly com­passionate, Iife-affinning care a re­ality iri Massachusetts for everyone."

Dr: Diane Kessler, executive di-rector of the Church Council said

.that the significance of the decision"is the board's willingness to ven­ture into an,area of great moral andethical complexity over an extended

~ MassachusettsCatholic Conferenceapplauds the action byboard that includes aFall River priest. ' .

Daily R.eadingsApril 2 On 13:1~9,15-

17,19-30,33-62

- or 13:41 c; Ps23:1-6; In 8:1-11orJn 8:12-20

. April 3 Nm 21 :4-9; Ps102:2-3,16-21 ;In 8:21-30 .

April 4 On 3:14-20,91-92,95; (Ps) On3:52-56; In 8:31-'42 '

.April5 Gn 17:3-9; Ps105:4-9; In 8:51-

- 59April 6 Jer 20:1 0-13; PS

18:2-7; In 10:31-42

April 7· 'Ez 37:21-28;(Ps)Jer31:10- ,13; In 11 :45-57

April 8 Is 50:4-7; Ps22:8-9,17-18a,19-20,23-24;PhiI2:6-11; Lk22:14-23:56 or23:1-49

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Mass.: Council of Churchesblasts legali~ing.assisted suicide

.By JAMES N. DUNBAR

BOSlDN ....,.... An historical ecu-menical statement by the board ofdirectors ofthe MassachusettsCoun­'cil of Churches opposing the legal­ization ofassisted suicide in the Com­monwealth and calling for positive, _life-affirming responses for the dy­ing, has found widespread support.. FatherMarc Bergeron, ecumeni­

, cal officer for the Fall River dio~" cese, and a member of the Council, ,

said that the Issue of legalizing as­sisted suicide "mightbe quiet for the

. moinent, but it is an issue regularlyraised in the legislature since 1997and we wanted to make sure ouropposition is always before people's.eyes and in their minds." .

Despite the defeat of a recentballot initiative on physician-assisted

.suicide in Maine - after a coordi­na~d opposition from the region'sCatholic bishops, "Public .debateabout -'end 9f life' issues will con­tinue," said Father Bergeron

FatherBergeron, who was instru­mental in writing .the Council'seight-page statement "PhysicianAs­

.. sisted Suicide: A Christian'Perspec­tive from the Massachusetts Coun­cil ofChurches,". said the suppoI:t

. coming from the MassachusettsCatholic Conference "is inost im­portant and well received."

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Bishop of Fall River

PRESIDENT BUSA PLACES A

STONE IN A MEDITATION

FOUNTAIN AT THE POPE JOHN

PAUL II CULTURA.L CENTER

IN WASHINGTON. (eNS

PHoTo BY NANCY WIECHEC)

"ON THE GLORIOUS

.SPLENDOR OF YOUR

· MAJESTY AND ON YOUR

WONDERFUL WORKS, IWILL MEDITATE" (PSALM

145:4·6).

among the people.Another unlikely supporter

of the Pope is that bastion ofsecular humanism, Time Maga­zine, which published an articlein December of 1940 quotingAlbert Einstein as saying: 'Only·the· 'Church' 'stood- squ~rely

across the path of Hitler's cam­paign for suppressing the truth.I have never had any specialinterest in the Church before,but I feel a great affection andadmiration because the Churchalone has had the courage andthe persistence. to stand for in­tellectual truth and moral free­dom. I am forced thus to con­fess that what I once despised,

· I now praise unreservedly.'Countless Holocaust survi­

vors have professed their grati­tude for the role of Pius XIIduring the war years. WithRabbi Dalin, I lament that dis­sident Catholic authors are con­ducting a character assassina-

· tion on Pius XII with the 'com­plicity of the media. Dalin says:'None of the'recent books isfinally about the Holocaust.All are about using the suffer­ings of Jews 50 years ago toforce changes on the CatholicChurch today.' .

I feel sure that serious Catho­lics and Jews will boycott JamesCafroll's presentation. I ampositive that the important gainsmade by Pope John Paul II'sefforts at Catholic-Jewish rec­onciliation will not be compro­mised by Mr. Carroll'srantings."

narians John Cornwall andGary Wills and the ex-priestJames Carroll,' who are alllapsed or angry Catholics. TheRabbi writes: 'For Jewish lead­ers of a previous generati<;>n, thecampaign against Pius XIIwould have been a source ofshock. During and after thewar, many well-known Jews'such as Albert Einstein, GoldaMeir, Moshe Sharett, RabbiIsaac Herzog, and innumerableothers publicly expressed theirgratitude to Pius. In his 1967

. book, "Three Popes and theJews," the diplomat PinchasLopide (who served as IsraeliConsul in Milan. and inter­viewed Italian Holocaust sur­vivors) deciared Pius XII wasinstrumental in saving at least700,000, but probably as manyas 860,000 Jews from certaindeath at Nazi hands.'

Many Catholics today mightbe surprised that one of thestrongest witnesses to PiusXII~s activities in support of theJewish People is The New YorkTimes, which during the waryears carried several storiesdocumenting his role in fight­ing Nazism and defending Jew­ish refugees. In' fact, StephenDiGiovanni has done a fasci­nating study .entitled, "Pius XIIand the Jews: the War Years,"based almost entirely on theample documentation of eventsreported' by The New YorkTimes. By way of example, afront-page headline on Oct. 28,1939 declared: 'Pope Con­d~rnns Dictators, Treaty Viola­tors, Racism.' Allied airplanesdropped thousands .of copiesof one of the Pope's Encycli­cals over Germany in an effort

'to raise anti-Nazi sentiments

the living word

Stonehill forum forCatholic-bashing ..

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The Editor

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, EDITOR GENERAL MANAGER NEWS EDITORRev. Msgr. John F. Moore Rosemary Dussault. James N. Dunbar

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.. -Thanks for the memories

On Dec:' i4,1963,almost 3.8 years ago, Pope PaulVI issued the. 'decree on the Instruments, of Social Communications, one'of nine'decrees passed by the' Second Vatican Council. It marked the first.time that a general ,Co!Jl)cil of the Church addressed itself to the prob-.'Iem of communications. It also marks the first general mandate of the·',Church to the clergy and laity on the use of communications media.Passed at the final seconq session of the Council, therehas been muchspeculation that if this particular subject had been discussed later inthe Council, the texture of the decree might have been fuller andricher in context. Yet it was an important beginning and since thattime the current Holy Father has rendered many reflections and guide~

lines on this subject directed to all in the Church with special refer­ence to the role of the laity in the field of coml)luriications.

The Council Fathers reflected that all the children of the Churchshould strive most energetically to use the instruments of social com­munication effectively in the many fields of the apostolate. LaYlpeoplewho have' a role in using these instruments are urged "to be busygiving witness to Christ, by performing their duties skillfully andwith apostolic ardor."

The Fathers became quite specific in reference to journalism. "Byway of thoroughly inculCating a Christian spirit in its readers, a Catholicpress worthy of the name should be supported." The goal of the pressis to form, strengthen and spread public views, which are in harmonywith the natural law and with Church teachings and precepts." ,

Established by Bishop James L. Connolly, the fourth Ordinary ofthis diocese, the first issue of this paper, The Anchor, rolled off thepress on April II, 1957. From the first day of its reception, Rose­mary Dussault came aboard as an assistant to. Hugh Golden, the firsteditor. In successive year~ until her death .this past week, Rosemarywas the heart and soul of the paper. With her dear friends, Msgr.Daniel Shalloo and Father John Driscoll, she effectively and compe- FAU RIVER - Bishop Seantently grew in the roles of bookkeeper, advertising director and office P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., spokemanager. So well did she face the many tasks and difficulties of these' out strongly today against ac­positions that.Bishop.Daniel A. erollin promoteq.her to general man- tivist and columnist Jamesager of the paper. '. .Carroll being given a forum at

For the' .past 44 years, The Anchor was her vocation. No matter Stonehill College's Martin In­, how da4nting w~r.e,tl)~ m~QY ups-and-downs.th.e p.ap!';r:,f~~~.£qp._.l?r9.-.. stitute Auditorium for a talkduction and'contimt, Rosemary was the very steady hand that guided .scheduled for Sunday.

. The Anchor's course and direction.' There were no 9 to 5 days; no Carroll's appearance isclocks were punched and no cutting of corners. Endless hours on the sponsored by' the Journeyingjob were a standard commitment. The many difficulties that an~ asso- Together in Faith Committee,dated with production and mailing were faced wi'th a 'determined pari ofthe Jewish Catholic Dia­spirit. She dealt with the clergy of the diocese with a courteous pro- Logue Committee funded infessi6nalism. Even when there were times of care and concern, her part by the. Winick Symposiumwonderful spirit ruled. the day. on Catholic-Jewish Relations.

Her involvement in press assoCiations led her to meet many new Bishop O'Malley's statementloyal and devoted friends serving on other diocesan papers. These reads:friendships had a lasting effedon her life. She kept in contact often "It is very sad that Jameswith them and a wonderful support group was formed with the one Carroll, who has made a lucra­common denomination, namely, service to the Church through the tive cottage industry out ofapostolate of the Catholic Press. Catholic-bashing, is being

For over 35 years this editor has been a part of The Anchor family.·. given it forum to peddle hisAs an op-ed ~riter I certainly gave Rosemary some anxious mo- tawdry notions at a local cam­ments. However, as time. continued 'and a young priest grew into pus. His patently unfair char~middle age, a more mature approach to writing gave her fewer gray acterization of Pius XII, indeedhairs. I learned much from her guidance and experience an.d even as of Christianity, is an outra­my time at The Anchor will come to its completed end, I will always geous assault on the truth. I amremember ~he gifts of presence that Rosemary shared with all of us shocked and disappointed that

..who worked with her on a week-to-week, day-by-day basis. She was some people have deludedtruly a class act and one that cannot be duplicated. t.hemselves into thinking that

Rosemary, thanks for the memories. ' this presence could in any wayfurther the Catholic-JewishDialogue... One can only suspect that'Carroll's vitriolic attack againstPope Pius is fueled by his dis­dain for the teachings' of theCatholic Church. Be is hardlya dispassionate or objective in­terpreter of history. I.nvitirig himto i promote· Jewish-Catholicunderstanding is tantamount tohaving the Reverend AlSharpton give a eulogy atPatrick Buchanan's wake. Sur-realistic.. ' .

Rabbi David Dalin observesin a recent article, 'Pius XII andthe Jews,' that the worst detrac­tors of .the pope are 'ex-semi-

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"Military prosecutors wereable to charge Robbins for thedeath of the unborn child by as­similating Ohio's fetal homi­cide law through the UniformCode of Military Justice;"Chabot said. "Had Mr. Robbinsbeaten his wife just across theOhio River in Kentucky - astate which has no fetal homi­cide law -'- he would have re­ceived no additional punish- ,ment for killing the unbornchild."

