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Diocese weeps, prays.io.wake of terrorism

By DEACON JAMES N. DUNBAR

NORTH DARTMOUTH ­Parishioners across the dioceseare in mourning after finding thenames of some members and apriest who served them on lists ofthose killed in the September 11terrorist attacks in New York,Washington D.C., and Pittsburgh.

Many attended memorialMasses in their parishes this weekand will attend further Masses aswell as ecumenical services to not.only pray for the dead but for the

common good of our country.The initial reports of those

dead included Holy Cross FatherFrancis Grogan, 76, former supe­rior of the congregation's MissionHouse in North Dartmouth andwell known in the diocese; andPeter Gay, 54, of Tewksbury,vice president and general man­ager of the Raytheon Company'sAndover plant.

Gay is the son of Atty. PeterB. Gay of Taunton, a member ofSt:. Joseph's Parish, and the late

Laura (Garda) Gay. He leaves awife and three children and sevenbrothers and sisters.

Even as the lists of thoseaboard the four planes hijacked

Many M$Ses forvictims, "iJi~s and .country, . 'j~ratedthroughotit,diOcese

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by suicidal terrorists and crashedinto the World Trade Center tow­ers in Manhattan and the Penta­gon, or crashlanded in Pittsburghbecame known, several parishesreturned calls from The Anchor toreport parishioners or members oftheir families among the victims.

Among those confirmed were:- Bernthia Perkins, 53, ofOur

Lady of. Lourdes Parish,Wellfleet, husband of the late ac­tor, Anthony Perkins. She was enroute to California to visit an ac- .

tor son:- Lynn Catherine Goodchild,

25, a member of St. Mark'sChurch in Attleboro Falls, NorthAttleboro. She was aboard Flight176 out of Boston. She was trav­elling with a friend, ShawnNassanay of Pawtucket, R. I.,who also died in the tragedy;

- Nealie Casey, wife ofMichael Casey, son of Dr. Will­iam and Mrs. MaryJane Casey ofSt. Mary's Parish, Taunton; ,

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HOLY CROSS Father Francis Grogan, left, was a passenger aboard one of the two airliners that flew into the World Trade Center Towers. The towers, center,burn behind the Brooklyn Bridge September 11 in New York. Another hijacked plane slammed into the Pentagon. The trade center towers later collapsed.In a scene repeated throughout the diocese, the U.S. flag is displayed with red, white and blue candles in the sanctuary of Notre Dame Church in Fall River.(Father Grogan photo courtesy of John and Mary Kinnaine, towers photo by CNS, Notre Dame photo by Gene Thibault.)

Diocesan Vocation Committeeplanning outreach program

SEEKONK - "Make a Difference with Your Life!",aimed at those seriously discerning the possibility of a voca­tion to the priesthood, diaconate or religious life, will be heldSeptember 30 beginning at 1 p.m., at St. Mary's Parish hall.

Father Craig Pregana, diocesan director of vocations, saidthe program, an outreach of the Diocesan Vocation Commit­tee, will close with a Mass at 5 p.m.

The committee is comprised of diocesan priests involvedwith Father Pregana in outreach to potential seminarians, orrepresentatives of religious congregations of women and menengaged in ministry in the diocese and ofdelegates from par-

ish vocation tearns and the Serra Club.The purpose of this gathering is two-fold: to afford men

and women considering a call to a life ofservice in the Churchan opportunity to meet with others of like mind and withpriests, deacons, brothers and sisters living the life of dedi­cated service to the People of God in response to their call.

Also, to encourage dialogue about the various aspects ofcall, spirituality, ministry and the daily life and demands ofsuch dedication, between both inquirers and persons who areactively involved in Church ministry.

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Bishop O'Malley has authorized a spe­cial collection to be taken up in parishesthis weekend for victims of last week's di­saster in New York. The proceeds will besent to Catholic Charities of the Archdio­cese of New York, the DioceSe of Brook­lyn and the Diocese of Rockville Centerand, in memory of Father Mychal Judge,Chaplain of the New York l;'ire Depart­ment, to the Widow's and Children's Fundof the Uniformed Firefighters Association.

.Donations may also be made to the Di­ocesan Disaster Fund, c/o Office of theQishop, P.O. Box 2577, Fall:River, MA,02722.

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his master's degree. He also studiedat Cornell University and Kent StateUniversity. Afterwards, he workedfor 17 years in education. He servedtwo terms as dean of students atWalsh before taking on the duties oftrustees vice chairman.

Brother Marcel Sylvestre, whoserved at Prevost as Brother Ignatiusin the late 1940s, most of the '50sand as principal in 1960-61, is chair­man of the Walsh board of trustees.He says Jusseaume is "uniquelyqualified" to be interim president­a year's appointment - and "willinsure continuity and momentum."

Of his selection, Jusseaume says"I look to this appointment withboth excitement and commitment."He has pledged to advance the uni- .versity mission on campus and inthe Canton community.

He is experienced in the corpo­rate world as well and has been chiefexecutive officer for the last 10 yearsof the North Canton based GraphicEnterprises, Inc. He holds leader­ship positions in a number of busi­ness, fraternal and Catholic organi­zations. Carlton residents, he and hiswife, Teri (Frank) Jusseaume, arethe parents of five childrell.

Jusseaume has two sisters,Collette Turcotte Of this city andAnnette Makstela of Jewett City,Conn.; and a brother, RogerJusseaume of Paradise Valley, Ariz.

too-rural setting' in Alfred, Maine,·at the order's motherhouse for theAmerican province.

Bishop Walsh wanted to buildsuch a school since there was noCatholic college in his diocese.

Brother Thomas Farrell wasfounding president when Walsh

RICHARD JUSSEAUME

opened under the sponsorship of thereligious order. He was succeededby Brother Robert Francoeur of thiscity and Brother Francis Blouin.Brother Robert was a Prevost stu­dent when he joined the religiouscongregation.

Jusseaume's connection to thebrothers becamecloseratWalsh. Hepursued further studies at the Uni­versity of Detroit where he eamed

Religious jubilariansset to attend retreat

Fall River native is interiDlpresident of Walsh University

FALL RIVER - RichardJusseaume, a former Fall Riverite,is serving as interim president ofWalsh University, an independent,co-educational Catholic lIberal artsand sciences institution of higher

. learning in North Canton, Ohio.Walsh has an enrollmentofabout

1,600.Jusseaume was raised in this city

and graduated from the former Msgr.Prevost High School in 1963. He isthe son of Mrs. Aurore Jusseaumeof this city and the late Paul E.Jusseaume.. After Prevost, Jusseaume stud­ied at Walsh, then a college. Heeamed his bachelor's degree in 1967and began a· career in education,based at Walsh.

When named interim presidentin mid-June, he was serving as vicechairman of Walsh's board of trust­ees. The special· appointment wasnecessitated by the death on June 5of Dr. Kenneth N. Hamilton, Jr., thefirst lay president of the university.

The Brothers of Christian In­struction, which had staffed PrevostHigh, was the religious order invitedby Bishop EmmetWalsh ofthe Dio­cese ofYoungstown, Ohio, to openthe college in 1960.

For their part, the brothers werelooking for a more central locationto which to move their own institu­tion, Lamennais College, from its

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Light refreshments will be avail­able in the Villa from 9:30 a.rri.,and a conference with Bishop SeanP. O'Malley, OFM Cap., is sched­uled for IO a.m.

The bishop will celebrate Massat 11 :20 a.m., in the Villa Chapelat which time the jubilarians will

'be recognized.A lunch will be served in the

dining room of the Villa at 12:30p.m., and there will be a dialoguewith Bishop O'Malley.

Theretreat day will close with aprayer servic~.

Sept. 241955, Rev. Joseph E.C. Bourque, Pastor, Blessed Sacrament, Fall River

Sept.26 .1944, Rev. John 1. Donahue, Assistant, St William, Fall River1996, Rev. Flavius Gamache. SMM, Lourdes Shrine and Retreat Center,

Litchfield, Conn. . . .

Sept.rT·,199I, Rev. John W. Greene, S.1., fonner teacher at Bishop Connolly

High School, Fall River

In Your PrayersPlease pray for the following

priests during the coming week

Sept. 291899, Rev. J.A. Payan, Founder, St Mathieu, Fall River

Sept. 301963, Rev. John 1. Griffin, Pastor, S1. Paul, Taunton1993, Rev. George Taraska, OFM Conv., Parochial Vicar, Holy Rosary,

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Mercy Sister Elaine Heffernan,episcopal representative to religiousfor the Diocese of Fall River, coor­dinator of the event, said that thehonorees include those mark1ng 75,70, 60, 50,40 and 25 years of ser­vice.

"A jubilee is certainly a time forgratitude to God for the manyblessings bestowed on these menand women and also a time to re­joice in the achievements of the pastyears which God has manifestedthrough them." Sister Heffernan

.said."Their witness to the Church and

to American' society ofa life of fi-

Daily ReadingsSept 24 Ezr 1:1-6; Ps

126:1-6; Lk8:16-18 .

Sept 25 Ezr 6:7-8, 12b,14-20; Ps122:1-5; Lk8:19­21

Sept 26 Ezr 9:5-9; (Ps)Tb 13:2-5,8; Lk9:1-6

Sept 27 Hg 1:1-8; Ps149:1-6a,9b; Lk9:7-9

Sept 28 Hg 1:15b-2:9; Ps43:1-4; Lk 9:18­22

Sept 29 On 7:9-10,13-14orRv 12:7-12a,Ps 138:1-5; In1:47-51

Sept 30 Am 6:1a,4-7; Ps146:7-10;·1 Tm6:11-16;Lk16:19-31

EAST FREETOWN - Mem­bers of religious communities ofmen and women from across thediocese will gather September 29to celebrate and be ·recognized forvarious jubilees of service at a Dayof Recollection at Cathedral Camphere.

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spirit of our priest-founder, Fa­ther Micha€?l J. McGivney, whoestablished the Knights of Colum­bus here in New Haven in 1882to protect, preserve and promotefamilies, especially those affectedby the death of a breadwinner.

The Knights of Columbus haslong felt a special association withthe members of the law enforce­ment and firefighting fraternities.In fact, James T. Mull en, our first

supreme knight, was presi­dent of the New Haven FireCommission in the 1880s.

"Through several exist­ing programs the Knights ofColumbus will also help ina special way members ofour organization who mayhave been affected by theattacks. Through our Edu­cational Trust Fund, chil­dren of Knights who werein the military, full-time

law enforcement officers or full­time firemen killed or perma­nently disabled in New York orWashington as a result of thiscriminal action will be given fullscholarships to any Catholic col­lege or university. Established in1944, this fund has financed thecollege educations of 263 childrenof Knights; nearly 800 childrenof members have qualified forthis scholarship since its creation.

Finally, in a special appeal sentto each of our 70 state presidents

I announce the establishment of a$1 million 'Knights ofColumbusHeroes Fund' for families of full­time professional law-enforce­ment, firefighters and emergencymedical personnel who have losttheir-lives or may yet lose theirlives in the rescue and recoveryefforts under way at the WorldTrade Center and the Pentagon.

Families of those brave menand women will each receive

$3,000 from the Knights of Co­lumbus in recognition of the ulti­mate sacrifice made by their lovedones. This gift is being offeredalong with our prayers. It is ourhope that this money will helpthose families with immediateneeds at this time.

The gift is being made on be­half of the 1.6 million membersof the Knights of Columbus andtheir families throughout theUnited States, Canada, the Phil­ippines and Mexico, and in the

"Our hearts go out to those whohave lost loved ones. We know thatevery American would like to reachout to these families. This is our wayof offering a helping hand now."

- Carl A. AndersonSupreme Knight

Knigh~s of Columbus to provide'Heroes Fund' grants

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The supreme knight wasjoined by telephone with theorganization's national chaplain,Bishop Thomas V. Daily of Brook­lyn, N.Y. Bishop Daily offered hisprayers for the victims of thebombing and read from the state­ment Pope John Paul II releasedin the aftermath of the attacks.

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It was a clear, fall-like daywhen I awoke September II. In­vigorated by the weather, Idonned my running gear andjogged by the beaHtiful flowerbeds of the U.S. Supreme Courtand the U.S. Capitol, giving athumbs-up to police friends alongthe way and uttering a prayer Ioften say on days like this: "Lord,it doesn't get any better than this."

As I returned to the rectory, Isaw many people hustling to workon Capitol Hill, holding brief­cases with one hand, coffee cupswith the other.

The next thing I knew, ourSpanish-speaking housekeeperwas imploring. me to look at thetelevision news.

It was then that I saw one ofthe World Trade' Center' towersaflame and thought, at first, a badfire had broken out inside. Thensuddenly a plane crashed int9 thesecond tower. Next I heard a planehad crashedinto,the Pentagon inWashington. '

We were under a terrorist at­tack.

Horrified by the TV images, Istepped outside only to feel chillsrush through me upon seeingCapitol Hill employees evacuat­ing the area. My heart sunk fur-

ther as military jets flew over­head, and I realized they weren'ton maneuvers but were there toprotect our nation's capital.

Spotting the same officers Ihad saluted in the morning nowarmed with assault rifles, I wept.

Despite the mass evacuation,people crowded into our 12: 10Mass, which, overwhelmed by,emotion, I had difficulty celebrat­ing.

In the evening I walked alongthe barricades that were erectedto protect the U.S. Capitol andtalked with', the officers. Flagswere at half mast, red flares smol­dered against a night sky, and

'police cars and armed officersblocked the streets to the Capitol.Dead quiet ~reated a surreal eeri­ness.. ,Looking down East Capitol

Street toward the Capitol, I no­ticed that the light in its dome waslit, indicating Congress was insession. Suddenly' my spirits liftedwhen I also saw that the statue of

;. Freedom atop it was lit up, as was!. the Learning Torch on the Libraryof Congress.,

Although the trade buildings. symbolizing American economic

might and our Pentagon symbol­. izing military strength were as­sault~d, the greatest symbol ofAmerican freedom was brightly

shining, as was the symbol oflearning upon which freedom de­pends. Not only this, but we hadnot been stopped or paralyzed; wewere back to work.

Given-the frightening chills wehave experienced, the dishearten­ing scenes we have witnessed andthe tears we have shed, we will .never forget that day, nor will weever be the same.again, The sense­less loss of innocent lives and theloved ones left behind have lac­erated our hearts.

The desire for revenge wellsup; as does a sense that we some­how have failed. But while wemay be bewildered and tom, weare not down or out.

Although we will never stophurting, our mo'urning will sub­side. Even before it does, weAmericans \,Yill ~eat work study­ing why this happened and what

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As Christians; we will seek tounderstand what God asks of us'1ow. ,1\1;19. beiJ:}g, people of faithwe know God won't let.us downwith his answer. . "., .c' . Profound lessons \.V'ili,'come out .of this~ What we seek' is God'swisdom, and ~hat we truly hopeis that down the road a bit we willagain be able to .say.. t:~.ord, itdoesn't get any better than this."

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Cardinal Ratzinger, speaking toreporters later in the day, said heunderstood Cardinal Martini's de­sire to devote his remaining years tomeditation and study.

"This is a very hard life," he saidofhis role at theVatican. "I'm await­ing with impatience the momentwhen I can return to writing books."

Cardinal Ratzinger turns 75 nextApril. In addition, this Novemberhe ends a fourth five-year tenn ashead of the doctrinal congregation.But he said he would leave to thepope any decision about his futureand expected Cardinal Martiniwould do the same.

"Let's see what the Holy Fatherdecides. Even though I think he willcertainly respect tfte cardinal's de­sire, the Holy Father has the finalsay. For now, let's leave (CardinalMartini) in Milan," CardinalRatzinger said with a smile.

Pope John Paul, 81 ,has routinelyleft leading cardinals and archbish­ops on the job well past the nonnalretirement age of 75.

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Prominent cardinals'announcedesire to retire to life of study

ROME (CNS) - Two promi­nent cardinals sometimes mentionedas possible successors to Pope JohnPaul II said they'd like to retire anddedicate their remaining years tostudy and to spiritual activities.

Italian Cardinal Carlo MariaMartini of Milan told reporters re­cently that he expects to step downsoon from his pastoral post andspend the rest ofhis life praying anddoing biblical research in Jerusalem.

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, pre­fect of the Congregation for theDoctrine of the Faith, said he'd liketo retire, too,'so he can finally havetime to write books.

Next February Cardinal Martiniturns 75, the age when Church lawrequires him to submit his resigna­tion. The pope can accept it or de­cide to keep him in Milan. But Car­dinal Martini, a biblicist. said he'smade it clear to the pope that hewants to spend' his final years inJerusalem.

"I want to go to Jerusalem for adeeply spiritual reason, to dedicatemyself to a life of prayer and study,but also ofintercession for those who·suffer. This is even more importantthan simple political activity," hesaid.

Cardinal Martini made the re-

I awoke this morning and the watch on television. In fact, I ap- Thousands of innocent livessun was shining. I lay there in that plauded the decisions of the Na- were· lost in New York, Washing­semi-conscious state. You know tional Football League and Ma- ton and Pennsylvania. Thousandsthe one, when your brain is jor League Baseball to suspend of innocent lives are lost every­drained of all thoughts after a play. day in the Middle East, Africa,good night's sleep. It felt good. I don't care that Terry Glenn, the Orient and everywhere in be-Then, like every other tween. There are goodday in my life, a flood of r-----------.....-~::--...,... people in those places,thoughts began to saturate M' V· and I care that we remem-my dried-sponge-like ce- Y leW ber that. There are evilrebrum, and that easy From' the people as well,and I carefeeling slipped away. Stands that we remember that.

Images of airliners I care that my six-plunging into skyscrapers, year-old is "spooked out"a young boy draped over By Dave Jolivet by all that she sees on TVhis mother's coffin, dazed or hears people talkingmen, women and children about. In fact, in retro-searching for a loved one once the perpetual crybaby, will be able spect, I'd give anything to watchagain sated my brain. As I lay to play football again this season; "Rugrats" and "Hey Arnold" 24there I heard a flock of geese flap- I don't care that Carl Everett, the hours a day if it meant that theping and honking their way to perpetual hothead, was fined for images of September 11 neverwherever they go as they migrate arriving late for practice; I don't occurred.south for the season, I wished I care that the Red Sox are not go- I know there will come a daywere one of them - but only for ing to win the World Series this when I do care about sports again.a moment. I pondered the perils year; I don't care that the New But when I do, I'll refuse to con­they'll fac-e on their sojourn: the York Yankees probably will; I sider myself a sports "fan." In fourfierce autumn and winter storms don't care that the baseball single- blinks of an eye, the meaning ofthat could blow them from the season home run record is injeop- that word changed forever, We'vesky; the countless shotguns ardy of falling to a player, Barry seen what a fanatic really is, andpointed their way during hunting Bonds, who's not even liked by I want no part of it. I'll be a sports,season; the predators always on his own teammates, instead of enthusiast, rooter or addict, butthe lookout for a fresh goose din-' falling to a classy guy like Sammynero This morning I realized the.re Sosa; I don't care that the neware no creatures on this good earth Patriots look like the old Patri-immune from physical dangers. ots.

Last week, in four blinks of In four blinks of an eye all thatan eye, the American psyche was changed. I don't know for howjolted into a new thought process. long ... and I don't care.Priorities were rearranged. Life What I do care about is thatwas different. I was different. we Americans remain united and

Sports have always been an strong, even as the horrific im­"out" for me - something to ages of September 11 fade. I carehelp take the edge off the daily that Hollywood has hopefullyaggravations and frustrations of filmed its last "Die Hard" typelife. Yet, following the events of movie, and that we pay more at­September 11, there was no "out." tention to the needy of this world

At the time, I didn't care there than to well-off actors and ath­was no baseball or football to letes.

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fteering pOint,least not routinely. It would destroyall predictability in nature, all pos­sibility ofknowledge and intelligentuse of the things around us on earth.

Here especially, it seems to me,we need a lot of humility. We ac­

knowledge that, while greatpersonal tragedies and ca­lamities cause us terriblepain, we come to accept andbelieve that God's ways ofplacingequilibriumand har­mony in our world are forour greatest good and hap­piness while we are here andafter we leave. ,

You ask about abortion.What I have said points to the realevil that lies beneath all killing.Whether unborn infants, the old andsick or the convictedcriminal, to de­liberately, unnaturally and violentlyend a human life is a dreadful viola­tion of God's providential will foreach of us.

That will is not capricious orfickle. It penneates, and is disclosedby, the creation he has given us tolive in.

Voluntat:y evil human actions,when human beings do inhuman,wicked harm to each other, are an-'other question. As with the rest ofcreation, when we act against whathuman nature was created to be, badthings happen, not becauseGod de­crees a punishment, but simply be­cause sin, evil, is destructive.

How God's knowledge and willmesh with human free will in allthis is a mystery I don't think any­one has, or perhaps even can, satis­factorily unravel. ,, Questions for this column maybe sent to Father Dietzen, Box325, Peoria IL 61651 or e-mailiidietzen@aol.com.

All creation is like that. Cancercells and the AIDS virus are disas­trous for us, but when they destroyparts of our bodies they are only'acting according to theirnature. Likegasoline molecules, they are doing

what theircreated makeup says theyshould do.

Cancer research, in fact, is basedon the expectation and confidencethat specific molecules and cells willact in a certain way. Scientists lookto find the secret of exactly whatthat way is and then introduce othersubstances whosemakeupis such that 'they attack and, it is hoped, destroythe cancer.

We're not used to thinking aboutthe earth this way. But God's will,for humans and for everything else,is established by his creation of theuniverse as he did. It may soundunfeeling to put it this way, but whena moving train hits a human being,God does not step in at that momentto decide it's time to die. Whatevertragedy happens is just reality. It'swhat naturally happens when twosuch bodies collide.

As I said, 'God could, if hewished, involve himself directly inevery event f:hat takes place in cre-·ation andriian~yei' cancercells,forinstance, so they don't destroy one'sovaries or liver.

He doesn't do that, however, at

Q. Do Catholics and otherChristians maintain that Goerde­termines or merely knows whenan individual will die? At funeralMasses the priest has said theperson's death at this time wasGod's will. It seems thenthat God does determinethe time of death. Qt·

On abortion, how- ues Ionsever, the Church seems to andsay the opposite. The idea Answer'sthat these children can infact be saved suggests By FatherGoddoes IlOtdecide whenlife will end. If he did, L-__J_O_h_n_J_,_D_ie_tz_e_n__then would not theaborted baby have died anyway,though perhaps in another man­ner? (New Jersey)

A. ,God's will can work in dif­ferent ways. He coulddecide every­thing on the spur of the moment.choosing whatever seems likely tomake someone happy. That mightmake all creation rather haphazardand unpredictable, but I suppose itis possible.

In the real world thatexists, how­ever, God's will is most manifest inthe way he created this universe, howhe makes it "work." Every move­ment ofevery galaxy and every sub­atomic particle, and everything inbetween, takes place within theframework of God's creative orderand harmony.

The inventor of the gasoline en­gine created nothing new. He merelydiscovered (uncovered) somethingthat was there all the time, but wedido't know it. If you combine car­bon atoms with atoms of other ele­m.el}1f;put ~e result under pressur.eand-ignite Ji. the mixture will e~­pla'de;! aQd=expand to move anengine's piston.