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WASHINGTON - The mur­der of a pregnant woman causestwo deaths, but federal law onlyrecognizes one, witnesses told aHouse subcommittee recently intestimony on the Unborn Vic­tims of Violence Act.

The legislation, sponsored byRep. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.,would stipulate that an indi­vidual who injures or kills anunborn child during the com­mission of certain violent fed­eral crimes may be punished fora separate offense. ,

William Croston brought thestory of his late sister, RuthNaomi Croston, and his unbornniece to the House JudiciaryCommittee's subcommittee onthe Constitution. Ruth and herunborn child were killed byReginald Falice, Ruth's hus­band, in April 1998.

"Our family will forever bein mourning over the loss ofRuth Croston and our unbornniece," Croston said. But whenFalice was charged with hermurder, the jury was not evenallowed to hear that Ruth hadbeen pregnant, he said.

"While I understand that theintent here is to avoid jury sym­pathy for the victim, the real­,\~y is. that ~hl? current pro~ess

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)ng IM~P.ciM~,Ql~ifh,~spry X~'llloss," William Croston added.

Richard S. Myers, a profes­sor of law at Ave Maria Schoolof Law in Ann Arbor, Mich.,told,the subcommittee that hefelt sure the legislation "wouldwithstand constitutional scru­tiny."

, "There is nothing in the act·that restricts a mother's, rightto an abortion as protected by"the Su preme Court cases of Roev. Wade, Planned Parenthood v.Casey and Stenberg vs. Carhart,Myers said.

"In fact, the act promotes theliberty protected by Roe, Caseyand Stenberg," he added. "Thatliberty obviously does Ilot re­quire a woman to choose anabortion; she might choose tocarry her baby to term. The actpromotes just that freedom bycreating a criminal penalty foracts that result in the death or'bodily injury of her unbornchild."

The legislation would applyonly to crimes committed un­der federal or U.S. military ju,­risdiction. Eleven states cur­rently have laws recognizingthe unborn as vktims of vio­lence, while 13 others recog-

'nize them as potential victimsduring part of their prenataldevelopment.

Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio,chairman of the subcommitteeon the Constitution, said thelaw was needed in cases like thatof Ruth Croston and thatagainst Gregory Robbins, anairman at Wright-Patterson Air

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writer because of this priest's magnetism.That eventful day was in the fall of 1945, the year

Father Keller published his bool\ "You Can Change theWorld" and began the ~ork he would call TheChristophers. I was a freshman at the College of St. Rosein Albany, N.Y.; and we used to have Wednesday assem­bly meetings fOr which a speaker wOl,lld be brought in,while we would try to stay awake and listen.

One Wednesday the speaker was this handsome youngpriest, Father Keller, and we all stayed awake! You couldn'thelp it. He mesmerized us with his enthusiasm and belief

. that we each had it in us tochange the world. Specifi­Gally, he pointed us to threeprofessions where we 'couldmake that kind ofdifference:politics, teaching and writ-ing. .

I was a pre-med student,hoping desperately to get tomedical school after gradua­tion. Yet I was always writ­ing. I had been my high

schooi's correspondent for The Evangelist, the AlbanyCatholic weekly, and even could brag of having had po­etry published. When Father Keller said we could changethe world by our writing, he really got my attention.

Well, being female and poor were the wrong require­ments for getting into medical school in 1949, but per­haps very good ones for becoming a writer; Thanks toFather Keller, I chose by writing to do what he challengedus to do: to light the candles and not curse the darkness,to affirm, always, the life-giving values of the humanspirit. ,

Byth'e time Father Keller died in 1977, his Christ-bear­ing message of hope hac! encircled the world, brilliantly- and determined the path of my life.

By Antoinette ,B()sco

The BottomLine

Still lighting candles

Describing eternal /r~alities'Q.Yourrecentcolumnaboutwhathappemtooursouls abstractions or physical places, at least in our experience

when we die raises some serious questions for me. You of"place." They are relationships, or lack of relationships,acknowledge that most questions about eternity can be with the Holy Trinity.answered indetail only with someamountofspeeuIatiolL Actually, we're quite accustomed to this in countless

Butyou quote people, for example; who theorize that other contexts. When Jesus or the creed speak ofhis sittingthe next conscious moment at the right hand of ~e Fa- .after death could be the res- ther, we instinctively knowurrectiOILYou then say that ' Questions those words are to be under-this could ''make sense, in- .and' stood metaphorically, sym-sofar as any explanation wl! bolically.might make of the next life A Thus, scriptural languagecan make sense, given our nswers describing eternal realitiesvery limited experiences in By .Father cannot be interpreted liter-this life!' . ally. They are God's ~ttempts,

Don't these ,opinions John J. Dietzen through the sacred authors,deny such Catholic doc- somehow to put into humantrines as prayers for the language realities which aredead, the Commuriion of Saints, the judgment, purga- 'ultimately humanly inexpressible.tory or the (act that sOme people, great saints maybe, go 'None of these limitations at all contradicts or mini­to heaven immediately? Do you really thinkall the dea(J mizes Catholic doctrines, including those you mention'inare insome giant dormitory until the end ofthe world? your question. They simply say in another way something(Louisiana) we already know, that God's world,.his framework of time

A. YoUr concerns, and those ofothers who wrote to me, and space, is not ours.seem to be. based on an assumption that somehow there To require that we interpret t!}ose time-related wordsmust be time - days, weeks, years - after death, similar literally, to insist, for example, that we will literally waitto the time divisions we experience in this life. around for centuries after death anticipating the resurrec-

As you said, I noted that final answers to what and how tion or whateverelse may come, would be to circumscribe '.things,happen in eternity involve some speculation. But God, to enclose and limit his actions inside our earthlyspeculation is not simply pulling ideas out of the blue sky. frame of time.- .It's using what we know to try to explain things we don't, It deserves repeating that when our Holy Father saysand cannot, understand now. purgatory "is not a place" but a "condition;' a "process of

For example we know that time-relatOO terms :...- wordS purification," he is saying nothing new in Catholic teach-like "immediaiely;' "until;' "before;' "after"-cannot sim- ing. -ply be transferred to the-framework of life after death, to. Even though popular Catholic tradition speaks of"timeeternity: Eternity, or infinity, by definition cannot be di- in purgatory" and so on, the Church has never officiallyvided into parts; there can be no half, or 365th, of etemity. taught (except as reflecting the figurative language of the

Thus, can there truly be any "past" or "future" in eter-' Bible) That this purgation or purification is an actualloca­nity?As we say, for God altcreated reality, from beginning tion or'that it involves time, again as we experience it.to end, is .one eternally present moment. In this context, Obviously, none of this in any way denies that, aftereverything happens, so to speak, "immediately;' with no sinning in this life, apurification from our imperfectionstime gaps. , . may take place upon death and that this suffering can be

It's a different way of thinking than we are used.to, of lessened, as the pope says, "through prayers and works ofcom-se:B'iitPope JblinPaurIT, wno disCUssed t1iese'matters· 10veY, • . .. I . . - •

at length not long ago, noted that when we use words, To cite Pope John Paul once more, descriptions ofeven biblical words, to describe eternal realities, it is es- heaven and other eternal realities will always remain inad-sential to realize we are speaking.symbolica11yand figura-...,. equate.;l~,is ,good to, remembeF.tI1is"Tl)IIDg to..parti.cipatetively. Therefore, said the pope, the words need to be inter- in those realities by imitating Christ and shirring in hispreted symbolically. _ paschal mystery is more important than describing them.

For example, even though we'speak of "going to" The above citations from Pope John Paul are mainlyheaven, or "being in" heaven, or about the ''fires of hell;' 'from his ad~ses during papal audiences on July 21 andhe explained, heaven (and hell and purgatory) are not 28, and Aug. 4, 1999

One very special evening in late February the eighthflqor of the Time-Life Building in Manhat~ was alivewith people who had come to celebrate exceptional artis- ,tic work done in film, publishing and television in theyear 2000. Awards wert: to be given to the creators oftheseworks by The Christophers, an organization begun in 1945

.by Maryknoll Father James Keller. He believed that every-body was a ''Christ-bearer,'' charged to bring God's lightand love to the world.

By 1949, aware of the power of the media to bring theGospel to the marketplace, this energetic priest singledout the best he had .seen 'inthis field to receive an award. \.----~------­Thus began an aI!nual tradi- .tion, to put a spotlight on thebest artistic and technicallyRroficit:nt work manifestinga vision that matched his:The work had to "affmri thehighest values of the humanspirit." .

During the 52nd annualChristopher Awards thatnight at the Time-Life Building, awards were being givento 23 winners, their 96 creato~and three special honorees:Fred Rogers, the beloved ''Mr. Rogers," who, via television,for so many years made days special for children; Carro.1IO'Connor, the actor who has become a determined anti­drug spokesperson; and Andrew Shue, an aetor 'who workson behalf of youth empowerment to change their commu­nities and ultimately; to change the world.

I was privileged to be invited this 'year to participate inthe ChristopherAwards celebration. The evening had spe­cial meaning for me, especially when Msgr. James LisaJ)te,the newly appointed director of The Christophers, spokeabout the founder, Father Keller. I guessed I might havebeen the only one present who was inspired to beco~e a

.NORTH DIGHTON - Mem­bers of the Taunton District Councilof the St. Vincent de Paul Societywill sponsor a 7 p.m. Mass on April3 for the intention of the canoniza­tion of the Blessed Frederic Ozanamand in memory of deceased mem­bers. Their regular monthly meet­ing will follow in the parish hall. ,

NEW BEDFORD-The Catho­lic Home'School Support Groupmeets every frrst Friday of the monthfollowing the II :30'a.m. Mass at St.Kilian's Church. They will nextmeet Aprir6. Confessions will beavailable at 10:30 a.m. Attendees areencouraged to bring a picnic lunch.For more information call BrendaPeter at 991-6570.,

of Perpetual Help Church. Formore information call 992-9378.

. SWANSEA - St. D9minic'sChurch hltS daylong ,adoratiqn ofthe Blessed Sacrament every firstFriday following the 8 a.m. Massuntil 6':30 p.m. when a holy hourand Benediction will be held. De­votions to Our Blessed Mother areheld on the first Saturday of eachmonth following the 8 a.m. Mass.

SOMERSET-The Nurse Min- .istry Group of St. Patrick's Parishwill sponsor a daylong program onhealth care ethics from 9 a.m. to 3p.m. on April 21. It will feature,Catherine Seeley as guest speakerand attendees can earn contacthours. 'For registration call ClaireStevens at 678-3831.

", NORTH DARTMOUTH-Thenext Retrouvaille weekend will:beheld April 6-8 and offers couples achance to heal and renew troubledmarriages. Rediscover yourself andyour spouse and a loving relation­ship in marriage. For more infor-,mation call 1-800-470-2230 or theDiocesan Office of Family Minis-try at 999-6420.' '

. TAUNTON .:..... The Youth'Apostles Institute will hold a semi­nar for youth ministers, teachers,catechists, parents arid interest~dparties entitled "Principals of Ef~

fectiveYouth Ministry," April 3 at8 p.m. at Dolan Center of St.Mary's Church. Attendees are in­vited to join for Mass in the sidechapel of the church at 7:30 p.m.For more information call theYouth Apostles at 672-2755.

WESTPORT - An educa­tional seminar for all health careworkers will be held from 8:30 a.m. ,

. to 4 p.m. April 7 at White's ofWestport. It is entitled "LightenUp 'EX-STRESS' Yourself," andwill feature several, guest speak­ers. CEU's will be awarded. Formore information call 678-2373.

HARWICH - The Novena ofDivine Mercy will begin on GoodFriday, April 13, at 3 p.m. at HolyTrinity Church. It will follo)V Sta­tions of the Cross. The remainderof the Novena will be celebratedon Holy Saturday at 3 p.m. andEaster Sunday through Easter Sat­urday at 7 p.m. The Mercy Sundaycelebration, April 22, will beginat 2:30 p.m. No confessions willbe available this day.

NEW BEDFORD ,- TheCatholic Women's Club of NewBedford will hold it's Bishop'sNight at 7 p.m. April 4 at the Cen­tury House i'n Acushnet. Guestspeaker will be Bishop Sean P.O'Malley and entertainment willbe provided by pianist/vocalistJohnny Wildwood. For more infor­mation ca\.l 995-4053.

NEW BEDFORD - Devotionto Our Lady of Perpetual Help iscelebrated every Tuesday and de­votion to Divine Mercy on Thurs­day at the noon Mass at Out Lady

CHATHAM - A parish mis-'sion, themed "Worship in Spiritand Truth," will be conducted by,Father Bill Fic::kel at Holy Re-'deemer Church April 2-4. Masseswill be c{:lebrated at II a.m. and 7p.m. Monday, Tuesday andWednesday and the sacrament ofreconciliation will follow eachMass.

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to submit news items for this col­umntoTheAnchor,RO.Box7,FaIIRiver, 02722. Name ofcity or townshould ,be inc1uded, 'as well as fulldates ofall activities. DEADLINEIS NOON ON FRIDAYS.

ATTLEBORO - Singer.gui­tarist John Polce will lead aBethanyNights Program at 7:30

. p.m. tonight at the: La SaletteShrine. It will focus on the themesof healing and reconciliation anaoffer people the opportunity to beprayed over individually. For moreinformation call 222"5410.

NEW BEDFORD-A programentitled "Praying with the Patriarchsand Prophets," will be held from 7-

, 8:30 p.m. April 3 at the parish centerof Our Lady of Fatima Church. Pre­senter Lisa Gulino will speak on theHebrew Scrip~ures and their impor­tance to the Catholic faith: For moreinformation call the Adult Educa- .'tion Office at 678-2828. /

FALL RIVER - The Fall RiverClover Club is looking for newmembers to help promote the pa­triotic, civic and cultural aware­n(;ss.of American citizens of Irishheritage. They meet monthly forguest speakers and dinner. For PROVINCETOWN-A musi- .more information call Tom F.Iynn. cal drama,entitled "Resurrection,"at'636-346l orRon Boulay at 678'-'- will" be 'presented"by"the' St.8109. . 'Patrick's Family Players at 7 p.m.

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• ',..:- :FALLRIv.ER',,-: The Fall River' Q-Jl,lrph.-·It-wiH ,chrenicle 'the spiri­First Friday Mens Club invites inen tual' Journey' of St. Peter and hisfrom all diocesan parishes to'join life witli Jesus. For more.informa­them for a 6 p.m. Mass at Sacred tion call 487~0095.

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It's with a heavyheart that I put this col­umn together, but myheart breaks for

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Thanks Rosemary, youwere one of the best.

I think I was born a little too home at the end of the day, shelate. It seems that I never got to was still at her desk. .fully experience all thegood sports like TedWilliams and StanMusial in baseball;Bob Cousy and BillRussell in hoops; JoeLouis and RockyMarciano in boxingand so on.

I would love tohave seen the lov.e fortheir job and theirwork ethic day in a'ndday out. But this became all too She was never aboveevident in the real world this past complimenting you on ajob wellweek with the passing of my done, nor was she ever below cor­friend and cQ-worker, Rosemary recting something that neededDussault. correcting. She treated everyone

I had the privilege of getting with the same professionalismto know and work with Rose- and courtesy, yet no one couldmary for only a few years, but pull the wool over her eyes ei­like the afore-mentioned sports ther. When she was right, shelegends, she was an old-schooler could be as tough as nails.who made a lasting impact on me. As much as she could have

She started with The Anchor run The Anchor in her sleep, shein its infancy in 1957. Rosemary always accepted input from herwasn't just a' fixture at The An- staff, input that could make thechor, she was The Anchor: paper better.

Much in the same way that Rosemary was the consum-Yankee Stadium is the House mate professional. Yet, shethat Ruth built, The Anchor is wasn't one-dimensional. She hadthe Home that Rosemary built. a great wit, andwhen talk aroundAnd The Anchor is a home. Just the lunch table stumbled uponask anyone whose ever worked sports, Rosemary could morehere. . than hold her own. She .was .al-. -:, .

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Abortion. Such a small word, te~ and an even tougher choice. 'loves you. One of my dreams isyet it can be a source ofgreat pain to gIve me up. ,,' " ',-to attend a'prestigious college. Iand sorrow. Many people say that I am fortunate, God willing, to woulCl also like 'to become a SUf­

abortion is only wrong in certain have ~e chance to,enjoy a full and' geon or an emergency room doc­circumstances, but I believe that 10ng·life.My mother chose to have tor; Perhaps I will have the op­it is wrong in all circumstances. me ~d now I can use my talents 'portunity to help someone makeIt is my feeling that when you !lIld gIfts that God gave me. I hav~ the choice for life over abortion.abort, a baby, you are killing an so many hopes and dreams and If iUs the Lord's will, I hopeinnocent person. There are always have the ability to accomplish to have my own children. Whenother choices such as adopti(:m or them b~cause my mother chose to the end of my life draws near, I

. actually keeping the child. . put me up for adoption..If all the hope that my children will knowI can only guess that I so women who are faced with thi~ that only God can choose the hour

strongly oppose abortion because difficult decision would c1).oose of my death. I will look back atof my own personal circum- adoption over abortion, then, there .my children and reminisce with,stances. I was born to a young would be S? many more children' them about our good life together.woman in South Korea' in 1987. 'Yho are thankful that their mother I will tell t1).em again about myIn that country... many women listened to God. life and remind them that abor­choose to have abortions, how- Among the many aborted chil- tion is such a small word that canever,my birth mother chose to ' dren that die each year there could cause great pain and sorrow. I willhave me. I can only imagine the be a future president, the creator also tell them that life is also suchtough decision that my· birth of the cure for cancer or AIDS, a small word that·can bring greatmother made to carry me to full or more imp()rtant, a child that happiness and joy.

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.8 THE ANCHOR -Diocese of Fall River-Fri.; March 30, 2001' •

'PQpeor(lains' ni~e ,new bishops,.'inclu(ling two North Americans.~

"awitness ofthe affection ofthe suc- '.cessor of Peter among th~ dearpeoples" of the Dominican Repub­lic and Puerto Rico, "at the doors of

. the American continent."VATICAN CITY-Onthefeast· The pope told Bishop Ouellethis

of St. Joseph, Pope John Paul II or~ .new post at the council for Chris­dained nine new'bishops, including ,tian. unity is one "of particular irn-tw9 from North America, and told portance because of the very noble , .them to care for the Church as Jo- goal which inspires it and because' "Haley ~,nd Ev~n shne~ .as 'Krissy brings happiness, There exists a delusion thatsephcaredforJesus. ,oftherenewedhopeswhichthecel~ I capture them! m~ cousins compassion, and love to a baby is not "human" until

Before the pope placed his hands ebration of the jubilee year raised in and I coll~pse giggling: Aft~r people online and off, .and birth, but'science has provenon the heads of the new bishops the souls of many Christians." my year In the. hospital, It Mozart's music entertains, otherwise.Thegeneticcharac­March 19, he asked them to "care Through 46-year-old Auxiliary feels weat to laugh. Whenmy soothes, and inspires people . teristics are fixed at fe'rtiliza­for the holy people ofGod with the Bishop Djura Dzudzar of COUSinS leave,. I open my everywhere. . tion. By the time a woman re-

.love of a father." Mukacheve, Ukraine, Pope John books to do homework. Un- Few women are at peace alizes she is pregnant, theAmong those kneeling before the Paul said he wanted to send greet- able to focu~, I p~t on a with themselves after having baby's heartbeat and

pope in St. Peter's Basilica were ings to the entire Ukiaiili.an nation' Mozart CD. HIS Q1USIC helps an abortion. A woman who .brainwaves are detectable.Archbishop Tunothy P. Broglio, a "acountrywhich,Godwilling,Iwm me concentr?te, and soon my ~ad an abC?rtion will.tellyou, When she has an abortion, the49-year-old native ofCleveland, ap- have the joy of visiting soon." . h~mework IS completed. I. I Wo~!~ Give Anythln~ to Go major organs, body parts, eye­pointed nuncio to the Dominican . The pope is scheduled to visit slQn onto AOL to locate Back, I Was Pro-ChOIce Un-lids, toes and fingers 'areRepublic'andapostolicdelegatein Ukraine in late June. '. Krlss~. Though we have til the Abortion," and "It Never formed; often the baby canPuerto Ric,?; and Bishop Marc The pope ordained siX othernew neye~. met,:.stl.e is o~ten ~y Stop~ Hu.rting." She will s~y ·move, hear, and respond toOu¢llet, 56, a ,native of Quebec bishops:' best ~u'ppo~t:..S~ruggling With abortion IS "More TraumatlG light and sound. The baby washamed secretary of the Pontifical _ Italian Archbishop Femando an)~.C3.tl~g·:d.lsorper herself, .Than Cance~," and. "A. Mis- human the day before he or

'Council for Promoting Christian Ftloni,54,nunciotoIraqandJordan' Krlssy IS one,of the·few take I Am Stili Paying For." she was born, the week be-Unity.. ' _ Polish Archbishop Henryk 'people who truly understands . Thes~ are ac~ual headlines fore, the month before. The

''If, at times, you shouldencoun- Nowacki 54 nuncio to Slovakia' me. _ . denoting stones of women baby was human the momentter difficulties and obstacles, do not ._ Itall3!1ArchbishopDomeni~ .Evan, H?ley, Mozart, -and suffering from "Post-Abortion he/she was· conceived! Abor-hesitate to be willing to suffer with Soi:rentino, 52, prelate of theSanc- Knssy are Just four of. co~nt- Syndrome," who ?re severely tion is indeed murder.