Does God choose when we die?

When terror,hits,near homeWe get up each moming and begin our day, ex- was confusion, but it was the second explosion that

peeting everything to go on as "nonnal." On Septem- blasted their innocence. Two planes could not haveber II, that's how I greeted the morning, happy be- crashed into the World Trade Center by accident!cause it was my grandson Mikael's 13th birthday. I When the towers fell, Mary saw this"a moment ofwas planning to surprise him with pizza and a nice hell on earth. "Mom, we all screamed, and we justgift. Then I turned on television to get the news, and ,held on, hugging one another," she said, expressingsuddenly life changed. such a human, mutual caring for one another. It was

Chaos was all over the ,.. """'!"______ such proof that love andscreen as I saw the destruc- concern explode for goodtion'of the World Trade .The Bo't',tom just as surely as cruel, de-Center in New York, and structive fire explodes forthen the blasting at the Pen- Line evil.tagon. Shock can mesmer- Mary sP9ke then of howize, you, and I was trans- for hours people, oncefixed for several minutes By Antoinette Bosco strangers, became kin,until the reality of what helping one another dealwas happening hit me. with the loss everyone inThen my world came crashing down. that area knew had touched them. As time passed and

I live in Connecticut, but I have three children who the terror escalated, many brought out food to share.live in lowerManhattan. I ran to the phone and couldn't She and herneighbors made hot tea and sandwiches,reach any of them because all the circuits were busy. I trying to comfort the hardest hit.panicked. All of us, watching the TV reporting well into the

I persisted in calling, and after dozens of tries I night, were suffering deeply because o( what hate hadfirst reached Sue, my son Paul's wife, surprisingly at wrought. Now my prayers were continuous, as I beggedhome., She works for the federal government, a few the Lord to help our leaders not use that word "retali-blocks away from the now destroyed twin towers. ate" so angrily.

- Miracles happen. She was off that day!' We have seen it so often in the world, how onePaul, on route to work, for several hours had been people kill, the other retaliates and the cycle of hate

unaccounted for. Sue had just finally made contact escalates, no end in sight. That cannot be God's way,with him, and he was fine. I was on my knees in as our beloved pope insists. The Lord, who gives life,gratitude to the Lord. begs us to love our enemies as we find ways to iden-

Eventually I reached my son Frank. He and his tify them and stop their evil.family were traumatized, but safe. My daughter Mary As I wondered if we can value life enough to workand her husband Rick were the ones I couldn't reach. to end the hate and anger that lead to killing, I turnedThen in late afternoon, Mary got through to me. on the morning news. I saw where six men had been

Mary had been in the vicinity of the disaster, stir- pulled out of the rubble, alive, and everyone was re­prised and shocked, as were others in the neighbor- joicing.hood when the first explosion was heard. Initially there Clearly, we still value life. There is hope!

NORTH DARTMOUTH-ASeparated-Divorced Support Groupwill meet September 24 from 7-9p.m. at the Diocesan Family LifeCenter, 500 Slocum Road.

SEEKONK -:. The Fall RiverDiocesan Vocation Committee issponsoring a Vocation AwarenessDay entitled "Come and See," Sep­tember 30 from 1-7 p.m. at St.Mary's Parish center. It will in­clude the opportunity for dialogue,liturgy and light refreshments. Formore information call FatherCraigPregana at 508-675-1311.

NORTH DARTMOUTH ­An evening of reflection entitled"Strengthened in the Spirit," willbe presented by the office of RCIASeptember 25 from 7-9 p.m. at St.Julie Billiart Parish. Guest speakerFather Robert S. Kaszynski willtalk about the gifts of the HolySpirit. For more information callthe office of RCIA at 508-678­2828.

TAUNTON - Saint Anthonyof Lisbon Parish, 126 SchoolStreet, will celebrate the annualfeast of Our Lady of Fatima onOctober 13 beginning with Mass'at 7 p.m. A candlelight processionwill follow. It will include Bene­diction of the Blessed Sacrament.

WESTPORT - Saint Anne'sHospital's School ofNursingA1um­nae Association will hold its annualdinner meeting and election of of­ficers at White's of Westport Sep­tember 26 beginning with a socialhour at 6 p.m. For more informa­tion call 508-763-2609.

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ATTLEBORO - The annual and information will be availablePortuguese Pilgrimage Day will be 'in the parish hall and all collegeheld September 23 at 1:30 p.m. at, bound students and parents areLa Salette Shrine. The afternoon welcome.of prayer and celebration in honorof Mary will include processionsand Mass. For more informationcall 508-222-5410.

Singer musician John Polce willlead an evening ofsong and prayerSeptember 28 at 7:30 p.m. at theShrine., Father Pat will celebrate a Massand healing service,September 30at 2 p.m. in the Shrine Church. Itwill include the opportunity to beprayed over and anointed individu­ally.

BREWSTER - BeginningOctober 5, Our Lady of the CapeParish will host an eight-week sup­port seminar for bereaved personsentitled "Come Walk With Me."Members of. the Lazarus MinistryGroup will facilitate. For more in­fonnation call Happy Whitman at508-385-3252.

SOMERSET- TheYouth andYoungAdult Ministry Office'con~

tinues its Theology on Tap seriesSeptember 26 at Magoni's Restau­rant. Young people will gather at

FALL RIVER ---;- A ,hea.ling. :~:l5 p.~. for qinner'aqd a preSen-i~service will be held Sunday il(2:30 ,,' tation entitled'''Ete"mify,'' will fol-<p.m.' at St. Anne's Church. It will low at 7:30 p.m. For more infor­include recitation of the rosary and mation call Bud Miller at 508-675­Benediction of the Blessed Sacra- 3847.ment. The Holy Name HealingMinistry Group will be present.

FALL RIVER - A Mass andhealing service will be held Sep­tember 25 at 7 p.m. at Holy NameChurch. The rosary will be recitedbefore Mass. The healing servicewill give individuals the opportu­nity to be prayed over individl,l­ally. For more information call508-674-9877.

VocationThe keynote address will be given by Mercy 'Sister M. Rosellen

Gallogly, a dynamic and entertaining speaker with varied experiences inreligious life.

Sister Rosellen has engaged in community services as director of nov­ices, a member of the Community Formation Program and a provincialcou,ncilor. She has been a teacher and a social worker in ministry. Hertalk. will center on the meaning of a call, its signs and challenge.

The afternoon is especially geared to dialogue. It will include discus­sions among the participants themselves as well as with diocesan andreligious priests, deacons, religious sisters and brothers. There will be'ample time for comments, questions and the airing of individual views.The afternoon will close with liturgy.

A vocation to consecrated service in the Church is a response to adesire within oneselffor communion with God and commitment to God'speople, The Vocation Committee hopes that this opportunity will encour­age people who perhaps have put off following up on an inclinationtoward a Church vocation to at least investigate the signs of a true callfrom God to life of dedicated service in the Church.

Registration forms are located in most parishes in the diocese ormay be obtained by contacting Father Pregana, P.O. Box 2577, FallRiver, MA, 02722, 508-675-1311, e-mail: vocations@dioc-fr.org.

FALL RIVER - The Youthand Young Adult Ministry Office

, announces that pickup basketballgames will be held every Wednes­day evening now through Octo­ber 31 for men of college age andolder at the Wheeler Field House,Seekonk. Games are held from

. 7:30-9 p.m. For more infonnationcall Steve Byers at 508-336-9022.

MASHPEE-ACatholic Col­lege Fair will be held September25 from· 6-8 p.m. at Christ theKing Parish. College brochures

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SoLD IN ADVANCE

Are the twin towers of ourlives what we drive and wherewe live? Or are they who wehelp and how we live?

If we 'are faced with the de­cision between working over­time to upgrade our "entertain­ment center" or setting aside a

weekend for a retreat,which do we choose?

Does this have any­thing to do with the re­cent catastrophe?

Absolutely, if wecan try our best to un­derstand how our na­tion does at times carryout policies and pro­grams - to serve ourmaterialism - that

crush other nations' abilities tosurvive.

Absolutely, if we can imple­ment the Holy Father's admo­nition to put Christ before con­sumerism.

Absolutely, if we can turnour grief into outreach, sustainthe outpouring of charity andconcern, and convert the in­stinct for revenge into a con­viction for seeking justice.

Comments are welcome. E-mail Uncle Dan atcnsuncle@yahoo.com.

to do our best to raise ourthoughts and actions from thekingdom of coins to the king­dom of heaven. He again ex­horted us to scale down our eco­nOlllic and social ambitions ­money, status, power - tomake more room for holier

ones."The mentality of the world,

in fact," he said September 2,"pushes one to stand out, tomove ahead, perhaps with clin­ning and without scruples,looking out for oneself andone's interests. In the kingdomof God, modesty and humilityare rewarded. But on earth, so­cial climbing and arroganceoften wfn out. The conse­quences are before the eyes ofeveryone: rivalry, abuse ofpower and frustration."

By Dan Morris

The offbeatworld of

Uncle Dan

In light of the recent attackon America, I will turn asidefrom humor to look at the moreserious questions before us.

It is revealing that so manyhave described the recent attackson the World Trade Center andthe Pentagon as assaults on thesymbols of the UnitedStates. It is revealing that r---------....;,--r--::;;:':"-.....,I-Ithe assailants chose these"symbols."

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myriad reactions and questionsforced on us by this indescrib­able tragedy, we cannot help butreflect on the fragility and pre­ciousness of life as well asquestions such as: Who are weas a nation? Who are we as in­dividllals and families? Whoshould we be?

It is worth pondering this inlight of comments Pope JohnPaul II made recently. In a nut­shell, he pleaded with all of us- for the umpteenth time -

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ship, and volunteered services."The Magruders, the citation said,

"have been influential in assisting inrecruitingefforts with the archbishopof Panama and the archbishop ofAtlanta to allow priests to serve inthe Army."

Gloria Magruder was cited fordeveloping programs to provide forthe welfare of single soldiers andyoung Army families.

"General and Mrs. Magruderleave enduring personal legacies,throughout theArmy, by which theytouched and shaped the lives ofcountless soldiers, family members,civilians, and retirees," the citationsaid. "All of this they have done asservant-leaders while supporting thehighest traditions of the chaplaincy,'for God and country.'''

The Magruders are retiring toAustin, Texas, ,Father Bolton said.Lt. Gen. Magruder had served in theArmy for 32 years.

Father Bolton said he first metthe Magructers in Panama when heand the couple were stationed ,therein the 1990s. .

Father Bolton said Lt. Gen.Magruder was concerned about thenumber of Catholic priests servingasArmy chaplains. He said Magruder"met with the archbishop ofAtlantaat his own initiative to see ifhe couldget arelease ofapriest for theArmy."

When the U.S. Army was leav­ing Panama and military chapelswere no longer going to be used,Magruder worked with the arch­bishop of Panama to donate vest­ments, altars, tabernacles and cruci­fixes to Catholic churches in need,Father Bolton said.

FORT MCPHERSON, Ga.(CNS) - The Award of the OrderofAaron and Hur, the highest awardof the chief of chaplains of the U.S.Army, was presented to Lt. Gen.Lawson Magruder ill and his wife,Gloria, upon his Army retirementthis summer.

The award, which is granted onlyin exceptional cases, is conferredupon those who have made a sig­nificant contribution through activesupport of the chaplaincy programArmy-wide and to the Army's on­going military religious support mis­sion.

The name comes from the Bookof Exodus, where Aaron and Hursupported Moses' arms as he heldup the staff of God during a battle.The award honors those who areexemplary in "supporting the arms"of the chaplaincy.