:Christ for the good of his mystiCal tuary of Our Lady of Pompei' , less people who help, inSpire, depressed, hospitalized, and Just as my cousins',l?ody;' the pOpe said in his homily. _ Polish Bishop Tomasz' Peta, and strengthen me. Yet all suicidal after an abortion:, Mozart's and Krissy's lives. The pope addI:essed each new 49, apostolic adminIstrator of (our could hav~ been. De~enders of legalized have changed my own, any

..~ishop,bp.~flyWhis homily, offer- Astana;Kazakstan; .' a~orted. My cou.SIn~ a~d abortion say you have the abortion may impact our'o!mgthiuikS for-the seiiiM't:hey'bl1've "•. !:....;:1. 'Iuilia'n"Bisq0'P"Marcelo ~,Kn~sy a~e, a~ppted; thelrblo~ r,ight to choose regarding lives. Maybe the unborn childgi,:en~~ep~tandprayerSfortheir SanchezSorondo, 58, chancellor of ·Ioglcatmothers,' pregnant:as.l ·,·pr.egnancy. You,d(j::hav.~; a-i': wOUI.qrt:u~v.~.b~~r;l,~y.QuJd),e.sthew niinistries: L .' ". ,:,.. ,the'PoritifieatAcacleiny'ofSdences ,te~n-age~s:.were too you~g choice. Yo~ cho?se to' have friend, I11Y tea,cher"or your

He thanked ArchbIshop Broglio, and the Pontifical Academy of So- . to k~ep a ..bSiQy,: Mozart S:, ·sex,;~nQ ..!hls chOice accol:Jn~s ,: ;;brotper·;J..,1flybe,: he,; lor ~.hewho had served as chief ofstaff to cial Sciences;. 'mother wq.uldllkelyhave~ for 99'percent 'of abortions.' -.would have foun'd:.a 'cure'forCa~dinal Angelo Sodano, the _ Italian Bishop Giampaolo been .a~v,lsed to. abo.rt Inconve~ience, medically- cancer,. saving our, friendsVatlcan secretary ofstate. He prayed Crepaldi, 53, ~tary of the Pori- , Mozart, five of her ~!X c~ll- threatenln~, and unwanted and family who are !?ufferingthat the new archbishop would be tificalCouncilforlusticeandpeaee. dren had .not ~urvlved In- pregnancies can be pre- and dying. We dona know.

, fa~cy, leaVing lI.ttle hope for vented by choosing absti-', Only God knows. You don'tt~IS seventh child. Fear, SO-\ nence. Victims of rape or in- bring your TV ·to Dunkin' 00­cle~al pressur~s, ~nd the le- ~est account for the remain- nuts to have it repaired - theygahty of. abortion could have Ing ?n~ percent of abortions. won't know howl Don't bringpersuaded these mothers to While Indeed these women the decision of life to some­h~ve abortions, but, they re- ~id n?t have a choice, abor- one who is .unequipped. Letsl~ted: N?w Haley and Eva~ tlon IS. murder~ murder, is God do His job! Listen to·yourbnng JOY Into the .lIves of their wrong, and "two wrongs don't unbor!) c'hild: "Let me live!par~n~s, o~~e dlstraugh~ by make a right!" Remember, You never know who I maytheir inability to conceive. adoptio!) is an option! turn out to be!"

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Live" by Madeleine Lavoie em­phasizes this greatly - abortioni,s the killing ofahuman being, notjust a fetus. '

At the beginning of my sopho­more year, I was pro~choice and

. is found guilty,~e or she can facelife in prison or even death. How­ever, in this great nation of ours,abortion (which is murder) is le­gal and accepted by at least halfour society. The poem "Let Me

There's much I can do, if given the chance,If only my mother could know

That God gave me talents to help all mankindI do want to live and grow. ,

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Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth

First Place - Grades 9-12

by Caitlin Elizabeth McQueen,Corpus Christi Parish, Sandwich

submitted bySI. Francis Xavier Preparatory School, Hyannis

, Our society contradicts itselfquite often. In the United States,the crime ofmurder is regarded asa very serious offense and is nottaken lightly by our judicial sys­tem. Ifone person kills another and

thought that abortion was the ing the Holocaust) thus far.mother's decision. Possibly the Though the number of abortionsabortion may have been the right has continued to sky-rocket, morecourse of action under certain cir- 'than half of Americans are Pro­cumstances (for example: teen Life. In asurvey taken in 1999,51pregnancy, rape, etc.). Through the percent ofAmericans were againstcourse of this year my views on abortion, 46 percent were pro­abortion have changed greatly choice and the rest did not havethrough' further education on the an opinion. If more than half of'subject in health class and from U.S. citizens are against this aw­stories of those abortion survivors. ful act, then why does the killingI can not believe that some would continue on?not be here today (people whom I This is where the Church comescare for) if their birth mothers had in. As human beings, we make upchosen abortion over life. the Church. Therefore, why should

Six years ago my aunt was hav- abortion be allowed to carry on?ing trouble getting pregnant. After It is time to take a stand and letcountless efforts, fertility medica- people kriow that there are moretion, and years of struggle my aunt options; you can let a child live.and uncle finally decided to adopt. Some use the excuse that theMy cousin Emma 'came into our thought ofgiving up their child forfamily, despite the fact that she was adoption would be too emotionallyadopted. If her biological mother damaging. I would rather give myhad decided to have an abortion baby to someone who desperatelyinstead ofmaking the right decision wanted a child than live with theand giving her up for adoption, my fact that I chose to kill my ownfamily would now have an empty flesh and blood.seat at the dinner table and one less This past semester of mysmiling face to look upon with ad- sophomore year has changed mymiration. My family is thankful to views greatly. Through stories, sta­this day for Emma and thank God tistics, and information on the bru­forbringing her into our lives, even tal procedure itself, I now look atthough it was through the womb of abortion with a totally differentanother. perspective. What I believe now

, Though my family was blessed is what the Church has been teach­with an abortion survivor, some ing for years -life begins at con-

Life. It is defined in the dictionary as a period of existence, living things collectively, human are less fortunate. Recent statistics ception. Abortion is murder, there­experience, a way of living, animation, and/or biography. It's also defined as survival, presence, have shown that in the United fore making it a sin and an abso­living, consciousness, breath, continuance, flesh and blood, viability, metabolism, vitality, and/or States alone, over 1.4 million abor- lute wrong. Every ,human life wasvital spark. But what is human life and what is its purpose? We do not know exactly, but human life tions are petformed each year. In intended,on by G~d and \y~do not

.' is·the;greatest giftfro'rri 'God'. The gift of'life:can be respeeted by'discol:Jraging and fighting 'against" five' yearS alone: that'is more lives have the right to take that away­abortion, euthanasia, abuse, suicide, murder, neglect to the environment, anorexia, the ~eath taken than in any genocide (includ- especially from an unborn ,c!UI~.

l?~n~lty, e~~~.rime~ts..p[l,,~!!.1~~o~~~~~ Il]~ny_~}~~r~is~u~~: I.t !~ n~t.Ju~r a~~uH~a~9rti0!l andt~ercy ..• ' , ....,i:.",." .",,--,i •. " ....;"u ::.~".I"'J'" _LHG"J.I"'~'J.'-'.:J"JU<l.1)),1.>-1"-1'-' " •.!.>~L.''Klnlngs. 'Every6h€lias a speCial purpose In tnls world, tHat only God knows. uman life las s from _. -~, --'ce' ''.--: ---:;-' --'~ - . -, .....~ ---:. : . -~-- . - ..

the momel)t of conception and up until death. Only God can give the gift of life, a,nd only He cantake that away from us. Babies need protection before, as well as after birth. Every human being,no' matter how helpless he or she is, deserves the right to 'live. ,: ' '

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Nobody asked, "Do you want to be born?"It is not my decision to make;

Though I cried in sorrow in my mother's womb,, I knew my life she would take.

In 1948, the United Nations drew up the Declaration of Human Rights, and in 1959; they drewup the Rights of a Child. These rights stated that children and people alike have freedom, the rightto live, and are not subject to torture, abuse, slavery, cheap labor, etc. ,But later on, the~e rights fellapart. Many peacemakers, such as Mother Teresa; AI Lemmo, and even Pro-Life Walkers andParticipants in the Annual Pro-Life Walks in Washington, D.C. and Boston have tried to bringthese rights back. Life is no longer a precious gift. If you object to this, take a good look around youat all of the wars, famine, hunger, homeless, environmental issues, poverty, drugs, cigarettes, andmorel Why have our attitudes towards life changed? We have neglected the gift of life and ouro'!"nphysical and mental abilities and talents, if we don't treat life with respect. ' ,

The yearS have gone by, my children are grown,My health has started to fail.

I'accomplished a lot with the gifts I received,But now I feel tired and frail. '

Most people think that to, have mercy killings, or euthanasia, that it is actually helping the 'elderly. Actually, they will get more graces if they suffer before they die. God is the only living ,visible and invisible'being who can choose the time and place where he wants someone's life to :,'end. He might have a special reason for that person to live longer, who knowsllt's all part ofHisplan, and everything and everyone has a special purpose to fulfill before their life ends. '::

)!:PLEASE, MOM, LISTEN TO GOD!

I'd like to tell you of my own experiences with abortion. Quite a while ago, my mother had ,;found 'out that she was having a fourth child. My whole family was overjoyed with this wonderfulnews. In my mother's third month of pregnancy, she went to Boston to get an ultrasound and anemergency amniocentesis. My parents came home depressed. We were having a girl, but shehad serious heart problems and was diagnosed with trisomy 18, a severe chromosome prob~

lem. It was a sad and difficult period of time leading to her birth. While many friends supportedus, others encouraged an abortion. They asked my mother why she was putting herself ,throughthis and that it was a simple procedure that would end our suffering. Just because a baby isn'tperfect, that doesn't mean that it isn't still a precious gift from God anymore. Sarah Mary was abeautiful baby, but stillborn. I am very proud of my departed baby sister and my family, and whatwe overcame with the help of God. We just did it God's way, and now, see how many peoplewere inspired by our love, faith, and trust in God and how he took care of us. Life is beautiful!Don't ever take it for granted.' -

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~ ABC-TV will airselections of his Mass'To Hope" on April 15.

HEATHER GRAHAM and Chris Klein star in the film "Say It Isn't So:' For a brief review ofthis film se~ CNS Movie Capsules o,n this page. (CNS photofrom 20th Century Fox)

'Exit'Wounds' offers theviewer nothing of value

to state the obvious. Several in'- . adults, with reservations. Thetense sexual situations and crass Motion Picture Association ofreferences, fleeting violence and .America rating, is PG-13 - par­sporadic'rough language with ents are strongly cautioned. Somesome profanity. The U.S. Catho- material may be inappropriate forlic Conference classification is A- children under 13.

, IV - adults, with reservations. "Say It Isn't So" (20th. The Motion Picture Association of Century Fox)

America rating is R - restricted. Lame comedy about a young"Heartbreakers" (MGM) .man (Chris Klein), given up for

, Crude comedy about mother- adoption as a child, who falls fordaughter con artists (Sigourney a girl whom he is made to thinkWeaver and Jennifer Love' is his sister (Heather Graham). AsHewiit) who marry and immedi- produced' by Peter & Bobbyately divorce for hefty settlements Farrelly and directed by J.B.

- but find trouble when the daugh- Rogers, the film's tiresome 'mis- ,ter falls in love and the mom's taken-identity premise, gross-outlatest ex (Ray Liotta) tracks her humor and forced high jinks aredown. Director David Mirkin's draining. A few sexual situationsbroad-strokes comedy is sporadi- with extended crude references tocally amusing but is weighed incest, brief nudity, comically in­down by the script's predictabil- tended violence, fleeting drugity. Heavy sexual innuendo and content and some rough language

. related visual jokes, rationaliza- and profanity. The U.s-. Catholiction of theft, disrespectful treat-. Conference classification is A-IVment of a corpse an9 minimal - adults, with reservations. Theprofanity. The U.S. Catholic Con-' Motiott Picture Association ofference classification is A-IV - America rating is R-:-.restricted.

By ANNE NAVARRO keep audiences engaged~ unsuccessfully - Boyd dis-CATH9,uc NEWS SERVICE , covers that Latrell isn't who he seems to be, and may

NEWYORK - Steven Seagal's latest feature, "Exit just be the only one to help him cle~ up the deadly drug- Wounds" (Wamer·Br:os.), is an explosion"heavy, gtin- conspif1lCY running rampant at the precinct.

firing doozy. , ' . Seagal's acting abilities are limited to furrowed eye-Apparently, studjo executives made the action film brows, intense looks and a world-weary sigh. He is ut­

star loSe some weight-as well as his signature ponytail, terly uncharismatic and is even shown up by the younger,but the bad acting is intact. Seagal plays Orin ,Boyd, an more physically fit talent around him. During Seagal'sarrogant police detective who in the film's first scene first martial-arts display with a gang ofAsians trying tosingle-handedly - and recklessly, - saves the· vice steal his car, and in almost every hand-to-hand combatpresident from near death. scene after that, clever editing disguises the fact that

, With the emphasis on action, little attention is paid Seagal isn't doing much of anything.to developing a'cohere,ntplot. But who goes to Steven' 'Anthony Anderson is Latrell's smart-mouth sidekick,Seagai"ino~ies''f6t 'Intellectual stimuhition? Director ,.., but.the. role'isho:streteh fot Andersoh 'arid~ he' seems' toArldrej Bartkowi.ak seems to know this, so he Jays it on ,be recycling ;10 _old stand-up comedy routine. ·Jill,thiCK, shoWing dose-ups of lethal kicks snapping bones Hennessv olays the orecinct commander - and, appar­and'eyen imitating asCene from ''TotaI'Recall';'inwliicli' . ·entiY.'ttS3~iY'femal~merrioer -2:WhiieTom ffili6fd is aa human body is used as a shield. The film's cynical trashy talk-show host Seagal meets at an anger manage-bru'tality is deplorable and gratuitous, with the body ment claSs. .count in the 'first 10 minutes, alone ratcheting up far . Viewers unfortunate enough to stay through the clos­beyond reason. , ing credits see Anderson and Arnold telling vulgar, if

. Sent to the worst police precinct in Detroit because apparently imProvised, toilet and other crude jokes.of his indePendent ways of enfordng the law (read:' Although the story line tires with its ineptitude, thehe's aione wolfcop who doesn't follow orders), Seagal's film's sickening violen<;:e is far and away the movie'sDetectiveBoyd suspects the 15th precinctharbors some most repulsive and inexcusable aspect.dirty cops. Soon Boyd discoverS an inside drug opera- Due to excessive violence, some drug content, spo­tion where police offiCers steal heroin from police prop- radic nudity, a few 'sexual references and much rougherty vaults and sell it to drug dealer Latrell Walker (rap- language, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification isperDMX). . 0 - morally offensive.'The Motion Picture Associa-

As the .badly written thriller ties itself in knots to tion of America rating is R --"- restricted.

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lowing are recent capsule reviewsissued by the U.S. Catholic Con­ference Office for Film andBroadcasting."The Brothers" (Screen Gems)

Bland relationship.drama aboutfour young African-Americanmen '(including Morris Chestnut

, and D.L. Hughley) who face theirindividual issues about commit­ment and honesty after one ofthequartet gets, engaged. DirectorGary Hardwick's male perspec­tive on dating and m¥riage lacks.energy and uses cliched dialogue

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Jazz legend Dave ·Brub'ek.to perform Easter Mass

NEW YORK (CNS) ~ The and Peck's characterization is en­following are home videocassette tirely likable and sincere, tI1ough,reviews from the U.S. Catholic as in so many vintage Hollywo09Conference Office for Film and, pictures about religion, it lacksBroadcasting. Each videoc<l$sette much spiritual depth. The U.S.is available on VHS format. The- Catholic Conference classificationatrical movies on video have a U.S. is A-I ~ general patronage. NotCatholic Confe~nce classification. :rated by the Motion Picture Asso:and Motion Picture Association of ciation of America; (Fox)America,rating. All reviews indi- ''MenWitb GunS" (1998)

Icate the appropriate age :group for' ',' Powerful drama of a troubled'the video audience. Latin American country where. an

"Dead Man Walking" (1995) idealistic physician (FedericoPowerful fact-based dramatiza-' Luppi) sets out to visit the novice

tion about a Louisiana nun (Susan doctors he had trained to.care forSarandon) offering spiritual com-', the rural poor, but, he despairs afterfort to a hard-bitten prisoner (Sean findirig' they have been killed orPenn) condemned ~o death for the driven off by soldiers or guerrillas,rape and murder of two teen-agers, though his selfless example comes

'while at the 'same,time attempting .to inspire others. Writer-directorto share in the painful loss of the ,John Sayles explores the spiritualvictims' grieving parents. Directed strengths and human weaknesses ofby Tim Robbins, the picture is people struggling to survive the ca-.balanced between the nun's respect 'lamities ofcivil war. Subtitles. Brieffor the dignity ofevery individual violence and occasional rough lan- '- even the despicable killer - guage. The, U.S. Catholic Confer~

and the parents' qiJest for justice enceclassification isA-ill--,. adults.in the state's execution of their, The Motion Picture Associatibn of.children's murderer, leaving view- America rating is R -·restricted.'ers at the end to ponder what moral . (Columbia TriStar)or social purpose is served by capi- ''Romero'' (1989)tal punishment. Flashbacks to sav- Powerful dramatization of theage crimes, the depiction of an ex" last thrt;e years in the life ofArch­ecution, racial slurs and several in- bishop Oscar Romero of San Sal­stances of rough language. The vador" whose condemnation ofU.S. Catholic Conference classifi- human rights abuses led to his as­cation is A-III - adults. The Mo- sassination in 1980. Director Johntion Picture Association of DuigangetsabrilliantperformanceAmerica rating is R - restricted. from Raul Julia, who invests the(Polygram) title role with an intense spiritual

"The Keys of the Kingdom" dimension that makes credible(1~44) . Romero's courage in condemning

. Underrated adaptation of A.I.. the immorality ofaruthless regime.<;:ronin's novel about· a Scottish Its graphic 'scenes of violence arepriest (Gregory Peck) sent at the not for the immature, though mostend of the 19th century to China, adolescents will understand theju~­where he rebuilds a ruined mis- tice issues involved. The U.S.sion, endures misunderstanding, Catholic Conference classificationwar and disease but perseveres isA-ll - adults and lldolescents.through humility and cheerful ser- The Motion PictureAssociation ofvice to win inany converts and America rating is PG-13 - par­friends, until his retirement in Scot- ents are strongly cautioned, Someland fishing for suppefrather: than material may be inappropriate forsouls. Directed by John Stahl, the children under 13. (Vidmarl<, (800)narrative is interestingly contrived, '424-7070)

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, the joy inspired by Christ's resur­rection through a blend of jazz andclassical music, sacred text, andBrubek's siinature use of complex

, rhythms and polytonality. The'seWASHINGTON - Jazz mu- sounds will be complemented by a

sician Dave Brubek will perform mosaic of images from Holy Week'selections of his Mass, "To Hope" ceremonies at parishes in St. Louis,as part of an Easter Sunday Mass San Jose, and Washington.'to air on ABC-TV station on The production reunites the jazzApril IS. pianist with the Easter special pro-

.Brubek's selections l;lre part of ducer Ed Murray, who originally"Easter 200 I: A Celebration with 'commissioned "To Hope" on behalfDave Brubek." of the national Catholic newspaper,

The hour-long liturgical special, Our Sunday Herald.' _which is prod!Jced by Oblate Media, The live, broadcast feed will befor the Catholic Communications on EasterSunday morning, April 15Campaign, features the jazz legend' at 9:30 a.m., Eastern Time. Theperforming pieces from '1is 1979 'CatholicCommunicationsCampaign'compositil;m. He will be accompa- will post broadcast times from itsnied by two cantors who will sing Website http://www.nccbusclcc asadditional selections. they become available. Viewers can '. Taped onlocation at the Cathe- also call their'local ABC-TV affili­dral Basilica of St. Joseph in San ates to ask' about their plans to airJose, CaIif.;"Easter2ool" expresses the program.

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of several of the participants. .The pope said the new expedi­

tion had a "clear missionaryvalue." .

"Planting the 'wood of thecross' and renewing the eucharis­tic sacrifice at the 'ends of theearth,' you intend to recall thathumanity finds its authentic di­mension only when it is able tofix its gaze on Christ'and totally.trust in him," he said.

At the same time, the expedi­tion was a testament to humanity'sunquenchable desire "to study theless-explored pages of the mar­velous book of creation," he said.

In February, Italian newsag~ncies reported that a separateItalian expedition hopes to cel­ebrate the first Mass at the SouthPole on Christmas Day.

Msgr. Liberio Andreatta, whoruns a pilgrimage tour organiza­tion in Rome, plans to accompanyboth expeditions, the agencies re­ported.

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Pope blesses Italian,expedition to No.rth Pole

By JOHN NORTON .

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - PopeJohn Paul II blessed members ofan Italian expedition that plans tomake history by celebrating Mass'and erecting a cross at the North'Pole on Easter.

Meeting with the expeditionteam last week and blessing thecross they planned to carry, thepope said he prayed "that thismission, so arduous and laden withsignificance, will be crowned withcomplete success,"

He noted that the expeditionwould fulfill Pope Pius Xl'sdream; as a priest-alpinist, the

, future pope prepared to join an1899-1900 Italian mission to theNorth Pole, but was forced to can­cel at the last minute.

The 2001 expedition, whichplans to reach the North Pole April15, Easter Sunday, will commemo­

, rate that earlier mission, whichended in tragedy with the deaths

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WASHINGlON-As the grow- Claretians. bring the devotion and are gettinging numberofHispanics internet with . Theologically, this journeying to appreciate the importance of thetheir U.S. surroundings, the parish and the parish commu-result is mutual contact rang- nity," he said.