The Magruders, who are Catho­lic, received the award at a Mass inthe Cantonment Chapel of FortMcPherson. Father Paul Bolton,Catholic pastor of the garrison, pre­sented the award to the Magruderson behalf of Chaplain Maj. Gen.Gaylord T. Gunhus, U.S. Army chiefof chaplains and head of the Orderof Aaron and Hur.

The Magruders "have providedinspiri'ng leadership and served asfaithful examples of the value andimportance of free exercise of reli­gion in the lives of soldiers, soldiers'families, Department of the Armycivilians and retirees throughout theArmy," the awardcitation read in part.'''They have supported chaplains andthe entire unit ministry teams withtheir personal participation, leader-

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"Our planet is growing smaller and smaller. We are no longer a groupof isolated nations.We need to build a community of unity and solidarity.People are reaching out to us at this time:'

. - Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap.

SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Michael Barbosa of Fall River, waves a flag during a Mass at St.Mary's Cathedral honoring victims of the terrorists attac!<s in New York and Washington,D.C. With him are sister Kayla, aged four and his mother Christine. At right, Somerset FireChief Stephen Rivard and Fall River Fire Chief Edward Dawson arrive at the cathedral.(AnchortGordon photos) .

the bishop said. tendani: from Westport ... a wife"When one is murdered ... it is and mother of two children, one

hard to accept .:. and the pain is '. of them starting at Bishop Stangeven greater and we say, 'This HighSchool." .should not have happened.'" . Bishop O'Malley said his own

And if the perpetrator "has brother. Ted, who is a pilot fortraveled lialfway across the world .United A.irlines was slated to flyand has plotted for a year to kill Tuesday out of Boston's Loganthousands of people, all strangers, Airport.we are overwhelmed by the evil . "But.hewas gi~en a later flight,absurdity of such a crime. Terror- or he would have been dead too."ism is one of the ugliest features And the bishop noted thatof modem life. It is the fruit of David Angell, the 54-year-old,globalization, of instant commu- brother ofBishop Kenneth Angellnications, and the devaluation of of Burlington, Vt., who spenthuman life in our contemporary many sUnuners on Cape Cod, wasworld:" also among the victims. Bishop

He added that no matter what Angell drove them to the airport

"words of the Lord to Cain we. address to the terrorists of thisworld: 'What have you done?'The blood of your brothers andsisters cries out to the soil."

What causes people to act likethat the bishop asked rhetorically."It is the poison of sin, of hate, ofenvy or revenge." And he warnedthe congregation "that we must bevigilant or else this same poisonwill infect our hearts and make uscapaole of evil deeds."

While those behind Tuesday'sdeeds must be hunted down fortheir crimes, the bishop said, wemust take care lest innocentpeople suffer.

Citing the Gospel story ofJesus calming the storm, thebishop said we too fear the evilsaround us. "But we tum to ourGod, asking him to give us andour country the gift of faitb. Onlyfaith came overcome hate andevil ... and give us solidarityagainst hate and violence ... andto live in harmony ... arId build acivilization of love."

Those who have died in thedisasters "have been born again- to eternal life. We don't believethey cease to exist or lose theirpersonal identity and come backas someone else," the bishop' said."We belief they live forever inGod. We pray God in his mercyreceive them into paradise andthat one day they will be reunitedwith their loved ones in God'spresence where every tear will bewiped away and where there is nopain and no sorrow, only thepeace and joy of God's love."

Many Masses and serviceswere held throughout the FallRiver diocese to remember vic­tims and pray for those affectedby this tragic series of events.Those included Masses inmemory of Father Cross Father'Francis Grogan at Holy CrossChurch, South Easton and at OurLady of Fatima, New Bedford,where he periodiCally said Massto assist Father James F. Greene.

Father Stephen Fernandes,pastor of St. Francis Xavier Par­ish, Hyannis, offered The Anchora prayer he included in a homilyat weekend Masses.

It read:"We must resolve to be a people

of prayer. Let not a day go by, un­til the towers are rebuilt and be­yond that, when we do not pray... for the innocent victims, fortheir mourning relatives, for thosewho do not yet know the fate oftheir beloved, for the heroic res­cue workers, for the police an<tfirefighters, for the municipal andstate leaders, for the President, forthe cities of New York and Wash­ington, for safety in air travel, forprudence and restraint in the exer­cise of justice. And for the perpe­trators, the enemy. Itcannot be thatway with you. Amen, I say to you,pray for your enemies, pray forthose who persecute you."

and said good-bye as they got onthe flight "that ended in a flam­ing holocaust."

Hundreds doing their dailyroutine "were cruelly cut down bysomeone who never so much asknew their name" as well as hun­dreds of firefighters, police andrescue workers, who made thesupreme sacrifice by coming tothe ~d of others ... who, in thewords of Jesus "laid down theirlives for their friends."

The bishop commented on thereading that told the story of the"unprovoked and premeditated,cold-blooded murder" ofAbel byhis brother Cain.

"Cain killed Abel because he. was better, because he was dif­ferent ... and after the murder theblood of the innocent Abel criedout from the soil and the earth thatonce sustained and nourishedCain now becomes a place of ex­ile where he wanders about ... toroam aimlessly."

Bishop O'Malley said the

group from various troubles spotsin the world that does the terror­ism, the reason is the same, "todraw attention to a cause, an in­justice, a political ambition andto intimidate peoples and govern­ments and the victims are expend­able props in the macabre public­ity stunt."

In comparison, said BishopO'Malley, "we .are here today tosay that everyone of these victimswas aprecious human being andour brother and sister. Our com­munity has been so touched bythis," and he talked about HolyCross Father Francis Grogan,who was aboard one of the twocommercial jets piloted by terror­ists and crashed into the WorldTrad~ Center towers in NewYork..

He was'''a wonderfu1.priestand religious who served thepeople of this di9cese in so manyways for· so many decades.'"

He also mentioned DianeSnyder of Westport, "a flight at-

left the Cathedral following MaSs."Farn.ilies are noW' without moth­ers and fathers. It's extremelyimportant that we tum to prayer."

Mass closed with "America theBeautiful" and people sang loudlyas the bishop and priests pro­cessed out. Bishop O'Malleygreeted and comforted people asthey left the cathedral.

Bishop O'Malley told the as­sembly that he was attending theU.S. Conference of CatholicBishops meeting in Washingtonwhen the terrorists struck. A tele­gram from Pope John Paul II as­sured the bishops of his prayersfor the victims and our country.

Bishop O'Malley and CardinalBernard Law of Boston spent thenight driving back to their respec­tive dioceses. At home here, therewas message of condolence frombishops across the world assuringprayers of their people,

''The whole world has reactedto this (the attacks of terrorism)as a crime against hu~!1Pity," saidBishop O'Malley. "Our planet isgrowing smaller and smaller. Weare no longer a group of isolatednations. We need to build a com­munity of unity and solidarity.People are. reaching out to us at .this time."

He said that "we come heretoday as a community of faithseeking solace and strength in theconvictions that give' meaning toour lives and in the support offriends, neighbors and fellowAmericans."

The feeling that follow the at­tacks are much different fromthose of grieving when one diesin an accident of from an illness,

By MIKE GORDON

ANCHOR STAFF

FALL RIVER - As rescueworkers in New York and Wash­.ington D.C. continued to searchfor survivors and arn.id sites hit by

. terrorists attacks, hundreds fromthroughout the diocese gatheredfor a 6 p.m. Mass at St. Mary'sCathedral September 13.

Bishop Sean P. O'Malley,OFM Cap., was principal cel­ebrant and was joined by manypriests.

Young and old, mothers andfathers, and people from all back­grounds were among the over­flow crowd that arrived early andprayed prior to Mass. Some chil­dren carried and waved 'flags,some people cried, others sat qui­etly in reflection.. The program read: "Mass inTime of Tragedy," and manypeople at the Mass expressed sad­ness about the attack on Americaand many said that it is importantto tum to prayer in this time ofneed and healing.

"It's unbelievable. I neverthought this would happen toour country," said TheresaCurry of Fall River. When askedwhy she was at the cathedral shesaid, "I find comfort in prayingand coming to Mass." Curryadded that she's been attendingdaily Mass since the tragedy andsaid now is the time to put our"trust in God:"

Julien Paul of Fall Riveragreed. "This attack on our coun­try is tragic." He said it is impor­tant to tum to God and prayer inthis time of need adding that witheverything that happened he wasreminded Of what Thomas Paynewrote in "The American Crisis"more than 200 years ago. Paynepenned the line: "These m:e thetimes that try men's souls," andaccording to Paul they applyagain now.

Some, like Patricia Vacchi ofPortsmouth, R.I., said the feelingsaround the country are like thosefelt when President John F.Kennedy was assassinated.

"I was stunned," said Vacchi."I couldn't take my eyes off thetelevision. I couldn't even washa dish. I feared it would continueacross the nation."

"It's a terrible, terrible thing,"said Somerset Fire Chief StephenRivard who attended the Masswith Fall River Fire ChiefEdwardDawson.

"It's worse than Pearl Harbor,"stated Edward Sperduty. .

Following the Gospel, theprayer of the faithful includedpetitions 'that all who lost lovedones may be comforted andstrengthened by their faith, andthat all whose lives were takenwill be welcomed into God's eter­nal kingdom.

So many lives have been af­fected by this commented AnnMarie Walker of Fall River as she

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. Bush; his wife, Laura Bush; his father, former President GeorgeH.W. Bush; his mother, former first lady Barbara Bush; former President Bill Clinton; Sen.Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.; and daughter Chelsea Clinton bow their heads in prayerduring a service at the Washington National Cathedral September 14 for the victims of theterrorist attacks. (CNS photo from Reuters)

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As the investigation into thehijackers' backgrounds uncov­ered growing evidence of linksto the exiled Saudi Arabian ter­rorist leader Osama bin Laden,who operates out of Afghani­stan, thousands of Christian,Jewish and Muslim leadersmade similar pleas to avoid vio­lence against Muslims orMiddle Easterners.

In a joint statement September14, top U.S. Catholic and Mus­lim leaders engaged in interreli­gious dialogue warned against"sinking to the mentality and im­morality of the perpetrators ofTuesday's crimes."

The pope returned to the themeSeptember 16 at a Mass inFrosinone, 40 miles southeast ofRome. He offered special prayersfor all Americans and asked "allnot tv give in to the temptation ofhate and violence, but to committhemselves to the service of jus­tice and peace."

blaming everyone of a certainbackground for these incidents,"said Father Alexei Smith, directorof the Los Angeles archdiocesanoffice of ecumenical and interreli­gious affairs, adding that the per­petra~ors in these particular inci­dents have yet to be positivelyidentified.

According to Abdel-Baset, theterrorist attacks were more thanmerely tactical attacks against theWorld Trade Center buildings and

the Pentagon ­or even againstthe UnitedStates - butrather were"acts against allof humanity."

.Paraphrasinga verse from theKoran, the Mus­

lim holy book, Abdel-Baset saidthe Muslim faith teaches that if

. "anyone (kills) a person ... it wouldbe as if he (kills) all of mankind.And if anyone saves a life, it wouldbe as though he saves all of man­kind."

While he finnly believes this tobe a universal truth, Abdel-Basetnonetheless expressed concernthat "because of fanaticism" byIslamic extremists, "Arab-Ameri­cans find themselves on the defen­sive."

He said the Islamic Center re­ceived several threatening phonecalls from unidentified individualsshortly after the attacks.

Father Smith, president of theInterreligious Council of Los An­geles, which is made up of localreligious leaders from Catholic,Muslim, Mormon, Jewish, Baha'i,Buddhist, Greek Orthodox andHindu faiths, planned to help co­ordinate an interreligious servicein the days ahead to allow peopleof all faiths to "come together" inthis time of crisis.