, ing from,.interrilll.rri~ges to :. ,,"In-Hispanic culture a value IS put- "Fa~e~~lizoriHotraces' theblended ways of thinking and ting spiritual life above material life. . mestlzaJe theme t~Jesus?f

ac.ti~~hin the-Church, thi~" An ~nti-value'.is'"!ac~ismo. 'In' u.s. ' ~~~:r~:~t~~~P~;~~~~ ,~~I~contact has given rise to a His- socIety orgamzatlon IS a value and mixture of the Jewish, Greekpanic theology and has influ- overemphasis on individualism and and Roman cultures in Gali-enced ways of experiencing self-sufficiencyare anti-values," said lee. ..,

.,and understanding faith. Father Mario Vizcaino directorof the Through hIS mestiZo eXls~-Many Hispanic leaders use ' . ence, "Jesus breaks the bam-

. the term "acculturation" for the Southeast Pastoral InstItute. ers of ~paration, as does ev-mutual influence of two cul- ery 'mestizo.' And already .tures that come into close con- begins to live a new unity,"tact. symbolizes a people on pilgrimage wrote Father Elizondo.

Spanish-born Carmen A'quinaco to heaven, she added. In an interview, he said that Godnotes that acculturation goes beyond Mercy Sister Ana Maria Pineda, often chooses people who. are re­learning each other's mother tongue. presi,dent of theAcademy ofCatho- jected "to create a new space where

"It means learning each other's lic Hispanic Theologians in the others will not have to suffer ourcultural language. To think in Span- United States, said that popular re- rejection."ish means to think from and within ligiosity is a cornerstone ofHispanicHispanic culture," said Aquinaco, a theology.Catholic journalist who'has lived in This theology defines popularthe United States for 20 years and is religiosity "as a community's ex­on the executive board of the Na- pression oflived faith" and takes intotional Catholic Council for Hispanic consideration the HispanicMinistry. community's struggle for justice,

Acculturation also involves tak- 'better living conditions and humaning a critical look at both cultures, dignity, said Sister Pineda, a con­said Father Mario Vizcaino, director suitor to the U.S. bishops' Commit-of the Southeast Pastoral Institute. tee on Hispanic Affairs.

"In Hispanic culture a value is Extracting theology from every-putting spiritual life above materiat day lives also has given rise to thelife. An anti-value is machismo. In theme.of"mestizaje," from the rootU.S. society organization is a value word "mestizo" meaning of mixedand overemphasis on individualism parentage. This theme is. fed by in­and self-sufficiency are anti-values;' termarriages and the growing con­he said. tact Hispanics have with U.S. cul-

Aquinaco said that thinking His- tural influences through schools andpanic includes a spirituality tied to a workplaces.popular religiosity punctuated by The theme of "mestizaje" hasprocessions, because Hispanics need been developed by Father Virgilioto walk behind the statue. Elizondo, founder and former presi-

A procession is symbolic of the dent of the Mexican Amdican Cul­journeying that they have done as tural Center in San Antonio.immigrants, ajoumeying that often , Father Elizondo, a first-genera­doesn't stop in the United States as tion Mexican American, definesthey move from place to place as "mestizaje" as "the process throughmigrant workers, said Aquinaco, -which two totally different peoplesmanaging editor of Nuestra mix biologically and culturally so

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"His miracles were done in a simple way. He" blessed people and prayed for them," she said, add­

ing that he never sought the spotlight.Druffner called the rehear~als extensive and said

the cast of actors, who are from St. Patrick's andother area churches, has often prayed together.

"This play is important because he lived righthere and he had first Communion in our (St. .Patrick's) parish," said Barb Ruemmele, whohelped with Druffner's research.

"He helped people'with all different kinds ofproblems. He did it by praying; he never wanted

to draw attention to himself," addedRuemmele, who directs the local chap­

ter of the Father Solanus" Guild."~he asked me to put together

a skit on his life. That was abouta year ago," Druffner said.

"But when I did the research,I found that his life was far

, too fantastic to just do askit. It needed to be a full­fledged play."

Father Casey's lite isperfect for the stage be­cause of his many expe~

riences, she said.Father Casey spent

much time as a porter,writing from his desk andgiving counsel to peoplewho came by. In the play,

he is shown reading fromhis journals at the right side

of the stage, while on the leftside, flashbacks are enacted

by the other actors.'. ,'-In one scene, Father:'Caseyis riding a streetcar and sees a

woman murdered by her lover. He de­cides to become' a priest to help prevent such

injustice. Father Casey retells the,experience whileit is portrayed on the other side of the stage.

In another scene, the soup kitchen runs out ofbread, and, after Father Casey prays, a truck comesby and delivers all the loaves that are needed.

Deacon Peter Braam, who some local parishio­ners say resembles Father Casey, had to be per­suaded to portray him. Deacon Braam at first de­clined because he is going through chemotherapyfor cancer.

"I'm tired but this could be good for me:" hetold Druffner. He ,thought the role could playa'double benefit since Father Casey has long been .associated with healing. .

"I think:(his medical situation) keeps him intouch with who Solanus is," Ruerrimele said. "Hewas a 'man of humility and the play shows that.The acting by Braam shows that."

Four Capuchin priests from the St. BonaventureMonastery jn Detroit, a pl~ce where Father Caseyserved and t,he headquarters of his canonizationcampaign, planned to see· the plilY..

.By JOE WINTER

CA1ll0UC NEWS SERVICE

HUDSON,. Wis. - By all accounts, a candidatefor sainthood' who grew up in western Wisconsinnever wanted to be the star of the show.

However,Capuchin Father Solanus Casey, a can­didate for sainthood, now has a play written abouthis life"by a Hudson woman with college degrees indrama and theology.' " ,.

Father Casey was declared "venerable" in 1995,the first of three steps to being declared a saint. Hewas the first U.S.-born male to reach that stage.

Before he can be beatified, which is thenext step, a miraculous healing thatcannot be attributed to medical in-'tervention but to his "intercessionmust be authenticated. The finalstep, canonization, would re-quire a second such authenti­catedmiracle.

"I think the way that heworked with the poor andthe needy really has hadan affect on me, person­ally. He was not famousor someone who held ahigh position in thechurch," writer MollyDelaney Druffner toldthe Catholic Herald,newspaper of the Supe­rior Diocese: .

Father Casey was alargely unschooled manwho got to know the poorwhile working as a door­keeper in parishes and churchOffices~··Ih later "years, until" hisdeathin 1957, he was sought outby large numbers of people who be-lieved he had gifts of prophecy and heal-ing. '

Bernard Francis Casey was born near Prescott,Wis., on Nov. 25, 1870, the sixth of 16 children ofan Irish immigrant couple. '

The play gives the audience a sense of the his­tory of the Hudson and Prescott areas and ofStillwater, Minn., during the late 19th and early20th centuries, said Druffner.

She was in the midst of rehearsals as director ofa planned staging of her work at St. Patrick Churchin Hudson. The multimedia drama requires 20 ac­tors and includes historical retellings, a monologue,comedy, slides, dance and music. "

As a young man, Father Casey worked on theSt. Croix River near Stillwater in the logging trade,drove a trolley car in Superior, and worked at theStillwater Prison guarding, among others, the JesseJames gang. "

After becoming a Capuchin priest and movingto Detroit, and then to New York City, Father Caseywas widely re<;ognized for his services to the poorat soup kitchens, Druffner said.

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New play tells life story.of Father Solanus Casey

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VATICAN CITY - Pope JohnPaul II will visit Athens, Greece,May 4-5, the first stop on a pilgrim­age that also will take him to Syriaand Malta, a Vatican official said.

The dates of the visit were an­nounced by Archbishop LeonardoSandri, a high official of theVatican's Secretariat of State, afterhe met in Athens last week withArchbishop Christodoulos, head ofthe Orthodox Church of Greece,according' to news 'reports fromAthens.

The visit, the first by any mod-

em pope to Greece, was mad~ pos­sible when Orthodox bishops votedearlier in March not to oppose t\1,epope's pilgrimage. At the sametime, several Orthodoxleaders havemade it dear that they have deepmisgivings about the papal visit.

About 97 percent of the Greek.population belongs to the. Ortho­dox Church, while the Catholiccommunity numbers about 63,000,"or less than one percent.

The popeis traveling to theMediterranean countries ~ part ofan ongoing pilgrimage to biblicalsites, which began during the jubi­lee year. His stops in Athens, Dam-

ascus.~Q ~yria, and Malta will re­trace the, missionary route of St.Paul. .

Th,e 79 bishops of the Gre~k.Orthodox Church's Holy Synod, orgoverning body, voted unani­mously earlier this month not tooppose the visit, but made clear thatit was doing so to honor the pope'sdesire to make a pilgrimage and notto erase what it called the "histori­cal memory" of strained relationswith Catholicism.. Some have warned that militantopposition to the visit would comefrom Orthodox "Old Calendarists"who oppose any ecumenical ties.

Butler gets St. Vincent post , .

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to these tasks," Hennicke added.The Society of St. Vincent de .

Paul, founded in 1833 by BlessedFrederic Ozanam, offers tangible

. assistance to those in need. World­wide the organization has morethan 900,000 members providingservice to the poor in over 132countries on five continents:

Our Lady'sMonthly Message

.From Medjugorje

March 25, 2001Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Director of Faith FormationHoly Cross Parish, South Easton, MA, is looking for a direCtor

of faith fonnation. This position will average 32 hrsIwk or 1600hrsIyear on a varied schedule, beginning July 11, 2001.

Holy Cross Parish is a suburban parish consisting ofapproximately 2,000 middle to upper-middle class families.We are a hospitable community that believes in the principlesof Vatican II and collaborative ministry.

The successful candidate will (preferably) possess amaster's degree in Theology, and have previous experiencein religious education. The salary is based on the guidelinesof the Diocese of Fall River, MA. Incentives will be basedupon education, experience, and other qualifications set bythe Religious Education Commission of Holy Cross Parish.

. A resume and salary requirements may be sent to: ReligiousEducation Search Committee, Holy Cross Parish, 225 PurchaseStreet, South Easton, MA 02375. You may also direct anyinquiries by phone to Rev. John .M. Santone, C.S.c. at (508)238-2235 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Deadline for applications is April 27, 200 I.

The Youth Apostles Institute presents a seminar entitled:

"Principles of EffectiveYouth Ministry"

Where:. polan CeQtet;, St.. fytary's Parish, Taunton.