"I hope we would not de­generate to stereotypingpeople and blaming every­one of a certain back­ground for these incidents."

- Father Alexei Smith

By MARIA LUISA TORRES

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

LOS ANGELES - Followingthe devastating acts of terrorismcommitted against the UnitedSt~.lslaroi(;...org~hi;ati.onsinLos Angeles and elsewhere de­nounced the attacks and called forall Americans to "stand together"during this time of crisis..

Mahmoud Abdel-Baset, reli­gious coordinator for the IslamicCenter of Southern California, ex­tended his"condolencesand sympathiesfor all thosewho weretouched by theterrorist at­tacks." How­ever, he noted,''The agony thewhole nation is going through isbeyond the pain of anyone indi­vidual group."

"We are pained, just like every­body else," Abdel-Baset told TheTIdings, Los Angeles archdiocesannewspaper. "It's very, very sad."

In a statement, the Islamic Cen­ter of Southern California said it''unequivocally condemns" the ter­rorist attacks.

"We call upon our fellowAmericans to stand together tobring the perpetrators of this hei­nous act to justice," it said. "We callupon everyone to avoid generali­zations that will incriminate the in­nocent and only aid the criminalswho carried out these attacks."

The Muslim Public AffairsCouncil in Washington made asimilar statement: "We feel that ourcountry, the United States, is underattack. We offer our resources andresolve to help the victims of theseintolerable acts, and we pray to Godto protect and bless America."

"I hope we would not degener­ate to stereotyping people and

Muslims denounceacts, urge Americans

to 'stand together'

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In Washington, as security of­ficials evacuated the WhiteHouse, Capitol, State Departmentand other federal buildings, fivecardinals and 31 bishops attend­ing the Administrative Commit­tee meeting of the U.S. Confer­ence of Catholic Bishops sus­pended business to join CardinalMcCarrick in a midday Mass atthe National Shrine.

In a statement mourning thevictims of the tragedy, the gath­ering of bishops also prayed for"those whose hatred has becomeso great that they are willing toengage in crimes against our com­mon humanity."

The bishops also appealed toAmericans "to tum away from thebitter fruits of the kind of hatredwhich is the source of this tragedy."

"Especially," they added, "letus not engage in ethnic, religiousor national stereotyping for whatmay be the acts of a few irratio­nal terrorists."

of Supplication.When he expressed thanks to

all the rescue workers at the end?f his 110mily, the congr~ation

rose to give ~hem a proli3ngedstanding ovation.

Within the first hours Catho­lic bishops around the country be­gan announcing special noon orevening services in their cathe­drals. Many asked pastors to keepchurches open so people couldstop in for a moment of prayer ormeditation.

Many churches sponsoredblood drives. Cardinal McCarrickset an example personally by go­ing to Washington Hospital Cen­ter to donate blood.

the country churches reportedoverflow crowds at Sunday litur­gies.

Cardinal Theodore E.McCarrick of Washingtori Was'chiefcelebrant of that Mass. Join­ing him were Archbishop EdwinF. O'Brien of the Military Arch­diocese and Bishop Paul S.Loverde of Arlington, Va., wherenearly 200 people died in the Pen­tagon crash.

In New York, where the com.:bined toll of dead and missingclimbed to more than 5,000, thou­sands unable to get into St.Patrick's lined Fifth Avenue andadjacent streets as Cardinal Ed­ward M. Egan celebrated a Mass

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WASHINGTON (CNS) ­Americans moved quickly fromshock and terror to prayer aftersuicidal terrorists used hijackedpassenger planes to demolish thetwin towers of the World TnideCenter and a large section of thePentagon.

Across the nation churchesheld special services for the vic­tims, some starting barely threehours after the first attack Sep­tember 11.

On September 16 worshipperspacked St. Patrick's Cathedral inNew York and the Basilica of theNational Shrine of the Immacu­late Conception in Washingtonfor special Masses. Throughout

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LAURA DERN, right, plays a nun who uses dogs in rehabilitating women prisoners in theLifetime movie, "With~n These Walls." The movie will be rebroadcast Sunday. (eNS photofrom Lifetime)

Made-for-TV movie hi911lightsnun's work with canines

.' 10 THEANCHOR-DioceseofFalIRiver-Fri.,September21,2OO1

Bible edition to reflectstudy of Dead Sea

~crolls, says scholar,ROME (CNS) - Work on a second English edition was released

third edition of the popular Jerusa- in 1985.lem Bible is under way and wili Father Boschi said work has justinclude changes based on informa- begun on the third French edition,tion culled from the Dead Sea and it probably will continue forScrolIs, said a Dominican working three to five years.on the project. The priest, a leading Catholic

But the changes wil1, be mainly expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls, saidin the Jerusalem Bible's well- one of the myths about the scrollsknown introductions and notes, not is that the Vatican has tried to keepin the scriptural texts, said Domini- them secret for fear they would un­dm Father Gianluigi Boschi, an dermine Christianity.expert in archeology and a biblical The revised edition ofthe Jerusa­scholar at Rome's Angelicum Uni- lem Bible and the scholarly debateversity. that will inform its work should

After Father Boschi spoke of the show people that the Vatic.an is hid-'revision project at an early Septem- ing nothing and has nothing to fear,ber conference on myths and schol- he said.arship surrounding the Dead Sea Father Boschi said he believes"Scrolls, several newspapers reported the most important area of research'the Vatican had authorized changes regarding the Dead Sea Scrolls isto the Scriptures based on discov- not directly related to interpretingeries in'the scrolls, which were the Bible. Scholars need to focusfound in caves near the Dead Sea more work on the Essenes, the re­in 1947. ligious movementthatcollected the

Father Boschi told Catholic scrolls at Qumran, and how theyNews Service the reports were mis- relate to Jesus' followers and thetaken; the Vatican is not involved early Christians.in the project, and any changes to The Essenes' ascetics practices;the translation of the biblical texts rituals and predominantly spiritualare expected to be minor. vision of the Messiah's role seem"

In fact, he said, "the most im- to mesh with the Gospel's under­portant discovery from the Dead standing of faith and the practices

, Sea Scrolls is that the texts (of the of the first Christians, he said.Scriptures) contain only minimal "Until now people thought ofdifferences, which shows that the Q\unran almost.a1l anEssi;me_mon~jBibie always has been treated as a asrery; an~isolated community, butsacred text which was reproduced, that.is changing," he said. "Therebut not changed. From the begin- is evidence now that the Ideas ofning, the texts were considered un- the movement were much moretouchable." widespread."

The Jerusalem Bible, a project The scrolls and similar texts dis-coordinated by the Dominican-run covered in far-flung parts of theEcole Biblique et Archeologique Middle East and North Africa in­Francaise in Jerusalem, was first dicate the presence of a wholepublished in French in 1956. movement like the Essenes within

"It was at the vanguard of bibli- Judaism at the time of Christ, hecal translations 50 years ago because said.it used new archeological and his- "Within this context," Fathertorical discoveries from in and ,Boschi said, "Jesus began his min­around Jerusalem, where the Bible istry with his disciples. Not thatwas first written," FatherBoschi said. Jesus was an Essene, but undoubt-

With its extensive introductions edly the group which gatheredto each book, its notes and its cross around Jesus as the Messiah hadreferences to other biblical passages, . breathed this alternative Jewish re­the Jerusalem Bible has been used ligious atmosphere."widely for Bible study and biblical If the research supports the hy-theology classes. pothesis, he said, it will be reflected

The first English translation was' in the introductions and notes ofpublished in 1966. A revised French the third edition of the Jerusalemedition came out in 1973, and the Bible.

. By MARK PATnSON

CATliOUC News SERVICE

HOLLYWOOD - A Domini­can sister's simultaneous work oftraining dogs for the disabled andrehabilitating prisoners has beenmade into a made-for-TV moviefor the Lifetime cable channelstarring Ellen Burstyn and LauraDem" ., .

The movie, "Within TheseWalls," which premiered in Au­gust, will have an encore show­ing noon-2 p.m. EDT on Sun­day.

Dem stars as Sister PaulineQuinn, and Burstyn, who is alsothe movie's executive producer,portrays an inmate.

Under Sister Quinn's program,prison inmates are used to trainguide dogs for the disabled. Thedogs themselves are taken fromanimal shelters where they aredays from being euthanized.

Burstyn, in speaking to TVwriters, was overjoyed when shefirst heard abou't the program.

"This program not only savesthe dogs from being put to sleep,as they say, and saves the handi­capped people because it helpsthem' to have a dog," she said,"but the prisoners themselves veryoften experience unconditional

'love for the first time in theirlives." And it transforms' them,she said. ,

"And they develop the skills so .that when they get out of prison,they become dog groomers andtrainers. And it just seemed to melike the most amazing win-win­win situation," she added. "It's anamazing and·wonderful'story andI'm proud to be a part of it."

Born Kathy Quinn 58 yearsago to a Mormon family in LosAngeles, Sister Quinn says on herown Website that she had .a hardchildhood, which included re­peated institutionalization during·her teen years.

A vagrant as a young adult, shebecame pregnant - the result, shesays, of a rape by a policeman.She was given shelter in a con­vent-run home for unwed.moth­ers; she and her new baby werebaptized into the Catholic faith theday before she gave up the young­ster for adoption.

Afterward, Quinn started ac­quiring German shepherds fromkennels and started training them.She floated the idea of a programof involving prisoners in the dogtraining to a faculty member at

'Washington State University'sveterinary school, who gave his

assent.Her idea, known now as the

Prison Pet Partnership Program,was first implemented in 1981 ata women's prison in Gig Harbor,Wash.

She later took private vows asa Dominican Sister before Mexi­can Bishop Raul Vera Lopez, whois a Dominican and now head ofthe Diocese of Saltillo, Mexico.Bishop Vera, named a bishop'in1987, was coadjutor of the Dio­cese ofSan Cristobal de Las Casasin Chiapas from 1995-99.

Sister Quinn later instituted asecond dog-training program forprisoners in Wisconsin, but dogshave not been the only focus ofher life.

She's helped children inBosnia-Herzegovina get throughthe cruelties of the war in theBalkans in the early 1990s, an.dhelped Rome-based Africans flee­ing civil strife in their homelands.

"She has a great capacity to carefor the poor and marginalpeople," said Franciscan SisterMary Jo Kirt, representative forwomen religious in the Dioceseof Green Bay, Wis., where Sister.Quinn lived while setting up theWisconsin dog training programfor prisoners.

TV flInt fare - week (j'f Septentber 30

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NEW YORK '(CNS) - Here are capsule reviews oftheatrical movies on network television the week of Sep­tember 30:

Sunday, Sept. 30, '-9 p.m. EDT (ABC) ''Dr. Dolittle"(1998). Comedy clunker about a San Francisco physician(Eddie Murphy) whose life becomes complicated when hestarts talking to animals but no one else can hear what theysay to him. Director Betty Thomas treats the thin proceed­ings with bogus sentimentality while pursuing laughs fromsophomoric vulgarities and crude invective. Much bath­room humor, coarse language and several instances ofpro­fanity. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classifi­cation of the theatrical version was A-llI - adults. TheMotion Picture Association of America rating was PG-13- parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be

inappropriate for children under 13. Friday, Oct. 5, 8-10 p.m. EDT'(UPN) "The Special-Sunday, Sept. 30, 9:40-11:38 p.m. EDT (Disney) ist" (1994). A former CIA explosives expert (Sylvester

''Back to the Future Part 11I" (1990). Tame, tired sequel· Stallone), hiding from a murderous colleague (Jamesfinds Marty (Michael J. Fox) transported to the Old West of Woods), is lured into the open by an icy seductress (Sharon1885 where his professor pal (Christopher Lloyd) has fallen Stone) who persuades him to murder a trio who slaugh­in love but is about to take a bullet in the back. With little tered her parents years earlier. Every character is despi­more to go on than cardboard characters, cartoon situations cable in director Luis Llosa's atrociously acted, totallyand special effects that have by now grown stale, the team of trashy, soft-core revenge melodrama, in which brutal vio­writer Bob Gale and director Robert Zemeckis can't quite lence is seen as the immediate soluti9n to any conflict.triplicate the sense of fun and ingepuity that made the origi- Excessive violence, positive depiction ofrevenge murders,nal so appealing. Minimal,street language and mild, car- extended sex scene with nudity and much rough language'.toon-like violence. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bish- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification ofops classification of the theatrical version was A-II - adults the theatrical version was 0 .:.... morally offensive. Theand adolescents. The Motion PicnireAssociation ofAmerica Motion Picture Association of America rating was R -rating was PG - parental gUidance suggested. restricted.