When:Thesday, April 3, 20017:30 p.m. Mass in Church Side Chapel8:00 Seminar in Dolan Center

Presenter:Fr. Hernando Herrera, Y.A., Chaplain,Coyle and Cassidy H.S., P.V., Our Ladyof Mount CarmelFor:Youth Ministers, Teachers, ReI. Ed.Volunteers, Parents, Priests

OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE GROUPMarian Messengers

P.O. Box 647, Framingham, MA 01701· Tel. 1-508-.879-9318

Info: Youth Apostles .(508) 672,2755

"Let the c.hildren come to me; do not prevent them, forthe kingdom ofGod belongs to such as these... Then he .embraced them and blessed them..." (Mk. 10.' 14,16)

"Dear Children'! Also today I call you to open yourselves toprayer. Little children, you live in a time in which God givesgreat graces but you do not know how to make good use ofthem. You are concerned about everything else, but the least forthe soul and the spiritual life. Awaken from the tired sleep ofyour soul and say yes to God with all your strength. Decide forconversion and holiness. I am with you; little children, and Icall you to perfection of your soul and of everything you do.

"Thank you for having responded to my call."

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., March 30, 2001 13

recently completed national stra­tegic plan, which "calls for sig­nificant growth in .the soci~ty's

membership and services to thepoor and needy."

"We will need new resources toachieve our ambitious goals andMr. -Butler brings extensive expe­rience and educational credentiais

son sometime after Easter andthey will see the advances made,notably after the substantial$10,000 donation."

He was referring to the Decem­ber 2000 gift of Albert MakkaySr., a member of our Lady ofVic­tory Parish in Centerville.

"We're also planning to pre­pare accommodations at the mis­sions to be able to house the layprofessionals and young peoplewe expect will come down tojoin us in the missionary work,"Father Blyskosz said. ·"The planis to have the lay people receivetraining from Janet Kirsch, amember of Corpus Christi Par­ish and a travel agent by profes­sion, before they arrive in Hon­duras."

Saying that lay involvement inthe Honduras missions is of primeimportance, Father Blyskosz re­flected that such commitment hasbeen voiced many times by PopeJohn Paul II.

.'''This mission to Guaimaca isthe answer, the response of ourFall River diocese to the challenge'of the call to everyone in theChurch to be a missionary," Fa­ther Blyskosz opined. "It is awonderful opportunity and ablessing that we have."

The Mission Friends ofGuaimaca, Honduras can be

. reached at P.O. Box 558,Dennisport, MA 02639, tel. 508­398·2490 or 508-432-4000, andFAX 508-398-2490 or 508-432­3494.

ment for the state of Missouri,managing one of the largest vol­untary citizen participation pro­grams in the nation. He is com­pleting final requirements for tidoctorate of management fromWebster University in St. Louis.

Richard E. Hennicke, execu­tive director of the U.S. office,said creation of the new post was

. made necessary by the society's

eight and nine in this edition ofThe Anchor.

For a Coinmunion meditationsong, the St. Francis XavierSchool Choir offered a heartfeltrendition of David Haas' "BeforeI Was Born," based on Psalm 139.

"How moving' is Psalm 139,". commented Father Stephen A.

Fernandes, diocesan director ofthe Pro-Life Apostolate and pas­tor of St. Francis Xavier Parish."But it is particularly poignantwhen sung by middle-schoolvoices."

Also attending the Mass weremany diocesan priests and dea­cons, school principals, a Knights'of Columbus honor guard andmany parishioners and Pro-Lifesupporters.

A strong youth movement inthe Pro-Life arena is evidencedin this diocese, and Monday'sMass was clear confirmation ofthat.

leading' the fund-raising and re­source development activities ofthe society in coordination withsome 4,500 councils and confer­ences with more than 72,000members throughout the UnitedStates.

In addition to working withIndianapolis Power and Light for15 years, Butler has served as di­rector of community develop-

Not one to stand idle, theyoung priest founded the MissionFriends of Guaimaca, Honduras,

.with headquarters in Dennisport."The group is comprised of

Catholic lay men and women ofour diocese who like to help inthree ways the Honduran mis­sion," he said.

Their suggested help includes:support prayers for the mission­aries and their churches and chap­els; offering a few dollars amonth for their continued finan­cial support; and being a resource

. person - such as health profes­sionals who would offer medicalequipment or medication for themission's. use and/or educationofficials who could donate text­books or computers.

"And the final area of supportwould come from professionalpeople who, after training, mightcome down for a time, to serveand work in the mission." FatherBlyskosz said.

He said that offers have al­ready come from several groupsof young adults in the diocesewho would come to work at themission.

"Father Marcel H. Bouchard,pastor at CorpiJs Christi Parish inEast Sandwich, will become thespiritual director of the .Friendsgroup, after I leave," the mission­ary reported.

In a update, Father Blyskosz.said the' mission is "doing well.We will be receiving a visit fromBishop O'Malley and Father Wil-

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By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ST. LOUIS - Joseph E. But­ler, former vice president of com­munity relations and marketing atIndianapolis Power and LightCompany, has been named na­tional development director forthe U.S. office of the Society ofSt. Vincent de Paul, based in St. .Louis..

Butler will be responsible for

Pro-Life

a priest for this diocese in 1995,will join the five-year missionestablished by Bishop Sean P.O'Malley, OFM Cap., that cur­rently is serving two, priestlessparishes - St. Francis of Assisiand St. Rose of Lima - in thepoorest sections of the Archdio­cese of Honduras.

He will be replacing Instituteof the Incarnate Word FatherGustavo Dominguez of Argen­tina, a member of the SpanishApostolate. It follows a plan ineffect when Father Dominguez leftin September 2000 for a six­month assignment in Guaimaca.

The team currently in Hondu­ras also includes Father Paul E.Canuel, former diocesan directorof the Spanish Apostolate; andDeacon James Marzilli Jr., and hisnurse wife JoAn, from St. Johnthe Baptist Parish, Pocasset.

Dominican Sister of. the Pre­sentation Marie Ceballos fromDighton, a nurse, is also expectedto join the team in May, follow­ing studies in France.

"I was asked by BishopO'Malley to consider joining themission and because I wasn't flu­ent in Spanish was sent to

/ Mexico last June and returned inJuly," Father Blyskosz said. "Iwas with priests and seminariansfrom other dioceses learningSpanish. When I returned here Iworked with Father Wilson inthe Spanish Apostolate inHyannis to help prepare myselffurther."

----.very encouraged by the domi- of Grace Parish, Westport, and anance of youth at the Mass. "More member of the diocesan Pro-Lifeand more young people are be- Committee.coming involved in the Pro-Life First place in the grade sixprograms in the diocese," she said. to eight category was Caitlin"The Pro-Life movement is com- Elizabeth· McQueen of St.ing alive in the diocese. Youth are Francis Xavier Preparatorybecoming involved and active. School, and a parishioner ofMuch of that has to do with the Corpus Christi. Parish, Eastwork ofdiocesan superintendent of Sandwich. In the grade nine toschools James McNamee, who en- 12 category, Myles Derbyshire

.courages our young people to take of Bishop Stang High Schoolpart in this important ministry." took first-place honors.McNamee was present at the Mass. Second place in the lower

Youth was indeed the theme of grade category went to' Sarahthe day. Each year, the diocese Smith of St. Mary-Sacred Heartconducts a Pro-Life essay contest School, North Attleboro andfor students in grades six through from St. Mary's Parish there. In12. Two winners in the grade six the upper grades, Alissa Marito eight and grades nine to 12 cat- Rebello of Our Lady of Mountegories are chpsen. This year all Carmel Parish, Seekonk, and afour winners read their essays at student at Dighton-Rehoboth'the Mass. The theme of this year's High School, was awarded sec­contest was "Let Me Live," based ond place.on a poem written by Madeleine The four .winning essays andLavoie, a parishioner ofOur Lady Lavoie's poem appear on pages

14 TH~ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River---.Fri.,March 30, 2001

OUR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS • OUR CATHOLIC YOUTH I

CELEBRATING HAWAII - Students from Saint Joseph's School,· Fairhaven, enjoyeddressing up for a Hawaiian Luau with a family dance theme recently.

she told The Anchor.Each year the White House rec~

oglJizes the best oftht: nation's K~l2.mathematics and science teach-

. ers with this highest honor andSister Burns was selected frommore than 600 national finalistsaround the country. A nationalpanel of scientists, mathema~ciansand educators recommends up to216 teachers to receive the award.Approximately two million teach­ers across the country are eligible.

Each recipient received a$7,500 educational grant for theirschool and a trip to Washington,p.e. Sister Burns v.isited thenation's capital recently to receivethe award and participate in a va­riety of educational andcelebratory events. Among herhighlights were visiting withmembers of Congress and meet­ing the President.

.White' House honors.Taunton teacher

TAUNTON - Science teacherHoly Union Sister Mary CatherineBurns of Coyle and Cassidy HighSchool was recently named byPresident George W. Bush, as a re­cipient of the 2000 PresidentialAwards for excellence in mathemat­ics and science teaching. SisterBums had the opportunity to receivethe award in Washington D.C. andmet the President during her stay.

"It was really awesome," saidSister Burns. "We received our

. awards on Thursday at the National. Academy of Sciences and then. around n06n we all met President• Bush in the Eisenhower building

adjacent to the White House.",A teacher for 41 years, 35 of

those at Bishop Stang, Sister Burnssaid she was surprised to hear shewas one of the three finalists forthe award here in Massachusetts."It was quite a wonderful honor,"

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- EIGHTH-GRADE students at Holy Family-Holy NameSchool, New Bedford, were recently 0!1 the trail of the Under­ground Railroad in that city. Lead by Carl Cruz of the NewBedford Historical Society, students participated in a walkingtour of significant sites, including the Nathan and Polly House~home to Frederick Qouglass. With Cruz are from left: DylanTurner, Martin Hammond, Curt Jordan and Ray.Luiz.

THIRD-GRADERS ALYSSA Olivei~a, Jenelle Bellany andDeanne Allard of Notre Dame School, Fall River, take a tour ofWhite's of Westport as part of a recent field, trip for the JuniorAchievement PrQgrar:n. Chris LaFrance runs the program.

YOUNG PEOPLE from Christ the King Parish, Mashpee, prepare to travel home after. arecent retreat weekend at Oakhurst in Whitensville. Sponsored by the parish Peer MinistryGroup, it focused on young people's relationship with Jesus and building community.

THE BISHOP FEEHAN High School (Attleboro) Majorettes won a first place award, sec- ..ond place and several third place finishes in recent competitions. They will compete April 8for the New'England Majorette Association Championships. Front, from left: Mandi Stockwell,Anne Marie Loiselle and Ashley Nobrega. Back row, from left: Katie Smith, Caitlin Gaudet,Amanda Coppqla, Maeve Kelly, Kayleigh Carrigan and coach Marianne Whelan.

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Missing out forno good reason

INES B~TES

Month, event leaders like Batestry new ways of teaching tech­nology, to introduce new tech­nology products and to shareknowledge with those in theirlocal community.

"October was an extremelybusy month for us," Bates ex­

plained. "We of­fered fi ve spe­cialized classessuch as:, "OnLine TravelN i g h t " ,"Internet Safetyfor Adults", "OnLine ShoppingNight", "Shop­ping for Com­puters", and"AT&T Broad­band N(ght"sponsored byAT&T.

Those par­ticipating toldPrincipal

Kathleen Burt that not only werethe classes informative, but fun.Burt said that not only has SS.Peter and Pa\ll School developeda unique, effective classroomtechnology program for its stu­dents, but also has serious com­mitment to educate the public.

All of the evening divisionclasses are offered free to thepublic.- , For upcoming classes con­tact SSt Peter and Paul Schoolat 677-3938.

SSe Peter and Paul Schoolnear top'in national contest

FALL RIVER - SS. Peterand Paul School has taken sec­ond place in the National Com­puter Learning Foundation Con­test.

"It was a real surprise," saidInesBates, technology coordi­nator at the school. "I neverthought wewould actuallywin."

But win theydid, after Batessubmitted herOctober Learn­ing Month activi­ties held at theschooL Both f'

Bates and theschool receivedcopies of AdobePremiere, a pow­erful - and ex­pensive - desk-top movie editing L.-_~ ..l:-'-'...,.

software pro­gram.

The Computer LearningMonth Event is an annual con­test to encourage and recog'nizepeople who host local events tohelp others in their community ,learn more about the benefits oftechnology. The contest is tofocus attention on the importantrole computers, software and,other technologies play inpeople's lives, particularly inchildren's-teamin-g and their fu-ture. .

During Computer Learning

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., March 30, 200 I 15

,.isn't like a class. It's not that Godhas a big old grade book inwhich he keeps track of howmany assignments, you'veturned in. Not at all. But we'renot talking about God's end of'this. We're talking about yourend.

The simple fact is that if youneglect what seem like, small as­pects of your relationship withGod, the whole thing will suf­fer. We get into trouble when welet our spiritual life slide in littleways such as neglecting prayer;forgetting that virtue is some­thing that has to be practiced ev­ery day, in small ways; lettingyour heart be guided by whatthe world desires, rather thanwhat God desires.

This trouble we get into isn'tabout punishment or God turn­ing away from us. It'sabout whatwe lose when we don't let

, God's love in.It's about putting ourselves in

a situation in which, because, we've not been listening to Godin the little ways, we forget whathis voice sounds like, and westart to harbor the suspicion thatwe're all alone in the world,without a soul to care about us.

And that is a pI;etty sad situa­'tion ~'sadder'even'than ineli~

gibility due to ~ grade in pot­tery; don't you think?

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than others.No, you'd never dream of de­

liberately taking a zero on a testor term paper. But that quiz?

That set of end-of-chapter ques­tions? It's just a little assignment.

Yikes. Did you see that re­port card? Did you see that youalmost made a "C" in that class?Did you hear what. the teachersaid when you went down onyour knees to ask for "just ­one - more - point? Please?'"

The teacher said: "Well,. sure,there's just one point betweenyou and a better grade. Seemsto me, though, that you couldhave fixed it very simply by turn­ing in that set of homeworkquestions you seem to have for­gotten about a while back. Yup.That would have done it. Next?"

Little things. It's funny howlittle things can make a differ­ence. It's true ev~n in our rela­'tionships with God. .

You have to understand, first,that your relationship with God

By AMY WELBORN

CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

My son, a high school,sophomore, is currently in theproce~s of trying out for aspring sport which shall remainnameless except that it involve~

walking around a lot with a stickin your hand and gazing,mostly in frustration, at a littlewhite ball.

This story, such as it is, isn'tabout my son. It's about howhis chances of making the teamhave improved in the last weekbecause of someone else - oneof the top players in this sport,who has been revealed to be in­eligible for one simple reason:He's failing ceramics class.

Don't know how, don't knowwhy, but there it is. The kid cur­rently is flunking pottery, so hecan't be on the team.

Has anything like that everhappened to you? Have youever missed out on doing some­th.ing important because of an­other thing you forgot or ne­glected ,to do which didn't seemto be that important at the time?

Take school. When it starts,a semester seems like a very longtime. A teacher's syllabus, pre­sented at the beginning of the·term, can appear-to be-packed'with way too many assign­ments, some clearly weightier

By IRENE HEY

CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

lligh school student finds·computers for needy kidsBeach's diocesan newspaper. nated computers and equipment from Since then,local businesses have also

In 1999, Caruso started her own non- ' large companies, repairs and assembles heard about Caruso's mission and haveDELRAY BEACH, Fla. - A volun-' ,profit business called Kids On Comput- them, and in turn, donates them to needy begun to donate, as well. The business

tee I' job at a local health clinic led 16- ers Inc. The organization receives do- children and families. is based completely on volunteers andyea~oldChristyCar~sotooneof~ ~__~~ ~~ ~ has received more than 100com-

I, rthe most rewarding experiences of "; , • " ...., puters, printers, and other equip- .her life and brought computers ~; G ment since its inception two yearsinto the lives of dozens of needy / ago.children. Caruso donates more than 15

She began volunteering at the i. hours each week to her cause, of-Caridad Health Clinic in Boynton ten staying up late at night.Beach as a way to complete her According to Jay Lower, thecommunity service hours for her student activity director and ser-school, Pope John Paul n High vice coordinator at Pope JohnSchool in Boca Raton. j "~:::::=='''''_~ Paul II High School, Caruso has

"I met a lot of families in need . "£. started to motivate other ,stu-and it rea)ly felt great to reach out 'IF,.. dents at the school and has' be-to them and help them in anyway, come an example of service t?I could," said Caruso, who resides others, 'in Delray Beach and is a parish- Caruso is one of seven chi 1-ioner at St. Vincent Ferrer Parish dren who grew up in what herin the Palm Beach Diocese. mother, Beverly, cal1s a wel1-

Car.uso witnessed firsthand how rooted Catholic family. She cred-'poverty seemed to hold some _:--.", its the family's strong faith andpeople back. ' ~ God's gifts with Christy's desire

"Many of these kids don't have to help others. .the opportunity to get computer 0 CD:l'JCD:IJCI:ID&EI_ Christy Caruso is hoping to at-

experience to better themselves ¥i¥.. ,.t?,o;,'W,'. ?g.I.·..~- dhfill,' ,g'.'. " tend an Ivy League school likeeducationally because they can't ~.i552!:==. Princeton but vows that herafford to buy a computer' and I business's mission will live on.truly believe computers are the' "I plan on continuing thiswave of the future. So I decided I through college and even after,wanted to do, something to help CHRISTY CARUSO, 16, started the nor:tprofit Kids on Computers Inc., collecting do- but I will eventually pass the torchthem," the high 'school junior told nated computer equipment and distributing it to needy families in Florida. She is a junior at on to my younger b.rother whenThe Florida Catholic, Palm Pope John Paull! High School in Boca Raton. (CNS photo by Irene Hey, Florida Catholic) the time is right," she said.

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16 THE ANCHOR - Diocese ofFall River -:- Fri., March 30, 2001

Teache~ Volunteers, Prayers, D~natioriS Needed'- .

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India'n Mission Director Asks for Your Help

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-At St. Bonaventure,students work together tomake a good Lent. This4th grader will be, morekind to everyone:

Bob O'Connell, Director51. Bonaventure Indian Mission & School

Dear Anchor Readers,In this special season of sacrifice, I'm asking for

your prayers and for your help. My concern is for thechildren and elders served by St. Bonaventure Indian

, ,Mission. Without car\ng friends like you we can't exist.Only through educaJion can the-Navajo children in

our school break free o(the poverty so prevalent on thereservation. We depend on volunteers to heed the call to·service fortea.ching and counseling in OUf school.

Please pray that the HolySpirit will guide willingvolunteers to heed the call. .

. 'I also invite you to become part of this gospel work'among our Navajo brothers and sisters. Your generositywill bring love and hope, in the fonn·of .education andcaring, into struggling lives.

. I can't meet these needs without your help.. In Chrisfs Love,

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* * Help,Wanted - Teachers * *St. Bonaventure Mission depends on the ,

genero'sity of loving volunteers to staff our school.If you are interested in teaching, or know someonewho is, please contact me for furthe'r information;

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Trusting in God, everyone atthe • The suicide rate among •Mission prays for help to pay our , Navajo teenagers is ten times •month to month bills. higherthanfortheirage group •

·St. Bonaventure Mission started in the U.S. poiJUlationat large. :aschool more thim adecade ago when .McKinley County has. the •the founder realized the Indian highest alCoholism rate in the ' •

As Catholics around the world children in the Mission's CCD classes United States. •, ' , didn't have even the most basic Thl'rtyded'l'cated lay ml's'sl'onarl'es, fast, pray and give alms for Lent, '

the director, sisters, lay missionaries, reading and writing skills. Today over teach and carry out the other work ofand staff of a New Mexico Mission 300 children, most. of them Native the Missiop. 'This "other work'~

. school are concerned about urgently- American,join in prayerto keep th~ir ·includes maintaining the buses andneeded help. They work daily to school from closing. Mission staff vans which travel thwemote mesas tomake quality Catholic education a believe education is the key to bring the children to school; preparing'reality for American Indian children' breaking the cycle of poverty, two nourishing meals daily for the

, in their care. The Indian boys and gir.ls children; and bringing both'food andThesechildren "do without" as ' attending St.', !30naventure Indian 'water to 'aging Navajos living in

fl '" h I h ? Mission and School live with the p'oyerty' I'n remote areas o.r t.he barrena way 0 lie ... will you e p t em.For many ofour students, the school following realities: , Reservation.'at SI. Bonaventure Mission is their .55% ofthe Navajo population New lay missionaries often ask,"last hope." cannot read or write; "Can this be America?"

Many of our stude~ts .McKinley County (where the Gifts made io 5t. Bonaventureexperienced failure in other schools Mission is located). has the Indian,Mission and Scho01 are tax-or inability to get to school from highest povertyrate'(43%) in deductible. The school also qualifiesgreat distances. tlie state;' ,for "Matching Gifts."

Will youhelp?

THOREAU, NM -"Lord, when did I see you hungry and

feed you?""When you did it for one of the least of

, my people, you did it for me."Mati 25:40

Special to The Anchor,

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, Please check here ifyou would like to receive a beautiful rosary hand­strunK with reconstituted turquoise nUKKets and silver-plated beads as a

,token ofappreciation for your Kift of$100 or more. .

)' Please check here ifyou would like to receive a sterlinK silver cross, setwith turqullise: made by our local Indian artisans, a.~ a token ofappreciation for your Kift of$35 or more. It is a unique piece ofjewelryyou will wear-or Kive-with pride.

Here's my sacrificial gift of love of $ ~"'--_

Please pray for my special intentions:

( ) Please check here ifyou would like to receive a copy ofa video showinKthe work made pljssible throuKh your donation and the people at St.

, Bonaventure Indian Mission and School; as a token o/appreciation/oryour Kift of$15 or more.

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Eastern Navajo Reservation, P.O. Box 610, Th~reau, NM87323~0610

0129 KHX 015

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