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For a free copy of the guide,call Sheila Donahue King at EI­der Affairs: 617-222-7421. .

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Health Association is sponsoringan informational breakfast series.Th~ four lectures will focus onelder health issues. The series isopen to the general public, as wellas to elder health and publichealth professionals.

The October 17 lecture "Cop­ing with Sensory Loss" will begiven by Barbara Davis, of theGreater Boston Aid to the Blind,and Robert Gilmore of the Bos-

dren", has been released by theDepartment of Elder Affairs.

The resource guide providesgrandparents with a roadmap ofservices available to assist themin raising their grandchildren.

The guide helps ease thestress people face infinding information andlocating services essen­tial to provide a lovinghome headed by grand­paI:ents.

. According to SheilaDonahue King, "Assum­ing the responsibility ofraising a grandchild(ren)is often an unanticipatedsituation for grandpar­

ents. Identifying financial, social,health and legal resources can beconfusing, difficult and time con­suming."

The growing number ofgrand­parents raising grandchildren is asocial phenomenon not isolated toany particular ethnic group, geo­graphical location, or economiccircumstance. In many situations,drugs and alcohol seriously affectthe parents' capability to care for.their children.

The guide answers questionssuch as the following:

- What services and/or ben­efits are available to my grand­children and me?

- What is my grandchild eli­gible for if there is no financialsupport from the parents?

- How do I get clothing andshoes for my grandchild if I donot have the money?

In many situations, childrenand -grandparents may benefitfrom professional help in copingwith a variety of emotional andpsychological issues. Services

or participants are disqualified.In July, Sister Buder was in Edmonton, where she

won another championship in her age group.Last year in Kona, Hawaii, during the world cham­

pionship event, Sister Buder literally became air­borne as' her bike was lifted by a forceful wind. Sherequired 20 stitches to her face, and she failed to

finish.A member of the Sisters for Chris­

tian Community in Spokane, she com­pleted her first triathlon 20 years agoat age 51 and has devoted hercompeti­tion in triathlons to God.

"Athletes draw strength from me: Ican't understand it," she said iri an in­terView several years ago. "But I givethem spiritual guidance and give helpto those who need someone to talk to,"she said.

Indeed, she is routinely called uponto give a blessing prior tq each raceand has been called the event's "spiri­tual consultant."

Sister Buder has worked as a guard­ian "ad litem" - an advocate fortroubled youth in the courts, althoughher service now consists mainly of vol­unteer work. She admits she wondershow much longer she'll have thestamina for triathlons.

"But I keep saying to God, 'You'lllet me know when (to stop), won'tyou?'''

SEVENTY-ONE­YEAR-OLD Sister Ma­donna Buder races inthe Subaru IronmanCanada triathlon.'(CNSphoto by Cam Heryet)

Safety standards have changed;old equipment may no longer beconsidered safe.

There are many new gadgetsto help keep babies safe aroundthe house. For instance, you prob-

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You alone should decide howinvolved you want to be in yourgrandchild's life. Be clear fromthe start about what you will beable to do and not do as a newgrandparent. Set your ownboundaries and convey them to_your children. Do not feel guiltyabout your decisions.

For more information on therole of being a grandparent youcan contact AARP GrandparentInformation Center (GIC).

Write to:AARP Grandparent Infor­

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PENTICTON, British Columbia (CNS) - She isa legend in the energetic community ofworld triathlonand is known as Sister Madonna Buder to most.

Some call her Sister Mad Bud. Some simply referto her as Sister M.

Everyone knows the 71-year-old Catholic nun fromSpokane, Wash., the current record holder of theironman event in Hawaii and Canadafor her age group.

For a nonathlete it is almost 'im­possible to comprehend the extent ofSister Buder's record-breaking successwithin the highly competitive field oftriathlon. It is also hard to believe theextent of her influence as she touchessouls with her vibrant smile, melodi­ous voice and powerful, deeply tannedstature.

This year marked Sister 'Buder's12th finish at Subaru Ironman Canadaheld August 26 in Penticton. She com­pleted the course in 14 hours, 46 min­utes, 21 seconds, a record in her agegroup and 49 minutes better than her2000 finish.

More than I ,900 participants from39 different countries took part in thepopular event.

The title Ironman is bestowed onall who finish the demanding course,comprised of a 2.4-mile swim, 112- .mile bike ride and 26.2-mile run. Cut­off times along the course must be met

Spokane nun sets anotherrecord at Canadian triathlon

Senior issuesIn recent years there has been

widespread belief that cross-gen­erational family relationshipshave declined. A recentAARP sur­vey fO!Jnd that grandparents to­day have a strong relationshipwith their grandchil-dren.

Robert Cresto,AARP Massachusetts,associate state director,reports that the nationalsurvey of more than 800grandparents over 50years old found thatmost had regular con­tact with their grand­children.

The best grandpar-ents view their role as a way toadd to the love their grandchil­dren will experience. It is impor­tant to keep a close relationshipas your grandchild grows up andmoves through life.

To be a good grandparentthere are a few points to considerto help you achieve your goal:

Do not try to be the parent. Letyour grandchildren's parents raisethem as they see fit (as long asthe child~s health and safety arenot threatened).

Do not compare your adultchildren's childrearing techniqueswith yours. ¥ethods havechanged since you raised children.

Do not try to buy affectionwith gifts. You might think it is agrandparent's duty to spoil grand­children. Remember, it is betterfor you to shower them with loveand attention.'" If.you are awaiting the arrivalof a first grandchild and want toready your own home for the newarrival, think twice about usingyour child's old high chair or crib.

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by a regional health agency hadbeen widely misquoted in Ital­ian media as concluding thatchildren living near the radio'santennae were six times as likelyto get leukemia as children inother parts of Rome. But thereports' authors said the evi­dence - one sick·child in a 13­year period - was statisticallyinsignificant.

Vatican Radio moved someof its European broadcasts to atransmission center in Francein hte August, a measureworked out with Italy in Mayto bring the radio's emissionsin line with stringent Italianregulations.

Meanwhile, Italian cr;imina,lcharges still yvere pendingagainst three radio directors for"dangerous showering of ob­jects." Prosecutors in the trial,scheduled to begin December20, allege a'link'between theelectromagnetic pollution and. '

damage 1(j the environmen.t.

pope find time for the prayer which must inspirehis ministry, Seewald asked. .

"Many of the things y'ou listed can be'changed,"the cardinal responded. "Let's start with VaticanCity State. The pope himself does not have anyneed of a state, but he needs liberty, a guarantee ofindependence, he cannot be at the service of anygovernment."

The number of letters thepope writes and the num­ber of people he meets ev­ery day can and havechanged according to cir­cumstances and personali­ties, Cardinal Ratzingersaid.

"The number ofcontactsrequired by his responsibil­ity for the universalChurch, the decisions hemust make, the need not toovershadow contemplation

and to'root his mission in prayer all remain a bigdilemma," he said.

"One could discuss the ways in which forms ofdecentralization could lighten papal functions," hesaid, adding that Pope John Paul II called in 1995for an ecumenical discussion on the ex.ercise ofthe papal office.

"Various voices already have been raised," thecardinal'said. "Retired Archbishop (John R.) Quinnof San Francisco has vigorously argued for theneed for decentralization. Certainly, much couldbe done in this area."

The cardinal said, however, that he would notwant to see the elimination of the "ad limina" vis­its bishops make to the Vatican every five years.

"They favor contacts and encounters and arenecessary for reinforcing the internal unity of theChurch," he said.' .

Regional and continental gatherings of bishopsmay be one of the most important and effectivemeans of decentralizing the government of theChurch, he said, as long as they "maintain a de­g'ree of informality and do not degenerate in a bu­reaucratic way and do not op~n the' way to thedomination of functionaries." ,

concluded that leukemia ratesaroun9 the Santa Maria diGaleria transmission center out­side Rome were no higher thanin the' nation's capital:

·"On the basis of scientificknowledge. the report has foundno evidence of a correlation be­tween exposure to electromag-,netic fields and the developmentof leukemia," said Dr. GirolamoSirchia, Italy's health minister.

But Sircl:Jia said the panel ­made up by experts from Italy,Britain and Germany - had rec­ommended a broader, nationalstudy because the number ofcancer cases examined aroundthe Vatican Radio's antennae"was'relatively low to considerthis study completely convinc­ing."

Inhabitants around the radio'stransmission center had allegedthat the radiation levels had in­creased the risk of cancer inchildren.. '.

,Earlier in the year, a study

Serving as bishop ofthe Dioceseof Rome and head of Vatican CityState, being a global voice for peaceand morality, writing encyclicals,naming bishops throughout theworld, how can the pope find timefor the prayer which must inspire hisministry, Seewald asked.

By CINDY WOODEN

CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

ROME - While the papacy is an essential ele­ment of the Catholic Church, there are many pos­sible ways to decentralize governing functions inthe Church, said Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, headof the Vatican's doctrinal congregation.

"Undoubtedly, regional forums which take oneven some of the functionsuntil now carried out byRome are necessary," thecardinal said in a book­length interview with jour­nalist Peter Seewald.

The book, "God and theWorld," was published inGerman in October 2000and was set for a late-Sep­tember release in Italy.

In its'September 13edition, the Italian Catho­lic magazine FamigliaCristiana published the book's chapter on the pa­pacy..

The Church's structures, which can and mayneed to change to face' new situations, exist to as­sist the pope and to serve the Church, CardinalRatzinger said.

The role of the pope is to guarantee "the obedi­ence and conformity of the Church with the willof God," he said.

The importance of the papacy can be seen in itscontinuing existence, despite "the wounds inflictedon it" throughout history by out,side forces and by ,some popes themselves, he said.

Divine grace, strength and support are the onlyexplanations for why the papacy continues, the car-,dinal said.

Seewald asked CardinalRatzingerjfhe thought.. ',," , ' ',' ' ".,

St. Peter would recognize today's exercise of thepapal office as having anything to do with his own .exercise of authority over the infant Christian com­munity.

Serving as bishop of the Diocese of Rome andhead of Vatican City State, being a, global voicefor peace and morality, writing encyclicals, nam­ing bishops throughout the world, how can the ,

By JOHN NORTON

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - VaticanRadio welcomed study resultsfrom an international panel thatfound no connection betweenthe broadcaster's antennae ra­diation and child leukemiarates.

Jesuit Father FedericoLombardi, the radio's programdirector, said September 15 hehoped the study finally wouldgive peace of mind to people liv- 'ing around the transmission cen­ter, "confirming that there is noseriously founded reason tothink that our activity in the pasthas caused or causes harm tohealth."

He said the radio wouldmaintain measures adopted inrecent months to lower radiationlevels in residential areas tostrict limi.ts established by Ital­ian law,

, The study, commissioned inApril by Italy's health ministry,

Vatican Radio welcom,es study thatshows no antennae-leukemia link,

oppression. The former Sovietrepublic became independent in1991.

The pope made a brief refer­ence to the "tragic events of1915," when Turkish forces be~

gan a genocidal campaign that lef!more than 1.5 million Armeniansdead.

Since then, Armenia hasworked long and hard to gain itsrightful place ,among the world'snations, and the pope encouraged'all Armenians to keep building

, their society with "courage andtenacity." .

In a recent ceremony with the,new ambassador from Kazakstan,Nurlan Danenov, the pope empha-'sized the rich ethnic, religious andcultural diversity of the vastAsiancountry and said this diversityrepresented "a challenge and anopportunity."

He praised Kazakstan's gov­ernment for its attention to reli~

gious pluralism and harmony be-, tween faiths, and especially forthe legal protections offered to allreligions, including the minorityCatholic community.

,Through the ambassador, heencouraged Catholics inKazakstan to keep lines of dia­logue open with Christians andnon-Christians. Muslims form themajority in Kazakstan, which alsohas a sizable Orthodox Christian

.population.

SISTER KLARA Ritter of the Seryant Sisters of the HolyEucharist leaves the church of St. Joseph in Karaganda,Kazakstan. Her family was deported to Kazakstan in 1957,after 14 years in a fishing brigade in northern Siberia. Thepope plans to visit Kazakstan during a trip beginning tomor­row. (eNS photo by Frank Brown)

Pope says he hopestrip to Asia strengthens,

religious tiesBy CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy- Pope John Paul II said hehoped his visit to Kazakstan andArmenia in late September wouldstrengthen ecumenical dialogueand interreligious ties.

The pope, welcoming newambassadors from both countries,confirmed that he would make hiStrip as planned September 22-27.Vatican sources said no seriousconsideration was given to sus­pending the trip after the terror­ist attacks in New York and Wash­ington.

Accepting the credentials of theArmenian ambassador, EdwardNalbandian, the pope said helooked forward with joy to hisfirst visit to Armenia, a countrycelebrating 1,700 years of Chris.tianity.

"This visit will help consoli­date the way of dialogue and the.road "to unity that has been takenwith the Armenian ApostolicChurch," he said.. The Armenian ApostolicChurch, an Oriental Orthodoxchurch that maintains good rela­tions with Catholics, will host the,81-year-old pontiff during histhree-day stay in Armenia.

The pope described Armeniaas a country "forged by the Chris- ,tian faith" and said its Christianroots had helped the nation en­dure centuries of invasion and

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Cardinal Szoka's office has thepower to carry out on-the-spotinspections to check the existenceof objects and the state of theirpreservation.

The new law also gives thegovernor's office oversight overthe loaning of items to other mu­seums or institutions, specifyingthat the pieces must be insuredand normally should not beloaned for a period exceeding 12

Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka. Itwill be implementing the 24 ar­ticles of a new Vatican <;:ity lawthat took effect September I.

"What we're trying to do forthe first time is conduct an in­ventory that uses the same crite­ria for all Vatican agencies. As­signing a value to each piece is

one goal, but wealso need to knowwho made it,where it camefrom and when itwas received,"said Msgr. GiorgioCorbellini, vicesecretary-generalof the governor'soffice.

The law reflectsoverall church con­cern about keepingcloser track of theholdings ofChurchinstitutions world­wide. Last year, theVatican issued adocument stressingthe urgency ofcon­ducting inventoriesin local Churches.

The Vatican's'will be the motherof all inventories,however. To givesome idea of thenumber of thingsthat will be cata­loged, the VaticanMuseums holdmore than150,000 artisticand historicalitems, and the

Vatican archives has more than60 miles of shelf storage space.

These two institutions, how­ever, will be better prepared thanmost Vatican departments to of­fer a detailed list of assets. Inother offices, employees willhave to start from scratch, list­ing everything from period-piece

nacles; glass chandeliers and tap­estries; villas and gardens; tele­scopes; halberds and helmets;books and musical scores; an­cient tombs, inscriptions, graf-fiti and pottery. '

Overseeing the inventory pro­cess will be the Vatican Citygovernor's office, headed by U.S.

The litany of objects is longand unique:

Paintings, statues and frescoes;carriages, historic cars andpopemobiles; antique manu­scripts, rare autographs and pa­pal diaries; inlaid marble floors,coins, medals and stamps; relics,vestments, chalices and taber-

By JOHN THAVIS

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - Theworld's smallest state is embark­ing on what could be the world'sbiggest inventory of artistic andhistoric objects.

This month, the Vatican an­nounced it ~ould undertake atwo-year projectto identify andcatalog all of its'holdings, rangingfrom ancient pa­pal carriages tocontemporarymosaics.

It's the firstsuch inventory inmodern times,and every Vaticanoffice is beingasked to takestock of its assetsand their state ofrepair or disre­pair. The inven­tory will coverevery corner ofthe 109-acreVatican CityState, plus papalvi IIas and otherproperties out­side the Vaticanwalls.

While someVatican institu­tions - like theVatican Museums

or Library - A TEMPERA painting of Pope Paul VI by Italian artistmain~ain up-to- LUigi Filocamo is normally on view in the Vatican's collec­date hsts of prop- tion of modern religious art. ( eNS photo courtesy Vaticanerty, other offices Museums)have acquiredthings over the years, includinggifts and purchases that havenever been cataloged.

Inside the finite world of theVatican exists an almost infinitearray of items big and small,some priceless, some functionaland some that have been sittingin closets for decades.

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NEW YORK - Father FrankPavone, a priest of the New YorkArchdiocese who is national di­rector of Priests for Life, has beenasked by Cardinal Edward M.Egan of New York to leave thatposition and resume full-time par-ish work. '

A marked need for parishpriests in the New York Archdio­cese' has been cited as the reasonfor reassigning Father Pavone,who was appointed to Priests forLife'in 1.993 by Cardinal Egan'spredeoessor, Cardinal John J.O'Connor of NewYork. I '.

"Weare shQ~ked at what has'happened ~nd frankly. G~~'t makeheads..pr tails of it," Anth.9.nyDeStefano, executive director of

Priests for Life, said in a recentstatement. "Neither can other Pro­Life leaders worldwide. I knowthat F~ther'Frank has committedhis entire life to ending the trag­edy of abortion."

Neither Father Pavone nor thespokesman for the New YorkArchdiocese, Joseph Zwilling,could be reached for comment.

He added that until a riew priestdirector is named, Father Pavoneofficially transferred the leader­ship of the organization toDeStefano and .other close asso-ciates. I " '.

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DAYTON,' Ohio (CNS) - riety show. It also appeared inDennis Greene, former Sha Na the 1979 movie "Grease" withNa singer turned law professor, John Travolta and Olivia New­sees evolving media technology ton-John, in which Greene sangand the Internet as empowering lead on "Tears on My Pillow."people. When the variety show ended,

The era of media domination Greene left the group and re­by three TV'networks is history, turned to school, earning ahe said, and anyone who wants master's in education from'to write can find a worldwide Harvard in 1984 and a law de-audience on the Web, gree from Yale in 1987.

As a visiting professor at the He is a tenured professor ofMarianist-run University of law at the University of Oregon.Dayto,n this year, Greene, a Greene said he agreed to be aCatholic, is teaching courses' on visiting professor at the Univer­jntellectual property in the digi- sity of Dayton because he wastal economy and entertainment impressed by its mission andlaw this fall. . drawn to its Catholic nature.

In the spring he'll teach He sees a great need for thecourses on business planning Church in today's society.and law, mass media and race. "The Catholic, Church was

Teaching law may seem a far such a positive manifestation incry from the greaser duds and my upbringing, with parochialgold-lame stage suits of Sha Na ,school and the CYO in the sum­Na when it skyrocketed to in- _mer," said Greene, who has aternational fame at the 1969 brother who is a priest ­Woodstock Festival and Passionist Father Michaellaunched the rebirth of doo-wop Greene of Jamaica, N.Y.in America. "If there ever was a time for

While Woodstock is associ- the Catholic mission, this is thatated more with hippies, flower time," he continued: "It's timepower and the Age of Aquarius, for strategic thought and plan­it was the first big gig for Sha' ning for the Church to play aNa Na, which took the stage the role in the community, to con­morning of the fourth day, just tinue operations for socioeco­before Jimi Hendrix. nomically challenged popula-

Greene, then 20, was a stu- tions."dent at Columbia University and He' said he is interested in theone of 12 founding members of evolution of media technologySha Na Na. It had evolved when because of its potential to give'he and other members of the a voice to those who have his­university glee club, The torically been denied equal ac:Kingsmen, began singing a rep- cess.ertoire of 1,950s oldies. "Many important decisions in

With a background in dance, the media are being made by ar­he helped choreograph Sha Na rogant, young, underexposedNa stage movements and sang writers and producers. Too of­lead on songs such as "Tears on ten they fall back on stereotypesMy Pillow," "Duke of Earl," for characters - the menacing"Up on the'Roof' and "Under African-American and thethe Boardwalk." predatory priests of the rigid

"It was a wonderful, once-in- Catholic Church," he said .. a-lifetime experience to be part "Well, they can pitch but weof Woodstock," he said. It was don't have to catch. Americansalso a defining moment for Sha defamed by this type of mediaNa Na, which cut its first album defamation need to respondshortly afterward and soon was. loudly and in a coordinated fash-on world tour. ion."

"Remember, this was the era The proliferation of cableof 10-minute guitar solos programming lets consumersplayed with your back to the "vote with their remote," heaudience," Greene said. "Oldies said.were by no means the trend, the "The expanding Internet ca­rage. We created that market in pabilities provide another av­the hippie generation. It was a enue," he said. "If you write,parody of nostalgia." . you can deliver your project to

From 1969 to 1977 Sha Na the world. It's very empower­Na logged more than 100 con- ing.certs a year in America, Europe "People who have been si­and Asia. "The travel gets old,'" . lenced du~ to economics or sub­Greene said. "It's broadening" . servient power positions canbut it can get poring, exhaust- now publish on the Web and seeing and sometimes dangerous. their work distributed all overBut the reward is the magic two the world," he added. "Theirhours onstage." . • works can have life, and the au-

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LARRY WAHL collects and cleans lost golf balls and donates them to area schools.(eNS photo by Pat Hendrick, Catholic Universe Bulletin)

Cleveland man helps schools,community with golf ball colle,ctionCLEVELAND (CNS) - If there is a patron saint

in Cleveland for lost golf balls, it would have to' beLarry Wahl.

Since he began his golf ball collection 20 years ago,he has put more than 24,000 ofthem with various logoson display in his home. And that's not to mention thethousands he's given away.

Wahl, aparishioner at St. Dominic Parish, puts manyof the golf balls he finds to good use - donating themto schools and programs for young golfers, especiallyin inner-city areas.

In the past seven years, he has given more than 2,000plain golfballs to two Catholic high schools in the Cleve­land area

Wahl would like others to join his crusade and alsostep up the collection. He thinks golfers should con­sider donating not only used balls, but clubs and other'equipment to local schools that may need it to start agolf program or sustain it.

"We could create a lot of good with donated golfballs and other golf equipment to schools, particularlyCatholic schools, in poorer neighborhoods," he told theCatholic Universe Bulletin. diocesan newspaper ofCleveland.

'There are a lot of kids in these kinds of neighbor­hoods and theirknowledge ofgolf has increased thanksto Tiger Woods," he added.

To help his collection, the country club where he isa member is going to give him the clubs that people leftbehind at the end of the season.

He said golfers have been very helpful with his col-

lection, and many have donated golf balls already.Wahl is as meticulous with his record-keeping and

his displays as he was while president of Buckeye Bis­cuit, from which he retired in 1994. His charts indicatethe number ofgolfballs he has found, cleaned, donatedand otherwise organized.

The balls in his collection are organized in displaycases by their logos from automakers, gasoline servicestations, banks, colleges and high schools, pro sportsteams, TV stations and many others. .

Of the more than 100 cases, only five were madespecifically to hold golf balls. The rest include rede­signed cases that were made for film, cigarette lightersand wrist watches. To show off the balls he also useshousehold items, such as cookie jars, outdoor light fix­tures, egg trays, pitchers and bird feeders.

"You've got to be nuts to do what I do. And I'd bethe first to agree," Wahl said, showing the scratches onhis arms, legs and face from his expeditions to find lostgolf balls.

He said the best time to find balls is on late Mondayafternoons, after most players' golf outings because hehas found that golfers don't spend a lot of time lookingfor balls that go into the woods or the water.

Even on a bad day, Wahl said, he can find about 40balls, compared to good days when he'has fourid up to15Q '

The secret is "knowing where to go and being verylucky," he said.

"I know the holes," he added. "And I walk around alot in two,hours' time."

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The powerof evil

By CHRISTOPHER CARSlENSCAlliOLIC News SERVICE an early death.

We give evil power through ourWe live with our comfortable il- own choices. When we choose what

lusions, imagining that most people we know is wrong because it gets uswill play fair if you just give them a what we want, we add to the powerchance. Perhaps we trust there are of evil. There's an old-fashionedsome things nobody ever would do. word for that: "sin."

In a few heartbreaking seconds, Here is the really hard part toalong with the I===~~:- " understand. GodWorld Trade Cen- -1j<~1 left us able to de-ter towers, those "::-,"" I Coming cideforourselves.illusions crashed The freedom thatto the ground. 0 f Christ gives us is

Ifpeople could fI simply this: Webe so filled with g. can choose goodhate that they and we can chooserammed an air- evil.plane into the side Without Godofbuilding filled with innocent men in our lives, the power of evil is tooand women, what limits can there much for any of us, and we fall intobe? If they flew to their own fiery its lure every time. God's interven­death fulfilling this dread mission, tion in human history gave us backwhat possible fear might have de- our ability to choose,ter'red them? How powerful is evil? Look at

The record ofhistory is clear. The the rubble in New York City. Thathuman capacity for evil appears to pile ofdeath and ashes was producedbe boundless. by the anger and hatred of a few

Oil a tragically common basis, people.men and women involved in ancient And what can anyone do? Youhatreds and modern political cannot rebuild the buildings orstruggles launch rockets into hospi- breathe life back into the dead. Youtals, break the bones of old women cannot heal the hate-filled minds thatand hack innocentchildren to pieces. caused this terror and destruction.

The problem ofevil is an old one. You can only look to your own lifeTheChurch has long taught that evil and choose good.is not the same as error. Evil isn't lr Draw close to your brothers andmatterofgoodness making mistakes. sisters in prayer for the dead and forA fundamental Christian beliefis that the living. Commit yourself to be aevil has a force of its own, and it peacemaker, building bridges insteadlooks for chances to make trouble. of bombs. Work for justice for all

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JERUSALEM - Some 20,000Palestinian students in Catholicschools around Israel and the WestBank observed a moment ofsilenceand held prayer services for thosewho perished in terrorist attacks inthe United States.

Catholic clergy denounced thescenes of Palestinian street celebra­tions that had dominated the newsimmediately after the recent tragedy,saying that they represented a minor­ity of the Palestinian population.

"We are against terrorism, we areagainst violence. If there are thosethat celebrated, they don't representthe Palestinian people," said FatherMajdi al-Siryani, a legal adviser tothe Latin-rite Patriarchate ofJerusa­lem who lives in the Bethlehem sub­urb of Beit Sahour.

"1 don't think anyone with hu­man feelings could condone such anattack," he added. "It's a horrifying

tragedy involving thousands of in­nocent people who were just goingabout their daily lives. And it is trau­matizing to think that a country aspowerful as the U.S. is so vulner­able.

"Still, even if~hat they do is evil,we must think of the reascns behindit," he added. "We are against ter­rorism, we are against violence. Butwe have to think why this is hap­pening. If someone feels pushed upto the wall, then your evil side lJ1ayappear."

Father al-Siryani said that, if itturned out the perpetrators of the

, attacks were ofArab origins, he wasconcerned that many innocent ArabMuslims and Christians living in theUnited States might suffer persecu­tion and harassment.

"I call on people not to throwaccusations. So many people aregoing to be harassed, people that areAmerican citizens, like my parents,

who live in Livonia, Mich. I hate tosee them mistreated in any way," hetold Catholic News Service.

Appearing at an interreligiousprayer for peace just as news of theattack was beginning to unfold,Abuna Rafik Khoury of the Latinpatriarchate said people should notpray for apeace that only helps them.

"We have to pray for peace, butwhat kind of peace?" said Khoury."If we pray only for the peace ofour interests, our stability, our secu­rity, then we are asking God to be •accomplices with us in a narrow vi­sionof peace, to a peace achievedwith military power and violence.

''A genuine quest for peace in­vites us to enlarge our vision ofpeaceto truth and justice," he said. "Peacemeans to accept the rights of theother, the same rights we claim forourselves. Peace is apolitical stance.Otherwise, we lie to ourselves andto God."

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MILITARY MEMBERS salute as fire and rescue workershang an American flag from the roof of the Pentagon Sep­tember 12. (CNS photo from Reuters/U.S. Navy)

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up a new assignment, as chaplainto St. Joseph's Center, the HolyCross Brothers' retirement com­munity in Valitie, N.Y."

Funeral arrangements for Fa­ther Grogan are pending.

Speaking for the Gay family'was the late Raytheon executive'ssister, Laurel.

"Peter was a wonderful fam­ily man and real professional andhe was loved by all his family andby so many people," she'said.

As.aconsultant;'Gay did muchtiav'el1ing:.~nd :made· regularfligh!s Oil" either Tue'sdays, orWednesday't6 LOS Angeles, -Ca­lif., his sister said. Last week hewas aboard the ill fated Flight 11out of Boston.

Following teaching assign­ments in New York, Connecticutand Texas, he served in parishesin Vermont. Returning to the FallRiver diocese he was parochialvicar at Holy Cross Church inSouth Easton from 1991 to 1997.

Father Grogan went into semi­retir~ment in 1997 and assisted inseveral parishes on short-term as­signments and two years ago be­came superior ofthe communityin North Dartmouth. .

·~"Father. Grogan was flyingout';fo~1s'ee his sister, Anile'Brown, in'Ramona, Calif., andwas 60 -his way when this. ter­rible thing happened," FatherLackenmeir said.

.'Merthat he was about to take

THOUSANDS OF people gather for an impromptu me­morial at the U.S. Capitol the day after hijacked airplaneswere crashed in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.(CNS photo from Reuters)

SMOKE FROM the wreckage of the World Trade Center shrouds the New York skyline theday after two planes crashed into the towers, leading to thei~collapse. (CNS photo from Reuters)

remembered Father Grogan as "avery nice man," who always lenta hand when needed.

Father Grogan enjoyed beinga Holy Cross Father and espe­cially the years he spent workingclosely in the Rosary Crusadewith Father Patrick Peyton, thefamed "Rosary Priest" whosecause for sainthood is being pro­cessed by the Fall River diocese,Father Kaszynski commented.

"His work and his service inthe U.S. Navy before enteringthe seminary made him verymuch a man in touch with theworld," the local pastor said."Yet he never lost his simplic­ity. He was a man of deep prayerand he wouid never miss hisdaily holy hour before theBlessed Sacrament, and had atender devotion to Our Lady andthe Divine Mercy."

Father Grogan also had a won­derful sense Ofhumor that was re­membered by the children at St.Stanislaus School when they wereinformed of Father Grogan'sdeath.

"Their first reaction was thatheaven is filled with his jokes,which were sometimes corny buteverybody loved him for them, allwhich emanated from a closenesswith the Lord," Father Kaszynskisaid.

At St. Thomas More ParishinSomerset, pastor Father EdwardJ. Byington said parishionersthere were stunned by news ofFather Grogan' death. The HolyCross Father had qlled in there inrecent years. ,'" , .,:

"So Father Grogan' was wellknown in the Fall River diocese,"Father Lackenmeir.said. A nativeof Pittsfield, the son of the lateFrancis and Loretta: (Fogarty)Grogan, he was professed as aHoly Cross Seminarian in 1948after serving two years in the U.S.Navy. He was ordained in June1955. He held degrees from NotreDame and Fordham. His first as­signment was to Stonehill Collegewhere he was registrar andteacher.

From 1961 to 1965 he waswith Father Peyton's Rosary Cru­sade and Family Theater in Hol­lywood California and Madrid, .Spain.

visit his sister in California."FatherGrogan had established

strong ties with the local parish·and enjoyed his stay there veryInuch,Father Kaszynski said: Amemorial Mass for FatherGroganand all those killed in the Septem~

ber II-acts of terrorism wascel­ebrated Wednesday at St:Stanislaus.

"For our parish Father Grogan·represented not only'a welcomed'.changeof style of ministry, but.everyone told me what made himso endearing was his priestly sim­plicity, an obvious closeness tothe Lord, a faith very much alive;and his homilies which were'earthy but apropos to how life is."

"We lost a very beloved manand priest," said Father Jay T:Maddock, pastor of Holy FamilyParish in Taunton. "FatherGrogan celebrated Mass here ev­ery Friday morning, having done'so for the last time on September'7. He became very beloved by ourFriday morning people. He lovedto join them for coffee after­wards."

Father Maddock told The An­chor he spoke with· a seminarianfrom Holy Family, Parish, GregBettencourt, at the seminary inSteubenville, Ohio, after leamingof Father Grogan's death. "Gregand Father Grogan were very'close," said Father Maddock."He's deeply saddened by thenews. Father Grogan continuallyreferred to Greg as Brian whenthey first met. Greg gently re­minded the priest his name wasGreg. Father Grogan eventually·told the young man that everyoneshould name their guardian angelso he should name his Brian."

Father Marc Tremblay, pastor­of St. Patrick's Parish, Somerset,

- Kenneth Waldie, brother ofGrace McGroaty, who teaches re­ligious education for the IslandParishes on Martha'~Vineyard;

- Dianne Snyder, 42 ofWestport and Connecticut, whoseson Leland Snyder is a freshmanat Bishop Stang High School inNorth Dartmouth.

According to Holy Cross Fa­ther James Lackenmeir, provin­cial steward of the ProvincialHeadquarters in Bridgeport,Conn., Father Grogan was aboardUnited Airlines Flight 175, one oftwo commercial airliners whoseflights originated at Logan Air­port in Boston and crashed intothe World Trade Center in Man­hattan.

Gay was reported by his fam­ily as aboard American AirlinesFlight II that also was crashedinto one of the towers.

''This is such a terrible thingand it makes us wonder what theworld is coming to" said Gay'sdistraught father Peter B. Gay.The elder Gay was the recipientof the diocese's St. Thomas MoreAward in 1997 given to membersof the criminal justice system.

Father Robert S. Kaszynski,pastor of St. Stanislaus Church,Fall River, said his parish grievesthe death of Father Grogan whowas known and loved there be­cause of the six months he servedparishioners while FatherKaszynski was on sabbatical in1999.

"Father Grogan visite!i St.Stan's 'on September 6, just' fivedays before he was killed," FatherKaszynski reported, and hadlunch with parish council mem­bers "and talked about his newassignment in Albany, N.Y. ­anq about his upcoming flight to

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